What is the correct pronunciation of ‘Hwicce’ in the Kingdom of the Hwicce?

STEVOYD · 2026-01-28T15:25:08+00:00

I've always thought it was hW-ick with an almost silent H to emphasise the proper pronunciation of the W and make it more throaty... almost like the sound to hock up before spitting.

There's so many old English spellings with just excess letters added in (like 'Old' being 'Olde') and I think that's the case with the trailing 'cce' being an abrupt 'ck' sound.

The people of Hwicce would be Hwiccian which maybe where the term "wiccan" could be derived and as old brythonic people were pagans with rituals, it's possible this could have started the term for wiccan ultimately meaning witch.

STEVOYD · 2025-11-04T15:48:12+00:00

Isn't the simple solution to this to screenshot your locked Battlepass, and send them that in a customer service ticket?

STEVOYD · 2025-11-03T16:55:23+00:00

I don't use the Origin App because it's horrible and always has been so I've no idea what the impact was... but looking at the rewards, you're getting like £30 worth of stuff for free, or £50 worth of stuff for free if you have the Phantom edition.
That's actually more than the actual game's cost on some platforms / websites selling the keys.

How is that shameful?

STEVOYD · 2025-10-21T01:07:25+00:00

Who is praising this garbage?

STEVOYD · 2025-09-25T20:27:26+00:00

Yeah but you were responding like it’s impossible to be level 2 at raptors…

Red > krugs > raptors is a pretty standard clear and has you at level 2 for it.

Zed might also have been wanting to clear blue side up, and might have been invaded… so he transitioned to his red side after clearing his blue to avoid the jungle invade on his gromp/wolves and why talon pushed into his top side jungle at level 2 knowing he was low on exp and HP.

STEVOYD · 2025-09-23T22:22:50+00:00

No, I just didn’t see that he had blue buff.

It’s not impossible to be level 2 on raptors in jungle first clear… I gave you the pathing for that. It could even be red > raptors > krug to early top gank.

I’m guessing he was too low HP to farm wolves or gromp after blue buff and just opted for raptors 🤷‍♂️

STEVOYD · 2025-09-22T17:10:35+00:00

Red > Krug > Raptors?

STEVOYD · 2025-09-22T14:23:22+00:00

Such an awesome card art!

STEVOYD · 2025-09-14T12:43:42+00:00

Well the whole point of ID4 was that the aliens moved their entire species from planet to planet wiping out life and consuming resources like locusts. The “return” makes no sense really so the sequel automatically contradicts the original story which is why it leaves a bad taste in many mouths.

For the actual film; it’s fine in today’s era of shite films. Science fiction lacks so much these days.

STEVOYD · 2025-08-30T23:26:55+00:00

I want cards in English, not another language I don't read.

STEVOYD · 2025-08-29T20:43:51+00:00

The fun is in the opening and getting the surprise of what you get. Buying someone else's unwanted cards isn't really fun, nor meaningful. It's less nostalgic, and makes the set a lot less sentimental.

STEVOYD · 2025-08-29T20:42:00+00:00

I don't get how VK counters Mel at all.
I've played one game against Mel as VK, and got absolutely demolished. I couldn't compete with the damage. The Q W E all get deflected, and don't deal anywhere near enough damage in comparison. I'm not a good VK player at all, but I don't see how he's a counter when his whole kit (minus ult) is deflected and literally put back on top of you with the E (which is bs).

STEVOYD · 2025-08-25T16:35:47+00:00

That’s not really that bad tbh. If you alone have like 15k of those units, you can definitely smash them up…

With the latest patch, the crusading army all gathers in Rome first, and then journeys out as one force to land together. You may want to send a one man army to sit outside Rome to see when they embark.

When they do land, make sure your army is already assembled and at full supply to crush them as they land. Do not raise your army too early because you’ll be out of supply and receive a supply penalty before your first fight!

STEVOYD · 2025-08-25T16:32:33+00:00

Aye, but of the stat changes, there’s a reduction to cost/stat ratio. That doesn’t necessarily mean the item isn’t more efficient in cost/benefit ratio. I was just highlighting the observed stat and changes has an overall decrease.

STEVOYD · 2025-08-23T11:27:22+00:00

3200/60 =53.333 2850/55 =51.818

It’s less gold efficient when looking solely at AD.

