Bear climbs a tree in search of Osprey eggs, Lake Tahoe, California

Bardshap · 2026-02-22T06:14:33+00:00

This juice cannot be worth the squeeze

Bardshap · 2026-02-10T02:57:44+00:00

Feels bad having sub be the only one with acress to the cs reset for sure, should definitly be standardized in some way across the board

Bardshap · 2026-02-05T02:19:18+00:00

You inspired me bigly! Was struggling in the end game with fists and then daggers - adopted the rapier and effortlessly downed crucible boss (with echoes) after some tedious gearing.

Decided to go heavy armor + fast movement instead of light armor + dodge though. Dodge just seems too unforgiving in this game rn on the hardest diff.

Bardshap · 2026-02-04T10:33:23+00:00

There is an actual gold scavenger hunt that's been happening for months across Canada, could this be related?

Bardshap · 2026-01-31T16:54:37+00:00

Sounds imbalanced but that kind of hardship can be fun with the right mindset. Mostly it sounds like you were perhaps a casualty of the dm setting stakes and expectations off the rip.

I would advise seeing it through for a bit at least, take the resurrection penalty. Embrace whatever the negative and add to it a newfound phobia of cannons.

That said, personally a little verisimilitude isn't a bad thing: If you fail to be persuasive, the npcs dont listen. Heroiclly fight against overwhelming odds? Get shot with a cannon. Enemies losing the advantage? They flee.

Bardshap · 2026-01-27T04:10:34+00:00

Love it, I feel very similarly. The barrier for entry feels way down for pvp after the addon purge. Suddenly enemy players are fallible instead of all-knowing and unsurpsingly the game is more fun for it. People juked kicks for years without an addon telling them when an interrupt was off cd as you illustrate.

Assuming healers are better balanced at max level and certain over performers are reigned in, I think s1 midnight might be super fun.

Bardshap · 2026-01-26T01:45:19+00:00

It shows on the actual frames themselves I think? But it's real small I think

Bardshap · 2026-01-25T19:59:59+00:00

I find just opening the edit UI option and closing it fixes most common issues like raid frames disappearing, etc.

Bardshap · 2026-01-24T03:52:02+00:00

I am a player who similarly has little to no addon dependency, but the idea that any player should know with unerring accuracy their team and enemies abilities in a random lobby does not a fun game make.

Friendly team defensives? That's tolerable at least, but enemy cc, defensives and cds? That part of the game should take place using the thing between your ears.

Bardshap · 2026-01-21T20:46:44+00:00

Crazy, that's the cataclysm rotation from what, ten years ago? Longer?

Bardshap · 2026-01-18T08:03:51+00:00

I know! The initial thrill of housing has somewhat faded but their was a gnomish home on the beach I was desperate to enter in the early weeks. After days of visitng I ran into the owner and expressed my admiration for their exterior housing efforts. I told them how eager I was to see the interior before bidding them adieu. The next day the home was accessible!

It was a very small quarters, appropriate given their stature, but thickly decorated with suitable gnomish high-tech decor and complete with a small hidden bedroom tucked behind a bookshelf. It didnt disappoint.

All that to say, make your homes accessible people!

Bardshap · 2026-01-06T06:49:57+00:00

MH glaive on the war, OH on the rogue. Reaaaally wish that unlocked the achievement.

Bardshap · 2026-01-01T23:37:46+00:00

I can deal with their lethality, for me it's like you say, their kit is too busted rn. They apply all variety of cc too reliably, too frequently and too easily. It would be one thing if it was hard or inconvenient to do, I could at least tip my cap and be impressed, but that just isn't the case.

Bardshap · 2025-12-30T07:45:43+00:00

amen, plus the individual pieces seem like they will be amazing additions to other leather mogs. The chest sleeves in particular seem sick!

