korazail

@korazail@eviltoast.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays an RPG⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I call these things ‘speedrunner tools’ for exactly that reason. If you or I, as a normal player just playing the game, can beat the encounter without the tool but with some practice learning, then using it and wasting it feels bad, so we stop; and by the time we can beat the boss, we don’t need it. We’re also unlikely to revisit that boss.

  A speedrunner who has spent hours on a boss and knows the move set and when to punish, though. They can apply fire paper and rip the boss apart in seconds and be at the next boss before the buff wears off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays an RPG⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I see this in other games too, and I call it the ‘speedrunner tool’.

  Normal players (me) get stomped by a boss a few times until they figure it out and can beat it without the buff (fire paper, lightning grease, etc); Maybe they use them, but then they run out and are never used again…

  Some players might use the buff and get an easier win; but if they don’t, then they are wasted and are hard or impossible to replace, so players learn to not rely on them.

  Speedrunners use lightning grease to kill the boss in 3 hits and are already halfway to the next boss before the buff runs out and already picked up the right buff item for that next boss. When your victory is all but guaranteed, the item makes it faster - otherwise it’s not really useful.

  I think Ethers in FF games as a trope kind of fit here too. Too valuable to waste, but if you can do it without them, then you didn’t need it unless you absolutely needed to kill that boss without using a tent or resting, etc, to save time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The good old days⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Boys (and girls) lose their jumping out of trees magic too. Getting older sucks.

  Keep that magic as long as you can. The more magic you use, the longer you get to keep it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brilliant‼️⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I really think this is it. Calling for a cab was an effort. pushing a button in an app that says, “I need a cab here” was the secret sauce Uber provided. That’s old news now. They also had a benefit of pricing while they had VC, but that’s evaporating.

  For the record, I don’t uber or equivalent. I either am or find a DD or “rideshare” with friends and family.

  I haven’t used them, but there are taxi apps that seem to hook into the less-predatory transport businesses. Pricing may not be as competitive, but that comes with the drivers earning a stable wage.