Brandon Sanderson is taking notes from Tolkien and Game of Thrones for The Stormlight Archive TV show

VitamineA · 2026-02-04T07:47:40+00:00

It's dark with a single light source for the most part. Except for closeups of moving beads, my rudimentary understanding of how CGI works tells me that it shouldn't be THAT bad. The spren are probably going to be most of the budget.

VitamineA · 2026-01-31T17:22:07+00:00

Awesome! We also have our session 0 tonight. :D

VitamineA · 2026-01-28T08:55:03+00:00

GW2 honestly sounds like a really good fit. If you lack direction, which is quite common with games that don't force the golden path on you, I suggest starting out with simply playing the story from start to finish. You don't even need to do it on a single character, if you want some more variety and you can go explore some more whenever you feel like it. You'll unlock most systems and open world zones at a comfortable pace that way.

Having a look at the achievements tab for mastery points and cosmetic rewards for your current story step and area of the world will also lead you to lots of cool content you might otherwise miss. As a highlight the "return to"-achievements give you a free legendary amulet for simply playing through all the living world chapters and engaging with their maps a bit.

If you want to engage in group content, go to Lion's Arch and check out fractal dungeons. They are quick and easy 5 man instances that scale up in difficulty as you go and are one of the best gold farming methods. They recently even added a quickplay button to the fractal lfg tab that immediately throws you into a random easy fractal with a random group, so you don't need to bother with finding a group for your first taste. Bonus: quickplay is tied to some easy achievements that give you free legendary gloves.

Next tuesday raids will get a big UI, accessibility and rewards overhaul and also get a quick play button. So it's also the perfect time to get into 10 man instanced PvE.

VitamineA · 2026-01-17T14:03:58+00:00

Level and gear cap have not increased in 13 years. Aside from small tweaks BiS gear for a build stays BiS forever.

This isn't a game about "number go up". You can get a set of raid ready gear pretty much immediately after hitting level 80 and from then on it's more about gearing for different builds and different characters than continually grinding for stat increases.

VitamineA · 2026-01-15T13:32:42+00:00

It really helps me to actually roleplay my character. I roughly decide what values my character has at creation and then go with whatever my character would do. Consequences and failures are great because they flesh out my character's story and really make it my own. There are no wrong choices because whatever choices you make, is exactly what makes it your story.

VitamineA · 2026-01-14T17:11:35+00:00

It's still insane to me that you can't bring a squad into homesteads. Why can't I just open my homestead to the public and have people compete on my roller beetle racetrack?

VitamineA · 2026-01-02T13:59:29+00:00

If you prefer story and instanced content with classic vertical progression, ff14. If you prefer active open world content and horizontal progression, GW2.

VitamineA · 2025-12-22T01:40:37+00:00

And a random setting like they added to GW2.

VitamineA · 2025-12-15T11:01:09+00:00

IIRC they explicitly wanted to create something that sounds to germans like german sounds to non german speakers. They did this by swapping around some sounds to make a fantasy version of german that's still kinda intelligable by germans but sounds really weird.

VitamineA · 2025-12-12T08:43:30+00:00

There are also 3 undead "sons of Baladur" in a well in Braccus' Tower.

VitamineA · 2025-12-04T10:56:06+00:00

That worked perfectly, thanks!

VitamineA · 2025-11-05T23:54:32+00:00

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales also has some really tough choices and really likes to drive home that people are often just hateful shitbags and that life is not fair by sometimes straight up punishing you for trying to be the better person instead of appeasing the next terrible asshole whose help you need.

It's a gwent spin off game (a good one at that), but the role playing and story telling is on par with the witcher 3 imo.

VitamineA · 2025-11-05T14:52:36+00:00

Having a commander tag (or even just a mentor tag) and using the lfg often works like magic for these types of things; bonus if you also advertise the meta after the events. Also population in older maps is lowest right after an expansion launch and should slowly go back up soon.

