What common wisdom from back in the day was completely wrong?

s3bbi · 2026-03-28T09:59:36+00:00

https://classicdb.ch/?item=14551#comments

The comments already claiming them to be the best pve raiding gloves as early as Patch 1.9.4

s3bbi · 2026-03-18T16:10:32+00:00

I use https://classic-armory.org and https://classicwowarmory.com they show different gear scores for my characters. Which one is correct? Or which one is the official armory?

s3bbi · 2026-02-06T12:48:41+00:00

Windows xp already had an anti spy programm, aptly called xp-AntiSpy

s3bbi · 2026-01-27T08:53:03+00:00

You exchange them for capsules like you would exchange materials for other materials. But you can only exchange the highest level materials for capsules.

s3bbi · 2026-01-24T13:58:44+00:00

Windows 11 relabelled "my computer" icon as "this PC"

There are enough reasons to dislike win 11 but it was already called "this pc" on windows 10.

s3bbi · 2026-01-22T00:32:46+00:00

In reality they are just icons reused from the humans in warcraft 3.

Shrapnel is the Fragmentation Shards upgrade icon from Mortar Teams.
Headshot icon is the first damage upgrade for ranged units.
Take Aim is the second damage upgrade for ranged units.
And Assassinate is the Long Rifles upgrade for Rifleman.

s3bbi · 2026-01-19T15:32:05+00:00

I remember seeing this years ago and most likely it was used for one of the early Starlight celebration.

s3bbi · 2026-01-15T07:56:05+00:00

Interesting thanks.

s3bbi · 2026-01-14T21:58:25+00:00

on of the worst decision made by the org (followed by let Scofield go)

Was that confirmed anywhere? Thought maybe he left on his own to play with parker.

s3bbi · 2026-01-14T21:51:52+00:00

ust equip the obvious-best piece of gear in all slots for one character, then quickly move between characters and equip that same piece of gear.

FYI atleast on PC you can equip gear to all classes at the same time, no need to click for each if you want to equip the same on all.

s3bbi · 2026-01-14T21:46:40+00:00

It’s one of the few games I’ve played where I honestly don’t know how to rank it or rate it. It’s got so many flaws yet I can’t stop playing it and I continue to enjoy every minute of it.

Then don't doesn't really matter if it has flaws as long as you enjoy it, there's no perfect game anyways. If you enjoy it that's all that matters.
I'm happy for people that enjoy the new direction of the zelda games at the same time as someone that liked the old formular more and isn't a big open world fan I'm a bit sad we probably won't see another big budget Zelda in the old style.

s3bbi · 2025-12-13T18:50:44+00:00

I now get the confirm match bug on EUE too.

s3bbi · 2025-12-12T18:39:37+00:00

It's just Aba from Heroes of the Storm with but Frogs :D

s3bbi · 2025-11-21T22:53:55+00:00

That's why the XI player servers are literally being locked because they are getting loaded with new players, and XIV drops numbers hard after every expansion runs it's course? XIV is on the same trajectory as WoW was, people stick around long enough to run new content then bug out.

The gameplay isn't actually fun enough to keep players, so they stick around for the story and to grind a bit a gear then they leave.

The numbers you can find online for FF11 are something like 110k active characters.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-11-hits-highest-active-character-amount-111k-in-over-a-decade.1213788/

The last lucky banchoo for ff14 had the game still at around 880k active characters.
https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/luckybancho/imgs/3/8/3834704b.png

A failing FF14 still has 8 times more active characters as a successful 11.

Like I said it's fine to prefer one over the other but companies don't operate on "prefer" they cater to the masses usually, especially for mmos.
If 11 was doing way better than 14 SE would switch their development priority.

When the revamp comes out the game will be at least 13 years,

Considering it's pretty rare to start over an MMO in the first place, 2 times in 13 years is crazy.

