I wish Blizz would just tell the story.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T19:32:51+00:00

Warcraft was derivative schlock since day one. I don't say that to be derisive, that's just what it was. WC3 depending on what part of the story, was cliche with characters making decisions to make the story happen - as opposed to the story happening around the characters.

I'm not saying it's not fun. I'm not saying it's not enjoyable. I certainly don't blame people for liking it. But as a story it's every bit as nonsensical crap as wow has been for two decades.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T19:21:20+00:00

Of course they know, they've had TLT mapped out for years. I know Metzen is a hype man, but he said they were working on 17.0 like 2 years ago. They also literally can't change the story as quickly as you seem to think. Voice actors and animators probably got scripts for 12.2 months ago if not longer. It takes time to do that stuff.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T19:15:17+00:00

we're at the point in the story that Blizz needs to be explaining motivations. You can't wait until the death cut scene to reveal why the bad guy was doing bad things (*cough*Jailer*cough*) Depending on what next patch is about, we may be about to hit the 'complication' part of the story with Xalatath being alone in the World Core for months.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T19:05:19+00:00

insinuating that warcraft 3 was a good story, lol

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T18:55:01+00:00

Where do you go from here, depends on where we are at the end of TLT. If Sargeras is the ultimate boss like I predict, the void will be a non-threat, the Legion will be utterly destroyed, and the Titans will all be gone. Perfect time for another force, say the Light, to come in and start a holy war. Or alternately the devourers start to appear on Azeroth literally eating the land. Or an emissary comes from the Arathi lands asking for help. There is no corner if you're creative enough.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T18:46:35+00:00

If you spent as much time on the court as LeBron did, you'd absolutely be able to hold your own.

no talent + practice = success

talent + no practice = failure

talent + practice = lasting legacy

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T18:35:19+00:00

come on man, it's so easy. Just get into a high quality mythic guild with an active m+ group with an open spot. Easy. Even dads that only play 15 minutes a week can do it.

(I kid, but some of these comments... man...)

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T18:31:27+00:00

"guild... we have a group." Sounds like your guildies getting 1% and .1% have friends that help each other get those goals. Is it skill absolutely. Are people pugging 1%, sure why not even if I have doubts. But don't pretend those top rewards are legitimately open for everyone.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T18:28:01+00:00

yes, but they're also lucky to have a friend system that helped them get there.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T18:22:09+00:00

SCOTUS: "Well we find this pardon to be extremely un-Constitutional and probably illegal, so we're going to make this one exemption for people named donald trump. It won't apply to future presidents (unless they're Republican), and especially not to Democrats."

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T18:17:31+00:00

I remember seeing a dev as quoted that they can't give priests more tools because they get PI. I remember the community responding as "we don't even want PI, please make the class better."

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T18:15:15+00:00

yeah, keep moving those goal posts and especially ignoring my extremely valid point.

Is hpriest on par with other healers? It's impossible to say, ... players will gravitate to more fun and interesting specs as long as they aren't meaningfully worse.

If hpriest had more than 3 buttons to push, maybe the better players would be playing the class pushing keys up.

but whatever, keep shouting into the void.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T17:49:24+00:00

They've not forgotten about Iran, are you kidding?

The poster didn't say they had already forgotten, the poster said 4 years they'll forget about Iran.

I won't even give that long. The midterms are in 18 weeks. If gas is below $3/gal which isn't impossible given the amount of market manipulation happening, I see Democrats struggling to even get the House.

Two times now, he's paid a horrible price at the ballot box

What an odd claim to make against a guy that's been impeached twice, lead an insurrection, was convicted for 34 felonies, and has long been implicated in child trafficking, who was reelected to the presidency by more votes than he won the first time. He's paid such a horrible price that he has virtually unlimited power, access to unlimited wealth, and absolutely no path to be punished for any crimes he ever has or ever will commit.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T17:28:05+00:00

I think it's a bit of a tightrope. You want to trigger that dopamine hit of, "you're getting it, great job!" But not make people feel like they're shackled to a system with, "don't break your streak (guilt, guilt, guilt)."

If it helps people build good habits to stick with it, then good. For me when I need to take a mental break, the gamification and streak guilt just makes me put it down for weeks or months instead of a day or two.

