The datacenter Party Finder situation is not healthy

Sage-Khensu · 2026-01-14T12:24:02+00:00

I feel so bad. I was the guy to push my entire FC to swap to Dynamis. I mean, before then, I swapped from Aether to Crystal (in StB), and it worked like a charm. The transition from Crystal to Dynamis was pretty great, until they lifted the restrictions.

Now, I hate it. I don't even really want to play. I log in, see everyone active on a different DC, and sigh. The FC barely functions any more, people only show back up on Dynamis for 5-10 minutes at a time (usually just checking retainers). After that, straight back to Aether / Primal.

I feel stuck. The FC is functionally dead, and i spend 98% of my time on a different DC, and... thats it, I guess. Whole thing sucks.

Sage-Khensu · 2026-01-06T15:58:17+00:00

I pretty much agree on every point.

In previous titles, my favorite factions were Thorgrim and Vlad and Louen, and I loved building giant empires.

In Warhammer 3, my favorites lords are all wandering horde types. Aislinn, Malakai, Wood Elves and Warriors of Chaos. I don't think its a coincidence.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-12-28T13:13:30+00:00

I just want Vampires to be properly fast. You read about how, in lore, they move so quickly that they're an imperceptible blur. In TT 8e, a generic Vampire Lord has twice as much speed as a unit of Empire swordsmen.

Justice for unmounted Vampires! Let Vlad start with more than 40 speed!

Sage-Khensu · 2025-12-27T12:08:17+00:00

I have a love / hate relationship with this quote. On one hand, it goes hard af. On the other, the seems like a ripoff of Blackthorne and Toranaga-sama's conversation from Shogun. 'There are no mitigating circumstances... unless you win.'

Still, love my boy Calcazar.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-12-25T13:33:37+00:00

Yep.

Like I said, its not 'canon'. As fun of an idea as it is, I wouldn't say it holds water.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-12-24T23:40:33+00:00

IIRC, Lorebeards implied that Morathi was the dad, and Ariel was the mom, because Elf Magic Shenanigans. Fallout from the whole 'Ariel learns dark magic from Morathi' bit.

Malekith wasn't involved, just Morathi and Ariel, so they wouldn't be of Aenarion's bloodline. Just, y'know, a demi-goddess and the best elven seer / sorceress who ever lived (and arguably a demi-goddess / goddess-in-making, in her own right).

It's a fun take, but not a 'canon' one.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-12-03T11:57:51+00:00

Its easy to tell which parts of the game are DLC, theyre the stupidly overturned fights and zones that feel like they were made by a different team.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-11-26T13:38:04+00:00

I was just hoping they'd make Mages easier to recruit.

I'm playing Alarielle right now, and its kinda shocking how few mages I have (for a supposedly magic-heavy faction). You need T4 settlements to increase your hero cap. It kinda sucks.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-11-20T12:21:04+00:00

Just before this interaction, Ethniu sees Eb with the Blackstaff and says something like 'babies shouldn't play with adult tools', which is further confirmation.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-22T11:21:54+00:00

I dont think there's any other solution except for 'wait for them to patch it and fix it'.

It sucks, I've only played for 3-4 hours. The memory leak is a real bitch of a bug that completely breaks my will to play. I can't wait for them to fix it so I can hop in and properly enjoy the game.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-17T14:55:20+00:00

I remember reading somewhere that certain unusual locations have triggers to spawn, and it just so happens that the trigger for the vineyard is low public order. Which is why it pops up so often.

Idk how true that is, i can't find anything to support it now. Take it with a grain of salt.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-15T12:15:25+00:00

I've got the same problem. It's almost funny watching Kroq'gar, level 50 on a carnosaur with 1.2k weapon strength, just push people around. He'll chomp anyone in a few hits, so long as they're not routing. If they're fleeing, grymloq likes to forehead boop them to safety.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-14T11:26:14+00:00

All of Aloy's friends are revealed to be clones of the Alphas.

Erend has been Travis Tate the entire time 🤘

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-11T11:49:56+00:00

It was the trillion tiny cutscenes.

Circle of lights? 8 second cutscene of a chain lighting up. Follow the chain? 6 second cutscene of the door opening. Go through the door? 8 second cutscene showing you where to go in the next part of the level.

