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FFXIV was the community that lobbied (successfully) to have 'hide logs' functionality implemented in its popular logging site; the guy who runs FFLogs also runs Warcraftlogs.com and Wildstarlogs.com. I've not met sandier vaginas in a MMO.

Poe struck me more as the new Solo, as he was the cocky pilot. Really, neither Poe nor Finn fits that profile perfectly, but Poe is closer to it than Finn IMO. Not everything maps perfectly to ANH...

Removing the mask is really the only option in a movie where you're trying to convey the maturity (or lack thereof) and evolution of the character. Vader was pretty much a finished product when we met him in the original series - Ren's path maps more closely to Anakin's (though maybe should...

I think this nails it. I spoilered it in my earlier post in the thread because the movie was so new at the time, but this is what I said about her character: "You feel for Blunt as she devolves from a top agent with great instincts to somebody who tries to cling to some semblance of morality...

Didn't it still say Lucasfilm in the opening sequence? I have a vague recollection of TFA not having Disney logos or watermarks shoved down my throat during the first couple of minutes (was wondering how shameless Disney would be about owning it).

Particularly with all of the watching and re-watching going on right now, I haven't talked to a single person over the holidays who didn't categorize the prequels as anything other than a pile of shit. These folks have ranged from having little/no exposure to Star Wars to people who were...

dodged a bullet

Not sure you'd enjoy Creed if you don't like a boxing backdrop. The strengths of the movie are the depth of the characters and the script/direction (note: Stalone did not write or direct Creed). All of the Rocky movies, while fun, were pretty laughable ... except the first, which was received...

1. Sicario - fuck off ye non-believers 2. Mad Max 3. The Force Awakens 4. Straight Outta Compton 5. Kingsman - I may be overrating a bit but that church scene ... 6. Ant Man 7. The Martian 8. Inside Out 9. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 10. Creed I still need to watch Hateful and Revenant.

The novelization describes her flirtation with the dark side a little more clearly (I transcribed the paragraphearlier). In it, Rey is the one who willfully steps back from it. If the movie undersells anything, it's the extent to which Rey was channeling the dark side during that fight...

There were about a half dozen reasons it was perfectly rational, but then how boring would this thread be without the trolling?

Pretty much. On the last point, the novelization does a better job of explaining Ren's weakness following Solo's murder. Abrams highlighted how powerful the bowcaster was a couple of times, with Han masturbating all over the punch that it packed. I think this was partially done to set up...

Oh man, Lucas speaks openly about how heavily he was influenced by The Hidden Fortress and Yojimbo specifically (looks like somebody already linked a more complete list) in terms of story. There are entire sequences that are just lifted from those and other movies, and the plot devices are FAR...

Fair enough, I manage a bunch of them and while they share a sense of entitlement and a bunch of other face-punchable traits, I did find it interesting that we generally loved Fury Road, Sicario etc. and also shit on the same movies, but had very different opinions on the original trilogy. And...

Yeah I posted my experience with 20-somethings from work earlier in the thread - forget comparisons between the movies, anybody who I've talked to who watched ANH recently for the first time as part of a binge or catch-up session leading up to TFA (and there's been a lot of that) has basically...

There were some 20-somethings at work yesterday talking about Star Wars. They'd watched the original trilogy as a lead-up to TFA and were just amazed at how awful the writing and acting were, giving the special effects a pass and acknowledging they were considered great in the context of when...

Finally watched it. I was a bit wary after some of the mixed reactions here - haters can get fucked. I'll rank ESB ahead of TFA simply because I'm in my 40s and nothing will top the emotional impact of going to the movies and watching Vader confront his son and fuck him up. But if I take...

This passes my bar of watching any movie that features Run DMC in the trailer. All in.

Neither did I, but then a friend took me toBruxieand my mouth came.

I'd have to throw Sicario into that mix. I've enjoyed 2015 as far as movies go, whole bunch that I wouldn't put in that top tier but that I also really liked (eg. Straight Outta Compton, the usual Marvel fare, etc.)

I thought they'd be a little restrictive about giving that tier of weapon to players, but then they started handing out Ashbringer, Doomhammer, the Scythe of Elune etc. I've got no problem with the Deathwing shield, at least it's derived from a well known and badass lore figure. This...

