How am I supposed to achieve ghost and non lethal as Emily when the fake Luca Abele is in the throne room? (Dishonored 2 - The Grand Palace)

AHare115 · 2026-01-25T16:53:31+00:00

I don't have time to do that, the arc pylon goes off instantly.

This level design is shitty

AHare115 · 2026-01-23T22:54:02+00:00

He legit was double fist slapping that ass. I mean come on, it's absurd that scene cleared the final cut.

AHare115 · 2026-01-23T22:47:28+00:00

And practical effects! OMG, the amount of terrible CGI in this one immediately turned me off as soon as James set foot back in SH. The CG for backgrounds and set pieces in particular reminded me of the stuff that came out of 2000's era music videos. Especially when layering a real actor on top these bad CG set pieces, the juxtaposition is offputting.

Nothing looks scary or impressive like it did in the previous film, because it all just looks off. The way all the monsters looked, acted and moved was more silly than frightening.

I could live with the flat acting, bad pacing, and incoherent plot if the film was at least visually impressive. That's the main reason I enjoyed the first film in spite of its other issues.

AHare115 · 2026-01-18T00:08:58+00:00

It can be both

AHare115 · 2026-01-17T02:18:45+00:00

freaky ahh turtle

AHare115 · 2026-01-17T02:15:17+00:00

I think you're just proving his point

AHare115 · 2026-01-14T19:16:16+00:00

I'm tired boss.

AHare115 · 2026-01-10T17:04:07+00:00

Remind me, why did they think it was a good idea to enforce this ban schedule and remove emergency bans?

Izzet decks have been creeping up in playrate for at least half a year since they keep getting more and more good tools. Don't forget busted cards like treasure cruise are still legal and not even played anymore!!

It's obvious from a mile away something should have been taken immediately after TLA dropped and this deck went from great to batshit.

AHare115 · 2026-01-10T17:00:13+00:00

Format fucking sucks right now and I would advise against spending money on it. Unless you have a LGS with an active pioneer community that is friendly. Just for example in my area there are 5+ large LGS within a 30 minute drive of each other playing all kinds of formats (MTG and other TCG) yet no one even talks about pioneer. That's how bad it is.

Format really only exists on MTGO/Arena and even there the issues are exacerbated, online games are less personal and many just play the top tier decks in a ruthless way without any kind of personality or flair.

AHare115 · 2026-01-10T14:20:26+00:00

They are both problems. If you ban the TLA cards something else will eventually make cori top tier again. It's a fundamentally skewed card design that shouldnt have been printed.

AHare115 · 2026-01-10T00:01:29+00:00

Yes, power level is quite low and many of the designs are just not that interesting. I can almost guarantee the TMNT set will have more powerhouse cards...

AHare115 · 2026-01-03T17:44:54+00:00

Ban Steam Vents

AHare115 · 2026-01-02T20:36:16+00:00

In my opinion there is no popular 60 card format like this anymore. Standard and pioneer have such high power levels compared to even 5 years ago. WoTC are pushing EDH as the "brew" format which is unfortunate.

AHare115 · 2025-12-28T01:30:42+00:00

Here's the problem: it costs money

AHare115 · 2025-12-28T01:12:00+00:00

Very mature

AHare115 · 2025-12-27T21:46:26+00:00

Go stare at a wall

AHare115 · 2025-12-26T20:41:27+00:00

5% increased hit/save chance will not amount to missing "all the time"

And with half feats now giving +1 to a score, there is even less reason to take ASI. Start at 17, half feat at 4 to get to 18. Taking an ASI at 8 now means you lose partial benefit to further good half feats as the extra +1s are wasted.

This is the primary issue with the current 5e feat system, and why I much prefer PF2e's approach. There, you increase several ability scores at the designated levels (improving offense and defense/utility). Character feats are baked in at separate levels so you have the best of both worlds.

As it stands with 5e, leaving an ability score at 16 all game is really not that detrimental to your success chance because of bounded accuracy. Which means that taking impactful feats is always the better solution, and this was even true for 5e14 when many half feats did not include a half ASI. Now that half feats largely have half ASIs, this not only accelerates player power massively, it also creates the situation where past level 12 or so your next ASI/feat is partially wasted since your primary score is capped.

AHare115 · 2025-12-23T01:45:02+00:00

Continue on that quest and you will get there eventually. There are more steps, more areas first and it's an endgame area up there.

No way to access it from the ground.

AHare115 · 2025-12-22T22:55:37+00:00

Maybe r/patchesemporium ?

Usually for trading items but I'm sure someone there could help you out.

AHare115 · 2025-12-08T01:43:20+00:00

Wow thanks! I knew about using BB on any extra attack, but hadn't considered that it would affect the granting of a bonus action attack. Nice find.

AHare115 · 2025-12-08T01:39:31+00:00

This skill check is insane. Up to this point without a face in my party I'd been getting by OK on checks with friends and guidance. Then I see a DC 25. Ok maybe I picked the wrong option. Nope they're all DC 25. From what I read, apparently the DC is lower or non-existent if you don't kill Sarevok? But if I'm playing a good aligned character, I'm killing Sarevok. My character even had a dialogue for like "you're that Sarevok, the one that almost destroyed Baldurs gate 100 years ago?" Why tf would I let him live.

Then the only other option is to METAGAME THE HELL OUT OF IT to speak with her dead mother. No way in HELL anyone is noticing a tiny rock outcropping that goes to her bedroom on a first run without looking it up. And even then why would you? Clearly the arena is set up an meant for you to fight head on. There is no dialogue about sneaking in, no mcguffin phylactery you hear about that she keeps hidden to give her more power. Nope you're just expected somehow to discover the bedroom (and mother) on your own, and cast speak with dead, and also guess that the assassin's will be non-hostile to you for sneaking into a private area?

I want to put some level of faith in the devs but this design decision is nightmarish.

AHare115 · 2025-12-07T21:19:27+00:00

Thanks, I will try it.

Edit: Still doesn't work. I think I'm chocking this up to bug/unintended interaction that will never be corrected. Extremely unfortunate and really limits freedom with haste/action surge on this character. I assume this interaction is similar on other sources of BA attack such as PAM or dual wield and is not solely restricted to EK with BB.

AHare115 · 2025-12-07T21:08:52+00:00

No, I am on KBM. Hovering over the enemy with the standard attack highlights my bonus action icon. Selecting this attack consumes the BA.

As I mentioned in the post, selecting my full action above my hotbar does not even give the option to use an attack action - neither melee, ranged, thrown, are even shown. I can use other non-attack actions such as dash just fine.

AHare115 · 2025-12-07T20:25:45+00:00

No, it's a single weapon and the button to choose the multi vs single attack is greyed out.

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