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Thess vs Shadow's Reach
I keep getting up before my alarm goes off. It'd be more irritating if I didn't use it as "coffee and Forbidden West" time.
Right. Shadow's Reach doesn't look too daunting. So over I sneak.
...What is it with you jagoffs and slaves, hmm? How did we manage to still keep slavery? Blegh.
Right. And ... headshot ... headshot ... headshot ... two shots to the radar arrays on the Scroungers... Wait. That's it? Well. I guess I'll ... just ... find a way into the main base, then.
Hi, Yen. No, look, I get it, you want revenge - so would I, in your ... I guess those are shoes. But unlike everyone else I turn down for this, you've been starved and beaten and overworked and really, just ... no. You let me find a way in. That's enough.
Oh dear gods, will you shut up, Vezrah? ...Actually, no, your ranting is great cover for my stealthing around.
Headshot ... headshot... Eeeeeeeh ... I'll aim for the body on that one... Headshot ... and you have a Longleg in a pit and it's not doing anything. Fuckit; right to the concussion sac. BOOM.
Right. That was easy. Need to find a way in. Maybe through that door-- Oh. The rest of the prisoners. Okay, there's been data points that talked about a big bomb so please, please just listen to me when I say get the hell out of here. THANK you.
Right. This door now--
Oh. Wow. We get to listen to this one monologuing. Why can't I interrupt him with an arrow to the face when I have him monologuing?
I would much prefer start these things from stealth without him monologuing...
Fine! FINE I WILL DO MELEE COMBAT IF YOU MAKE ME! Ugh.
Right. Now you. Smoke bomb. Corner. Ooh, I seem to have aimed well for the face--
Oh you absolute shithead runningrunningrunningyaycutscene!
Well. There goes the story of you.
See, Yen? THIS is why I didn't want you to come with me. And look, if you want to help, maybe spread the story of how I helped you around Plainsong? I have a thing I need to talk to the Chorus about and every little helps.
Right. EXPLORATION.
Glinthawks! Proper ones! And I still have the knack of aiming for the belly and sending them down in a frozen shattered heap! WOO!
GREEN SHINY.
Right. I will go see what's down that bit of water...
Okay, maybe I won't just now. Maybe I'll grab the drone in Plainsong instead.
Ugh. I hate this blight shit...
Ooh, there's a Scrounger in there. Bye, Scrounger!
Right. Drone.
No, wait. Drone is supposed to stop.
Drone, WHY ARE YOU GOING SO FAST?!?
*Googles* Oh. Known bug. Greeeeeeeeeat. I'll go, save at a campfire, quit for the time being and try this later tonight. Hopefully the return to campfire will reset this shit like some people says it does and I won't have to do this ten or fifteen times.
Please Nixxes patch this bullshit soon anyway...
And now it's worktime. Yaaaaaay.
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I am currently in the midst of ConCrudegeddon (how much snot can one nose hold?!) otherwise I might have been able to brain a thing?
But a very slim thing and then some thanks to people and I will miss most because what are brains.
Colin and Rose are Smol! (This coming from someone 6ft tol and not smol, probably one of the 5% who can say that and not be sarcastic? :|a And hopefully not insulting!)
Colin made the Milah comment that made me Transcend! (The Lullaby!)
Ummmm... what else. Oh! Lana is so pretty wtf I adore her more. Bex apparently played Aunt Cordelia in the American Girl Samantha movie I adore her more. Apparently Karen also played Isabella in Gallivant I adore her even more. Jared would be Eugene Fitzherbert, and clarified with Flynn Rider for the plebians in the audience and there was a moment nerding out about video games in the autograph line I adore him even more now. (I walked back in on him describing a video game for Once and it made me think of WoW crossed with the show, and I would totally do even those escort quests.)
Thanks to @queen-mabs-revenge for being my OTP in one person (those costumes!) and also for being mabs. @thesschesthair for being a fellow tol and the commiseration that commenced! and for also being thess. @fraddit for having a calm facade even when she was internally flailing beyond the point of being able to even. (I want to be like that when I grow up. I tend to outwardly spaz.) @lillpon for letting me feel useful by letting me be her personal space heater. @theonceoverthinker for possibly outpunning me once or twice and holy crap those questions @captregina for being a comfy lap sitter and provider of wine and maker of pretty bracelets! @the-girl-in-the-band-tshirt for being an awesome seat neighbor when I had to keep climbing over you to get in and out because I have no chill (and for protecting me from the angel statues!). @freifraufischer for the box of dismembered corpses, the hair compliments (I’d felt weird about not touching up the green so thanks!), and calling me a pirate! @leiandcharles and @coaldustcanary for putting up with my flails, @brave-lassie and about five random people in the lobby (at about ten different times) for putting up with my Tangled flailing.
There’s also the Pool Guy, who let me tipsily watch him test the PH Balances, Housekeeping, the bartenders. The awesome cat ears on the con staff. The con staff.
Bitch shut up I didn’t forget you :P
@killianmesmalls for not only convincing me to go, but for helping me out and letting me sleep on her couch (and okay, your dog is an honorary cat) and then her along with the others being patient while I hobbled along on my old man cane (that I had been too stubborn to use for most of the con) and being fine with sit breaks and offering up the nsaids. And then the Millian flailing at the museum and letting me totally geek out at the American Girl store.
Like I said, I know I’ve forgotten to flail at a lot of people. And about a lot of different things. BUT THAT’S BECAUSE I GOT THE ONE THING I AM NOT GRATEFUL FOR AND THAT IS CON CRUD!!! (Oh, and also them not having my vid to show IT’S OKAY CREATION I HAVE THICK SKIN no I don’t)
Okay I’mma go lay down and watch things and turn off my brains...
AND THANKS TO YOU GUYS HERE FOR PUTTING ON MY RANDOM FLAILING!
(Seriously let me know if I forgot you, there’s a good chance I think I already have you here...)
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Free iPod Games and the Apple iPod
Apple iPods were guaranteed to be the greatest innovation in the songs sector. In some way, it did not disappoint the fans and more; it has actually added numerous capabilities to the iPod that made it popular to individuals worldwide.
Aside from playing various kinds of songs data (which includes MP3, WAV, AAC, MP3 VBR, AIFF), the Apple iPod can play and videotape video clip, can save data files, and also can download different totally free iPod games from the Internet.
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The iPodArcade Internet site
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The Real Score
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This gives power to the Apple iPod individual to make a game and also tempts them to sent it to Apple. Several of the free iPod video games offered at iPodArcade are created by Apple iPod users out of fun.
