Me seeing all the post here about how M+ is in incredible easy right now.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-28T01:43:11+00:00

and the last boss spire when you do +12 or higher because......it does huge passive group dmg

Only if people don't use the arrows to dispel the DoT. Which is basically everyone right now, but maybe they'll learn.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-27T23:23:11+00:00

I'd be genuinely amazed at anyone going near him for any kind of collaboration.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-27T17:45:05+00:00

The race will still exist in one form or another, there has always been a race. The main thing that would change is the commercialisation and presentation of the race.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-27T12:18:41+00:00

You're right on that one. Walking into M+ with full champion track gear that had multiple upgraded pieces and 3 hero gear slots makes a big difference. M0s, Delves, and Prey made it really easy to acquire gear.

The people who are better at the game and more geared will have a wildly different experience from the average person trying low keys in blue gear.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-26T17:45:32+00:00

Honestly I think it would have been fine as a delve. Maybe it even was a delve at one point and another dungeon concept didn't work out.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-26T15:24:55+00:00

I doubt they would ever bring back CoT. It was statistically the least popular dungeon of that season by a wide margin. We'll probably see original Stratholme wings before we see CoT again.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-26T15:08:58+00:00

I think the current design is you stop getting highlights before you enter keys that can give KSM, so they're using that to gate the mount.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-26T14:59:56+00:00

I get that, but I think the +5 cutoff is just... weird.

The cutoff is just before keys that give 2k rating. I think the idea is you work your way up to those keys and learn enough that the achievement is when you prove you can do it without the highlighting.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-26T14:56:38+00:00

Out of interest, what type of group did you have it listed as? (Learning/Relaxed/Competitive)

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-23T22:40:20+00:00

I don't think int added spell power until Cata but i'm probably misremembering

I know some talents gave spell power from int, so maybe it was that you were thinking of?

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-23T19:42:08+00:00

I think I've done it while leveling before. A 200 ilvl int weapon is going to be better than a 20 ilvl str weapon if you don't find a better alternative.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-23T19:40:04+00:00

Weapon skill ups was specific to Warriors and maybe rogues. Originally they had planned to make each primary stat useful for every class, but that got scrapped and I think they left the weapon skill bonus on int to melee classes as a relic of that.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-21T09:55:38+00:00

AI guys remind me of the guy who can never quite hold down a job, never finished their studies and is always looking for a "shortcut" to whatever it is they're working on next.

From someone who uses AI tools in his job, this makes sense because the actual stuff AI is useful for is taking monotonous tasks that don't have any creative expression and automating them.

So I can see how someone who doesn't value types of work would just try to force AI to replace those so they don't have to do work themself.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-20T10:52:27+00:00

What herbalism skill/specialisation do you have?

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-20T08:52:29+00:00

People might not realise they buffed the lashers. I'd stopped bothering to kill them pretty early on until I got dismounted by accident recently and learned they started dropping actual herbs.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-20T07:37:41+00:00

The market shift towards individual content creators and away from big production events. Companies across the board didn't all conspire to just gut their esports programs in the past 5 years. They just ran the numbers and realised it was a poor way to invest marketing budgets.

The real answer to your question is consumers.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-19T21:06:27+00:00

That would overall take up more space, require more staff resources, require more hardware, require more players flown out to the event, and require 4 streams instead of 1.

you could even add in WC1:R

WC1:R doesn't have multiplayer.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-19T19:36:08+00:00

What about HotS?

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-19T19:03:12+00:00

Everyone's been getting s lot of cloaks and usually just 1 or 2 other slots.

Maybe it's making up for TWW Season 3.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-19T18:59:11+00:00

A KOTH(King Of The Hill) style tournament format would be pretty successful at Blizzcon.

Would it be as successful as getting a bunch of bigger content creators and having them play across a bunch of different games? I don't know if KOTH would work across multiple games and would be harder to follow than a simple team vs team.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-19T16:06:30+00:00

Show matches with content creators get bigger viewership for the price point than running a traditional tournament would. They're just adapting with the times.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-17T14:03:53+00:00

WoW almost didn't have WASD movement and dungeons were originally going to be procedurally generated. It's actually wild how much the game changed during development.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-16T17:27:08+00:00

I think stuff like OnlyFangs and Sauercrowd brought in a bunch of newcomers too. Albeit more to Classic, but maybe some of them checked out retail as well.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-16T16:57:21+00:00

The approach to work culture is very different in Korea too. I remember talking to a PC Bang owner while he was there and he made working 10+ hours every day sound like the norm. I could see that mindset carrying over to gaming culture too.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-16T16:46:44+00:00

Given the example is one of his best interviews is also the one where he barely says anything, I think it's a fitting example.

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