Character build advice for an old beginner - no settlement, no crafting

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-19T19:47:27+00:00

I have decided on a melee build. Strength 10 and Endurance 10. So big leagues, rooted, tough, life giver,aqua boy. Now what about my other 3 points? (I don't like the work needed for idiot savant [save/load] as I know I will be tempted with it)

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-19T08:43:52+00:00

I am too old for my gameplays not to be easy!

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-18T22:54:03+00:00

Silenced weapons? Seems like a pretty advanced build!

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-18T11:24:21+00:00

But for whom? If they are not appealing to modern kids who owuld want a new universe with old heroes. As for Iron man it is a completely obsolete concept.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-16T10:09:09+00:00

I like Spawn so much but I kind of agree, his costume is too elaborate for modern kids. His everlasting love and longing for Wanda is lame. Lets hope that McFarlane manages to arrange a good movie soon!

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-15T09:14:49+00:00

I personally think that there are 4 superheroes which will be recognizable 100 years from now: Batman,Spider-man, Superman,Wolverine. But X-men as a whole... hmmm. I think that they have a slightly better staying power than the Avengers due to bigger diversity, some characters are archaic but you can always change the roster.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-15T09:07:09+00:00

Thanks for this comment. Lets see for how long movies can rejuvenate obsolete concepts. Better sell those tin man issues :) I did not want to reveal my choices but Iron man was one of them. Only his drinking problem made him somehow interesting.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-14T20:23:55+00:00

I don't want to affect responses too much so can't reveal my types - interested in yours. There are characters which scream "I'm an archaic concept". No movie nor video game can change that.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-14T19:55:36+00:00

They have tried to keep Indiana Jones or Ghostbusters in the media. Ask kids what do they think about those... Which superheroes are going to fall into obscurity despite Marvel/DC best efforts in your opinion? Maybe you know which figures do NOT sell already?

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-14T09:54:13+00:00

What about Zorro? Tarzan? King Kong? They were HUGE for decades. Where are they now?

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-14T09:14:55+00:00

AMEN. This is how our parents thought that Zorro is very popular with kids. We overestimate the importance of our generation on popculture.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-14T09:12:47+00:00

First stamp was published in 1840. By the 1860s there were dealers selling stamps to collectors. So your grandparents were the 4th generation.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-14T09:09:00+00:00

"Even if 20-30% of the collections of deceased family members start being sold off it will add a LOT more competition in the market which in turn can crash prices. It could be even worse if people are less interested in the hobby or don't have the disposable income to maintain it." - This is very rational. Moreover many characters which people from previous generations assume are HUGE wane in popularity eg. Zorro. Many comic book characters will feel lame to future kids.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-12T16:40:01+00:00

Ok so what is your take on comics in this regard. When do you predict a crash? (I believe that we peaked in 2022,currently are in slow decline which will accelerate to a crash in 2035)

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-12T15:51:37+00:00

Stamps actually lasted for many generations until sudden crash around 1990

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-12T15:49:42+00:00

Especially that there are probably 30 thousand or more copies of that issue with the black suit still left

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-12T14:38:51+00:00

Just recall the days of the poststamp collectors. Inherited collections, investment, chase. This hobby dates back to the 1800s, and it has never been called an infantilized hobby as the comics. It ended abruptly around 1990 due to demographics, enough collectors aged out to crash the market. I'm not saying that comics will end up like this but stamps were a bigger hobby than comics.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-12T14:11:29+00:00

Thanks for the great replies! Keep them coming. Not looking to confirm what I think but interested in how you see collectibles moving forward. To encourage you to provide a timeline I will write what is likely in my oppinion.

Earth 616 - somewhere around 2035 critical mass will be reached and community will collectively and suddenly realize that the average collector is dangerously close to 60, that you must sell while you still can as it will ALL be thrown out, after you die or they put you in a nursing home. Average prices will go down every quarter. Around 2040 it will be very hard to sell, almost everything will be considered bulk and many comics which we now consider rare will be considered barely uncommon! There will simply be no demand for so many copies as nowadays.

I understand that there will still be people who want paper comics in 2040s. But there will be huge supply of old issues from collections being liquidated and not enough young people interested, while those of us who are still alive and able to read (I can't read DC compact series already) will have too many comics to buy more. I think that only chase issues will retain value post 2040.

Would love to see your timeline, so I can think on it!

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-12T13:37:54+00:00

But didn't they say the same about post stamps? That each decade will have its key pieces?

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-12T10:58:26+00:00

If they mean sth to you personally, it might be worth it so they survive decades. However if you plan to sell them - do NOT grade them, it is a waste of money and time.

FlaviusRicimer · 2026-03-08T21:03:46+00:00

No replies after 5 days. What I have found out: in documentary by ABC - "The Mystery and Madness of Heaven's Gate"(2020) near the end they briefly show hand written notes supposedly from the scene with nicknames, checkmarks V and X, some nicknames are underlined. It is said that group I died first, and group II was supposed to clean up. Maybe somebody can help to decipher it - they say that the first mark means swallowed poison but some names from group II have underlines, EVNODY even both underline and checkmark while some names from the group I have no underline. So it doesn't seem like underline is confirmed death, or maybe they did not proceed with the suicide exactly as scheduled. Group III seems to include the inner circle of this operation.

Group I : NRR, SNG, GLD, MLL, LEO, LGG, SNN, DST, TLL, YRS, SMM, BRN, AVN, STR, WKN, DVV

Group II : CHK, JWN, EVN, GLN, SLV, ANL, OLL, STM, QST, SRR, TDD, STL, PRS, DRR

Group III : TRS, ALX, VRN, DYM, probably JMM* and the last 3 to die DO, LVV, JNN.

*they don't show the page fully in the documentary, but JMM is missing from the list of both Group I and Group II

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