sad_detective_man

joined 8 months ago
[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 2 points 21 minutes ago

too performative and pretentious. my dude gets his meat by simply asking the prey with a series of clicks and whistles like god intended

god i wish that was me rn

mom,when is laika coming home?

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 12 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Dude eats all his meals out of a blender for efficiency and stoicism

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 24 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Oh they see. They just plan on being dead, rich, and/or secluded in the only remaining habitable places.

The whole pretending not to believe in it thing is so we don't just kill them beforehand.

Wow that's so metrosexual and post modern of Maga to embrace him doing that. Yaaasss nazi piggg 💅

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 17 points 1 day ago (6 children)

How does this dude look like he's wearing eyeliner while never wearing eyeliner. Like, he isn't right?

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

in DnD settings there isn't exactly lore about how they get weapons. in previous editions the assumption was they use what they had in life, what is lying nearby, or whatever the necromancer who raised them hands them.

many of the design choices in 5e are to streamline new players into the gameplay without minutiae like "how many shortswords should I keep on hand to pass out to the skeletons I summon" or "can they wield exotic weapons they held in life". but, yes a solid DM can draw on knowledge of the game to tamper with stuff like this without breaking the game. like having a death god who grants shortswords to boney boys or allowing a player to arm them with other things

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

that's one of those mechanics that's there for brevity but kind of makes no sense within the physics of the world. this necromancy spell happens to come with a conjuration effect. also the skeleton just can't pick up the weapons it was using in life because reasons

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

something about Obama, he'll never take his eyes off it

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 9 points 2 days ago (6 children)

can skeletons not have bows?

red state moment. Jesus fucking christ what even is this god forsaken species.

 

This is what I get for scrolling late into the Ambien hours.

 

I feel like I'm going crazy. I love the nightfarers, their mechanics are absolute peak. The sekiro parry has never had more parry frames, the witch lady has a million spells she can combine and they all give me the wizard power fantasy I try to recreate in every game. The new bosses look amazing, it's the weirdest shit I could have ever asked for because I love Fromsoft weird shit. I should love this game.

But I'm tearing my hair out because it's just not fun. I remember feeling similar about Bloodborne when I first tried it but when somebody explained to me I was just interacting with the game's economy wrong it turned it around to be my favorite. So I was hoping this would be similar and I would just need to adjust my expectations and reframe how I move through the game.

But I literally can't with this time limit. I don't like sprinting through the world at lightspeed trying to gobble up items. The play area diminishes as time goes on, I get to see and explore less as I play the game. When I fail against a boss, it's not an opportunity to change and grow. it's the timer starting over again as I hit the slot machine for another roll at some items.

I watched people like letmesoloher and saint riot play and it doesn't seem like I'm doing it wrong, you're supposed to move at a breakneck pace with your friends and blender enemies like Elden Ring co-opers do. I don't know. Am I alone in this? Did anybody else sincerely try but fail to like it?

 

i want to play Elden Ring online. i don't want to spend the entire time in Limgrave at one specific building 😔

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