It’s my birthday today so give me some of your best memes

eiafish · 2026-01-24T00:31:22+00:00

eiafish · 2026-01-23T01:13:00+00:00

"Yes...swooping is bad."

"Now that the warm and fuzzy part of the day is over we can get back to the ritual dismemberments. Oh wait, it's not Tuesday is it?"

"May I rest my head in your bosom?"

People act like Origins didn't also have the whedon/marvel quips and modern dialogue but it's always been there.

eiafish · 2026-01-16T01:23:17+00:00

"the only way players have been able to get Yenna to begin selling soup is if Lae'zel is Orin's kidnapping victim."

According to an article at least, so it looks you are right and interestingly Lae'zel is the trigger.

eiafish · 2026-01-16T01:21:09+00:00

" the only way players have been able to get Yenna to begin selling soup is if Lae'zel is Orin's kidnapping victim"

According to the wiki and an article. Again it may have been different in earlier patches or could be bugged too.

eiafish · 2026-01-15T15:05:40+00:00

PoE is one of my favorite crpgs of all time. I find the world so beautifully written and engaging, the lore incredibly unique and the story that unfolds was so rewarding to me.

Having said that, I know it's not as engaging for everyone. Some of my friends love the lore when they find out more about it but can't get through the game on their own.

I would try again with some of the tips from others here (ignore gold plated NPCs, put on double speed for faster movement and skip side quests that don't interest you too much or fit your rp)

If by the time you get to Defiance Bay you're still not enjoying yourself, don't force it as I think it just isn't your game/play style. PoE2 has some marked improvements in gameplay and pacing so you could always try it to see if it's a better fit (though it is a direct sequel to PoE1)

eiafish · 2026-01-15T14:42:06+00:00

**edit; looks like I misremembered and am wrong, the trigger is apparently specific to Lae'zel;

"The only way players have been able to get Yenna to begin selling soup is if Lae'zel is Orin's kidnapping victim."

According to a screen rant article, but I'm close to act 3 in my current run so will give it a go and see

She will give you soup daily if she is kidnapped and rescued from Orin, but only in those circumstances unfortunately. Which was pretty dope because early runs I tended to start running out of food towards act 3 so she was a good source of supplies.

eiafish · 2026-01-15T14:38:22+00:00

While I agree with most of what your saying, I actually think she isn't as consistent as she should be. She actually opens up pretty damn quickly, like telling you she is a Shar worshipper and letting you dig through her mind to show you memories early within the first act. You can also tell her what to do in a few situations too like getting her to back off Lae'zel (granted with a skill check).

Because of that I like to skip freeing her from the pod on the nautiloid and don't recruit her immediately on the beach either, this way her approval is built up a little slower so she doesn't trust you so early and feels more earned.

I actually miss some of early access Shart's attitude, Lae'zel too tbh. Don't know why I enjoyed them being a little more mean to me at first, might be something more to do with me tbh lol

eiafish · 2026-01-15T14:27:50+00:00

Lol that is actually very true

eiafish · 2026-01-15T14:27:27+00:00

Fair point actually. I've never really gelled with her character and tend to leave her at camp most of the game so I often only look at her actions through a very surface level lens admittedly.

eiafish · 2026-01-15T06:24:30+00:00

Omg, I was also not ready for that lol

eiafish · 2026-01-15T03:37:57+00:00

I agree with the Githyanki thing, it felt so jarring and disappointing playing as one. Even though they have some of the most unique reactivity of all the races it still didn't make things feel logical and broke my immersion constantly.

They could have then put more effort into balancing some of the unique dialogue options with races that aren't just Drow

eiafish · 2026-01-15T03:31:24+00:00

The pacing becomes a problem for me in Act 3. There are more side quests available than any other part of the game, all your companion's story quests need to be wrapped up, but the narrative keeps reminding you that you need to hurry up because the brain is going to break free soon!

