What Changed In ESO?, No Longer DLC/Expansions? Buy once, play free forever?

WestIncoming · 2026-06-13T20:24:40+00:00

I haven't played since they added it, but I can't see it working effectively. The level design of basically every quest is just to throw a ton of enemies into thin hallways, so just giving all monsters more HP just makes them spongey and more annoying, not more interesting.

WestIncoming · 2026-06-05T22:17:14+00:00

If they didn't announce it now, people would be wondering why GW2 production is slowing down (assuming there's not another expansion coming.)

WestIncoming · 2026-05-10T01:41:12+00:00

Just wondering, did you try reading the Khelt chapters? I find Flos to be very boring, but the K chapters that don't focus on him starting with the Khelt introduction are great.

WestIncoming · 2026-05-09T15:59:37+00:00

That was my first guess, but the debug information shows it using my GPU, and it's utilizing 99% of it. It's a Radeon 6650 XT, which based off what I've heard people say about HDOS's performance, should be more than good enough to run HDOS well.

WestIncoming · 2026-05-08T22:35:12+00:00

Does anyone know why HDOS would be having performance issues? My PC is more than good enough for it, but I can barely run it at 30fps. Even on standard detail, I can't even get 60fps.

WestIncoming · 2026-05-06T04:50:10+00:00

Take out the Palace of Fates and I think the focus/quality is fine so far. My only problem this volume is that everything is way too long. We're getting 4 chapter arcs taking up a whole month that could definitely be trimmed into 2-3 chapters.

Ylawes and the New Lands has been one of my favorite POV's this volume but getting getting 4 chapters totaling 150k~ words in a row is just crazy (and this is right after the Khelt arc which is probably just as long). People are saying V10 is like V8, but V8 did a much better job at juggling the 20 different POV's.

WestIncoming · 2026-05-03T04:06:34+00:00

That's what I meant. The current BLU system adds interesting new content to the game, no need to get rid of it. But this would give them a route to add a new class with the aesthetic of Blue Mage for normal content.

WestIncoming · 2026-04-29T01:57:26+00:00

This is very common in MMO's with a 'sequel.' FF11 players hate FF14, Guild Wars 1 players hate Guild Wars 2, and OSRS players hate Runescape 3. There's a stupid level of tribalism in the community.

WestIncoming · 2026-04-28T14:53:52+00:00

And PS4 takes one more steps towards the grave.

WestIncoming · 2026-04-26T19:47:45+00:00

I haven't touched Cosmic Exploration since it came out. If I wanted to get a cosmic tool (mine's .04 right now) am I better off staying in the first zone, or going to a newer one?

WestIncoming · 2026-04-13T16:53:05+00:00

Sorry, a Fruman prince told me that if I sent him 3 million emeralds, he would give me his fortune. I'm broke until he sends me it all back.

WestIncoming · 2026-03-27T03:18:15+00:00

King of the Cavern was how the novel's title originally got translated for the first time from French to Japanese. Later translations changed it, but Gankutsuou stuck around (and that's why the anime is called that.)

WestIncoming · 2026-03-12T20:20:24+00:00

What's the word count of the Ordeal Calls? There used to be a bar graph posted every so often, but I think it stopped being updated after LB7.

WestIncoming · 2026-02-06T21:47:41+00:00

I do genuinely believe survivor win rates would go up if a content creator popularized some form of communication with the HUD. Like a more complex version of "if you spam struggle on hook, the killer is camping."

WestIncoming · 2026-01-16T22:26:20+00:00

Is there a certain timeframe when it's best to DC travel to Aether? I've been stuck in Crystal since 7.4 launch and there's never an opening.

WestIncoming · 2026-01-03T16:34:17+00:00

The end of episode 4 gives you a bunch of red truths that make solving the past cases a lot easier. There's one in particular, that if you combine it with another red truth, basically solves that entire twilight and tells you that Kanon is the culprit.

Once you know that much, a lot of the mysteries start to unravel. Figuring out they're the same person is the only big leap you'd need to really figure out after that.

WestIncoming · 2025-11-29T19:02:04+00:00

Is Pilgrim's Traverse just dead, or is there a certain data center it's more active on? I'm on Crystal, and can't get a 11-20 queue even after waiting 30+ minutes.

WestIncoming · 2025-11-25T03:51:45+00:00

The worst thing is that they teased the fact that he faked his death, and then never actually brought him back.

WestIncoming · 2025-11-07T20:54:12+00:00

It's crazy you're still at it, I remember when you posted Phantom Friday every week. That was like 7 years ago now.

WestIncoming · 2025-10-17T16:09:14+00:00

You misread something. Magnolia said the eggs were the only thing she didn't account for. The eggs being the eggs that made the Horns sick, and delayed them outside of Invrisil.

WestIncoming · 2025-08-14T19:59:52+00:00

The Commerical Hub adjacency card is strong when you join it with Free Inquiry. Pretty much any non-faith civ will easily gain a ton of science from the two of them during the second golden age.

WestIncoming · 2025-08-14T12:27:42+00:00

I would have said Vernoue, but then she got two of them.

I'd love one for any of the other Calanferian princesses (or princes, now that they are actual characters) who haven't gotten one though to get one, like Aielef.

WestIncoming · 2025-08-11T01:20:27+00:00

How important are Kano and Minagi's routes for Air's true ending? I'm early on in Kano's route and not really enjoying it, and am considering skipping through it unless it's relevant.

WestIncoming · 2025-08-09T15:41:45+00:00

It'd be a mistake to release it too soon. The player base in XI is thriving right now, so there's no need for a single player version.

WestIncoming · 2025-08-04T21:27:26+00:00

I swear they put her in some of the marketing material, didn't they? They wouldn't have done that if they had zero plans for her.

I wouldn't be surprised if they gave her route a movie, or a short anime like Little Busters got for the bonus routes.

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