The BEST Elder Scrolls Online DLC review your mom ever saw
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- The BEST Elder Scrolls Online DLC review your mom ever saw
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CHAPTERS
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00:00 - INTRO
01:10 - ANSWERING CRITICISMS
03:37 - YOU OBVIOUSLY NEVER PLAYED AN MMO BEFORE
10:57 - YOU HAVEN'T REACHED THE END GAME YET
12:44 - RACIAL STYLES CAN BE FOUND IN CONTAINERS
13:40 - YOU'RE BAD AT THE GAME
14:39 - HOW DO YOU GRIND OUT END GAME
37:53 - ORSINIUM
48:16 - DISCUSSING ONE SHOT MECHANICS
1:17:37 - !!END OF SPOILERS!!
1:18:06 - MORROWIND
1:55:03 - !!END OF SPOILERS!!
2:00:39 - CLOCKWORK CITY
2:16:48 - SUMMERSET ISLE
2:30:32 - !!END OF SPOILERS!!
2:34:10 - MURKMIRE
2:45:17 - ELSEWEYR
3:07:20 - DRAGONHOLD
3:18:56 - WRAPPING UP
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That’s my bad, I usually link your vids to the several ant colonies in my back yard, I didn’t watch the baulders gate vid so they didn’t either.
So, it's your fault...
Hahaha!! You guys are wild, man.
@@StratEdgyProductions Dude you need to get off that ESO Payment Plan and get you some GRIM DAWN. It'll scratch that itch
It might just be me, but I didn't watch the BG3 video because I didn't want spoilers. That can be an issue with videos on newer rpgs. There is an argument to be made that making videos about older games is safer than new games, unless the new game sucks and no-one cares if you spoil it (Starfield for example).
Hey, little unfair man. I don't watch your videos while I'm doing something else that's boring. I watch your videos when I'm at work, which means you have my full attention.
Same here best use of work hours
Same, at a hotel too
likewise
I'm at work right now, SAME! My job is 100% just showing up, so from there I just kinda watch Strat and post comments. My boss peeks in I just ask her to kindly come back later, I'm actually jerking off under my desk.
Same
Was shocked to see that I have 350 hours in this game and have no memory of ever playing it.
if its pc could just be the terrible outdated updating system ESO has
Games have evolved from a storytelling device you can have fun with into junk food. You eat it and forget you ate at all, so you want another one.
@@Cocc0nuttt0ESO is the MSG of games
I have 200. I did all the vanilla three main faction quests and a lot of Dark Brotherhood and Thieves Guild and the only thing I remember is the Khajiit Mane selection quest and a bit of the main story. It doesn't help that every NPC in ESO looks exactly the same as any other within their respective races besides the main story crew.
I’m pretty sure I put +3-4 hundred hours in, I was subbed to eso plus for at least a year. I remember being really happy about talking crows at one point.
A 3hr long Strat-Edgy video!?
Guys will see this and say "Hell Yeah".
HELL YEAH!
Hell Yeah
hell yeah
Hell Yeah
Hell yeah brother
I love hearing you complain. I've reached that age where I'm always either complaining or agreeing with someone complaining.
Old guys rock
He’ll yeah borther
Get off my lawn you two !
i played eso for an entire hour before dropping it, deleting it, and never picking it up again. why am i going to consume a 4 hour long, in-depth analysis of dlc for a game i have absolutely zero interest in playing?
_because i like your funny words, magic man._
my god you are a specimen thats for sure.
@@pinkleWeenkieshe is a man of the people.
Same. Well I played it for more than an hour. I tried a couple of different classes for an hour or so each. I realised that I didn't hate the class I picked, I hated the game. So I deleted it as well.
So I have not watched the baulders gate 3 video because I dont want any spoilers until me and my friend beat it. I think a lot of people are in a similar boat.
I was in the same boat! I wanted to watch it but didn't want to ruin anything
Same here
I mean its also not a shocker to your average human that the hype for a game/series release is greater before release than after. Plus your point being that its an extremely narrative heavy game means people won't look at reviews, maybe an 'is it worth it' type video at most, so the timing of the video was foreseeably bad. Release it in a year instead of cashing in on the ill-perceived hype train and it would've done as good as his other Baldur's Gate videos, which he's using as a metric for success in this video.
