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That is exactly the impression I got.

Wow, their first big patch ruined my game! Wow, their second big patch did nothing to fix it!

sigh patch 2 is useless thrash

The one music track they were using reminded me of Smooth McGroove.

Also, the new ign grey theme uses different greys outside of b1b3bc. b1b3bc is the only classic color left in the grey theme

I don't even know what that is but I literally just copied the colors from the old ign theme when I made the old mockups if yer sayin' I'm wrong about something🤷‍♂️ e Oh, nvm. I know what yer sayin'. Yes, c1c2c9 would be the invisitext since that was the body or at least what I call the body. I have no clue if our comment boxes are considered the body or whatever

b1b3bc is the actual ign grey color IMO at the very least, c1c2c9 is incomplete without b1b3bc right now, our grey theme is a warm grey with 999999 being the background color and bcbcbc being the body the old grey was a cool grey switch 999999 with b1b3bc and bcbcbc with c1c2c9 and we'll be back in action

I also really appreciate NCG for not being British in a sea of British video essayists while also not having an annoying prick voice JA Dragon Boy and The Salt Factory. NCG speaks in Posh American like an almost evolved version of the fake trans-Atlantic accent. I mean, NKB is also the GOAT, but still.

He should consider talking over it for the whole run time.

Sir, a second stroke has struck Mitch McConnell.

I don't know who that is but NCG is the GOAT. This is his best video by far and I love it.

Oh, and the reason I say it like that is because of save scumming. When it is just a pass or fail mechanic, you either don't really care about the result so you just take the fail, or you save scum until you get the result you want. If there were actual critical reactions to dice rolls, I feel that it would reduce save scumming overall. Like, for most people passing would be good enough. It would be exhausting to get a 20 or 1 for every roll, but it would be awesome to kick the door with such force that it explodes on impact, but it would also be funny if you fucked up and broke your foot and had a debuff until healed or long rested.

I know, but it really doesn't matter. All that matters is that you hit the DC or get a Nat 20. If I hit a 20 on a 10 DC strength check, it's no different than getting an 11. And if I hit a 1 I don't fail in an extra spectacular way, I just fail. Like, if kick open a door, and I pass with a nat 20, have that shit explode open. Do something special. You passing a 30 DC check cuz you hit a 20 doesn't feel like a crit. It just feels like not a fail.

YES YES YES

NY-style pizza is so pleasant to eat that I could never give up eating.

You play the stupid movie wordle. You know what it means.

Well, for combat, I wouldn't really care. I had actually thought BG3 worked this way for BTS dice rolls for the majority of Act 1. I actually am not a fan of those BTS dice rolls. Maybe it's a DnD thing, but the fact I can't use inspiration on dialogue ones is nuts to me. Also, the fact that I can't use inspiration in combat is weird. Having uncapped inspiration and giving it a combat use would be so nice.

I remember finding out what save scumming was. I didn't even know some people thought it was bad. Mass Effect was the first game I ever played where I could save scum and I did it naturally, tho I didn't save scum nearly that much back then. Honestly, I don't even save scum that much in BioWare games. It's the DnD aspect that's causing me to save scum more than I'd like to in BG3 tho the further I get into the game the less I feel the need to save scum. Fallout 3 was my first really big save scumming game. If critical fails or critical successes generated different content, I think I would welcome the system, but a fail is a fail and a success is a success. The Crit part only matters in combat.

I still think of this meme regularly while playing

One thing that I will always save scum is strength rolls in dialogue. I have 20 STR. I shouldn't fail almost anything STR-related and so I'll make the game go my way. Of course, I use inspiration, but I ain't blowing more than two at a time. The 4 inspiration cap is just something I don't understand. Maybe it's a DnD thing but it's lame.

I save in combat after a very good roll. Like, I got a one-hit crit on a guy? Instant save.

I know, it's awesome. NCG is god.

@Commissar SFLUFAN Look at dat run time baby

I'm so dumb. I played this all the time in the past. Wordle 802 5/6* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