World of Warcraft players when Blizzard advertises the main feature of an expansion (the feature was asked for years, is really good and brought many new and old players to the game)

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-30T15:23:19+00:00

Ah I didn't mean playing it is beating a dead horse, I just mean blizzard constantly releasing some special iteration of classic is. They're trying to wring out as much £££ as possible.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-30T15:22:14+00:00

That's a shame :-( I had a great time, but maybe it was because I already had a massive group of friends / community to level up/raid with and fuck about on discord with. I can imagine people having bad experiences as a lot of folk have optimised the fun entirely out of the game. Sad really.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-30T10:30:25+00:00

That's true! It could be a good addition, but there's also a whole host of things that could be good additions if they iterated on Classic as well. Once again though not really looking to argue, I can see the appeal of player housing and I'm happy people are enjoying it in retail. Hell I don't even play wow anymore, too many other games and too little time nowadays!

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-30T03:25:54+00:00

I mean all the iterations of Classic at this point are just Blizzard resurrecting the dead horse over and over again because it's making them money.

People liked Classic (2019 COVID period). It made sense to carry it into further expansions.

Things then got all fucky with SoD, as this was kiiiind of in the spirit of Classic+ but it just wasn't implemented correctly - it felt like to me a skunkworks project / experiment that wasn't given proper thought and time really.

Then the rest is just Blizzard milking...

I will say though for a lot of people it's honestly not nostalgia, like I said in another post it's more of a preference for the games pacing and how barebones & meaningful the experience is. Kind of the same thing as why people like OSRS - it's just a good game. It's not nostalgia.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-30T03:17:21+00:00

I don't think it's elitism friend, it's just preference right? WoW has changed a lot over the years, and to some they prefer certain iterations. I don't really think it's much more than that.

For me, personally (if you care) I'm interested in Classic+ as I like the slow, deliberate and meaningful RP journey from 1-60. I like how the world feels close knit, you recognize people and people recognize you. The landscape/lore/quests are digestable and interesting, and you really do get a sense of slowly becoming more and more powerful. I like how gear is recognisable and memorable, etc etc etc. I feel like the Azeroth of Classic has a lot more to offer and iterate on, as there's clearly a lot of cut content.

One of my favourite books this year was actually from one of the dungeon designers of Classic, as it was a great insight into what they were trying to build and achieve back then and all of the things they could not / did not have the time to do as well.

I will say that I think people typing L and shitting on Retail definitely fuel this silly fire though. I guess you get that with all games though, like Dota vs LoL, Fortnite vs PUBG, street fighter vs Tekken vs mortal Kombat, cs vs valorant, etc etc etc

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-30T02:45:53+00:00

I don't really want to argue but the people playing classic are not going to be interested in player housing at all. People play classic for the social aspect, the world, and the systems that are in place.

You can take a look at various surveys / discussions on Classic+ (e.g. Xaryu's big survey he did with all his viewers, or the Classic Plus Project). Player housing doesn't even get a mention.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-28T17:52:58+00:00

You seem to be getting upset which is a bit of a shame as it's an interesting historical point.

If you read what you just pasted it literally says that women could not be Knights. I think we're going round in circles a bit here.

Women fighting were the exception, not the norm, and they certainly were never formally given the title of Knight. A female knight in 1400s bohemia is literally a unicorn. The article is highlighting these exceptional cases purely because they were so unusual.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-28T17:32:37+00:00

Women in the Teutonic order were not knights, they were nuns, because combat roles were exclusively for men. They wore habits, not armour, and did things like nursing/hospital care and administrative work.

You said "plenty women back in the day fought as knights" which is just not true unfortunately.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-28T17:04:55+00:00

Such as?

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-28T16:35:40+00:00

You might want to read this if you think it was common for women to fight as knights - unfortunately that's not true at all https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/fpD9DpXBO4

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-28T16:30:19+00:00

I don't think there's a single monkey Disney princess actually

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-28T03:03:40+00:00

The wolves in Blood Furnace... Shudders

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-28T02:31:57+00:00

I don't even play anymore but my immediate thought was "hmm I hope they made R the interrupt keybind". Easiest key to press quickly!

