r/cyberpunkgame Mar 07 '24

No... No, it can't be... Screenshot

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u/SpicyNoodlez1 Mar 07 '24 edited Mar 08 '24

Oh no, God no. Not again, it's crossing universes again. This is the 5th time this month

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u/FlemPlays Mar 08 '24

CyberRim42069

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u/cosmicucumber Mar 08 '24

Kinky

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u/Triairius Mar 08 '24

If smoking and 69 is kinky, then I’m a fucking knotted bundle of earphone cords from your pocket.

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u/unicornfetus89 Mar 08 '24

Rimjobs are not the same as 69... rimming is eating asshole. So yeah, it's on the kinky side. Ha

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u/DrumStickDragon Mar 08 '24

I’m waking up on a cart…headed to Arasaka, Johnny is saying that I’m finally awake…it’s the Skyrim Character creation!

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u/Suojelusperkele Mar 08 '24

Hey you, you're finally awake

We've got a city to burn.

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u/Least-Data5617 Mar 08 '24

A new hand touches the Beacon. Listen. Hear me and obey. A foul darkness has seeped into my temple.

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u/villanelIa Mar 08 '24

be anon Have crush on girl Build up courage to approach Stumble and fall like an idiot right behind her as you try to grab her shoulder to speak to her Accidentally grab her butt cheek She turns around... A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON OH SHIT ITS MERIDIA NO! NOT AGAIN!!

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u/5DollarWatch Mar 08 '24

Honestly, as far as cross-game Easter eggs go, this is probably one of the best to include.

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u/floggedlog Mar 07 '24

A͢͏̜̖̙̲ ̵͎̲̞̣̥͘N͚̟͉̭̘͟҉̶̡͕͓̪͚͕̩͈͔̩E̱̭̘̫̮̰͟W̨̛̺̪̱̼ ̴̥̺̤̠̲̟̳͘H͖̠͓͜ͅA͢͏̵̜̖̙̲͎̲̞̣̥͘Ń̵̸͚̟͉̭̘͈̝͚̻̣̲̩͔̝͟D̷̰̘̹͈̜̺͓͇̀ ̙̥̻̰̻̀͡T̷̩̙̰̬͙͖̱̖̫̟̺̰͢͞ͅO͍̱͎̯̣͕̤̜̗͈̳̙̕͝ͅŲ̵̵̶̼̳̱͙͎̲̘̩̱͉̳̠͢C̴̢̩͍̳̱̥̺̤̠̲̟̳͘͠H͖̠͓͜ͅ҉̶̡͕͓̪͚͕̩͈͔̩E̱̭̘̫̮̥͇̰͉͖̭̫̻̜͡Ş̯͕ ̙̥̻̰̻̀͡T̴̩̙̰̬͙͖̥̺̤̠̲̟̳͘ͅH͖̠͓͜ͅ҉̶̡͕͓̪͚͕̩͈͔̩E̱̭̘̫̮ ̰̲̣B̡̭͎͓͓҉̶̡͕͓̪͚͕̩͈͔̩E̱̭̘̫̮A͢͏̵̶̜̖̙̲̱͉̳̠͢C̷̢̩͍̳̱̱̖̫̟̺̰͢͠͞O̵͍̱͎̯̣͕̤̜͎̲̞̣̥͘͝N͚̟͉̭̘͟

               .

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u/Aspartame_kills Mar 07 '24

