dude ya it's sooooooooo fun just slinging invocations around and feeling the crunchy weaves of arcane destroying the screen lmao

There's a spell called Rune Bolt that gives you Runes types in a fixed order as you cast it. So baseline it gives Fire, Lightning, Cold always in that order but you can take passives to:

A) Reverse the original combo order

B) Random order, random number of runes, and random element PER cast

C) Repeat the order of runes cast by your last Runic Invocation

or

D) Random element with a chance to double cast that element if your last cast was different. On top of that, the chance to double cast is based on a damn crafting material in your bags (i love this passive for some reason lmao)

I'm not really fucking with Rune Bolt in my realized build but damn it was really fun vomiting invocations while leveling

Legit one of the few games where I think they got minions/pets/companions right. I went into it blind and my first character ended up being some sort of Forge Guard minion class for no reason and I really wasn't expecting that from the "paladin/warrior" archetype. It's functional and thoughtful which counts for a lot, to me personally.

I went into it knowing it's an indie game made with gameplay first so I didn't expect anything from the story. It's pretty basic but with the time loops coming into play I can see what they were going with and I didn't have to pay attention much thankfully.

I feel you about a class feeling "ok" but then again I have alt-itis in these games and I'll just switch or try something brand new if I get bored. The game's biggest strength is how frictionless getting your builds setup can be so re rolling doesn't feel nearly as bad. Slapping some no lvl requirement speedy go fast boots with a bajillion affixes is my jam.

Damn I'm having like a memory re-convergence or something lmao.

Not only do I remember you and from where but I think there's another layer. I just remember you describing the WoW server Emerald Dream to a tee and I couldn't help but guess. To add on to this, I legit think I may have saw your name at one point in-game or on those CURSED forums. Were you an orc warrior maybe?

I'm not even high and I'm trippin out

my dad has literally sent me videos from this woman's channel

I THOUGHT I HAD ESCAPED

I joked about being the FFXIV Defender of Hexbear but you beat me to it lmao. I really liked the essay and I love how you wrote it as well!

The Shadowbringers MSQ in particular blindsided me when you first start helping Alphinaud in Eulmore. This rich little shit, though he is a self-aware rich little shit, realized quickly that his words alone could not solve his problems. He grows into an admirable young man when he gets his shins put to the flames.

The entire quest chain starts with Alphinaud looking at you, inspired, and tells you that DIRECT ACTION and MUTUAL AID is the best way to deal with the rich that lord over a dying world. He never once suggests that we have to change the system from within and "is the only way". He realized he needed to attack this place with multiple angles if he wanted to bring about fundamental change. You can't waltz in and be fancy with propaganda and assume people will be inspired, you have to fuckin help people if you want them to give a shit.

The ending of Shadowbringers is seriously one of my favorite endings to a story tho. I didn't mention Ardbert at all in this because I never needed to. The entire point is that Ardbert (you) did all of this direct action and more without you the player realizing it. Ardbert shares his stories from the past that run concurrent with your own journey. You converge when both of your stories come to the same conclusion. We must fight for each other if we want to reach our goals.

The moments before that Battle Axe of Light manifests, you as the player attempt to anticipate what is going to happen. You can only guess. As that axe forms, everything you learned comes to a realization. You, alone, would never be here without the strength of everyone else. You let all that strength fly free and it liberates the world with a backdrop of ruins from the old world, the old ways. We'll never go back, even if it is "better".

EW spoiler:

Whoever caused all this shit. Wtf dudes?? Especially cross with the people who made MMOs.

I've been hearing The Wife Aggro jokes since I could remember my dad's dial up modem. My dad made those jokes too.

You can't escape The Wife Aggro. It's fucking impossible. If you call it out, you're the bad guy. That dude is helping his The Wife!!! You don't even have one, virgin.

Yea there's a reason why I can barely tolerate playing current WoW with the boys. I won't even touch classic.

The Wife Aggro is STILL THERE. MAKE IT STOP.