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  1. Phazael

    Dragon Age: Why We Can't Have Nice Things

    When this was announced and they stated who would be working on it, I thought at the time that this was going to end up being the Andromeda of the Dragon Age franchise. Everything I have heard since reinforces that belief, especially all the pussy hurt their leadership had over how good BG3 is.
  2. Phazael

    2023 AssHat Voting round 4!

    Arysar - Toughest choice, but no one derails threads like Araysar. Foler - Easy call here. Kirun - Still my dark horse pick to win it all. Wormie - Stormfront should pay him for how good he is at making people hate the tribe.
  3. Phazael

    2023 AssHat Voting round 3

  4. Phazael

    2023 AssHat Voting round 3

    Some serious heavy god tier asshats are getting bumped this round with this matchup list. Araysar vs. Lightning Lord Rule - Before this year, Brosyar was already among the most prolific and successful trolls on this board. This year with the Ukraine war to motivate him he really upped his game...
  5. Phazael

    AssHat 2023 Voting round 2!!

    Now that the pretenders are out of the way..... Araysar vs. Dicktrickle - Brosyar moves on based on his top tier trolling in multiple threads. Lightning Lord Rue vs. frenzied wombat - Frenzied let himself get sucked in by the Araysar trolling and sank to wormie levels over the Israel stuff...
  6. Phazael

    The Fall Guy (2024)

    Lee Majors was also in the somewhat prophetic Last Chase, a very underrated movie. Dude was legendary in his prime and even got a bit part in Vice City as a biker crime boss. I like Gosling for some of what he has done, but Majors was a fucking institution.
  7. Phazael

    Warhammer 40k

    Tyrran was mentioned in the old second edition books. Space Hulk introduced Gene Stealers to the game universe first and they are a vanguard organism meant to infiltrate and sample a developed world and signal the local hive fleets for when its time to come in. They are basically an extra...
  8. Phazael

    Dark Souls 1, 2, and 3...

    Yeah that weapon exists in nearly every souls game. If you are pure STR, it is arguably one of the best when fully upgraded, too.
  9. Phazael

    Dark Souls 1, 2, and 3...

    In the case of DS 2, there are rooms with pillars and initially you are barred from entering the portals there.
  10. Phazael

    Dark Souls 1, 2, and 3...

    Yeah if you are not going classic sword and board, Adaptability is extremely important in DS2. One thing that sets DS2 apart from other games in the series is that it has a larger number of optional bosses scattered around. The game is also much more linear after the first part of it, though...
  11. Phazael

    Dark Souls 1, 2, and 3...

    Depends greatly on what your build setup is. Also there are three boss soul venders in the game, so sitting on them for a while if you are playing without spoilers is a good idea. If you are doing the Unga Bunga thing, the sword from the Last Giant is pretty damn good until later on. The...
  12. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Hey he came in with an honest question on a deceptively complex topic. There are lots of reasons to bust Tuco's balls, but this was a legitimate inquiry.
  13. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Yes. You are denying the enemy one of its potential actions per turn, changing it in your favor.
  14. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Naw its a good topic of discussion, actually. I think its just getting muddied in the translation a bit. Lets start over a second here, going with the monk example and comparing them to another basic character the fighter. At level one, the Monk is already out in front of the Fighter in terms...
  15. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Its a fairly well established concept in gaming, especially board gaming. I am not sure what the disconnect here is, unless you are pulling an Aryasar or something.
  16. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Lethality and Effectiveness of actions is a concern, but Action Economy is specifically about quantity. As I said, its a pretty major concept in gaming outside of video games (board games its huge, particularly in worker placement games). 5e is really tailor made to be a video game. I thought...
  17. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    How many. Action Economy is a specific game concept in turn based games about having more turns/actions relative to someone else. In BG3, its about finding methods to fully utilize all of the action resources and increase their availability. Monks, as one example, are very strong in action...
  18. Phazael

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    I actually do not have too much of an issue with the Uhura portrayal in SNW, since she is pretty consistently an emotional basket case that Spock tends to blow out of the water. Chapel is the one that got retconned into some sort of savant girl boss, but the actress is easy on the eyes and not...
  19. Phazael

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    Star Trek wokeness was subtle. STD and whatever that fucking cartoon is tossed out all subtlety. Verdict is still out on Strange New Worlds, but aside from the musical episode, its been pretty descent. DS9 is the best Trek, followed closely by OG (especially the even numbered movies)...
  20. Phazael

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

    Wtf is that thing singing the anthem?
  21. Phazael

    Star Trek: Infinite

    There was already a game like this about a decade ago. Was alright, but not special aside from the factions having some unique win conditions (Feds could win through peace, Romulans with an ally, ect).
  22. Phazael

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    This was pretty much my exact experience and the exact feelings of my wife and I. The biggest tragedy here is knowing the potential that was wasted.
  23. Phazael

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

    This bowling, and cheese.
  24. Phazael

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

    LOL I figured rogers would get hurt behind that offensive line but I thought he would last more than one series. All that hype and money down the fucking drainl ol.
  25. Phazael

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

    Yet more heartbreak for chargers fans, it looks like.
  26. Phazael

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

    Having launched both games, I can say Vikings and bears are objectively terrible. And probably belong in the discussion for worst team in the league.
  27. Phazael

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

    I bet the bears fans are happy. They spend all that money on defense just to get blown out. Even worse by the guy who used to hold Roger's Clipboard..
  28. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    As stated, if you actually hang on to the fire grenade items you get handed, this fight is mostly about controlling the phase spider adds and dropping the big bug on its ass for falling damage. Then you hope not too many of your crew are poisoned to death when she makes it up to you and starts...
  29. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Yeah the spider strat was obvious. My main issue is the inflated HP of what is supposedly a L5 monster. I did not realize that 4th edition started doing that with its creatures, but then again every edition of DnD since 3.5 has been hot garbage so I guess I should have considered that. And...
  30. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Again this is fine for Tactician and/or single player experience. Three people playing MP on normal are not going to have the patience to wait around for your sneak to stealth cheese the fights by stacking shit and explode barrels before the fight, using information probably gained from a...
  31. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Did your friends wife build her character for her and tell her what to do? Because thats basically one step up from just making a prefab party member. And I am in no way talking about massaged rules here. Show me a gnoll trash mob in any version of DnD with three attacks around. Show me a L5...
  32. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    Single player tweaking things with solid knowledge of the system, sure git gud applies. But this being billed as a MP showcase and all but requiring that you respec any story character you bring along to make them hold up? I mean seriously who fucking designed these NPCs? They are worse than...
  33. Phazael

    Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Games

    I like a lot about this game, but as someone playing couch co-op with their wife and another friend who occasionally jumps in online, Larian needs to admit it really wanted to make DOS3 instead of this. At least when it comes to the game mechanics. Story, art, graphics, and voice acting are...
  34. Phazael

    Mortal Kombat 1

    Played the early access a bit. Seems somewhat polished but strangely vanilla. I cannot say I am a big fan of the Kameo thing and it just seems like an excuse to have characters present without making the full roster available. The inputs are mostly good, though negative edge seems off...
  35. Phazael

    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

    The musical episode pretty much single handedly eroded all the good faith this show had built with me. This was made worse by the fact that they did a similar episode (Doc's daughter and nebula alien making a fairy tale thing) that was handled so much better. This was beyond gay, like...
  36. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Are you each going to your own family separately on those holidays? Thats a recipe for her family to poison her head with disrespectful shit and resentment. Not saying your wife can't recognize and ignore it, but be on guard for that kind of crap.
  37. Phazael

    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    Assert dominance here or be ready for them to start filling your wife's head full of disrespectful bullshit. She is already defending this shit as it is. Sack up and let them know that this sort of shit is unacceptable for family. They knew damn well what they were doing because they acted...
  38. Phazael

    The Paranormal, UFO's, and Mysteries of the Unknown

    You both need to read up on the subject of Entropy, paying special attention to the parts that talk about the eventual heat death of the universe. Life is the exception, not the rule. Religion aside, we are extremely fortunate, LITERALLY, to be alive let alone debating this topic.
  39. Phazael

    The Paranormal, UFO's, and Mysteries of the Unknown

    God of the Gaps, the intellectually chic version of being an agnostic, and that is demonstrably worse than being religious or an atheist.