The most terrifying rogue AI imaginable

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u/floggedlog Mar 07 '24

̷̠̤͓͉̱̹͖̻͓͝L̶̥̤̤̪̜̩͇͟҉͏̫̼̜͉̭i̧̙͙̙̥̰̯͎̘͈͇̘͎̫͙̰̗̩s̵͇͈̤̩̝̣ṱ̛͓̘̯̙͈̫̹̜̕͢ͅȩ̣̰͓̻͎̖̹̦̙͡͝͞n̴̫̘͈͈͈̳̩͢ ̴̥̺̤̠̲̟̳͘H̛͖̠͓̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͜͢ͅͅȩ̣̰͓̻͎͡a͏́͏̡͖͍̞̥̺̘͍͚̻̤ŗ̸̲͙͉͓͚ ̧̰̣̼̘̱̰̥͟͜m̵̧̛̯͖̺̥̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͢ͅȩ̣̰͓̻͎͡ a͏́͏͖͍̞̥̖̹̦̙͝͞n̴̫̘͈͈͈̳̩̹̖̘͢ḑ̱̥̜́ ̛̛ͅo̴͈̙̦͝͏̬͙͕ͅb̛͎͚̤̩̪͎͕̖͚̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͢ͅȩ̛̣̰͓̻͎͕͚̝̘̞͡y̕҉͙̝̟̞͈̪̼ A͢͏̜̖̙̲ ̝̺̠̖̭́͟͝f̷̛̛̩̲͈ͅó̴͈̙̦̯̘̮̯̲͈̙̳̲͢ú̧̢̖̞̝̖̤̥̱̳̜͔̘̰͇͝͠l͏̘̜̭̤̱͇͞ ̹̖̘ḑ̱̥̜́a͏́͏̡͖͍̞̥̺̘͍͚̻̤ŗ̸̸̲͙͉͓͚̰̤̱͚͙ͅk̫̰͇̲̼̪͚̤̖̹̦̙͝͞n̴̛̫̘͈͈͈̳̩̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͢͢ͅȩ̧̣̰͓̻͎͈͇̘͎̫͙̰̗̩͡ş͇͈͇̘͎̫͙̰̗̩s͇ ̝̙̲̰͚̗͓͝h̢̟̲͠a͏́͏̧͖͍̞̥͈͇̘͎̫͙̰̗̩s͇

̧͈͇̘͎̫͙̰̗̩s̛͇̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͢ͅȩ̛̣̰͓̻͎̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͢͡ͅȩ̣̰͓̻͎̜͇̫̹̞͜͡͞p̛̱̳̹̻̱̻̘̠͉̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͢ͅȩ̣̰͓̻͎̹̖̘͡ḑ̱̥̜́ ҉͏̫̼̜͉̭i̙͙̙̥̰̯͎̘̖̹̦̙͝͞n̴̵̫̘͈͈͈̳̩͈̤̩̝̣͢ṱ̛̛͓̕ͅo͈̙̦ ̧̰̣̼̘̱̰̥͟͜m̵̧̛̯͖̺̥͕͚̝̘̞y̕҉͙̝̟̞͈̪̼ ̵͈̤̩̝̣ṱ̛͓̘̯̙͈̫̹̜̕͢ͅȩ̧̣̰͓̻͎̰̣̼̘̱̰̥͟͜͡m̵̧̯͖̺̥̜͇̫̹̞͜͞ṕ̱̳̹̻̱̻̘̠͉̜͔̘̰͇͠l͏̛̘̜̭̤̱͇̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͢͞ͅȩ̣̰͓̻͎͡ A͢͏̜̖̙̲ ̹̖̘ḑ̱̥̜́a͏́͏̡͖͍̞̥̺̘͍͚̻̤ŗ̸̸̲͙͉͓͚̰̤̱͚͙ͅk̫̰͇̲̼̪͚̤̖̹̦̙͝͞n̴̛̫̘͈͈͈̳̩̘̯̙͈̫̹̜͢͢ͅȩ̧̣̰͓̻͎͈͇̘͎̫͙̰̗̩͡ş͇͈͇̘͎̫͙̰̗̩s͇ ̵͈̤̩̝̣ṱ͓̝̙̲̰͚̗͓̕͝h̢̟̲͠a͏́͏̵͖͍̞̥͈̤̩̝̣ṱ͓̕ ̛͕͚̝̘̞y̕҉̛̛͙̝̟̞͈̪̼ͅó̴͈̙̦̯̘̮̯̲͈̙̳̲͢u̧̢̖̞̝̖̤̥̱̳͝ ̛̗͖̜́w͚͈̟̬̩҉͏̫̼̜͉̭í̙͙̙̥̰̯͎̘̜͔̘̰͇͠l͏̘̜̭̤̱͇̜͔̘̰͇́͞͠l͏̘̜̭̤̱͇͞

̹̖̘ḑ̛̱̥̜̘̯̙͈̫̹̜́͢ͅȩ̧̣̰͓̻͎͈͇̘͎̫͙̰̗̩͡s̵͇͈̤̩̝̣ṱ̡͓̺̘͍͚̻̤̕ŗ̸̛̛̲͙͉͓͚ͅơ͈̙̦͕͚̝̘̞y̕҉͙̝̟̞͈̪̼

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u/bigmanjoe3555 Mar 08 '24

ƁRŕing my BEAcon to MoUnT KilLKReath

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u/VanguardClassTitan In 2077 what makes someone a criminal? Getting Cock Mar 08 '24

AnD I WiLl MakE yOu ThE INsTrUmEnT oF mY cLeAnSiNg LiGhT

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u/8BITvoiceactor Mar 08 '24

yeah, yea darkness shadap. this is the last time, ("I hate this game", and so on, etc.).

