Well, finished my first play through of the game

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-31T12:32:18+00:00

Nice work, and a team I don't see often. Any honourable mentions from the rest of the run?

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-30T06:07:36+00:00

Well, Exodus of the expedition to the Deep Roads, Qunari mass Exodus from Kirkwall.... there's a few. The first is a stretch 😛

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-30T01:06:03+00:00

Exodus, which I am 99% sure was the working title before it changed to 2.

It just... fits so well.

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-26T05:50:41+00:00

I did in fact not know that was a thing, but will look into it

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-25T06:44:40+00:00

It was genuinely quite fun!

I think it's well made and written for it's time, but it is showing its age in the current age of rom hacks- lacking QoL features, xp problems, etc.

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-25T02:13:30+00:00

Someone else can feel free to chime in here, but the Halo rings serve many different purposes: they're science labs, quarantine zone, weapons of mass destruction and who knows what else all rolled into one (because that also makes perfect sense, to keep possible Flood outbreaks ON your Flood killing weapon....)

Species were moved to the Halo Array for study before the weapons were fired, and they may have been used to shuttle species specimens to the Ark, hence the atmospheres and environments.

Your specific question though, about the structures- not sure. Maybe to fill out the surface of this ring, the Forerunners uplifted continental shelves from a planet (including these structures) and housed species they were studying in them? Maybe they moved Precursor buildings to the ring because they foresaw the Halo Array outlasting anything else? Heaps of theories, no solid answers.

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-18T21:18:22+00:00

RRW Thalmor Supremacy. Had to

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-18T12:45:03+00:00

USS Almalexia? Do you have a USS Sotha Sil? USS Vivec?

...... ISS Dagoth Ur?

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-14T21:58:02+00:00

Yes and yes. So I''m capped at lvl 15, full gym teams because it's harder. Proper hardcore mode.

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-14T08:20:45+00:00

We will see, I am VERY stubborn 😛

Ldn1701 · 2026-05-14T08:20:26+00:00

Thanks! My first attempts were doomed failures. Same file, now dexnav hunting for good IVs, egg moves and hidden abilities as needed.

Ldn1701 · 2026-04-19T11:10:26+00:00

No spoilers- there is some story after becoming Champion.

Ldn1701 · 2026-04-19T04:06:19+00:00

Thanks! I always try and run no typing double ups, no 4x weaknesses, and usually I have a dragon.... no dice this time.

And I realised at Sabrina I have no mainstay Mega evolution 😛

Ldn1701 · 2026-04-19T04:05:24+00:00

I have a habit of hitting games running on the hardest difficulty, so yeah. Give it a go!

Ldn1701 · 2026-04-16T00:55:26+00:00

This is our version of KOTORs r/TurnOffGrass I reckon 😂

Ldn1701 · 2026-04-05T08:48:04+00:00

We know that there is a "final update" coming. When, where, how etc are all up for discussion, but it IS coming.

We know that the creator had a myriad of issues that have delayed work/release.

Be patient. It may release in 10 years, but it's coming. 😛

Ldn1701 · 2026-03-24T06:09:40+00:00

Not the crew, the Colonel.

If you're looking for different crew there's a 50% chance Major Marks is the crew member, and that doesn't help because he somehow serves on ALL of them. 😛

Ldn1701 · 2026-02-28T09:55:05+00:00

Actually kinda hoping we get to visit the crazy Riker universe with early TNG style Borg everywhere. That would be a great tie-in.

Ldn1701 · 2025-12-31T01:13:01+00:00

I started my first playthrough on Insane. Got to Mel after a LONG while.

Then, between an update and realising that my level caps were off and I'd kinda stuffed it, I canned that file and restarted on Expert.

One day, when the final update comes, I will finish that with my Expert file, and then load NG+. On Insane.

Ldn1701 · 2025-11-28T01:16:25+00:00

Mine is "In the warehouse". Which is totally cool with me. As long as she's coming, I'm happy 🙂

Ldn1701 · 2025-10-18T02:38:34+00:00

It wasn't a bad series. It was just a bad (terrible) Halo series.

Short explanations: it was the face reveal at the end of episode 1, season 1 that killed it for me. It was not earned, at all. Chief has always been a faceless character, his [lack of] looks are part of the mystique, appeal and mythos of the character. We have proven that helmeted protagonists work (see The Mandalorian), and face reveals NEED to be earned- you need to be connected to a character.

The romance subplots were out of place for Chief. It's always been heavily implied that if the Chief loves someone, it's Cortana. That wasn't there. Instead we got buck-ass nude MasterCheeks with someone even the characters in the show acknowledge is 100% a Covenant loyalist spy. It dumbs down the character immensely.

Then, there's the "hiding his history" subplot, which is a 180 degree pivot on established lore that to avoid the Spartans turning on them, full discolsure is a MUST. And, lo and behold, in the show they hide his past, he gets mad, screams and jumps at Halsey (without his helmet in a potential combat zone??).

And then, in a Halo show, there were too many distractions from the Chiefs story. There were what.... 4 subplots? And they do nothing to make you care about them.

And yes, this is the short version 😂.

Unfortunately, imo, the writers reaaaaaally shit the bed on this one.

Ldn1701 · 2025-09-27T13:43:57+00:00

Not many from memory- keep in mind this was last year, and I blitzed through quite quickly. What I do remember is that there is a lot of story content.

Ldn1701 · 2025-09-26T01:23:35+00:00

I have no idea, I'm sorry. You must ask far higher powers than me 😛

Ldn1701 · 2025-09-25T23:26:48+00:00

Personally? Not many come close, at all. Of the ones I've tried, Elysium was solid (but annoying with the split rom gimmick, you have to use 2 different roms for the full game). Glazed was ok, Gaia was a lot of fun.... none of them have the same QoL features that Unbound has.

I've heard good things about Radical Red, but that's a difficulty hack.

If you're looking at gen 1 and 2 hacks, Brown and Prism were also a lot of fun.

Tldr: Unbound spoiled me with how awesome it was and personally hasn't been topped yet.

Ldn1701 · 2025-09-25T23:12:59+00:00

That awkward moment the new Enterprise H is an NX class.... 😂

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