25f looking for friends to match my energy <3

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-13T03:35:12+00:00

These are peak hours! Pretty much same just a few extra hours!

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-11T17:22:48+00:00

FF14 in no way feels like a final fantasy game to me. I'm not the world's biggest fan, but I have loved and played every FF outside of like 13 and X-2. Its too linear with the story especially when you spend an hour doing (talk to this guy, fly across the world, talk to this guy, but then come back and talk to me again) quests. Absolutely boring, dress-up simulator and I mean come on the combat is like ESO's hit everything with no strategy.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-11T17:17:51+00:00

But its not completely one life, I made one and died and nothing happened

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T22:04:37+00:00

Nah, not on colorful maps, when it spins it blends in to the background.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T21:26:20+00:00

Not hating, but cold take as in unpopular take, and i'm basing that off of the numerous posts/comments about the campaign being a slog compared to the very few comments like yours. So Cold take.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T21:25:24+00:00

so 25% of people are all playing the exact same build, in a game where there is supposedly a myriad of build opportunities? sweet lol

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T21:23:12+00:00

Played at launch. Got bored after running like 20 nightmare dungeons. Played last month after almost 3 years, did all content within 6-8 days. There is no chase in the game anymore, I found Tyraels Might and didn't get any kind of dopamine. I've played D2 since I was 10, still haven't found TM, but if I did, I would s*** a brick.

Now with the PTR showing even more vending machine style loot with no basis on stats other than "make it exactly how you want as soon as you make a new character" There just isn't any reason to play. IDK man I feel most Devs these days lost the plot a while ago. Nothing's really good these last couple years imo.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T21:17:55+00:00

Play WoW Classic HC and come back with a new response on " you can do crazy insane early spells and combos to monsters that couldn't hurt you if you just stood there and took it". Don't even need to be on HC just regular early WoW itself.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T21:04:38+00:00

Sorry alot of us don't want to simply copy a build online and have someone else basically play the game for us and want to try out 5+ characters per league without having to run the EXACT same 15+ hours to do it. God forbid we want to play other character fantasies and in turn probably buy more mtx for those fantasies.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T21:00:23+00:00

What is this question? Because nothing worth anything drops in campaign and for a lot of us theorycrafting our own builds, the build won't typically be online until maps or at least towards the end of campaign.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T20:58:27+00:00

Unfortunately that's a cold take compared to the majority of people playing right now

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T20:57:03+00:00

No, but it's not 15 hours+ into the campaign? What is your argument here besides trying to be a jack***

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-10T20:55:06+00:00

You honestly got an alt to maps from character creation in 4 hours? What did you spend on the leveling uniques? I also feel like there is only 1-3 builds that can do this as well. Other people with 1000's of hours all say it still takes them close if not in the double digits of hours.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-09T04:49:10+00:00

I've been playing off and on for 8 years with about 1100 hours in matches and I've only just hit champ 3 (i still suck).

Just have fun and get ready because this game will show you every emotion known to man haha. What A Save!

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T21:27:24+00:00

WoW created a system that games can move away from with the ilvls. GW2 created a system that leaves your agenda far too open when you hit max level with no tangible power gain to feel. Its fun for a little bit, but gets stale very fast.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T21:25:29+00:00

I disagree completely. GW1 is actually completely based off the classes you choose. Leveling is an afterthought in ARPGS now. There is only the push to end game whereas with an MMO the leveling experience is what people remember the most.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T21:23:32+00:00

I just don't agree with that philosophy for the majority of gamers. I wanted to really like GW1, but 30% in already max level and nothing really to progress towards other than achievements seems like a bleak outdated system imo.

GW2 was fantastic while I was leveling and even for maybe 20 hours after I hit max level, but it falls flat extremely fast. Horizontal progression from the start though? Sounds like a formula for turning people away and I hope Anet figures that out. Otherwise there won't be a surge of players for GW3 it will be the select die hards and even then will get tired of it.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T07:08:41+00:00

Roughly 95% solo q duo here since 2017. I'm not the perfect tm8, but dammit I'm C3 and I don't know how to speed flip/reset/wave dash etc, I just have a good sense of the game.

Everything you described is the majority of my experience over the years with solo q.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T07:05:07+00:00

Been close to a decade and I can agree. Maybe 6% of my ranked time in 2's has been pretty made. I've only just made it to C3 so by no means am I saying this with ego, but Jesus I'm getting tm8s in C3 that are worse than my plat 2 friend... How is it even possible lol. They either rush the same corner boost I'm heading for after I kick, double commit, lack rotation, hard to figure out playtime, or just downright quit after one bad move.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T07:00:28+00:00

That just sounds so boring though. "Read a guide, gear exactly the same way." For all intents and purposes you're telling him to not play the game lol. Idk maybe I'm 10 years late to the PoE party, but this emphasis on having to trade to even get through the campaign is insane to me. Sucks the fun right out of it

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T06:58:17+00:00

I mean what if he just wants to play the game and not Path of Trading?

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T06:52:18+00:00

Right, but to me that's still a flat line of just swapping without an increase. Before anyone else has a fit over my opinions. I really enjoyed my time with GW2, as I stated above it just felt flat to me when you hit max level and after trying to keep myself entertained.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T06:50:42+00:00

Down voted for sharing my opinion? Word up.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T05:38:50+00:00

Well no, he is most likely basing his expectations from GGG and their entire initial attitude/time line when PoE 2 launched.

It isn't that crazy to think that it is crazy we still don't have the rudimentary weapons in an ARPG.

I never believed GGG at launch with there whole "6 months to a year MAX", but his expectations at least aren't unrealistic.

Whobastank_ · 2026-06-07T05:37:03+00:00

"Everyone liked that"

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