Variant dungeons are actually boring

[Semirhage]

Is it just me or is it actually... pretty darn easy to tell when a Gaius-of-a-thousand-faces post is purely trolling or not?

He doesn't exactly hide his shifts in tone/attitude, and what few true bait/trap threads he(? honestly, those ones were harder to tell) started were pretty clearly so.

Or, more simply put, you can go into damn near any of these Skiros/Gaius/etc. threads that'd seem remotely serious and, sure enough, simply read the topic as/for what it is, rather than as some elaborate scheme to twist player opinion. If it's written sarcastically or with the sole intent to inflame, the OP will make that obvious very quickly.

But that would require engaging with critiques about CBU3's design decisions. There's a solid section of forumgoers who are absolutely convinced that any criticism is "trolling", which is much easier to dismiss. It's less work than taking the position of actively cheerleading the stupidification of the combat system, which is what they do when they're not accusing everyone of being a Gaius alt. :eyeroll: