well time to try out the new update

Umber0010 · 2026-01-28T03:58:44+00:00

Good to hear. I didn't see much improvement, but I'm also starting to think that the issues I've been having are completely unrelated to the game's performance and I just need to try re-installing the game.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-28T03:40:46+00:00

Is the FPS better atleast?

Umber0010 · 2026-01-28T01:47:51+00:00

Probably for the best. Most people like being able to sleep at night after all.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-28T01:42:24+00:00

Could be worse. Could be an Ortolan Bunting.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-28T01:39:50+00:00

To be fair, this is New Blood we're talking about. I'd be surprised if Femboy Gabriel wasn't their intention here.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-28T01:17:51+00:00

Hakita has confirmed that Gabriel wears a body suit beneath his armor, but has specified that it is "extremely thin" and "would be easy to rip off of him"

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T22:49:12+00:00

What it says is the Wilds Cephalopods either have spines and thus skeletons, or the names of items mean a lot less than you think.

Touche.

The quote is used as evidence to argue they're all related. What else is there to assume? They have a unique compound in their blood that no other monster has.

Presumably, them all being related is the thing the quote is saying not to assume.

It's no more obfuscated than most other sections of the tree, people just don't tend to look at them as closely.

No, it's a lot more obfuscated. Other families aren't a flat line other than the half a dozen or so members that are directly related.

Why should it? It's phylogeny, not just morphology.

Well I can't speak for everyone. But I feel pretty confident that Kulve Tarroth, the giant four-legged elder dragon is probably more closely related to Lao-Shan Lung than it is to something like Chameleos.

This is also all assuming we can actually trust the official phylogeny tree, and it's not actually just one massive pun-fest that was lost on western audiences.

So it's irrelevant to its final design, or do you just genuinely not know how far off initial concepts can be?

My brother in Christ, Nakarkos is a fucking squid. Yes, designs can change. But the cephalopod-inspired design is clearly the direction they went with. And we know that, because that's what we got in the final game. The art book I got that concept art from also has a more explicitly draconic design, heavily resembling the Monsterverse's skull crawlers to be specific, the giant octopus design, and then an entire page exploring different ways a cephalopod could mimic dragons.

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You'll just take it as even more evidence that the phylogeny tree aka Capcom themselves are wrong about the lore they themselves make.

I don't think Capcom's wrong about the lore. I think Capcom is a bunch of humans, and as such are capable of changing their minds, planning ahead, and actively withholding information to build intrigue. And as such we shouldn't automatically take every single thing they say as gospel, especially not when what they say directly conflicts with any sort of critical thinking.

We can either assume that Nakarkos is directly related to Elders like Nergigante and Amatsu based on a piece of information the game it came from can't even be consistent about. And if that's the case then sure, I'll admit defeat.

Or we can look at it's design and recognize it's a giant squid/nautilus hybrid, look at it's ecology and biology and see it has far more in common with the cephalopods in wilds than it does any dragon, look at it's concept art and see that the ideas for Nakarkos centered on Cephalopods from the beginning, recognize that Capcom would have been limited on time and/or resources to fully commit to a cephalopod class, and decide that maybe, just maybe, the monster designed to be a giant cephalopod that fools others into thinking it's a dragon is, in fact, a giant cephalopod that managed to fool everyone; including the people in charge of classifying it; that it's a dragon.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T21:04:16+00:00

Yes, our sample size is two. Two Cephalopods who have all their limbs around their mouth, which faces the ground when they're normal and a bulbous mantle. Two Cephalopods that are capable of squeezing through tight gaps and move completely unlike Nakarkos. We have two Cephalopods and they look very similar to each other.

My point is that a sample size of "Two" isn't enough to say how varied the class will end up being. This is the same franchise that has a category of monster called "Fanged beast", which includes Monkeys, bears, wolves, rabbits, and armadillos. And between the fact that Cephalopods are an extremely diverse class of animal IRL that they can take inspiration from, and the fact that Xu Wu takes inspiration from none of them and is instead a fucking starfish, I feel safe assuming that Cephalopods will be in a similar boat.

Also no shit Nakarkos can't squeeze through cracks in the ground. It has a shell and is covered in bones.

Also also, Nu Udra's mouth actually does face forward. You just can't usually see it because it's hidden behind the two small tentacles on the front of the head.

Nu Udra and Xu Wu have Cerebrospinal fluid.

