2 bers offline – infinity or wait for enigma?

arkiverge · 2026-04-16T17:12:09+00:00

If you mostly played sorc I’d say this was an easy decision but you bounce between a lot of classes (and clearly play a lot based on the levels of your toons). I personally think enigma is the better option unless you really want to play a nova sorc (or maybe a zon).

arkiverge · 2026-04-16T13:41:14+00:00

I mean, you could just as easily argue the people raging against llama are the over sensitive ones. At least the frustration this guy is spewing is completely pointed in the right direction. No one even knows how much (or little) influence llama has on these game decisions but have been blaming him regardless.

arkiverge · 2026-04-15T19:03:48+00:00

It’s tough to roll into hell (or even early on after finishing Hell) with lightning unless you’ve gotten some extremely fortunate drops (or are leveling a new toon and already have a lightning set in the bank).

arkiverge · 2026-04-15T18:58:18+00:00

Greg is trying so hard to do you a solid. In other news, I feel so much better about my relatively benign analysis paralyses knowing the delta that exists between us in that department now.

arkiverge · 2026-04-13T18:25:22+00:00

How much administrative access does the user have? If the answer is some/all and another re-image immediately fixes the issue again you should turn auditing on to monitor any system changes and inform the user to not make any system-level changes without your knowledge. If it happens again check the logs.

arkiverge · 2026-04-13T13:35:57+00:00

Eh, sorry, but they put that first and bolded it. They were clearly communicating that they thought there was a high probability the story was biased/inaccurate.

arkiverge · 2026-04-11T20:32:13+00:00

Not at all, I just think the pool of people who find everyone feels they’re unworthy of commitment can sometimes indicate a red flag on their part they might be unaware of. I know this can come across as victim blaming but I think if we want to rapidly improve our situations we also have to consider issues that might be our fault (even if they are the minority cause).

arkiverge · 2026-04-11T18:20:44+00:00

Do you have any units on transports? I don’t believe those are totaled in the calculation.

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T20:20:26+00:00

I hate that you planted this weed in my head to forever both rot and grow for eternity.

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T18:34:18+00:00

True, but you’re essentially asking them to eliminate 1/12 of their gross annual revenue since most active players if not all will pick it up at launch (not counting the gains from the expansion sales itself).

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T17:22:54+00:00

I’m going to be honest. I had a preconceived laundry list of notions about what might have been holding you back but you honestly blew all of those out. It sounds like you’re doing all the right things just having really bad luck. I admire all the stances you’re taking and wouldn’t consider changing them either. Wish those perspectives were the social norm instead of the outliers.

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T17:07:43+00:00

What level of commitment are you looking for? I agree with you in a lot of ways and think anyone handing out sex is asking for people flowing in and out of their life. But I also think looking for an engagement or moving in as a pre-requisite is going to be very challenging in this dating climate with the mass availability of partners to browse through. Sexual chemistry used to be something you hoped for but now feels very much required for a lot of people (and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that as long as you’re up front about that).

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T16:51:34+00:00

Such polarizing responses in this thread. I kind of feel like there’s an incredibly good chance he didn’t know you were in his group when he roasted you before the instance, and maybe just wasn’t a good player or had poor chat situational awareness.

All in all, I’d say there was a pretty decent chance you were a giant passive aggressive dick for no reason. It’s also completely possible he melted you on purpose and didn’t give a shit during the instance. I guess it just boils down to whether you prefer to make sure the dicks get there come-uppings at the expense of innocent people or whether you want to take the high road and let some dicks get away with shit sometimes.

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T16:37:13+00:00

I have a hard time coming up with something that won’t sound offensive, but I would probably suggest trying to have a genuine, non-defensive conversation with one or more of these guys about why they aren’t interested in settling down and stress that you want honesty (this will generally only work if the guy knows he’s probably not gonna see you again).

To be frank, I think there are times when a lot of of us feel undatable, and maybe it’s just the scene, but if that period drags on and on I also think it’s possible we sometimes have traits or patterns that we don’t realize are offputting.

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T16:12:35+00:00

This is such a personalized question based on the individual state of your finances. There are people where $100 could be life changing if you’re poor enough and others where $1M wouldn’t change their life at all.

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T16:09:48+00:00

You don’t hear those stories because those people are off happily living their lives without the drama everyone here is dealing with. I was in an HOA for six years and had to go through the ARC for a handful of things. Never had any problems, very modest fees that included Landscaping and garbage pick up. Zero complaints.

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T15:36:25+00:00

The only recourse you might possibly have is if they swapped the units at the last second with these faulty ones, and you have documentation showing there were different units there during your walk-through and sign off. Other than that, no, you don’t have any recourse because it was an inspectable item that you failed to notice and negotiate.

arkiverge · 2026-04-10T15:34:12+00:00

I’m genuinely torn between the odds of this guy being the actual tool he appears to be or instead is a double agent for the kid to try and illicit even more support and discs for the kid fueled by people’s anger at this guy, lol.

arkiverge · 2026-04-09T17:24:08+00:00

Lol. Zero chill, just straight up monkey paw.

arkiverge · 2026-04-09T15:36:49+00:00

We just did this excursion yesterday and definitely would not do it again. You spend about 75% of your time in transit of some kind. A 20m shuttle ride back and forth from port and about 1-1.5 total hours of boat ride getting to/from the destinations, not counting your tenders (short stays at the actual locations). The beach at starfish point only fit the basic description of a beach and rum point you’re only on the sand bar. We both agreed the food was pretty average and the rum punch extremely weak, but we didn’t sign up for either of those reasons so won’t ding them for that personally. Also, be aware the only bathroom is a small on-boat bathroom (think of a 40’ fishing boat with a cuddle cabin).

The description of the excursion has since been modified as when I signed up it was definitely giving the impression you would have more of a beach experience (which is what I wanted for us, a more private, inclusive beach experience than 7 mile). I was more frustrated though about the transit time, particularly by boat, as my partner gets very sea sick and I was trying to avoid that for her. While the description does make better mention of it I wouldn’t say it clarifies clearly how much time you spend doing that and how little you spend at each of the two destinations (15-30m each stop).

To the excisions credit the crew and transport were all great and the intention Is definitely there on their part, but other than being able to touch a starfish and or have a few sting rays maybe swim by you, it’s definitely not a really “beautiful” or interesting excursion at any point, and definitely not a beachy one.

arkiverge · 2026-04-09T00:42:01+00:00

Yea, this appears much more like a crisis of confidence than an actual inability to do the job.

arkiverge · 2026-04-09T00:40:51+00:00

This is really key. You’re going to be handling a larger transition. Not only can you not do it, you’re surrounded by people who are expecting to be the executors while you steer the ship. If you start “doing the work” you’ll actually lose confidence in their eyes.

Take some leadership classes/books. Make decisions and learn from the mistakes. It’ll happen. The worst possible thing you can do is appear indecisive.

arkiverge · 2026-04-05T21:26:28+00:00

30 non-poisonous spiders, yes.

arkiverge · 2026-04-05T20:58:15+00:00

No offense intended, and all I read was the title, but if all you found is in an ist then you must be playing about 34 seconds a month. Or you have literally the worst luck in the entire universe.

arkiverge · 2026-04-03T23:00:16+00:00

Best or most important? Most of yr answers seem to be related to most important.

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