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red13n posted...

Name of the addon was AVR btw. I'm sure it stood for something.

But it was nowhere near as good as weak auras is these days.

that's super sad. when did weakaura cross the line to get to this point? was it sometime during BFA?

5tarscream posted...

I bite my nails daily where's my option?

2+ weeks ago

Peace___Frog posted...

Yeah he wasn't back there for me. Oh well!

he didn't appear for me, and i just warped away and back and tried it again after defeating the area's boss, and he was there

also, at the start just focus on getting your hp and stamina up (mostly hp) when leveling. especially early on, the damage scaling from stats is not significant. just make sure they're are at the minimum required for your weapon

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

IMO the biggest tip if you're struggling on tougher enemies is to use the ash summons. They draw aggro and confuse enemies while letting you get hits in, and unlike player summons they don't increase enemy stats. It's great to know if I am ever struggling with a boss I can say fuck it and summon three wolves.

absolutely, this too. you just can't use them on world minibosses (can you use them on world bosses?)

i also recommend learning the new stagger system

i was confused for a while because this is very clearly dark souls combat, but they took away the default 'kick' move, which was always the solution to shielded enemies

you're pretty much just supposed to slam into enemies to break their poise/get that free front critical/"backstab to the face" if you can't just rotate around and stab them in the butt normally

i believe charged up r2 attacks do more poise/stagger damage, and if you block an attack and immediately hit r2, you get a "free" fast one. took me way to long to understand this was an option. you don't even need a shield

i've even found larger enemies to be easier to stagger than in previous titles for whatever reason, you just have to chug a lot of r2s/damage in general at them

Mobilezoid posted...

I've been having fun exploring the open world, but so far I've mostly been avoiding battles, caves, and bosses. I'm afraid my lack of skill at Souls games will eventually keep me from really doing anything more.

everyone i know who started with the twin swords has had a similar experience. and you're supposed to feel bad at the game at first

first of all, just get over it. if it is taking forever for you to level, you have nothing to lose by slamming into a miniboss (boss?) over and over. pick one that's close to a bonfire and have at it

separately, if you're not confident i recommend you equip a half-decent shield. your play experience will instantly get better. they're stupidly powerful in this game and great for learning new encounters. I end up unequipping them for challenging boss fights (i'm spending attempts learning their moveset anyway), but for everything else shields are so, so good. even for initial attempts on bosses, they help me catch my breath while observing what the boss's moves even do

i remember back in wrath when they intentionally broke the addon that was drawing on the floor where you were supposed to stand. it sounds like they need to do something like that with over-the-top WA functionality

they should make the switch during a content drought at the end of an expansion, hand in hand with like a 20% nerf (or whatever is appropriate) to current raids that the playerbase overgears anyway. this will ease players through that transition

the whole situation is 100% a player/community issue. players get mad and call the game casual if professionals clear mythic in the first week. The only way to prevent that is to make the fights so ball-bustingly hard that even savants with insane skill (and in this case, ridiculous addons as well) can't do it. And then players will get mad about that when it's their turn to hit that wall and want every advantage they can get, even if it's unpleasant.

What the thing the vocal playerbase seems to ignore is that if you're not part of the psychotic (or professional, whatever term) retinue of world first contenders, you have control over how much pain you put yourself through.

the nice thing about MMOs is that content is self-nerfing via gear. If you take away the most powerful addons, mid- and low-tier tryhards will still progress a few weeks after the pros

idk if it's changed, but back in legion you could clear mythic raids within two months with DBM and a chill guild, no crazy grind required

DeepsPraw posted...

I'll say after about 8 hours, the 10/10s do seem slightly overblown. It's good, and there have been some things that surprised me, but nothing truly paradigm-shifting or revolutionary yet so far. Seems like a regular open world game with a Dark Souls coat of paint. I'll reserve judgment until I've played more.

it depends on what warrants a 10/10. the game is excellent, and i would struggle to say something bad about it. i think that's what a 10/10 means unless you're measuring scores in decimals

however, my spidey-sense is telling me that the collective unconscious is probably going to turn on the game in a few months, just because that's the pattern of simultaneously great and hyped games. "i was told it was a 10, and it was only a 9.5!!! i was tricked! i'm giving this trash a 6/10!"

if nothing 9.5 or higher comes out the rest of the year it will probably be safe

Yeah, the metaverse is primarily being marketed towards non gamer moms that love bitmojis

Who knows, it might work out for them!

When did mythic start getting bad?

Ah man. I've discovered the new humanity mechanic. It's very significant

At least multiplayer isn't locked behind it, although I've been finding bosses easier in single player

LeonhartFour posted...

yeah but they'll never make a Steam Deck 3

Call me when the steam deck 4 is available for purchase, nerds

red13n posted...

