Red Phoenix

I got past level 40 a bit ago and can travel around a good amount of Battahl exploring and grinding levels/vocations now without worrying about what I'm fighting so much. Golems there can still waste me though if I'm not careful once they start raging. Dragons are the only thing I still avoid wherever I see them but might try fighting one again soon. I switched my main pawn to warrior so trying to get enough for equipment and halfway there now. Magick Archer was strange at first because I had to adjust from not having the physicality of the normal archer arrows and it sucked going back to having hardly any skills. After a while though and with enough skills unlocked it was amazing, probably the best part of the game so far for me once that started working.

The speed of that game at the end was crazy at times, not good for nerves but great to get the 3 points.

Congrats to Gakpo for joining the yellow card gang late on.

Finally got there, legend.

The ref is stoned. Definitely.

Our players are on bonuses for yellow cards I think.

Virg just fouled endo there. Lucky to stay on.

This stream has been ok so far for anyone needing one : https://www.sportnews.to/news/premier-league-news/?ref=total

It could be good if we try to find Nunez a bit more, he could've had some good chances in the 1st with the right passes.

Get in Diaz, game on.

They were losing 3-1 and around 70 mins when I last checked livescore? I wanted to know if that'd get him sacked too. Maybe it's best he stays for as long as possible though if they're going to get a better and more experienced manager once they've had enough of him. And now he's won more games than he's lost again, well done Moyes.

Losing 3-1 and lost more games than he's won, surprised he still has his job. Surely he's getting sacked shortly if it stays like that.

I'm currently down the western side of the map on Dragon's Dogma 2 as I'm trying to get to something that I won't explain because of spoilers. I'm level 27, main pawn is same level and we have our vocations at max level (archer and fighter), the other pawns are 20 and 21. We're also for the first time in the game out of our depth in a place I want to be at and need to turn back, it's completely wild down there. Need to level more and get better equipment sorted. Also check skills and add some new ones probably. To get down there I've had to fight some enemies and run from a lot of others, sometimes that fails though as the ones I tried to run from catch up again after chasing as I'm fighting some other bunch that I arrived at and it turns into too much chaos to handle. Definitely a tough area if not prepared. I'll favourite my other two pawns as well and get two more closer to my level, looks like it's needed. Amazing game though and I'll be really surprised if I play any other new game this year that I like as much as this.

Devs Allegedly Pondering the Point of Sony's PS5 Pro Upgrade Sony seem to be getting worse as they go on. I've even wondered if they deliberately make the 1st console in a generation bigger and clunkier now so that they can easily make the "mid-gen upgrade" smaller and more appealing. The pads seem to get worse for me too. I dont want a heavy pad with whatever rumble and feedback they have, don't even use that stuff. Where's the light version for people that don't want any of it? I'd rather have a ps2/ps3-type pad instead, they were a lot more comfortable and I think things went downhill from that point onwards.

Sorry was editing how I explained it but ran out of time. It's not a spoiler for any type of main quest or anything, more something that I've seen some players getting confused/wound up with when it comes to the disease pawns sometimes talk about. I'm sure some would rather see how it turns out in game instead though so avoid the link if that's the case.

I think I remember having issues with the go command earlier too, maybe they'll find it's a bit bugged at some point and patch it. I'd not even thought about vocations for my char either, was just focusing on trying to progress but had started thinking about my main pawn too seeing as other players might end up using her so it's better if she's stronger. For my char though I just looked and seeing as I'm wanting to stick with archer will go for the magick archer I think. Then if I want to change at some stage probably switch to mage/sorceror like I usually do in these games. I'd maybe not mention something like this too but with the one save file thing and how unclear this part of the game is I'll leave a link. It can affect npc's for at least a while which is the main reason I'm posting it. If you or anyone else would rather try to deal with it in game though you can avoid checking : Dragon’s Dogma 2’s pawn plague

The go command from the four options in the bottom left, had mine showing me a riftstone earlier after I chose it.

