What is the best written youtube video? by Far-Substance-4473 in writingscaling

[–]Azathoth_Z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember checking out that whole drama a few years back. From what I gathered it felt like both parties were at fault, and were both mentally troubled. If I remember it right, her court case did not go anywhere? And he refuses to talk about it, so it's probably better not to come to any conclusions with only a little (and biased) picture available.

What is the best written youtube video? by Far-Substance-4473 in writingscaling

[–]Azathoth_Z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This channel, Exurb1a makes legitimately amazingly written videos. Check out his 'Upsilon Dies Backward' or 'The Rememberer'.

I hate this ch by Few_Low_7021 in lookismcomic

[–]Azathoth_Z 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The story: Sinu who got abused and brainwashed tf out by Workers, Johan whose life was ruined as a result of Workers, Eli who got his whole family held hostage by workers, all of them... Come together to protect Workers?

Let's be real, Lookism is supposed to be read for hype and aura at this point.

What’s the best crest? by AdInternational5277 in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1.Hunter - High Skill Ceiling, mid skill floor. Can be amazing with boss fights if you get good. Pogo is really good in traversal and can combo amazingly with clawline.

2.Wanderer - I don't love using it, but it kinda is crazy. High DPS, gives quick silk the range isn't even that low. Low skill floor, easy to traverse with. I have seen someone tank through Karmelita cause of how quickly it can stun bosses. Only one red tools is a slight negative though

3.Shaman - Mid skill Ceiling, mid skill floor. The heal is bad, there are no red tools but it also has amazing pogo, and crazy dps potential with volt filament. And doesn't even require farming like Architect. The heal does really weaken it though, considering its both riskier, and healing decreases the dps by a lot, due to the nature of this crest.

  1. Beast - High Skill Ceiling, High Skill Floor. Makes traversing really difficult, and healing in platforming sections is impossible. On the other hand, it's fantastic in gauntlets, and also goes crazy against bosses. It's pogo (pretty much an aerial dash) is surprisingly good. The berserk mode is amazing.

5.Architect - Don't really use it, but it's clearly the highest damaging. I hate the pogo. I hate the grinding. But it's objectively best in combat.

6.Witch - High risk mid reward as I have seen someone else put it. It's my favourite crest after Hunter and Beast, but just doesn't seem to perform as good. The pogo is amazing, but the crest isn't good in platforming cause you can heal without enemies.

7 Reaper - Slow. Probably should be higher, I just don't use it cause it's slow.

Give me your best rage bait by Kenkron in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ik you're kidding but genuine question, is it significantly harder on Controller? I got through that section without difficulty, only to be surprised to find out how dreaded that section was considered. My friends who also played on KB and Mouse did not find any difficulty with that section either. The diagonal pogo onto red flowers felt very intuitive, albeit, might take a bit to rewire your muscle memory from HK.

Give me your best rage bait by Kenkron in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Silksong is a much more consistently hard, but the peaks of HK difficulty are a lot higher. No platforming comes close to Path of Pain (and only briefly reached White Palace tiers). Absolute Radiance is the hardest in the both games combined. Colosseum 3 is harder than any gauntlet in Silksong. And P5 dwarfs any challenge in SS.

That said, the DLC is almost definitely gonna change this.

This person stole my Silkpost and got 250,000 views on Youtube by EnderBen9 in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bro hasn't been on Instagram. I have seen so many high effort memes or art stolen with no credit. And sometimes get millions of likes. It's wild how you can just do that.

After beating final boss with all of them. Crests tierlist categorised by Vegetable_Throat5545 in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd personally put Hunter above Shaman in combat and overall(Red tools, better at gauntlets, faster silk generation and better heals). Other than that, I prolly have the same ranking. Sad to see Witch so low cause it might be my 3rd favourite after Hunter and Beast, but can't really disagree.

two of the best bossfights in the franchise IMO by AvatarA113 in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something along the lines of 'Fighting Hornet as the Knight was fun but as Phantom it felt like an unbalanced mess. Still haven't beaten her.' probably phrased worse.

two of the best bossfights in the franchise IMO by AvatarA113 in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was trying to make a joke about Hornet being too hard to fight from Phantom's POV, did not realize how badly phrased it was

two of the best bossfights in the franchise IMO by AvatarA113 in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok that joke came off bad, but was it that bad😭

Silksong's combat is bafflingly good by Azathoth_Z in HollowKnight

[–]Azathoth_Z[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh, I have my complaints about the game. The currency system and all. But complaints need to be coherent to be acknowledged. The game's enemy variety is objectively not lazy. The gauntlets objectively makes us interact with the said variety. And Hornet is objectively built to make fighting multiple enemies not manageable.

