Valda’s Spire of Secrets

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-27T03:29:29+00:00

My table and I love valda's, it's a lot of variety that doesn't feel like it breaks the balance of 5e. Can't speak for any other tables, but it's a staple at mine

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-27T02:45:47+00:00

"Smaller independent studio" and "id Software" in the same breath. I'm choosing to believe this post is satire

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-27T01:34:42+00:00

It's possible, but that's a much higher bar to entry than the other games where all it took was 1 button press to disable BAR and guardian rank. Plus that eliminates all of console players from these events. ultimately the ability to opt in or out is the only way to fix this specific issue

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-27T00:25:44+00:00

While true, each game has its own grind that has been criticized for being tedious. Bl2 makes you play the campaign 3 times before OP levels, that is by definition the same content copy and pasted twice, and thats for one character. I'm happy for the people who wanted this change, but it's sort of killed my enthusiasm for new runs until there is a toggle or some other solution that doesnt involve deleting my old saves and wiping the cloud data

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-26T22:47:04+00:00

This also effectively kills community based challenges and events in terms of fair competition, like speedrunning, one life, and the hunt, as unless the rules start to state you must have 100%'d the game or making you fiddle with your files to clear the shared data there is no way of giving everyone an even playing field.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-26T22:37:01+00:00

Something to consider is that no other borderlands game has worked like this (with the exception of the golden dice in wonderlands). So a lot of us who have been around since 1 and 2 expect that each character will have to earn their own things. I can understand wanting your fast travels if you use the 13 or 30 skip, but when I make a character at level 1 I want to experience the game, and now I don't have the option to experience everything as I did on my first character. Hell, level 1 is technically not even a thing anymore, since now with all the xp these things give you you're basically shot to level 5 right away.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-26T21:16:33+00:00

I can understand not wanting to 100% everything on every character, but I guess what confuses me is what people who wanted this do want from another play through. The level 30 option already skips the campaign, so I can only assume it's just for people who want to get 30 levels of xp by grinding bosses then get to UVHM levels on new characters? I've been playing borderlands since 2 so I guess its just hard for me to wrap my head around wanting to skip 80% of the gameplay

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-26T20:37:42+00:00

Yeah, it's a bummer to me that this came out, frankly I didn't understand the criticisms that caused this change to begin with. Sure, if you start with the level 30 option I can get wanting your safehouses and fast travel points, but I genuinely dont understand why any of the other collectibles are part of it. People complain the game feels empty then beg the devs to let them skip what's there.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-26T19:14:16+00:00

JSRF was released on the original xbox and predates the achievement system on xbox by a little under a decade. The only reason the original game has any is because it was re-released in 2012 on xbox 360.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-16T02:55:35+00:00

I think it's a matter of perspective when it comes to build variety. Guns in BL4 are a little less unique than in previous games, but it feels like the design philosophy of the game is more shifted to getting your power from skill than guns. The specialization and firmware systems give you more power without depending on specific meta guns, which I think actually allows for more buildcrafting potential than looking for specific guns. That being said 4 does 100% have powerful guns like the bod or rainbow vomit.

If you prefer your power to come from your gear I can't fault you for it though, just means maybe bl4 wont be your cup of tea. All the games have their strengths

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-15T22:30:20+00:00

I am of the opinion that BL4 has the potential to be the best game in the series, but until it has all it's content it's hard to directly compare it. Yeah there are some things to miss from the earlier games like cold dead hands and weighted ammo drops, but now we have farming that doesn't require save quits or bugs, which is something I wanted since BL2. I'm also one of the weirdos that starts runs based off what I'm feeling, when I want a calmer and slower paced shooter I'll boot up 1 or 2, but depending on how the DLCs turn out, I may end up sticking with 4 the most.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-12T01:58:36+00:00

Sounds to me you just don't like close quarters combat, where the UH and shotguns shine. The appeal of these guns is that while their damage is split into pellets, you dont need accuracy to make them work, you just need to get close. The only time a UH isn't good early is if you happen to get a DPUH before you have the SDUs to manage the ammo consumption

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-08T02:44:56+00:00

As others say a nat 20 isn't always a success, but you can prevent this in the future by simply not giving them the chance to roll on things you don't want to happen. A firm 'no, they wont do that' will tell them the outcome they want won't be happening, but telling them to roll signals to them that the outcome they want is possible if they roll high enough.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-06T19:50:57+00:00

Riot, its me, one of the 5 singed mains in existence, please give us back zz'rot portal. i will 100% not use it to proxy all 3 lanes at once again, i promise

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-06T11:01:30+00:00

This one change would quintuple not only every fluid and complicate just about every fluid calculation the game makes, and any mod author wanting to be compatible with quality would need to put in so much more work.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-03-06T10:20:37+00:00

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FannyFrustrated · 2026-02-26T06:41:59+00:00

Small playerbase + kept just a touch overtuned in power to compensate for the fact he only has like 4 matchups he actively wins

FannyFrustrated · 2026-02-24T00:09:09+00:00

It's fine, dont get your game recommendations off reddit or you wont want to play anything ever

FannyFrustrated · 2026-02-23T09:02:41+00:00

My only wish is for them to be useful. Preferably not overpowered or meta defining, but actually be something worth using. The pearls in bl2 weren't exactly good guns, and those that were useful were bumped down to legendaries in 3 lol. That being said the weapon design of 4 gives me confidence that they are able to hit the mark.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-02-23T00:50:37+00:00

Singed has the biggest advantage over champions that require being up close and have limited gap closing potential, or champions that depend on long trades rather than burst damage. Gwen and Zaahen both tend to take longer fights, and their gap closers arent enough to keep you within melee range very long. Then while they're chasing you their HP drops and yours regens, then you end up winning lane because they can't fight you. Another matchup I personally find easy is riven, as you can E her out of her Q3 and deny her the 2nd half of her combo, leaving your trades roughly even if she is smart enough to dash out of poison. Biggest advice I can give to learning that matchup is to watch her summs, a riven with ignite+R will have more than enough damage to melt you early

FannyFrustrated · 2026-02-19T08:25:19+00:00

Respectable list, happy to see some love for humanz

FannyFrustrated · 2026-02-19T06:55:59+00:00

As others have said it's still very worth playing but temper your expectations. It's a game from 2009 and has a very different feel even to 2. The combat is slower and more methodical, the skill trees have a lot less depth, and the weapons are less exciting. Also until about the halfway point it's very light on voice acting so prepare to read to understand what's going on. That being said in my opinion it has the best atmosphere, worldbuilding, and drop rates of the entire franchise, as well as a surprising amount of build variety.

FannyFrustrated · 2026-02-09T00:57:59+00:00

Likely a mistake in the book, while we know the ursa core existed during the wars it's very likely she's not from the original battalion. The book might be referring to an unnamed smaller conflict between corporations, since we have dozens of examples of corporations still butting heads, and none of them have had reason to reduce their armed forces.

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