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jade hazel
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Instead of bashing their head against a wall by themselves

jagged pier
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so its not even players

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there are less players than the stats even suggest

cyan bronze
jade hazel
wicked pollen
slender bison
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Dunno, EU servers are chill in all key ranges - except russians

cyan bronze
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Ya na keys are awful in all key ranges

wicked pollen
jade hazel
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I personally haven’t had an bad experiences this season

wicked pollen
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trae did you see my photos

jade hazel
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Everyone’s been chill

jagged pier
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havent done a key in months but last time its was 10-12 range and lower were horrendous

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my guess would be 14 and down now

wicked pollen
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nope

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its 18 down

paper sundial
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Hey i am just starting gearing my prot warrior for next tier is whirlwind just a dead button for prot?

wicked pollen
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they are everywhere

cyan bronze
jade hazel
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But then again I run my own keys, or play with others. I never pug and feel like I can sniff out the weirdos before they even join my own key.

paper sundial
cyan bronze
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18s and 19s are horrendous at times

jagged pier
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at times is fine

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that just happens

cyan bronze
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resil

wicked pollen
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theres too much variance in player skill

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bc resil

sharp gale
jagged pier
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well all u m+ heads asked for this system

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like pvpers did with solo queue

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and that ruined arena

cyan bronze
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yeah i never wanted infinite tries

paper sundial
cyan bronze
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i wanted like, 3 per key level

sharp gale
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Yes thunderclap stomp

cyan bronze
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without having to get resil of a key lvl

slender bison
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M+ is easier and easier by expansion. And it will be easier next season. I think the hardest time I had was BFA.

sharp gale
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Do you think removing keys is a way ?

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Like the item key

jagged pier
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bro its never been as easy as legion

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shut up

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legion it was a joke

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except for seat

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press one button and kite

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the mobs do nothing

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dps just dps

sharp gale
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Legion is take everything bc trashs don’t do shit only melee spammers

slender bison
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Once it got more popular and gear was attractive

jagged pier
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im just saying your statement of it getting easier per expansion is false

slender bison
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Underrot BFA was insane. Even the DF return

sharp gale
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But if you say the road to « 20s» (now 10s), it is easier from DF

jagged pier
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i dont have that recolcation of BFA m+ it found it kind of a joke tbh expect the worm affix because it was dumb

slender bison
jagged pier
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the fuck u mean 20-21 was sweat terrioty?

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i did those lvls

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and i dont push m+

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at all

sharp gale
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Not really sweatlord it was just slightly harder than current 10s + way less players in this bracket bc you had 10 lvl of push before 20

jagged pier
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they are literally no harder

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than 10s now

sharp gale
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I just remember 20s first weeks of DF seasons were brutal

jagged pier
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oh first week when u arent really geared or supposed to do them

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lets stop bringing up the extremes

sharp gale
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And 10s first weeks in TWW

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It is like a different world

sharp merlin
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Last season a LOT of people struggled with 12s

jagged pier
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like honestly if I have done it when it comes to m+ its no where close to sweat

sharp merlin
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the gap between 11->12 was insane

slender bison
sharp gale
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Yeah I wouldn’t say DF mid push bracket is « sweaty »

sharp gale
sharp merlin
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Oh sick, I'm in top 1%

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I'm shit LOL

jagged pier
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thats DF s3

sharp gale
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Vault was +18 for max gear if I remember

sharp merlin
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Oh no

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I'm still shit

slender bison
jagged pier
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even in SLs it was top 10%

sharp merlin
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Actually, I wasn't too bad, I was Outlaw Rogue

jagged pier
jagged pier
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so top 15%

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in S1

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im like 100% sure on raider S2 is broken

sharp merlin
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I miss weekly affixes and having split between fort and tyr

jagged pier
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cause thats incorrect i know for a fact it is, because i have this arguement ever tier and im always around top 10% because i get portals and stop

sharp merlin
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It made the season actually longer and not feel like a slog

sharp gale
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Im like top 30 or 50 EU on my hunter on bfa S3, I was not at all that high

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It’s like pulls on raid prog on raider.io, it gets weird

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I never hit 5k Rio btw sadge

jagged pier
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love the drop off from this season the moment portals are done

sharp gale
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4.9 I think

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I don’t remember clearly early SL, vault was a thing ?

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Or it was still 1 chest ?

clever hazel
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not just portals, thats when KSL is done

slender bison
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You should get 100 M+ rating just for soloing Antorus Eonar fight as pwarr

undone beacon
slender bison
undone beacon
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He asked vault vs 1 chest

sharp gale
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Bfa it was not « the vault »

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And you had PvP chest to do

sharp merlin
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They don't give you a reason to push higher though, you have a big gap between Portal / 3K to Title, they need to add more

jagged pier
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chest was in legion

undone beacon
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Vault as we know it was added at SL s1, M+ chest was added in legion

sharp gale
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No need to add reasons tbf

sharp merlin
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they do, 95% of my friends and guild packed it in, and I was forced solo to push

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which helped me find new friends

jagged pier
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in europe thats is only 270k characters

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thats not even players

sharp merlin
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but, still, there isn't a huge motivation for people to push

undone beacon
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I was gonna say, find friends that align better with your goals

jagged pier
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thats a tiny tiny amount of the player base

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like a tiny amount

sharp gale
slender bison
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Yeah, in Europe you barely find 17+ keys. Even worse if you're not a VDH. The population is super low comparing to NA

jagged pier
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of course u dont find anything its the end of the season

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this always happens

slender bison
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I'm talking since 1 month ago, now it's worse, yes

jagged pier
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ppl are bored they play something else

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they are allowed to do that

sharp merlin
jagged pier
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i log into wow 3hours a week

sharp merlin
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I went back to CS2, having an absolute blast with my mates

jagged pier
sharp gale
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Yep, season has ended, 90% ppl don’t play anymore

