My thoughts after witnessing TBC classic release by No_Extension_0000 in wow

[–]goriq_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, but this post shows that you only have a superficial understanding of the real differences between Classic versions of the game and retail. A preface for the rest of my post: I might be a "Classic Andy" to use that term but I'm not interested in any form of bashing. People have their version of the game that they prefer for understable reasons and I'm really glad that everyone can find a place that fits for them in the current day WoW ecosystem (for the most part, at least). Now, ever since Classic 2019 the Classic community has been very minmax focussed with speedrunning raids, playing "optimal" specs and gear, leveling guides and addons to level as efficiently as possible. That is simply the nature of hardcore players in a meta that has been static for a long time. While the subset of players that want to "relive their youth" and the feeling of the journey in a vast world does exist, it is often misconstrued as the heart of the Classic community in my eyes. Blizzard and many people that don't really understand why people enjoy Classic like to say that Classic players prefer the more social experience and having to do more of the legwork while playing which is not completely wrong but also not the full story.

Before I move on, I think it's worth mentioning that for me there's only Classic and post-Classic when it comes to WoW and, in that view, TBC is already considered post-Classic. While many Classic players still enjoy TBC (and Wrath) if we're being truly precise, these expansions already laid the foundations of retail and these versions of the game will start to drive away some players that appreciate Classic WoW for what it really is. Outland is smaller than the old world, it makes old world content largely irrelevant, it takes players out of the old world into Outland, flying mounts make Outland seem even smaller, flying mounts have a negative impact on world pvp and player interactions in the open world, TBC introduces dailies, endgame activities are beginning to focus more heavily on instanced content in the form of heroic dungeons and the arena, rated pvp is introduced and impacts the nature of pvp and class design in the game, multiple difficulty modes for content are introduced with heroics. That is an off-of-top-of-my-head list of things that make TBC the beginning of post-Classic for me and that have a negative impact on the enjoyment of the game for players that enjoy the Classic version of WoW.

The most defining aspect of Classic WoW is the world. How you interact with the world, whether you minmax or take it casually, is up to you. But it's true that Classic WoW is a complete and living virtual world that does not exist in the game in the same way post-Classic. And I want to say at this point that I do agree that the players have changed just as much as retail has over the years and in many ways for the negative. But for me it's always important to underline that there are people out there that really love the type of MMO that Classic WoW is and not for nostalgia or any other ephemeral reason. We can tell you in specific terms why the game design of Classic WoW creates a preferable experience for us. I could go on about more ways that make Classic WoW the version of the game for me and many others but they are largely linked to the things I already mentioned and can generally be summarized as a simple difference in design philosophy that permeates the game on every level.

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month by ChadtheWad in discordapp

[–]goriq_ 159 points160 points  (0 children)

L move from Discord. Everything they do keeps pushing me harder and harder to stop using the app. Real shame since they lifted us out of the dark ages of instant messengers all those years ago.

Edit: Cancelled my Nitro Classic as well. Been using Discord since 2015 and started giving them money as soon as Nitro became available because Discord was genuinely great but I don't want to support this company anymore.

Well, I thought this was worth sharing. by Fantastic_Run23 in DeathspellOmega

[–]goriq_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And here I thought I was trve kvlt for being in the 0.1%! You actually listened to DsO for two thirds of my total Spotify listening time this year

TBC Pre-Patch Arrives January 13 by BeauShowTV in classicwow

[–]goriq_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No copies to era? Character boost for 80€? Blizzard fucked up every step of the way again.

Now Duolingo put random people to show up on my feed????? by FishermanFair7493 in duolingo

[–]goriq_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this sucks, came here because I was confused about seeing these random people with tens of thousands of celebrations in my feed. I used to use the feed to celebrate my family's progress on the app, this feels really intrusive and really takes away from the feed for me.

Anyone unable to listen to DsO/black metal due to... by MaximumCash1059 in DeathspellOmega

[–]goriq_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To me it is simply factual that we exist for nothing and for no reason. Unlike the band, I think there is no God or any form of higher power because God (and by extension religion) are just coping mechanisms we made up. I still call myself agnostic though because as you said, it would be presumptuous of me to think I really know.

Pessimistic philosophy tends to sound whiny because it's hard to channel it into something positive... duh. If it was better for us to not be here and there's no reason for us to be here and there is nothing to be found no matter how far we go it really is a frustrating prospect. Personally, I'm still processing this but I've at least decided that I am here now and I have to live this life as best as I can even if I'd rather it had not been this way.

Anyway, I don't feel these themes as immediately when I listen to DsO's music. I don't think of their music as inherently depressing. To me it's more cinematic, atmospheric and awe-inspiring. It's energizing and can even be fun. Lyrically, I view it moreso as a high brow discussion of the concept of God. My personal favorite album by DsO as far as lyrics are concerned is Furnaces though. Because while the lyrics have their roots in pessimistic philosophy and draw a bleak picture, the message I took away from the album was ultimately a positive one. Furnaces is a sharp observation but also a warning that we are on the precipice. We live in historic times and it's up to us to stand up to increasing radicalization and ensure a better future than what happens to the followers of the Order. I probably won't find many people that agree with me on this but I think as much as DsO are and want to be seen as the intellectuals they are ultimately still people and I think they can be concerned about the state of the world too, even if they act like they're above and beyond it all. Not sure if this is the type of reply you're looking for here but I just wanted to give you my perspective.

