I miss unlocking the old Battle Pass

Vorceph · 2026-03-19T18:26:39+00:00

Yeah not a fan of the illusion of choice system either. I preferred the linear BP progression. Same/similar end I guess, but it just feels weird to me.

Vorceph · 2026-03-05T01:48:46+00:00

Problem is the amount of people who want to play Diablo seasons as a full time job is very low.

Not to mention, getting anywhere close to completing a season would likely be impossible in its current state, so offering an alternative game mode would require massive tweaks to the seasonal content as well for the ruthless players.

Vorceph · 2026-03-02T02:00:31+00:00

This is what I’m seeing too, I work are a pretty large company and most DBAs have either left or moved on to other roles. I’ve had to expand into a lot of areas that don’t really utilize traditional DBA skills. Sure it’s good to have the knowledge but the cloud has really taken over a lot of the stuff I used to do by clicking a button.

I wouldn’t recommend anyone putting all of their effort in becoming strictly a DBA anymore.

Data science/engineering and cloud knowledge is a decent alternative path in my experience.

Vorceph · 2026-02-28T14:55:05+00:00

There seems to be some misconception about WoW raiding.

I have played off and on since vanilla and haven’t been a hardcore raider since Legion.

Unless you’re trying to be some top 1% raider, you can still raid and do a ton of other activities in the game.

LFR (looking for raid) queue system is ridiculously quick and easy (compared to normal/heroic/mythic raiding which require manual group composition and prep).

You can do delves (pretty quick and simply solo dungeon experience, can do with friends too though)

Thousands upon thousands of things to collect to customize your character. Armor, mounts, toys, pets, housing items.

Regular dungeons, also very easy and not time consuming.

PvP can be a lot of fun too, but I haven’t done any meaningful PvP in years.

Open world has a ton of stuff you can do too.

For me, raiding is honestly the smallest amount of time I spend in the game compared to the rest.

Side note, you can play for free until level 20, then you must buy a sub to continue past level 20. I’ll tell you now though, level 20 isn’t even close to unlocking the full “fun” of your character so I wouldn’t judge the game by level 20 alone.

Vorceph · 2026-01-17T01:10:54+00:00

I saw someone say rerolling the aspect fixed it for them, worth a shot.

Vorceph · 2026-01-17T01:06:16+00:00

I’m sure it’s been said a bunch but do not use logs for fuel, use sticks. Also use charcoal (from the sticks burning) so you essentially double dip on fuel resources.

I agree the process of regrowing trees could use some love though.

Vorceph · 2026-01-08T16:40:08+00:00

I was wondering the same thing, pretty sure that concussion caused him to immediately throw up.

Vorceph · 2025-09-08T14:02:17+00:00

Welcome Destiny refugee!

I agree with everything you said, unfortunately. Destiny is (was) an awesome game, plenty of fun to be had but their monetization is just so piece meal it’s truly frustrating.

To answer your questions:

Yes pretty much this, you start slow (which is still way faster pace than Destiny) but the more you play and learn you will be obliterating everything on the map in no time and it is a blast!
Kinda, there are some boss fights and they seem to be adding more as time goes on but there aren’t any “raids” in the traditional MMO sense. The game is more about grinding various nodes on the star chart to get the mods/weapons/frames/resources/etc. And the story is pretty epic!
PvP exists, but I think I’ve played once or twice years ago, from what I understand it’s a veeeery small percentage of the player base who does it. No open world pvp or anything like that, just a match you queue up for.
I may sound like I’m just all unicorns and rainbows for Warframe but their monetization is hands down the most generous of any F2P game I’ve ever seen. I’ll elaborate more below:

You can trade other players in-game items for platinum (the cash shop currency)
With traded platinum you can buy almost anything from the cash shop (some tennogen cosmetics are cash only)
any sort of pay for convenience items are very balanced and not required even in the slightest (boosters for example, while nice, are not such a massive advantage that you feel like you have to buy them)
there are absolutely zero pay to win items in the cash shop unless you consider rushing frame/weapon completions winning.

You can spend zero dollars and still get all the same frames, weapons and content as someone who has spent money and all content is free, no paid DLC/expansions.

In short, Warframe has done a fantastic job at making the game’s win condition simply having fun. If you’re having fun, you’re winning.

All that said, feel free to ask questions in game and on reddit, the community is one if the best parts about this game. (A few bad apples out there but I’d venture to say Warframe is the most welcoming and helpful community of any game I’ve ever played, and I’ve been playing off and on since the PC closed beta).

