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opaque quest
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On Dk i played 27 and won 10 games

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On DK i wanted to kms

pallid quiver
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I'm actually pretty fond of BGs overall, since I like objective game mode stuff,

jagged pier
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fist time in a while i kinda cba going for elite set

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i just cant make myself do it

blazing condor
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pog depression

hardy snow
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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 keks

pallid quiver
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I forgot solo shuffle is a thing and so I didn't even bother because I don't know anyone to do arenas with

jagged pier
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no one does arena

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they all queue solo

jagged pier
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memeber when pvpers said solo would be great so they can solo queue when their team isnt online then play with their team after

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well i do

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but they just never played with their team

blazing condor
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they should make rated trial of style

opaque quest
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Just give me CM again with the color variations we didnt get in MoP

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Like red brown gold Pala

blazing condor
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man i shouldve done the CMs

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i did a few then was like nah who gaf

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me

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i gaf

opaque quest
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Everytime i play my Roommates Mage i get so salty i only did mage for him

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It looks so good

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And i missed it

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On Warr i no longer use it, i use T3

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On Druid i use TOS MM

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There are defo better Sets these days

blazing condor
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warrior CM didnt really look that good

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and order hall recolor is fine

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but other sets were dam cool

opaque quest
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Blizz shouldve given order hall sets full effects and just made it exact copies

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Gutting the Pala shoulders for example is a joke

uneven mason
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Who cares about paladins though

pallid quiver
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Charlemagne

brittle owl
uneven mason
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My mom found out I played a ranger and burned my ad&d books, maybe if I had been a paladin instead

lusty tiger
waxen frigate
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Whenever

dusky canopy
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Is the t3 mog still millions or did the market get flooded?

jagged pier
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well it will always be millions

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because of the vendor items

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u can got check AH for the other half of stuff

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but thats probs at least 500k

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still

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the pieces are rare and ppl arent really buying thme cause they dont have 2.8 mil to spare

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so the markets not realy moving

blazing condor
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T3 is just cool cus its expensive

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Doesnt even look all that

jagged pier
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thats your opinion

plush tendon
hardy snow
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its cheap now

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pieces costs 5-15k each

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I've recently bought this set and almost 30 crafted shields and spent only 300k

jagged pier
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your thinking for frostbane

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not tier 3

blazing condor
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Its just very basic death knight armor

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Theres a ton of that in wotlk

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Blue plate

uneven mason
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Wotlk still has some of the best armor IMO

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Would love some high res versions of the DK and questing plate

mighty valley
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the problem is that the dk starting zone set is the best one and they've never beat it

blazing condor
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Yeah p much

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Immersion-wise it felt real good

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The whole journey from evil to freed

mighty valley
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while wearing the sickest evil guy armor of all time hell yeah

uneven mason
sick sentinel
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i think what made 2004 wow so good was that it was, you got filtered by basic mechanics

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took 2 hours to clear the dungeon, everything starts to respawn and you have to kill it again.

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dungeon is dead

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we weren't strong enough to take it over

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or like, all it took to kill you, was 2 frost skeleton mages spamming frost bolt or some cleave or a debuff

void grail
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6127 haste = 35,44% haste. is it better to go crit or vers? do i have some penalty on my hasate

strong forum
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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

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Ultimately you can just sim, but 6.1k haste is perfectly fine

void grail
waxen frigate
strong forum
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Max fantasy

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No res

lusty tiger
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0_0

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medium fantasy medium res

waxen frigate
lusty tiger
strong forum
lusty grotto
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lmao

jagged pier
uneven mason
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The reality behind every cute kitten is a future sociopath

lusty grotto
hollow flower
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I wanna Pick Up a Ranged dd any recommendations?

sick sentinel
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icyviens predicting balance druid might be good

lusty grotto
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bm hunter is also a safe pick

sick sentinel
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this is what it says for keys

lusty grotto
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but i wouldnt go balance, feral is kinda broken atm

hollow flower
sick sentinel
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he wants to play ranged tho

lusty grotto
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right

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but you wont make a druid to make it balance when feral is better

daring marlin
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balance owns

hollow flower
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Also more about what feels nice to Play damage is a lesser concerne

lusty grotto
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i guess you mean a casting ranged?

hollow flower
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Yeah

mighty valley
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playstyle is kind of a taste thing

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hard to predict what you'll enjoy

sick sentinel
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good boomkin is rare

hollow flower
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Good druid is Rare

lusty grotto
uneven mason
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Prediction of arms warriors are always wrong

hollow flower
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Thats why i ask fellow prot Warriors what they enjoy

toxic pewter
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Ele shaman or mm hunter my favorites

tepid orchid
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Hello, can somone tell me why rend is a sugested talent point but its not included in rotation on icey cains and wowhead ?

mighty valley
lusty grotto
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read blood and thunder

uneven mason
tepid orchid
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Thanks!

hollow flower
mighty valley
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mm hunter might as well be a caster

daring marlin
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The chad caster

lusty grotto
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its a really personal thing like harrow says

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do you care about meta picks?

toxic pewter
lusty grotto
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because if you do, you do not want to go ele

lusty grotto
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or mm

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or balance

toxic pewter
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Go try frost mage. Was recently reworked

lusty grotto
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frost and fire could be safe meta-wise

