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I'm actually pretty fond of BGs overall, since I like objective game mode stuff,
pog depression
its dumb and fun at once, when your team is holding whole enemy group at their resp and you just run with flag on empty map 
I forgot solo shuffle is a thing and so I didn't even bother because I don't know anyone to do arenas with
Then it happens to you 
memeber when pvpers said solo would be great so they can solo queue when their team isnt online then play with their team after
well i do
but they just never played with their team

Just give me CM again with the color variations we didnt get in MoP
Like red brown gold Pala
Everytime i play my Roommates Mage i get so salty i only did mage for him
It looks so good
And i missed it
On Warr i no longer use it, i use T3
On Druid i use TOS MM
There are defo better Sets these days
warrior CM didnt really look that good
and order hall recolor is fine
but other sets were dam cool
Blizz shouldve given order hall sets full effects and just made it exact copies
Gutting the Pala shoulders for example is a joke
Who cares about paladins though
Charlemagne
PvPers
ur mom LMAO
My mom found out I played a ranger and burned my ad&d books, maybe if I had been a paladin instead
When’s 2s?
Whenever
Is the t3 mog still millions or did the market get flooded?
well it will always be millions
because of the vendor items
u can got check AH for the other half of stuff
but thats probs at least 500k
still
the pieces are rare and ppl arent really buying thme cause they dont have 2.8 mil to spare
so the markets not realy moving
thats your opinion
its cheap now
pieces costs 5-15k each
I've recently bought this set and almost 30 crafted shields and spent only 300k
Its just very basic death knight armor
Theres a ton of that in wotlk
Blue plate
Wotlk still has some of the best armor IMO
Would love some high res versions of the DK and questing plate
the problem is that the dk starting zone set is the best one and they've never beat it
Yeah p much
Immersion-wise it felt real good
The whole journey from evil to freed
while wearing the sickest evil guy armor of all time hell yeah
The red recolor from naxx 
i think what made 2004 wow so good was that it was, you got filtered by basic mechanics
took 2 hours to clear the dungeon, everything starts to respawn and you have to kill it again.
dungeon is dead
we weren't strong enough to take it over
or like, all it took to kill you, was 2 frost skeleton mages spamming frost bolt or some cleave or a debuff
6127 haste = 35,44% haste. is it better to go crit or vers? do i have some penalty on my hasate
Even with the 10% DR on haste, it's only 187 points to get 1% haste
When it takes 180 points to get 1% crit and 205 points to get 1% vers
Ultimately you can just sim, but 6.1k haste is perfectly fine
Thaks mate! I had Treemouth's Festering Splinter ilvl 437 and got Ominous Chromatic Essence 441 and charge it with haste. guess that´s better
High res low fantasy armor 🙏
Me triangulating the perfect trajectory to kiss jeree
lmao

