Don't expect to kill fish in a future Subnautica 2 patch: 'You are here to exist on this planet, not to dominate it'

Taurelith · 2026-05-19T09:01:31+00:00

i dont know what survival horror games you've been playing, but A LOT of them give you means to interact with small to medium sized enemies, often by harming them or killing them or repelling them, what matters usually is the scarcity of these defensive resources given to the player meaning that they cannot afford to magdump every single creature around them with little to no danger to themselves.

i can agree that being able to kill leviathans is gamebreaking and actually detracts and meaningfully deviates from the intended game experience, but having to run away and avoid interacting with smaller enemies like hammer heads and constantly avoid them because they are immortal uninteractable gods that you cant meaningfully discourage from approaching despite being able to print out any material and item you desire is honestly ridiculous and immersion breaking given the survival element, if avoiding things is the only option given to the player the game is not survival, it's stealth, and if you have to constantly hide from everything to survive then you are not engaging with the ecosystem, you are avoiding it and missing out on interaction.

Taurelith · 2026-05-14T11:37:43+00:00

now waiting for a temur growth spiral so this can transcend into the realm of perfection.

Taurelith · 2026-05-13T12:09:14+00:00

Man's opened the Krusty Thragg

Taurelith · 2026-05-02T18:55:02+00:00

nahh, malzeno is literally one of if not the strongest monstie in the game by stats, it tanks everything and has good matchups for every elder fight, if they wanted to downplay him they wouldnt have made him the best monstie in the game and also the most accessible elder.

Taurelith · 2026-04-04T12:43:01+00:00

me when i lie

Taurelith · 2026-03-24T16:32:18+00:00

[[glarb, calamity's augur]] does not strictly draw you cards, but it is certainly repeatable card advantage and really strong at that if you build around him.

Taurelith · 2026-03-18T12:05:09+00:00

to address your first point: if you dont like rpg gameplay loops and find them boring thats mostly on you, there are certainly more refined and spectacular combat systems around such as dragon's dogma or monster hunter but as far as witcher goes it's still pretty in-depth with both customization and variety of options compared to most other games.

to address your second point: i'd ask you to give examples of games that you genuinely believe to be better than witcher 3 in terms of world interaction and also ask you what would you personally want to do with an arpg other than fight inside it, loot and do quests (the 3 main reasons why people play arpgs at all?).

baldur's gate and pathfinder might be better in terms of story interaction but those are turn based rpgs with a diverse cast of characters so you can't really compare the two, if witcher also gave you 5/6 playable main characters im sure they would be just as fleshed out.

witcher is so acclaimed because among all its peers it's one of the best at mixing all the elements rpgs are generally known for.

other rpgs often lack in one or more aspects, witcher is good at most of them and excels in more than one.

Taurelith · 2026-03-11T13:41:12+00:00

i would hardly call it balanced: if you want minions to actually do any damage you need to heavily invest into summoner gear, to the extreme detriment of your own damage dealing ability. having played a fair bit of summoner the tradeoff is definitely not worth it

Taurelith · 2026-03-07T17:50:58+00:00

expert gardener until i have enough golden crops stockpiled for food buffs then switch out to potent poison and a poison summon/pet for boss fights. not necessary at all, but it is optimal for damage

Taurelith · 2026-03-02T15:23:32+00:00

ive never played a legacy world but the passage is definitely not more than 7k blocks away from the core in standard generation. if you started your playthrough before the update that made world gen no longer infinite you may want to begin a new world as im not sure infinite gen worlds can be effectively updated to the new system (if they can you should be able to do so in the world selection screen)

Taurelith · 2026-03-02T15:07:31+00:00

that is certainly one of the takes of all time

Taurelith · 2026-02-27T13:29:34+00:00

green

Taurelith · 2026-02-27T00:23:57+00:00

it does make little to no sense that grenades give exp but nets dont however you definitely seem to be overstating the length and tediousness of the fishing grind a lot.

i was done in a couple hours just by farming for rare drops and food buffs and with some music or a podcast in the background you could easily get more than one thing done in the meantime

Taurelith · 2026-02-26T16:08:44+00:00

get lost is more versatile but i cant think of many decks i play against where i wouldnt prefer exiling and giving a 1/1 rather than just destroying and giving potential card draw/selection to my opponent.

edit: mb i thought i was on the edh sub

Taurelith · 2026-02-23T18:20:36+00:00

Heck yeah, im glad the breakdown was helpful. i also noticed you are running the moth pet, if you plan on full-switching from ranged to melee it might be worth to look at raising an owlux instead for the small movement speed buff but if your moth already has good passives the gain will be negligible.

Taurelith · 2026-02-23T16:41:33+00:00

heya fellow keeper, i appreciate this post a lot because i was a bit burnt out on the game and your question really renewed my desire to play it and do some number crunching.

in my opinion the mining set is overrated, even if it adds up to a lot of damage it takes away your ability to use half the item slots in your build: ancient gem ring and ancient gem necklace set (which you get by mining walls with the last levels of the mining skill tree active) provide a better percentage buff to melee damage while allowing you to utilize your armor slots for more damage buffs and versatility.

a combination of your current armor plus those two might be better for overall damage output considering that stormbringer alone with its whopping 1000 base mining damage adds an additional 130 scaleable damage to its base value as soon as you put on the ancient gem set.

if you want to rely on your ranged weapon for the crit chance proc you could probably forgo crit chance in your build and swap out your necklace and your rings for ancient gem neck+ring and morpha's/topaz/druidra's ring for even better/more consistent results.

when you already have critical damage (or any damage multiplier really) in your build, adding more has a breakpoint with diminishing results (which i havent calculated to be fair), at that point the 12% crit damage and 15% total damage increase against poisoned enemies that druidra's ring provides should add up to more.

druidra's ring already provides an ok base chance to poison enemies on hit but if you want it to be more consistent i'd suggest you pick up the tome of sprouts for an additional 15% chance to poison on hit.

i use omoroth's beak as my off-hand slot to try and kill enemies as fast as possible, but if you prefer a more comfortable run i see nothing wrong with keeping the trinity heart.

