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Nice. In hindsight now, Cadegund kinda reminds me of Xoti. Especially that hood with the hair sticking out in that concept art. And in my last playthrough, she was wearing a breastplate and I gave her the Thundercrack Pistol while keeping her lantern in the off-hand. I thought that was kinda fitting.

Can anyone remember that one cut companion of either PoE1 or PoE2 that Josh posted about a long time ago? It was a female soldier in plate armor with an arquebus. I forgot the name and was wondering if we ever found out more about this character. Always loved the concept art.

/Edit: woops wrong thread. Please tell me 5 bullet points of what you did today.

Pretty sure people who can read that image are in the minority here.

Ok, just finished the final boss in Dark Souls 3. Needed some coop help to make it less tedious, but all in all it was reasonably easy. And really, after mastering Bloodborne gameplay, DS3 is so much easier since you can block most stuff with a shield and roll away. Dipped my toes a little bit into the DLCs, but even at level 100something, the beginning areas wiped the floor with me, and I'm honestly not sure if I can bear that. The Ringed City visuals look kinda nice, which might be able to pull me in, but the one in the snow... meeeh, I dunno.

That's my feelings. https://packaged-media.redd.it/dkohyi3xz1me1/pb/m2-res_480p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1740927600&s=b92298d0eebc42f701c1a15367c00061d13d8e23

Am I the only one who finds it weird how they are trying to force a minerals deal *now*? It's not like America can do anything with that at this point anyways.... or before the war ends. Russia is occupying most of the interesting mineral rich lands, so even if a contract would have been singed today... it pretty much means nothing for now or the next 10 years? You'd have to get rid of Russia first. So what's the angle here? Russia is about to implode, which means America has to force their hands now? Or does Trump think he can force a contract, then force peace with Russia, and then just let American companies go into the occupied territories and start working? None of this makes sense to me. Trump keeps yapping about Zelensky not wanting to make peace... does that mean behind closed doors, everything is already settled between America and Russia? Are they going to share profits until Russia can claim the rest of Ukraine in a few years? /Edit: I forgot that Ukraine is supposed to pay America. So basically, "make peace now" which means to concede all lost territories, reduce military strength, since that's what Russia wants, and then pay an impossible amount of money to America, which additionally bleeds out the country... probably creates social unrest... and then Russia can step in again with their political puppets in a couple years. Ez?

He looks like a fool to us. MAGAs are eating it up and talk about how "real" it was, etc.

This white house crap convinced me to finally donate to the ukraine defense fund. Might turn this into a monthly donation.

I'm playing Dark Souls 3 again right now, for unknown reasons. I just kinda booted it up again and now here I am, right in the middle of it. Back in the days I never played the DLCs either, because I felt so incredibly burned out from the genre. Though, not sure if I will play them this time... Really not in the mood for the snow stuff, tbh. After putting like a 100 hours into DS2 and then doing DS3 after that... it was just too much. Interestingly, I only had around 30 hours on Steam in the game... this might have been the fastest I ever beat a Souls-game. Even on my replay right now, all in all it does not feel *that* hard. Usually the bosses are slower and not as hectic / chaotic, which makes me a lot better at dodging them. In comparison, I also booted up Elden Ring again... over 80 hours in that one... Damn, the game looks so good. Every scene is a painting. But here it's exactly the inverse... this game is hard as hell. I die all the time, enemy attacks feel random and unpredictable. Also this huge game world where you had no pointers at all (at release- I saw the 2D map now shows NPCs on the bonfire locations).. it was very draining. Still.. because of how it looks like, I'm tempted to get back into it as well... at least for a while maybe.

You still think there will be another democratic president. Wish I had your optimism. /Edit: "Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/us/politics/hegseth-cyber-russia-trump-putin.html You can't make this **** up. US is sure as hell an ally of Russia now.

Problem is, none of those files can be trusted now. GOP could just easily have made up their own crap, filling the list with their enemies and removing who they don't want to be on it. Pretty sure they will just try to discredit whoever isn't in line with Trump yet. It's another step on the ladder to the final fascist form.

Yeah, but as far as I know, we don't have that issue here in Germany right now. So panic-buying eggs is... really not necessary. Besides, it's not like you can store them for years like toilet paper.

So this is a bit of an odd observation, but ... lately I saw that the egg shelf in the supermarket is surprisingly empty. Now I'm wondering if the same idiots who voted for the AfD are the ones who think Germany has an egg price problem because it's what they talk about in America. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's... well.. odd.

Damn, I just rewatched Buffy. Feels weird.

Maybe Ukraine thinks they just have to wait out Trump. At the end of the day, the GOP doesn't honor deals, so why should Ukraine do it? For now they can just say and do whatever, and later.. who knows.

So far I mostly use the electro pistol (reminds me of the Thundercrack Pistol from Deadfire) + some magic dagger that I found, or the Arquebus. I've upgraded both weapons to 3rd common level now. Kinda hate how the weapon switching is done. There also seem to be an issue with quick swapping and reloading.. sometimes it doesn't work, or my timing is off, I dunno. Also more than once already I've accidentally used my healing potion with pressing 1, even though my muscle memory just wanted to select a different weapon.

I don't want to make a new thread for it, and this one seems to be the most active, so I'll just ask here... Is it possible to add new armor / weapon models to the game? Was wondering if it'd be feasible to add the unique weapons from Avowed into Deadfire.

Wish we could get the new guns from Avowed as unique weapons in PoE1 and 2. Almost makes me want to check if I can build a mod like that. I know it's possible to add new(?) items to the game, but not sure if we can add new models as well.

Was thinking more about Avowed last night It's weird. On the one hand I can't wait to continue playing it, but on the other hand I'm a little put off by how much a "checklist" my playstyle has been yesterday. Like, I just ran up and down the map to collect items from chests while destroying some awfully generic mobs that were conveniently placed in obvious locations. This kinda makes the world feel... unalive? Hope that this will improve later, but I somewhat feel like this is what the game is. On the plus side, I got my first unique pistol, which is really cool. Also the Arquebus is super cool-- but the reload looks dorky, with my hands flying like a magician it's like I have 3 hands.

Rarely am I more disappointed in my country. Especially my town is something like 40% AfD, it's driving me mad. The only good thing is that AfD stays < 25%, since this means they can't do that much, especially nothing important. Also BSW (the most obvious Putin puppet) is below 5%, which is another good news. The future looks grim. AfD gained over 10% in votes. Next election will probably seal the deal and then after 90something years, we finally have Nazis back in the government. Or the coalition building will fail and CDU will work together with the AfD after all. Remember-- just because they say that they won't work with them, doesn't mean they will stay true to their words. I don't trust any of those snakes. That said, bringing back the CDU is just stupid. They had 16 years with Merkel and they did nothing. In big parts it's their fault that we are where we are now. I'm not blaming SPD, they didn't really had time to do stuff. Personally I would have given them more, just to see what happens.

Hah, so after my 14 cheap days with microsoft game pass were over, I canceled the subscription. Now since I'm (almost) done with Deadfire, I figured it's time to give Avowed a try... and now it turns out, I could get that $1 game pass deal a second time. So now I can play Avowed for $1 for 14 days. Unless the game starts to suck hard, I should have finished it by then. My initial impression is... damn, visually this looks damn great. The performance is really good as well. No stuttering, no texture issues, no nothing.

This is not a deal, it's a robbery.

Did a short break from Deadfire and went into Lost Records: Bloom & Rage. It's probably the best Life is Strange type game in years. Though I'm not sure if it's really a game or rather an experience. Chapter 2 is supposed to release in April... sux.

Ok, just finished The Forgotten Sanctum. Not that bad either. By now I've disabled the level scaling, because I couldn't bear it anymore. Didn't made the combat ridiculously easy, but it was a lot less tedious for sure. This dlc kinda proves again that Deadfire probably would have benefited of less, but bigger / more condensed islands. Spending more time in a location gives it a lot more character, makes it feel alive, and not like a random recycled mini-dungon.