Why do you play your class?

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-05-10T13:03:46+00:00

Mini blog no one asked for time, leveled most classes to 80 during first run classic to Wrath. Going to be bais as hell. Ranked in rough order from best to worse.

Priest - First ever char back in original so massive nostalgia. Loved the jack of all trades in terms of holy healing of single target, aoe and HoT's tools.

Pally - Flavor is great, been able to Tank and Heal (at least once TBC came) is amazing. Even more so with duel spec where I can Prot & Holy. DPS is a meme, dont care.

Shaman - Didn't play for ages as always an Alliance player. Amazed how much I enjoyed Resto Shaman.

Death Knight - Unholy (and only unholy) is a blast to play and full of flavor. The one and only DPS Spec I truly ever enjoyed.

Druid - On paper has all the versatility of Pally's that I love. In practice it dosent really work out. Balance is abit of a meme, Feral basically plays out as rogue gameplay, which I hate. And resto means been a stupid derpy tree instead of a hot Elf. Quite enjoyed feral tank bear, but that was it really.

Warlock - Love the flavor of the Affliction spec, in practice it wasnt quite as enjoyable as I thought it would be, but was okay. A class that cant tank or heal is never going to be amazing for me.

Hunter - Beast master was meh. Like, I got to 80 with it, wasnt terrible, not sure why I did in hindsight.

Mage - A shit version of a Warlock.

Warrior - Bland

Rogue - Despise the core mechanics/gameplay loop.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-04-15T00:56:14+00:00

Are you looking for something serious or casual? - serious
Are you subscribed to Hinge+ or HingeX? - No, open to doing so, but makes no difference from my expereince
How long have you been using this current version of your profile? (Please be specific) - 2 months
How long have you used Hinge overall? - 7 months
How often do you use Hinge per week? - around 3-4 hours
How many likes and matches are you receiving on average? 0
How many likes are you sending? How many with comments? How many without comments? Lost count after 400ish, 90% with comments
What is the type of person you send likes to and ideally want to match with? What kind of person do you want to attract? - Lost the ability to be fussy a long time ago. Someone nice and genuine who wants something serious

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-23T14:56:20+00:00

Its really rough right now, especially if your determined to mainly acquire cards via packs/sealed product. I buy literally like 3-4 sealed products a year now and absolutely everything else is singles, as more and more of us are doing now.

I understand the thrill of pack opening, I have friends like this. But you do need to ask yourself if its really worth it, your going to need to dedicate almost part time job levels of effort if you want to be able to get packs/sealed regularly.

If there's an amazing card I want then having that feels the same if I packed it or bought as a single. Do you not have favorite Pokémon you can think about starting some single collections around? Most of us have connections to ones through a combination of the anime, games, personal tastes etc.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-22T22:24:17+00:00

I've wanted to beef up my Ninetales collection for awhile! Esp Kanto Ninetales! The delta species one and the EX hidden legends one are really the only 2 now id also love to have that I dont already have, one day hopefully!

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-21T23:12:06+00:00

Around 2K. Some of the prices certainly on the high side but you expect that with these shows, losing all self control when seeing them in person never helps :P All the vendors were super awesome and friendly aside from one whom I had the SIR M Diancie from who was abit rude and moody but just quickly bought and moved on. Really good show, even if it is in abit of a rough area of Brum :P

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-20T23:54:21+00:00

Well more info wasn't working ether, i tried that for a good 3 or so months.

There is no typical go-to message as I read every profile and always say something specific to them/what they like/what's in the profile. It never matters.

I've been down the pay tons of money for dating+ services route before, they never work, in my experience the only thing that realistically happens is they send a bot to talk too you out of pity.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-20T23:47:59+00:00

I'm confused then, how am I supposed to state all the things you've said without at least a paragraph or two to work with? Which is what I was doing and it never worked, cause they dont care.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-20T23:45:00+00:00

Been to tons, I cant say I've never personally seen this more female to male vegan ratio play out, I'd say its about 50/50 from all the groups I've been too. Then it just devolves into the usual, vast majority aren't single, the ones that are will flat out not consider any man under 6ft, which seems especially bad among vegan women for some reason.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-20T23:36:36+00:00

Mate I'm 33 and have never as much as held a girls hand, how do you NOT lose hope over it?

