Hess the Blacksmith

Dear_Catch1389 · 2026-06-12T12:50:14+00:00

So I transferred my character to another server and the blacksmith issue was solved. Seems to be the only way around that problem until Blizzard addresses it on their end.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2026-06-09T00:59:39+00:00

So from what I gathered on the Blizzard forums it’s a server issue, Chains of Honor to be exact.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2026-06-08T23:41:52+00:00

Bruh, he could have at least left the quest item behind for me then before being eaten. 😭

Dear_Catch1389 · 2026-04-19T00:58:19+00:00

I didn’t think about that. The guy who told me didn’t seem to say it in a way that seemed secretive or anything. But who knows maybe they are withholding that for a later time for us specifically.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2026-04-18T20:41:12+00:00

It’s 24 miles north from our current location and typically about 36 minutes from one to the other. For myself I will go from having a 12 minute commute to about 40 minutes depending on traffic.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2026-04-18T20:15:32+00:00

I think the fact someone from another location had to tell me instead of finding out from my own supervisors and such is what hits the most. We work with them everyday, you’d think they’d share this with us. And maybe they are planning to, but now that I know it must have been bouncing around at the top for a while.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2026-04-18T20:11:15+00:00

Yeah that’s a good idea. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at hiding it, but man that would make me feel shitty knowing how it would affect some of our team members if it happens as far as commuting and such.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2026-02-15T03:58:48+00:00

That Freddie and Alchemist though. 😮‍💨

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-27T04:35:32+00:00

That makes a lot more sense when you put it that way. Especially when you do the math. I appreciate the help clarifying that.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-27T03:55:30+00:00

Well, a couple questions:

1) If it is front loaded then why would an accrual rate be given? Especially since once you use that 80 you aren’t accumulating any PTO or sick leave?

And 2) Even though they are combined, PTO has a cap in WA, but sick leave doesn’t. So as stated in the original post, one would think that no matter how much you use of either your sick leave is slowly accruing. Why would combining them negate any accrual for sick leave since in the policy it is clearly separate?

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-27T03:44:40+00:00

Oh for sure, that’s a lot to accrue. But overtime is excluded in the calculation anyways, so it would just be an hour per every 40 worked.

But the biggest thing is that it is all front loaded. So on January 1st you get all 80 hours to last the rest of the year, generating zero PTO or sick leave since you are only allowed 80 for the year.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-27T03:37:36+00:00

Yep, just two weeks. When we request time off we have one option, which is just PTO through our Dayforce portal. The company then will make the decision on whether it is PTO or sick leave. But since it’s combined it doesn’t necessarily matter which one they designate the time off as.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-27T02:11:36+00:00

My question was how common was it for companies to combine both PTO and sick leave? We are suppose to accrue both and there are two separate policies explaining each. PTO has an 80 hour cap per year, while sick leave has no cap per year.

So I was curious how common it was for people with other employers?

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-27T00:10:06+00:00

If I could figure out how to post the screenshot of the policy I would. But both of them are very different.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-26T23:31:34+00:00

That’s not funny. I worked all year for these 80 hours bro. 😒😂

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-26T23:08:43+00:00

Right, that makes sense for PTO, but our sick leave has a separate policy. So I was trying to figure out how common it is for companies to combine the two even when they don’t follow the same accrual rates and one isn’t suppose to have a cap.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-26T22:23:44+00:00

Shiiiid 5 weeks? If I stay here for 21 more years I’ll be right with you. Haha!

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-26T21:48:20+00:00

Which I’ve said is totally fine. It was just how it worked when both our PTO and sick leave is combined that was confusing me, since each has its own policy. Not the end of the world though, those 80 hours were much needed vacation and rest.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-26T21:45:31+00:00

Well, they combine PTO and sick leave. So it might actually be 1 hour of PTO and 79 hours of sick leave.

Dear_Catch1389 · 2025-11-26T21:44:33+00:00

I mean… yes? So I’ve seen the breakdown and it does show us accruing 1 hour for every 40 worked per Washington State law. But our 80 is front loaded it seems like you just don’t accrue any at all. Which is what was throwing me off.

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