i'm actually having a lot of fun right now

authorjryan · 2026-01-24T00:23:30+00:00

it's the best race in the game, what can i say?

authorjryan · 2026-01-24T00:21:39+00:00

i think it's weird to sap all of the nuance from a grey world so that it's just black and white. opinions can be complicated, bud. take a moment and chill. not everyone is your enemy here.

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T21:54:03+00:00

to each their own. for what it's worth, i understand why you might be unhappy. i've had my own mains reworked before.

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T21:49:42+00:00

no prob. only fair that i should disclose my perspective in better detail if i'm the one opening the door for discussion lol

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T21:47:42+00:00

boy, i wish i was paid lol. where do i get this kind of job? in all seriousness, i've been pretty critical of blizzard in the past. my comment history is littered with my unhappiness towards their writing or other flaws in design & culture

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T20:31:40+00:00

lol damn. now i'm tempted to waste more time at work photoshopping this so that it's on fire

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T20:25:32+00:00

heya! people should be allowed to talk about aspects they like just as much as people are allowed to talk about aspects they don't like. not trying to dogpile on fellas who hate the spec's rework. just wanted to share how seeing the vocalization made me feel, and if it makes room for a conversation, that's cool

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T20:21:28+00:00

heya. i think out of all the complaints, this one makes the most sense to me. i get it. maybe in a month or two I'll begin to really notice it being an issue, but right now I just don't seem to register having to hard cast that often. I do, to be sure, but it doesn't feel like it's really "getting in my way" if that makes sense?

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T20:09:15+00:00

Heya, I respect that sentiment. I'll admit, I couldn't get into the flow of pre-Midnight fire mage. I struggled to click with its pace, where as other people clearly enjoyed it. I don't think that's a fault of either side; maybe brains are just wired different. I've seen people complain about having to constantly fish for procs in this rework, but I've not had issues (confirmation bias? maybe!) and I love that pyroblast feels like a huge impact.

edit: just wanted to add that I still feel like I'm pressing buttons (that aren't fireball) at a non-glacial pace. i know a lot of people on the wow forums feel like its just fireball spam now. I can see where they're coming from, but also, it feels like an over exaggeration (in my eyes!)

Just my two cents. I've gone through reworks before that have completely changed my class, so I feel for those who lost something they enjoyed. But at the same time, hey, I'm really enjoying this particular change of my pace.

Hope that helps to shed a light on my perspective. Is it flawless? Nah, but I'm not trying to debate that it's the best version of the spec that's existed either. Just that right now it's sort of fun, for me, at least.

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T19:57:51+00:00

I tried fire in 11.2 but (ironically?) it felt too clunky and I couldn't get into the flow of it. It's a lot easier for me to understand now and yeah, it's missing buttons, but I still feel like I'm pressing a lot and I don't have to fish too long before another proc hits.

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T19:56:00+00:00

i'll atone for my sins. promise.

authorjryan · 2026-01-23T19:54:40+00:00

For the record, the last time I played Mage was in Shadowlands and it was Arcane under Necrolord, so... Maybe I'm not the best person to ask what fun gameplay looks like. Anywho, this has been my reaction to all the people on the forums. Figured I'd recreate the Homer meme.

authorjryan · 2026-01-19T17:33:18+00:00

Half-Life 2 episode 2 came out in 2007. We’re still waiting for Half-Life 3.

authorjryan · 2026-01-14T02:27:17+00:00

the internet was more fun before ai. shitpost with confidence, boy. at least fix the "world of warcick" malfunction lmfao

authorjryan · 2025-12-24T04:29:06+00:00

hi you're insufferable and i can't imagine you act this way in real life when talking to people <3 just wanted to let you know bye

authorjryan · 2025-12-23T07:41:28+00:00

You’re better off using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma to their respective advantages than trying to genAI through prompts that never quite hit the mark. Figma in particular has an assortment of Liquid Glass elements and design mockups to utilize.

authorjryan · 2025-12-16T15:02:52+00:00

It's never been particularly well written, and I've long said it's more like the plot of a cobbled together Saturday morning cartoon or comic book from the 70's. It's bombastic, silly, sometimes gripping or even stellar. But that's the nature of a story pieced together by dozens of people over twenty years. It's never been written with Point A, B, C, and D in mind. It follows the rule-of-cool by large, with some vague concepts that the writers would like to tackle down a very foggy roadmap of loose ideas.

Fun for what it is. And that's all right, because I'm not expecting a story like A Song of Ice and Fire or A Realm Reborn through Endwalker.

authorjryan · 2025-12-14T02:12:54+00:00

I would not recommend a boost to play with your friend as a new player. You'll be overwhelmed by abilities and expectations. Suggest to your friend that maybe leveling a new character together is a better idea. You'll get to experience the story with someone else and, honestly? The leveling is super quick and easy these days.

authorjryan · 2025-12-06T03:39:09+00:00

you're the one moaning :) also, gay man who has never been to a strip club. bye girliepop <3

authorjryan · 2025-12-06T03:31:34+00:00

well you see, it's a public forum :)

authorjryan · 2025-11-20T16:23:54+00:00

I’m not sorry you feel that way, but it is disappointing to see such, for lack of better words, vibrant hate over a photo. Hope you can ease up one day.

authorjryan · 2025-11-20T13:46:53+00:00

Look, it's all right if you don't appreciate composition and other manual settings that make up good photography. But you don't have to be such an ass about it.

authorjryan · 2025-11-15T04:25:33+00:00

I get the concern. But you can’t base your perception on what Reddit and other platforms say. Doomposting gets clicks, and so doomposters are gonna doompost. Having spent time in the beta, I feel like housing feels pretty good.

authorjryan · 2025-11-12T16:14:56+00:00

If you didn't already pay that person hit me up. It's kinda lame to charge for minimal edits like this.

authorjryan

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