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Free iPod Games and the Apple iPod
Free iPod video games are offered in the Internet. Through the years, the number of Internet strikes on thesse sites using complimentary iPod video games for download, increased recommending that the appeal of the Apple iPod extend not just to music enthusiasts however for players.
Aside from playing numerous type of music files (that includes MP3, WAV, AAC, MP3 VBR, AIFF), the Apple iPod can play and tape video, can keep information files, and can download numerous totally free iPod video games from the Internet.
Apple iPods were assured to be the best advancement in the music market. In some way, it did not dissatisfy the fans and more; it has actually included different abilities to the iPod that made it well-known to individuals worldwide.
The iPodArcade Website
By the year 2005, the 2 developers of iPodArcade thought that the iPod world is lastly all set for the totally free iPod video games. They launched their development and iPodArcade.com was born.
The Internet site that provides totally free iPod video games is iPodArcade.com. It was developed in the year 1979 by 2 fantastic individuals who understood that a need for ipod video games looms and would quickly increase as time goes by.
You will hear all the smatterings and whisperings about iPodArcade site and the totally free iPod video games. All the fantastic totally free iPod video games that it uses.
After more than a year because its development, Apple iPod users of every age began speaking about the current site dealing with Apple iPod fans. This site specifically accommodated the more youthful generation. Kids of any age simply can not stop talking about iPodArcade.Com.
The Real Score
Since March 6, 2006, iPodArcade is starting their advancement of upgrading the iPodArcade style. The user interface would be tidied up, functions would be included, along with other enhancements.
This site using complimentary iPod video games supports the following iPod items: 3G Apple iPod, 4G Apple iPod, Apple iPod Mini, Apple iPod Nano, and Apple iPod Video.
Presently, note video games are likewise offered for download at iPodArcade. This selection of note video games is just possible for Apple iPods with the Notes function. These consists of the Apple iPod Mini, the Third and Fourth Generation Apple iPod, Apple iPod Photo, and the Apple iPod Video.
iPodArcade likewise use various kinds of iPod Games. You can pick from a range of alternatives that consists of method, memory video games, trivia, and even jokes.
Another program that can let you produce your own complimentary iPod video games is iPodSofts iStory Creator. Utilizing iStory Creator, no coding experience is required. You can produce any type of note video game from tests to experience story video games.
The very best feature of the iPod Notes function is that it lets Apple iPod users have a function to let you develop Note Games. Apple even has an iPod Note Reader User Guide in PDF file that will provide you details relating to the iPod notes.
This enables to the Apple iPod user to make a video game and attracts them to sent it to Apple. A few of the complimentary iPod video games offered at iPodArcade are developed by Apple iPod users out of enjoyable.
A web website such as iPodArcade.com can deal with the majority of requirement of the iPod players. It is a one-stop storage for all popular iPod Games. All of these iPod video games are entirely complimentary, no concealed charges and are easily offered for download.
Formerly, iPodArchive terminated their assistance to Podzilla, another source for totally free iPod video games. Numerous of the Apple iPod users of today have more recent iPods and requires to download the newest totally free iPod video games.
The saved music on your iPod may be lost so be sure to have a back-up when re-installing Apples iPod Operating System.
Apple iPod users can eliminate the set up Podzilla from their iPod by utilizing Apples Firmware Restore Utility. This would re-install Apples iPod Operating System. Re-installing this would get rid of Podzilla and make the Apple iPod work as if it was recently purchased.
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RELATIONSHIPS: LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES?
February 12, 2014 at 1:10pm
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR LOVE WEEK! It is concerning relationships. Relationships are important to us all. We all have or have had relationships. For many it is a sour subject, but once in a relationship, especially if it led to marriage, it can be very hard getting out. I wish I had the answer for you, but in many cases, I don't. All I can say is if you are in an abusive relationship! GET OUT NOW! RUN TO THE HILLS! DON'T EVER THINK YOU CAN CHANGE AN ABUSER! If you are abused once, believe me, you are prone to be abused again and again and again.
Every one of us have a deep need for relationships (friend, family, and personal). WE NEED LOVE! We all want good relations, some of us LOSE them. Like the doctor says, preventative medicine is the best way to go. Take care of yourself before MAJOR things can happen. If you are in a bad relationship, TRY TO MAKE IT WORK! If it can't be worked out, then get out!
Some of you are married, some of us single, some divorced, some distraught and unhappy, some are very delighted and satisfied. some are searching! But relationships go far beyond intimate companionship. They include family, friends, co-workers, even enemies! Yes, WE MUST LOVE OUR ENEMIES! Nobody said, you have to commune with them! The fact is: We can’t escape the reality of relationships-
LOVE WEEK PRESENTATION~WOMEN, THE FOLLOWING IS A LISTING OF MEN YOU SHOULD N=E=V=E=R MARRY!
My advice stands: for those in relationships and for those who are looking for personal/romantic relationship: DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS THAN GOD'S BEST! Too many Christian women today have ended up with an Ishmael because [impatience pushed them into an unhappy marriage]. Please take my fatherly/pastoral advice: You are much better off single than with the wrong guy! God knows, I wouldn't want any of my 3 daughters to end up with somebody that is not good! I know it's rough, especially for Church girls. I have seen it growing up in my daddy's churches. The girls have a shortage of good men to date and marry! But, many of them sell themselves short and end up with just anybody, especially to satisfy a sexual need temporarily, but it cause pain for a lifetime. May I say though, if the mistakes have already been made, it is not too late to seek proper counseling and move toward reconciliation. But, you and I know that that is a difficult task and many times, IT DOES NOT WORK! Christ doesn't promote divorce, but he allows it is case where it is impossible to work it out! I remember hearing the late Bishop F. D. Washington say in a mess in Atlanta, Ga, he had a couple he married from his church that ended up in his recommending divorce for the young lady, because it turned out, her husband had NEVER TOUCHED HER in a year, because he loved men! SAD!
Sometimes, Church girls get themselves into a problem, because they are looking in the wrong places for love. I had one to tell me that I was too nice, she wanted someone who was wild and loved to party--she got her wish and paid for it dearly! SAD! Many have ended up with the wrong guy!
Speaking of “wrong guys,” here are the top 10 men you should avoid when looking for a husband: AVOID THESE DUDES!!!
1. The unbeliever. 2 Corinthians 6:14 says, “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” (NASB). This is not an outdated religious rule. It is the Word of God for you today and very good advice.
Don’t allow a man’s charm, looks or financial success (or his willingness to go to church with you) push you to compromise what you know is right. “Missionary dating” is never a wise strategy. I have seen guys come and shake the altar and after they get what they want, then comes the ABUSE, etc. If the guy is not a born-again Christian, scratch him off your list. He’s not right for you. Every women I have known throughout the years have regretted marrying someone who was an unbeliever.
