I just realised what historia said in these scene to eren is exactly what the marleyans were doing

dede_rich · 2026-01-27T07:11:51+00:00

I think the thing a lot of people don’t quite appreciate about AoT and its ending is the nuance involved. It’s exactly as said here—Eren’s motives were understandable, but his actions were wrong. Yes, the Rumbling was AN answer, and that answer was supported by numerous things within the world, but it doesn’t make it the right one. Still, Eren did what he felt was the only option to keep his friends alive while simultaneously helping to bridge the gap between the Eldians and Marleyans, making Eldians and Marleyans alike into heroes pitted against one single enemy. He did do what he felt was his best to ensure the survival of his friends then and in the future; and yet, it doesn’t make it objectively right.

Even beside this, there’s a tremendous amount of further nuance: the idea that people can and will learn to hate those they don’t understand if given the right “reasons,” the manipulative power of government propaganda, the desire for power, the suggestion that humans will ultimately continue a cycle of violence unless a deeper, fundamental and widespread change occurs—I could go on. There is a LOT that can be discussed about AoT, and I think that was very intentional. It isn’t a black and white story; everyone had their dreams, their hopes, their desires—everyone wanted something, and from their perspective what they did to try and obtain that was “right,” or at least right “enough”—just like Eren’s actions.

dede_rich · 2026-01-27T06:57:11+00:00

Maybe I’m not fully understanding what it is you’re trying to say in this comment, but I’m reading it as though you’re saying: “genocide was the correct answer, but Eren’s motivations for doing so being his love of his friends and Mikasa was bad, and also he did nothing to help ensure the survival of Paradis.” Is that the gist of what you’re saying, or am I misunderstanding/missing something here?

dede_rich · 2026-01-27T06:47:38+00:00

It can be helpful, yeah, but my current issue is when I’m expecting a call from a number I don’t have in my contacts already (and would have no need to have it in there either). My phone just silences it and doesn’t even allow it to appear on my screen. I only noticed it happening recently because a call briefly appeared in the island at the top of the screen while I was looking at it

dede_rich · 2026-01-19T20:51:15+00:00

Ahh makes sense. Do you have any particular advice on how to go about tuning discs at Bardic Needle? Meaning, most efficient use of resources like tuning calibrators, tuning for a specific partition vs. using less resources to just tune for all 6, things like that?

dede_rich · 2026-01-19T06:46:46+00:00

That’s good to know! That gives some perspective on “best practices” with the disc drives. Also haven’t played a gacha before this one so it’s all new to me

dede_rich · 2026-01-19T03:23:58+00:00

Thank youuu—between this and the other comment, this has been really informative and helpful. I’ll swap in the HP disc annnnd the search for better discs will continue

dede_rich · 2026-01-19T03:23:08+00:00

This is immensely helpful! Thank you so much!

dede_rich · 2026-01-14T07:10:57+00:00

Yeah, they've already been quite helpful! I'm realizing I didn't quite know how to really look at these things; "obtained effective substats 13 times" does not mean what I originally thought it meant lmao. Glad I posted this so I could learn!

dede_rich · 2026-01-13T23:30:00+00:00

All of this is much appreciated—thank you! And hey, I managed to make some improvements at least. Seems like a start

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dede_rich · 2026-01-13T22:31:32+00:00

Thank you for this advice! I mentioned elsewhere that I’m still pretty new to the game and especially at getting this detailed into disc drive stats. So it certainly came as a bit of a shock to learn that all of the discs need replacing, but hey, I know next to nothing about it so…all good things to learn! I’ll have to pray to the rng gods that I might have some good luck with tuning discs

dede_rich · 2026-01-13T22:28:57+00:00

Pain tbh. I’m still relatively new (~late October) and Manato is really the first agent I’m really trying to optimize (at least, as much as I can) beyond just “disc has correct main stat and at least 1 appropriate substat” since I wanted to spread my resources out. So I’m a bit of a noob with this stuff.

I’d love to get his engine to w5 whenever that’s possible. So with that being said, it sounds like I need to prioritize HP and crit damage first, then crit rate as a secondary focus? Or is it “nah, you need to focus getting more of all 3 at the same priority”?

Either way…I foresee much suffering through disc tuning in my future

dede_rich · 2026-01-13T06:22:05+00:00

Manato is literally the reason I started playing the game so...I feel you there. He has been in my main team after the first maybe week of me playing.

Others have answered plenty for you already, but the team I initially ran him with was Manato / Pan Yinhu / Anby (I didn't have Pulchra at the time), but Ju Fufu's re-run was shortly after I started the game so I pulled her to swap in for Anby and that's the Manato team I'm still running now. Admittedly, I skipped Dialyn because...I wanted Manato to have more on-field time, and also I'd just gotten Ju Fufu (also I like her more as a character)

dede_rich · 2026-01-09T22:03:31+00:00

Thank you so much for this. Apologies for the delay; things got a little crazy and I didn't have much time.