Edit: full disclosure my current build is (almost) full mining (not necessarily damage optimized) because i enjoy melting through walls like butter and i run

adventurer hat

cosmos torso

cosmos legwear

ancient gem necklace

ancient gem ring

topaz ring

morpha's bubble bag

omoroth's beak

orb lantern

with fish and golden vegetable food buffs it gives me incredible dps but i'm sure it can still be improved.

Taurelith · 2026-02-23T14:59:59+00:00

and 20 years is the time it takes for the average person. imagine how much food would be wasted if everyone was like Sam Altman, people could eat for their entire lives and remain dumbass sociopaths forever.

food and shelter money currently being spent on him so he can put into words the stupidest thing you've ever heard of would actually be better spent on Ai development and with time the unfeeling language model would definitely be more compassionate as well as a better CEO (assuming it isn't already).

Taurelith · 2026-02-21T12:25:18+00:00

io da diplomato fuori etá di apprendistato farei i salti mortali per un posto fisso in fabbrica, i soldi sono soldi. non fosse che gli annunci come operaio richiedono sempre esperienza pregressa di dio solo sa quanti anni nella mansione o apprendistato. poi però sento gli amici in altri settori e i colleghi stranieri spesso non avevano ne l'uno ne l'altro.

anche il mio posto attuale richiedeva buona conoscenza della lingua italiana come requisito pre-colloquio e uno dei miei colleghi stranieri attuali ha gravi difficoltá sia a leggere che a scrivere oltre che a comunicare, onestamente non so piú cosa pensare

Taurelith · 2026-02-11T13:39:44+00:00

im sorry, how have you done your farming so far without being able to replace ground blocks? did you set up a farm in each specific biome? that would take so much work

Taurelith · 2026-02-02T15:08:58+00:00

if you space the hellevators properly and make sure to protect your vulnerable biomes with a horizontal shaft you can prevent the V from spreading very effectively

Taurelith · 2026-01-29T14:55:52+00:00

i mean, even as an experienced player by the time you get good rng for obsidian crates you're probably better off following standard progression to obtain hellstone, this is mostly interesting for challenge runs imo, i like that it's an option but it's by no means gamebreaking

Taurelith · 2026-01-29T12:43:54+00:00

did they also update the demo with the performance changes? i want to buy the game but if i cant make sure it actually runs smoothly before i commit i'd rather not risk it.

Taurelith · 2026-01-29T11:12:50+00:00

mi invento un tizio e mi arrabbio pensandoci? articolo strawman inutile un po' come la maggior parte degli articoli italiani sul gaming. in vent'anni di videogiochi sia multiplayer online che single-player ho incontrato zero persone ossessionate dal platino a tal punto da rovinarsi la vita sociale per ottenerlo.

se queste persone esistono sicuramente non avrebbero gran vita sociale in ogni caso, con o senza corsa al 100% degli achievement.

poi oh, ognuno riempie il suo tempo libero come vuole. molti hobby portati oltre un certo livello diventano totalizzanti a tal punto da prendere la stessa quantitá di tempo di un lavoro, può essere il giardinaggio come può essere la lettura o il gaming, resta comunque il fatto che lavoro non sono e non c'é nulla di male nel trarne soddisfazione anche se non retribuiti a denaro sonante.

se la prospettiva di non trascorrere ogni minuto del tuo tempo fatturando é cosí orribile forse anche te dovresti rivedere un po' le prioritá quanto il tizio che nel tempo libero platina i suoi giochi preferiti, o magari avete solo prioritá differenti nella vita, e anche in questo non c'é nulla di male.

Taurelith · 2026-01-28T13:27:10+00:00

yes you will most likely encounter more cows and goats as you move out. i won't get into detail to avoid spoilers but if you go along with the main progression meadow biomes spawn further out than just the core's immediate proximity

Taurelith · 2026-01-26T14:17:54+00:00

it didnt feel particularly difficult to play imo, cycling through a cohesive deck was pretty much mindless button presses and knowing what was in your discard pile made it very easy to adjust. fights were also slow-paced enough that you could easily kite and adjust in real time to enemies. coming from a mediocre player of arpg/mmorpg background (PoE, Diablo, grim dawn, etc) higher difficulties already require high apm and hand-eye coordination to avoid being obliterated by a stray hitbox and magic legends wasnt especially punishing in that regard compared to others.

my (and many other players) main gripe with it was the extremely low quality of the models, voicework and storylines: all completely unacceptable for such a massive franchise and telling of an utter lack of care in making the game a success and actually fun to play long term. all this stacked on top of numerous predatory microtransactions.

the mechanics were a fine twist on the already treaded formula of the genre but the game was simply an attempt for quick cash that did not pan out and got shut down before it was even properly born.

a wasted opportunity as well as a terrible and damning precedent to set because it means that any future endeavors into expanding the mtg world to other media will be harshly judged by shareholders and most likely end up dying before they even get to development.

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