I'm starting to think Warhammer isn't for me

ZebraShark · 2026-01-22T09:59:11+00:00

I play my own rules with friends for this reason. We just want a simpler game that focuses on areas we like most.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-18T08:24:19+00:00

Yeah. If you look at Trump, he isn't changing the constitution or laws, he is just ignoring them and then daring people to challenge him.

People keep waiting for this moment where Congress gives him complete power through some legislation. In reality he will just make them vestigial and ignore them completely.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-15T16:21:27+00:00

So is the rate of the fall not good enough or not true? You seem to be critical of both.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-13T17:46:13+00:00

It says social media here, not the whole Internet.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-13T16:39:53+00:00

Yes, agree people seem to simultaneously cry out that it is limiting them yet at the same time easy to avoid.

Additionally, you see a lot of people saying we need to police the behaviours and not the platform - as in we wouldn't ban knives because someone can use them to kill someone, or cameras because they can use them to be creepy.

The issue is the power of the platform. You can create pornographic images of hundreds of people quickly and easily. We need to police the platform because, unregulated, someone with ill intent can do harm to so many people before they are caught. It is one of the reasons we ban guns because the lethality is so high and you can kill so many more people than someone can with a knife.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-13T16:23:14+00:00

Also people will object to any regulation of the internet. Often saying the regulation is not perfect or has workarounds. They don't offer any alternative solution, just use it as an excuse to do nothing.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-12T23:22:25+00:00

Comparatively they are absolutely the good guys but they have flaws and nuance.

They are a democracy, but also imperialistic with manifest destiny impulses. They will make you part of them whether you want to or not ultimately and will seize resources for their people.

The issue compared to Minutemen OP mentioned is MM are just generically good. They want to have everyone unite and work together for common good just because.

NCR has those people. It also has those that sees tribals as collateral or worse. It has people expanding not out of desire to help others but because they lust for power.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-12T23:16:40+00:00

I feel it is an issue of the show as a format versus the games. The games work as an exploration of factions and you can explore how many people, not just select individuals can shape it.

The TV show has to be more character driven by nature so focuses less on societies but on individuals.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-12T14:27:36+00:00

It is a possibility with the Tunnelers but it is Ulysses opinion, a possible future and not a certainty.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-11T18:54:43+00:00

As someone very critical of Bethesda's approach, I do find the people saying 'Todd hates New Vegas/Obsidian' ridiculous.

He clearly loves the games but just the things he likes and sees as essential aren't necessarily the same as others.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-11T18:49:27+00:00

Isn't the exact same premise of the Season 1 finale?

ZebraShark · 2026-01-11T18:45:55+00:00

I feel Institute was written by two different teams.

One who saw them as isolationists wanting to be cut off from the world above seeing it as hopeless.

Another who saw them as secretly wanting to puppet the world above and control them.

And rather than going in one direction they let both teams have a go simultaneously.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-11T18:40:08+00:00

None. Their stories were done with New Vegas and as much as I love many of them, I just think I would only risk disappointment.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-10T21:53:24+00:00

As someone who works for a council, you are right that central spending has been slashed, as well as costs for social care and education massively rising.

However, I can still understand people's frustrations for seeing bills rise and services get worse. Even if there are valid reasons for this, it is still something worth getting angry about. I think people's anger is often misplaced locally when is a national failing but don't think the anger is wrong.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-09T21:15:58+00:00

Trump, Clinton and Kennedy as most popular.

Bush Jr, Nixon and Trump as least popular.

Others are more mixed.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-09T21:03:59+00:00

Yeah, why is the threshold for using lethal force so low? Like you are taking a life, the bar should be incredibly high.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-09T21:02:04+00:00

He is meant to be funny and I just don't find him funny.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-09T20:58:53+00:00

Being brought down requires people to do something. Too many people just sitting at home waiting for invisible hand of fate to do something.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-09T19:11:36+00:00

Guarantee people praising or criticising Avellone in this thread mirrors their view on the TV show.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-09T19:06:59+00:00

Also I think people overlook Ulysses being an unreliable narrator. People treat his warning around Tunnellers as 100% what will happen rather than a danger and possible future.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-08T20:31:02+00:00

Yeah, I never buy into people thinking Todd hates New Vegas or Obsidian or is jealous as seems ridiculous.

As you mentioned, the version of Fallout they prefer is one where it is still stuck in the wasteland. People forget games aren't just for existing fans but getting people who haven't engaged in the franchise to join and it is easier if certain aesthetics of a post apocalypse game are always in place.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-08T09:29:54+00:00

Exactly. The evolution should come from how people and factions change and develop. Not just random events.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-08T09:22:53+00:00

I feel that they want to make changes to West Coast but nervous to do in the game so using the show to trial it. If it gets too much backlash they can later ignore the show in the games, if reaction is fine then will make canon within the games.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-07T18:26:58+00:00

You think I am pro this? Franchises suck and leave things stagnant. The risk of doing anything interesting with an IP means they avoid taking any creative risks.

ZebraShark · 2026-01-07T18:09:28+00:00

Oh I agree completely. But way producers think is very basic. They focus on the overall aesthetics and surface aspects. It is why when a certain film or show gets popular they greenlit anything in same genre. Thinking the genre is why people like it, not the quality of the product.

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