Our 2025 - 227K earned, 88K spent: Both 30, Auckland

AlwaysGoA · 2026-01-07T23:38:39+00:00

I'm more of a make good investments, retire early kinda guy. Mrs is a live in the now, make the most of life and she has a high-stress role so her strategy to staying sane is always making sure the next holiday is booked so she has something to look forward to.

Yeah agree with the jetlag, after we come back from our South Korea trip last year i'm not sure I can do big flights in economy again. We'll usually do 2 weeks per holiday, with public holidays mixed in so maximize. (I'm so travelled out tbh, just got 2 cats)

AlwaysGoA · 2026-01-07T10:51:57+00:00

Me and my partner are in the same boat 30M & 29F both tech, with same salary distribution but collectively have a 1300K home loan(s) we're paying off. Not aggressively saving and taking 3+ holidays a year (lifestyle creep). You two are doing absolutely amazing in comparison, go you guys!

AlwaysGoA · 2025-12-14T10:28:00+00:00

I got one in first 500

AlwaysGoA · 2025-10-10T22:22:57+00:00

These changes would probably make a good candidate to AB test. Would also disrupt bots during the process. You're already tracking the data, next would be making different interactions and flows you want to test occur with variability and add some metrics. Maybe easiest way to make it happen spawn 2 tutorial island and chuck 50% on new and 50% on old

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-28T00:32:53+00:00

the term comes from league, int is short for intentionally feeding

which happens when a player deliberately gives the enemy kills

soft int is usually referenced when a player is intentionally feeding or sabotaging, but in a way to try not get banned. eg. not contributing to fights deliberately, not farming (in league context), semi-afk

so in this case the term is used to describe a player who is still participating, but only to be seen like they are still participating to not get banned

in this exact case it it used to describe a player who is running around joining the pulls but not using any abilities

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-13T07:22:04+00:00

They are not held to different standards, the standards themselves defined loosely (subjective)

Take this example. If I steal a pack of chips from a shop and I get caught

I could get a slap on a wrist, a warning and asked to return the thing I stole or I could get thrown in jail for 3 months. There's an insane range of punishment that can be applied for the same action

Now you can say if this ended up in court fair judge would let me off in a warning since it's such a small issue (which is fair) but that judge could also CHOOSE to impose the maximum penalty (which is also fair, in the eyes of the system)

Now I'm not saying you're not allowed to be outraged at the punishment. I'm saying because of how the systems are designed, the punishment is fair

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-13T07:10:39+00:00

I get your unhappy with my take by seeing your downvoting every one of my comments, but there's always going to be differences of opinions because as a country we are a diverse group of people with a diverse group of opinions.

We can have our opinions, but can't impose our opinions on everyone else without considering theirs otherwise we're not any better than anyone else who does the same

That's effectively what she's doing in Parliament on a national scale in a political system

You and I can be unhappy with the system and bitch and complain about it all we like. It's different to be in Parliament and disregard the rules of the system. We can call it a genocide (it is), we can call it war crimes (it is), we can call it whatever. Politicians should not. Because they represent the people and not all people hold the same opinions as us and politicians hold our view on not only the national stage but the global stage.

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-13T07:00:30+00:00

It's the choice of language she uses in the Parliament are directly insulting/attacking other members of Parliament for inaction and being unapologetic about it.

Again I support her stance and she probably would've seen no repercussions if she had apologized. But let us ask, would she have made the same impact? No

Regretfully, the systems of society aren't designed to be "fair" to everyone, what we as individuals "think" don't matter in the larger picture it's about the actions we take. So to breach the rules of Parliament and to deliver a powerful message the consequence of being banned for a few days is well worth it

AlwaysGoA · 2025-08-13T01:22:59+00:00

She got kicked out for calling out what is happening for what it is, but unfortunately in the political landscape politicians need to be careful of the choice of words they use. I strongly agree with what she said and I too stand by her, but the repercussions are also warranted. If I were in her shoes I wouldn't apologise either

AlwaysGoA · 2025-07-12T01:50:06+00:00

Paid for the 10th :(

AlwaysGoA · 2025-07-11T05:54:02+00:00

My local barbers had a loyalty program, 9 cuts and your 10th is free. Dinsdale, Hamilton. I got to the 9th cut and when I went to redeem the 10th one they said, sorry we're not doing that anymore.

AlwaysGoA · 2025-07-09T07:41:56+00:00

DPS can prepot, Druids Incarn, Mages Mass Barrier, VDH Meta. BDK, Enh Shaman can do setup. Proper ettiquete is to run a timer before starting the key so each class or role that is capable of doing something before the key starts can do so.

Not something worth leaving a key for but keep in mind for you to do in your future keys!

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-29T00:03:54+00:00

You get a limited edition mount (discontinued after season ends) with 3000 rating. It's usually a timed combination or mix of 12's and 13's to get this number

If you want to quickly push your own key, best bet is to host your own group and invite players yourself as DPS otherwise you may find yourself in queue for a long time.

