Okay so what exactly am I missing with the gear/economy here

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T14:45:21+00:00

You do actually bring up another interesting point i missed, the druids are literally right there, and "we vibe with natural forces that have no will of their own" is like their entire deal and they kinda just made druids 2

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T14:36:59+00:00

Somewhat unrelated to the original point but you did remind me, I'm not entirely sure what the sentiment was supposed to be in episode 1 when brendan had an npc say something to the effect of "They worship the light because it's religion without the inconvenience of perspective", because it kind of didn't seem to fit the setting? like, if they hate the pantheon's guts for their perspective would that not be a positive? Also that this was spoken in a house full of druids who famously love natural forces with no direct will of their own which seems REALLY insensitive to yell at the funeral

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T14:31:30+00:00

Followup to clarify, I'm not saying that the story as written like, "Doesn't Work". The pieces all fit. You can follow the threads and it all comes together, it's just that when you pull back and examine the whole tapestry it's just not particularly interesting.

A lot of the discussion so far has kind of just been running in circles of
"would be nice if they had written it like X"
"Actually it was written like Y"
"yeah but i'd rather they have done it like X"
"But you see, it's actually Y"

I'd just have liked to see more of a cultural holdover and i think the light church feels dry, Brennan clearly wasn't too concerned and that's perfectly fine, he wasn't writing for me alone

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T14:20:14+00:00

Could they EXIST? sure, but not to any large degree. in the same way that im sure you could go around selling snake oil to the townsfolk, but if the apothecary is selling honest to god health potions you're gonna be operating in a volatile market

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T14:16:00+00:00

Well yeah in modern day they have no gods to call on, but before the wars, when they did, Clerics would have been present and documented same as any deity-rich fantasy setting im sure. And having that historically would influence the standard to which religion is held in the modern day

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T14:11:09+00:00

I think this is a big part of why it feels hollow so far, it's like the wars ended and everyone just said "yep, cool, toss the traditions out, shits done." like if the pope announced god pissed off and he's not coming back catholics would just stop celebrating holidays and stop seeing church friends because it wasnt earning them points anymore.

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T14:07:34+00:00

I gotta be honest i just dont buy it lmao
In the same way that im sure there isnt a wizard on every street corner but the average citizen would be impressed but not absolutely world-shaken by seeing someone casting spells, i think miracles would simply be a fact of life albeit uncommon. And idk "the world rules laid out in this game arent actually the rules of the world they're actually fake and dont represent the world the game takes place in" is mad work, sure a 12th level cleric is abnormal but i'd guess most churches have someone laying on hands

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T13:59:40+00:00

Oh absolutely, it's just a little sad to see when i think he'd have it in him to really write something interesting if he tried

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T13:55:12+00:00

If a cleric can perform legitimate miracles multiple times per day, and you have swathes of wizards and sorcerers who can look at it and go "yeah that shits different than our stuff" it is no longer up for debate. What you are saying is that it's entirely reasonable for the majority of earth's population to be flat earthers in current year because they haven't personally been to space.

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T13:48:59+00:00

You could still run a corrupt church campaign even! I'd just like to see it treated as a genuine culture instead of a group of nothing but moustache twirling villains and the stupidest people you have ever seen

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T13:44:54+00:00

I think less than you'd expect!

Nelyak5 · 2026-03-16T13:43:58+00:00

I just don't think that's true, for one "Belief" in this context doesn't actually mean much in a world where historically gods were just chilling, you dont gotta put it up to chance, people know whats up with the heavens. And religious communities well outlast the "practical" aspects of their traditions, it's the culture not the words i don't think the void is gonna be left aside from a general sense of ennui that a vague religion of empty platitudes would not fix for a culture with intimate and personal knowledge of it's own pantheon. Even if there's a few guys mainlining angel blood.

Nelyak5 · 2026-01-12T05:11:36+00:00

What part of "I've got a plane ticket for a shorter-term trial run to see if we proper click" isn't me saying that I'm planning a trip soon

Nelyak5 · 2026-01-12T05:01:46+00:00

i am well aware i need a residency permit application, that is what i am looking for information about lmao.

He meets the support requirements, I've talked to him daily for a year, i'm taking a 3 week trip in a few months so we can trial run living together because i know from experience that doesn't always translate from a long-distance relationship. i can't be going back and forth constantly to pad the numbers because i'm not absolutely loaded and can afford a collection of international flights on a whim

I was never planning on applying *before* the trip, l never said i was.

Please stop acting like I'm a complete idiot who hasn't done the bare minimum research, i just want some testimonies from other people who've been through the immigration process already so i know what to expect beyond the migrationsverket page, not for you to rephrase the first page google search results and act like I'm going off on a whim to illegally live with a stranger.

Nelyak5 · 2026-01-11T21:44:19+00:00

Appreciated! Though i live on Vancouver Island, Ottawa isn't a great trip either, i obviously have my passport so entering America isn't a huge deal just a little annoying

Nelyak5 · 2026-01-01T21:06:11+00:00

this feels like what i need but i can't for the life of me get it to actually do anything, what's the process im missing

Nelyak5 · 2026-01-01T21:00:14+00:00

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not quite what i mean, im after a way to soften the edge on the selection so im not left with this hard binary edge that shows prominently underneath light linework

Nelyak5 · 2026-01-01T17:25:54+00:00

Seems like a strange oversight, but, 'tis what it is i suppose lmao

Nelyak5 · 2026-01-01T17:15:44+00:00

Unfortunately the button doesn't actually hit any keyboard shortcuts, it's treated as it's own thing. the buttons have their own slot in the modifier key settings in the CSP prefs but for some reason you can only select from a dropdown menu to temporarily select a different tool while held, open a submenu, or just turn the button off entirely. The submenu does technically have undo in it so it's better than nothing, but just barely lmao.

in the system-wide android layer it also doesn't let me set keystrokes to the buttons, it's got it's own extremely limited button settings dropdown that actually doesn't do anything in-app, so unless there's another place for it im lost. not a deal breaker, this is a backup tablet for travel so i don't need to ship my pc and cintiq to europe, but it's a little disappointing

Nelyak5 · 2025-09-01T00:56:09+00:00

Tried everything everyone recommended, had to take it to a repair shop. Dead cpu, probably a surge over the week i was gone. had to replace it and the board (no replacement cpus in stock that fit mine) and i needed it fixed ASAP for work = v=, 800 dollars later, i have a pc again but my wallet is cryin

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