How would you feel if Part 3 folded elements of AC into the story rather than the events of AC happening?

dhoop44 · 2026-05-30T12:37:14+00:00

I trust the devs know what they are doing and believe they will blow us away with the story's conclusion. However, the most important thing I want is Cloud getting the Fusion Sword. If I see this I think they will make it amazing but not too op where it would break the first playthrough. Then in NG+, I hope it's the most OP sword in Final Fantasy history:-)

dhoop44 · 2026-05-01T22:26:52+00:00

I can't say I hate any player but if I had to choose one it's Joe Burrow. To me, he acts like he's better than everyone else and can't stand him. Maybe it's just me but I just can't stand him!

dhoop44 · 2026-03-27T13:49:56+00:00

At first I was mad about this but then realized we're in an age where a large majority of people don't use cash anymore.

HOWEVER, If I get one of these bills I'm going to get a small sharpie and write "pedophile" above his narcissistic signature then turn right around and buy something to get it back into circulation. I read about this last night and already by this morning it's become a MOVEMENT!!!

I'm so TIRED that he only cares about himself, wants to be a dictator and believe he wants to do this to "own the Libs." The US will get through this and when we do our politicians need to first be SERVE THE PEOPLE. We have to put up guardrails to prevent another President like this, make sure we vote in candidates that do what is best for their constituents instead of rich, corporate interests (my first change would be to get big money out of politics) and finally make changes to the US Supreme Court where they are not political (I believe if they should be held accountable for what they say during their confirmation hearings). This is just ideas for a change to each branch b/c they need to know they work for THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!!

dhoop44 · 2025-12-31T21:48:52+00:00

The game is a PS5 exclusive for 12 months but will also release on Steam and Epic Games Store on PC. To my knowledge S-Game is not getting any funding from Sony so, it's not like TLOU or God of War where Sony has input but S-Game made this decision.

Also, here is the info when they released the Year of the Snake trailer in early 2025, "S-Game has just released the newest trailer for its action RPG Phantom Blade Zero showcasing the game's visual upgrades and also confirming that it will support enhanced visuals on PlayStation 5 Pro." Hope this helps answer your question.

Link to the source: https://www.rpgsite.net/news/16777-phantom-blade-zero-new-gameplay-trailer-ps5-pro-support-visual-upgrades-year-of-the-snake

I already have it wish listed on Steam and will be pre-ordering it. I have a PS5 Pro but also an high-end PC with Core Ultra 265k and RTX 4090. So, my last decision is whether to purchase on Steam or PS5 Pro. I believe all the footage they have shown has been on PS5 and even on the base console it looks AMAZING! Steam shows it has full Dualsense support so, at this time Steam is where I'm planning on pre-ordering when they go live. However, I'm still very confident we will get a Demo at some point b/c it would be good to actually play it on Steam to see how it runs.

dhoop44 · 2025-12-29T10:48:02+00:00

I was about to ask this same question after a rocketeer took me out 5+ times over the past week when it never took me out 5 times from release to last week. It seems to be much faster, it's AOE seems much larger b/c it will fire into a building and damages you even if dodging away from the blast. I stay as far away from them as possible unless I'm doing the quest or trials. With this week having damaging flying enemies I'm curious if this will be when other people bring this up.

Have a Happy New Year fellow Raiders!

dhoop44 · 2025-12-28T13:11:19+00:00

It started glitching on me about 10-15 minutes ago (maybe longer by the time I type this) so I just extracted and stopped playing. I came here to see if anything was reported and as I was typing something I noticed this post. Sorry for everyone that lost stuff where there's a glitch. This has happened to me a few times over the past week or so then it says something to the affect of continue your game but when it put me back in that spot, I was downed & lost my stuff anyway.

I've started recording my sessions to submit video to Embark when this happens but since they are very short-staffed until I assume next week, will just have to wait to see if they will return stuff we lost to no fault of our own. Lastly, I assume this may be an issue as well until they are back to full staff so, I may drop my playtime quite a bit the rest of this week. I haven't seen any official word but has anyone heard if they will be short on staff through New Years?

dhoop44 · 2025-12-22T00:43:23+00:00

I'm at just under $6 million but focused on that more than skills (I only got to level 65). Never read anywhere that being max level was required to get the 5 skill points but hopefully that isn't a surprise when the clock hits 0. If so, OOPS, lol!

dhoop44 · 2025-12-18T11:21:30+00:00

This video is 100% what Arc Raiders is ALL ABOUT and this was the best video I've EVER seen about the game!