I wanna Pick Up a Ranged dd any recommendations?
icyviens predicting balance druid might be good
bm hunter is also a safe pick
but i wouldnt go balance, feral is kinda broken atm
I wanna know how Ranged suffer so bm Hunter would be a cheat
he wants to play ranged tho
balance owns
Also more about what feels nice to Play damage is a lesser concerne
i guess you mean a casting ranged?
Yeah
good boomkin is rare
Good druid is Rare
this
Prediction of arms warriors are always wrong
Thats why i ask fellow prot Warriors what they enjoy
Ele shaman or mm hunter my favorites
Hello, can somone tell me why rend is a sugested talent point but its not included in rotation on icey cains and wowhead ?
tclap applies
read the talent "blood and thunder"
read blood and thunder
Because if you have rend thunderclap applies it
Thanks!
Is mm Hunter a Casting Ranged?
I like fire mage, ele shaman is pretty fun
mm hunter might as well be a caster
Live a little, go destro
The chad caster
Oh for caster I prefer ele shaman, aff lock
because if you do, you do not want to go ele
Tanking
Go try frost mage. Was recently reworked
Meta doesnt matter
I never played anything except prot warri and a Bit of bear and have a hard time to decide
just pick whatever honestly
and revenge is always better then worlwind ?
we cant really tell what you will like
NEVER Cast whirehind
remove whirlwind from your bars
Same goes for slam
this is to eaasy 🙂
@dusky canopy
lmaooo
Go try the specs you can make trial characters
agreed
True forgot about that
Almost want a pin of the "because revenge isn't 360" great debate
Been a while since we had some good 
bon appetit jeree
Load that protein
revenge is 360 because when i see it on my bar i turn 360 degrees and walk away
Hell yeah brother!
Oshit, youngsters won't know that one
damn zoomers
lmaooooooo
All I see is 100g of fat in that picture!
first reclear is going good so far, finally got mythic anvil 
Fat isn't the enemy
congrats Jawor
i still need it on chip, but at least chipadin has iit
the mythic version i mean
the best
Just gotta burn it before you store it
I love muh carbs tho
The enemy
I gotta get back to full keto but I don't wanna go through the week long migraine that comes with breaking my bodies reliance on carbs
Yeah both times I went cold turkey on the carbs
same, as close to zero as possible
Blinding headaches
Did that for...6 months? shed weight like crazy
But I was also in a crazy caloric deficit coupled with biking 10 miles daily
Lost 60 lbs last time
I cut 60lbs over the past year just doing a 500 deficit
Only gained like 20 of that back, but wanna get back below 220
Lost some pressing strength initially but gained it back
Why not too much fat?
Yeah, when you're used to the instant energy from sugars the body has to adjust
I LOVE BUTTER AND OIL
me too!
Butter is BiS
I generally avoid refined sugar but other carbs are fair game for me
Fats are fine as long as you're not cooking like Paula Dean
butter owns
wdym I don't just throw two sticks in for everything?
instant 2k calories?????
A good example of how good butter really is: Lobster
MFs psyopped into thinking it's rich people food
Maybe I need to start making peanut butter & butter bagel sandwiches
Don’t u dare diss my Chinese food again or else

On god don’t u dare diss my kitten’s Chinese food again or else

😻
weirdbois
💀
Chonky
the instant fuck this shit im out is what gets me
kinda like last night 🙂
👀 apb + nish
Reach for my neck and I’ll turn you into an example
whoever designed 'drakthyr' should be removed from blizzard
will go down as one of the worst designed things in wow history
This shit ain’t nothing to me man
this is a take i can get behind apb

yeah let them fly too
I think nimchip had amnesia
like what the fuck is going on here
and not sexually, unfortunately
Because he seems to have forgotten that I’m Him
apb's list of things that will go down in history as the worst thing that ever happened to world of warcraft is expanding
are you a multiple personality of nimchip
oh no pls dont gaslight me 😦
lol
Nimchip scalie confirmed
why's it gotta be that dramatic, man
I mean it is just truth
why not just "i don't like dracthyr much"
well i kind of agree with apb here, the darkthyr are just ugly as fuck
i have to perma illusion evokechip
because I have a moral obligation to speak the truth if I do not I will die
i know some people that really like the dracthyr, are they liars to be cast into hell
It's a shame they can't just stay in their humanlike form
Like with a glyph ala boomie
I mean, those people are more victims to blizzards poor design choice is my point
it is just truth that blizzard fucked up
and it will go down in history as such
yea well, i use the thingie that turns you back into their visage but as soon as you hit the cast while running cd that i fucking dont remember the name off youre back to ugly land
A lot of things apb says will go down in history...hmmm
Been wondering why tf they don’t have this
I have already saved the best one
I’m going to choke out nimchip with one hand and apb with the other, allowing their vision to fade until the Archangels arrive to carry them into the afterlife.
LOL
Epic ending
I mean from the transmog situation, dragon form itself, lack of dragon riding as dragon, cannot choose a form to stay in, just all around shitty 'look'. it just feels bad at this point
all of their animations are custom made for the dracthyr rig and would likely not work on the elf rig
even the look of the humanoid form is quite offputting
everyone would rather be one of these
Would
u want go
would
meanwhile I am a known Vulpera enjoyer for the record
I have nothing against scalies etc
I would be ok having scuffed animations just by simply being able to do everything on an evoker, looking like a night elf
Do you have any idea who you’re fucking with? I will fucking massacre you. I’m talking scorched earth mother fucker.
xD
Dam apb and yogi are furries
Lol
where u copy that from
apb: blizzard should create art, without caring about the loud public opinion
also apb: blizzard should have designed dracthyr to appeal to public opinion (mine)
Good, then I can turn apb into my fucking rug and walk all over him even more
furry mates
I am a well known art enjoyer, it is true
Vulpera actually turned out to be quite a good race
they have good animations
hehe
vulpera are good but extremely safe, they're just little fox people, no risk in that at all
except for the risk in offending wow's anti-cute weirdos
they are not trying to cosplay as something they are not
like drakthyr are
like bitch u aint no dragon LOL
U DONT KNOE ME
cash me ousside org
I will rain down holy fire upon your lands, spread blight amongst your crops, poison your waters, and cripple your population. I will purge you with the searing heat of Justice until you are nothing but a flutter of ashes, gently falling to the ground before scattering into the wind to be forgotten.
i miss when apb had brave takes that challenged the mainstream
modern apb just parrots reddit takes
Dam if apb goes missing we will know why
i hope we get apb classic+
maybe u r right I am washed up
Meanwhile I have not only been Him, but I am Him, and I will continue to be Him.


