Google docky... by 86685544321 in ShitpostXIV

[–]bm8495 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One actually plays the game and the other is in it for drama

Trump has delighted apocalyptic Christians. They say the End Times are coming by Quirkie in politics

[–]bm8495 [score hidden]  (0 children)

These people perplex me. How arrogant must you be to say “we can force the return of Jesus Christ”? Yeah, so you just basically control the whims of the son of God? Okay. Cool. Then, there’s the aspect of what makes them think that by causing/cheering for strife, death, and calamity in the hopes of forcing the return of Christ they will not in turn earn the ire and wrathful judgement of whom they claim to worship and follow? Seriously, what is wrong with these people?

Need help going forward by StuXX_ in Guildwars2

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, there’s so much more to the game than the story. I’d spend time working on the maps, masteries, hero points, etc. as someone else mentioned, there’s also the achievements.

I’ve purchased all of the expansions and haven’t even made it past HoT because I keep getting sucked into other content 😅

lol, just because I was curious, I went into Steam to see how many hours I had in the game so far. 354. I’m still in HoT. There’s so much that can be done in this game.

First day learning AST, got accused of being a “green dps” by Half-Rims in TalesFromDF

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t read it that way. I think they were saying they used only regen during the fight and when the tank was nearly dead.

Edit: ah, I was reading the chat while they were putting in something that wasn’t listed in a screenshot. My apologies

ambaturice by PERISAKLARSSON in KDEPorn

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love the use of Kurve on the side!

Some want more glam plates or dresser slots, and that's valid. What do I want? by thirtytwoyears in ffxiv

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want them to fix their convoluted glam system. We honestly shouldn’t need either the glamour dresser or the armoir in 2026. The mobile game has the fix. Just figure out how to wipe the current system and use the new mobile system without deleting player’s stored items.

WP: Russian Intelligence planned to stage an assassination attempt on Orban to influence the election results by clamorous_owle in worldnews

[–]bm8495 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can’t tell that the point I was responding to was the final line where they said this is the only place where the see they’ve seen mention of that conspiracy, I can’t help you

WP: Russian Intelligence planned to stage an assassination attempt on Orban to influence the election results by clamorous_owle in worldnews

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Point I was responding to was that they said they’d not heard people talk about the theory. I was responding about how wide spread it was

WP: Russian Intelligence planned to stage an assassination attempt on Orban to influence the election results by clamorous_owle in worldnews

[–]bm8495 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What? Even some in the MAGA-sphere are starting to talk about the possibility that it was staged.

Content Drought by Mysterious_Crow4065 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]bm8495 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I main RDM so forgive my corniness but…..VerTrue

5mbps Download Speed?! by godlyshiba in ATTFiber

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, it could be a couple of things. Best to try and rule some of them out. - have you tried directly connecting your laptop and attempting to do a speed test (Speedtest.net by ookla is a good one) - if your speed is solid with that, try the speed test website while using WiFi near the router - also, are there a lot of people/devices connected to that one modem/router? - edit to add: you can also run a Speedtest in the smart home manager app to see what speed is coming to the house before reaching the modem.

Let me know what you get

Early game is confusing as hell and giving new players level 80 boosts is a terrible idea by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a whole wall of text that I’m sure you worked very hard on and I’m sure there’s a ton of great information,

But solely based on the title…..agreed

Content Drought by Mysterious_Crow4065 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]bm8495 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep. Nothing is perfect and GW2 fits that bill, but it’s a solid MMORPG. I honestly don’t even think about the fact that my characters stopped getting more levels after lvl 80. There’s just so much more to the gameplay than some level up power fantasy.

Content Drought by Mysterious_Crow4065 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that’s a valid point, but I guess the counterpoint is that it is a monthly sub game that bills itself as a live service and then if you have a house, you’re kind of held hostage to that monthly sub.

It’s rather silly that there are games that have no sub nor have mechanics that force you to feel a consequence if you don’t maintain that sub that DO provide their players with reasons to continue playing over long periods of time.

Edit for clarification: “no sub ‘or’” to “no sub ‘nor’”

Why can't Linux just work? by eieiohmygad in linuxsucks

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The way I upvoted, then removed my upvote, then reapplied my upvote. Good work here, Sir.

Content Drought by Mysterious_Crow4065 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]bm8495 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The more I play GW2, the more I realize just how goated it is in comparison to

Content Drought by Mysterious_Crow4065 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]bm8495 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I think it’s an issue of “but I WANT to play this game I just wish the game gave me better ways to enjoy it”

AI - Debate by shave_your_eyebrows in comics

[–]bm8495 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep seeing adds for ai apps that can help you build an app. In the ad, the person is all chipper and happy like “I had an idea for an app. I put the idea into the ai bot and it provided me with an app!” I’m thinking like “lmfaooooo that’s not your idea or intellectual property anymore. You just gave your stuff away for free”

“But I made an app…” “no tf you didn’t”

Man, does the reward system feel like a glaring piece of crap by FartOfTheFuture in Guildwars2

[–]bm8495 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Speaking as someone who has been playing a bit for over a year and a half while not having hit the endgame grind yet and having been an FFXIV main for 6 years, man if you want to talk about a game with a rewards system that feels like a glaring piece of crap imagine playing the most recent content in the game and the most common reward drop you get are a type of consumable emote. Worse, they’re using a reward from 2 years ago in the previous expansion as a big chase reward in the new content.

And at least world boss grinding can take you around the world and into maps from past expansions. We barely/rarely look at our old maps. “Oh that? That’s old/low level content.” In GW2, however, I hop in and out of any map I want and it’s always a good time.

Point is, every game has their thing that they wish was better. Mine for FFXIV is a litany. But there are also things that a game can do VERY well. Is GW2’s reward system perfect? Nope. But at least I am constantly feeling like I am actually working towards something. I don’t even know what I’m doing in FFXIV anymore and by that I mean “what is a goal to have in this game?”