Morrowcucks seething over bad directions

[Oyster Sauce]

A little AI fairy companion in a game that you can talk to and ask questions would be neato

You cheated, the instructions do NOT say "follow the road south past Mzulft". They say "follow the road south past the Dwemer ruins". Hint: there are two dwemer ruins on the map.

I covered up the destination location(you wouldn't have these on your map yet). This is the result:
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lotta cope for not being able to follow pretty easy to understand instructions

[rusty_shackleford]

A little AI fairy companion in a game that you can talk to and ask questions would be neato

You cheated, the instructions do NOT say "follow the road south past Mzulft". They say "follow the road south past the Dwemer ruins". Hint: there are two dwemer ruins on the map.

I covered up the destination location(you wouldn't have these on your map yet). This is the result:
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marked_map.jpeg

lotta cope for not being able to follow pretty easy to understand instructions

So easy that you had to cheat?

[Oyster Sauce]

You cheated, the instructions do NOT say "follow the road south past Mzulft". They say "follow the road south past the Dwemer ruins". Hint: there are two dwemer ruins on the map.

I covered up the destination location(you wouldn't have these on your map yet). This is the result:
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Selection_009.webp
marked_map.jpeg

lotta cope for not being able to follow pretty easy to understand instructions

So easy that you had to cheat?

[Vergil]

That might be a journal like in Morrowind

someone post the collage of screenshots of all the ****** up directions morrowind has please

You mean the tiny handful that are easily navigatable?

[Vergil]

A little AI fairy companion in a game that you can talk to and ask questions would be neato

What if we made this AI companion appear as a Pointer at the top of the screen? That suggested the best direction for you to follow...

That might be a good idea; it might also be able to tell you where to go on the map, so you can tell instantly...

What if we just install fast-travel mod, and it'll just work?

Have you ever considered killing yourself?

[Trickster]

What if we made this AI companion appear as a Pointer at the top of the screen? That suggested the best direction for you to follow...

That might be a good idea; it might also be able to tell you where to go on the map, so you can tell instantly...

What if we just install fast-travel mod, and it'll just work?

Have you ever considered killing yourself?

Hell no. I'm not a pathetic ***** like you.

[Luckmann]

"we gave him bad directions as part of an assassination contract… AS A JOKE!!!"

Or as a "mistake", because we all know that everything goes perfect in the real world right?

If you're going to order an assassination on someone I sure hope you know how to at least provide directions to the assassination location.

Where's the fun in that?

[Element]

We got quest markers and fast travel as the solution to this. Can't say it was an improvement.

[Vergil]

What if we just install fast-travel mod, and it'll just work?

Have you ever considered killing yourself?

Hell no. I'm not a pathetic ***** like you.

How's that ignore list working out little buddy?

[Trickster]

Have you ever considered killing yourself?

Hell no. I'm not a pathetic ***** like you.

How's that ignore list working out little buddy?

Still worried about it?
Poor creature.

[Luckmann]

How's that ignore list working out little buddy?

How's yours? Because goddamn, son.

Still worried about it?
Poor creature.

Now, I think that ignoring people is ******* gay, and should only be reserved for very special cases, but you shouldn't make light of Vergil like this. Xe's extremely insecure and I fear that if we bully xir too much xi'll just die.

[The_Mask]

The only redeeming thing about all of that is that you're supposed to find the location on that island, so despite the poor directions, you'll still find it sooner or later by process of elimination.

Also levitation helps a lot.

[Zothique]

Oh ****, haven't read any of this yet but it might be life-ruining.

[Vergil]

How's that ignore list working out little buddy?

How's yours? Because goddamn, son.

Still worried about it?
Poor creature.

Now, I think that ignoring people is ******* gay, and should only be reserved for very special cases, but you shouldn't make light of Vergil like this. Xe's extremely insecure and I fear that if we bully xir too much xi'll just die.

Old man obsessed with younger man who barely knows he exists. Tragic.