I don't know that raiding has really gotten better.

tbh, i was comparing to other mmos, so wow raiding didn't have to get better to beat the rest!

i'm still interested in what you're saying and my experience is a bit out of date. i haven't gone super tryhard in a while, but have rather enjoyed normal/heroic modes for the final few years i played

i assume you're talking specifically about mythic difficulty- when do you think the decline first started? i still enjoyed normal/heroic as of nathria

Xiahou Shake posted...

No, this essentially just means that as new, unseen chunks of the game are entering the equation for the first time, you may experience a hitch in performance, akin to the kind you see when a game is autosaving.

thanks. my specs are pretty close to the "recommended" ones so i'm keeping my fingers crossed. maybe if i carve out enough space on my SSD that will help

BetrayedTangy posted...

If you're playing on Xbox you can switch your console to New Zealand and play digital versions now

yeah, for whatever reason the console release is set to tonight midnight local time, while the PC release is about an hour from now

russia should have tried not being complete garbage, then ukraine wouldn't have wanted to join nato in the first place

Xiahou Shake posted...

PC does much better on the actual frame rate, as expected, but is marred by the shader compilation and asset streaming stutter issues we've seen throughout this generation on sloppily programmed DX12 games

can someone explain this part to me? does this mean lowering shadow graphic settings fixes the issue?

does "asset streaming" equate to object/texture "popup"?

The coolest looking thing about botw has to be the wacky physics, so i hope that's what you mean

It's going to be weird having a less tightly designed overworld, but it was really only ds1 that excelled in that regard. Assuming they have large, well designed linear hotspots and dungeons I don't think it will be much of a loss

Yeah, I'll play

Sounds like some of their lead management wanted to retire

kind of crazy to think about what happens when companies last this long. gets into a whole ship of theseus situation. Getting bought out kind of simplifies it

I know the company is going through tough times, but the obvious and complete lack of planning is embarrassing and in some ways unfathomable.

How do you not even write down the basic motivations for your antagonists before executing your multi multi million dollar expansion?

I enjoyed the launch patch, but unsubscribed about a year ago when it was obvious that bad times were ahead.

It's sad, because I don't think there is any living mmo that does raiding better

Depends on how new the car is. Modern cars last much longer

I really got burnt out on from games when ds2, bb, and ds3 released over the course of 2 and a half years- they felt like mods or level packs of the same title. Sekiro was a bit different but eventually looped back once I understood the arsenal

if I spend yet another game trying to end immortality I'm going to be so disappointed!

I'm a tiny bit hopeful for this one, and my friend's enthusiasm is contagious

"Mom, am i normal? Please let me be normal"

To be honest, the more I'm certain i will like a game, the higher the difficulty I'll consider. If I'm just trying it out/it's probably mediocre or poorly designed, I'll absolutely start on easy. Depends on the genre, too

If it's something I can play multiple times and I love it, yeah, I'll do my second play through on super hard. I figure those are for people who already know the ins and outs of the mechanics

masterplum posted...

I think the biggest issue is I think we have people who are hesitant to sign up with ulti and or corrik.

right

i suppose the question is whether we want to foster a game that embraces a history of toxicity and alienates non-toxic players, or whether we want to foster a game that alienates entrenched players, which might be more likely to lose steam because some of the most committed members aren't allowed in

Fastbreak posted...

Jesus I feel like I'm playing a game of mafia right now this is nuts lmao

it doesn't have to feel like mafia if we can just be normal

this is a normal personality conflict. it has been has gotten to the point where some people don't want to play with corrik. this is a regular human scenario that we have presumably experienced in school on the playground

Tbh a host has every right to curate the player list, although it's usually done behind the scenes

i understand that humor is a little tough through text, but i'm genuinely not sure why you need to dunk on the new host.

forgive me if i've misread your intent, although i'm pretty sure I didn't!

Aecioo posted...

feel free to delete this post to save face

how do i delete someone else's post? i'd like to save your face

Aecioo posted...

this was my takeaway from this topic

threatening to replace/modkill someone before the game ever started is ridiculous

i'm surprised you didn't know that already

this is more drama than i want to deal with, but mark me down as playing if crescent plays

i'm very excited about the flavor

UltimaterializerX posted...

