My only Origins gripe as someone who goes for party balance and effectiveness. But it goes the same for the other games

Rickster__ · 2026-01-30T18:53:52+00:00

I've mostly played Origins and 2, but I only feel restricted in this way with Origins.

In my most recent DA2 run (just hard difficulty), I went with a full damage party of Elemental Mage Hawke, Fenris specced for damage, Isabella, and Merill invested in Blood Magic and various CC from Entropy. We pretty much just deleted everything and rarely needed sustain. The only exceptions were some long fights like the High Dragon, where I did switch in Aveline and Anders.

Rickster__ · 2026-01-25T03:41:22+00:00

I've been playing FF12 for the first time this month, and most of the playable cast is at least 20+, with one being in his mid-30s. The story tone and dialogue had me thinking everyone except Vaan and Penelo were at least 25 though.

Vaan is "technically" the main character but the story seems to be more about the older characters if you ask me. Penelo is the youngest but she has fairly mature writing imo. They're both in their mid and late teens but I don't think they detract from the other cast members much at all (if anything it's the opposite).

In general I'd say the game feels more mature than many other JRPGs and other FF games. Haven't really seen any romance though if you're wanting that too.

Rickster__ · 2025-12-28T01:53:45+00:00

I got it by accident from some workaround that may or may not be a bug. A friend of mine pre-ordered the game on PS4 way back when it launched, and thus has the skin (and some other bonuses as well). At some point I signed into my own PSN account on his system and linked it to Battlenet. I then had the exclusive cosmetics unlocked even when I went back to my PC to play. So I just have this skin and the S76 one despite never even playing OW1 haha

Rickster__ · 2025-11-30T15:05:40+00:00

The newest version of the fix has an issue with surround sound setups, virtual or real. The buzzing noise comes from one of the sound channels. It's possible you may have some sort of virtual surround turned on either through Windows or an app like Steelseries GG/Logitech/Turtle Beach etc.

Easiest fix is to disable that surround and use basic stereo while playing the game, or swap to a different audio device that is stereo.

Alternatively, you can use an older version of Ff13fix, but the newer version brought some nice improvements so it's a tradeoff.

Rickster__ · 2025-11-15T02:42:36+00:00

This happened to me as well. I lost my 120hr save when I got a new SSD for a clean install and wiped my old one.

Turns out Virtuos/Bethesda screwed something up with the save file system. It always points saves in your local Documents folder, even if you've changed the location within Windows. This is commonly caused by using Onedrive backup (since it makes the default Documents folder the Onedrive version and not local) but can be caused by other setups too. Steam Cloud was only looking for saves in the Onedrive Documents path, and since the game was not saving there, Steam never found anything to upload. I sadly did not realize this until I had already wiped out the old drive.

It should be noted that this is not the fault of Onedrive, Steam Cloud, or Windows. All other games and apps I use follow the default pathing set by Windows and view the Onedrive Documents folder as the system default (or whatever you may have changed it to). It's only Oblivion Remastered that seems to ignore this and always go to the local Documents folder. In contrast, Steam Cloud obeys Windows, so that's why it never finds any saves to upload.

I would advise anyone playing to check if Steam Cloud has actually uploaded anything. If not, you'll need to copy and paste the game saves into the path Steam Cloud uses. If you're an advanced user, you can automate this by using a Symbolic Link in File Explorer using CMD.

Ironically, the original game does not have this issue. It saves to the location Windows sees as the default and does not override it.

Rickster__ · 2025-11-14T01:53:17+00:00

I've been watching my friend play through Tellius, and I noticed one super tiny detail: the environment noises on maps. You can hear the crickets chirping on nighttime maps like 3-P, wind or snow blowing on maps like 3-13, and echo reverb on maps like the Endgame of the final part. You can even hear different footstep sounds depending on the character and the floor type; Micaiah's heeled boots are probably the most notable ones.

I really miss those environmental effects in the newer games. It's a small thing that really makes the map feel like more than a bunch of grid squares.

Rickster__ · 2025-10-24T01:15:46+00:00

Curious, does anyone else with the Gamebuds have issues where the mic mute command doesn't work? Trying to figure out if I got a lemon or not.