I remember when apb was so unhinged that Mwahi had to step in
which time 
apb is the comeback kid
Hasn't been the same since but at least we still have him
yes this true

Every atom that makes up your body, every neutron and proton, even down to your electrons, only continues to exist because I allow it, apb. You’d be smart to remember that.
Back in SL when this chat was barren
nish laying down the law
feels like another lifetime ago..
u r right nish
Step the wrong way and it will be.
i have lost what has made me
"shadowlands > df" is an example of an exciting apb take that gets the people going
well that is just true
harrow why u do this
i just want our friend to rediscover his spark
I can fix you. Give me your hand. Take mine in the name of shitposting. I offer this to you but once.
ok ok carry on
I will go into exile for now to discover new takes that have real substance
(20 minutes or so)
thats 20 mins way too long
Boring. Hence why I’m writing a god complex villain arc in a world of Warcraft warrior class discord’s protection channel
try this one
I went for a smoke and bro, really, you were just joking or doing some skit or smt? You didnt really lose it on that level over some random, truly insignicifant, doesnt matter even the slighlest thing right? Youre not THAT mentally unstable, because if you are? You need to seek professional help bro.
or this one
Mute Nimchip already pleaseeeee. All he does is cause drama and argue with people.
and you got my 👍

we've all had you muted for weeks nim, you just hallucinate all these messages to feel less lonely
What is this
this is a chonker
Don't disappear for a month again
☝️
bis
lolwut
It's on the video
low effort meme, but it works
i had to have a surprise meeting with 3 bosses after taking a dab
then i spent a couple hours tutoring an IT guy in python
😮
How about you toot
?

