And I am prepared; starting with this before I move on down the line to fancy things I've got stashed away.

Not that I'm not already a drinker, but being able to legally purchase it for myself is more than just a teensy bit nice. So, anybody got any good liqueur suggestions?

Mine'll be coming in around a month. I'm a bit disappointed by the fact, as I expect a more immediate delivery, but I can't say I'm not excited. Spent a pretty hefty sum on them and from sound demos and meets I've been to, there's really no doubt in my mind I made the right choice.



Still need to upgrade the rest of my audio set-up to get some decent results, but I think I've settled on Schiit for the time being. Might get the O2/ODAC once Massdrop has them available once more.

But enough about me, what have you guys got going on? Are you instead a speakers connoisseur?

Is there anyone who still plays this dated, clunky gem of a game?

I have a habit of jumping back into it every half a year or so, consistently completing it despite the increasingly obvious technical inferiority when compared to its numerous successors. There's just something about the game that speaks to me, a feeling of desolation and despair I never felt with new Souls games; there's that innate bleakness to the game's atmosphere that actually feels oppressive, as if despite setting out to [save the world/seek demon's souls], there really isn't much of a [world left to save/reason beyond having power for the sake of power]. Everything feels finished and worn out, like an old man ready to take the long nap and knows that all he needs to do is close his eyes for a little while to make it happen.

"You fool. Don't you understand? No one wishes to go on…"

It's a wonderful game, that despite the innate flaws and the obviously cut portions, still stands up to even the most recent games. It being great in regards to consistency and quality is still one of the biggest pluses, something that Dark Souls was all over the place about, despite being the fan favourite ‒ the disparity between that first and second half of the game always destroys my desire for a full replay. Not even Gwyn can salvage late game for me.

Or, more accurately, just finished the Vor introductory questline, which basically means I'm now truly passed the veil of complete noobdom.

Chose the Excalibur frame at the start due to the game's recommendation, though I slightly regret not choosing something more ability focused. Still have everything basic, aside from dropping the MK1 for the normal Braton (though I seriously miss that mag-size), and so I find myself with questions before I head off into the unknown.

First, how do you unlock codex entries? I know I could simply look this stuff online, but I feel as if it's something I should be doing as if I, myself, am a Tenno search for this strange setting's knowledge. From what I've seen it's intensely interesting, and I don't what to miss out on what the game has to offer.

Second, is there any way to reliably get platinum for some of the heftier frames/weapons? Buying it is a simply solution, but I'm not exactly looking to drop cash on this game.

And as it stands, I'm going to have to buy everything, from the desk and chair to the peripherals and the PC parts itself. I've been living and gaming on a laptop for forever and it's simply not cutting it anymore.

This is the parts list I've got going on, focusing more on practicality than aestheticism. My budget for the PC itself is around $1850, and I'm sorta curious if there's any improvements (necessary to the build or upgrade-wise) that I should be making. I'm thinking on a liquid cooler for the CPU over the Noctua, and maybe another fan on the side just in-case the two I have aren't enough to keep the core temperature down.

I also plan to buy some speakers and another graphics card, but that's ultimately later on down the line, because it's going to take a little while to scrape up the cash for this anyway.

Just thought I'd share, and I'm welcome to any advice you guys might offer.