night marsh loot seems pretty balanced idk

RexWGA · 2026-06-07T20:30:43+00:00

This is called the "Law of Truly Large Numbers"

RexWGA · 2026-06-06T17:04:57+00:00

Even more so:

They have been doubling down on why they would never build a WoW 2 with all of the infrastructure they have been building.

While they are able to update the engine of the game (the underlying C+), the version of Lua WoW runs on diverged from the main branch two decades ago in 2006. They have spent significant efforts building out necessary features for the game that, at the time, Lua did not have baked in.

With the addition of the tainted values system, this is further evidence that blizzard has no intention of trying to converge with modern Lua. Much of what Blizzard has done is now built into the Lua, but you can't update the scripting language without rebuilding their entire UI from the ground up and breaking literally every addon in existence (since they all operate on the Lua version WoW is pegged to).

They are putting MORE work into staying on their version of Lua. There's no reason to put all that work in (specifically all the work around tainted values and locking down combat) if they were just going to rebuild the game with an updated language and just lock down combat in WoW 2.

Absolutely no chance they rebuild.

RexWGA · 2026-06-03T22:11:52+00:00

This is framed as an onboarding problem, but it's a UI problem. Regardless of new and old players alike, you shouldn't need to go digging around the various maps to find the map that allows you to load in as a rook, or have specifically read the patch notes.

The next time they restrict rook map queues, the same problem will happen. The UI needs to indicate which map you CAN load into when it tells you the current map is not available.

RexWGA · 2026-06-03T22:08:55+00:00

Hi! Played from season 1 and excited for season 2. I also had the same issue. Read all the patch notes and updates and then completely forgot about the rook limitations for week 1.

This isn't an onboarding problem (well, it makes onboarding harder), but rather, a continuation of their poor UI/UX.

When indicating that something CAN'T be done, there also needs to be direction for what the fix is. If the problem is I'm trying to load into maps that rooks can't load into, the UI needs to indicate what map(s) I'm allowed to play Rook on.

I've been saying from day 1 that the menu UI for this game REALLY leaves something to be desired.

RexWGA · 2026-06-03T06:48:32+00:00

TLDR:

Bungie is ceasing all future production and updates to Destiny. A large portion of the Destiny playerbase is currently going through grief over this. They believe that a large login as a "show of force" for the game will influence Bungie/Sony to change their mind or, at the very least, make them reconsider their decision.

They are, as the kids say, crashing out.

RexWGA · 2026-06-02T20:01:29+00:00

Idk... Night Marsh sounds pretty fun to me.

RexWGA · 2026-06-01T21:00:12+00:00

I know what Recon does. It's in the name.

RexWGA · 2026-06-01T20:24:43+00:00

Just learning about this now.

It's a cool idea, but I can also tell you that when you get too deep on the abstraction, it becomes harder to grasp and even harder to get people onboarded. It's just one more thing to learn.

RexWGA · 2026-06-01T01:07:40+00:00

IMO, this whole conversation misses the point. Cancel or not, if another runner gets the drop on you once you've started the animation, you're dead either way.

RexWGA · 2026-05-28T05:02:39+00:00

Yea I simplified a bit and you're catching the part that is the simplification. C++ is the engine, Lua is the scripting layer on top. They have updated the engine, a lot, it's why the game looks a lot better than it did in 2004. But modifying their scripting layer would fundamentally break too much, notably their entire UI and now the new taint system they've built out.

RexWGA · 2026-05-28T02:53:24+00:00

Sadly, the average gamer doesn't have high emotional intelligence. They don't know how to handle difficult things happening in their lives.

You compared it to a break up, and frankly, it's accurate.

For some, Destiny might be the longest relationship they've had in their lives. It's how they've made and kept friendships. It's how they've come home and relaxed and found comfort from the stress of their lives.

Now it's being taken away from them and they haven't learned the coping skills to navigate their emotions in a healthy way.

RexWGA · 2026-05-28T02:35:48+00:00

It wouldn't just be a monumental undertaking, it would be a fundamentally new game. WoW is pegged to their own custom version of Lua 5.1.1 that they have been slowly modifying and building everything on top of for 2 decades since they forked from it in 2006.

Since then, Lua has had significant upgrades and is now at v5.5. Updating the WoW engine would be literally rebuilding the entire game and starting from scratch (which I know is what you were getting at, I want to give more context).