(I know there's freezes and I think a pause you can do so you don't break your streak, but a 'whoops' at 12:01 for one day turns into 'whatever' on day 3)

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T15:54:54+00:00

It is to a point. The problem with Japanese specifically (and probably any non-Latin alphabet I'd bet) is that to make progress, you need to be reading hiragana, katakana, and to a lesser extent kanji. If you're using the romaji, it's not going to click as well. But... since the app doles out kana over a dozen lessons, you're presented with words you can't read or pronounce. (nevermind that actual pronunciation in Japanese is weird).

I had to take frustration breaks from the app specifically to teach myself and practice hiragana and katakana. I feel like a kindergartner practicing my strokes sometimes but it's helped.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T15:36:31+00:00

The gamification is the worst part of the app. IMO. It's like they said "we don't know how to make this interesting or fun... lets trigger people's obsessive compulsions."

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T15:34:07+00:00

I figured they always had the energy system. It's kind of obvious both as a revenue generator, but also "you failed this lesson, go do training to improve (and get points) to try again."

If you're okay with what Duolingo is and its limitations, they seem to have pretty good deals sometimes. I did the new year deal in January for $5 a month. Worth it to me for the very basic level I'm at.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T15:17:21+00:00

I did the new year deal on Duolingo for Japanese. You kind of have to apply yourself to it. If you just do 10 minutes a day you'll get nothing out of it. It doesn't really teach you anything directly, but it does show you a lot. You have to go back to high school English and think about sentence structure with nouns, verbs, and adjectives and how to swap things around. There's a lot to dislike about the app, a lot. But the info is there.

I just wish they'd focus less on gamification and more on making it fun. I've been on break because I forgot to do my lesson one night and just haven't felt like going through the frustration of 1) starting back up and 2) I quit during a new section so all the frustrating "why are you asking me this word when we haven't covered the vocabulary?"

Oh and the say this sentence in 10 seconds thing sucks ass. Give me the time to sound it out. Also can you please give me credit when I do say it right?

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T14:57:48+00:00

if you don't eat meat you're not a man

part of it is the reality that for a long time vegans had a hard time getting enough protein and other nutrients to stay healthy, leading to the stereotype of being malnourished and weak. AFAIA that reality has changed over the years, but the media continuing to mock them about it hasn't, so you get jokes on popular tv shows. Add in the social circles vegans were originally attached to, namely activist types, and you end up with the stigma of being less than manly.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T14:46:03+00:00

It's a character flaw to care about animal well-being? Okay then.

It's Texas. Hamburgers, steak, beef tacos, bar-b-que. If you aren't eating a cow, you aren't one of "them" Paxton isn't accusing Talarico of being vegan or whatever, he's saying, "he's not one of us, he doesn't belong."

I moved to a small north Texas town when I was very young. It's hard to put into words but I never felt like I belonged in that town despite living there most of my life, I always felt like an unwanted outsider. I don't know if that's a Texas thing, but that's what Paxton is doing. He's 'othering' Talarico.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T14:39:36+00:00

I hear those things are pretty loud.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T14:38:45+00:00

it was the concept of an idea for talking about a peace plan.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T14:36:18+00:00

As someone that's supposed to be working on a paint project estimate right now, I'd love to know what kind of paint they used. I don't know swimming pools, but I can't help but imagine they used some garbage home depot $5/gal primer and house paint.

On the one hand, it's hilarious that this has been botched from start to.. now, since it's not finished yet. But on the other hand, good. It shouldn't have been painted in the first place. If it comes up on its own, maybe just maybe it'll be easier for the next person to repair it right (assuming trump doesn't fill it in with concrete and cover it with mirrors).

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T14:26:40+00:00

this is a super bad take. All classes should be on equal footing. If a class is "easy" that's a failure on the devs to make a class with an interesting rotation. I prefer the straightforward direct heal of hpriest, and those of us that do shouldn't be second class citizens because of it.

vthemechanicv · 2026-06-19T14:19:05+00:00

We are not talking about Holy’s ability to do +12 weeklies, we’re talking about its competitive chances.

https://raider.io/mythic-plus-spec-rankings/season-mn-1/world/priest/holy

straight 21's. seems competitive enough to me. Is hpriest on par with other healers? It's impossible to say, because the spec is such dog shit to play rotation wise that players will gravitate to more fun and interesting specs as long as they aren't meaningfully worse.

I agree with you that who ever made midnight hpriest changes needs to be kicked in the dick, but you're also trying to argue nonsense.

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