3:20:01 "Oh, Hi!"
Cat maidboy in the house!
ESO. I dont know if I like this game or I hate it. I have like 1500 hours in it. Still don't know.
we may never know
You could have learned a new language or lost 50 pounds but you chose to waste your time on something you don't even know if you like. You're the reason the west is failing
@@ezralione9596 word.
I both hate and love it.
Always felt the whole "you only played X amount of hours of this mmo it didn't even get good yet" criticism is done in bad faith. It was ridiculous then and it's ridiculous now.
If the game doesn't grab you immediately the start is done badly, if the game requires 400 hour+ commitment before you can yank out your anal beads like a rip start lawnmower and achieve mmo coom nirvana the pay off isn't worth those 400 hours of slog.
And of course when they say you didn't put in the time for the coom nirvana they're usually talking about end game raiding which is hell. Not because of the content, the content usually is at least serviceable, but the PEOPLE. It's such a mess of different people, you get Jesus Christ Raid Superstar who is SUCH a nice person you want to marry them or you get asshunter9000 who ate every AOE and is colecting vuln stacks like pokemon and BLAMING YOU FOR IT or you get something in between which is usually nice.
Point is, if you threw a fuck ton of time into an activity you get attached to it and defend it like a dog their bone, because they wasted their time! It must have been worth fucking something! Right?!
you 100% nailed the sunken cost fallacy. People create so much investment in this game, it becomes so important to them because they've put time, energy and money into it and not because it's actually a good game. I give a game one, maybe two hours maximum to earn our attention!
it makes those people more likely to rabidly defend it and actively expect everyone they play with to be at the absolute top of their game all the time - because they believe everyone should and will take the game as seriously as they will. Some people feel real social prestige and personal power/importance running raids and it's both sad and funny. Mixed in are are completely regular and normal people.
The culture of MMOs has quickly changed into one of single losers in their early-mid 30s desperately running away from life the same way they used to play MMOs after school as a kid. When you highlight their sacred cow is full of shit, they've been rolling about in that shit for 3-6 years. They can't smell it any more lmao
These days I don't give the game even a chance if I see, that it tries to sell me a solution for a game play problem, let alone sink 40h+ to see if it gets "fun after that".
1h is what I'll give. An 1h 30m if I'm feeling generous, because
For what its worth, the only reason I skipped the Baldur's Gate video was because of potential spoilers. Love the videos, and I'm excited to watch it when I finish playing through.
I can't afford to give to patreon so I'll just thank you for giving actual mechanical analysis. Rather than retrospective cosplaying as critique style videos. I appreciate it 😊
wouldn't a critique style video include a mechanical analysis if it was a good critique?
Your criticism of barbas and vile in the morrowind dlc is really spot on and shows how even the mainline successor games seem to be progressively forgetting what makes their lore interesting.
Does Bethesda still have a lore master?
@@Bleusilences Without Micheal they have been doomed for a while.
@@Bleusilencesif by lore master you mean keeper of sycophantic dogs than yes emil delivers on that front. Anything he writes is terrible, yet people still enjoy it. I feel like that says volumes of people who both accept mediocrity as normal, and find it enjoyable.
@@lucamckenn5932yeah for mainline Bethesda games not ESO
In High Isle dlc they even forgot the lore of their own character, Jakarn. In the base Daggerfall storyline he's a womanizer, and he tries to compete with you on kill count. In High Isle he's a simp, and a coward who's scared to fight.
I think people are confused with what MMO means in 2024. This isn't 1999, MMO does not mean Massively Multiplayer Online. No No you plebs. In 2024, MMO now stands for Massively Monetized Online. They took the multiplayer aspect out, as you can now solo most "MMO" content.
you can solo base game stuff but the dlc's if you're doing on vet it's a lot more of an issue to solo. Some of the new dungeons are absolutely cracked out on their hardmodes and soloing them would require some really gimicky stuff.
TLDR?@@wynngwynn
Stop playing dog shit mmos
Its about the option. If you think of the goal of mmos as creating a realistic social world, then it's realistic that a loner can get by.
Eh, people back in 1999 didn't have Discord or that many options to communicate, so they did so in game. Nowadays a lot of this communication is on other platforms or chat systems. Plus if you want the original 90's experience, go play Everquest. It's still up, but is far from the juggernaught it once was.