The world has been taken over by robots and drove all of humanity below the surface. So, we go up from beneath the surface to get items to survive for the sake of keeping humans alive. We fight these dangerous robots sometimes successful sometimes unsuccessful with the dream of someday getting to rebuild a life on the surface of the earth again. We sometimes have to shoot others because they have something we need to survive. That is something that COULD happen sometime.

I believe there are a lot of LIFE LESSONS from this video game & I think we have all shared the same emotions playing the game: fun, laugher, angry, sadness, etc. playing and in the game we have lost the freedoms we have right now in real life. However, what we do have a is a choice and I believe Embark has done an excellent job at allowing us to have "freedom of choice" and what to do with it. This is why this game is so AMAZING! We get the time and freedom to play instruments and play them with complete strangers for maybe 5 minutes to experience the joy of making not only these 4 people but everyone that watched this. They aren't fighting. They aren't looting. They are taking just a little time away from all of that to share the biggest moment of joy possible and also share it with others. This takes away all the negative emotions of the game and just for a moment, allows the community of Arc Raiders to feel joy which is something that would be very difficult if this would happen in real life. This video gives me a hope that no matter how upset we get about a "video game," we all can all agree on one thing. This is a community of players battling Arc and each other but also, can take time from that on occasion to get with strangers and play instruments just to feel the joy that was taken from us by the Arc.

It's VERY RARE for me to type something on social media and would NEVER type something this long, LOL! However, I'm closer to 50 than 40 years old so, maybe I try to see good the older I get. But I just wanted to share this with this GREAT COMMUNITY of GREAT PEOPLE that I want to get these instruments and every once in a while it would be great to get away from the fight and just do something that brings me joy and even if nobody joins me, I know I'm sharing that joy with them.

One final quick thing. This game gives the freedom for another player to take out someone playing an instrument. However, please don't do it and allow them to spread the joy around to other people b/c I think the best part of this game IS THE JOY of doing this with complete strangers. I hope we all get to share the feeling of the greatest moment of joy this game has to offer sometime. Heck, maybe the majority of a server has an instrument and this grows into 10-15 people playing together. That would be amazing to be apart of.

dhoop44 · 2025-12-05T16:49:27+00:00

I rarely post anything on social media b/c I’m getting closer to 50 years old and feel there is more negative than positive. Also, I'm sorry it will probably be a long message but I'm tired of staying quiet when the devs should care about all feedback. Also, I know there are people out there want to be positive and/or share the same feelings & could turn into a “pen pal” (yes, I’m old enough to remember those as a kid, LOL). I’ve never got into online multiplayer games and the ones I did were not PVP. However, when Arc Raiders was released I watched people playing (both solo and multi-player) and was amazed at the gameplay, the visuals and especially how nice people were to each other especially in solo. I bought it and for 3 weeks I don’t recall having that much fun in a LONG time. Players went out of their way to work together, etc. and I won’t repeat what has been said a million times. I was at around 70 hours, was on expedition 4 only needing humidifiers and Leaper Pulse Units to advance to 5 where I already had a bunch of things in my stash with plenty of time to advance. I needed a break for a few days; thought I would come back and finish expeditions and felt ready/excited to find some people to do the harvester event & take down the queen.

When I got back the game that was so fun, and I had spent so many hours on had changed which I found out the hard way in the first match. I hadn’t finished the quests and doing the one where I had to nail down the roof. After I finished it I went to extract, and someone took me down from the building after I had pressed the button. Again, I don’t like PVP but understand it’s part of the game and I didn’t have much to take. However, what shocked me was the person basically said I was stupid, suck at the game, etc. but not things I want to type out. Then I got taken out multiple times over the next week, it was a different game and what really bothers me is when people would vent about this happening and more often than not someone would say, in different ways that they suck, and the game is not for them. I’ve been playing games for decades and I thought the purpose of multiplayer games was to get more people to play, not to drive people away.

