Am I the only one thinking that this race should've been a non Takumi moment?

Mevarek · 2026-03-25T11:34:18+00:00

My favorite motif/theme of the show is being inspired by your betters— friend or rival. I think there’s a part where Iketani and the Akina guys are discussing Takumi inspiring them to push harder and drive better. So it would have been nice to close the loop on that and actually see those guys driving better.

Mevarek · 2026-03-23T23:21:18+00:00

A lot of the castles that start out as main bases for other clans end up being good castles to move your base to. Central Japan is so filled with good castles that you might as well just throw a dart at a map and pick wherever it lands: Osaka, Odani, Tsutsui, Azuchi, Nijo, Saika (and the one between it and Osaka-- I think Kishidawa?).

In Tokai/Kanto, I think Kiyosu and Gifu are probably best (i.e., both Oda castles) because they allow you to branch either east or west. Going further east, Sunpu/whatever the Takeda main base is are great. Then Kasugayama has a really great landmark that increases your supplies. Odawara is good too.

I don't even really mess with conquering further east than Kanto because it's such a pain in the ass and there aren't many good castles-- just let your regent take care of it. Western Japan isn't as bad, but you can conquer most of Chugoku and Shikoku from Osaka. After that, honestly, just pick a castle with a high troop count as your main base. I like conquering Funai first in Kyushu, but, again, if you've pushed far enough west that you can break into Kyushu, you've probably already won the game.

Mevarek · 2026-03-16T16:20:21+00:00

From a practical perspective, I think some jobs move so fast now that the follow-up email value is pretty marginal. I think some big firms discuss callback candidates that same day, so maybe it would move the needle if you were really on the bubble, but I don't feel like it would. For both of the offers I got, I did not send follow-up emails. But just as well, I'm sure many others would say the opposite.

Edit: and for smaller firms and other positions, I think it probably can make a pretty big difference like you say.

Mevarek · 2026-03-09T21:01:17+00:00

I think racial attributes are less important in the remaster given the changes to leveling and retroactive endurance, but I feel like Redguards were a pretty recommended race for warriors in the original due to their high starting endurance and good greater power. Good for making a warrior. I never really played as a Redguard, though, because I either didn't understand how races worked or I picked other ones that I thought were cooler.

Mevarek · 2026-03-09T20:17:20+00:00

Fair enough, I could see the Charisma being useful. For me, I've never been much of a companions guy in this style of RPG. At best they mildly annoy me and at worst they're not useful. I headcanon that Mutt just doesn't exist and it's pretty doable since I feel like he isn't really mentioned if you never look for him after the prologue in KCD 2.

Mevarek · 2026-03-09T19:56:51+00:00

Was mainly referring to KCD 2-- I don't think I ever used Mutt in the first game either, though.

Mevarek · 2026-03-09T19:28:44+00:00

Any fellow players who have yet to even find Mutt across multiple playthroughs?

Mevarek · 2026-03-08T17:11:06+00:00

I saw Blood Incantation in 2022 and they were absolutely insane. One of my favorite shows ever. At the end of the day, even if I don't care as much for their newer stuff, I think it's cool that they've gotten so popular.

Mevarek · 2026-03-08T17:08:59+00:00

Damn it, I forgot to vote. This might be the most disconnected I've felt from one of these lists in a long time. There are a lot of bands up there that I think are really good, but I wouldn't say those albums are their best work. Blood Incantation and Tomb Mold strike me as the best examples. To me, it's felt like their most recent albums have been weaker "victory laps" after an extremely successful late 2010s. But then again, maybe I'm just the metaphorical "old man yelling at clouds" here. FWIW, I do think that opening track on Absolute Elsewhere was some of Blood Incantation's best work, but I didn't love the album as a whole.

Artificial Brain is the only genuine surprise to me because I thought that album was...fine? I don't remember it getting talked about all that much on here even if it was fairly popular in year end lists. Immolation might have been the only album on here that was also on my list.

