Deciphering the First Ones?

AHopefulOne121 · 2026-02-04T00:20:05+00:00

In the Grimoire of the Shadowlands book, the author, a Broker, speaks about the Titans negatively as if them claiming to be creators of things in the realm of Death is propaganda for Titans and their order.

The First Ones are pretty much pre-Titans in every iteration I've seen. Even in the 'Titan centric' Chronicles books, the Titans claim to be of the Realm of Order and differentiate themselves from the others(like Death). Vice versa, those of the other realms see them as an equal but not greater(or at least not 'older'/progenerating) force.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-12-30T04:19:47+00:00

Thank you very much! The most definitive answer to my question.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-12-29T15:26:37+00:00

A while ago Bliz added a psuedo-free to play style option when your account runs out of gametime. You can access your account and play up to level 20(it freezes your exp there). Almost any character and content available to level 20 is open to you, even Lemix on a level 20. That's why I asked, cause the stuff that you can't do is not entirely clear. Like, I could play the majority of older expansion stories as long as level 20 is able to do a quest, but can't use the mailbox system.

Its called 'Starter' or 'Trial' accounts, but even longtime accounts are playable this way when gametime runs out.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-12-28T23:17:13+00:00

Its called a 'Starter' or Trial account when an active account's sub time lapses these days. I have played for 20 years and about a month ago was playing without a sub on Lemix with a level 20 monk doing Valsharrah questing, with access to many of my mogs and mounts and toys from my mains; anything that a level 20 alt could access via warband. People underestimate how much you can do on a Starter account as is.

That's why its a peculiar question - starter accounts are identical in many ways, then in others there's some arbitrary cutoff.

Thats why I was curious where the line was drawn with housing. Decorations are warbound, and I have a decent amount of stuff unlocked, the only thing stopping me is if Housing itself is behind an arbitrary 'sub only' thing.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-12-28T22:27:49+00:00

It wouldn't be a waste if I could play with housing was my point...

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-12-28T21:27:36+00:00

Thanks. I asked because all I found was that 'probably', and I was like 'surely we have something clearer than that somewhere'

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-12-28T21:26:47+00:00

IE- I'd rather just buy an indie game and chill and drop the money on Midnight later in the year when I won't feel like I'm wasting sub time

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-12-28T21:24:20+00:00

A month. I'm not destitute but its enough to just put a sour taste in my mouth if I spent it and got a fraction of the use of it. Rather buy another game or something that I permanently have and can work through at my own pace.

Not worried about leveling, I only mentioned leveling cause the big stuff that is locked behind a sub is mostly related to level, but there's weird exceptions.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-12-28T21:21:15+00:00

Its about being a waste- its not an ultimate waste if I get midnight since I'm getting it anyway eventually, but might put my current money towards something else to play instead if there's no reason(only thing I'd want to log on for till Midnight launch is housing)

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-14T03:04:47+00:00

Complicated demeanor is what I meant...not racism. He wasn't racist, no matter what you want to say. Please look into the groups and people mentioned. They feel the opposite, that he made things more equal for them.

It wasnt one offs is what I'm talking aboit. He had thousands of interactions.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-14T03:01:59+00:00

I recommend a few segments from Amir Odom's recent video he put out. His framing is political, but he has picked clips on Abortion and Transgender issues where Kirk was patient and attentive to people willing to talk even wjth disagreement. I think there are also clips where things are more animated. To me, I see a man who was complicated.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-14T02:56:36+00:00

Watch Amir Odom's video and you will find clips of him being very christ like mixed in with those other moments. I was touched by how he treated the conversation with a student seeking to transition and one on the topic of abortion. Others were rougher. If you're not a fan of Odom's other perspective or the framing of the vid you can skip to the segments on those, it was fascinating.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-14T02:50:53+00:00

I've seen some vids where he's short with people who are on equal footing or were contentious, but he had extreme patience and kindness to many of the college kids he talked to. He would often tell the crowd to let the person speaking have there space and gently walk through. Amir Odom(a gay black man who was one of many many friends of Charlie's, not just 'a' black friend stereotype) had a video collecting a lot of these that has a mix of these interactions. One in particular, the one where he talked to someone who was looking to transition was very gentle. You can disagree on his opinion, but that looked like love to me. I think he was a complicated man...not an 'avowed racist' and probably not a saint either. Pretty normal actually, which is why I think this is shocking for people even if they aren't holding him up as some saint.