2. The liar. If you discover that the man you are dating has lied to you about his past or that he’s always covering his tracks to hide his secrets from you, run for the nearest exit. Marriage must be built on a foundation of trust. If he can’t be truthful, break up now before he bamboozles you with an even bigger deception.
3. The playboy. I wish I could say that if you meet a nice guy at church, you can assume he’s living in sexual purity. SOME OF THE WORST "BOOGERS" YOU CAN FIND ARE "IN THE CHURCH"! LOOKOUT! I'm preaching now! But that’s not the case today. I’ve heard horror stories about single guys who serve on the worship team on Sunday (preachers too), but act like Casanovas during the week. If you marry a guy who was sleeping around before your wedding, you can [BE SURE] that "booger" will be sleeping around after your wedding.
4. The deadbeat. There are many solid Christian men who experienced marital failure years ago. Since their divorce, they have experienced the Holy Spirit’s restoration, and now they want to remarry. Second marriages can be very happy. But if you find out that the man you are dating hasn’t been caring for his children from a previous marriage, you have just exposed a fatal flaw. Any man who will not pay for his past mistakes or support children from a previous marriage is not going to treat you responsibly either. READ THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL!
5. The addict. Churchgoing men who have addictions to alcohol or drugs have learned to hide their problems—but you don’t want to wait until your honeymoon to find out that he’s a boozer. NEVER marry a man who refuses to get help for his addiction. Insist that he get professional help and [WALK AWAY]. And don’t get into a codependent relationship in which he claims he needs you to stay sober. You can’t fix him. YOU CAN'T FIX HIM!!! I was a Substance Abuse Counselor at Marion Correctional Institution--I KNOW!
6. The bum. I have seen females who realized after she married her boyfriend that he had no plans to find steady work. He had devised a great strategy: He stayed home all day and played video games while his professional wife worked and paid all the bills. The apostle Paul told the Thessalonians, “If anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either” (2 Thess. 3:10). The same rule applies here: If a man is not willing to work, he doesn’t deserve to marry you. HEAR ME!!!
7. The narcissist. I sincerely hope you can find a guy who is handsome. But be careful: If your boyfriend spends six hours a day at the gym and regularly posts closeups of his biceps on Facebook, you have a problem. Do not fall for a self-absorbed guy. He might be cute, but a man who is infatuated with his appearance and his own needs will never be able to love you sacrificially, like Christ loves the church (Eph. 5:25). The man who is always looking at himself in the mirror will never notice you.
8. The abuser. Men with abusive tendencies can’t control their anger when it boils over. If the guy you are dating has a tendency to fly off the handle, either at you or others, don’t be tempted to rationalize his behavior. HE HAS A PROBLEM, and if you marry him you will suffer his abuse EVERYDAY! Angry men hurt women—verbally and sometimes physically. Find a man who is gentle.
9. The man-child. Call me old-fashioned, but I’m suspicious of a guy who still lives with his parents at age 35. If his mother is still doing his cooking, cleaning and ironing at that age, you can be sure he’s stuck in an emotional time warp. You are asking for trouble if you think you can be a wife to a guy who hasn’t grown up. Back away and, as a friend, encourage him to find a mentor who can help him mature.
10. The control freak. Some Christian guys today believe marriage is about male superiority. They may quote Scripture and sound super-spiritual, but behind the façade of husbandly authority is deep insecurity and pride that can morph into spiritual abuse. SPIRITUAL ABUSE! First Peter 3:7 commands husbands to treat their wives as equals. If the man you are dating talks down to you, makes demeaning comments about women or seems to squelch your spiritual gifts, back away now. He is on a power trip. Women who marry religious control freaks often end up in a nightmare of depression. DON'T END UP IN DEEP DEPRESSION BECAUSE OF OPPRESSION!
If you are a woman of God, don’t sell your spiritual birthright by marrying a guy who doesn’t deserve you. Your smartest decision in life is to wait for a man who is sold out to Jesus. SOLD OUT TO JESUS! message by Solid Rock Ministry Network: COGIC and Rev. Dr. Hugh Anderson, II, Mdiv.,Dmin.
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Thess vs the Proving Lab
Welp. That happened.
And here we are - what's left of HADES. I mean, I'm surprised there's anything left of HADES at all, honestly. But I guess Sylens doesn't have so much a concept of mercy.
HADES, you are a shitheel. I mean, the Derangement and the Mysterious Signal probably contributed to that, but I don't think getting mucked with by Travis Tate et al helped all that much.
So ... wait ... Sylens, are you seriously telling me you left HADES alive (insomuch as an AI is alive) specifically so you could keep your word way back when you said you'd give me the means to destroy it? ...Well, if I'm running around settlements that look like Dreamer's Terrace, I guess it's fitting that I've got Fae-wording bargains coming from this dipshit.
And now you give me a schematic to let me ignite firegleam. Only when it suits you. Ugh, fine, I'll go hunt Leaplashers. (I hate Leaplashers.)
Best way to deal with Leaplashers - from the next post code over.
"Story and Easy Mode: you do not have to shoot off the power cores--" Can I ... do it anyway?
Right. Firegleam ignited. In we go!
So ... there was no mechanic for just ... letting me swim there? Really?
We're really hammering home the parallels between Sobek and Aloy, aren't we. Also ... why can I not punch Travis Tate in the face? I mean, really, I want to punch him in his face.
.........Well, this wasn't what I was expecting the "We still have dozens of hours of gameplay to give you so we'll contrive a problem" to be, but I'll take it. This game really enjoys kicking one in the metaphorical balls.
Sylens ... these are unknown quantities trying to come through the door, and you're not tellng me nearly enough, but I've done enough reading to know that the little you say you know? Is complete bullshit.
Yeah, see? Though now I'm almost regretting having crunched that particular Focus because I want a very good, very solid, "I TOLD YOU SO" right now.
(Also, if she was carrying around a spare Focus - or several, given what she told Varl at the beginning - why did she not do that six months ago? Or even when she discovered what he did to HADES? She knew Sylens had spyware! If she wanted to keep getting answers from him, she shouldn't have destroyed the spyware-filled Focus; she should have shoved it in a belt pouch and used a different one - at least until she wanted to pry answers out of Sylens again.)
...What the fuck are you people wearing? Did you get all your ideas on future fashion from Star Trek: TOS? That's tacky as fuck, guys.
Except you, Mini-Me. ...I have a Mini-Me. Great. And someone really needs to give you some actual shoes. Your feet must be cold.
(Yes, I notice this shit.)