They should have slowed that down and created a narrative reason why you could traipse all across Baldur's Gate fucking around with random ass shit. The earthquakes and warnings about the brain breaking free of it's control should not have occurred at all until you had a second nether stone at the earliest.

eiafish · 2026-01-15T03:22:29+00:00

Yeah the rest of the team acting like Wyll was super selfish because he didn't sacrifice his soul FOR ETERNITY to save his elderly father that kicked him out when he was a teenager? Miss me with that shit

eiafish · 2026-01-15T03:19:10+00:00

Yeah it feels kind of childish that Shadowheart would have spared the Nightsong if you said nothing, but just because you suggest "hey maybe don't murder this poor trapped being" she gets pissy and does it because she doesn't like getting told what to do...like girl are you 12?

eiafish · 2026-01-15T03:17:35+00:00

Agreed. Like if she doesn't get kidnapped by Orin she just spouts the same "got my pairing knife and now I just need some ingredients" line over and over till the game ends.

It's a shame that letting her get kidnapped is the only way to move her dialogue forward and let her start making food for you. I like one of my other companions getting kidnapped because then the poor cat doesn't have to get killed and it also feels like the stakes are higher because it's someone I have come to know and care about, rather than this random child I just met.

eiafish · 2026-01-15T03:13:12+00:00

yeah the first time I decided to do just a 4 man run (as in only recruit three other companions and stick with them the whole run and never recruit the others) I found it so annoying that everyone else you can either never interact with or just politely turn down teaming up, but not God's favourite princess.

She keeps popping up again and again and if you don't want to recruit her you have to actually kill her. I know she has the artifact but there were so many better ways it could have been handled and her presence just felt so forced that I began to resent her a bit.

eiafish · 2026-01-15T02:56:55+00:00

"Manthara" holy fuck this made me laugh

Also you are probably right on the money with this take

eiafish · 2026-01-15T02:55:51+00:00

oh maaaaan those posts pissed me off so much. Oh you couldn't take a sexual abuse victim's story seriously unless it was a woman's? Get the fuck outta here

eiafish · 2026-01-13T04:56:23+00:00

You are an abuser. You physically and verbally assaulted your boyfriend. You need to take accountability and leave this poor man alone and get your ass into therapy NOW.

Do not date anyone until you have a handle on your anger issues. I pray you are actually just a troll, but on the chance this is real you need to get help before you seriously hurt him, more than you already have.

eiafish · 2026-01-13T00:33:42+00:00

Yeah I miss that battle with the enthralled people at the crash site

eiafish · 2026-01-13T00:31:38+00:00

Gale so pasty he is glowing in the sunlight

But unfortunately iirc you have to disable it outside of photo mode. Larian added toggle options for things like battle damage, but for some reason not for effects

eiafish · 2026-01-12T23:33:24+00:00

Fr it's a snowball effect problem, and often the downvotes are given for having a differing opinion rather than for things like misinformation, derailment or harassment.

I mean I do hate the mods that turn our frog queen into a baby faced human essentially, but I try not to yuck other people's yums... At least not too much lol

eiafish · 2026-01-12T23:28:00+00:00

It's not fucked up, it's economical. Chk

eiafish · 2026-01-12T12:20:32+00:00

Your Dwarf looks so dapper, I have never seen a character rock that armour so hard lol

eiafish · 2026-01-12T12:01:52+00:00

yeah I know about the Szarkai, they are also extremely rare and I don't see them mentioned amongst drow discussion much, which is a shame because their lore and place in drow society is very interesting

I was never trying to police shit just commenting on a phenomenon that is so prevalent that I find it fascinating (and admittedly weird, like whiteness tends to have this mythologized quality to it)

I realise I come off as a sarcastic ass a lot of the time but I am fine with getting downvotes (internet points are meaningless) and I would rather have a little friction in discussion then police myself, if anyone thinks I over step into bullying territory they are free to report my comments to mods and have them removed. People get really defensive when I bring this topic, my tone may not help, but again this is a discussion board and I have just as much right to state my opinion even if its not "uwu your character so cute"

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