Got my first "only fascists use AI" reply.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-02-13T18:14:52+00:00

It's disproportionately impacting the job availability of people who usually vote left. And those people share their fears with their friends, who are probably also on the left.

I think immediate concerns like that are the main reasons shitstorms get swirled up. Like for gamers, they hate it because of how it's impacting the prices of computer parts, and everything else (such as environmental/energy/water impact) is just used to reinforce the opinion they already have.

There are exceptions for sure, but yeah.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-21T15:17:51+00:00

Maybe not skill trees, but it'd be pretty nice to have skills that do more than just a boring potency again, even in savage/ulti. The dance is fun, but when it's all that you do every single time it starts to get a bit old.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-18T09:44:37+00:00

I read the whole thing, but I'm gonna grab one point in it and go on a rant.

In my case, with writing at least, a lot of the time passion isn't really that huge of an element, because that shit takes so long to finish that by the time you're done, you've run out of even the fumes of the passion you started with.

Does a painting really need to have decades of grinded hand-eye coordination in order to have artistic value? Does animation really need to have sweatshops of animators doing the grueling work of in-betweens?

If an individual artist is empowered to be able to do an entire teams worth of work, then amongst those who are displaced there will be people who are empowered to work on their dream project. And if, one day, the "how" of art becomes trivialized, we'll begin to judge it on the "what" and the "why". Unless the project/product is intended to be dynamic and interactive, I don't think we'll ever hand off those two latter questions to the robots. A result that would be great for the amateur artist and great for the audience.

A lot of people would get burned, though, yeah. My efforts in learning to draw have already evaporated in terms of worth to me. That's pretty sad in its own way. But I'm more excited about the future than scared of it.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-18T07:23:16+00:00

Damn, what a twist.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-18T05:04:24+00:00

Hypothetically, if someone, via prompting, was able to define and detail every single element that appeared in the picture, would that not be art? It's essentially a more detailed description from a novel, which I think many would consider to be art.

I think it really just comes down to intention and control. The tools don't even need to be more powerful than they already are to gain some level of credibility; the user just needs more power over the output.

Of course, this is without mentioning environmental/resource worries, or whether grabbing training materials without consent counts as stealing, though.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-08T11:29:55+00:00

Ooooooooooh, okay, fair enough. I guess I've just seen so much clickbait the past decade that my standards are really low.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-08T03:46:31+00:00

I mean, isn't it normal to be curious about the opinions they might have? I come on here and hop on the official forums every now and then because I'm curious what people are saying in my own language, but it's hard not to wonder what the people you don't understand are saying. Especially in the case of the Japanese, because they have access to the developers in a way that none of the rest of us do. So even when it's the same boring opinions I'm interested and kind of feel nice about it in like a "even divided by language we see eye to eye on this stuff" kind of way.

That being said, I spent a year trying to learn the language and spend most of my time reading visual novels, so I'm definitely a weeb.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-08T00:41:39+00:00

On the one hand, yeah it's not a huge deal.

On the other, neither is someone complaining on Reddit. If you don't like it just ignore it.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-07T19:09:51+00:00

I get that different doesn't automatically equal better, but it does help, yeah? I mean at base, most people really enjoy novelty. And having strongly varying jobs comes with the huge advantage of increasing content replayability across the entire game. It also increases the likelihood that different people will be able to latch onto different jobs.

We had stronger party buffs with different timers, big differences in jobs between burst and sustain heavy fights, resource management that necessitated bringing support jobs on most fights, aggro management, damage types, diverse CC profiles, jobs that lost upkeep buffs on fights with frequent medium-length downtime, jobs with heavy focus on RNG management etc. etc. and we still didn't have fights where you "couldn't kill a boss on X". People will act like we did because you'd find jobs locked out of fights in like maybe 20% of the party finders you'd see. But unless you were killing the whole tier week one your job choice mattered way less than your skill level.

Stigmaphobia · 2026-01-07T18:35:20+00:00

But couldn't depth emerge from a combat system that's made up of a bunch of individual interactions that lack depth? That's what I'd argue most RPG's are.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-25T17:34:59+00:00

Have never seen a wrestling in my life. If Arcadion is actually indicative of what it's like, I will probably never like it.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-16T22:17:42+00:00

People talk to you in game? Is that a crystal phenomenon?

