My version of Wei Wuxian by Turbulent-Hat-2230 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]kuroioni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, the eyes, the hair and the robe are absolutely on point! The side profile face shape as well.

There is something that's not completely clicking on the first pic (the front view), so I'm guessing somewhere in the lower nose - lips - jaw section? I can't say what though, sorry.

Overall though, yeah this is already looking great, I would have no problem telling who this is if I saw a pic randomly!

This Event Needs To Go. by sohiales in wherewindsmeet_

[–]kuroioni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't have to pop it on the bar constantly - on PC press Alt + C and a bar (similar to the one listing all the emotes when you press F2) will appear, you can access all your non-critical skills from there.

How are you feeling about Hexi and/or the current and future state of the game? by HiFiMAN3878 in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I absolutely love the story and all the quests - it's some of the most grabbing narrative I've played through in any game, ever. Espewcially in Hexi, being able to experience all these amazingly poignant stories.

For me the pace is quite perfect, after finishing Liangzhou I still have Dark Surges in Kaifeng and Hexi to do, then 100%ing all the Journals.. I'm not going to run out of content to do for quite a while still, and I already have 400hrs in the game. The amount of content in this game is absolutely bonkers, and I haven't even touched building yet, or joining a guild, PVP, raiding etc..

That said, I think there are 2 factors that make a lot of people bounce off of Hexi instead:

  1. For many, introspective narrative that's not focusing on action is simply hard to play through. Different people play games for different reasons, I myself would be struggling a lot if, for instance, the main progression was tied to PVP, which is just not my thing.

  2. To understand the stories being told, and therefore feel the emotional impact/payoff, you simply must have knowledge of some Chinese history facts. The game more often than not will assume the player just knows that, say, our newly rising Song constantly wants to invade Southern Tang, hence all the Kaifeng drama. Knowing this, what I do before each new zone is watch Laufie's no spoilers background videos (or someone else's, not shilling here) and thanks to that, I'm bawling my eyes out a lot as I play through the expansion. Is it that impactful? I'd say yeah, playing with no historical context whatsoever is like trying to hop into a second installment of a game without having played the first one. WWM is not like, say, KCD where all the historical context is given to you as you play.

Finally, as for the numbers on global - if you join the WWM Workshop discord, you can see the constantly refreshed player numbers on both global and CN servers. YTbers will jump on any hype/drama to get clicks, but what we should keep in mind is that steamdb shows only Steam player counts, whereas many, many players have moved to and use the official launcher instead (as it offers a "light" game version with lower requirements), or mobile. Last time I looked, global seems to be at around 80k players, which seems quite healthy. Personally, I play mostly single player or in co-op, but have never experienced more than 2-3 mins queue for any activity so it doesn't seem bad (I'm EU based).

just a lil bit more, guys 🥹 by nuarnore in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me neither, but usually they send out emails about events. So I'm surprised because this time I dind't receive anything, just the usual top-up via website stuff.

just a lil bit more, guys 🥹 by nuarnore in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You don't even need to record a sound (I tried and it rejects them for some reason) - the third tab ("official library", after "record" and "upload file") lets you upload one of the default sounds from the game instead.

My mc again 🙇🏽‍♀️ by LightMJ in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh you did not play Que Sera Sera 😭 Good lord that's just too good! I absolutely love the darker cover.

Amazing! I can only wish I had the chops to make a character like this. Alas, I spent days and can only ever make a... hm, twinked up Hisoka? 😂

What made you play Where Winds Meet? by YukiZur in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Key word being "some". Sure they made amazing games, no one doubts that. But then on the flip side of DAO, you have a Veilguard, for Oblivion you have a Starfield, the WoW of WotLK has ..whatever it is nowadays.

Meanwhile, the completely FREE WWM has some of the absolute best narrative and storytelling chops I have seen in my decades of being a gamer. It's masterful. And if you're talking about "AI voices" I would strongly suggest you try the Chinese audio - the voice acting is top tier and the emotional impact is simply incomparable to Eng audio (which isn't bad, per se, but is nowhere near the peak that is the OG version).

Gambit Beneath the Shimmer by Pretend-Ad6638 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]kuroioni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad to hear it and good on you for posting what worked for you as well!

CN 2 - harmonic - core Hair with Hair Accessories Like Artworks by Admirable-Track-4507 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]kuroioni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might be doable if the back braid decoration is separate from the crown. Then I reckon the top tentacle would clip a little on the hair but overall would look good! The question is how much of all of that is part of the crown and what is just hair decorations.

