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red ferry
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anyway

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deep purple isa good band

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and they are not old

lusty grotto
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bruh

mighty valley
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the second time was in a nice LA theater, wayyyyyyyyy more appropriate, way better sound

lusty grotto
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oh btw

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this is kind of a tangent but

mighty valley
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(when we're seven thousand yards into a tangent) sorry to tangent but

proper roost
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real video of khailby talking about music https://youtu.be/KQpKeW_-fd8

red ferry
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you're wrong

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because uh

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thats Dawntrail

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and dawntrail had zero entertaining facets to it

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at all

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hope this helps

lusty grotto
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sir

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this patch is a banger

red ferry
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maybe

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but patch release was a shitter

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and the next patch

lusty grotto
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this aint tier 1 dawntrail anymore

red ferry
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and the next patch

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i mean maybe ill resub but the game hasnt been hard since top

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hold on i still have it around here somewhere

lusty grotto
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yeah im probably playing this tier, i skipped the last one but savage was fun according to my bud

mighty valley
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i played through shadowbringers msq and i think i got the exact right ffxiv experience, i'm good now

lusty grotto
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thats one thing DT has good, savage has been consistently fucking great

red ferry
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did you do top

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fun fight

lusty grotto
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sure

red ferry
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what kind of answer is sure

proper roost
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i wish i didn't hate playing FFXIV 😔

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half my cool friends play it

red ferry
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i would play ffxiv if ffxiv players werent like the worst fucking people ever

lusty grotto
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cause i liked DSR more

proper roost
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and yet, the gameplay makes me bleed out my ears

lusty grotto
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ToP was 🤷‍♂️

proper roost
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horrid

red ferry
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i was doing a roulette for dailies and i was bored and asked raid chat "if you could never have cake again or never have ice cream again, which one would you pick"

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and then like

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a day later

lusty grotto
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i havent done the last one with gaia and whatever

red ferry
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someone messaged me saying how my comment was like

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socially inappropriate

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and incredibly offensive

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and i just cant fucking play those games all day

mighty valley
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that fuckin rules

red ferry
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i thought i was the woke friend

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but no

red ferry
lusty grotto
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its like engaging with vtuber fandom

red ferry
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well

lusty grotto
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easy does not mean worse

red ferry
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it wasnt easy

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but compared to top

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i did not babyrage as much

mighty valley
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tbh i'd find that a lot more entertaining than uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh any conversation that happens in classic wow general chat

red ferry
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those guys are racist

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this is the opposite end of that spectrum

red ferry
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yea

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idk though i dont have the mental capacity for it

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socializing is hard enough as is without the eggshells to step around

proper roost
mighty valley
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idk i just play multiplayer games with friends

red ferry
proper roost
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Socializing is not hard actually you just suck at it

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Skill issue or w/e

red ferry
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i genuinely said "would you rather have only icecream or only cake for desert"

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or something

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and someone asked if donuts were cake

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and i said yes

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and it was a fine conversation

lusty grotto
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what if they were diabetic

red ferry
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but then a day later i get a pm saying like

mighty valley
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i was fine with it up til that donut comment. now i think you should be in fucking alcatraz

proper roost
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I think your issue is that thinking someone concern trolling needs to be paid any attention to

lusty grotto
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absolute menace

proper roost
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but yeah also you should be detained

red ferry
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"hey this was really not cool to say because a lot of people who play ffxiv are working on their weight and your comment implies that theyre obese, which was why you asked which one they would never have again"

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or something

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like that

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and i was like clueless FUCK OFF

proper roost
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Based

proper roost
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anyway, this is called concern trolling

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it's pretty easy to spot and ignore

red ferry
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yeah but it happend

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A DAY

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after i did it

proper roost
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so what lol

lusty grotto
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kinda wild i skipped the whole fat conversation there and went straight to diabetes LMAO

mighty valley
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the stewing on it for a day is pretty funny

red ferry
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yeah

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that

mighty valley
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but you still got one guy'd

red ferry
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even if it was me being one guy'd

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thats still crazy that they cooked it for 24h

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before going in for the kill

proper roost
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true actually literal just oneguy

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skill issue

red ferry
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my biggest mistake was actually saying "fuck off" to them because i got an email from squenix saying i had been warned for inappropriate conduct

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actual oneguy

proper roost
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should have just responded "sorry, i'm just really fatphobic"

mighty valley
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yeah again like. every wow LFR group is lightly humming with hitler particles

red ferry
proper roost
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yeah but it'd be really funny

red ferry
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i mean personally i think centrism is weirdge behavior and often ends up being just racism apologia but like

lusty grotto
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so are BF6 lobbies

red ferry
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why can i only have

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hitler particle wow

lusty grotto
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ngl

red ferry
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or overwoke ffxiv

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like come on

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can we be normal

lusty grotto
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i hopped into a TDM the other day and this one guy had "austrian painter" as a nickname

proper roost
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you got oneguy'd i don't think that's being overwoke

lusty grotto
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i was like... jesus fuck

red ferry
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yea i got oneguy'd

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ur right

mighty valley
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just think of everyone else in that raid who didn't fight you in their mind for 24hrs and then scold you

proper roost
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concern trolling is typically done by people who aren't actually leftist in my experience but that's maybe getting a bit too political

mighty valley
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that's like. 6-22 people depending

proper roost
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it's not really that hard to coopt the language and concern troll with fake language

red ferry
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yea

lusty grotto
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i kinda wish politics werent as prominent, im so tired of it all

proper roost
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also i think that literally is a steve bannon tactic