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My guild raid log since middle May

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Even before for half

sharp merlin
sharp gale
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If your friends don’t’ like to push for no rewards now, it means they don’t like to push at all

jagged pier
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^^

slender bison
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They explicitly added turbo boost, nightfall/visions/duos and collector to keep subs until S3. The devs are on Midnight, this is life support

jagged pier
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3 of those things are added for players that are casual and collectors

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who are a much higher % of the player base

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than m+ers

sharp merlin
jagged pier
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those players kept the game alive in SLs

wicked pollen
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the season was going to be kept that long anyways

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it just helped people get more rewards

sharp gale
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It is not artificially inflated tbf, it is just extended, idk why you bring fancy words

urban portal
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Idk how it’s artificial

sharp gale
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We play a game, everything is artificial

urban portal
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11.2 not ready yet and they just give us content

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Something to do

jagged pier
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there would still be a problem of ppl with higher score than they should be this late into a season turbo boost or not

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u would be complaing about them still without it

urban portal
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Would you rather nothing happen between end of HOF to next expac

jagged pier
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and saying seasons too long ppl beein inflated

sharp gale
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I prefer content over no content, I advocate for the stupid shit making me do delves for a belt, or visions

urban portal
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Visions are cool

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delves whatever

jagged pier
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duos is fun

urban portal
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Mount collecting is cool

slender bison
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I'm gonna be that guy and say "if you have nothing to do - there's Steam summer sale etc.". Each wow season has 2 months of playtime. Maybe less if you're no-lifing the game. More than that is collector or unsub. And it's fine

jagged pier
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its not when u have to sit through the DS rp for the 900th time

wicked pollen
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each wow season has infinite play time

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🙂

undone beacon
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oh fuck i forgot about duos, is it too late to spend an hour and get all the cosmetic shit ill never use but will feel bad for missing?

sharp gale
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Idk what to buy from steam sales

jagged pier
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u might have missed an achieve but apart from that i think its fine?

sharp gale
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I hesitate palworld

undone beacon
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This time around

slender bison
jagged pier
undone beacon
jagged pier
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if not mop time

urban portal
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33 crashing my computer for some reason

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Doesn’t happen in other triple As

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I’m on gamepass

jagged pier
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i mean its not a AAA

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and heard that about gamepass

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but i had no issue

sharp gale
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AA ?

jagged pier
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likely been fixed or there are work arounds out there

urban portal
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Ya AA

undone beacon
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I just picked it up on steam like a steamy steamer

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No issues

jagged pier
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same

urban portal
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But I just meant there’s more demanding games that aren’t crashing my computer

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I may just pivot steam off family share

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Just need to figure out how to move saves

sharp gale
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Bc is it still Tencent daddy money injection ? For expedition 33

jagged pier
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dont need gamepass as i buy like 1 game a year so it equals out

urban portal
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You rather ten ent be your boss than Microsoft lol

sharp gale
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Yeah, but it looks like a good game, I’ll play it 100%, it is just I’m not in turn base mood rn

undone beacon
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Hear me out

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No Mans Sky

slender bison
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Try Satisfactory too. Lots of fun there

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Or a Valheim no-map run

sharp gale
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I have both of them, No Man Sky is so mid (imo) bc I wait so much for a space game

lusty grotto
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palworld is fun

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i liked it

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enshrouded is great

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and i doubt dune will be on sale so

slender bison
undone beacon
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If you havent booted up NMS in like, years then you're missing out on a whole different (and much better) game

sharp gale
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And satisfactory I played the Christmas event, too early to delve into spreadsheets again

lusty grotto
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no mans sky is great too yeah pash

lusty grotto
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lots of updates

undone beacon
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I'm just sad I missed the most recent couple of expeditions in NMS cuz the rewards seem neat

slender bison
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NMS is single player?

undone beacon
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But I am also driven by intense FOMO so, I know I'm a bitch

undone beacon
lusty grotto
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mostly but you can play with friends

slender bison
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Havent touched it since the launch fiasco

sharp gale
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It is a good game, but it is not a good space game (for me)

undone beacon
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Fair enough

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That is an important modifier to add to the end haha

sharp gale
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I would 100% suggest NMS to someone asking a game

undone beacon
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To each their own!

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Yeee

slender bison
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Guys, what about No Rest for the Wicked?

sharp gale
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If it’s satisfactory, it is too early to play that type of sweaty games

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Again

undone beacon
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No no no

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Nothing like satisfactory

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Its a pegglelike LOL

slender bison
sharp gale
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I was thinking to take blasphemous

slender bison
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Yeah, it's like that, but souls like and had crafting/lots of classes to mix etc

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Or Kingdoms two crowns if you're into 2D stuff

sharp gale
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Already played the first, I wouldn’t play the second

slender bison
sharp gale
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I need to turn on my pc to see

slender bison
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Also Planet Crafter is also good

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For space game

undone beacon
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i somehow have put almost 15 hours in Nubby's. I have issues

sharp gale
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The next I’ll try will surely be the big elephant in the room

cyan bronze
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my candy crush gamer ex gf was doing 25+ and she didn’t even know how to install addons

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p sure she timed her first 20 before she got a mouse lol

wicked pollen
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beast

sharp gale
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i know someone who plays with 2 hands on keyboard, it is something to see

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palworld it is, i think

cyan bronze
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without a mouse

wicked pollen
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fuck that bitch

cyan bronze
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please don’t bro

slender bison
sharp gale
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or at the bar

lusty tiger
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Good morning gamers

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What is the difference in tankiness of pwar and vdh in slightly high end keys right now?

sharp gale
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you don't care things you can block as pwar

