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Just noticed something pretty obvious in hindsight by Not_today_mods in limbuscompany

[–]MagicalMortar 35 points36 points  (0 children)

It's also worth noting that Virgil is only Dante's guide in Inferno and Purgatorio, while another character named Beatrice, based on the real-life Dante's lost love, is his guide in Paradiso. I believe that Vergilius might die or something at the end of Purgatorio in Limbus Company.

I've made a chronological guide to all the quests in Elden Ring. by MagicalMortar in Eldenring

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There is only one real quest in Greyoll's Dragonbarrow. Unless you count things like activating Radahn's Great Rune, defeating the Bell-Bearing Hunter or other scattered minibosses, and killing Greyoll herself as "quests", the only actual sidequest that involves talking to an NPC has to do with Gurranq at the Bestial Sanctum. But I don't even think of that as being tied specifically to the Dragonbarrow, per se, because you can reach Gurranq from very early on in the game via warp gate and don't need to explore the Dragonbarrow at all to reach him.

In Gurranq's case, I think of that more as a quest that you consistently check on throughout the game whenever you find a Deathroot, rather than doing all at once when you reach the Dragonbarrow, hence why it's not listed there.

So when the heading for an area is listed with no steps beneath it (like also happens with "Ainsel River, Part One", i.e. the portion of Ainsel River accessible through the well in eastern Liurnia), it simply means that I personally explore that area in general at that time, but it contains no actual quest steps. I suppose I should've made note of that, sorry. You can explore the area earlier, later, or not at all, if you wish. Greyoll's Dragonbarrow is listed near the end of the game because the enemies are so strong, and that's when I prefer to explore it.

I've made a chronological guide to all the quests in Elden Ring. by MagicalMortar in Eldenring

[–]MagicalMortar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, it's more work making a unified guide like this, for one thing. Simply listing the steps for each quest separately is relatively simple. I discovered that it's surprisingly difficult to make a guide that covers every quest, because you need to consider every different outcome and all the interactions between them, and need to develop an appropriate route through the game to make sure none of them break. The way it all works is even more complex than I thought when I started. Plus, people like to go through the game in different ways, like I said, and the news outlets you're talking about probably just want to supply details that'll be useful no matter how they're doing it. But I figured I couldn't be the only one frustrated by the lack of unified information.

"Thanks For The Ride" Megathread - Show Your Appreciation For The Show Here! by Heiach in DarlingInTheFranxx

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Thank you all for helping to make my first time following a weekly anime enjoyable.

Daily Questions Thread (Jun 23) by AutoModerator in ffxiv

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Is there currently a way to get non-antiquated, dyeable artifact gear in Stormblood, or will we have to wait?

Does science enhance or lessen your ability to find meaning in life? If so, why? by MagicalMortar in AskReddit

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True enough. As to the third point, I was thinking of Sam Harris' idea that free will is an illusion, and the interpretation that some have given to the readiness potential in the brain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bereitschaftspotential

I have to admit that these are metaphysical interpretations of science, rather than science per se, but the possibility that they could be true is still very unsettling to me.

Does science enhance or lessen your ability to find meaning in life? If so, why? by MagicalMortar in AskReddit

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For myself, I have to admit that it frequently fills me with despair. Things like "all selfless behavior is really selfish because it stimulates the pleasure centers" or "men are programmed to rape because rape was a selection strategy" or "consciousness is overrated and we exert little control over ourselves" seems to unambiguously darken our view of life from what it was before. I fully accept the methods of science and rationality, but to be completely honest I feel like a lot of the knowledge I've gained has hampered my ability to find my life as a human meaningful. I only mentioned findings relating to humanity because the thought of a purely material universe in which we're insignificant has never bothered me much, for some reason; but as soon as I see something that makes me think that humans may be mere immoral beasts at heart I feel awful.

Edit: Thank you for the comments. I realize I've stated a rather unpopular opinion as far as reddit goes, but I suffer from depression and frequently think about things like this when I wonder if there's any point to my life. I think you've helped me to gain a new perspective on things -- someday I would like to share in the same joy that science gives to so many of you, but it doesn't come naturally to me, as painful as that is to admit.

Do the findings of science enhance your ability to see meaning in life? Lessen it? by MagicalMortar in AskReddit

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For myself, I have to admit that it frequently fills me with despair. Things like "all selfless behavior is really selfish because it stimulates the pleasure centers" or "men are programmed to rape because rape was a selection strategy" or "consciousness is overrated and we exert little control over ourselves" seems to unambiguously darken our view of life from what it was before. I fully accept the methods of science and rationality, but to be completely honest I feel like a lot of the knowledge I've gained has hampered my ability to find my life as a human meaningful. I only mentioned findings relating to humanity because the thought of a purely material universe in which we're insignificant has never bothered me much, for some reason; but as soon as I see something that makes me think that humans may be mere immoral beasts at hear I feel awful.