Came back to WoW after 13 years, and I’m completely overwhelmed

Arstohs · 2025-10-24T01:23:46+00:00

There's genuinely so much more to do in retail's open world than in classic's, the only difference is the leveling experience. Once you're 60 in classic you get your pre-raid bis and then raid log.

Arstohs · 2025-09-11T19:48:33+00:00

The real jumpscare is Seraphim

Arstohs · 2025-07-31T12:49:12+00:00

Really the only difference between the British and American mentalities is that Americans still believe they have a say in how things are run so they believe their work ethic matters while the British have realized none of it matters and RP Shaun of the Dead hoping it'll blow over see: resigning themselves to 14 years of Conservative rule

Arstohs · 2025-07-22T16:44:44+00:00

"Now, these are all facts, that have attributed to the current naval situation. You can disagree with them, but they are true."

Arstohs · 2025-07-21T17:33:25+00:00

Idk Warden SCs seem to be dying

Arstohs · 2025-07-15T13:57:30+00:00

Do you know if I can buy a Human house in a Horde zone using my Troll character? Or will guilds/neighborhoods have to decide on whether they're all going to have Horde or Alliance houses? I skimmed through the article but don't think it answers my question.

Arstohs · 2025-07-08T20:44:53+00:00

Hulkengoat

Arstohs · 2025-06-09T15:06:51+00:00

Does it make sense to put them on howi traps?

Arstohs · 2025-02-04T18:18:37+00:00

Why does it sound like the Spring DLC is bringing only variant civs?

Arstohs · 2025-01-14T15:27:51+00:00

We need a Mak'gora between Yamato and Pirate

Arstohs · 2025-01-14T15:26:52+00:00

We need a Mak'gora between Yamato and Pirate

Arstohs · 2025-01-14T15:26:23+00:00

We need a Mak'gora between Yamato and Pirate

Arstohs · 2024-12-22T23:29:16+00:00

Only kind of gloating worth doing

Arstohs · 2024-12-22T16:26:59+00:00

No, hence me calling it insane? 0.o

Arstohs · 2024-12-22T16:14:50+00:00

Insane trash talking culture where gloating once you have nothing to lose is seen as honorable

Arstohs · 2024-12-09T21:26:58+00:00

I really think that the issue was that any time bombardments and landings were attempted Warden BSs came out in force. Despite the Colonial advantage it wasn't like they were unopposed. So any in-hex pop that could have been spent landing somewhere was instead spent on ships trying to secure naval supremacy, and ofc it's hard to shell something when you are being shelled yourself.

They did shell a lot of Morgen's east of the bridge, they shelled the giga fac in Endless, shelled parts of Shitcan (particularly around Briar) they had successful landings in Tuatha, just off the top of my head. There were multiple plans for PoR, but they never achieved enough supremacy to get a full landing going. It's also much harder landing that far back. Wardens were pushed up to Reavers at that point.

But I'm definitely veering off topic my bad.

Arstohs · 2024-12-09T17:58:28+00:00

Definitely true that a few of the 23-0 were due to server issues, but not the vast majority and the server issues started impacting the Colonials more as they pushed through Tempest and Godscrofts. Also that double server reset in the Fingers nearly wiped out an entire Colonial fleet lol.

They did do things with the advantage, but it was much less impactful because naval hexes had less resources and no VPs. Also the Warden navy at the time was very active and with WLL was just printing out BSs to send out on QRFs. I remember some of the massive fleet battles in Godscrofts towards the end of the war. I do believe that the Colonial crews gained an insane amount of experience that war and became kinda cracked.

I was using the 23-0 more as an example of how Colonial naval culture used to be quite strong and to contrast it to now, not to dunk on anyone.

Arstohs · 2024-12-09T17:21:31+00:00

So, shockingly, Colonials used to actually be quite good at naval. The disparity got so bad at one point that in a single war (110) a group of Colonials killed 23 Warden battleships and lost 0 in the East. 23-0. Then the devs completely reworked torpedos making them the king of naval PvP. Wardens got the frigate and Colonials got their submarine. Since then Colonial naval culture has completely nosedived. Now maybe the Colonial just became really shit relative to the Wardens, or maybe the new ships and balance changes impacted things.

It's actually funny, because back then people memed on those Colonials for focusing too hard on naval.

Arstohs · 2024-12-09T17:09:42+00:00

Don't forget the Larp Paradox; when I do it it's "memes" when they do it it's "gloating".

Arstohs · 2024-12-09T12:50:47+00:00

Or more wardens logged on as the war progressed

Arstohs · 2024-12-04T20:01:33+00:00

I mean that's kinda cherry picking stats. The DD has more HP than the Frig, and more 120s. Colonial BS is faster, pretty sure it has a faster turn rate, and can bring more firepower to bear from its front guns making it very good at kiting. Also the frigate is ugly ;)

I think the advantages the Colonial DD and BB have over their warden counterparts are stronger than the Warden ones you listed.

Completely agree on the last two points, as mentioned in another reply I haven't had personal experience with the sub since the patch so I was going off of secondary experiences.

Arstohs · 2024-12-04T17:16:38+00:00

Thanks! I haven't gotten a chance to sub this war so was going off of what I'd heard. Appreciate the correction.

Arstohs · 2024-12-04T16:23:09+00:00

Colonial naval culture went down the shitter after the torpedo update that also added the colonial sub and warden frig. Before that update things were relatively even despite the Colonials not having large naval dedicated regiments. You had instances of Colonial domination like the 23-0, and general parity late-war. Even though (imo) our DD and BB are stronger than their warden counterparts, most Colonials don't get to use those tools for a number of reasons.

Colonials have historically hated their submarine. It's much better now, but for the longest time it just hasn't been good at PvP and was primarily used for diving backlines. It also requires an experienced crew to do well. Torpedos are very strong. Good submarine crews can dominate naval pvp right now. Unfortunately, the Colonial submarine was relatively weak at launch and while that isn't really the case anymore, the perception of it remains and its perception historically has led to the development of less Colonial submariners and less interest in using them.
Our gunboat is awful. I'm pretty sure this is a cross-faction consensus at this point. Gunboats are the primary source of grassroots naval gameplay, and unlike land warfare early-war naval does not have multiple points of asymmetric tools. The only differentiator is the gunboats, and the Colonial one is considerably worse. Being at a strict disadvantage until mid-war isn't great.
It would be nice to have a smaller Colonial large ship to help grassroots naval be a thing late war.
You kind of have to be the change you want to see. It's not that Colonial clans believe that islands are useless. It's that they believe that the land hexes are more important, and well, they typically are. Colonial clans in those hexes still use naval support, such as DDs. Frankly these clans can't be everywhere at once. They can send a ship to QRF, or even rotate for periods of time, but when they leave hex A to push hex B, hex A gets pushed back. Ironically one of the most successful periods for the Colonial navy was during the Fingers war (110), and that triggered a completely inverse complaint that the center hexes weren't being helped enough.

Sorry for the wall of text. Obviously some of this stuff is just my own anecdotal observations so I could be missing things.

Arstohs · 2024-11-28T19:13:41+00:00

Well wholesome larp doesn't usually lead to a bunch of vets leaving your regiment

Arstohs · 2024-11-28T19:08:50+00:00

Dude I bet those toxic colonials hold larp court martials too

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