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basically

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and we are afraid of dots and magic attacks (you have spellblock until next season)

frosty mango
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We just do a lot more damage while doing it

ebon geyser
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I tried to gear as much last night

frosty mango
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For the most part focus on haste until 16-17k and then ilvl is king

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At your ilvl you’ll want to take heavy repercussions instead of into the fray

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The rest of it will come down to play and execution, which if you log some stuff and post that we can help. The wowhead guide in the pins has a great overview of the basics

ebon geyser
ashen kestrel
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Average prot warrior experience (ive never had this happen before)
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sweet summit
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classic boomkin xan

blazing condor
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bro had to sneeze

undone beacon
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AND THEN THEY LEAVE LMAO

frosty mango
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Ngl when I’m on bear

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And melee shit talk in motherlode

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I will typhoon mines into them

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To express my alpha status

undone beacon
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Good

ashen kestrel
frosty mango
ashen kestrel
torn gulch
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damn 4 weeks left of this season

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why do i feel like the first couple of weeks of 11.2 will be a shitshow because of how short the ptr cycle is?

ashen kestrel
undone beacon
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"Fueled by Violence healing reduced to 20% because fuck you"

nocturne spindle
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"buffed vdh healing by 50%"

strong forum
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Defensive stance nerfed by 15%

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New talent:
Defensive stance reduces dmg taken by an additional 5%
1 point - 2.5%
2 points - 2.5%

undone beacon
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there he goes, absolutely COOKING again

tight hinge
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colossus should have let us dual wield shields and clap them together

blazing condor
chilly brook
frosty mango
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This is some monkey paw vibes

ashen kestrel
waxen quarry
cyan bronze
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actually quite a good design choice node

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i think it would have to be more than 10% extra mdr tho

waxen quarry
rain yew
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Does anyone have any insight as to why deep wounds' damage and number of ticks doesn't line up with Fueled by violence's heals and number of ticks?

cyan bronze
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one talent gives stronger SR

waxen quarry
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oh ye

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for raid prolly

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or just if u dont need 2 sr ig

cyan bronze
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2 charges would almost def be worse in keys

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outside of niche circumstances

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where you can double reflect something every ~min

waxen quarry
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ye makes sense idk i dont play prot much

cyan bronze
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2 charges would be so much fun in some places tho

waxen quarry
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nelth lair s2 df

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last boss

cyan bronze
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yess

waxen quarry
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hoooly

worthy lichen
frosty mango
worthy lichen
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ahh you cant melee in the air? or are they just out of range

ashen kestrel
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weird interaction for sure

sharp gale
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I wouldn’t look very deep for Z axis type of shit

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Wow struggle with everything in the air

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Or above/under you

frosty mango
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Better not to find out though lol

ebon geyser
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would you guys consider boots low budget like cloak and vracers?

frosty mango
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I believe they have the same stat budget?

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Could be wrong

ebon geyser
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them blues... was thinking making clak and boots

dense remnant
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boots are higher stat budget than cloak or bracers

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belt and boots is the same

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it all depends on what you want

ebon geyser
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i mean i can also work until reset and hope, vault is crap atm

warm plinth
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Cloak/wrist < boots/belt/shoulder/gloves < legs/chest/helm iirc

ebon geyser
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i wish we knew what we gonna make next season

dense remnant
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most likely its the same as now

ebon geyser
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are those trinkets gonna get gray out on next season?

dense remnant
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unless ive missed something major

ebon geyser
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the reason i ask we gonna get a legendary cloak

dense remnant
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o rite

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i did forget about that

true yoke
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Which do u consider that are the best macro's for pwarrior, something like shield spam, shield block and ignore pain or that isnt advisable

jagged pier
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There are none really

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Theres no macro that puts 2 rotations buttons together that u press for both

frosty mango
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using an ignore pain/shield slam macro to snipe shield slams when you are pressing IP (but you would only use this when pressing ip, you still press shield slam normally)

outside of that I don't use any except for macroing avatar and trinket together

undone beacon
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macro ravager to drop at your feet, easy

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No thoughts head empty

true yoke
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Ok, got it

undone beacon
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oh and macro ironfur into every ability

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wait wrong discord

mighty valley
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i've macro'd ironfur into shield slam but it's not working, help

cerulean tusk
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I did, and I dont die, checks out

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sharp merlin
undone beacon
sharp merlin
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Might do it if I go bear next season, although might stick to prot, I love prot

undone beacon
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I dont advocate for it but like, people do it

sharp gale
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You will have a crafted ascendance weapon again early next season, you will keep your 681 bracers and slam writhing on them

mellow bridge
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like shoulders

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bracers/cloaks have quite a bit less stats

ebon geyser
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Ty, just trying to split gear between prot and arms. but ill look into boots if i dont get lucky this week.

sharp gale
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For the stat budget by memory :
high = head/chest/leg
medium = shoulders/belt/boot/gloves
low = bracers/cloak

lofty warren
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What this mean?

neon elk
dusky canopy
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@lusty grotto on my 20th attempt for gmod this week 🙂

noble mountain
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if im crafting do i just send it for crit/haste because it has the best defensive value like vdh or is it different and we just sim and go w/e it tells us for dps?

sharp merlin
lime urchin
urban portal
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a lot of it is just cleaning stuff up

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but this one in particular just makes it so demolish final hit can go up to 45 yards

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so when someone gets force moved youll still hit the final hit

neon elk
true yoke
lofty warren
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45 yards is really far

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Isn't evoker like 25 yard?

urban portal
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its still 5 range target acq

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its just that if they get force moved you can still hit the final hit

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relevant name and profile pic

noble mountain
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do i craft haste/crit if all i care about is living or do we just listen to sims based on dps always?

lusty grotto
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always

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more dps in sims = more living

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secondary stats give damage and defensiveness

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the only thing you dont sim are shields and purely defensive trinkets

lusty grotto
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i have done aproximately 0 farming this week

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ask roid

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raid logging life

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but alas today is vault fill day

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my brother has been religiously farming raids lol im just farming spice c:

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and pvp

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for spice

lusty grotto
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so...

