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  1. Phazael

    Franklin

    Trailer seems good, but this should have been an Ian McShane vehicle. Will check it out at some point.
  2. Phazael

    JRPGs

    There is a lot of rock paper scissors matchup elements in it, with specific units being strong against certain enemies but weak against others. Also there is a stamina mechanic to curtail using just one unit to fight except under very specific scenarios. There does not seem to be a faction...
  3. Phazael

    JRPGs

    The Tactics Ogre remake is really good if you want story and game mechanics with more depth. If you want simpler tactics style RPG combat, the Mercenaries Wings and Fire Emblem games are out there. Tactics Ogre, for my money in all of its versions, is the gold standard for tactics games and on...
  4. Phazael

    2023-2024 NFL Season : Arizona's QB Search Continues

    If they were gonna let Kirk go, they probably should have nabbed Wilson first when they had the chance. Now they are pretty much fucked for the forseeable future. But its not shocking they let him go. Vikes have a long tradition of dumping QBs who are injured immediately. As a Packer fan, I...
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    2023-2024 NFL Season : Arizona's QB Search Continues

    Pre Cap era, but still a contender for worst trade ever. This is basically how Jerry bought himself a SB winning team at least on the defensive side of the ball. Vikings sucked for years after that and Dallas was basically the Yankees of football, playing with a roster twice as expensive as...
  6. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    You can get it shockingly early if your build is strong and you don't mind missing out on Poop Man. Especially considering you are probably a sorcerer if you are going for that weapon, so a lot of fights are going to be trivial early on. All the major bosses in the way are very cheesable...
  7. Phazael

    Dragon's Dogma 2

    There were actually a fair number of underground dungeon areas in the original base game, aside from the endgame loop of Everfall. The caves under the town, ruins under the waterfall, dungeon in the city, cave passage to the goblin wall, undead cultist lair, princess prison, and far north...
  8. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    The main issue for me in Skyrim (and mind you I enjoyed it) was how laughably easy you could break the entire game just by crafting early. That and the stat system was fairly weak compared to many games in the genre. It is a decent game, but it was just not as sophisticated of an RPG...
  9. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Biggest thing I can say is to think of it as an action RPG, but its much more methodical and structured. Different weapons and spells behave in different ways. And a big part of the game is understanding those traits and reading what the enemy monsters are doing to respond correctly. And its...
  10. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Just wrapped up my recent play. God damn I forgot how much I hated that Elden Beast fight, but I had so much lightning damage stacked that I was able to just Gransax him into submission, swapping to Vikes when in close. Pretty much everything else late game I was able to one shot with Poop man...
  11. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Bleed and Poison are very strong, especially early on. Later, you might enjoy messing around with Rot weapons when they show up late game. But Bleed on a fast weapon (or power stanced fast weapon ideally) will wreck anything not specifically immune to it. This does unfortunately include the...
  12. Phazael

    Routers & Other Networking Stuff

    Can confirm. ATnT absolutely insists on you using their modem. I have Unifi in my house and had to go through a lot of bullshit just to get their installer to work with me to configure pass through so that my gateway was managing things. Once I worked that all out, its been great. With one...
  13. Phazael

    2023-2024 NFL Season : Arizona's QB Search Continues

    Wilson is toxic as fuck in the locker room. That is why Denver was willing to eat a giant shit sandwich to get rid of him. It's also why Seattle never had a deep run again after their SB loss to the Pats. Dude ran off two top level WR off the team (granted one banged his then fiance LOL) and...
  14. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    What point in the game are you at? Dex is up there with STR for damage, but it requires other things to get the most out of it. Depending on what your other stats are, you might want to consider doing a Sword of Night and Flame setup. And there are some early weapons that work great off of...
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Not sure what your stat investments were, but with poop man to tank and the shackle and tear, Mogh is pretty trivial. Especially with a decent ranged weapon art option. I whooped him with Gransax weapon art, but if you are faith heavy Siluria's Tree really pushes his shit in, but it needs 27...
  16. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Goldmask set is also great for resistances to Holy and Lightning. Pretty much a mandatory pickup for fast rollers for use in the final boss fight. Rotten Duelest set is actually good for parts of the Haligtree with the fairly massive resist to Rot it has. And the asthetic is amazing...
  17. Phazael

    Spaceman

    Wife and I enjoyed it thoroughly, but we also are down with slow boil character study sci-fi movies. Closest thing I can compare it to would be Moon. A lot of the basic premises are iffy, due to adherence to the source material. But the acting, character study, and dialog are top notch.
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    Cheated out of my youth

    This. Anyone who has watched any amount of porn can make a rough guess based on how much of an Arby's Roast Beef situation is going on with the vagoo. If she is riding the cock carreselle like its going out of style, you are looking at a snail trail situation instead of clam. Its not an exact...
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    Cheated out of my youth