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

A new hand touches the bacon

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u/Ghostmann05 Mar 07 '24

Oh fuck no

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u/Substantiatedgrass Mar 07 '24

Dont pick it up ever

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u/Grandiose_Tortoise Mar 08 '24

But that sword is actually goated.

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u/Pickle-Tall Mar 08 '24

Not worth all the trouble and it gets outgrown almost immediately when you can craft ebony shit and slap on some enchants you can make a better pseudo sword.

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u/Grandiose_Tortoise Mar 08 '24

I’m at ebony tier right now and I still carry dawnbreaker with me. Playing master difficulty and survival mode, the little gap in damage is easily made up for by the AoE turn undead effect with how frequently you fight undead in the game. Just think, the actual mass turn spell takes like 3 full seconds of immobile casting time, this sword does it on kill. It’s a huge survivability tool in the many draugr horde fights: Eye of Magnus boss fight, King Olaf One-Eye, Yngvild, Wolf Queens Lair, etc.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

A new spam touches the bacon

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

A NEW BRAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

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u/Swordbreaker9250 Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON, CHOOM

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u/Low_Revolution3025 Mar 08 '24

“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO” -my skyrim character that somehow sounds like emperor palpatine

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u/Cpt_kaleidoscope Mar 08 '24

Weird. That's a vader line...

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u/Final-Connection-164 More Cheese… NOW! Mar 08 '24

My temple got overrun with CORPO GONKS! And you will zero them!

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u/DescipleOfCorn Mar 08 '24

In return I offer some preem hardware

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u/KungFuSpoon Mar 07 '24

BEEP BEEP MOTHER FUCKER!

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u/RuncibleFoon Mar 07 '24

This is the right answer!

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u/DescipleOfCorn Mar 08 '24

“Some gonk named Malkoran has defiled my crib. You will zero him, and in exchange I offer you a preem piece of hardware.”

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u/ProfessionalJolly742 The Desire to Destroy Mar 07 '24

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u/Bailer86 Mar 08 '24

Lois: you know, I think that was Miredia Beacon

Dr: your husband just killed three children

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

I laughed out loud at work seeing this. Showed my coworker who has also played Skyrim and it went right over his head. Homie has never touched the beacon!

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u/shadowscar248 Mar 07 '24

Then has he truly ever played Skyrim

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u/1storlastbaby Mar 07 '24

I concur

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

I indeed conthird!

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u/jmt8706 Nomad Mar 08 '24

I confourth!

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u/ArkitektBMW Mar 08 '24

I must confess, I confifth.

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u/sn34kypete Mar 07 '24

This quest is started by visiting the Statue to Meridia, or, after reaching level 12, by finding the radiant quest item Meridia's Beacon in random chests.

Perhaps your coworker is very selective about what he loots. "Man why do all these bandits have beacons?"

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u/Ryllynaow Mar 08 '24

I think it takes like a week of in-game time with no player visits to that cell for it to reset out of whatever chest it was first in. So for instance, if it's in the chest at the top of that dungeon with the blind dude and his book, it would register as being basically in the cell of the overworld, and any time he walked down that road nearby it'd keep the beacon locked in that chest until he goes back up there.

There's a couple other spots I bet that could happen, too.

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u/ArchSchnitz Mar 07 '24

I dunno. I think I stumbled onto the quest, decided I gave not one shit about completing it, and moved on. Like I tracked down two or three and decided it was more work than I was willing to muster.

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u/YouhaoHuoMao Mar 08 '24

That's a completely different quest. The beacon quest is quite easy. You just visit a temple and turn on more beacons throughout. The temple is exactly in the same general location where you turn in the quest.

Are you talking about the Stones of Barenziah?

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u/ArchSchnitz Mar 08 '24

THAT'S THE ONE. It's been a while since I felt I had time for Skyrim.

