<\/div>No full LP today; I’m having some (nonserious) health issues and a few unexpected obligations have sprung up. For Patreon backers, “The Letter” is nearly complete and still on schedule to launch October 7th. For everyone else, we’ll get back to the Battlespire later in the week and my other post will go up Saturday.<\/p>\n
But I’d rather not leave the spot empty–and I know a few of you have inquired as to level five’s actuarial table. What has <\/em>been killing Cahmel lately? I’m not looking to turn my LP into a serial obituary, but since we’re taking a break anyway, we might as well take a closer look at what’s causing the most trips to the save menu.<\/p>\n I kept very accurate accounts of my fatalities–for a while. Since about hour six I’ve kept sharp objects away from the desk, and in consequence, my records have grown a bit shaky. But this breakdown should be more or less accurate.<\/p>\n Of the roughly twenty times I’ve had to reload so far:<\/p>\n Eight or nine deaths were due to enemies. Barring one ambiguous case where I’m not sure what killed me and one moment where I accidentally ran into a Hound and got stuck on a rock, I have fire daedra to thank for each of these. They’re just about the only enemy type on level 5 I can’t juke around. The first thing I need to do in a given playthrough is kill a fire daedra and take his sigil–which means every playthrough the first risk I take is fighting a big tough blazing bastard while I’m frustrated, impatient, don’t want to waste potions, and have nothing to lose. It’s not exactly a winning combo.<\/p>\n If that wasn’t enough to give them MVP status, they’re packed into some of the towers I need to scale to get the fort key, which means the second <\/em>thing I need to do in a given playthrough is muscle my way through a pack of them.<\/p>\n I should tell you–in this level, I’m not fighting anything <\/em>I don’t literally have to. I level at set times and my blade skill is already high enough, so I hate getting into fights. Funnily enough, I’m breezing through using tactics and gambits developed playing Oblivion. <\/em><\/p>\n Exactly one death so far was due to falling damage. This was caused by getting shunted off an elevator, glitching my way into midair, and plummeting to my death. At least, I think<\/em> that’s what happened? I’d believe anything at this point. Maybe I discovered and failed the secret alien abduction minigame.<\/p>\n Last, and certainly not least, we have my old nemesis getting stuck in things. No, really; that’s what’s ended nearly all of my playthroughs. Getting trapped in geometry is the national pastime of the Chimera of Desolation.<\/p>\n Actually, it’s been happening for the whole game, but it’s only gotten really <\/em>annoying now that I’m no longer saving twice per room. The elevators in the fort are the happening wall-lodging hotspots, what with their pushy mobs of bystanders and their janky slapdash Doomguy physics, but I’ve gotten a pretty good coverage across the island–there’s a piece of me just about everywhere <\/em>at this point. The saddest part is that these emphatically are not “deaths,” but rather forced restarts.<\/p>\n Now you see why I’m not happy when Fallout 4<\/em>‘s survival mode disables the developer console. Guys, no offense, but ~tcl is HOW we survive. This isn’t cheating. This is hotfixing.<\/em><\/p>\n So now you know. What’s ended Cahmel’s adventures more than anything else? Space and time.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No full LP today; I’m having some (nonserious) health issues and a few unexpected obligations have sprung up. For Patreon backers, “The Letter” is nearly complete and still on schedule to launch October 7th. For everyone else, we’ll get back to the Battlespire later in the week and my other post will go up Saturday. 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