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capn-beeb replied to your photo: I love the ornament system for armor now ��

Tell me more about these ornaments

Oh! it’s like the special seasonal armors from Eververse don’t function as armors anymore, you just unlock them once and then you can use them to change the appearance of any legendary armor forever 👌

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7. Opinion on Arcade Mode? and 9. Best execution(s)? :D

7.Opinion on Arcade Mode?

I kinda really like the idea, but the few times i played the weekly quest with a friend who actually owned the pass were pretty exhausting. Maybe it’s better with the recent changes to level 3 bots though, i dunno.

9. Best execution(s)?

We all know I’m biased with Valk, so I’m gonna start with Judgement Call and the Spearfishing one. Raider’s backbreaker and Berserker’s dropkick are great too though!

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capn-beeb replied to your post: There’s a cat that lives in my condo complex. He’s...

congrats on your new cat :V

I would try to convince him to live inside with me but my dad is super allergic to cats and I know my dogs wouldn't have it. He stays inside our complex, away from sidewalks and streets. Im gonna buy a bed and put it in the back of my Jeep and see if he uses it

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capn-beeb said: heads up: there is no button to pet the kitties. I found this out the hard way :(

NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo!!! Game is now a 9/10 - no kitten petting.

But as an artist, I can always draw that :]

pathfinderlittleduck said: Omffggg

My GTA experiences is always like that lol

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capn-beeb replied to your post: As someone who bakes as much as he can with what...

how the heck does somebody NOT preheat

Me: Preheats my oven like any other good boy

Philistines on this website: I never preheat my oven, preheating my oven killed my entire family

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wondermumbles replied to your post “wondermumbles replied to your post “capn-beeb: roblowcop: the...”

Except you can. There's a bunch of conversations where you can diss the old world. Prime example: the chat with Daisy about it. The only part that's really locked in is the intro cinematic, and that's only if you're playing male SoSu.

The issue with Fallout 4 in general is that it has all the cards to make a great and compelling story and narrative but it never uses them. It really has no theme because it has a lot of themes that are never developed to the end, usually being dropped halfway through - the Minutemen are obviously inspired by the historical Minutemen with the colonial clothes (which I personally dislike but its there), Goodneighbor has the vibes of that 50s noir fitting Nick Valentine and his story arc, Diamond City has this baseball oriented classic Boston aesthetic and  yet there is really no one in fandom that would ever refer to this game as “Oh colonials and baseball players in post apocalyptic america” the way people refer to FNVs aesthetic as “romans vs cowboys”. No one would ever look at a baseball related picture or some colonials and be like “Fallout 4 (2015) Bethesda Softworks”. 

I am not saying Fallout 4 should be a copy of FNV in terms of this, I am saying that Fallout 4 had themes that were very weak to the point that most of the fans, even those fans who are really invested in the story (like myself hey I am writing a 12 chapter fic on it) can’t make any kind of jokes that are not very specific inside jokes, like it wasn’t memorable, it’s themes didn’t touch people in any way even though they were there.

And that’s the exact same problem with the Old World - New World theme that was supposed to be the leading idea of the game. Honestly you can completely remove Shaun as a plot line and still make Fallout 4 work. You are playing a character that lived in the American utopia before the war, the suburbs, picket fences and backyard bbqs, house of tomorrow, rose colored lenses kind of deal. With them or their spouse being part of the military. And then suddenly what to them seems overnight they wake up in the world left in ruins by the war their society brought, and them as members of it. Can you say that they too had a role in it? That pretending everything is alright and living the illusion makes you an accomplice in the greater scheme of events? 

And you can easily parallel them waking up from the cryostasis as this rebirth, they open their eyes again in a new broken world and they can’t go back. The Old World is gone and now this is their world. Will they hold on to the Old World ideals or will they adapt to the New World? Will they see the flaws in their old society and try to build a new one or will they just repeat the mistakes of those that destroyed the world? Fallout as a franchise on a subtle level deals with these themes through it, and they are especially prominent in FNV which is why most people like it best. Themes of the faults in societies, in humanity, in people’s need for War - and most importantly how War never changes but people do - in FNV you can choose to war or you can choose peace.

I am not saying that everything has to be based on this I am saying that with the inclusion of a Pre-War protagonist you open up this great narrative to sort of summarize everything the franchise had as a theme before your own game, to touch on the original Fallouts, on 3 and on FNV and yet...it just doesn’t. You get the best ending by nuking your enemies and at no point the narrative criticizes that, and you don’t have the option to say wait if I do this will I just continue what the people that destroyed my world were doing? Is there another way to do this? I see two ways, can I make a third one?