5 years ago sure, but these days I'm a teddy bear.

we've been here a long time, haven't we

ulti was indeed on good behavior for that last game

for the record, my gamefaqs account has traditionally had a grand total of 3 users blocked/ignored:

vlado
ulti
corrik

PumpkinCoach posted...

what would you recommend as a first step for someone with zero background who, just this second, started considering a similar change? like, as fundamental as for even knowing if it's for me.

the best first step? being at a liberal arts college and taking an intro to computer science course. that's not an option for us at this point for obvious reasons

i'd recommend going through some kind of free 'intro to computer science' things online and see how frustrated you get. i think a lot of them give you free trials. i'll cede to Han on which ones are good nowadays- I think udemy has a good rep? coursera? idk

the nice and also not so nice part of coding is that the learning curve is extremely steep at the beginning. like, "how the hell does text translate to computers doing things" levels of confusion steep. so just immersing yourself in the material for a few days should give you a sense of whether it's interesting or maddening. in my intro class i think 80% dropped out after the first two weeks

if you enjoy puzzles, logic, or "solving" strategy games you'll probably enjoy programming

separately- and you didn't ask- but don't think that boot camps == automatic jobs. their placement rates are a lot lower than they want you to believe- make sure to do your research. once you get one job on your resume you're kind of set, though

first of all, i should've already said congratulations on making the switch- it's a good life. i appreciate the answers. you can rest easy that i don't need the pitch :)

are you mostly excited? do you have imposter syndrome?

HanOfTheNekos posted...

ANYWAY bootcampers will do as you teach them, probably without ego.

haha, you'd be surprised. the main thing i've learned is that there are a LOT of interesting people out there, and if you're anywhere near friendly, reasonable, intelligent and willing to learn you're kind of a slam dunk. i used to have a lot of imposter syndrome until i started being the official manager for people and dealing with all the different varieties of nonsense

i've helped hire a few boot campers, and i think success comes down to screening extra heavily on personality. Having a lot of mentorship/code review available is also mandatory, as is having a lot of doable work for them to grind through. if any of those are missing you need to realize you should be hiring more senior devs or at least college grads (i'd say early stage companies shouldn't even have any juniors)

you don't need to answer- and without revealing too much- what do they have you doing? UI, testing, CRUD? just kind of curious.

mr duck bear, i read your entire post and still don't know what he said

mafia's gonna make me trim my ignore list again, isn't it

FWIW, i'm coming at it from the perspective of someone in an almost inverse situation from yours

been a software/web dev for about a decade, and am getting burnt out on building these services and applications. thinking about getting out.

it's gettin REAL hard to lead by example or look my team members in the eye and tell them what they're doing is worth it!

it also just sucks to be the one whose job is to bulldoze over people who are wrong but confident. PARTICULARLY when, deep down, i don't care about the end product- i only care about the people. as i'm typing this i know the answer is to just hire more people who really know what they're doing so they can make the arguments for me

i've also performed a shitload of interviews of boot campers as well as those educated traditionally, and am interested to know what a good fit looks like

what sort of structure and mentorship do you have at your new place?

how do you feel day to day in the new role?

i'm not one to rank actors usually- i tend to grade them on a pass/fail basis

the rock and bautista are great

i haven't seen peacemaker, but cena is alright.

andre the giant was amazing in princess bride, but i think it was more that the role was designed around him

they all pass. the rest are fine for cameos

i might have to turn in my gamer card

i played the original for maybe 10 or so hours, then put it down for a month or so because i had to move

when i came back to the game, i was completely overwhelmed by all the abilities and stuff in my inventory- plus the seemingly complicated monsters in the new area- and I just never finished it

similarly, i was just curious how many tomestones i need for my gauntlets

why didn't they like the bond movie? i thought the new one was rather good for the most part

black widow had some good ideas, but failed to follow through on any of them when it remembered it was supposed to be a marvel comedy (i'd say the turning point was the helicopter turret)

i haven't seen any of the kingsman movies, but i've heard good things and they're on the list for sure

yeah, i'll sign up

that's "quintuple lord" to you mister

Honestly, I'm not sold on kids being influencers in the first place. Seems like irresponsible parenting, and once you open that door these scenarios aren't significantly worse than that. I know there's no way around it, and I'm weird, but it just feels skeezy. Equal to or worse than being a child actor, because at least an actor is playing a role. Influencers are closer to talk show hosts, except they're always taking questions from the audience

A friend of mine acquired a couple of stalkers (was pictured in an article about their company) and I wouldn't wish that on anyone, let alone a child

I also know this guy in his 30s who was very focused on following and paying influencers and vtubers who all "happened" to be underage. It's just odd. At least he's been doing it so long that they're probably all 18 by now.

I just do not understand it from any direction. I guess if you're poor and want to use your daughter for money that's gross but I understand the logic. If you're a kid and just really want attention and don't want to do well in school, I get it.

i'd sign up

first of all, good for her

second of all, i feel like she's putting in way more work than is necessary. not every kid has ridiculous amounts of stuff on social media. i'm not surprised- i have a few friends that get a lot of entertainment out of creating fake accounts

third, what does she do if the criminal just keeps saying that he doesn't believe the age?

four, i like to imagine this is just the most elaborate method of her convincing her S.O. that she actually wasn't cheating when she created that tinder/insta account

five, i don't like to imagine that this is simply the clearest method for her to get followers and ascend to influencer status