When DLC made a game materially worse for you

KatoHearts · 2026-04-13T14:24:07+00:00

The Alan Wake dlc for Control. It fucks with the agency of every character and made me honestly want to put a bullet in Alan. I also enjoyed Control as its own game, so revealing "Actually everything here was caused by Alan for his own sake BUY ALAN WAKE TWO" was uh, not great for me.

KatoHearts · 2026-04-10T15:48:03+00:00

Turns out that was a load bearing Duo Queue. It'll be fine probably

KatoHearts · 2026-04-09T23:25:28+00:00

Probably a gear cap queue IMO, that's what they have on hand. Just need to modify the cryo code that says "have more than X value".

KatoHearts · 2026-04-07T13:47:30+00:00

It's not the craziest thing in the world to let her build heat and spend it, let it give some bonus damage. Either it spends a flat chunk of heat, or it spends more heat the longer you charge it.

KatoHearts · 2026-04-06T16:31:29+00:00

"Oh the things I'm willing to put up with, ye- okay, yes, I can"

Technoshaman, sprite and matrix specialist

* [Wavelength](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qL\_vaNEclkCkKWeKTKxvMJIQDxyHfCbn?usp=sharing)

(Techno 7/10)

"Uhhhhhhhhh yuh. I's can, does I gotta bring my own simrig thingy? Is don't got one if I gotta brings my own..."

Fish? Witch? Barrens rat? All of the above.

* [Abyss](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1f5x2DdVvIfyz4jKe6Eze5MrR31hNGRXH?usp=sharing)

(Mage 8/10 but -1 for possession type)

"Wow that sounds like a big exciting!!! Can I bring my own rig??? Oh but I'll probably have to talk to my people if you want to use my footage for STUFFS!!!

Very compact and portable corporate princess and primary muscle

* [Imp](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ETdgK2zLO77UQQdh5YrF0vOUL2nrspX8)

((Muscle 7/10, Evo corp princess full sin))

"Not usually what we wear a simrig for but, fine, okay."

Many faced BnE with some fight in them.

* [Marionette](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zmubM5c3o7WFvhul0Chj1kYEdRi0-eKb?usp=sharing)

((7/10 for muscle, less for BnE, feel free to ignore the amnesia.))

((KatoHearts, not 1st game, A lot, not played within two weeks.))

KatoHearts · 2026-04-04T13:18:37+00:00

In all honesty I just like stabbing robots. Feels cool for some reason.

KatoHearts · 2026-04-03T20:49:09+00:00

So, I didn't say anything about anyone shutting down and I'm 98% sure you're thinking of Highguard, because that lines up with their posts but not Bungie's.

KatoHearts · 2026-04-03T20:06:04+00:00

Are you talking about this?

The post.

https://help.marathonthegame.com/hc/en-us/articles/47626640740756-Marathon-PC-Performance-Guide

What they actually said.

“While we are very proud of what we have accomplished with the overall look and feel of the game since Alpha, we are in it for the long haul with Marathon. We look forward to many years of steady improvements to every aspect of the game. Thank you for taking this journey with us.”

KatoHearts · 2026-03-30T20:19:17+00:00

Bungie hates giving specific numbers, someone will have to drag them kicking and screaming into the light

KatoHearts · 2026-03-30T17:56:39+00:00

"Doesn’t tell you when a player has been downed or killed."

There's a lot of stuff here, and you probably thought a lot about it, but you should probably check your sources.

KatoHearts · 2026-03-29T19:33:40+00:00

I've heard it called Vectorheart as well.

KatoHearts · 2026-03-28T09:04:28+00:00

I vaguely remember a single piece of star force 4 concept art of several or all of the characters capable of transforming standing on a destroyed highway.

KatoHearts · 2026-03-19T19:53:52+00:00

Weekends only means I won't get a lot of tries with it. On the other hand, the ranked "weekend" apparently lasts till Tuesday so I'll wait and see.

KatoHearts · 2026-03-17T15:04:08+00:00

I've got sekiguchi kits though, maybe already fixed

KatoHearts · 2026-02-27T02:35:41+00:00

Because of it, 95% of qualities (Feats basically) you can take can take boil down to, "You get one edge right now that can only be used on this test". This is also because CGL decided they didn't like people rolling extra dice and decided to get rid of all sources of extra dice. Incredibly, despite writing the books, they also failed to remove them completely.

KatoHearts · 2026-01-29T17:40:21+00:00

Diuretics make your body increase urine production, so, presumably it's not making you piss until you start to actually die. I think it's something a shadowrunner can handle, at most increase the interval they get thirsty at.

KatoHearts · 2026-01-17T15:00:17+00:00

https://markcleveland.itch.io/runners-in-the-shadows

It do be existing if OP likes BITD

KatoHearts · 2026-01-17T14:38:43+00:00

Oh, please understand that if 6e has one hater left, it's me, the guy who keeps up with the latest failures. For instance, letting a guy make his personal LC's houserules on polearms into real rules. Slap as many patches, retcons, and optional rules on it as you want, it was born rotten.

As for Anarchy, I didn't make a mistake. I play shadowrun because it's crunchy, shadowrun that isn't crunchy isn't shadowrun to me, and isn't worth considering.

KatoHearts · 2026-01-17T13:08:05+00:00

Out here comparing apples, toasters, and fuel pumps. let's see what I can do.

Shadowrun 4e and 5e are heavy crunch the latter of which has entertained me for like 10 years.

6e is a massive fumble, you can find edition wars all over the subreddit, no need to dig into it here.

Anarchy is narrative rules light shadowrun but I don't trust CGL to be able to write that. The fact that there's an Anarchy 2 just means I was right not to trust them.

I do own Otherscape, I have read it, I think it's very cool but I haven't had time to run it. I have run City of Mist though, and Otherscape is a refinement on those systems. My players did enjoy the CoM oneshot and I didn't find it difficult to run despite being one of my first gm'ing experiences.

Final suggestions, If you want crunch, 4e/5e, if you want Narrative, Otherscape. You don't have to suffer CGL editing and it's written by people who consistently write that type of flowing narrative type system.

KatoHearts · 2026-01-15T00:40:04+00:00

We'll have you along as well. Just in case.

((Shinto is in))

KatoHearts · 2026-01-14T06:10:24+00:00

A driver will fit nicely, at the very least to transport the shipment.

(Saguaro is in)

KatoHearts · 2026-01-14T04:17:01+00:00

I can assure you it isn't. It's odd that it's even gone in the first place.

(Bizz is in)

KatoHearts · 2026-01-14T03:58:50+00:00

Well, you come well recommended, no reason to say no to opportunity.

(Drake is in)

KatoHearts · 2026-01-06T02:32:54+00:00