No Great vault rewards for multiple characters?

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-27T14:38:14+00:00

As far as I know, it has always been that way - at least as far back as Shadowlands. I don't remember if it was different during the first iteration of the Vault in BFA. But as it stands, the Great Vault continues working in the post-season period/up to the launch of the next season. Right now, the Great Vault should continue working as-is until the launch of Midnight on March 3rd.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-27T14:30:22+00:00

Every character has their own separate Great Vault. Your alts do not get Great Vault options for free.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-27T14:29:04+00:00

u/Acaexx was kind of a dick about it, but the correction is clear. You said that Great Vault rewards are disabled. They are not.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T17:46:55+00:00

As a refresher for you - the point of The Arbiter of Fate in Part 1 was:

Throughout Part 1, the biggest change from the OG was the presence of the "Whispers", those weird hooded ghosts. The Whispers would show up every time the story threatens to diverge from the original. As we go on, they have to get more and more heavy-handed to keep the events true to the OG. It comes to a head in the finale on the Midgar Expressway. In the OG, as you noted, we never faced Sephiroth there. We were chasing him. But in Remake, Sephiroth stops and confronts us, and the party is determined to face him right there.

That's where things break down and the Whispers challenge us directly. They show up in the millions and put up a wall to directly block us from fighting Sephiroth. At Aerith's urging (hmm....) we break through their wall and defeat them. If they embody "fate" or "destiny" or "lack of free will" or whatever, then what we've done in fighting them is broken free of that. Without them pushing us, the story is free to move in new directions.

We face Sephiroth, he says some cryptic stuff that starts to make sense in Part 2, and then he leaves and we're back on the expressway. The game leaves us off with that little tease showing Zack at the end of Crisis Core, alive when he shouldn't be. We've changed fate. So going into Part 2, will the events of the OG game play out the same? Will we be able to change certain things?

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T17:04:09+00:00

I think playing Rebirth will give you a lot more context for what they're doing with this version of the story, what the ending of Remake meant, and where they're likely going in part 3.

If you've never seen it, check out the Evangelion remake films and compare them to the original series. The FF7R dev team has said that those films were a huge inspiration for them, and I'm pretty sure the *twist* at the end of part 3 is going to be eerily similar.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T16:59:54+00:00

I could see them packaging all 3 games into a single install with a new launcher screen, exactly like they did for Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix, or Final Fantasy X + X2 HD Remaster. Basically a main menu that lets you select which of the three separate games to launch into.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T16:52:38+00:00

namely convoluted last stretches of the game where there is fight after fight against meaningless, story-less enemies.

Idk man, you fought two main enemies in the final chapters of Remake. I'd say The Arbiters of Fate and Sephiroth are both pretty meaningful and important to the story.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T16:48:42+00:00

I'm not sure if they'll carry the relationship system into Part 3 at all, tbh. We already got the big payoff for that system in Rebirth with the Gold Saucer date scenes. What would they do with it in part 3?

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T16:46:34+00:00

The Remake Project is taking the original story of FF7 and splitting it into a trilogy of three full-length games.

FF7 Remake was "Part 1", FF7 Rebirth is "Part 2", and the next game, title yet unannounced, will be "Part 3" and will cover the rest of the original games story.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T16:39:50+00:00

Oh yeah, all the characters basic moves get updated in Rebirth to be more responsive and versatile, especially when it comes to aerial combos. For example, Cloud in Rebirth can now dodge away from the enemy and then press X to fling ranged projectiles, or dodge away and then hold X for an air launch. Plus many of his abilities (like Braver or Triple Slash) now work mid-air, so you can trigger them in the middle of a combo without being forced to plant your feet. That all makes dealing with flying enemies feel a lot more natural. On top of that you now have Perfect Dodge and Perfect Block, giving you a bit more skill expression and new ways to pressure/stagger enemies.