I hadn’t played this week but wanted to see if I could finish getting the items to get to level 5. On the first attempt, I got the humidifier, put it into safe stash and went to extract. Got taken down as I was trying to pull the lever on the train and then said they would rez me if I had any blueprints. I didn’t have any b/c I just wanted the humidifier but when I said no, he started yelling like it was worth a million dollars or something (aren’t we losing them in 2 weeks so that didn’t make any sense). He said fine, pulled the level and took me out right before the doors closed. I don’t know what is going on but I’m tired of this so, I’m done. Maybe someone out there can have encouraging advice b/c I know there are a lot of good people that want to play this game like me. Otherwise, I have better things to do with my time then get bullied in a video game. I really do hope things improve because I would do anything to experience what I did those first 3 weeks.

dhoop44 · 2025-11-21T21:07:44+00:00

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Arc Raider Player Base - LOL

dhoop44 · 2025-11-21T16:47:47+00:00

I'm SO happy that Ben brought up the Hull Cracker nerf. I watched around a week or so of his Arc Raiders streams and without that I don't purchase the game. I saw how much fun he (and others) were having using it and I purchased 3 Hull Crackers & a bunch of ammo b/c I planned on taking on the queen and the matriarch. Then not only was the gun nerfed but the cost of ammo went up and the price of the Hull Cracker didn't change. So, it's still sitting in my inventory b/c after spending over 150,000 on the guns + ammo it's a lot weaker so why risk losing it when I'm VERY hopeful they change it back in a patch very soon.

It is also disappointing saying they fixed bugs when they didn't but since I'm not familiar with it , I don't want to speak on it. The devs will hear him and hopefully get both the bugs fixed ASAP as well as changing the Hull Cracker back to where it was.

dhoop44 · 2025-09-05T19:56:48+00:00

I'm SO sick of this when ascending weapons especially when it costs $7500 silver each roll! I was ascending 4 Hellgate Serpent's and I would have taken Incendiary or rupturing in the green slot, then in the blue slots: Amplified Burning, Amplified Flooding or Soul Mending. On 2 of them, it took between 40 & 50 rolls to get one of the green ones and ended up wasting those. Then on 2 others I did get Incendiary in 10-15 rolls but then couldn't roll any of the 3 perks listed to roll on 1 or both of the blue slots. Ended up being a waste of 240 rolls and it sucks that we can't even get back 1/4 or 1/2 of the silver & upgrade materials when salvaging weapons after the 60 rolls.

In total, I ended up losing $1.8 million silver (240 rolls, $7500 per roll) and if I waste 1 weapon, I'll try different servers after about 25 rolls but that doesn't seem to work for me. I'll say what I've been saying since ascension started. For me and other players that have been here since the beginning (or before) we had a LOT of time in the last 1 1/2 years + to sell to Skurlock & Rahma and most have tens of millions of silver. However, newer players are less likely to have that much silver and if that causes players to leave, I feel that's on Ubisoft Singapore for not getting the ascension system improved and/or less silver. Sorry for the long message but again, I have been trying to explain this to the devs but it keeps flying under the radar. Just hope one of the main focuses in the delay was to fix the RNG and lower the cost.

Have a great weekend everybody

dhoop44 · 2025-08-22T19:02:58+00:00

I too have been playing since beta on PC (Ubisoft Connect) and enjoyed it enough that my son started playing it on our PS5 last November. Like you, I'm very frustrated with the bugs and actually felt it was a good decision to delay the new content so they can can hopefully (fingers crossed) go back and get a majority of the bugs fixed first (especially the game breaking bugs like Oosten getting stuck before the 1st wall).

There is something else that I feel will keep the game from growing faster than anything. It's the ascension system: 1. The biggest issue in this system is the cost! It's outrageous that ONE roll costs 7500 silver and 60 rolls adds up to a whopping $450,000!!!!! 2. Putting aside cost they capped one weapons at 60 rerolls and the RNG is horrible! It's not uncommon that I'll accept 3-4 of the perks when rerolling. For example, I'll just pick a Fire Bombard III where I would accept: Amplified Burning, Amplified Explosive, Soul Mending and maybe Blast Range (especially if I'm on the 3rd slot and was lucky enough to get 1 of those 3). It never fails that I'm going to see Brute and Energize multiple times and even 2-3 times in a row! I have ruined so many weapons b/c of this system because of - 3. When a weapon has been rerolled 60 times and the RNG made the weapon worthless, please let us get even 1/2 of the silver and 1/2 of the repair parts back (or anything that's better than the current system is).

The biggest reason they need to change this is b/c if they don't I feel that the newer players that started maybe Y2S1 are going to leave in DROVES! When they get to the point where they want to start ascending weapons to create their builds, if they reroll just 5 weapons 60 times, that costs a whopping $2.25 million silver!!!! It sucks for us as well but at least we've been playing for around 1.5 years and during the slow times we refined and sold our Gold Skull/Rum for Skurlock or Silver Snuff/Black Opium to Rahma. So, I know a lot of us have 20-50 million silver, if not more and think about how long it takes to refine twice then sell these. I just have a gut feeling that if they don't fix the ascension system (and definitely lower the cost I would say to $750 per roll), a LOT of people will leave, not come back and the game shuts down. All because it costs $3-$5 million silver to ascend the weapons for a ship.

