Hey Everyone,
Our aim at Lost Pilgrims is not just to create memorable gaming experiences, but also to introduce you to people who contribute to building our cozy community. Therefore, we have interviewed Ben the Human, who has been streaming Vagrus for a while now and recently arrived at a major milestone by concluding a run with over 250 episodes. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to ask him about his gaming journey and his experience with Vagrus:
Lost Pilgrims: When did you start playing video games?
Ben the Human: I've been playing video games since I can remember. As a kid, my family had a Super Nintendo, and playing Mario was one of my earliest gaming memories and I never stopped gaming!
LP: What games do you feel were formative for you as a gamer?
BtH: The games I played the most when I was little were classics like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 64 and Age of Empires II on PC. As I got older, I started getting into more challenging games like Dark Souls and XCOM. I even have a soft spot for racing games because Need for Speed Underground was the coolest when I was younger.
LP: What is it that you particularly like about streaming gameplay? What are the biggest challenges in streaming for you?
BtH: I started streaming and recording gameplay as a hobby in late 2022/early 2023. People seemed to enjoy it, so I kept it up. It's been a big learning experience – everything from video and audio production to figuring out what kinds of games people like to watch. But I'm still learning and improving all the time!
LP: How did you find Vagrus and what caught your interest?
BtH: Vagrus was a game I had my eye on for a while before playing it. I had read some great things about this in-depth trading RPG, so when I decided to start recording for YouTube, I thought, "Why not give it a try?" Now I have over 250 episodes recorded!
LP: What aspects of Vagrus do you like in particular?
BtH: I was instantly hooked by the incredible world-building in Vagrus. It's this living, breathing world that you get immersed in, where your actions can have major consequences – or go completely unnoticed. The narrative is brilliantly done, and the challenging yet rewarding trading simulation gameplay is a lot of fun to figure out.
LP: What are your most memorable stories, quests, or questlines in the game?
BtH: My favorite quest overall has to be the one with the Sand Wyrms. I spent so long fighting those horrible creatures that I think I developed some trauma! But the quest builds to this epic, climactic finale that it's definitely earned its place as one of my favorites in the game.
LP: In a Companion Combat, which Companions do you tend to use? What is your “best team”?
BtH: I find myself really attached to certain characters in combat. Right now, my frontline is Eylani, Gor'Goro, and Skornar, with Nedir, Finndurarth, and Javek in the back. Before Javek, I was torn between Crifta and Garrick for the other backline spot.
LP: Full mounted or all-in hunting & foraging?
BtH: I think my approach is a bit of a middle ground - I'm too attached to my beasts of burden to go fully mounted, but I also don't max out my scouts or foraging parties. I just kind of pick up supplies as I go and it seems to work out.
LP: What was your biggest challenge so far that you had to face in the game?
BtH: Nedir's questline was one of the toughest for me to complete. It might have been because it was relatively early in my game and my fighters weren't fully leveled yet, but that was the combat I had to restart the most.
LP: Do you remember any moment that drew an outstanding or weird reaction from you and your audience?
BtH: One of the coolest experiences was the first time I used the portals to the Bronze Desert. Popping out on the other side of the world in that vast desert was just an incredible feeling - a really unique moment in Vagrus.
Ben is taking a little break from streaming Vagrus for now, but cannot wait to get back into it and try our new DLC coming later this year. Don't forget to follow Ben on Twitch or Youtube for more amazing content!
With that, we’ll sign off for now. As for you, as always, stay awesome and conquer the wasteland!
– The Lost Pilgrims Team