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i hop on the warrior changes topic and this guy is posting...

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uh huh...

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50% relative buff LMAO

mighty valley
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he is........... technically correct......... in a way..........

lusty grotto
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yeah in no way

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10% of 20% is 22%

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wait ive been out of it, is it additive?

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so 30%?

mighty valley
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i haven't seen testing but based on the way it's worded yeah i think it goes up to 30%

lusty grotto
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well okay then

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well i suppose that just means spellbreaker is just never gonna be talented

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like i mentioned when the changes were put up

mighty valley
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yeah, that node is an ok talent and a never talent

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well i guess if there's a fight that's just ticking magic aoe constantly the entire time

old juniper
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When I logged onto PTR last it was additive

mighty valley
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4%dr might be alright

lusty grotto
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yeah i remember roid testing it

frosty mango
lusty grotto
frosty mango
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We’d just pretend it didn’t exist

lusty grotto
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this guy thinks the self sustain from FbV is... great

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yikes

frosty mango
lusty grotto
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i agree with the take, the replacements just arent good

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hes mad coping

frosty mango
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We basically have 3 weeks of ptr left so I doubt spell block is coming back, and they did nerf bosses so

lusty grotto
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yeah...

frosty mango
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I’d focus on tuning/feel and keep giving feedback at this point

lusty grotto
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i suppose it'll be a numbers game with hunker down

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and abilities

frosty mango
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Given the compressed ptr window though I’m not sure we’re really gonna get to properly test hunker down

lusty grotto
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i was just checking it out cause i saw the release date announced

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0 blizz messages

frosty mango
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I think it will be a 100% must take tho for sure

lusty grotto
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yeah agreed

slim oracle
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its situational for places like dawnbreaker etc

lusty grotto
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it is a 100% mus ttake

slim oracle
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most of the guys doing high IO keys on War arent event taking it right now

lusty grotto
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cause you cant rely on RNG for a 100% dr

slim oracle
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u dont take either talent

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lol

lusty grotto
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well sure

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but the point is compared to spellbreaker

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thats the context

slim oracle
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pretty sure he is running this rn

lusty grotto
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streamer watcher

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this is gonna be good

frosty mango
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Maybe you won’t take it when you’re fully kitted out but I highly highly doubt you’re not taking it when doing push keys

slim oracle
slim oracle
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saying a talent is 100% must take when u just qualified the time you think you must take it is kinda weird

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the average person doing a weekly key doesnt need to take hunker down

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and even in push keys if the amount of magic dmg youre taking isnt a significant portion of your incoming damage then you dont need it

lusty grotto
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says you dont need to talent it, links a kira build

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i think we're done here

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c;

slim oracle
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idk what your problem is

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you can talent hunker down if you want

lusty grotto
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"the average person" and then a kira build

slim oracle
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just dont spread misinformation

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i mean yeah the 15's and 16's are not push key level

lusty grotto
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nothing that has been said is misinformation

slim oracle
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your weekly key guy is not gonna need hunker down

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people go through weekly keys without even pressing spellblock

lusty grotto
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i think youre completely missing the point roid made

cerulean tusk
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Nim, you are wrong.

slim oracle
lusty grotto
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Cat, you are wrong for being a cat

cerulean tusk
frosty mango
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I’m reasonably sure when we start s3 hunker down will be the play over thunder lord for every key

slim oracle
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i mean if you dont care about losing damage then sure

lusty grotto
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gear matters

slim oracle
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thunder lord means that you will have demo shout + demolish line up

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always

lusty grotto
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jesus

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😬

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one of those huh

cerulean tusk
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You also have the DR element up more often

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so hah!

slim oracle
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yep

cerulean tusk
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Rat is down! Losing his hat!

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Pewpew

lusty grotto
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im not down

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just not worth debating

slim oracle
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you frequently get more rage generation, you get the DR, and it lines up with Demo every time with thunderlord

cerulean tusk
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Cause you lost the debate

lusty grotto
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we've been over this 20 million times in this channel

cerulean tusk
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shrekt

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Gold is the Gold Medal winner of this event

slim oracle
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i mean you can play whatever you want

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just dont spread misinformation

frosty mango
lusty grotto
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stop fucking saying we're spreading misinformation, you just joined yesterday

#

jesus christ

cerulean tusk
#

He didnt join yesterday, I see no sprout

#

Rat with more misinformation

slim oracle
#

sick ad hominem btw, havent actually addressed the merit of a single thing i said

lusty grotto
#

i dont have to, use the search function

cerulean tusk
#

Roid, mind giving me TLDR of what ya lads discussing keks

slim oracle
#

if you think its a must take, then sure, but im giving you reasons why thunder lord > hunker down

#

having demo + demolish line up + more uses of demo is gonna be way more beneficial mitigation wise and damage wise than a 10% dr

lusty grotto
#

also dont ad-hominem me when you keep spewing "stop spreading misinformation"

slim oracle
#

you are saying its a 100% must take talent, or that you think it is, and im saying its not

frosty mango
#

For a multitude of reasons - but mostly because in the absence of spell block you aren’t going to care about more demo shouts you’re going to care about not getting pasted by magic busters

10% of a lot is a lot, and given the ilvls were starting at, and the key pool, I don’t see TL being taken over hunker especially because you gotta take poopy last stand to get to it

slim oracle
#

yes last stand sucks

#

but im saying thunder lord is a massive dps gain and its still a good defensive option