u smell that?
what... the smell of updog?
yeah i have updog cologne
the goodest kind
nearly time for my 60min dooker @ the office
now THAT smells like updog
my boss today: "I dont give a fuck what they do with this shit, they can shove it up their ass"
thats usually the opposite of what u do with shit
Alright boys I finally made into world 100th prot war, plz clap
Hope I can make it into the top 20 or 30 before end of season
grats!
Tyty
Jk btw that feral gapped me 
😎
Also I don't remember the quality of the text in that meme being that shit
lol
Gg man, like for m+?
Nice, do you have a set team or just pug?
That’s an insane effort, most of the top guys run set teams.
Yeah the most I ever have is an arcane mage and resto druid with me
All my routes generally have funnel into boss except this week obv
@grand veldt are u NA?
Yes on stormrage
❤️
i gotta big push these 2 weeks
last tyr week basically
just want to get as high as i can but pugging it is slow
gz, want to run keys s3?
Yeah pugging can be really aids, I was in a 25 Nelth the other day with an aug that had the plus 5 scales talent over molten blood and was still casting in himself
Double prot war comp?
me play DK
eh ive seen worse
i usually dont scan talents
25 NL last week and doing the standard pelter skip on Ularogg and they somehow managed to pull them in, which then had the healer complaining about route despite me linking it
but that's just how it is
I scan talents always especially if were missing vigil, blinding light, important shit
And yeah lol
if they dont have it they dont deserve to time
the only talent i scan for is weyrnstone on BH
True but it's your time being wasted too
Based
its not wasted time, its practice
but of course its a personal perspective
i understand going into a key 1 up and expecting to time it on the first go
cause it used to happen to me
but when you just see it as what it is then its more chill
When I’m pulling big say like the first pull in Neltharus to the chains am I supposed to be walking backwards, forwards, or sideways? I struggle pulling big as a prot warrior since I can’t generate enough range for ignore pain stacks to properly mitigate most of the damage and then the positioning requirement for block
sidewise optimally
Am I supposed to prioritize maximizing absorb of ignore pain?
but if you cant strafe, backpedalling is kind of okay as long as you have rescues
no
you are not supposed to prio maximizing absorb
you just press it when youre about to cap rage, thats it
Shield block up then what do I dump rage on
off gcd, on IP
thats pretty much it
revenge is okay, but its only used to get a SS reset since its low on our prio
and also on gcd
Gotcha
if youre struggling generating rage prioritize SS > TC
Above 20s should I always be in defensive stance?
Yeah I was goong to try in tyrannical
25s is where a friend that push with non meta players is where he started using def stance to make it easier for the healer (disc)
I wish that was case for me but maybe not goood enough
yeah that sounds about right Bubbles
I bricked 3 20s last week albiet on trash mobs on fort
I died to the basilisks and custodians in Uldaman
He also just recently started using a mouse to move, he was pushing keys just with the keyboard 💀
on fort? up to the 3 basilisks?
I died to worm witch and bone pack pull after third boss in Underrot but that’s mostly because interrupts failed
Yes is that too much? Do I kite if I can’t cc?
do you mean this pull?
Yeah
on what key level
should be easy to do with spell block and wall rotation
make sure you have an aug if youre not dwarf
because the bleeds are what will kill you
Does spell block mitigate the basilisk?
Yeah
spell block is for the metric ton of casters
No I’m a tauren
well the basilisk cast is mitt'ed
since its nature dmg
but not the bleed
for that pull you will need a bleed removal
They take more dmg after being stunned for a few secs, pray your dps can burst them down quick
What about custodians after bromach? Just kite before stunning?
pal/evoker/dwarf
you can stutter step them
its quite easy
i believe quazii has a how to video on it
Gotcha ok
Thanks for the feedback I’ll give it another try today I need all 8 seems pressured with little time left
I did it on Guardian but want to do it as Prot def different
Black Friday? What is that?
Last question sorry but I don’t raid on my Warrior so I have all dungeon and crafted gear. Currently 444 with both prot trinkets from Lair and Heart of Thunder, should I use Heart of Thunder over one of the on use trinkets from Lair? I imagine keeping Cragshaper on, I just forgot the other on use name
do you have mark of dargrul?
mark and heart are fine but both passives
as far as defensive trinkets go
treemouth is the best one
shortest cd
cragshaper is fine though if you want to do both Uldaman and NL big pulls
and Nelth chain pulls i guess
No I don’t those are all I have. Ok thanks I’ll use those then
Those crocs in ulda are fervent strikes with their bleed
So just run to a dps and make them die from the bleed instead
You can out range the cast if theres no one in range of the croc but it will recast fast
if youre talking about the lizards
The crocs do it too
because the basilisks do chomp
It killed my arcane mage
not fervent strikes
im not disagreeing with you
im just saying its not called fervent strike
the bleed is called chomp
but yes they turn around and chomp dps instead
just facetank with an evoker if youre not dwarf
wait on all 4 stacks, and cauterize
Yeah If you have evoker fs
or get bopped and cancelaura
or have a monk rop them
you can also play stops to avoid it
there are plenty of options
it can be a tad overwhelming to play stops on them since theres lots of nameplates and you cant see the chomp cast reliably
but its not impossible
I’m new to tanking is protection warrior gonna be good to main for 10.2 for raid/m+
it hasnt been bad for a big while so it should be fine still
