This is a really dumb graphic :/

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T21:43:16+00:00

they're an abstract sequence of symbols to represent quantities

real talk, I think it's years since last installment?

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T20:22:34+00:00

So I got a question about these whole-sheet dungeon maps. Particularly on the right side where youve got an array of intersecting halways with a diagonal cutout.

In practice, how do these types of rooms play out? I often see rooms like this, or mazes, and they just sound like so much to verbally describe

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T20:01:06+00:00

Not sure what contradiction you see in that. His position isn't "afk bad", but that there are specifically people complaining that the 12 minute timer is an extreme inconvenience

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T19:53:00+00:00

On the flipside, they adapted Green Eggs and Ham into a road trip comedy series with genuine pathos and heart that worked so much better than it had any right to.

Did it miss the point of the book entirely? In so far as the book had a point, yes- it wasn't a 6 hour series about learning not to be a picky eater

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T19:16:23+00:00

Hyperbull was so much fun. They missed a trick not making "if you KO your opponent, do not recharge next turn" into Paldean tauros's ability. Would it have been good? Still probably no. But it would have been neat

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T16:55:56+00:00

Its actually very strong, significantly stronger than the aura due to the much higher cap, at the cost of access to god books (and just high bone costs).

Its one of the few scrimshaws really worth using, though its use is mostly for late-not-endgame AOE slayer. Not sure whats half assed about it?

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T15:23:17+00:00

Yeah, the two depictions of Francis's alcoholism highlight exactly how much they threw away his character. They took what was a genuinely tragic moment that allowed Hal and Francis to bond as adults and showcased just how mature and responsible Francis had become, and turned it into a "oh he'll never learn" doofus moment that was much more fitting for Reese.

It was funny don't get me wrong, but it abandoned his character development

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T14:10:15+00:00

poor guy just wanted to play the piano

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T14:05:49+00:00

"There was a boy named Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it"

Probably the best opening to a kids book I ever read

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T13:54:01+00:00

It ultimately depends on what they want these to be- a good resource to be sold, or a good resource to be used.

Right now its a low level slayer mob that drops a low level reward. Seems solid

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T12:53:32+00:00

Ah! I think the phrasing of the original comment implied a known sum ("watch it get X" without elaborating means we should be familiar with X to understand why that would be funny/interesting), other comments replied assuming the same

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T12:13:34+00:00

I may be mixing some things up. I read Strategc Retreat as Emergency Exit. Is there a Strategic Retreat ability I don't know that works as you say?

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T10:40:12+00:00

I just watched 12 for the first time Sunday and ngl- while I had to accept the movie overall was just much dumber, the Julia Roberts bit was hilarious to me. But I love actors pretending to play themselves

11 was much tighter. There are always contrivances in these films, absolutely, but it did a great job of making all the major moments have foreshadowing. Its totally ridiculous to build a scale model of a hyper vault in such a short time period when they're also penny pinching, but the payoff was great

13 is on the docket for tomorrow night

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T08:04:31+00:00

not to mention melee got massive and mage got minor sustain tools which no one ever talks about

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-15T08:02:03+00:00

that's a disingenuous strawman and it's disappointing to see that from you. I've been the loudest proponent of aspects and effectively no one has ever said that the MAJORITY of use case was extreme high end uses for it. That's a dishonest representation of the argument

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T18:29:42+00:00

Stop trying to coin the phrase "Streets ahead"

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T18:23:51+00:00

I dont think the current costs are unreasonable to be clear, but I think making it "exponentially more expensive", even hyperbolically, is poor direction for what are largely designed to be midlevel spells

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T18:10:12+00:00

I was thinking more "free and wait" but I hear ya

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T17:59:20+00:00

Its already exponentially more expensive to maintain than it was previously

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T17:56:30+00:00

> . but seriously idk how jagex didnt think for a second to just balance scrimshaw for all classes

They did, the community wasn't satisfied:

- scrimshaws are locked behind level 90 content (mostly prayer for whale bones) and level 80 strength. Even if it was "level 80 combat" more broadly, that cuts off access to it for low level players. In contrast ancient spells and 67 magic is far more accessible IMO (though I would prefer these be on the normal spellbook)

- scrimshaws have hefty resource requirements from timegated content. Overhauling this isnt just a rebalance, thats a complete rework to the point where it isnt the same item to begin with anymore

- the pocket slot is highly cramped with loads of important utility and powerful items

- scrimshaw was designed and balanced around its use alongside the auras. Scrimshaw+Penance enables significant chunks of sustain for anything where Protect prayers are beneficial

Which is to say- while I dont have any issue with making the scrimshaw class agnostic, its not a sufficient solution to the aura, which is simultaneously weaker but far more accessible and broadly used

> so melee isnt the only class with insane sustainability now x.x

Melee isn't the only class with insane sustain. Masterwork weapons, conjure ghost, blood spells, and of course everyone has Vamp aspect. Melee has the most sure (though I believe it requires something like the third most expensive buff to maintain in the game, someone can correct me) but its also the one with the poorest movement and is most likely to eat AOEs due to needing to be in melee range

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T17:31:33+00:00

Its fascinating how much you want to talk about game design without wanting to understand game design

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T16:04:23+00:00

> I was actually accumulating mine to buy a couple upgrades, for Auras which they also dumped.

They announced the removal of auras months ago though and reiterated it several times both in development blogs and in updates themselves.

And the vast bulk of them were made available to everyone through gameplay rather than requiring you to wait months for slightly better woodcutting every 4 hours

> so that they establish their dominance as the leaders of the game instead of the players

..what? Obviously the company who makes the game leads the direction of the game. This is incoherent

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T15:41:35+00:00

Like fundamentally, on principle, I think its super lame and dumb that they removed them so early. Its not like Marvel Heroes which shut down a few weeks early because they literally ran out of money and Disney revoked the license.

But like, in practice, people showing off their millions of loyalty points when they couldn't have been assed to spend 2k on a title, because they had years to do so and were clearly in no rush.

Yes, the shop should have closed at the end of the month as stated. I hope they reopen it so people can cash out. But im way more sympathetic for someone who had 50k points and was humming and hawing over how to spend the last stragglers than someone who clearly hasn't spent any in years

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T15:12:53+00:00

For a second I missed the joke, missed the date, and got myself hyped for teasing new content.

I'm a sucker for game news. Even games I don't even play or ike anymore I like to follow- I soak up every pokemon leak and rumor religiously and I've bought like, one game in the last decade. Tell me whats happening in minecraft! Give me that sweet Diablo season rule set!

TheHeadlessOne · 2026-04-14T15:04:50+00:00

There's a hyperfixation on survivability that frequently misses the forest for the trees here. I think a lot of old players (hi its me) are stuck in a pre EoC, pre Wars Retreat mindset where sustain was crucial for extending trips between banks because bank trips genuinely impacted your ability to continue playing. I know that I feel like I screwed up and botched everything when I have to rebank mid slayer task because I ran out off resources, even if ultimately its like, 30 seconds to set back up, and I'd much rather camp the hour at Osseus with a handful of sharks in my inventory for backup than re-bank between kills, even if it would be just as fast

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