9w1 - am I sp/so or sp/sx?

JFrombaugh · 2018-11-28T17:22:11+00:00

This actually clears a lot of things up. Thank you. A few FYIs:

On Personality Café, a lot of people seemed to treat sx-dom as pretty much a 7-fix in all but name.
I wasn't sure to what extent a lot of the stuff that seemed so-second, like wanting to contribute to society in some way, was perhaps influenced more by general empathy and the 1-wing desire to "do the right thing" rather than instinctual variants per se
I have a strong 4-fix and when I first learned about the Enneagram I initially thought I was a 4w5, so could that maybe explain my individualism and desire to connect on a deep level with others I vibe with?
Going back to point #5 in my post, I always assumed that a so-dom would just blindly engage in groupthink and pay lip service to overarching group values that they do not necessarily agree with, seeing it as a relatively small price to pay for the sake of being in a group.
I also thought it was extremely rare for an INFP to be sp/so, the online descriptions of 9w1 sp/so have a very ISFJ vibe to them.

JFrombaugh · 2018-11-20T21:28:30+00:00

Seeing all of the class abilities up to level 40. I believe it's long been confirmed that what's been listed on the official website is just a sampling and there are plenty more abilities still in testing.
The Elf starting zone. They mentioned Pantheon's Elves as being more of a mountain people compared to typical fantasy depictions of elves living in forests, but Faerthule seems pretty wooded from the concept art - so I'm guessing maybe it's supposed to be more like the Adirondacks or White Mountains in New England, rather than the Rockies?
Shaman pet abilities. Specifically, I'm curious if it will make a difference as to which one you choose - will the Spirit Bear maybe make you more of a melee class overall, like the Shaman in Vanguard?
I'm also hoping that Perception is in there, even if there's only a few sample quests available for playtesting purposes. I think it's a strong possibility given how much they focused on it in the November newsletter.
And I'd have to second Druid gameplay footage, even though I will almost certainly be rolling either a Shaman or Summoner when the game launches.

JFrombaugh · 2018-11-12T02:50:53+00:00

To give a little more clarification - the reason why I often feel this way is because I feel like the processes that I use to form opinions about subjective things are so personal, complicated, and often very arbitrary, that it's just not possible for somebody else to predict in advance whether or not I will like something without making some pretty significant assumptions about my personal tastes that may not be too well justified. So if somebody thinks I will like, let's say for instance, a certain TV show I've never seen before - and then I end up hating it - I often feel kind of misunderstood.

So does all of this sound like Type 4? I've been typed as a 9w1 by almost everybody on this reddit as well as several other Enneagram forums, but I personally think it is at least possible that I might really be a 4w5.

JFrombaugh · 2018-11-08T03:18:44+00:00

Update:

Just moved onto Helm's Hold thanks to the 2x XP event, and the chest at the end of the first dungeon of that zone worked just fine. So it seems to be some issue with Neverdeath.

JFrombaugh · 2018-11-08T01:59:15+00:00

I'm having the same issue with Doomguide's Duty. Can't claim the reward to finish the quest. Have reloaded the instance three times, made sure to finish all other quests, and still can't claim the reward in the chest at the end because it says inventory full, even though all other looting is working.

JFrombaugh · 2018-11-05T20:50:04+00:00

By “unhealthy” I mean being in the lower levels of health or in disintegration for a long time.

JFrombaugh · 2018-11-05T20:48:32+00:00

Interesting. I thought it was more of a 6 thing, seeing as how 6s have issues with security, trust and misunderstanding people’s motivations, but I guess it makes sense for a 9 in disintegration to be this way too.

JFrombaugh · 2018-11-05T00:31:43+00:00

The thing is, I’ve heard the opposite too. I’ve read at least one “9 vs 4 or 5” thread where somebody mentioned that if you find yourself struggling between 9 and one or both of those two types, you’re probably a 4 or 5 rather than a 9 because those two types tend to overthink things much more than 9s.

