#not even for Trespasser I don't think

[elvenbeard]

OKAY SO.

As I'd mentioned back then in my Phantom Liberty Tour post, only a few of those who attended got to playtest the game themselves, while the rest got to see about an hour-long preview. And they didn't showcase much of the new abilities/skills beyond what they were gonna use in combat, and let's say... the V they showed was super flashy, his combat style looked super fun, but couldn't have been further from my playstyle xD Like... the finishers and stuff look amazing, but that's not something I'm gonna have much use for with my low-on-cyberware build that relies heavily on stealth and hacking really (but that I really really enjoy).

So I was a bit worried the whole time, low-key, how the fun would look like for a player like me. And now I finally got to play around in the build planner (https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/build-planner if you wanna have a go, but contains mild PL story spoilers - but again, you're reading this, so maybe you don't care as much for mild spoilers XD)

Looking at everything, especially the new stuff... MAN... :eyes emoji: x1000

I was worried Tech wouldn't be as useful for my low-on-cyberware build anymore, as it is very tied to that now BUT... it's also tied to the health item/ grenade cooldown, and, as before, enhances Tech-Weapons very nicely like... I think along with INT I'd like to make Tech my other 20 Ability. In combination with some of the new hacking abilities (overclocking your cyberdeck?? FUCK YEAH THAT IS... SO ÖAKHSFASDÖASJD that is *such* a thing Vince would do like öasjhdföasf when I saw that I screamed) it's so badass... I think it's gonna work really well together.

The only thing I haven't found that I'm a bit sad about was a Ninjutsu skill that let you pounce on enemies from above (I don't recall the name)... either I overlooked it or it's now integrated into some of the new movement stuff :O but even then, the new movement stuff?? Faster climbing?? Hello, where have you been all my life XDD

Also not to mention the abitlity to queue quickhacks that was teased in one of the trailers already like maaaaaan... Also a lot of counter-hacking abilities against enemy netrunners, CARHACKING... and I get the feeling, from some of the skill descriptions, how cyberware in general works (in the sense that, it reads as if you can upgrade it the way you could upgrade clothing and armour now? but not 100% sure, that would be awesome o.o) was really fundamentally changed.

Also, like... of all the arm cyberware the monowire was always the one where I said "this would be the one Vince *might* consider getting out of all of them, if he was forced to get one", and I don't really know how it was skilled previously... but now it's very closely tied to quickhacking and Intelligence, so one more reason why it would fit him the most XD Still don't think I'd get it cause... yeah, it would just not fit him as a character that much and the way he sees cyberware XD But I love that as a little sidenote.

I'm a little bit... hmm, not quite disappointed, but I would've expected something different from the Relic skilltree actually. I mean, it is very very cool, but also, again, the majority of the skills in there isn't really gonna be useful for my playstyle. And I wonder... if maybe you get advantages or disadvantages beyond extra abilities (read: story-related consequences) if you put a lot of points into it, with how these skills are unlocked >.> *suspicious noises*

But yeah... Usually I'm not looking forward to the updates as much cause... mods break xD But I really am looking forward to trying all of this in game now o.o But it's gonna be... such a difference like hhh...

I'm definitely not gonna start over a new save just to play PL, cause I simply don't have that time atm XD But I'm extremely looking forward to my 3rd fresh playthrough and seeing the skills grow over time instead of setting them all in one go xD

[herearedragons]

tag the oc that's most likely to get stuck in a time loop and what kind of time loop it would be

[niofo]

so, we don't have a mabari in dav. you know last game we didn't have a mabari and we had a companion that sounds like sole-ass, i'm not pointing fingers but yk, coincidence? no mabari and we're teaming up with certain someone against a god or another? are they using the lack of mabari to signalize us things? omg bioware devs so clever, i can't believe they come up with such such a intricate system to let us know.

[tortoise-teapot]

remembering fondly that when i installed the trespasser dlc it corrupted my game completely to the extent i called the fucking ea helpline out of desperation. i was like "my man, I *need* to know what happens. i'm dying. i usually wouldn't do this, but this is very important to me and i'm freaking out." and this guy bless him i guess he recognized an Autism Event when he saw one and stayed on the line with me for an HOUR figuring this shit out. a lot of it was waiting for shit to install or load and he just asked me questions about the game and was genuinely interested and he's like "you know, everyone who calls about this game seems to like it a lot. i don't usually play rpg's but this sounds interesting" and... i don't even remember his name. one of the most comforting and helpful conversations i've ever had. thank you EA guy, i hope i gave you an excuse to just hang out during your shift, you rock. i think of you every time i start trespasser. which is incredible given how i'm usually already crying by the time the winter palace loads in.