Okay, these are not the machines I know, and ... yeah, I read a review at some point that talked about the "new machines" and how disappointing their designs were, and ... I get what they mean now. Robots should not ooze.
"One is trouble enough". Oooooh, Sylens, I wish I'd left you eavesdropping. Just because of how much you fucking hate being wrong.
Oh, so your horrible blingy jumpsuit has a forcefield on it. So this is going to be the most annoying fight ever.
...I get Aloy wanted information, but why was there no option to just jump in the damn water and swim?!? Why did she have to play some demented version of Tag to crash an entire ... whatever that fucking thing was when it wasn't even going to hurt him?!?
So jumping puzzle plus oxygen management plus stealth out the ass. This has been the most annoying fucking thing ever and I hate it. Good thing I'm way better at stealth.
...Crippling by Cutscene. THANKS FOR THAT.
Ah. Hi, Varl. Guess you're feeling better. I personally feel like shit. But I'm going to Do The Thing anyway--
Okay, that's fucking clever. The Utaru name their settlements for music because they remembered the old "do-re-mi" scale-singing from their ancestors' Cradle teachings, and let it live on in the name of their "land-gods". And this is the first civilisation that actually acknowledges what the machines were supposed to do. Everyone else treats them as a hazard at best; the Utaru worked in concert with them. So ... basically it's the Utaru that have it right. Neat.
Yeah, go be with your girlfriend, Varl. I will stay put, I promise. If only because a) the cutscene wants me to and b) I don't want to be that much of a hypocrite given everything I've said to you and Erend over the last little while. Also, c) someone ought to have a romance option that isn't one throwaway bit in the DLC.
(YES I KIND OF WANT TO ROMANCE EREND SHUT UP.)
Aaaaaaaand my ribs are better. And little green exclamation mark. Hi, Xenophobe Lady.
...Aloy? Why could you not just explain to the Xenophobe Lady what a 'thrush' is?!? Maybe she'd stop being such a bitch!
Right. I know there's all this saving-the-world stuff (though I have to admit I'm a lot less jazzed about that when I'm fighting Futuristic Techno-Gods or whatever), but I'm going to take a break and then I am going to go and ignite every bit of Firegleam I have passed so far. It has been taunting me.
(No, seriously, Futuristic Techno-Gods who bring all of the mindsets of the Old World with them? I don't want this. I am in this game for seeing how civilisations might shape themselves outside of the influence of the Old Gods - this is speculative fiction at its finest! And now you're giving me Futuristic Techno-Gods who are, in point of fact, generations old? And where were they all this time?)
(...They were in space, weren't they. IF THIS GAME SENDS ME TO SPACE I AM GOING TO THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW. METAPHORICALLY.)
Right. Yes. Break. Then, Firegleam and hunting. I ... am weirdly less jazzed about this game now that we're bringing the Old World this far into it. There's still enough for me to love, but none of it's the main plot. It's getting space-opera convoluted here - more clones, advanced technology, people treating the civilisations that formed without APOLLO as lesser--
...Wait. If we have APOLLO and DEMETER and HADES and HEPHAESTUS ... why do we have MINERVA? Every single one of the subordinate functions, and even the rogue AI Nemesis, were named for Greek gods, so why didn't they go with ATHENA?
Anyway, we're going into a vaguely colonialist direction far beyond shit like the Carja being stuck-up about everything and I am not sure I like it. Also I want to punch Sylens in the face for effectively arming the rebel Tenakth. What does he gain from destabilising the region? More to the point, what do these Techno-God dipshits gain from it? They have to be helping with that shit somehow.
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Thess vs Do-Overs
Y'know, I wasn't going to liveblog my current BG3 playthrough. I figured it was redundant and unnecessary, because I've been through this with the same character already. Well, mostly the same character - I sacrificed Steam achievements for a modded game and am running Alisaie as an aasimar properly.
Thing is, even after years of poking at it in early access and a couple of experimental playthroughs, and one that got me at least midway through Act 3 ... I still underestimate how much fucking game there is. I did most of the same things, but ... just the tiniest differences in approach or timing or quest order change things SO. FUCKING. MUCH, so it's actually kind of worth it after all.
I mean, also I may be looking at having an owlbear cub join my camp, for once. The order I went about that was a little weird too. Plus there's the whole thing where I'm bringing Karlach with me more. And also ... one more thing.
I know a lot of the people who follow my Tumblr who play BG3 also played the Dragon Age games. Now, the Dragon Age games are simpler than BG3 in a lot of ways, and because of that, it's easier to stack a party to maintain specific approval ratings for companions. And, I mean, it's not strictly cheating. Like, if you knew damn well that you were going to deal with the Carta and probably do something illegal as a result, you are not in-game likely to take Aveline, or you're going to want to bring Blackwall when you're going to support Grey Wardens. But in Baldur's Gate 3 ... well, this game is huge, and there are so many chances for companion approval and disapproval, and it's hard to remember them all. And sure, you can bring the party that you like best, or whose overall party balance works best for you, but in times when it's mostly just talking...
Summary: I found a comprehensive companion approval guide for Baldur's Gate 3. Just in case anybody wants one.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a few things to write. I have to say, practice apparently does make perfect because I managed to get through the first section of this game and into the Underdark surprisingly quickly.
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Thess vs The Patch/Hotfix Cycle
So ... okay, much as I love Larian, and how much they've grown and developed as a studio between Divinity: Original Sin 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 ... does anyone else feel like we're still somehow in early access, just because of the Patch/Hotfix Cycle?
It's like ... they do a patch. And these patches are huge, with big quality of life improvements, and that's great and everything? But the more they tinker with the code, the more chance you're going to have of coming out with a game-breaking bug somewhere along the line. Patch 6 in particular, with all of its significant QOL changes, somehow brushed up against a change in ... *checks* ah, yeah, Patch 5 ... and completely broke the game for some of us in the process.
See, there's a condition that you can pick up - "Enemy of Justice". It's supposed to be for killing a guard or something. I'm assuming some kind of criminal activity. Thing is, even if you're not doing any criming, you can pick this status up - specifically if you want to try to recruit Minthara on a good playthrough. Because if you kill anything before you knock her unconscious (including, apparently, the 5hp Scrying Eye which'll get you everybody's attention if you're not careful, and the low hp goblins everywhere), whoever struck the knockout blow gets Enemy of Justice. Which I guess makes sense. You assaulted her and killed her guards. She's going to take issue with that, and probably know that you're not as devoted to the Absolute as you pretended to be early on. (Though why anyone should believe her at that point, no idea.)
