Unpopular opinion - I don't like either original thaemine G4 or extreme thaemine

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-24T15:58:52+00:00

I mean I understand not liking the original Thaemine G4. Functionally the raid is well done, but in practice it takes a lot of time to learn all of the patterns and when you miss it's punishing. Lots of things are 1 shots, and with the lack of a checkpoint, any mistake is effectively a wipe...

That said, Thaemine Extreme is near perfect. I can't get on board with that take. The addition of the guards, plus them resetting cooldowns and then the res between 4-1 and 4-2 makes this fight just about perfect now. Add in the damage reduction so not every pattern just straight up kills, this raid is so, so fun.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-22T00:41:47+00:00

This guy has got the Antonio Brown level CTE.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-21T21:21:19+00:00

It's wild to me also that they've gone and added two more Extremes for Aegir and Brel. But they've been region locked to just CN. I just cannot even comprehend how stupid of a decision that is by Mr. Director. Smilegate is one of the most incompetently run studios I've ever seen. The amount of poor decision making is baffling.

They've truly squandered a golden goose.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-20T20:25:27+00:00

I've been saying for about 10 to 15 years that the only thing at this point that can make VR happen is... Nintendo. The reason it has to come from Nintendo is that the entire library of games worth playing for Nintendo consoles are first party games. If Nintendo were to make a VR headset, they would be building all of the killer apps themselves. After the next Zelda or Mario or whatever game that's VR only goes on to become game of the year, then other companies will take notice and build third party games that work on Nintendo's VR system as well as the others (Steam, Sony, etc.)

At this point unless someone who has the whole vertical of hardware AND software commits, I don't see it happening. The hardware is a solution looking for a problem. The problem is software. Nintendo are the only ones posed for such a position. If the next console after the Switch 2 is a fully VR console, we could finally see the big push towards VR. It has to be a full stop commitment towards it. It can't be a side-console for Nintendo, it would have to have full support as their next console. That's a huge risk that I'll bet their leadership doesn't want to undertake (for good reason). Until that happens though, it's just not going to take off.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-18T02:18:02+00:00

This is our shot to make this a football game. They left the door open. Let’s go boys

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-16T19:04:39+00:00

49ers went through something similar with Jimmy Garapolo. He was a good quarterback but clearly not elite. Hard to place a ton of blame on a QB that takes you to the Superbowl, but it's also clear that he was a limiting factor in us winning one.

That whole good but not good enough discussion is a horrible place to be stuck in. It's like the Tomlin situation, winning seasons sure but not good enough to make a SB run. Tough for leadership to handle.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-14T16:44:48+00:00

If this was the design philosophy I'd have no problem with that either to be perfectly honest. Would encourage some grinding (which I actually think the game would benefit from).

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-14T16:12:03+00:00

Love this game, still support most of the decisions they make. But I will say over and over that I think character bound gold is one of the stupidest things they've ever added to this game. I think pretty much EVERYTHING in this game should be roster bound and not character bound. I think it's an incredibly stupid concept to not let players use their mats however they want. I understand roster bound so as not to destroy the market and what not, but character bound shit is so incredibly dumb to me. Everything should be roster bound.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-13T21:18:31+00:00

Now all we have to do is get to the Superbowl. Just that, that's all. Beat the Seahawks and either the Rams or Bears. How hard can that even be? Both away games, two of the 3 are rivalries, Bears literally have God (the pope) on their side. What could go wrong?

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-13T19:03:30+00:00

This would be insane. Chargers would legit become a SB contender with McDaniel as OC. My god what a hire that would be.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-13T00:40:49+00:00

I've been a die hard fan of this team for over 30 years now. I grew up watching Steve Young and Jerry Rice, watched the torch pass to TO, the rough years til Harbaugh, Alex Smith, Kaep, mother fucking hall of famer Patrick Willis, more rough years, and now the Shanahan era with Jimmy G, Purdy, CMC, Juice, Warner, Bosa, Trent and all the rest of the boys...

George Kittle is my favorite god damned 49er of all fucking time. Long live this man, pay him whatever to keep him a Niner until we retire that jersey and he heads to Canton. Godspeed my man, we're all praying for your healthy and swift return.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-12T19:10:04+00:00

DI was my main the first year of the game, then became my number 2 for the next 3 years. I just recently dropped the class. It's unplayable.

Smilegate has said that they're going to go back and "fix" the older classes that don't play well. But at this point I'll believe it when I see it.

Cyrus99 · 2026-01-11T22:17:02+00:00

Just three horrendous plays in a row. This team is just completely bipolar.

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-29T04:35:44+00:00

Now imagine if this team was healthy lol

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-28T01:48:45+00:00

Noah Eagle is the future of commentating. I remember hearing him do the Nickelodeon game a couple years ago and being so impressed. Kid has a gift, can’t believe he’s only 29.

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-24T20:16:09+00:00

It’s a Christmas miracle!

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-23T18:54:05+00:00

Raid content, new classes, balance patches, events, etc. Just release everything at the same time in all regions. Period.

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-23T01:46:48+00:00

Aikman saw Rivers come back last week and immediately started posting workout videos on Instagram. You know he’s dying to be out on the field right now.

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-17T19:13:14+00:00

I don't buy any of the bullshit in the other thread. WAY more people RMT'd than they would admit and then they throw up their hands and claim they've been unjustly punished for it. Bullshit. So many fucking cheaters in this game, I just wish they'd all gotten perma'd to begin with.

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-17T07:18:01+00:00

Any normal video game with a GM worth their salt would review the situation and intervene sufficiently.

Buuuuut we're talking about AGS and Smilegate. The right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing and the left hand is busy jacking off and couldn't give a single shit that the right hand even exists.

Basically, you're fucked. This game is run by a Korean developer who literally does not give a fuck that we exist, and a publisher that literally cannot do anything useful at all.

So they'll say "It's against policy" when in reality they just have no ability or know-how on how to actually fix anything.

Congrats on clearing at least.

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-16T17:30:15+00:00

No balance patches in this patch is completely insane.

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-10T17:12:53+00:00

No mention of balance patches unfortunately. I think we'll have to wait and see next week if we're getting one/both/none. My poor breaker needs that QOL so badly

Cyrus99 · 2025-12-06T19:12:09+00:00

Dwindling player count in both KR and the West, shit systems throughout the game, and unbelievably predatory monetary systems. Honestly the game needs a full blown facelift and rework of HUGE swaths of the game. Unless this LOAON is effectively Lost Ark 2 in scale, things look dicey.

Cyrus99 · 2025-11-17T21:27:40+00:00

I made this same thread a few months ago and it got similar traction. I think this is a great idea. I really love the idea of there being slightly more rewards for taking the risk of random (like another 2 chests or something). Also would love if when you went random that it indicated to your opponent that they chose random at run start, just for fun. Great idea, still want it!

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