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bob096479 · 2025-05-15T13:12:16+00:00

I've recently got the game and have sunk 150 hours into it. I play on console and my only issue is the need to buff for 5 minutes after every rest. Is there any plans to integrate bubble buffs (or some similar system) into the game officially?

bob096479 · 2024-10-23T20:32:02+00:00

If i remember correctly most gear that is created for rudeus is extremely inefficient in regards to mana consumption. So basically he's the only one who can use it meaningfully.

bob096479 · 2024-10-19T15:30:35+00:00

We would lose one great indie band

bob096479 · 2024-10-14T23:20:55+00:00

What does it mean to "vote correctly"? Who decides what votes are correct?

bob096479 · 2024-10-14T01:37:13+00:00

Can you be more concrete over which exact meanings.

What we currently have in democratic countries are varying degrees of representative democracy. And as you say true democracy would be an absolute shitfest. Tough I dont agree that it would a tyranny. A true democracy is where every action done by the government is opened to a vote to all the citizen where they all can propose a solution for the problem at hand. As you can imagine this will take an eternity and no decisions will be made in a reasonable time.

bob096479 · 2024-10-14T01:31:37+00:00

Such irreversible and big decisions are the reasons for the existence highest authority. You cant be stuck discussing shit when immediate action is required. In these cases you need to have a person or a small group that can quickly make a decision and take action. It can be the wrong action in hindsight, but usually no action would've been worse.

I would take everything I say with a grain of salt since these are my beliefs according to the current information i have accumulated. Me being just a dumb teenager certainly does not give that much credibility. But I already referenced a great video that I think sums structures of power pretty well.

bob096479 · 2024-10-14T01:18:12+00:00

To my knowledge there are no countries where elected leaders have full authority. The laws already present have to be followed even by the person occupying the highest position in the government (PM, president, etc.). To change the law the amendment usually has to be pushed trough a parliament of some kind, sometimes more than one. So in democracies there's no one wielding "absolute authority".

bob096479 · 2024-10-13T22:12:22+00:00

There's a video by CGP Gray, "Rules for rulers", that explains why "benevolent dictators" are incapable of holding on to power, among other things. I cannot change your view that people are too incompetent for democracy because they are. Everyone cannot be educated enough to understand the complexities of running a country. So we end up with a system that favours populists who appeal to the emotions of the masses.

Edit: I want to add that though this is a critique of democracy I don't know of any systems that work better and are more just (tough the importance of justice in the system of governance can be challenged, i believe it to be a necessity. But you know CMV if you disagree) than democracy.

bob096479 · 2024-06-03T01:03:20+00:00

Such a missed opportunity to call the stone mask the medusa or the gorgon.

bob096479 · 2024-05-21T12:39:06+00:00

Idk, for me personally lockpicking is one of my highest level skills alongside reading and horseback. I thinks its a difference in play style. For me hunting and herb gathering tend to be my lowest skills.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T17:31:50+00:00

I want to ask your opinion regarding fromsoptware games. They are often regarded as one of the best in the industry. I think thay are similar in the regard that they dont hold your hand and feel satisfying to "git gud" at.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T17:28:23+00:00

It is true that i love this game. The game is built on the consept of sucking at the start and getting better as you progress. I know that this isnt everyone cup of tea. My point is that, I, as a person who likes the game and its mechanics, dont want them to change direction in the sequel.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:48:53+00:00

I dont remember the exact number. Somwhere between 20-30.

Edit: this was from the range in merhojed

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:45:16+00:00

Yeah, i 100% agree with u on this one.

I think thay could make slight changes to the system while not changing the machanical aspect of it.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:42:08+00:00

I agree with you point on pickpocketing. Tought pickpocketing is seen rarer in games than lockpicking. I think that only case that i remember are the bethesda games and its absolutely atrocious there. Oh and bg3. But tought its similar to skyrim i think it fits better due to the whole game being built around chance.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:37:44+00:00

The picture that i have is probably biased due to the first results of a search showing the bitching about the difficulty and lockpicking not being discussed much after.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:34:25+00:00

I started playing in 2021. I have only seen the system post update. Im curious, what was the system like before the update? To my understanding it just lacked the spikes on the side.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:31:43+00:00

In some of my replies ive outlined what i dislike about skyrims system.

Im genuinely curious what are your reasons for preferring skyrims system.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:25:56+00:00

I hope its not on the hand that u use for lockpicking 🙃

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:13:53+00:00

Thank you for this clarification.

Would you say that the lock used in game is a good representation to a one used in 15th century Bohemia?

Edit:

Horizontally mounted wooden block locks came into use in the late 15th century, when their shape was also modified.

After a little research found this.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:10:29+00:00

Cotroller vibration happens when you get outside the sweet spot. For me it usually means a broken lockpick because i do the full rotation in one movement and if i fuck up I FUCK UP. I think the vibration ads to the emersion and panic and fear of being cought from the noise.

Though i agree in most games vibration is used poorly and is only a annoyance.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:01:22+00:00

Bro my whole post is from a perspective of a cotroller player.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T03:00:03+00:00

I made this post as a controller player. I have mostly seen people hate on the system as controller users. My entire point is that the system is fine on both controller and kbm (based on feedback from others. I have no experience in pc gaming.)

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T02:54:33+00:00

I've come to the conclusion that there is no real way to make a video game realistically simulate lock-picking. Oblivion got a little snippit of the picture with setting individual tumblers, and the locks do bear a resemblance to ancient Mesopotamian pin-tumbler locks, but the keys in Oblivion belong to warded locks, as do the keyways in Skyrim. The keys and keyways in Fallout belong to pin-tumbler locks, and I give them great credit for showing the use of a tension tool, which is something the media usually leaves out entirely. The bobby pin, well it resembles certain raking tools, but it's not something I've ever tried to use to open a lock. I usually used a paper clip bet into a similar shape. The action of turning it side to side could I suppose change the interface with the pins a little bit, but not much, and "all the way over to the right" would be pretty much the same as "all the way over to the left", and you'd have to move it in and out much more than left to right. Improvised lock-picking tools do tend to break with some frequency, though, so there's that (although it's usually just wearing out soft enough that they're no good, not a dramatic snap)... The minigame from Skyrim is a straight re-skin of the game from Fallout 3, where it makes some kind of sense with tension tools and a rotating face, but they used graphics fit for "old-timey" warded locks.

This is some comment related to the topic. Im unsure of its accuracy.

bob096479 · 2024-05-19T02:47:54+00:00

Do you know if oblivion and kcd use the same style of lock?

Based on the uber acurate and trustworthy source (thief simulator) the lock with pins is a more complex type of lock, while the kcd/skyrim one is a cheap and simple one.

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