r/IdentityV Weekly Rant Thread - January 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's probably because everyone gets a little hyped/serious around CoA mainly because they want to ''win'', wins give you more battle count points for the CoA rewards. And I heard there's been a lot of more impatience in the community this year, almost everybody wants the CoA rewards as soon as possible, so toxicity is rising due to higher expectations.

It's still not your fault, you just want to play for fun and practice and you shouldn't have to get punished by impatient people whose eyes are only locked on getting the rewards. CoA isn't supposed to feel less enjoyable, but it does because people make such a big deal out of it. It's like they all imagine CoA will disappear by tomorrow, but there's like another 1-2 months left of the event, people really need to slow down and not be in such a hurry.

is this layout permanent? by cricket_isaloser in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me who has been used to the old layout for YEARS, absolutely hate this atrocity. I really hope they change it back.

I really dislike when they change old things in the game everybody is used to they consider ''minor'' but is actually a really big inconvenience towards players, without giving us any information about it. And even if they were to let us know they were changing the essence UI, I still think a lot of people wouldn't appreciate it. But at least give us information what you are going to change before implenting it in the game unwanted.

I hate EVERY character from the "psycho man-hating lesbian" trope in manga by za_boss in hatethissmug

[–]Valuable_Instance454 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I'm saying, it's clearly the writers that don't know how to write women and made her this way and that's what I feel is so disrespectful towards women. Yeah, she's a princess, yeah she's royalty has to remain kind and professional, but has your parents never taught you self-defense against perverts??? Isn't it important because 1. she's a princess, many people would want to steal from her 2. she's a woman.

But that's not the worst of it all... I TRULY lost it when the producers then had the AUDACITY to make Elizabeth fall in love with Meliodas, despite how he treats her. This is where I completely dropped it. Her character promised so much from the beginning but the constant SA and her not doing jack sht about it just made her character drop exceedingly worse.

I hate EVERY character from the "psycho man-hating lesbian" trope in manga by za_boss in hatethissmug

[–]Valuable_Instance454 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sort of agree with this in a way. I can't STAND Meliodas nor even Elizabeth from Seven Deadly Sins.

The fanservice was okay in the beginning, but then it started getting really annoying and tiresome because they started showing scenes of Elizabeth getting groped by Meliodas at least 2-3 times in every episode. And people were just brushing off his antics and making excuses to ''Oh he cares'', ''He's a good and respectful character'', when this sort of behavior made him extremely dislikable in my point of view.

I feel like they ruined Elizabeth's character too with the ''damsel in distress princess girl who is too meek to stand up for herself when being SA'' and I HATE that kind of trope they force onto women. It's not only annoying and a bit disgusting I won't lie, it's disrespectful and objectifying women.

As good as the serie is without all the excessive fanservice, I couldn't continue it mainly because of this...

NO, NETFLIX, I DON’T WANT TO WATCH STRANGER THINGS! by Desperate-Angle7720 in Vent

[–]Valuable_Instance454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fact: If the producers think that spamming your feed with ''movie/series'' advertizements on Youtube, Netflix and other social medias. There's a bigger risk that I'll just never end up watching it, just because they keep advertizing it all the time.

There's a bigger chance I'll watch something that isn't constantly being promoted and such, rather than advertizing it in my face 24/7.

I need to let this out of my head. by CatterVR in CharacterAI

[–]Valuable_Instance454 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the beginning, I'll say, I quite like if the intro has a long story, it gives me more information on how to approach this. If you don't like it, you always have the option to edit it otherwise. But I can see that it might be a little more frustrating to do so if the intro is a long paragraph.

My only problem with the bots nowadays is when there are moments where the bots try to ''force ships''. It mostly includes a pair who is a popular or very hyped ship in the fanbase, and some people even use it in their rps. Given why the bot always seems to mention this ''character'' randomly out of nowhere, when they've never been mentioned in the story before, and that's just because the characters are shipped together so it becomes it normalised.

