Thank you for the screenshhots. I suspect that this has something to do with the occational network hiccups SSG encountered since Thursday. I had "connection to chat server lost" 2 or 3 times before running with you all.
I enjoyed the run very, very much. This is what I like most . Running short quests which I already know with you. I had lots of fun, even although I was slow again sometimes.
Plus, this was my very first group run with my Swashbuckling Bard. More meant to be a fighter than a buffer, but then, it was lots of fun with both roles !
Sound-based spells were a lot of fun as well, as Soundburst often dazed enemies (which meant they were better to defeat, then).
I just need to look at the health bars more often … mine and yours …
One great problem I've noticed with me that I very often just can't play and listen at the same time. I just can't do multitasking that much.
My guess is that listening consumed too much computing power in my brain. Seriously, a few years I read a break-up into what a person with a hearing handicap has actually to do :
- This is a sound.
- Decoding :
- Is it a word ?
- Is it a word known from my language ?
- Is it a word from another language (English here) ?
- Is it a word fitting into a sentence ?
- Is it a word fitting into the context ?
- Is it a word that makes sense in the context of a spoken sentence fitting into the current situation ?
For people without hearing handicaps, everything goes so faster, within fragments of seconds. Because your brain is adapted to good listening and to decoding what is spoken. It's your own language - English - even if it has an accent or is distorted by input/output devices.
I noticed that when someone said "stay away from that mushroom !" I went towards it - but a second or two I realized what was spoken. It appeared in my consciousness seconds after it was spoken - probably because of the long decoding task line - and after I had decided to take a look at that mushroom - and I just stopped before the trap could hit me.
Then I realized it, and waited until the trap was disarmed.
So, if I don't react immediately to your words, please keep in mind that I sometimes can't do multitasking, and am "immersed" in doing another task already.