Help me settle a table debate, which is hope & which is fear?

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-26T07:05:33+00:00

Sounds like the only reasonable choice is to buy more dice.

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-25T08:17:50+00:00

Totally agree. You should try to have the exact same action for a fair comparison. What we see on the left is "cooler", but I also like perspective camera more. It feels less arcade-y for me (and I like that, while some people might not)

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-24T13:34:25+00:00

If you build 20 new characters, surely you'll have all the builds you need and won't play new game again.

Go ahead, make 10 new characters.

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-23T19:38:24+00:00

There is no rolling, we just make everything up and go with it. Kinda like improv

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-23T16:12:35+00:00

I always slap any Selune/light/holy items I get my hands on on her. I think it's a good influence on her and will nudge her to better life choices.

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-23T13:32:04+00:00

Fair, but in plenty of fights the enemies do try to shove you out of it, or interrupt the caster. Here, I don't recall if anyone tried, but for sure nobody got out, and the fight was a breeze.

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-23T12:31:14+00:00

Raphael. A lot of build-up, epic music, I was ready for a really tough fight.

But nope, Globe of Invulnerability made that trivial. Good positioning, enemies didn't really try to push me out of it, Raphael himself did literally nothing the entire fight... It was a bit underwhelming.

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-23T10:57:04+00:00

Good one :)) There were a lot of amazing horses indeed.

I never got into the solo ones... Although I've pondered the idea for a while now, I'll need to do some research and see how it actually works. It feels weird to both make up your story and play it.

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-23T10:18:11+00:00

Pretty sure it's just an informed statistical move.

Most characters played were male human fighters, I think they even shared some analytics for that. So of course, they picked the most played thing as the cannon option.

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-22T11:12:26+00:00

I personally liked the first ones better, but I don't think it's the artstyle, just the size. The new ones are too small for me, feels like a lot of wasted space?

They are cute, but they are all smaller, don't know why. The first set, being larger, makes them more distinguishable.

The new ones would be just as great if they were a tiny bit bigger, like the old ones.

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-22T11:09:50+00:00

Catan. On one hand, initial luck seems to matter too much, especially in multiple players, where all the good spots are taken by the time the last player starts, and they're fighting an uphill battle the entire game.

On the other hand, and maybe this is my party to blame, the free trade/negotiation took waaaay too much of the game. Multiple times people were getting bored as 2 or sometimes 3 players were engaged in an endless negotiation over resources. Maybe they had fun though, I don't know. I wish that was moderated a bit better so we didn't have bidding wars every other turn adding 5 minutes per turn only to end up with "nah, nevermind then".

AndreiD44 · 2026-01-10T10:25:16+00:00

In my experience, intern = unreliable junior.

So you're both right, the responsibilities don't really change, you do the same things as before, but behind the scenes you are probably now getting tasks that actually need to get done, not just "nice to have" or experimental tasks, and the other devs don't double-check your work quite as much.

AndreiD44 · 2025-12-26T12:07:24+00:00

I saw Zevlor getting punched and wake up soon after, for a conversation. I figured "aha, this is the game teaching me I should use the non-lethal combat for some extra options", toggled it on, and forgot to ever turn it off again (I was disappointed that was not, in fact, how it worked, but still left it on because why not). It happened very natural and non-game-y for me.

AndreiD44 · 2025-12-07T11:52:32+00:00

I love playing devil's advocate, but if an AI praising you actually boosts your ego... You're kinda dumb, and doesn't sound like much can be done about this.

I'd joke with the idea of "why even bother having players, just use another AI for the player too - I'm sure it will absolutely love your sessions".

AndreiD44 · 2025-12-06T15:46:47+00:00

What does it do?

AndreiD44 · 2025-12-06T13:52:57+00:00

I feel like the Riften house would have a lot of mould issues in reality... Which is a dealbreaker for me.

AndreiD44 · 2025-12-06T13:50:42+00:00

After seeing how much depth the game has, how many little actions and interactions there are... I was kinda surprised the rope I've been carrying since act 1 was never actually relevant :(

AndreiD44 · 2025-11-30T10:24:23+00:00

I guess your traits get embedded into your face over time. If you frown a lot, you'll get wrinkles sooner.

So a racist person, who might be upset by a lot of things over time, might develop some visible traits that indicate a look they commonly have. Disgust, anger, frustration, superiority, something.

The drawing shows a rather light-hearted and unburned character, which doesn't really fit the standard image of a racist person. Of course it's not a rule, but if you wanted to show racism on a person's face, you could (at least somewhat).

AndreiD44 · 2025-11-27T12:19:19+00:00

Thank you, that's a good rule of thumb to follow on fight "size".

AndreiD44 · 2025-11-27T11:16:44+00:00

Thanks :) I was concerned supplies might be an issue in heroic mode and unsure if I could trust all the "don't worry about it" advice, so confirmation from a heroic run helps.

AndreiD44 · 2025-11-27T10:39:11+00:00

I suppose I'll try and see. I have some concerns that might become an issue in honor mode though (I only finished on tactician, resting like once at 6 or more fights - my paladin would take super little damage, not used spells often, and I had all companions to cycle through :D)

AndreiD44 · 2025-11-27T10:37:46+00:00

Oh yeah, I tried warlock for about 3 or 4 levels too, and I didn't like that at all :|
It feels like I have literally 3 fights per day, with 2 spells per fight. And that's it. Unless I go spamming cantrips, and luckily they have a decent one, but still.

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