#

so if you wanna take that 10% dr

lusty grotto
#

its not a massive gain

frosty mango
#

It is not a massive dps gain

slim oracle
#

then that is your prerogative

lusty grotto
#

stop spreading misinformation

#

you do not TC enough as colossus for it to be "massive"

slim oracle
#

over the course of a dungeon, having your demo shout line up with every demolish is a gain

frosty mango
#

I doubt TL is even 5%

lusty grotto
#

it already lines up, its barely seconds apart

cerulean tusk
#

Oh no, is this another "Col should TC more for demo aligment" discussion?

slim oracle
#

your average pull time in a high key is gonna be about 1:30 if its a big pull so thats 2 uses you'd be getting on demolish

#

and 5% from a talent is massive

#

even if its short of that

#

compared to checks notes 10% spell block dr

lusty grotto
#

who is this guy funky?

slim oracle
#

which is 0

frosty mango
#

You’re missing the fact that you will also need to use demo as a defensive in some scenarios

slim oracle
#

sure but then youre just getting demo on cd more anyway

lusty grotto
#

also overlooking gearing

frosty mango
#

But at the cost of damage

slim oracle
#

if you absolutely have to separate demo from demolish then sure

#

but at that point its probably a rotational fuck up

frosty mango
#

To get the max TL value then you need to clap over revenge

cerulean tusk
#

Why are we getting more demo's doing thunderclap?

frosty mango
#

Which would be a net negative

slim oracle
#

you can always line up demo/demolish/avatar with busters

frosty mango
#

You are looking at it in a vaccum

cerulean tusk
#

Did they change talents so TC also grants Demo CDR?

frosty mango
#

No thunderlord has always been thunderlord

lusty grotto
slim oracle
#

all im saying is if you think you want the 10% dr you can take it at a loss of damage, but its not a 100% must take

cerulean tusk
#

Demo, as in demolish Hydrate

slim oracle
#

theres obvi ously pros and cons to taking it

#

i even said in dawnbreaker i think its worth using

frosty mango
slim oracle
#

doesnt mean youre framing it as an opinion

frosty mango
lusty grotto
#

he was talking with me, with things that we havent got numbers for

#

read the context

#

also get over yourself

#

jun 18, 2025 skyhold joiner

#

welcome to skyhold too 🙂

frosty mango
#

If I wasn’t framing it as an opinion I would say it’s a 100% mandatory talent and the discussion is around ptr tuning

slim oracle
#

you keep bringing up shit like who is this guy and omg he joined recently but you actually have contributed zero value to this conversation

#

im just saying

#

hunker down is not a 100% must take

cerulean tusk
#

It hurts my brain sadge what are you guys even arguing about. What is this talk about 100% mandatory, we talking top-end pushing, or weekly keys

lusty grotto
#

because i know your kind

#

ive been here long enough

slim oracle
#

nobody cares if this discord is your life's entire social interaction lmao i'm here to talk about the value of taking certain talents

#

doesnt matter when i joined

frosty mango
#

If you want to put forth some useful information I suggest you go log onto the ptr, do some testing and post some logs and put some feedback on the warrior thread

I’m happy to talk with anyone about what we think might suss out as the talent build we kit out with and why

tall gorge
lusty grotto
#

youre not talking about value, you literally accused us of misinformation

ashen kestrel
cerulean tusk
#

Depends, not if you do like 12s

slim oracle
#

over your kit's mitigation

#

that is worth sacrificing reduced cd on demo shout

#

and yeah i have been testing it on PTR and its felt fine except for dawnbreaker where i would play hunker down

frosty mango
#

Let’s have a real conversation

#

With data

lusty grotto
#

either you discuss with us or state that anything other than you or Kira's takes are informed, make up your mind, you can't have both and then claim you want to have a discussion

slim oracle
#

sure next time i get logs that arent scuffed pug runs i will link them

lusty grotto
#

youre literally copying a streamer that LOVES to cook talent builds

#

without any sense or reason

slim oracle
#

lmao youre a hater

#

its okay dude

frosty mango
#

Every run is a scuffed pug run that’s the best test scenario

lusty grotto
#

no its a fact

ruby musk
lusty grotto
#

im not saying it as a negative

tall gorge
ashen kestrel
slim oracle
frosty mango
#

Every key next season has large magic hits with the exception of maybe ara Kara but that has those egregious poison dots

cerulean tusk
#

Well, I can confirm that you dont need hunker for 12s on the PTR currently. You dont 'need' it, per se.

Problem of having the DR is not relevant before you hit the push wall, where content is dangerous. At that point, you want all the DR you can get if the busters is a threat.

lusty grotto
#

also early season

#

where gear is not there yet

cerulean tusk
#

If you guys argue "you need it for all content", that is false. But I presume we talking push content, and you really want it

slim oracle
frosty mango
#

You are 100% going to get your cheeks clapped if you’re pushing eco dome with low gear by those arcane slash dudes

#

For example

slim oracle
#

10% dr on spellblock isnt gonna be the make or break for that situation though

#

you have other buttons to press

lusty grotto
#

what

slim oracle
#

spell reflect*

ashen kestrel
lusty grotto
#

right Chippy

cerulean tusk
#

Maybe, I kinda doubt it, we will see tho

lusty grotto
#

cause in PTR you have gear

frosty mango
slim oracle
#

youre scaled down to 675 what do u mean

#

you have gear

#

LOL

frosty mango
#

You’re not scaled to 675

lusty grotto
#

keep proving me right lmao

frosty mango
#

Pretty sure you’re scaled to 710-715

slim oracle
#

have you actually moused over

#

your items

#

in PTR

lusty grotto
#

hasnt moved away from the mold

ashen kestrel
#

You’re scaled up to 710 in 12s

lusty grotto
#

well then, i guess we're done here

#

🤝

cerulean tusk
#

Nim trying to run away, before logs are given?

