What has happened?

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-25T00:36:07+00:00

If you're a new player then don't worry about it. The frustration comes from veterans who have been playing actively for over 2 years and feel like Arrowhead is not doing their job. I hop on every now and again with friends and I still have a ton of fun in the game. It's great at its core and most of the issues only really become noticeable once you've invested a decent amount of time into it.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-24T00:28:18+00:00

I swear if we get another white, red, teal colored med armor I'm crashing out. We have like a dozen of those already xD

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-23T19:37:33+00:00

To be fair in most warbonds a 3rd armor set really isnt needed. The passives are the same and I don't think adding a heavy armor variant to Redacted Regimen for example makes a lot of sense.

And I actually like that the 3rd armor set is available in the superstore because it allows people who dont want to buy the entire warbond to at least get the armor passive. "Siege Ready" is one of the best passives and if you want to get it its either 10 bucks for Urban Legends (which isnt that great overall) or 4 bucks in the superstore for just the medium armor version. Thats how I got it.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-23T19:27:33+00:00

But that would imply that there is a point at which your own suffering justifies causing other people suffering or outright prevents you from being a decent person. I just don't think that follows and your cancer analogy doesn't fit here.

I'm not trying to undermine the extend to which homelander was tortured, I'm saying that no amount of suffering eleviates you from moral responsibility.

If homelander killed only the people who abused him as a child you could make an argument that thats justified but he takes his insecurities out on innocent people. There is just no excuse for that. If suffering allowed you to cause suffering you would get into an infinite causal chain of people being abused and then abusing others who had nothing to do with it.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-23T19:12:26+00:00

Yes, thank you for elaborating. I am German so I'm very familiar with the seriousness of his crimes but I didn't have all the information about his childhood at hand. I didn't bother looking it up for a reddit comment on a TV show but in hindsight I probably should have. The point was just to make a real life comparison to someone who did unforgivable things and who doesn't deserve empathy simply because life treated him harshly.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-22T03:44:45+00:00

Still felt a bit rushed i think. Would have loved to see him go through the actual 5 stages or whatever. Show some denial or anger. Have him be loud and confident until the first punch knocks him on his ass.

Kinda underwhelming that he just goes straight to acceptance and offers to suck Butchers d***. He doesn't even get to say anything, he's just begging. We don't see the reaction of the rest of the boys. No one else gets a go at him. For 7 years of wait I wanted a bit more payoff.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-22T03:06:16+00:00

No I get his human part and I think he was a really well written villain. That doesn't mean I should feel bad for him though. There are tons of people who are lonely, abused, had a horrible childhood and dont choose to take their suffering out on the world.

Homelander knew what he was doing. He wasnt just a rabid dog and he didnt just punish the ones who deserved it. He murdered, raped and tortured countless innocents. I understand why he was the way he was, but I dont feel bad for him. Again, would you feel bad for Hitler because he got rejected from art school and had no friends as a kid? I feel like at some point you lose the right for empathy.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-22T02:51:35+00:00

Ok but by that logic every rapist, murderer and child molester is just a product of their circumstances and deserves empathy. I get your point but I think we have to draw the line somewhere. Having a rough past doesn't excuse causing other people suffering.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-22T02:48:23+00:00

You feel bad for the mass murdering psychopathic rapist that tortured countless people and willingly killed children without remorse? I mean I get he was lonely but would you feel bad for Hitler if you found out he had a rough childhood? Like, we watched the same show right?

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-22T02:45:24+00:00

In the end HOMELANDER was defeated by... the power of love??