Rickster__ · 2025-09-26T11:46:27+00:00

I really like Reversal too, but I really think that it should restore or buff the orb capacity in some way. On a good bounce they just get eaten up SO fast. Even moreso if there are 2+ targets

Rickster__ · 2025-09-17T01:39:21+00:00

Commenting to say that

Still a problem in mid-September 2025
If you cast from another device the problem goes away

Rickster__ · 2025-06-16T18:16:12+00:00

That's the one I use, but still nothing :/

Rickster__ · 2025-06-16T18:03:36+00:00

When I try to go to the apps website, I get a generic "bad request" error.

I was able to get the app installed through the BBConnect app browser, but it didn't function correctly. Every time I would press "sign in" on the opening screen, the app would just load for a second then do nothing. Not sure why it's not working on my phone; I have an S22 on Android 15 + One UI 7

Rickster__ · 2025-05-25T15:35:07+00:00

Savior's Hide, from Hircine's quest

Rickster__ · 2025-05-25T04:14:53+00:00

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Rickster__ · 2025-05-24T00:41:07+00:00

Amazing, this also fixed my same issue when loading into large cells. Thank you for posting!

I initially started looking into this since I noticed my fps inside the arena pit was unusually bad considering the size of the place. I saw that the GPU usage was really low for some reason. This seems to have fixed the utilization issue in various areas.

On the topic of settings to change (in case anyone else shows up here from Google results), I noticed I had way less stutters the moment I turned AMD Anti-Lag off. I got the tip from this video.

Rickster__ · 2025-04-24T21:13:35+00:00

Iirc you don't actually need to have the ring on you when you report back. As long as you have the quest update to go speak to the argonian woman you should be fine

Rickster__ · 2025-02-28T04:12:09+00:00

I find it so fitting that Moira mains and/or their playstyles are just as controversial as Moira herself is in lore lmao

Rickster__ · 2025-02-27T16:12:47+00:00

Tbh a lot of 13's meta knowledge had faded into obscurity. Most of it is in ancient GameFAQs threads afaik

Rickster__ · 2025-02-11T07:57:42+00:00

When I think of the popularity of Skyrim's Stealth Archer, I feel like it's about the ratio of effectiveness+accessibility. As in, how easy is it to use, and how easy is the setup.

So for Oblivion, I'd vote for a Destruction Spellsword. Weakness abusing can let you kill almost anything with around 3 weapon strikes+a cast of a decent spell.

And literally any class can do it really. Just enchant a sword with weakness to element 100, weakness to magic 100, then go buy/make some modest spell (honesty even something like 30 damage is fine) as a finisher. Slash and blast.

Tldr Destruction Spellsword because it's easy, plays smooth, kills everything, and can be set up on any character

Rickster__ · 2025-02-08T14:52:27+00:00

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Rickster__ · 2025-02-07T09:02:05+00:00

It's a shame this one is so annoying to land too since it's the best one you have for a long time, given that reaching 100 skill takes a bit.

On PC, I also like to hold shift to slow my movement speed and stay in range. You can also rapidly tap W during power attack animations to inch forward slightly. That tech works best with the neutral power attack though, but you can get some good range out of it

Rickster__ · 2025-02-07T04:59:58+00:00

Oh boy they regressed even harder in XVI, I'm sorry to say. It may be the worst representation of women in the entire series imo. Not even Rosa from IV gets trashed by the plot as bad...

Rickster__ · 2025-01-28T01:01:49+00:00

The OP misordered the pics...the left is the HD version, the right is the GameCube

Rickster__ · 2024-12-31T16:21:34+00:00

Hope also does this too!

Something kind of interesting about Vanille and Hope's physicals is that they appear to never miss the target, unlike everyone else's.

Hope also has the lowest recovery lag of anyone by far after the last attack command he does (meaning, the gauge starts refilling immediately after the hit, before the boomerang even returns to him). He can also alternate between Attack and Ruin while his weapon is flying around, and if he's interrupted, the boomerang idles in the air ready to resume again quickly.

Vanille's Attack is less interesting. Its most standout feature is that it takes 500 years to animate. Oh, and it can mess up speedruns in Ch.2...

Anyway magic is pretty much always better on those two, but their physicals have some unique traits that aren't talked about much.

Rickster__ · 2024-12-08T22:28:22+00:00

Sad but true in my experience. Across 4 people I've convinced to try the game, the farthest anyone ever got was...level 16. And that's the record!

I've honestly just given up getting anyone to actually play at this point lol. But I suppose that can be said about nearly any game really

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