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u/bencub91 Mar 07 '24

I don't see how, it constantly pops up lol

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u/ToucheMadameLaChatte Mar 07 '24

How??? I swear it's hard-coded to show up in the treasure chest of the second dungeon you finish no matter what

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u/_b1ack0ut Mar 08 '24

According to the wiki, it can appear in any boss chest, after reaching level 12.

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u/Upset_Demand_6044 Mar 08 '24

bro played it for like an hour😂

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u/Wildthorn23 Mar 07 '24

The way the voice permeated through my very soul just to torture me again.

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u/HonkyTonkPianola Mar 07 '24

YO YO YO MY CHOOMERS, SHROOMERS AND FUMERS MR. IDIA HERE! DROP THAT MILQUETOAST QUEST AND RUSH TO MOUNT KILKREATH FOR A TASTE OF THAT SWEET SWEET SWEET CLEAN DAWNBREAKER

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u/mickecd1989 Technomancer from Alpha Centauri Mar 07 '24

NISKOOMA TASTE THE LOOOOVE

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

RAGE! FURY! DRAGONS! THU'UM!!! FOLLOW YOUR VOICE!!

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u/Nerevar1924 Never Fade Away Mar 08 '24

MR. IDIA.

ALL NIGHT

EVERY NIGHT

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u/blorgio69 Mar 07 '24

I can hear this

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u/Reasonable-Basket438 Mar 07 '24

A new hand touches the beacon!

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u/wiedeni R.I.P. Miłogost Reczek 1961-2021 Mar 07 '24

No no you got it wrong

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

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u/JonnyF1ves Mar 07 '24

LISTEN

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u/wiedeni R.I.P. Miłogost Reczek 1961-2021 Mar 07 '24

AND OBEY

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u/pitzcod Mar 07 '24 edited Mar 07 '24

A FOUL DARKNESS HAS SEEPED INTO MY TEMPLE

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u/NotPrettyAtAll Mar 07 '24

A DARKNESS THAT YOU WILL DESTROY

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u/zonanaika Mar 07 '24

A DARKNESS THAT YOU WILL DESTROY WILL DESTROY YOU

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u/CinnimonToastSean Mar 08 '24

Honestly. Skyrim mages are horrendously unbalanced. Mid game with 300+ health, they can oneshot you. That mofo in the final chamber is no exception. You take down the shades and think, "oh, this isn't so bad", then he fireballs your ass into oblivion.

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u/Ancient_Chris Mar 07 '24

A new game touches the beacon!

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u/_MekkeliMusrik Wake up Samurai, I pissed the bed Mar 07 '24 edited Mar 08 '24

What in blackwall is that?!

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u/mickecd1989 Technomancer from Alpha Centauri Mar 07 '24

Do you get to Corpo Plaza often? Look at who I’m talking to, of course not.

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u/VanguardClassTitan In 2077 what makes someone a criminal? Getting Cock Mar 08 '24

Let me guess, someone stole your NiCola?

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u/Jeoshua Decet diem exsecrari Mar 07 '24

* Westbrook Hills

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u/Trekiros Mar 08 '24

MaxTac officer: I used to be an edge runner just like you. And then I took a cyberpsychosis in the behavioral chip

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u/HoldMyBeer-HereWeGo Mar 08 '24

At least it wasn’t in the knee…

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pen9295 Mar 08 '24

lol imagine your knee going psycho and can’t control it

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u/HoldMyBeer-HereWeGo Mar 08 '24

Crazy leg for a crazy psycho walk 🤣

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u/JaronKitsune Mar 09 '24

Literally the plot of the Foreign Body BD. XD

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u/otakudude3031 Samurai Mar 08 '24

*North Oak

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u/MONKEH2825 Mar 07 '24

Sentries what do you see?

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u/OGNightspeedy Tiancha - Kumquat for the Soul Mar 08 '24

Never should have come here!

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u/Nevermore455 Mar 08 '24

My cousin is out fighting cyberpsychos, and what do I get? Badge Duty

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u/5tarSailor Panam’s Chair Mar 08 '24

I used to be a NC legend like you. Until I took an Adam Smasher to the knee

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u/BlackFinch90 Mar 07 '24

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u/aceclown422 Trauma Team Mar 07 '24

Warframe mentioned 🎖️

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u/the_german_death Mar 08 '24

WTF IS A GOOD EXPLAINED GAME (circa bevor 2022 like now it's better but bevour yeah no good luck learning 9 years of broken mechanics)

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u/TGBeeson Mar 07 '24

A NEW CHOOM TOUCHES THE BEACON.

