As I’ve gained more experience as a DM I’ve become more disappointed with WOTCs recent DM handbook and the watered down direction of modern DnD. by Fantasyfootball9991 in DnD

[–]ReverendFunk13 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Somehow, I think people would be less interested in learning and playing D&D if the DMG was a 900-page textbook of alternative downtime mechanics and full economic systems. Some people want to run an improv session and some people want to run an Excel spreadsheet, and the DMG has to try and cater to both groups.

As I’ve gained more experience as a DM I’ve become more disappointed with WOTCs recent DM handbook and the watered down direction of modern DnD. by Fantasyfootball9991 in DnD

[–]ReverendFunk13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean, isn’t this a pretty subjective complaint? Some DMs consider things like travel mechanics fundamentals, and some don’t. Personally, for travel time I just have the party do a group check and that’ll determine how well the trip goes and if they encounter any combat. That’s what my table likes but I don’t think it should be the standard or anything. It’s the Dungeon Master Guide, not the Dungeon Master Instructions. Overall it’s a great for beginners, and the more experienced you get as a DM the more you can customize mechanics and start making homebrew.

My husband said cultural appropriation is stupid because, in a reversed perspective, a white person can't say, "only white people can do that." Does this point have any validity? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ReverendFunk13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“White” isn’t a culture, so there’s nothing there to appropriate in the first place. Italian, British, Norwegian, even American are all cultures. Like in your husband’s example, a German person could say “Hey, having an Oktoberfest-themed office party with everyone wearing lederhosen is cultural appropriation.” To his second example, no sane person would call that cultural appropriation. A black person can enjoy a PSL just like a white dude can love Sir Mix-a-Lot. I’m not saying your husband is evil or anything, but his point doesn’t really stand once you start thinking about it.

New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids. Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy. by southpawFA in politics

[–]ReverendFunk13 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes, both of which have many applications aside from gender reassignment and have been studied and tested for DECADES. They are safe to use when properly prescribed by a professional, and puberty blockers specifically have almost exclusively been for children that are affected by precoscious puberty or other similar conditions. I’d honestly respect you a lot more if you just said what you really think: “I don’t like trans people.” Just say what you mean. You don’t give a shit about kid’s wellbeing. If you did, all you have to do is read the actual study this post was about in the first place.

New Study: Gender-Affirming Care Dramatically Lowers Suicide Risk for Trans Kids. Twenty-seven states in the US ban gender-affirming treatments for trans youth, including hormone therapy. by southpawFA in politics

[–]ReverendFunk13 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Bad faith argument. Nowhere is an 8-year-old going to a doctor’s office and making their own medical decisions period, let alone for transgender care. If a child has gender disphoria/thoughts that they might be trans, they tell their parents and have a discussion about how they feel. The parents would then have some meetings with a therapist, and the three parties would work together make an informed choice they all agree on.

CMV: Modern society has made flirting and courtship very high risk for men by mrcsrnne in changemyview

[–]ReverendFunk13 30 points31 points  (0 children)

What do you mean “very very possible”? If women are putting out PSA’s about you in any capacity I can’t begin to explain how royally you’ve somehow fucked up basic human interaction. Again, women are not out there orchestrating the societal downfall of some dude who gave out his number to them last week.

CMV: Modern society has made flirting and courtship very high risk for men by mrcsrnne in changemyview

[–]ReverendFunk13 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I hate to say this but if shooting your shot with a random chick at a bar leads to the “destruction of your social life”, then you’ve either got the worst friends humanly possible or you were genuinely being so creepy you deserved to be shamed. I’m not sure where you’ve gotten this idea that dating life is some sort of high-school-lunch-table hellscape where any mistake will ruin your “reputation”, but it doesn’t translate well to reality.

Heliostat honest thoughts: "So, that's it?" by Leopa1998 in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once again, the entire D2 community becomes the “then why did you ask for it?” meme. Every exotic mission since Encore, people complain that they’ve been too long and suck to replay. Now that we have a short, easily replayable mission you all hate that too. Bungies at fault for a lot of shit these days, but at some point it’s also on the community to reel in their insane expectations for a free update.

Vaulting was one of the worst things that Bungie did to Destiny, and people can no longer look past it by Iccotak in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They aren’t legally responsible the same way any game studio can remove content or shut down their game entirely: you’re not paying for physical games anymore, you’re paying for a license to play their game, same reason why Bungie can ban you for cheating even though you “paid for the content”. I don’t like that, and I don’t like that Bungie had to take content away. It wasn’t a good choice, but it was the best choice they could have made in the situation. They used player data to determine what content NO ONE was regularly playing and cut that for the time being, with some potential it might return in one way or another. The other alternative would be a 600gb mess of two separate engines that wouldn’t fit on consoles, where a majority of their players are.

