Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Kolsykol]

We got a dog last year and it likes to bite ( puppy but we got it from a shelter so it's not THAT young ).
Pretty annoying and if she's especially energetic she bites hard.
Imo it doesn't hurt but others think so.

They're supposed to grow out of it pretty much but damn sometimes I can't step outside the door without her coming charging lol.
It calms down after a while it's right after people have gotten home it's the worst.

Edit: As a side note, P4S is dead yay lol.
I feel like I can relax now until the next tier and them imma jump in week 1 instead of stalling.

We got past act 4 and I hadn't done any of it after that but managed to do it anyway altho the last bits are quite easy surprisingly enough, it's a tad weird imo that the last mechanics are the simplest.
I am a bit surprised overall how much more intimidating P4S felt and looked than it was actually hard.
I am looking forward to reset tomorrow at least because I want to do the fight again.

Imo I'd say P4S is either my favorite or second favorite this tier in terms of fun, it's hard to say after only beating it once and with little experience in comparison.
P1S has the best flow imo tho and is probably the overall favorite.
P1S while easy is just a really well-designed and fun fight imo, I'd love to see dungeon bosses like that.

Edit: So this happened lol.
First attempt at re-clearing P4S today someone failed four times in a row on curtain call and wiped us ( all you have to do is break tether on 12 sec for dps and 7 sec for healer/ tank ).
I had issues finding a clear group again all needed tank or healers or there were no weekly groups running.
The one I joined later was good and we cleared quick, and uh.

The mount dropped and I rolled a 99.
LOL.
Thank you whoever messed up in the first group, you got me a lucky mount.
I won the EX1 mount with a 99 roll too on first clear and now this on second clear it's so weird, I always roll 1-40 on gear ( 3 and 8 this time ) but then suddenly when a mount drops BANG 99.

[Cincierta]

So today I went in for what I thought was my last appointment with my surgeon to check on my dental implant. Turns out while they were poking it and checking my gum around the area they managed to pull part of it out.

I didn't realize this until I got home and started to drink some water, feeling pressure on one side of it. Look in the mirror and I prodded it lightly, and realized something. Rods aren't supposed to jiggle. Especially ones that are jammed into your jawbone.

Needless to say I get to go back in tomorrow super early instead of getting to sleep in on my day off. Joy.

[SturmChurro]

Lost ark is really, really not going to be good for me. The skins I mean. I saw a link that showed a lot of them, and I need them. Unpopular opinion, but I actually want(ed) much more *quality* outfits for FFXIV. Instead of fantasias I could have bought outfits. I know people don't like that opinion, since they don't like any aspect of a cash shop, but mogstation outfits would simply be more options that could also compliment in-game pieces. Anyway, I need skins. I'd rather have good skins than games. I could buy or have bought Elden ring, but I need that money set aside for skins. The $100 for fantasias will probably now just be spent on skins

[Kolsykol]

Lost ark

I like the skins in the mogstation a lot because they can go for themes that doesn't '' make sense '' for the ingame content like raids and dungeons, but are still fun and cool.
The Eastern Lady Errant chest piece and gloves for example are two of my favorite in the game but I am not exactly sure where they could drop ingame especially not in the current expansion.
I kinda wish they went for more Job themes too but I think people would get mad and start screaming about '' favoritism '' tbh unless they did one for every Job every time.

But yeah I am kinda staying away from Lost Ark for now for a multitude of reasons, p2w being a major one but also it's kinda greedy in terms of cosmetics too and there's also no real simple and convenient glamour system.
Which is a shame I mean... They create all of these amazing looking gear sets and then make it so inconvenient or expensive to actually use it for glam.
Also I just don't like Amazon and I don't want to see them in the industry tbh I really hate the idea of more of these big corporations coming into it, I also don't trust them to not screw around with the skins either I have so little faith in that.
Even if they don't do it ingame today I don't believe they'll be able to keep their fingers off especially not with outside pressure from very loud people in the gaming press as well as self-appointed fashion police Western game devs ranting about it online.
I don't want to buy a skin or work hard for gear ingame and then have it be ruined later down the line, and it's not like it doesn't happen it happens a lot that stuff gets tampered with later...
In all honesty I am quite baffled that Amazon even decided to publish it altogether and I think they might cave to the pressure sooner or later.

On the EU loading screen they have a censored Gunslinger skin for some absurd reason and it looks awful, I think it's what they intend to do to skins in the future too.
They painted all skin bellow the neck black to cover it and you can literally see the leotard bottom and garter belt clip through the '' pants '' lol, it's horribly lazy and just looks bad.
It very clearly looks unintended and compromised.
When I see stuff like that it doesn't instill a lot of faith in me and makes me ask a lot of questions as to why.

Even p2w aside, I don't actually care about being the strongest or doing content slower but it's definitely something that just really rubs me the wrong way.
But so long as there's no forced PvP like in BDO it's not a complete dealbreaker for me.
However I am also quite hesitant on playing two MMO's simultaneously, I am planning on doing the Blade and Soul story again but that's just the story.
FFXIV isn't very time-consuming but I still have so many other games I want to play and other stuff to do too.

I've spent the whole day catching up on several of my anime titles-- absolutely glorious.

I have a lot of Anime I want to watch but never get around to, but I did finally watch Demon Slayer and enjoyed it a lot, the movie especially and the last episode of the Anime was just incredible in regards to animation too it felt like a whole new level.
It's definitely VERY tropey tho, the constant flashbacks and people pulling powers out their ass got a bit much lol.

I also have the most recent seasons of Gintama to watch too.

Edit: Nier Automata is getting an Anime too so I am excited for that.
I've also never watched Cowboy Bebop, feel like I gotta watch it at some point due to its reputation.

