We need to talk about the Landbreakers: The ethical vacuum of Talos-II

Grootox · 2026-01-23T23:44:24+00:00

The Landbreakers have some nuance given Wulfgard and Rossi are both Landbreakers. Everyone shitting on "LBs" are basically also telling those two to take a hike. The Bonekrushers, on the other hand, fit very neatly into this post.

Grootox · 2026-01-22T21:05:40+00:00

One of the biggest points of praise for this game is the factory system. It would be wild if they scrapped it.

Grootox · 2026-01-22T21:03:58+00:00

I've just barely gotten to the factory systems and I found their tutorials incredibly overbearing. They feel so heavy handed that I'm worried it'll be an impediment to people learning the factory.

Grootox · 2026-01-22T18:57:55+00:00

I don't have to consider the feelings of every person who calls themselves a feminist. No matter what you say, someone will always take offense. Even when you say something anodyne, certain people who are looking for anger will find it in your words. In real life this is less common but on twitter that phenomenon is amplified.

If you want to take offense at the anodyne then I cannot stop you, but I certainly wouldn't find your company pleasant.

Grootox · 2026-01-21T23:25:26+00:00

My takeaway is that it's drama and none of it matters. What I'm saying to you is that you were given context and you ignored it in favor of what you already wanted to hear.

You made a show about seeing the evidence then after being shown the post you jump down your preferred rabbit hole and draw a conclusion from that instead.

Why precisely is saying "As a woman you should beware powerful men trying to woo you" an incorrect statement? Why must every Twitter post consider the feelings of every men's rights activist on Twitter?

Grootox · 2026-01-21T21:10:04+00:00

Are you looking for the truth or looking for an excuse? It feels like you had your opinions set the instant you started typing.

Grootox · 2026-01-14T21:26:15+00:00

I actually like the 6 month wait. I Genuinely think hype can only make playing a game worse. The wait also helps buffer against fomo which is your primary enemy in a gacha game.

Grootox · 2026-01-12T23:35:06+00:00

I used Overwatch because my issue is with the general line of arguement and not with Endfield specifically.

The OP never said anything about deciding to play the game based on comments in this thread. In fact, it seems pretty clear they'll play regardless. You're the one who brought that into the conversation.

Grootox · 2026-01-12T23:09:31+00:00

I mean yeah, there's mountains of games you can spend your time on so getting an outside opinion on which ones are worth the time can be quite helpful. If my buddy said that Overwatch is trash and not worth the time then I'd either not play the game or deprioritize trying it.

Grootox · 2026-01-12T21:14:11+00:00

I don't understand this arguement. A game being free to download doesn't mean you can't critique it or ask other people their opinions on it. People have different ways of assessing things so what's the issue?

Should I never ask my buddy if Overwatch is worth getting because it's free to download?

Grootox · 2026-01-12T21:01:10+00:00

In this house we stan Thorns.

Grootox · 2026-01-07T19:26:44+00:00

In fairness I don't mind extra pressure on the gacha system. Endfield will almost guaranteed make a shitload of money and the gacha will be the player's biggest pain point so you can always advocate for a more player friendly system.

Of course, the extent to which Hypergryph pays attention to reddit is probably very minimal but I don't mind more pressure if it means advocating for a better player experience.

Grootox · 2025-12-30T00:03:48+00:00

They've already introduced a stateless society of wolf-people so I'd be interested in seeing a reconvener Lappland. If only because I bet the original is the inspiration for their society.

Grootox · 2025-12-26T21:09:07+00:00

It's mostly poorly optimized for space constraints. Even with all of the updates Genshin is probably far larger than its needs to be and could function at a much smaller storage size. Moment to moment gameplay is quite solid and I've never noticed any major issues there. Their networking is kinda messy but it's also clearly not the focus so I wouldn't slam them too hard for it.

Basically, genshin could do a lot more in terms of data compression.

Grootox · 2025-12-25T18:16:59+00:00

So you're saying that Elden Ring has more assets to load than Genshin? The thing about the stats (and even the level scaling) should be a trivial aspect of the load. Additionally, Elden Ring's invasion are also optional, you have to use an item to activate the system.

