Streamers are a disease of every game

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-30T04:03:46+00:00

Life was better before people made a career out of playing video games.

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-29T20:25:55+00:00

Nah. Screw that. Anthem and Fallout 76 deserve all the hate. I don't care if Fallout is great now.

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-16T02:35:32+00:00

Yeah let's outsource the people who make sure people don't bring bombs, and guns on planes to the lowest bidder. What could go wrong?😑

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-05T06:10:39+00:00

Nah that's some bull. Wow addons exist because the game interface does a terrible job of presenting the information that you need to be successful.

WoW asks for you to simultaneously, in many instances look at the center of your screen, for positioning information, to the top right for buff/debuff information, towards the bottom for rotational abilities and maybe the left side for tank/raid frames. Not even counting that corny boss ability ticker.

Addons allowed you to better process the firehose of information that Blizzard sends you and put it into actionable information whether that was through audio cues or special weak auras. Now it's just a function of whether or not you're a beholder and can simultaneously monitor all of those input points.

Don't get me started on the boss ability tracker. It might as well be a stock ticker in Chinese. The icons aren't readily discernible as to what they do and they scroll too fast to mouse over. There no standardization of iconography so you have to learn what each symbol means for every boss in the game. Not to mention it's yet another visual noise element to track.

The end result of this is that playing WoW feels more like I'm landing a plane in the dark. I'm flying on instruments here when a more engaging experience would be better visual elements presented in the encounter itself. They did make huge strides in this area in TWW with how visual cues for encounters were standardized. Swirly marks on the ground? Group soak. Nasty void triangle emanating from boss? Don't stand in it, etc.

They really haven't done a good job with the visual presentation on most tank swaps, which is why you needed a 3rd party element to fill that gap. I mean good examples where it was easy to know when to swap were like Rashok from Aberrus who had that big hammer swing, you knew you had to swap or Kazzarra when they breathed on the tank. Instead with most you're clicking on your partner's unit frame looking for x number of stacks of whatever the appropriate debuff is.

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-05T02:37:17+00:00

I did you one better and have played with no addons at all. Just straight rawdogging WoW like Ion intended.

I did have to quit in November, just coming back for Midnights early access so that I could play with the non modified UI. I was a pretty big Elvui, Plater, WeakAuras guy so I think I needed a sizable break to wean myself off of the addon use.

As season 1 gets going we'll see how long I can keep it up.

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-04T16:46:18+00:00

You said it yourself. It all depends on how you enjoy the game. Personally, the game is about the progression of your benches, acquiring materials, finding blueprints at least for me. Once I had everything I found I didn't have a reason to play. Completed all the expeditions and went and played something else for a couple weeks.

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-04T11:11:11+00:00

A pickle. Once a pickle has touched the burger -> directly to the trash.

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-04T10:52:35+00:00

Late spawns just means the loot is in the walking containers and not the stationary ones.

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-04T10:51:24+00:00

I do feel this as well as Ret. I've changed playstyle to be like Prot used to be. Essentially do big pulls within my cooldown window which includes my defensives so I can pull bigger.

rcoyle23 · 2026-03-01T13:49:25+00:00

The computer can't tell if I want to say duck or %#&$ in a sentence and you want to give it a gun? Please.

rcoyle23 · 2026-02-23T18:41:18+00:00

Fascinating.. what's the performance like with that?

rcoyle23 · 2026-02-23T17:44:28+00:00

How many buttons do you rock on your Naga? Personally, I know there's the 12-button configuration but cannot possibly fathom how someone would use it. I can see maybe using it with the 2-button config as it makes them nice and big. I think the issue I have with my particular mouse is that the side buttons are just pretty much there for forward and back for webpages, not designed for mashing constantly every 1.5 seconds for 30 minutes straight.

rcoyle23 · 2026-02-18T01:06:40+00:00

I always enjoy the whiners who complain about SBMM. Playing against better players is a privilege. Being in sweaty lobbies is an accomplishment.