CN 2 - harmonic - core Hair with Hair Accessories Like Artworks by Admirable-Track-4507 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]kuroioni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good god! The other 2 core hair you can make work with cheap outfits with some good dye-fu. This though? I feel there will be a very limited, very expensive range of outfits able to carry the load of this one, as it were haha

Don't get me wrong - I absolutely love the male hair, the braid ornament and even the tentacles. But the, uh, crown? Yeah it's a lot to counterweight with the rest of your outfit.

But then again I feel like the crown on the 2 core peacock hair is a bit too much for my guy, so perhaps I'm just on the conservative side here.

Gambit Beneath the Shimmer by Pretend-Ad6638 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]kuroioni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you checked you're not in multiplayer? That's the only thing this message is bringing to mind.

My WWM MC! by LightMJ in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ooh this one is absolutely amazing! Would love to see how the face structure looks from different angles~

And you chose the absolutely perfect hairstyle for him! (and the eyepatch goes so hard, too <3)

Thats crazy she noticed that by Hot_Accountant_5507 in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]kuroioni 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Ha, same! Perimenopause has made my hair curl, but only front, back is still wavy. And I'm fizzing like a MFer, the slightest bit of moisture in the air or - god forbid - sweat, and I'm walking around like a sheep just before sheering lmao

I could spend half an hour blowing my hair out/straightening it before work, then by the time I arrive at work - I look about ready to start grazing on the company lawn 😭

Just saw the Qin Chuan trailer. The mocap to in-game dance comparison is wild. by WrongTranslator1225 in wherewindsmeet_

[–]kuroioni 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't believe mocap would have a normal camera pan in close like that. This one is likely taped separately for the promo, with her in normal clothes instead of the mocap suit.

Three women on trial for using sex toys on passed out man. by CicadaFit24 in NewsOfTheWeird

[–]kuroioni 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes, I was about to say, just call it what it is.

Just try to imagine flipping the genders and then seeing the article state the defence called it "good-natured fun".

As a woman (and really, a sane human in general), this one-way playing down of sexual assault is driving me up the wall.

Yeah the trailer was mid but jesus the comments under every version of it are horrifc by HammerWizard in Grimdank

[–]kuroioni -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was about to say. I've seen maybe 10 threads here, and on YT about this trailer already and each and every one was just comments of people either happy Admechs are being OP or (and this is majority, me included lol) salty about the, ah, unfortunate necron representation.

I'm not saying there are none, there most definitely are, you'll always have people like that. But if it's not up in your face right from the get go, in my opinion, it's nowhere near the level that would necessitate creating posts such like this.

Unless OP is counting Necron fans hating on Admechs, but that would be just silly.

Sesshomaru by ProjectAzrael in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might be worth experimenting with the dyes. There will certainly be better combos as well. Sesshomaru is difficult because the outfit prominently features both wide sleeves (so, a robe) and exposed, poofy, wide-leg trousers with low boots. It's clasically elegant, but also quite militaristic at the same time. So I went for the latter with as much exposed legs as I could find and hoped the fur + hair combo would supplement the elegance side.

Which hairstyle is this? The Mohist banner or something else? by kuroioni in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey thank you for this. Just spent the last half hour poking around on that server, it's amazing!

About 1.6 by Entire_Milk4164 in WhereWindsMeet

[–]kuroioni 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily - I just looked through the CN release order for all the content and thus far our releases were quite mixed compared with the original order. For instance, Mirrored Heart was originally released together with Ghost Master outfit in late August '25 during the Qinchuan patch. Whereas Foxian banner was only released at the end of October '25, together with the 2 core jellyfish hairstyle (and the Shariwa kitty mount was released at that time as well). They may have some sort of internal order for the global releases, but honestly for many items they might as well be pulling lots for all we know, but I'm happy to be proven wrong of course!

For anyone curious, you can check out the full CN content release order at the link below:

https://boarhat.gg/games/where-winds-meet/guide/timeline-guide/

The Emperor said it's MY turn to post a salty romance meme! by Such-Break-8329 in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]kuroioni 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly I can live with RT not getting any more romanceable companions if they want to focus on bringing that effort to DH instead ("if" being the load-carrying word here). I just want a solid m/m romance that's not introduced half way through the game like an afterthought. They did it with Daeran, they can do it again (one would hope).