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but we will have to see

hollow flower
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Meta doesnt matter
I never played anything except prot warri and a Bit of bear and have a hard time to decide

lusty grotto
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just pick whatever honestly

tepid orchid
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and revenge is always better then worlwind ?

lusty grotto
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we cant really tell what you will like

hollow flower
lusty grotto
hollow flower
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Same goes for slam

tepid orchid
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this is to eaasy 🙂

uneven mason
lusty grotto
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lmaooo

toxic pewter
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Go try the specs you can make trial characters

lusty grotto
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agreed

hollow flower
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True forgot about that

uneven mason
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Almost want a pin of the "because revenge isn't 360" great debate

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Been a while since we had some good SweatPopcorn

lusty tiger
lusty grotto
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bon appetit jeree

uneven mason
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Load that protein

mighty valley
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revenge is 360 because when i see it on my bar i turn 360 degrees and walk away

lusty grotto
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😄

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thats an oldie but a goodie

lusty tiger
uneven mason
lusty grotto
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damn zoomers

dusky canopy
lusty grotto
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lmaooooooo

uneven mason
daring marlin
hardy snow
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first reclear is going good so far, finally got mythic anvil gladge

uneven mason
lusty grotto
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congrats Jawor

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i still need it on chip, but at least chipadin has iit

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the mythic version i mean

daring marlin
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delicious fats

lusty grotto
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the best

uneven mason
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Just gotta burn it before you store it

daring marlin
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I love muh carbs tho

uneven mason
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The enemy

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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

daring marlin
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You get keto flu? yeesh

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When I did keto I never had that somehow

uneven mason
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Yeah both times I went cold turkey on the carbs

daring marlin
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same, as close to zero as possible

uneven mason
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Blinding headaches

daring marlin
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Did that for...6 months? shed weight like crazy

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But I was also in a crazy caloric deficit coupled with biking 10 miles daily

uneven mason
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Lost 60 lbs last time

daring marlin
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I cut 60lbs over the past year just doing a 500 deficit

uneven mason
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Only gained like 20 of that back, but wanna get back below 220

daring marlin
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Lost some pressing strength initially but gained it back

lusty tiger
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Why not too much fat?

uneven mason
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Yeah, when you're used to the instant energy from sugars the body has to adjust

lusty tiger
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I LOVE BUTTER AND OIL

lusty grotto
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me too!

chilly brook
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Butter is BiS

daring marlin
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I generally avoid refined sugar but other carbs are fair game for me

uneven mason
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Fats are fine as long as you're not cooking like Paula Dean

daring marlin
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butter owns

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wdym I don't just throw two sticks in for everything?

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instant 2k calories?????

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A good example of how good butter really is: Lobster

chilly brook
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Butter basting steaks

daring marlin
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MFs psyopped into thinking it's rich people food

lusty tiger
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Maybe I need to start making peanut butter & butter bagel sandwiches

daring marlin
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Dip anything in butter and it owns

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even peasant food like lobster!

lusty tiger
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Don’t u dare diss my Chinese food again or else

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

lusty tiger
lusty grotto
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nish why are you popping off

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we love your kitten

lusty tiger
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😻

daring marlin
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weirdbois

lusty tiger
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💀

lusty tiger
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Chonky

lusty grotto
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the instant fuck this shit im out is what gets me

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kinda like last night 🙂

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👀 apb + nish

waxen frigate
toxic pewter
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whoever designed 'drakthyr' should be removed from blizzard

toxic pewter
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will go down as one of the worst designed things in wow history

waxen frigate
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This shit ain’t nothing to me man

lusty grotto
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this is a take i can get behind apb

toxic pewter
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i just saw a pic of one on reddit

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and almost threw up my breakfast

lusty grotto
toxic pewter
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and just thought what the fuck..

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how did they fuck up dragon race so badly

lusty grotto
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my biggest peeve is

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a dragon, riding a dragon

toxic pewter
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yeah let them fly too

waxen frigate
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I think nimchip had amnesia

toxic pewter
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like what the fuck is going on here

lusty grotto
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and not sexually, unfortunately

waxen frigate
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Because he seems to have forgotten that I’m Him

mighty valley
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apb's list of things that will go down in history as the worst thing that ever happened to world of warcraft is expanding

toxic pewter
lusty grotto
chilly brook
mighty valley
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why's it gotta be that dramatic, man

toxic pewter
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I mean it is just truth

mighty valley
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why not just "i don't like dracthyr much"

lusty grotto
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well i kind of agree with apb here, the darkthyr are just ugly as fuck

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i have to perma illusion evokechip

toxic pewter
mighty valley
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i know some people that really like the dracthyr, are they liars to be cast into hell

daring marlin
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It's a shame they can't just stay in their humanlike form

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Like with a glyph ala boomie

toxic pewter
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it is just truth that blizzard fucked up