As for the solo aspect, having your gaming experience depend solely (if not mostly) is a risky strategy as you never know who you'll be playing with. And if the community dies, well, the community was the game so now there is less game to experience. Go play Mortal Online II or some other sandbox MMO if this is what you want. Solo players in MMOs now are a big audience, so developpers are going to cater to this audience.
oh my god its 3 hours this is amazing
Just wanted to say I skipped the Baldur's Gate 3 video because I was worried about spoilers, as I'm sure is the case for many others as well.
Always excited to see a strat-edgy video show up in my feed. Love these vids
Just a point regarding your BG3 video. I usually watch all your vids but have not even opened that one because I haven't even had time to play the game and would like to know as little about it as possible. Idk if that is why it flopped but I know other people in my position. Hence why I watch your other vids about older stuff.
Same here, trying to avoid spoilers for BG3. Now idk if I want to splurge on it or Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth
Now I wonder if we can force this guy to play FFXIV
I already am. I love it. Great game so far.
@@StratEdgyProductions omfg I can't believe you replied, was joking but DAMN I can't wait to see if you do a video on it. My friends think it's a perfect game/best of all time, and I'd be interested in actual criticism of the game. No pressure tho, if your playing it just for fun. It is the only MMO I can stomach because grinding makes my ADHD want to kill me.
Yes! I love these long ass videos that fill the emptiness of my decaying immortal vampire soul! Thank you, Strat von Edgy. I shall delay the vampire apocalypse a bit longer now.
if you leave one armory slot blank you can make any build on the fly without going to a temple You get 2 free.
Modern Extraction and PvP Survival game still have that aspect of trusting people leading to emergent gameplay
Dude I try to watch all your videos twice. If I could like them twice I would. ❤
Have always loved your videos man, glad to see you're still around, making content and shiz.
“Pfft, obviously you didn’t get far enough into the game, you can’t criticize it yet!”
The game costs $20. So it gets $20 worth of my time to prove it’s worth playing.
It really sucks about the grinding. There are a lot of things I love about the game like the zones, housing, crafting, story, and aesthetics I like. But I had to stop playing the game because to get the stuff I wanted, it was like having a second job. At 37:18, yeah my feeling was “wtf am I doing with my life?”
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I didnt, but I like it
this is why democracy works , funny thumbnails
Hope this video pops off because of your wise decision
I have to admit seeing that a 3 hour Stratedy in my feed got me rock hard!
In Maelstrom arena when that giant lizard boss screams you are not supposed to bash him. It gives him enrage making all his attacks oneshot. You are supposed to kill one of mages that spawn and run up to the other, because he will create a dome that protects from scream. After scream is over, you kill the mage, otherwise he buffs the lizard boss.
That's pretty much every one shot mechanic. If you see it your party did a mechanic wrong. They don't just appear. if It does just appear though tank fucked up a taunt and a tank buster hit someone else.
I'm so happy you released this and I'm excited to watch over the next few days
im really glad this game is getting bitched about more, zenimax has been milking tf out of the eso community for way too long and like idek where tf all that money goes lmaoo
To the investors. Capitalism end game: making as much money, while spending minimally, and naturally it helps to have stores on each property release. Bethesda and zenimax are laughing to the bank. The joke is all of you. "They still buy this garbage? After a decade of bad releases? What a bunch of idiot whale pay piggies".
How serendipitous! I Had just finished watching your older ESO review.
31:12 One trick I learned is to use your scroll only when you are inside the dungeon. I had this happen to me many times when I was new and never even realized that the scrolls had a timer.
I love ESO. I love your videos. This feels like Christmas. Thanks Strat.
I recently came back to ESO because of the card game they added in High Isle. It's a really neat deckbuilder where you and your opponent race to build up gold and political power from a shared pool of decks based on specific characters
Now, these decks are set in stone, the only variation being which ones you choose to bring into the match with, and a small handful of cards that have linear upgrades which replace the original
You'd think this would mean they can't enforce a crazy amount of grinding to get the non-default ones like they would with a more standard CCG that makes you collect individual cards
And if you thought that, you'd be wrong. See what they did was they took these decks and they split them up into pieces, and you have to grind entire DLC expansions to assemble all the pieces. And unlike items in a set or cards in a CCG, you don't even get the benefit of being able to use the individual pieces you get- you have to grind for all of it
And also unlike other parts of the game, I don't think there's a way to skip that with real money either, they genuinely do just want you to slave away at dungeons, delves, bosses, and quests if all you want to do is engage with an unrelated minigame
I promptly left the game again once I figured this out
I have been subscribed to this channel for years with the bell on and I didn't get a notification for this video or the bg3 video.