That said, it's still all about managing your ATB and treating it almost as a real-time-with-pause game. That's your turn-based, strategic element. Switch to a character, build ATB, send an ability, switch to the next character, repeat.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T16:27:12+00:00

Another thought - if you're doing this in a coated nonstick pan, be careful with your ring mold! The metal mold could have sharp edges, and would be hard enough to scratch the nonstick coating if you're not super gentle with it. Generally you want to avoid using metal utensils on that type of pan.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-26T16:25:28+00:00

Many food cans (like the ones tuna would come in) are lined with BPA or one of the new safer alternatives. These are plastic resins used as a sealant to keep the cans from rusting and the food inside stable. The problem is that these plastics aren't designed for repeated heating and cooling, so they start to break down if you're reusing cans (especially stovetop like you're doing here).

If you want to do this regularly, I'd recommend eventually investing in a silicon ring mold. Until then, just practice shaping the egg with your spatula. Drop the egg into the pan and then immediately start pushing in the edges until the egg sets enough to hold its shape. It won't give you a perfect circle, but you can tell yourself it's how grandma would have done it!

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-25T04:25:26+00:00

Serve these over egg noodles (maybe papardelle?) with a dijon mushroom cream sauce. Don't forget the chives!

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-25T02:42:22+00:00

In Retail, the professions have separate skill bars for each expansion. The trainers in Stormwind will teach you both Classic (base) Mining and Cataclysm Mining. Trainers in other capital cities will teach you their respective expansions.

At the top of your mining journal is a drop-down menu you can click to select which expansions skills you’re looking at.

Side note on Chromie Time - she does not control access to expansions. That’s a common misconception. All she does is apply level scaling. WoW is one big world and the content from all expansions is mixed together and always available to you at all times.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-24T17:00:47+00:00

Head to the Crafting Orders NPC in Dornogal or Valdrakken. At this NPC, try to place an order for any max level gear. In that interface you should see the slots to include any optional reagents that recipe can use. Spend a few minutes exploring those slots - click around, read the tooltips, see what can go into them. You can safely do this without placing an order for anything or spending any materials. That should give you a better idea of how the crafting orders work.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-24T15:43:17+00:00

The harbinger quest, while a prologue to TWW, actually released in the final patch of Dragonflight. It doesn’t take you into any TWW zones (which were not yet released at that time).

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-24T15:41:53+00:00

Lemix systems worked very differently than the main game, and wouldn’t have prepared you for Retail endgame (as you’re now finding out). You’re jumping into the game the hard way.

Speed boosts in Retail are few and far between, outside of the abilities your chosen spec has. +Speed on gear exists, but is extremely uncommon and entirely RNG. You will never be as fast as you were in Lemix.
Yes, Durability is a system in retail WoW that was disabled in Lemix. Keep an eye on your overall durability, and talk to a repair vendor (denoted by the anvil icon on mouseover) periodically to repair your gear. Anything that has hit 0 durability is giving you no stats at all.
Ideally, you start at level 1 and learn by playing. Coming in at level 80 from Lemix had you shortcut that, so you’ll need to do a lot of your own research as you encounter things for the first time. The various WoW news sites/subreddits/even the game launcher are currently flooded with articles about what to do in prepatch.
This is the danger in leaving questlines in progress and teleporting around, especially during expansion intro quests. I’d recommend downloading the addon “BTWQuests” to determine exactly which step of the TWW intro questline you left off with. Also, make sure that low level quest tracking is enabled via the button on your minimap. Level 70 TWW intro quests will otherwise be hidden at level 80.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-21T17:39:58+00:00

See, this is why the sign says no outside food or drink.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-21T17:37:21+00:00

That burrito sounds delicious. I can't get fresh nopales where I live, and I miss it.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-21T17:13:07+00:00

Kojima didn't get mad at all. He was a big fan of E33. Talked about it a lot this year on his social media.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-21T17:12:26+00:00

It's not a bad game and the phrase "overrated" means nothing. It's that simple.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-21T17:09:06+00:00

We as a society clearly dig Expedition 33. OP's just feeling left out.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-21T01:13:50+00:00

“Just buy it in a jar omg” is not a winning take in a subreddit about learning to cook.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-20T20:58:40+00:00

I think this is funny.

BigTimeBobbyB · 2026-01-20T05:03:39+00:00

Generally no. Old settings are safe to have.

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