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and it will go down in history as such

lusty grotto
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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

daring marlin
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A lot of things apb says will go down in history...hmmm

lusty tiger
lusty tiger
waxen frigate
lusty grotto
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LOL

lusty tiger
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Epic ending

toxic pewter
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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

mighty valley
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all of their animations are custom made for the dracthyr rig and would likely not work on the elf rig

toxic pewter
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even the look of the humanoid form is quite offputting

lusty grotto
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everyone would rather be one of these

waxen frigate
lusty grotto
toxic pewter
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meanwhile I am a known Vulpera enjoyer for the record

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I have nothing against scalies etc

lusty tiger
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I would be ok having scuffed animations just by simply being able to do everything on an evoker, looking like a night elf

waxen frigate
# toxic pewter u want go

Do you have any idea who you’re fucking with? I will fucking massacre you. I’m talking scorched earth mother fucker.

lusty grotto
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xD

lusty tiger
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Dam apb and yogi are furries

mighty valley
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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)

waxen frigate
lusty tiger
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O_o

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Epic

lusty grotto
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furry mates

toxic pewter
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Vulpera actually turned out to be quite a good race

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they have good animations

lusty grotto
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hehe

mighty valley
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vulpera are good but extremely safe, they're just little fox people, no risk in that at all

toxic pewter
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and they are not trying to be something they arent

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well yeah

mighty valley
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except for the risk in offending wow's anti-cute weirdos

toxic pewter
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they are not trying to cosplay as something they are not

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like drakthyr are

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like bitch u aint no dragon LOL

lusty tiger
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U DONT KNOE ME

waxen frigate
# toxic pewter Vulpera actually turned out to be quite a good race

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.

toxic pewter
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LOL

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No

mighty valley
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i miss when apb had brave takes that challenged the mainstream

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modern apb just parrots reddit takes

lusty tiger
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Dam if apb goes missing we will know why

mighty valley
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i hope we get apb classic+

toxic pewter
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maybe u r right I am washed up

lusty tiger
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Reddit L

toxic pewter
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he has some truth in what he says I cannot deny it

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I am not who I used to be

waxen frigate
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Meanwhile I have not only been Him, but I am Him, and I will continue to be Him.

lusty grotto
toxic pewter
cinder storm
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I remember when apb was so unhinged that Mwahi had to step in

toxic pewter
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which time sadge

lusty grotto
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apb is the comeback kid

cinder storm
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Hasn't been the same since but at least we still have him

lusty grotto
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yes this true

toxic pewter
waxen frigate
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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.

cinder storm
lusty grotto
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nish laying down the law

toxic pewter
waxen frigate
toxic pewter
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i have lost what has made me

mighty valley
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"shadowlands > df" is an example of an exciting apb take that gets the people going

toxic pewter
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well that is just true

lusty grotto
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harrow why u do this

mighty valley
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i just want our friend to rediscover his spark

waxen frigate
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I can fix you. Give me your hand. Take mine in the name of shitposting. I offer this to you but once.

lusty grotto
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ok ok carry on

toxic pewter
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I will go into exile for now to discover new takes that have real substance

lusty grotto
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nooo apb

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pls stay

toxic pewter
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i shall return when you least expect me..

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and need me the most..

waxen frigate
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(20 minutes or so)

lusty grotto
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thats 20 mins way too long

waxen frigate
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It’s okay I’m here

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How’s your day going

lusty grotto
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boring so far

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but could be worse

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how about yours

waxen frigate
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Boring. Hence why I’m writing a god complex villain arc in a world of Warcraft warrior class discord’s protection channel

lusty grotto
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try this one

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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.

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or this one

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Mute Nimchip already pleaseeeee. All he does is cause drama and argue with people.

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and you got my 👍

strong forum
mighty valley
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we've all had you muted for weeks nim, you just hallucinate all these messages to feel less lonely

waxen frigate
lusty grotto
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this is a chonker

daring marlin
lusty grotto
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☝️

lament shell
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fyrrak legendary effect is a teleport to emerald dream

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sadge

lusty grotto
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bis

uneven mason
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It's on the video

lusty grotto
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low effort meme, but it works

lusty tiger
lusty grotto
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😮

waxen frigate
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How about you toot

lusty tiger
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?

bleak breach
blazing condor
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u smell that?

lusty tiger
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what... the smell of updog?

blazing condor
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yeah i have updog cologne

lusty grotto
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the goodest kind

lusty tiger
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nearly time for my 60min dooker @ the office

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now THAT smells like updog

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my boss today: "I dont give a fuck what they do with this shit, they can shove it up their ass"

blazing condor
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thats usually the opposite of what u do with shit

grand veldt
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Alright boys I finally made into world 100th prot war, plz clap

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Hope I can make it into the top 20 or 30 before end of season

lusty grotto
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grats!

grand veldt
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Tyty

waxen frigate
warm plinth
lusty grotto
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😎

warm plinth
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Also I don't remember the quality of the text in that meme being that shit

lusty grotto
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lol

warm plinth
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Maybe I've just copied the copies too many times

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I need to find the OG

lusty grotto
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you should have NFT'd it

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and cashed in instantly before it turned into 0.01 cents

warm plinth
lusty grotto
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thats a good one

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remember she was terrified about them

bleak breach
grand veldt
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Yeah

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I swapped from guardian to prot war late in the season

bleak breach
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Nice, do you have a set team or just pug?

grand veldt
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Mostly just pugging tbqh