Agreed. The Warrior choices were shit. The big miss was Broxigar's axe. It's a fucking Burning Legion themed expansion and Brox used the Axe of Cenarius to wound Sargeras in the original War of the Ancients. How is that not the quintessential Arms weapon?

Agree that the stuff they took away only to reintroduce is fucking lame, but abilities are all over the map so I'm reserving judgment until the inevitable 'refinements' come. Like right now, Overpower and Sweeping Strikes are also available as Fury talents (!), Rampage was introduced as a new...

How is it "going too far" when proliferation of 3rd party mods was exactly the design goal? The WoW API was exposed specifically to foster the kind of customization we see. It's all part of the plan. Frankly, I much prefer that model than locked-down or rigid systems that some other MMOs...

Raids are tuned to stress players with stuff like DBM and Weakauras in mind. It still took initial guilds 600+ pulls to kill Mythic Archimonde and current guilds somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 given current gear levels ... pretty sure there's no auto-pilot mode.

At paragon 782 and hitting a wall too. It's lame that the loot hunt end-game has been replaced by an xp-grind end-game. I'd planned to hit 800 and fish for a lucky GR to see where I could land on the leader board, but piecing together a semi reliable team that is optimized for paragon...

Just watched this with the wife. Fucking loved it, and she's not usually into this level of violence, intensity or even the backdrop (cartel vs. agencies etc.) Both Blunt and del Toro were brilliant.

You need a fixed size if you're going to tune the encounters at a granular level. The meta game would descend into figuring out optimal raid break points and the effects they'd have on mechanics, throughput checks etc. Such as it is, you can pinpoint what rDPS you need to get through a certain...

Yeah I was pretty happy with what was announced. PvP progression reminds me of SWTOR (bunch of other games from what I'm told too) and will probably compel me to give a shit for the first time in years. One thing not on your list that I really like is the re-emphasis on dungeons, which, you...

Maybe it's because my first experience was with a Sith Marauder, but SWTOR stomps all over this in my book. The dialog is verbose and awkwardly formal and I just want the 'good guys' to die fiery deaths most of the time...

We've had four straight years of Orcs shoved up our ass, pretty excited for a Troll/Night Elf centric story if they go that route.

I have a daughter who turned 11 earlier this month. This movie pretty much hit a sweet spot. I can't even give an unbiased opinion because it was so relatable to us. Example -

We've used EPGP for years. I know Loot Council is theoretically superior in terms of distributing gear 'strategically', but if you tweak some of the levers (eg. make catching-up easy for recruits, weight Weapons/Trinks appropriate, reset when it makes sense etc.) it saves you tons of headaches...

The combat system and mechanics in FF are horrid. They suffer from the same animation locking and sluggishness that SWTOR did, emphasizing style over game play. Wildstar, GW2 and even Rift played much smoother than FF. The GCD is just part of the issue; now in raid gear and with a bunch of...

I watched the cut scenes. I may have clipped some scenes where I read the text much faster than the voice acting, but generally that's one of the main things I get out of FF, a superior story experience to other MMOs. God knows it's not the combat experience or how my character plays. I think...

That shit took forever, finished it as a Monk yesterday as prep for the xpac. I mean, they tell a good story despite the awkward and verbose english, but fuck was it long. Good thing it was all puggable too.

Part of that combination was probably the degree to which botting had infiltrated raiding. It's traditionally been viewed as a professions / PvP issue. We were marveling at how many raiding guilds have been affected by this and how many 'top parsing players' were outed. Thankfully we were...

A combination of slow updates, poor fight detection and stagnant analytic tools. Part of what prompted Warcraftlogs creation was frustration over WOL's abandonment during MoP - it was started by a guy who raids Mythic so it's up to date and really aimed at helping deconstruct encounters (you...

How is "stretching out content longer than ever before" consistent with the comparison to T14 vs. T17? You're absolutely right, T14 had 16 bosses, T17 has 17. T14 stretched over the holidays, as does T17. Will, Empress and Sha released on the each other's heels, just like Impregnator and...