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  1. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    Server is alive and well. Most CC durations are reduced, with the exception of Enchanter CC.
  2. Kriptini

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    It never really gets better lol. In the later expansions there are certainly less interlude quests than the ones between ARR and HW but you're going to be mostly experiencing the same mindless drivel over and over again. There is so much awful quest padding and forgettable moments in the story...
  3. Kriptini

    Sea of Thieves (PC / Xbone)

    Bothered? You're the one getting defensive here. "Not sure why this concept is so hard for you to grasp," "Precious snowflakes like yourself." Maybe if your ideas were sound enough to stand on their own, you wouldn't have to fall back on sarcasm and pettiness. The design of Sea of Thieves is...
  4. Kriptini

    The E3 2021 Thread

    They don't have to convert MP3 to non-motion controls, they can just require the game be played using a Joycon motion controls. TWEWY just rereleased on Switch with such a control scheme, I can't imagine why this wouldn't be possible for MP3.
  5. Kriptini

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Not literally bots, but effectively bots, because you don't need to interact with them whatsoever.
  6. Kriptini

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    There is no MMO while you're leveling. It's all single-player story content with the occasional dungeon with three random players (bots) that you barely interact with. The game doesn't become an MMORPG until you actually get to the point where you need to interact with people on a level beyond...
  7. Kriptini

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Correct. But the story skip will give you access to the roguelike dungeons which allow you to level your other jobs much faster than you normally level through questing or dungeons.
  8. Kriptini

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    For starters, I would highly recommend buying the story skip and level boost- Nevermind. You'll probably want to skip this game. Playing FFXIV below max level is 100% not worth it.
  9. Kriptini

    The D&D thread

    You can develop your own custom system in Foundry using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. If you're looking for a "sandbox" kind of system with editable parameters that don't require you to write code, I'm not sure if that exists, but it's the type of thing that may have been developed by the community...
  10. Kriptini

    Sea of Thieves (PC / Xbone)

    Sea of Thieves already has cosmetic progression. What I believe you are asking for is some sort of stats/equipment progression. All that does is create a mechanical gap between players, which currently does not exist, and that gap not existing is one of the best things about Sea of Thieves. I...
  11. Kriptini

    The D&D thread

    It is the best $50 you will ever spend in your life. Roll20 is a shitfest of bugs, lag, inconvenient tools, ugliness, and rigidity. Foundry has stable releases, is as fast as the machine you host it on, a variety of useful tools that are much more efficient than Roll20's counterparts, a crisp...
  12. Kriptini

    The E3 2021 Thread

    This is nonsense because if you detatch a Joycon from the Switch then you have a Wiimote.
  13. Kriptini

    Sea of Thieves (PC / Xbone)

    What do you mean pointless? The point is to enjoy the game. If you need arbitrary numbers going up when you accomplish something in order to enjoy the game, I'd argue that you don't actually enjoy the game.
  14. Kriptini

    Sea of Thieves (PC / Xbone)

    Why? I don't need every game to have some kind of progression-based grind that gives people mechanical advantages. I love how Sea of Thieves is so easy to drop in and out of. I can roll up after not having played for months and I'm still competitive against anyone I find on the seas. I love that.
  15. Kriptini

    The E3 2021 Thread

    No Avowed news is a tragedy.
  16. Kriptini

    Genshin Impact

    No one is clearing abyss 12 with average artifacts lol
  17. Kriptini

    Genshin Impact

    It's the time-gate precisely that puts me off. When I come home from a 10 hour day of work, the last thing I want to do is have to log into Genshin Impact and spend my resin or else lose it. I want to be able to sit down for a handful of hours on a weekend and advance at my own pace. But I can't...
  18. Kriptini

    Genshin Impact

    The early game and mid game is fun. The end game grind sucks due to resin gates. Just play it as long as you enjoy it and then drop it as soon as you get to end game grinding.
  19. Kriptini

    Crowfall

    They recruiting/willing to teach?
  20. Kriptini

    Crowfall

    Is anyone considering seriously going HAM in this? I'm down to give it a shot if we have a resident Crowfall expert. I know next to nothing about this game but I like PvP.
  21. Kriptini

    Palia

    This game will be important to answer the question of whether or not American-made AAA MMORPGs deserve to exist anymore. There are a couple of things about it that sound good - they're already funded and they're designing for and marketing to a niche audience with a particular type of game...
  22. Kriptini

    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    Updates from an email sent today. They've picked a title!
  23. Kriptini

    Twitch.tv

    I'm so confused on how these hot tub streams don't break any rules. I always thought Twitch had a dress code for streamers. IIRC there was a bit about no exposed belly buttons.
  24. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    I hotkey my 10 most important buttons and click the rest. You really don't need to hotkey everything for this game, and there are so many buttons that trying to do so might drive you crazy and force you to use strange, uncomfortable keyboard modifiers. I also don't like putting them all into...
  25. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    It doesn't feel like there is this time.
  26. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    No, Kaladim is a Time Locked Progression server so it's unlocking expansions/features every few months. Kaladim is currently on the 6th expansion (2010) so it's very different from Tarinax which launched with the 2nd expansion (2006).
  27. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    Over the weekend I achieved slayer for the first time! Tons of people running around so the PvP is plentiful.
  28. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    Took two friends into the sewers last night for some quiet grinding while we were waiting for the rest of our group to log on. We got ganked by a group of four out of nowhere, managed to turn it around by killing three of them and chasing off one and leveled off their corpses. The best part was...
  29. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    This isn't what's going on at all. Factions seem pretty balanced from what I've seen. Are you even playing?
  30. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    Qeynos vs. Freeport vs. Exile. No FFA. (Exile can attack other exile but won't drop loot or gain/lose fame.)
  31. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    I won't be playing super hardcore due to my work schedule for the first couple weeks but I'll be playing on the server as long as population exists.
  32. Kriptini

    Twitch.tv

    It's a fish-eye lens so it's probably a GoPro. Even the models not specifically made for water use are at least a little water resistant.
  33. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    The large number of active abilities is something I like that EQ2 does differently from other MMORPGs. It gets tiring spamming 1 1 1 1 1 2 in classic WoW.
  34. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    It's kind of irrelevant because level cap is 70. There are some proc pieces from T5 raids that might be worth having, but any of the CC-based ones won't work in PvP.
  35. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq2/index.php?threads/tarinax-lives-on-may-11th.599449/ Server launching May 11. I've been playing on the beta, and with the most recent patch, the balance is really, really good. Even OG Naggy players are saying that this is the best PvP has been balanced in...
  36. Kriptini

    New Lord of the Rings MMO

    Yeah, AFAIK, Smed's project is not public knowledge.
  37. Kriptini

    The Authoritative Final Fantasy & Bravely Default thread

    Godspeed Strike hits way too hard and everything else doesn't hit hard enough. The early game balance is non existent in BD2. Magic is completely worthless. It's like they didn't balance the beginning of the game at all.
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    The Authoritative Final Fantasy & Bravely Default thread

    Finished Bravely Default 2. Objectively the worst of the three games. It has some nice QoL features over Bravely Second and the music is good, but everything else is a total nosedive in terms of quality. Looking back, I really don't understand why people dislike Bravely Second. It took...
  39. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    The beta has been pretty hack-free so far, for what it's worth.
  40. Kriptini

    Everquest II

    Maybe. I think PvP breathes a lot of extra life into the game. It stimulates the economy a bit more, it makes the world and dungeons a bit more exciting, but it's not like there's going to be so many people playing that you're constantly going to be in PvP. It's still EQ2 which means there's...