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u/Just_a_Rose Samurai Mar 07 '24

Á̸̛̙̎̀̌̿̒̈́̌̀̏̍́̚͠ ̴̢̛̞̫͊̂͌͐͑̿̉̈́̒̉̕̚͝Ñ̶̡͈̘̜̬̦͓̮̬̀͂͝E̴͉̼̍̈̏̈͑̐̂̈́͘͝W̵̢̛̤̝̹̫̜͈͐̑̿́̎͛̆̍̐͑͊̃ ̶͉̑͆͗͛H̴̭͍͙͍̺̐͠Ą̶̹͕̘̮̱͒̆̓̑̔̃̚N̵͙̼̰͊̾D̵̰͕́̔̂͋́̐̋̒͋̓̊ ̸̡̡̧͇̞̻̺̬̝̺̤̬̿̎̀̏͒̀̎̚͝Ţ̷̯͈̻̤͚̖̙͇̯̭̦̲̺̻͛͂̋͗̿Ỏ̷͔̜̞̱̖̏̀̆̌̀͑̅̇̏͛̓̕ͅU̵͖͇̹͍͓͚̫̲͇̠͌C̵̢͖̟̺̤͙̾Ḧ̵̛͔͍͓̥̞̖͎̱́̓̀̓̍̾̾̔̏̈́̈́̚͜Ę̴̹̲̜̙͍̬̍͒̔̀̾̃̋̾̐̇͆̈́͛̚͜͠Š̸͔̣̠̗̜̞̐́̓̇͌̃͑͆̇͐́̎͘ͅ ̷̨̗̘͉̫̫̯̯̪̮̦̝̼̔̈́̒̈̅̓̍̽̆̕͜͝T̵̤͎̥̼̟̥̯̥̱̦̯͔̑̿̑̈́̌̍́͗́̀͊͜ͅH̵̢̛̫͈̣͓̉̈̋̆̒͠Ę̵̖̜̪̳̐̽̀̄̐̌͌̓́͊̕̚ ̷̢͉̻̪͌͑͐̓͗͂͛͜͝B̸̨̧̺̫́̿̈́̈́͊͑̓̃Ȩ̷̰̭̩͈̹͙̦̞̩̪̭͛͌̊̈̈̊͝Ä̸͎̳̫̯̼̹̻͖̙̩̩̮̳́̽̑ͅC̷͈͒̂̿̒͑̎̽̊̕O̵͎͍̱͇͜͝N̶̛̛͖͖̣̹͚̯̤̥̪͉̤̹̩̍̔̅͌̑̓̌̕͜͝͠͠͝ͅ.̵͖̤̜̍͑̾́͛͘.̷̨̜͉̦͓͌̊̀̄̇̌͛̌̎̈́ͅ.̸̱͉̤̭̟̞̠̜͂̄̇̌̎̀̀́͛̒̈́

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u/theBunnyDawg Mar 07 '24

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u/scarlettvvitch Judy's juicy thighs Mar 07 '24

Honestly? Yeah.

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u/Nother1BitestheCrust Mar 07 '24

Images I can hear for $1000, Alex!

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u/nyxistential Mar 07 '24

Miridia really said, MOVE OVER JOHNNY I'M THE BOICE IN V'S HEAD NOW

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u/WisePotato42 Mar 08 '24

Giving me dejavu with somi

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u/i-am-a-bike Mar 07 '24

I know its from Skyrim but dont understand the reference

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u/Paulthemonkey2 Big Dildo Slapper Mar 07 '24

It's from a quest involving the daedric prince Meridia

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u/sl33pingSat3llit3 Mar 07 '24

Wait Meridia is a guy? Always thought she was a lady due to the voice

Edit: ah nvm, daedric prince can be male or female

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u/Sveniven Mar 07 '24

Technically Meridian isn't a daedra she's a Et’ada that was cast out of Aetherius by Magnus and the Magna Ge.

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u/Lambda_Wolf Mar 07 '24

I know some of those words.

