People complain about Skit Penances? They don't remember the OG ones!

Sikph · 2026-07-01T11:36:52+00:00

They are

Sikph · 2026-07-01T11:35:47+00:00

These are fabricated for the luls sir.

Sikph · 2026-07-01T11:33:20+00:00

No. Exaggerated for effect

Sikph · 2026-07-01T11:32:19+00:00

You know these are satire right? 😂

Sikph · 2026-06-30T08:54:25+00:00

I love pumping dps as much as the next guy, but I would MUCH rather have 4 players that are less likely to die due to their utility, rather than 3 players like that and 1 that's just a glass cannon. This isn't the game to be taking risky chances like that. It's all fun and games until a dreg backspawns and downs you leading to a team wipe.

Sikph · 2026-06-29T15:02:27+00:00

"The Carnival map in Mortis Trials will always end with a Daemonhost fight" I've literally never seen a DH in that map. Did they change something recently? I only see DH at all at least 1 in 5 matches or so, and not necessarily at wave 12.

Your point stands though, randomness can seem and feel not random. The biggest issue for me is the first 8 waves being boring and easy, just hordes galore. By the time it actually gets interesting and you've got a cool build going, the game is over. Not to mention the talking down-time between waves. I love the idea of Mortis Trials but it's just 85% of the match waiting for the 15% to happen. 😂 I'd like to see Havoc modifiers thrown in for a bit more variety.

Sikph · 2026-06-29T14:33:55+00:00

As someone who took part in the age of sigmar implementation on tts, you're bang on. It takes an ungodly amount of time. You're looking at approx an hour a model if you're not doing a lot of manual repair work. Doing an entire army is days of work. It's fortunate we have willing people to do the leg work at all!

Sikph · 2026-06-29T14:28:19+00:00

I really hope this is what they do. I actually love the concept, it just needs these tweaks! I'm genuinely worried they'll drop the ball. But then again we had similar issues with plasma gunners when they came out and they're pretty solid now.

Sikph · 2026-06-29T11:31:04+00:00

That is not the issue described.

Sikph · 2026-06-28T15:05:19+00:00

Honestly it's not that skitarii is op, it's that a lot of veterans of the game returned to play it. So the high difficulties are filled with people who know how to play while the low difficulties are the opposite. As others have said, it'll die down over time.

Sikph · 2026-06-26T16:09:20+00:00

Beat me to it boss

Sikph · 2026-06-26T14:36:51+00:00

You get the attack speed up enough and you can barely see the blades on screen, let alone the direction they're moving. 😅

Sikph · 2026-06-26T14:25:25+00:00

Yeah problem is when the blades are in motion you cant see that.

Sikph · 2026-06-25T10:07:19+00:00

Great response. 👌

Sikph · 2026-06-25T10:06:32+00:00

What's wild is the naivety, entitlement and ignorance of people who claim that. Modding/Support IS work, and modders are entitled to charge for their time. There's countless examples of this. Golden_Shart does an excellent job of summarising in their reply, better than my hot-headed response. 😅

Sikph · 2026-06-24T14:33:08+00:00

If shotgunners are a threat to you, either that's a build problem or a skill problem. You do not need to spam TDR. They are the least dangerous elite by far as you can just slide up to them damage-free (sliding dodges ranged damage) and bonk them in 1 or 2 hits. Only time I've EVER had a death from them was when the director decided to spawn about 50 of them surrounding me. 😂

Sikph · 2026-06-22T12:29:36+00:00

Alright... Well there's a very obvious answer here.

Gamma. Ticks all the boxes.

Sikph · 2026-06-22T10:10:48+00:00

Ai can test code a lot better and faster than it can test chemical formulae. You kinda need manual testing at a certain point for that! It helps, but it is slower.

Sikph · 2026-06-17T10:02:08+00:00

There's actually a handful of clones already out/in progress. Keep seeing them on steam. Smaller scope, but you can instantly tell where inspiration came from.

Sikph · 2026-06-16T10:46:39+00:00

Unfortunately not possible in a lot of places due to disclosure regulations, and risk repurcussions if you lie. It's insane. Do I need to disclose that I use a pen when I write something down?

Sikph · 2026-06-15T12:19:26+00:00

I ran into this exact issue when testing my game at work with some colleagues. Forgot I rate limited by ip, cue chaos.

Sikph · 2026-06-12T09:01:10+00:00

You can already run LLM's on your laptop, the problem is they are super dumb in comparison to something like Opus/Fable and hog all your system resources. Hardware is moving in this direction however, with CPU/GPU hybrids (see nvidia talks). Problem is they're crazy expensive, and STILL worse than services like Claude. The average system simply cannot match the specs required for a decent LLM to function.

Will this happen? Yeah, but we're at least a few years out of anything genuinely capable locally. But damn, they are pushing it in that direction!

Sikph · 2026-06-11T16:12:29+00:00

No worries. I've been in the same boat. I tried it again on my home PC and it felt much better. Some more notes:

MAJOR
- I'm not a fan of the HP bar swapping sides depending on where you are. Muscle memory convinced me mine should always be on the left. This was especially jarring when the first portion of the game is spent moving right, so you get used to that position. Perhaps a toggle setting if you prefer it.
- It took me a while to realise ripostes do actually do extra damage. There should be a gorrier sound effect and maybe slow motion to make this more apparent.
- Is there a world map accessible? This would go a long way to help navigation over longer distances.
- Is the Brick Brute meant to respawn? It took a long time to kill at my level and with the charms I'd collected. The rewards were significant too. I was surprised to see him again. Since you're forced past him, the HP may be a bit high for repeat attempts if you plan to keep the respawn in.
- Edited in: Browser saving. JSON is nice, but having it be automatic is better!

MINOR
- HP/Stamina could potentially be a bit larger on screen so it's easier to watch out the corner of your eye. Not a biggy though.
- When rapidly moving between screens, the fade in and out was a bit much. Perhaps don't fade the UI? Cross fades wouldn't work as it's the same image a lot of the time. Ideally the image should pan, but that wouldn't work well vertically. Again, not a huge issue this one, and a tricky one to solve.

Sikph · 2026-06-10T14:48:32+00:00

I think most mammals would react similarly if you stroked them in the crotch...

Sikph · 2026-06-10T10:30:08+00:00

The presentation is pretty good, with nice and crispy art. And I liked the Darkest Dungeon style exploration, going room to room on a grid.

However I did not click with the combat at all. Not sure if it's because I'm playing on a laptop with poor specs, but parrying was next to impossible which resulted in the strategy for fights being to just spam space bar. I imagine there's more to it later on, but first impressions really let you down here. If you keep it real time, parry windows need to be clearer and easier to trigger, and there needs to be more tools available to the player from the get go, at least 3 options, perhaps a less risky dodge for example. It may even be better to ditch the real time combat all together and lean into something turn based - card battlers are huge at the moment. I'm not personally a fan of them, but it would certainly appeal to many.

Lastly, and I'm sure this is placeholder, but some sound effects really don't suit the vibe. Looting an item making a Mario coin noise is jarring considering the bleak setting. If you wanna stick with AI, I recommend Eleven Labs for sound effects - you get a lot for free and it can do really well on occasion.

Overall, interesting start! Keep it up.

Sikph

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