#co-op quests

[buryam-soul]

I might be at least 80% projecting, but there's something interesting about cynodace and their disconnects with (parts of) their cultures.

Candace mentions in one of her voicelines that her father was an Akademiya scholar. Y'know. From the rainforest. But he was ambiguously mentioned in past tense (we only know for certain her mother died when she was born) so who knows how much he taught her about the rainforest's culture. And she rarely had the chance to leave the village too; most of her pre-AQ contact with the forest seems to be merchants.

Cyno was briefly raised in the Temple of Silence but says his memories of that time was hazy. Given that Cyrus didn't even tell him about the Temple much less that that's where he's from, I doubt he passed down any desert stories/traditions that are specifically from the Temple (which Cyrus had to know plenty about given he lived with them for years). If Cyno ever got curious, he didn't have specific leads that would've gotten him very far either.

Candace likes to buy trinkets from merchants -- including identifiably rainforest things like bracelets with Kalpalata engravings and pendants with Akademiya emblems. Cyno's Mahamatra headpiece -- very obviously Hermanubis imagery inspired -- was custom-made according to his requests, presumably based on what little he remembers of the Temple. They may not actively say it, but I think they yearn for the parts of themselves they never got the chance to know.

And I like the idea that they could know these parts through each other, even if Aaru's traditions and the Temple's are not quite the same; even if Candace's father might've been from one of the villages instead of the city like Cyrus; even if nothing exactly matches one to one. They'll teach each other what they can anyway. Maybe they'll find what they're looking for, maybe it'll be close enough. Maybe feeling that something about you is forever missing will get easier when you're sharing it.

[anuphim]

played the new update for 9 hours now i go snorkk mimimi

[skylar-jay]

SO

Apparently CQ3 has a slightly different end card for co-op mode and...

Look at this goober :3

[aromanticasterisms]

yknow i was a little miffed when yoimiya got her second story quest but i can't even be mad that cyno's getting his. he's been around since manga days he deserves it

[kay-selfships]

yknow with all of the changes hoyo is making to make the game easier for new players, i’m kinda surprised they haven’t done anything about that liyue quest that literally locks you out of co-op and your serenitea pot until you complete it

[electricpurrs]

oh yeah btw i ended up getting very hooked in rain world but i expressed to my brother that i kinda want to play it but the game is very difficult / im bad at it so his conclusion is that i could try playing the rain world campaigns with the campaign characters as supposed but in co-op so he can go along to guide/help me. which probably isnt the right way to play but who give a shit. anyway im playing gourmand's campaign ^_^

[myersesque]

playing bg3 a lot lately!!! some highlights (act 1 spoilers):

wyll is lying unconscious on the floor. shadowheart runs over to help him up, slips in the grease, and lies on the ground in defeat. the camera immediately cuts away. i lose my shit laughing

astarion then proceeds to slip in that grease puddle THREE TIMES on his way out of the room

"watch this - astarion NEVER fails at lockpicking." (he proceeds to fail at lockpicking twice consecutively)

gale disengaging from an enemy so he won't immediately get squished like a bug. the enemy ignoring every other member of the party to charge at him full force and oneshot him into death

astarion being the only party member not to fail every fucking nature check and therefore ending up sounding like the world's snarkiest tour guide

ethel teleporting mayrina directly into my cloud of daggers at the end of the fight, not even bothering to move herself out of the cloud, so both of them died simultaneously and i had to reload

gale being restrained, put under a silence spell, and set on fire, making him essentially fucking useless and also killing him faster than anybody could get him unstuck because he is squishy and flammable

the entire party slipping on grease and falling down the stairs in PERFECT UNISON

me, my bf (in our co-op save), and karlach, accidentally triggering the ragzlin fight... then we realise astarion isn't anywhere on the initiative menu, nor is he in the room. i switch control to him real quick to discover he's having his own separate boss fight against priestess gut and like twenty goblins, the poor sod

my bf getting arrested for theft within maybe 20 seconds of entering emerald grove, whilst i was still stuck in dialogue and could do nothing to stop him. he then forgot to re-equip his gear after getting it from the prison chest, despite me reminding him a bajillion times, which led to some INTERESTING combat encounters