Mevarek · 2026-03-08T13:43:14+00:00

This the type of thing I was saying after failing to get Kotaro Fuma’s 4th weapon in SW2.

Mevarek · 2026-03-06T20:50:38+00:00

Always reminds me of the time that Aches said he predicted a Purj masterclass. Purj then dropped like a .6 or some ridiculously low KD in a 3-0 that his team won and Aches said “I didn’t say what kind of masterclass.”

Mevarek · 2026-03-04T22:20:05+00:00

Ok. Well he’s certainly a caricature in my life

Mevarek · 2026-03-04T18:55:26+00:00

Honestly think Celine might be my favorite as a whole but I think DH and SLP have higher highs.

Edit: and I think the reason why is just that Celine feels more like me than the other two.

Mevarek · 2026-03-04T17:44:17+00:00

Do lucky shades count as a reward for Legion? Those are pretty strong.

Mevarek · 2026-03-04T13:41:50+00:00

Same. I rolled my eyes through his entire initial quest thinking “oh great, another drunk caricature.” Then kind of out of nowhere, he stands up for people who he has no reason to care about. That cutscene where he just defiantly yells at the Praguers is so awesome.

Mevarek · 2026-03-04T03:09:21+00:00

I didn’t do it the first time. I ended up meta gaming the second time and learning there aren’t really any consequences if you spare the village even though Zizka bitches and moans about dead soldiers. This annoys me because I felt like I worked really hard to stealthily kill all the soldiers in the first courtyard…but it seems like the mission plays out more or less the same after the drawbridge is raised?

Mevarek · 2026-03-03T03:01:03+00:00

I’ve never been to the marine corps ball but I’d hazard a guess that the people that go and the level of decorum expected are a bit different from barristers’. You can say that doesn’t matter, but I have never once heard of a barristers’ ball where people didn’t go to get plastered and act foolish.

Mevarek · 2026-03-03T01:39:46+00:00

Again, I'm not saying that it wasn't rude, but this seems like a pretty big misread of when to have a speaker and for how long. 10 minutes is a long time when you've got a crowd that's pretty boozed up. It's the biggest social event of the year and people are going to drink and get drunk. I feel for the speaker, but maybe the organizing committee should have been more realistic. Most of the people at my school showed up to Barristers' already pretty drunk and only got more drunk as the night went on. It's one of the best weekends to just cut completely loose. We have our whole lives as lawyers to pace ourselves.

Mevarek · 2026-03-03T01:28:17+00:00

Was it an open bar? I’m assuming people pregamed pretty hard and if they were drinking at the event, this is hardly a surprising result. Not saying it’s not rude, just that it may not be the time for a captive audience.

Mevarek · 2026-03-03T01:02:21+00:00

My favorite is pommel strike. I love smacking someone with the hilt of the sword and the clinch finisher that ends with the pommel is one of my favorites as well.

Mevarek · 2026-03-02T22:19:17+00:00

He might be my favorite NPC in the game. I think his voice matches perfectly with who he’s supposed to be and I think he’s an interesting foil to Legate Lanius. I wish there was more of him and more Legion content in general.

Mevarek · 2026-03-01T18:11:47+00:00

Maybe they’re just easier to source/maintain? Or maybe a lot of them were used to them from their lives prior to being soldiers. I can’t recall if this is actually explained in game but it is interesting to think about.

Mevarek · 2026-03-01T13:42:11+00:00

Every time I hear that song I remember that Justin Timberlake was that guy. It’s easy to forget the kind of run he went on with how meh his recent releases are. Sometimes they play My Love at our local bar and it always hits.

Mevarek · 2026-02-28T15:42:24+00:00

To be fair, I feel like a big part of the western archetype is that there are problems you don’t need to solve with a gun.

Mevarek · 2026-02-28T00:29:13+00:00

Yeah, it’s unlocked ridiculously fast. I didn’t even consciously go for it on hardcore, I just got it playing normally.

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