The problem is ... apparently Enemy of Justice doesn't discriminate. If you killed any kind of guard, anywhere, and left a witness ... everyone will be after you. Look, I first found this out because Lady Esther over in the Rosymorn Monastery literally attacked me on sight. She doesn't know jack from shit about the whole Absolute cultist bullshit, and probably doesn't care because it's not her assignment. So she has no valid reason to attack me. However, Enemy of Justice says that I am Public Enemy Number One for ... killing minions of the big bad, okay. And somehow everyone in Faerun knows this.
And I mean that literally, as some people have gone into Act 2 and found that everyone in the entire zone wants them dead. The Harpers at the Last Light Inn and the Absolutists at Moonrise Towers will both auto-aggro if you've got the bug that sticks that fucking Enemy of Justice to you. It's a pain in the arse, and basically makes the game unplayable. I mean, the worst part is, this only seems to really come into force when you come out of the Underdark and into what's ostensibly Act 2-adjacent content, so you go through the Underdark thinking all's cool and then boom! Just ... everyone hates you. Apparently it all goes away when you kill a certain Big Bad at the end of Act 2, but ... I mean, how do you get to that point if everyone wants to kill you?
So ... yeah, sometimes it feels like we're still in early access, because we're still seeing such massive patches that, just because of how much the code's being tinkered with, is an open invitation for more game-breaking bugs. I do love Larian trying to polish the game to make it the best game it possibly can be. But ... I mean, I would like to be able to play it at some point. And I can't do that if I'm stuck just a bit before the Grym fight, unable to continue because if I'm going to kill Lady Esther (and make no mistake - I am going to kill Lady Esther), I want Lae'zel approval for it. Which I don't get if she just runs at me screaming.
Larian ... please. Make it actually playable, and then stop trying to polish it. Let it be finished. It's a great game. Stop breaking it trying to make it somehow better. We can't play it when you do this.
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Thess vs Devs' Intentions
I read an article yesterday (I think it was GameRant) about a whole bunch of stuff that was cut out of Baldur's Gate 3 before official release. I don't remember all of them, but that's probably because they weren't very important to me one way or the other. However, there were a few that, for better or for worse, caught my attention. And ... well, I'm me. Before I start liveblogging the ridiculous cuteness that is the start of the Shadowheart romance (because whatever multiverse she lives in, Alisaie apparently goes for the dark-haired, mostly-serious, adorkable-when-allowing-herself-to-be-vulnerable godly ones), I wanted to talk about a few of them.
Exhaustion Mechanic: Oh dear sweet fucking gods, I'm glad they scrapped that one. Apparently that whole bit where the companions remark how tired they are is a holdover from that, but it used to come with a decrease to stats, just like the exhaustion mechanic in the PHB. Except ... I'm not sure they could have implemented that without it being ridiculously punishing. Encumberance is bad enough; don't hit my stats because I want to keep playing without taking a long rest, okay?
More Crafting Than Just Potions: Apparently at one point they were looking at allowing people to make and enchant their own weapons and armour. This is why you tend to find gems and metal ingots all over the place. While I'm a little sad about the lack of a crafting mechanic, I can see why they left it out - having a herbalism kit in the TTRPG version is one thing, but carrying around a fucking forge is something else again. And at least now I know this, so I can actually sell off the stupid metal ingots (except the infernal iron, obviously) because I don't actually need them.
Minsc: Apparently he should have been introduced earlier in the game, with a much more comprehensive character arc. I'm not sure why they went with the "rushed in Act 3" introduction to him in party, mostly because I haven't got that far yet, but I would imagine it has something to do with party management.
The Entire Upper Level of Baldur's Gate: Apparently there's an entire section of Baldur's Gate the city that was just ... excised from the game. Maybe they didn't have enough time to finish it, or maybe it just made the game too unwieldy, but apparently data mining indicates that there were a few things tied to the upper city that ... well, were really, really important to varoius characters' endgame states. So if you're dissatisfied with some characters' endings? It's probably to do with that. (And I won't go any further because spoilers.)
The Dark Urge: Now, here's the one I look at and really think, "Larian learned some lessons from Divinity: Original Sin 2" as regards player agency and going too far on the grimdark. Because apparently? Originally, the only way you could have an original character was to take the Dark Urge. There was no Tav / Dark Urge divide; if you wanted your own character instead of playing one of the origin characters? You were stuck with the Dark Urge, whether you wanted it or not. Now, don't get me wrong; if someone wants to play that, more power to them. Just, from what I've read about it, it does involve a certain loss of agency dependent on your stats. If you have to resist that Dark Urge, you're going to need saving throws, and if that's your dump stat because you wanted to play a strength-based character, that's just ... yeah. I don't mind the option being there; it's interesting on the conceptual level. I just wouldn't want that to be my only option. So I'm glad that Larian pried themselves out of Grimdark Valley long enough to go, "Okay, some people might not want to spend all their time fighting blind murderfrenzy just to play a good character", and make a separate, non-Dark Urge Tav. I also figure it has something to do with the issues in Divinity: Original Sin 2 where you'd want to take a specific course of action only to have one of your companions slaughter the quest objective before you could talk to them. (Still never forgiving them for that.)
So ... yeah, some things I'm really glad they stripped out. Others I wonder why? And some, while I enjoy them as mechanics (look, I am a crafting fiend, okay?), I can accept that they wouldn't have added much. I guess I wonder the thought processes that were going on in dev meetings where they came to those conclusions. I imagine the Dark Urge thing and the exhaustion mechanic thing both got, "Look, we can't stick them with this; they will riot", but ... what happened to that whole section of Baldur's Gate?
Maybe I've been dealing with too much bullshit from various AAA game companies*, but if they sell that shit as DLC I am going to set something on fire.
* - YES I AM LOOKING AT YOU, BIOWARE, WITH YOUR SELLING OFF THE ACTUAL ENDING AND/OR KEY ELEMENTS REQUIRED TO UNDERSTAND THE NEXT GAME IN THE SERIES AS DLC. I AM NOT FORGIVING YOU FOR LEGACY, AND I AM CERTAINLY NOT FORGIVING YOU FOR TRESPASSER. DLC IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN ADDED EXTRAS, LIKE SOLDIER'S PEAK! YOU USED TO UNDERSTAND THIS, EVEN IF YOU DID STICK A FUCKING AD FOR IT IN CAMP.
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Thess vs the Video Game Awards
I obviously didn't exactly stay up to watch this, but I just read an article (before I start the workday) giving the overview.
Armoured Core 6 ... I mean, I wouldn't know but it's on the wishlist and I see @true0neutral playing it a lot, so I assume it's good?
