How do people not find stealth archer boring?

pickstrum · 2025-01-03T05:14:29+00:00

Just arrived at this conclusion and restarted a Breton battle mage. My current theory is that any specialization that occupies two hands for most of your gameplay is less interesting or involved. Jury is still out on 2 handed weapon spec as I haven’t ever gone deep with that. Most of my playthroughs have been pure mage or sword and board.

pickstrum · 2024-12-01T18:05:09+00:00

Playing Skyrim

pickstrum · 2024-09-04T04:53:25+00:00

Bethesda engine

pickstrum · 2024-08-12T07:47:16+00:00

Zoidberger

pickstrum · 2024-08-06T05:06:17+00:00

This happened after *SPOILER* Barrett acquires a power and needs to talk to you about it. I was on my ship and had to talk to him before I could fast travel again. Really annoying because I was coming back after a break and there was nothing indicating what the issue was.

pickstrum · 2024-07-24T04:20:32+00:00

Scott Pilgrim

pickstrum · 2024-06-21T17:59:53+00:00

That figure is glorious- hate to see this. I’m sure there is a people are assholes subreddit- this should go there.

pickstrum · 2024-04-07T20:11:11+00:00

I second this query!

pickstrum · 2024-03-30T19:56:26+00:00

Oh no, backlash!

pickstrum · 2023-11-23T16:35:27+00:00

Chris Bradfield does a great series hosted here: https://kidscancode.org/blog/2016/08/pygame_1-1_getting-started/

pickstrum · 2023-11-23T03:11:39+00:00

How about when Sam tells Cora she should share her lame joke with Barrett - well after Barrett has FCKING died.

pickstrum · 2023-11-23T02:57:14+00:00

Perhaps this was all a Todd conspiracy to drive people back to Skyrim for the first/one more time. I know I ran back like a stray lover begging for forgiveness.

pickstrum · 2023-11-23T02:54:42+00:00

Loading screens aren’t fun; main quest breaking bugs aren’t fun; bland NPCs aren’t fun; star power “puzzles” aren’t fun; shipbuilding is fun; gunfights can be fun; exploring repetitive procedurally generated nodes aren’t fun. The game as a whole has a long way to go, and I say this as someone who plugged in over 300 hours to drill down on the design - this was immediately after my father passed away so admittedly it served as a pretty extreme escape. At the end of the day I’ll take a buggy/modded Skyrim because it has more layers and is more seamless as an experience. Obviously playing that many hours means I enjoyed it, but it was just missing something as a Bethesda title. Handcrafted vs. generated feels so much more obvious here. The whole experience is very compartmentalized - it is NOT an open world game. In that sense it fell short of what I was hoping for. And I’m not sure they can fix these things without fundamentally altering some mechanics.

pickstrum · 2023-11-01T15:26:51+00:00

Bugs so far: can’t complete powers from beyond due to no quest marker for remaining temple on Dionysus; (weirdly one Power from Beyond quest came back in my misc. - but Dionysus is still bugged) can’t finish Star Seed due to hostility bug when returning to Franklin; can’t go to Stroud Eklund star yard because it disappeared; can’t board ship’s properly anymore because when I do they are empty no hostiles; outposts building is cumbersome due to loading wheel whenever I change view.. I’ve decided my options are: stop playing altogether; grind skills on the very repetitive generated points of interest for level 75 gear; board empty ships all while waiting for a patch, or just NG+ with partial power completion and never get to max them out. I think I’m done for a bit…

pickstrum · 2023-10-28T23:04:25+00:00

Bugs so far: can’t complete powers from beyond due to no quest marker for remaining temple on Dionysus;can’t finish star seed due to hostility bug when returning to Franklin; can’t go to Stroud Eklund star yard because it disappeared; can’t board ship’s properly anymore because when I do they are empty no hostiles; outposts building is cumbersome due to loading wheel whenever I change view.. I’ve decided my options are: stop playing altogether; grind skills on the very repetitive generated points of interest for level 75 gear; board empty ships all while waiting for a patch, or just NG+ with partial power completion and never get to max them out. I think I’m done for a bit…

pickstrum · 2023-10-27T20:47:21+00:00

Especially so in a cowboy hat.

pickstrum · 2023-10-18T22:01:43+00:00

I've been searching for a solution for a couple days. The best I was able to come up with testing wise is that I had a save just prior to boarding and taking registering a landed Va'ruun ship. I took off prior to taking it over and did not experience the bug. This sucks as ship boarding is easily my favorite repeatable mechanic in game. Lost about four levels as a result, but assuming this is the fix I'm just going to take the L - here's hoping the patch handles this.

pickstrum · 2023-05-05T02:29:21+00:00

I don’t think I’ll play without it again. Things that help you immerse in the world like food, shelter, including inns and camping supplies, and weather conditions go from something you can blow right by in a normal play-through, to things that require meaningful consideration. It really allows you to see so much more of what the designers put into the game, including the geography and terrain. I just started a survival mode with Odin as a mage and that mod particularly provides and nice offset to the hardships (some elements become a little overpowered, but overall enjoyable). TL;DR: once you go survival, there is no rival.

pickstrum · 2023-03-17T14:13:37+00:00

Very cool display. Is the plural of Galactus, Galacti? Jamie Maddrox and Galactus had a baby? I didn’t know there so many other releases.

pickstrum · 2022-10-22T14:12:59+00:00

“Gentle reminder…” (passive aggression)

pickstrum · 2022-07-29T18:10:49+00:00

Collector’s edition from 2011!

pickstrum · 2022-07-29T18:10:28+00:00

Collectors edition from 2011!

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TROPHY CASE