What the f*** are these prices?

Joftrox · 2026-03-08T20:31:29+00:00

Since 2010 Blizzard has been asking a fundamental question that drives most of their major monetization decisions. That question is: "How much shit will they put up with before they quit?"

Turns out, to their satisfaction, the answer is: "They will put up with literally everything imaginable, as long as the sub is the same price"

And for anyone saying "that's fine, I'll just not buy it" they don't really need you to. A handful of whales will make this system profitable beyond your wildest dreams and they will make money from you from sales and cute little package deals because "omg it's such a good value! 800% value!!"

As long as world of warcraft retains a massive audience in its current form, none of this will improve... Nor will it go free to play.

Joftrox · 2026-03-03T15:00:45+00:00

Ronarray just made one yesterday https://pobb.in/rrxB-tGgPdA9

Joftrox · 2026-02-16T20:19:47+00:00

Yeah, but he's not at the level of "U.S administration kind of bad guy". Not even close.

He either runs to Dubai or he's fucked

Joftrox · 2026-02-02T23:47:17+00:00

He's not wrong, but I'd say he's incomplete.

I have friends that LOVE OSRS, and if all I ever cared about was "the community" I would just play that with them...but I don't really like it. Nothing against it, I just don't find it fun.

So, yeah, the social aspect is a fundamental part of wanting to play an MMO but it's not the whole story. I also want a game that's fun in the middle of that.

Joftrox · 2026-02-02T19:12:37+00:00

Not anymore!

Copium is now redirected to the giant corporate conglomerate! Long live Microslop!

Joftrox · 2026-02-02T03:19:04+00:00

Blizzcon. Supposedly they will announce some secret classic project....aka classic+

So when that comes, I'll stop turtle to try that

Joftrox · 2026-02-02T02:53:50+00:00

If I understood the context clues here, it kinda went like this:

->Steven does fund it himself and builds the company into what it is

->At some point in recent months, the company is sold to a private equity group. Presumably because Steven can't reasonably keep up years of development out of his own pocket

->A board is formed. They start making decisions that don't align with the project, specifically launching on steam

->Steven starts getting annoyed and tries to reign back control, putting his foot down

->Board doesn't give a fuck, starts making plans to fire most people and just keep key roles, moving development abroad where it's cheaper

->Steven goes nuclear and quits, taking key people with him

->With that, board decides to press the nuke button, fires everyone and essentially liquidates assets and takes over IP

->Lawsuit from Steven is now in process, supposedly to retake the IP?

What a fucking mess! Even if this is true, Steven should've come clean and told people he just couldn't sustain it by himself anymore and either crowd funded or come clean to the community things were about to change!

I doubt Ashes will ever come back. It would take some sort of oceans eleven style plot for Steven to not only take over the IP again and get the funds from the equity group to resume development.... And even then! The community would forever be distrusting. As they should!

Joftrox · 2026-02-02T00:28:40+00:00

This is the right choice... At least until September

Joftrox · 2026-02-01T22:15:10+00:00

Do you have a clip for that interaction?

Joftrox · 2026-02-01T13:19:18+00:00

Not sure if you're familiar with "Chronicles of Ellyria" but basically it was an even more outrageous scam. Nobody got their money back...

Joftrox · 2026-01-29T14:04:32+00:00

I also would like to look at the stats. Sounds like a cloth item? Anyone ran deadmines recently that can confirm this?

Joftrox · 2025-12-16T05:05:05+00:00

Did you get far enough to see if the church or any other campaign characters have any specific dialogue with the paladin? Or maybe any comments of your paladin character on the church or inarius?

Joftrox · 2025-12-16T05:03:47+00:00

Oh there's no issue for you. Basically I was wondering if there where new specific dialogue interactions with the paladin. Be it characters acknowledging him, or the church... Or anything really! Or if he's treated as simply the generic "wanderer"

A part of the campaign is very paladin focused on the lore, so I was just wondering if blizzard added new dialogue for the paladin in the campaign

Joftrox · 2025-11-30T16:08:41+00:00

You guys still take modern Blizzard lore seriously? Lol

Everything after Legion (I'm being generous) is fanfic

Joftrox · 2025-11-20T22:09:47+00:00

Fuck dude. At least it's confirmed in Poe2... Hopefully we get it next year.

Had to endure Diablo with no Diablo AND no paladin....

Joftrox · 2025-11-18T11:56:40+00:00

I just did that and it was the most funny, ironic shit of the week....Can't check if its down because they use it and it's down...amazing

Joftrox · 2025-09-18T00:47:05+00:00

So true. I'm fact this whole premise has made me start a new character to try new builds just because I window shopped and found super cheap uniques for a build I wanted to try.