Game of the Year ... I had a feeling it'd go to Baldur's Gate 3, but with a Zelda game and a Spider-Man game out, I wondered if it wouldn't go to a franchise that's ...not even better-known, I guess, but with more recent entries to the franchise? It's been a long time since Baldur's Gate 2, after all, and we're talking Zelda and Spider-Man here. I guess the D&D Renaissance beats out the Superhero Renaissance - and also BG3 is a pretty massive leap forward for the RPG genre just by how much choices really do matter in that game.
But the one that really got me interested was Best VA. Because I am me. Anyway. Neil Newbon. Yes. There are a lot of great VAs out there, but anyone who can channel two hundred years of pain and all the other emotional states that can go with it (depending on where you took your Astarion, I guess) ... yeah, he nailed it from what I could see. I mean, I always knew why he was a little shit. And Newbon plays a very convincing little shit. But he also plays a very convincing abuse survivor, however his story ends up. The fact that I can have a complicated relationship with the character is what makes me very, very glad that he's the one who won that. Many were deserving, both in BG3 specifically and probably in games in general, but he went above and beyond.
(Plus it amuses me that I've probably seen him in British soap operas. Like so many other British voice actors, honestly.)
Right. Back to the overtime. AAAAAAAA.
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Thess vs Pronouns
Leaving off from the liveblogging for a minute ... let's talk ... gods, I don't even want to call them 'gamers'. I guess Gamers (TM) does well enough. Or TEH GAMERS, I dunno. Something suitably sarcastic about those who make gaming and toxic masculinity their entire personality.
So Baldur's Gate 3 comes out of early access and onto general release and TEH GAMERS start freaking out about the character creation menu. Why? Because pronouns - and how you can choose the genitalia of your character separate from said pronouns and overall gender presentation. Most of them are tearing their hair out about party members flirting with your character whatever gender you're playing and "feeling like they're forced to sex up men" and not understanding how just plain optional all that shit is. But there's still a certain air of, "Hey, at least we've got Starfield coming! Starfield won't go woke on us! Todd gets us! It'll be okay!"
And then Starfield also lets you choose your pronouns separate from gender presentation. And the freak-out redoubles. They bitch moan whine about how "Bethesda's gone WOOOOOOOKE!" and how it's disgusting and why would they do that and blah.
I'm just trying to figure out why the option offends and scares them so much.
Like ... you don't want your character to bone a guy? Just ... have your character say they're not interested. It's fine. Never comes up again.
As to the pronouns ... well, I mean ... just ... match pronouns to gender presentation, and then never think about it again, maybe? If you're getting wildly, hair-tearingly offended by the character creation screen, over one little option that need never be considered again...
I mean, it's ludicrous, honestly, the mental gymnastics they do. Like, someone said, "Well, they need to know the pronouns. What are NPCs going to call you?" and the response was, "...Our name?" Now, I don't know if Starfield sticks you with a generic character name. But in games where they don't stick you with a character name, say like Baldur's Gate 3 ... how the fuck much coding and voice acting would it take to include every single name that has ever been, especially those that people just made up because that collection of syllables sounds good, and implement it in dialogue? And even then, we don't use people's names at all times when we're talking about them. Like, Hawke is Hawke. So when NPCs and companions refer to Hawke, that's the name they use. But there's a reason that DA2 never refers to Hawke by their first name, despite being able to choose it at character creation - not even their family! You get "Brother" or "Sister", Gamlen sticks with, "That troublemaker of yours", and Leandra sticks with pet names. Either way, whether your character has a standardised name or not (like "Hawke" or "Shepard", or a title like "Warden", "Inquisitor", or "Pathfinder"), eventually you're going to get to a point where NPCs need to use a pronoun because no one uses someone's name repeatedly in conversation when a pronoun exists. And TEH GAMERS would just freak out if people used "they/them" for their precious character. Because "MORE WOKENESS", when that's literally all we have to refer to someone whose gender is unknown or uncertain.
Plus it's the hypocrisy that gets to me. For decades I've been hearing these people be all snotty about those of us who are tired of playing YAGWD in every single damn game, and long for character creation screens. They're all, "Well, playing it is optional" and "ARTISTIC VISION" and all of that.
Well, TEH GAMERS? Playing these games is optional for you too. If having more options in character creation than you are personally unwilling to use upsets you so fucking much? Maybe this game isn't for you. I don't pretend that games studios, AAA or not, are actual friends and allies. But they're seeing where the money is and going for our cash instead of yours. They don't need your cash. If you think the gaming industry is dying by becoming more inclusive? Then do what you always tell us to do when we're begging for scraps of representation - either tolerate the way the gaming space is now, or leave it.
You want to play a MANLY MAN? Then go ahead! That option still exists too! But please for the love of fuck shut up about pronouns. EVERYTHING HAS PRONOUNS. Gendered beings have gendered pronouns, so your MANLY MAN has fucking pronouns, okay? Most of us would say your pronouns are "he/him" but I personally think your pronouns are "ass/hole". Now take a breath, put on your big boy undergarments, and either put up with there being options that aren't there for you, or leave. There's the door.
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Thess vs Controllers
Dear game developers:
I would like to flag up with the increasingly problematic issue of PC ports. Or rather, you being somewhat shit at them.
Now, please understand. I am not giving console players shit here. I think that “console gamer vs PC gamer” bullshit is ... well, just that; bullshit. People have ways they prefer to play. It’s just that a lot of people who play video games (or at least those of them who make playing video games a shorthand for their personality) have taken so much shit that they need to feel superior somewhere, and that’s the hill they’ve chosen to die on. Now, I don’t like that part of it very much, for one simple reason:
I CANNOT USE A CONSOLE.
Now, part of this is about money. I mean, given the economic mess we’re living in, fair enough. I have a perfectly good PC; why should I spend that much money on another method of playing games? Especially ones that won’t let me have chat from friends or an episode of something on the second monitor. I love my Gilmore, as I loved Morrigan, Leandra, Frankenbox, all the way down to Crudpuppy twenty or so years ago. Why would I want or need anything else?
Thing is ... it’s not just about money. If it was, I would have worked around it, because I really want to play Horizon: Forbidden West and Guerilla is notoriously slow at PC ports for those games. Still, if it means as good a PC port as Horizon: Zero Dawn was, I’ll happily wait. Because that’s the other reason why I cannot use a console instead of will not:
I. AM. FUCKING. DISABLED.
Console controllers are heavier than they were when I was younger. Rumble packs and so many buttons and thumb-sticks and I don’t even know half the time. They are heavy, and they require a certain two-hand grip to hold. Because I have fibromyalgia, I cannot maintain that two-handed grip for long, especially when I am having to hold something that weighs much of anything. I’d probably struggle with the old lightweight NES controllers that came with my first and only console (yes, I am that old). The new ones? Not a chance in hell.