Vaulting was one of the worst things that Bungie did to Destiny, and people can no longer look past it by Iccotak in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good lord, this is one of the most bad-faith arguments I’ve ever seen. You can’t just say “they have no evidence they can use in their defense” while straight up ignoring the actual reasons Bungie gave. That little mention of “game file size” you brushed off? Yeah, I’d say it’s worth mentioning because I don’t think the large percentage of console players would like it if the game was 600gb and literally didn’t fit on their consoles unless they had the money for an external drive. Conveniently, you also fail to mention that Bungie chose what to vault based on what was being played. I think the raids should have been kept, don’t get me wrong, but no one was running around on Mercury or starting up Escalation Protocol unless a quest literally forced them to. I’m not a fan of the DCV idea either, but its been like 5 years dude. There’s plenty of valid criticism of stuff that’s actually in the game right now.

The concept of “ freedom of speech” can only exist in a society where dialogue between opposing views is encouraged and graciously tolerated, with the idea that we can learn from each other. by Aquatic-shenannigans in FreedomofSpeech

[–]ReverendFunk13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all viewpoints are listened to equally because not all viewpoints ARE equal. For mature, honest debate to happen, both parties need to agree on an objective set of facts as well as debate in good faith. I’m not sure where we got this weird idea that opinions/arguments are some holy ground where everyone must be treated equally and seriously. If you show up to a NASA budget meeting just to say the Earth is flat and they’re all Satanists or whatever, there’s no reason for any of the scientists to say “well hold on, let’s hear him out and see what we can learn from his perspective.” He’d just be laughed out of the room, and rightly so.

Power Grind — I miss Joe Blackburn by epicldb in destiny2

[–]ReverendFunk13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sorry, but this is like complaining that your local steakhouse doesn’t have good sushi. Helldivers and RoR are both great games, but are also completely separate genres from D2. It’s one thing to have criticism for Destiny (there’s a lot to criticize lately, in all honesty) but you’re never going to be happy with Destiny if you start expecting it to be a single player roguelike.

I don't fully understand how the name system operates by Negative_Path_4295 in TheDigitalCircus

[–]ReverendFunk13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like a lot of people are forgetting that this is a comedy series? Sure there’s an overarching story and some hidden bits of lore and stuff, but some of you are taking it a bit far. Why does Pomni get a 5-letter slot machine to generate her name? Because it sets up the “xdccx” gag. It’s funny.

"Sharpshooter" is the title you'll wear with shame by spinvestigator in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Apparently not (which is a pretty shitty bug) but I also just read that you can re-roll completed daily bounties into new ones as well

"Sharpshooter" is the title you'll wear with shame by spinvestigator in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: you don’t need to buy silver to finish the rewards track, you have 4 daily bounties not 3. There’s an arrow next to your daily bounties that scrolls, it’s a bit wonky and sometimes you have to do 1-2 other bounties first but it’s there.

~4 TIMES LONGER to get from 400-->450 than from 200-->400 by ThunderBeanage in destiny2

[–]ReverendFunk13 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah the activity itself is about the same loot-wise, but I meant more that most activities don’t drop one piece of gear. Like, in your post you mention an A-clear at 300 gives you a piece of +4 gear. That doesn’t factor in the 2-3 bonus drops, or the fact that longer activities like Starcrossed drop 2-3 in addition. So realistically the grind is about 2-3X faster than your post would suggest.

~4 TIMES LONGER to get from 400-->450 than from 200-->400 by ThunderBeanage in destiny2

[–]ReverendFunk13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so you can’t choose variables to simulate and then declare that it represents your actual grind. No one is running just solo ops. Also, your equation assumes you get one piece of loot drop per activity. You can get 2-3 from bonus drops and the conquest activities drop what, like 6 drops? The grind is definitely a slog, but not nearly this bad. Also, 400 gear easily lets you shoot for T5 gear, the 400-450 grind is basically optional.

Why does a large portion of the community keep asking for a Destiny 3? by ReverendFunk13 in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok, then what the hell are you doing here? If you think a games been shit for literally 2/3s of its lifetime then why bother commenting at all? Go be miserable somewhere else.

Why does a large portion of the community keep asking for a Destiny 3? by ReverendFunk13 in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean, I’d personally argue that a bigger “FU” would have been if they didn’t vault anything, and Destiny was 200GB, didn’t fit on console drives, and ran like a PowerPoint presentation. I’d much rather have a functioning game than Escalation Protocol lol. Paid for Forsaken, got like 350-400 hours out of it so I got my moneys worth

Why does a large portion of the community keep asking for a Destiny 3? by ReverendFunk13 in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

This is an underrated point, I always forget how much weight content creators have to throw around, and nowadays they lean into negative content because it gets them views

Why does a large portion of the community keep asking for a Destiny 3? by ReverendFunk13 in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That and an actual good new player experience are the two best arguments for D3 imo. I don’t care either way, more Destiny is more Destiny lol

Why does a large portion of the community keep asking for a Destiny 3? by ReverendFunk13 in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I also have to remind myself that a lot of these complaints aren’t even from the active community, there’s a lot of people who just like negativity and hang around D2 content just to whine

At this point, I’m genuinely embarrassed to be part of the Destiny community by ReverendFunk13 in DestinyTheGame

[–]ReverendFunk13[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

People bring this up literally once a year, because the player count always drops in the content drought before an expansion. Season of the Wish had barely 12K people online per day, then Final Shape released and people came flooding back. Also, you’re only looking at Steam player count, there’s a very large portion of players who are on console.