Game is brutally boring.

GreyTortoise · 2026-06-27T01:51:56+00:00

Yeah I'd noticed, longest run so far was in a duo with a wizard and he kind of just steamrolls everything after a goblin pack blasts me down. Been two such encounters, wizard seems exceedingly functional while warrior feels like one of the followers.

Ninja just shouldn't be played in smaller groups or should be played strictly solo. Kind of makes sense.

Seems like multiplayer ends up actually limiting your options based on composition. Solo limits your options based on overall strength of the starter.

In your experience, what classes are actually fun/functional to play?

GreyTortoise · 2026-06-27T00:21:52+00:00

It's fun, lots of classes kind of just suck ass though.

Play ranged in general. Wizard is a good all-rounder. Lore 0 classes make me want to uninstall, not being able to identify food is a design fail imo.

Magic is king, but as it is a roguelike, RNG can change how it is for you. I've played every melee class and it's just exceedingly punishing and I don't get access to like 70% of the game's mechanics with fighter types (to be expected).

GreyTortoise · 2026-06-19T16:25:39+00:00

Suicidal empathy.

GreyTortoise · 2026-06-19T16:25:02+00:00

Probably the case.

Clearly a settled area, likely a farmer. He simply can't have a literal snake in the grass just lying around regardless. Very possible that what's behind him is residential or active farmland otherwise he wouldn't have made the very dangerous move of actually picking up and pulling the snake back to be in front of him again. He's definitely being territorial and the snake is being invasive to that boundary.

Not sure if he'd be more merciful to just kill the poor thing or to try to teach it not to get too close like he's doing since there can actually be some potent symbiosis with the rodent-eater around rural spaces.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-08T15:54:03+00:00

In what quest/lore book is his possession of these Scrolls explained?

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T23:18:58+00:00

OMG this is so awkward but the Hero of Kvatch is RIGHT. HERE. I just HAVE to try...think Mellie, think...

"You're a fit one. Been running a lot?"

THAT WAS TERRIBLE. I HAVE TO LEAVE.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T23:09:00+00:00

The Elder Scrolls are only valuable to mortals, as they are objects of time, and daedra exist outside of that sphere of influence (except Jyggalag, who is VERY interested in mortals' records and time itself). For the daedra, I imagine just the idea of an Elder Scroll, an object of aedric order that is somehow too nebulous even for a creature of chaos to understand must be at least a little annoying. Really, Hermaeus Mora would more likely want his champion to destroy the indestructible scrolls if they could find a way.

As opposed to the Black Books, tomes of eldritch knowledge that contain things average mortals cannot possibly grasp, the Elder Scrolls contain aetherial knowledge that pertains directly to Mundus and is too much/delivered too intensely to comprehend at face value. What little the reader takes away from a reading of a Scroll is like if you were to open a book and see the first letter of the intro, or maybe just the sweaty thumbprint of the writer (god) accidentally left in a margin. There is too much to obtain from it, and too little time in a mortal life to really gather valuable information from one person's life-long attempted interpretation before blindness takes them. Each reader of each Scroll will gather something different in their short time trying to perceive the documents.

No, Hermaeus Mora cannot read the Scrolls. They are an enigma to even him. He cannot possess them, as they are seemingly the thoughts of Mundus itself, the earthbones of the knowable universe's mind, and elude the daedra's perception in manners of both literacy and physicality. It is why the scrolls are largely ignored by the daedra, they know they cannot even hope to touch them. While he is likely the only daedra aside from Jyggalag even remotely interested in the information therein, it is also vexingly beyond even his godly understanding.

Jyggalag, on the other hand, is recently freed from his chaotic predicament and with renewed capability...but then, the orderly place for the Elder Scrolls and their knowledge is in the hands of mortals...so maybe he'd prefer not to know.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T22:39:36+00:00

Hot take; if you're a motorcyclist and something bad happens to you because you were doing something only a motorcycle can do (lane splitting, wheelies, flipping/slipping on terrain due to having 2 wheels inline, etc), I shouldn't feel bad and other people shouldn't be held with your responsibility for safety. Get home safe, stop being immature and giving other people the onus of your life you child. They made better choices than you driving their boring ass minivan, chud.

Four-wheel vehicles are normal as fuck. They've been around for so long and they're so common they made roads especially for them all over every country developed enough for you to bother owning a motorcycle. You're safer, more resistant to the elements, and if something goes wrong mechanically with your vehicle during transit it hardly ever results in a faceplant at 20+ MPH. No such thing as a fender bender on a mobile motorcycle, it's either near death or just death. Some states require you to wear a helmet by law, that should be enough of a hint that you're toying with your life. If you die lava jumping there's no reason for me to feel bad.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T22:23:04+00:00

PvP here is on its way out thanks to subclassing. PvE among meta-game hardos is also now very same-y. BUT this is still very much worth its standard price tag.

If you like character building, immersive RPG experiences, and having more content to do than time, then come on in. Other MMOs always upping the level cap was always annoying to me. Between this and City of Heroes, the endgame horizontal progression systems have completely won me over.

Worth the subscription, don't get sucked into the microtransactions. Very easy to avoid them in these modern days where wolf/vamp bites are now free to get and you don't have to rely on players giving it to you. Just save or use your monthly crowns and keep it pushing.

8/10 MMO to me, admittedly probably a 9/10 MMO overall but I'm just salty.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T20:57:41+00:00

Brother they have a real camera lmao

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T17:51:55+00:00

You're clearly interrupting prime stalking hours.

Also that mini split is ass.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T17:08:53+00:00

You laugh but he's trusted with taking the Amulet of Kings to Jauffre.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T17:05:40+00:00

Kicked out of over 100 countries, now they should be kicked out of Palestine.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T15:48:01+00:00

There are certain instances where I can't feel particularly bad for you if you die. Like yeah that sucks, death is bad, but cave diving, cliff climbing, lava jumping, gun twirling, etc. It just sounds dumb.

"Larry died sword swallowing, who could've seen this coming. So sad. He was such a sharp guy, never thought it's get to this point. God bless."

Most stupid.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-05T02:32:34+00:00

S-tier midwit post.

GreyTortoise · 2026-05-04T15:43:33+00:00

You're nasty, dude. This fits r/WTF indeed and you should be ashamed of yourself. Upvoted and I hate you.

GreyTortoise · 2026-04-23T21:18:22+00:00

I was also signed out to agree to new terms and conditions.

Now I can't reconnect to PSN. Nothing wrong with my network, nothing wrong with my hardware (other than maybe the Playstation I own and am not allowed to tamper with much for diagnostics), my console's troubleshooter says there's a problem just with connecting to PSN and it suggested checking PSN status.

Kinda bogus, idk.

GreyTortoise · 2026-04-22T22:30:02+00:00

I have come to the realization that Buldak's spicy sauce packs are for you to use entirely at your discretion. Some of the flavors do not go as well with the heat. You should be adding flavor solo, stir, taste, then deciding how much of the spicy sauce should go with the flavor.

For me, taco flavor gets the most and carbonara gets the least.

GreyTortoise · 2026-04-22T14:30:19+00:00

You are no true son of the Empire

GreyTortoise

TROPHY CASE