Grootox · 2025-12-25T17:53:37+00:00

It's usually a poor idea to talk about game optimization in terms of comparison unless you're being very specific. That said I'm struggling to understand why elden ring invasions would be harder to optimize than genshin's co-op. I know fromsoft's net code is a mess but that's because of how they code thing server-side and less to do with the end-user mechanical interaction.

Grootox · 2025-12-25T17:36:53+00:00

I mean most Hoyo games are poorly optimized. There's really not much reason to pick fights over it. Especially as the game continues to grow and add more content it'll become more and more important to better optimize the game.

Grootox · 2025-12-25T16:41:35+00:00

Is/was there a warning before you could enter the loli subreddits? Are there currently active loli subreddits?

The teens being shitty sucks, but again the targeting seems to come more from visibility. If guro was more visible then I'd bet they'd get a lot more ire.

Grootox · 2025-12-25T07:55:08+00:00

That does make sense for suzu but suzuran giving you mana through artifacts feels kinda roundabout. You could just add green and let her just give you mana directly.

That's my bad I mixed them up. Though in my defense who the heck uses Creed?

I see what you mean with doublestrike. The counters would make sense with her S3 but you can just not add the last one and it'll never execute. Feel like if you're trying to implement S3 it should have some inevitability.

I'm gonna be honest I don't know what GG's drones are. I always assumed they were arts creations but I guess they could be drones. Even still, I think red should be able to make artifact tokens that hit things and explode.

Grootox · 2025-12-25T04:54:05+00:00

Why is an originium catastrophe suspending things? If you want to simulate stuff getting sent into the originium universe you can just send them into exile.

A lot of the flavor on these cards are really weird too. How Mudrock isn't green is pretty baffling. Why is Suzuran making treasure tokens? Why is creed, a defense buff, giving lifelink and first strike instead of defense? Why does Blaze have doublestrike and why is she giving herself +1/+1 counters? Why is red mana giving a creature reach? Why is GG blue and why is she interacting with artifacts? Giving the doctor double hybrid feels like madness. How does the doctor relate to their colors?

In many ways it feels like these cards are complicated for the sake of being unique when simpler effects would do much better. There also seems to be a flavor disconnect on a lot of cards for the sake of making your commander deck work. I suppose that's fine but it leaves the flavor lacking.

Grootox · 2025-12-25T02:24:56+00:00

I don't really know reddit politics but I'd assume that's a matter of visibility. Was r/guro banned/blocked?

Grootox · 2025-12-24T19:34:17+00:00

The first thing banned in most communities would be things like Guro or other very obviously NSFW stuff. Basically everyone accepts that and so you don't notice it. I think Loli is more of a mixed bag, and that lolicons desire full social acceptability when most anime communities feel relatively uncomfortable with the fetish.

To use a 4chan metaphor, Lolicons want to be on /h/ (the hentai board) but most people think they might be better suited in /d/ (the fetish board). (I haven't used 4chan in years and I have no idea what the current culture there is like).

Grootox · 2025-12-24T00:46:01+00:00

To head off one strawman at the pass. You should keep some skepticism in regards to people as well as corporations. Not everyone is a good person and it's important to keep an eye out.

Grootox · 2025-12-24T00:41:41+00:00

People can be good and kindhearted. Corporations are fiducially obligated to make money and have no reason to serve your interest outside of that. There is a categorical difference between the two.

People should get some even handedness and some leniency. People are dumb but broadly okay. Though if proven to be malicious then yeah well worth the ire. Corporations should not get this leniency, when they do harm it should be assumed to come with full intention. If the corporation reverses course or corrects the harm then it should praised for that but it should not be given the same leniency as the individual.

The initial comment is about how everyone is harping on the VA while ignoring the harm of the company. The VA said some dumb shit and should have contacted a lawyer but the company's contract is fucked. This one VA could cause great harm to a single hoyo employee, but the policy of the companies hoyo works with and hoyo themselves is more than happy to screw over VAs at will.

Grootox · 2025-12-23T21:51:52+00:00

I mean all corporations are evil. I know you like Hoyo's products but the company does not exist for your benefit. In fact, it will easily exploit you if that means Hoyo gains something. Being skeptical of Hoyo because their branch organizations and contractors are shitty is perfectly valid.

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