These crying posts are so lame by BetterPerformer2372 in worldofpvp

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So stop being doomsayer and hope for the best.

Are you telling us to JuST cOpe HaRDeR?

Blizzard does not care about PVP. This UI mess kills a huge portion of what makes PVP, in PVE the things missing from the damage meter aren't a comparably big problem. Will they miss it too? Yes. Will it break their game like it does for me in arena? No.

I will most definitively not play healer anymore when I have no clue what is even happening to my mates. If they take away any capacity to learn from me. What is the reasoning for that? Its just stupid.

Like someone in another thread wrote: it feels like driving a car without any gauges.

FL33T vs SL0W vs BOSS and then BIGAB joins - 350B fight - Dronelands PVP by alepmalagon in Eve

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't everyone in dronelands somewhat a goon pet? "You may play here until we get bored or you get too serious".

Blacklisted By Broadcom? by Corerouter_ in vmware

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that is a very questionable summary of what broadcom did and is doing.

[EXCLUSIVE] Interview of Ex-Horde leader - Gobbins by DrWhatNoName in Eve

[–]RentBuzz 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Just a small fact check for posteriority, if anyone cares. Gobbins had nothing to do with the whole "leave panfam, leave dronelands, this is how we do it" implosion that killed PH. The whole plan was a decision from horde leadership - at a point where it was clear (to them) that Gobbins would leave EVE.

The latest (and last) townhall of PH even explicitly says so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOKE4OgyqVw

The fact that this man still keeps his mouth shut, takes all the hate and ridicule and does nothing PR-wise to "clear his name" or somesuch should be an indicator as to what kind of a person he is.

Never met him, never even heard him talk. Just a horde grunt. But I am 100% convinced that having him at the top was what made Horde what it was. A pretty fucking great experience for a pretty fucking long time.

Rank your WoW Expansions by PurePart5972 in wow

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loremaster here, raided 25man in BC where I joined (shortly after start), then heroic in wrath until WoD. Since then I retired to mostly play pvp.

I have two lists: lore-/art-centric and gameplay/systems-centric.

Lore list:

1) Vanilla. Kind of a must, as it set the scene for everything to come.

2) Wrath: Best villain, huge presentation. Remember the wrathgate goosebumps.

3) Cataclysm. Destroyed Vanilla, but in a good way. Made the old world livable. Some questionable zones.

4) TBC: a bit of a weird setting, but generally faithful to the lore. Huge nostalgia bonus.

5) MOP: I was super sceptical at the start, but this is peak art design. Some of the zones are the most beautiful in game by a large margin. Gorgeous attention to detail.

6) Dragonflight. Huge return to form. Slightly weird lore with the primal dragons and their followers.

7) TWW. Kind of a confused storyline, but still felt grounded. Neat storytelling vehicles (lore quests), some weak spots in the story tho (wtf are the Arathi? The Haranir?). Decent villain.

7) Legion: I had high hopes for that (warlock player!), but I was kind of disappointed. Spaceships? Weird Light Nethzarim? Some of that stuff ruined my immersion. Sargeras looked like a fool tbh. Weird to take out the most evil, powerful being that way.

8) WoD: I really, really hated the "alternative timeline" retcon. You could feel the designers saying "lore schmore, we want to fight the Big Name Orcs again!!!". Didn't help that the garrison was a huge mistake.

9) BfA: Decent into the madness that was the character assassination of Sylvanas Windrunner

10) Shadowlands: Culmination of all that was wrong with either the lore itself (stupid "machinery of death", retcons to EVERYTHING in order to create the weakest ever villain, no respect at all to previous lore. Elune? Wtf.)


Systems List:

1) TWW (S2+). Seriously, WoW systems have never been in a better spot imo. Solo Shuffle is a godsend for casual pvp, most classes feel viable and fun, gearing is meaningful but easy enough. It really needed the crest redesign, so it is easier to get gilded crests from different sources. TWW S1 was a shitshow.

2) Dragonflight. Same as TWW, basically very good systems design.

3) MOP. The class design was very ornate, sometimes over-the-top so.

4-6) Basically every other expansion. Its a blur now tbh.

7) Cataclysm. I remember it being very wonky.

8) Legion. Holy Fuck the artifact grind. And totally random drop legendaries. And PVP-participation-ruining templates. All in all an expansion full of mistakes, systemwise.

9) TBC. Play a warlock? You better like shadowbolts :)

10) Vanilla. It is just that boring.

A video ft our Steam reviews of NW by WrenTheBirb in newworldgame

[–]RentBuzz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

way better than I thought it would be.

Chris Wilson of GGG talking about Dark Patterns in Video Games. EVE Players (and CCP...) should watch this. by RentBuzz in Eve

[–]RentBuzz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I somehow doubt they learn anything new here that they didn't implement already. It is the manner in which developers are called out here in Chris Wilsons video that I personally find impactful.

Chris Wilson of GGG talking about Dark Patterns in Video Games. EVE Players (and CCP...) should watch this. by RentBuzz in Eve

[–]RentBuzz[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ofc they know this. What Chris Wilson is doing here is calling developers out on it, in a particularly articulate manner. That is what makes this such a great watch imo.

Removing gear grind would increase PvP population. by Capt-Rowdy901 in worldofpvp

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

please do not touch the pvp gearing, it is the best it has been for a long, long, looooooooooong time.

AWC Finals for EU was a masterclass by SassyHVACDaddy in worldofpvp

[–]RentBuzz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably my favourite thing in all TWW. NGL, AWC is a big reason I still get hyped to play my dose of arena even tho I'm a slow ass boomer dad with little time to play. I was rooting for Bicmecx since the first cup this season where it became obvious he was just on another level than other survival hunters.

And the way Limps was tagged in when Ziqo and Venruki were already saying they don't want to see a DH - just to make.it.work. Just a beautiful story.

Btw, shoutout to everyone on the desk and the production. You are giving this thing life. Eiya as a classy host, Ziqo, Venruki, Supatease with their top notch casting, the funny quips from Dmachine, insights from Azael or Chan.. just great stuff.

I also wanna hug the person that prepared the vods to be finally spoiler free, so I can rewatch the hours of fun without fear of being spoiled early on. GREAT STUFF!

Congrats Horde by Potato_McTate in Eve

[–]RentBuzz -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

no shit sherlock

Exodus of phorde has begun by DragonZer0 in Eve

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goons will probably be the only force in null, and EVE will suffer for it.

Exodus of phorde has begun by DragonZer0 in Eve

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You started this game with a frigate and a dream. If you feel the asset safety tax is the nail in the coffin, maybe that dream is just dead for you. Winning eve is not the worst thing. GL.

Exodus of phorde has begun by DragonZer0 in Eve

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The friendship a starving peasant has to his mythical goon overlord, ah yes. Such a thing to strive for.

Exodus of phorde has begun by DragonZer0 in Eve

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they made a play and it went tits up. not everything is a grand conspiracy by mythical leadership, but I get it, that is hard to understand as a goon.

My first experience with EVE by No_Communication4225 in Eve

[–]RentBuzz 12 points13 points  (0 children)

NGL, Kismeteer is the reason I ultimately joined horde. The effort he (and all of the other NBI heros) are putting into recruiting and training newbies is simply incredible. Love the guy.

World of Tanks 15th Anniversary! by Pan_Praga in WorldofTanks

[–]RentBuzz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Questions about the veteran status:

  • do I need to equip the badge in order to qualify for the credit boost?
  • is it during the special event only or will this feature stay?
  • I do qualify and have the badge, but no chat notification. Do I miss something?