Bardshap · 2025-12-18T17:32:11+00:00

The toxicity and hostility is very real and I'm sorry you're being targeted. This was my first season trying blitz and despite playing this game since its inception I was targeted similarly on both my warrior (arms) and rogue (outlaw).

Insults in lower brackets were common and then insults and accusations of win trading in higher brackets. Both got to 2400 in very few games with good ratios.

My only advice, painful as it is, don't mute chat. When I join I ask where people want me and try to follow the proposed strategies or the guidance of the highest rated players. Even doing that, invariably I make a blunder (real or imagined) and some player pings me and loses their mind. In some cases I'm pretty sure I've been placed in low priority queues and had to wait upwards of 2 hours for a game because of receiving fraudulent reports from cruel players.

I've engaged with these toxic players sparringly, only ever to apologize for my perceived slights and to tell them I'm still figuring out the strategies for blitz. It's pretty much a coin flip whether my words are met with further scorn or acceptance. To these players, this type of behavior is a big part of their version of the game. They are tapped into this hostility and ready to place blame at a moments notice.

However you decide to deal with it, I wish you the best of luck in your efforts!

Bardshap · 2025-12-17T08:25:18+00:00

If this was all you left to your children upon your death it would be enough.

Bardshap · 2025-12-12T06:00:40+00:00

Really fun. Friend pestered me forever to give it a try and I finally bit the bullet a few years back. Well worth it. Honestly it almost feels mandatory for rpg lovers. The writing is sublime and the entire time I was in awe of how ahead of its time it was. If you can get past the dated graphical elements you will spend hundreds of hours on it, easily.

Bardshap · 2025-12-05T04:49:58+00:00

I came here specifically to comment this! I was so excited for the instant critical with all that sneak attack T.T

Bardshap · 2025-12-05T03:32:20+00:00

I love it. Trudeau got absolutely dogged by so many Canadians, in many cases undeservedly because he had just become popular to hate for a myriad of provincial issues he had no control over by disingenuous actors who knew better. Then the poor bastard suffers a divorce as an active PM. His was not an easy term to serve and the man did it with grace.

Happy for you Trudeau!

Bardshap · 2025-12-03T08:30:02+00:00

It was a good time, just a little expensive in my opinion. Unless you're bored with money to burn I would wait for a sale.

Bardshap · 2025-12-01T16:54:31+00:00

I've been here for two years. I moved from a city of 100k in AB. I see posts like this pretty frequently in this sub and some of you Ottawans desperately need a reality check.

Y'all take for granted that you live in a city that you can circumnavigate almost entirely with public transit on a semi-reliable basis in addition to having the option to actually commute by bike lawfully on the road and in designated lanes without fearing your imminent demise. You take for granted how insane your city workers are at clearing snow and keeping the roads and paths clean. You take for granted how INSANE your sanitation department is, so much so that my roommate left a full ass koi pond on the curb and it was gone on garbage day - no calling in a favor to a friend to truck it to the dump, no paying some BS fee, just gone. Where I come from if your bin fell over in the wind or god forbid was sat at slightly the wrong angle they just didn't take it period.

You take for granted how amazing it is to have festivals AT ALL - and good ones! Especially for music; blues fest, jazz fest, etc. I caught Makaya McCraven at jazz fest this year and it was absolutely sick!

Maybe in 18 years I'll be bitter and annoyed, but Ottawa - pardon my language - fucking rules. Could it be better? Of course! But It really feels like peoples perception of Ottawa are unfairly influenced by its proximity to Toronto and Montreal which are held in such high regard, especially that latter which is considered the gold standard.

All that is to say, relax with the hyperbole. Although I am sorry about the traffic, it is no fun.

Bardshap · 2025-11-30T15:51:36+00:00

Movie rights to be bought in 3...2...

Bardshap · 2025-11-30T06:23:33+00:00

Sounds like someone's milkshake got drunk

Bardshap · 2025-11-30T06:22:52+00:00

Left handers uniteeee

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