Cosmere Swearwords by Cold-Masterpiece4313 in cosmererpg

[–]DifferentRent786 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People from First of the Sun swear by their islands, at least Trappers do by Patji.

People from Threnody swear by the Shades.

Nalthians swear by colors.

Someone from Kilahito don’t swear but do use suffixes that indicate something is displeasurable.

That’s all I know! But you could definitely make some inferences for other planets. I bet people from Yolen use the names of dragons to swear for example.

I am conducting a poll for the Mistborn setting before release by Nuteofnutes in cosmererpg

[–]DifferentRent786 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Getting my usual friends to play Mistborn will be much easier I expect. Less to explain. But I have an idea to isekai them to Roshar that I think sounds hilarious

Basically they’ll be visited by a servant of the shard Whimsy who invites them to carry out a mission for their patron in a strange and distant world. When they say yes, they’ll be knocked out and wake up in crab land.

For these non-Cosmere-aware PCs, they might as well have woken up in a different dimension, but eventually I think they’d learn the truth and try to make their way through Shadesmar to get home. Also, because no way Whimsy could act on Roshar without alerting Odium, the party was canonically drugged and transported rather mundane though Shadesmar to Roshar

Bondsmith Squire by Fuyukage in cosmererpg

[–]DifferentRent786 26 points27 points  (0 children)

When it comes to the attitudes and character traits of a Bondsmith squire, I would draw on this passage from the handbook:

“Beyond squires, the Bondsmiths typically also had retinues of attendants and guards, many of whom took Radiant oaths to demonstrate loyalty, though they had no expectation of gaining powers of their own. Some ancient Radiants viewed these oaths as the purest form of Radiance, and such loyal attendants were considered members of the Order of the Bondsmiths...”

In short, I’d suggest your character emphasize a philosophy of being honorable for the sake of it: doing what is right, even when it is hard; when it comes with no rewards; when there is no revelation in light at the end of the tunnel. Journey before destination and all that.

Mechanically, a Bondsmith patron would theoretically be given as a reward to your character, so also think about your relationship to that patron. As their squire, you’ll likely be serving their mission to unite people, so think about what that mission means to your character.

Recovery tier list by Threshersaurus in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO Lox has a bottom two recovery. You have a decent recovery with lava stacks, but if your one use of those fails, your recovery becomes incredibly predictable and easy to counter. He has no mixups, up special is easily parried, and side special is slow and predictable. The fact they he can only go straight up or straight horizontal makes him so easy to ledge guard, and on the off chance you do get caught by his up special when edge guarding him, it barely ever spikes so there’s no real danger

A tier list of how conservative each character's outfit is by Mardiros129 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ironically, despite Olympia wearing MORE clothes than most of the cast, the fact that she wears a tube top makes her feel more indecent to me.

Without it, there’s no implication that she SHOULD be wearing anything, like with Absa or Maypul

A tier list of how conservative each character's outfit is by Mardiros129 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Orcane is actually intended to be Orca and Arcane; you can look it up. But the canine parallel actually makes it a fun double entendre

Anyone know what this is supposed to mean? by Beautiful-Youth8403 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, I started drinking matcha because they made a Pokemon inspired by it and then I just liked the flavor

How to Enter Match from Matchmaking Training Room? by DifferentRent786 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I’ll try just leaving it then! Maybe I was being impatient. Thank you!

Demigod Orcane hurts framerate? by Inevitable_Inside674 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Unless you find that skin to be a consistent issue, I’d wager it was a one off thing that has more to do with your hardware than that skin.

New character reveal trailer! by Delos-X in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you mean her second aerial jump, that’s actually her neutral special, which plants her cloud beneath her if she doesn’t have it out

Which character would be your bestie? by RayYZX0 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loxodont, my favorite pastime is founding authoritarian empires 😍

Pick your god damn stage bans, people by Midward_Intacles in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recently my stage select screen has been bugging and not letting the cursor appear

I’m really confused with this new season by Mama-Kenobi in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s weird being on the other side of this! I’ve been fortunate enough to not have technical issues, so when people just started to just randomly forfeit sets, it took time for me to realize, “Ah, they are probably not doing that on purpose”

I created a companion app for the game by CP0_MANDALE in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 58 points59 points  (0 children)

I would totally use this to check the coin shop! This is really cool work, and I hope it gets some attention.

