#QoL Announcement

[doyourequirefirstaid]

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[definitelyjunehomestuck]

once again minecraft fans be mad for all the wrong reasons

[misedejem]

I fully forgot to post a drawing because I was too busy yelling internally about FFXIV all evening

[pansear-doodles]

Last update for now!

[AG] Buddy

"Hello again, folks. Yesterday, I said:

If it matters to you, it matters to me.

Your voices matter to me quite a lot. We're pulling the planned Ludeo update from Rain World and indefinitely suspending our partnership with them. At the end of the day, Rain World art month is about celebrating the vibrant, clever, endlessly creative voices in this community and when those voices speak, we listen. Ludeo was one part of our bigger plan for Rain World Art Month, a systems update built for challenge-oriented players who could have some fun with their tech. We also planned the QoL Patch, XP Pen Giveaways, and Anniversary Livestream for March; none of that stuff is going to be affected by this decision, so I hope you find plenty of opportunities to support your favorite pieces in ⁠rw-art-month-gallery★. Thanks for listening, -Buddy"

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Faeling

"For anyone missing context, Ludeo is a game-clip sharing/leaderboard platform that was recently announced to be partnering with Rain World to provide those services. The other day a post on Ludeo's linkedin came to light expressing their support for the ongoing atrocities in Gaza and the forced displacement of thousands of refugees throughout the region.

The publishers have now announced that they are indefinitely suspending their partnership with Ludeo and pulling the planned Ludeo update from the game. In response we'll be unlocking the server in a day or so, once this news has had time to disseminate and we've had time to rest up and prepare. Obviously an impending game integration with a company that praises and supports these atrocities is so awful and distressing that it's really understandable to want to protest and voice concerns, as we've done with the publishers. Once the server is open you're free to talk about Ludeo and the real world events behind this situation, although we ask that you avoid graphic or distressing details, and also remain respectful to other members and staff. We all reject Zionism in any form and we're all extremely troubled by this situation.

This server will never be a platform for Zionism or pro-genocide views, from companies like Ludeo or from users. We won't tolerate anyone attempting to bring hate speech like this into the community.

For anyone wanting to learn about what's happening in Gaza and the history behind these atrocities, https://decolonizepalestine.com/ is a really good resource, especially the FAQ. We've also included links to humanitarian relief organisations for learning more about the crisis."

https://www.pcrf.net/

[the-typing-dragon]

ok so i want to preface by saying that i love deep rock galactic. it's one of my favorite games. but at the same time it bugs me with how audio heavy it's cues are. bug ambushes are onl y announced by rustling, same with mactera ambushes. both leeches and grabbers have audio cues before they grab you, but at least you can expend a perk slot to get a visual indicator for those. stingtails have a bit of glow but its still mostly audio since youre just not gonna be looking at them very often? bet-c's are heralded by a siren, helmets and supply caches beep. just something like the minecraft subtitle system would be such a massive qol change for a game that i honestly think is extremely good. yknow just a small visual indicator that says "bug rustle", "helmet beep", that kind of thing

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

I've seen another blog mention that the JP server changed the weekly missions from rhythm games to guest room battles. Was there an explanation given for this change?

Explained? No.

Announced? Yes.

There was an in-game announcement (I believe packaged with the 4th year anniversary quality of life updates) which included a note about changing some of the weekly missions from doing Twistunes/Rhythmics to Guest Room battles.

I guess the devs just thought the battles would be less annoying to do than the rhythm games…? It’s definitely faster, especially with the new 3x speed (another QoL update!) to battles.

[madocactus]

protoViolence: Definitive Edition is coming to Steam and Itch.io on February 16th, 2024! (You can wishlist it!)

Here's what's new:

New scenes that further flesh out protoViolence's story.

Polished writing and animations.

QOL updates.

Like malViolence's Definitive Edition, there will be a couple of extra goodies announced closer to release... but I'm still keeping that under wraps for now. 

Please look forward to this new version of protoViolence!

[isat-script-project]

MIRAQUEST!!! IS!!! DONE!!!!

