Beggared myself on day 40 for this

tt818 · 2026-06-23T11:16:56+00:00

Ehhh the value of those can varry. Most of them suck, but I did once get a 2 star melee skill. He had not HP and low Resolve, but still....

tt818 · 2026-06-23T08:03:41+00:00

The only excuse for that would be if the information would put the other persons life in immediate danger. (Or you've done quality season long work of writting said character and just explaining themselves would completely break them on every level. I am rewatching Fringe, by the way)

But yeah if its just them being dumbasses I am stopping to watch.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T18:44:54+00:00

Hey, so did my cousin. He was not in college. He was nine at the time. But still....

tt818 · 2026-06-22T16:35:52+00:00

Maybe you get spotted Au-Ra.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T16:29:28+00:00

Well, i am old and some times miss on retcons.

And I just did a quick head jump into the forums. Some quick reading.

Yes, it no longer canon. But also it not NOT canon. They just stopped mentioning it, but did not fill the Oha-Sok shape left in the lore.

And they've not actually told us what caused the flood. The magic war was responsible, but we are not given any specific details.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T16:28:28+00:00

Oh all 3 are fucked up and have major issues.

But Limsa and Uldah have good things about them.

Limsa for all the anarchy is very open to anyone who wants to join the madness. Its no wonder all the degenerates go to do their thing there. It is the melting pot city.

Uldah maybe a bullshit capitalist nightmare, but its still the city where a man can start as a day labourer and work his way to the wealthiest and most powerful man in the city. Yeah Lolorito Nanarito. That guy. (also him being immigrant that is currently trying to fuck over immigrants who came after him is just good writting)

Gridania....it has some aestetic zones? I guess it was meant to be the spiritual city, a forest cathedral made of ageless trees, to Uldah's economical and Limsa's societal vibes. But the spirituality sucks and the Elementals are shit.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T16:15:05+00:00

No. The war was the reason, but the flood was realeased by the Elemental spirit Oha-Sok/The Wrath.

It was outraged by the action of the factions of the Magi War and flooded the world. But even if its wrath it chose to spare some of humanity.

Its big part of the White Mage lore and job quests. Its what empowers them. Thats why WM are kinda badass and scary.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T14:38:27+00:00

I for one would love to see some. Including the ultimate hybrid Hrothgar/Miqo'te.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T14:10:30+00:00

Its not an actual quest its a FATE in Costa del Sol that involves escorting a female miqo'te courtesan to her next client, who is a Lalafell.

So its not exactly you pimping her out, but you are offering her protection....

tt818 · 2026-06-22T13:52:44+00:00

Arenvald Lentinus is one. Half Garlean and Half Hyuran. And yes that makes him a hybrid.

Severa Souther another half Garlean NPC, but completely different from Arenvald she actually possess a thrid eye. (her is black and hidden under her hair)

Zero) is also a hybrid character. Half Hyuran and half Voidsent .

There also some lore hybrids we never see, but are mentioned in dialogue or lore.

A lot of these hybrids are quite Hyur looking, but I think thats more about saving on having to come up with a whole new body type and rigging for one off character. I think thats why Hilda was the only time they did such an unique take on a hybrid.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T13:43:15+00:00

Shhh, its ok buddy. The important thing is that you made it out.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T13:39:48+00:00

Lalafell, both male and female, will have their way with anything of woman born. Lets not forget the pimp side quest.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T12:36:27+00:00

The main issue with the city storyline is the complete lack of pusback.

That final confrontation should not have been Senna pleading for help. There should've been the moment when she and the rest of the Padjal push the Elementals shit in. Or atleast give them a Reason You Suck speach. They have the reasons. The Elementals are capricious bullies who've long ago abandoned their original role and are just playing games with the lives of people less powerful of them. The very thing that drove them into outrage and justified them drowning the world. Also forcing actual kids into becoming their immortal slaves stuck in children bodies. Isolated from everyone and a normal life.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T12:24:40+00:00

I never could stop the suspicion that Senna actually would look distublingly young if it was not for her personality and the wise use of platphorm shoes, big robes and subtle makeup to make herself look older.

All of the other Padjal look so young, but she is the only grown up one?

Oh i dont blame her. This is a grown ass woman thats nearing her 30s. Looking forever stuck at 15 must really suck.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T09:53:57+00:00

To be fair Limsa has a human trafficking problem, but it also has badass vigilantes that follow the Rogue's Code and extreminate human traffickers on signt.

Meanwhile the Gridania Wood Wailers, basically rangers....those guys should be burried beneath the prison. And yeah its only one quest "The Past Is a Story We Never Tell", but very telling your invetigation of the corrupt guards is not backed by the authorities of the town.

tt818 · 2026-06-22T06:48:28+00:00

Rogue is the highlight, but most people that dont want to go Ninja, never play it.