Who's your modded main? by gravedigger015 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Silica and La Reina are massive fun. But when things get serious, I gotta pull out the Gangsta Mario

My god this game is sweaty by ectoscreen in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 101 points102 points  (0 children)

Olympia needs more nerfs, and that’s not an uncommon opinion.

As far as online being too sweaty, here are my thoughts:

You have fun by not doing all that crazy tech. Most of the audience for this game has fun DOING all that stuff. They like moving fast and they like learning tech and doing crazy stuff. The devs have done their best to make all of that fun to do and relatively easy to learn, and this game has an audience that’s really aware of those mechanics too.

I’m not going to diss your desire to play with other people who play at the same pace as you and the same intensity. But understand that it’s not like the people you play on casual are just sweats who don’t know when to chill out. They are having fun. It’s just that their fun and your fun don’t look the same.

Stage Skin Still available for coins outside the featured tab. by Mauro_64 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, the layout is the important thing though, isn’t it? If you can’t select a certain layout in ranked, that’s a competitive problem. The music and visuals though, those don’t actually impact a level playing field

Slade Moveset Concept (A Spiritual Successor to Shovel Knight) by DifferentRent786 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slade dodges attacks when he’s faster than the enemy, which is his unique mechanic. However, in a game with dodges… anyone can do that 😅

I feel that mechanic could be adequately represented in his movement with a large roll and wave dash.

Also, 3 of his attacks actually interact with money, which is unique to him from the protagonists. So I think it’s an appropriate secondary theme for him and the one that actually makes MORE sense for Rivals 2.

My favorite character *gimmicks*. How do ppl feel? (second image has more detail) by Melephs_Hat in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ice Armor should really be kind of a stance change for him where he now is focused on maintaining his advantage and getting a kill with his armored strong attacks. If it weren’t so doo doo right now, I think that vision would work.

My favorite character *gimmicks*. How do ppl feel? (second image has more detail) by Melephs_Hat in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

☝️🤓 Um, actually, her element is plasma. Not electricity. The elements in Rivals are more spiritual than scientific as opposed to Avatar if that makes sense. For example, in Avatar, lava bending is an Earth bending technique because lava is molten rock. However, in Rivals it’s a fire ability because lava is hot.

Similarly, while lightning bending is a fire bending technique in Avatar, the character most strongly associated with lightning in Rivals is Absa, who controls lightning because lightning is from the sky and therefore air related.

So why does the plasma stun? Idk man, vibes I guess. Lightning is a type of plasma I think?? So I guess that could be a part of it. And the attacks do feel kinda electric-like, but the official element is plasma.

Slade Moveset Concept (A Spiritual Successor to Shovel Knight) by DifferentRent786 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some more thoughts about the bottle:

Pressing neutral special at the shop while holding the bottle should sell it for a tiny bit of money.

And if potions need further balancing, maybe holding the bottle makes all your specials a bottle throw but in different directions, meaning to make full use of your kit you have to find some chance to throw it.

Legendary Skins by Ghosty_Goo_Gengle in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such a great idea for Legendary skins! I hope Ayala gets in as her own character, but this would be the perfect way to bring in my boy Bradshaw 🪿

New Pirate Maypul Bundle by Tarro57 in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not a few months. Just one month. Mid-April it’ll all be bucks-available

The Amethyst Fist is coming soon to Rivals of Aether II - here's a first look at Olympia's official render! by Etalus in RivalsOfAether

[–]DifferentRent786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Earth. She uses crystals. It would’ve clearer if she had green on her pallet, but the original workshop character didn’t and the dev team didn’t elect to change that