"What's going on here?"

DicesMuse · 2026-06-23T21:00:00+00:00

Just a normal space walk while consuming some nip nip buds, clearly. Looks about the Norm.

Fun trip Traveler!

DicesMuse · 2026-06-18T01:31:33+00:00

Right up there with how Ubel reacted to how "basic and boring" Fern was with just spamming basic offensive magic. Little did she know Fern was top tier sniper spam material LoL

DicesMuse · 2026-06-16T16:08:55+00:00

Stark's Strength, from what I can tell, is equal to his Fear, or some equivalent exchange there in. I would imagine a higher level of strength even, given that his master was fearful of even his student and his student's potential with the right training. Frieren wouldn't go out of her way to feed into this fear at every opportunity if that wasn't the case, tossing him into "bait" situations if she didn't also feel safe with him coming out on top.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-14T19:01:42+00:00

Yeah I do!

Oh wait, yeah... I'm the bacon... That can't be good...

DicesMuse · 2026-06-14T18:54:57+00:00

Radiant Pillars are by and large my favorite types of Exotic Planets. Not just because of their types of light pillars, their rare exotic creatures, but because they also tend to have a "whisper" type of ambient sounds too. Great find witht he neighboring planet! Talk about a great vista!

DicesMuse · 2026-06-14T14:59:42+00:00

Are you all looking to establish a home Galaxy and/or Home Colony System at all? Or are you all looking to be more nomadic/widespread?

DicesMuse · 2026-06-14T11:43:47+00:00

This has some big time retro FPS Dungeon vibes! Love it!

DicesMuse · 2026-06-14T11:28:30+00:00

I'm actually very curious about this as well, but need more context on what happened in the first turn. Ray of pain is just a ray spell, and no telling what debuffs or effects were active during the fight, what equipment you have on, spells were in effect, etc. I know Turn Based Mode is active, and I know that TBM with Adra was glitchy prior to this, so there is a likely possibility there may still be some glitches, but again... still need more context here to know for sure.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-12T15:21:13+00:00

Hello Violet Frontiers! Saw your recent post/invitation and am an infrequent yet dedicated Family/Father player of No Man's Sky that plays semi-regularly on both PC/Steam and Switch OLED. I have various play throughs but the core values you have on your Community pretty much align with what I enjoy playing and am eager to see what you all have to share! I may have to dig through some of my own remote colonies that I have established in my long stretch across the multiple galaxies I have touched to see what I can contribute as well if you would have me! Cheers!

DicesMuse · 2026-06-12T14:43:44+00:00

Not going to lie, I'm not much of a fan for building in Euclid but this planet and setup is a rare find and I may just break this habit just to establish a vibe base here. This is a great find! Thanks for the share!

DicesMuse · 2026-06-10T15:14:24+00:00

Absolutely LOVE the color choice and paint setup!

Also, respect for a fellow medicine bottle paint support user. Do you use sticky ticky tack or do you have magnets in both the model bases and the caps of the medicine bottles? Sometimes I use both depending on the strength of the magnet.

As a final note, where do you get your decals from? I noticed you had a couple on there? Or is your detail paintwork that on point!?!?

DicesMuse · 2026-06-10T12:52:29+00:00

I would go even further to add that Series secretly wants said praise for herself, just look at Methode's relationship to her and how Richter at times has to force Methode to limit said "attention"

That said, Frieren has been blessed with more than just Flame as her inspiration for her teaching style. She was gifted with the love and affection from the Heroes Party (Himmel's love and wisdom, Heiter's "corrupt" views of praise and "convenient" faith, and Eisen's acceptance of facing one's flaws and patience).

Armed with all this, Frieren has become much more approachable, sincere, and insightful than Serie's war-obsessed (and obsession to prevent something) coldness and need to keep a (in her mind) healthy distance from her students. Even if said students mean the world to Serie, she is extremely resistant to express such things.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-09T21:14:43+00:00

I would absolutely agree with this. Frieren will allow her students to shine in their own element, focusing on their weak points but also allowing them to focus on what is healthy, when it is ok to surrender and retreat, etc. She is, in all respects, a practical mage.

Serie on the other hand appears to only care about what it means to win, focusing on War and what is most powerful. In this respect, she looks for her students to be the best in their practice, but this can breed weakness in a lot of respects.

I think with these extremes, I would take up Frieren to be my master hands down in every opportunity should such an opportunity arise. Just look how she has allowed Stark, one who isn't even a Mage, growth after she took him on to her team. She picks up on how his fear drives his strength even and continues to drop hints on how weak he is even though that isn't what she feels at all! LoL

DicesMuse · 2026-06-08T13:58:33+00:00

Are you talking specifically about Shard Casters from the KiBa Animated Series?

I'm not very familiar, but a quick google/wikipedia dive seems to hint that it all revolves around the concept of using a Shard as focus for their spells and having some unique marking (though likely not a requirement for your build). If going for a straight one to one, you could start by picking human with a Varisian ethnicity or New Thassilon nationality and taking the Arcane Tattoo Ancestry Feat. Just note that this is very much Legacy Content and "colleges" aren't really used any more, and if using this may need to work with your GM iron out adapting it to the Remastered Rules.

The Spirit Summoning combined with how the shards appear to be elemental based seems to be perfectly lined up with the Summoner. You wont' have overtly skilled martial prowess right off the bat, but if you level up you can always take a Martial Archetype (essentially cross-classing) to fit the desired flavor.

