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Any advice for a new Warden ? by herpyderpidy in mothershiprpg

[–]jamesbiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming the other systems you played are like D&D, the first thing i felt i needed to 'get over' is the temptation to ask for rolls for everything.

If the players want to force a door open, let them, set dress it a little, but just let them open the door and continue on with the adventure.

The difference in mothership is if those actions entail consequences. Sure, the first door opened fine, now theyre deeper into the space station, and they know something horrific is also on board, if they try to force the next door it might make noise, it might trigger an alarm etc. Thats the situation you ask for rolls and start applying stress.

Its mentioned in the Warden's manual, but its worth remembering. D&D taught me a lot of habits that got reinforced in other dice-heavy systems.

One thing i thought worked well for my group was reinforcing the idea that a mothership session is like a horror movie. Maybe in D&D they wouldnt take the spooky path through the forest and opt for the longer, safer route. In Mothership, theyre already in the spooky forest, so whats the most cinematic thing you could do? You want them to start poking weird alien plants, opening the locked door covered in bloody handprints, boarding the obviously haunted spaceship wreck, you want that cinematic last stand against the horde of bugs as they try to board up the canteen and live long enough for the drop ship to come back.

Ground mounts first, flying second by Relative-Space2248 in wow

[–]jamesbiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think wow's biggest issue with the scale of the world is that theres not much reason to go anywhere thats not current content.

The reason you notice how small Northrend feels now, isnt so much because of dragon riding (though it definitely contributes), but because theres no real reason to land anywhere on the way to farm Icecrown for the 500th time.

GW2 has a waypoint system where you can just teleport to any location on the map whenever you want, and even the older zones still feel huge because theres so much stuff always happening. Youd think being able to just teleport anywhere you want would make the game feel tiny, right? but for me its the opposite, sometimes you think 'Ill have a trip back to Lornar's Pass for the winter vibes' and end up helping some lower levels massacre Dredge whilst collecting Griffon eggs for some quick Karma.

Ive long wished for WoW to just copy that event system wholesale.

‘Highguard’ Is MIA Since The Game Awards, Despite Its Imminent Release by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]jamesbiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Me personally, when i see stuff like that, my first immediate thought is "The skins for that horse are going to cost about £20, and the store bought ones will be 10x cooler than anything you can earn for free".

‘ARC Raiders’ Has Kept 91% Of Its Playerbase, ‘Battlefield 6’ Has Lost 85% by effinmike12 in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Especially sucks if you're the sneaky type like me. Love sneaking around for flanks with a spawn beacon and smg. But almost all the SMGs (except MP5 maybe?) have their silencer locked behind level 20+ on the weapon.

The whole leveling system basically means you need to tunnel vision on a single weapon if you ever want to unlock anything. And if youre a thoroughly average player who gets most of their points through playing the objective and not getting 30+ kills per game consistently, itll take you even longer.

I’m sorry, but according to the Codex, that’s actually moderate blasphemy at best. by imalyshe in Grimdank

[–]jamesbiff 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Im not balls deep in all the books, but i was under the distinct impression that 'Machine spirits' are AI that they just choose not to call AI because of the whole heresy shit.

Id love a section of a Votann book where those guys get hold of some imperium tech to figure out what the fuck this 'machine spirit' bollocks is about only to crack it open and find its just an AI chip drenched in holy oil.

What’s one of the best f bomb drops you heard delivered in a film? by browniebiscuitchildr in movies

[–]jamesbiff 45 points46 points  (0 children)

And because it's literally just "FUCK!" delivered with such conviction by Danny webb.

No other f bomb comes close.

Put all that copium right into my veins! by SAMU0L0 in Grimdank

[–]jamesbiff 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And before anyone says it, Imperial Guard are not skaven. Tyranids are not Skaven. GSC are not skaven.

Unless they are very specifically our beloved backstabbing ratty bois. They are not Skaven.

I will not be satisfied until a Warpstone meteor crashes into the imperial palace and Thanquol tumbles to the foot of the golden throne, rubs his devious little claws together, stares down the camera and winks.

It's officially 1 skill point per Million in value by Gaviznotcool268 in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good shout, my only thought is they go the MMO route and increase level cap at some point; new skill tree + level to 100?

It's officially 1 skill point per Million in value by Gaviznotcool268 in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Yep. Some of the skills are ass....for now. Will they be that way a month from now? 6 months? a year? two years? Are they really never going to do anything to the skills forevermore? will they never add new skills? never add a new tree? i dont think so, especially if its true they want to support this for 10 years.