What embellishments are we considering for 10.2? I don't see anything in pins
the same ones still
Sporecloak and Shadowflame no?
no
Thought i read something about spore here
nothing is concrete about sporecloak
Well he said considering :>
Is the plate helm embellishment being considered? I was considering plate helm, sporecloak, or rousing
no
its not being considered
or wait was it?
actually i think it is being considered
It might have been, maybe, but I'd say it's not worth worrying about until sims get rolling like a week before release
They could still randomly wild out or something, like make the vers gain from sporecloak be like a flat +50% or some nonsense though Blizz would have gone crazy to do that so it's better to just loosely be prepared to grab any of them
or none at all
the problem with the versa from sporecloak is
if youre playing prot badly and/or getting your ass pounded you gain nothing
and if that's the case then its as if you had no embelish at all
Also, in high keys, unless they do something mega stupid to it, it's likely not gonna be active most of the time even if playing well
yup
things just will push you below in the pulls you need to do
not even in high keys, if people are crafting it now and are intent on using a 447 to push keys the first week....
This really got to you, didnt it... Living rent free even the day after... Truth sucks huh? xD
dreaming helm has no offensive value so
unless its incredibly good defensively you won't hear about it here
kinda sounds like it'll be a meh pick, but might be useful for new warriors idk
and/or incredibly high keys
either way its not available right now so, best to just wait
Do bleed effects from our trinkets/weapons work into our tier set or is it just bleeds from warrior abilities? Specifically, rezlans bleeding eye
no, only our own 3 bleeds
its in the tooltip of 2p
☝️
Ah tyty
yeah multiple trinkets and procs have been tested as well
it's 100% only works with our 3 bleeds
i am insulted
no moose, no hockey, no snowmobile, no beaver, no geese, no rakes,
FOEKS, when bosses take like 99% reduced dmg, like when in amalgamation the bosses phase....do we still do "dps"...in terms of numbers? Like....does it do anything for the log to be smacking the hell out of em? or no, does nothing since the 99% DR. (yes i know to generate rage we should be doing something, i'm just asking as a general question)
you can generate a full rage bar
thats about it
you still need to cycle AM
so its beneficial
right. But does nothing dps wise I'm assuming since it's like 99% DR
yea
k thx
sark phase out also comes to mind
u mean like hitting him mid air when hes phasing from P1-P2?
sure
you can ss him while jumping
as long as you generate damage you can generate resources
in echo's case
im not entirely sure, i cant remember
No tusks third mount tho
https://www.wowhead.com/news/amirdrassil-trinket-and-cantrip-tuning-on-patch-10-2-ptr-335724?webhook
@strong forum
Interesting if these change anything
It’s trinket changes
Not class changes…
But no, we won’t see Prot warriors blue text now
rip nelth trinket for my sham
I don’t mind it though
I hate when we’re forced to use old gear for new content. These changes should make the new stuff surpass the old stuff very quickly.
make all gear great again
I got a puzzle box on my unholy DK last week of the patch
2 days later it was nerfed
What you mean apb
Feelsbad
what you mean
There’s always been good and bad gear depending on classes
why would I not be able to use my hard earned items
all of a sudden I am the crazy one to say that
Not crazy, just new gear for new content.
Give Dinar
Otherwise we may as well just have artifacts or something similar again
make gear mean something again i say
used to mean somethin
now its all just handed to you and then discarded shortly thereafter
for shame I say
Hasn’t that always been the way?
Like you raid get gear, then replace it next raid.
apb back on the bad opinion train again
u want go
What do you do in WoW if you keep your Gear for 2 years per expansion
Oh right
Nothing
Gear never meant anything in any game
Outside of legendaries, artifacts and some pvp gear, I can’t think of ever not changing gear each tier.
No stress, just curious as to what you mean. I’ve played since Vanilla and can never think of a point where I wasn’t constantly changing gear is all.
Was curious of the scenario
Old Warrior’s Soul was BiS for Arms Warriors for two tiers back in shadowlands
Same thing with Ashvane’s Razor Coral in bfa
Both were raid trinkets
my main thing is I, and many others, are tired of the loot pinata
They were both exceptions though
lets make gear GREAT again
lets make our accomplishments mean something again
whos with me
Higher content = higher gear
lets go back a bit
Az my man you covered a few
lets go back even further
But I mean CE, and keystone master and that gives mounts and stuff too
I completely skipped legion and wod so unaware
Yeah convergence was nice, but players at the time also hated using 1 thing for ages
Makes the next tiers feel a bit irrelevant after initial clears
What was that? Something like 2-3 raid tiers convergence lasted I think before merging enough that it wasn’t useable. Can’t remember
I just want be chillin in org and other be like dang there go apb he a true bad ass i want be like him one day
ya know man
apb bad ass as hell they will say
Can still have that aura with mythic end boss mounts
That’s raider io and CE, I think the only time people have ever really thought that about gear was when we didn’t have an item upgrade system, so you were like 10-15ilvl higher if you were mythic geared.
Or the gladiator pvp gear
no
Hall of Fame and m+ titles as well
nothing means anything anymore
that is my point
none of that matters
because its gone like 3 months later
But it always has been hasn’t it? Outside a few specific items I can never think of us keeping anything long term.
but you, you mean something

