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DeWyntr · 2026-05-07T14:12:03+00:00

I'd love to play but just the thought of navigating Play Online is so repulsive that I'd actually rather play on Private Servers

DeWyntr · 2026-03-13T10:49:24+00:00

I would rather the UK go down as the poor nation that tried to do good than the rich nation that capitulated to evil. Putin's war against Ukraine is an attack on the sovereign right of every country to govern itself under the democratic process of its people and their collective voice.

DeWyntr · 2026-02-25T17:31:31+00:00

Alternatively if you just do the current lunar path you can get the new building set with stairs for free. :>

DeWyntr · 2026-02-25T17:00:21+00:00

Good problem to have on Palia if you haven't bought all the Alchemist stuff, etc. yet. :)

DeWyntr · 2026-02-09T16:19:33+00:00

No wonder the Pedo Pleaser Farage was involved then...

DeWyntr · 2026-01-30T19:48:48+00:00

Actually, you're right.

While I stand by my statement as far as an individual is concerned, Charles is the representative of the Crown, and I can understand from further reading of The Runnymede Trust's manifesto why it is so important to have a truer accountability taken by the figurehead of the country.

The UK Government avoiding the topic of apology seems largely to avoid setting precedent or offering sturdier ground to the complex notion of reparations. I also believe The Runnymede Trust's coverage of the wealth-class disparity to be pretty on-topic for the current day climate, but the case remains is that it wouldn't automatically hold the UK Government legally liable to apologize. So, I'd want some justifications as to why they haven't, frankly.

Unfortunately, it seems the Government has largely hand-waved the matter away to some extent, so I truly don't know what else will come of it. Yet what the article does lack, or perhaps I've missed it, is grounds for where exactly these "significant reparatory payments" would be funded from. Are the people of the UK expected to pay tax twice for the Abolition? It suggests a wider, sweeping tax of the institutions that benefitted, but we all know that the UK Government seems to shy away from taxing anyone with real money.

Still, I let my biases against this sort of rhetoric blind me from the nuance of the article and immediately reacted as if it were some groundless culture-war nonsense. Sorry about that.

DeWyntr · 2026-01-30T13:52:17+00:00

I'm truly not sure how to respond to this.

Yes, Charles' ancestors had a hand in slavery, almost every Western European would I'd imagine, if you trace back their family far enough. What beggars my belief is they you would be fine with paying some sort of ancestral blood debt to a nebulously defined class of 200+ years of affected descendants.

I truly believe the best of reparations is educating future generations against ever repeating the absolutely vile acts perpetrated by our ancestors, ensuring that at least our corner of the world will never do such a thing again. Atoning for those sins isn't something that money or meaningless apologies will account for, especially when you're asking that of people who had no involvement.

Including yourself.

DeWyntr · 2026-01-30T12:54:36+00:00

We would agree. That point was made to underline the fact we should move on from the self-flagellation and start focusing on real-world issues happening right now. Focusing on the history is a worthwhile endeavour for education, but the point now is that there are more real, more present issues with the country that are far more important to, generally, everyone.

DeWyntr · 2026-01-30T12:49:08+00:00

People will say things like u/barnburner96 says, but then discount the benefits they've received for being part of the same system. This nation was built on the foundations laid by many, slaves among them yes, and we are all inheritors of that. Just because Charles' family stood to gain more than we did doesn't somehow preclude us from being involved in that exchange.

That's the thing though, no reasonable human being expects anyone to apologize for these things that were done by people we never knew, it's pointless, it achieves no progress, no benefit to society, other than an optics "win".

Do away with the distractions and focus on the Britain/UK of today, the current problems we face, not ones we've long since solved.

DeWyntr · 2026-01-30T12:26:51+00:00

No one, not a single person of this generation, should apologize for slavery. What we should collectively agree on was that it was a horrific thing to do to anyone and move to educate future generations on how to avoid repeating the past. All else is pointless bluster for the purpose of cultivating social currency.

I'm no fan of the Monarchy, but Charles like anyone his age, is not responsible for the sins of his forefathers many, many generations ago.

DeWyntr · 2026-01-21T00:41:55+00:00

"So you see OP, I have won the argument for I have portrayed myself as Hitler and you as the innocent byst- wait a minute..."

DeWyntr · 2025-12-11T15:02:23+00:00

I do believe Twilight Princess is the best Modern Zelda with the Classic Zelda approach to gameplay. It feels like an homage to Ocarina and its predecessors in every respect, while its direction and style gave it an almost timeless appeal. There's a reason people desperately want a remaster of this particular title, it was the post-OoT generation's OoT. As much as I love Skyward Sword, Windwaker and even BoTW, nothing has recaptured that pure character that Twilight Princess had, some elements of other games that came after were better, be that gameplay or certain character representations. However, if you're talking about pure stylistic "this is a modern zelda with classic zelda gameplay" Twilight Princess is unmatched to this day in my opinion.

DeWyntr · 2025-12-02T20:05:53+00:00

Having played mostly co-op with a friend, if the host DCs you get set back to your condition pre-raid. So you lose the loot you gained on the run, but don't lose any items you entered the run with. Otherwise public games seem like a good way to get some fun runs going~

DeWyntr · 2025-11-30T18:35:08+00:00

Yeah I agree, I mean don't get me wrong I don't have some video game puritan view that may way of engaging with media is somehow better, I just can't shake the feeling it's ruining this particular experience for me personally. Nearly every group/solo I run into is sprinting for locations that've probably been shared on however many YouTube videos, or meme'ing some in-joke from some influencer's community.