#

Coward

frosty mango
#

Ptr keys are 30-35 ilvls higher than we are now AND everyone has bis trinkets, and some classes are grossly overtuned (for example us, with fbv) and that makes an absolutely massive difference

#

So yes my take is when we roll into s3 hunker will be a play

slim oracle
#

but i dont think we should tell peopole its 100% must take over thunderlord

frosty mango
#

I think it will be THE play

#

I didn’t tell people that

lusty grotto
#

the season isnt even out

slim oracle
#

i never said you did

lusty grotto
#

what does it matter if he says that or not

slim oracle
#

im just saying i just scrolled in and i saw "i think this is 100% must take for sure"

lusty grotto
#

nothing is set in stone

slim oracle
#

average discord guy who is just starting warrior

frosty mango
#

That wss your initial entry into the convo, telling me not to spread misinformation

slim oracle
#

is gonna think ok i should always run hunker down

solid sun
#

Was on vacation this weekendish. Hope everyone has been well and is excited for some new content!

slim oracle
#

i dont think they are gonna read the specific "i think"

lusty grotto
#

jesus christ

cerulean tusk
#

Rhino, you came back to perfect timeing

#

quick, say Nim is wrong

solid sun
#

Lmao oh no

lusty grotto
#

i didnt even say the thing

#

it was Roid

solid sun
#

Usually it’s Nimchip’s fault but he also usually isn’t wrong

cerulean tusk
#

Ye. But this time

#

He a rat

solid sun
#

It’s a weird dichotomy

lusty grotto
#

this is true

frosty mango
#

If you base your strategy on what you see in discord scroll without context then I’m not sure people can help you lol.

And I’m pretty much the biggest advocate against streamers abusing their platform to convey info in that way which anyone here can tell you, which is why I always include the context of the convo

lusty grotto
#

but honestly Roid was just stating it as part of the conversation, i dont know why the guy doesnt move on from this lmao

cerulean tusk
#

Think he just wanted you two to say, "sure, it isnt a 100% pick in all situations no matter what"

frosty mango
#

Maybe I just need to be a streamer so I can say things as fact

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Roid s3 rat key stream inc

lusty grotto
#

lol

frosty mango
#

Well for keys anyway

cerulean tusk
#

Should be, no? Was his whole argument as far I saw it

#

He meant in content where you didnt need the 10% DR, you could chose the option of TL for some reason

ruby musk
lusty grotto
#

lol

solid sun
#

I can see that nothing here has changed

lusty grotto
#

funky please no misinformation, Skyhold lurkers are preparing to talent 5 whole fucking weeks before the season starts

ruby musk
#

Lol

cerulean tusk
lusty grotto
#

be considerate cat

cerulean tusk
#

This will be a 100% pick

lusty grotto
#

how dare you !

cerulean tusk
#

You guys cant stop me!

#

THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME TALENT

frosty mango
cerulean tusk
#

I WILL USE IT

lusty grotto
#

you. are. providing. misinformation.

solid sun
#

Talenting tough as nails rn and expecting to top the damage meters because the cat said so

cerulean tusk
#

I did not

frosty mango
cerulean tusk
#

It is my personal opinion, and it is a fact that I will use it 100% of the time

lusty grotto
frosty mango
#

I want to live the tough as nails fantasy

#

But it just wasn’t good lol

solid sun
#

Cat one minute ago, “this is objectively the greatest talent supported by peer review and math”

#

Cat now, “I didn’t say that”

#

??????

cerulean tusk
#

Nah

#

Cat go: "My math"

ruby musk
#

I heard math is subjective.

cerulean tusk
#

True and real

frosty mango
#

He has his own alternate math, and it clearly shows tough as nails is goated

lusty grotto
#

cat things HyperRatJam

cerulean tusk
#

Dude, you guys dont think big enough

#

UNCAPPED OFF ICD REFLECT DAMAGE

#

IS GOATED AF

frosty mango
#

If you don’t press damage abilities tough as nails is 100% of your dps

ruby musk
#

Tough as nails deals damage while being defensive therefore OP must have

frosty mango
#

Walking sim confirmed

solid sun
#

You sound like a homeschooler fighting against Big Math

frosty mango
cerulean tusk
#

You guys laugh, but there will be a huge pull with gnolls with 0.3 AS

#

I will do millions of free DPS

#

and you lads will cry

#

cry you bitch ass tears

#

as I bathe in glory!

solid sun
#

My tears aren’t very assy

cerulean tusk
#

This shitter blocking my talent tho

solid sun
#

@lusty grotto are you still playing in the sand

frosty mango
jagged gust
#

Don't worry, MT becomes meta and all will be well

#

Tough as nails and thunder Lord for all!

cerulean tusk
#

They need to allow emotes sadge I wanted to peepoHappy

solid sun
#

Yuck

frosty mango
lusty grotto
#

but i gotta do keys tonight

frosty mango
#

Thane is so comfy

lusty grotto
#

yeah idk

#

i really dont but i dont wanna stay out of the game

frosty mango
#

Just be like me, instead of doing 8 keys on one char do one key on 8 chars

#

4head

lusty grotto
#

i do one key on 2 alts

#

and 4 on warrior

#

just missing warrior

#

i still havent used my chippies

#

LOL

edgy prairie
#

the cutoff for into the fray vs heavy repercussions is 16k right?

restive oak
#

i can't imagine getting anything on my warrior besides a tertieary

lusty grotto
#

16k with 4pc yea

#

lol clap i still dont have pace or tome

#

myth track i mean

#

im probably buying pace tomorrow

restive oak
#

i dont have a tome

lusty grotto
#

ive held enough

solid sun
#

Where are y’all at in raid

restive oak
#

hoc is fine, ill just get a new t ime on like a month :p

lusty grotto
#

2% wipe on sprocket

#

LOL

solid sun
#

Oh noooo

lusty grotto
#

gotta find a real guild for next season

restive oak
#

thats gotta hurt

frosty mango
lusty grotto
#

not that this one isnt real but its way too casual and i cant fucking do weekend raiding

#

i absolutely hate it

frosty mango
#

Sad

restive oak
#

race to world last needs us

frosty mango
#

How can I tunnel if I keep getting stunned?

lusty grotto
#

lmaooo

#

hey man you beat me on vexie and cauldron

#

but to be fair...

