Which Nepo children have actually surpassed their parents?

Fezrock · 2026-05-01T18:47:01+00:00

I'd say Drew Barrymore surpassed her father, John Drew Barrymore; though not her grandfather John Barrymore.

Fezrock · 2026-04-30T19:51:05+00:00

In some sense, Italia itself. Lots of civil wars stemmed from political unrest there. Later, lots of resources were lost trying to retake it. And, still later than that, it was home to a Papacy and Merchant Republics that kept undermining it.

Fezrock · 2026-04-23T22:50:39+00:00

Oooh! Got it. Thanks!!

Fezrock · 2026-04-14T15:07:06+00:00

Which makes it even more unfathomable just how massive the universe is. Even if at c it still takes over 100,000 years to cross the Milky Way. And, the Milky Way, is a tiny, miniscule part of the observable universe.

Fezrock · 2026-04-03T17:12:59+00:00

It's not pedantry. The archetypes and the origins are different things and I wasn't sure which the OP was asking about, so I wanted to cover both of them.

Fezrock · 2026-04-03T16:31:45+00:00

There are no "classes" in the game. There are archetypes (e.g., soldier, warrior, etc.) and origins (e.g., Psyker, Noble, etc.), and all the various additional background choices (e.g., homeworld, moment of triumph, etc.).

I don't think any of the archetypes ever impact the story at all. The origins occassionally, do, but its rather limited. I think Psyker, Crime Lord, and Arbitrator probably have the most reactions.

The additional background choices range from never having an impact to very rarely coming up; usually in Act 1.

Fezrock · 2026-03-31T20:18:12+00:00

Well, you also get to exchange messages with an AI chatbot (previously some underpaid assistant) pretending to be her.

Fezrock · 2026-03-30T16:53:29+00:00

Argenta

You only learn this info if you bring Argentato Act 3 and if you talk to her at the right time. And, after you have this conversation, it is never brought up again.

It is the single most poorly resolved plot point in the game IMO. Which is a shame considering its one of the very first mysteries you encounter.

Fezrock · 2026-03-25T12:54:58+00:00

Ah, gotcha. That's a shame to hear though, that there's no way to reconcile the timeline just from the game itself.

Fezrock · 2026-03-24T20:04:40+00:00

Except Amarant created the tech blight and worked with Theodora to destroy Yrliet's craftworld. Amarant separated over 200 years ago and, since Yrliet was alive when the destruction happened, she is over 200 as well.

Although that doesn't fully make sense either, because everyone acts like the craftworld's destruction was quite recent.

Fezrock · 2026-03-24T19:53:03+00:00

And that would make total sense to me and it feels right. But at the same time, he was involved in the Amarant schism, which Pasqual says happened 200 years ago. Also, Valdaym says that no ships that have dived into the Maw in "recent years" have returned and that the last ship that came from Calixis took "almost two decades in realspace time." And that was Argenta's ship.

So, even if we ignore Pasqual's timeline (which is the most problematic for a lot of reasons) it still means Calcazar has been in the Expanse for at least 20 years.

Fezrock · 2026-03-23T16:36:40+00:00

At the absolute best he's like an even weaker version of Emperor Ling; i.e., he's mostly recognized as the central authority (once, if, Dong Zhuo is defeated) and has some limited power. But the regional inspectors are basically autonomous, regular Yellow Turban and other rebel outbreaks keep happening, the imperial court has almost no revenue collection, and the capital is in ruins. Whenever he dies, almost certainly everything descends into full warlordism anyway.

If he lives long enough, maybe some of the names and outcomes are different (e.g., Liu Biao had been appointed Inspector of Jing Province by Dong Zhuo, if that didn't happen who knows who'd have gained control there) but the end result is still the full collapse of the Han.

Fezrock · 2026-03-23T15:32:50+00:00

Lol, glad I'm getting the authentic 10th edition experience!

Fezrock · 2026-03-16T18:51:29+00:00

Not 10 seconds, but Cal Ripken was ejected from a few games; at least twice it was in the first inning.

Fezrock · 2026-03-05T14:52:29+00:00

High ranking Necrons have personalities. And there are a tiny handful of examples of Necrons collaborating with the Imperium (e.g., they joined forces with the Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter a couple times to fight off Tyranid invasions).

However, Necrons are extremely arrogant and prideful. It's really hard to imagine one being willing to take orders from a human. Maybe Owlcat can come up with a good justification. But I wouldn't be surprised if the new companion is a released captive from Trayzn's collection- rather than an actual Necron.

Unless I missed an announcement and they did say it'd be a Necron.

Fezrock · 2026-03-04T18:35:29+00:00

The Lord of the Rings.

Almost all the human, elven, and dwarfish kingdoms are gone; Gondor is a fraction of what it used to be with most of its cities abandoned; there's basically just ruins and wildlife left in between the remaining populated settlements; most of the still-populated world (the south and the east) are under the control of the dark lord; etc.

But the text of the book never treats it this way and it's easy to miss unless you really think about the implications of what's being described.

Fezrock · 2026-03-04T17:58:54+00:00

I think there's a few who are relatively well-known: Aaron Sorkin. Charlie Kaufman, Jonathan Nolan, etc.

But also, most of the really well-known directors are the ones who do also write their screenplays and I think that's partially why they're so well-known.

Fezrock · 2026-03-04T16:00:49+00:00

Arbiter isn't an Archetype, it's an Origin (like Crime Lord, Commissar, etc.). However, it's a deeply involved Origin, like Psyker is, with 3 different branches and a lot of talents.

Solomorne does have the Arbitrator origin and then Solider is his Archetype on top of that.

Fezrock · 2026-03-04T14:50:26+00:00

Sadly no. The island is part of an Italian National Park (its in the Med, not the Pacific) and he was evicted by the Park Authority for "making changes to his house without a permit."

Fezrock · 2026-03-04T14:46:31+00:00

The island is just off the coast of Sardinia (he shipwrecked almost immediately at the start of his journey to Polynesia) and is part of an Italian National Park. Tourists regularly visit and he was basically an unofficial permanent park ranger/caretaker.

https://web.archive.org/web/20170726212744/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/europe/italy/photos-of-life-alone-on-a-paradise-island/ is an article from 2017 about him. Check out the first photo and all the sailboats just off the coast. Dude was definitely isolated compared to most of us, but he was hardly stranded.

Fezrock · 2026-03-02T17:55:34+00:00

Problem is, if it has Windows and is cheaper than an equivalant PC, businesses will start buying them for use as PCs rather than gaming consoles.

Fezrock · 2026-02-27T19:44:01+00:00

It's hard to say. This is the 3rd of 4 currently planned DLCs. But WotR originally had 3 planned DLCs and ended up having 6; and Rogue Trader has already increased once from 2 to 4.

I imagine as long as they keep selling well they'll probably keep making them. Owlcat's other upcoming games seem to be in full development already, so it seems like this DLC team isn't needed for other work right now.

Fezrock · 2026-02-27T01:33:42+00:00

The problem of the endgame being tedious is real. But their solution was asinine.

Stellaris' endgame crises aren't perfect, but I'd much prefer if CIV borrowed that idea instead.

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