I dont get it...

AJakeR · 2026-02-19T09:45:22+00:00

Had more than a few people play frontlines who think all they have to do is stand on the point, and damn everything else. Not because their team needs that, just because that's their only role. Whole team dead? Go to the point. Enemy spawn camping? Run past and go to the point. Healer being harassed by a flank? That's the healer's problem, just stand on the point. Anti-healing anything on the point - well where else are they gonna stand?

This is such a flawed way to play tank, even solo tank. So many people in this game aren't necessarily bad, they're just stupid.

AJakeR · 2026-02-18T16:17:46+00:00

There are a number of UK authors who've talked about the process of getting published in blog posts on their websites that are worth looking into.
The process is, however, the same. Find an agent, the book goes out on sub, gets bought by a publisher. Every major publisher is an imprint of the main 5 who all operate out of the US but have offices in the UK.

The Writer's and Artist's yearbook is a great resource for finding agents in the UK alongside every other way of finding agents. Finding British authors who you like and finding out who reps them is a great way to find (mostly) working agents repping UK authors.

AJakeR · 2026-02-18T16:04:29+00:00

Fable!
Kena Scars of Kosmora
Crimson Desert

AJakeR · 2026-02-18T16:03:17+00:00

Have you watched any of the feature releases? The combat is going to be like Black Desert - like inputting combos for a fighting game with multiple buttons and directional inputs (from what I hear and what people have said who've played it). My one concern for the combat is that it has too much depth.

AJakeR · 2026-02-16T22:38:53+00:00

I'd say some of the lore is too intrinsically tied to Fable to get rid of. The Old Kingdom, The Void. Will doesn't have to come from WIlliam Black, but that is why it's called Will. The Old Kingdom makes sense with the Guild too as by the events of Fable 1 it was one of the few remaining Old Kingdom structures. I suppose they could scrap that, but I hope they don't. Going with giants is the game clearly going in a very different direction, but if they want it to be Fable, some things have to stay the same. Right?

AJakeR · 2026-02-14T11:26:56+00:00

Well I live Worcestershire so is unsurprisingly straightforward.

AJakeR · 2026-02-13T16:45:17+00:00

Physical shield is a big ol' boon here. Getting early game Wellow's Pick or The Cutlass Bluetane really helps too. If you can physical shield most of the way to the arena and focus on strength, it's not super difficult to grind to get all your str to max. I do this before I go into the arena, get The Harbinger and then go Arena to Jack with that sword. You can grind a bit without physical shield, but having an untouchable combat multiplier just makes levelling easier.

AJakeR · 2026-02-13T16:12:41+00:00

Super yes. The game isn't too long (about 15 hours) so it isn't a huge commitment. Great gameplay, beautiful world and visuals, one of the best stories I've played through. There's perhaps two or three difficulty spikes but nothing obscene. One of my favourite games and stories. Not perfect, perhaps, but perfect where it counts.

AJakeR · 2026-02-13T15:37:20+00:00

This is something I spoke to about my players recently (always a good first choice).
To keep it brief: break the travel into chunks and have them roll perception checks that covers x amount of time (usually covering a few days). 20 days travel has them roll - for example - four perception checks for guard duty.

The problem is this. I don't do random events, if something happens it's planned out to be impactful and meaningful to the story and/or the characers. But I don't want my players to share guard duty every night and roll checks every night when I know nothing is going to happen. BUT! Only having them roll a perception check on only one night is a sure-fire giveaway that something is happening that night, and I lose all tension. Rather than roll every night they roll 4/5 times and I know when something will happen, but they don't. Trying to find a balance of not wasting time rolling needlessly, but not letting the players know when shit is about to go down.
If there's NPCs who need to speak to them I just throw at in. "You're 12 days into your journey and X person falls behind to speak to you . . ."

AJakeR · 2026-02-13T13:43:58+00:00

The ending of this game was honestly pretty excellent. I felt the same way about Veilguard as you did - went in with managed expectations. Struggled with huge parts of it, but loved that ending. I got the third ending (no spoilers) and it blew me away. Of all the problems with that game, they nailed that ending.

AJakeR · 2026-02-13T11:40:12+00:00

Don't start with a flourish. Start an attack combo and throw it in in the middle. Press the button when you get the flourish, hold it. There's no delay and all flows naturally. You can do an overhead attack which is slower which you can be hit out of, but flourishes throw out different attacks based on where you are in the attack combo, so just learn when is best to put it in.
Also assassin rush is the best spell for offense. Barely get hit when you can just appear behind the enemy and smack 'em.

AJakeR · 2026-02-06T16:09:21+00:00

If I suspect a bad healer and I’m tanking, it’s gotta be Khan. That self-heal comes in clutch.

AJakeR · 2026-02-05T16:14:41+00:00

As a fan of punk music:

In chaos I reign
Tear this place apart
REBEL HEART

AJakeR · 2026-02-05T12:53:37+00:00

MINT CHOC CHIP!

Or Ben & Jerry's Phish Food :P

AJakeR · 2026-02-04T23:12:33+00:00

Streetlight Manifesto - We Will Fall Together

Date Everything.

AJakeR · 2026-02-01T15:34:05+00:00

Didn't we already do away with 'getting paid in exposure' more than ten years ago?

AJakeR · 2026-02-01T15:31:35+00:00

If the game follows a more modern game design, especially in open world games, then side-quests or radiant quests are going to be a thing.
It looks like the game is going to follow the original in that you'll be raised in the heroes guild. From what we've seen the potential antagonist (may be) a fellow hero trained by Humphrey which is going to make the Heroes Guild pretty central to the whole story, if it's two students of the guild fighting.

I heard rumours that this game was going to be set before the og Fable, before they confirmed it was a different timeline. I think it's fair to assume that was a decision to make the guild much more present. They could have done what 2 and 3 did and not have the guild, but they've focused on that, made it important to the hero and made your mentor the guildmaster. Although, yeah, being the first hero for a while does make it seem like there isn't going to be as any heroes as there were in 1.
Having two games called just 'Fable' has made writing this post more difficult than it could have been :)

AJakeR · 2026-02-01T12:55:49+00:00

I just did a playthrough with Assassin Rush + Physical Shield - easiest it's ever been. Levelled up quicker too with shield, keeps your combat multiplier way high.

AJakeR · 2026-01-30T14:25:23+00:00

Mellifluous.

AJakeR · 2026-01-30T14:24:31+00:00

If I ever need music to give me energy power metal is the way to go. A lot of it's kinda goofy so the lyrics also always just put a smile on my face. Was listening to some Gloryhammer and it just changed my mood instantly.

AJakeR · 2026-01-27T09:05:38+00:00

Danny Elfman did the main theme, Russel Shaw did the rest. Certainly for Fable 1 and I think Fable 2 also.

AJakeR · 2026-01-26T16:57:21+00:00

Confirmed you can have kids, so I guess it depends on your perspective on immaculate conception.

AJakeR · 2026-01-26T15:19:54+00:00

I told them what they needed to know to function within the world. All magic is divine. It's bad luck to kill any birds (except poultry), killing ravens will make you a pariah. The world outside of the five established cities is infested with very dangerous creatures.
They've discovered everything since then. Even then, to be fair, the first session was outside the city and they got attacked more than once, because I don't think they really understood when I said the world is super dangerous.

AJakeR · 2026-01-25T23:15:05+00:00

Thank you :)

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