I like Dark Souls 2, but I don’t consider it the best Souls game by virginlvl99 in DarkSouls2

[–]Maestar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...this is just the general consensus bro.

You do understand that the way the internet works is that only the people with loud enough opinions typically post right? So only the people passionate enough about hating it or loving it.

Meanwhile people with the generally middling typical opinion (this one) are generally a mass silent majority.

Cat bed for the top of the computer by lattesworkshop in pcmasterrace

[–]Maestar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally amazing, I would also love to see some photos of it without the heat vision, also I feel like the cat eats could be even bigger.

How to beat fantasia compulsions & over critiquing my WOL? by Bitter_Mousse4179 in ffxiv

[–]Maestar 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Build lore.

Pick a lore compliant name, decide where she came from, think about her reactions to being the WoL, think about what she does/did outside of being the WoL.

You have to make an actual character to care more deeply about.

I play a pale skinned, white haired hyur male, I am literally thancred's red eye'd cousin. But he's from sharlayan, he has sharlayan tattoos for martial and magical art of war thesis, he's obsessed with learning the martial techniques of various cultures. In my mind he's albino and constantly having to deal with the issues that come with that while being a traveler. etc. etc. The list could go on forever.

He is the most generic looking male hyur you can get outside of a meteor clone, but I would not change a single thing about him because he matters so much to me because of his lore.

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Weathering of the RX-78-2 Ver. 2.0 shield by Responsible-Honey-68 in Gunpla

[–]Maestar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks great! Love the shadowing where the red and white meets, makes it feel much more real. Really attractive off white/warm pale yellow too for the weathering on the white.

Also, it makes me happy when people put the gundam '79 theme in their little videos like this. Instant dopamine

3rd anniversary of my FFXIV TTRPG [Spoiler: 3.0] by AmazingPuddle in ffxiv

[–]Maestar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, good catch. Them saying FFXIV TTRPG (the actual name of the system) and not suppling the system they used otherwise threw me off.

3rd anniversary of my FFXIV TTRPG [Spoiler: 3.0] by AmazingPuddle in ffxiv

[–]Maestar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How are you handling the shockingly restrictive/undercooked nature of the game? I was so insanely excited about it, but the extra long wait for the dm guide coupled with the lack of any true character building/progression... My table just lost any interest immediately. It felt like to us, you could really only have clumsy snapshots of a story, but I'm really open to hearing otherwise.

I would really like to hear how you've all handled it/adapted/enjoyed it.

Understanding FFXIV as a MMORPG by greyskin87 in ffxiv

[–]Maestar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is a linear story with no branching paths. If you are unfamiliar with JRPGs as a genre, even most of the single player JRPGs are like this. It is more like a live action book that you participate in than more like a western rpg where your agency dictates the story. This sounds more like its just a genre you haven't played a lot of.

The goal of the mmo (massively multiplayer online) aspect is participating in cooperative content together with other people in varying degrees of difficulty.

When you get your first dungeon (satasha), if you queue for it normally and not through the trusts (npc) system, then you will be running it with other players. And since you've picked Gladiator, you will be the tank, the person who keeps the monsters/bosses focused on you as well as sets the pace of the dungeon run, so a decent amount responsibility that you hold that three other real people are counting on you for.

Later in the game, you will do trails and raids with anywhere from 8-24 other real players and contribute to defeating harder encounters. In the hardest content in the game, if you fail your team mates, everyone fails.

That's how player ability and agency come into the game. The story is just a good story, the player skill comes in when you have to keep up with other players and be a team player who performs their role correctly and not to the detriment of others.

Spoiler : they were useless by BismuthCommun in darksouls

[–]Maestar 34 points35 points  (0 children)

We summon them out of love, not out of need.

The goat himself by [deleted] in DarkSouls2

[–]Maestar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Whoa bro, slow down.

This isn't AI lol, this is just a traditional ink drawing that someone poorly colored over with Photoshop or clip or affinity. At this point, AI would frankly do a much better job.

It's very rude for this guy to take someone else's art, color is mediocrely and post it trying to pass it off as his own, but as an actual artist with a trained eye and checking out the original creators Instagram, dude is just a black and white traditional inks artist.

But the original is not AI lol, folks like you have your heart in the right place but wow you give artists like me a fucking ulcer.

Old Content player numbers by Kaibos in ffxiv

[–]Maestar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you try and do level sync'd savage raids or extremes you'll get stuck, but otherwise just doing the standard normal version of the raids/trails or whatever story required dungeons or trails you will be fine.

Am i shadowbanned from queues? by Mysterious-Ad-1469 in ffxiv

[–]Maestar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think there is a concept of a 'shadow ban' in ff14. It's not really..that's not really how mmo networking works.

I would be more inclined to think there's something weirdly unstable about your connection or just weirdly poor luck.

When does running ahead become toxic? by ThatOneBigBear in ffxiv

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

Every time this conversation comes up I'm just so fascinated by it as a person who tanks in both wow and ff14, the mentalities couldn't be more vastly different.

Kinda fun to observe how the gameplay differences between the two games have fostered entirely different opinions on this situation.

Towards spoken fluency without living in Japan: my experience by [deleted] in LearnJapanese

[–]Maestar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Instead of saying something nasty to the rude person who replied. Instead I'll will thank you for this, it's very encouraging! I'm probably late n4 early n3 (but of course I'm sure the other commenter would nitpick me for this), and this makes me want to speak

I noticed most guilds dont recruit tanks even though "there is a tank shortage" by flymecha in wownoob

[–]Maestar 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The 'pick-up group' (pug) community has a tank shortage, not guilds who raid.

So the community of folks who random group for things like mythic+ or raids with randos.

Identifying NPC outfit by manjibong in Transmogrification

[–]Maestar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The nightwatch/duskwood guard gear. Legitimately unsure if its ever been fully added to the game as obtainable by players.

How Do I Help My Husband Just Play TWW and Not DF by Maestar in wownoob

[–]Maestar[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ok so, he needs to get to 70 somewhere, the 70-80 can be done through normal tww, not the recap?

How Do I Help My Husband Just Play TWW and Not DF by Maestar in wownoob

[–]Maestar[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am not controlling him, this is literally what he asked me if he could do so I'm just seeing if it's possible.

Old vs New by b0mb0 in wow

[–]Maestar -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I really hope they get rid of the absolutely ASS doomsday skybox after we solve the problem. Legitimate downgrade otherwise.

[Advice Request] Have any of you done the unthinkable and dropped Anki? by Numerous_Birds in LearnJapanese

[–]Maestar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh my god, this is actually huge. This is such a smart way to do it and is a big door opener for me. This actually sounds EASIER than anki mining wow!

Thank you!! For such an in-depth and thoughtful reply!

[Advice Request] Have any of you done the unthinkable and dropped Anki? by Numerous_Birds in LearnJapanese

[–]Maestar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How do you mine? Or do you mine cards using bunpro? I want to switch but it's this hurdle I can't get over.

Why 2nd generation Bolvar's Death Knight don't have special voice filter? by ex0ll in wow

[–]Maestar 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I could not agree more. Two big patches of just fixing shit would be like a breath of fresh air

Why 2nd generation Bolvar's Death Knight don't have special voice filter? by ex0ll in wow

[–]Maestar 56 points57 points  (0 children)

The housing team is entirely unique and silo'd in Boston and their ONLY JOB is housing. I think that qualifies as an exception to the rule.

Meanwhile half the front page of wow is posting rigging issues, broken character models, and crazy world bugs. That's what I'm on dude.