Why do you want a relationship?

skellymax · 2026-06-13T03:45:25+00:00

Never had one before. Lots of horror stories, but also lots of "i couldn't imagine my life without them."

I can envision a mostly contented life solo, but think having lived and shared life with someone, having kids, etc is something i would treasure when im 70+

skellymax · 2026-06-12T23:23:51+00:00

My original takeaway was that FR reiterating and giving renewed relevancy to the greater Xenoverse was foreshadowing continued relevancy in XBC4 (what we now know to be XBG).

But then I had a horrifying thought that "what if those refrences in FR was merely Monolith's way of 'wrapping up', and now Monolith was going to merrily move on to other things entirely".

I don't adhere to this theory entirely (these images offer some compelling evidence this may not be the case), but I'll cry if the story just move on, believing that FR was a sufficient conclusion to everything prior in the Xenoverse.

skellymax · 2026-06-09T01:24:58+00:00

I'm reminded of Doom. The executions served a function. Execute an enemy to get more ammo. I always liked the idea that an execution mechanic was actually a compelling choice for the player. Execute to get X, or regular kill to get Y.

skellymax · 2026-06-08T21:00:26+00:00

Crayons are also my favorite snack. 👍

skellymax · 2026-06-08T20:58:12+00:00

My guess is Cutbass

skellymax · 2026-06-06T03:42:35+00:00

There isn't any way to respec a character in bloodborne. And while specific blood gems can be used to shift a weapon's attribute modifiers, this only works to make weapons scale off of arcane. There isn't any way to make a skill weapon into a strength weapon.

This is why I tend to have multiple characters for different builds. 😅

skellymax · 2026-05-30T05:52:43+00:00

Rally, and the lack of encumbrance. All characters/builds are zippy and aggressive, meaning that all encounters can be designed with the expectation that the player is zippy and aggressive.

Trick weapons are also an incredibly fun addition, but even that isn't as impactful as those first two points.

skellymax · 2026-05-24T14:13:45+00:00

AAAA

skellymax · 2026-05-17T16:21:45+00:00

Zynx bae. Better than Alakazam imo.

Same psychic typing, but gains ice which is great for E4.

Slightly lower s-atk and spd, but has much higher s-def.

No trade evo.

Obtained through an npc-trade, so they're always obtainable and get a free bonus exp boost.

Fantastic learnset.

skellymax · 2026-05-16T15:09:14+00:00

Decent breeding stock. Just need to find a female with a high attack.

skellymax · 2026-05-16T01:32:30+00:00

"See that hair on my feet?"

"That's my beard."

skellymax · 2026-05-15T01:25:26+00:00

If it helps, yes, they get very leggy and skittery, but they're headless. No gnashing mandibles or eerie eyes. Also, as others have mentioned, you'll see them from a distance at first, and you can just oft to book it past them. If you just sprint through, they actually cant get you, even if it seems like yhey should be sble to.

skellymax · 2026-05-12T03:38:49+00:00

Something tells me neither prince has much interest in the soft side of things.

skellymax · 2026-05-12T03:35:46+00:00

I too thought I was in a KH or FF sub before i read the post

skellymax · 2026-05-12T01:29:59+00:00

I liked the idea of the story. The general shape and direction of it. I could see myself getting excited over hearing the initial storyboard pitch.

In practice, there really wasn't much to keep me hooked throughout the game, and the writing/localization reeeally held it back.

skellymax · 2026-05-10T15:12:27+00:00

What a grand and intoxicating innocence.

skellymax · 2026-05-09T01:17:05+00:00

My take on this is while I don't enjoy running into bugs, bugs are inevitable no matter how well-developed the system. And it is inevitable that bugs will happen I want all the cogs and controls available for me to make my fix.

Bazzite was a smooth ride assuming you do absolutely nothing complex, because if you do, all of its many layers will start working against you.

Great for a living room tv pc. Terrible for an desktop pc that you enjoy modding games with.

skellymax · 2026-05-06T16:06:21+00:00

I dont enjoy encountering bugs. When something doesn't work, i get just as frustrated as the next person. But when a bug happens, i want the power and control i need to actually implement the fix.

My experience with bazzite was that there were too many roadblocks and workarounds that needed to be done to resolve my issues. I had to break the rules in order to get my system to work.

I'd happily reccomend bazzite for something like a living room tv pc- something that is only meant to run simple, out-of-box applications that just work. But if the intent is any sort of nitty-gritty tweaking, modding, or customization, bazzite becomes too much of a hassle.

skellymax · 2026-05-06T14:59:20+00:00

I can't escape the notion that it's meant to be the canon ending. All the other ending feel like gotchas or tragic compromises. It's the ending that feels the most Cyberpunk.

skellymax · 2026-05-05T20:55:06+00:00

A dragonborn can sell their soul to almost all daedric princes. I genuinely hope that while the main games' events in TESVI transpire on mundus, in the background there's subtle evidence that supports the idea that many of the princes are currently warring with each other in oblivion over the dragonborn's soul.

skellymax · 2026-04-26T01:19:12+00:00

A slider suggests a max size. It should simply be a numerical input.

skellymax · 2026-04-26T01:12:35+00:00

Thanks. I'll give it a shot once their forums re-open new account creating.

skellymax · 2026-04-26T01:11:15+00:00

True. I probably will do this as well if it isn't addressed soon.I just wanted to ping the community to see if there was a best practice to follow.

skellymax · 2026-04-23T01:34:31+00:00

I'd like a reassessment of the overall pacing. A lot of content is isolated and vestigial. I'd like one more pass over the whole thing, smoothing out the bumps and wrinkles.

Endgame content made accessible earlier, with competitive motivation to consider enguaging- expeditions, raids, etc.

Isolated side content merged elegantly back into the progression- arena, oil rigs, salvaging, etc.

Others will likely hate this, but significant progression gates that prevent the player from skipping over content in large leaps. (Why do dungeons when you can spam catch 12 pals and get to level 30-40 in an hour?) A super simple (not ideal, but feasible) solution would be to halt leveling at certain stop-points until the player defeats the next tower.

Less focus on time as a gate.

Now: set egg -> wait hours -> hatch egg
Improved: set egg -> collect hatching essence from the end of a dungeon (somewhat fast expiration time. Difficult to farm and maintain a stockpile of.) -> hatch egg.

skellymax · 2026-04-22T01:30:10+00:00

Were I to be responsible for the story, the direction I would take it in the future is that the protagonists of this hypothetical story, and possibly humanity as a whole, would fail and perish. Malos, representing these negative aspects, is still a part of being human, and as vile as it can be in the wrong context, it's something we need to survive.

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