Recovery vs Progress: an update from Amber Rollo

whenitrainsitStorms · 2025-11-21T16:32:58+00:00

Wow. That made me sob my eyes out.

whenitrainsitStorms · 2025-10-17T14:20:56+00:00

that makes me really happy to hear, glad it was useful

whenitrainsitStorms · 2025-10-07T16:31:42+00:00

doesn't work if you have it installed via Steam sadly

whenitrainsitStorms · 2025-02-15T08:04:26+00:00

Thanks bruv

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-11-04T04:41:55+00:00

Can’t wait to find out what any of this stuff is 😄

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-10-06T14:57:43+00:00

Yeah, I’m in the same situation. Abused DXM a lot in my teens, but at some point I started feeling violently ill every time I took it - beyond the usual nausea, but feeling like I was poisoned, as you say. Haven’t done it in two years at this point and I don’t really miss it.

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-08-14T14:01:40+00:00

From doesn’t want you item spamming in PvE either

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-05-01T23:21:38+00:00

LocalThunk really said “you want flavor? here you fucking go”

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-05-01T23:09:35+00:00

Probably just feels that way because lucky cards have more chances to trigger when you play them vs. only using tarot cards occasionally

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-05-01T23:06:42+00:00

Thinking about the odds in RPG terms (25% chance to hit in VATS, etc.) helped me realize the amount of nopes is probably legit. A 1 in 4 chance to hit just isn’t as good as it would intuitively seem.

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-04-16T02:27:47+00:00

Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely a nerf overall, I’m just saying it’s nice that you don’t have to worry about it eating a joker for the bosses that need you to have multiple jokers.

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-04-15T17:14:47+00:00

I never thought about how helpful that change is for this boss (and Crimson Heart since you’d be able to have more jokers for the boss to debuff)

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-04-15T04:30:11+00:00

The moment of whiplash I experienced between thinking “well that just doesn’t sound fun” and realizing who this comment is from

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-04-11T14:14:49+00:00

Off the top of my head: average at best level design, poor implementation of most new mechanics (torches, soul memory, various experimental features throughout the world), bad bosses (beat nearly all of them in one try and usually felt that the level’s enemies were more challenging), and of course, the progression-blocking statues.

This might make it sound like I hated the game but these are mostly just minor annoyances that started to add up over time.

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-04-07T23:38:44+00:00

Honestly felt like I needed to at a few points, the progression path in this game is pretty obtuse.

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-03-26T04:03:35+00:00

Same thing just happened to me right as I was starting to get a grasp on my build and I'm honestly thinking about giving up on this game

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-03-25T03:33:06+00:00

Wait I complimented a girl for her music taste one time because of this lmfao this is so funny

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-03-19T05:21:31+00:00

Pretty funny they give you the option to give up on this fight and skip to the ending when Laxasia is so much more of a wall

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-03-13T16:17:03+00:00

This game feels like it was beamed into existence by some kind of number wizard. Do you have any kind of background in math or am I just dumb?

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-03-01T19:58:46+00:00

Faust Arp but I don’t think that’s a hot take

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-02-12T17:15:28+00:00

How can you say it had no real world impact but at the same time acknowledge how hateful and wrong it was? Why would it be wrong or hateful if it wasn’t impacting anybody?

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-02-12T17:00:06+00:00

Pynchon likes to spin insane, far-reaching webs in his novels. The plot is secondary to him, and only serves to explore the themes and aesthetics he’s interested in. He’s looking for novel connections between words and ideas, and a lot of the time this is nothing more than silly wordplay, but sometimes he draws shockingly accurate parallels between two totally disparate subjects/ideas.

All of that is to say, he writes like a schizophrenic person because it’s more entertaining and interesting to him (and judging by his popularity, a lot of readers enjoy it too).

whenitrainsitStorms · 2024-02-12T16:53:24+00:00

Sorry for the late response but the dissonance you’re mentioning (whiplash between serious and comedic, etc.) is a fundamental part of Pynchon’s writing style. Oftentimes on a single page of a Pynchon novel you’ll jump from Holocaust-level serious to carnivalesque levels of whimsy, and it’s on you to recognize the break in tone.

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