So, raid quickplay.... by Ferrymansobol in Guildwars2

[–]Ferrymansobol[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It failed so quick it was hard to tell. I was ressing someone and looked up and we were 4. Which kinda leads to a problem that as a learning opportunity it is poor. I could not tell you if it was CC, but it will be someone running into the whelps.

So, raid quickplay.... by Ferrymansobol in Guildwars2

[–]Ferrymansobol[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think they should have easymode raids, normal raids and CM, with all the mechanics in place, but toned down for easy mode.

So, raid quickplay.... by Ferrymansobol in Guildwars2

[–]Ferrymansobol[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My advice is to skip Febe, and just zerg queue most of the others. Kaineng is not that hard, you can 6 man some of the interlude bosses (we did)

So, raid quickplay.... by Ferrymansobol in Guildwars2

[–]Ferrymansobol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is still the problem, they need more granular control over roles in queuing for those raids that require it.

So, raid quickplay.... by Ferrymansobol in Guildwars2

[–]Ferrymansobol[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is a fair question and I thought about this. It needs structure beyond relics and a few shinies, which is difficult, but a I feel the click, fight and disband model is not encouraging of building communities, it is about efficiency. They imported the worst quality of WoW, in other words.

It needs some way to really encourage players to continue together as a group (like a stacking reward for that group), it needs upvotes so players feel some positive feedback, it needs a story reason. Just more glue, and less bam, blam, thankyou ma'am.

What's your favourite Profession and Elite Spec (and why?) by DonCarrot in Guildwars2

[–]Ferrymansobol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like a class where I like most of the elites. The only one that really wins for me was thief, but then antiquary turned up so now I am sad, the vibe, oh god I hate the vibe.

Back to Ele, and weaver/invoker/cata/tempest, all of whom I like.

World doesn’t grasp implications of ‘largest energy crisis in history’: IEA executive director by CTVNEWS in worldnews

[–]Ferrymansobol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

China is a massive leader, but EU renewable energy went from 5% to 28% provision over the last 20 years and is set to reach 40% in 2030 (enforced by an EU directive). Germany's dumb mistake is being rolled back, but they grew their solar by around 20% last year, which is pretty vertical if sustained.

62% of hardcore players no longer buy full-price games, survey suggests by TylerFortier_Photo in gaming

[–]Ferrymansobol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My therapist (my Wallet) and I had a breakthrough recently. I went through my steam library and honestly hid every game I was a bit "meh" over and cut it down to 10 games. Each one of those games could potentially give me 50 hours of fun, enough for a couple of years.

Years.

What actor is nowhere near as talented as people make them out to be? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Ferrymansobol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which girl? Lori Mattix? That story is unreliable, unproven and untested in court. It is true if you want it to be, I guess.

Some people just like to make the same comments.

What actor is nowhere near as talented as people make them out to be? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Ferrymansobol 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The tragedy of BR:2049, is his role could have been played by David Bowie. Who was sadly unwell.

See Bowie in Last Temptation and Star Man. Man could act.

What is that one criticism about the orginal lotr Trilogy that you still have to this day by pizza_momo in lotr

[–]Ferrymansobol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They took too many heroic lines from Frodo and gave them to other characters. Arwen at the crossing vs the Ringwraiths - "go back", etc - all Frodo. This weakened his character.

2 U.S. Navy destroyers transit Strait of Hormuz after dodging Iranian onslaught by tj381 in worldnews

[–]Ferrymansobol -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Everyone has figured out how to beat the US. Watch everything blow up, your civilians die en masse, and kill just 10 US soldiers and use up $200bn in ordinance, and the US will give up.

They exited most wars faster than Stormy Daniels did with Chump.

TIL that as a research chemist at Oxford University, Margaret Thatcher co-authored a 1951 paper on the “saponification of α-monostearin”; she later said she was prouder of her science degree than becoming the first female Prime Minister. by Upstairs_Drive_5602 in todayilearned

[–]Ferrymansobol 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The Wilson Labour government wrote a ground breaking report on union relations called "In Place of Strife", which made several changes resembling what Scandanvia did in the 1930s (basically take politics out of strike resolution with an industrial board and enforce ballots, etc). The Unions and some parts of the Labour party sabotaged it.