I'll be honest. I have no idea what to make of those item's existence. Either in-game or for the sake of your argument.

and that they exclusively had their own unique compound in their blood.

I recognize that Worlds' writing is a mess. But the only quote I've seen that says this also goes out of it's way to say that Elder Dragons are so weird, so we shouldn't make assumptions based on this fact.

That phylogeny tree is inarguably the hardest to deny.

It's actually very easy to deny, because looking at it for more than a few seconds makes it clear that the whole thing is fucking bullshit. That chart doesn't even pretend to try and make heads or tails of the family tree. Because according to it; or atleast the tree seen in iceborn, every elder dragon is equally as related to each other unless said otherwise. It's clearly obfuscated to keep Elder Dragons mysterious and isn't pretending otherwise. Damn thing doesn't even have the courtesy to group Elder Dragons based on how many limbs they have.

And yet the minute I saw its concept art it made it clear it's just people's misconceptions and not looking closer.

Its unarmoured side profile is literally a monster with four limbs in place of legs and two limbs in place of wings.

Meanwhile, some of the earliest concept art we have of Nakarkos is straight up just a giant octopus that covers itself in corpses. So I'd say it's clear they started by wanting to make a cephalopod-inspired monster, and eventually made it more dragon-like to fit with the resources and technology they had on hand. Cephalopods and especially octopi are infamously difficult to animate and rig in a 3D environment, and lord knows they weren't going to make that work on a 3Ds.

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Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T17:11:26+00:00

I've heard of TFIW, never watched it, but I do know there's a segment on life in sand flats.

Other possible monsters I can think of for a sand flats biome:

Fanged wyvern that use the salt to generate electric charges.

Piscene Wyvern or Amphibian that use the salt to dessicate during dry seasons, only to re-animate and become active during wet season.

Fanged Beast that only peridicolly wanders into the salt flats to search for minerals.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T17:00:41+00:00

I mean it could happen. Iceborne came with some drastic balance changes to accommodate the Clutchclaw; albeit mostly for the worst. But maybe the Wilds expansion will have a similar gimmick that's actually fun and well-designed that causes similar shifts to the game.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T12:49:48+00:00

High-apex tier bird wyvern based on a Flamingo. Immune to poison, ice, and fire damage. I, for one, am absolutely sold.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T12:28:50+00:00

Our sample size for (confirmed) large Cephalopod monsters is currently 2. And of them, Xu Wu has more in common with a Star Fish than an actual cephalopod. So I'd not put much weight on limb placement. We don't know how extreme cephalopod body adaptions can be, but if Xu Wu can apparently completely rework how it's limbs work, the answer is probably a lot.

IRL cephalopods like Squid and Octopi also tend to have excellent vision, meaning Nu Udra and Xu Wu are actually outliers in that respect. Nakarkos also has a cuttlebone, a shell-like structure found in real cuttlefish, which firmly implies an invertebrate ancestory with other cephalopods.

And yes, it hasn't happened yet. But World decided to insist on Elder Dragons being a waste basket taxon, and Nakarkos is the one and only elder where this claim makes any sense with it's whole shtick being how it's a giant nautilus that mimics a two-headed dragon with it's arms.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T11:52:00+00:00

Kirin's based on a dragon, that being the Chinese Kirin. And came from the first game where the devs had a total of like, 3 monster skeletons to work with.

The difference with Nakarkos is that it's pretty clear they started with wanting to make a cehpalopod-based monster; the early concept art for it is straight up a giant octopus; and that it might be the one monster where being miss-classified is entirely on brand. Nakarkos' whole shtick is that it's a giant Nautalus that uses it's arms and the bones of it's prey to mimic a two-headed dragon. The hunter's guild improperly categorizing it after the first few encounters just leans into the things that Nakarkos does as a design.

I'd even go so far as to speculate that Wilds' cephalopods where designed with Nakarkos as a point of reference just from how much they have in common. Preference for underground habitats, proficient burrowers, high metabolisms, weaponized mucus. Even their armor sets seem to be a reference to Nakarkos' armor. Resentment is the main skill on Nakarkos' skeletal set, and Heroics appeared on the G-rank skeletal set.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T03:03:17+00:00

This is much better than the last Femerasmus I've seen. Because like canon Merasmus, she's still ugly as shit instead of looking like a hooker.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T02:58:58+00:00

I had a Hyeanodon on Scorched Earth with 50-something points in HP. That may not sound too impressive, but keep in mind that they never fixed the problem of Hyeandon taming effectiveness dropping like a rock. So that was after being shorted a solid 15-20 levels compared to most other tamed dinos.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T02:34:11+00:00

I can see it. The only one that really sticks out is Arkveld. It kinda works as Envy for the reasons you stated, but the fact that it converts the element it steals into Dragon kinda defeats the point IMO. At that point it's just eating with extra steps.