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I have a friend or two who come along here and there

bleak breach
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That’s an insane effort, most of the top guys run set teams.

grand veldt
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Yeah the most I ever have is an arcane mage and resto druid with me

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All my routes generally have funnel into boss except this week obv

lusty tiger
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@grand veldt are u NA?

lusty grotto
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youll catch up to me soon

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keep at it

grand veldt
grand veldt
lusty grotto
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i gotta big push these 2 weeks

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last tyr week basically

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just want to get as high as i can but pugging it is slow

lusty tiger
grand veldt
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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

grand veldt
lusty tiger
lusty grotto
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eh ive seen worse

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i usually dont scan talents

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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

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but that's just how it is

grand veldt
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I scan talents always especially if were missing vigil, blinding light, important shit

lusty grotto
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pull them in DURING the boss

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i dont

grand veldt
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And yeah lol

lusty grotto
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if they dont have it they dont deserve to time

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the only talent i scan for is weyrnstone on BH

grand veldt
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True but it's your time being wasted too

lusty grotto
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specifically BH tyrannical

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i dont care

grand veldt
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Based

lusty grotto
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its not wasted time, its practice

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but of course its a personal perspective

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i understand going into a key 1 up and expecting to time it on the first go

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cause it used to happen to me

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but when you just see it as what it is then its more chill

frosty tide
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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

lusty grotto
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sidewise optimally

frosty tide
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Am I supposed to prioritize maximizing absorb of ignore pain?

lusty grotto
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but if you cant strafe, backpedalling is kind of okay as long as you have rescues

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no

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you are not supposed to prio maximizing absorb

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you just press it when youre about to cap rage, thats it

frosty tide
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Shield block up then what do I dump rage on

lusty grotto
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off gcd, on IP

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thats pretty much it

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revenge is okay, but its only used to get a SS reset since its low on our prio

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and also on gcd

frosty tide
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Gotcha

lusty grotto
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if youre struggling generating rage prioritize SS > TC

frosty tide
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Above 20s should I always be in defensive stance?

lusty grotto
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SS above everything

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no

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maybe after 24s

frosty tide
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Really

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Is double pack mobs too much for battle stance?

lusty grotto
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no

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especially not this week

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20s dont hurt

frosty tide
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Yeah I was goong to try in tyrannical

cinder storm
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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)

frosty tide
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I wish that was case for me but maybe not goood enough

lusty grotto
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yeah that sounds about right Bubbles

frosty tide
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I bricked 3 20s last week albiet on trash mobs on fort

lusty grotto
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what did you pull

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which dungeon etc

frosty tide
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I died to the basilisks and custodians in Uldaman

cinder storm
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He also just recently started using a mouse to move, he was pushing keys just with the keyboard 💀

lusty grotto
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on fort? up to the 3 basilisks?

frosty tide
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I died to worm witch and bone pack pull after third boss in Underrot but that’s mostly because interrupts failed

frosty tide
lusty grotto
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do you mean this pull?

frosty tide
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Yeah

lusty grotto
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on what key level

frosty tide
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Minus the corner pack of 5

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21

lusty grotto
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should be easy to do with spell block and wall rotation

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make sure you have an aug if youre not dwarf

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because the bleeds are what will kill you

frosty tide
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Does spell block mitigate the basilisk?

lusty grotto
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no

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its a bleed

frosty tide
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Yeah

lusty grotto
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spell block is for the metric ton of casters

frosty tide
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No I’m a tauren

lusty grotto
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well the basilisk cast is mitt'ed

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since its nature dmg

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but not the bleed

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for that pull you will need a bleed removal

cinder storm
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They take more dmg after being stunned for a few secs, pray your dps can burst them down quick

frosty tide
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What about custodians after bromach? Just kite before stunning?

lusty grotto
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pal/evoker/dwarf

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you can stutter step them

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its quite easy

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i believe quazii has a how to video on it

frosty tide
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Gotcha ok

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Thanks for the feedback I’ll give it another try today I need all 8 seems pressured with little time left

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I did it on Guardian but want to do it as Prot def different

cinder storm
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I think we will have another black Friday

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Hold me apb

frosty tide
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Black Friday? What is that?

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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

lusty grotto
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do you have mark of dargrul?

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mark and heart are fine but both passives

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as far as defensive trinkets go

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treemouth is the best one

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shortest cd

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cragshaper is fine though if you want to do both Uldaman and NL big pulls

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and Nelth chain pulls i guess

frosty tide
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No I don’t those are all I have. Ok thanks I’ll use those then

grand veldt
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Those crocs in ulda are fervent strikes with their bleed

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So just run to a dps and make them die from the bleed instead

lusty grotto
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nah you can stutter step them

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its easy and you barely lose uptime

grand veldt
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You can out range the cast if theres no one in range of the croc but it will recast fast

lusty grotto
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if youre talking about the lizards

grand veldt
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The crocs do it too

lusty grotto
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because the basilisks do chomp

grand veldt
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It killed my arcane mage

lusty grotto
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not fervent strikes

grand veldt
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I'm telling you I was kiting, and it killed my mage once

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I'll find the log for you

lusty grotto
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im not disagreeing with you