    Its also an age thing. Those of us who are in our 50s or more grew up in a different era where the average person was having a LOT less sex, outside of the usual city degens who even put up what would be considered tradwife material numbers back in the day. The internet and explosion of social...
  20. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I have played around with it before and it is fun, but everything in this game is so twitchy that connecting that move is basically nearly impossible. It can be fun in casual PvP, which I am not really into. Other issue is that you get it so late in the game that unless you are trade twinking...
  21. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    I did things in a slightly odd order to beeline for both Poop Man Puppet and the Gransax Spear. Holy fuck I forgot how much that spear's weapon art wrecks shit. Got it and maxed it out and have been bulldozing the game ever since that point, single shotting damn near every boss since I got it...
  22. Phazael

    Mortal Kombat 1

    Actually started playing this again when Peacemaker came out this week. Pretty fun character overall, but some of his zoning moves come out way too fast. He does have an amazing variety of moves and combos, not really focused on any one kind of tactic. But I think his counter game might be...
  23. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Considering all the other perverted shit he puts in his work, I think its a given. But Japanese culture is obsessed with poop eating as a way to absorb souls, so could be FROM just as easily.
  24. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah, but obtaining him locks you out of his ending and getting the Nephiri Loux summon, for you completionists out there. Nephiri is actually a fairly rock solid summon, but she is just not as good as Poop Man. Plus the steps to obtaining her are about as restrictive as getting old Poopy...
  25. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    He is easy to miss for several reasons. First, you have to put Ranni's quest on hold right before Nox until you can get fairly deep into the capitol and hang on to Sevelius's potion. The former denies you some pretty baller upgrades for that point in the game and the latter they just do not...
  26. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Poop man holds agro better than any summon for a variety of reasons. He spams a debuff that really draws agro, he has a weapon that procs bleed, and his AI actually gets in there and in the face of the enemy. You can set yourself up like Poop Man and pop a Mimic Tear and while it will be more...
  27. Phazael

    The Mandalorian

    Its more than that. The productions that turn a profit have been steadily moving from CA/Hollyweird for a while. Look at all the shit done in Canada as far back as two decades ago. CA is a giant tax black hole to support Liberal Nimbys.
  28. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Thats not too bad. Both are not to rough and have ways to cheese them for the masses. It would suggest the intended time to access it is likely when you are fairly deep in the Capitol (Mogh is much easier if you get his shackle and the stuff from Mini Mogh's area). If you have also gakked...
  29. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Its going to be a bunch of nerd rage if they make unlocking the Divine Towers part of the process for accessing the new areas. Making Melenia a gatekeeper for the new zones is going to make a lot of people salty, especially if they are not to the point of being able to solo her.
  30. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah double watchdogs was a surprise when I did it this time around. Very aggressive compared to before recent patches. I have not done the tripple crystal guys, because I am not rocking sorcery, but the double were a non issue because stagger with jumping greatspear is off the charts in the...
  31. Phazael

    RL Picture Thread

    I am a fatty and I have posted pics. Checkmate. But on the mustache, there is a joke in there somewhere about having a dirty sanchez for prostate awareness, but since I admire the finished product I will just say nice Minschew stache instead.
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    RL Picture Thread

    Good on you for setting a goal and making it. But I would up your shaving game a bit, that dirty sanchez thing you got going on is not optimum.
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    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Yeah whatever edge lords, but he is noticeably different, just by his damage to the NPC summons in the fight. My last play was about 8 months prior and I remember I frame rolling with medium encumbrance being viable, but now I am consistently getting gibbed with light encumbrance and on a...
  34. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Looks like they buffed Radann up to his release levels. Sure wish they would make up their mind about him. Last time I played the game, I was able to beat him pretty convincingly in one or two tries with a melee build, but this time out he just seems to do way too much damage and massive hit...
  35. Phazael

    The Last of Us

    That dude has drank the fag koolaid faster than anyone in history. He could have been an icon for positive male role models as an actor, but he distanced himself from the Swanson thing and has fully Folered the proverbial woke wang of tinsletown.
  36. Phazael

    Resident Alien

    Season 3 has been solid so far. Still a little too much time spent on perimeter characters, but the comedy is spot on. If you liked the previous seasons, this one does not disappoint.
  37. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Sorcery is always the best for two reasons. First, Night Commet is the best spell in the game for efficiency, ease of use, and the AI being hard coded to not dodge it. Second, so much of the game is cheesed by Comet. Bonus points, MLGS makes every caster build also a really powerful melee build.
  38. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    Poop man is one of the hardest to kill summons if not the hardest to kill summons in the game. And he has debuffs that land on EVERYTHING in the game. Plus his DPS is not exactly shabby either. It takes a lot of effort to get Poo Man, but he really is the best summon in the game (mimic and...
  39. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    If you are running a summon for this fight, Poop Man is by far the best option, as well. There is also a black assassin dagger you can get that does a similar percentage dot thing and all three effects can be active at once. I had to resort to that retardation on my dagger run because getting...
  40. Phazael

    Elden Ring - From Software + George RR Martin

    As a caster, I have done the rock toss or the Bow spell to good effect, even with his resists to Sorcery. MLGS with the Godrick talisman and other gear has seemed to be the easiest way to beat both phases.