I'm liking it the more I play too. It's also good that pawns go off adventuring with other arisen and return after you've rested at an inn with rift crystals, have got enough now to finally change either my own or pawn's appearance. It's interesting how you only have your main char and pawn levelling too, helps vary the way you fight when swapping the other ones around. It might end up being the best new game I've played in a while as well. Baldur's Gate 3 and the latest Yakuza game are two that I really like (and I liked Starfield too but that feels like it needs modding work and patches) but this being a non turn-based game might have me preferring it over time.

Yeah the lamp lasts ages before you need to add more oil and you can combine items you find to make more. I also had 4 refill items already so finding oil for it doesn't seem to be a problem. I went out randomly exploring for a bit a short while ago and my mage died I think, didn't realise until another pawn said we need a mage. There was a rift stone nearby though so I hired another and it was the guy in the pic below. He was fine fighting/healing, etc, but when we got back to the town I've been staying in he just crashed out on the ground as soon as we stopped. One of the other pawns said something like "I'll remind you not to shirk your duty, lest you forget it's the arisen you serve here." And he just responded in a yorkshire accent with "I'm well aware o' that, thank you" and stayed on the ground. One of the funniest things I've seen yet, some of the pawns really do have character to them and it seems like they worked on them a lot to make them so good. After around 10 hours it mostly feels like the original game but with a bigger world, better characters and better graphics. Seeing as the first was so good I'm definitely fine with that.

My memory of the first game is quite bad to be honest as it's been ages since I played it. I didn't finish it either but remember having fun for a good while, would've gone back to it but waited for this game instead. I'm doing a quest at the moment where I have to travel a bit so making sure I'm in daylight because my char and pawns aren't that strong. I'll probably try fighting at night if I get that done though then see how the lamp works. Hopefuly Elite is right too where you can convert stuff for oil for it, should easier to keep it working if so.

It's dark at night but you have a lamp that helps you. I've not tried moving around at night yet though and remember from the last game that the creatures are tougher so I've avoided it so far. I've still got several issues with the game but one thing I really like is the sense of working as a team with your pawns when fighting. For some reason I decided to play as an archer when I've usually chosen a mage in the past so the pawns are essential to me in battles and when getting through the more difficult ones there's definitely a sense of achievement. The world looks big too so it's good for exploring. I've not done much of the main story yet though so I don't know much about that either.

It's depressing to see that more innocent people have been killed in a terrorist attack like this. I'm not going to be tweeting about Obama/CIA/MI6/ISIS/Nordstream on Dragon's Dogma 2 release day though.

Yeah he could've been one of the best strikers around if it wasn't for injuries. I was never that optimistic about this season with all of the changes we've made and still needing new/young forwards to get settled, it's a huge improvement over the mess of last season though so far and really happy that Klopp gets to leave with at least one trophy. If Jota can return soon maybe we can add to that too.

I got Dragon's Dogma 2 earlier and played it for a bit then turned it off to see all of the bad reviews. Some of the main complaints are wrong though. The main two for me are that you have to pay to edit your character appearance and that there's no way you can start a new game. It's a mess around but to start a new game you have to delete your save file from console/pc then turn off cloud saves in the character appearance or something or else the cloud will just recreate your same char again. You don't have to pay to change your char appearance either, there's in game items that you can find to do that and I think you can also change the appearance of the pawn you create too which was my main concern. This should all be clearer once more people realise though I think. I still think it's a fuck around with the new saves though, you shouldn't have to be deleting folders inside steam or doing the same with saves on your console and it should just be an in game option like most other rpg's. I can't get my head around that and it was a red flag for me when reading an article on it before release. My main issues are that and also that the game seems a bit janky/old and the colours seem too gloomy like the original. A reshade would work really well I think but for console that's not going to be an option. I'm going back to it soon though as it's one of those games that with patience should be fine or even great like the original was. Character creation seems like a good one as well and it's funny how this is supposed to be Aerith, all I see is Gillian Anderson, surprised there's only one person even mentioning it in the comments. I think I'm using it for my main char or pawn once I can edit.