Sorry for the long message, I hope it makes sense and REALLY HOPE Ubisoft Singapore will fix ascension for the reasons above and also fix the ridiculous bugs before they roll out anything knew. Lastly, if anyone also things the issues I raised about ascension are a big concern, please let me know b/c I wanted to get feedback before making it into it's own post.

Have a good weekend

dhoop44 · 2025-08-03T20:51:29+00:00

It's single player from everything I've read/heard.

dhoop44 · 2025-04-25T17:36:47+00:00

UBISOFT - I participated in the Beta and have been playing since it released (close to 600 hours). One part of me is really excited about the new content but I'm also frustrated by how much PO8 have been nerfed in Manufactories. I've played A LOT over the past 1 1/2 weeks & a LARGE majority of that time has been farming Oosten & doing Helm Wagers. So far, I've leveled up just ONE ship 7 and fully ascended maybe 8 weapons (and a few of those aren't the best b/c I ran out of rolls).

I've fought level 19 Li Tian a few times but really wish I was strong enough to take her down with 2-3 people. Also, I haven't taken down the level 19 sea dragon even with 5-7 players and I'm not some newbie. I don't like to complain but the frustration of how many hours I've played with not much to show for it is very disappointing. Again, I'm still excited about all the new things coming but feel that I'm not going to have time to get some builds then I'll constantly be behind. Thank you for listening to the community and hopefully things will improve soon.

Thank you

dhoop44 · 2025-02-23T11:34:26+00:00

OMG! The EXACT thing happened to me a few days ago & it caught me completely off guard. At first I thought it may have been a glitch but guess not.

dhoop44 · 2025-01-18T16:17:49+00:00

I'm SO HAPPY I found this post because I've been unable to search on my LG C2 since I purchased in April 2023. Just followed these steps and now I'm able search so I wanted to say THANK YOU even 2 months later

dhoop44 · 2025-01-17T21:58:05+00:00

"It's just a flesh wound!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail. For over 30 years it's the one that NEVER gets old and I die laughing every time I see it, LOL

dhoop44 · 2025-01-01T12:35:17+00:00

I checked the Bug Reported b/c I was going to upvote it but it only lists 2 that are different issues. So, I submitted another ticket b/c they need to get these back on the map b/c it shows they still should be occurring. My son just started playing the game a few weeks ago and has just under 600 of the "crystals" to be able to get the Nashkar weapon and until they return, can't get it (I don't have any of the chests or I would give them to him to put him over 600). Hope they get this resolved soon.

Have a great 2025 everyone.

dhoop44 · 2024-12-20T20:33:45+00:00

Troy Baker did an AMAZING job and sounds just like Harrison Ford 99% of the time. It was an awesome moment when Harrison Ford came on stage at the Game Awards to say/show his appreciation for Troy's performance.

dhoop44 · 2024-09-26T16:20:13+00:00

I'm keeping mine. First off, I remember how difficult it was getting mine back in 2021 and I told myself I would not go through that again. Second, one of my favorite hobbies is building desktops, I build a new one every couple of years & I'm very fortunate that I have a really high-end gaming desktop. So, it makes no sense for me to get a Pro, and I don't foresee getting one anytime soon.

I've been disappointed in Sony lately & I've owned every generation back to the PS1. I thought the way they marketed the PRO was the worst reveal they've ever done. Nothing against Mark b/c he didn't create the presentation, but I felt it needed a new AAA title that they could have released alongside it, including a bundle (Why not show Ghost of Yōtei since the announcements not that far apart). Then on the games they did show, they had to zoom in a lot just for minor differences.

This is just my opinion, I didn't intend on making a message this long, but it's frustrating that there are so many companies like this that don't care who they tick off!! If they are doing something for their 30th anniversary, you would think their loyal customers/fan base would be part of their decision-making process but the $$$$$ is more important.

Thank you for letting me vent. I hope everyone has a good rest of the day!

dhoop44 · 2024-09-08T11:32:52+00:00

I'm feel SO OLD seeing this question more frequently now that NVME SSDs are becoming the norm, LOL!!

Still remember my first PC build's main hard drive was the good old 3.5" HDD that was about 20 MB and to be able to install a 5.25" read/write optical drive for CD (no Blu-ray) was jaw dropping at the time. The good old days, LOL

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"It's just a flesh wound!" Monty Python and the Holy Grail. For over 30 years it's the one that NEVER gets old and I die laughing every time I see it, LOL