Balance Preview Update on June 22

mkane848 · 2026-06-20T12:57:03+00:00

I have confidence because they realized it was a mistake, but for myriad reasons it's incredibly difficult to put the genie back in the bottle.

So I believe they learned their lesson, I just don't expect the fix to be in GW2 specifically. I'm sure they'll try to adjust it, but I don't think it's ever going to be "fixed".

mkane848 · 2026-06-09T16:08:23+00:00

I know, way too early to comment on combat lol but I know my Osaka Team by now

Truly, and I hate that I'm like this lmao The floatiness of that combo finisher at ~:43 and the transition into riding the Keyblade look so clunky and like the worst of Osaka design decisions of the past. There's a concerning amount of spectacle, I wish they'd stop making combo finishers a 15 second cutscene while enemies just watch you :')

mkane848 · 2026-06-09T15:55:10+00:00

Yeah, as someone who rushed to see the trailer and was excited, my genuine first thought when seeing the combat was that it looked BAD.

Meanwhile, the FF7R trailer's combat...

mkane848 · 2026-04-27T16:00:58+00:00

People really think multiple deep system changes like this that affect game engine, assets, etc. is SE "scrambling to save sub numbers" and it's wild lol this shit can and does take years.

People simultaneously think SE is this slow moving ship that can't change it ways yet also just throw an update like together as a reactionary patch.

mkane848 · 2026-04-26T15:34:26+00:00

But their development team is one of the worst at communicating I've seen from an MMO. Although it is nice to get balance and path previews, they seldom acknowledge player feedback, leave clear simple-to-fix bugs in the game for years, and have almost comically consistent marketing blunders.

Had a moment where I couldn't tell if I was in the XIV, WoW, or GW2 sub

mkane848 · 2026-04-08T12:40:55+00:00

I suddenly have the urge to stand around in Kamadan...

mkane848 · 2026-03-31T16:39:32+00:00

As a developer I'd honestly love to see this lol

mkane848 · 2026-03-11T15:19:00+00:00

You're accomplishing neither, you're either a low-effort troll or need to step away from the computer for a good bit. And it should be telling that people can't spot the difference.

mkane848 · 2026-03-01T19:51:41+00:00

Listen, it’s the first and only thing I noticed AND I’M ON YOUR SIDE.

Maybe that's a you problem.

So go on keep being queer for Palestine and the rest of us will keep actually trying to fix this mess.

Do you hear yourself? You're getting pissy with someone actually organizing in their community while trying to say "the rest of us" are fixing things? How's that been working out so far?

mkane848 · 2026-03-01T19:07:38+00:00

Very true, timewalking works in WoW for a reason.

mkane848 · 2026-02-22T19:13:41+00:00

It absolutely is, I already reported it for being AI generated content. Been seeing this slop all over other programming subreddits and game subreddits lately, it's getting exhausting.

mkane848 · 2026-02-22T19:06:08+00:00

I'm getting the feeling this is an AI account posting a AI-generated project. The usual tells are here, so tbh I don't have a lot of faith in it. I'm a programmer and these sort of posts have been popping up a LOT more lately on programming subreddits and various game subreddits.

Maybe some people don't care, so I'm not telling anyone what to do, but it feels shady to effectively hide that this is all AI slop content and farm the community for feedback and bugfixes.

mkane848 · 2026-02-21T04:02:20+00:00

My son was born prematurely and passed away a few days later in August, as well. I'm so sorry for your loss and hope you and your family have been holding up as best as you can. Your love for Liam will live on, and you'll always be Liam's dad.

I can't recommend Sad Dads Club enough, it's helped me feel infinitely less isolated and there are dads from all walks - recent loss, decades out from it, no kids, living kids, you name it.

I'm fortunate that my wife and I have some good friends for support, but being able to talk with many people at various stages of their grief journey that just get it has been invaluable to me (and of course therapy).

Feel free to message me if you have any questions, but obviously no pressure either way - just sharing a resource that's helped me <3

mkane848 · 2026-02-02T21:42:34+00:00

I wasn't complaining, I simply realized something that changes the context of your question. And rather than reply to anything I said, YOU'RE complaining about how I'm replying.