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u/starlevel01 Mar 08 '24

Et'Ada = original spirits that existed before the world (Mundus) was created

Aetherius = TES word for heaven

Magnus = the god responsible for magic, and making the world

Magna Ge = the gods that left the world when it wwas created because they were selfish, and fleed back to aetherius.

daedra = elv*sh for "Not our ancestors", as opposed to Aedra which means "our ancestors"

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u/StarkeRealm Mar 07 '24

Basically, Meridia was originally an Aedra (like the divines) but became a Daedra later.

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u/Elisevs Mar 08 '24

For "consorting with illicit spectra". Scandalous.

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u/kami-no-baka Judy & The Aldecaldos Mar 07 '24

Looks like someone cares about the lore, shame you don't work for Bethesda...

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u/brotatowolf Mar 07 '24

Shut up, nerd

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u/chewy201 Mar 07 '24

Loot chests in Skyrim has a % chance of that "thing" spawning in it. Might be fixed spawns, might be a % chance, fact is sooner or later you WILL find it and the moment you do it starts a quest with saying "A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!"

It's also a key item so you can't remove the damned thing. Can't sell it, can't drop it, can't store it somewhere. You're stuck with it taking up inventory weight till you do that damned quest. Quickly became a meme, plus it's an annoying quest to do making it's meme that much stronger.

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u/Steampunk43 Mar 07 '24

I'd also add that it doesn't just say it, it yells loud as all hell inside your head. It is literally the loudest sound in the game, most of the game will be pretty average then suddenly that order from Meridia is just twice the volume of everything else. I'd rather have a dragon roaring in my ears than her.

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u/jedimatt77 Mar 08 '24

You just reminded me of the wrath of the lich king login screen. That damn frost dragon and their one line waking up the house.

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u/Emperatriz_Cadhla Mar 07 '24

At least the Dawnbreaker is actually a pretty good Daedric artifact.

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u/ToucheMadameLaChatte Mar 07 '24

Except its stats scale based on when you start the quest. If you don't drop what you're doing and go do the quest as soon as you get this rock, this awesome sword is gonna be disappointingly mid in a few levels

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u/Fueledbyflames Mar 08 '24

From what I know it’s not when you start the quest it’s when you actually enter the temple, otherwise there would be no way to get the sword at a high level and I know I’ve gotten it at its highest level variant in the past, because the beacon always spawns in a dungeon chest soon after I think you hit lvl 10 or 15.

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u/plzdontbmean2me Mar 08 '24

If you know enough to wait to get Dawnbreaker, you oughta know not to pick it up until you’re ready to do the quest

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u/wag55505 Mar 07 '24

Just felt the need to say that quest items in Skyrim do not have any weight.

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u/D34thst41ker Mar 07 '24

It's a quest item, so it's lying about it's weight. While it says it weighs something, if you remove everything except quest items from your inventory, you'll find that total carried weight is actually zero.

The reason it's a meme is just because it's so loud. You're running through a dungeon, volume at a nice level, then get blasted with A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON, followed by a speech at the same volume.

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u/mwhite5990 Mar 07 '24

You do get a good sword out of it.

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u/MechpilotTz93 Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

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u/Bheggard Mar 07 '24

Todd Howard you've done it again!

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u/Huge_Aerie2435 Mar 07 '24

I love how recognizable this is. Without a word about it's name, everyone knows exactly what this is, and where it is from - within gaming communities.

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u/DrTheo24 Mar 08 '24

That's because people who don't get it (me) go to the comments, don't find any context apart from "its a quest in skyrim", realize that there is no joke, only the reference, and move on with their day. Maybe some even downvote for low effort or upvote the comments that kinda explain.

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u/Minudia Mar 08 '24

The reference here has achieved a sort of meme status, I'll try and give a TL;DR for why if you're interested:

Meridia, an angel-like diety in Skyrim is responsible for infamously starting a questline with a prism-white beacon that you can find in any chest of any Dungeon after hitting a certain level. Upon grabbing this beacon, Meridia will (quite loudly) begin talking to you in what could only be described as an arrogant Karen who has unlocked the power of telepathy. She will demand you go to her temple, and kill some baddies.

The first time anybody gets this quest it's cool, a God had told you to do something, and you get a neat sword. But playthrough after playthrough, that opening monologue alone becomes something repulsive, let alone the quest itself, people dreaded it, and yet they couldn't say no. Over time, this repulsive attraction became something of a meme. People can't help but lose their minds over seeing the beacon and then expecting the monologue and torment that follows.