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but regardless

mighty valley
lusty grotto
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yeah its a side effect of the internet

mighty valley
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we see so many Bad Opinions just because we see dramatically more opinions than previous human history

red ferry
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^

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yeah

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i agree

red ferry
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goomba falacy

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has made it worse

mighty valley
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and it only takes a few to start to feel like "the world is FUCKED"

red ferry
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are you familiar with goomba fallacy

mighty valley
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i feel like i'm about to get deez nutzed but go on

red ferry
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^

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goomba fallacy

lusty grotto
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i just wish people werent so affixed on being assholes just because you dont like their team

mighty valley
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lmao yeah

proper roost
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not me I love it

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🤪

lusty grotto
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i used to love it

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but then it became mainstream

proper roost
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That was dripping with sarcasm fwiw

red ferry
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what do you love am i stupid

proper roost
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but i ain't getting into it

lusty grotto
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it also doesnt help that

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their team, are usually rage baiting with hitler nicknames such as "austrian painter"

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or swastika drawings with the repair tool lmao

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or you know the opposite can also be true

dusky canopy
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@lusty grotto do you remember those 8 ball shakers with the dice in them?

red ferry
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yea

lusty grotto
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ye

red ferry
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the magic 8 ball

lusty grotto
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we had an !8ball command here once

red ferry
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are there people who dont know what that is

lusty grotto
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where eyir told you to fuck off

dusky canopy
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Dude I found one for you!

lusty grotto
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<@&475880845060866061> fuck you

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man its so broken 🙁

red ferry
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i think eyir is broken

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it hasnt done commands in a while

dusky canopy
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Eyir broke

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Sadge

dusky canopy
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Dark (k)Night duh

lusty grotto
red ferry
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i miss gnoming people

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remember when you'd gnome someone

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gnot a gnelf, gnot a gnoblin

jagged gust
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I was like oh you're that kind of discorder

red ferry
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i dont know what you thought i said genuinelyu

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and i dont think i want to know

jagged gust
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Mechagnome

proper roost
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anyay when are we doing abiotic factor

red ferry
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when it goes on sale

proper roost
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It literally is on sale rn

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that's why i mentioned it you donut

red ferry
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oh its 27 dollars

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urrrrrgh

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i mean

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maybe

proper roost
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Yeah and playing through it is easily 50 hours

red ferry
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give me some thinking time

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it looks fun

proper roost
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Why, there's just going to be whooshing noises through your head

red ferry
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damn

proper roost
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what are you gonna do, sit for 2 hours in LFG queue waiting to fill a group when like 5 people are playing keys

red ferry
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errr

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i mean kinda maybe

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im having fun in lemix rn

proper roost
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are you just afraid of social interaction

red ferry
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i plead the fifth

lusty grotto
proper roost
red ferry
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(im the crew)

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but yeah no seriously its fun looking

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i am actually thinking about it

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just doing some wowge rn

proper roost
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i think you're actually afraid of me

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I just want to make soup

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(in the game. soup is important)

red ferry
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the trailer doesnt make it look like a scary game

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i thought it was a scary game

proper roost
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Kind of about the atmosphere

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But also the trailer is very non-spoilery

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The offices are just the first area out of many

undone beacon
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abiotic factor more like

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like uhhh

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i got nothin

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abiotic farter?

proper roost
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things said a lot while my friends played game:

wow, there's another new area?

jagged gust
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speaking of soup, am i supposed to skim the fat off the top of my bone broth? Or is it supposed to be emulsified in some way

red ferry
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yes

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you are supposed to skim the top of the broth you make

proper roost
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skimming is for cowards and professional service

jagged gust
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i suppose i could make a roux with the skimmed fat

proper roost
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if you're just making it for yourself i don't skim most soups, idc about shit being cloudy

red ferry
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skimming the fat also doesnt change the flavor or nutrient content

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and if you're cooking with aromatics its pretty important to skim

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because you dont want certain stuff in your soup, not because its bad or anything but it tastes gross

fathom oasis
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played abiotic factor before this last update, was loads of fun

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but it got to a point where the routing was getting kinda hard

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map is deceptively big

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i actually like the lore behind it, but i assume most people dont stop to read up on all the little things it has

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very scp'esque

proper roost
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gotta set up the ||teleporter network||

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i think the level design is the #1 best thing about it

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optimizing routes through the facility was fun af

fathom oasis
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i did set it up

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at least using the cups, idk if there's a more advanced one

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but then i had like 3 cups, all to diff locations, and it got a bit bothersome

proper roost
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It's also a lot less demanding on that front on multiplayer

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I think the game can get a bit tedious alone

fathom oasis
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it was 2-3 of us

proper roost
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but i've definitely played way grindier survival crafters, like it's nowhere near as bad as valheim was

fathom oasis
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peak gameplay was 3rd player (who had been absent for a while) seeing a ||red sofa|| in the base and immediately sitting on it

proper roost
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ahaha

fathom oasis
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that was way too funny

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none of us had dared enter yet, too, so we didnt know how u even get out

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all we knew came from in-game lore

proper roost
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imo, the general part you're talking about, ||i agree there's a bit of midgame fatigue/confusion, but that's exactly when dr. cahn enters the picture and the story becomes way more interesting||

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but it IS only like early midgame which is the crazy thing 💀

fathom oasis
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that's early midgame?

proper roost
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game is massive

fathom oasis
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i remember one of the last things we did was going to ||the weird vann hellsing'esque world|| where u get ||a way stone|| or something like that?

proper roost
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yeah, i'd say that's squarely in the exact middle of the game

fathom oasis
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game got a bit grindy at that point, with having to trade using the ||weird transmutation like machines|| and remembering where was each of them

proper roost
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oh, i just made multiples

fathom oasis
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could you replicate those machines at home?