Should i get the spore cloak for the early tier next season? trying to prog with my guild and am swaping from arms spec so i dont know if its better the spore cloak early tier or is it better to have damage?
i just want make wow great again
Just have fun man, if you’re not then take a break. If you’re not enjoying a game you play for fun, that answers the question itself.
Everytime i login with my DK and do Garrosh i see a Vita charged and a titanforged Coral. Good times

i'm sympathetic to that point of view but i don't think it's the design that's changed, it's the exposure of the entire playerbase to information
word on the street is that cloak will be used a lot in 10.2
outside of an item here or there all gear has always been obsoleted by the next available raid tier
^
I dont understand why ppl still entertain apb
i mean sure, but its not really that good for pushing anyway - youll lose the effect as soon as youre below 70% hp which will happen often if you dont know how to warrior and/or if youre trying to push keys on this season's gear
wat u mean
Its a cult mate
u want go
I want to drink the kool aid
Ok welcome
my takes are great I am just 'ahead of my time'
like in 5-7 years it will all be like dang
that guy was right
you're actually kinda behind your time on this one, when tbc was announced a lot of players were saying "but my hard-earned gear is being invalidated by the concept of an expansion"
If your gear take ever ends up right, I'm never playing WoW again
this
but most players now understand the requirement of New Stuff Being Added At Some Point
yeah just cuz this thought 'went out of style' does not make it incorrect
it still is correct
its the people that have lost their way
wdym lost our way
This feels really political haha
Even the first MMO ever had gear grinds lmao
when you are satisfied with the loot pinata, revolving caracel of nothing mattering, etc
that is bad
lemme just check - you think the game could've existed for almost 20 years, have continuously had thrilling gear to chase the whole time, and all of it should've stayed relevant forever
Where is lee harvey oswald when you need him
And somehow, you say all this while praising Ion
yah notice the word grind you used.. that is my point.. gear used to actually mean something and matter
I stand with Ion, he is a good guy who unfortunately gave into the mob rule
🤡
once you let the masses playcate you and dictate your game its over
and thats what has happened to this work of art we call wow
for shame I say
for shame
Who is Ion and what he do?
holy shit this is two different cooked reddit takes clashing
He’s the game designer. Basically the game and its reward structures are molded to his vision
I only use reddit for the freee noooooodzzzz
the .1 or the 99% both do not matter.. they lost sight and effectively their art became propaganda
when they catered it was over
used to be artists create.. now they manufacture
for shame
they were catering since day 1, apb, the earliest lead designers were angry everquest players
Isn’t that classic
you're asking to wipe the developers' and players' memories
that's how you achieve the apb vision: mind control
Yes that is what I have been meaning when I say I hope they are bold and steadfast in classic+ ( I am on record saying this). Take some risks, dare to create again and not worry about the consequences
No its the opposite, I want them to have full control
and not crater to external forces
that is the story of wow since vanilla.. catering to outside forces
artists are aware of audience
no doubt
but when you cease creating from within it ceases being art
its a deep philosphical situation wow is in
and this blizzcon is very important for the soul of the game
no it's not, it's just a commercial video game that got old
Lol
But gaming companies cater to the fans, that’s what keeps us playing.
we just have a difference of opinion I guess
If they don’t evolve and change people just stop playing.
I look at game development as art.. not commercialized manufactured advertisements
i just don't think you've thought about the reality of how to implement any part of your philosophy. also your analysis of how wow was created and evolved is also underthought
Someone mind giving me a TLDR of Abp's latest rant?
Tips Fedora: MWGA
I mean its just simple imo