#

i never know when to hold cds on vexie with this guild

#

bikes just randomly dont land

restive oak
#

lol

#

been there

frosty mango
#

I was too busy carrying mechanics on rik to do good dps, Roidburg - tower destroyer

restive oak
#

like oh im not gonna demolish combo this, it's about to phase....

solid sun
#

Are you already looking for a guild

lusty grotto
#

nah i need to start

restive oak
#

couldve cdr, by the time they phase :p

frosty mango
lusty grotto
#

probably closer to the season end

frosty mango
#

Trust

restive oak
#

pretty much

frosty mango
#

I ripped 5m on my hunter full sending

#

Big vexie vibes

lusty grotto
#

yeah ive full sent

#

ive tried everything

frosty mango
#

I even frost trapped the add so they couldn’t yell at me for not doing bikes, big brain play

lusty grotto
cerulean tusk
#

Fun little check, if you guys log out and try to log back in - does WoW (live) launch for ya?

lusty grotto
#

hmm

cerulean tusk
#

Just tried to start it on 3 different devices, no luck. So I am just curious if it is a wide spread issue. Or just a random handful of ppl

frosty mango
#

You’ve reached your /played limit

lusty grotto
#

might be a EU issue

frosty mango
#

Time to go outside

lusty grotto
#

NA is working fine

cerulean tusk
#

Its fine, I got PTR, just waiting for peeps to get on

solid sun
#

The cat is eu?

cerulean tusk
#

Indeed, another reason me and rat fight

solid sun
#

I feel like you’re always around when we are

#

Is your sleep schedule completely ruined

cerulean tusk
#

Not really, work spins me around - but sleep schedual is working as intended 👍

solid sun
#

Does it spin you right round baby right round

#

Like a record

cerulean tusk
warped stag
#

Any chance we are not playing demolish in S3 ?

frosty mango
#

You mean colossus?

#

It’s possible but looking unlikely

#

THATS JUST MY OPINION THOUGH

warped stag
#

Kinda the same ahah

#

But i loved the mountain in the past ..

#

So..

#

Still dont know if im playing my druid or my war for M+ in S3 ..

#

Im playing around top 1% world so meta is kinda important 🥲

frosty mango
#

I can say pretty confidently that neither Druid nor warrior will be meta

#

THATS JUST MY OPINION THOUGH

#

Going to sign every message like that now

mighty valley
#

Thane tier set looks bad right now but it could get tuned

#

Demolish is sick though

jagged gust
#

If thane gets tuned we're 100% meta

restive oak
#

i enjoy colossus

jagged gust
#

BDK healing, permanent IP uptime, 19 talents that say "take less damage", the best aoe aggro you have ever seen

restive oak
#

you don't even really have to think about threat with thane though

jagged gust
#

you never did, but now all you have to do is apply your 2 bleeds and /sleep

#

streamers will probably still find a way to complain about aggro

#

oh fuck and of course tough as nails

frosty mango
#

It’s comically bad right now

frosty mango
lusty grotto
noble mountain
#

hey guys, is crit/haste the go to for survivability like it is for vdh or is haste/vers the same-ish and we just sim for dps and go for that for any situation?

lusty grotto
#

crit haste is favored for everything

#

no decent stat pools of vers this season

#

no reason to go for it

noble mountain
lusty grotto
#

you cant stack enough without some lucky rolls from 1ab ring etc

#

no

#

we follow sims

noble mountain
#

ah okay, thanks

#

i know for vdh its haste/crit for survivability or listen to sims for dps, wanted to double check

lusty grotto
#

its for both

#

sims provide defensive data indirectly

#

any dps gained from secondaries, is effectively defensiveness gained

noble mountain
#

i dont see a pin, do we do 1tar5min and 5tar5min to sim?

lusty grotto
#

if its crit, you gain parry

#

1.5 or 1 min is fine

#

not 5 mins

noble mountain
#

but we do 1 target and 5 right

lusty grotto
#

five target 1 min / 1.5

#

or 1 target 3 min / 5 mins

noble mountain
#

ah, gotcha thanks

#

appreciate it

frosty mango
#

You’ll eventually see vers converge as your best stat for dps at high ilvls (like 685+) but that’s a byproduct of having huge secondary stat itemization

solid sun
#

I've decided I'm playing around the top 1% as well. Now my opinions are factual

warped stag
#

Yoda made a video about actual "next meta"

#

precising things can/will change obvisouly

#

and actually it's something like VDH/Warprot is S Tier

lusty grotto
#

LOL

warped stag
#

what is that funny ? Ahah

slim dove
lusty grotto
warped stag
#

it's based on the actual PTR, nothing more

lusty grotto
#

i cant tell if youre trolling

slim dove
#

patch is a month away

#

tier list predictions are just clickbait/view farming

#

gg

warped stag
#

obv

lusty grotto
#

nvm i can tell

warped stag
#

but you played the ptr ?