proper roost
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oh, wait, you mean like ||the machines that convert silver scrap to carbon and stuff?|| no, can't replicate, but i just put beacons to where they were

fathom oasis
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yeah, those ones

proper roost
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in my first game, anyway

second onwards I just ended up memorizing where they were 🤪

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i feel like it's insanely rewarding learning the level design, but i also understand feeling like it's way too labyrinthine and confusing

fathom oasis
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idk why, but getting lost* in that lab was sooo easy

proper roost
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oh 100%. intentionally, for sure

hardy snow
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please today be the day deadge

fathom oasis
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remember needing 1 cup to ||turn off fog||, 1 to ||trade with the blacksmith guy||, 1 to ||the transmutation machines||

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that's why i think it got so bothersome

late trellis
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I’ve never asked but there’s occasions where the boss will immune a taunt during a swap (i.e. nexus/soul hunters), what causes that?

hardy snow
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i think 3 for 8s is the limit

fathom oasis
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much like any other CC

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the duration the boss "is forced" to target you after the taunt gets increasingly shorter, until boss eventually becomes immune to it

late trellis
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I see

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But I assume aggro rip does not contribute to that DR right?

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you’d only incur it with the retaunt afterwards?

fathom oasis
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no, but ripping aggro forces you to cast taunt

proper roost
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specifically taunt debuff/effect

late trellis
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Gotcha, thanks. Maybe that’s what happened. It’s just frustrating getting the blame for doing too much damage and ripping threat

fathom oasis
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it may bridge the gap between what would normally be necessary taunts, and make boss immune

late trellis
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Coz I think I had ripped right before the combo and maybe that’s why it happened

fathom oasis
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usually u'd go:
MT taunts (20s pass, DR is gone) > OT taunts

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If OT keeps ripping aggro, it can go:
MT taunts > aggro rip > taunt (DR doesnt reset) > aggro rip > taunt DR increases > OT taunts (immune)

late trellis
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Yeah I think that is what happened

fathom oasis
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it's a generally very obscure mechanic

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there mostly so people don't kite and taunt off each other

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otherwise you could have 1 tank on each side of the room, taunting when boss would reach the other tank, and not letting the boss auto any of them

late trellis
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I guess that’s fair

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But I figure you’d lose more than you gain with melee uptime and tanks not being able to interact with mechanics

lusty grotto
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here you go

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use it while we're still in TWW

fathom oasis
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TWWWWW

lusty grotto
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and

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"if OT keeps ripping agro"

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maybe use your abilities

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instead of making huge changes

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there shouldnt be an excuse as thane

fathom oasis
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i heard paladin tank really sucks at holding aggro? i've no idea tho

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i only play m+

lusty grotto
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prot pally ST is lacking so sure

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or was in the entire season

fathom oasis
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shouldn't really be a factor unless you're trying to parse

lusty grotto
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but what do prot pallies have to do with anything

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i mean if youre trying to parse, youre already maintaining agro

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rips just dont happen if you play correctly, you'd have to be fucking unlucky vs another Thane or a Brew

fathom oasis
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are you the MT or the OT in this scenario? i was talking about trying to parse as prot warr and having an OT who can't hold aggro

late trellis
lusty grotto
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so tell me to get good

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cause they suck ass

late trellis
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and get told I have to stop pressing buttons or talent lower damage so I don’t wipe the raid

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as a tank responsibility

lusty grotto
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yeah a tale as old as time

fathom oasis
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are you progging or reclearing?

lusty grotto
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to which my answer is

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fuck em

late trellis
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reclear atm but I heard that all of prog too

lusty grotto
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and "maybe fucking press your keys"

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or "maybe dont use 1br"

fathom oasis
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what class was your OT?

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it's a decent idea to ask a relevant class discord to go over your logs and help you find issues in his rotation

late trellis
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We’ve run through several tanks, we’ve had the taunt immune happen with me on war/dh and other on brew/pally

lusty grotto
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its tank responsibility... lmao what is this fucking classic?

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threat is simple

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do damage

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thats it

fathom oasis
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i mean, if there's aggro issues it IS tank responsability, the important thing is find out whose lmao

lusty grotto
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they cant do damage? kick them the fuck out of the guild

undone beacon
fathom oasis
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i mean

lusty grotto
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there's no i mean

fathom oasis
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everything is "do damage"

late trellis
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I think it might just be that difference in damage from purple to orange

undone beacon
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I had to swap talents last tier and i was told here that its my job as the tank to match the other tank so they dont rip off me

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and i was not happy

late trellis
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Like they parse purple but I go orange and rip

lusty grotto
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doubtful

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and i can guarantee it just looking at a log

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also you said VDH

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youre already fucked

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especially if theyre not hero talenting correctly

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or making sure their funnel goes at the right time

undone beacon
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VDH M+ meta and its consequences have been a disaster for tankkind

lusty grotto
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if they are AR

fathom oasis
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wait, there's more intricacy than just "do damage"?

lusty grotto
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if its a VDH and they are running AR with keys build, you were fucked from the start

lusty grotto
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you do know damage is affected by your build right?

late trellis
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nono I was the vdh ripping threat early on in the season critcake

lusty grotto
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do you think all dps spec the same way for all fights or something?

fathom oasis
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as dumb as your "do damage" statement lmao

late trellis
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we had a prot pally/war early on that wasnt as good and i’d constantly kill myself during prog ripping

jagged gust
lusty grotto
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i mean holy fuck

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glad to see he hasnt changed

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out of context nitpicks

fathom oasis
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sure thing, im not the one who's advice is to just kick someone from the guild without any sort of context

lusty grotto
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disect this one "threat is essentially doing damage correctly"

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lol

lusty grotto
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did you not read the part where he said they have tried several tanks?

