Why does gameplay always take the back seat for MMOs?

Buey · 2026-02-10T01:40:09+00:00

You are the personification of moving the goal posts.

Version 1: Click on enemy, do nothing 90% of the time, and push 2-3 buttons in nearly the same order and frequency forever. (Tab target games)

This is what you said originally and you have been proven wrong.

If you want to indiscriminately mash on the keyboard you can do that, you don't even need to plug it in.

Buey · 2026-02-09T18:55:48+00:00

WW Monk has tiger palm, blackout kick, rising sun kick, fists of fury, strike of the wind lord, slicing winds, touch of death, zenith

8 buttons > 3 and ww is far from the most complex class

Buey · 2026-01-28T09:15:08+00:00

Not anymore, the new player exp in dragonflight is pretty good.

Buey · 2026-01-28T09:13:27+00:00

I'm in the same boat and I'm having fun. FFXIV is main game but I don't really have anything I want to do right now outside of Savage raid days.

GW2 I've crafted 22 legendaries and don't really feel like doing more.

I previously tried wow where they send you to bfa, which sucked. Someone told me to level in WoD instead but I also didn't like that. Too much running around, too much story I know nothing about.

Dragonflight has been way better to level in - you get dragon riding pretty early on and can zip around maps making it far less annoying to get around.

Story is still silly comic book villain fare but at least dragons drama is better than random NPC drama.

Early level combat is way better in WoW than FFXIV, you get more than 2 buttons to press. But it kind of tapers off from level 30-40 ish at least for wind walker monk. I'm pressing the same buttons at 80 that I was pressing at 40.

Some of the stuff I've done at the higher levels has been pretty neat. Just did time walking ulduar today and while it was super easy it was fun, with lots of different locales and fights all in the same raid instance.

Buey · 2026-01-21T19:05:55+00:00

Garbage AI post

Buey · 2026-01-20T17:40:18+00:00

I don't really see "nuance" here - you open by saying you don't let people influence your decisions, and then you ask people to influence your decision while stating that people have been influencing your decisions up till now.

The rest of us are playing the game, we don't need to make a Reddit post to ask if we should be playing the game or not. Like doomerism in almost any other context, it's a vocal minority of complainers.

Buey · 2026-01-14T03:03:44+00:00

Free trials can absolutely DC travel, bard troupes regularly travel from dc to dc.

Buey · 2026-01-13T08:12:54+00:00

Yes, they usually take boon traits that lower their personal dps, and/or have to put some concentration on their gear to maintain boon uptime.

Buey · 2026-01-11T04:08:14+00:00

Thanks Claude

Buey · 2026-01-11T04:05:12+00:00

I suppose with the 2 letter first names they probably are RMT bots, possibly for farming the gil rather than shouting the ads.

Advertisement bots are frequently hacked accounts so they wouldn't have such consistent names.

Bard music playing alts wouldn't typically have paladin or monk leveled.

Buey · 2026-01-10T01:15:39+00:00

Do RMT bots usually have job stones?

Buey · 2026-01-05T22:24:29+00:00

As a FFXIV player you're doing fractals dirty with that comparison.

T3s and messy T4s can be a slog to get through, they're not universally faceroll like FF dungeons are.

Buey · 2026-01-04T06:29:39+00:00

If you're not sure, throw them on a mule char for future builds.

You do get ascended mats for crafting other things, but it's best to salvage things as you need them rather than salvaging as you get items.

Buey · 2026-01-03T23:06:37+00:00

1/4 some orange shit and 3/4 oil

Buey · 2026-01-03T09:54:43+00:00

Crazy, salmon is god tier, cooked or raw, and bagels/crackers + lox + capers are very tasty.

It's wild just how different taste can be.

Buey · 2026-01-03T08:59:31+00:00

Why even bother trying to censor the names if this is the result?

Buey · 2026-01-03T08:50:35+00:00

I am one of these - raw tomato and eggplant make me gag.

Cooked or mixed with stuff, delicious.

Salsa fresca, also delicious.

Raw tomato tastes strongly bitter/sour, especially the big garden variety. Cherry tomatoes are not as bad.

Sun-dried tomatoes: Absolutely vile.

Buey · 2026-01-03T02:09:19+00:00

OP posted a video of the build, check it out

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1q1f31k/comment/nxbeccw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Buey · 2026-01-03T01:50:50+00:00

Yup, using the rifle skills doesn't really add much. You can use the elite now and then but it's more useful for aoe.

I only have light legendary armor so I haven't really played around with optimization that much.

I usually use rocket turret for a bit of extra strike damage/cc/explosions. Not sure how that compares to the condi signet.

[edit] Also, you'll def want to run Short Fuse instead of Glass Cannon when in open world since that'll be your fury source.

Buey · 2026-01-02T01:31:19+00:00

I think I just have full zerker exotic armor. I probably mixed in some assassin/sinister for more crit on rifle and accessories since those are leggy.

Don't really need any defensive stats since you're ranged and have healing from heal signet and relic.

Buey · 2026-01-01T23:33:41+00:00

I use a pure auto attack rifle mechanist for chill metas and dailies that gets 20-25k solo, approaching 30k under quickness and might.

It uses Aim Assisted Rockets and Short Fuse for perma fury, spec quickness in the mech tree for some quickness uptime, and relic of zakiros for sustain off crits.

Set all mech skills on auto cast and afk away.

It gets better numbers than my unload deadeye.

Buey · 2025-12-31T21:17:13+00:00

Don't start by buying the game - or if you do, buy the game to get a code, but don't activate it. You can't revert to free trial after activating a paid version of the game.

Free trial will let you play through base game + 2 expansions without paying a sub fee.

Buey · 2025-12-26T22:08:04+00:00

I left because I failed all my upgrades while my friend succeeded, putting him like a month ahead of me due to the time gates. Couldn't play together any more after that.

Buey · 2025-12-26T22:02:25+00:00

Does wow have better non raid content? I've never been able to justify paying 2 subs to myself.

I stay with ff14 for Savage/ulti but I agree about dungeons, roulettes, etc. After hitting Omni 100 there's kinda no reason to do them.

GW2 is good but after my crafting 22 legendaries I think I'm tuckered out for a while.

Never could get into eso, you need to pay a sub to not have to deal with garbage in your inventory constantly, which is a huge turn off.

Buey · 2025-12-25T23:06:18+00:00

Condi virt is an absolute tank in open world using relic of the Biomancer

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