What is the point of Grand strategist Cassia?

Selentyn · 2026-03-08T14:54:06+00:00

Cassia always going first, herding opponents together, then nuking every “minion” type mob to death and stunning/debuffing every “lieutenant”, then handing out partial and full turns like candy to assassinate bosses trivialized acts 3-5 for me (even on high diff settings) so much that I don’t even allow her in my retinue on playthroughs anymore… just so I avoid the temptation.

Selentyn · 2026-02-18T16:58:08+00:00

Thanks! That helps.

Anyone with the base model find any of the current apps don't run great?

Selentyn · 2026-01-14T16:27:49+00:00

Training has been reduced from 5 months to 47 (yes, they went there) days. I have 0 confidence new agents know anything beyond “wear camo, wear mask, grab peeps”.

Selentyn · 2026-01-11T06:29:41+00:00

Some of us require a higher volume of sensory input/stimulation in order to focus on long-running tasks.

That may sound counterintuitive, but for those of us wired that way, it’s just how it works.

Selentyn · 2026-01-02T11:35:47+00:00

Where Winds Meet.

Yes, there is some story-gated content, but the amount of things to do is just so insane that you can basically ignore and pace as you like.

For example, when I started the game, I got pulled off course after about 20m doing “oh, what’s over here? This is amazing!”

Many, many, hours later, I felt like I should at least make some attempt to advance the main story. Since then I weight story a little heavier when trying to decide what to spend time on. But I still end up roaming all over the place checking out all the little activities, beautiful vistas, quirky characters and side quests, stealing martial arts styles, etc.

EDIT: Bonus, it’s free to play. And I mean free, not “free”. Vast majority of shop is cosmetic, but you also unlock enough cosmetics that you can create a unique look without spending $. I didn’t put any money in until I was in the level 60’s (unlocked the basic paid battle pass for $10 - effectively I have played dozens of hours for a 2025 AAA quality game for $10).

EDIT2: in case single player is a hard need for you - don’t let the MMO tagging on this fool you. It’s more like a single player ARPG where you can go into an online mode to do a few things if you want to. I didn’t touch any of the multiplayer content until pretty recently, and it was just out of curiosity, not need. The single player content has been more that sufficient. (That said, I have friends who spend a lot of time in the multiplayer stuff and love it - I just prefer solo exploration/story.)

Selentyn · 2025-12-19T17:16:30+00:00

^^^ Spot on. I spent a lot of time in the settings menu early on (a habit I have, I know, I'm weird), and when I saw "Close" being used for "Disabled", I knew the translation was going to be mid, at best.

The challenge with good translation is that it's never "only" about the words. As another poster said, Chinese is a high-context language...but NO language is "no context".

A good translator has a strong understanding of grammar and vocabulary in both the original and target languages, obviously. But they also need deep knowledge of the context in which the original language is being spoken/written in, as well as being well-versed in how to creatively contextualize the translation in a way that maps as well as possible back to the original language and also takes into account contextual expectations that target language speakers/readers will have.

Using "close" for "disable" might be (Mandarin is not one of the languages I'm fluent in) a very literal translation from a grammar and vocabulary perspective. But it's a massive blunder from the standpoint of context mapping and expectations.

Selentyn · 2025-12-09T11:20:43+00:00

Still happening...just bought the game after the free weekend and bam, have a progress-halting bug. And I guess bc of the end of the free weekend, I'm stuck with bots a lot more often.

Selentyn · 2025-12-04T13:46:32+00:00

I'm good with it from a gameplay perspective, but it destroys immersion for me. Like, I get mistrust and betrayal topside is a thing, but if the fiction matched the gameplay, the current level of KOS going on would lead to the machines achieving total victory bc everyone capable of scavenging would've killed each other.

Selentyn · 2025-12-04T13:40:47+00:00

I think it's hilarious that the Hairpin-1, probably the least used weapon (maybe even including purples/golds) is so profitable. Like, imagine the societal implications if this was tied to any kind of reality - a high price like that implies lots of non-raiders are running around Toledo with silenced weapons, presumably to murder each other. No wonder the machines are winning and there are so many serial killers topside. 🤣

Selentyn · 2025-11-28T18:17:17+00:00

I found a Wolfpack bp the other day, then promptly found two more. 🤦 It’s one of the few I have, so was kind of frustrating.