All of Mirabelle's Friendquest!! Here, for you.

some quick announcements below the cut!

you may notice that this page is formatted differently! This lovely look was whipped up by starglowww, and is how all pages will look going forward. Like it? Hate it? Think it has improvement? Please say so

actually formatting old pages to new standards will take a million billion years so dont expect it to happen immediately, or anytime soon, really.

Newly formatted pages now also have the ability to toggle expressions (i.e. the signifiers which portrait is being used) on and off. Obviously for Siffrin this means you will see three lines of Siffrin in a row if his portrait varies, but it's overall a great QOL thing glow made, I think

The RSS feed has been changed from .txt to .xml. The rest of the url is the same.

[armoredisopod]

Arknights CN 5th Anniversary/New Main Story PVs

New Operators

PhonoR-0, 1* Ritualist Supporter

Anger turns words into fire.

Fang the Fire-Sharpened, 5* Charger Vanguard

Commanding a Squad? Don't worry, i'm familiar with it.

Logos, 6* Core Caster

The souls have left, but our souls still need rest.

If the deceased needs guidance on their way to the other side, i am willing to be the Sarkaz ferryman.....

Wiš'adel, 6* Limited Flinger Sniper

Remember, Doctor, It's "Wiš'adel"

No longer a dead man's codename, this is my name.

Civilight Eterna, 6* Welfare Bard Supporter

Time will heal all wounds, love will heal the scars.

Amiya, Incantation Medic Class Change

Hatred is spreading. I will try to put it out, no matter... how many times it takes.

Operator Outfits Update

Total of 9 new outfits, 4 new additions for the Bloodline of Combat brand, 2 new additions for the Iteration Provident brand and 3 new additions for the Ambience Synesthesia brand

Bloodline of Combat

Three Hundred Meters Underground - Savage (Login Event)

Blade-Cleaved Tides - Thorns

Under the Flaming Dome - Ines (21 OP)

Young Branch - Muelsyse (24 OP)

The blades are vibrating, the water is humming.

Now, i understand their emotions even better than before...

Iteration Provident

Nocturne of Elysia - Blue Poison

Red Countess - Skadi the Corrupting Heart (24 OP)

The scarlet velvet of life cushions this diamond of death.

Ambience Synesthesia

Carriage of the Winds of Time - Ho'olheyak

Rhythmic Blocks - Swire the Elegant Wit

Never-Melting Ice - SilverAsh (21 OP)

Announced outfit reruns

Series IV Bloodline of Combat outfits (Skadi the Corrupting Heart, Gnosis, Aurora)

Bloodline of Combat outfits of Kal'tsit, Specter the Unchained and Ebenholz

Epoque outfits of Rosmontis and Nearl the Radiant Knight

~120 other outfits as part of the 5th anniversary celebration edition of Rhodes Fashion Review

Operator Modules Update

Wiš'adel, Logos and Fang the Fire-Sharpened being part of branches with modules immediately get their modules

BOM-X module base effect adds another shockwave to Wiš'adel's attacks

CCR-∆ module base effect makes Logos' attacks additionally deal 8% of his ATK as Necrosis damage

CHG-X module base effect makes Fang the Fire-Sharpened generate 2 DP per enemy defeated and refunds her full DP cost when retreated

Lord Guard branch gets 2 module types

LOR-X given to SilverAsh, Thorns, Qiubai, Lappland, Ayerscarpe and Frostleaf

LOR-Y given to Лeto, Arene and Luo Xiaohei

Events and Stories

Ep14: Absolved Will Be The Seekers

During the anniversary event period, Ep14 will be immediately accessible immediately after beating Ep1 and there will be an event shop

Operator Archives Update for Greythroat, Siege, Shining, Ascalon and Aroma

Misc Stuff

New QoL changes; failing Challenge Modes will only deduct 1 sanity instead of half the sanity cost, players can put signatures in their profile cards and the friends list limit is increased to 100

Blemishine, Aosta, Bubble and PhonoR-0 added to recruitment

The potential tokens in the red voucher shop will be changed, Royal Guard and Specialist tokens will be available