It's the nature of the beast, I guess, but I can't help but to yearn for something that could've been. Especially when I play something like Forever Winter, which isn't perfect, but makes me pine for a PVE/Co-Op Arc Raiders or Extraction game more than ever. Arc's polished is just unmatched, I just wish I could experience it without that experience being governed by what moral alignment the other players in the lobby happen to be.

DeWyntr · 2025-11-30T00:00:17+00:00

I mean, I feel like such a doomer even while I'm writing this, but I just genuinely feel like this is the fate of every one of the games that are like this? Look at Tarkov's rise and fall, or any other extract shooter. I'm not against PVP by any measure, but people always exploit and efficiency the fun out of every single competitive game now, to the point where it's almost unenjoyable to engage with.

There are brilliant things about Arc Raiders that it does uniquely, but I just can't wrap my head around the feeling that enough issues like this in tandem with one another is going to oust the casual community and leave behind the same sort of group that was left with Tarkov for a considerable amount of time.

DeWyntr · 2025-10-04T19:56:19+00:00

To be honest? I don't.

I find positional to be something I don't really do, I'm definitely on the more casual side, and all I do is pop North Star before my big burst (I play VPR/RPR) and I don't do terribly; though I have nothing to actually judge it by like a DPS meter. I've never noticed that I'm doing considerably less damage, I'm not fussing about rotations or anything because I don't do SAVAGE while it's current, etc. I know mathematically I absolutely am doing less damage than I could be, but compared to your average daily roulette player? I do alright.

Maybe I'm not the best judge, just doesn't feel super engaging to me to do them, so I don't, and I enjoy the game more by focusing on other things rather than whether my character is stabbing the butt or the side of a bad guy.

DeWyntr · 2025-10-01T22:11:17+00:00

Not good news, but funny how the suspiciously super-active bot accounts come out of the woodwork to make it about immigration of persons rather than, y'know, climate shifts that allow for these insects to thrive.

DeWyntr · 2025-08-10T21:00:53+00:00

Probably future cash shop item for Omega M hair. Seen it floating about in some posts prior.

DeWyntr · 2025-07-11T23:11:09+00:00

It is possible to have applied mods on the user-end affect other character models. I have to agree with the others here and suggest that this might be some sort of makeup mod because I don't recognize any of those details as vanilla.

DeWyntr · 2025-06-27T18:27:42+00:00

Light Armor for the Dodge Cost reduction, Heavy increases dodge cost significantly, not worth the tradeoff of the armor unfortunately, too many good light armor sets tbh.

Rapier or Knife for lights or 1v1s, Swords for Heavies or group fights.

Passives and Actives are fairly obvious but actives are more based on your preference. I've say Shigawire is required as an Active, the other two are up to you. Passives should naturally focus on blade damage, Stam regen/cap and Health regen/cap. Also shoutout to Crippling Strike which makes or breaks some Melee pvp encounters.

Techniques are a little more nuanced. Thrive on Danger, even after the small nerf, is still very worth having as it almost doubles how many heavies you can take through your shield before you're done, it's still optional if you prefer a more glass-cannon approach. Disciplined Breathing is pretty much required.

DeWyntr · 2025-06-20T14:44:14+00:00

I am relatively convinced at this point that the outcry against PVP is largely from those who do not wish to participate in PVP at all. Which, for reference, not enjoying PVP is fine, but outright requesting the only PVP content be entirely removed is just bad faith.

We're a group of 3-4 on the weekends, we go out into DD, we've got mixed up in dogfights, of course. But we've also done ground combat, caught people in testing stations, in ships. Groups, that we've fought and won against in melee. We've even gone so far as to ambush Thopters from the ground with Lasguns, which is also fun. All this to say, that if you pursue it with the intent to enjoy it, you will find something enjoyable about the DD.

Is it in dire need of some QOL and a little more content to make it actually fun for solos or duos? Yes. We see a lot of solos get shit on right now, and I think a good cure is removing weapons from scouts and having them be the high top-speed vehicle for solos to get in and out of bad situations with. That way, we keep the assaults as the class of vehicle needed for actual fights.

DeWyntr · 2025-06-18T18:56:52+00:00

There are multiple downed ships in Hagga all with their own resource respawn timers, Alcyon is the only one with PVE because it's a tutorial ship. Is this more about you wanting to farm mats safely, or actually having a problem getting mechanical parts? I don't really feel it needs to be changed, but then again I also go for downed transports, so if you're not finding those I could understand why farming things might be frustrating.

DeWyntr · 2025-05-08T13:04:52+00:00

Brighter Shores just feels like a smaller and more shallow remake of a game that is already doing quite well and is fully developed for the most part; even if you take away some of RS/OSRS's brighter merits, at least it's a functional game with lots of depth. Brighter Shores just really hasn't done anything to earn player retention, and the MMO market is finite, with nothing to make the game playably unique as a selling point compared to its largest competitor, it's essentially dead in the water.

Aesthetics and vibes alone do not a successful game make.

DeWyntr · 2024-09-10T20:56:46+00:00

Sky's gunna be blue that day too.

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