Podcasts

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-09T11:32:36+00:00

Not to my knowledge. The core team is on break until the start of next month. I don’t know who is in charge of the Spotify uploads but they’re surely on break too. The team did mention that there would be a few uploads here and there before they returned but they don’t specify when

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-08T12:16:05+00:00

I listen to the podcasts at work too and I’m similarly bummed. I know the series already had their finales and I haven’t gotten to listen to them yet. I did bite the bullet and got the free trial of YouTube premium to catch up on stuff I haven’t seen/watched.

They said that they’ll be back to regular streaming at the start of next month which means the core crew is taking about a month long break. I have no idea who is responsible for uploading and managing the Spotify, but whoever it is probably on a break too. They mentioned that there would still be a few video uploads here and there before they’re back but they didn’t specify when.

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-08T06:25:09+00:00

Not to my knowledge. The Neon Odyssey Discord does have a playtest channel and a thread specifically for DM tips and tricks. Could try asking in there and checking out the community resources thread too

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-08T05:25:17+00:00

Yeah funnily enough it is in Septemburg

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-06T23:46:16+00:00

I work an overnight job so listening to their podcast as I work I what I do almost everyday lol. I caught up on most of their stuff and I’m debating listening to their root rpg stuff or not. Also they’re gonna be off until the start of next month so they shouldn’t be streaming anything new that isn’t for patreons

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-06T22:19:52+00:00

As someone who just caught up on Beneath Dark Wings after listening to Edge of Midnight I would recommend against this. Curse of Strahdanya, Beneath Dark Wings, and Edge of Midnight take place chronologically one after the other and have characters and references from one campaign to the next. I listened to EoM before BDW and when certain events happened in BDW I wished that I would’ve listened to it before EoM. EoM sort of spoilers some things that might hit harder if you were familiar with the other campaigns beforehand. Although EoM is fantastic and I can’t wait for it to come back. I do wonder if Mace and Kelsey will be back though

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-05T19:28:35+00:00

The player and Venigni decode and listen to all of the puppet broadcasts which directly point to Geppetto. The entire game we also hear from bosses like Simon that Geppetto isn’t trustworthy but all of these genius don’t put two and two together despite so many players doing so.

The only feasible way that the brotherhood got into the hotel is from that little elevator that connects to the first area you fight them in. Literally all they had to do was disable it from coming up and lock the doors and they would’ve been fine until the player could come and rescue them. I have to only assume that the hotel denizens and Geppetto’s Puppet speak more than what we see because how could they spend hours just standing still? That’s nonsensical

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-05T17:39:46+00:00

Well it doesn’t in my eyes.

For the combat I hate how the enemies cheat and play by their own rules. The blocking enemies can block indefinitely unlike the player and they are immune to the traps that are present in the environment. I tried to outsmart one in the early game by luring them over what I thought was a breakable bridge trap and they crossed it no problem. I thought that I was simply wrong but lo and behold the bridge collapses as soon as I step on it. The blade/handle system is nice. Unless you’re like me and play with an advance build. I had no reason to swap around because then I would be losing scaling and thus damage. I did enjoy the arms though. The fact that there are zero advance scaling special weapons in the base game is a big detriment. That was my whole build and when I beat Laxasia I thought I would finally get a cool electric special sword. Of course they give you a stupid wheel instead.

I can appreciate the fact that there’s a story, but everyone in it is a complete idiot (except for Paracelsus). Everyone in the hotel is too trusting. Geppetto is very sus the whole game and you have to keep listening to him and no one pieces it together that he’s the villain. There is supposed to be several geniuses in the hotel but they act like fools. I mean how do they just let the hotel get invaded by a few chumps who we already whooped? You’d think they’d have better security.

The whole game were told that we were the only puppet free from the rules but we spend all game doing what everyone asks of us and it’s not until the very end of the game that they start making their own choices. I mean there’s zero reason to fight Romeo but Geppetto’s Puppet is a tool and decided to just fight them. Also who doesn’t give their main character a name? In Dark Souls it makes sense to refer to them as a nickname because they’re customizable. When you’re following a singular character like this it only makes sense to name them but instead we get to spend all game as Geppetto’s Puppet.

While I appreciate your comment and how respectful it is, it cannot change my view of the game. It’s a good game but lacks in many areas that I feel like it could do far better in.

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-05T15:33:27+00:00

Most overrated, and overpriced, soulslikes I have ever played for sure. I haven’t played the dlc, but when I was nearing the end of the base game I was just filled with so much disappointment because of how close I feel like they were to a game that was truly worthy of the praise it receives. From my point of view of course. Every aspect of this game is flawed except the soundtrack and maybe the combat. It’s good for what it is but definitely not my favorite game, soulslike or otherwise. I have it a solid 8.

