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Friday Fun Thread for April 25, 2025

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The tutorial dungeon on Master is... certainly an experience, I wonder if the goblin witch is even beatable by non-bretons. The balance is hilariously retarded on this difficulty, I actually struggled against regular rats/goblins until I picked my class and now a basic summon is outputting like 10x my damage. I actually kind of like how gigajuiced the enemies are but I think I need some mod so Conjuration doesn't completely trivialize the game, I like playing summoners.

Wouldn't mind hearing about builds/ideas/tips for Cyberpunk 2077, btw.

Netrunner battlemage is the funniest shit I've ever played, stealth archering pales in comparison. It's just weak and clunky enough in the beginning that you have to actually use your brain wrinkles and explore what hacking can do (like distraction or remote detonation), and midgame onwards you can straight murder entire packs with contagious/AOE hacks. Peak l33t h4x0r fantasy, especially with how many ways there are to fuck with enemies (blind, disarm, power word: kys, etc).

I've been playing oblivion on difficulty 4/5. I wanted the game not to be completely trivial. But I think I'd lose any fight that wasn't 1v1. I don't really like how much hp and fatigue I lose by blocking attacks. I've died a handful of times in my 3 hours of playing, due to sudden high dmg attacks. My restoration spell isn't good enough. Even a mudcrab got the better of me once. Skill issue. :) Another one infected me with "swamp fever" early in the game, which I later found out reduced my strength and endurance by 10. You have to go into the menu and find active effects to see these things. It's been too long since I played ES. I should figure out where I can learn some destruction spells. That's one of my major skills and I haven't used it yet.

L33t h4x0r in 2077 sounds like it could be fun. I'll look into it next time I play.

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