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_danny, to memes in Minmaxxing

Kinda glosses over how these perks add a couple dozen extra dialogue options, many of which are unique ways to solve a problem.

Honestly my favorite type of rpg “perk”, one that gives a slight gameplay boost but also affects the story and/or dialogue in a meaningful way.

Having 25% more “luck” is cool and all, but I’d choose a perk that gave me 5% more luck and more ways to solve problems any day of the week.

It’s one of the reasons I loved Prey. It seemed like every perk you got added new ways to get around, dialogue, and/or new combat techniques.

Cannacheques,

Glad I’m not the only one who thought prey was good

_danny,

The lack of praise that game got is practically criminal

EmoDuck,

I was so happy when I saw special dialogue options return in Starfield and so disappointed when I realized that they were pretty much pointless

cro_magnon_gilf, to memes in Minmaxxing

Bethesda also released a game where you get minus to intelligence, willpower and personality for being a black man.

But they were better at stabbing people

_danny,

What game is this? It sounds so messed up.

TheOgreChef,

I don’t know if it’s the same stat buffs/debuffs across all the Elder Scrolls games, but the one OP was likely talking about was the Redguard race in Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (stat sheet here). And yes, it was pretty messed up.

DragonTypeWyvern,

Oh, it gets better.

They’re not the same species as the Nordic humans.

Siegfried, (edited )

The “whites” in this game are the imperial, nordic have the same debuffs in willpower and intelligence.

Edit, with the exceptions of nordic women…

For some reason the race distinction doesn’t bother me as much as the gender one. What the fuck

cro_magnon_gilf,

Yeah the sex ones are more odd… When you chose race and sex I think they don’ give you the stats at all, they just mention in text what a race is better at. They don’t mention there being gender differences or those differences differing between races at all.

I feel a bit cheated tbh

AccountMaker,

Redguards are from Yokuda, Nords are from Atmora, Imperials come from the Nedes and Bretons are a Nede/Aldmer mix. Each human race has a distinct origin, what’s controversial about that? They’re ‘human’ in the sense that they’re not Mer or Beastfolk.

DragonTypeWyvern,

Idk bro, you think that, maybe, in a creationist setting, that means the “races” don’t have a common ancestor?

Gabu,

My brother, read the fucking lore. Atmorans (Nords) are the fallen gods who followed Shor. Elves are the fallen gods who followed Auri-El. Redguards come from a different Kalpa (rebirth cycle).

DragonTypeWyvern, (edited )

Aka

Are a different species

Dumbass

But I’ll give Bethesda credit, as others have noted the Nords have basically the same stats, so it’s more a bad look/Romabooism than a white supremacy thing.

Gabu,

Aka Are a different species

A.K.A. a different race, as per Tolkienian storytelling and myth-building

DragonTypeWyvern,

I’m not going to argue the semantics of racism and their historical contexts in regards to human speciation with a gamer in “Suck Off Bethesda And Admit No Flaws” mode.

Gabu,

Take it up with Tolkien and the entire genre he spawned, buddy.

DragonTypeWyvern,

I was wondering how much of a clown you’d have to be to compare the two settings for this discussion, is it a professional thing for you or are you a hobbyist?

Gabu,

They don’t come from the same gods because they’re from a different Kalpa. Stop trying to create drama.

DragonTypeWyvern,

Thanks for admitting I’m right

Gabu,

Are you dumb?

DragonTypeWyvern,

No u

AccountMaker,

But Nords have identical buffs/debuffs according to that sheet.

barsoap,

The males, yes. Redguard women are subbier, more dazzling, and have more stamina than Nord women. Good base race for a skill over brawn fighter, see Syrio Forel, no points wasted on pointless magic capabilities. Also fun side observation: Female orcs are just as strong as the males but smarter and have, singular among all races, less charisma than the males. Also the lowest overall.

You kinda have to try hard to be offended by the thing. I guess though the differences between human races shouldn’t be as pronounced (modulo Bretons with all their Aldmer blood) but I guess every race needs its 50 stat. Oh and imperials being the smarmy ones makes sense.

notonReddit,

Seems accurate enough

DigitalPaperTrail, (edited )

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  • Omega_Haxors,

    Reminds me of an old flipnote animation

    “I got pokemon black!”

    “I got pokemon white!”

    “RAAAAAAAACISMM—!”

    Kusimulkku,

    That seems a bit of a reach

    DigitalPaperTrail,

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  • Kusimulkku,

    I think you’re confused. I understood what you mean, I just think it’s a reach.

    lseif,

    lore accurate

    /s ←←←

    dangblingus,

    Why write it if you’re being sarcastic? It wasn’t funny.

    lseif,

    why write any joke? why did you write this reply?

    Gabu,

    Why are you lying? Bretons, Imperials and High Elves get a plus to magic abilities (Int, Wil), as befitting their lore of magic casters. Nords and Redguards get a plus to fighting abilities, as befitting their warrior origins.

    dangblingus,

    What elder scrolls race were you thinking they were talking about?

    Gabu, (edited )

    The only non-elven race with darker skin are the Redguards, so there`s literally no other option.