Oh God thank you. I have been watching the other eso video like 3 or 4 times already.
This is a three and a half hour advertisement for that horse pet.
I cannot be convinced someone would willingly have that follow them around.
I’m going to be honest with you I haven’t watched the BG3 review because of spoilers, however I do plan on watching it since I love your reviews even if I don’t always agree 100% of the time
I didn’t find this channel. TH-cam had this channel auto play while i was asleep and i woke up to this. Keep up the good work dude 👍🏻.
I'm stoked to get to hear a new episode on release for the first time! Been retroactively bingeing the whole channel. There's probably few games I could give less of a crap about than ESO, but the last part flew by for me. Just wanted to say you're an incredibly talented orator and I could listen to you yap about anything at length. I even love when you go off topic and discuss philosophy or whatever, which is something I can't say about ANY other gamer channel.
I'm about to get strapped down to donate white blood cells for 4 hours so this came at the perfect time
The story behind Orisinium being solo player oriented is that, as you mentioned, it was preceeded by Group PvP Imperial City and Craglorn (not a DLC, but not available at the time of release) which was Group PvE oriented. So it kinda follows that the next thing, and something that a lot of people called for, was to be solo-player oriented. Marked also by the introduction of the first arena - Maelstrom Arena.
Key perspective shift to attain happiness in life. We don’t HAVE to watch Strat’s new 3 hours of ceaseless frustration, we GET to.
I let out a scream of joy seeing a new video was up!
I did exactly what you recommended a while ago. I got an ESO plus subscription, and gradually went through the PVA content and had a blast.
The one thing I really like are those free dlc introduction quests that you get on the crown store under "quest starters". They release them whenever they announce a new DLC expansion. These quests really make use of the entire vanilla game map, and send you all over Tamriel finding clues to the main story of the upcoming expansion. They aren't massive, but they are pretty long for something that basically amounts to a teaser.
Awesome video. Thank you!
3 and a half hour video on my favorite mmo? From Strat? Count me tf in
I didn't watch your BG3 video because I hadn't beaten it yet and didn't want to be spoiled.
So I'm listening to the rebuttal of various criticisms. I've played ESO to death, but I quit a couple of years ago. Nothing felt better than quitting. The game was becoming too much like work. Anyway, I had about 3,000cp, I'd solo'd everything that could be solo'd. The game just kept getting easier, even using characters with cp switched off. My point is: all your opinions about ESO are valid. These criticisms are just garbage. You don't have to play 400 hours to form an opinion. You don't have to be CP 160+ to form an opinion. The game doesn't change all that much once you do the main quest and the faction quests. Sure, you can do veteran dungeons, but they're just harder versions of dungeons you already did. All that changes is that you can do more of the trials. That's not a lot of content though. Unless you like doing the same trial over and over, it gets old fast. If you haven't done all of them, you're likely not missing much. In general, you can experience most of what ESO has to offer with one level 50 characters. It's not a hard game, and nearly everything that is hard has a non-hard mode. Sure, the verteran dungeons do change the gameplay a bit from normal dugeons, but it's not as though they're a totally new experience. The DLCs just add more of the same. I liked a lot of the DLC story quests, but they are all very similar to each other. Most are worth doing, just don't expect anything too radical. Anyone can offer feedback on ESO without 100s of hours. Chances are, if you don't like the first 50 hours you aren't going to like the next 2000.
Great video once more!
Fighting Dragons Solo: "Unless you're a tank, you are going to have a bad time."
Tank Main: "No thanks, I have other shit to do today... and into tomorrow."
Best solo solution is a highly competent solo build. Examples: semi-tanky stamsorc or even a WW build, though there are many others...
Good keep posting bro
I was waiting for this review
I cannot fathom how you had any issue just finding briarheart gear at guild vendors.
I love Wrothgar too, but my absolute favorite area is Western Skyrim- helps that the main quest is vampire related, i still love heading there to destroy Harrowstorms on a wknd...big fun when there's a big group. Great video, i agree with a lot of your points❤
Worst thing is that grind feels so unsatisfying because of this whole world-leveling system similar-ish to Oblivion, that the mobs always feel weirdly chonky
Love your reviews.
I can't explain it, but after listening to you talk about ESO for 5 hours, even with all the valid criticisms that would cause most people to have an embolism, I decided to redownload it. Thanks, Strat!
All those bosses with one shot mechanics are meant to be attacked in a group
Yes another Strat-Edgy video!
OK fair... you were on in the background on the second screen. Respect
Excellent VIDEO!
Nice video strat
one of the troubles i had playing that game is that the number of sets keep going up with no good way to search out what sets even exist or search them out in an organized way
Bro, I was just watching this and I was all thinking to myself that you sounded familiar, 45 minutes in I realize it’s friggin you, no way, then I see you posted another vid about eso two months ago, dang
Very many minutes of Strat. Me like!
Ive been playing eso for some years. Left it at update 35. You get a sub entirely based on how funny you are. Thx
Sounds like all that Morrowind DLc is missing is one of Jiub's ancestors, swearing that one day he would be avenged as he's killed by a proto-cliffracer.
BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING
Dwemer oil does not melt enchanted steel beams. And Crasius Curio did not kill himself.
2:20:39 its not odd. Its on purpose dingus. For the exact reason you said, it counteracts your DOT build. The deer isn't meant to do this.
You can't complain about there not being combat variety, and then also complain when a boss forces you to change tactics.
Join the PTS forum, and participate in the PTS, then your voice will be heard by ZOS. You can even have actual discussions with the devs. I have many times. Gina, for example, is very responsive.
While I don't always agree with your opinions, I can at least respect them and I think you have made some very good points throughout various videos. I really liked this series on ESO because I could never get myself into it and I kind of wanted to know what it was all about. While I doubt I ever would try it again, thanks for filling me in!
The reason MMO p(l)ayers claim you need as many hours played as they individually have is because they don't want confirmation to the feeling that they may have wasted those hours
Lol nice pitch meeting reference 😎
My mom is dead, a$$hole. She died in the Amazon when she was researching spiders!
Oh shit, bro, sorry the movie about your mom was so terrible. They did you wrong.
No multiple one-shot abilities for bosses that you have to pre-learn! That's the stupidest idea.
You are wrong though. Champion point buffs happen well beyond where you are. There are *massive* buffs in the Red and Blue trees.
End game content in the game, however, is far less about being a high level. There are a few "end game" styles.
- Housing
- Crafting
- PvE
- PvP
Housing is as simple as successfully collecting all kinds of stuff to set up cool houses to show off. This is a path many take because they either don't enjoy PvP or end game PvE, or because they actually quite enjoy decorating houses.
Crafting takes at the very least, months of grinding, solely because the last unlock for each item is 30 days. (Also, the DLC for rings is Summerset, not Orsinium). This is a monumental task, but some people enjoy it, just as people in WoW and such enjoy such things
PvE end game is Vet Trials and DLC dungeons as well as speed runs for certain dungeons (and now, Infinite Archive)
PvP endgame is being emperor and perpetually setting up the best builds.
Beyond end game, there's another problem with your statements for items. You can transmute items using a transmutation station, meaning you could have made a second ring right then and there after collecting it (it's in literally every guild ever dude. You're being ridiculous). As well, chests in Dolmens and the over world are not part of the procured items. It's 100% RNG and not binding the item wouldn't have changed anything. Procured items are specifically from Dungeons.
Thank you patrons for paying Strat! (Im broke)
And thank you Strat for making vids I can watch while ingoring work! (Im lazy, unrelated)
Are we getting a ESO DLC Part 2? Cause there are like 4 more Chapters not covered in the video :D
I'd like to, but I need to see what this video does views wise to see if it's sustainable. It's the whole reason I haven't gone back and done the New Vegas DLCs or finished the Fallout 2 videos. It might happen eventually when I get bored and don't know what else to do, we'll see.
Yes another ESO video !
