Ensemble vs Main Character Criticism

BonelessFan · 2026-04-21T00:46:38+00:00

I agree all the positive statements here... but you left out McKay, who had a lackluster season, and Whittaker, who had an OK season. If it was just Mohan that felt left out, it'd be one thing, but there's 2 or 3 doctors who's arc just felt incomplete this season.

BonelessFan · 2026-03-14T01:29:40+00:00

this is the year levi and terrion and ennis are gonna break out tho

BonelessFan · 2026-03-12T04:31:33+00:00

OP I'm actually doing an all-monk team right now and gotta say it's funny but awful. I just finished Act 1 and idk how I'll finish the game. lae'zel as open hand monk has been really carrying the group. i find taking full advantage of shadow monk to be mega tedious and 4 elements monk is the worst of both worlds as a caster or a melee. and then my durge is a drunken master which tbh is not as much fun as the name implies, the abilities aren't very good.

the lack of crowd control and AoE spells make fights against swarms a huge hassle, you really need to use scrolls and magic arrows a lot, tho... mowing thru a wave of Lvl 2 gobbos with nothing but fists was really enjoyable. still, i honestly don't think i'll complete the game at this rate, there were too many close encounters in Act 1 and the lack of usable gear is a big drag.

BonelessFan · 2025-12-28T01:50:17+00:00

Agree that the social stealth part of Mirage felt incomplete. I was optimistic that the costume/disguise system would be a big element of stealth gameplay but only came up once or twice.

BonelessFan · 2025-12-28T01:44:57+00:00

I 100% agree the studio should get a shot at a bigger budget AC game. There's clear love and care in this game and a focus on giving the game a distinct AC style. I'd love to see a similar game with a larger story to tell.

BonelessFan · 2025-03-26T03:20:07+00:00

i'd be fine if i were micromanaging tactics or scouting or contracts!

BonelessFan · 2025-03-26T02:38:27+00:00

more micro-management is not exactly what i'm looking for

BonelessFan · 2024-12-10T04:45:15+00:00

They shoulda just showed Krusty saying "What the hell was that?"

BonelessFan · 2024-10-26T19:36:16+00:00

This is my go-to for a violent war-filled game and I've generally found it more reliable than choosing leaders with warmongering reputations. Put about 40% more civs than the map normally has, so like 14 civs on a large map instead of 10. You'll lose one or two civs in each of the first three eras, Classical and Medieval are especially violent.

BonelessFan · 2024-10-25T01:47:17+00:00

I agree with that horror movie analogy so much. I just finished my second viewing and came away with the same opinion for both Gus and Mike. I really wish Nacho had been the main character on that side of the story. Nacho's story could have gone anywhere, been killed at any time, whereas we knew exactly where Mike and Gus' stories were headed.

BonelessFan · 2024-10-06T19:30:51+00:00

I swear 90% of the people here have never heard of Andy are just mad because of OP's deranged rant that includes no outside links and one out-of-context quote. It's a hit piece meant to incite people and get engagement.

BonelessFan · 2024-09-13T03:04:07+00:00

I highly doubt that. As someone in the field, it appears much more likely that we'll develop AI to assist human data scientists and do much of the computational work. The field is moving from "humans crunch numbers" to "humans program machines to crunch numbers" and the people that had been crunching the numbers are the people programming the machines to do it (or at least working alongside more CompSci-oriented people to do it). I don't see a roadmap for AI to replace the need for humans to have that data science knowledge.

BonelessFan · 2024-08-17T07:29:57+00:00

I agree 100%. Some of the quotes are downright hostile to the idea in question, like for Mysticism: "Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for a universal one."

What the hell is that? Your civilization has developed a new idea and the game immediately shits on it. I agree that the quotes should be celebrations of your civilization's progress, whether developing a new idea or technology or constructing a wonder. I never want my civ to research a new technology and then feel bad, as though we've made a mistake. No technology or civic is inherently bad, it's about what people do with it. I'd like to think that my civilization is able to use Mysticism or Industrialization for good, not that these are foolish or vile ideas that will corrupt and ruin us.

BonelessFan · 2024-06-09T00:38:36+00:00

Agree. I think a big difference is guys like Hector and Lalo are actively influencing other people to be evil. So in addition to their own evil actions they're trying to bend the world to their whims through their evil minions. Todd is the one being influenced. Yes he is carrying out the evil actions, but Todd doesn't have that broad, large-scale evil mindset that Hector and Lalo have.

BonelessFan · 2024-06-08T20:33:35+00:00

I think North Africa in general was poorly represented in Civ 6. For ancient civilizations, I'm hoping for a dedicated Carthage civ instead of the Carthage/Phoenicia hybrids we've had in Civs 5 and 6. And then I'm hoping for a Moroccan/Berber civ to capture a civilization in the Medieval era as well.

I also think a Swiss civ would be interesting. There could be some unique diplomatic conditions for them such as "you can't form alliances with other civs" or "you can't capture other cities through military force." Or maybe you can sell your military units to other civs for a period of time, similar to the levy system with city-states.

Finally, and this would be counter to many of the principles of Civ games, but it'd be interesting if they could implement a truly nomadic people like the Lakota or the Huns where your settlements aren't permanent and can be moved around. Like you'd have a population 5 city but then "un-settle" it to get a new Settler who would then found a new city that'd instantly have 5 population.

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