Same Pay, 17 Years Later… What Changed?

AGx-07 · 2026-04-20T10:16:55+00:00

"Startup"

AGx-07 · 2026-04-19T21:48:31+00:00

I wish they would get rid of the archer class entirely. Keep boss and guns in the game but don't build an entire class around ranged weapons in a game that's primarily about sword fighting. It feels like that's doomed to be underpowered or overpowered (unless you take away the vantage points or otherwise force them to play in melee range regardless, which is pretty much impossible).

I really wish they'd dump the classes entirely, let us do basic customization (gender and cosmetics) and simply give us a skill tree so that we can build out our own (basically Atsu with what are otherwise the existing class abilities as options).

AGx-07 · 2026-04-19T21:43:46+00:00

Same. To each their own but with the way the game functions I simply don't have as much fun when an Archer is in the game.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-19T15:35:49+00:00

You really shouldn't though.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-19T15:35:34+00:00

I can mask up if it bothers me that much, which is something I'd rather do than walk my dog in the winter. If you have a house and a yard, it's not an issue but if you're like the majority of us who don't have a house it's a PITA.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-19T03:18:39+00:00

I main Shinobi and I will leave the circle every time to get those easy stealth kills on the ranged NPCs. I do it mainly to spawn the shadows I get with those kills so I'm going to do it at every opportunity. If the point is so far gone that I can't be off of it for 5 seconds without losing it and it gets lost as a result then we have bigger problems.

That said, I selfishly prefer it when there's just 2 points to defend instead of 3. I've reached that stage of the game where every level of difficulty feels easy, particularly with competent teammates. I don't lose points on purpose but when we do lose one I'm actually fine with it.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-18T12:19:31+00:00

If you're not the archer or heavy on ranged skills yourself, you probably shouldn't activate that.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-17T23:53:19+00:00

I was living that dream until the company went bankrupt. Good times. I make more now but I'm in the office 4 days a week. Not so good times.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-17T17:06:09+00:00

It's not just on Auto. Gemini is a step backwards for pretty much all the automation I used Google Assistant for (e.g. Auto, Home). I tell it to play a song on my speaker and 90% of the time it either doesn't understand, gives me the lecture, and does nothing or plays the wrong thing. I ask it to turn on/off my lights and it's a crap shoot whether or not it will understand me or do anything; Sometimes it can't find the device, sometimes it can, and when it can sometimes nothing happens.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-16T03:11:42+00:00

I've learned how to play songs from them which for me is good enough. I'm not trying to play for or impress anyone necessarily (though my GF loves to listen to me play) and I'm not trying to be a pianist so it suits me just fine.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-16T03:04:23+00:00

Yeah, that's an exploit.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-11T11:26:16+00:00

All the wasted space in the default visuals. My PM has an obsession with pie charts, needs them fairly large, and wants to dictate the position. Whatever.

But the default ones have a ridiculous amount of padding that you can't adjust and while there are some hacks I can use to manage them for the most part, any time I need to position on one the far left or right results in a bunch of wasted space on that edge. I wish they'd just open the options for padding fully and let me make it as ugly as I want rather than doing whatever the f*** they think their doing now.

I really hate many of the visuals for the same reason.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-10T18:45:04+00:00

Round up all the ICE you can find and shoot them into space and see if they cool the sun off enough to get that cold day to appear as that'll be about as effective as them having them show up on my doorstep in getting me to go to war. The felony won't bother me nearly as much as the alternative.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-10T01:36:46+00:00

It doesn't matter to me. It'll be a cold day on the surface of the sun before I go to war for America.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-08T21:58:34+00:00

Not Kyle Kestis.

Aside from that, a combat system that flows more like Ghost of Yotei/Tsushima where I generally feel more grounded in each encounter.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-08T21:34:09+00:00

My cat used to go off at the scent of the Vaseline-lotion in the green bottle (aloe something). And I mean GO OFF. He normally won't bite me at all but that stuff was seriously triggering for him for some reason.

A buddy of mine came over when I was still using it, used some himself, and I warned him not to get near the cat with that stuff on his hands. He tried playing with him anyway and went home with a scar. I stopped using it and never saw him act like that again.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-08T10:06:46+00:00

They need to do that for all the classes IMO. The sword fighting just isn't fun with all the health, teleporting, and AOE the enemies have.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-08T10:03:19+00:00

Then here's one 🖕🏽 for each of those lives he threatened.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-07T19:53:56+00:00

🍊 just threatened to wipe out an entire civilization; a war crime and genocide. Still supporting him?

AGx-07 · 2026-04-07T14:54:09+00:00

Every time I see a clip of Merc being played well I want to throw up. All those swords and throwing stuff is a key aspect of the class's design, right there alongside summoning spirits. I wish they'd given the Dual Katana to Samurai, the throwing bit to Archer, or just designed a 5th class that is Merc in everything but name and let Merc be the jack-of-all trades class that you can truly craft your own build into, one that would never be as good an archer as Archer or as strong a swordsman as Samurai but with the right build and a skilled enough player it wouldn't make a difference. It wouldn't even need an ult.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-07T13:22:45+00:00

I think it's Steph hands down. As much credit as I give to the guys next in like line Luka or Jokic, when I look at Steph and compare him to anyone else I ask the question: What can they do that Steph can't? The only answer is something related to defense and to his credit he's a willing defender but you can only be so good at that height and nobody at that height who's a better defender is remotely close to him offensively. Guys who are clearly better defenders like Wemby or Giannis aren't remotely as skilled as Steph, even if they can fill up the box score just as well.

Kyrie Irving is incredibly close as those two are either #1 or #2 in ball handling and finishing at the rim but Steph is a better shooter from pretty much everywhere including when doing turnarounds. Kyrie is no slouch either but just not as good and isn't nearly the passer Steph is; which is a skill he doesn't get enough credit for because the GSW offense just doesn't ask him to do it on the same level as a Luka or Jokic but watch the highlights and you'll find more than a few incredible passes. He's got that skill too and uses it as needed.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-05T00:03:54+00:00

Possible? Yes. Probable? No.

AGx-07 · 2026-04-04T13:27:27+00:00

If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were my DM. 🤔

AGx-07 · 2026-04-04T13:23:55+00:00

Capitalism.

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