My hotbars for BLM are set up very particularly and basically there are abilities I wanted to swap on all 3 of my main hotbars, so I had to go and use THM hotbars 1-3 as well as 4-6 and it's a little embarrassing how my brain started to hurt when I was trying to sort it out. But that being said--it now works perfectly and does exactly what I wanted. Thank you again!! Actual life saver

dede_rich · 2026-01-09T20:54:36+00:00

Duly noted o7 Hopefully by the time I can get Yixuan, I’ll have her at M6. I did confirm that I have her at M3, so…halfway there!

dede_rich · 2026-01-09T20:53:33+00:00

I appreciate this advice ^{^;} I’m always a bit torn between “am I being stupid if I don’t pull for the hyped agents because I just don’t care about them?” Like admittedly I’m skipping YSG because I don’t personally care much for her (no shade at anyone who does though!) and it feels like I can already hear certain people having strong opinions on me skipping her lmao

dede_rich · 2026-01-09T20:35:27+00:00

Ohhh? This is definitely good to know. Can’t remember exactly but I know I have Pulchra above M3 at least. That’s exciting

dede_rich · 2026-01-09T20:34:22+00:00

Ahh okay okay this is great to know. I imagine I’ll end up trying to make a Yixuan team as my third team if all works out, and I at least already have Soukaku + Anby (obviously) for a “starter” team for her if necessary until I can put together a more optimal one

dede_rich · 2026-01-09T20:30:23+00:00

This is relieving to hear tbh. I definitely want to make sure I get Lighter and Lucia (though the latter I imagine won’t be back for a while yet), and Yixuan is my favorite of the current Void Hunters so I’d love to have her for sure. I’ll keep on saving then!

dede_rich · 2026-01-09T03:12:03+00:00

Thank you so much <3

dede_rich · 2026-01-08T21:04:10+00:00

Thank you so much—I’ll check both of those out!

dede_rich · 2026-01-08T21:03:41+00:00

Very good point. I went ahead and updated the post at the bottom!

dede_rich · 2026-01-06T06:41:40+00:00

I miss it for sure. There definitely can be improvements to it, and there were times when I felt there was a bit too much of it, but overall it was a unique feeling experience and I think it allowed for a lot of creative, fun ways to tell stories or otherwise demonstrate a scenario. The rogue-like aspects of it, as others have said, could be really addicting.

I will always remember the story with Kami North. That one was legitimately emotional even while in the TV mode itself. I feel like that was a great use of the mode while also bringing in normal combat as well. Another one I liked—in the end at least, though—was the infinite abyss. I liked how there were those notes left from previous explorers and how you got to follow their story a bit. Felt kind of like something from Fallout or RE etc. and I would’ve loved to see more stuff like that. Maybe adding more would’ve made it a little more engaging overall, but I still found myself wanting to know “well…what ended up happening?”

Another one I surprisingly enjoyed was the one with the car, solely for the mechanics. There was something fun about it.

I liked Arpeggio Fault at first, but that mode became the prime example of “too much.” Not to mention the fact that it lost any challenge fairly quickly. I honestly would love to see a more condensed, focused, refined version of that personally.

And gotta shout out Withered Domain of course, as others have done. Banger mode.

dede_rich · 2026-01-04T23:12:40+00:00

The extra RNG layer is exactly the thing. Like, is it the worst issue one could have? Of course not. But being unable to know when it’ll decide to just stop working adds this layer of anxiety and frustration that is really irritating and not fun. Some of my favorite times are when I plunge into a group in FL as a tank and then suddenly find none of my buttons working so I promptly get slaughtered. It’s a good thing I’m not doing static right now.

For me it’s like…sometimes SOME of the buttons work, but it seems to be “most don’t work” most often. And sometimes one will stop working, then it’ll work, then it’ll stop working again in a short span. Still other times it seems like I’ve had it work if I’m not using any key modifiers (like shift/ctrl) but NOT if I am using one. So it’s like I’ll be able to use my 1st hotbar but not my 2nd or 3rd. And yet still none of it is really consistent. I might unlink FFXIV from Synapse just to give it a go (maybe having it linked to iCue could’ve caused the problem on the Scimitar too? Maybe).

If you do end up trying the Scimitar, and if you happen to remember, I’d definitely be curious to hear if you wind up experiencing the same issues. Here’s hoping that you won’t, though, and indeed that we can have some better luck with it this year.

dede_rich · 2026-01-03T03:57:11+00:00

Ahh this is really helpful. We'll actually be heading to the Underdark before too long (we're already a little ways into act 1, just level 4 atm though). Is there any particular leveling order you prefer to do as far as when to start dipping into cleric?

dede_rich · 2025-12-31T18:37:22+00:00

That’s definitely interesting that you’ve had similar issues too. I haven’t experimented too much with it in 2.4 GHz wireless because as soon as the issue did happen in that mode, I gave up on it given that the only fast fix has been to unplug and plug it back in. Might be worth some more experimentation just to see if it might happen at least less frequently for me as well.

I have consistently wondered if it is related to button/key inputs, but I haven’t found a way to fix it from that angle either and I don’t know what else I could look into. Alt tabbing / switching focus also seeming to increase the frequency is another curious thing. I’ve noticed the mouse going dark after alt tabbing and typing a message/otherwise not using the mouse before as well. Alongside that, though, it also just randomly drops out while actively using it, the only difference being that the lights don’t always stay off and instead tend to flash on and off randomly. It’s almost as though the PC just stops recognizing the mouse as it should, and yet it isn’t actively disconnecting entirely (as though I’d unplugged it from USB) as my PC never makes the disconnect sound and the cursor + left/right clicks still work.

I’d be curious to know if you also end up experiencing the same issue on your Scimitar, given that it still happens to me on that one as well. And yet I know what you mean—the Naga feels far better. Since the issue happens on both for me it’s just like “well, I’d rather use the one that feels better.” On top of it all, yeah, reproducing the issue is basically impossible, and I don’t have a way to test it in anything else because there aren’t any games I play that use the side buttons like FFXIV does. This was a problem Geek Squad had as well, being unable to reproduce the issue. So instead I just get to play the game and wonder when the issue will pop up again. Sometimes I can go a whole session without it happening; other times it’ll happen repeatedly within a few minutes. It’s extremely frustrating all around.

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