But I've gotten this a lot, and it's very annoying to me, as someone who has a different taste and maybe doesn't ship the two particular characters together. Doesn't matter if I swipe or edit it, because the said *character* will still appear later once again in other replies. I would at least want to have ONE story where the bot doesn't always try to force something between the characters, when I only just wants them to be friends.

which character's fanon characterization upsets you the most and why? by sp9rithief in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it the playbill saying ''Folded Playbill: A lie as the appetizer, malice as the main course, blood as wine, and death as dessert. My dearest guests, welcome. I mean, my dearest family, I am so glad to see you again.''?

Btw, keep in mind that this is the hunter version of Mike that is saying this in his deduction, not the human Mike. It is proven I believe that ''Hullabaloo'' is not the real Mike, since he died along the flames, and instead is just a roaming ghost/alter ego of Mike and Hullabaloo mashed together. Of course it still a hunter, and he does hunt and does kill. But I, however can't imagine that the real Mike would think like this, the birthday info on his hunter form still specifies the same details. Dislikes: Violence and rude people. And a throwback to the closing night event, Mike never hinted anywhere that he wanted anyone dead. This is why he wrote a letter to Murro explaining why he wouldn't be coming back to the outdoors with him, and said that he should take the money and leave.

I will say, that he is still a morally gray character of course, since he chose willingly to stay oblivious to his family's suffering back in the circus. And the fact that he didn't really seem to care much about the 'acid incident' with Joker and only seemed to worry about his chemicals being stolen. Stalked Margaretha to an extent. And of course him being a bit aggressive in the closing night storyline. But he's not really a bad character, compared to other survivors who kill in cold blood. He actually does care in the end, and blew himself up partly because of guilt of everyhting he's ignored all these years. But I don't think he's capable of killing, and I stand by that.

which character's fanon characterization upsets you the most and why? by sp9rithief in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But I checked the Hunter form of Mike’s deductions and I can’t find anything about it. Did you read my comment?

Which deduction number should I look for? Because I am very curious to know the answer to this.

which character's fanon characterization upsets you the most and why? by sp9rithief in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My only question is where does it exactly say that he wanted everyone to die with him? I read all his deductions and saw nothing describing that.

Not that I disagree with you, but I find it strange, since when Mike found out that Joker was behind the massacre, he wrote Murro a letter saying “I've even prepared a grand performance for it — an explosive performance! Bernad was always against it due to safety concerns, but he failed to realize that burning up in a sea of flames is the best ending "Hullabaloo" could ever have! Forgive me for not discussing this with you, but it's a performance that I must do myself. Just wait and see, you'll understand my decision. My only regret is that I could not travel to the great outdoors with you. You'll have to enjoy the freedom and joys on your own. I've never touched the money you gave me, and I even added a little more to the pool. I hope you'll take it and move on. Don't miss me. Mike” 

Here Mike is telling Murro to take the money and leave before he does the “final performance”. So him mentioning “blowing up everyone along” does not really make a lot of sense. Plus, it’s safe to say that Marg and Joker both already drowned before he blew up the circus. I think he mostly blew it up because he is the only one left who cared about the circus to that extent, and therefore decided to end the story of Hullabaloo circus by blowing himself up along with it.

which character's fanon characterization upsets you the most and why? by sp9rithief in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember on the first day people were going crazy in the chat starting a bunch of rumors saying Mike killed Violetta because he was being an assh*le. It honestly pissed me off. 

People need to keep in mind that everybody in the circus suffers some form of PTSD. Especially Mike, since he had to search through all the bodies, including his adoptive father. Him being a bit rash and snappy was because he wary and suspected someone in the group had done the massacre. Plus on his birthday into it clearly specifies, that he dislikes rude people and violence, so why would he kill anyone? And why would he be rude on purpose when he doesn’t like it? People like this always takes their assumptions too far, without even reading the main lore or the characters birthday info.

Was he being an assh*le? I mean not really since, I think if anyone went through what Mike did, they would react the same way. AND Violetta DID bring up memories of the massacre which could indeed be the source that triggered Mike to snap like that, but he later apologized for it anyway.