[asf]

rusty still looking for caius cosades

[Jordy]

How's that ignore list working out little buddy?

How's yours? Because goddamn, son.

This isn't the own you think it is. It's more a reflection of the people in that list.

[Luckmann]

This isn't the own you think it is. It's more a reflection of the people in that list.

It's not an "own" and I thought I made it clear that blocking is gay. How it reflects on the people on that list is irrelevant to how it makes xim feel.

[Vergil]

Old people are so embarrassing

[Norfleet]

I don't mind screw ups like that. Sure, its confusing... but then it isn't like people don't give bad directions from time to time and you have to figure it out yourself.

Honestly, I would design stuff like this on purpose, but maybe attach it to gameplay systems (reputation, logistic recall failure rolls, etc...). Player gets lost, so what... figure it out.

"we gave him bad directions as part of an assassination contract… AS A JOKE!!!"

The bad directions aren't even being given by a character, though. They're in the journal, unsourced, so represent the internal thoughts of the player character.

[Luckmann]

I don't mind screw ups like that. Sure, its confusing... but then it isn't like people don't give bad directions from time to time and you have to figure it out yourself.

Honestly, I would design stuff like this on purpose, but maybe attach it to gameplay systems (reputation, logistic recall failure rolls, etc...). Player gets lost, so what... figure it out.

"we gave him bad directions as part of an assassination contract… AS A JOKE!!!"

The bad directions aren't even being given by a character, though. They're in the journal, unsourced, so represent the internal thoughts of the player character.

I am pretty sure that the journal entries are at least intended to be based on the information given by characters in the game world. If that's not what happened, that's an oversight. It makes me wonder what actual information is conveyed to the player outside of the journal, and if it matches up.

[GalwainOthmark]

Of all the things Morrowind can be criticized for bad journal directions are a nothingburger

[Jordy]

This isn't the own you think it is. It's more a reflection of the people in that list.

It's not an "own" and I thought I made it clear that blocking is gay. How it reflects on the people on that list is irrelevant to how it makes xim feel.

Ok, not sure what point you were trying to make in the first part then.

[Faceless_Sentinel]

How's that ignore list working out little buddy?

How's yours? Because goddamn, son.

This is not who Vergil ignores, this is list of who ignores him.

[ArcaneLurker]

How's that ignore list working out little buddy?

How's yours? Because goddamn, son.

This is not who Vergil ignores, this is list of who ignores him.

I'm undecided on some of them, but there's a lot of twats there.

[Orvas Dren]

rusty not being able to tell the difference between directions on a 3-dimensional plane and a 2-dimensional one and then outing himself thinking he was right is just the kek I needed today

[Ratcatcher]

I still remember one of Ultima IX quests having direction like 'cross the bridge east of town, yadda yadda...'. It all sounded like the place was just out of the city itself. I cannot remember the exact direction but they definitely weren't as elaborate as the ones in Morrowind.

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Rusty knows nothing.

[Luckmann]

I still remember one of Ultima IX quests having direction like 'cross the bridge east of town, yadda yadda...'. It all sounded like the place was just out of the city itself. I cannot remember the exact direction but they definitely weren't as elaborate as the ones in Morrowind.

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Rusty knows nothing.

There were people that played Ultima IX?
Out of all series to kill themselves, the death of Ultima has to be one of the sadder ones.
But I think that the main difference here is that Morrowind is held up as a classic in its own right, whereas Ultima IX is widely regarded as borderline unplayable.

[Ratcatcher]

There were people that played Ultima IX?

Yep. You're looking at text written by an og d1p'er of dat thing. Also, mine wasn't an endorsment of said turd in any way, shape or form. Just wanted to make fun of Rusty like an old man would.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

How's yours? Because goddamn, son.

Wow that’s a long list. You have to actively try to get a list that long.

Now, I think that ignoring people is ******* gay

Always has been.

[Rand]

Ultima IX

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That map evokes great anger in me.

This is the CORRECT map:

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