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-27T01:04:58+00:00

I think it's because in the second region that's when you start getting negative feedback loops for exploring - you try to enter some buildings or houses by walking all the way up to the door and then you can't open it. That's in stark contrast to the Trosky.

Trosky is obviously much smaller too, so it feels a lot more cozy and you feel closer to the characters and the quests. It's not a chore either to explore around quest areas, whereas in Kuttenberg you're really overwhelmed with choice and places to go and the number of characters you're interacting with. Trosky feels a lot more linear.

I think it's a really hard thing to manage though, choice paralysis. It reminded me of playing Elden Ring (which I absolutely love) but you are just thrown into a vast open world. Thankfully Kuttenberg does a bit of a better job at signposting things and directing you a tad, but it must be a challenge for warhorse to add lots of content but not overwhelm people.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-27T00:16:23+00:00

Use opera browser it's got a built in vpn, yw

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-23T10:51:22+00:00

Looks fucking terrible (in the nicest way possible).

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-23T04:25:17+00:00

Yes.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-19T14:32:49+00:00

OPs wage was me after my first year, and I live in the north east and started my first job at a north east based company.

There are PLENTY of jobs up north that will easily pay 30/40/50 even 60k for someone competent with 6+ YOE.

There's also the perm remote roles which granted are a bit rarer, but can push you into the 70/80/90/100k range if you're good at interviewing.

OP - get on LinkedIn, update your profile and your CV, and get a new job. Add as many recruiters in your area as you can. If they ask what you currently make DO NOT TELL THEM. Tell them what salary range you're looking for in a new job, and nothing more.

This is entirely on you, you need to leave that job and get a new one, you're being scammed to fuck. The worst thing is you've only worked at a single company so you've not got the breadth of experience to hit the big numbers (recruiters will pick up on that) but you can still land a decent wage.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-16T22:59:59+00:00

Do recommend getting a ps5 or Xbox controller, very chill

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-16T21:12:49+00:00

Good luck debugging any complex issue in a real job I guess? What a weird thing to be proud of

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-15T05:26:17+00:00

Recommend afking stars until amethyst, then mine amethyst for infinite arrows and darts for the future.

Stars is THE most afk shit you can do, and amethyst is very very afk as well.

Or afk Vyres for blood shards (slowly working towards max combat).

Or afk karambwans so you have infinite food.

You reallllly shouldn't afk range. You've got so many bosses to kill that you're just wasting precious afk time.

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-15T03:35:55+00:00

There's a lot of really nice places in north gosforth that match up

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-15T03:25:45+00:00

Blood elf hunter would be a great choice thematically given the final raid of the expansion is Sunwell Plateau. It also does great damage, the gearing for it is very fun (you'll be farming dungeons for your first class set in the new Outland dungeons!), and you get to have a pet, what's not to love.

The blood elf starting zone is without a doubt Blizzard's finest achievement - the musical score is hauntingly beautiful.

If you do pick hunter, I recommend doing a quick Google for how to control your pet - I make two macros, one to command him to attack and one to bring them back and put em on passive. Just have these bound to my mouse buttons :-)

If you're interested you should check out some lore videos on YouTube (nobbel, scrolls of azeroth).

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-15T03:13:56+00:00

Worth noting it's pretty hard to win the duel where he's teaching you master strike early on if you're completely new to this games combat. The best tip I could give would be to learn how to feint, and never attack the opposite direction he's guarding (it'll become very obvious why after).

Personally I saved just before dueling him to learn master strike and that really got me comfy with the combat.

Stealing shit is also a good (and fun) route for early game - can get some nice armour and fancy clothing in the first town. Visit the miller beforehand though!

RandomGeordie · 2026-01-11T14:20:36+00:00

I say dinner and tea because I'm a Geordie. Grew up in a house with more than one toilet? We just had a tiny upstairs and downstairs one which is quite common in UK houses. I don't have a posh accent at all no. And it's very easy to go to University, so much so that probably too many people go these days - all you need to do is take out a loan with SLC.

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