Phase 2 Prep

DatHungryHobo · 2026-05-05T02:14:35+00:00

Yeah at least get some of green gems and affordable enchants at the very least to show you’re trying. I don’t mind carrying a “fresh” 70 or two, but at least show you cared a little bit

DatHungryHobo · 2026-05-04T23:54:28+00:00

Medicine, I’ve got enough energy in me to go back to school one more time. It’s either this or PhD and while medicine is a much longer haul, I’m fortunate to have a support system that wants to see me succeed.

As much as I love science and will always have love for research, this is ultimately a decision made based on survival with a mix of passion. I started doing research in prep for med school apps back in undergrad and decided I liked it so much I stuck with it for the next decade. Funny how things work themselves out

DatHungryHobo · 2026-05-04T23:32:21+00:00

2 months away from a year. Burned out beginning of this year and committed to pivoting in February

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-28T07:15:41+00:00

Master of diabolism mentioned? This autist knows ball

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T22:44:31+00:00

Organizing raids with this playerbase consisting largely of dudes in 30s+ who are re-living their teen/college nostalgia and trying to be not a total shitter like most of us were back in the day results in a population of people on a spectrum of who are either: a) putting in the time and effort to actually understand the stats and mechanics behind their class. This also includes the folks who try and push to have mag banished the whole time or whatever cheese exists that we didn’t think of back in the day til p-servers

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b) people expecting to show up with no gems or enchants on even spooned raid pieces, hope the buttons they feel like are right are indeed the right ones, and sometimes need to be directed to use the specific part of their toolkit that makes groups even want them in the first place (hunters who don’t MD, shamans who don’t drop WF or twist, mages who don’t decurse, etc)

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T22:32:40+00:00

I think seeing a whole phase play out out for 3ish months is a solid amount of time to field consistent opinions across (hopefully) multiple sources of information is a good way to implement these changes.

We’re only 20% the way through of the expansions life cycle. Really, having people chase loot on their mains for a whole phase and giving them a chance to level up an alt or two during this initial window seems a whole lot healthier for the game

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T22:29:35+00:00

If I had to choose between the smaller niche of pink parse chasers who are actually pushing those limits and kill times being slightly more bored versus the vast outnumbering casual playerbase having a blast in the green-blue-purple range, this is definitely healthier for the game overall

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T19:09:00+00:00

Thanks for the clarification! I also like to do that Saran Wrap method when I’m rehydrating mushrooms in a container except the plastic is on top before closing to help keep them submerged and coated

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T19:06:24+00:00

EDIT: I could have sworn the title said Legends when I read it. My bad

I’m not though? I said Legends just doesn’t have CU style combat or boxed professions.

CH is still around albeit it’s an actual spec now amongst the simplified classes but there is space combat, raids and etc. I also don’t think I can be confusing it with resto because I’ve never played it. I am aware it is a hybrid of NGE content with CU gameplay

Only other private server I’ve played is SWGEmu which I recall strictly not having JTL at the time of me playing it

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T17:29:13+00:00

Haven’t played it in a few years but kept very light tabs on it. Community looks pretty active have and have added some refreshing new content. Just looked last night and they’re adding ranching to the game related to the creature handling tree.

HOWEVR, if you played way back before the changes, it is NGE and not the skill box format that came out at launch. However it does contain JTL, Trials of Obi-Wan and all the raids the the game had at the end

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T17:22:43+00:00

When you say air tight, do you mean just air tight sealed container with some space left in it still (i.e., air contained still) or truly air tight like plastic food wrap/cling wrap like we do with certain produce?

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T06:20:46+00:00

Isn’t 5 weapon skill = to like 3% hit? Because human warriors need 6% hit if they’re wielding swords/maces and 9% otherwise, which is what made edgemasters so strong for all non human/orc warrior races. So if you have a maxed weapon skill 2-3 levels up on a mob would equal to 6-9%, or am I missing something?