You know what this also means? It means that, if you throw out a PC port and say you ‘recommend’ using a controller because you haven’t really bothered working out a K&M configuration that works to any great degree, I cannot play it. Because it’s not the console itself; it’s that I physically cannot use the controller.
Do you know how many games I picked up the demos to and had to uninstall without touching because they recommended a controller and I tried to use keyboard and mouse anyway and it was a fucking nightmare? I own a copy of CODE VEIN thanks to my bestie and I can’t play it because BANDAI NAMCO fucked up the PC port to the point where no matter what you do with your keybinds, you need to use right-shift for one particular element of combat. Which is ridiculous because the whole point of console gaming that combat-heavy is left hand on keyboard (mostly for WASD) and right hand for mouse, and how the fuck are you supposed to take your hands off either of those to press right-shift mid-combat? Left hand? Even if it didn’t take your hands of the movement keys in the middle of combat, it’s not just right-shift you’re pressing; it’s right-shift plus a thing on the left side of the keyboard. Right hand? It’s left mouse key to attack; taking your hands off the mouse mid combat is just as bad as the alternative.
I know some games are built for controllers. I mean, I don’t like it, but if you want to lose the PC market, that’s your business. I can respect a company saying, “We tried a PC port for this but could not get it right so it’s console only”. (It’s better than being trapped in console exclusivity by Sony or Microsoft wanting money, anyway.) However, what I do not have any time for are games that throw half-assed PC ports at people and go, “Well, it’s fine if you use a controller”. Some of us can’t. So ignoring the K&M option on your PC port is garbage.
Please do better, or stop teasing people like me and then torturing us with a janky, unintuitive nonsense of a PC port where the keyboard and mouse are concerned. Or at least think for five seconds before you hard-lock an entirely unintuitive keybind.
Regards,
A disabled PC gamer who just had to uninstall the Lost In Play demo because fuck that noise, frankly
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Thess vs Older Titles
So here we have one of the big problems with this “Always Online” bullshit.
Some games I own, I own in two places. Because Reasons, mostly, I think. One of them is Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. And one of the things about that one is that all the DLC you get with specific editions can only be accessed when you’re logged into your EA account.
Amalur’s one of the ones I reinstalled on Steam, but apparently it has a tendency to bork out before it even hits the title screen on Steam. Does it on the EA app too, but ironically, that’s easier to deal with - you just run the Repair function and you’re fine. (Or rather, it was; today that fix is not working.)
Then I ran into the other problem of “Okay, it won’t log me into my EA account”.
First thought was “Did I misremember my password?” It’s possible; there’s a lot of autofill on passwords nowadays. So I changed my EA password and ... still no.
Did some Googling. Turns out that in May this year, EA shut down the server that services Amalur. Which means the base game is playable, but I don’t know whether we still get the DLC. I mean, if we have to be logged in for it, I don’t see how we can.
So there it is - I know there are other examples of this, but this is supposed to be a full-on single-player game with no actual need to be linked to Being Online, but they did it to validate DLC, and now they can’t validate DLC anymore because the servers shut down. So everyone who’s starting a new game at this stage loses their DLC, which includes entire zones, I might add, as well as some gear I really liked. Fine, it’s an eleven-year-old game, but ... people play those. *gestures emphatically at Dragon Age*
(I’d be gesturing emphatically at Mass Effect too but the LE kind of made that superfluous.)
Not that it matters when the damn game really does not like Win10 and now I can’t get it to load no matter what I do. I guess I’ll just have to find something else to play. I struggle to decide which game to play, and get my wheel spoked at the outset with tech incompatibility and the problems inherent in lack of physical ownership of product. I mean, I’m trying really hard not to be “Old Man Yells At Cloud” here, but I look at my computer, which didn’t come with a disc drive because that was apparently a more expensive option somehow, and I look at this shit, and I go, “...Honestly, doesn’t anyone miss games where you just owned the disc and you played?” I can see console players being smug but given the online store and subscription services run by the biggies, we’re not far from losing disc drives on consoles either.
There’s a lot I could say about how precarious an existence it is these days. We own less and less, and there’s a security in ownership. There’s knowing that no one can take this away from you on a whim. But most people can’t afford to actually own a home, so they’re beholden to landlords who could play silly buggers with the terms of the lease at more or less any time. Job security doesn’t exist for most people, particularly given “at-will employment”. And as for things like entertainment...
Side bar: If Netflix wasn’t being such a stingy bitch about cancelling programmes before they’re due residuals, I’d probably be more or less okay with the renting of that particular service because I remember a time before all this when we couldn’t afford a VCR or cable TV so we were at the mercy of the networks a lot. And even with cable, it was just more channels where someone else controlled your programming entirely. They do have to consolidate server space somewhere - I just wish they’d do it more with older movies instead of original programming, and that it really was space consolidation instead of screwing the writers and actors and so on out of hard-earned residuals.
For things like video games, though? I mean, come on. How many of us are sitting on games we’ll play eventually but haven’t got around to yet? It’s absolute shit when we do get around to those, only to find out that no, apparently the publisher decided that it’s not profitable for them to run the game that we specifically paid for anymore. It’s one thing when it’s a MMO; it’s another when it’s a single-player game that didn’t have to be online that you paid full price for but suddenly can’t play because the publisher said so. I can live with the technology no longer being compatible because age - it annoys me, but I get it. But they didn’t have to make it need to be online. Yeah, I know, digital rights management, anti-piracy action, blah; it never works anyway and I have a whole other rant about piracy that I don’t really want to go into right now. I just want to be able to own what I bought.
Right. I’ll stop bitching and go find something else to play.
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Thess vs Quasi-Necessities
So even after the holidays, I still had a significant amount of overtime 'windfall', for lack of a better term - it was only as large as it was because that back pay from August and September hit my account at the same time. Anyway, before I dumped it into savings, I decided to have a think about whether there was anything really big that I needed, that it was better to get now with the after-Christmas sales and everything instead of waiting. I thought about cookware and the like, but none of that seemed urgent enough. I mean, my kitchen is still tiny, and that won't change for awhile, so I'm not as fired up to get more Kitchen Stuff as I could be.
Then I hit upon a Facebook memory and realised that Gilmore, my beloved PC, is five years old. I've been using the requirements for running the Silent Hill 2 remake as a guideline for what I need to be running, and while my CPU just about still stands up (i5), my graphics card is running way, way behind (NVIDIA GTX 1060). Probably not doing me any favours with Baldur's Gate 3 either. Now, obviously I can't afford anything top of the line - that's running up to £1k and that just eats everything. But I could afford a GeForce RTX 3060, which is a significant upgrade and will be arriving on Saturday.