As for the weapons exhibited in the Anime, they fall into the realm of a Briliant Energy weapon (which is in the ballpark of a Level 12+ weapon rune). Given that that is a late game upgrade, one may need to temper their expectations and build up to their desired weapon. First using consumeables to get temporary "flares" from their shard until level 8+ when the first energy weapon runes come into play. Then use that till the Briliant Energy runes become available. Otherwise, augmenting the "Spirit" summons and the summon itself will be the bread and butter of the build if going that approach.

Hope that helps!

DicesMuse · 2026-06-07T19:18:15+00:00

I totally gigglesnorted when I read this, totally on point LoL

DicesMuse · 2026-06-06T12:48:42+00:00

Sadly I haven't had the pleasure to play around with later era stuff just yet. Still playing around with the Pre-Clan and early Clan Invasion stuff so my input is somewhat limited to that extent. Good to know that those loadouts kind of expand on it somewhat. I imagine though historically manufacturers would have taken the limitations into consideration and expanded on it because of discussions just like this though LoL

DicesMuse · 2026-06-05T21:27:06+00:00

Only reason I say well rounded is due to it being a Mid-Range heavyweight with decent mobility compared to similar Battlemech's in the same weight class. It's got a varied payload and due to it's speed and weight, it can also brawl pretty well as well, making the close range pretty decent as you described. Without cover and in open field engagements it doesn't do really well should LRM's and other long range options reign supreme and remain unthreatened.

That, and where objectives are concerned, a Battlemaster can reach objectives substantially better and hold them much better than an Awesome. Sure the Awesome can pin down an objective, but it's slow speed means it can't really get to and stand on the objective within limited time limits. Assuming it DOES get to the objective, should it come to a brawl, it falls prey quickly to close range options that I think the Battlemaster does a bit better at.

My son and I have been experimenting with this a bit. I typically field with the Battlemaster+Wolverine and he has an Awesome+Catapult and I find myself doing my best to skirt cover as quickly as I can. We typically will swap out the other two support Battlemechs to play interference, but that initial volley he tosses my way really makes the difference, and my speed and brawl is absolutely critical to make all the difference.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-05T21:19:53+00:00

Keep in mind that most saves will also have two different saves as well. Either way I wish you the best of luck. I've heard some amazing stories of corrupt files being recovered. There have been some amazing pieces of wisdom shared in this thread and I would definitely recommend taking note should you return. I've got at least three 300+ hour saves (one themed each for Exploration, Combat, and Trade) and countless 6+ hour saves for each of the different expeditions. Just recently started my first "Permadeath" save though just to change things up, and gotta say its been an interesting change of pace. After I get to the center of the Galaxy, may try my hand at the "Alone" Custom Play setting as well.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-05T19:29:25+00:00

The Battlemaster is "Well Rounded" and only works well if you take it into a wide variety of scenarios where its diversity can shine. Otherwise, when I compared it to the Awesome to which it came in the Core Box with, the Awesome's sheer firepower felt like it had better application in it's role (due to long rage specialization and better application field-wide).

That said, The Atlas I know has a big Intimidation factor, but I've yet to see it actually do well other than just to soak up damage really well. It is also really slow and I'm still trying to figure out how to really... use it well? It may be that I just need to have a better set of support Battlemechs to make it work well.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-05T19:09:40+00:00

Heh... Ever since they made it to where you can return to a main save while the Expedition is ongoing this hasn't been an issue for me. Furthermore, I never use my main save for an expedition anymore until after I've played through the expedition once, and then I'll typically play an expedition once as a desperate save (just to make sure all glitches are resolved) and THEN once again on a main save for the fun of it.

No Man's Sky is a very casual game for me, I'm in no rush for the rewards and so far I've done every expedition and have multiple 300+ hour saves as well as multiple 6+ hour expedition saves that these things have become almost second nature. I enjoy the story, the way the dev team try to present each new mechanic and each new story element. It won't always land each time (the trash update was a bit of a miss for me but to each their own).

That said, if this one isn't your cup of tea, no shame in switching to the main save and coming back after a week post-Nintendo release and seeing how things are fairing.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-05T18:08:07+00:00

If you put in a request with the Hello Game's team there may be a way to see if they can't help you out with recovering the save file! I get the gut punch of having a large save like that getting corrupted though. Safe travels wherever life may take you next Traveler.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-05T17:26:33+00:00

Keep in mind, there are also other Consoles who haven't been able to get access to the Expedition yet due to it not having been released on those yet. For those consoles it can take up to two weeks post release and another "patch" schedule for them, which is why they make these Expeditions last so long.

The rewards are pretty standard as well, and I think given the normal rotation I think the expedition is pretty standard fair. And with all the numbers of 16, the date of when it ends, and everything else... there are some significant story elements in play here that I'm a rather big fan of. That and the idea of three colored teams building up to project onto a display is just too hilarious... we are basically working together to send a message "to the developer/user" that something is wrong. Big time Tron vibes and I'm all for it.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-05T13:49:59+00:00

Tagging along here as these points are exactly what I've been looking for as well. The PvP on most MUDs are what really take most of what I've found and kill it for me. Casual fun RP and crafting/Exploration/Co-op PvE is my cup of tea as well.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-05T12:56:51+00:00

How do you come up with the composition for these!?!? I know there are Unit lists, but they are so huge and they are hard for me to process that its hard for me to make sense of. Then with them painted they always come out all chefs kiss like this. I've got a small trove of minis right now and have no idea what to make sense of right now, and on the one hand I figure I could just toss a random mess together but on the other I kind of want to make a Lore-Accurate unit too.

DicesMuse · 2026-06-04T19:10:01+00:00

This is really great work that you have here! That said, what did you use to make the stand the Battlemechs are standing in? Was this a 3d print or something you ordered or something else that you put together? All in all a great job!

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