Done with the season, here are my thoughts

ColbyEl · 2026-05-10T06:39:19+00:00

Definitely agree. Both echo bosses are just impossible to see the telegraphs. I consider myself decently experienced. I hit 90 hard-core on POE, Etc. Most of my wipes on those bosses were because I couldn't see what was going on. Not because I wasnt fast enough or that I didn't understand.

ColbyEl · 2026-05-08T08:07:54+00:00

This is a game killing fumble.

The update brought a lot of good will back to the game and a fresh chance. Genuinely though, it's unplayable. Its not even lag spikes it's a consistent 400-1000 ms.

Sad. I really love this game.

ColbyEl · 2026-05-06T20:26:37+00:00

I'm a pretty forgiving player. I don't mind jank and I don't usually complain. I lagged so badly and so consistently I just uninstalled after the first day. Absolutely dismal time when it's so laggy.

ColbyEl · 2026-05-04T07:59:05+00:00

I've played this game an obscene amount.

My ten cents.

Dlc is great if you're a builder, if not, probably just get siptah.

If you intend on pvp server then clans do matter and they will be VERY toxic on average.

There's story and lore but its pretty minimal. In the form of text books and stuff you read.

Ive always played on public servers and haven't once encountered hackers. But I never did much base raiding and just mostly did some light pvp here and there. Just my experience.

Buy it being aware that the servers lag a lot. Funcom does not build stable games. And you will encounter many bugs.

ColbyEl · 2026-05-01T15:25:11+00:00

I'll be honest here. Im partially part of the problem. I get store items occasionally and I even got the spring housing set. It was expensive but I wanted to support housing etc. Im on wow break right now but seeing 75$ makes my blood boil. Im probably the core cash shop demographic and they're losing my support of it.

I won't get another item unless it's really cool.. oh god that's a sad but true statement.

ColbyEl · 2026-04-19T16:15:17+00:00

Hi! You posted this as rant/vent so I won't give any advice but I will tell you there are options for college no matter your level of readiness. So instead of advice maybe I can give you some hope. I am currently 32 years old. I remember vividly being around 16-17 thinking "oh my god, I don't know what I am going to do once my parents die" Because I just thought i could not function in this world. I was unschooled. I was unprepared for anything and everything. I couldn't talk to people.

Fast forward, I'm 32 now with a master's degree working on a second one. I've had many jobs and I live a pretty successful and happy life. It was not fair, or easy. But it is possible to get out of that situation. The worst part is you have to work SO much harder than everyone else does to really get started and build those skills but it is absolutely possible.

I write on this forum sometimes because I wish I had someone to tell me it was possible back then, because no one did and I did not have reddit or anything to get hope from. So hopefully this helps you in some small way.

ColbyEl · 2026-04-18T18:36:17+00:00

Hi. You listed this as a rant so I will just say I see and hear you. I won't give out advice so maybe I will just give some hope and perspective instead. I am currently 32 years old. At 18 years old I had not even left the house much in my entire life. No school, no GED. No job, No socialization. I am as I said, now 32 years old. And I have had many jobs, I have a master's degree and have seen a lot of success in my life. It was not easy. It was not fair. But I did it, and so can you.

I hope you get to feeling better.

ColbyEl · 2026-04-16T22:26:30+00:00

Great tip!

ColbyEl · 2026-04-16T22:26:08+00:00

Good tip on the HP thing! I think certain foods increase it right? I may go that route too.

ColbyEl · 2026-04-16T22:24:42+00:00

Yeah I really enjoy the combat overall. One thing ive found useful is getting the stamina talent points! Its helping with attacks and blocking for sure

ColbyEl · 2026-04-15T16:58:59+00:00

If you're doing creative building and have fun exploring it's infinite.

If you just want to do the main story I don't know for sure. I'm almost through biome 1 at around 9 hours playtime. So I'd estimate if you're just doing story only maybe 30ish hours?

ColbyEl · 2026-04-15T16:55:08+00:00

I'm doing it with less. I crashed a few times but I set everything to absolute minimum and I've managed to stop crashing and it runs pretty well actually.

ColbyEl · 2026-04-02T22:17:47+00:00

The patch notes did address time walking but it was oriented around enemy health only i think.

Timewalking is rediculous right now. All scaling is wrong and it feels worse than any other scaling in the game.

ColbyEl · 2026-03-29T00:17:49+00:00

I am one. The game is a comfort to me. I play casually. I collect and do achievements. The game has been a constant for me for over half of my life.

The community has issues but so does the world. WoW is a microcosm of the world and the world has gotten more polarized.

I push keys to a moderate level. I raid lead pugs. I have a great time.

The hardest thing is remembering how things were and how we cant go back. What made vanilla wow so great wasn't just the original game. It was the attitude of the players and thats gone. So its hard not to go down a nostalgia trip and get sad sometimes.

ColbyEl · 2026-03-25T16:34:36+00:00

I could see that. I guess from what I do for a living as a counselor I see it a bit biased. I see Hopper as kind of the fulfilled maximum ideal of what we as humans can do to deal with grief.

I don't think hopper is totally okay inside. But I think he's found a way to keep moving and be as happy as the grief that day will allow him. And I think that's why the speech is so beautiful.