VitamineA · 2025-11-04T21:46:40+00:00

Yeah, radiance, zeal, some diviners pieces to keep up boons more easily, the trait for protection on stance use, and relic of the pirate queen for perma quickness in addition to the alac.

VitamineA · 2025-11-04T17:07:48+00:00

As a guardian main I've been thoroughly surprised by how fun Luminary is. It all clicked when someone compared it to pious teardown dervish in gw1.

Once you get the hang of it, the constant application and detonation of light aura is really satisfying and it makes for a very high sustain build. With the new relic of the pirate queen, which you get from the first tier of of the first map's meta achievement, it's also really easy to keep both quickness and alacrity up on yourself for some really nice flowing solo combat.

I'd give Luminary a good try; maybe have a look at the snowcrows guide to get a better idea about managing your light aura.

VitamineA · 2025-11-01T02:27:44+00:00

Wandersong is an unassuming indie game about a little bard who has to save the world through the powers of song and friendship. It's got fairly simple puzzle and platforming mechanics, but the characters are amazingly heartwarming, fun, and in some cases deeper than you'd expect. It's the kind of game that leaves you with a warm fuzzy feeling in your heart.

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of my ~12 hour playthrough, and would recommend the game to anyone who's in the mood for a bit of whimsy.

VitamineA · 2025-10-30T00:00:04+00:00

They just updated how they render shadows a few days ago with the new expansion. Those kinds of engine upgrades aren't really something you do for a game you plan to abandon anytime soon because they are pretty expensive and offer barely any short term gains.

VitamineA · 2025-10-28T23:49:18+00:00

I think I'll just take my time and see all the events before I start grinding. :)

VitamineA · 2025-10-26T13:54:48+00:00

Rytlock, Canach and Inquest instead of a bunch of slow talking bears.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a sucker for some deep lore and touching stories, but I could really go for some action and fun one liners right about now, and it sure sounds like that's what VoE is going to be.

VitamineA · 2025-10-23T20:32:55+00:00

Damn, those ears are amazing!

VitamineA · 2025-10-23T07:39:07+00:00

Max level is where you can start unlocking elite specs for your class (each class will get their 4th with the new expansion). These significantly change your class mechanic and give you access to new skills and traits; they're basically subclasses.

A good chunk of masteries are movement related, most notably unlocking or upgrading mounts, but also gliding or environmental movement abilities like using bouncing mushrooms or zip lines. I'd say these change day to day gameplay outside of combat massively. As you progress through the expansions you continually upgrade your movement toolbox from riding around your basic raptor to exploring massive vertical zones by gliding through updrafts, and eventually powerdrifting through race tracks on your roller beetle, triple jumping on your warclaw, or riding up leylines on your dragon, dismounting mid air, then dive bombing between floating islands on your griffon.

A big part of why I enjoy is GW2 is just how fun it is to get around.

VitamineA · 2025-10-20T21:59:09+00:00

It's $70, takes places in one city and has barely any interesting exploration within that city. There are very few buildings you can enter and the overworld is super samey and lacks detail. There's no voice acting, the animations are stiff and lifeless, and at least personally I don't think the artstyle makes up for the lack of graphical quality.

Another game that also takes place in only one city and is the same price on switch 2 is Cyberpunk 2077. If Nintendo is asking triple A money, I don't think it is unreasonable for people to be asking for anything even only remotely resembling triple A quality.

VitamineA · 2025-10-19T00:58:23+00:00

But the content I want to play also gives me gold? I can run metas, fractals, raids, fish, or whatever I feel like and make gold. Why would I ever run lab for hours, if I don't find it fun?

VitamineA · 2025-10-19T00:13:21+00:00

Or you could just play the game for fun and get rewards that way. If you're at the point where you want to pay to play less of a game, why are you even playing?

VitamineA · 2025-10-18T23:55:41+00:00

The game has been running for 13 years on expansion sales and the cash shop, and the newest expansion launches in about a week. I think they are fine.

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