Players who don't have Scene and Siege's [Legacy] outfit can get them in the Ep14 event shop

Amiya's [Newsgirl] outfit will be available in the certs shop to players who don't have it

Livestream Stuff

Showcased Wiš'adel, a 6* Flinger Sniper that can apply heavy pressure in a wide area and just straight up dealing with high DEF enemies because sure why not at this point

First talent makes her attacks attach an Afterimage to enemies, when this Afterimage is hit with a shockwave from her attacks it has a chance to explode and Physical damage to nearby enemies and Stun them for a few seconds

Second talent allows her to summon a Spirit Shadow within attack range upon deployment, if she has her summon in a nearby tile she gains Camouflage, her summon attacks enemies in her range inflicting a brief Slow and Afterimage, her summon can be attacked by ranged enemies

Skill 1 is a power strike skill that makes her next attack inflict more shockwaves and Stuns the targets for a few seconds, additionally it increases the splash range and shockwave damage multiplier

Skill 2 reduces her attack interval, increases her ATK and lets her attack multiple enemies at once, it also has an Overload mode where her attacks turn into a rapid barrage that hits random enemies and has a damage multiplier, this skill can be manually deactivated

Skill 3 immediately summons 2 more Shadow Spirits (up to 3 can exist at a time, will remain when skill ends), increases her ATK, greatly lengthens her attack interval, massively increases her attack's splash range, increases the Afterimage proc chance to 100% and gives her attack a damage multiplier, this is an ammo skill and can be manually deactivated

Showcased Logos, a 6* Core Caster with a very interesting and versatile kit

First talent makes his attacks have a chance to bounce and target another enemy + apply a brief slow

Second talent makes his attacks reduce the target's RES and increase the Arts damage they take for a few seconds

Skill 1 is an infinite duration skill that expands his range and increases his ATK, enemies that enter his range with HP lower than a certain % of his ATK will immediately be defeated, then deal Arts damage equal to the amount of HP the defeated enemy had to a random nearby enemy

Skill 2 increases his RES and changes his attack to a channeling type attack, the attack increases in power and gradually reduces the target's movement speed the longer it's channeled (up to a limit), if the attack is interrupted or the target is defeated Logos will lock-on to a new target and have the attack's power reset

Skill 3 expands his range, increases his ATK and lets him attack multiple targets at once, enemy projectiles caught within his attack range will have massively reduced flight speed and will be removed if they are still in his range when his skill ends

Showcased Civilight Eterna, a 6* Bard Supporter

First talent is the 3 "Fine Dust" that revolves around her, when one collides with an ally it increases the healing that ally receives from her trait effect and disappears, disappeared "Fine Dust" will respawn after a few seconds

Second talent makes all allies take less damage from Sarkaz enemies when she is deployed

Skill 1 is an infinite duration skill that increases her trait healing effect and reduces "Fine Dust" respawn time

Skill 2 increases the maximum of "Fine Dust" that can appear, immediately spawns more of them, increases their rotation radius, and changes the "Fine Dust" to hit enemies, dealing True damage and inflicting Bind for a few seconds, allies within range gain an ATK Inspire buff

Skill 3 expands her range, increases her trait healing effect and makes it so the "Fine Dust" no longer disappears, allies within her range gain a Max HP Inspire buff and will have their HP periodically redistributed/equalized

Showcased Amiya's Incantation Medic form

Her talent increases the Max HP of all allies when she's deployed and heals all allies by a % of their Max HP when her skill is active

Skill 1 increases her ASPD and her attacks heals all allies in a Bard range around her by a % of her ATK

Skill 2 immediately deals damage to all enemies in range + reducing their ASPD and movement speed for a few seconds and she gets +ATK for every enemy hit by this (up to a limit), for the rest of the skill duration she deals True damage and attacks two targets at once but this skill can only be used once per battle

Showcased the new main story episode mechanic, originium storms that deals damage to allies and enemies and significantly reduces ally SP recovery, the storm can grow in size by absorbing originium scattered on the field, there are also beacons that can be shifted by operators and will attract the storm towards it

