Gomoratoad.9867

Having the same issue here. The problem does seem tied to the poisoned arrow visual itself, because the only thing that gets rid of the stutter for me is The Dreamer shortbow skin, which modifies the projectile graphics (I assume Chuka & Champawat/any other skins that change the projectiles would do the same, but I don't have them to test it). I tried various graphics settings and disabling Reshade (I don't use any other mods/overlays), but none of that helped.

Mini Trahearne, he's my favorite character and I really wanted a mini of him since a month or so after launch, so I was happy when one was finally released 5 years later. He stays permanently equipped on a couple of my characters now. For minis not based on named npcs, my faves are probably the mini mounts (not the shrunk down 2k gem models, but the series that look like babies of their species), especially the raptor hatchlings.

At some point, Claw of Jormag's phase 1 icicle walls got flipped around, so now the pointy ends face the dragon instead of the players they're presumably meant to stab. They've been this way for something like 5 years now. It doesn't exactly annoy me, it just looks super goofy. Claw still gets a gold star and a bucket of dragon treats from me for trying their best, tho

I don't usually play through recent story updates, because the constant doom & gloom is not something I enjoy at all. I'll read spoilers so I know what I'll have to deal with, and then just play enough to unlock the new maps. This episode is one I actually wanted to play through after reading a summary. Some things left me scratching my head - notably the absence of certain characters, and the humanization of Kralk (I don't hate it, but it was a little weird/unexpected I guess) - but overall I enjoyed this episode because it was not more of the same sadness and shock value stuff. I appreciate the writing team ending this story arc on a happy and hopeful note. The visuals and audio were also fantastic as always.

Steviathan