So it’s not that these things are not present, it’s that they are not prominent. If my main theme has to be something I fish out from a conversation with a random ass shopkeeper with three lines most people would ignore then it’s not my main theme. Was the main theme of New Vegas travelling to the moon because there is that one quest where you send those ghouls-- You get my point. 

This is not me trying to argue with you over the Vidya Games I mean they are just games after all, read this in the most lighthearted tone you can, but as someone who sadly loves Fallout 4 and has over 400 hours in it I am sad that the game has all these themes, all these nice characters, all this narrative potential and it just never uses it properly and leaves every arc to be half assed and in the end fails to make its own identity as part of the franchise when really it could have been great. 

[northirish]

Big idea: Dishonored 3 playable character Mindy Blanchard

And it better be set in Morley!

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capn-beeb replied to your post: @capn-beeb if you’re still playing Destiny 2 on...

I sure am! A bunch of folks in the lone star discord are playing too :D

I haven’t been on there in a while but good to hear either way 👌

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oh shit! they announced a new warframe

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capn-beeb replied to your post “Looks like my posts just aren't appearing in the fh tag now? That...”

Yeah I don't see any of your posts in the tag at all :(

It happened before with that one raider video, but i thought that was a one-time thing since they flagged it as explicit (because of them raider nips, i’m guessing). I mean, it’s not that big of a deal since the fh community here isnt exactly massive so it all kind of goes around. Still, it sucks to see that my posts aren’t showing up in the first place.

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Right??????

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10, 19, 20 for the Fallout OC ask meme thing :D

I’m going to answer this with three of my characters! Winter and Summer Torres are my twin siblings living in the Commonwealth and Francis is a self-proclaim medic of the DC wastelands. Still deciding if he eventually made his way to the Commonwealth or not.

10. What do they fear the most?

Winter fears getting kidnapped by raiders (or other unsavory groups) without anyone knowing about it. She tends to travel between the many settlements making sure things are running smoothly so getting ambushed/kidnapped is a thought that’s always in the back of her mind.

Summer fears losing his sister and sometimes questions if even trying to survive in a world that’s been devastated is even worth it.

Francis fears losing what few friends he has, due to his actions or the actions of others. More so because of his own actions. 

He’s still going to charge for using that Stimpak on someone though!

He has a fear of bugs so if a place is infested with something like radroaches, he won’t bother sticking around. It’s not a life-crippling fear though and he deal with it if it’s the last resort.

19. What natural alignment are they? (ex. Lawful Good, Chaotic Evil)

Unfortunately, most of my characters tend to be good as I have yet to successfully play as an evil character. The best I can do is a Neutral Evil and it usually by the time I log off for the night, the character somehow turns into neutral good!

Winter falls under Neutral Good. She’s the type to help others, not for her benefit but because she thinks that’s the right thing to do. That is the reason she joined the Minuteman. She often ends up helping out the settlers and doing other odd tasks. She tends to favor more direct solutions to problems.

Summer is Lawfully Good. He doesn’t want to cause trouble for anyone but he does respect others and tries to help the best he could. He’s not an adventurous type and is totally okay with a support role. He prefers more of a diplomatic approach to problems, if possible.

Francis is more Neutral Good. As a medic, he will help people if needed but he doesn’t have an opinion of helping one who is good in his eyes compared to one he might look down on. He gets paid and he continues to be able to survive because of it. Despite that, he does have a few people that he can depend on but for the most part, he prefers to work alone (which is rare, as there is usually someone around with him at a given time).

20. Do they have any hobbies? What are they?

It depends with Winter. She enjoys spending time with Preston Garvey, whether during downtime or helping out the Settlements. She loves exploring some of the abandoned buildings around the Commonwealth because she can usually find and bring back much-needed supplies. She enjoys interacting with other people at the settlements as well.

Summer’s hobby is pretty much fixing up the settlements and making them more inviting/livable. It’s his way of distracting himself from living in the Commonwealth. He’s more of an introvert so he usually keeps to himself and his sister is one of the few that he would confide in. He’ll occasionally seek out other settlers to make sure they’re okay and if there’s an issue, how he can help.

Francis is a reader so he treasures any quiet time that he gets. He tends to read more of the boring medical books and reports to get a better understanding at his job.

Thanks for the ask! If anyone wants to ask me more, here’s the post!

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you know… i love her :3