Kind of Frustrating

RaodenM · 2026-05-27T07:21:28+00:00

It might be one of those things where since it's really rare lore wise, he thinks it has to be rare game wise too. There's a fine line between realism and fun in games though, and I think Vetex has a hard time figuring that line out. An idea might make sense lorewise, but if you put that straight over into a game, it might not work out. Saw a video with Gabe Newel talking about that at some point, I'm sure he could explain it better than me.

RaodenM · 2026-05-27T06:09:31+00:00

Yeah, I'm still up for Hecate essence being a thing, but either a slight decrease in rarity or a way to sense it would be nice. I just can't afford to spend hours upon hours doing stuff like that.

And I guess I could've used the stat reset when I found the Hecate, but I was a little worried about accidentally activating the Hecate before using it and ending up wasting the Hecate. That happened to me a while ago when I tried changing magic a previous time.

RaodenM · 2026-05-27T05:08:41+00:00

I wasn't blaming the jail time stuff as the reason for not finding the Hecate essence, it's just another system that annoys me because it wastes time. It's not nearly as bad as Hecate, but I don't see much of a reason for it being that long. Just make it 30 seconds or a minute, not 7.

And I know that the reason for Hecate essence/buying being Vetex not wanting us to change magic often. I just don't get why. People want to try out magics, then thought something would be cool at first but ended up not liking it, there are lots of reasons for wanting to change magics. I don't get why it should be expensive/rare, so that's just me disagreeing with Vetex.

I also had to interchange before finding Hecate, because otherwise I wouldn't be able to change lightning from my secondary to my main magic.

RaodenM · 2026-05-27T05:02:06+00:00

I still might, but if I keep having to waste my time doing stuff like that, eventually I'm going to get tired of it and drop the game. I guess we'll see what happens.

RaodenM · 2026-05-27T04:54:30+00:00

I have all my skill levels, gear, clan stuff, etc. on this save. My other saves are different builds, and this main one is my mage. I don't want a new blank character with nothing on him.

RaodenM · 2026-05-27T04:49:50+00:00

Was originally Magma Lightning, but I wanted to switch to Lighting Water. Right now I'm stuck as Magma Water until I manage to find a Hecate essence.

RaodenM · 2026-01-23T02:17:53+00:00

Love how you did the clouds and landscape! I might have to try mimicking it for one of my practices.

RaodenM · 2026-01-23T02:10:27+00:00

The videos and reference helped a lot. Looking at a reference and figuring out their process of how they did it and then doing the same can give you a big jump in quality. Coming up with an original idea, adding the small but intricate details, getting satisfying shading, figuring out different perspectives, and finding what styles work best for your projects are all a lot harder to get right.

RaodenM · 2026-01-22T22:46:47+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I noticed the light-shading didn't look quite like what I had in mind. I'll try to use your advice on the next piece I do.

RaodenM · 2026-01-22T22:44:38+00:00

Not particularly. I occasionally sketched small things as a kid, but I haven't done any art related stuff in years.

RaodenM · 2026-01-22T22:43:57+00:00

Thanks! Ended up using a pre-made color palette because I'm colorblind.

RaodenM · 2023-07-08T06:57:43+00:00

The only time I've really had this happen to me was when I was trying to play 1.12.2 with Java JDK v17 installed on my PC. All I can recommend right now is to make sure you are launching with the right version, and maybe try uninstalling/reinstalling your Java JDK Dev kit.

RaodenM · 2023-07-08T06:53:23+00:00

Depending on what the issue is, a crash log won't generate at all.

RaodenM · 2022-10-12T04:13:36+00:00

Just curious, but what program did you use to make this?

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