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im just saying its not called fervent strike

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the bleed is called chomp

grand veldt
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Yeah

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I'm saying it has the same mechanic as fervent

lusty grotto
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but yes they turn around and chomp dps instead

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just facetank with an evoker if youre not dwarf

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wait on all 4 stacks, and cauterize

grand veldt
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Yeah If you have evoker fs

lusty grotto
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or get bopped and cancelaura

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or have a monk rop them

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you can also play stops to avoid it

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there are plenty of options

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it can be a tad overwhelming to play stops on them since theres lots of nameplates and you cant see the chomp cast reliably

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but its not impossible

sick sentinel
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I’m new to tanking is protection warrior gonna be good to main for 10.2 for raid/m+

lusty grotto
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it hasnt been bad for a big while so it should be fine still

opaque quest
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Prot is looking like shit in 10.2

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Unplayable basically

marsh tiger
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What embellishments are we considering for 10.2? I don't see anything in pins

lusty grotto
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the same ones still

opaque quest
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Sporecloak and Shadowflame no?

lusty grotto
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no

opaque quest
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Thought i read something about spore here

lusty grotto
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nothing is concrete about sporecloak

opaque quest
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Well he said considering :>

lusty grotto
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afaik its still a "maybe" thing

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ah fair enough

marsh tiger
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Is the plate helm embellishment being considered? I was considering plate helm, sporecloak, or rousing

lusty grotto
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no

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its not being considered

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or wait was it?

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actually i think it is being considered

pallid quiver
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It might have been, maybe, but I'd say it's not worth worrying about until sims get rolling like a week before release

lusty grotto
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nome mentioned it at some point

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but yeah Luerce is right

pallid quiver
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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

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or none at all

lusty grotto
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the problem with the versa from sporecloak is

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if youre playing prot badly and/or getting your ass pounded you gain nothing

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and if that's the case then its as if you had no embelish at all

pallid quiver
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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

lusty grotto
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yup

pallid quiver
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things just will push you below in the pulls you need to do

lusty grotto
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not even in high keys, if people are crafting it now and are intent on using a 447 to push keys the first week....

tender cove
lusty grotto
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dreaming helm has no offensive value so

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unless its incredibly good defensively you won't hear about it here

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kinda sounds like it'll be a meh pick, but might be useful for new warriors idk

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and/or incredibly high keys

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either way its not available right now so, best to just wait

marsh tiger
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Do bleed effects from our trinkets/weapons work into our tier set or is it just bleeds from warrior abilities? Specifically, rezlans bleeding eye

hardy snow
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its in the tooltip of 2p

lusty grotto
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☝️

marsh tiger
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Ah tyty

grand veldt
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it's 100% only works with our 3 bleeds

sick sentinel
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i am insulted

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no moose, no hockey, no snowmobile, no beaver, no geese, no rakes,

frozen rose
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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)

lusty grotto
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you can generate a full rage bar

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thats about it

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you still need to cycle AM

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so its beneficial

frozen rose
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right. But does nothing dps wise I'm assuming since it's like 99% DR

lusty grotto
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yea

frozen rose
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k thx

lusty grotto
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sark phase out also comes to mind

frozen rose
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u mean like hitting him mid air when hes phasing from P1-P2?

lusty grotto
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sure

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you can ss him while jumping

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as long as you generate damage you can generate resources

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in echo's case

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im not entirely sure, i cant remember

opaque quest
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No tusks third mount tho

bleak breach
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@strong forum

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Interesting if these change anything

toxic pewter
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sees blue text
no prot warr blue text
shakes head dejectedly

bleak breach
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It’s trinket changes

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Not class changes…

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But no, we won’t see Prot warriors blue text now

opaque quest
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rip nelth trinket for my sham

bleak breach
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I don’t mind it though

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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.

toxic pewter
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make all gear great again

opaque quest
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I got a puzzle box on my unholy DK last week of the patch

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2 days later it was nerfed

bleak breach
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What you mean apb

opaque quest
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Feelsbad

toxic pewter
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what you mean

bleak breach
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There’s always been good and bad gear depending on classes

toxic pewter
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why would I not be able to use my hard earned items

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all of a sudden I am the crazy one to say that

bleak breach
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Not crazy, just new gear for new content.

opaque quest
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Give Dinar

bleak breach
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Otherwise we may as well just have artifacts or something similar again

toxic pewter
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make gear mean something again i say

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used to mean somethin

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now its all just handed to you and then discarded shortly thereafter

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for shame I say

bleak breach
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Hasn’t that always been the way?

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Like you raid get gear, then replace it next raid.

toxic pewter
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no

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I do not agree with that premise

opaque quest
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apb back on the bad opinion train again

toxic pewter
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u want go

opaque quest
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What do you do in WoW if you keep your Gear for 2 years per expansion

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Oh right

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Nothing

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Gear never meant anything in any game

bleak breach
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Outside of legendaries, artifacts and some pvp gear, I can’t think of ever not changing gear each tier.

toxic pewter
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no you are both wrong

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I am too lazy to type out why right now

bleak breach
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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.

