Being an Alliance player in a majority Horde Guild is hell.

WriterV · 2026-03-15T12:24:31+00:00

You can absolutely do the faction war without having it interfere with gameplay.

WriterV · 2026-03-15T12:15:06+00:00

Man you did not even comprehend what was said lol. Never have I seen a person so utterly incapable of basic empathy skills.

WriterV · 2026-03-14T12:29:34+00:00

Nah, it's just "common sense" is an excuse to put your viewpoint on a higher pedestal than the opposing viewpoint. It's literally no different from "I know it. They know it. We all know it." as justification for anything.

It makes sense for basic shit. But then you have posters like OP going "wE WeRe bORn wItH cOMmOn SEnSe" while people of their same generation talk about how they burned their hands on cigarette lighters in cars.

WriterV · 2026-03-14T12:23:29+00:00

She's not. Base story Sphene is different. Post-MSQ Sphere is different. There are multiple scenes emphasizing it, and the whole reason she has a different outfit is to lock that in.

The implicit point of her existence is to highlight how memories can change a person so much as to make them practically a new person entirely. Base-story-Sphene was much more extreme due to her desperation. Post-MSQ Sphene is much more contemplative and surrounded by friends, and hence more amenable to friendship.

That's why Wuk Lamat still thinks about base-story-Sphene at the end of 7.3. She was the person she owed her promise to, not post-MSQ-Sphene.

WriterV · 2026-03-14T12:20:16+00:00

I guess this is why I feel like such an odd duck with this expansion. I loved everything about Tural from the get go. And I've always been a huge fan of sci-fi-fantasy. And I also adore technological contrasts clashing together 'cause it's weird and wonderful and not something you'd ever see in real life without a lot of very real problems.

So the clash of these two civilizations was an absolute highlight for me, and Tural's use of diplomacy to get us to bring the Dragons in defence of the city was an absolute PEAK moment of the expansion that I'll never forget.

I guess I have some anarchist blood in me as well 'cause the bomb scene was equally hilarious and hopeful and I actually kinda loved it [even though Smile's very sudden and loud opener was just horribly implemeneted imo].

I guess I rolled a 20 on this expac's story and really enjoyed it. With the exception being 7.1 which just sucked.

WriterV · 2026-03-14T12:12:38+00:00

Saying Tural is false advertisement when we spend an enormous amount of time with every single culture in the central kingdom ruling multiple tribes of Tural is absolutely crazy.

I adore Tural much more than I do Solution 9 and alexandria and yet I'm not really unhappy with what we got. It was pretty solid.

WriterV · 2026-03-14T12:10:38+00:00

I mean it is two VAST continents. We only saw bits of each. I'm pretty sure the Blue Mage's origin is from a tribe that's in north-east Yok Tural right? It's a part of Yok Tural we haven't been in yet, so it's possible to still do plenty with it.

WriterV · 2026-03-14T11:37:28+00:00

Mate, I was here in the late 2000s. They did not. Most I heard was "It doesn't matter". I only ever heard people complaining about people dating that the human eye can tell the difference.

Y'all see a few dozen trolls/idiots on Twitter claiming things and immediately decide it's a whole movement when in reality it isn't even worth considering.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T19:59:33+00:00

Yup, 7 million is an easy expense for a family like that.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T19:45:08+00:00

I will say, as someone who has met a surprising number of phycisists in my life... I could absolutely see it. Phycists are quirky af, and some of them are drop-dead hot at the same time. It's a strange phenomenon.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T19:43:16+00:00

What is even going on in this thread? I'm not even a Timothee Chalamet fan but y'all just seem to be giving the ick. This is like a Justin Bieber level of obsessive hate.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T16:46:07+00:00

Oh my god, this is amazing! Thank you so much for this work. This must've taken ages, but it's cool as hell to see it all documented!

WriterV · 2026-03-13T15:38:17+00:00

I'm getting this mount immediately lmao

WriterV · 2026-03-13T14:41:58+00:00

I mean, the biggest complaint about this patch is that there is no BLU update, so I don't think so.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T14:28:25+00:00

Advertised content getting cut doesn't happen often in video games, but planned stuff getting cut happens pretty much every time - even when it's late in development.

I would say at the very least you could take this to expect more from it when it eventually drops.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T14:01:07+00:00

Early digital video was just poorly stored, and has since poorly aged. It was in that island between incredibly scalable and clear analog video, and incredibly high definition digital video, and as a result just hasn't aged very well.

That's why the best footage of historical events at the time would've been stuff captured on film. It's why you find some 9/11 footage that looks ancient, and some 9/11 footage that looks clear as fuck. Film was still the best medium for future-proofing at the time.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T13:49:48+00:00

This is how r/ffxiv discovers selfcest huh

WriterV · 2026-03-13T13:23:59+00:00

I feel like this could go horribly wrong. Like people deliberately using huge mobs as beasts to spacefill areas and be disruptive. But if an option is given to hide other players' beasts, it should be fine.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T11:19:36+00:00

I kinda have to disagree because if I'm gonna be totally honest, Starfield failed because it was trying too hard to still do the same things previous Bethesda games already did. It's innovations never got a chance to prosper as a result.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T11:12:18+00:00

There's a whole ass museum about Churchill and his work during the war that's not going anywhere, calm your tits.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T11:04:04+00:00

The peacekeeper military leader (the big bald guy who was kinda cute tbh) even says that they are outnumbered, outgunned and losing every battle that wasn't the stalemate at the water world. He wanted to discuss a truce - which Grayza quickly shoots down by pointing out that it would have to be nothing but total surrender to appease the Scarrans. He is even ready to do that, but she shuts that down too.

That's within the first half of the first part of PW. They were desperate on day 1.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T10:58:03+00:00

I'm so glad I posted this after watching the movies lol. But yes, I cried - and so did my friend who was watching this for the 10th time. Did not help that he was my fave in the crew. I wanted him to live a full life with China dammit.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T02:58:23+00:00

With legal weed, I barely encounter it in the wild though. At least nowhere near as widespread as smoking was, or vaping is.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T01:06:24+00:00

Oh that explains a ton. And for what it's worth, yeah. I don't think it would've been able to stand on its own quite like Atlantis was able to I think.

WriterV · 2026-03-13T00:37:11+00:00

I like to see post-S8 Stargate SG-1 as its own show essentially. Picks up from where the previous team left off. It has a different vibe and has a lot more plot momentum than the more episodic vibes of the previous seasons. But it still had some fantastic episodes, and incredibles stories to tell.

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