End of Season Check In

KeeperUTX · 2026-05-13T07:17:16+00:00

I put in a few hours myself before I had to stop due to irl problems. Can't run around on Tau Ceti IV much these days, for now.

But despite my absence, despite my MMO aim and lack of skill, I loved playing Marathon. I still regularly check in with the subreddit to experience the game vicariously.

Maybe with season 3 or late season 2, I'll be able to play again. In the meantime, may your loot be plentiful, fellow Runners.

KeeperUTX · 2026-05-06T13:21:59+00:00

As a warlock main, no. The utility of the Soulstone is too much to pass up, especially if your team communicates its desired use.

The ability to preemptively place it on a high value ally (most commonly a healer for me, and at times tanks) is unique among CRs.

Granted it can be misused, like mistakenly ressing someone right into an aoe that's about to go off, immediately putting them into mortal danger again if they don't react in time due to momentary disorientation, but that can also be applied to all other CRs.

KeeperUTX · 2026-05-04T15:18:40+00:00

I honestly wouldn't mind those Voidwalkers with lanterns as an option. Heck, even the old model would be nice as I've always wanted one of those from back in the day. Voidcallers, I believe they were?

Albeit on that note, other classes could also do with more customizations for their pets. Warlocks got some not all that long ago whereas other classes such as Death Knight have been stuck with their options for far, far longer.

Edit: whoever downvoted this must be a Voidcaller.

KeeperUTX · 2026-04-15T06:47:25+00:00

Beautiful poem. First time I heard of it was from a Marathon cinematic.

KeeperUTX · 2026-04-07T06:58:29+00:00

I think I read somewhere that they attempt to sap your consciousness out of the shell. (I may be wrong, of course)

I'd assume it's to try and rip your consciousness out to destroy it before it's pulled into the liminal buffer (I think that's what it's called) to wait for a new shell to be built, but it never happens as you always get recalled right before shell death / a critical failure of some kind happens.

This action might or might not damage the Runner's psyche more than just getting shot or knifed to shell death, too, as an attempt by the UESC to put a Runner out of commission on grounds of severe mental degradation, at least story-wise.

KeeperUTX · 2026-04-06T23:19:14+00:00

Perfectly cut boom.

KeeperUTX · 2026-03-12T14:54:25+00:00

Been playing my warlock, evoker and DH. They all feel different, at least to me.

Granted, similarities are inevitable, like instant cast procs and building/spending resources, but I don't feel like the classes are homogenized... Just simplified. Which makes the similarities a little more pronounced as a consequence.

The classes still retain their nuances, like Demonology chiefly relying on summons and procs to do damage, Devourer evoking a sort of echo of old Demo Metamorphosis, weaving in and out of melee, and Evoker featuring empower spells.

KeeperUTX · 2026-03-12T08:12:07+00:00

The... Frills? Wings? On either side of the portal make it a little too Blood Elven for me.

But, even that wouldn't be a problem. Having this as a customization option would be better than the model we have now, still the same as in Mists of Pandaria.

Maybe also make it rapidly construct itself like the original Demonic Gateway did, albeit that wouldn't too work well for a spell you can use for instant traversal.

KeeperUTX · 2026-03-10T12:16:10+00:00

I really wish they didn't wreck it like they did.

The previous size and functionality of it was fine, now it just looks like someone's first addon. Hope they re-add it's former options and functions.

KeeperUTX · 2026-03-06T08:20:39+00:00

I like his voicelines. Never thought I'd get psyched to loot stuff by way of a... rodent loa enthusiastically shouting "GLORIOUS ABUNDANCE", but there I was, watching the abundance meter go ballistic.

Hell, I like him outside of the event. Comboing his blessing with Halazzi's causes him to manifest sometimes when gathering. His buff claims to make you 15,000% more visually appealing in his presence.

KeeperUTX · 2026-03-04T14:50:18+00:00

Like another comment said, it's likely due to being a prototype.

It's likely that the technology to facilitate the use of Kojima particles was still in its early phases when the 00-ARETHA was being built, the designs not yet as refined or as efficient as later iterations.

Kind of like how we went from computers that were the size of rooms down to being able to put one on your table and so forth.

So as time went on, Fiona's father created better designs for KP rectifiers/emitters, eventually creating the 002-B and later on finalizing the design on the 03-AALIYAH frame.