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Was curious of the scenario

cursive prawn
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Same thing with Ashvane’s Razor Coral in bfa

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Both were raid trinkets

toxic pewter
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my main thing is I, and many others, are tired of the loot pinata

cursive prawn
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They were both exceptions though

toxic pewter
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lets make gear GREAT again

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lets make our accomplishments mean something again

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whos with me

bleak breach
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Higher content = higher gear

lusty grotto
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lets go back a bit

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Az my man you covered a few

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lets go back even further

bleak breach
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But I mean CE, and keystone master and that gives mounts and stuff too

cursive prawn
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I completely skipped legion and wod so unaware

bleak breach
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Yeah convergence was nice, but players at the time also hated using 1 thing for ages

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Makes the next tiers feel a bit irrelevant after initial clears

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What was that? Something like 2-3 raid tiers convergence lasted I think before merging enough that it wasn’t useable. Can’t remember

toxic pewter
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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

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ya know man

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apb bad ass as hell they will say

cursive prawn
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Can still have that aura with mythic end boss mounts

bleak breach
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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.

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Or the gladiator pvp gear

toxic pewter
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no

cursive prawn
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Hall of Fame and m+ titles as well

toxic pewter
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nothing means anything anymore

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that is my point

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none of that matters

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because its gone like 3 months later

lusty grotto
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you mean something apb

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also tbf, its a video game, it doesnt mean anything anyway

bleak breach
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But it always has been hasn’t it? Outside a few specific items I can never think of us keeping anything long term.

lusty grotto
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but you, you mean something

toxic pewter
lusty grotto
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stop it, dont be sadge

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we love our apb

limber vine
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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?

toxic pewter
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i just want make wow great again

bleak breach
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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.

opaque quest
cursive prawn
mighty valley
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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

toxic pewter
mighty valley
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outside of an item here or there all gear has always been obsoleted by the next available raid tier

bleak breach
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^

opaque quest
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I dont understand why ppl still entertain apb

lusty grotto
toxic pewter
opaque quest
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Youre takes arent hot

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They are stupid

toxic pewter
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I have many follower

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many look forward to me and my takes

opaque quest
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Its a cult mate

toxic pewter
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u want go

opaque quest
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I want to drink the kool aid

toxic pewter
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Ok welcome

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my takes are great I am just 'ahead of my time'

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like in 5-7 years it will all be like dang

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that guy was right

mighty valley
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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"

pallid quiver
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If your gear take ever ends up right, I'm never playing WoW again

mighty valley
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but most players now understand the requirement of New Stuff Being Added At Some Point

toxic pewter
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it still is correct

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its the people that have lost their way

opaque quest
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wdym lost our way

bleak breach
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This feels really political haha

opaque quest
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Even the first MMO ever had gear grinds lmao

toxic pewter
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when you are satisfied with the loot pinata, revolving caracel of nothing mattering, etc

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that is bad

mighty valley
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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

opaque quest
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Where is lee harvey oswald when you need him

cursive prawn
toxic pewter
toxic pewter
cursive prawn
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🤡

toxic pewter
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once you let the masses playcate you and dictate your game its over

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and thats what has happened to this work of art we call wow

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for shame I say

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for shame

cursive prawn
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On the contrary

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He wanted to please the 0.1%

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And here we are

bleak breach
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Who is Ion and what he do?

mighty valley
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holy shit this is two different cooked reddit takes clashing

cursive prawn
bleak breach
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I only use reddit for the freee noooooodzzzz

toxic pewter
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the .1 or the 99% both do not matter.. they lost sight and effectively their art became propaganda

lusty tiger
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apb invented reddit commenting

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i think he wears a fedora

toxic pewter
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when they catered it was over

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used to be artists create.. now they manufacture

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for shame

mighty valley
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they were catering since day 1, apb, the earliest lead designers were angry everquest players

toxic pewter
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they need to burn it all down

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and begin creating again

bleak breach
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Isn’t that classic

mighty valley
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you're asking to wipe the developers' and players' memories

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that's how you achieve the apb vision: mind control

toxic pewter
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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

toxic pewter
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and not crater to external forces

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that is the story of wow since vanilla.. catering to outside forces

mighty valley
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artists are aware of audience

toxic pewter
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no doubt

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but when you cease creating from within it ceases being art

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its a deep philosphical situation wow is in

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and this blizzcon is very important for the soul of the game

mighty valley
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no it's not, it's just a commercial video game that got old

toxic pewter
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Lol

bleak breach
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But gaming companies cater to the fans, that’s what keeps us playing.

toxic pewter
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we just have a difference of opinion I guess

bleak breach
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If they don’t evolve and change people just stop playing.

toxic pewter
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I look at game development as art.. not commercialized manufactured advertisements

mighty valley
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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

cerulean tusk
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Someone mind giving me a TLDR of Abp's latest rant?

opaque quest
lusty grotto
toxic pewter
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I believe wow was created as art and loved because of that

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others believe it is a commercial manufactured product

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that is fine

cerulean tusk
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Can't it be both?

mighty valley
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it had an alpha and beta for soliciting player feedback before the game was even released

toxic pewter
lusty grotto
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well to be fair, it was Blizzard's answer to Everquest 1

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and while yes, it kinda had some of the things you described apb...