All operators will have special anniversary voicelines that will play during May 1st to May 3rd

Hypergryph promises they will no longer use non-token potential increasing items for future welfare operators (like they did with Vigil and Lessing)

Starting from Wiš'adel's banner, all limited banners will guarantee the featured limited operator at 300 pulls (does not reset your odds), additionally W has her spark cost reduced to 200 and other limited operators will have their spark cost reduced in the future

Arknights anime season 3 - Rise From Ember confirmed

Rhodes Island Icebreaker Games, limited time event with live co-op gamemodes, rewards include a new profile card theme and a new outfit for THRM-EX

Both players need to coordinate on which operators they bring since they can't double up on the same op, each player can bring up to 10 operators

The battle can go on 2x speed if both players agree to it, the battle can also be paused

Players can also send each other Deployment Points

Both players play on the same map and have objectives to clear, in the livestream the objectives that were shown were survive for a set amount of time and protect some ursus civilians

There is also a Football co-op gamemode where both players have to fight against the CPU

Operator attacks can move the ball; attack power, attack trajectory and shifting ability affects how and where the ball is moved

Operators can attack and knock down the enemy team

Having operators successfully intercept the ball allows the players to place the ball where they want on their side of the field

Each round is randomized, there are breakable barricades that block some (or all) tiles in front of the goal and there can be stage hazards on the field, the one showcased in the livestream had the Magnificence waregeist enemy periodically apply Camouflage to the enemy team and the ball

Teaser for an Aegir event with Ulpianus

Revealed a Sanrio collab, said it won't have any collab operators but will have collab skins, special icon and merch

Revealed IS5 set in Kazdel

The main system for IS5 is "Thoughts", players can use these to gain buffs but the more of one type is used there is a chance to get debuffs as you progress

Thoughts can be combined and analyzed to gain Collectibles/HP shield/Hope/etc

In IS5 players can sell Collectibles and Thoughts in Cannot's shop

Thoughts can be used to upgrade and alter nodes

IS5 debuffs last for a certain amount of moves

IS5 QoL changes; E2 Class squads will have all ops of those classes at E2 on the starting pick, Elite recruitment vouchers will give guaranteed E2, Recruiting 4* operators no longer cost Hope and 5* operators have their recruit cost decreased, squads also get upgraded as you climb in difficulty, they also plan to improve the King series Collectibles

There is a special enemy that can capture your last deployed operator upon defeat, the captured operator cannot be deployed for the rest of the battle but will be promoted to E2 afterwards

Revealed Dunmeshi collab, with Senshi as a collab unit

Arknights 2024 Commemorative Animation PV ft. Mili

Arknights PV 4 ft. Starset

[chronicbitchsyndrome]

hey so my girlfriend is definitely hard of hearing. she does also have audio processing problems, but she very much has actual problems physically hearing sounds. currently she literally cannot be in an environment with more than a very small group of people because past that she cannot hear any individual person saying something to her and it's strongly negatively impacting her quality of life, she has an awful time with phone calls, can't hear audio announcements like for bus routes, etc--but every time she gets a hearing test done, her results say that she doesn't have significant hearing loss and is actually at the low end of entirely normal and healthy hearing.

does anyone else have experience with this and know why it might be happening? does anyone have advice on how to address the QOL problems? she wanted hearing aids for a very long time, but now isn't sure if they'll help because of the hearing test results, but also just doesn't know why the results are what they are in contrast to her everyday ability to hear.

[warframestuff]

Hello, Tenno!

The team is well underway with developing our next Update: Abyss of Dagath.

Announced during TennoLIVE 2023, a lot is coming your way:

54th Warframe, Dagath!

New storytelling from Grandmother

New crypt-style Dojo Room

Grendel Prime

Companion Rework

Hydroid Rework

Accessibility + HUD Changes

Auto-melee

Enemy visibility settings

etc

New Player Experience Changes

Waverider Quest

Universal Enemy Radar

etc

Rough Edges & General QOL

Focus Acquisition

Nightwave Acts

Etc

And much more!!!