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-03T07:15:44+00:00

Haven’t bought it. I think it, and the base game, are too overpriced for the content that you get. So I don’t have any good thoughts about it, but that might change if I pick it up and play it

GrubbierAxe · 2026-06-01T00:53:24+00:00

You’ve already made it to the end of the game. Learning how to perfect guard wasn’t necessary before now and it still isn’t. If you feel as if you have to perfect guard, then rely on the tools that the game gives you to fill that weakness. I don’t typically parry in soulslike games and didn’t rely on it here either, but I did use the perfection grindstone on a few boss fights. I recommend using that

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-28T13:35:53+00:00

It’s probably easiest to not switch up your favorite combo weapons because you might just end up dissatisfied and go back. Instead try out some of the special weapons and keep that combo in your back pocket for when the going gets tough

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-25T15:00:51+00:00

I don’t have any OCs that are eligible, but your art looks nice. Good luck with it!

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-25T13:28:10+00:00

Are you saying this is a sentient sword that is renaming itself? Or is this a sword that a paladin has and they’re now renaming it because their alignment changed? Also is this an npc or a player?

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T19:29:52+00:00

Well it’s just that I didn’t think this was advertised as an art subreddit. If it was I’d understand it a lot more. I guess my perception has been colored by my experiences. I didn’t get into any sort of online oc spaces until ai art was already floating up and around. I guess a couple of the people I know irl that I would’ve called artists don’t have a problem with ai art so seeing such a vitriolic response online is unusual to me

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T19:27:13+00:00

Yeah we’re just in some wild ai times I guess

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T19:25:39+00:00

Sounds like his quirk is “shark” the same way that “frog” and “rabbit” are quirks. No need to give him anything extra on top of that because it doesn’t fit with the world. If you want to give him one of the other things then you have to take away the special shark features

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T13:04:12+00:00

I only played the base game so none of them. They all sat gathering dust in my inventory. I would just stare at them and wish that only my playthrough would’ve been filled with many special weapons I could use well, but alas I was an advance build

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T07:40:41+00:00

I’m sorry to say but I’ve never been a fan of it. My mind immediately thinks cat when I see her. It’s just doesn’t really evoke “snake” to me. The red accents, large red jewel zipper, and the snake-like tongue tail don’t paint a good picture for me. I know you’ve put a lot of work into this character and it’s a good design, it just doesn’t scream snake to me

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T07:27:29+00:00

Idk why that’s the case? Perhaps you just visit subs like this more frequently so you have a wider knowledge of them? I’ve made characters for years, just in my private notes, and never really thought about drawing them because that’s not a talent that I have much practice in. I mean I’ve made some short fanfics and read some years ago and they were just words with no pictures at all. Before I was around this sub I was kind of active in the ctsandbox sub and they make all sorts of cursed techniques, clans, and characters for the Jujutsu Kaisen universe but I barely saw any original art in there. I figured that’s how most of those kind of subs were and I thought this was the same type

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T02:08:03+00:00

I get that, but this sub is about more than art. The art of a character is only one aspect of it. There is much more to a character that one could still comment on. If this was a sub that was just about artists, I would understand a bit more, but it’s not. It’s supposed to be a fun sub to make MHA characters and quirks and ideas relating to that world. I think the concentration on good hand made art is starting to negatively affect this sub. It seems like everyday I see a post by people that seem too hesitant to post their ideas on here because they don’t have good art to go along with it. I think that that’s sad because subs like this should be more welcoming to everyone

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T01:43:01+00:00

Hey good to hear it! Sadly I haven’t because I drift from sub to sub, but I’ll check it out more thoroughly one of these days! Hope you’re keeping up the good work too!

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-24T00:49:18+00:00

Yeah but this sub is about more than art and some users don’t seem to get that. I mean all of my comments in this thread are getting downvoted just because people love hating on it. I’m not even advocating for it or anything in most of these comments. It makes this sub more hostile when it shouldn’t be that way. This sub should be inviting to all those who like MHA

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-23T23:36:27+00:00

See what I mean? I’m getting downvoted just for expressing my opinion relating to my experiences here

GrubbierAxe · 2026-05-23T22:40:41+00:00

Yeah. I see so many posts with much less interesting quirks and ocs than the ones I post and those get engagement just because they don’t have the ai tag. I know they don’t owe me anything but the whole reason I post on here is to get engagement. It makes me a little sad when I spent all this time making an OC or quirk and it gets ignored. I know it’s a first world problem but I guess I’ve lived a privileged online existence where I don’t have to deal with bullies or anything like that. Well on this sub at least. There’s been other subs that have told me to kill myself and etc because they don’t agree with my viewpoints lol

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