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it was made to make money heh

mighty valley
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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"

toxic pewter
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Yah but initially it was more than just a money grab

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that is my point

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that is the point we have to go back to

cerulean tusk
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So it was art that made money?

mighty valley
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art/not art is also not a real dichotomy, artists create within cultural and commercial constraints

lusty grotto
toxic pewter
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and its a very fine distinction

mighty valley
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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

toxic pewter
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right that is a cynical way to look at it

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you believe the foundation is money

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i believe it is art

cerulean tusk
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I think they just made something they thought would make money. They were young, also had passion and investment. So it is both

mighty valley
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you have to have financing to make something like wow, and you don't get that without the financiers expecting a return on investment

toxic pewter
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thats true

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even michaelangelo had sponsors

cerulean tusk
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So we all agree, it is both, ye?

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Neato, have a good one peepsbedge

toxic pewter
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well yes its both but the foundation or bedrock is what truly matters.. its a matter of opinion

mighty valley
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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

cerulean tusk
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Well, foundation would be money. As money = food, shelter and safety. If you break it down to the core of life

bleak breach
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If the game stayed as it was it would’ve died by now

mighty valley
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classic wasn't the same experience as vanilla because the game was solved

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which is why almost no one has chosen to stick around on classic era forever

bleak breach
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We like the nostalgia, but there would be a very small player base if it didn’t change for 20+ years

toxic pewter
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hard to say

mighty valley
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you think people would've run naxxramas for 20 years?

toxic pewter
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no I mean expansions are needed

cerulean tusk
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If it was the same, I would not have returned after wrath ydnad I came back to Legion as I was told thing had changed, same but different - new experiences in a familiar setting

mighty valley
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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

cerulean tusk
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Is that what this is about, art can not create monetary value, if it does, it is not true art?

toxic pewter
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its a good question

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make wow great again

mighty valley
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much like the slogan you're referencing from real life, that's all spite and no substance

toxic pewter
cursive prawn
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Mean tweets bad, world war 3 good

cerulean tusk
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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

lusty grotto
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this is true

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much like old punk albums i have

cerulean tusk
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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.

toxic pewter
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yes wow is basically a punk band that sold out to the record labels big time

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i want it to go back to the foundation

lusty grotto
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see this mirrors a conversation that comes up again and again regarding punk as music

toxic pewter
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ya

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it will never be solved

mighty valley
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i just want apb to advance beyond sloganeering and start actually saying what the game he wants looks like

lusty grotto
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but the truth is, if those bands dont change their sound, if they dont go do bigger shows, they die out

toxic pewter
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go into deep art for a while

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and launch a product

mighty valley
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but that's not how any version of wow has ever been made

cerulean tusk
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They don't want feedback, risky.

lusty grotto
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apb, feedback is crucial to bug fixing

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do you really trust blizzard to handle those by themselves?

cerulean tusk
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I think he is talking about the artistic vision

toxic pewter
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I have faith

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i want them to turn it all off

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and just go

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into exile

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and create

cerulean tusk
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All

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APB soon gonna go into a cave in the mountain, at this point

toxic pewter
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lmao

cerulean tusk
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Find nirvana

toxic pewter
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oh shit youre right im projecting

cerulean tusk
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Godspeed, break the cycle

toxic pewter
toxic pewter
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leaked 11.0 new continent screenshot

cerulean tusk
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Bring it to off topic/general: also, ppl do not click it sadgers stay pure

bleak breach
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I clicked it

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Couldn’t care less lol

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Still feel like it will be void based

toxic pewter
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yeah did you see when i posted leak with a screenshot of the upcoming cinematic

bleak breach
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Na I didn’t

toxic pewter
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i see

cerulean tusk
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Abp the artist anti-capitalist that spreads spoilers

bleak breach
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I’ve seen 5or6 different leaks so far though, all have been vastly different

toxic pewter
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i saw the true leak

jagged gust
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how tf do we keep finding new continents?

toxic pewter
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i only post the ones I am very strong on

toxic pewter
cerulean tusk
toxic pewter
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we all know azeroth gonna be hot as hell

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lets be honest

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she gots to be

jagged gust
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Whats better, Argussy or Azerothussy

bleak breach
cerulean tusk
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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

toxic pewter
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lol

bleak breach
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Wish we could see illidan again

jagged gust
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And then Arthas will pop up and be like "My soul turning to ashes and drifting off into the nethers was merely a setback"

cerulean tusk
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Just talk about pain in-game, he will be there in 5 to out do you

pallid quiver
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They just weren't on our maps

cerulean tusk
pallid quiver
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and pandaland was specifically hidden away

jagged gust
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by the anger fog, yes

toxic pewter
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just really hope they give us a good villain again

cerulean tusk
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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.

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Spacegoats has colonised it all in secret xan

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Army of the light there, confirmed

bleak breach
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Hard to see who could be our next major villain without bringing someone new into it

toxic pewter
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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

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actually some rare df positive criticism from me

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I think hes OK but he def is not 'final boss' villain material

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theres a lot riding on the Void Lords..hopefully they can make them actual villains with intersting and compelling story

bleak breach
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I like DF lol

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It brought me back from my eternal slumber

toxic pewter
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too lazy to argue about what you just said

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a lot riding on next xpac that is for sure

bleak breach
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Overall there seems to be a positive response from most of the player base about DF after shadowlands killed it.

