I was expecting lots of trouble and issues but so far... no? Everything runs great. #GuildWars2 loads and is fine and I've been able to resume my Clair Obscur playthrough as if nothing happened.
I am so impressed at everyone who's contributed to making #linuxgaming what it is today.
Windows was upsetting me all of last year with broken updates and gratuitous Copilot and I finally snapped.
- one new AMD GPU
- one full system wipe
- one #Fedora install
Feeling bullish, I dug up my feature wishlist.
"Remove the unstable shadow tiling hack" -- worked right away!
"Implement soft shadows" -- total garbage.
I guess my brain is still needed for some things...
"Upgrade to nodejs 20" -- easy
"Upgrade all the packages" -- one-shotted
"Fix all the yarn audit problems" --no trouble
"Make a CI and deployment workflow for GitHub" -- bam, done
Am reviving the #ttrpg #vtt that I coded up five years ago while unemployed, because of Reasons. I have been using the Stochastic Parrot(TM), because I couldn't face the task of dealing with five years' worth of JS ecosystem churn by hand.
It's nearly Christmas! I have two and a half weeks off work. What am I doing? Coding.
What's my day job again? Oh yeah, coding.
Am I holidaying wrong?
My paper copy of 13th Age second edition arrived! It's gorgeous, too. I'd completely forgotten I ordered it.
Just as we dig into a Stars Without Number campaign; terrible timing 😅
#ttrpg
A shot in the opposite direction, showing the three of them looking out across a glittering bay towards a rocky arch in the distance.
...the views *are* stunning, though. #GuildWars2
On a tropical paradise beach, an asura and a sylvari pointedly look away from each other. A phoenix sits restlessly nearby.
Cerulean is sulking. He went to a faraway desert island for a holiday, but when he got there it was full of Pact people demanding he do chores! #GuildWars2
In a luminous grotto carpeted with white flowers, a golden-coloured Sylvari stops for a stretch
Grotto time!
I still can't find a few of them. Might have to cheat and look it up... #GuildWars2
A sylvari researcher and her fern hound hang around on a river bank, the researcher reading intently, the hound lounging on the earth. Behind them, trees and great ferns loom through the fog
This researcher and her fern hound seem surprisingly unfazed by it all #GuildWars2
A sylvari stands around distracted amongst a mirror-like pool, a flowering lily-pad, a magical glow, a gorgeous forest, and so on, and so forth
Focus, Aureolin. You've got a quest to follow! Stop getting distracted by the shiny... no... not again... don't eat the mushroom... #GuildWars2
Flying on a griffon through an ethereal, tropical splendour
The Arenanet map team really outdid themselves with Castora, didn't they? #GuildWars2
in a hilarious turn of events, while ffxiv players are complaining that dawntrail was advertised to be a vacation and wasn't one, gw2 players are complaining that visions of eternity wasn't advertised to be a vacation and is one
Trying to be productive at work today, but my brain keeps swerving back to #GuildWars2 Visions of Eternity. So much to explore! It's really distracting.
But I can't get back to it until this evening.
A white-and-yellow Sylvari with the rainbow aura and the Juggernaut hammer stands in stark contrast to the rain washed bleakness of Janthir Syntri
✅ engineer with 250 spare hero points
✅ shiny hammer
✅ ranger with 250 spare hero points
✅ underwater equipment for both
❌ spent all my gold again, oops
🥹 retirement plan for my Revenant
I'm ready for #GuildWars2 Visions of Eternity...
Saddled up on a tan-coloured journeykin, in the middle of a marshy, bleak, rain-lashed country, a sylvari contemplates his life choices
Meanwhile, Aureolin has gotten lost while on expedition in Janthir and is starting to have many regrets. #GuildWars2
A sylvari stands at the top of steps and looks out across a starry expanse with a mystical glowing hanging banner thing, and orbs, and all manner of strange magic stuff. He's holding a spear at the ready, as if braced for attack.
Someone gave Cobalt a mysterious key. He is quite alarmed right now. #GuildWars2
Taking a break from #GuildWars2 at the worst time, first to go abroad on holiday for a week, and then because my #TTRPG group is trying Stars Without Number and so I must upgrade my discord bot to support that because reasons.
No legendary fractal gloves for me I suppose!
(It's okay.)
That is cute and yet oddly terrifying
A sylvari in black and yellow garb encounters a ring of wisps with a big, extra glowy one in the centre.
...And, because all my new #GuildWars2 characters should earn a title of their own, he went and met the King of the Wisps.
A sylvari with striking orange hair stands on one of those ledges overlooking the Mistburned Barrens. The sky is pinkish and there's lightning in the air.
I made a new #GuildWars2 character! This is Aureolin, he's an Engineer. I think there is ooze in his future.
Ooh, what armor is that? It's very fancy
😃 I remember having that exact reaction!
Troubadour and Amalgam are both glorious. Ritualist feels undertuned, but I like the idea there -- hope they get to flesh out the spirits a bit more though, shroud is overly AA heavy right now
wait until you see the expansion zones :D
A blue sylvari standing atop one of the grassy islands around the Wizard's Tower, with a deep blue starry backdrop. He's wielding Juggernaut, the original legendary hammer.
I completed Juggernaut! Because Amalgam really is my vibe and it seemed to fit so well. #GuildWars2
This doesn't mean my ranger can't play with it too...
A GW2 login screen showing a grey sylvari with red-and-black eye mask and armor standing in a dramatic Lowland Shore landscape, with cliffs
This is the toon I made in the #GuildWars2 beta to try Conduit. Not much of a fan of the spec, but I kind of like this look...
got all of about 5 minutes of gameplay with Amalgam in the #GuildWars2 beta before hitting a network error. Server is flaky. Spec is brilliant, though. I think I am making a new character for this one
Oh gosh I would die of squee