[datastate]

so many people forget kai made the initial backdoor file and it makes me sooo fucking sad. obviously he’s uninvolved in the death game as a whole and it would be. horrific! to be forced to work on it. but he is nonetheless sooo autistic about programming okay...? trust me. it’s the one thing he and shin get along with.

[solavelyan]

10 years later and people are still in denial that the end of inquisition was, in fact, the ending, and it was just Not Good

[naffeclipse]

Naff actually. Now I'm thinking and it's possible this was answered before, but in terms of chaotic/ neutral/ lawful good/ neutral/ evil - where would the cryptid boys fall? From their own moral perspective? They care about sacred rules so much, so I'd peg them as definitely lawful, and probably good to neutral leaning at worst? Those are their rules, even if to humans their actions may fall under more neutral evil (don't kill exclusively rulebreakers, but hunt them specifically, opportunity kills definitely on the table, but don't go out of their way to cause chaos).

I guess I'm just - I'm just really curious about the rules the boys play by, how exactly rules become sacred, who decides that, if it's something intrinsic or a choice, and how the boys live with that - we've only heard snippets so far of their life before Y/N, possessing toys to spend time with children, guiding children, and just. They care so so much!! For their standards.

And I guess I also can't wait for the fallout for when Y/N's, not just a human, but a cryptid hunter, moral view collides with the boys' perspective, and in how far they would be willing to compromise (both, perhaps - we got a glimpse of that in the lost episode after all! But a cryptid Y/N in shock is of course going to act differently from our dear human Y/N!) AND ACTUALLY this last part I don't expect an answer to I assume that's gonna be in the fic I am just. Curious and rambly and excited fghdjs

But yeah, the alignments! To spice it up perhaps these constellations: cryptid boys from their own perspective, the average human's perspective, and Y/N from their own perspective, and from the boys' perspective? Because those differences are just!! I'm rolling around in them like catnip hehe <3

Luce! Ahahha, I love pondering over this, and this gives me a fantastic opportunity to ramble! I'm not incredibly familiar with the alignments, but I'll do my best ♥

The boys do care very much, hence why they even bother following the sacred rules. Those rules are internalized, but they expect those rules to be followed, or else. Now, from their own moral perspective, they cherish life in a very specific manner—by the nature of a person's heart. Children are inherently innocent, thus, they are pure of heart (this must be a fairytale for Sun/Moon lol) but adults fluctuate. With grown-up choices arrive effects, and with effects arrive stains upon a pulse.

They're not chaotic or evil for evil's sake. Although how they hunt/kill is very violent and frightening, they have their reasons. Hunger, punishment, and eliminating a threat are all factors in their actions, all within the restriction of the sacred rules. They, however, wouldn't be compelled to aid a human if said human wasn't a child. For that, Sun/Moon would consider themselves to be Lawful Neutral. They act as the sacred rules direct them, and don't fall to pure malice or sweet benevolence without proper motive.

From the average human's perspective? Chaotic evil. There's no time to discern what a demonic cryptid's intentions are, only that they are large, dark, and terrifying. To stumble upon a bloody scene of Sun/Moon's most recent punishment is senseless and horrifying.

Now for Cryptid Hunter!Y/N! This one is a natural pick for me as they're honorable and compassionate but within reason. Y/N is Lawful Good. They have broken rules, though they do their best not to, and while that does catch them in some awkward positions, at the end of the day, they are looking out for others, always. They try to balance the law with care. Sometimes that's a punishment for their own health, but Y/N wouldn't have it any other way.

Sun/Moon looking to Y/N and seeing the sweetest, caring, most loving cherub? They know Y/N is Lawful Good. Of course, they know Y/N has never broken sacred rules, and they see how much Y/N cares to not cause disruption and actively prevent more harm/destruction. Y/N is very honest and genuine in their pursuits in life, and they admire Y/N for their unflinching love.

[alhavaradawnstar]

sigh. I very specifically have Nev + Vyrthur paralleling Nađis + Gelebor to both compare/contrast their dynamics and characters and to process my own experiences and fears but I never have the mental energy to think about both at once so this is lost in their separate development

[monsterhugger]

fr if you're interested in urban exploration but you're lowkey scared of getting arrested go into engineering. spent all day today in a semi-abandoned office building/warehouse that was half-renovated into a haunted house before the city shut it down

[vilnan]

i don't want to play inquisition, i just want to play trespasser

[subconsciousmysteries]

Lana del Rey's exact wing (9w1 or 9w8) is torturing me. I see strong arguments for both. But I lean towards w1 after thinking it through properly.

Popularly everyone types her 9w8, probably because of the fallacy that 1s are all boring political types who hate art. Really 1 is the type that is MOST fixated on actualizing their ideals of beauty, so... yeah. That changes the game here completely.