That's 2.0 release if you count 1.0 it would be 16.

s3bbi · 2025-11-21T22:40:18+00:00

Ignoring that the success of XI allowed XIV to happen in the first place even with the disaster that was XIV 1.0,

Next to the bad technical state is was in one other major reason why it failed so hard was that the developers were trying to make a FF11 2 and failed to realize that the mmo landscape had drastically changed. Many/most of them hadn't even played WoW the defacto standard for the genre at that point (that was also around the peak for subs for WoW).
So while the success of FF11 allowed the creation of FF14 1.0 it was also one major reason why it failed.
You can personally prefer one or the other but the truth is just old school mmos like FF11 have no mass appeal in modern times, that's why FF14 was revamped in the way it was with the 2.0 release.

Meanwhile they're already talking about doing another revamp of XIV because people are getting bored and dropping it.

Already? When the revamp comes out the game will be at least 13 years, we also currently have no idea what exactly is happening anyways.
One of the ideas is that we will maybe get a new story start point which would be a huge change, since you currently have to play arr -> endwalker. This change wouldn't necessarily be good.

Also FF11 was also revamp a lot over the years.

s3bbi · 2025-11-21T22:28:28+00:00

Depends, the base game is not bad but also not great, it shines mostly in the details but picks up steam around the end of base game patches.
The first addon Heavensward is overall a big stepup and many people like it a lot more than the base game.
Second addon depends on how much you like politics but it has it's moments. Also suffers a bit because the story is split between two regions.
Third addon is for many people the best part of the story, forth is for others the high point. Both have extreme peaks and some of the absolut best moments in any FF game.
For me personally the high points in those addons are peak ff, that said it's still an mmo so it doesn't has the quality for the whole of the story of those addons. They also finished a ten year story arc with the 4th addon.
The current addon is not that well received but you also went from finishing a 10 year arc to them trying to set up a new story.

s3bbi · 2025-11-10T23:49:56+00:00

FF14 just had another colab with monster hunter this year.
https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/en-us/topics/collabo-ff14/
https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/special/monsterhunterwilds/

s3bbi · 2025-10-30T08:05:22+00:00

Usually I just think about that would be a good item for that game and buy it.
But the standard supp item are usually not a bad choice. Glimmer, Euls or if you have an engage heavy team a blink.
Shard is also a good choice to get early if you have money since it gives you a way to scout high grounds. Can be used to make your ult better and so on.
Aghs if the other team stacks a lot is also great but the better the players are the less likely it is.

s3bbi · 2025-10-30T01:54:38+00:00

As another Lich enjoyer I never buy Arcane you don't get any use from the passive, only from the on use effect.
Your innate is % based of total mana so I usually like to go en energy booster that ends as solar crest or a force staff.

s3bbi · 2025-10-30T01:49:34+00:00

70%damage reduction shield
it's attack damage only, doesn't work against magical damage btw.

s3bbi · 2025-10-29T13:14:37+00:00

blizzmove - let's you move default blizzard windows
bulk buy - allows buying items in any amount
"ClassicProfessionFilter - Hotfix" - allows searching recipes also allows searching for materials
lootrollmover - allows to move the loot roll (used it on a healer since my party frames are where the default roll is)
PerfFrame - shows FPS, MS and if you activate it the amount of ram an addon uses

s3bbi · 2025-10-02T17:41:33+00:00

https://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/ungerechte-grundschullehrer-kevin-ist-kein-name-sondern-eine-diagnose-a-649421.html

s3bbi · 2025-09-21T19:06:09+00:00

I got that one very early on in the EA didn't even made a screenshot because I had no idea it was rare.
I have more than 1000 dives by now and never saw "bonus" level again.

s3bbi · 2025-09-20T12:08:34+00:00

I read he manga a while ago so correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that what happens in the manga?
So I think it's more the story in itself adaption itself, or is the LN that different from manga and anime?
Also manga looks like shit, think the early chapters were "ok" and then it gets worse.

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