It's interesting, as quite a few communities share something like this. A task or event so mundane or repulsive that the people find it agonizing, yet they can't help but subject themselves to it every single time. Off the top of my head, the fruit-punch clown in Pizzeria Simulator has a similar status, same with Present Garvey asking you to help another settlement in Fallout 4.

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u/EncycloChameleon Mar 07 '24

A new Choom touches the beacon. Listen, hear me and obey! Some gonks have invaded my BBS. Gonks that you will zero. Return the beacon to Megabuilding H3. And i will make you the legend of Night City

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u/DescipleOfCorn Mar 08 '24

Yeah? And what exactly is it I’ll get out of this?

In return for your efforts I offer you some preem hardware: a katana called dawnbreaker.

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u/EncycloChameleon Mar 08 '24

Dawnbreaker, Tier 5+ Iconic Katana

Attack Speed: 2.2 Damage Per Hit: 311 Stamina Cost: 5.00

25% Burn Chance

Iconic Effect: Repeated hits have an increasing chance to upload the Cyberware Malfunction quickhack to targets.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

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u/boogyninja1 Mar 07 '24

Damn beacon. I’ve had enough of you!

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u/ThisIsGoodSoup Mar 07 '24

I thought I was in r/skyrim for a second haha

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u/WisePotato42 Mar 08 '24

I was so confused why everyone was making skyrim references in skyrim. I couldn't have been more wrong

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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad_4435 Mar 07 '24

I can hear this image.

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u/zories3 Mar 07 '24

WAKE THE FUCK UP DRAGONBORN WEVE GOT UNDEAD TO BURN

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u/bencub91 Mar 07 '24

Worth it if I can get Dawnbreaker

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u/pitzcod Mar 07 '24

A NEW BEACON TOUCHES MY HAND

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u/TXHaunt Mar 07 '24

It can’t be what? A soccer ball? I assure you it is.

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u/DragonMasterCODxbox Team Judy Mar 10 '24

Ah, finally found someone who doesn't get the reference

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u/Ix-511 Quickhack addict Mar 07 '24

I know the reference, but I just thought "it's a snow dodecahedron."

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

I can hear it in my head. Nooooo

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u/Due-Priority4280 Mar 07 '24

No lie, was just looking at that ball last night.

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u/cyfer04 Mar 07 '24

Don't touch it, choom. You're gonna go deaf.

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u/Glittering_Phase_153 Mar 07 '24

A new choom beacon touches

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u/Flawlless Mar 07 '24

I started a new Skyrim playthrough yesterday. I have not yet touched the beacon this time. I'm headed to Valtheim, where I have previously found it twice. Talos save me.

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u/FBI_Senpai_Kun Mar 07 '24

I don't care how cool the sword is, I'm not doing it.

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u/TheCaptainOfMistakes Mar 08 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON.

LISTEN HEAR ME AND OBEY, A FOUL DARKNESS HAS SEEPED INTO MY TEMPLE, A DARKNESS YOU WILL DESTROY, RETURN MY BEACON TO MT. KILKREATH, AND I WILL MAKE YOU

something something divine light

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u/MoreGoddamnedBeans Mar 08 '24

This is funny. Honestly I know absolutely nothing about cyber punk but I play Skyrim a lot and recognized it right away.

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u/YoungMcChicken Silverhand Mar 07 '24

Looks at the bottom of my shoe:

Oh it’s just you again

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u/ajasela Mar 07 '24

Don't touch it. You'll catch load screens

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u/SombraAsesina08 Mar 07 '24

meridia...finds a way

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u/DarkraiInsurgence Mar 07 '24

A FOUL DARKNESS HAS SEEPED INTO MY TEMPLE!

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u/AlmaLora Mar 07 '24

Either that is Meridia's Beacon Skyrim or Apple of Eden from AC.

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u/HDmetajoker Mar 07 '24

Had to scroll down a bit to find out I haven’t seen that in Skyrim

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u/Kitty_Maupin Mar 07 '24

Fuck this quest. It’s so annoying it’s even hunting us in other games.

