Tali'Thread vas Clan Zorah nar BSN 6.0

[magnuskn]

Alright, I solved the ressouce issue in Midnight Suns by, uh, installing some mods, which increase the amount of ressources you get from missions. Works out quite fine now and I am definitely enjoying the game more. I still need to grind friendship and get new cards and upgrade those for all the characters, but it's much less of an issue than before. And, hey, the game has become quite enjoyable through that.

[Dragaros]

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[Vol]

can't remember much of the new game plus stuff you keep your upgrades, level ups and stuff you have found up to whatever ending you choose.

I personally chose the shura ending after after doing the return ending, as you can't completely upgrade my flask as it does cut the game short.

What don't you keep on NG+?

Breezing through much of the later game now. Though Owl took me a half dozen tries, which was frustrating, because I remember him being very easy on my first playthrough. The Shichimen (Shichi = 7 = unlucky number because it sounds like "death") are dying easier. Did they get a nerf? I remember them being an ordeal. Though the on at Fountainhead, with the lightning spitting dogs everywhere, took a 3 tries. Mainly because of the dogs. Still don't have much use for most of the equipment, which is a shame. The Headless items, the prosthetics, most of the candy. It's mainly because you never really need to, because the skill required to beat the encounters isn't much affected by them, since you can't really burst/trick any significant fights.

Had a funny moment earlier wherein I realize that the Mikiri counter requires you be moving when you press the button.

Alright, I solved the ressouce issue in Midnight Suns by, uh, installing some mods, which increase the amount of ressources you get from missions. Works out quite fine now and I am definitely enjoying the game more. I still need to grind friendship and get new cards and upgrade those for all the characters, but it's much less of an issue than before. And, hey, the game has become quite enjoyable through that.

*Gasps* _Cheating_? In a video game?

[magnuskn]

*Gasps* _Cheating_? In a video game?

Well, I changed nothing about the missions themselves and believe me, the "friendship grind" is long enough.

Then again, I feel absolutely zero guilt about always installing the "timers are double as long" mod for XCOM2, which definitely affects mission gameplay. Fuck tight timers, I want to play tactically at my own pace.

[TTTX]

What don't you keep on NG+?

Breezing through much of the later game now. Though Owl took me a half dozen tries, which was frustrating, because I remember him being very easy on my first playthrough. The Shichimen (Shichi = 7 = unlucky number because it sounds like "death") are dying easier. Did they get a nerf? I remember them being an ordeal. Though the on at Fountainhead, with the lightning spitting dogs everywhere, took a 3 tries. Mainly because of the dogs. Still don't have much use for most of the equipment, which is a shame. The Headless items, the prosthetics, most of the candy. It's mainly because you never really need to, because the skill required to beat the encounters isn't much affected by them, since you can't really burst/trick any significant fights.

Had a funny moment earlier wherein I realize that the Mikiri counter requires you be moving when you press the button.

going to be honest, can't remember, it has been over a year since I have beaten that game and I haven't played it since. I know you keep you level ups and upgrades but that is really about it.

don't know if they have been nerfed I played the latest patched version and that point they had stopped updated it so I couldn't tell you the difference. game is still hard regardless.

[Dragaros]

"Diablo IV | Book of Lorath - Episode 1: Creation"

"Diablo IV | Book of Lorath - Episode 2: Sanctuary"

"Diablo IV | Book of Lorath - Episode 3: The Lord of Terror"

"Diablo IV | Book of Lorath - Episode 4: The End of Days"

"I have walked the paths; the shadowed roads
that led to terror’s breast.
I have plumbed the depths of Hatred’s womb,
and scaled Destruction’s crest.
For every secret left unveiled, for every power learned,
I’d sell the remnants of my soul, regardless how it burned.
And still I sought a higher wisdom few could have attained.
‘Though I found it, it would leave me - broken, damned and drained.
For now I find this power gained is more unto a curse.
My spirit burns with every spell and each irreverent verse.
Despite this strength and knowledge earned, I have paid a heavy toll,
Never should’ve traded power for my own immortal soul.”

"What fires burn within my heart and force me to contend
With the perils that await me at this tragic journey's end?
I have walked the roads that lead to Hell, I have challenged all but Fate.
I have fought and bled and carried on just to reach this final gate.
And now the task before me looms, this dire deed undone;
I shall make my stand against the Three until the battle's won.
What fear or wound would ever still this last defiant cry,
As I stand against the Shadow 'neath the endless burning sky?"

[Dragaros]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTPLucLU5I

"Armored Core VI - Hands-Off Preview - Summer Game Fest 2023"

"Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Impressions | Summer Game Fest 2023"

"ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON SGF 1"

"ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON SGF 2"

"Armored Core VI Preview"

"Armored Core VI Extended Look"

"Armored Core VI Tease"

"ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON FOOTAGE"

Cool

[Dragaros]

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[Dragaros]

https://www.warhammer-community.com/202 ... athleaper/





The Tyranids gave their Deathleapers an upgrade. And just in time for supper!

"Deadly Portents Invade Your Dreams in This Sneak Peek From the New Leviathan Novel"

"By the end, when there was no hope of escape, people turned on each other, tearing at the ones they loved, blind to everything but the terror.
Mothers, fathers, sons and daughters.
It meant nothing.
In their final moments they were just animals. Shivering and ­screaming. Flailing at the dark.
Fighting for life.
Tharro howled with them, begging for mercy as though the monsters attacking them might listen. As though they might care.
‘Please!’
Then he tumbled to the floor and gasped in surprise. He looked around and saw that he was at home and it was still night. His wife, Valacia, was in bed, sleeping quietly. There were no wings. No bestial horrors. No screams. None of it was real.
He was so relieved that he laughed. A dream. That was all.
But it had been so vivid.
He could still feel the desperate hunger clamouring for his heart and his bones. He stood there for a while, trying to clear his thoughts, trying to think of other things, but he could not rid himself of sickening images. He dressed and headed outside, drinking in the cool night air and looking up at the stars.
Just a dream.
He could not remember ever being so affected by a nightmare, even as a child. Glimpses echoed round his thoughts. Fractured scenes centred on a huge figure. A four-armed colossus. Godlike in size, taller than the trees, skittering and scything, a face too dreadful to look upon, bone blades jutting from a ridged skull. It was repulsive. The flesh on one side of its face had been burned, leaving charred sinew. But it was more than its appearance that filled him with dread, it was something deeper: an understanding of what it signified. It was not merely bringing death. It was bringing the final death. It was the Harbinger.
‘Emperor protect me,’ he whispered as he hurried away from his hab-unit, following a narrow path through the rocks, hoping the night air would calm him. He entered a small wood and the trees leant over him as he walked, forming a tunnel. When he emerged on the far side, he was surprised to see lights glittering further down the mountainside. Who would be awake, now? He headed towards them and saw that despite the late hour, hundreds, perhaps even thousands of people had gathered in the darkness. He recognised a few of them, but most were strangers. The sight of so many people huddled together in the middle of the night was bizarre and somehow dreadful. They were all looking out from the mountain, staring into the night.
No one was speaking.
They looked terrified, all of them, their faces pale and rigid, like skulls draped in the darkness. The knot in his stomach tightened. It made no sense, but somehow he knew what had scared them. He knew why they had gathered here, at the edge of the forest.
‘The dream,’ he said quietly, as he reached a young woman.
She gave a short nod, trembling as she looked across the forest.
‘The Harbinger.’ The name felt strange in his mouth, heavy and cold. He immediately regretted using it.
She refused to meet his eye.
Tharro remembered the sounds of his nightmare: the scraping of claws, the creak of chitin. Blood rushed in his veins. He imagined talons paring him, rooting through his abdomen. ‘How could we share the same dream?’ he asked.
‘It is a portent,’ the woman whispered.
‘Of what?’
‘The end.’"

[Vol]

Well, I changed nothing about the missions themselves and believe me, the "friendship grind" is long enough.

Then again, I feel absolutely zero guilt about always installing the "timers are double as long" mod for XCOM2, which definitely affects mission gameplay. Fuck tight timers, I want to play tactically at my own pace.