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Hopefully we continue to improve with next xpac

cerulean tusk
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I like Irikrdo or miniThanos. Mainly because he treats the OP avatars that we are as the only true threat

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We coming, he leaving asap

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That puts a smile on my face

toxic pewter
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fyrak had potential to be a cool psychotic pure evil villain

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but then he didnt even kill any major characters or anything

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like he should of murdered his sister or took out an aspect or literally anything with actual drama or something interesting

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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

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should of wiped out all the damn loamm people or somethin truly evil

cursive prawn
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Based

cerulean tusk
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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

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Could kill malphurion, as blizz want him dead

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Then, tyrande is single for illidan, so fans happy 😊

toxic pewter
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yeah sure KILL ANYONE

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like lets get some actual drama

cerulean tusk
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Oh, and Fyrak would be a badass, killing the most powerful char

toxic pewter
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for gods sake

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oh right i understand what u mean

cerulean tusk
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Yep yep

toxic pewter
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yeah that is not bad plot tbh

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like they just JAILER'd fyrak again

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like give this dude some actual plot

cerulean tusk
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Malf sworn to defend the dream, him dying to defend it makes sense

toxic pewter
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yeah and hes NOWHERE to be seen

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hes in ardenweald afaik

cerulean tusk
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He is holding down the fort...

toxic pewter
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dude maybe he shows up in final fight actually

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that would be badass

cerulean tusk
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Because noone else in the whole of shadowlands could

toxic pewter
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lol

cursive prawn
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Kill chromie and nozdurmo while we’re it at

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I beg

toxic pewter
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sounds great LOL

cerulean tusk
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Chrome can't die tho

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We seen her fallen form

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So we know she can't die

cursive prawn
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Lock her up then

cerulean tusk
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That we can do

cursive prawn
toxic pewter
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just do literally anything entertaining

cerulean tusk
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Burn the tree

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Burn the tree

toxic pewter
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lol

cerulean tusk
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🔥🔥🔥

toxic pewter
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well actually good point

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like look at when sylvanas literally made a night elf watch as she burned it down

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the drama, the actual feelings and plot that happened

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then look at this one dimensional fyrak situation

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like I actually do not care about amirdrasil

cerulean tusk
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Well, drama and feelings died, when they started to retcon the magnitude of the genocide

toxic pewter
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oh by saying the spirits are in ardenweald and stuff

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of the night elves

cerulean tusk
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Was, basically every nelf, to... about 5

toxic pewter
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thats a good point

bleak breach
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I didn’t enjoy BFA, but atleast a lot of the plot was cool

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I mean look at the opener to legion, Gul’dan got varian

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Then illidan went Batman on him

mighty valley
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it was really funny when tirion fordring died to an absolute nobody at the start of legion

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just a total buster's death

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for a guy who had a time as wow's main dude

bleak breach
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His good was the scene with Illidan and the prime Naaru too

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How*

jagged gust
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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

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cept apb, that mfer is bloodthirsty

toxic pewter
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? 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

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They should get George rr Martin to write the next xpac unironically

ionic fern
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Damn, i thought your weird takes ended with the class.

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Apparently not.

toxic pewter
median tulip
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The best bit of any recent expansion was the pre-launch event for Shadowlands where we finally got to shank that dickhead Nathanos

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I enjoyed killing him so much

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Unironically the best thing that happened in the whole Shadowlands arc

toxic pewter
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Well yeah, like they making him out to be a psycho

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Yet what has he actually done that is plotworthy

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He’s just flown around two zones for 4 months

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And his sister literally betrayed him and I guess he’s just like “lol ok”

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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

median tulip
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I mean the world tree is hardly random. It was a whole thing in the Winter Queen / Night Elf / Ysera / Ardenweald sub-plot

toxic pewter
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It still feels very forced to me

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And it being in the dragon isles also just feels wrong

lusty grotto
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are you saying a shadowlands story feels forced to you?

toxic pewter
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lol

lusty grotto
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can i quote you on that one?

toxic pewter
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Ok

ionic fern
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Wowpedia

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...

toxic pewter
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Add it to the pile

lusty grotto
ionic fern
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There you go Apb.

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Go read a bit.

lusty grotto
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thats a fire chonker

median tulip
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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

lusty grotto
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idk man

toxic pewter
lusty grotto
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razsageth was kind of a better villain than the jailer ever was

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didnt give a shit about anything, straight to her goals

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pure evil

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and also accomplished what she set out to do

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fyraak, is alright i guess, but i liked Razsageth better

toxic pewter
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Yeah she was pretty good

median tulip
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Denathrius was the best villain in Shadowlands and should have been the main bad guy all along.

lusty grotto
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this is true

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and real

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at least they are saving him for a future expansion

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the whole CN raid and denathrius are certainly SL's GOAT

median tulip
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Nathria was a great raid.

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Shadowlands Season 1 mythic+ was dogshit though.

lusty grotto
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that it was

median tulip
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Season 4... Banner in Nathria... That was the real shit

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#BringBackBanner

lusty grotto