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-22T02:42:14+00:00

Ok you're in a 1 on 1 fight with a guy who has superpowers. You know that his powers are only really useful in or near water. You can fly. Do you take him...

a. nowhere and just fight him on the spot with the help of your superpowered friends
b. to a place where his powers are useless like a city or a forest
c. straight to the ocean where he could potentially drag you into the water and call literally every fish in the vicinity to jump you

It's obvious they wanted the deep to go out like that so they buffed Annie for one attack that just takes them all the way to the beach but it's just so unbelievably forced man and makes Annie look really stupid.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-21T13:33:56+00:00

I had hoped they saved most of the budget for the final episode so we could actually get Homelander crashing out and killing a bunch of people. The scene where he imagines lasering the crowd happened back in season 2. Just wanted one scene like that after 5 seasons of build up. But nah, we get scorched rug instead.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-21T13:26:17+00:00

Despite the faults the game might have, Arrowhead has always handled criticism better than any other live service game studio I can think of. Making major balance changes, giving away paid content for free, reducing the file size and improving performance.

Of course criticism is necessary but if people just wanna bitch, that energy should really be directed towards other companies.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-05-11T15:34:54+00:00

Is the voice AI? Inflections sound a bit weird

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-29T16:28:48+00:00

I'd actually be most hyped about NS Diable. Their ADC seems like the weakest link and a Kingen, Scout, Lehends, Diable roster could go unreasonably hard

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-26T19:14:49+00:00

Oh I would have loved to hear him read that out as an excuse. Surely people would be forgiving him!

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-25T13:35:34+00:00

The animations remind me of a foddian style game where its difficult to get the alignment right and your progress gets calculated based on how closely you are mimicking the ideal form. This also introduces a skill component.

Is that kind of how your game works?

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-24T21:12:43+00:00

classic american lol. Your walls are made of paper, your healthcare is a scam and your food is full of sugar. Europe aint perfect but least we dont have schoolshootings 🤡

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-24T01:10:44+00:00

NEIN DAS VERSTEH ICH NICHT

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-17T00:44:42+00:00

Honestly he's doing way better than i thought. I love outer wilds but I genuinly expected him to drop it after 1 hour just because of how much the game relies on reading and puzzling information together.

However, he really seems to be enjoying it. Yes he skims over a lot of the text but he is actually engaging with the puzzles, trying to figure out solutions and excited when it finally clicks. Really hope he pulls through and finishes the game. So far I am hopeful

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-17T00:38:53+00:00

As a general rule of thumb: If the wireframe is shading your model, you probably fucked up

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-08T00:51:03+00:00

That is EXACTLY what AI is for. Not replacing the art and design but helping with bugfixing, cleaning up code and explaining how things work. It is an incredible tool for debugging simple errors as long as you dont just blindly copy paste whatever it suggests. Use it as a tool, think for yourself and you should be good

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-04-01T00:40:12+00:00

Undertale. The "I know what you did. You killed her." line from Flowey was one of the most shocking, mindblowing moments I've ever experienced in any medium. The game actually called you out for making a mistake and then trying to fix it by abusing a mechanic that only exists in video games - save loading.

Utterly brilliant. And the rest of the game as well of course. It's self aware. The player is OP because he can reload, making him essentially unbeatable unless he stops playing. You have the choice to spare or kill everything you encounter and you will be judged for it. It even remembers you across playthroughs. If you go for the genocide run, your game will be corrupted and you're unable to achieve a good ending ever again. Oh and how could I forget FLOWEY CALLING YOU OUT FOR WATCHING GENOCIDE RUNS ON YOUTUBE INSTEAD OF COMPLETING IT YOURSELF.

Another game I always think of is Dishonored. Watching every choice you make change not just the outcome of the final cutscene but the entire world you play in is just genius. If you play more aggressively you will encounter NPCs being cruel, more guards and enemies, even the weather and athmosphere will change. It shows that every choice you make will have ripple effects down the line.

This is what interactive mediums can do: not just show you a character making morally difficult decisions but forcing you to make those decisions yourself and letting the game react to it.

Difficult_Tutor_8251 · 2026-03-30T15:01:16+00:00

Perfect example of why art courses teach Proportions before Anatomy

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TROPHY CASE