The “I am a dumbass” thread
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I spent my first playthrough of Dark Souls levelling up strength, whilst using weapons that scaled very poorly with strength... the whole way through.
Ornstien and Smough took forever as I was only doing chip damage, which I thought was normal. I basically did my own hard mode run accidentally
Ornstien and Smough took forever as I was only doing chip damage, which I thought was normal. I basically did my own hard mode run accidentally
Not as good as some of these but I played through almost all of Infamous: Second Son without realizing you could upgrade your skills.
I played the first couple hours of the game with all of the tutorials, and then put the game down for like a year before returning to it and finishing it.
I remember thinking the game was a lot harder than I expected and then at some point near the end (maybe when you get your other set of powers?) I stumbled onto the skill tree screen and had like a billion things to unlock.
I played the first couple hours of the game with all of the tutorials, and then put the game down for like a year before returning to it and finishing it.
I remember thinking the game was a lot harder than I expected and then at some point near the end (maybe when you get your other set of powers?) I stumbled onto the skill tree screen and had like a billion things to unlock.
The Game: World of Warcraft
Why I am a dumbass: My first character was a total shitshow. Undead rogue, just a couple months before the Burning Crusade expansion came out. I never trained any skill that didn't directly do damage, because "Rogue is a DPS character, right? Why do I need this other shit?" No Cheap Shot, no Slice and Dice, no Kidney Shot or Sap, just stabby stab on everything. Also, instead of using the auction house like a normal person, I picked herbs and vendored them, then immediately spent the pitiful money I made on that on white vendor armor and weapons. I found a cruddy dagger "of shadow wrath" and immediately equipped it thinking it would add shadow damage to my attacks. I couldn't understand why the game was so fucking hard.
Why I am a dumbass: My first character was a total shitshow. Undead rogue, just a couple months before the Burning Crusade expansion came out. I never trained any skill that didn't directly do damage, because "Rogue is a DPS character, right? Why do I need this other shit?" No Cheap Shot, no Slice and Dice, no Kidney Shot or Sap, just stabby stab on everything. Also, instead of using the auction house like a normal person, I picked herbs and vendored them, then immediately spent the pitiful money I made on that on white vendor armor and weapons. I found a cruddy dagger "of shadow wrath" and immediately equipped it thinking it would add shadow damage to my attacks. I couldn't understand why the game was so fucking hard.
Oh my gods. Yes, same here. And I was suuuuuper frustrated during my second Divine Beast for so long because I didn't know the rotating mechanic. When I realized it, all I could think of was "how the eff did I finish Vah Medoh without realizing this?!"
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I didn't notice that Xbox controllers (newest one) are still shipped with non-rechargable batteries. After a few sessions and the batteries dying I gave them a quick glance, didn't see any "do not recharge" I was used from other batteries and put them in my charger... for at least ten hours. Right before I fall asleep I hear a loud crack from the wall socket and have battery acid all over the floor. I think they're definitely dead now.
Guess I need new batteries and hope my recharger still works.
Guess I need new batteries and hope my recharger still works.
My recent one, though I'm not going to fully blame it on my ineptitude.
Mortal Shell: I spent a good two hours running around the felswamp before I realized there was a very important item to get in the hub tower in the middle of the swamp to obtain Parry and the Empowered Parry which heals the player. I kept thinking to myself, "Is Hardening the ONLY defensive move I've got? Not even a parry?" before I fully explored the tower.
Now, in my defense, a parry should be a basic ass mechanic in a Souls-like and not tied to some item in a missable location.
Mortal Shell: I spent a good two hours running around the felswamp before I realized there was a very important item to get in the hub tower in the middle of the swamp to obtain Parry and the Empowered Parry which heals the player. I kept thinking to myself, "Is Hardening the ONLY defensive move I've got? Not even a parry?" before I fully explored the tower.
Now, in my defense, a parry should be a basic ass mechanic in a Souls-like and not tied to some item in a missable location.
Ace Attorney: didn't realize you could save in the middle of a trial, I thought you could only save at the checkpoints the game gave you. Cue me staying up until 3 AM to finish the second trial so I didn't lose my progress...
I'm right there with you. I made a hunter, but I really didn't understand the phrase "play your class" so I would almost always fight with my melee weapon. I didn't make it very far.
As a kid, I got the first Rogue Squadron game a bit before I had seen any Star Wars movies. I also could not understand English (secondary language for me) that well yet so most instructions beyond having to shoot things were lost on me too. I was stuck in the Corellia mission because AT-AT just would not die no matter how much I shot it. Eventually I finally saw Empire Strikes Back and thought "oh, maybe I'm supposed to somehow tie the legs of the walkers in the game too" and got to progress to the rest of the game.
i've now finished jouney mode in tetris effect on normal on two platforms. i was just going for a victory lap and thought, "i wonder if the trigger button does anything."
watchdogs 2
I bought this game again for xbox thinking on series x it would look better it doesn't still looks like ass the graphics look so mono and has so much jaggies,should of just sticked with the ps4 version which looks better.
I bought this game again for xbox thinking on series x it would look better it doesn't still looks like ass the graphics look so mono and has so much jaggies,should of just sticked with the ps4 version which looks better.
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Immortals Fenyx Rising - Almost 20 hours in and I just realized I could use my sight to mark stuff anywhere at anytime. I thought you could only do it at the top of the god statue for each area. : /
Super Mario 64: I'm a dumbass because I got suck at Peach's Castle due to me not knowing the door lead to Bom-Omb Mountain doesn't require a star. But it still has the star symbol so my mind back then thought "Oh this one must require a star too" and never actually paid attention to the lack of number. It wasn't until I look up a playthrough that make me realize how much of a dumbass I was at that moment.