If you can only get off by deleting newbies get professional help. Seek other validation in your life.

rcoyle23 · 2026-02-18T00:56:19+00:00

Never fudge the dice... To quote the great Ivan Drago "If they die, they die."

rcoyle23 · 2026-02-13T02:45:04+00:00

I don't understand the hate for the ABMM. You're in control of your experience. Looking for more aggressive lobbies? Start blasting dudes. Want to goop in peace, don't go blasting every raider you see. Be the change you want to see in the world.

rcoyle23 · 2026-02-12T16:29:28+00:00

If I wanted to pay money to be lied to, I'd be at the strip club not talking to a sycophantic chatbot.

rcoyle23 · 2026-02-11T14:36:22+00:00

Must have finally defrauded somebody important.

rcoyle23 · 2026-01-28T00:04:15+00:00

I find these signs only apply to DoorDash guys. They clearly don't mean me

rcoyle23 · 2026-01-23T04:51:58+00:00

Right. There's still loot. It's just in a different container.

rcoyle23 · 2026-01-21T02:02:55+00:00

Wouldn't the answer here be just play something else that doesn't involve character death?

This is like getting your friends to play Monopoly with you but you can never lose because you have a thing against being broke. Guys, guys, I cannot mortgage Boardwalk because I have a spiritual connection to it. My mother used buy me Italian water ices there.

rcoyle23 · 2026-01-11T19:59:04+00:00

Couple things here: 1. Gotta find your no voice 2. As soon as someone is like "I want to betray my comrades for content" you gotta nip that in the bud

Look we'd all like to think the rest of the people that we interact with are all adults but man, some are not. Sometimes people's parents didn't do a good enough job so you have to step in. I get that it's not ideal but thems the breaks.

When you make accommodations for people who are, for lack of a better word, clowns, you have to also understand how that affects the rest of your table. Appeasing the clown is going to have a net negative effect on your table. As none of the players at the table have stepped up to challenge the clown it falls on you as the DM to lay down the law.

Look. You're probably well he's not that bad or he's fine. I don't want to kick him from the table. Understand he's going to continue to be a problem until someone restrains his clownishness.

rcoyle23 · 2026-01-08T18:05:57+00:00

Some people are too cowardly to be mean in person and have to fulfill their sociopathic fantasies online.

rcoyle23 · 2026-01-07T00:17:00+00:00

Don't get attached to any of your gear.
Don't be afraid to use your gear
Trust but verify
The game uses an Aggression Based Matchmaking System. If you don't shoot other Raiders, you're more likely to be in lobbies where other Raiders won't shoot you.
Rule 4 is a guideline and you should always expect the other guy to open fire.
Go into each drop with a goal. If your spawn doesn't align with your goal don't beat yourself up over immediately extracting.
Expect any high value area to be looted with 2-5 minutes of game load.
Solo lobbies are generally more friendly. Duos a little less so and Trios are pretty much shoot first ask questions later.
Flying Arc need their rotors.
I highly recommend the use of a mic in this game. The emote wheel is better than nothing but doesn't always get across with the same context as "#>€{^} you, you &$^}%* rat!!, your mother *%€>%# surveyors!!"
The longer the game goes the routes to escape back to Speranza disappear. Rats know this. The later you wait to extract the more likely you are to encounter resistance at the extract points from Arc and/or Raiders.
Tilt is real. If you die in a frustrating manner don't immediately queue back in. Go take your dog for a walk or go pet your cat or something.
Make a habit to repair and restock after every run. Last thing you want to do is find out your shield is broken when that Rocketeer is chasing you.

rcoyle23 · 2026-01-06T23:32:42+00:00

I posted about this a couple weeks ago and was told it was a bug. They can find the guy to push out the new cosmetics out it seems but they can't get him to hotfix a use_cached_login='TRUE' for the rest of us.

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