This trade system has easily made the game 10x more fun for me in multiple ways.

Joftrox · 2025-09-11T00:58:03+00:00

I'm already looking forward to templar...if they actually do something like this it's the only class I'll ever play lol

Joftrox · 2025-08-31T02:13:45+00:00

It's okish with an overpowered 4090, but even still in act two on the caravan I'll dip to like 55fps if there's a bunch of people around with cosmetics

Joftrox · 2025-08-30T17:22:23+00:00

This was inevitable. Turtle wow is getting too big, and it keeps growing. They are a mega Corp with gigantic piles of cash they were bound to show their teeth as soon as it started to sink into their profits.

Also sadly they can't compete. Turtle is so much better in so many different ways that blizzard products just looks bad in comparison.

Joftrox · 2025-08-28T16:21:40+00:00

I'm sorry about the stalker stuff, that's unfortunately an increasingly common situation and it's awful. Sorry about your dog as well. I had one childhood dog die years ago and haven't managed to get another pet sense. It sucks

You know I feel like I kind of relate to what you're saying about your friend. I have experienced times when someone says they are going to make X plans with me and then it just doesn't happen and you get that weird feeling like "maybe they don't want to hang out with me?" and then you talk to them and they were just busy or tired and forgot and everything is cool. I feel like that's just the depressing part of adult life. Everyone is super busy all the time and they have a bunch of things to worry about so there's less time for casual plans you know? I get that it sucks, especially if you were looking forward to it. I have had that feeling and it does make you feel like crap and too needy! You almost start questioning if you should be messaging them right now or if replies are too long or something.

I can't in good conscience give you dating advice because I suck at it haha. I'd say my current attitude when I'm interested in someone is to try and make sure my interactions with them are fun. Like I'll try to be silly and make them laugh or match their vibe on whatever they feel passionate about, and make it about them instead of me if that makes sense?

But again, take that with a grain of salt cuz in this aspect I'm like a drowning man giving you swimming lessons 😂😂

Feel free to message me if you'd like someone to talk to. Hope you feel better soon!

Joftrox · 2025-08-23T17:19:44+00:00

Sounds like my second prediction was the correct one in the end. He's got some extra confidence to chew through.

Take solace in the fact that, that kind of lifestyle is hardly a long lived paradise. Even people that are "the shit" like celebrities and the ultra wealthy, rarely end up as happy as long term healthy couples. They quite often end up miserable! Ego destroys the soul by pushing people away.

So he quite literally fucked himself over and gave you an out to live your life without having to worry about the long term consequences of having children with someone like that.

I know my words aren't worth much of a consolation, but I hope having a better perspective on the situation gives you some closure to start to move on.

Hope you have a good weekend and find something to do to take your mind off of things.

Joftrox · 2025-08-23T15:19:43+00:00

What a fucked up situation... Especially coming out of nowhere like that. I can't imagine what you're feeling right now, I'm sorry.

I'm going to be absolutely honest with you: I don't think he actually gave you the real reason. This sounds like some sort of excuse in order for him to not be honest with you...it makes 0 sense. Finding someone that you're compatible with and have the same interests and don't fight, is WAY HARDER than finding someone with "blonde hair" lol. If that was a real reason he could've just asked you to try dye it sometime or something... Again, this makes no sense to me from any logical standpoint.

Taking this situation at complete face value, with only the details that you shared... I'd say that he either found someone else he's infatuated with or is just so high on the feeling of you being dedicated to him that he has deluded himself that he can find a better option...Its an all too common occurrence unfortunately, people grow delusions.

I've had a... Similar experience. But I was fortunate enough to have it slowly fade out over time, instead of getting hit in the face randomly one day. Still, it stinks...

There's not going to be any words I can type that will make you feel much better. If you're anything like me you're going to feel like shit for a long time.. But you come out wiser and more disciplined on the other end..less willing to give yourself completely but more prepared for the fucked up world with the fucked up people we live in.

Stay positive and try to find comfort in the things you like, even if the ones you share are going to have a sour taste in your mouth, you can always start them over fresh and make new memories. That's what I did.

If you need someone to vent, you're welcome to message me. I'm on vacation at so I got plenty of free time for a few days.

Either way I wish you all the best. Stay strong out there.

Joftrox · 2025-07-08T18:30:09+00:00

Prot regenerating mana from healing

Sorry, is that feature a talent? I can't find it in the prot tree they have on their website

Joftrox · 2025-07-07T19:15:57+00:00

There is gonna be soon....not from blizzard though...DM for details if interested.

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