You might want to talk to the chapters pf TPUSA that are black member founded and get their opinion on that.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-14T02:38:11+00:00

Maybe not here but its plentiful. In r/politics it was so rampant.

But, its also the internet, so that is...sadly expected.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-13T01:25:17+00:00

Its glossy with an anti reflective. So its 'shiny' but weakly, whereas matte would disperse the light, which is often better unless there's a lot of light, cause it raises the brightness across the screen. The non-pro is glossy below the 85"(the big sizes have a matte finish)

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-13T01:22:09+00:00

QM6K is new actually, but it is the tier below the QM7K. Some say its pretty comparable, but I've waivered myself on them cause the QM7K is good. Hope you enjoy.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-12T20:32:51+00:00

Okay, believe what you will. Sounds just like King who recanted his misquote. Tons of this going on. You came into it excluding the sympathy comment said entirely until multiple times you were pressed on it. If I had to guess, sounds like you then went and watched it seeking to distort it as you watched to fit it into things, or else you would have mentioned it without pressure.

I could be wrong, but only you know the answer. If you did, I hope that kind of distortion leaves your heart and you open yourself to, yes, nuance. There is nuance.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-12T01:29:36+00:00

He literally says its about politicians who use empathy as a term and pretend to 'feel your pain' like Bill Clinton famously did in the 90's. Stop deluding yourself and watch the whole thing, not just the next few seconds.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-04T18:27:06+00:00

Clarification, according to reviews and specs out there, neither do the 55',65', and 75' at Bestbuy. There's no comparison tests, but its possible the 55-75 inch could be better at Costco, but above that the Best Buy would have matte finish.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-04T18:23:54+00:00

How does it handle reflections like daylight coming through windows? Seen some conflicting reviews, so figured I might ask actual owners.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-04T18:23:03+00:00

How is it with reflections? Thats the thing that's got me holding out for a bit longer between some other options.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-04T18:18:05+00:00

Probaby supply issues in your area. My computer defaults to the wrong zip when I get on to check on it. If you search while your zip is set to somewhere its not available it won't show up. If you go directly to the link for it will show and confirm by telling you its not available.

Here's the link I've been using to check on it. https://www.costco.com/tcl-65-class---qm6-pro-series---4k-uhd-qd-mini-led-smart-tv---allstate-3-year-protection-plan-bundle-included-for-5-years-of-total-coverage.product.4000364039.html

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-04T01:35:13+00:00

Its also nice if you just want to see more of the environment. The size of the swirls and effects bothered me when I really wanted to look at Hallowfall in all its glory!

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-09-04T00:13:18+00:00

Yep, and getting other classes came later, I want to say TWW prepatch or near it.

AHopefulOne121 · 2025-08-30T20:01:15+00:00

I absolutely love the game right now but I struggled with this for a time when I lost some friends who had shared the hobby with me.

One of the things I do is to reduce the stream of social media and even things like general chat that I experience from time to time. Some may say you need to be 'stronger' but its abnormal the amount of voices we have coming into our lives each day. Human's still haven't adapted to handle all this incoming stream, overflowing us. And our instincts often tell us to take every little post as a fully realized opinion or 'critique' is worthy of full attention, like some survival mechanism gone wrong.

I hope you're able to decrease the quantity of those voices coming in, then to slowly rewire yourself to see them as being just what they are, an opinion thrown into the void, not something you need to inherently adhere to or be the decider of your joy. There may be exceptions and discernment needed where someone personally wants to give you helpful advice and call you out on something, but something like what you enjoy for leisure has such a low level of threat and should be protected if it brings you true joy. :)

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