#

we are talking about right now , not in 1 month

lusty grotto
#

have you played any season

warped stag
#

🥲

#

yes

#

thanks sir

lusty grotto
#

no, i dont think you hav

lusty grotto
#

welcome to WoW!

inner arch
#

Best way to handle bombs on Gally?

inner arch
#

And don’t say do ego checks lol

bleak breach
#

We got CE lastnight

lusty grotto
#

gz sokraxx

warped stag
#

wppw

warped stag
bleak breach
inner arch
#

Mythic

bleak breach
#

Do ego checks

inner arch
#

I’ve done them on bdk

bleak breach
#

They will just kill you

inner arch
#

And done ego checks on bdk lol

#

Yea

bleak breach
#

Sorry I don’t have a better answer haha

inner arch
#

That’s bout what I was expecting

bleak breach
#

I can take 2 bombs in d stance with cds, 3rd pretty much kills me and if you take 4 cya.

inner arch
#

The dot seems big time rip

bleak breach
#

It’s just over complicating it trying to get a warrior do it, warrior is by far the best to tank Gally all fight any other class do the rest.

inner arch
#

Yee ego checks basically we don’t care bout right

bleak breach
#

Can spellblock the blast but not the dot from the bombs sadly and I think it’s a 10s dot or something?

inner arch
#

Do nothing

bleak breach
#

Yep

lusty grotto
#

spell block owns ego check

#

we're gonna miss it

bleak breach
#

Yeah we will

inner arch
#

Had my ass clenched the entire time doing ego checks on bdk

bleak breach
#

Was crucial in so many fights of lou

inner arch
#

Then I thought I’d get to breeze them on Pwarr

#

Nope. Bombs

bleak breach
#

Is that like a group wanting you to do bombs?

#

What is the other tank?

inner arch
#

I’m not sure yet. Trialing tomorrow. But current tank is bdk doing checks lol

#

Don’t really wanna come in as trial and say hey switch

inner arch
#

But prolly will

bleak breach
#

Makes 0 sense

inner arch
#

Well it’s not set

bleak breach
#

PWar should do boss, BDK do bombs

lusty grotto
#

just tell them pwar is better equipped for ego

bleak breach
#

^

inner arch
#

Just what I’m assuming based on what they already doing

#

Yea prolly will

lusty grotto
#

dont be like "i can only do this"

#

but more like "the class is better equpped to handle ego checks etc"

bleak breach
#

Just be like literally everyone else does it this way for a reason.

inner arch
#

Yee

agile elbow
#

is everyone still crying about warrior on ptr as usual?

bleak breach
#

Plus honestly I can’t think of any way you survive taking 4 bombs

lusty grotto
#

it has calmed down a bit from what i can gather hsoj

agile elbow
#

it's like clockwork - every patch. WARRIOR IS OP. and then DH exists.

bleak breach
#

I tried many times and couldn’t, there was one bit I took the bomb blast to reset our other tanks stacks from blast but he still took the bombs. I just grabbed one to push me back to boss.

lusty grotto
inner arch
#

Yea they scary even on bdk with ams and death striking the dot

agile elbow
#

lmao

#

can't fall prey to not playing meta if you just play everything

lusty grotto
#

every. season.

lusty grotto
#

no worries they'll be gone as soon as week 1 hits

agile elbow
#

yeah

#

"NO SPELLBLOCK? dead class."

#

don't worry boys, it's gonna be monk's season for sure

lusty grotto
#

i mean to be fair

#

i still dont agree with the direction blizzard went

#

but whatever i always play warrior

#

unless its busted ass like in SL s1

#

and then its just unsub

agile elbow
#

everything fucking subbed in KITELANDS

#

sucked*

lusty grotto
#

ye unless if you were bdk i guess

agile elbow
#

bring back s4 BDK

#

thanks ion, make it happen

#

will i get more than one mount this week. stay tuned. thanks blizzard. great event.

pallid quiver
#

I didn't really play SL S1, so I don't know factually or anything. That's just what I thought I heard

agile elbow
#

they were useful for the kite meta

warm plinth
#

Vdh was meta in sl s1 because you didn't tank anything kek

jade hazel
#

All I remember about sl is getting farmed by people bc I had to do PvP for some reason then I unsubbed for a long time

lusty grotto
#

and then it got fixed

#

bdk reigned supreme in SL

#

i kinda liked the pvp thing

#

but im a has been pvp player so

warm plinth
#

Why did you need to PvP

#

I don't remember that

lusty grotto
#

its not a good decision to force people to participate in content they dont want to

#

gear

#

pvp gear was crazy good

mortal cypress
chilly brook
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was just the most optimal way to gain gear and be effective early season

cyan bronze
warped stag
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im not 2k rio i promise

lusty grotto
warped stag
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i was just asking 'bout whats the current shùt

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because i didnt try the PTR

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and i dont know what to play actually

lusty grotto
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thats fine, yoda has you covered

warped stag
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i dont want to play vdh (lame) and play S3 as guardian

lusty grotto
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👍

warped stag
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there is a diff between :

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whats best actually on PTR and what will be op at start

lusty grotto
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didnt you say you were playing at that level?

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i dont know what youre expecting here

cyan bronze
warped stag
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just trying to know whats ur feeling about protW

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based on what i can see or learn from ppl

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because i didnt tried PTR

lusty grotto
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its not dead

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that sums up my feelings

warped stag
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lmao

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just dont know what to play sadge

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and hate to have 3 diff tanks

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at least at start

lusty grotto
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play them all

warped stag
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no time for that

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im pushing on pu

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no team

lusty grotto
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thats what fotm rerollers do

warped stag
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dont have time to push 6 rios

lusty grotto
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ok then youre not on that level at all

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far from it

warped stag
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never said i've the level of yoda

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o/

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like; never

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i was 3K6 6th june, and stopped wow