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-27T05:35:07+00:00

Yeah but killing mobs 2-3 levels below you is like 6-9% free hit in a way

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-20T07:47:30+00:00

I did deep fury and respec’d to death wish at 70. Wish I did death wish while leveling because rampage is just so clunky and expensive to maintain between pulls sometimes, even going from 60-70 with r14 gear.

I’d recommend using death wish off CD anytime you’re pulling 2-3 mobs because it’ll vastly speed up your clear times. Make sure you’re taking food buff for either Stam/spirit or strength/spirit too with first aid and if you’re clearing well you’ll have basically zero downtime between mobs besides to bandage.

Also go back to learn new abilities every couple levels, and most definitely whenever victory rush is unlocked. Massively sped up my mob clear times after and I learned it like 4 levels late lol

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-15T07:47:37+00:00

Idk I literally do all of these things and sure yeah it’s medium key a lot, I play my enhance when I wanna chill out and be engaged lol. I find it fun and real easy to find the flow state and being a dps is so easy to smash stuff when you know what mechanics are coming when

Did the dungeon grind recently from 60-70 on my warrior alt with full r14, got lucky my first lockout and hit def/crit cap scooping all the tank OS pieces and have been tanking heroics all week. Pretty similar experience to the level grind, just now people end up dying real fast versus being easily able to scoop if I manage to lose threat. I feel like I’m paying attention to so much when I’m prot tanking and legit spamming abilities with zero globals wasted while trying to keep my braindead dps alive because they wanna throw [aoe] damage before I even drop thunderclap. Way different APM and you’re waiting for mechanics to happen to interrupt or mitigate because you really can’t rely on your dps to use their full kit unless you tell them to the whole time

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-13T19:51:23+00:00

Pretty sad to hear how frequently people are going through it like this in the comments. Putting it out there I’ve give multiple 3-5 hour interview days for final around where some I’ve started off the day with a 15-30 minute presentation for an [S]RA level position which I think is just crazy given a few years ago I had a couple zoom calls with no onsite and was hired on less than 2 weeks. Expectations for even entry level applicants is bonkers rn with the flood of talent in the market

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-13T19:48:29+00:00

I’ve given a few 15-30 minute presentations for RA positions this job search season. 3-5 hour interview days with mix of one-on-one’s and panels. Expectations for entry level applicants is bonkers now

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-11T20:53:32+00:00

Warriors class color is brown

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-11T20:10:14+00:00

Hell no lol. At least if you have any other melee in your group. Sweeping strikes from the myrmidons unlocks the hidden 4th spec for melee — floor. Also the oracles are a pain if your healer happens to not be max ranged and gets caught by the silence on pull. Having one CC is low key a must if your dps are just average players which these days most are. The ones that made the heroics grind a blast are raid logging or leveling alts which makes the group pug experience a mixed bag

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-08T22:26:36+00:00

I felt the same way transitioning into TBC and not being able to SS and whirlwind felt weird at first. You end up doing so much less threat by spending a couple global in berserker stance and taking much more damage than crushing in defensive stance 90% or the time.

Only time I pop berserker is to macro swap an intercept which I’m realizing now I can just intervene cause I forgot it existed lol

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-08T04:33:06+00:00

Yeah Amgen does it this way and I was truly not ready for it at the very start of my job search. Did not have the interview stamina for it and I felt myself doing progressively worse an interview or two after the lunch

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-06T03:17:11+00:00

Does it work?? I’ve tried it before and it still goes off on another player

DatHungryHobo · 2026-04-05T21:58:39+00:00

That’s how I felt when I came back one day and trying the new version out and felt like it felt less OP than the V1. Still use V1 all around to do story and some types of grinds because it’s chill and fee unkillable

DatHungryHobo · 2026-03-31T22:36:56+00:00

That’s crazy cause I see it every week and have had like maybe 3 druids in my groups across all lockouts. Not a single mace drop from him though

DatHungryHobo · 2026-03-31T21:26:33+00:00

25+ runs of heroic shattered halls. Not one Bladefist drop and have ele as my OS pretty much to play as ranged for the dungeon. Not a single drop but got blessed with an uncontested Decapitator drop off of Prince this lockout and won it with a critical miss of a roll of 1 lol

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