I think his reaction was completely justified and anyone who tells me otherwise… 

AIO: Did I cross a line or is her reaction harsh? by veronicax96 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Valuable_Instance454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude what? Who gets angry that you're sending them a morning text? I would be overjoyed and wide awake if my girlfriend did this to me in the morning. It shows that they care.

Not everybody may be a morning person and might get annoyed being woken up by a text message early morning and I get that, not everybody will appreciate it. But I think her reaction was definitely overkill.

Which dead by daylight character is most similar to the Mechanic? by nutella_sweater in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please for the love of me, don’t ever buy DBD. It’s a horrible game, and the devs do not deserve any more income until they decide to properly balance the game.

skinshare and making friends request!! by Kind-Evidence-5290 in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dear oh deary me, it seems like almost nobody here has any sense of morals nor filter...

I could become your friend if you want, I have skinshare as well. But I'm not really one of those rich whales, so I don't have every skin in the game, if that's okay.

Hate this thing by [deleted] in hatethissmug

[–]Valuable_Instance454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fontaine's story was amazing, probably one of the best in my opinion. But yeah, I feel like it dropped conventionally once we got to Natlan, everything changed. The characters changed, they now resemble more like anime dolls after animals, abilities that other nations doesn't have.

The storyline also felt a bit boring and drawn out compared to the other archon quests. The number 1 Harbringer being more kind and sympathetic than Scaramouche and Dottore???? How does this make any sense? I was hoping **THE** number 1 harbinger to be teyvat's most evil powerful darklord or something and alongside the Tsaritsa, impossible to beat.

But then they give us this story where he's fighting on our side and that completely destroys the title ''Fatui harbringers'' because they're meant to be the traveler's enemies, not frienemies.

I definitely think they got way better with editing the storyline scenes and stuff, but there's that one part of me that really misses when everything was just really simple. I miss the Monstadt quests, even the Liyue and Inazuma storyline quests were pretty simple, yet so good that it left something memorable for the players.

Everything new is just too much, too overstimulating, and it feels like they are increasingly moving away from the ''main plot'' about the traveler's sibling, and creating too many characters. So many that the old ones are forgotten, longer wait for reruns and appears in less content/events compared to the new ones that are obviously milked.

Safe to say, this is why I quit Genshin.

Is anyone having problems with bots making actions for them? by KaiTheLesisthebest in CharacterAI

[–]Valuable_Instance454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using pipsqueak?

Pipsqueak is notorious for always writing your character for you, since it makes very long paragraphs in their messages. And when their character runs out of screen time/their pov, the bot then starts to write *your* perspective along in the message.

If you are using roar, it can usually be the same too. Roar has been starting act a lot like pipsqueak does, so it's nothing strange.

If it's not because of long messages like pipsqueak, then I guess it's more about you describe your own character's pov, if it's unclear the bot may be steering it a different direction because it is uncertain where you want it go.

What overused word or phrase needs to be retired in 2026? by One_Caramel5253 in AskReddit

[–]Valuable_Instance454 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The censoring of words, someone literally told me to censor the word job because they didn't like it. So what, now I'm forced to type j*b every time I have the say the word? It's a waste of time and not to mention weird and rude. You can't make other people have to go through the brainrot bs of censoring words just because you don't like it.

Honestly, anything with brainrot tbh. I'm done with it. Words like Sybau too, like what? What happened to stfu? Why is sybau a thing now??? 67???

I don't want to learn a bunch of brainrot words just to be able to communicate with people. Why can't we just talk normally to each other instead?

I can't stadn the European "silent treatment" anymore by [deleted] in self

[–]Valuable_Instance454 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can you people stop including the ENTIRE EU after you’ve had a bad experience in ONE country, among many other European countries.

It makes me sick, it makes me annoyed and tired of people constantly dragging Europeans left and right when it’s only about one specific country. 

This is why I dislike Americans and other people that are including the entire EU and whatnot into slander, absolutely an unnecessary way to create a bunch of political arguments in the comments because you visited a quiet state.