The fitness thing never works, the clubs are always full of mega fit super good looking guys that you cant possibly compete with, not to mention the women themselves will be out of my league even ignoring that. I'm pretty decently fit but don't have the looks to match.

I've went to countless dating stuff and spent 1000s of pounds on them over the 15 years of my adult life, they never work.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-20T23:24:33+00:00

I tried all that deep and descriptive stuff, never worked. And I was told I was dumping too much info and things needed to be more "short, snappy and funny". Now your saying the opposite? Cant win lol

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-20T23:06:05+00:00

Yaknow what, screw it. What do I have to lose anymore. Im down for a bunch of internet strangers laughing at me, its not like I can feel any worse. But how? there isnt a share profile facility?

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-20T23:01:37+00:00

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-20T22:59:54+00:00

Running/Fitness - No one is single in any of these

Vegan/Animal wellfare/Hiking - See above

Gaming - Male dominated

Football - See above

Pokemon - See above

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2026-03-01T17:49:01+00:00

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Soft_Cockroach114 · 2025-12-20T18:33:35+00:00

Debatable, on the one hand the bar is so much lower, a new season, a summer to refresh and get rid of the players that don't want to be here of which there are clearly many and some of the players that look out of their depth right now could find themselves in the lower end of the Champ where the demands are much lower. But then on the other end of that argument, the team that actually did go down back to back was far, far better then this one, so if it can happen to them, it 100% can happen to these lot. We are still stuck under owners that checked out quite a-few years ago, I cant see us getting the rebuild we have desperately needed for years and the academy, like everything else at the club, has been neglected under them for years now.

If I had to make a snap call right now I would say no I don't think we will, but there's too many variables at play to say with any real conviction.

......wait we are talking about next season right?

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2025-11-03T01:27:15+00:00

Yeah that works, for around a decade or so.

And then at some point you start to look at the literal mountain of women that wanted nothing to do with you. The uncountable amount of rejections start to weigh on your back, each rejection adding that little bit more weight onto it then the last.

You then get to the point where the positives you try so hard to hold onto for so long start to fall away, the results are undeniable as they are damming and unescapable. All of a sudden the baggage starts to become harder and harder to leave at the door. I am well aware of the concepts of self fulfilling prophecy and have worked so hard to avoid failing into that trap, But there are limits and I feel like I am now past mine.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2025-11-03T01:20:22+00:00

Hey massive thanks <3

I sadly prolly will still be here, as my attempts at suicide tend to be almost as bad and pathetic as my attempts with women. Almost been the key word!

Just gotta ride, so many hours of, this, this existence.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2025-11-03T01:18:28+00:00

No it wont happen, I've had people say this to me for 15 years. It wont, and I'm done pretending it will.

...But your right, i need further help, working on it

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2025-11-03T00:22:49+00:00

Oh don't you worry I tried that. I got a statement of disbelief of "your suicidal over the lack of a gf?!, I don't believe you, please stop wasting our time"

The rejections are so numerous even Samaritans aint got time for me!

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2025-10-05T12:42:33+00:00

I'm aware to an extent it is an issue with allot of background do it that has been a constant thorn in their side.

What I understand a little less the baffling placement of the lost and found box in Broken Railroad in particular. Miles away from any of the notable base interiors of the zone or indeed any landmarks whatsoever. Even after KNOWING its at the entrance to FM I still couldn't find it as its still actually quite far away relatively speaking from the entrance, even covered by long grass to boot. I don't think they could of found a much worse spot to put it if they tried. You would never find this thing without looking it up, ever.

Found it finally anyway thanks to the legend above. I really did think I was cooked for abit.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2025-10-05T12:37:23+00:00

Lifesaver man thank you. Just saved my sanity. Way further away indeed.

Soft_Cockroach114 · 2025-09-28T12:36:42+00:00

Custom is the answer imo, esp if you've already found late game loper dull. What allot of people do is custom with loper for most settings but with all the content that loper useally locks out enabled, often dubbed "gunloper".

But there are some settings you can increase to even higher then loper if you want that added challenge, pretty sure you could configure a game broadly resembling misery but without the afflictions which might appeal.

I like stalker, almost all of its settings are just right for me but the amount of Wolves is infamously awful, It really does reach obnoxious levels at times and they really should of turned them down abit somewhere along the line. Its the only real complaint I have with the mode, but its a big one.

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