Abyss of Dagath will be a Mainline Update, and for us to fully build and test this Update, we must pause Hotfixes. We will still actively watch the Live Build for any issues we can resolve with the Dagath Update.

Please see our Warframe Lexicon for Updates for a full breakdown of what a Mainline Update entails.

Don’t miss our Abyss of Dagath deep dive on Devstream #173 this September 28th at 2pm ET!

[insertdisc5]

Devlog #15: Steam Next Fest and Recap

Hello everyone! Welcome to this month’s devlog!

If you just stumbled upon this, I am Adrienne, also known as insertdisc5! I’m the developer, writer, artist, main programmer, etc of the game. The game being In Stars and Time, a timeloop RPG, which is also the next and final game in the START AGAIN series, following START AGAIN: a prologue (available here!).  You can find out more about In Stars and Time here!!! 

LET’S GET TO IT. This month is a recap of all the fun things that happened this very busy month!!!

So many things happened this month!!! Let's go in order.

In Stars and Time was showcased at The Mix, a games showcase in LA! Or, well... That was the plan.

The Mix got canceled. Which sucks.

But!!! Thankfully, Jirard the Completionist acted immediately and streamed a bunch of the demos over on Twitch! You can watch my producer Dora and marketing coordinator Ariana present the game to Jirard over here (timestamp 04:07:06)! Thank you for playing so many demos Jirard!!!

After that, we showed a new small gameplay trailer during Future of Play! It includes two little scenes you may not have seen yet :3c As well as a little announcement!

Yes, you saw that right. In addition to PC and Nintendo Switch, In Stars and Time will also be coming to Playstation 4 and 5 at release!!! YAHOO!!!

And then. Steam Next Fest. Steam Next Fest is one of Steam's events where a bunch of devs can show off demos for their game! And ISAT was in it!!! Steam Next Fest is over, but did you know you can still play the ISAT demo? DID YOU KNOW?!? One week is not enough time to experience all the games Steam Next Fest has to offer, so we’ve decided to keep it online a bit longer! Go play it! Go!!!

We have gotten so many compliments and messages about how people loved the demo, and I couldn't be happier!!! I think I watched all the times people streamed the demo, and it was so fun to see people's reactions... It made my heart feel so warm... Thank you to everyone who played the demo, wishlisted the game, or said the game looked cool!!! (And yes I've been taking notes and I will change some stuff in the full release. I promise Sif won't say there's only one stool in a room when there's clearly three!!!!!)

As part of Steam Next Fest, I did a livestream of the demo for one hour!!! I got to play the demo, answer questions, and talk with a bunch of lovely fans <3 It was so fun, it made me want to stream more... One day, perhaps...

If you missed it, you can watch the recorded stream here!

And on the development side, the console ports and the localization are chugga-chugga-chuggin'! We are working hard to fix some little bugs and add some small QOL updates.

And, oh! Someone over on Tumblr asked me about how I did the battle AI in the demo, as well as attack patterns. Here's a little passage to wet your appetite:

You can read the whole thing over here!!!

And as a last little note, START AGAIN: a prologue, ISAT’s prototype, is on sale over on Steam and Itch.io! It’s not necessary to play to understand ISAT, but mayhaps… You’d like to play it anyway…?

That’s all I have to say for today! Let me know if you have any questions, or if there’s any aspect of the game development struggle you’d like me to talk about! See you next time!!!

AND DON’T FORGET TO WISHLIST THE GAME ON STEAM ALSO IT REALLY HELPS BECAUSE STEAM’S ALGORITHM IS MORE LIKELY TO SHOW OFF GAMES WITH A HIGH AMOUNT OF WISHLISTS THAT’S THE REASON WHY GAME DEVS ALWAYS ASK TO WISHLIST!!! OKAY BYE!!!!