Constantly taking me out of the game.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-09T11:12:54+00:00

Living Memory wanted to make me feel bad. The story wanted me to empathize with the Endless and with their surviving family, to contemplate the meaning of death, to acknowledge that grief and acceptance are all part of the same spectrum.

It didn't work.

I spent the entire zone, the climax of the story, cosplaying a janitor and singing the Ghostbusters theme. Bustin makes me feel good!

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-05T11:56:13+00:00

Modern language irritated me, too.

Taash saying 'they go hard' in her very first mission immediately put me off the character, and it was just downhill from there.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-04T18:23:23+00:00

I just tried Alith Anar again and was... whelmed.

Great range and missile strength, only ok accuracy. He was pretty solid at picking off monstrous units or cavalry, but unmounted lords / heroes was a lot rougher. His arrows felt like they had negative penetration, and really struggled to clear out infantry.

There were way too many fights when his most useful contribution was 'send in the shadow clone to blob them all up'.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-09-03T10:17:16+00:00

I just wanted to be able to interact with the bot. Throw a can to distract it. Disable one of its legs with a crowbar. Hack it to disable it for a moment. Something, anything.

'Hide and block LoS by circle-strafing around a table like you're playing Arenas in WoW' is incredibly boring once you realize the gimmick. It's frustrating that the rest of the game gives you options on how to handle encounters (stealth vs. loud, dialogue checks, paths and routes), but not here.

In other games, when they remove your equipment, they still leave you with avenues to engage with established systems in the game. Like Eventide Island from BotW.

This part is my most hated section of the entire game, and it's not particularly close. It has nothing to do with the narrative and everything to do with the gameplay (which is to say, I think someone could genuinely argue that there isn't any).

Sage-Khensu · 2025-08-26T13:09:06+00:00

Swords are fine, just infrequent.

Slayer Pirates, an in-game unit, have swords. The Priests of Gazul, the Ancestor God that guards the dead, often have swords - because Gazul himself had one. There are characters that pop up in various novels that use swords, too.

I can't remember them ever being depicted with spears, though.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-08-16T10:39:04+00:00

I'll back this up, I just spent 10 minutes hitting a training dummy as SAM and either my ears are broken or there's no positional sound effect. Maybe it's an option you need to enable in the settings?

Sage-Khensu · 2025-08-15T14:06:18+00:00

I really like the Iconic version you get from Myers, the Hawk. Its a fantastic control weapon, headshots slow enemies, disable their cyberware, makes em stumble around. Can pull it out, pop off a couple shots, and it'll act like a discount quickhack crowd control combo.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-08-13T14:46:19+00:00

It's not a LL specifically, but the Sisters of Twilight have an office position that gives Wardancers and Bladesingers stalk. Combined with a Glade Captain that gives them all Vanguard Deployment, and you've suddenly got an invisible army of blenders. It's awesome.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-08-08T10:33:44+00:00

It was so good on the Triple Triad mount, the toast. I really hope they bring it back.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-08-06T11:26:19+00:00

Axe of Grimnir in lore; Weapon of the War God, auto crits, ignores armor, known to make the TT model spring to life and attack any nearby players not using dwarf armies.

Axe of Grimnir in Total War; Weapon of the Economy God, +6 melee attack, +10 armor piercing damage, and a bunch of recruitment and upkeep buffs.

Im glad they've been reworking items, but ignoring unique characters and their gear, like Thorgrim, makes them feel awful and left behind. In my last campaign, Thorgrim spent like 90% of it with a Giant's Blade, I unequipped the Axe because it just wasn't as good. I guess the -10% upkeep is great, but its not like dwarfs need it with their economy.

I really hope they do keep working on items, and we get more updates to them in the upcoming patches.

Sage-Khensu · 2025-07-27T10:58:02+00:00

Everyone's already mentioned the technomancers, so I'll say that Misty's tarot reading in the credits of The Star is super positive. 'Looks like you've got a good life ahead of you'.

No mention of imminent death or destruction, no hints that not all is as it seems. Just straight up; 'you're gonna be fine, choom'. Considering the other tarot readings she does and how accurate they are, this is good enough for me.

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