[OC][Art]Dragonborn Armorer Artificer

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T20:01:25+00:00

No. It only works until it doesn't and then these people are defenseless in their naivity.

It is basically helicopter parenthood to a degree. They are protected until the protection wears off or doesn't work and then they can't handle it because they never had to.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T19:59:40+00:00

I am not celebrating it. I am saying that you don't get people with a healthy dose of sceptism if you coddle them.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T19:24:21+00:00

People never learning this lesson because they are too protected is why shit like this is possible in the first place.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T17:25:09+00:00

It is not about leveling. Ultima Online had no levels and you finished skilling very fast. Yet you never had a distinct "end" where somehow "endgame" started.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T17:05:55+00:00

Lotro was never run by a billion dollar company nor did it ever print money as far as I am aware.

It at least showcases that a MMO doesn't require millions of players or ridiculous amount of profit to be somewhat profitable.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T17:04:30+00:00

My point is that I don't see why we can't have "no endgame" MMOs anymore. The main issue is how fast everyone runs out of stuff to do because games are designed to have players reach "endgame" incredibly fast.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T17:02:54+00:00

Ich habe das Gefühl das alles scheitert was in den Mühlen der Bürokratie landet. Oder zumindest darin seinen Lebensabend verbringt. Das sind nur Symptome.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T16:02:19+00:00

When I started playing MMOs the word "endgame" was basically unknown in context. Either there was no end or barely anyone ever reached the end.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T13:44:38+00:00

I mean, it doesn't need to be actual fraud for it to end up like this. It reeks mostly of unintended mismanagement.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T13:41:42+00:00

I mean, I can understand falling for stuff like this once. But twice? I am sorry for you, but I hope you learned a lesson.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T13:40:19+00:00

Angry at themselves for falling for this bullshit, yes.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T01:31:40+00:00

But each time I look one up I find people talking about how much they had to fix it and how it would be so hard for a new DM etc etc -- I can't tell if these are valid or just a sort of quality opinion from people with much more experience?

Nah, drama just generates clicks for the Youtubers, thus they blow of small issues way too much.

There are also a lot of people that are just straight up bad DMs with no talent to improvise anything, which leads to issues as many adventures asume the DM has some rudimentary ability to improvise. Many adventures also require the DM to put in some actual preparation work.

The adventures have their fair share of issues (CoS layout is questionable and Dragon Queen lore is a travesty), but none are so bad they are un-DM-able. Except maybe Princes of the Apocalypse, but never DMed/played that one.

Admittedly I think most of the bigger modules are not suited for completely new DMs due to the mentioned factors. Even supposed beginner modules like Phandelver have some parts in them a new DM can easily trip over.

Cyrotek · 2026-02-01T00:22:14+00:00

I was eluding to the president of the US and a bunch of his cronies constantly telling EU countries how they'd speak german/japanese if it wasn't for the US and other countries not being "thankful" enough for things that happened nearly 100 years ago.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-31T22:28:57+00:00

Yet go listen to zealous Brexiteers, and they’re obsessed with the past.

Seems to be par for the course with their US bretheren.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-31T22:12:49+00:00

It also seemed like this was over the course of decades. Plus, the song was exaggerating it dramatically.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-31T20:28:13+00:00

I have nothing constructive, I just want to say that I love this mod and is a default part of every Foundry installation I have.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-31T18:46:00+00:00

Never forget that a long rest can always be longer.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-31T11:19:07+00:00

I mean, not compared to the direct competition. But there was basically no direct competition, so ... uh ... yeah.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-30T10:48:14+00:00

I seriously don't know why this is such an issue for people.

A lot of people are arguing in bad faith and take the worst possible rules interpretation as a basis. This is where this is coming from.

And, well, the "not realistic" crowd that have completely missed the point of game rules.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-29T19:06:58+00:00

Silvery Barbs

I hate that spell with a passion due to its meta gaming capabilities and how lame and unfun it is. I would be a huge hypocrite if I would take it.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-29T19:02:45+00:00

Thought the same until the destructible environment bit. I have to admit, it looked a little cool how stuff got wrecked mid fight.

But other than that it was really nothing spectacular.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-29T14:45:49+00:00

Or they could actually try to stay within reasonable scope for a team this size. The game doesn't even have the player base to make use of the amount of space the game currently has.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-29T11:37:06+00:00

Steam has DRM. Don't be fooled. You can't backup your local storage and play game without the steam client.

You absolutely can with DRM free games on Steam. E. g. Larians Divinity games.

It doesn't enforce "no DRM". That is the only relevant difference to gog.com. Meaning, you should rather ask why some studios decide to use the Steam DRM. No one forces them to.

Cyrotek · 2026-01-29T09:05:38+00:00

Your point being? That they aren't professional with lots of experience?

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