So ... cue the mild to moderate anxiety as I install a new graphics card for the first time in years. It's been awhile. I'll probably have to upgrade the whole machine soon (well, soonish), but this'll do for now. Looking at the Baldur's Gate 3 specs, my current card is somewhere between the minimum specs and the recommended specs, and is closer to the minimum, so that may explain the few issues I've had with it lately. So the mild to moderate anxiety will be worth it.
Thing is, I tend not to notice that kind of thing overmuch just because I mostly play indie games or games that are over a decade old (or both) and I think BG3 is the only game I have that's really graphics-intensive from the standard of the 2020s. So I guess it's not a necessity, exactly, but seriously, that graphics card wasn't exactly top of the line five years ago. It was probably time. But obviously I still have a bit of sticker shock over the whole thing, to go along with the mild to moderate "putting new things in my computer" anxiety. I mean, I know I can afford it without any problem whatsoever, and I know I can install a fucking graphics card without melting anything, but I still have the anxiety. My brain is awful.
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Thess vs Main Story Quests
I will happily take on Thunderjaws. I will ... somewhat regretfully take on Rockbreakers, Rollerbacks, and Shellsnappers (only because they're annoying little fucks). I will pick off entire camps of machine-riding rebels with great glee.
...But I'm fucking terrified of trying to dive down an elevator shaft for a fucking air compressor. Because I will have to do a speedy because of lack of oxygen, and I am not good at doing a speedy.
But ... if I do this I won't have to worry about running out of oxygen when swimming ever again. So ... I should get this over with, right?
Right.
Bleeeeeeeeh.
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Thess vs the Sons of Prometheus
Had to leave off last night because the migraine was too bad to start in on the hyperfocus. Feeling somewhat better today, so I figured to just get a few side quests going.
Right. Runda's Rollerback salvage. And then maybe I'll go do Handa's stuff because it feels unfair. Granted, Runda really needed help whereas Handa's just ... erm ... Handa, but y'know. Fairness in all things? I guess?
Oh. Except if I'm really being fair, I should probably check on that rebel camp the delvers have been on about.
This is ... actually useful. Show myself juuuuuuuuuust enough to lead people out of camp, and then shoot them when they're out in the open. I am such an ambush predator.
Only problem is knowing exactly how much or how little is "showing myself juuuuuuuuuuuuuust enough" because now I'm in melee. Oh, fuck you, rebel shithead.
...I ... do not know how I did that thing where I rammed Aloy's knee into her attacker's face but I doubt I will be able to repeat it. No matter how much I want to. This is part of why fighting games will never be my thing. Well, that and the fibro.
And we're in the camp and ... where is everybody else? Oh. Right. I lured them all outside and killed them.
...Oooooooh, so this is how they're overriding machines. I mean, respect to them for figuring out that whole deal of pulling remote override cores out of Corrupters and then trapping machines with the intent of performing surgery on them, but still, yeesh. Also they can't be doing very well at this if there are this many machine corpses lying around.
Welp. No more of you. Stabby-stabby.
Okay. So. Where is everybody else?
Ah. There's like three of them behind this wall. How do I get in?
Oh. Okay. Gate.
And you ... and you ... aaaaaaaand you. Sorry, Son of Prometheus sniper; I am a waaaaaay better sniper than you. Now. Let's have a look.
Focus that I need to deal with back at base. Right. Okay. I had to go back there for a couple of bits and pieces of quest anyway. I guess this is important enough to drag me back there fairly soon.
Also ... can I just pretend in my head that the Oseram going along with this were just caught by the possibilities of the tech, and aren't blatantly evil? I usually like the Oseram.
...Well, there was Ulvund. Like I said; usually.
.........Maybe if I tell Erend about this, he can crack some Oseram heads and tell them to stop being shitheads. That'd be nice.
Anyway. Rollerback salvage. If I actually have to kill a Rollerback for this, I'm going to be pissed.
Oh. Okay. So it's just picking salvage out of a field and--
OFUCKSHELLSNAPPER DODGEROLLDODGEROLLDODGEROLL!
Right. So much for you, you subterranean pain in my ass. Now. ROLLERBACK. SALVAGE. Plus some extra Shellsnapper bits.
Oooh. Shiny close-range bow. This will be useful when I've upgraded it a little more. I should put together a shopping list.
(Honestly I'm really glad that whatever arbitrary time limit I've been given to get main quest shit done isn't really worth beans. I'd hate to think I doomed the world because I was trying to help an Oseram lady win an armour contest and upgrade my gear Because Reasons.)
Okay. I should head in a Handa-ward direction, but again I'm going for campfires and ... oh. Ruins. I should check those.
If there's a metal flower in there I am going to scream and punch things.
Nope. Just Firegleam. Now ... how am I doing this?
Huh. We're playing with water physics today, are we? Okay. A-swimming we will go.
Y'know, I didn't even look at what symbols this stupid holo-whatever was giving off. I have ceased to care. I am soggy and I would like out of the water hole, please.
(Why can't we go tell Drakka that, hey, if they want to go south a ways, there's a whole flooded ruin that might be a source of potable water while they wait for the Wound to fill up again? This feels like a waste.)
Right. More campfires and ... okay, that Thunderjaw looks upset. Oh, look, Oseram are baiting it again. Lemme see what I can do about this.
STOP. MOVING. NO. STOP. YOU ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF MY SHOT-- uhoh.
SO glad I'm getting better at dodge-rolling. Smoke-bomb, dodge-roll, INTO the bush I go.
Okay. There. That's dealt with. Oseram, STOP BAITING THE THUNDERJAWS. YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR DEPTH.
What's all this now? Oh. Rebels. It's dark, I'm stealthy, and you're all doomed. Bye, rebels!
Ooh. Spikesnout. I can always use bits from them.
Okay. Just going to collect this shelter, because shelters are awesome and it's the best place to pause for the day. Though I should consider going back to Base later to drop shit off, and also to a settlement to dump some vendor trash.
Also I need to see if I can upgrade anything-- Huh. One upgrade on the shiny purple short-range bow. What do I need for upgrade 2? Ah. Greenshine cluster. I have fragments and slivers a-plenty, but no clusters. Lemme check my map.
Okay, new order of proceedings. Stop game, have food, see how much time I have before D&D, and then possibly go hunt up that greenshine cluster up in the mountains to the east.
I have more to-do lists for my video games than I do for my Being A Motherfucking Adult sometimes and it's weird. Ah well. At least it's more fun. And takes up fewer spoons.
On that note, food.
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