I'll admit, any sort of timer in a video game gives me anxiety. I blame Sonic 2, the Industrial Zone, with the friggin' underwater toxic chemical section and the _drowning music_ haunts me to this day.

XCOM2, think I only ever hit the timer once or twice, though I haven't done a proper max difficulty play through yet.

going to be honest, can't remember, it has been over a year since I have beaten that game and I haven't played it since. I know you keep you level ups and upgrades but that is really about it.

don't know if they have been nerfed I played the latest patched version and that point they had stopped updated it so I couldn't tell you the difference. game is still hard regardless.

Apparently there's 4 endings. I only knew of Shura and Severance. I was aware there was another if you did a very fiddly, complicated sequence, but assumed it was a variation on Severance. So that's something to look forward to, 'cause I don't know what they entail! Got to Isshin again, and got dumpstered a few times. Genichiro's ambiguous death attacks are also a bit annoying. But I otherwise cleared out the map. Think I missed a few carp scales, as I didn't get everything off the noble I picked. Missing 1 bead, which I'm pretty sure is on top the Buddha statue in the poison lake (can't remember how to get up there). Fully upgraded the shurikens, got everything else upgraded just shy of lapus lazuli, and even took down the Demon of Hatred. Never knew they properly set up the Outskirts for the invasion. Brutal too, couldn't figure out how to actually get through it (without just running and jumping) without making generous use of the stealth candy. Demon took me around a dozen tries. Once I got phase 1 down well, getting to phase 2 with enough healing and a resurrection was most of the remaining challenge. Of the runs that got to phase 3, only took 3 or so to kill.

Fun fact: I didn't realize it for the first couple attempts, but I'd left the Bell Demon enemy buff on, heh.

Though I'm still not sure how you're supposed to deal with his post-charge fireball throw. I ended up using the fireproof umbrella for it, and his big fire slam in phase 2/3, because dodging seemed impossible. Heard the best way to do it was save up the whistle stun until phase 3, then pop confetti and wail on him. But I only got about a third his health off within those two stuns, counting an additional normal stun from hitting him so much. Then the third stun never seemed to work right, barely got a few hits in before he freaked out.

Really like the Interior Ministry invasion tho. Puts the whole story in perspective.

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"Capcom 40th anniversary commemorative illustration by Kazuya Nuri."

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https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/world-o ... -pre-order





Please don't reveal that the Old Gods were behind this one, too. Not everything has to be a plot by the Old Gods.

[Dragaros]

So after WoW's "Are Titans brainwashing dragon babies?!" lore controversy, what's next?

► Show Spoiler

Folks aren't happy that in order to fix the timeline, they have to make sure Alexstrasza doesn't escape from her enslavement and being forced to keep producing babies for the Dragonmaw Clan's war effort too early. And Alex finds out what you did.

[Vol]

Sekiro: Booted up, got destroyed by Genichiro. Got to Isshin on the second and third attempts, destroyed immediately. Go off to farm some more spirit emblems, come back half an hour later, one shot them. lol. Guess I finally beat the game! Started the second run immediately, game is actually incredibly short if you know where to go and don't need to kill everything. Going for the Purification ending now, whatever that entails. Near as I can tell, only difference is that I need to eavesdrop on some conversations to trigger it. Then the last ending is very fiddly.

Please don't reveal that the Old Gods were behind this one, too. Not everything has to be a plot by the Old Gods.

What threat are they anymore?

So after WoW's "Are Titans brainwashing dragon babies?!" lore controversy, what's next?

► Show Spoiler

Folks aren't happy that in order to fix the timeline, they have to make sure Alexstrasza doesn't escape from her enslavement and being forced to keep producing babies for the Dragonmaw Clan's war effort too early. And Alex finds out what you did.

Wow. Ballsy. That's _old lore_, figured they'd handwave it away, or retcon it. Give Blizz credit for running with that one.

