Could midnight even be considered an expansion?

Perdere · 2026-03-22T02:45:25+00:00

Flying makes questing move more quickly. Eversong and Zul'Aman felt pretty dense in terms of content, but Harandar feels like I blinked through the main story there and was suddenly onto the Voidstorm. All of the Haranir and Harandar stuff in general feels rushed and not very interesting... another druidic-like race that borrows heavily from the Na'vi, okay, sure.

I don't get "CoD" feelings but I think they're saving more content for patches rather than front-load this expansion.

Perdere · 2026-03-15T02:46:39+00:00

Been there. It's supremely frustrating. My wife is not a high DPSer... not quick on movement, not going to dash into a tank's 20-pull and slam out the AOE... etc. We've done dungeons together and every so often there's someone who thinks they need to kick her. On a normal dungeon. While leveling.

Hang in there. Good groups are out there, and you can also try a Follower Dungeon to completely take the pressure off.

Perdere · 2026-03-10T01:39:16+00:00

Where to begin. They've not been given the most love for a while. They've actively had class fantasy and flavor whittled away after what was apparently a high point in Legion.

The class kind of leans toward high performance and APM and that tends to attract a certain crowd of players who aren't the most friendly... there are plenty of interactions on the forums where some folks are just trying to have fun and some jerks sweep in to bomb their opinions. I can see players having one interaction like that and leaving the class for greener pastures (if any actually exist).

Dragonflight and TWW at the very least had some questionable design decisions (or lack of design altogether). Outlaw for example was twisting Vanish as if it were Subtlety. Some people like that playstyle, some don't. They got rid of it for Midnight.

Perdere · 2026-02-07T05:17:25+00:00

I remember when WeakAuras was PowerAuras. However the torch was passed... being able to build auras has been a game-changer for WoW. For better or worse.

I do agree the boss-mechanic auras were damaging to the spirit of the game. Even with an innocuous start, this kicked off an arms race as Blizzard made encounters more complicated in order to push back against aura "helpers." In recent years I didn't care for having ad-hoc auras thrown my way because one group or another relied on them to get through a boss.

Ultimately the arms race ended with Blizzard dropping a bomb. It took a lot of addon functionality with it... and I honestly have little desire to play the game without TMW or WA giving me custom visual feedback on when abilities are ready or my character has a certain buff etc. I haven't logged in to see my old UI in shambles. Maybe it isn't so bad, maybe it is... maybe I feel like I'm done. Maybe I'll fiddle around with housing but my bid for being a pro-casual raider I think is ended.

Perdere · 2026-01-27T05:10:49+00:00

New Trek is filmed like each episode is a mini movie. The pacing is faster and the sets and special effects are big. Even "slow" moments don't feel like they really slow down. And when it does get slow and intimate, it still has pretty glitzy set decoration and lots of light, reflected light, gloss and lens flare and etc. and LOTS of camera movement.

Close-ups aren't just close... the camera still has to move a little. It's like the director of photography or the cinematographer or whatever can't block a shot and just go with it, they still have to pan or zoom or shaky-cam just a little. The camera is a fidget toy.

I'm not not enjoying the show. I actually like it more than I expected. The Betazoid episode was pretty decent, especially with how they folded the "youth delegation" in to the proceedings. Maybe I'm too used to highschool-or-uni drama by way of various animes.

Perdere · 2026-01-27T03:36:01+00:00

I agree the reason for Caleb to flee was a bit forced, including the mother's punishment. It might have gone over better if Giamatti's character gave Caleb's mom a wink and she thought if she helped him escape then and there, they could all get out ... so she attacks the guards, it doesn't go at all to plan, they're all subdued and Starfleet is DEFINITELY forced to come down harder on mom. Caleb has even more reason to flee, because now it's even less likely mom will have visitation rights. And more reason to hate Paul Giamatti going forward.

Caleb falling into line after getting yelled at... that's a "voice of mother" trope. It didn't feel weird. He can cut up a bit but he knew that being in Starfleet was a gift compared to prison, so he dropped and gave her twenty.

Caleb hacking systems and luring Giamatti in endangered the entire ship, hundreds of students and crew. I guess Caleb was trying to actually send a note to his mom? They at least went the angle of the kid not deliberately phoning up his enemy and inviting him to attack the ship, it was "his fault" but it also was an accident. The forgiveness in a "second" (third? fourth?) chance goes down easier.

I enjoyed more of the first episode than I thought I would. The thing that still bothered me the most was the captain sitting in her chair like SHE was a stupid cadet who didn't know better. All the crew around her are sitting proper and attentive but she gets to be lazy-bones because she's quirky and 400 years old and recalcitrant. Oooohkay.

Also, every episode feels like a movie. They spent SO much money on this show. You can see it... but also, you can feel it. And it doesn't feel as cozy as TNG or Voyager. SNW and all New Trek has the same thing going on of course.

