@Th3solution How are you? I hope this missive finds you well. How is exercising and work going? Playing anything good right now? Did you finish off your time with SM2? I think I remember you saying you were playing that? Any Souls or Soulslikes coming up any time soon for you? I am still, still, still farming in DeS. The 'proper' max build takes a while to reach but as I am now only 37 levels away from it I think it should only be a few weeks 'till I can dive back into the game properly, after being sufficiently overleveled for my taste. Then, after I have that wrapped up it's onto either DD2, RotR, RE2 Remake or SH2 Remake if that's out by then.
Also still volunteering in the field of mental health, it's important, I feel. I'm also eyeing up appropriate educational courses to try and get my ducks in a row career-wise.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Jimmer-jammer Hey man, I thought I'd move our chat over here as I wanted to lighten the tone and make it more chit-chaty, not that it was heavy before but I thought this would be more appropriate over here. How's the trucking and music/film work going? I saw in the RotR thread that you haven't gotten around to picking your copy up yet. What have you been playing in the meantime? Also, here's a more metal-lic track from my most recent ep. More suited to your tastes, I feel.😉
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Black_Swordsman Doing well, mate! Things are mostly still the same with private life stuff, although my exercise has fallen off a cliff of late. I’m trying to get back into it but I tweaked my back so I have to nurse that back to health.
Yeah, I'm still swinging through NYC as Peter and Miles. It’s been quite fun and I reckon I’m maybe a fourth to a third of the way through. I’ve been tempted to boot up Dark Souls 2 but I think I want to finish SM2 first because I have a hard enough time keeping my muscle memory sharp with such a fast twitch game. I fear I might mix up my inputs.
But I do think I’ll probably gravitate toward DS2 soon.
It’s awesome to hear you are still involved with volunteer work and with education. 👍🏼
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution Thanks man, hope your back gets better soon and all the best with SM2, let me know how you get on with DS2 when you get around to it.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Black_Swordsman Definitely will. I remember your advice about the covenant of champions if/when the enemy respawns stop happening. I’ll have the low threshold to abandon the game if it doesn’t click for me since it’s oft reported to be the least popular of the 3 Dark Souls games. But I feel like I owe it to myself and the From team to at least give it a try. I’ve started watching some Let’s Plays and it looks like a true DS game.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@Th3solution FYI, You might want to join that covenant before they stop respawning because iirc there's no way to make them spawn again if they've already stopped respawning without starting a new game, that's what happenned to me at least, iirc. Anyway feel free to do further research yourself as I'm not 100% sure on that one.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Jimmer-jammer Currently got 36 of 40 End, then shooting for 66 Str, that's the last stat I intend to level up for the 'proper' max build. I probably won't post any more about the game until I've finished leveling up/beaten Allant. Apart from that, doing well, thanks, finding the volunteer psychology work engaging and rewarding besides a few trickier moments that I obviously can't go into more detail about on here, but, yeah, overall ,it's going well.
But yeah, anyway, feel free to tag me in your posts about Rise of the Ronin. I'd love to hear more about your adventures in Team Ninja's world of Japanese History.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Pizzamorg Hey friend, just to follow on from the chats we've had with regard to RotR and DD2 I thought I'd say hello here to extend the spirit of Push Square friendliness. Just to introduce myself, I play jazz guitar and volunteer in the field of mental health when I'm not gaming, I generally like the Souls & Soulslike games & RPGs in general, which is why I reached out to you in those threads, currently playing DeS. Are you still playing RotR? Enjoying your experience? What do you do when you're not gaming? Work? Study? etc.
All the best
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
Hello @Black_Swordsman - nice to learn a bit more about you! I can honestly say I am not nearly as interesting lol. If I am not working, sleeping, eating or walking I am playing games 😂 I am also still playing ROTR. Approaching hour 30. I am still enjoying my time with it, but it has a more evident feeling of being a little unfinished the more I play.
@Pizzamorg Hey, my pleasure. Anyway I am glad to hear you are still enjoying your time with ROTR, shame that it feels a little unfinished the more you play it ,though, I am still keen to pick it up myself, though, maybe after Death Stranding ,RE2 Remake or SH2 Remake (whenever that comes out) though. Where do you stand on the Souls & Soulslike games, out of interest?
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
I have a pretty mixed relationship with Souls games @Black_Swordsman. I like Monster Hunter a lot, and I actually modded Elden Ring on PC so I could tune the difficulty down a bit 😂 I like plenty of Souls adjacent games, like the original Dragons Dogma. But I'm just not good enough to play the core Souls games, or things like Sekiro or Nioh etc It is why I love that ROTR comes with an easy mode, I hope it sets a trend.
@Pizzamorg Yeah the Souls games are definitely known for their difficulty, but there are ways such as summoning help or becoming overpowered by leveling up a lot and getting the right gear that you can use to borderline trivialize the games for yourself.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@oliverp Thanks, I've been here a few years now actually but I was formerly known as TheBrandedSwordsman and Draco_V_Ecliptic before that. Names taken from Berserk and Literature.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Jimmer-jammer Hey man, how's guitar & film-work going? I thought you might like the guitar solo in this track. The backing is jazz/contemporary classical fusion but the guitar solo imo is like something ripped straight out of classic rock. I know that you've enjoyed a number of my jazz recommendations but overall are more of a rock guy so I thought that this might float your boat.
In return, can you recommend any rock with a jazzy feel? something like Sultans of Swing or any of the other early Dire Straits work that has that kind of jazz/blues influence.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Jimmer-jammer Thanks for the recommendation, definitely done in a sort of jazzcore style, based on that you might also like Jerseyband, when you have time to check them out, they are essentially a metal band made up of jazz musicians, that's the best description I can give of them, I won't share a link as I know you're a busy man but they have an album called something like 'Live: Lungcore Fantasy' or something along those lines which you might like. But yeah, I know what you mean about genre politics, usually if something falls under the broader spectrum of jazz or hip hop, I'll like it.
And yeah, absolutely share the track if you feel comfortable, I'd love to hear it. Good luck with music and filming
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Elodin I saw that you also mentioned reading a Star Wars book, have you had any experience playing Jedi Fallen Order or Survivor?
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@Black_Swordsman yes I've beat fallen order. I started survivor, however Dragons Dogma 2 came out shortly their after. Ill jump back in once I finish dd2. I enjoyed the first one for sure. I'm often pulled in for star wars games good and bad.
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