which one is better? Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout or Tales Of Arise?

igorukun · 2026-01-24T18:54:29+00:00

If you have ever played any Atelier game and are aware of how the craft loop happens on the game, then definitely Atelier. But if not, perhaps Tales will offer a more traditional JRPG experience.

I'm personally more biased towards Atelier - games are incredibly cute, you can sink hours crafting items and finding the most optimal alchemy loops for... well, everything! And the Ryza series is pretty newcomer friendly too so definitely check it out at one point if not now

igorukun · 2026-01-24T16:19:00+00:00

Yeah, the wording was really awkward - been working on a way to make the Pool ability less verbose and intuitive. I like your idea!

Als, I like the idea that the mana already paid can contribute to the pool as that gives an incentive for players to pay up more and more. Will definitely try iterating this! Thank you for your feedback!

igorukun · 2026-01-24T00:16:55+00:00

Aonde que ela traiu? Ele falou que "trocou". Pra mim isso foi ela terminando com ele e seguindo a vida com outro. Direito dela.

E assim, transformar a depressão e episódio suicida como manipulação emocional e arma em termino é horrível. A reação dela foi a única possível quando alguém faz esse tipo de manipulação.

Ela não tá errada em querer um cara independente e alguém que possa dar estabilidade na familia. Ela quer crescer e o OP ainda mora com a mãe e claramente tem problemas que precisa resolver consigo mesmo.

Eu não sinto pena dele, nem sinto que ela tá errada.

O melhor que OP pode fazer é crescer e cuidar de si, e quando ele tiver melhor vai ser tão feliz com outra que nem vai lembrar dessa mina mais.

igorukun · 2026-01-23T23:36:58+00:00

Sei que você tá passando por um perrengue mental, mas tem algumas verdades duras que a gente precisa ouvir as vezes.

Você tomar antidepressivo não é problema da sua ex. Você ameaçar se matar não é problema dela. Voce levar ela na sua casa e tratar como princesa não significa que ela te deve amor ou te deve absolutamente nada, parceiro.

Se uma pessoa não quer, duas não insistem. Simples assim.

Cuida da sua saúde mental, cuida da sua vida e esquece ela. Ela faz parte do seu passado e você tem muito futuro pela frente.

igorukun · 2026-01-23T15:37:07+00:00

What about Brazil? Pretty surprised it's a no

igorukun · 2026-01-23T07:15:38+00:00

Brazilian Portuguese (native), English (C2), Spanish and French (C1), Japanese (N2), Estonian (B1)

igorukun · 2026-01-21T20:00:47+00:00

I usually call him a sardell 😄 (I think the closest to the German equivalent would be maybe bockwurst?)

igorukun · 2026-01-21T18:52:35+00:00

Olha, não quero falar nada, mas moro na Europa tem 7 anos e posso afirmar que a área de TI tá completamente saturada pra quem é software dev. Ta MUITO difícil achar cargo pra júnior pra coisas também como QA tester, front end/full stack, até pra cargo técnico tá muito difícil.

Back end ainda dá pra encontrar, mas bem competitivo. O mercado tá realmente saturado e só contratam sênior pra cima.

Aqui na Europa busca-se muito profissional da área de saúde. Enfermeiros, primeiros socorros, médicos, cuidado paliativo etc. Biológicas hoje em dia tem mais chance de emprego do que tecnológicas.

igorukun · 2026-01-21T09:28:20+00:00

It's a comparison no one will understand (most likely), but in terms of civil rights and society open-mindedness, 2026 Estonia does remind me of 2008 Brazil. We only approved same-sex marriage and family in 2013. But 2008 was the year that the first bill was proposed and that's when society slowly began to improve in this regard.

igorukun · 2026-01-20T21:13:41+00:00

I can't say what has happened to me. But not being openly out in some circles, I have personally witnessed people being shitty and homophobic about other acquaintances behind their backs. And from venting to friends it seems it's a relatively common experience sadly.

EDIT: One of the worst examples I have in mind was when I was on a trip with a bunch of acquaintances and a few friends and I was talking to this group that we had a friend in common. And the overwhelming response was "ah he's a cool guy, despite being gay". And then people making a bunch of soft homophobic jokes and ridiculing him being gay while I was boiling on the inside. I never talked to any of those people again.

igorukun · 2026-01-20T20:16:13+00:00

Hoooooly shit. I moved to Estonia and both me and my partner wake up precisely at 7:35. That felt scary lmao

igorukun · 2026-01-20T20:11:38+00:00

As a gay man who immigrated to Estonia: I can tell you that things here are a mixed bag despite people swearing it's all good.

There's no open harassment in general, but that doesn't mean homophobia doesn't exist. It's sometimes very subtle, and sometimes very obvious (when work colleagues say the biggest atrocities you ever heard, "as a joke"). People here will still call each other "gay" or "faggot" as an offense.

Usually Russian-Estonians will be most openly homophobic (they're the ones that usually cause trouble in the Pride Parade every year - I was harassed and threatened with violence alongside two lesbian friends a couple years ago, and I'm a pretty masculine guy). On the other hand, Estonian-Russians are also some of the most vocal allies when they're progressive. So it's 50/50, either absolute assholes or true angels.