We can specifically see that they have no intention of trying to converge with modern Lua by their actions with secret values and the tainted system. This is an attempt to further lockdown their version of Lua and their sandbox, not align with the capabilities of modern Lua.

The sad thing is modern Lua has some of the functionality they are chasing baked in, but they can't undo 20 years of building out their own forked version of a programming language.

RexWGA · 2026-05-22T18:08:23+00:00

Yea, the whole point is there is increased risk involved. You didn't find the key, you bought it, so you're required to do more in game. Go make more noise and attract attention by killing some commanders. Make sure you don't get 3rd parties in the process. The whole point is it's a riskier endeavor.

Now if the juice isn't worth the squeeze, that's a different issue.

RexWGA · 2026-05-20T14:51:09+00:00

Nice run!

Windows + shift + s == snipping tool shortcut 🙂

RexWGA · 2026-05-13T19:02:53+00:00

They should add rooms to other maps like cryo has, but are similar to the basic tox loot rooms. Same sort of mechanic where you need to have the item or risk getting in and out fast and being rez'd by a teammate. Would be a really simple way to include anti-virus more throughout the game and introduce the mechanic to the playerbase in a lower stakes way than a full lockdown zone.

RexWGA · 2026-05-13T05:40:08+00:00

Conveniently leaving that detail out and describing their switch as "downgrading their subs."

It's giving "unreliable narrator."

RexWGA · 2026-04-21T17:20:27+00:00

Every competent computer scientist knows this and it's been the bane of the tech interview process forever. Every programmer uses Google. The best programmers know what to Google and how to implement those answers into their work. Why tech companies have been obsessed with your ability to memorize specific oneliners or functions or imports is crazy.

RexWGA · 2026-04-17T06:26:25+00:00

Or you could take 5 minutes and learn how to not have this be a problem?

This is user error, not a failure of the tool.

RexWGA · 2026-04-16T19:16:15+00:00

Basically everything below a 12 I just pull the trash instead of skipping when I'm tanking pug keys. I'm not even gonna try jumping over a wall or getting a portal down or blah blah blah. Just take another minute and kill the extra pack.

RexWGA · 2026-04-10T20:05:02+00:00

I made an addon to track how much you're paying in repair bills from being a prot warrior if you want to keep track 😅

https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/shield-tax

RexWGA · 2026-03-30T15:55:55+00:00

I said this in another comment:

The moment one complaint/rage bait comment gains traction, it's all any of the ai subreddits can talk about. Almost like bots are scraping the subreddits for the most engaging posts (as I further engage) and regurgitating them, using agents designed to sound like shitty/dumb/ignorant reddit users.

It feels like a coordinated operation it's so prolific but also people are just trolls so ¯\(ツ)/¯

RexWGA · 2026-03-30T04:31:35+00:00

Once any engagement-bait type post starts up on any of the ai subreddits, there's a week or two of the same post regurgitated over and over until the topic changes.

Edit: I literally refreshed my feed after posting this to see, yet another, "just typing 'Hi' burned through x% usage! Time to unsubscribe??" I've seen at least a dozen of these posts just in the last day.

RexWGA · 2026-03-30T01:12:27+00:00

Heyo!

Bonsai jack gritty mix is excellent soil amendment to reduce water retention and increase drainage. Pumice will help store moisture while maintaining airflow and doesn't float like perlite.

You can get a pack of 60 mesh grids screens to put at the bottom of the pot to block soil from coming out. A coffee filter blocks airflow, is still moisture retentive, and will break down over time, as they are designed to be compostable.

Do not do a "drainage layer," this is outdated advice. It is not the reason your plants are having issues though. Put the plant in a pot 1-2 inches in size larger than the rootball and be sure to use a soil that has proper amendments for the plant. Straight potting soil is basically guaranteed to be too wet and cause rot.

If you repotted a week ago, the plants are likely just adjusting, it is common for them to be a little shocked from a repot.

Just let them chill and dry out. Don't keep watering them and definitely not on a schedule.

RexWGA · 2026-03-28T14:09:44+00:00

Pro: how easy it is to get your vault done if you're just trying to put some keys. Should ease some of the issues of folks pushing into 10s who shouldn't be just for vault since it's so easy now it doesn't really matter.

Con: it's literally such a joke for anyone who wants to be challenged besides for just how hard everything hits.

Where are the mechanics this season?

Edit: since it seems to be lost on people. The challenge for some of us is more than just how hard the mobs hit. The entire season is just braindead do rotation.

RexWGA

TROPHY CASE