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thats part of the recruitment process

lusty grotto
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read the conversation

late trellis
lusty grotto
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if your recruit tank CANNOT hold threat, hes not a good recruit, period

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thats a fucking kick

late trellis
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we have a good one now for offtank but trying to find my replacement in midnight

fathom oasis
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good thing, and all of that without seeing a single log

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ggs man

undone beacon
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I'm about to quit raiding all together we're still on nexus and its killing me

lusty grotto
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youre late to the party, bear

undone beacon
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I have too much guilt to have up and left yet but I really should've lmao

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I'm so burnt out

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Just raid logging and suffering

lusty grotto
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whats your pull count up to now

undone beacon
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well over 400

lusty grotto
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i see

undone beacon
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We also didnt raid last week because of roster issues

lusty grotto
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still youre farther than i ever got, im sure

undone beacon
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We had a 1% pull a few weeks ago

lusty grotto
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we did what 120 before guild went kaboom, or something

jagged pier
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yer we had loads of issues and christmas coming up cause a tone of issues and slowed prog, lucky we got dimi

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before chirstmas

lusty grotto
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nice

undone beacon
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Lucky bastard

jagged pier
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but tbh im still suprised bliz hasnt nerfed ither of the last 2 again yet

undone beacon
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I'm about to just give up on CE for the tier lmao

jagged pier
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i mean u got a long time still

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if u keep at least 20 theres a chance

undone beacon
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Yeah but we're barely scraping 20 together, and a few of those that we do get are backpacks

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And I'm tired of P1 wipes because three dps eat beams

proper roost
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release your fomo

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transcend

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be the bear in the forest. poop out in the wild

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you know what i mean?

undone beacon
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Might be my philosphy for Midnight

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Be a big AotC gamer, stop raidleading alltogether

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Go back to being a surv hunter main and shoot people with my new shotgun

jagged pier
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just join another guild

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and dont raid lead

fathom oasis
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i'm very interested to see how good they are able to nail mythic difficulty with all the addon and class kit changes

jagged pier
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next tier is probably going to be an easier one

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but so was this one till the last 2

fathom oasis
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also, in the past i think one of their strong points has been the ability to create a boss where top guilds are still perfecting after hundreds of tries

coarse bay
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I dont expect to see much difference in difficulty

jagged pier
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there are hints of that from raid testing tbh

proper roost
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i hope the raid tier sucks so nimchip doesn't find a guild and he can do keys with me

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instead of being like no sorry cant do keys every day because it's raid night

jagged pier
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he will do keys with u anyway

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just ask

proper roost
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WRONG

lusty grotto
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i still get FOMO though

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not finishing the tier kills me

proper roost
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s1 TWW was just nimchip being like i cant key sorry doing raid stuff

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which is WHY i QUIT

jagged pier
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well dont ask him at raid times

proper roost
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😡

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it wasn't raid time

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it was like 2h before raid time and he'd be like nah TODAY is a raid day

jagged pier
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yer

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its raid day

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not m+ day

lusty grotto
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vault keys with guild mates is a thing :\

proper roost
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Fucked up

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This is why I killed his guild

lusty grotto
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lol

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brood killed that guild

jagged pier
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brood was a killer tbf

lusty grotto
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brood dead? ok we're done

jagged pier
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cant field 4 dks

lusty grotto
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we're not even gonna try council lmao

undone beacon
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We didnt even get brood down :(

lusty grotto
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court*

jagged pier
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terrible fight

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tbh

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same with queen

red ferry
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it says this is warbound rep

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but i dont have my rep from my old main

undone beacon
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have you logged into the old main

red ferry
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oh

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hold on

lusty grotto
red ferry
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hold on im logging in

lusty grotto
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but im also an FFXIV player so

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it makes sense

jagged pier
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its a wipe

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gg

lusty grotto
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yeah

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ffxiv-esque

red ferry
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yea you wouldnt like ffxiv

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ultimates are that for 13 minutes

jagged pier
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ff is different because its 8 ppl

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u dont need to wait for all 20 to understand it

lusty grotto
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its not a body count fight at least

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err

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mechs werent i mean

red ferry
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ok i logged in

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i guess i just

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never did shadowlands????

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somehow???

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but that makes ZERO sense

lusty grotto
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but yeah 1 guy wiping the raid can be tilting

red ferry
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because how would i have gotten my kyrian mogs

lusty grotto
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but im also used to that from way back in the day (cougheq1matamuramcough)

undone beacon
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the base cov armor set came from the cov campaign iirc?

proper roost
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yes

red ferry
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i guess ur right then

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weird

proper roost
#

also you may have just played sl on a different character

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you just have to find the one that has the rep

red ferry
#

no it was 100% this character

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that i played on

proper roost
#

ok well you sucked then

red ferry
#

???

proper roost
#

L gesture

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I dunno

red ferry
#

did i need rep to make pots

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i did a ton of stuff

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and i got ce

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did i just

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never bother farming rep

proper roost
#

You were like 12 then who knows, probably can't remember shit

red ferry
#

xdd

lusty grotto
#

man

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being 12 during covid sounds horrible

jagged pier
#

yer

lusty grotto
#

but i guess not if you were the one living it lol

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no point of reference

jagged pier
#

tbf being 25 was aweful, my entire soical life fell apart

red ferry
#

ok so wait

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now what do i do

lusty grotto
#

yeah

red ferry
#

on tww

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someone point me in the right direction

#

no memes

lusty grotto
#

you unsub

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until midnight

red ferry
#

shut up

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nimshit

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sorry that was mean

#

shut up please nimshit

lusty grotto
#

well its a legitimate option

#

its way too late into the season to realistically start a grind

red ferry
#

is it though

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3 months

lusty grotto
#

i mean you could go for 10s and shit and gear up but why would you

red ferry
#

more gameplay

lusty grotto
#

when all that gear will be invalidated from the first quest rewards

#

ok so go for keys i guess

red ferry
#

come spectate

#

free content

#

i suck its pretty funny im told

lusty grotto
#

and crafted gear

red ferry
#

ok crafted gear

#

need gp

#

where gp

coarse bay
#

Problem with starting now is not many people still play too

lusty grotto
#

yea

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i mean, im sure there are a few

coarse bay
#

You dont have many options for keys, and the people you find are probably creatures

lusty grotto
#

ordinarily you would have people doing alts, but lemix exists so those alts are removed from the main game

red ferry
#

nobody is doing lemix

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i tried to do a round of keys for keystone hero