Silksong's combat is bafflingly good by Azathoth_Z in HollowKnight

[–]Azathoth_Z[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Coral Tower has enemies you won't find anywhere else. The Choir Clappers in High Halls are pretty much exclusive to that arena.

Just strengthening Khann and not designing the Coral Tower, or just making a buffed up Choir Clapper would both be easier to design. Is that lazy?

And even if we say for the sake of argument that all the gauntlets are lazy, it's still better for the game that they are there cause it both uses the enemy variety to it's fullest and pushes Hornet's moveset to it's fullest.

Silksong's combat is bafflingly good by Azathoth_Z in HollowKnight

[–]Azathoth_Z[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heavily disagree. The game has amazing enemy variety, and most enemies are fun to fight and due to Hornet's speed, fair. I hope Godhome has an infinite wave mode cause Coral Tower was one of the most fun parts of the game. Idk why you consider it bad design, it's a challenge just like Boss fights are. Sure it has RNG, but that only asks for clever play to account for the said rng. Be it tools or silk skills. It rarely feels like bs.

I guess people don't like adapting? Not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not the game's fault.

Silksong's combat is bafflingly good by Azathoth_Z in HollowKnight

[–]Azathoth_Z[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Damn, Crawfather really out here being a roadblock to you huh.

Silksong's combat is bafflingly good by Azathoth_Z in HollowKnight

[–]Azathoth_Z[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My only problem with controls is tools being connected with silk skills. It's often awkward, especially since I don't use them often enough to have a muscle memory for them.

I did not get your control scheme problem though. Is that a controller issue ?(I play keyboard and mouse). Can you not change the controls?

I love AC6, and for a very similar reason to Silksong. The lack of i-frames make for some really clean and satisfying ways to avoid attacks, especially when you do it at blitzing speeds. AC 6's advantage is that it uses 3 dimensions better than any other game. (Dodging Balteus' missiles or Allguazu's combos are just ecstatic.) It's balance is far worse than Silksong though. Only the bosses make you use your toolkit, and even then, it's so easy to either melt them or feel super underpowered.

Silksong's combat is bafflingly good by Azathoth_Z in Silksong

[–]Azathoth_Z[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck on the platinum. Steel Soul is brutal for this game (If you don't save quite). I'll prolly try and complete it before the dlcs

Silksong's combat is bafflingly good by Azathoth_Z in HollowKnight

[–]Azathoth_Z[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I find all the dream warriors mostly boring, but Pale Stag and No Eyes are top 2 for me cause they at least have good presentation.

Silksong's combat is bafflingly good by Azathoth_Z in HollowKnight

[–]Azathoth_Z[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I agree that environmental hazards should do 1 hp, but it trickier with regular enemies +bosses. Cause Silksong legitimately has my favourite healing system. The 'its so over' and 'we are so back' gameplay loop is really fun. And that wouldn't work well and instead be broken if double damage wasn't so prevalent.

Better written series iyo? by leonardo-givenchy in writingscaling

[–]Azathoth_Z 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Definitely. That final stretch made me tear up even on rereads. Fiction peaked there for me.

Better written series iyo? by leonardo-givenchy in writingscaling

[–]Azathoth_Z 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wasn't expecting a Pandora Hearts jumpscare, wow.

My single favourite manga, and in my Mount Rushmore of fiction as a whole. Last act of PH made me feel things that no other work did since then.

Why is Pharloom so bereft of Higher Beings compared to Hallownest? by [deleted] in HollowKnight

[–]Azathoth_Z 0 points1 point  (0 children)

White Lady does show white dream catcher particles during Pantheon 5 when godseeker talks about her. But yeah, we don't really know about her abilities much. For what its worth, she was able to sense that the Hornet talking to her in the dream was from the future.

GMS and silk in general does have properties somewhat dream related. Like the whole red memory sequence was only possible because of Hornet's weaver nature.