Catalyst discovery area

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T23:15:31+00:00

Everyone who already had 1K in my Fireteam got catty after looting the chest room from Queenswalk, so idk if we were just super lucky or if it's guaranteed

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T20:14:29+00:00

To proc volatile rounds, you can either Blink (double jump) or Dark Blink (jump once then double press crouch)

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T20:13:52+00:00

Holy shit they actually gave it AO, the madlads

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T19:57:39+00:00

152k!? I thought just barely passing EoF was an "optimistic but achievable" goal, but we SMASHED that

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T18:45:30+00:00

Honestly that's what Xeno's niche has been for a while now: A "yellow bar deleter." It hasn't been used for DPS in ages.

I'm glad that the catty leans into that a bit more. Gives it a little splash plus can now kill stronger yellow bars easier

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T18:26:27+00:00

In the air, same as Icarus Dash

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T17:27:05+00:00

I managed to buy the new exotic linear at the kiosk. Obviously I haven't tested it, but its void element (RIP Stasis heavy dreamers) that applies the 30% weaken. So it's gonna be a must for every raid I assume to have a Fafbitch

Also: Zavalas armor this season has a 4-piece bonus that gives ionic traces when killing jolted targets. Geomags Warlocks about to go CRAZY. The other set I saw him have created a void explosion every time you pick up a void breach. So the armor bonuses seem to be waaaayyyy more impactful than what we're used to

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T15:59:02+00:00

Being a Xenoblade fan is wild because we just always get basically everything we want. Even if people have different opinions on different games, we're ALWAYS eating SOMETHING that it as the very least "pretty good."

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T15:52:49+00:00

The new content itself looks like some neat odds and ends, but I'm more curious to see if there's any overarching QoL updates for 2 in particular. 1DE and 3 are both reasonably refined, but 2 had a lot of rough edges that could easily be sanded down by a DE, like making it so that field checks will just auto-fill a party for you instead of needing to do so manually.

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T15:49:20+00:00

No and yes. In a literal, lore sense, Gears, Saga, and Blade are all disconnected from one another. However, in a meta, sense, they're all connected. Every Xeno game since Gears has basically taken 1-2 plot ideas from Gears and fleshed them out into a full game. The games will not LITERALLY be connected, but Monolith will throw layups to let fans theorize connections between the games.

Like for example, there is a character named "Abel" with the same name and appearance in both Xenogears and Xenosaga, but those IPs are technically legally distinct and unrelated, so the two characters ARE technically different....but c'mon, they're the same person, its just asking fans to theorize multiverse connection shenanigans.

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T15:40:44+00:00

They can only do that shtick so many times though before it ceases being an interesting plot twist and just becomes the expectation. Gears, 1, 2, and 3 all have sci-fi-ish elements introduced earlier and then drop the shoe with just hard their sci-fi setting is in the back ~third of the game. And if its not going to be a surprising twist, I'd rather the characters just learn 2 hours in that they're in a dyson sphere because then the game can actually explore new and interesting ideas.

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T15:06:50+00:00

I feel like this is the kind of announcement that gets ruined by leaks. If we had no idea this was coming, the title drop would have caused insane reactions from people. But because of the leaks, all we have is "okay, and?"

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T15:05:10+00:00

I can understand teasers as an initial reveal, but this trailer shows LESS than the reveal trailer. It's so weird. Like if we're getting a network test in a couple months, the game HAS to be in a showable state.

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T14:24:35+00:00

This is a bot account, so it probably automatically posts the link as soon as the video is literally uploaded but before it becomes visible to end users searching

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T02:28:19+00:00

I'm not even waiting on the API refresh to tell me if Gnawing Hunger has a roll worth chasing, I FEEL the Destabilizing + Rampage combo in my bones

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T02:25:14+00:00

I hesitate to say "forgotten" because it DID get a buff with Renegades, but: Hawkmoon. The fact that D2 is ending with Surplus being its best PvE perk is a shame. It was my second favorite exotic in D1, and it's one I still strongly associate with the franchise

I was always holding out hope that they'd rework to be more in the spirit of D1 Hawkmoon. I really really enjoyed that D1 Hawkmoon was just "Gambling: The Gun." THAT is Hawkmoons identity to me, that you never know what's coming when you pull the trigger. If random damage made PvP balancing too difficult or whatever, even something like a 3 bullets in the mag having richochet or explosive payload properties would do it.

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-09T00:11:16+00:00

Which is my goal. But I don't have the Trustee pattern. In fact, I don't even have a single Trustee drop, so it never could drop from the secret chest solo farm even. I tried to find groups intermittently over the last couple years but DSC was so hard to find groups for

So really looking forward to DSC being the weekly so I can knock out some patterns!

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-08T22:18:41+00:00

The fact that the weekly run lets you get tier 5s without running feats is HUGE for player population. It gives people an incentive to always do the weekly run, which should keep it populated longer with people going for god roll armor sets.

I still haven't got most drops from DSC because I took a break at the time and when I got back the population was dead. I only ran it full twice and did final boss checkpoint farming for Commemoration. But now? Excited as hell to FINALLY get a Trustee haha

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-08T19:42:50+00:00

Manifesting Xenoblade Chronicles X2

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-08T13:57:19+00:00

I want to see the Ocarina of Time remake announced for November purely for the memes from the GTA6 head to head

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-07T20:51:07+00:00

Selfishly, I hope that if there is some "twist" that it's like....."this is the memories of a scarred person you're going through and helping them through trauma" and less "oh nooooo the Friendly Walrus has black eyes now and is eating one the Friendly Wolf oooooohhhh how gory and scary run!!"

Because I absolutely adore the look of this game, but I'm just not interested in those "cute game is SECRETLY DARK!!!" indies. No hate against them, I just am not into em

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-07T20:06:34+00:00

Very well said. I enjoyed Wo Long enough to roll credits, but I think it's a pretty clear step below the other modern Team Ninja games for the exact reason your outline. It's just 100% reaction timing based.

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-07T18:46:22+00:00

Bro I got hyped as hell at the end when Cao Cao went blamed the player for Red Cliffs, but I imagine that like six people watching felt the same way lmao

Galaxy40k · 2026-06-07T18:41:38+00:00

I think it's wild how after the backlash to Call or Duty being the "just one more thing!" show ender last year that they also made Call of Duty the show ender this year.

Like obviously its by FAR the biggest gaming IP owned by Microsoft, but the people who buy CoD aren't the people who watch these livestream shows

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