[magnuskn]

Oooof. Yeah, Chromie is pretty hardcore. I can somehow see Alexstraza taking her behind the inn and beating the crap out of her, though. ^^

[TTTX]

Sekiro: Booted up, got destroyed by Genichiro. Got to Isshin on the second and third attempts, destroyed immediately. Go off to farm some more spirit emblems, come back half an hour later, one shot them. lol. Guess I finally beat the game! Started the second run immediately, game is actually incredibly short if you know where to go and don't need to kill everything. Going for the Purification ending now, whatever that entails. Near as I can tell, only difference is that I need to eavesdrop on some conversations to trigger it. Then the last ending is very fiddly.

it is more complicated then that.

[SciFlyBoy]

Ah, yes, of course. That explains why there's dozens of them on Steam too. Heh. (Tsunade was best girl)

I'm still old school and only know of the four original groups. In New Link I'm seeing tons of new characters and Toki is now my current favorite. Haven't met Tsunade yet.

[Dragaros]

Oooof. Yeah, Chromie is pretty hardcore. I can somehow see Alexstraza taking her behind the inn and beating the crap out of her, though. ^^

Wow. Ballsy. That's _old lore_, figured they'd handwave it away, or retcon it. Give Blizz credit for running with that one.

Seems like we all spoke too soon.

"Blizzard Adjusting and Removing Concerning Chromie Quests From Patch 10.1.5 PTR"

https://twitter.com/Wowhead/status/1669781220786315288

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t ... st/1613078

What threat are they anymore?

Blizzard found a way to shoehorn the Old Gods into the War of the Ancients, so I wouldn’t put it past them to do something like that again. And this dragon civil war takes place well before that event, so the Old Gods that have been defeated or rendered toothless in the modern day are still alive and mostly well, just still in their prisons, and being imprisoned didn’t stop them from somehow messing with the timestream and trying to use the Well of Eternity as a means of escape, or corrupting Deathwing, or any number of other dark designs. I don't hate the Old Gods, I just think they're way overused.
I mean, it would be nice to just have a war break out because of plain, old disagreement of politics/perspective/culture/morality/opinion, rather than having passions inflamed/perception deceived/sanity eroded by outside, manipulating supernatural forces. This franchise is literally called Warcraft; do we really need infernal demons/undead overlords/lovecraftian horrors/eldritch gods directly or indirectly behind every act of conflict? Mortals and dragons can find reasons to be volatile towards each other or their own kind all on their own without any help.

[Dragaros]

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[Dragaros]

A weapon to surpass metal gear…

[Dragaros]

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Careful, brother! You’re in the splash zone!

[magnuskn]

Seems like we all spoke too soon.

"Blizzard Adjusting and Removing Concerning Chromie Quests From Patch 10.1.5 PTR"

https://twitter.com/Wowhead/status/1669781220786315288

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t ... st/1613078

GOOD. After reflecting a bit more on those quests, I got incredibly angry about the whole deal, the devs wanting to make us player complicit in the continued rape of Alexstraza. Basically ruined about two hours of my evening today, until I could take my mind off the topic when visiting some friends.

The quest where we are sent to assassinate Amber Kearnen also really made me fucking angry, although not to the white-hot incandescent degree the Alexstraza thing did. Just enough to probably heat my house for the next winter. I can only hope that it is also removed.

[Vol]

GOOD. After reflecting a bit more on those quests, I got incredibly angry about the whole deal, the devs wanting to make us player complicit in the continued rape of Alexstraza. Basically ruined about two hours of my evening today, until I could take my mind off the topic when visiting some friends.

The quest where we are sent to assassinate Amber Kearnen also really made me fucking angry, although not to the white-hot incandescent degree the Alexstraza thing did. Just enough to probably heat my house for the next winter. I can only hope that it is also removed.

It's such a weird premise to begin with. Orcish Horde during the Second War, Dragonmaw manage to capture Alexstraza, force her consorts to mate, raise children as war beasts. Terrible, but no more than _everything else_ the Horde did. So to erase that, because sex crimes are "too real" compared to, you know, genocide, is silly.

