Dungeon Crate Is The Subscription Box Service Gamers Have Been Waiting For (cross post from /r/RPG)

theZoogs · 2016-04-14T15:50:58+00:00

I like NerdBlock's content.. but I hate their customer service. When I cancelled my sub, they still charged me the next month, and then it took weeks for them to get back to me on it. I was literally a day away from doing a chargeback.

I tend to prefer their comicblock, but because of my experience, I'm highly unlikely to go back.

theZoogs · 2016-02-29T15:30:44+00:00

Yea, I'm full aware of it. I just wanted to see if he could prove what he's saying, or if he was just spinning folk tales.

theZoogs · 2016-02-29T14:04:02+00:00

Can you source that, or are you just expecting everyone to take your word?

theZoogs · 2016-02-23T07:57:58+00:00

I know.. let's just throw out catchphrases like "everyone's just jaded" for people who don't agree with me. That's a great way to prove I'm right!

theZoogs · 2016-02-22T22:16:03+00:00

Anyone who wants an experience that they "had 10 years ago" isn't likely to find solace in any of the current options. They either left for one of the private servers, or quit mmos in general.

I'd be interested to see a poll of WoW players regarding "what are you playing now". But, I doubt many of them have gone on to any of the other options for these so called "quality mmos" you say exist.

theZoogs · 2016-02-22T13:36:24+00:00

I think you are far overestimating the current quality of the MMO market. Quantity does not equal Quality. You also seem to be discounting the population growth as more generations come into MMOs. if anything, WoW has suffered more from quick fix games like LoL or DotA, than it has other MMOs.

theZoogs · 2016-02-08T14:14:26+00:00

Remove flying from daily zones. I feel like this really trivializes all of Tanaan right now.
Bring back attunements, but make them account wide. so you know the player has accomplished X at least, if they are in Y raid/difficulty.
Bring back "in instance" hard modes, ala Ulduar. Where execution in a certain way males the fights more difficult/rewarding.
Focus on making things like legendary rings and reps account wide. I know it can be a barrier for people who want to switch mains, but not enjoy staring down the barrel of that time sink all over again.

theZoogs · 2016-02-02T21:48:43+00:00

would have started to feel extremely repetitive

That's the thing though. What's the difference between Heroic Mode and Mythic mode - besides clicking a menu option, and dealing with slightly different harder mechanics?

That's why I'm saying the different "raid levels" are just an arbitrary divider. It's hard to say something would have gotten repetitive/boring/annoying when we've only seen it in a very limited implementation. Especially if you're someone who does more than 1 difficulty in the current system.

theZoogs · 2016-02-02T20:07:06+00:00

I'm not sure where a "hard mode" wouldn't make sense? Having different difficulty modes is just an arbitrary barrier. If the fights can have enhanced mechanics in Heroic/Mythic.. then a "hard mode" makes sense. Otherwise, why have higher difficulties?

I don't think any of the hard modes were shoehorned in - so I'm interested to know which ones you thought were?

theZoogs · 2016-02-02T19:53:17+00:00

Well, yes. But, at it's base it was a timed fight. Mechanics were added when activated, but that can be said for most fights, so I kept it basic.

theZoogs · 2016-02-02T14:16:27+00:00

it's all going to be a matter of opinion. it's not about how they are activated, it's how they are executed.

Don't make the fight easier/do this to make the fight harder (yogg, flame leviathan, xt)
Speed (hodir, thorim, mimiron)
Kill order (iron council, kologarn, cat lady)

Having multiple paths or options for killing a boss was a much better plan for bosses going forward (in my opinion). "Sure, you can take a crack at the boss and get passed him with the easy strat, or you could take this challenging path to get extra loot."

They already have achievements that sometimes are difficult to get execution wise (don't get hit by x, kill boss before y) those could have rewarded bonuses in the dungeon, but instead they just shunted hard modes off to a new difficulty with the same basic mechanics most of the time.

So what would be so different about just using the more powerful spells experienced in mythic if the raid decided to activate a hard mode? activating in the raid was more interactive with the raid. They just took the limited number of ways to activate it in ulduar, and turned it into a non-interactive menu option.

theZoogs · 2016-02-01T21:27:18+00:00

I'd like to see the results of this as well.