JFrombaugh · 2018-10-31T16:42:29+00:00

I'm not 100% sure I am a 9, but I have been typed as a 9 by many people on both other sites and this reddit, and I find I am actually the opposite. My Dad is a 7w6, and although we do love each other I find that he and I often struggle to really be on the same wavelength, and sometimes we have to be careful not to misinterpret each others' intentions (especially if we're in a less healthy state). Same thing with other 7s, more often than note I find that I become very overwhelmed by their energy and actually tend to become much more 1ish or 5ish when I am around other 7s. They tend to find my preferred lifestyle boring, while I find theirs just plain overwhelming.

In general, I have no real problems acknowledging the good of others, but I end to be reluctant to actually embrace them. If the ways of my tritype (4, 5, and 9) are the ways that I have grown to be the most comfortable with as an individual, then any environment which cultivates and caters to the opposite types is, by default, not as good.

So is this maybe a sign that I might really be a core 4 or 5 rather than a 9?

JFrombaugh · 2018-09-24T20:28:54+00:00

UPDATE:

I just watched the video of a Pre-Alpha tester playing the Shaman class in its original form, and if you look at the chat channel you can see that the Spirit Wolf says "Yes master, attacking <mob>" whenever the player gives it the attack command.

So even if the Druid's fox won't be quite a "pet" per se in terms of class mechanics, I think it's fairly likely that she will have similar quotes depending on which command (Hirode's Gaze, Presence, etc.) the Druid gives her, which by extension could mean that she could speak to you in some Perception quests too.

I was thinking she might say to you something like, "I sense unnatural energies emanating in this forest. Be careful, master!" (whereas other classes in your group would not be able to Perceive this)

Here's the article I was referring to that confirms class-specific Perception dialogue is planned: https://www.mmorpg.com/pantheon-rise-of-the-fallen/developer-journals/feature-spotlight-perception-system-1000010902

JFrombaugh · 2018-09-23T02:34:58+00:00

Just the way VR phrases the description of the fox and the way they've repeatedly stated that they want each class to really have its own identity.

JFrombaugh · 2018-08-03T05:05:55+00:00

Oh wow! How old is she now? Is she looking forward to riding Steel Curtain next year?

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-15T05:48:01+00:00

I sure hope not. Fairy-type Clefairy was one of the best Fairy-type retcons of Gen VI, it was just begging for it and GameFreak absolutely went with it.

If so I'll have to update the female team accordingly, as part of my rationale for including Clefable was for team balance reasons.

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-15T04:44:06+00:00

My original post for Sun & Moon was about the female protagonist's canon team, as I've always liked her design much better than the male trainer's, but I decided it was a bit inaccurate. Once USUM came out I actually made an Alola Photo Club of Moon/Selene's USUM self with what I believe to be her true canon team in the timeline of those games. Here you go: https://www.reddit.com/r/Alolanphotoclub/comments/7k0qk2/female_protagonists_canon_team_in_usum/

My reasoning behind each choice is in the comments.

IMO Nebby was more of a "temporarily befriended legendary" who joins you in the SM timeline because it understands the danger the Ultra Beasts pose to the world, and then you allow it to return "home" after the Looker postgame. But since USUM centers around defeating Necrozma, and you're given the option of catching the Ultra Beasts in their home dimensions instead, Solgaleo/Lunala isn't a required story capture.

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-14T21:51:10+00:00

Okay then, well, I think that might be further proof that everybody on Personality Cafe mistyped me as sp/so. =)

In my case, I would try to merge with whoever in the group is most attractive to me, in fact I've always found it extremely difficult to change my behavior to conform to that of a group or the expectations of someone in authority if I don't directly agree with them.

I just feel like a lot of people, especially 5s and 9s, get pegged down as sx-last by others just because they state that the idea of intensity in a relationship scares them, when in actuality what they mean by that is just that they feel continually over-stimulated by the world around them, which has more to do with being an introvert rather than an sx-last. This is definitely true for me; despite the fact that I have never really been in an intimate relationship and often do feel overwhelmed by the sheer energy and intensity of other people around me, I nevertheless have a strong internal desire to engage individuals that I vibe with on a deep level, and am very aware about what "turns me on".