I see w8 in her life choice to live Mad Max style and her constant focus on sex. Though that can all be explained away with her being an sx/sp. I see w1 in her prissiness, her extreme perfectionism towards her appearance and her highly stylized and polished music videos. Her focus on philosophy -- she got a degree in philosophy, few know this because it isn't really in her songs -- and also the tone of sarcasm as opposed to raw rage in most of her songs. She never overtly expresses her feelings of anger. But her songs are almost all sarcastically digging into the guy she is mad at by painting a pretty picture of how brutal and disrespectful of her (non-existent and invisible) boundaries he is. A w8 would be much more direct and also more minimalistic / ugly, less stylized than her. She has the 1-ish pursuit of perfect beauty

[veshialles]

okay. okay what is a good number of years to give a character left to live that adds some Suspense to the finding a cure plot without being like. too optimistic? Originally I gave Kieshara 17 years to live but I think the stakes need to be a little higher ngl

[death-rebirth-senshi]

Every once in a while I'm like. Well I should play Inquisition again. Prepare myself for dragon age dreadwolf (which doesn't exist and is never coming out). I barely remember what Solas' deal was shouldn't I refresh. Etc. Well that's the devil talking.

[vivanightcity]

getting that 'damn i wish i had the follow through to make an animatic' feelings again since i was listening to this when deep in dragon age zone

and now i want it as Solas and a Lavellan who maybe agrees with him more than the game will let you.

[girlscience]

I know da:dreadwolf stuff is coming out and I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off because I still haven't completed trespasser and I really want to do that before I see anything about da:d, but also I kind of don't want to see anything so I can go in completely fresh and ready to discover it all, but also I want to wait and let everything get spoiled for me like it was with da:i, but also I kind of don't want to play the game at all because what if I don't like it and also it's a big change to something I really love and I don't really like change and idk. I don't know how I'm feeling but it's a lot and it's kind of bad.

[ebodebo]

Tough As Nails—Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy

thinking about cowboy!simon riley… MDNI | part one |

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He had become a nuisance. A pest, a headache. Every single adjective you can think of to describe a pain in the ass he was.

Your father's ranch hand, whom he hired all of six months ago, had become something of a bother, an inconvenience to you. He was annoying and stubborn. Narrowed his eyes at you too often for your liking. Scoffed when you would correct him. And scolded you when you would have people on the property when your parents would leave town—even going so far as to kick your guests off the property altogether.

But tonight would be different; it was the Fourth of July. You would happily throw your party in the barn your family owns, on the property they own. You weren't going to let him order you around tonight.

"What the hell is all of this?" Simon seethed, taking in the concrete floor covered in empty beer bottles and spilled grain. His booming voice caused some partygoers to straighten up, though no one dared to speak.

He clenched his jaw at the lack of cooperation. "Huh?" He paused, his fists clenching so hard they began to turn white.

"So, no one can speak?" He walked over to a guy sitting on a bale of hay, grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, and yanked him off the hay tossing him aside.

"Get the fuck off my hay." He gritted to the guy.

"Where is she?" All he could think about was the little pain in his ass who was responsible for this. The guy he pulled off the hay immediately pointed towards an old wooden outhouse away from the barn.

Simon rolled his eyes, sucking in a sharp breath. "If I come back and any of you are still here." He looked over everyone.

"I will not hesitate to shoot you for trespassing."

Safe to say, everyone in the barn scrambled out of the barn at that very second. Simon turned on his heels and stalked over to the outhouse, where he saw you leaning up against the outside with a guy's hands roaming your body, making out.

"What the fuck were you thinking?" You jumped at the sound of his voice, pushing the guy on you off your body.

"Sim—"

"Don't." He moved closer, standing directly in front of you, pointing his finger at you. "Don't Simon me."

"It's the Fourth of July, Simon. Lighten up."

"Do you realize your idiot friends spilled hundreds of dollars worth of grain and fucked with your dad's equipment?" All he had to do was glance at the guy just kissing you for him to go scurrying off.

"Shit, I shouldn't have left them alone. I wasn't thinking." You curse, looking up at him to meet his eyes.

"Ya, you're right." He stepped closer.

“You don't think." He gritted out before continuing.

"You're impulsive. Reckless."

Your eyes widen at his words. Who does this guy think he is? "Don't forget you work for me."

He lets out a deep, dry chuckle. "Actually, I work for your dad." 

"Whatever." You scoff as you take a step to walk past him.

"We are not done talking." He reaches out to grab your wrist; you swiftly turn your head to look up at him.

"I'm done listening to you." You grit out, eyes full of anger.