    ArmoredThirteen,

    There is more than one Elder Scrolls game… Morrowind has base attributes of 40 with different races having higher and lower values from base. Redguard in Morrowind have lower int and will than average, and compared to women male Redguard also have lower personality but higher strength.

    addie, to memes in Minmaxxing
    @addie@feddit.uk avatar

    Hey! Perks that actually (a) trigger when intended, and aren’t bugged out (b) do something actually useful - are quite unusual in Fallout; there’s plenty of them that are just a trap for the unwary to waste their slots on.

    I’d also nominate the ‘lady killer / cherchez la femme’ perk as being one of those traps; the vast majority of the enemies you have to kill are male, and certainly all the ones who are difficult. It gives a few interesting dialogue options, but there’s more effective perk choices.

    threegnomes,

    im never gonna not choose wild wasteland

    MutilationWave,

    Likewise but bloody mess

    Klear,

    The game’s not so hard you’d need to sacrifice some interesting dialogue to get a more optimal build unless you really suck.

    Ragdoll_X, to memes in Minmaxxing
    @Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world avatar

    I haven’t played the game but still know what you’re referring to because of Hbomberguy’s long-ass video essay on it lol

    Omega_Haxors,

    All you need to know about New Vegas is that it turns Boys into Men and Men into Women.

    Flaky, to memes in Minmaxxing
    @Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

    tfw can’t date the robots

    EmoDuck, (edited )

    One of the few points in which Fallout 4 is superior

    ComradePorkRoll,

    Wrong. Please assume the position.

    moonsnotreal,
    @moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    What about Fisto

    PrMinisterGR,

    He dates you

    nyahlathotep,
    @nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works avatar

    I can’t feel my legs!

    brandon,
    @brandon@lemmy.ml avatar

    Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit

    blanketswithsmallpox,

    🧈 🍑 Biscuit.

    EvolvedTurtle, (edited )

    Nah u gotta do that on your own

    HerbalGamer,
    @HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Can Fisto help?

    bastian_5,

    Hence why the meme says bi and not pan

    toxicbubble420, to memes in Minmaxxing

    i just started a playthrough with both male/female seduction, checks out

    HeyThisIsntTheYMCA, to risa in Click Now to Become the Captain of Your Dreams!
    @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world avatar

    We can hate him too.

    And that jaunty diagonal of his

    princessnorah, to risa in Click Now to Become the Captain of Your Dreams!
    @princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    Missed opportunity @The_Picard_Maneuver

    ummthatguy,
    @ummthatguy@lemmy.world avatar

    All the same, it’s nice to see some Prodigy memes about.

    gravitas_deficiency,

    I feel like it works even better because he’s from a lesser known series

    princessnorah,
    @princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    I feel like it works better because Janeway had to fight the Academy for him to be accepted 😂

    ummthatguy,
    @ummthatguy@lemmy.world avatar
    princessnorah,
    @princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

    I swear to god if Season 2 gets locked in a vault I’m going full KHAAAAN on Paramount!

    ummthatguy,
    @ummthatguy@lemmy.world avatar

    Apparently, Netflix swooped them up. Not that it instills me with much confidence moving past season 2, but we should at least get to see what has already been produced.

    The_Picard_Maneuver,
    @The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website avatar

    Lol, nice job

    nuez_jr, to memes in I have an aviation joke, but it'd go over your head

    I have a UDP joke but I don’t know if you’ll get it.

    SeabassDan,

    I have a lemmy joke but even i don’t get it

    PatFussy, to memes in I have an aviation joke, but it'd go over your head

    I have a funny haha joke but heehe hoho shits pants

    Mac, (edited ) to memes in I have an aviation joke, but it'd go over your head

    I have a mechanical joke but it takes a non-standard tool.

    Treczoks, to memes in I have an aviation joke, but it'd go over your head

    That joke didn't fly, either.

    sederx, to linux in gamescope through the heroic launcher is WAY better than steam

    Finally, I really don’t want to use that steam garbage

    Candelestine, to memes in I have an aviation joke, but it'd go over your head

    Problem with using chains like this as meme templates is it wastes a lot of time by making people read through the chronologically previous entries to make sure the creator used the same “tree” everyone else is.

    They just don’t scale very well. So, more people are just going to dump their contributions in the comments than usual, instead of bothering to make an image version.

    They just don’t work as well, which imo, is why they’re fairly rare despite being often pretty funny and good.

    andrew_bidlaw,
    @andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works avatar

    One of the things Tumblr did better than everyone else. It’s chained reblogs don’t resize the original post and you can watch the chain in chronological order. You could’ve seen it in screencaps made there. Sometimes it leads to really cool random collabs.

    Example.

    nuez_jr,

    I have a good reply but I posted it under this comment.

    riodoro1, to memes in I have an aviation joke, but it'd go over your head

    Doesn’t anyone use light mode?

    Candelestine,

    Too much blue light. I want a mode that limits blue light in the evening, and I don’t want to have to switch modes during any given day.

    So, night mode it is.

    It’s just part of my sleep cycle management, alongside watching caffeine in the afternoons and trying to keep a somewhat consistent schedule. If I stop, I’ll start running into trouble.

    First noticed the problem appearing in my 30s, and eventually figured out that sleep is just too important to fuck with.

    Sabre363,

    Embrace the darkness

    treesquid,

    No, why would they? We don’t like tired eyes or tired batteries

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