#(natter)

[pilferingapples]

some say the goat will end in fire some say in ice from what I've read on the Wikipedia page of past Goat-destroying efforts, I'm pretty sure none of us were reckoning on absolute swarms of hungry birds but birds are also great and will suffice

[avicinda]

Probably something discussed to death and though may be too early to tell how this shakes out in the long run, I currently do believe pivoting Infinity Nikki to be more combat focused is a mistake. The combat system itself was originally simplistic which allowed for interesting puzzle-like enemies and bosses throughout the first year, but archery and its various types are kind of...just a bandaid on this? It is still not very complex, but they make it necessary by adding HP and the shield system. It also feels we are escalating too quickly in the amount of HP.

I also feel the new bosses that are mainly HP sponges are just...not as memorable or interesting as the more puzzle-like ones that actually utilized other ability outfits too.

And it kind of just makes Infinity Nikki as a whole a lot less unique as a 3D open world gacha game. Good for you if you find this combat fun, but where it was largely quick and painless in the past, now it's just kind of tedious and feels like a bait and switch, or even a rug pull where the game is trying to become something I wouldn't have bothered picking up in the first place gameplay-wise

This does also tie into how I feel Itzaland diminishes the Stylist elements a lot too. Where in 1.0 when Giovanni walked on air it was easy to just go "oh that's an ability outfit" but in 2.x if someone did this I would be second guessing if it were an ability outfit or some other magic about to be introduced...

[eparch]

off the cuff thoughts I wrote down after finishing Divitium Nava:

the entire convo about how the world is "fundamentally" broken basically cements Isgarren as the ultimate idealist who, despite seeing the same things, fought for an imperfect Tyria and still tries to do the greater good while trusting in Tyrians to do the same. Isgarren and Vloxx share hubris as their flaw, but they use the same power in completely opposite ways

puts into perspective WHY the Seers hoarded knowledge and protected the Ascension ritual, and why Sidony went to extremes to punish Isgarren (but leaving a loophole because Sidony had the intellectual foresight to identify that there was a chance Isgarren sharing with "lesser" races and forming friendships could be what lets Isgarren outlive all the other Seers)

the downfall of the Seers is less the protection of Ancora and the Ascension ritual and more how the rest of their society is also very elitist and isolationist

I have finished the story already after writing these down but I feel that the rest of it didn't change any of these thoughts.

I think I have never philosophically disagreed with a GW2 villain more than Vloxx. I don't care for his character, but I do see what they are doing with him. Kuda was excellent. I also enjoyed the trials.

Last thing is I am staring at "Project 5388" like "do NOT bring Sebb back"

[theworldatwar]

US soldiers prepare a German Bachem Ba349 ‘Natter’ vertical take off fighter plane for transport - Austria, May 1945

[dronescapesvideos]

Bachem's Ba 349 Natter (Viper), the world's first manned, vertical-take-off interceptor. ➤VIDEO: https://youtu.be/CmbZ0C2W8yE

[byakkoneko]

sundays are for watching my little robot hoover bimble around the flat finding the piles of dirt and dust I have swept into a pile for him as a little treat

[lemeute]

the more activism I do the less fanfic I write and it's not just a time thing (though it's not not a time thing)

it's partly that almost all the media I'm fannishly interested in involves insurgencies of various types and if you go from problem-solving logistics about real activism to writing about logistics about fake activism it doesn't really flex an underused part of your brain while relaxing the stressed part which

is often what you want. a hobby to do.

[mardababa]

Tumblr now blocked in my country

for being a "gambling" site or something. IDK. apparently it's the ads.

Currently I can access via my browser but unless this gets reversed completely, it's likely just a matter of time until I lose access completely.

My Dreamwidth is @ avicinda if anyone wants to stay in touch.