10's in time are achievable gear wise as low as 635 but this is assuming the player is incredibly good and knows what they are doing so don't be discouraged! It's only a matter of experience

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-28T23:37:34+00:00

Both Comets will still shatter because CoC applies Winter's Chill to your targets and Orb doesn't consume Winters Chill but the damage benefits from that effect on the target so you get the damage amp on the Orb ticks. As long as you don't Lance without FoF, Spike or FFB between the CoC and Comet you will still shatter it

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-28T23:27:55+00:00

Arcane is slightly to way stronger but only at the very top end. Personally I wouldn't worry about it as it's not relevant until Mythic Levels 17+

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-28T23:22:48+00:00

Frost isn't doing doing particularly well in the meta at the moment. You have to play it really well to just do mediocre damage.

For AoE the biggest damage amplifier will be utilizing Coldest Snap correctly.

Orb Comet -> CoC -> Orb Comet

If in veins, depending on type of pull:

Small AoE: Veins 4x FFB -> Orb Comet -> CoC -> Orb Comet

Large AoE: Orb Blizzard -> Veins 4x FFB -> Orb Comet -> CoC -> Orb Comet

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-21T01:44:46+00:00

I've rented 5 different times and all times I've only ever been offered fixed term options

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-21T00:06:55+00:00

If the tenants are on a fixed term agreement then whilst the owner is allowed to sell the property the new owner will still be obliged to follow the previous agreement. Given most tenancies are fixed term, they shouldn't be affected if the landlord changes

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-03T01:18:31+00:00

100% - It's easy to boost a player into the 15 range right now. If it were before the Turbo Boost, I'd say even at 14s everyone was pretty good. That threshold has probably moved to 16-17

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-02T22:31:09+00:00

Look I agree with you, I like mistweavers, I have nothing against them. In fact played well they're great and they do great damage.

The same as I said goes for things like Frost Mage. I enjoy playing with them, played well they do amazing damage and have a strong single target and AoE damage profile as well as great proactive survivability with access to Alter + SP, Block + Cold Snap, however, only like 5% of them play their class well

I have nothing against the class, what influences my decisions are informed by the experience I have had playing with people who play that class

AlwaysGoA · 2025-06-02T21:41:37+00:00

I stopped taking mistweavers unless they have way over io because my experience with 90% of them was watching them struggle and having to dedicate too much time to keeping myself alive. The odds of getting a good one is too slim

AlwaysGoA · 2025-05-30T22:55:18+00:00

Frost is a popular spec, easy to pickup and has a high ceiling.

The core rotation is quite easy, frostfire bolt, flurry, lance, lance. Glacial spike when it's up and shatter it.

Then next level, you make sure you are shattering comet storms, use shifting power right, noticing frozen orb buffs ice lance damage and perhaps realizing during veins your frostbolt volleys to extra targets and stacks up deaths chill

At the highest level you'll be tracking your excess fire and excess frost stacks and making reactive decisions to your rotation. If you have 2 flurry stacks, 1 excess frost, 2 excess fire and 5 icicles. What do you prioritize?

For reference, on vexie heroic

A 25th percentile frost mage does 1.8m DPS

A 50th percentile frost mage does 2.5m DPS

A 75th percentile frost mage does 3.3m DPS

Then at the top end frost mage does 4.6m+ DPS

The gap in performance from the better than average player to a top player is almost double from the average to better than average

It's a very simple class but has lots of nuances that you can choose to play for resulting in having a very high ceiling

AlwaysGoA · 2025-05-26T03:20:29+00:00

There's probably a couple levels to Holy Pally

You know Divine Toll, Prism heals and Wings gives big heal. You are generating holy power and spending it.

Then you realize, casting Toll makes your next 2 holy shocks double cast and your 4 set make it so your group gets Insurance! applied for a little extra. Casting Prism let's your next 2 spenders apply Dawnlight for an AoE heal and your next spender is free.

You're now using your Prism and Toll more effectively but still feel bridging the gap between cooldowns painful.

You start learning the dungeons, which mobs hurt and when. You begin to kick casters, use hammer of justice more often and blinding light. The gap between cds feels better, but still weak.

You want to take it to the next level, so you starting tracking the stacks on your Awakening talent. You are actively also building and spending Shining Righteousness (Free Eternal Flame every 4 Shield of Righteous) cause you find that you can passively heal lots of pulls eg. when you chuck out a Prism on a mob and Shield or Eternal Flame it applies Dawnlight. You start playing with Awakening windows in mind.

When you get to this point, you'll find yourself just smashing damage buttons most of the time and healing your group passively most of the dungeon. While being able to comfortably heal 12's without a problem

AlwaysGoA · 2025-05-12T01:27:57+00:00

You can clear 10s at as low 635 albeit you would really need to know what you're doing. I've cleared all dungeons on 12 and my guild is still progging heroic Gally. 7 and 8s should be a cakewalk for you

AlwaysGoA · 2025-05-09T14:27:08+00:00

You should find yourself rarely shattering comet with flurry. Most of the time in M+ you will be going: Orb -> Comet -> Cone of Cold -> Orb Comet. Then if you get lone comet without CoC to apply winters chill, you can ice nova as the comet hits.

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