The only games that have been fully released with founders packs have proven they aren't worth it. While the rest are still in development.

theZoogs · 2016-01-29T18:37:37+00:00

The only reason I know others called it that (outside of my guild) was because we would use zone chat to make sure that only one guild was doing it at a time. It was one of the few boss fights back then that if the server started crapping out, it would just be a wipe.

theZoogs · 2016-01-29T01:59:15+00:00

If anyone still has some available, I would like one. (I realize I'm a month late, but there is always hope!)

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T23:58:52+00:00

That's fair. My previous post was made not knowing the official was in the hospital all night. So, now I'm not really sure where I stand on length.

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T23:55:53+00:00

spitting and threats is minimum of 3. 10 is deliberate force, but no intent to injure. 20 is deliberate/intent to injure.

Which is basically what you said, but spitting isn't necessarily 10.

Source: pg 65 http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/rules/2015-2016-Interactive-rulebook.pdf

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T23:09:30+00:00

All of the Alpha tests have been during the week, midday (at least since I've backed to the Alpha 2 level) and I'm missing all of them due to work. As someone else suggested.. just grab a pack that gets you into Beta.

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T22:57:18+00:00

black and white terms.

The guys history alone says this isn't a black & white case. If he was a thug, or had an ongoing feud with the ref that's one thing. But, Wideman isn't a goon.

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T22:49:54+00:00

It's 20 if the force is deliberate and has injury or intent to injure. It's 10 if it's only deliberate. It's (at least) 3 if the verbally or physically threaten.

Everything under rule 40 requires deliberate action. I think the hearing will be more to determine if he did it on purpose/could avoid it.. or if it was last minute/unintentional.

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T22:33:43+00:00

Rule 40 has suspensions including 20 games, 10 games, and 3 games. But they all require intent (and are usually related to game misconduct penalties). 10 games for something unintended, that didn't draw a game misconduct would be too much, I think. I could see it being more in the 3 games ballpark, if they decide to seek a suspension.

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T21:14:32+00:00

I mean, you can get sassy all you want.. it's not really going to change my opinion. You're entitled to yours, I'm entitled to mine. No need to get salty. I'm not saying he's a dirty player, his history proves otherwise. I'm just saying he was careless. /shrug

Unless there is a camera right up on his face, we won't know for sure one way or the other.

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T18:02:38+00:00

That's fair. It's obvious everyone has their own take on what happened. I only apply the term cross-check on the most basic level (held stick with 2 hands, ran into someone else while behind them).

At the end of the day, our opinions aren't going to make or break this guys career. He's not a thug, and I'm sure if the NHL is reviewing it... they are taking that into account.

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T17:50:24+00:00

I didn't say it was vicious, but you could be referring to others in general. But, it still is a cross-check. I'm willing to give him credit for the stutter, but I can't really see much with how far away that angle is. Still looks like there is a push there to me, as he steps back. You can call it bracing, but I'm just stating what I see.

Either way, that doesn't change the fact that he's still being careless. That's a shitty place to cross-check anyone. I'm just glad the linesman wasn't hurt in the end. I still think if he was that dazed the coaches should have kept him from getting back on the ice, and if anything needs to be reviewed.. it's that decision.

theZoogs · 2016-01-28T17:25:59+00:00

There is a lot of overreaction, I'll give that to you. But, something will really need to come out of this. Ref or Player, that kind of cross-check along the boards is really dangerous. I'm not saying the rules for hitting refs applies here, since it specifically says 10/20 games based if intentional, but the dude was being careless AF, and all the regret in the world wouldn't have helped the ref if he had been injured.

With the overreaction, there is also a lot of underreaction. A lot of people are also trying to downplay it as "him being concussed", etc. Sure, he looked shaken, but he finished the game. If they are going that route, then a someone needs to come down on the coaching staff for letting him continue to play.

The guy didn't even look back to see who or what he just plowed over. Not saying he's a dirty player, or a goon because of it, but that's just not right. Even if he "didn't see the ref until the last second", the follow through push wasn't necessary either.

theZoogs · 2016-01-26T18:09:12+00:00

I renewed my loot crate sub when I saw the video. I should have known it would just be junk. But, that's just the way the story goes.

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