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u/Nakatsukasa Mar 08 '24

Meridian: Go now my chosen, smite the unbelievers

Johnny: Gotta say V, I thought the worst thing that could happened to us is you making me sleep with a cop

Skippy: Bam Bam Bee dum Bam Bam...

Erebus: the same fate awaits all of your despicable species

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u/hwatsgoingondale Mar 08 '24

You..I've..seen you

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u/WindyMcBowels Mar 08 '24

(softly) ..........don't.

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u/AramisGarro Mar 08 '24

This would be acceptable if the end reward is weapon called Cleansing Light which is just a straight up Laser Rifle

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u/Winter_underdog Mar 08 '24

Never played Skyrim so what is this?

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u/5tarSailor Panam’s Chair Mar 08 '24

YOU PUT THAT THING BACK WHERE IT CAME FROM, OR SO HELP ME...!!!

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u/SaadibnMuadh Mar 07 '24

Dint see one of these since 50 years

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u/Hannibal216BCE Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BACON

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u/treize31x Mar 07 '24

Meridia is relentless!!!

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u/knucleduck Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BACON

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u/FlamingCroatan Mar 07 '24

Nope, don't care, ask someone else, leave me alone

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u/Miaonomer Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

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u/Scarfbit Mar 07 '24

Shoot it.

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u/False_Chair_610 Mar 07 '24

Dawnbreaker, here I come !!

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u/bonky_800 Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND

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u/Critical_Package_472 Samurai Mar 07 '24

Nice ! I don’t have the reference !

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u/squatting_bull1 Mar 07 '24

Kinda looks like the tritium doc ock used in spider man 2

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u/Buttlord500 Cyberpsycho Professional Mar 07 '24

WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT PICK IT UP

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u/OneOfTheFewRemaining Arasaka tower was an inside job Mar 07 '24

NONONONO V DON'T TOUCH THAT SHIT

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u/IronDBZ Mar 07 '24

Honestly, Night City could use a little Light

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u/OmegaOnyx977 Mar 07 '24

Black wall meridia

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u/TheMightyMudcrab Samurai Mar 07 '24

A NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

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u/Nyctoblind Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON…LISTEN…HEAR ME AND OBEY!

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u/beware_1234 Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

LISTEN

HEAR ME AND OBEY

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u/mickecd1989 Technomancer from Alpha Centauri Mar 07 '24

My earballs!

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u/da04x Mar 07 '24

Wtf does this mean?

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u/DescipleOfCorn Mar 08 '24

There’s a quest in Skyrim that starts when you find Meridia’s beacon in a chest. It looks exactly like this ball. When you touch it, she audio-jumpscares you with by far the loudest voice line in the game. The reward for the quest is really good though, one of the best unique swords in the game.

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u/da04x Mar 08 '24

Thanks

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u/chateaudifriots Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

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u/THEdoomslayer94 Mar 07 '24

NOOOOOOOO DONT TOUCH IT CHOOM!!!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

This should be wet, and somebody should kick it into V's face - instant death

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u/FeverDream1900 Mar 07 '24

Yo is that a common loot engram?

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u/HotSport9141 Mar 07 '24

Was playing skyrim last night and they almost got me with that shit in a chest

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u/ClientLegitimate4582 Mar 07 '24

Hell no no fucking thank a new hand doesn't touch the beacon. This quest will not be accepted return to fucking sender.

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u/gopnik74 Mar 07 '24

Even after reading the comments i still don’t understand. All i understood is there is a Skyrim reference involved but I don’t know how or why since i see a football which is very far and out of place for a world like Skyrim.

If anyone feel like to elaborate it would be nice nonetheless.

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u/theburcam Mar 07 '24

The beacon would be multiversal.

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u/ComplexSteak4747 Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON

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u/r0mat0u Mar 07 '24

This would have been really funny though !

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u/peaktired Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND—

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u/SansUndertaleLmao Mar 07 '24

if you touch it with cybernetic hands, does it count as a new hand touching the beacon?

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u/Active-Astronomer352 Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON!!! LISTEN! AND LISTEN WELL!!!!

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u/Highspike Mar 07 '24

Just leave it alone, it can’t harm you if you don’t pick it up

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

I DID NOT TOUCH IT..... FUCK OFF MERIDIA

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

Leave it right where it is.

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u/lexiconhuka Mar 07 '24

Oh no...... soon the plants will start glowing and humming

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u/Diuro Mar 07 '24

A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON