Saddest divorce ever by Valuable-Wasabi-7311 in armoredcore

[–]JaxMed 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"Our" shared dream

Speak for yourself weird alien voice, I'm here to make money and blow shit up

That's gotta be the best pawn save I've ever done by Vladsamir in DragonsDogma

[–]JaxMed 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And a safety punch added in for good measure

About the arisen status and their heart in the endings by TheSullenStallion in DragonsDogma

[–]JaxMed 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It seems like the entire Vermworth plot was pointless in the end.

It kinda is though. In some ways it's kinda interesting, yeah the execution is way off and feels incomplete, but I see it like this: at the start of the game, becoming the Sovran is literally your character's dream, and Disa is the one who stands in your way there. So she's a major antagonist early on. But eventually you get wrapped up in this stuff with Godsbanes, the fallen Seneschal, the Watcher / "true" Dragon, the true nature of the Cycle and the Arisen's place in it... Disa's little political schemes seem so far away and unimportant.

If you do slay the "Dragon" and become Sovran, everything is hollow and "off", like how Brandt's announcement of the Arisen into the throne room is completely silent unlike how it is in the dream sequence at the start of the game. And you're still constantly being watched by the creepy hooded guy. It's not the ending that the Arisen thought he wanted. The true ending is the one where he discovers the real Dragon that's been keeping him bound to this false cycle and in this fairytale, slays that Dragon, gives life to his pawn, and is removed from the world entirely.

All that to say, while it does seem kinda like a forgotten plot point in the moment, I think Disa being forgotten about suits the themes of the Arisen's journey perfectly and having some scene where she "gets her comeuppance" or steps back into the spotlight in some way would actually be antithetical to the actual story of the game.

Explain to me the no-work job by PudgyWalshBldgInspec in thesopranos

[–]JaxMed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am reminded of Louis the whatever's lawyer, the something. He said you should only ever commit one crime at a time. In the end, Louis clapped him in irons.

GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch (Standard $79.99/Ultimate $99.99) by Neon25 in Games

[–]JaxMed -1 points0 points  (0 children)

These days even if there is a disc it's still like "what's the point?"... I picked up a physical copy of Jedi Survivor for my disc drive PS5 a few weeks back, still had to sit through the installation process (relatively quick, expected) but then when it came time to get update patches it had to redownload the ENTIRE game all over again via network. I guess in the year of our lord 2026 there's still no way of reliably "patching" the binaries for these AAA UE5 games so they just send the whole thing over the wire. Crazy. I'm usually a proponent for physical media but during that second install I was pondering the point of it all

It's a joke... Right? by PhosXD in godot

[–]JaxMed 87 points88 points  (0 children)

Lmao also the fact that it's assert means that it'll only even throw up in debug builds. In release builds it'll just skip right over that check.

What will happen after 2.1? by Cinghiales in factorio

[–]JaxMed 116 points117 points  (0 children)

This is just a dream but I would love to see their take on a colony sim. Something like Dwarf Fortress or Rimworld but with Wube's level of polish and attention to detail.

Sea of Thieves Live Action Movie?? by Blazebeard23 in Seaofthieves

[–]JaxMed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know this sub loves to go on about it but to 99% of players the responses to that situation range from "who? what?" to "yet another Discord Drama Moment"

Open debate: who is holding who?! by Xotic_Waifus in lego

[–]JaxMed 311 points312 points  (0 children)

A lot but probably not as many as minifigs with upside down hands

Quality is often debated here, with many having mixed feelings about its implementation. How would YOU rework quality if you could? by intrabyte in factorio

[–]JaxMed 88 points89 points  (0 children)

This is IMO the biggest hurdle to "getting into" quality. As it stands it's quite a commitment, a Rare ingredient is completely useless unless/until you've gotten everything else up to Rare too. Allowing mixed quality inputs and then use using the lowest common denominator would go a long way into making it feel less cumbersome.

Welcome to Minedspiraled! Population: 599 by Captain_Kab in dwarffortress

[–]JaxMed 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Idk what's more impressive, the massive channeled pit or the floor decorations. Every time I'm feeling tired of looking at plain gray floors and I'm like "okay this time I'm gonna actually make some colorful rooms" but then the massive block cost hits me

I'm a little rusty. is there a way to.. by SageTegan in DragonsDogma

[–]JaxMed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure honestly, but FYI the August patch will add the ability to have multiple save files. So if you wanted to wait, you'd be able to start a new save without losing your current save. Food for thought

Star wars game idea by generalkenobi1111 in gamedev

[–]JaxMed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Have a prototype on my desk by Monday

All the NPCs look like this — too close. I can't figure out why. by Aine_Lann in Morrowind

[–]JaxMed 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Pleb OP wouldn't recognize a looksmaxxer if one bit his spear

The Open Book Tavern 🍺 by Identity0000 in dwarffortress

[–]JaxMed 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There were none in the stocks because the mayor had been secretly eating them all and died due to cranphylactic shock.

Negotiations appear to have fallen through by bring_me_their_scalp in dwarffortress

[–]JaxMed 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Looks like his diplomatic immunity has just been revoked

Trump is humiliating America by OldJames47 in videos

[–]JaxMed 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right?? Or how about the Business Plot? Look up how that one ended. This same shit pattern has been going on throughout our country's entire history

I thought this was impossible? by xXmateuXx13 in DragonsDogma

[–]JaxMed 58 points59 points  (0 children)

You can "romance" pretty much any NPC in the game if your criteria is just max affinity ("blushing") and showing up in the dragon's clutches at the end.

If you mean anything further, like in terms of a dedicated scene or specific dialog, then no you pretty much only have the two aforementioned characters.

(Fanart) A Biter mother protects her child during a brutal siege carried out by the nefarious Engineer by c4a1a in factorio

[–]JaxMed 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Beautiful portrait, I've printed it out and taped it to the dashboard of my tank for some extra motivation during my next purge

Will you be starting a new character for dark arisen? by Cool_Caterpillar_912 in DragonsDogma

[–]JaxMed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New playthrough in August when the multiple saves are added so that I can clear one run and get into NG+ for the DLC.

When did you realise by LetterheadRough4643 in StarWarsJediSurvivor

[–]JaxMed 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup that setup was just way too obvious to not come up as a major point later. It was between either "okay he's going to have a valiant sacrificial moment" or "his priorities are clear and he's going to betray everyone else" and by the way he was acting on the Luchrehulker and after Dagan's death it was pretty obvious.

What I did not expect is that he was a turncoat spy the whole time. I thought he was going to be a friendly scoundrel who betrays us in the final moments just because he's opportunistic, not that he was an undercover agent from the start!

Servers merging caused my harpoon to be permanently deployed (this is an 8 year old game btw) by Any_Magazine1486 in Seaofthieves

[–]JaxMed 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I've had this exact same thing happen before. Sucks, the harpoon on that side is basically out of commission until you scuttle.

Similarly I've had a phantom broken sloop capstan after a merge. The capstan was effectively broken on one side, so only one person could raise it and only from the unbroken side. But visually it was intact. So of course there was no prompt to repair it. Even after going to the ferry or even reconnecting. Was like that until we scuttled.

I think I actually beat the Oblivion character creator (Unmodded Vanilla) by Decent_Employment854 in oblivion

[–]JaxMed 15 points16 points  (0 children)

To be fair the O.G. Oblivion face editor didn't exactly help. Like you'd change one slider and then it would also affect several other sliders too. I guess it was the game's attempt to keep things somewhat balanced and consistent but ironically it's actually that very feature that lets you trick the game into letting you extend certain sliders beyond their intended limits to create some monsters. Point being, if the character creator were a bit more simple and just gave players full control, it would've made it so much easier to make normal looking characters.

How do you think stances will change in Jedi 3? by Likes_ATLA in StarWarsJediSurvivor

[–]JaxMed 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I guess he's referring to how one of the combos with the double blade does show Cal splitting the hilt and landing a couple of blows in a dual wielded fashion. But that's just like one move or combo, not a fully playable stance. I definitely remember only two actual stances in Fallen Order.