I believe wow was created as art and loved because of that
others believe it is a commercial manufactured product
that is fine
Can't it be both?
it had an alpha and beta for soliciting player feedback before the game was even released
sure but one has to remember the foundation
well to be fair, it was Blizzard's answer to Everquest 1
and while yes, it kinda had some of the things you described apb...
it was made to make money heh
it was blizzard saying "if we get people to pay a subscription like they do for everquest, but like WAY more of them, then we will make a lot of money"
Yah but initially it was more than just a money grab
that is my point
that is the point we have to go back to
So it was art that made money?
art/not art is also not a real dichotomy, artists create within cultural and commercial constraints

there is a dichotomy.. one is true art, the other is propganda/advertisement
and its a very fine distinction
they built something because they thought players would want it enough to pay for it, and then they modified it along the way to try and get/keep more people paying for it
right that is a cynical way to look at it
you believe the foundation is money
i believe it is art
I think they just made something they thought would make money. They were young, also had passion and investment. So it is both
you have to have financing to make something like wow, and you don't get that without the financiers expecting a return on investment
well yes its both but the foundation or bedrock is what truly matters.. its a matter of opinion
the things you like about vanilla exist because of a slow trickle of new players experiencing novelty, and then a stratified social structure based on that trickle becoming exposed to knowledge
Well, foundation would be money. As money = food, shelter and safety. If you break it down to the core of life
If the game stayed as it was it would’ve died by now
classic wasn't the same experience as vanilla because the game was solved
which is why almost no one has chosen to stick around on classic era forever
We like the nostalgia, but there would be a very small player base if it didn’t change for 20+ years
hard to say
you think people would've run naxxramas for 20 years?
no I mean expansions are needed
If it was the same, I would not have returned after wrath
I came back to Legion as I was told thing had changed, same but different - new experiences in a familiar setting
to be clear, i would love a world where art was created without financial constraints, but i did not take you for an anticapitalist apb
Is that what this is about, art can not create monetary value, if it does, it is not true art?
much like the slogan you're referencing from real life, that's all spite and no substance

Mean tweets bad, world war 3 good
If art is created and solicites emotion from the audience, then it is art. Art is creating anything that makes you feel.
So, WoW is art. Call it bad, good, uninspired or meh. Money is not really a factor
A fallen tree can be art. Do remember that. If someone sells that experience, doesn't matter. That noone did it with intent, doesn't matter. It not being human made, doesn't matter.
yes wow is basically a punk band that sold out to the record labels big time
i want it to go back to the foundation
see this mirrors a conversation that comes up again and again regarding punk as music
i just want apb to advance beyond sloganeering and start actually saying what the game he wants looks like
but the truth is, if those bands dont change their sound, if they dont go do bigger shows, they die out
I want blizzard to close down the forums, not accept any feedback whatsoever
go into deep art for a while
and launch a product
but that's not how any version of wow has ever been made
They don't want feedback, risky.
apb, feedback is crucial to bug fixing
do you really trust blizzard to handle those by themselves?
I think he is talking about the artistic vision
I have faith
i want them to turn it all off
and just go
into exile
and create
lmao
Find nirvana
oh shit youre right im projecting
Godspeed, break the cycle

leaked 11.0 new continent screenshot
Bring it to off topic/general: also, ppl do not click it
stay pure
yeah did you see when i posted leak with a screenshot of the upcoming cinematic
Na I didn’t
i see
Abp the artist anti-capitalist that spreads spoilers
I’ve seen 5or6 different leaks so far though, all have been vastly different
i saw the true leak
how tf do we keep finding new continents?
i only post the ones I am very strong on
lol wat i marked it
Azeroth is a growing girl 
Whats better, Argussy or Azerothussy
Evolution
You think so, but we all know it will be Sylvannas, with white eyes going: see,see,I broke the chains! Just like I planned
lol
Hahaha
Wish we could see illidan again
And then Arthas will pop up and be like "My soul turning to ashes and drifting off into the nethers was merely a setback"
Just talk about pain in-game, he will be there in 5 to out do you
I mean, at least we knew the Dragon Isles, Zandalar, and the Broken Isles existed, as well as Northrend
They just weren't on our maps
SACRIFICE