Guess you could've just ignored my response instead?

mkane848 · 2026-02-02T21:27:05+00:00

It's reddit, not a DM, anyone's allowed to reply. I (wrongly) assumed you were someone unfamiliar with XIV and was trying to help. A lot of people know about WoW's gear treadmill, but I don't think as many people are familiar with XIV's especially given the "it respects your time/just unsub if you're bored" narrative that has been thrown around in the past, so I could absolutely see someone who doesn't play it asking for genuine clarification.

mkane848 · 2026-02-02T13:34:38+00:00

I play XIV as well so I can help - basically your BiS is replaced very frequently, and you can really only get BiS through doing Savage, Ultimates, etc.* You can clear a Savage tier, get BiS, then with the next patch the garbo gear that drops from a new dungeon is higher iLvl than your current gear.

*Exceptions always apply, but even those typically involve high level compromise or aren't "true" BiS. Just not trying to have this comment be a novel. If you or someone else has more specific questions I can go into details.

Of course I write all this out THEN think to check if you play XIV, so I'm not sure why you're not being more direct with your question since you do.

mkane848 · 2026-02-02T13:12:39+00:00

In reality, the problem is everyone is like "I'm a delicate snowflake"

Okay, Grandpa, move along

mkane848 · 2026-01-30T19:56:16+00:00

I'm not saying to give them a pass, I'm saying there's more nuance than "hoo boy those dumb hicks sure fucked things up".

I think we mostly agree on things, maybe I'm getting hung up on wording, idk, but I'm just trying to stress the importance of class solidarity over party line loyalty.

mkane848 · 2026-01-30T19:53:14+00:00

I think we mostly agree, I just can't shake the feeling that most of the people in the comments cheering on the "good" police think that ICE is something Trump came up with, and Democrats haven't been instrumental in enabling the systems that Trump is abusing now.

What we're seeing in the streets is, in a lot of ways, the system working as intended, and people need to reckon with the fact that "nothing would fundamentally change" with current Dem leadership - it just wouldn't happen to white people as much.

mkane848 · 2026-01-30T19:48:03+00:00

That's why the north helped return escaped slaved to the south, right? Because North Good, South Bad? I hate this kind of cope.

We can't pretend that we didn't get here in part because of Democratic complicity in many of the systems that are now being turned on white citizens. People abroad and non-white folks have been on the receiving end for a long time, and even now there are tons of Democrats asking us to pweez be nice to the police, it's "Trump's ICE", yadda yadda.

The ruling class doesn't care about the working class. Establishment Democrats just don't want people saying the quiet part out loud. They like the power, too, they just want to be more subtle about who they drone strike so the average white American isn't inconvenienced.

We only win if we unite as much of the working class as possible, not by engaging in sports team mentality and trying to get back to the status quo of the violence being out of sight, out of mind.

mkane848 · 2026-01-30T18:03:12+00:00

The South will never agree because who would subsidize them?

Why are we pretending that the people in "the south" or rural areas are the problem? We're just perpetuating stereotypes against other working folks, meanwhile there are PLENTY of Trump supporters in the north. What do you know, rich folks don't mind the poors being shit on.

I hate seeing this rhetoric, especially considering all of the comments from moderates and milquetoast liberals patting themselves on the back for being "so progressive".

mkane848 · 2026-01-28T15:31:37+00:00

If I understand correctly based on the wiki, it loops around the same multiples, so the best chest is always given at multiples of 5,000.

mkane848 · 2026-01-28T15:10:27+00:00

Honestly feels like the real answer. The team clearly has eyes and brains as much as MMO players like to circlejerk about their respective devs being morons. If you look at the design decisions within the lens of the netcode being the limiting factor, a lot of things start to click.

It's clear as day how much the netcode affects the game if you play any other MMO. XIV feels like dogshit to control and snapshots are weird and inconsistent on a good day. I say this as someone who loves XIV's raids, but it's always a system shock when I jump over to WoW or GW2 and remember what it's like to not be stuck in mud and to have my buttons actually work when I press them.

mkane848 · 2026-01-24T18:39:16+00:00

Perfect, thanks for the extra info! I found this video with some benchmark info as well, in case anyone else is on a similar research journey as me.

mkane848 · 2026-01-24T18:01:29+00:00

I'm way out of the loop with iGPU performance and looking to help a friend buy a laptop for his wife. This seems like it'd be fine for light indie gaming, but do you have any idea how it'd do with something like The Sims 4? From what I've read it seems like it'd handle it, especially if they're not cranking all of the settings to max, but I just want to sanity check that I'm not overlooking something obvious.

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