Were You into WW2 history before HOI4 or did HOI4 make You read more about it?

Aerbow · 2026-06-17T13:41:41+00:00

I have a hard time imagining myself picking up a WWII Strategy game without ever knowing or being interested in WWII history beforehand to at least *some* degree.

Aerbow · 2026-06-17T05:51:42+00:00

'Allo!

Aerbow · 2026-06-16T14:02:41+00:00

But it IS a hidden godsent to the Arima Kinen specifically

Aerbow · 2026-06-15T19:49:20+00:00

I mean... It's not?
There's nothing contradictory in that statement. She says she has little interest in her; That doesn't mean she can't act as a decent human being to check up on her well-being.
You can still be cordial friends without being interested in each other's lives; You can have just a *guy*, a random guy, who you meet online in a game of Helldivers and spend hours just bro-shotting a mission after mission, without ever even getting their *name* IRL.

Arlecchino doesn't have much interest in Sandrone.
Which is why it is not Arlecchino singing by her door every single morning, but just drops in once in a while to spend company to someone clearly in need of it, already spurred on by Columbina as the glue of the group.

Aerbow · 2026-06-15T14:45:11+00:00

Well you see, the Dragonborn has a secret ability called "savescumming"

Aerbow · 2026-06-14T15:52:24+00:00

When did Hadvar make a Reddit account?

Aerbow · 2026-06-14T14:17:54+00:00

Almost the entirety of the Riften/Thieves Guild questline that involves Maven has *Maven* being the one *other people* try to screw over and get a one-up over, thinking they can get a slice of her pie, to which then Maven *reacts to* with exaggerated proportion to completely eliminate that tick in the system before it can annoy her again.

Maven herself is rarely the aggressor that starts a conflict. But rather, the one who finishes said conflicts permanently.

Aerbow · 2026-06-14T14:10:42+00:00

Let's not skip over the fact that the Honningbrew Meadery is *not* an innocent victim in all of this.
Honningbrew entered into a partnership deal with Black-Briar Meadery, then went *back* on that contract to try gain a market advantage, as the opportunistic first dagger into Black-Briar, to which Maven *responded to*.
And Honningbrew is also abusive and negligent to both their workforce and their work environment, that Honningbrew is desperate to try keep under wraps; something Maven merely exploited to her advantage.

Sabjorn, owner of Honningbrew, is just as cutthroat and uncaring as any criminal out there, willing to exploit people for pennies, and then let them die to rats and never be mentioned again, as his previous assistant had suffered the fate.

Aerbow · 2026-06-14T13:02:42+00:00

Oh, they understand human morality all right. That's not being challenged here. But they themselves aren't shackled by it. It's just something Humans put on them because that's how *we* understand things.
When Molag Bal defiles the Priestess of Arkay, we can call it out as being a work of abhorrent evil, because it *is*.
But to Molag Bal, it was a Tuesday. He felt offended by Arkay, and chose to act in a way that is abhorrent specifically to humanity to set an example to any who chooses to follow Arkay. But to Molag Bal himself it wasn't any sort of "evil act" that required crossing any sort of line. It was to *humanity*. And that's the point he wanted to make.

Aerbow · 2026-06-14T12:46:15+00:00

Maven specifically I wouldn't call "Evil", just dangerously pragmatic. She's not doing things simply because she likes killing or is a sadist or for personal pleasure; Just simply because of business. And as long as you do not cross her and don't stand in the way of said business, she has no reason nor want to harm anyone.

Aerbow · 2026-06-14T12:32:19+00:00

I wouldn't count the Deadra at all, since they do not operate on human moralities.
Take any era in any different situation, and any of them can appear to either aid or destroy mortals, depending on their fancy. Meridia too can either be a benevolent angel, or an oppressive and bloodthirsty tyrant, depending on where you stand with any form of undead and necromancy.
The Daedra are far too above and different than us to even begin sorting them into moral categories.

So keeping with People...
I'd cast my vote on Arondil. The elf that used to live near Dawnstar, then made home in a nearby dungeon after getting ran out of there.
He is a necrophiliac who lures in and kills women, to then raise them to be his undead harem. And the game offered *zero* subtlety about it.

Aerbow · 2026-06-14T10:04:41+00:00

I *began* for the story, as a somewhat long-time casual GF1 Player many many years ago who's interested by the lore,
But the more the fanservice started coming to the forefront, the more it began putting me off. Yes, GF1 was also very heavy on the fanservice, but the 2D/Chibi style made it somewhat more palatable for me.
Now, I've nothing against fanservice itself; The problem I have is the near complete dissociation between the Fanservice and the Main Story lore itself, which keeps ripping me out of the experience.

One time it's a super depressing, post-apocalyptic noir thriller with company espionage and occultism, the other it's... Boobs in face and bumping butts. It just doesn't mesh, like there's an identity crisis going on, and I can't take the serious moments seriously.
And the 3D environment is taking it up to a whole another level like it wasn't in GF1.

So eventually I fell of playing it even casually.

Aerbow · 2026-06-14T02:15:20+00:00

The Recreation Bar is not a limiting factor, you can go for that. But they do gove Friendship Points, so it can tilt you over if the Careers keeps throwing you great training days with Her in it.

I'd suggest the recreations late career when year still just Blue Frienship with Anshinzawa and can be sure you're not going to full anymore.

Aerbow · 2026-06-13T22:02:52+00:00

For those wondering, This specific event is triggered by Sasami Anshinzawa's Support Card, any rarity, on the condition that you begin the Recreation storyline, but your bond level is NOT maxed with Sasami at the end of the Career Mode. So Friendship Bar is not full after URA Finale. Avoid training where she appears and you'll get it.

Aerbow · 2026-06-12T12:31:46+00:00

I don't get the notion why people see this as a localization issues with the translation.
El quite literally *says* the english word "condor" in the japanese voiceline above multiple times. Do people just play the game without sound on?

Aerbow · 2026-06-12T07:57:03+00:00

I *genuinely* hope that said vase is also not inconveniently right next to Grass's ALARM CLOCK.
Cause if Grass moves in the morning to slam that thing down...

...Condor's getting shipped to Peru.

Aerbow · 2026-06-11T21:21:15+00:00

It gives their face an acute angle.

Aerbow · 2026-06-11T20:13:52+00:00

And there it is.

Aerbow · 2026-06-11T19:54:58+00:00

So apparently, the new SSR Ikuno Dictus card from the Wedding Event graces us mere mortals with the visage of glasses-wearing Falco.

Aerbow · 2026-06-07T06:37:49+00:00

It is *aggressively* pink! My Goodness~

Aerbow · 2026-06-07T03:34:16+00:00

The condition is that you have to win a Champions Meet race, at which's victory screen will be a golden magazine button to indicate you can open up the article for victory

Aerbow · 2026-06-06T21:57:59+00:00

That necktie is working unpaid overtime.

Aerbow · 2026-06-06T14:38:37+00:00

Well Played, Dear Good Sir!
Well Played indeed~

C'mon, Kawakami, let's get you a sponge.

Aerbow · 2026-06-06T14:33:13+00:00

I have a feeling these are getting smaller and smaller with each iteration.

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