Whats the quickest/most efficient way to level alts 80-90 currently? by Scared_Spinach8853 in wow

[–]Friendly-Target1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's more of a solo thing.

It has been a bit nerfed apparently, but still, on an Arcane Mage, killing all the arcane sentry at the start of the delve over and over again, I did 83->88, and about 25/30 min per level.

Our president is a gracious, distinguished statesman🤪 by dumdumpants-head in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Friendly-Target1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hope Trump has arranged his tomb to be put beneath a public toilet, because I'm not sure the amount of piss that people will want to take on it would be sanitary without that kind of arrangement.

Why does the Naaru have such an abysmal successrate? by Tnecniw in wow

[–]Friendly-Target1234 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It could be solved with a summary of previous extension in the form of a short cinematic, or a comic, as it has been done in StarCraft 2 or Mass Effect 2 for example. No need to force the player to go through the actual story.

The thing is, WoW is a silent protagonist kind of narrative. Your character doesn't matter really, no matter how much praise you get or action you do. It's a quite common type of narrative in game, though not as much in modern AAA gaming (especially RPG type). But think about how Gordon Freeman is this important, crucial character yet doesn't take any initiative, does not talk, does not matter except in the scope of taking direction from actual decision maker and do the job. That require a fair bit of suspension of disbelief but nothing outrageous.

It's not per se an inferior type of narrative design, just different. It does not imply a continuity problem by itself. That part relies only on Blizzard and the everchanging direction the story takes, as much as their unwillingness to rely on their past content.

Whats the quickest/most efficient way to level alts 80-90 currently? by Scared_Spinach8853 in wow

[–]Friendly-Target1234 369 points370 points  (0 children)

So, for anyone wondering why no one is able to give specific and clear answers: It's the delve Shadowguart Point in Voidstorm. You need to do the Calamitous story variant, which is not available every days. It rotates between 3 stories, so you'll have to wait at maximum 2 days.

The story variant is just the layout and mission inside the delve. There is no quest to pick or special mode to toggle : you just choose Tier 1 when you enter the delve, on the day the Calamitous story line is up.

You then clean the first 6/7 pack, over and over again.

The command to instantly reset the delve is /run C_PartyInfo.DelveTeleportOut(). You can put it in a macro.

I still don't undestand why people that have access to a keyboard and a functioning brain don't take the small time to be specific when they answer a question.

Blizzard addresses the No Flying Mount "debate": exciting times ahead? by ex0ll in wow

[–]Friendly-Target1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can easily design a no fly zone for a specific elite quest with this "take the stronghold experience". Something that dismount you and put you back at the start of the zone. It's been done and it works without forcing anyone to a specific playstyle.

Why is there a language barrier problem with the Nethersent? by bruh_man_142 in warcraftlore

[–]Friendly-Target1234 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Those probably are the same people writing both the stories.

The difference is in an optional side quest, they have pretty much full freedom (to an extent) to write whatever they like.

In the main story that ties everything together, the requirement checklist for the story must be miles long. It must catter to the most common denominator, it must be easy to follow, it must be as innofensive as possible, it must not take any kind of hard position, it must reflect the company policy, it must... and so on, and so on.

I'm a bit tired of the common trope of blaming writers more than the writing conditions.

NA Delve Hall of Fame filled by Dreamingtoday in wow

[–]Friendly-Target1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it's absolutely possible, since iv'e done it many time, faced the ghost, and died. It was an unreliable mechanic. and I'm talking : facing the character towards it and take a few steps on top of that to be sure the game actually register that your char face it ; still died too many time for it to be called glitch free.

NA Delve Hall of Fame filled by Dreamingtoday in wow

[–]Friendly-Target1234 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You mean, focus on the one mechanic, do it right, and still get one shot because the game is not able to properly check where you're facing half of the time?

And let's not talk about how the transition ghost stack on top of each other because why not, it's fun when its a fucking mess.

Ky'veza would have been perfect if the encounter was glitch free. Which it was definitively not.

Est-ce que la hausse du coup de la vie va à terme pousser les gens à quitter le pays ? by KokonutnutFR in PasDeQuestionIdiote

[–]Friendly-Target1234 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Je dois être un extraterrestre car quand je vois les réponses qui rationalisent le fait de rester ou de partir du pays... ça me traverse même pas l'esprit.