and pandaland was specifically hidden away
by the anger fog, yes
just really hope they give us a good villain again
Well, reason we did not see this landmass from space is because it... was hidden by the titan construct F.A.T.H.E.R. who holds a can of milk.
Spacegoats has colonised it all in secret 
Army of the light there, confirmed
Hard to see who could be our next major villain without bringing someone new into it
I guess they are making Iridikron a multi xpac villain.. which is not awful, he does seem to have a relatable motive and he is pretty cunning which I like
actually some rare df positive criticism from me
I think hes OK but he def is not 'final boss' villain material
theres a lot riding on the Void Lords..hopefully they can make them actual villains with intersting and compelling story
too lazy to argue about what you just said
a lot riding on next xpac that is for sure
Overall there seems to be a positive response from most of the player base about DF after shadowlands killed it.
Hopefully we continue to improve with next xpac
I like Irikrdo or miniThanos. Mainly because he treats the OP avatars that we are as the only true threat
We coming, he leaving asap
That puts a smile on my face
fyrak had potential to be a cool psychotic pure evil villain
but then he didnt even kill any major characters or anything
like he should of murdered his sister or took out an aspect or literally anything with actual drama or something interesting
instead he just flew around a couple zones for months and burned down loamm a town we just threw some water on to save, lmao
should of wiped out all the damn loamm people or somethin truly evil
Based
If he attacked his sister, their breakup of alliance would seem more natural. Then betray his other brother. Go full void corrupted, talking about and to the voices
Could kill malphurion, as blizz want him dead
Then, tyrande is single for illidan, so fans happy 😊
Oh, and Fyrak would be a badass, killing the most powerful char
Yep yep
yeah that is not bad plot tbh
like they just JAILER'd fyrak again
like give this dude some actual plot
Malf sworn to defend the dream, him dying to defend it makes sense
He is holding down the fort...
Because noone else in the whole of shadowlands could
lol
sounds great LOL
Lock her up then
That we can do

just do literally anything entertaining
lol
🔥🔥🔥
well actually good point
like look at when sylvanas literally made a night elf watch as she burned it down
the drama, the actual feelings and plot that happened
then look at this one dimensional fyrak situation
like I actually do not care about amirdrasil
Well, drama and feelings died, when they started to retcon the magnitude of the genocide
Was, basically every nelf, to... about 5
thats a good point
I didn’t enjoy BFA, but atleast a lot of the plot was cool
I mean look at the opener to legion, Gul’dan got varian
Then illidan went Batman on him
it was really funny when tirion fordring died to an absolute nobody at the start of legion
just a total buster's death
for a guy who had a time as wow's main dude
I don't think any of us want to go back to the old Game of Thrones-esque style writing where they just randomly kill off important people every second patch tho
cept apb, that mfer is bloodthirsty
? I’m thirsty for actual drama and plot instead of this conflict-free shit we been getting for a long time now. Zero stakes, zero risks, boring plots, no twists, no turns, no surprises… nothing good. You know what? Yeah I think taking a page from game of thrones makes sense actually. Ever look at the word Warcraft? I think we can use more craft… do not necessarily need war, but when it comes to actual lore and interesting stories conflict is often the cause or result
They should get George rr Martin to write the next xpac unironically

The best bit of any recent expansion was the pre-launch event for Shadowlands where we finally got to shank that dickhead Nathanos
I enjoyed killing him so much
Unironically the best thing that happened in the whole Shadowlands arc
bloodthirsty for p l o t
Well yeah, like they making him out to be a psycho
Yet what has he actually done that is plotworthy
He’s just flown around two zones for 4 months
And his sister literally betrayed him and I guess he’s just like “lol ok”
And now he’s just trying to burn down an apparent world tree that’s shoved on us randomly out of nowhere that no one really cares about lol
I mean the world tree is hardly random. It was a whole thing in the Winter Queen / Night Elf / Ysera / Ardenweald sub-plot
It still feels very forced to me
And it being in the dragon isles also just feels wrong
are you saying a shadowlands story feels forced to you?
lol
can i quote you on that one?
Ok
Fyrakk the Blazing is one of the Primal Incarnates who lead the Primalists. Along with his brethren, he rejected the gift of the titans and turned to the elements instead, becoming an incarnation of fire. While every ounce as powerful as Iridikron, he lacks the discipline to focus that strength into singular goals and would be just as happy burn...
Add it to the pile

thats a fire chonker
IDK, seems fine to me. Although I only really know about it because I had a Monk NF alt all through Shadowlands. My warrior was never NF
idk man
Ok
razsageth was kind of a better villain than the jailer ever was
didnt give a shit about anything, straight to her goals
pure evil
and also accomplished what she set out to do
fyraak, is alright i guess, but i liked Razsageth better
Yeah she was pretty good
Denathrius was the best villain in Shadowlands and should have been the main bad guy all along.
this is true
and real
at least they are saving him for a future expansion
the whole CN raid and denathrius are certainly SL's GOAT
that it was