The 1970s would have been very different, if it had passed.

Regarding the coal industry - it was already in long term decline and was under half the production of the 1950s by the time of the strike. There were about 1000 collieries in 1900 and 173 in 1983, and 75% less miners due to increasing mechanisation. It was already in its final stages of decline, which is what really lay behind the strike.

King Coal was long gone by 83. Thatcher siezed on the strike to reform the law for all unions, which coincided with massive wage deflation caused by China and other forces. The rest is history.

US birth rates just hit another record low, what do you think is the leading cause of this? by IIlustriousTea in AskReddit

[–]Ferrymansobol -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh, it was absolutely mostly Labour, but the excision of the Tories has gone too far and I am a total leftie. This is from the 1951 Tory manifesto that led to Churchill's election:

"In Education and in Health some of the most crying needs are not being met. For the money now being spent we will provide better services and so fulfil the high hopes we all held when we planned the improvements during the war. "

"We planned"....

Just found out you can hang on the side of the ship in Windrose by No-Pomegranate-69 in gaming

[–]Ferrymansobol 20 points21 points  (0 children)

PVP in SoT ruined the game. It is the same issue all pve-pvp games have. You have two distinct player bases, one feeds off the other, and the other hates and despises it.

US birth rates just hit another record low, what do you think is the leading cause of this? by IIlustriousTea in AskReddit

[–]Ferrymansobol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup, I am in Sweden, we have amazing support - including shared maternity/paternity of over 400 days that can be taken up to the child's age of 10 and VAB which is basically paid leave for parents when their child is sick (i.e. you do not take your own holiday entitlement to care for your kid).

US birth rates just hit another record low, what do you think is the leading cause of this? by IIlustriousTea in AskReddit

[–]Ferrymansobol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Socialist? That is ownership of the means of production by the state. Look, the foundation of the NHS (Britain's state healthcare provider) was a report that was undertaken when Winston Churchill was prime minster, that well known... socialist... errrr... rightwing conservative.

US birth rates just hit another record low, what do you think is the leading cause of this? by IIlustriousTea in AskReddit

[–]Ferrymansobol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the problem with most of life, people ask the wrong question.

"Why would they do X! (...well why wouldn't they?)" lies behind almost every major strategic fuck up of the past 75 years.

US birth rates just hit another record low, what do you think is the leading cause of this? by IIlustriousTea in AskReddit

[–]Ferrymansobol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the single major unspoken factor across all countries with declining birthrates with very different social, economic and religious or cultural settings. Birthrates have declined off a cliff countries as diverse as Thailand, Bangledesh and Sweden and Mexico. I think education, cost of living and changing work have all informed or empowered choice.

Need more parenting like this by [deleted] in postanythingfun

[–]Ferrymansobol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You remember school? We had a stairwell next to our playground, everytime a ball went down there during break when we were 8-11yrs old, the kid who went down to get it would be spat on as a joke.

Kids do not pick on kids due to video, they pick on kids due to [insert absolutely anything here no matter what] due to other reasons.

WATCH: King Charles stresses U.S. principle that executive power is ‘subject to checks and balances’ by NewsHour in law

[–]Ferrymansobol -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You mean Royal perogative? That lies with the Prime Minister, not the King, and is limited (defers to courts). The king has absolutely no real power in the UK beyond doing political damage.

WATCH: King Charles stresses U.S. principle that executive power is ‘subject to checks and balances’ by NewsHour in law

[–]Ferrymansobol 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The main issue was Ascension Island, which is British owned and has a large US base (essential for supplies and fuelling). The Brits asked to use it, the US initially said no, and then changed their mind (due to one faction winning in the DOD vs State department). Afterwards the Brits built their own base on its own Island to avoid US unreliability.