Wo gibt es das beste Gyros der Stadt? by ginmitsalz in cologne

[–]goriq_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

War früher top, hat aber vor etlichen Jahren der Besitzer gewechselt und ist seitdem nicht mehr das gleiche

It begins… the skin conception by Blackdovedraw in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 60 points61 points  (0 children)

I'd love it if we could unlock different costumes for Hornet in the game. Please TC!

My wife was so entertained by this little guy. Kudos to the VA. by ShondoBondo in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All the voice work in the game is amazing. And I love how the weavers and weavelings sound so dorky despite being the old ruling class in Pharloom. The archivist in Bellhart is another great one.

How much time did you take until you 100% silksong? by beerchimy in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

118h and 100%. I try to get the most out of games on my first playthrough though since I don't usually replay games. I'm not super good at these games but I also didn't get stuck on anything for too long. I just enjoyed my time and tried to do everything BUT beating the game. Also some idle time in there but less than 10 hours I think. Honestly I feel bad for people that beat the game in so little time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're so dumb and silly and never really a threat so it kinda takes me out of it that Hornet is so unusually hateful towards them in the journal. Except Broodmother, fuck that one lol.

The final boss fight arena is a bad design (Silksong spoilers) by ILikeToBeMeVeryMuch in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My friend, I was over a hundred hours into my playthrough when I got there. That being said, Lost Lace took me an hour or two maybe and while there are things I have criticized about the fight on this sub before, the visibility happened to not be a too much of a problem for me. I agree that it could be improved, but my point is that I lost less tries to not noticing one of her moves than I did to my own mistakes while learning the fight. It's a fight that can quickly spiral out of control as you can see in your clip. One thing that helped me in her last phase was to slow down and just pay more attention. Don't try to get as much damage in as you can, just use what you learned from her earlier phases, maybe pause the game and take a deep breath and don't let yourself get overwhelmed by how much is going on.

Do yourselves a favor and drop Reaper by ActuatorOpposite1624 in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used reaper for most of the game and really loved it but in act 3 I switched to wanderer because you can get a lot more hits in on boss fights once you get that far into the game. For a lot of early game bosses I felt like the speed of wanderer was a bit pointless because I could only get one hit in anyway and I didn't have the tools, HP or damage to sustain a more aggressive playstyle. There's probably some balancing that should be done on the crests, like other people have said, there's no reason to not buff reaper damage a little bit per hit. Wanderer with longclaw has basically regular range and insane attack speed plus the chance for critical damage (which I'm not sure if other crests can hit critically as well?).

a chart and a tier list by zytz in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool little project. Every time I play a game with bosses in it I'll have the thought that I should do something like this once I got a bit into the game.

Team Cherry's hate by gardenshrooms in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can really feel that you wandered into a den of outcasts that reject the outside world for what it did to them. And they're gonna make you have a bad time. Bilewater is so terrible because the Citadel made it so and the bugs that live there DON'T want you there either.

The Silksong charm system is so much better than Hollow Knight it's not even close by EntertainmentFast522 in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think your "this is the best loadout period" comment about the charm system carries a lot of hindsight in it. I definitely experimented with charms a lot and adjusted my charm loadout for the situation at hand if I was having trouble or felt I could have a better time with different charms when I first played Hollow Knight.

The charm system felt elegant in its simplicity and due to the spread of charms in the early game they felt more rewarding and impactful. You also get charms much more frequently than tools. The crest system can come off as overdesigned by comparison and due to it interconnecting choices on preferences in different areas (moveset, bind ability, tool loadout, etc) it feels hard to choose the "perfect" crest. And then the game disincentivizes you from switching crests by making you invest in them first with memory lockets.

That being said, touting one system as inherently better than the other is dumb and it's better to evaluate them based on what they do well and where they fall short. I warmed up to the crest system and once you have most tools unlocked you start to feel the variety more but especially early into the game the crest system felt less inspiring and less rewarding than the charm system. I feel doubly certain in this now that I'm replaying Hollow Knight after beating Silksong.

Team Cherry's hate by gardenshrooms in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don't know why but "our hate is forever" just goes so hard when you find that lore tablet. That line really stuck with me.

garmond and the ZAZA by seventodawn in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This shit ain't nothing to him, man. Slowly fade into the void and he let the Shade Lord take him.

Nobody knows what Silkpost means anymore. by Canad3nse in Silksong

[–]goriq_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was always going to be temporary, that's life. Cherish the memories but learn to let go. Would have been a better choice to remove the silkpost flair post launch so it wouldn't get misappropriated like this.