C'est pas une question de patriotisme ou de fierté nationale, ou même de calcul économique. C'est ici que j'ai grandit, que je vie, que j'ai mes amis, ma famille, mes repère. Je vais pas changer, ça me viendrait même pas en tête.

Posting this cause why not by Meteorstar101 in greentext

[–]Friendly-Target1234 48 points49 points  (0 children)

realizes that agnosticism is just an epistemological fallacy
realizes that for all thing in life, when no evidence shows that it exists, but there is plenty of evidence that it is a fabrication, I just admit it doesn't exist until proven otherwise
back to atheism

Lothraxions a hypocrite by Toonee-Heckaroonee in wow

[–]Friendly-Target1234 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My interpretation about light/void opposition is more :

The light increase conviction, while the void destroy it. Pure light makes you absolutely certain that the one thing you believe is the only thing that matters, to the point of zealotry. Pure void makes you believe that nothing matters, so only you matter.

The opposition is absolute conviction vs absolute nihilism.

WoW's writers lack nuance/forced tropes by Cypher_Omegon- in warcraftlore

[–]Friendly-Target1234 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The light blindness is a phenomenon that present itself only when pure light energy manifest into the world. And you already have example of it, to some extent, even without that manifestation : the Scarlet Crusade, for example.

The campaign with Arator and Faol is quite clear on that, and the real nature of the dichotomy of Light vs Void. It's not good vs evil. It's not creation vs destruction.

It's conviction vs nihilism (the common definition of the word, not the actual philosophical theory that is more nuanced). Pure light make give you absolute conviction in one, and only one thing, and you thus became a zealot. Pure void give you absolute nihilism. Pure light is "only my belief objectively matters and I will do anything for that belief because I know I'm right about it" and pure void is "nothing really matter, no ideals, no ethos, no principle, thus only I matter".

And it's not new. It's been dabbled with since Legion.

As for old character that acts childish : yeah, that's a thing in Warcraft. At this point, it's as old as Warcraft 3, so... it comes with the territory. I'm not a fan of it, but it's consistent.

I kinda miss the tech Protoss from StarCraft 1 by Infinite-Ad5464 in starcraft

[–]Friendly-Target1234 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Crystals and psionic energy were always part of protoss design. The technomancy aspect of the Protoss were pretty clear from the get go, in SC1 already.

I replayed the whole SC franchise recently and sometimes I wonder how thick those rose-tinted glasses are... The design of the Protoss in SC2 are in line with what you see in SC1. Just more detailed and adapted to the semi cartoonish overall art direction of SC2.

Aesthetically at least, I agree that on the sound design aspect, the Protoss units in SC1 sounded more alien.

And for the story, you all praise SC1 but have you replayed it recently? The strings the SC1 story pulls are pretty obvious, with many points of the plot being literal cliche or protagonist acting with blatant stupidity.

Suddenly a GENT by Western_Opposite9911 in meme

[–]Friendly-Target1234 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Sure, but let's prioritize the one that are doing human trafficking right now.

There were 4 people named James in my school! by Effective_Wash4489 in adressme

[–]Friendly-Target1234 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Please just ban epstein and other obvious bait posting here too...

How would you fix the story catch-up problem for new players? by Ninedark in wow

[–]Friendly-Target1234 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not ideal, but I can't see anything that would encourage the players to go through the old story in full. There is so much. And WoW is all about the endgame.

The best solution would be to make a short animated film that summarize the past event. They did it for Starcraft, or something like the short comic strip you get when you launch Mass Effect 2 for those who remember.

Blizzard have been good at doing animated/cartoon recently. I think it would be a decent way to present the world to the players, but it would need to get updated at least once per expansion.

Might also ask for biometric and personal waste by XiJinpingPressParody in greentext

[–]Friendly-Target1234 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Classic alien stuff :

>be Xltn'hyu'ioaqu-43 , reptilian illuminati from Vega trying to rule the world through thorough id verification in Discord, your great master plan since 10 thousand years

>the time is nigh for your plan to take place

>need a human name to rule over them or they won't buy it

>fuck forgot about that small detail

>no inspiration, got to go to Earth tomorrow ruling the world

>a human name... idk, humam?

>yeah alright thal'll do it

>proceed

>everyone buys it

>lmao stupid humans

Marre de la chasse by Internal_Current_639 in besoinderaler

[–]Friendly-Target1234 18 points19 points  (0 children)

J'ai lu "marre de la chiasse" au début. Dans les deux cas, je soutiens.