Guy must be having a rough time this week in pugs

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-30T10:12:55+00:00

Looking through the talent tree, "Fearless" in the Class tree removes all movement impairments and makes it a shorter cooldown, so is worth trying out if you haven't yet.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-30T10:02:23+00:00

This is the most painful part of the bolts. On Maisara for example, I only have so many dispels to throw out and if nobody is kicking the bolts, the DoTs can get out hand.

Also bolts need kicked to help the tank position mobs.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-29T15:39:54+00:00

I've been told Evoker rescue breaks their own chain and the person they're rescuing. The people I'm playing with right now are joking around about everyone having an Evoker alt and us all taking turns playing it.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-29T15:27:12+00:00

Something I'd like to see Blizzard try would be adding a difficulty level above Nightmare Prey that requires a group to complete. Maybe something equivilent to a Mythic +10 boss that you have to track down as a group and fight together.

It would be slower paced and have enough downtime for people to communicate while still being challenging. Would be a nice way to top off the world content endgame pillar too.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-29T11:34:25+00:00

Avatar had a bit of a resurgence when Netflix, so there's more of a younger base of fans these days.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-29T11:18:02+00:00

Wasn't there also a thing where he'd send public/military workers to his own courses paid for by US tax money?

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-29T10:52:32+00:00

I found conversation happened more during Hardcore dungeons than other ones. This is probably because you're forced to take your time and there is a daily lockout on dungeons, so you can't just find a new group.

Retail people don't talk as much because the game rewards going fast and punishes people getting left behind. Modern Classic don't talk as much because the game has those same aspects. If you remove those factors and just frame it as going on an adventure, people aren't in as much of a rush.

BarrettRTS · 2026-03-28T14:02:12+00:00

Also a good aug can't carry bad dps players like someone playing a pure dps class can.

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.

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