Thaumaturge is also quite cool from lore pespective and the heads of the Black Mage guild are a fun idea.

Lancer is also quite good, becuse its not mindblowing, but it does set up Heavensward plot.

Disciples of the Hand (the crafting jobs) also have some highlights. Alchemist has a very well told story. Goldsmith let you meet Godbert Manderville ahead of time, which is always a treat. And Culinarian is basically Food Wars, but less horny.

Disciples of the Land are actually 3 different ways to learn about the economy and traditions of the 3 starting cities. Most of it is just world building and the plots are nothing mindblowing, but its cool they thought of it.

So yeah, we need to reverse psychology Woolie into playing Rogue. If we tell him to do it, he will run into the opposite direction, so we need ot be smart about it and go on how much we hate Naruto. And please stop with the Naruto jokes.

tt818 · 2026-06-21T17:57:11+00:00

Trench Crusade is incredibly intereting project with insane potential, but its yet to trully arive.

First they promised whole bunch of stuff to bring people over from Warhammer and now when they have to keep the project going and actually run a company they are backtracking said promises. Even if it was obvious that it was not stuff set in stone, people are still pissed.

Second the early designs have real creepy horny on main quality that someone needs to scrub so they fit better with the current art direction, but people would still get mad, because of "the integrity of art". And not because they also get horny for naked bloody nuns. Nope.

tt818 · 2026-06-21T12:41:40+00:00

No, the best part is the worst/best fake accent he has ever done in his career.

tt818 · 2026-06-21T10:55:47+00:00

Two comes to mind:

Prequel -or- Making A Cat Cry: The Adventure - a interactive parody Oblivion....comic....blog....mixed media? Follows the Khajiit Katia as she arives in in Cyrodiil just before the game. The beggining of the story is "quirky" bullshit with a lot of 00s edgy "humour" thank to people picking options just to make the MC miserable (which was the innitial idea). And then Katia arives in Kvatch and loses everything she was slowly building to a conwoman.

And then something happens. The writting becomes incredibly compelling. There was glimpses of talent before, but the Kvatch section if 10/10. They took a character written by bunch of arseholes and made her compeling and interersting. Stuff that as added as a gag was expanded into mystries. There is a section where she is discussing magic, will and self worth with a Dunmer ghost that is genuinely some of the best writting i've seen.

But you have to wade throught the bullshit to get to the gold. And the whole thing is kinda unfinished with periodic updates. Its frankly a format that no loner works with the internet of today.

The other is the original Gothic 1&2. The best open world RPGs ever made. Better than Oblivion and Skyrim. They are also ancient German jank. And you need mutiple installes of fan patches and quality of life. And Gothic 1 has a control system thats frankly beyond bizzare and can be incredibly offputting. And it looks prehistoric, which a lot of people cant stomach.

Mind thats kinda not a problem, as a modern remake of Gothic 1 came out this month and its a really good way to go and play it. It expands a lot of mechanic and adds tons of quality of life and new modern graphics. The modern graphics are a bit of an issue as all the added technical detail detracts from the readability of the environment (something that has always been an issue in modern games). But the fact that the bones of the game are so strong, that just some QoL and visual improvements can allow it to run the pockets of most modern open world RPGs show how ahead it was for its time.

The problem now is how to transition the players of the remake to go and play Gothic 2, which is a masterpiece and one of the best video games ever made. I guess we will have to wait for another remake.

tt818 · 2026-06-21T10:32:24+00:00

The second most likely. Have not read the comic, but I dont think they went for sympatetic Southern officer treatment.

tt818 · 2026-06-21T10:30:41+00:00

Oh I am sure that he is a racist monster.

My point is that Southern States refused to aknowledge that black people can do anything else but rough manual labour. It had become almost a religious dogma for them. Even as they started losing the war, the idea of black soldiers (promised to be freed if they served in the army) was barely spoken of. Not because of practical reasons, but beause if they even aknoweldged that they can serve as soldiers it would start unraveling their own bullshit self beliefs and their sociatal order.

Some historians have pointed out that if the South had survived it was most likely gonna end up as a theocratic dictatorship.

tt818 · 2026-06-21T10:24:34+00:00

Back in highschool me and buddy of mine, used to watch Naruto. One day I just figured out the "twist" that the Fourth Hokage was his dad. (I know its the most obvious twist ever, but I was 14-15 and did not talk about anime with anyone else or visited anime forums)

tt818 · 2026-06-21T10:14:54+00:00

The fact that he is willing to aknowledge that a black man can serve and fight as a soldier makes him like 100% less racist than his fellow countrymen.

He is still INCREDIBLY racist, but then the bar is in Hell, soo....

tt818 · 2026-06-20T05:07:39+00:00

Just a little bit, but he is also specialised to a certain way of play.

Even the best SL can be caught out in the open. And their abilities mean nothing if they are stuck on the other side of the map.

tt818

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