#

nobody wants you if you dont have 800 vers

lusty grotto
#

thats how keys have been in lemix since forever

#

people are playing it

red ferry
#

dude u can

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do like

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60s

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at 100 vers

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withb no effort

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u just need warm bodies

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why r people like this

lusty grotto
#

i know, doesnt mean people will want to do keys

#

i just soloed all my keys anyway

#

cause group finder was always dead

proper roost
#

Even when keys are active it's like this in terms of people having weird expectations based on class performance

red ferry
#

i cant solo court of stars

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cuz of all the stuns

#

xd

lusty grotto
#

except for fast raid clears

red ferry
#

is no feral still a valid opinion

coarse bay
#

You cant do 60s at 100 vers, unless tuning has changed u weren safe in 30s unless 200

proper roost
#

if you play the last place tank or healer in a particular season, it's night and day in terms of getting key invites compared to playing the meta one

lusty grotto
#

anyway the point is, people have no need to do alts in retail since they can just get them ready in lemix

proper roost
#

Even when there's like 500 keys available and you have high io

lusty grotto
#

so theres a portion of the player base that is removed

red ferry
proper roost
#

nimshit knows this he played pwar when it was miserable in keys before

#

respect ur elders...

red ferry
#

gulp

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anyway

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nimchip and kanga come spectate me doing keys

#

it could be funny

lusty grotto
#

i mean most of the regs here are 1tricks, not just me

#

but what does vdh have to do with anything

#

we're the meta tank this season

red ferry
#

oh

#

are we

lusty grotto
#

yes?

red ferry
#

ok

lusty grotto
#

did you not watch MDI

red ferry
#

no

proper roost
#

We went over this like 5 times

red ferry
#

i think mdi is a moronic fucking concept

#

because it actively works against community collaboration

lusty grotto
#

ok thats beside the point

red ferry
#

and incentivizes hiding strats

#

from others

coarse bay
#

Idk what that means

#

But ya

red ferry
#

means it doesnt encourage people to work together

#

to solve the puzzle of "how do key"

#

everyone works alone

#

lame concept

coarse bay
#

They work together with their own teams to beat other teams

red ferry
#

yeah

#

thats still lame

lusty grotto
#

you mean in pugs

red ferry
#

i think mdi should be an expression of gameplay skill

lusty grotto
#

because that certainly does not happen in teams

red ferry
#

not information gating

lusty grotto
#

i think youre hard stuck on old MDIs

red ferry
#

people dont private logs for mdi anymore?

lusty grotto
#

because TWW MDIs have been anything but

coarse bay
#

It is gameplay skill, if there is information that comes out at some point, the other people are all good enough to copy

red ferry
coarse bay
#

It is all live, not logs

red ferry
#

the practice for mdi

#

dummy

lusty grotto
#

what are you even talking about

coarse bay
#

Who cares about practice

red ferry
#

:tiredcat:

lusty grotto
#

i just dont see what point youre trying to make here

coarse bay
#

The format is like 1-2 months long

#

They cant hide stuff

lusty grotto
#

what information could they be hiding

coarse bay
#

And if anything its a slightly different route

red ferry
#

shrug

#

i just remember it lead to

#

a lot of people private logging

#

in keys and raids

#

and that was dumb

coarse bay
#

Ya the very very top level privates but what does that change

red ferry
#

means theyre weird for that

lusty grotto
#

theres no giga skips and actual tech anymore, that has died slowly and has pretty much halted

#

DF was the last exp where tech was ooh and wow

red ferry
#

i see

lusty grotto
#

and thats not saying much

red ferry
#

private logging has died then

#

huge win for the working man

coarse bay
#

Biggest tech we had was top last season and it was old tech redone anyways

lusty grotto
#

MDI is also TGP now so

coarse bay
#

Private or public logs dont matter

lusty grotto
#

anyway this is all beside the point

red ferry
#

no real good reason to private log is my point

#

i think its a dumb idea

lusty grotto
#

i just mentioned MDI to illustrate that we were meta

coarse bay
#

They are competing for a trophy and money

lusty grotto
#

but even without MDI, we are meta

red ferry
#

"if people see my super strat then theyll do it and we wont win" yeah moron if you cant do it better than someone else you dont win the fight

#

me when i have to hide information because i fear that i cannot execute as well as other people

coarse bay
#

Sounds like cope

red ferry
#

cluegi

lusty grotto
#

i honestly dont see the problem with that

#

your strats are yours

#

no reason to be open about it

proper roost
#

I feel like you're wildly shadowboxing here

#

You're doing like +2 keys why does it matter

red ferry
#

doesnt matter

proper roost
#

chill cuz

lusty grotto
#

its also a wild tangent

red ferry
#

i mean its just keeping parity across my opinions

#

if someone came up with a cure for cancer

proper roost
#

why you ragebaiting yourself rn nephew

red ferry
#

i wouldnt want it to be proprietary

#

so i hold parity

#

across all similar opinions

#

and applications of said opinion

#

never let it be said i hold conflicting beliefs

coarse bay
#

Its a competition between teams in a video game

#

Not cancer

proper roost
#

i just don't know why you're riling yourself up to be upset at something that doesn't affect you

lusty grotto
#

yeah its a completely different scenario

red ferry
#

Ive always been a firm believer that the scale or weight of something doesnt change the logic behind it