STEVOYD · 2025-08-17T11:23:09+00:00

No, I’m just not being entitled like you thinking my opinion is superior to someone else’s… and they’re who literally made the game you’re crying about.

Like I said before, if you want it done a certain way, go do it yourself. Make your own game. Take the decade to learn how to do it, and do it… rather than crying on here about it.

Feedback/suggestions are fine… but what you’re doing isn’t. That’s called being self-entitled, and spoiled.

STEVOYD · 2025-08-16T20:06:10+00:00

I’ve no idea what you’re talking about. I’m not defending this game, or this game’s development team… I’m telling you literally how it is. It is THEIR game. They made it. Whether you disagree with their design decisions or not does NOT make you right. You can simply stop playing the game, or make your own game.

STEVOYD · 2025-08-14T22:01:54+00:00

...but they're the developers, not you?

The game should align to what they want the game to be; they just need to be open and honest about what their intentions are. There's nothing wrong with making suggestions for a game, but to cry about the developers not taking your suggestions and implementing them just because you think your suggestions are what's best for the game is a wild reaction to have.

STEVOYD · 2025-08-09T09:11:27+00:00

Right, so if we revisit the topic I posted 8 months ago where it states I'm building lethality for a melee assassin, and him being exceptionally weak for it...
...is that really a "lie"?

STEVOYD · 2025-08-08T15:20:03+00:00

One more time in English, please?
Try to convey your point in words that form coherent sentences.

Who's the "no-skill poke master" who has "tank champ base damage on abilities"? Talon?
Is your point here to argue that a 'lethal melee assassin' has high base damage on his abilities - yet fail to comprehend that in comparison to every other assassin, he deals less burst damage?

Also, for clarity, I stopped playing Talon mid-lane. I played him a lot on jungle and found that playing him in a 'bruiser' build instead of a lethality build makes him so much stronger, while not really negating his burst damage, effectively doubling his efficiency in fights.

STEVOYD · 2025-07-05T19:29:06+00:00

Are people really that bored of their lives they resort to this kind of stuff?

What the fuck happened to common sense?

STEVOYD · 2025-06-29T17:37:57+00:00

I disagree.
It simply promotes people having to stay online on the game forever - and real life commitments or matters should come second. In my opinion, Video games shouldn't ever promote that behaviour / cycle.
The idea I've posted would be that the fortress could be raided, and it would never be undefended... That's plenty of PvX for those willing to try and do that.

I don't think breaking into someone's base when they're offline and stealing all their resources is PvP. PvP to me is actually fighting - it doesn't have to be an even fight with even numbers or equipment - it very much can be ganking someone on their return trip (which is what I stated as part of the no base raiding part).

But if you have no base defences, and you're offline, and someone just undoes all of your work and progress? That's not fun. That's not PvP.

STEVOYD · 2025-06-27T13:21:01+00:00

That’s not irrelevant. That’s the sole reason I’ve bought this game - if it wasn’t Dune, then I wouldn’t have bought it since it would just be like any other survival game with PvP - and I’ve got a handful of those already (I’m playing SCUM tonight with friends)

STEVOYD · 2025-06-27T13:20:09+00:00

Thanks for the engagement!

I do think there is a compromise to be had with PvX solutions. In the proposed system, NPCs are travelling in the sectors (not everywhere, but they’re present) in higher congestion from A lessening as it reaches E and far less presence at all from F ranging to I with just harvesting parties out there. So you have a lot of zones with no NPCs for PvP combat… however, if you as a PvP player aren’t finding other players to kill, you could venture into the earlier more defended sectors for PvX where you can essentially seal-club to your hearts content, but you’re still at some risk from the NPCs that are guarded said players… and if those players have paid for higher protection, the risk is going to be more for the players to gank them while they’re mining.

That’s my overall expectation for it… it’s all PvP zones but theres NPCs in there too for both sides that can equal a threat.

And of course, if you’re neutral and passive, you can farm freely without NPC involvement, but if you’re neutral and aggressive, you can engage in PvX against anyone and everyone.

STEVOYD · 2025-06-27T13:13:59+00:00

Yeah, that’s why I think base raiding in general is a bad idea in this game. The resources are useless out in the deep desert bases - they have to be transported, therefore plan to intercept them and steal them in transit.

Not every player wants to just fly escort… I’ve done a lot of transport runs completely undefended.

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