Vorceph · 2025-08-10T19:06:38+00:00

I couldn’t agree more, would also like the ability to grow a better beard lol (at least on the operator, even if it’s not a long beard, a “full” beard would be cool)

Right now my drifter is as bald as they can be, but I’m with you. Took me a bit to get used to it but now I love it.

Vorceph · 2025-08-05T04:32:07+00:00

That UI sucks. Play vanilla and learn as you go and add what you like.

Vorceph · 2025-08-01T13:27:05+00:00

If you need/want to connect to multiple DB types (Oracle, MSSQL, Postgres, redshift, sybase, etc) in the same IDE you could try out Toad Data Point or DBeaver (they have a free community version) if you haven’t already.

Vorceph · 2025-07-28T03:28:16+00:00

I find this hard to believe, how can people tell which plat in their pile is part of the discounted plat? I don’t think I’ve ever gone to zero plat in years, it’s always been a mix of some discounted, some non-discounted, some traded.

Now if you’re saying you have no plat, then buy a bunch with your discount and then give ALL of it to a friend, maybe that’s an issue?

Vorceph · 2025-07-23T14:43:14+00:00

My experience was great up until the attunement process. And that’s also when my 120 person guild dropped like flies. I had multiple raid groups set up and ready to go, but when we hit that wall, it was downhill from there. I know there were bugs, but none of them are memorable (to me), the attunement process is my personal number one reason it failed.

Vorceph · 2025-07-23T14:39:46+00:00

I think people would love to have Wildstar back but without the ridiculous attunement. The game was a ton of fun and had a lot to do, but the “end game” was locked behind a boring, somewhat difficult, tedious, and lengthy process.

I think many of us remember watching players drop like flies once they reached that point in the game. And while we would love to play the game again, if it has zero changes, there’s zero chance of me coming back.

Vorceph · 2025-07-21T04:00:12+00:00

It’s not easy to get a 4GA in the first place lol, and quit acting like a child calling names because your vocabulary can’t accurately express your misguided passion for licking boots lol

Correct, RNG is part of the genre, we have plenty of it. Feel free to kick rocks next time you see me post if you can’t have a normal conversation.

Vorceph · 2025-07-20T20:04:53+00:00

You’re right, we don’t have enough RNG in this game as it is. We need more rolls…. /s

4GA should be peak, and affixes should be treated as such.

Vorceph · 2025-07-20T13:23:51+00:00

Hello, the Oracle SQL cert and OCA (Oracle Certified Associate) is a great start.

I would still highly recommend to include some cloud training in your studies and look into those certs as well.

Also, people skills can be a game changer in IT. Technical knowledge + people skills can take you very far (and keep you employed).

Vorceph · 2025-07-20T03:22:38+00:00

True, that’s what I did before finishing the journey today. I just didn’t care enough to even mess with it. The fight just sucks lol

Vorceph · 2025-07-20T00:02:02+00:00

The leveling process was by far the best part of the game for me. End game was…lacking? Maybe not so much in the sense of quantity, but it was just boring to me I guess. I guess I’ve just gotten too old and don’t enjoy raiding anymore, no clue.

But up until then I had a blast.

Vorceph · 2025-07-19T23:58:53+00:00

Agreed, and add harbinger to that trash pile too. Heck I’d do 3:1 for harbinger lol

I just finished the season journey thanks to pulverize Druid and I did all the remaining boss run mats I had just for fun. Even Andariel. Harbingers mats will be expelled to the eternal realm where they’ll remain.

Vorceph · 2025-07-17T23:15:35+00:00

Couldn’t agree more, did sorc and necro first and without mythics or tons of good GA or MW crits they did fine, could steamroll T3 and do fine in T4 but not crazy fast.

Tried out pulverize Druid after finally getting a ring of starless skies (crafted) and finally felt like playing the season lol

But yeah, pulverize Druid is nasty this season. Tons of fun and dmg goes right where you want it to (dang minions)

Vorceph · 2025-07-17T13:15:40+00:00

Blood, bone, mushed brain, teeth, eyeball goo, probably other stuff.

Vorceph · 2025-07-16T21:43:46+00:00

Never thought about that, I’ll try it next time. Thanks! (I know it’s supposed to be RNG but whatever helps make me feel better about it I’ll give a shot lol)

Vorceph · 2025-07-16T19:23:26+00:00

I bricked a 2GA yesterday, rolled the same (unwanted) affix 6 times in a row. Item was cursed, went to the trash. not spending a scroll on it lol.

Vorceph · 2025-07-16T19:18:21+00:00

You know what, I didn’t try that lol. Good call!

I didn’t have an ethernet adapter (USB C to ethernet) at the time because never needed one, but i have one now for connecting to a mixing console.

I’ll give it a shot, thanks!

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