[catgirlcrisis]

arknights 4.5 anni stream recap

haven't seen anyone put a full recap anywhere, which is a shame because there's so much going on in this one! so i'll be posting everything you might have missed in text-form, for anyone who wants that kind of summary.

credits to @AK_CN_Shitpost on twitter and Kazdel Team on youtube for translations/hosting, community members in my discord, and my friends on twitter so i know whats going on. putting this under a readmore because it'll be long:

stream starts off with 4.5 anni congratulation messages from several CN VAs, including:

Kal'tsit

Passenger

Chongyue

W/Frostleaf

Ho'olheyak

Myrtle

Ifrit

Mudrock

Ines

Executor

we get a PV featuring Viviana and Arturia about a new event taking place in Leithanien. we're getting several new ops, including:

Bassline, a 5* Guardian Defender

Lessing, a 6* Dreadnought Guard

Viviana, a 6* Arts Fighter

and Arturia the Virtuosa, a Limited 6* Ritualist Supporter.

her e2 art, like all other limited operators, will have Live2D.

the new event will be called Zwillingstürme Herbst (roughly something to do with the fall and possibly the twin empresses)

new skins for several operators! it's an epoque line this time. theme is "Life," and keywords are "Past/Story".

Gwiazdcytro (Meteor), Noon Twilight (Absinthe), Lances Off (Ashlock), Royal Guard (Bagpipe)

two new animated Live2D skins:

Wdali (Mlynar); the text says "'Fear neither hardship nor darkness'... Ah, an era that is not worth remembering, a dream which is too awake." (credit to @/lingtranslates on their twitter for this translation)

Wingbreaker (Texas the Omertosa)

there's a new QoL update: players will now be able to auto-farm stages up to a maximum of 6 times per run

new red cert shop operators

new archive drops for operators, including:

rosa

arturia

diamante

czerny

santalla

shalem

new operator modules:

mudrock

penance

vulcan

lessing

nearl the radiant knight

bassline

bagpipe

new themed furniture sets:

there's a brief overview and explanation of the new operator skills and gameplay, but i won't go over that here because there's still a lot to get to. however, gamepress usually releases a review on these operators after release, and youtubers like kyostinv will upload showcases pretty quick after they drop, for people who are curious about them

there's a very cute PV about kjerag! it goes into the history of the country and some cultural celebrations about kjeragandr, as well as development of the country and such. it's pretty cute (and sorta wes anderson-ish)

AK is adding a german and russian dub for their lethanien and usran characters, respectively

we'll be getting a new event in rim billiton with amiya and the dr

new sargon-related teaser

we're getting more reclamation algorithm! this time you'll have the ability to "save" and not have to restart from the ground up every time it seems

we got a teaser about the next sui sibling! from @AK_CN_Shitpost:

Next spring event will take place in an agricultural production city, Zuo Le who is sent to rest got involved in farming issue. So the next spring event will involve Zuo Le and possibly the agriculture Sui brother?

there will be another R6S collab. supposedly we're also getting a rerun for Operation Originium Dust, but this will also involve a new collab event.

other assorted notes:

new trailer about a cute, comedic series that involves ceobe, popukar, ethan, bubble, and mountain update: it is called kay's daily doodles! a translated trailer has been uploaded to the official EN AK account here

perish in frost trailer (CN dub)

AK artbook announcements: Arknights Animation Artworks Vol. 1 and Arknights Official Artworks Vol. 3 are being released, with Vol. 3 being teased with an art of the 3 abyssal hunters(!!!)

release of a book that seems to be about the in-universe lore and worldbuilding of Terra, including maps and wildlife

a new manga about Silverash and Gnosis's pasts

release of the first 123 Rhodes Island?! volume, along with new merch featuring Kal'tsit, Rosmontis, Amiya, the Doctor, Blaze, and Ch'en

official boardgame. looks like you will be able to collect supplies, build or move shelter?, and there's various cards with different operators on them (we were shown Liskarm, Kal'tsit, Silverash, Dorothy, and W cards). it is called Nomad City: The Founders.

new figures: 1/7 scale figures of Angelina and Mostima (Fitness Time Ver.) prototypes, 1/7 scale Kal'tsit figure, THRM-EX figure prototype, mini figure prototypes of Lessing, Virtuosa (Arturia), and Viviana, as well as 6 more designs of those character-in-a-recruitment-bag figures of- rhine labs edition! featuring Muelsyse, Magallan, Dorothy, Silence, Ifrit, and Saria.