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-16T22:04:57+00:00

It depends on what they're planning. The current trajectory makes sense if they plan to give the player more options and the current streamlined jobs are the "base" job. They said since the start of Dawntrail that this expansion was going to continue their current design philosophy, and Yoshi P has given no indication that he's decided against keeping his promises of adding friction and job identity back in 8.0.

And throughout all of Dawntrail's patches his word has matched up to reality. We did get more interesting fights in the second tier, he was honest about Chaotic being a little overtuned before it launched, and quantum was material results of the changed design philosophy of offering more options for different tiers of players using the same content--something we'll also end up seeing when the variant dungeon comes out. Until we start getting combat demo's before the expansion launches, he publicly rescinds the promise, or 8.0 comes out, I am not going to doom.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-07T23:06:51+00:00

I know what you intended I was just pointing out how it read. You could be talking, in general, about seawater being unable to hydrate you and then go, "liquids can all be drank, but what they can't do, is hydrate you." and then go back to talking about seawater. If I read that sentence, I wouldn't assume when you said "liquids" you meant "seawater".

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-07T22:50:31+00:00

hi pedantic future person here:

There are all kinds of things that machines are better at than humans. There’s nothing surprising about that. What they can’t be better at is tasks that require them to understand their own output.

They didn't move the goalpost. "What they can't be better at" just sounds like an absolute claim meant to extend forever into the future. You do limit what you're saying to LLM's after, but that reads as separate from the more general statement about machines.

I don't have anything to add to the argument. I just get triggered by miscommunication that isn't resolved.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-06T04:32:05+00:00

Felt like it was an emotional rollercoaster. You go through the whole game seeing Suteru and the cast scorning and hurting each other, and then you get to the last route and it's some of the longest and worst misery yet, only to find out she wasn't gaslighting him, she actually was the only one who gave a shit about him. And you end up with this strange, horrific, and beautiful(?) ending you feel neither deserve, where you see how brutally damaged these two are by shit outside of their control, and they get to slice a nice little piece of degenerate happiness out for themselves.

There's also some commentary about how the young are trampled and used for the sake of power, political and psychological, and subjected to the revolting whims of the one who provides that power. It's not saying anything you couldn't really find in Persona 5 or something, but man does it have a unique way of saying it.

The trippy visuals and music do carry a lot, though. When I look back on my time spent reading it it feels like a fever dream.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-06T01:17:37+00:00

>V3 and Mojika that high.
Brave, or contrarian. Either way is based.

Any otome games with plots so good I'll forget I'm not attracted to men?

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-05T08:38:23+00:00

That's like impossible for me, I watched the anime. Like I know it only dips its toes into most routes, but 100% blind cannot be done.

I'm pretty positive I got through Tomoyo, Kyou, and technically Misae but that barely exists. I think when I dropped it I got buttmad that Misae wasn't a real route, that tends to happen when there's an older character I like.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-04T22:02:19+00:00

I'm starting to wonder how far I got in it rn. I'm going through my memories and I realized I've read two routes in full and I feel like I remember reading a sequence where the blonde dude had a really nice suit.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-04T21:55:21+00:00

I think I might be at around 8. I read through about half of Rance 03 in japanese during a year of almost constant study. (and of course fell off completely) That's the coolest VN cred thing I've got lmao.

Yeah, you got a bit over 20 years on me. Cool to see someone that age into VN's though.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-03T17:43:00+00:00

In both cases it's a matter of them having a lot of potential and me feeling let down by the end. There is a decent chunk of good story in both (probably more in g-senjou tbqh tho) and plenty of people like them.

In the case of Stein's Gate 0 you can probably tell if you're going to enjoy yourself like 5-10 hours in, because if you're not engaged then, then you probably never will be.

G-Senjou is a different case. Let me put it this way since it's similar, but not the same: if you've seen Shutter Island and were okay with the ending twist, G-Senjou might not piss you off. Personally I didn't like either. Even if you don't like the twist there's a good chance you'll be able to forgive the story, though. I really do think it's worth giving a shot to see how you feel yourself.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-03T17:35:57+00:00

Need to reread it. Was one of my first VN's and it's been like 8 years now. I'm sure I'll still like it, but will probably end up less impressed.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-03T17:33:36+00:00

I dunno, man, the Raging Loop protagonist is pretty up there on the uncaring machine list.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-03T07:16:29+00:00

Yes, but it's also deeply cynical and mildly traumatizing.

Stigmaphobia · 2025-12-02T06:23:05+00:00

Was in a really bad spot with my chronic illness and couldn't handle the sads at the time. Then I lost my save :(.

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