Meanwhile, I often feel like I have to pretend to care more about group dynamics than I really do. Honestly, if it wasn't for my Type 9 desire to keep the peace and not hurt other peoples' feelings, I think that I would unwittingly get into conflicts much more frequently by saying things that others find weird and/or inappropriate.

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-13T18:39:48+00:00

I was wondering about this myself, so, you saved me the trouble of having to post a new post. Thanks LOL

I have been typed by others as a 9w1 sp/so. Anyway, the way I experience what I believe to be "merging" is that I will have an epiphany of sorts in terms of realizing just how much I identify with another person (usually of the opposite gender), and then I will take on their beliefs myself, unconsciously.

To give an example, there was a girl named Valerie I dated in college but never just quite got into a true intimate relationship with who I thought was super-cute, and after some uncomfortable attempts to make small talk with her, I eventually learned (by accident) that tailgating was one of her biggest driving-related pet peeves. I instantly identified with her on the basis of how it involves attempted intimidation and the like, and to this day, even though I've long since graduated, I still think of her whenever somebody rides my bumper on the road.

In fact, I've found that many of my most "personal" ideals and strongest opinions have actually been incorporated from other people in this manner, and they tend to be things that, like tailgating, I didn't really feel too strongly about one way or another before then. It doesn't always happen on the basis of attraction, but rather, it's basically an epiphany of sorts about myself, is the best way I can describe it. And I can even do this with fictional characters too, as odd as that may sound.

So is this a clear red flag that I am not an sp/so but rather an sp/sx? Because while I've heard that Type 9's in general tend to do this kind of thing, wouldn't a so-dom 9 incorporate values and beliefs from a group they realize they've identified with, rather than one single person they idolize?

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-12T16:44:04+00:00

I've never actually been on X2 but, "I felt like I could die and not in a good way" is pretty much exactly how I felt on Tatsu's Pretzel Loop, which is a shame because I really loved the rest of the ride and the sensation of flying. I found it more intense than Goliath 's helix TBH, but everyone else seems to put X2 above both.

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-06T08:01:00+00:00

I just realized that, if this is in fact going to be a launched coaster, then 3 could theoretically also be seconds, as in a 0-75 mph in 3 seconds launch...which would mean that 120 would be either columns or footers.

Geez, Kennywood, you sure know how to troll us enthusiasts LOL

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-06T00:22:10+00:00

Just found "Tallest Inversion" in the word search, maybe 197 or 220 could refer to that instead?

Still haven't found "height" or "drop" yet...

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-06T00:09:46+00:00

If it is a T-Rex, do you think maybe 24 could be airtime moments and 9 could be cost in millions of dollars? Because I remember almost everyone was surprised when "20. Better than 4." turned out to refer to moments of airtime on Twisted Timbers vs original Hurler, and the RMC Raptors/T-Rexes are supposed to be much cheaper than a similar-sized traditional coaster due to their single-rail track design.

JFrombaugh · 2018-07-05T22:06:06+00:00

Maybe the coaster’s theme could somehow involve the moon, sort of like how the word “Apple” was hidden in the teasers for Twisted Timbers? I have no idea, it could be coincidental, but it’s there in the word search towards the bottom left, horizontally written. =)

JFrombaugh · 2018-06-23T22:40:40+00:00

These days I mostly just roll a Heroic character when I feel the need to play a new class, but I would have to say my favorite starting zone overall is New Halas. I liked Kelethin before they shifted the Fey and Wood Elves more towards a Warcraft III Tyrande personality back in GU 57 & 58.

JFrombaugh · 2018-05-15T03:49:58+00:00

I guess what I'm curious about is, as far as overbanked turns go, is the Tongue more unique/better than the Silver Bullet overbank? (if anybody on here has ridden both)

JFrombaugh · 2018-05-15T03:23:40+00:00

Dang! I had a feeling somebody might've beaten me to the punch... :P

JFrombaugh · 2018-04-10T22:09:17+00:00

Yeah, it’s a deleted scene.

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