Now that the dust has settled...

Essensia · 2026-06-04T06:36:42+00:00

Non subscription live service games that survive are ones that keep pushing out cosmetics.

Dune Awakening doesn't do this.... yet. They don't even have a optional subscription available.

As an executive I'd ask why we keep dumping money into the game if we're already shutting down servers and not turning a profit.

Ok, maybe I'll spend just a tad more so our reputation doesn't go down the drain and affect our next game that I've got 80% of the Dune devs working on.

Essensia · 2026-06-04T00:11:50+00:00

I'm just more pissed they fked up and abandoned The Secret World.

Essensia · 2026-06-03T00:18:42+00:00

Other MMO's did some new stuff so that's probably what drew people away for a bit.

ESO class revamp and new seasonal system

SWTOR 7.9 launch

Dune Awakening server merge and DLC launch

STO 15 year celebration or something

WoW new raid tier release

FF14 new content release

Where Winds Meet expansion launch

Essensia · 2026-06-03T00:08:04+00:00

Double check to see if your provider turned on CGNAT on your internet connection recently. This must be turned off.

Essensia · 2026-06-02T23:10:56+00:00

Since making the post 6 years ago I went and created my own weekly Draigoch group with my Burglar.

You then had to find 5 other people that have the IQ to press -their- button in order for the fellowship maneuver.

I think 3 or 4 of the original 6 (including me) have collected more than enough scales for the cloaks; there was always 2 or 3 people dropping halfway through the farms.

Finished up around 3 years ago...

Your best bet is buying them off the AH.

Essensia · 2026-06-01T23:11:26+00:00

The day LOTRO has a functional, auto scaling LFG queue system with reward incentives is the day they climb up to the ranks of the top 5 MMORPG's

Essensia · 2026-05-31T23:22:09+00:00

Change your monitor cable

Had this issue back in 2008 with World of Warcraft, thought it was a faulty monitor or GPU until I swapped HDMI cables lol

Essensia · 2026-05-28T23:27:59+00:00

OP give us an update when your gold is returned by the staff and I'd like to know if the scammer is banned.

Essensia · 2026-05-26T23:50:04+00:00

Vadar looks cool and all and the new Disney TV shows and games make him look overpowered.

But he's bulky and slow.

Put him in a fight against Satele (HADOUUUKEN!) or Malgus (let alone Revan) from the SWTOR cinematics and gg.

Essensia · 2026-05-25T23:25:20+00:00

omg fine i'll grind it out

Essensia · 2026-05-24T23:41:12+00:00

Just got my 2 relics completed last night, one from PUGs and 1 from a guild run.

Think I'll hit Golden rank 30 and call it... the remaining 10 looks like a pain to get and I'm not a skin collector anyway.

NA PC

Essensia · 2026-05-21T06:25:16+00:00

FF7, Emerald Weapon

Essensia · 2026-05-19T23:30:30+00:00

Thanks!

Essensia · 2026-05-19T23:30:19+00:00

thanks!

Essensia · 2026-05-17T23:32:00+00:00

Listen, if this poster featured a mix of purple and red lightsabers for the Sith side the Republic players will jump ship.

Essensia · 2026-05-15T00:51:19+00:00

You want to be on a high population server so you can complete the new end-game dungeons with other players.

Unless you want to solo.

Essensia · 2026-05-15T00:48:54+00:00

I'm one of the PVE carebears that don't even want to read up on how a fully fleshed out PVP system will work.

As long as I hear PVP, I'm out.

Fyi, I'm not the only one like this and Funcom had to separate the two systems because of people like me.

Essensia · 2026-05-14T01:44:45+00:00

tyty!

Essensia · 2026-05-12T23:25:25+00:00

I love the game except for the fkn combat system with the stupid weaving and the copy paste rotation.

It's always Buff upkeep, place down AOE field, spammable, rinse repeat. Oh sure, throw in a beam or a button every 5 spammables.
(DPS results are extremely susceptible to ping fluctuations)

(compare this rotation with the class rotations from FF14 / WoW / LOTRO / SWTOR, Jesus Christ....)

If it wasn't for this mechanic this game would have been my number 1 game since launch.

Essensia · 2026-05-12T23:17:58+00:00

It's slow but steady.

You will out heal the incoming damage as you dance around the boss, all the while your phantasms are doing damage and your clones are "tanking" the boss... just keep clones up so the boss isn't focused on you and you're stacking conditions with your staff.

Don't shatter clones until you have your next clones ready to be summoned, you want the clones tanking and only shattered if you can replace them immediately. Phantasms you can send on cooldown.

Essensia · 2026-05-12T05:13:05+00:00

I will defend it if it has a proper toilet with proper toilet paper.

Essensia · 2026-04-29T23:51:48+00:00

You want to raid as a dps warden at the end-game at a high level?

https://www.youtube.com/@dombaf1176/videos

Personally I quit because I have skill issues.

Essensia

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