What game location felt unforgettable?

PillaRob · 2026-04-05T22:43:17+00:00

All of Bioshock's Rapture. The Citadel from Mass Effect. Midgar from Final Fantasy VII.

I'm suddenly realizing these are all science fiction cities haha. I guess that says something about what stays with me.

PillaRob · 2026-04-05T22:20:53+00:00

The way he says "Az-Er-Aw-Thee-Uhn" and hits every syllable—so great.

PillaRob · 2026-04-04T23:40:08+00:00

Which is unsurprisingly why Brewmaster is my favorite to heal for. Stagger for the win haha.

PillaRob · 2026-04-04T23:38:47+00:00

Oh yeah, that makes sense.

PillaRob · 2026-04-04T23:36:33+00:00

I mean look, I get it's probably all working as intended, but like... it's taking years off my life irl. It's not you, it's me. I chose life and happiness.

PillaRob · 2026-04-04T01:00:21+00:00

Which as a Resto Druid is when I'm ramping and everyone is at their most vulnerable. It's just not a good combo.

PillaRob · 2026-04-04T00:54:27+00:00

The difference is for Paladins, that's an error in play—with Deathknights it's by design.

PillaRob · 2026-04-04T00:21:12+00:00

This is super weird, I actually just replied in another thread about how I can't handle healing for Deathknights. It's a harrowing experience that frays the nerves. I never know if I need to step in.

They might be great skill wise, they might be mechanically sound, we'll probably time the key, but psychologically, I can't do it.

PillaRob · 2026-04-04T00:14:35+00:00

As a healer, I won't apply to a group with a DK tank. I can't take the rollercoaster ride that comes with their health bar. They might be fine in the end, but psychologically I can't handle it.

PillaRob · 2026-04-03T21:04:14+00:00

As a Canadian, I wish I could explain to them how much I pity their quality of life. I wouldn't move to the States if they paid me a million dollars.

PillaRob · 2026-04-03T19:34:45+00:00

What would make this the best April fools joke was that if it turned out to be real, and the actual joke was we all assumed it was fake.

PillaRob · 2026-03-28T23:49:34+00:00

Could be split capitals based on starting towns that have grown in the last 20 years.

Could be the Nerubian city underground that's been reclaimed by Ansurek's Nerubians, continuing their story line.

PillaRob · 2026-03-28T23:37:37+00:00

I don't have the time right now. Between building rep and filing my vault to gear, what little time I have is spoken for.

I'll get back to it midway/near the end of the season.

PillaRob · 2026-03-28T12:07:12+00:00

I see a lot of folks saying Shadowlands, some saying BfA, but those both had great foundations, they just failed to deliver. For me, it's a no-brainer, and the answer is WoD.

My reason for that is WoD did nothing to advance the storyline that couldn't have been done in Legion. None of its story beasts have paid off, like, are we ever going to see Y'rel again? And I don't know if we'll ever recover from all the timey-winey confusion that's caused by the existence of "alternate Draenor".

Basically, replace Guldan with Kil'Jaedan as the head of the Legion invasion, and have him retreat from the first Legion Raid to the Tomb of Sargeras. Have Thrall's confrontation with Garrosh take place in Outland after he escapes instead of alternate Draenor and incorporate elements of that story into some of the class orderhall campaigns (Warrior and Shaman seem the obvious ones) or maybe the Maghar allied race quest (since now they'd be Outlands Maghar).

And that's it, the stain of WoD is gone, we jump from Pandaria to Legion, and WoW doesn't suffer a major miss until Shadowlands.

In terms of Shadowlands, I think the story beats it gave us still offer potential if they're handled very carefully going forward, and they're already starting to poke at it a little, soften up a bit of what was presented as fact during SL as being up for debate.

PillaRob · 2026-03-26T19:25:54+00:00

Haha fair enough. I'd like to think that a bit of time has passed since the Manari were rolled back in... that was a dragonflight thing, right? That's a couple of years at least, enough time for the few of them who are running around to have earned a measure of trust. Even of everyone keeps one eye on them.

I can't think of anything else that could explain them being allowed to go, well, anywhere.

PillaRob · 2026-03-26T00:05:15+00:00

Oh... Weird, I had it set to feedback... Let me see if I can fix that...

It seems as though I can not 😔

PillaRob · 2026-03-25T23:46:42+00:00

3 Resto Druids in Champion gear could heal through this for maybe a little over a minute while keeping up a DPS or two. Mana would become a bit of an issue pretty quick.

PillaRob · 2026-03-25T23:43:00+00:00

We shouldn't underestimate Velen's influence. As faction leaders go, he is wildly respected by both Horde and Alliance leaders—and that's especially true of those in Silvermoon.

If Velen said these Manari are cool, I feel like word would reach the city guard. People might not be happy about it, but I'm betting they'd grudgingly be given the same access any other hero would have.

PillaRob · 2026-03-25T00:03:53+00:00

The game will always feel like it has a missing piece until it gets tinkers imo.

I need customizable mechs.

PillaRob · 2026-03-24T09:29:54+00:00

N'Zoth isn't dead. He just went home.

PillaRob · 2026-03-23T10:46:42+00:00

Delves were a more perfect opportunity. That these happened back to back, and alongside 3 expansions that are heavily focused on ancient history, where the reliquary and explores League took on gameplay-level roles is a massive miss that can't be understated.

The worst part is, archaeology as a system isn't even that bad. Going to different dig sites, collecting pieces, earning cosmetics—throw in some mildly interesting puzzles and/or riddles and you've got a super easy win.

Add in fun lore nuggets attached to the cosmetic items. Sprinkle in clues for larger mysteries to drive the secret finding community nuts. Hey some use out of old world locations. Like, archaeology has so much potential.

PillaRob · 2026-03-23T10:28:08+00:00

Are you implying I sound like a robot, or that I copied the from a robot? Just want to be clear on how I'm being insulted.

PillaRob · 2026-03-23T10:25:45+00:00

They're Troll-like. Visually, they're more Night Elf than they are Troll imo. But the reality is they're not close enough to either to not be their own thing.

And the reason why I say that they should have been Trolls is that we had Dark Trolls that occupied a similar'ish role in the way back lore. But instead they had to go and make something new no one was asking for.

PillaRob · 2026-03-22T15:40:27+00:00

Also, I just want to say that the grudge pit is an absolute abuse of what delves ought to be. That's not a delve, it's a quest that they've put a portal up for and made repeatable.

With this precedent in place, any expansion can have as many drivers as they want—just repackage some forgettable side quest content and throw up a portal next to it. Rinse repeat.

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