#

idk

#

im oneguying myself

proper roost
#

cosplaying ben shapiro fr

red ferry
#

if i was cosplaying ben shapiro

#

i'd blame the trans agenda for private logs

#

anyway yeah idk what we were talking about

#

i just dont like private logs because i log scroll for fun

lusty grotto
#

do you also complain about sports teams not making their strategies public?

red ferry
#

i dont like sportsball

lusty grotto
#

until they're shown?

proper roost
#

the way you just keep trying to ragebait yourself is inspirational

#

we starting at 0 and staying there

#

collecting self-Ls

coarse bay
#

Lmao

red ferry
#

ok kanga

proper roost
#

just CHILL

red ferry
#

alright

proper roost
#

let urself be happy

red ferry
#

whats the key route website

#

im gonna go brick someones +5

lusty grotto
#

pick one

proper roost
red ferry
#

yes

proper roost
#

That just makes me think of the fifth element 💀

#

why they do that

red ferry
#

ok key time

lusty grotto
#

kanga

proper roost
#

Upload it to youtube like yogi does so we can constructively critique you

lusty grotto
#

ive been using threechest since DF or maybe late SL

red ferry
#

can you watch the stream instead so i dont brick my fps with obs

proper roost
#

It's 4 pm

#

Guess where most people are

lusty grotto
#

im surprised you didnt know about it

red ferry
#

j*b

#

imagine not having winter break cause u suffered thru finals week

proper roost
lusty grotto
#

well shrug

red ferry
#

okay time to try this

#

wish i could import into game but

#

wcyd

lusty grotto
#

i just prefer threechest cause MDT routing is basically the same, keystone sometimes marks certain NPCs in different packs on export/imports

proper roost
#

just an awful site name

red ferry
#

erm

#

i have advanced combat logging on

#

where are my logs

#

theyre not in _retail

#

oh right you have to type a command

jagged gust
#

best to get an addon for that, very easy to forget

red ferry
#

so how rare is this trading post currency

#

how many things can i buy per rotation without being at a deficit

#

it seems based on real money

tribal wharf
#

fixed per month

jagged gust
#

a little

tribal wharf
#

you can get more by buying things, mainly expansion

#

you open some part of the journal and it will say go do 5 pvp matches earn 30 points

#

fill the bar, get the rewards

jagged gust
#

most things get repeated over time, so don't feel like you're missing out on anything in particular. A lot of months there's simply nothing that you're gonna want so you can stockpile for a good rotation

jade hazel
#

also good to save on “bad months” for months like this one where I want everything

red ferry
#

is there good stuff this month

jade hazel
#

imo yes

jagged gust
#

some months i forget to check, but also art is subjective

tribal wharf
#

some times a transmog will come out and you might get 500, or same amount if you buy some, whatever thing

#

some auction mount 3,

#

thta costs alot

coarse bay
#

Are you doing a key yet khailby

red ferry
#

ya

#

i just did one

#

they make dungeons insanely weird now

coarse bay
#

You spend so much time here you could be 730 by now

red ferry
#

it was Dawnbreaker

jagged gust
#

dont waste your tender on mounts

coarse bay
#

Dawnbreaker just sucks is all

jade hazel
#

@red ferry wanna do a 15?

tribal wharf
#

well its all cosmetic fromtenders anyways

jagged gust
#

Warning, you actually have to press Shield Wall in a 15

tribal wharf
#

and collecting mounts totals in groups of 50 unlocks mount

red ferry
tribal wharf
#

so why not get all the mounts you can, when i was doing tenders it was 50/50 shield transmog / weapon or mount

#

depended whic model was cooler

red ferry
#

only if you route for me

jagged gust
#

Hold W, pray

tribal wharf
#

HIT YOUR SHIELD BLOCK

#

is my advice

proper roost
#

dawnbreaker sucks

jade hazel
#

I like dawn breaker

#

A lot

red ferry
#

Hold W all on boss big funnel big damage pump & dump flame healer GREAT SUCCES

jagged gust
#

new dawnbreaker routing is ass

jade hazel
#

I hate how buggy it is

proper roost
#

all my homies hate dawnbreaker

jagged gust
#

actually tell me a dungeon this rotation you do like

jade hazel
#

I like this pool

red ferry
#

With statues boss (theres 2)

#

Cuz I know the mechanics

#

(Not the route but still)

jagged gust
#

thats a hot ass take

tribal wharf
#

that place is good if you like big pulls

jade hazel
#

I hate pri and flood but repeat dungeons get that way

tribal wharf
#

i like small pull

red ferry
#

You bring mobs to center

#

You kill them

#

Then slam them with ring

jade hazel
#

I really with we would have gotten a season 4, just for a new dungeon pool before midnight cause fuck I don’t wanna do the same ones until MARCH

jagged gust
#

that makes it sound better than it is

proper roost
#

i mean remember that the highest key he's done so far is like a 2

jagged gust
#

new season doesnt start til march 17th, so there's gonna be a hot month or two with no content between prepatch and season start

jade hazel
#

yep critcake

#

It’s kinda nice in a way though, does give you time to really do random ass things you’d never do between power grinds.

jagged gust
#

id say it gives me time to touch grass, but the snow wont have even melted by then

red ferry
#

Nozz

#

Come level remix with me

#

Ill make a brewmaster

#

Cause theyll be better than prot in midnight

#

(Im lying)

jagged gust
#

does one +2, becomes meta slave

jade hazel
#

Would be my 5th remix toon to 80 lmao

jagged gust
red ferry
#

You need it to collect them all

coarse bay
#

Didnt u complain about warrior having too many buttons

red ferry
#

Yes

coarse bay
#

Monk has more

red ferry
#

Ok

coarse bay
#

And feels clunkier

red ferry
#

Lets not make a monk

#

lets make

#

a bear druid

jade hazel
#

Brew and prot feel like the same piano

#

To me

#

Actually should go play Bear. Never fucked with Druid really.