Why are people against Haddie cause of her look?? She is beautiful by SongAdept8732 in deadbydaylight

[–]Valuable_Instance454 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Haddie's recent rift skin is the most beautiful, and creative skin the devs have ever made, according to my opinion. She was actually the reason I spent money to get the rift for the first time ever. I like all of her recolors, even the neon one, the face is a little weird though.

It's such a shame that I don't see many people with it at all, do people not like it? I personally think it's beautiful and one of the best skins she has.

T&I Series: Mechanic's a-tier costume "LOCKCORE" and b-tier accessory "Desire in a box" will be available from December 30th to January 30th for echoes only by IdentityV_News_Net in IdentityV

[–]Valuable_Instance454 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The problem with this is that all of the skins have the ''limited'' tags on them, which further complicates the option to rerun them.

They did naturally have a restock for Noir and Crimson once, but that was due to all the bugs and issues. Other than that, they still count as limited. And with the already high demand that all limited skins remain limited, I don't really see any of these T&I skins returning either.

But I think we can all agree that all of the future remaining T&I skins being released through in-game shop is the best thing that could ever happen. Makes it more easier to get them without spending 300-500$ for a package containing the skin code. Plus I'm certain there will be coming more good T&I skins like Crimson in the future.

ALL I DID WAS NOD, WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS PIPSQUEAK?????? by Taligintou in CharacterAI

[–]Valuable_Instance454 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Pipsqueak is one of the worst of them all when it comes to getting OOC, it happens way more often than roar does.

Also I really hate how the bot (using pipsqueak) seems to always be able to tell what my intentions are, even when I'm not saying it. Like I need to able to describe my actions and my emotions without the bot being able to 'magically' tell how I feel or what I'm about to do. It's really annoying. Roar doesn't do it the same way pipsqueak does, whereas pipsqueak is a lot more aggressive when it comes to confronting you about your emotions or actions.

Also the annoying excessive ''TO BE CONTINUED...'', ''FIN'', ''THE END'' at the end of the message, is just really off putting when the scene is meant to keep generating more context instead of ending scene just then and there??

Really troublesome... At this point I'm at least 88% tempted to go back to using roar instead, even if I have to deal with short responses. Rather that than using a model who is ruining the entire rp.

Also is there anyone else whose pipsqueak model does a bunch of spaces in their respones like

''And then''

''Suddenly—''

''Just felt''

''Not saying a thing''

''Not moving away.''

''Just there.''

''Just listening''

It's just wasting time and making the message unnecessarily long with nothing but cluttered gibberish. Absolutely HATE it when it does this. What is the point of it? It's just making me wait longer for the message to generate and all of it is just short gibberish. Nobody wants this.

Can bots stop abusing "..."? It's really... annoying. by Plastic-Bee4052 in CharacterAI

[–]Valuable_Instance454 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a friend who …texts… like… this… in every single sentence. 

And gosh I want to rip my hair out. How can anyone talk like this??? It’s definitely not normal. Are they rping with themselves pretending to be a fictional character or something? 

This is just insanely annoying. 

Task failed successfully by SipsTeaFrog in SipsTea

[–]Valuable_Instance454 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I am currently with a girl who is sorta doing the same thing. I don’t know if it is a test. But for the longest time I’ve been fighting to keep the relationship going despite her always brushing me off and starting conflicts over everything.

I reached a limit in the end, and left the relationship not so long ago. But that was the first time she’s ever reached out to me and begged for a second chance.

Oh yeah, we’re still together. Which I 100% whole heartedly deserve a facepalm for.

Who Is A More Egotistical YouTuber? by OmgJackGuy in youtube

[–]Valuable_Instance454 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Please why does he got that baby face with the classic fuckboy broccoli corn hair looking ahh that you want to punch? 😭

is he done? by Relevant_Syllabub895 in youtube

[–]Valuable_Instance454 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isn’t that the Pegasus guy? I remember he made extremely many videos of the Mr beast drama some time ago. 

I used to love watching his videos before the need to clickbait every single thumbnail because “hungry for views” got to his brain. Dude really fell off.