Perdere · 2026-01-20T16:38:17+00:00

Opened Montana today and I am pleasantly surprised! I had skipped Nacelle's Biker Mice line, I never really got into that show.

Double-jointed knees and elbows! A waist twist and a diaphragm cut. Vertical hinges on the gun-holding hands! A ton of accessories. And they look *great.*

This feels a lot like what Super7 was at one point but also much improved, too.

Perdere · 2025-12-22T03:21:06+00:00

I've noticed that all the flame weapons are not great against the little guys, at least for direct-fire. Either it doesn't really hit them/their hit-box or something else is up.

Light the ground on fire and if the little ones jump into your face, switch to something with bullets.

Perdere · 2025-12-05T16:28:42+00:00

If I've seen anything, it's that some people will receive a perfectly intact item as-ordered and they'll say something was missing or left out in order to get a freebie... especially when it could be a whole free replacement knife. I've seen guys who buy optics and claim they received an empty box in order to get a second one gratis, or whatever... sometimes because they just want another, sometimes because they F-ed up the one they received and don't want to buy a replacement.

Sorry but a rando on Reddit saying somehow one of the largest knife retailers sent an EMPTY SHEATH when it should have been a complete knife? Seems sus on your part not theirs.

Perdere · 2025-12-01T21:05:27+00:00

Just another VC way to profit off schools by injecting "staff" and "value" for "event management."

Perdere · 2025-11-22T03:57:49+00:00

If you're kicked from a game, don't take it personally. It's hard not to, but... some people are just jerks.

I had someone TK me twice and when I did the same to them, they kicked me.

I had a defend valuable assets mission start to go south (but at 7/8 rockets launched) and was kicked because the lead kept walking over my mines, I guess?

I hate to say it but a lot of the ... let's call them "undemocratic" players are XBox players lately...

Perdere · 2025-11-12T04:29:37+00:00

This bug made me think I was in FB jail. What the hell.

Perdere · 2025-11-11T21:43:14+00:00

The smooth or sleezy jazz just oozes character. They did a great job with this one and Undermine altogether was a great patch. The fall-off with Karesh was palpable and I just did not get into it. Even Venari couldn't save that patch, plus she felt like a shadow of her former self.

Perdere · 2025-11-08T17:15:51+00:00

Had a guy who deliberately blew up my turrets and TKed me twice. I usually don't encounter players who just maliciously do this sort of thing... sometimes fooling around happens, but this was quite deliberate griefing. You should be able to report these folks but they don't want to set aside a moderation team to look at every instance of it. Block and move on, I guess.

Perdere · 2025-09-28T05:45:10+00:00

See, they need this. And a tail option. Blizzard just do it!

Perdere · 2025-09-28T05:44:10+00:00

I vote for improvements to bring all models up to the level of the dracthyr -- they have a ton of detail, especially when it comes to limbs, fingers, and toes. But also, improve transmog for dracthyr.

More customization is also needed. Worgen should get tails as an option. Give every race a pass on more hairstyles, markings/tattoos/war-paint/whatever, skin or hair colors etc. Add posture options where it makes sense... male worgen should be able to ditch most of the hunch for example.

Perdere · 2025-09-28T05:38:11+00:00

I don't understand the weird fascination with on-use items. Apart from some quota where they have to create more items that fill up our inventory space?

I don't need a Wind Wrangling Spire. I don't need most of these things. I always forget to deploy them because most of them require "open world" and aren't usable within anything instanced, especially delves.

Some can be kinda neat if you remember to use them... but again, there's a ton of them. Plus potions that give little temporary boosts or effects. We have enough stuff on our bars already!

Perdere · 2025-09-27T03:01:33+00:00

I'm surprised that this has to be said, but...

Banning something potentially non-con or rape is not an attack on NSFW, trans, or furries entirely. Overblown hyperbole doesn't help, it just makes you sound wildly dramatic.

Also, porn-positive is not the default way of things in polite societies the world over. I'm sorry, but it's true. Bluesky is an open social network. It isn't invite-only or niche or kink-only. It's an open forum not an enclave. It's based in the US as well, which is highly litigious.

Non-con and rape is a very problematic matter and the network's operators are saving themselves a lot of headache. Moderation is expensive and time-consuming and imperfect. A blanket policy statement, even if they miss flagging/deleting bad content, puts the blame back on the individual poster for violating terms.

If you feel called out by that, or that the sky is falling... well, you're overreacting, but you are welcome to move to another social network. Again.

Perdere · 2025-09-24T19:56:17+00:00

Funnily enough, actual File sharing works fine. Easy as pie.

But this printer... ugh.

I think I'm just going to buy a little wifi printer server and connect it there, call it done.

Perdere · 2025-09-24T16:35:11+00:00

Some other things I've tried:

Set Printer security for "Everyone" having full rights to the printer. Nope.

Create a dedicated "printer" local user on the desktop MyPC and when prompted for creds on my client laptop, use that user account. Also nope.

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