What are you playing?

Everyone becomes a stealth archer eventually.

Rajaah said:

I hear Skyrim is the most fun with an Archery build?

Questionmark because I have never gotten to Skyrim.

Also taking any build suggestions for Morrowind, the next one I'm playing.

I fired up a new game of Bloodborne last night and played for about an hour, until I took my first death (got murdered by Father G). Man, it's still the best game of the 2010's.

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I wouldnt say "most fun" - more like, easiest to kill shit without gaming enchants like a degenerate.

McCheese said:

Everyone becomes a stealth archer eventually.

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There is another playstyle?

LiquidDeath said:

There is another playstyle?

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sure. 34209834302835% increased enchanting, for +3212214543 unarmed damage.

Caliane said:

sure. 34209834302835% increased enchanting, for +3212214543 unarmed damage.

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I'm sorry, let me clarify.

There is another playstyle in any game other than sneaky sniper? It is the only build I've ever played in Skyrim....I mean Oblivion....I mean Deus Ex. Just kidding, I mean every single game with a sneaking skill and a sniper weapon.

Rajaah said:

I hear Skyrim is the most fun with an Archery build?

Questionmark because I have never gotten to Skyrim.

Also taking any build suggestions for Morrowind, the next one I'm playing.

I fired up a new game of Bloodborne last night and played for about an hour, until I took my first death (got murdered by Father G). Man, it's still the best game of the 2010's.

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basically, yes.

Stealth archer is the strongest, and most versatile without blatant exploits for the most part. Melee combat is kindof shit. the play control of it. stealth archer you can actually walk around and pick shots, lead targets, and play with some skill. and of course add in the sneak attack damage for some solid numbers, without cheating.

Magic might be second. its largely shit. most spells suck balls. mana regen sucks. Magic doesn't scale damage like phys attacks. magic skill reduces mana cost.
"Impact" in destruction perks makes magic viable. stagger on spell hit with double casting. lets you just chain spells, interrupting the target. so low damage per hit is irrelevant.
you can hit -100% mana cost without enchanting exploits. but is also easier with.
conjuration is ok. but the pets are just distractions and bonus damage mostly. can't really rely on them exclusively. get in the way in doorways..

stealth dagger is also pretty viable.

LiquidDeath said:

I'm sorry, let me clarify.

There is another playstyle in any game other than sneaky sniper? It is the only build I've ever played in Skyrim....I mean Oblivion....I mean Deus Ex. Just kidding, I mean every single game with a sneaking skill and a sniper weapon.

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well for that joke. idk, stunlocking, or aoe abuse has its place in alot of games. starsector. sure you can stealth archer with a Doom. and lots of people do. Give me a total space fortress 14th BG Legion though.

Fortnite mostly zero build and Little Nightmares which is a neat little platformer/puzzle game. Also casually playing WoW lich king classic.

Seananigans said:

Been playing Skyrim on PS5, I only got about halfway through it when it came out before getting distracted. Going to do a full platinum, then maybe try a survival game with some mods. Any suggestions on mods, keeping in mind I'm playing on PS5? I did some cursory research and it looked like there's an Unofficial patch mod, and then other stuff that seemed useful was encounter zones/level mods that fix the global scaling, which I've always despised.

Bummer I can't use mods for the trophy run.

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Late reply but this may be useful. I mod on PC but the popular mods should be available on PS5. Ignore the part about downgrading and using Mod Organizer 2.

meStevo said:

IXION out today, looking forward to digging into this in a little bit.

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That is some seriously pretty visuals there - I'd be interested to know your thoughts after playing it a bit.

I'm getting harder and harder to please when it comes to singe player games I didn't even buy a consule this gen and have about 30 games on steam I bought this year that just can't hold my attention which is sad as if I get the right itch I will bing play a game until twilight hours all week until I beat it.

That being said I never utilized the switch I got for the family much and bought Fire Emblem Three Houses which has got me pretty hooked. Never even been a huge FE fan across the years but its doing it for me. Of all my games in steam going unused...my next play probably is going to be a cheap indie that some how captured that old school feeling that made me play it non stop until I beat it the first time. Symphany of War was title, 100% evident it was a tiny team but just something done right.

Just bidding my time until Last Epoch hits MP and hopefully that will be a full time focus for quiet some time for me. Also in Alpha 2 for Ashes of Creation which hopefully is out this year so between those two I can stop wasting time on single player games. Also play Smite with my wife a few days a week that we both enjoy.

If I could redo the last 21 years of my gaming life I honestly can say I wish I would have just stuck with everquest live server since release (other then a break for when Vanguard was out!). I would have saved literally what 100k easy that I've spent on various video games/systems/gacha's etc and probably had more fun as I enjoy games that have that long term sense of purpose and progression.

Epic 7 mobile was also the best/worst thing ever...me and wife played the shit out of it and literally could have done that for 5-10 years as my only gaming and been happy but just spent too much cash chasing stuff especially when I'd 1st pull it on my account and then drop 500 dollars for my wife's account because I felt bad she didn't get the OP hero. Adds up quick and while I make an extremely comfortable living it still was probably for the best to pull the plug. I'd pay 50 dollars a month no questions asked for a game like Epic 7 on a sub that was basically same game with some other methods to try and get the hero's that made it so not everyone had every single one etc and no gacha schemes.