I didn’t see anyone recommend in the comments, but I very much enjoyed Dreamscaper. It has a nice story revolving around the main character confronting hwr psychological issues in the world of her dreams. Combat is fun, slower paced and a little more tactical than most.

Also, fwiw, I’m not generally a roguelike fan, but I liked this one. Whether that makes you more or less likely to take my recommendation is up to you lol.

At 20 years, every active duty service member can retire with 50% of their highest three years of pay for the rest of their life. They also get evaluated for disability, and get that for the rest of their life. After 20 years, each year served adds 2.5% to their pension, so at 30 years, they would get 75%.

How much that pension adds up to depends on how high you moved up in the ranks. A 20 year enlisted servicemember will make a lot less that an officer. More senior enlisted will make a fair amount more than more junior enlisted.

Disability pay is based on how big of a mess you are physically and mentally, each disability pay band is the same, regardless of rank.

He looked like he’s gained some weight, but his weight and general schlubbiness haven’t stopped him from getting booked so far, amd they’ll never stop me from loving him. Eddie on the mic is a master class.

Side note, don’t know if you like Dark Side of the Ring or not, but that was where I learned this weekend that the Mox/Eddie exploding ring gimmick that they botched so bad on AEW back in the day was straight from Onita/Funk even more back in the day. Blew my mind.

I liked the end of the MJF/Cole match a lot. It was a good cliffhanger. Would have been better with a 5 minute countdown onscreen to build some tension though.

Willow/Skye is gonna be a fun tag team, I like Willow a lot. The Skye/Storm match was kinda whack though, they both just seemed slow. Good plot development though, and it seems like they might push Willow on Dynamite.

The end of the BCC/Elite match was fire. So happy to see my boy Eddie back in action a little bit. Also Kenny. Also Hangman opening a can of whoop ass all over the place.

Overall, it was a pretty solid show!

Depending on how far you get, it can be. My retirement without disability will be approximately 50k a year. That, plus disability in a LCOL area is enough. Retirees also get COL adjustments annually.

Current plan for me is to retire, attend law school, and work as a public defender to put my money where my mouth is as a filthy lefty, but the work is because I want to, not because I have to based on where I’m planning on retiring.

Looking forward to MJF v Adam Cole. Don’t really care about Wardlow v Hager. Big meaty dudes bumpin meat isn’t really my thing. BCC v Elite should be pretty good. Women’s matches are always a good thing, and I’m hoping for good things out of Skye. Jist praying it’s not a squash.

Join the military! Pay ain’t great, quality of life is sketchy at best, and you’ll retire with plenty of physical and mental health issues, but you’ll be retired at 20 years with the government paying you to go to school for 3 years so that you can start a second career. I guess it’s a mixed bag.

No shit…

This seems like the most obvious headline ever. I have my first retirement coming up in 3.5 years, and I’m holding on by the skin of my teeth. And I’m one of the lucky ones with a job that offers a flat pension at 20 years regardless of age.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m still going to get it. I’m not one of those “MTX is destroying gaming” types. I also feel like buying a $70 game only to be confronted with MTX right out of the gate doesn’t feel great, but as long as the game is fun, I’ll be OK. I also don’t mind paying for drip-fed content as long as the base game is complete.

If you say the base gear looks good, that goes a long way towards encouraging me to purchase it on payday. I feel like most folks who’ve played it have said it was pretty fun.

Is there repeatable content for the endgame like D3, or did they go another direction with it?

I’m a lifelong Diablo fan, so I’ll probably pick this up next week. One thing that bugs me is that folks keeps saying “it’s just cosmetics”. To me, this ignores the fact that, since Diablo 3, your character’s look is part of the fun. That cool armor you just found looks cool too. Now I worry that the gear is going to look boring so that you’re subtly nudged in the direction of buying cosmetics.

Basically, I still want to be able to play dress-up.