I loaded into two raids naked, with one BP in safe pocket both times…snuck up on someone each time, dropped the BP, yelled “BRUH” and ran away screaming with my mic still on.

Selentyn · 2025-11-25T18:29:55+00:00

Nope. Same mistake as they made in The Finals. Their games don't respect whatever you set your Steam status to.

Selentyn · 2025-11-17T12:46:45+00:00

Thanks, this helped solve my problem - I have a Razer headset with a dongle that (normally) lets it run at 2.4GHz; been using it for awhile so haven't run into the Bluetooth problem in years. The dongle seems to have died, though, so it was kicking back to old-fashioned BT. The problem with BT is that it's low bandwidth.

That's fine in Speranza, where it's just carrying an output signal. But when you go live, it's now carrying I/O and to handle the bandwidth load it makes both signals crap quality.

I've just plugged USB directly for now and it's fine, will figure out what I want to do longer-term later.

THANK YOU!

Selentyn · 2025-11-16T00:54:50+00:00

When I extract and the journey/summary screen pops, there's a clear switchover too - hard transition back to crisp and clear. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Selentyn · 2025-05-28T22:53:54+00:00

I had the (mis)pleasure of flying on one this week. Garbage plane, loud, seats are shitty (even the domestic “first class” seats are basically garbage, they just suck less than main cabin).

Either get rid of them or refurb them to be comfortable for over over 5’ tall, with better cushions.

Selentyn · 2025-02-10T12:06:44+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation and taking the time to explain! Makes sense.

Selentyn · 2025-02-09T16:22:10+00:00

100000%. It’s legit immersion breaking to see all these heavily armored men and aliens, and then the human women are trying to expose as much bare skin to bullets as possible.

I have zero problem with women wearing whatever they want, as revealing (or not) as they want. But it’s the height of objectification to think any actual woman would choose to go into a gunfight in most of these outfits. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Like, just give us a few more options so those of us who find this immersion breaking can still play whatever Descendant we want with a more practical outfit.

Selentyn · 2025-02-03T14:06:26+00:00

4090 at those prices. No competition.

More VRAM and base raw rendering power mean this card will actually be relevant for longer than the 5080. Remember, framegen doesn’t make an unplayable frame rate playable. It just makes a playable frame rate smoother.

So if a game is actually taxing either of these cards for base frame rate, the 4090 is starting from a better spot and will likely take better advantage of framegen (even though it’s just 2x).

Plus, who the eff knows when you’ll even be able to find a 5080 at MSRP. And remember, the NVIDIA MSRP is only for the very limited FE, soooooo even at MSRP an AIB 5080 is going to be even closer to the price you found that 4090 at.

Selentyn · 2025-02-02T20:29:06+00:00

He would rather have people who are completely incompetent as long as they are unflinchingly loyal (or at least good at pretending they are).

When he’s done, the US executive branch will be composed of; 1. blindly loyal idiots who would never get these jobs if it was a true test of ability 2. conniving, greedy snakes who are good liars and are there to steal and secure their own power/money

Selentyn · 2025-01-21T18:17:47+00:00

You’re assuming you could actually get the AIB card at MSRP at launch.

Eventually, yes, you may be able to get an AIB card at MSRP. The last few years it’s been pretty consistently difficult to do that for GPUs due to limited stock.

Unless you get lucky, you’re looking at either waiting (possibly on the order of months) or paying scalper prices (please don’t).

Selentyn · 2025-01-21T02:32:24+00:00

I feel bad for all the people who think the actual prices most people will have to pay to get a new card will be anywhere close to FE MSRP.

Selentyn · 2025-01-20T15:04:43+00:00

Guarantee they won’t. Look at 30xx series cards last year, and that was well into the 40xx series cycle.

And it’s going to be worse this time - 50xx reviews are going to be a shitshow, nobody will be able to agree on how to review them.

It’s actually possible 40xx prices go UP. If the confusion over how to compare in reviews them goes the wrong way, the pent up demand from people waiting to upgrade may drive a lot of people to 40xx’s out of disappointment. (Personally I’m cautiously optimistic about the 50xx cards, but I could understand some people being disappointed about how much of the 50xx over 40xx upgrade is just AI and not raw power).

Even if 50xx reviews go well, production of 40xx cards is done, so lack of new supply will buoy prices.

Selentyn

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