Recent content by Barraind

We probably had some overlap then. I might have run into Otto a few times too, but I wasnt really as active until right around the time Valero's (I think it was his anyway) ring war happened. That would have been my Freshman year of college in the dorms, didnt have anything but dialup at home...

I was! Was in EV until Gates, then moved to Torv and raided with Blades of Wrath for a couple years

The couple devs I knew/talked to went out of their way to be very quiet in game when it came to talking about strats or drop locations/rarity, and didnt provide things external to what they legitimately could do; one played an enchanter and enchanted a few things for me when I was working on...

I have alts in 14, but most were from an era where you had daily capped tradeskill items tied to beast tribes, and alts let me make gear MUCH faster. I made one this expansion to play with a friend who moved datacenters. It only takes 4-5 days played to get 1-2 jobs to 80 and all crafters...

Turnins + barracks right next to the aetheryte is the best. People love them some limsa, and the glam set is decent, but its not right next to the port in, so ehhhhhh

Not sure what you'd expect given who his family is. He's directly tied to Old Man Flareface, Little Miss DONTTOUCHTHATOMGWHY, and The tiny tactician who couldnt. His major character trait is thinking people trying to stop the world from burning are stupid. Our major character trait is being...

I prefer Ranger at the levels TLP's are mostly alive. If you know what you're doing, you'll always be an asset, and by the time you arent a good enough tank, you're at level cap for 6-12 months and at the top end of the damage spectrum. SK's arent walking piles of nonsense until some of the...

The only thing of note I have done in the last few months is make my forge house, and I wish i was less okay with that statement.

I had more fun on my ranger on Agnarr tanking Classic and Kunark groups than I have ever had at lower levels on a real tank class. You're wearing very similar gear in the ~5 slots you arent wearing identical gear As much as I would absolutely love test to be free trade, its just a boring...

Leveling my last alt, I took screenshots of all the bots hiding under the world grinding mobs. It gets hilarious when you know the areas they use.

If I wasn't there for those things happening, I might think "that doesn't happen", but I was. It was really not a secret a lot of Sony and EQ specific staff raided with top end guilds. Bonus, she webcammed with a few of us during VT raids. Hard to deny you're that person when you're sitting...

I haven't played much recently, log in, send submarines off, log out. Most everyone I've known has quit and crystal has almost nobody on Pacific or later time, so holding out until either x-datacenter groups or until I decide I'm done. Every update just makes things sound worse, with one sort...

Always been the case. Several people in your guild about to be banhammered for cheating? Broadcast how easy it is to trade nodrop items using bag within a bag exploits? Good thing your one bard officer who never says anything is the wife of a Sony VP, or the enchanter who pops in every so...

Its about the farthest thing away from old school feel I can imagine.

"We can't release any info ahead of time because SOMETHING BIG IS IN THE WORKS". Released info is exactly what was data mined (and feels like its just getting worse every year). Oh, and a raffle for a Firona Vie heroforge.