But making the player participate in that, and be rewarded for doing so, is trying to make a point that doesn't work. Yeah, fiddling with the timeline to get rid of horrible past actions is never going to work right, monkey's paw, butterfly effect, whatever. But making us actively complicit in it doesn't work with "timeline stasis" they're portraying it as. Though I'm making more a storytelling critique, I don't have the emotional aspect I'm sure is 99.99% of the backlash here. If it would serve some greater plot purpose, then not having Chromie make light of it, no rewards, and everyone feels kinda awful about it, that would work. A bit of somber, serious misery inbetween the anime action sequences and Whedon writing. But they didn't do that, so toss it.

[Dragaros]

GOOD. After reflecting a bit more on those quests, I got incredibly angry about the whole deal, the devs wanting to make us player complicit in the continued rape of Alexstraza. Basically ruined about two hours of my evening today, until I could take my mind off the topic when visiting some friends.

The quest where we are sent to assassinate Amber Kearnen also really made me fucking angry, although not to the white-hot incandescent degree the Alexstraza thing did. Just enough to probably heat my house for the next winter. I can only hope that it is also removed.

It's such a weird premise to begin with. Orcish Horde during the Second War, Dragonmaw manage to capture Alexstraza, force her consorts to mate, raise children as war beasts. Terrible, but no more than _everything else_ the Horde did. So to erase that, because sex crimes are "too real" compared to, you know, genocide, is silly.

But making the player participate in that, and be rewarded for doing so, is trying to make a point that doesn't work. Yeah, fiddling with the timeline to get rid of horrible past actions is never going to work right, monkey's paw, butterfly effect, whatever. But making us actively complicit in it doesn't work with "timeline stasis" they're portraying it as. Though I'm making more a storytelling critique, I don't have the emotional aspect I'm sure is 99.99% of the backlash here. If it would serve some greater plot purpose, then not having Chromie make light of it, no rewards, and everyone feels kinda awful about it, that would work. A bit of somber, serious misery inbetween the anime action sequences and Whedon writing. But they didn't do that, so toss it.

Both of you hit the nail on the head.

Its definitely one of those things where you ask yourself “Wow, they really didn’t put more than a moment’s thought into this idea, did they?” Seems to be an all too common pitfall these days: a writer becomes so enthralled by a notion or rushed on such an unforgiving schedule that they don’t/can't sit down and think about the larger ramifications/consequences/repercussions, for the story, for the characters, for the tone, for the players, etc. Preventing A means you are now responsible for B. You can’t do X without effecting Y. If you allow W, what does this mean for Z? And then the fans, who are emotionally invested in the franchise and have encyclopedic knowledge of the lore/themes/characters, easily catch your folly and now you have spend additional time and money fixing a poor decision you should have caught a long time ago.

[Vol]

I'm still old school and only know of the four original groups. In New Link I'm seeing tons of new characters and Toki is now my current favorite. Haven't met Tsunade yet.

Tsunade was from Naruto. Big titty blonde, shows up when Naruto is off learning to (cheat to) do the Rasengan. Actually quite old, but a super good healer, so she perpetually looks like a MILF. It should be evident the appeal.

Both of you hit the nail on the head.

Its definitely one of those things where you ask yourself “Wow, they really didn’t put more than a moment’s thought into this idea, did they?” Seems to be an all too common pitfall these days: a writer becomes so enthralled by a notion or rushed on such an unforgiving schedule that they don’t/can't sit down and think about the larger ramifications/consequences/repercussions, for the story, for the characters, for the tone, for the players, etc. Preventing A means you are now responsible for B. You can’t do X without effecting Y. If you allow W, what does this mean for Z? And then the fans, who are emotionally invested in the franchise and have encyclopedic knowledge of the lore/themes/characters, easily catch your folly and now you have spend additional time and money fixing a poor decision you should have caught a long time ago.

It's the sort of problem that time-travel plots bring in. In this case, the Problem of Evil as per bronze dragons. Why haven't they just ensured the most peaceful, happy world possible? Why let all these terrible things come to pass if there exists the means to avert it? Which then gets into what exactly can be changed in time, if anything, and yada yada. So I get what they're going for, with a fairly esoteric lore callback, but it clearly wasn't thought through, as you said.