#

You like spam two buttons and never die or somethin?

proper roost
#

It's horrible don't play bear

coarse bay
#

It has downtimes

proper roost
#

Imagine playing pwar but everything feels way worse

jade hazel
#

I love having bear tanks, they look so silly getting threat

coarse bay
#

Definitely a chill class

#

Whenever i get on bear its like nothing is going on and i wonder why i play any class that actually takes some effort

proper roost
#

Idk how that is an enticing proposition to anyone

#

Pwar is fun because it has the juice of spell reflect, leap, multiple charges

#

bear has no juice. actual rizzless class

visual sinew
#

Do people run shield specialization much in M+? I am not pushing 22 keys, more like trying to do 18s. Usually I run it, but I see a lot of people opting for bloodborne on archon.gg. I get usually a key doesn't fail because the tank falls over to blockable damage, but I also don't really understand how much block chance and block value really are affecting my survivability. Taking bloodborne would be around 200-300k extra dps over the whole dungeon I believe.

cerulean tusk
#

I would recommend using shield spes, for the extra safety, for when in doubt - tank go tank, never fails

#

I say that... then I know it aint exactly true, but, ya get what I mean

jade hazel
#

Just something I’ve noticed.

visual sinew
#

yeah, that is what I felt was happening. If you can call for an external from your healer for example its probably a lot easier to drop certain talents.

jade hazel
#

Yep.

red ferry
#

I dont think the avg player will ever flop a key due to lack of tank dps

jade hazel
#

Nah dog tanks gotta put up damage nowadays lol

#

Should put up more butttt nooooo that would hurt dps feels

red ferry
#

I keep seeing people die on my keys while i have aggro

#

and i dont know whats going on

#

Its only been 3 keys tho

jagged gust
#

low keys are a warzone

#

bolt spam with no kicks, people see swirlies on the ground and are attracted to them like moths

#

B U T T P U L L S

red ferry
#

Dawnbreaker sucks cuz i went into it blind and i was like how do i just fight the minibosses without the clap of my asscheeks pulling packs

mighty valley
#

yeah 3d routing is harder the first couple times through

red ferry
#

Back in my day you played plaguefall and you ONLY had to pick left or right and you LIKED IT

mighty valley
#

"wah wah wah theater of pain barely has any routing freedom" GOOD

red ferry
#

SO TRUE

pallid quiver
jagged gust
#

skipping both mini bosses in ToP then realizing I forgot to pull enough on the platforms will eternally haunt me

proper roost
#

i did not enjoy shadowlands

#

Wow, coldest take in all of existence. nvm

raw dawn
#

IcyVeins talent builds the most viable or are there better ones out there?

cerulean tusk
#

There are better, but pretty sure Nome writes Icy and WoWhead. Just use WoWhead, easier to read

#

If you wonder about builds for individual situations, check what ppl do on logs, and try to break down why they do their choices

jade hazel
#

Same with Archi.

cerulean tusk
#

Archi write prot guides?

jade hazel
#

Nah they write fury/arms

#

Mage has different writers for iv/wowhead though

#

Which is weird

cerulean tusk
#

They get what they can get, I presume

coarse bay
#

I dont think it’s uncommon for the guide sources to have different guide writers

warm plinth
coarse bay
#

You’d have to ask one of them why its like that

warm plinth
#

It's not unusual for IV and wowhead to have different writers for the same spec

#

e.g. BM hunter is Tarlo for wowhead and Azor for icy-veins, Outlaw is Guy for wowhead and Seliathan for icy-veins, etc.

mortal cypress
warm plinth
#

Yeah I know, I was just giving examples of specs that have different writers.

mortal cypress
#

Yeah yeah, was just agreeing some of the setups are weird.

untold tangle
jade hazel
#

Yes. But any questions you have there’s a ton of really good prots here that’ll answer any question you have.

coarse bay
visual sinew
#

what are the prot warrior ways to clear movespeed debuffs, like black blood debuff in the last pulls in ara-kara? I know avatar clears it, is that only if you are fully rooted (25 stacks)? Is there anything else? I just got fked and often do by root -> erupting webs

warm plinth
#

I think you're confusing two mechanics. Black blood is the puddle spawned that when stepped in, spawns the ooze that roots you entirely. Then the other mobs that apply the stacking snare on melee.

undone beacon
#

Avatar clears snares/roots, otherwise you leap or pray

warm plinth
#

The snare never fully roots you, so you can always leap out

#

But realistically the healer should be dispelling you; there's nothing else to dispel.

#

If they aren't, then idk what they're doing

cerulean tusk
#

Just play BDK, fool

visual sinew
#

okay. yeah tainted blood stacks. frustrating way to lose a key

warm plinth
#

Yeah the root is avoidable entirely as long as you aren't up the mobs' asses when you engage (the puddle spawns when they're hit the first time)

#

The snare is a healer mechanic

cerulean tusk
#

It ain't a snare tho, it is a slow? Snares stop you from moving, but you can be moved. Roots stop you from moving, you can't be moved. Slows slow you, but doesn't stop movement nor things from moving you

#

Or that been changed recently in the vocab ppl use nowadays

visual sinew
#

if you get to 25 stacks, its a 100% slow and you cant move, right?