The only part I hard disagree with is the start of the Morrowind section. ES3 was made like 300 years ago, chiseled onto the bones of dinosaurs. The scale of locations and size of cities is the ES games has always been toned down heavily vs what they are in lore. Skyrim with a population of 400 people by game only logic etc. Of course they took the opportunity to scale things up.
The world we see in the games has never been the actual lore accurate world of Tamriel. It's ALWAYS been cripplingly, hilariously, downsized to the point of being illogical. 400 people live in all of skyrim, 300 in all of the Empire, etc. Vs the couple million people that actually live there in lore.
its kind of crazy watching this cuase it makes me aware of how different people play MMOs. by the time i got to CP160 i already had every skyshard from the base game and a few maxxed out crafting lines, seeing the section of needing to grind all of those out as fast as possible felt really weird.
I came this close to re-buying this game for pc last night, thanks for reminding me why I never want to play this game again :)
loved watching the excavation minigame, sorry to hear your bg3 vid flopped
I really dig the passing of thanks onto the donators and supporters of the channel. You have my sword.
Lol, holy shit. That run time
How is this video have 1.4k likes. I always try to watch your videos to the end.
Tbh, i dont think ive ever seen ESO gameplay until this video and figured it was just skyrim but online as far as gameplay look. Neato vid and thanks for the info my guy. Im sorry if that sounds sarcastic. My thumbs aren't socially broken in.
You should spend your time and money on more interesting games that respect your time and are more weird and audacious. That's not a quip, that's legitimate financial advice
I don't really think about the dungeons being carved out. Like, the dungeon in Summerset was added in 2022. Four years after the zone released. I didn't even realize that dungeon connected to Summerset, because of how the teleport to dungeon system works, until this week.
Also, as an endgame player, yeah, there is a relevant set in the Imperial city: Powerful Assault. It's a stam DPS set, and is incredibly useful... for tanks. Seriously, the tank throws out caltrops, activates vigor, or uses War Horn, and all of the DPS get a damage buff. Because it's a medium armor set, the body pieces are basically worthless, but the weapons and jewelry (particularly the ice staff) are extremely valuable.
I feel like all MMO players have some kind of completely unrelenting resolve or they’re just masochists. Haven’t played a single MMO where there wasn’t some huge glaring flaw that stopped my interest. You’re simply built different man.
Also should be noted that when using the xp scroll (not really a reason to unless you're pushing a new build to fifty in my opinion but fair's fair) for the random daily dungeon you should wait at least until the final boss because the xp gain from mob kills in the dungeon is negligible, just use it for the bonus xp you get for finishing.
My issue with one-shots is that struggling and grasping victory from the edge of defeat is so much more exciting, engaging and exhilarating than having victory immediately snatched from you in the span of a second of one misplay.
Some of the most fun I've had in FFXIV is when something goes wrong and the 2nd tank plays out of their mind to keep the team barely holding on by a thread for the other tank to come back. The highest level challenges where one person missteps and it is a guarenteed wipe and no point playing is... montonous. The latter literally makes me feel like I'm at work still. Just wipe, fight, wipe, fight, wipe, fight, wipe, when we finally win I'm exhilerated it is finally over not that I was excited doing it.
also im super curious what you think of the DLC fargrave. its one of the most recent ones that i think was pretty good
3 hours??? oh boy, you spoils us with this amount of content.
I really, really enjoyed this
Its crazy that you are soloing the vet bosses without some meta sets and abilities. Thats a lot of effort there and only most hardcore players will even attempt to solo vet bosses. But the thing is that some vet bosses are impossible to solo because they have 2-4 person mechanics. For example that frostvault boss requires another person to bash it while someone is stunned by it or else its guaranteed death. One shots are neccessary in most mmos because it forces players to do mechanics. I've played a lot of mmos and most hardcore/longtime mmo players that have invested a lot of time will always take the path of least resistance when it comes to repeatable content because they want to reduce time per run for loot or whatever. Even with one shots people will find some other way to bug or glitch a boss to speedrun anything faster.
M8, your videos are worth my couple euros a month every single time. I hope you're doing alright.
I got armor trim scammed in RS as a kid and all it taught we was that scamming is very easy and essentially unpunished in that game so I teamed up with a friend and we scammed a combined 60 mil back when that actually meant something.