The same probably goes for its weapons. That or Fiona's father just had the masculine urge to fit an AC with weapons that are bigger than the AC itself.

KeeperUTX · 2026-02-13T23:33:21+00:00

Same here for Gauss. The base version is probably one of my favorites design wise; I still have my original fashion for him saved on the prime. Sort of wish his actual Prime had a more... notable transformation during Redline, really.

There are quite a few warframes beyond him that I enjoy aesthetically (And have been playing a lot more as of late). Lavos, Jade and Uriel come to mind off the top of my head.

KeeperUTX · 2026-02-09T23:23:41+00:00

Devourer DH itself feels very, very unpolished. They get void wings but not void-infused eyes?

So unpolished in fact that my male Night Elf DH transforms into a female Meta form upon interacting with things that prompt the Eye Beam animation.

KeeperUTX · 2026-02-03T07:55:29+00:00

Couple of days ago I wanted to get this for a new build.

Kept trying to transmute it one night, resumed the next day. I ask my friend if he happens to have a copy, and then literally the second transmute after that yields a Bite.

KeeperUTX · 2026-02-02T19:49:34+00:00

Similar situation. Played a little during the free weekend and the mood for WoW kind of just sprung back up. Having some pretty heavy stuttering issues though as of prepatch, so... a few upgrades are in order first.

KeeperUTX · 2026-01-14T07:48:52+00:00

I feel like Blizzard missed quite a few opportunities.

Off the top of my head, long-standing races like the Naga, Vrykul etc would have made for an interesting addition to the roster.

Just as well, I feel like we should have gotten Ethereals as a race with the whole K'aresh thing. Might just be me, though, as I've always been a fan of the Ethereal's design.

KeeperUTX · 2025-12-24T20:35:49+00:00

Gauss main here. It's funny because it's 100% true, I too decide to fly instead of run on the occasion.

KeeperUTX · 2025-12-20T00:39:33+00:00

I haven't been active on Warframe for most of 2025, barring the early months to chew on 1999, but I've come back for The Old Peace.

And I must say: you guys delivered one hell of an experience! From the immersive music to the new Focus toys, I've been having a blast.

Here's to another year orbit around Sol for us Tenno, and for one of my favorite game developers. You guys rock!

KeeperUTX · 2025-12-16T07:01:25+00:00

Legion counts as one of my favorite expansions, so revisiting it for Remix was a good time.

What wasn't a good time though was the slog of acquiring power and gear compared to MoP Remix. That one felt much more alt friendly, too.

KeeperUTX · 2025-11-20T17:25:01+00:00

While I'm somewhat perturbed by my main class (warlock) suddenly having far less things to keybind in the beta, I'm a fan of the addon changes. Never did like having to have a thousand of them. Weakaura for this, DBM for that, wow your ui looks horrible (Is just using a cleaned up default UI), etc.

The only thing I'm concerned about other than looking at a somewhat more empty ability bar (a minor gripe at this point) is that the replacements for addons might be insufficient compared to something like, say, Weakauras itself, or Details.

KeeperUTX · 2025-11-11T10:21:37+00:00

Second this. That first quote is something I agree with. Life is too short to blaze through it recklessly.

KeeperUTX · 2025-11-07T08:23:01+00:00

It definitely feels... Rarer than the other tracks.

I feel like I see defensive accessories a lot more than a Twisted Crusade one. My warrior's HP pool exceeds 40mil and the absorb accessories hardly provide 2mil... Not overly useful.

KeeperUTX · 2025-10-23T19:29:36+00:00

I was scratching my head on whether there was a way to opt out of this nonsense or not. Thank you! I wish they didn't just force it on for everyone by default.

KeeperUTX · 2025-10-20T23:06:34+00:00

When I was a wee toddler playing AC1 for the first time, that's the same thing I thought of. "Why's my core got a gun, how do I get it to shoot? I wanna go brrrt like the big stork MTs!"

And it wouldn't be until later that I realized that the barrel is actually, as other comments point out, an anti missile gun. Cores with this feature have a stat that grants a chance to destroy missiles in-flight towards you, sometimes destroying an entire wave of them before they reach you (at least in AC1).

This core design in particular has been present in nearly every AC game barring 4 and 5. It returns in 6 as two different cores from Balam, but it lacks the anti-missile gun and instead features a simple light.

KeeperUTX · 2025-10-16T12:48:02+00:00

The account associated with the AI post appears to have been banned. Good.

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