[SturmChurro]

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I do think Amazon is intent on ruining that game here. The censorship was unnecessary, as the people it is meant to satisfy aren't even going to play anyway, and, for that matter, would/will still be complaining over on Twitter, or making clickbait articles regardless. By the way, it is an "M" rated game, so it's even more laughable. There are a lot of other bizarre changes that I won't get into here, but it's not hard to find. It's really a shame, since all they had to do was bring over the same game with some progression and 'pay to win' changes.

Like, I've said before I actually only play FFXIV for a few months every year. I mean, I put a lot of time into it for the months I do play it, but largely throughout any given year I am doing other stuff or playing other games. There just isn't anything to do that interests me with the long content droughts or just simply content that doesn't last. I don't even really care to level my other classes. I have my main classes leveled. I cared more during ShB since I had a mount to work towards, but Endwalker, I don't really have anything I want to do. Overall, I think Endwalker was the weakest expansion launch I have been a part of. I am not even referring to the story necessarily, but the content. I want(ed) to play FFXIV more, but this is how it is. Now, I also stated I didn't want to main two mmorpgs, but if a competitor for FFXIV comes out, with a more constant release schedule, with quality content, outfits, etc. I would seriously consider just switching my "main" game over.

Buying skins doesn't mean I would be switching games or maining a different game. I buy skins in pretty much any game I like, and have wasted a lot of money in the process. I have ESO skins, GW2 skins (faces and hair too for each character), SWTOR I have a gigantic amount of cash shop items, Smite I bought skins, Warframe I have purchased things (I mostly just grind for stuff in that - which in turn burns me out), APB reloaded back when I was a kid I bought a ton of stuff, etc..

FFXIV just has a bulk of ugly outfits, and a general lack of outfits. Adding more cash shop outfits could at least encourage them to make more quality designs, to make more money. I wouldn't mind seeing just more available in general - this means hairs, etc. as well.

[Kolsykol]

I feel ya about wanting to play more, imo FFXIV kinda has the opposite issue where gearing is time-gated and you exhaust what you can get too quickly.
450 tomestones is too little imo, I don't understand why certain pieces like the chest piece for example takes two weeks too.
And I just did P1S-P4S in one sitting after reset then I only really had the tomestones left.

Granted I do want to level professions too and I do enjoy just hoping into dungeons simply playing the game is still fun to me.
But when I weigh leveling professions against playing another game the latter usually wins out.

I think FFXIV has a little the same issue a lot of Western MMO's have imo which is that they focus too much on things '' making sense '' over what's actually fun when it comes to gear.
I don't really mind it too much in dungeons and raids and I do like the raid designs.
But at the same time at least imo I don't find the more generic '' lore gear '' to be all that interesting most of the time, it's just a bit dull I prefer stuff that has more of a focus on aesthetic appeal rather than how it '' fits into the world ''.
GW2 does that really well imo, people complain about '' immersion '' but it's a MMO it turns into a fun sandbox after a while that doesn't actually matter long term, I think most people really don't care about that in MMO's long term and it holds it back.
I don't think that most people would stick around for very long if the gear was all google copy pasted historical armor, maybe some hardcore enthusiasts would but I think most people would lose interest and get bored of it.

The new expansion for GW2 actually kinda has this issue too imo, the new gear looks so dull and bleh in contrast with the overall game.
Because they went for a more '' realistic '' route and took a lot of historical inspiration, it makes some sense on some level but I think they went a bit overboard and it just kinda made it boring.
It has the same feeling as wearing a t-shirt and jeans it comes across as a tad underwhelming and bland.

I've been playing Nioh 2 recently again too, and it's the same issue I have there too.
I can only take so much Samurai armor or historical Japanese clothing.
It'd be nice with something a bit more '' fantasy '' and fun.

[SturmChurro]

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A lot of the gear definitely does take too long, considering the amount of classes there are.. It's a nightmare to gear them. Like, right now, I won't play my RDM, since I don't have the weapon, and won't have the weapon anytime soon (haven't actually played in weeks maybe.. more like two months actually). I am probably not going to even do experts on my tank, because it's insufficiently geared. I keep my main (whm) geared to (what I consider) an adequate level and that's about it. I don't do content like savage, so I can't even go beyond basic crafted (I have to buy) or tomestone gear.

Here's the thing with crafters and gatherers, I want to have them, but I also don't want to have them. The inventory management alone is still scaring me away from them. I just don't want to deal with the headache. Pretty much that simple. I know I need them, so I can craft stuff for my house, etc.. but like.. I don't know if I really want to, plus it's boring. So boring. I'd have to watch something on the side or something.

It's not that big of an issue to have outfits that are thematic to the game, the issue is actually making them creative and look good, and, frankly, I don't think SE does a very good job for the most part. The thing is though, I have seen really cool or higher quality outfits that they have made, like in PvP ranked. So I know they can do it, they just don't do it! The rare occasion we get cool stuff, the vast majority of players won't get them, and for that matter people are/were win trading to get them! It's unbelievable! Now, don't get me wrong, I also like casual outfits. I have worn them on my character, and posted them several times in various screenshot threads, but we get a severe lack of both, in my opinion. I mean, a severe lack of *quality* stuff. If this game had more *quality* collectibles and outfits to strive for and unlock I would probably play more, even with the content they release as is. We literally get slow content updates, and little to no rewards, or just not interesting rewards a lot of the time. It sucks.

[Ramesses]

I've spent the whole day catching up on several of my anime titles-- absolutely glorious.

[MilkieTea]

been binging Bleach in preparation for the final season coming out in october. Super excited!

[Thaciscokidd]

been binging Bleach in preparation for the final season coming out in october. Super excited!

Same but I'm glad that Bleach is over(unless the one shot gets extended), cause lord help me if we got another Bount arc