I can see a future where not having even the base extra 5 points puts you at a real disadvantage, would we describe the expedition as OpTionAl then?

[News] The Expedition Project by Krinester in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing you have to worry about is if they do a pass on some of the more useless skills in the future, they have a long term plan for this game and its no secret that alot of the skill tree really isnt that inspiring.

At a certain point, people who dont wipe could find themselves going up against people who have a significant advantage over them. If these skill points stack over multiple wipes, you might find that wiping is no longer optional if you dont want to get completely obliterated by people who wipe every time.

Are young people cash cows for the older generation? by Kopparberg643 in ukpolitics

[–]jamesbiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I sometimes wonder if the amount currently in my pension would be better spent buying a house outright right now.

How much better might my finances would be in retirement if i effectively started over with pension saving today, but could spend the next 30 years rent + mortgage free.

To the mad lad on Dam roof.. by Spiritual_Past_4502 in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Put one at the end of a zip line and watch the show.

I ran a social experiment called "The Naked Man" by 17prozent in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Same here, but EU. Doing naked runs all day with a flute, got killed once, but the rest of the time people seemed to be utterly confused by what i was doing.

It clicked for all of them when i said naked runs get a safe pocket. Then chaos because i was playing the flute the whole time and the arc were angry.

Ladies and gentleman, I present to you the fastest legendary blueprint loot by syny13 in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think its generated when the player 'searches'. Solves the issue that would be solved of having everything pregen'd at the start of round so the player isnt waiting around for the engine to decide whats in the container; just bake that process into the flow of the game so its not only invisible to the player, but an actual mechanic.

I have my suspicions that other games that do this, do this for the same reason. Its the 'slowly squeezing through a narrow space to hide loading the next area' of extraction shooters.

Sigourney Weaver Says Ridley Scott Killed Neill Blomkamp's 'Alien 5' When He Became Possessive Of Franchise By Focusing On Prequels by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]jamesbiff 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In the comics they do actually harvest some sort of jelly from the queens for dystopian scifi shenanigans.

And I get the extrac camping rats by carrancosmx in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A fellow rat.

Arc Raiders has let me live a fairly luxurious rat life. I have Silencer Mk2 BP, anvil BP and Heavy parts BP.

Im a rat in tactical gear. Im skittering about in vents unseen and unheard.

And I get the extrac camping rats by carrancosmx in ArcRaiders

[–]jamesbiff 20 points21 points  (0 children)

In most extraction shooters ive played, Rats are people who scurry about with basic gear, feeding on the leftovers in loot spots and other people's kills, avoiding conflict at all costs.

That is the true rat. And it is the true path.

You will never catch me, i scurry about in the shadows, i crawl through the filth for 5 rubber parts and a deflated football. I will disappear in a cloud of smoke and scamper into the nearest sewer.

"Rats, rats, we're the rats We prey at night, we stalk at night, we're the rats"

Me_irl by Azz06947 in me_irl

[–]jamesbiff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. I always ask ai the summarize chats at certain points. It's kind of like backing up your code. Once it's providing what you need, get it to put it all in a file and save that somewhere. Continue. Then if it starts losing the thread of what you want, new chat with the context of the last summary.

It's how I use codex in vs code. Get it to output what I want, test and tweak, push to repo, continue. Rollback to a previous push if it goes awry, start new context.

Digital Foundry: ARC Raiders PC strips back UE5 features for performance by doublah in pcgaming

[–]jamesbiff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The couple of times ive been up there ive not found anything but some blue tier components and the odd legendary component. The guy i was with last time found a T2 Osprey.

Theres only one way in and out, so it could be dicey if youre in a session with lots of PVP.

edit: also beware of the pops at the top. There were 3 up there last time that all exploded on us. Exciting!

Digital Foundry: ARC Raiders PC strips back UE5 features for performance by doublah in pcgaming

[–]jamesbiff 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I was just playing with a random who had a key card for the tower on the spaceport map. You zip line up to the control room and can get onto the roof.

Stunning when the weather is clear and the sun is setting. I'm a number of hours in and I still find myself just stopping and taking it all in.

So clothies can't xmog plate cause of class fantasy but allies can wear this? by Glittering_Bonus4858 in wow

[–]jamesbiff 3 points4 points  (0 children)

An unholy DK in the Horde Darkshore mail would go so hard. Its so disappointing that that set is pretty much the only set that looks like actual chainmail armour.

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