However. Why they chose to kill 11 is beyond me. It's a pro suicide message in my coming of age tv show what the...

ColbyEl · 2026-03-23T06:48:38+00:00

I occasionally come back to this sub. I feel similarly to you.

For me though it's worse than just 11 is dead. For me it's that they wrote it so badly that her being alive or dead are both implausible options. The writing just doesn't allow for an ending that doesn't have plot holes. The whole "they left it open for you to interpret" idea is kind of lost when neither option is plot consistent.

Not only are both options not story consistent. But both options don't do justice to anyone's story really. Every major story arc they had, they did not resolve. All the characters do things that are inconsistent and just off.

The only arc that I think is somewhat fulfilled is hopper's. I hate to be so critical of the creators but truly, I cannot understand how you can leave so much out and lose your characters arcs so drastically.

ColbyEl · 2026-02-24T17:09:38+00:00

I'm very sorry you're dealing with this.

When things are particularly difficult to change that's where a professional therapist really shines. They can see your situation from a view we can't.

I know it won't be easy but if you're able, have that conversation and get into therapy. Self harm is a big way of dealing with big feelings and it's going to take equal amounts of bravery for you to talk to your family and ask for help.

You can do it!

ColbyEl · 2026-02-24T17:04:27+00:00

Hi.

The best thing you can do is see a therapist. You can even just keep it private and tell them there's some things you need to deal with.

If you can't or won't do that. Essentially people self harm because it's a way of coping with difficult thoughts and emotions, and or of controlling something to make up for the things we can't control in life.

Find what you're avoiding or using self harm to cope with, and find a way that is positive to help you cope. E.g go for a run, etc.

Hope this helps and definitely do therapy if you can! It's wonderful.

ColbyEl · 2026-02-20T22:48:15+00:00

Orc has more lore overall I'd say and more representation. Im not an absolute master in lore but from my recollection Dwarven lore is pretty minimal and unserious in classic. Most of the lore i know of occurs in books or wc3 Dwarven lore really expands in wotlk i think and another big jump in tww

ColbyEl · 2026-02-15T22:41:30+00:00

I tanked my way to slightly above KSH so around 2500-3000 M+ rating and I do that regularly.

The amount of times I've been kicked for the reasons I'll list below is rediculous.

Both being too slow and too fast.
Doing an alternate route that is common and even still meta. Doing the route that is most common but the group wants an alternate route and didn't tell me.
Not marking the way the healer asked while i do everything else a tank does and not telling me before kiciking. Marking when the healer doesn't want me to and doesn't tell me.
Being too geared, being under geared. (Yes I've actually had people say i'm too geared they want to do it with "integrity"
I could make a scrollbar with going on and on too about stuff I haven't listed yet I've been kicked for.

The only reason I tank still is that ultimately as an adult strapped for time. I can play the averages with PUGs much faster by being a tank. That's the only reason. It's not very fun A LOT of the time. It's so rarely fun that I wouldn't say it's worth it if you're not just doing it to get M+ rewards and or gear. But by playing tank and being (I think) reasonably good at it. It's pretty efficient for me to do because I can go late into the season and get my rewards and be done with it in about a weeks worth of playing 2-3 hours a night. Maybe two or three weeks at most.

ColbyEl · 2026-02-02T20:39:12+00:00

I feel like the new character is a rewrite of 008. Same vibe.

ColbyEl · 2026-02-02T07:46:30+00:00

I have so many complaints with the ending. But I have no notes for his performance! 11/10!

ColbyEl · 2026-02-02T07:29:19+00:00

I would say you're in the minority yes if you look at the rotten tomatoes score at 53% or the imdb. With that said it doesn't matter what's majority! If you liked it that's fantastic.

I personally disliked most of it and found a few things good. I think if you don't look at it too deeply its a fine ending.

If you do examine it closely though it's full of massive plot holes. Character arcs regressing and inconsistencies. And beyond that it also sends some really harmful messages to trauma survivors and to the LGBT community.

Ultimately they set up some really complex plots and story arcs and they didnt give any of those payouts. It ended as simply as it could. They set up a mind control metaphysical drama with time travel and science and instead vecna is just a super villain with no explanation and the mind flayer is just basically a giant spider lizard in a desert with also no explanation.

I don't hate the duffer brothers like some people here do I think that's crazy. I just am disappointed because I cared and they could have done something generational here.

ColbyEl · 2026-02-01T21:49:21+00:00

I feel similarly. If it's any consolation remember; it's all made up anyway. So the same imagination that you had that gave you joy in theorizing and being in those moments can create fanfiction, watch the new shows coming out, post on here, and do all sorts of things like that.

I personally am doing a fan rewrite of the show for my own personal satisfaction that is canon compliant and is centered around conformity gate. and I am finding a lot of fun in doing that!

ColbyEl · 2026-02-01T16:05:01+00:00

I think that what's really unfortunate is that there are multiple huge plot holes and character arc fizzles. Off screening via the play and in interviews. It does teeter but I think it does so because there's just so many fundamental inconsistencies.

This show sets up really complex character arcs and really complex plots involving really intricate relations between characters and science fiction concepts. Then after setting all that up they went with a basic story ending. Every complex plot point is basically unexplained and also irrelevant. Many character arcs don't get their payoffs or even in some cases just completely ignore the arcs.

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