#

I don't know the vocab, but I do believe avatar clears it, and avatar says it removes "roots and snares"

warm plinth
#

You can't physically move, but it won't count as a root for things like leap

#

It's still considered a snare, regardless

sinful copper
#

U strategically save avatar on those pulls. Healer dispels u when webs appear. If they don't, they're bad. Stepping in black blood roots u which can't be dispeled but u just save shockwave or storm bolt for that

#

U can also proc avatar which cleanses u too

#

And like they said, leap works when the slow gets too high

visual sinew
#

yeah. I could have played it better but I just wish my healer had dispelled me ig.

cerulean tusk
#

Guess you could build threat, leap and avatar to reset and kite em down. If ya notice healer ain't awake

visual sinew
#

I just am curious how other teams do that pull as you enter the final room. I always struggle with it.

cerulean tusk
#

Ppl run hunter, monks, Paladins or that jazz, for freedom effects - maybe?

warm plinth
#

I mean, just get dispelled. Literally just healer's fault for not doing the mechanic.

#

can't have AVa and leap enough for all of them

visual sinew
#

is there a way to read this log so I can see my block uptime % only when I am in combat? For example I die right here with it up but then its "down" while im dead. Also shows a big downtime running between first and 2nd packs. Not really good at reading my logs yet

warm plinth
#

Uptime doesn't matter. Go to Analyze at the top right, then choose your toon, then go to Damage Taken, then hover over the number in the hits column next to Melee

#

The blocked hits % there should be over 90

visual sinew
#

thanks

red ferry
#

playing vdh has spoiled me for mobility

#

waddling is painful

visual sinew
#

wow im actually a criminal gg wtf am I doing

warm plinth
#

What is it at

visual sinew
#

47%..

warm plinth
#

O_O

visual sinew
#

I don't understand that at all, if I have shield block up for 73% of the total dungeon

red ferry
#

bro is taking devious backshots

warm plinth
#

Can you DM me the link to your log

visual sinew
#

yeah

#

it was 75%, was looking at the wrong thing. not great but not as devious

oak ivy
#

Hello i have asked this before to no response, is the general populace aware of the interaction between 2-stack Sudden Death and Seeing Red/Vicious Outburst?

#

This is a repeatable phenomenon. When you have 2 stacks of Sudden death and spend the "first" one, it subtracts rage spent from your seeing red.

warm plinth
#

I'm like 90% sure that's a known bug

oak ivy
#

oke

#

had not heard about it

warm plinth
#

Guess I should probably use these

#

60 levels kek

red ferry
warm plinth
#

Two warriors?

red ferry
#

What are you gonna do with 3 warriors

warm plinth
#

I have like 5 I think. Hally, Rennick, Stonehearth, Bladeycakes, Ferz. I think stonehearth is like 60 though so he's not on the list.

#

Before remix I already had one of each spec at 70-80

#

Even a specless toon (that's why he has a question mark next to him)

red ferry
#

And you gear them all up and play them all?

#

Damn

#

I couldnt handle that

untold tangle
tiny pilot
#

Newb here, i lucked out with antenna heroic from cache, so I can get ire and boots (both heroic) wirh chips, I don't have access to mythic bosses, but I can get 12s and a myth m+ piece, what can I consider for my third chip spend?

warm plinth
# red ferry And you gear them all up and play them all?

Fuck no lol. I think the most I ever played at once was maybe 6 or 7, but that would be like 1 key per toon on 5 or 6 of them and then one toon that I played regularly. This season I was just playing warrior and hunter and dabbling a bit in a couple others

coarse bay
# tiny pilot Newb here, i lucked out with antenna heroic from cache, so I can get ire and boo...

You can run sims to find out whats best for you. Other than that there’s a section on the wowhead gearing guide that should give you recommendations for spending the chips. Generally there’s only a single item worth getting in hero track, and that’s brand of ceaseless ire. Soulhunters boots generally dont outperform over ilvl, so myth/crafted boots will generally be better. A solid trinket option would be hero ire with mythic pacemaker for example

red ferry
#

how do people learn bear druid without engaging with the bear discord

#

@undone beacon

#

how did you do it

undone beacon
#

I just uhhhhh leveled my bear up

#

And figured it out as I went

#

Its not a super complicated tank

red ferry
#

i see

proper roost
#

It's like 4 rotational buttons then ironfur spam

undone beacon
#

^

proper roost
#

How are you struggling

red ferry
#

prot warrior is like 3 rotational buttons and shield block spam

#

gulp

proper roost
#

are you stupid

#

that was toxic sorry

#

Just press thrash and mangle

undone beacon
#

You hit Mangle and Thrash on cooldown, spam Ironfur, and fill with Moonfire or Swipe depending on your hero talents

red ferry
#

i see

#

are druids clothies

undone beacon
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Leather

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hell yeah

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leather has good mogs

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mmhm mmhm

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I think dreamgrove is kinda chill though actually

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but kul tiran druid or kul tiran brew

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bit serious though

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Kul'tiran Druid for sure, best druid forms hands down

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Dreamgrove is pretty chill yeah, sometimes the bears fight though

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has anyone heard any news

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about the bat race

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being allied next xpac

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They fight worse then warriors when they fight imo

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Yeah that was confirmed a while ago

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Haranir

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really

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okay

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can they be durid

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druid

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i might have to wait

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Yes

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i love bats

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fuuuc

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who cares about bears fighting

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just call them all furries and they'll shut up!

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duide look

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its a bat

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:)

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lowkey

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i hate it as a guardian druid

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why

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Their "bear" form feels too lanky

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no its a bat

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unironically though the worst part about playing bear is just 0 transmogs

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Well, that's not really the worst part. The worst part is that bear sucks to play

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0 transmogs and they lock the coolest form behind mage tower

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But that's the 2nd worst thing

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if demon hunters

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can mog

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so can bears

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sorry to say but leather is the worst xmog gear in the game

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and it's like, not even close

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err

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okay, this is not true. Mail is the worst xmog gear in the game

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I was gonna say

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Mail exists

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but the distance to which plate and cloth gaps leather is stupid

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like. shit isn't even close

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yeah but

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New raid tier! Hunters, enjoy your questing green set