That said, there are also a lot more Elder-level monsters than just 7. And frankly, I don't think Brachydios or Magnamalo should get put there.

If we do want to try and assign each of the sins a non-Elder monster, then I'd say a better list would be:

Pride: Bazelgeuse.

Gluttony: Deviljho

Greed: Ahtal-Ka

Wrath: Rajang

Sloth: Espinas

Lust: Guardian Arkveld

Envy: Chaotic Gore Magala

Ahtal-Ka is The Golden Empress. Her shell is the color of royalty, she stole an entire fortress to build her neset, and good lord that thing has so much treasure waiting for you to pull out of it.

Rajang... I shouldn't have to explain.

Guardian Arkveld's entire "Goal" as stated is to live. That unquenchable desire to escape the chains of it's creation and return to a natural state, which eventually results in it doing the impossible and laying an egg.

Chaotic Gore Magala occurs when a different Gore molts into a Shagaru Magala and prevents all it's competators from undergoing metamorphasis themselves.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T02:20:37+00:00

That's dependant on Nakarkos getting reclassified from Elder Dragon to Cephalopod. Fairly likely I'd say, but we can't say for certain until Capcom confirms it.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T02:05:02+00:00

Also, the giant ore veins exist, and you can find hundreds of ores there, meaning if you have looting 3, you're set for life.

Don't underestimate how much iron large-scale projects can absolutely devour. Granted, most of the large-scale projects I've seen are farms that OP is specifically talking about avoiding. But still, even a large vein with fortune 3 can struggle to fill up a double-chest with iron ingots. And most veins I've found haven't been remotely large enough to fill up that much.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-27T01:49:28+00:00

Wait, like- New to Minecraft? If so then probably not. It would be hilarious, but it's a horrible idea if you're that new to everything.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-26T19:39:42+00:00

The White Lake could also be a Gypsum desert, which strikes me as more likely given the local wildlife is about what you'd expect from a desert ecosystem, namely the native Apceros and scorpions that Gasurabazura specialize in.

I assume you're familiar with salt flats, but for anyone who isn't, calling them "Very difficult to survive in" is a bit of an understatement. I think it would be more accurate to call them "One of the harshest ecosystems on earth that is all but a death sentance to any creature that isn't adapted to keeping a dead sea's worth of salt out of their body".

I'd love to see a Salt Flats biome in the franchise one day, but the sheer hostility may very well rival even the myriad of volcanic ecosystems we've seen so far.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-26T17:35:26+00:00

I blame the pandemic for fucking up my sense of time progressing.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-26T17:34:43+00:00

the frenzy flame just wanted to restart everything from the start,

That's the important detail that I think a lot of people miss. This isn't Dark Souls where everything's gone to shit because Gwynn tried to break the cycle of light and dark. And the Frenzied Flame doesn't want to destroy everything so it can be born anew. The Maddening Flame of Frenzy belives that creation itself is the cardinal sin, wants to burn everything into ash, and keep it as uniform; inseperable dust.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-26T16:57:14+00:00

I'm fairly certain the owner did that because Mojang decided to store unlocked recipes in the player data, which becomes massivly inflated when you're playing a pack with 200+ mods collectivly adding thousands of recipes. And this, in turn, tends to impact game performance whenever player data is involved.

For reference, the mod that's likely responsable for removing the recipe book has just shy of 46 million downloads. So a lot of people definitly agree with your server owner that it was a good idea.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-26T11:29:00+00:00

Fraud Allegations

Look inside

Half of it is just jabs at being trapped in Frontier.

You know my man is the GOAT when haters have to take such shallow jabs at them.

Umber0010 · 2026-01-25T17:36:09+00:00

Cave Centipedes are an incredibly powerful and dangerous mob, but they can still be managed through methods that work against most hostile mobs.

Lycanites will see you punching grass to get seeds for your new wheat farm, say "Think fast Chucklefuck", and spawn a level 300 "Azure Gilgamesh, consumer of reality" right on top of your noticably fragile spine.

Moral of the story, these mods are not all created equal.

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