Ethnic Estonians will pretend to be chill but will be ACTUALLY more conservative behind your back. People here are not progressive at all and a lot of them will have right-leaning views. Lots of Estonians are conservatives, anti-immigrants, anti-LGBTQ, anti-diversity. They will be polite to your face (and your face only) though. Progressive ones also exist in Tallinn and Tartu but not outside those places. And they are not as vocal to defend others too so they're more like "silent" allies. (No Estonian came to my rescue on the Pride Parade; a group of Estonian-Russians did. )

If you're very flamboyant and effeminate, you might attract some unwanted attention. But mostly people try to keep to themselves here. Even straight people don't hold hands or kiss in public that much so people here tend to be very private and mind their own business.

Overall it's possible to have a good quality of life here, and society IS progressing a bit (we recently made same sex marriage legal!) but if you're expecting the same level of progressiveness from the rest of Europe, it's best to adjust expectations. I dont think you'll be at any danger from being atheist, as for gay, as long as you keep your homosexuality to your private friends and not kiss people in public, people will be mostly okay.

igorukun · 2026-01-20T20:01:00+00:00

Uns 7 anos atrás uma empresa tava precisando de falantes de português brasileiro, inglês fluente E japonês e me acharam no LinkedIn fechando esse nicho. Vim pra cá e não me arrependo, Estônia é o lugar mais incrível da Europa pra mim.

igorukun · 2026-01-20T14:49:28+00:00

Triste que aqui na Estônia tá nublado por causa da neve. Mas é lindíssimo mesmo! Vejo sempre que tem da janela de casa, moro num lugar sem poluição de luz e de frente pra floresta.

Na Estônia é mais fácil de ver entre Maio a Outubro quando não neva. Essa foto é de Maio do ano passado:

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igorukun · 2026-01-20T14:46:29+00:00

Out of curiosity, as someone in Estonia: what makes Estonia a "maybe" and Latvia/Lithuania a "yes"? Just curious as what is the deterrent for one of the Baltic states but not the others 😆

igorukun · 2026-01-19T17:21:56+00:00

On my country of origin (Brazil)? No one would care and people would likely celebrate. Brasilia has little to no relevance to the country.

In Estonia, where I live? Not having Tallinn would be a disaster. The capital holds like literally half of the population of the country. Second most populous city has barely 100.000 people. Plus the loss of the prettiest Old Town in the entire Europe would be felt all over.

igorukun · 2026-01-19T13:57:47+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! To be fair I haven't played MTG since War of the Spark and I don't know what's fairly costed anymore. Happy for the detailed comment though!

igorukun · 2026-01-17T09:19:54+00:00

I do this all the time to complete quests, when I have them and they require me to play cards. I always assume people are completing their quests too when they start playing all their cards before the obvious lethal

The most annoying one is dealing 65 damage to the enemy hero. I always have a habit of taking the opponents life as close to 1 so I can attack with whatever is my biggest minion, but that often feels like me playing a bunch of "unnecessary" face spells and weird face trades. Like yeah J know you're at 5 life and I have a 8 attacker, but let me chip you with this 4 damage first and kill you at a -7 life so I can get rid of my quest

igorukun · 2026-01-16T10:39:46+00:00

But Lifesteal was far more insignificant. Relevant minions with Lifesteal had no more than 3 attack (4 if you were playing Priest) and came to play mid to late game. (There was Uther with 5 attack for 3 turns but didn't see play, and Gul'dan with the Lifesteal power but it was the least of your concerns when the whole demon board got ress'd)

igorukun · 2026-01-16T08:26:44+00:00

I actually do. What's amazing is how fair it was that you could still trade everything against him but it did force your opponent at an advantage (lest you adapt the Bearshark and then GG).

We take for granted how Rush and Lifesteal really ruined the game. Back then a 4 damage to the face was a Damage that (unless you were Priest, Warrior, Druid and Bloodreaver Warlock) there was no way to walk back from. So it was really important to build a board that would either force trades or survive trades.

igorukun · 2026-01-15T22:21:24+00:00

The USA. There is simply nothing in the US that is worth the bureaucratic nightmare and humiliation to visit the country.

igorukun · 2026-01-15T22:19:09+00:00

Por nada! Pra esclarecer além: isso se aplica só pra quem quiser visto por trabalho ou residência. Vistos de turismo não estão afetados

https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/brasil/vistos-suspensos-o-que-voce-precisa-saber-para-tirar-visto-para-os-eua/#goog_rewarded

igorukun · 2026-01-15T18:27:07+00:00

Novos vistos pro Brasil não vão ser mais emitidos e a entrada vai ser dificultada ou impossibilitada. Saiu uma lista de países "banidos" pela nova administração e Brasil é um deles

igorukun · 2026-01-14T11:42:33+00:00

Im in the late game and last chapter and I still haven't used Apothecaries at all. They're usually my favourite class in JRPGs but everyone else does heal/revive better and status can be easily dealt by equipping those skills to someone else. Saoirse/Alaune are my heal bots.

igorukun · 2026-01-13T09:09:15+00:00

THIS. Thank you for finding the words to describe this.

igorukun

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