"well, astarion is doing okay!" an enemy runs up and throws astarion off a balcony, knocking off half his health. "...ok well he WAS-"

getting jumpscared by gale's laugh, courtesy of a timmask

accidentally destroying a bridge mid-fight! it did absolutely nothing to any of the enemies but it took out lae'zel AND shadowheart in one fell swoop

getting confused by the blessing effects looking simular to the blue circles used to show allies, and therefore letting astarion fire bolt shadowheart to death before realising, in a moment of quiet horror, what i had just done

wyll killing half the goblins by shoving them off balconies instead of actually fighting them lmaoooo

"wait, where the fuck are karlach and astarion?" (the answer is always "they forgot to jump ten minutes ago and i only just noticed, so they're in a cave halfway across the map")

[skxawngonearth]

Thoughts on the game rn (spoilers)

To preface this, I generally love Frontiers with all of my heart. However, with the pink glasses being mostly gone, I'd like to voice my main "problems" with the game now.

It's been the first game since Horizon which made me actual feel for not only the characters, but the world you're in in general. I legit cried when the arches were destroyed, the fate of the Sarentu was revealed.

And I think that's what the game did extremely well: actually putting us (the player) in gut-wrenching scenarios, which most never experienced in RL. Sure, some cutscenes could've been fleshed out more (tbh I was a bit disappointed from the final battle). But in general, the cutscenes actually give us not only story input, but also emotional value (eg Zomey's death or the pouchers storage).

However, once you've finished the main story and all quests, it does feel, well, empty. Kukulope's shop/errands do help with that a bit, though while I understand why they reset her only once per week, her only offering 3 items per round isn't really helping with occupying yourself. (I know it's too early to complain about this since we're getting 2 DLCs this year which will might change the endgame experience once out)

Though the matter which frustrates me more at the moment (and others I'm sure), are the unattended bugs. The constant reset/change of gear, unable to complete/start quests, and more are just annoying at this point. It's been almost 8 weeks since the release, and aside from the first patch there's been no further support from Ubisoft as far as I'm aware.

And that's a major problem in my opinion. The initial hype starts to wear off, and although Ubisoft (hopefully) is focusing on the DLCs, they should do the least minimum of eliminating known bugs. Especially after they made pre-order exclusive material avaiable for everyone (I know, it's just skins, I know it's Ubisoft and I should've known better, but it still sucks for those affected).

This turned more into a rant but I'd love to hear your opinions on the matter!

[theleechyskrunkly]

If your wondering why I’m taking so long with my GENSHIN player ID, it’s because I haven’t played in ages and needed to go through the whole story again and forgot how to do a lot of shit.

G R I N D I N G M O D E

LMAO I haven't played in a while either and I literally only have a single 5 star

💀

[irl]

why did i get the haunted copy of dragon age inquisition. i didnt pay for that

[haunted-xander]

It's fun to see how easier some things are as an experienced player rather than a newbie. I had SO much trouble with the snowboar king the first time I fought it, but here it's far less intimidating bc I actually know what I'm doing lol

[sunflowersandcherryblossoms]

Why do the Kon characters stopped giving us our due orbs when we level them up?

[hardcoregamer]

10 Best Co-Op RPGs

There's a general feeling that RPG adventures need to be a solitary experience to stand out from the crowd, and adding the ability to bring a friend alone only serves to dilute the experience. This can be the case in some situations, but it's not always the case, as some RPGs are much richer when you have a buddy alongside you to lend a blade in battle. So, to prove that point, we have created a list of the finest co-op RPG games in recent memory.

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[icharchivist]

Salt is pointing out to me that he believes Phoenix sounds different when it talks to Abramelin and when Hauhet is appearing as Phoenix

like similar voice-ish but pronouncing some vowells differently

i'm at a point i feel like it's two different voices because i'm lost to the conspiracy board sauce but i'm leaving the two lines here in case

[maple-leaf-library]

today’s co-op experience was something alright

a hu tao main joined my world, i asked them if they need anything, but they just teleported to wangshu inn

totomioka if you see this i’m in your walls /lh

[viatrixtravels-a]

"A thunderstorm...Why right now...?"