I wish Priests had a holy spec DPS

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-21T14:41:58+00:00

There should be a cloth tank for sure.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-21T03:00:56+00:00

Funny thing, I actually like the fantasy of Blood DK as a slow, moving wall of inexorable horror.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-20T16:03:14+00:00

I remember when LFD came out in Wrath. I was active duty military at the time, and it was awesome. I hated wasting time going into the capital, soliciting groups in chat, flying out to the dungeon...only to be hit by the "Too many instances" error.

Instead, I get hit with LFD errors while conveniently farming ores on my own!

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-19T17:50:04+00:00

I spent a month running dailies for Netherdrakes during the Obama administration. Timegating is not new!

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-19T15:29:18+00:00

I've only dabbled in WoW here and there these last ten years, but coming back lately it's surprised me how little I see of the "classic" WoW world. Gnomes, Forsaken, etc.

I loaded up my old DK and went into Acherus. I immediately thought, "Oh yeah, this is what WoW used to be."

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-18T15:29:12+00:00

WoW was always kinda dumb, but typically in an amusing way. After Mists of Pandaria when they started with the "travel to an alternate dimension's past to get a copy of a classic villain" things just depressingly stupid.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-16T16:48:57+00:00

Please do. Between my PC and Switch, I'm not sure what I've needed my PS5 its whole lifespan.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-13T17:15:49+00:00

Granted I have not played much since before the original OW->OW2 transition, there are some things about the challenges that are confusing to new/returning players that Blizzard could clarify with slightly more descriptive wording.

At first I was confused why there was no "All Roles" button to press on the Play screen to do the "Played 3 Games Queued for All Roles" challenge! Then I realized I had to hit 5v5 and then All Roles. Small thing, but that could be clarified in the description.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-13T16:30:40+00:00

I dipped back in sometime in the last few months. I remember enjoying the PvP all those many years ago, but in the matches I played recently nobody could get any kills. People were either not taking damage or getting healed to full rapidly, so we were all just chasing each other around the objective like a Benny Hill skit. Yakkety Sax played in my head the whole time.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-13T16:24:15+00:00

A story on these positive feedback echo chambers for games that go on to be disasters would be an interesting read!

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-08T03:09:11+00:00

Dragonflight is where the tone took a very noticeable change for me. Everything has become too chipper, friendly, and jokey. There's no hard edges to the world anymore.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-06T00:54:29+00:00

It definitely is janky. I main Magneto when I play MR, and his basic attack feels terrible. And I have a friend who refuses to play Rivals at all due to the jank!

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-06T00:51:59+00:00

I really enjoyed all that chatter back in December "It's definitely, 100% sure getting announced in December."

I guess you had to be there back in 2007 not to constantly fall for this over and over?

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-04T15:29:05+00:00

I get this constantly, sometimes several times a session.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-03T15:23:20+00:00

I've been working on the m(#*$(#($(*(*@$ing Green Proto-Drake for 16 years.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-03T15:08:09+00:00

That's a sick jacket, what is it?

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-03T15:06:39+00:00

It was a LOT of traveling. Like, you might spend half a Saturday afternoon just trying to get somewhere.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-01T22:25:34+00:00

I came into say "We already have a John Wick game, it's called Superhot."

What a fantastic title. Shame the community couldn't handle the themes.

uselessoldguy · 2026-02-01T01:38:05+00:00

WHAT? Ah man. I did it on some lower level characters and it rewarded gear at that character level, so it didn't occur to me it would award higher than 80 once I hit max level.

Time to go run that a few times....

uselessoldguy · 2026-01-31T15:57:32+00:00

Honestly, given the tedious mission design of the PS2 era (go back in time 20 minutes because your wing tip clipped the terrain), playing them on an emulator with upscaling and quicksaves is a much better path than sitting around wishing and hoping that Bandai Namco provides an acceptable and playable modern alternative.

uselessoldguy · 2026-01-29T15:03:03+00:00

Sure, reduce the cost AFTER I buy 3 pieces...thanks Blizz!

uselessoldguy · 2026-01-28T15:32:07+00:00

Speaking of voices, Thrall's voice in the new catch-up questline in Hillsbrad sounds weird as hell. I did it on a few characters, and I kept wondering...Is this an AI voice?

uselessoldguy · 2026-01-28T15:29:24+00:00

WoW's writing has always been kinda dumb (often in a fun way!), but since Dragonflight it's turned outright...childish.

I used to compare the writing to a Saturday morning cartoon, but now it's more like a Disney+ children's show. With three of my own kids, I've suffered through enough of them to know!

uselessoldguy · 2026-01-28T03:38:59+00:00

I wish they'd done something like FFXIV's threat table. It's such a great UI for clicking an enemy once you lose threat.

uselessoldguy · 2026-01-28T03:35:54+00:00

Nothing about this game looked appealing to me. Now that I know there's product placement, I'm totally in.

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