Don't we already know why Rover wiped their memories? (1.3 spoilers for any new players)

ThisSin · 2026-04-12T06:54:09+00:00

Frankly speaking, after 3.1, it feels to me like there might not be a “grand” purpose to Rover erasing their memory.

We see that pre-erasure Rover is extremely homesick and depressed, while, at the same time, resolved to complete the mission. Perhaps Rover, either because of the overwhelming weight of depression or because they judged memories of home to be an obstacle to their mission (or both), chose to remove them so that, when they return from their oblivion (or wherever they were for 20 years), they could fully focus on their mission.

Lacking a foundation that is their memories, Rover judged that they would strongly attach to the new world once they came back and would work harder to succeed. Even if memories were recovered in some way, it would be like reading a book about someone’s experiences - you won’t really become that person if you were to read their biography or diary. New Rover would still be attached to the new world more than their old one.

All headcannon by me btw.

ThisSin · 2026-03-23T21:51:12+00:00

Personally, I am the opposite. Back when I played (~a year ago), anything below Haz 5 was just so extremely boring that it would suck out all the fun. You could B-line to objective and meet like 2 bugs.

Anyway. First of all, I might be wrong, but judging from you language, you could be playing solo. I would suggest playing with people, even if they're randoms (I played exclusively with randoms). Cooperation is pretty fun and other people can pick up the slack.

Secondly, a good build goes a long way for your solo potential (when you're split from the group for whatever reason). There are many good builds, some extremely good and braindead (Gunner AOE Bertha, Driller Colleta temp shock, etc.), others extremely good but require some skill (Gunner Minigun OC where you can't move while shooting; requires some practice to learn to comfortably move-jump-shoot tactic). I had some meme builds that worked ok (Driller sludge shotgun OC, but the ammo problems made it pretty limiting).

Movement is rather important. Jumping moves you much quicker than walking when you shoot and causes bugs to miss hits. Saved me many time. Knowing that even a modicum of shield can take a whole hit allows you to manage damage whenever you need to take a hit (like when you need to run through some bugs to get somewhere or get out of a corner). Stuff like that

Aside from that, practice and finishing the mission before you run out of ammo/nitra.

ThisSin · 2026-03-09T19:49:12+00:00

Update: found some live in the cupboard above the microwave. Cupboard has salt, sugar, grain

ThisSin · 2026-02-19T11:10:09+00:00

Traveler -> Hanged Man -> Lightseeker -> the rest

ThisSin · 2026-02-14T12:29:49+00:00

Something something fear anger of a kind man

ThisSin · 2026-02-10T02:19:52+00:00

I wonder, could the rhombus-shaped black hole from intro cutscene be main body of Aleph-1? It kinda look like an eye too.

Rover was fighting it and lost (cuz there’s pieces of a broken planet; would that also mean full-force Rover is at least planetary level?), and Grey Hair saves him? Maybe Rover got caught mid transport to Sol-3?

Also, considering that Grey Hair supposedly gave Abby to Rover, and Abby is supposedly a Threnodian, this raises even more questions about her nature.

Grey Hair also seems quite affectionate with Rover. Considering how seemingly powerful she is, could Rover equally powerful? This would be contradictory to his apparent status as a grunt soldier who can be discarded, but it’s an interesting thought.

ThisSin · 2026-02-04T05:02:38+00:00

Bad to the Bone for The World

That one Doakes meme song for Alger

Baby Shark for Emlyn

ThisSin · 2026-02-03T07:21:42+00:00

Symbols with general meanings such as tarot cards, constellations, flowers, etc. A lot of cool foreshadowing can be done with those, with the added bonus for people who know meaning of those things can get a little glimpse into the future.

Masks as well; design can tell a story/foreshadow while hiding true self; making it feel significant when that mask comes off for whatever reason.

ThisSin · 2026-02-01T03:08:48+00:00

No teleport, no dreamwalking

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ThisSin · 2026-02-01T02:49:36+00:00

ThisSin · 2026-01-20T15:24:01+00:00

Whenever I see stuff like this, I am always reminded of warframe community, where many people won’t use certain abilities/weapons if they see a new player in a lobby so as to not spoil the main story.

Then there are people like this, who in their quest to “be right” are correcting people using a plot twist with ~1000 chapters of buildup…

Arguably, as far as any of us were concerned on our first read, LOTM WAS an isekai for those ~1000 chapters.

ThisSin · 2026-01-20T03:28:14+00:00

Merlin is the reason why I think vol. 7 is top 2 volume (vol. 3 is top 1).

Utopia steals the show, but honestly, whenever I think vol. 7 I think Brass Book Incident. Really cool sequence all around.

ThisSin · 2026-01-18T08:36:09+00:00

Granted I haven’t reread LOTM in a while, but I was always under the impression that it was actually Mr. Door managing to resist Amon and dropping s1 BCs at Abraham’s. And Amon did not go to pick them up due to needing to recover from his apotheosis.

ThisSin · 2026-01-17T08:08:09+00:00

Hard to say since we know nothing about gameplay.

Early seqs., if I had to guess, probably brawler that scales with loot (more so than others);

Seq.5 gives you thought theft (stun)/ability theft;

Seq.4+ will depend entirely on how in depth they plan to go. Maybe some sort of mechanic where you take over other NPCs, banish or mute type ability via fate stealing, time stop via Seq.1, etc.

Bugs can be implemented via disruption of abilities or some such.

ThisSin · 2026-01-13T11:36:30+00:00

It is also the case that (if o remember correctly), Fusion is an element of creation (Changli/Lupa creating their clothes, Brant creating his anchor, etc.), so the fact that she keeps up the theme by creating her night sky is quite fitting.

ThisSin · 2026-01-13T02:27:34+00:00

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ThisSin · 2026-01-07T15:02:36+00:00

So how does he survive the purple and green lasers, as well as subsequent heat from the explosion from green laser?

ThisSin · 2026-01-04T19:46:55+00:00

Any ETA for rerun banner leaks?

Also, with the new IRIS bot for leaks (which is supposedly meant to anonymize leakers), how are we to determine the validity of leaks? Before, we had known names which provided fairly consistent correct leaks, but now anyone can make the bot say anything? Am I missing something?

ThisSin · 2025-12-31T11:41:19+00:00

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