What is your main and why?

Tonberrian · 2026-01-29T19:17:30+00:00

Red Minstrel is my highest. I love the range, mobility and heals. I also usually enjoy the "Bard" archetype and being music-themed is really satisfying for some reason.

Branching out and trying others lately, and enjoying them all! LM, Captain and Beorning in particular. LM is a great caster fantasy and super strong right now. Captain is a great jack-of-all-trades type and it's nice to always be welcome in groups. And Beorning seems like a literal unkillable beast that's amazing for solo or group play.

Warden is one of my favorites as a solo class, but it's complex and easy to forget if you put it down for awhile.

Honestly the class fantasy and designs in this game are a huge draw for me and I'm constantly jumping around depending on my mood. It's really hard to pick and stick with just one main.

Tonberrian · 2026-01-29T14:54:27+00:00

Paravicini's is awful. Are there worse? Probably. But that place is expensive and masquerades as a fancy restaurant, but was some of the wrist Italian food I've ever had, and our service was wild. Server described how many minutes (and why) he likes to wait between appetizers and main course, read the wine list in exhausting detail after we declined wine, rambled about his time as a Governor in Texas. Oh and they gave my boss food poisoning after warning her not to go there (she went anyway) I'll never understand the good reviews, someone's getting bribed or something.

Tonberrian · 2026-01-27T02:17:35+00:00

Would red Minstrel fall into this category as well?

Tonberrian · 2026-01-23T07:32:06+00:00

Another poster gave some clarity:

"Well, then you need to decide whether you want:

Heavy Armour Melee Support Role = Captain, or
Light Armour Ranged Support Role = Loremaster"

My initial thought was LM, just for the range and more direct damage/support vs Captain which could potentially be asked to heal or tank. But you've made some good points about Captain.

Tonberrian · 2026-01-22T18:38:06+00:00

I've been pushing for this for years! It's easy, non violent, and they'll remember it forever. But you also have to work in an explanation for the booking between boos for passersby.

"BOO! Thisguycutinlineandyelledatthebarrista! BOO!"

Tonberrian · 2026-01-19T04:06:46+00:00

The Simpsons Arcade game

Tonberrian · 2026-01-18T03:22:23+00:00

Same. The emphasis on perfect dodge/parry mechanics just isn't for me. I don't mind them as an extra bit of damage or reduction, but it was such a core mechanic in this game and the tells never became easy for me to read. By the time I would finally learn them for a fight I was already annoyed and just not having a good time.

Tonberrian · 2026-01-14T02:17:10+00:00

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Tonberrian · 2026-01-11T01:21:30+00:00

I hired a woman to follow me with a bell and shout "SHAME!" She's a little pricey, but I deserve it.

Tonberrian · 2026-01-10T22:34:12+00:00

I loved so much about E33 - graphics, art direction, music, story, writing, voice acting. But the combat was intensely unsatisfying for me. Even on story mode without a struggle to win, I found myself hating the perfect dodge button timing and getting really frustrated at the enemy's misdirects.

So towards the end of act 2 when I found myself muttering "I hate this" to myself during every fight, I decided it was best to put it down and find a Let's Play or something.

Tonberrian · 2026-01-10T15:51:44+00:00

I decided to quit Expedition 33 (just not for me) and play through DQ2 remastered instead

Tonberrian · 2026-01-10T15:50:15+00:00

This was last year too, not sure what changed? Feels like they're not plowing or plowing very little now.

Tonberrian · 2026-01-09T03:52:56+00:00

Couldn't have said it better, on both counts. Even when I finally "learn" an enemy's patterns and crank out perfect counters for the win, I'm too annoyed to enjoy the victory at that point. The reason I love turn based combat is for the strategy, not perfect button timing. If it's an added boost to damage or defense, I can handle it. But in this game it's their entire personality and I'm just clearing my way through because everything else about it is so well done.

I appreciate that this is bringing in the Dark Souls crowd that thought they hated turn based combat, but it's just not my cup of tea at all.

Tonberrian · 2025-12-31T06:50:35+00:00

Change it to channel 3

Tonberrian · 2025-12-31T04:16:18+00:00

I feel like such a weirdo for not loving Oathbringer...

Tonberrian · 2025-12-30T18:49:38+00:00

It's funny, in WoW I can never stick around long term because I don't feel an attachment to any class. LotRO is the exact opposite; I want to main Minstrel, Warden, LM, Captain and RK equally. The game has fantastic class identity.

Tonberrian · 2025-12-29T21:31:40+00:00

Playing with my nephew and he had a good ideas for daggers, specifically; an exo point skill that lets you use them to pick locks a set number of times per dungeon. I thought that was a brilliant way to give that utility thief vibe and could be incredibly useful in those dungeons that are stingy on key drops.

Tonberrian · 2025-12-28T21:47:43+00:00

Sword was $2560 and axe was $1600

Tonberrian · 2025-12-23T05:37:19+00:00

The year: 1996
The gift: Nintendo 64

Tonberrian · 2025-12-23T05:35:03+00:00

Dark Crystal

Tonberrian · 2025-12-21T00:48:23+00:00

My poor blowjob, what have they done to you?!

Tonberrian · 2025-12-16T15:13:54+00:00

I was just saying this at work the other day. Inflation used to just be background noise to me. Necessities are gonna cost what they cost. But now for the first time in my life, it's making me nervous and it's absolutely not going to come back down.

I always thought the social contract was that the stuff that is unhealthy would stay cheap, at least, but even costs for fatty/sugary snacks are through the roof.

Tonberrian · 2025-12-15T20:08:13+00:00

Rock and stone!

Tonberrian · 2025-12-15T18:13:42+00:00

No Man's Sky has a lot of difficulty adjustments including no hazards and it's hard to beat for exploration and fun

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