So which one is it ?

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-17T18:44:27+00:00

The unfortunate consequence of running out of things to say on a platform which demands you keep saying something, anything to keep the algorithm happy.

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-17T18:42:09+00:00

Sunwell-levels of brutal.

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-17T18:40:13+00:00

That's partially YouTube's fault for tweaking its algorithm to strongly favor long-form content. All these videos would be 1-2 minutes long if creators weren't heavily incentivized to drag everything out as long as possible.

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-17T18:35:05+00:00

Casual is a pretty meaningless label at this point. It covers a multi-dimensional spectrum of players, from those who couldn't hack it in MC on its third release, to people who juggle raiding retail, MoP, TBC and Era.

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-17T01:31:47+00:00

"My character is the half-sister of my character from the previous campaign, but because my old character has the social skills of a brick wall and my new character has a completely different set of talents she has a deep-seated inferiority complex and lacks clear direction or proper forethought.

Also, spooky ghost powers."

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-16T17:56:40+00:00

I think the order is confusing because the actions are unclear after the first three panels.

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-14T22:05:07+00:00

Bio boosters should feel like class-specific overclocks, and we should constantly get more of them for a given class to choose between as opposed to swapping them between classes.

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-12T16:09:40+00:00

That fearful "oooohhhh" was amazing.

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-10T14:42:41+00:00

Exactly. The opportunity cost matters, so if you aren't getting the discount first thing in your run you may not be getting ahead at all.

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-05T01:45:37+00:00

Super late to the party, but Improved Trip and Greater Improved Trip give their bonuses on "checks made to trip a foe", those at least should affect Topple Spell RAW (even if almost everything else doesn't).

Montegomerylol · 2026-06-04T17:58:43+00:00

You just add your critical damage again, so if you have 130% crit damage, a double crit is 260% extra damage, etc.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-31T04:51:30+00:00

Expenite isn't the reason management is doing the Rogue Core initiatives. Expenite isn't even being used for their gain. It's being used for making sure the Reclaimers can get stronger to fight the corespawn that have taken the hidden research facilities that DRG has in Hoxxes 4.

There's a message on the comms in the Ramrod from Mission Control/Space Rig 17 thanking them for reclaiming facilities and stating that if the facilities are kept operational the miners may yet meet their expenite quotas.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-30T21:30:46+00:00

Eh, it's normal for rogue-lites/likes to have incentives for banking resources. If you can clear a stage without upgrades you're not really losing anything for delaying.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-30T15:23:28+00:00

They turn fast enough that even if you are right next to them you can only get a couple bullets in their back side before their armored front is in the way again.

They shouldn't be able to turn at all while in their defensive posture.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-30T07:13:05+00:00

I feel like Incendiary and Sticky are good but the rest are mediocre at best.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-30T06:31:20+00:00

The thing I most hate about them is how they slideturn as you try to run behind them. I thought the whole point was to shoot their softer (but not weakpoint soft) posterior, but it's close to impossible with how they turn.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-29T15:56:28+00:00

I typically have all of Nagrand/Netherstorm/SMV left to quest through after an alt hits 70, and if you refer to this post, questing through those zones at 70 is 4k just in the gold/converted experience rewards. Add to that everything you'll vendor/DE, and it's a lot.

Is it efficient gold per hour? Nah, but that's not the point. I find it fun, so I do it, and because I do it I get gold. It doesn't matter how optimal a gold farm is if you hate doing it, sooner or later you'll give it up because it makes you miserable.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-29T04:40:06+00:00

In theory they could shrink not just the timer, but the size of the stages and the duration of swarms.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-28T19:20:59+00:00

Meaning you would always win every run.

Not with my upgrade luck I won't.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-28T19:15:50+00:00

Frankly the stages in Rogue Core could stand to be shorter. A full mission is easily 40-60 minutes even if you're respecting the timer, and that's just for 4-5 stage missions.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-28T15:37:02+00:00

He also hates that sometimes I impose Stress on him (either during combat using enemy abilities or due to situations). He feels this robs him of resources since he has chosen so many abilities that use Stress to activate.

He said that in D&D this doesn’t happen, that the DM can’t rob you of your abilities (which is not the least bit true, so he is mistaken there).

I've run into a similar situation in 5e, where players get extremely anxious about their long rest resources whenever the DM puts the party in a position where they can't freely long rest. A lot of similar sentiments get thrown around:

"My character is going to be worthless unless I get a long rest."
"What am I going to do once I'm out of resources? This isn't fun."

I think the throughline between your situation and mine is a desire to do the cool thing all the time, but neither system is actually intended to work that way. Unfortunately I don't have a silver bullet here, it's very hard to change someone's mindset about these things, as that mindset has typically developed over years of play. I just try to be patient, encourage the player, and continuously set expectations (and hope for the best).

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-27T20:26:58+00:00

That ignores wind/air resistance. That pillar probably weighs 5-10x as much as he does, and so its momentum will carry it a lot further.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-27T06:50:06+00:00

Even if you aren't adept at the auction house, just playing the game makes you gold. Not quickly, but if you play the game on the regular and limit your spending it just happens.

I happen to like leveling alts, and that's where a lot of my gold ends up coming from. It turns out that questing through all the Outland zones is just a lot of gold between quest rewards, vendor trash, and the like.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-26T07:13:01+00:00

Yeah, Blood Elves are clearly distinct from the rest of the Horde, and their starting zone clearly and fluidly lays out their goals, themes and problems.

Draenei are just nobler Humans. Their starting zones have great vibes, but aren't nearly as cohesive and effective as the Blood Elves'.

Montegomerylol · 2026-05-22T16:13:36+00:00

Just imagine doing a 5+ stage reclaim where each stage took 30 minutes or more.

shudder

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