IchibanKuji x Arknights collab Gunfire in Darknights featuring Amiya and Ch'en (Londinium sprites) on the promotional artwork.

AK Cafe with Chongyue, Ines, and Goldenglow on the promotional artwork in Shanghai and Chengdu next year (AK X PrismLand), called Sweet Zone

AK collab with the Nanyue King Museum (yes, really)

new merch promo that shows what looks to be different plushies (originium slug, chibi nian in dragon(?) form, bunnies), character-in-a-recruitment-bag sora, and figures of Eyjafjalla (swimsuit skin ver.), Shining, and Amiya (these are not new, it's probably a sale or a re-run of some kind)

lowlight breaks eggs with the lethanien icon on them. with a giant hammer. yeah

promo for something that's called My First Story, looks like it's an animated song PV featuring W, Amiya, and Kal'tsit

lore about The First Catastrophe and a timeline of Terran history. the twin empresses are revealed to be Hildegard and Lieselotte (yes, really); the witch king is Herkunftshorn

there's some more extra goodies (like a Monster Siren Records promo, what looks like a new season of CC, a new Joint Action banner with Mizuki, Suzuran, Surtr, and Pozyemka, new ops now available in recruitment like Flint, Eunectes, and Acid Drop, a new free skin - maybe from a record restoration? - for Flamebringer) but i think i'll hit tumblr's picture limit if i include all of those.

that's a wrap!

(shoutout to discord user @/nobowo) who also gave a short stream recap in my arknights LGBT discord server)

[s33r-of-pyr3]

I am excited to announce the first version of my new mod, Asoteria, an astrology based dimension. I have so many plans for the mod's development, but it's first version contains the raw components of the dimension, just a teaser for the world to come ;)

In addition to a few bug fixes and QoL updates, the next version will add its first proper biome, the Nova Meadow. It is home to the biome's first entities, new wood and trees, and naturally generates the honey quartz gem. Asoteria will be available to download on CurseForge soon after this post is published. If you want to stay updated on the progress of the mod, get early access to test the beta versions, or pitch in with your own suggestions, I welcome you to join my discord The Empyr3, which is linked in my pinned post.

Excited for the future of this dimension :>

[theminecraftbee]

the response to the update ive seenh on tumblr vs on the comment section is so differet

in the comments people are complaining that they didnt show much...and think that this is all they are gonna be adding

meanwhile everyones excited on tumblr

okay see I am so fucking excited for this. they both outright said “this isn’t everything” and basically said “we are making small qol additions” and I am a BIG FAN. I think there are always gonna be people who are disappointed but there are too many people who think minecraft should always do huge content updates. they shouldn’t. that would suck. minecraft works because it’s minecraft and we’re already at the point of “how do we update/add stuff without that stuff just making the game more bloated and worse-feeling to play”, which like, constant huge updates would vault over immediately. even if these were the only things in the update (WHICH THEY WILL NOT BE. they outright said these were the only things they were announcing so that they couldn’t break promises but that they were working on other details) I would be very happy with it! this is the kind of minecraft update I want! small details that make the game feel more alive!

anyway yeah I fully expect a lot of people in the community are going “that’s it? lame” and personally I think those people are wrong. glad tumblr understands what is truly up

[flightseason]

On a break rn because I burnt out but honorable mention to the Do Not Disturb mode spell which is essentially useless unless the person reads textboxes and respects your boundaries, on top of being free for only one time per month.

I'm not gonna hide that this and the lenses thing soon after the announcement about how afk farmers (and by extension people that occupy server space without interacting with others) are ruining the good vibes of the game are making logging onto Sky a chore when they should have been features that could be toggled on or off at all times...

It's a damn shame because Sky is a really good game with passion poured into it, holding out for that art book, and while I respect that it's meant to be a piece of art, you cannot micromanage what your audience/players do without making their experience unpleasant.

Like I appreciate these options being here now, but they're not groundbreaking at all, basic QOL stuff should not be restricted to temporary spells or cosmetics...