"Oh, is that it?" He scoffs out as you take a step away, only to trip over a wide hole in the ground, making both of you topple over, him falling on top of you. He's quick to plant a hand on the ground before, so his entire body weight isn't on you.

After you recognize the pain from the fall, you look up at Simon, who's on top of you, eyes boring into yours. Your pulse increases at the proximity, and your breath becomes more shallow.

His eyes blazed with fury, yours full of irritation. You can't help but glance at his lips, hovering not too far away from your own. This little action made him lose it. His self-control was already hanging on by a single thread, and the look you gave was what finally cut through. His lips crashed onto yours with such force that it took your air away.

It wasn't gentle or tender. It was desperation, months of built-up vexation. It was downright sinful.

You gasp once his lips meet yours but quickly return the sentiment. Your hands move to glide through his light hair, gently tugging on the roots, making him groan.

He yanks his cowboy hat off as he grips your waist to flip you so you are now on top of him, straddling his waist as he sits up.

"I thought you didn't like me." You smugly remark as he connects his lips to the side of your neck, and his hands start undoing buttons on your top.

"Like has nothing to do with this." He murmurs into your neck, lightly nipping at your sensitive skin, making you sigh.

"Keep telling yourself that, Cowboy." You jest, grabbing the back of his neck bringing him back up to your lips, already greedy for another taste of him.

He continues working on undoing your top buttons as his tongue collides with yours, and your teeth graze his own.

He cups your breast over the fabric of your bra as soon as he gets the buttons undone, making you whimper. His hand slips down to grip the fat of your ass as he leans in so his lips are lightly grazing your ear.

"You do it on purpose, don't you?" You could feel the roughness of his voice so close to your ear. You leaned into his lips grazing your ear.

"Do what?" You breathe out as his hand roams from your ass to the front of your belt, gently unclasping your belt buckle.

"You playin' dumb now?" He questioned, gently nipping at your ear lobe. The sensation made you let out a low moan before roughly grabbing his face and connecting your lips back to his.

He matched your hungry kiss, reciprocating an even hungrier one of his own as he tossed your belt off to the side and slid off your pitiful excuse for jean shorts down past your thighs.

He quickly undid his belt buckle and threw it off to the side, sliding his jeans down.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to do this." You breathe out, reaching between the two of you to release him from the confines of his boxers.

His mouth went dry at your touch. "Do what exactly?" He choked out as you carefully pumped him up and down.

"Ride you." You casually said as you slipped your already-soaked thong to the side to accommodate him. He could have come at your words. He almost did, but a quick relay of the steps to clean an AR-15 suppressed the urge. 

You grip him and slip him inside your dripping cunt, hissing at the contact. He grips your hips and gently sinks you lower, groaning as you grind into him. 

He brought his face closer to plant deep, wet kisses on your lips before groaning into your mouth as you continued your movements. "Fuck. Just like that." 

Your entire body erupted with goosebumps, and your nipples hardened at the sentiment. You grip his shoulders tightly, but before you pick up your pace, you hear a familiar truck pulling up to the gate of your family's ranch.

"Is that—" You begin before he thrusts into you, making you moan and throw your head back.

"So fuckin' sensitive." He leaned into your exposed neck and licked a strip up to your lips that were slightly parted. 

"Better come quick, sweetheart." He pants, gently bouncing you up and down on his cock, fingers digging into the tender flesh on your hips. 

"Wouldn't want your parents to see you riding me. Would you now?" You let out a pathetic whimper, bringing your hand down to swirl circles on your aching clit, while he wraps a strong arm around your waist to hold you in place as he drills himself into you.

Each thurst, each swirl of your finger, made you feel a sense of nirvana you didn't even know was possible to get to. It was pure bliss. That and his dirty tongue were spewing such filthy words that were making you wetter than you ever knew was possible.

"Tell me you're about to come because—” His pleading voice sends a final wave of heat through you.

"Fuck. Yes, I'm coming." You yelp, slipping your fingers through his hair and pulling on the light roots again. He silently curses as he comes, gripping you tighter and pressing your chest against his own.

By the time both of your orgasms subside, he silently and gently eases you up to assist you in pulling your thong and jean shorts back on. Then, he casually fixes his jeans and grabs his belt to put back on.

You glance at him, picking up his cowboy hat from the ground and carefully wiping off some dirt that had gotten on it. Though he doesn't slip it back on his head, as a shock to you, he places the hat on your head. It was a little big on you, so it fell a bit more in the front, slightly covering your eyes.

"Keep it.” He says, bending down to pick up your belt and buckle, gently slipping it around your waist and clasping it. He gently pats the buckle clasped in the front, then looks down at you before speaking.

"You earned it."

a/n: who the fuck even wrote this

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