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Speaking of bug fixes, their whole part time thing is definitely working against them. Know how many patches they did between the two open tests? Just one, a couple days before the test. I'm not sure why they're pushing changes so slowly, or what purpose having a test server is when they don't...

Yeah, sorry, I didn't mean half decade to be the literal last 5 years. Just short hand. My bad. It's pretty close though. Covid recovery by beginning of 2021, and it's just now finally hitting that again.

I can't decide what to do with that information. The economy outside the top 10 companies is shit, so do I cut out the bottom (currently in total market funds) and just go all in on the winners (or at worst, just the S&P 500)? Or is it something where I hope in the rest of the economy...

Bro, I am retiree no-lifer with no responsibilities, and I can't get over those barriers. I even chose a solo class so when other people aren't online during the day (which is almost always) I could still progress. Yeah, no thanks. It's just too punishing, and as you said there are so many...

Which is why those 7000 people at launch are a pipe dream. Those unique users who played for under 2 hours? You're never going to get them to return. They tried it, they didn't like it, and they're not coming back.

I disagree. Moving around the world fucking blows. I started on fighter and then did elementalist. I have no desire to play a class that can't gate now. It's one thing having to run back to town from 3 zones away. That sucks. Even worse is the end of a dungeon and everyone's ready to go, but...

I've stated many times I've had fun with the game. The problem is all that "friction" we keep talking about ends up being 80% of the time in the game. The 20% isn't fun enough to overcome that and make me play. So I don't. Which is why I'm so vocal about the shit that sucks. It sucks A LOT. If...

It's funny, I can't remember if it's you or Quaid who keeps saying it, but it sounds like a lot of these people just want forced chat rooms because no one will talk to them. Sitting there around a campfire not actually playing the game, and chatting because there's nothing else to do, isn't...

Exactly. That's why I say if this game basically got rid of all the pointless shit, but kept the grindy levels and non-instanced content, they'd probably have a winner. As long as they continue to cling to tedium like corpse runs, ridiculous travel times, and removing qol a quarter of a decade...

Honestly, EQ started to suck after Velious. I quit around Luclin. By the time WoW came out, EQs graphics and engine were already 5 years old. It was time for it to die already.

Weird September where the market keeps climbing. Usually Septembers suck. Seems I've been saved from myself, too. Finally bit the bullet and decided to move my TSP out to Vanguard. Turns out there's a 7 day waiting period, so I didn't miss the last 1.5% or so. Won't be able to initiate the move...

Is it all the same writers? All I saw was Greg Daniels. But even still, it's 20 years later. I mean, they fucking worshipped Biden on Parks and Rec. The mind virus consumes.

I tried and couldn't make it through the first episode. I say that as someone who loves The Office. It's trying too hard. It's also trying to force the DEI too hard. Having Esmerelda, someone you can barely understand, be your Michael Scott character, when you can't understand a fucking word...

What level range are we talking here?

Sometimes I wonder if they've played an MMO in the last decade. For instance, they don't want an in game map, because, and I can't even count how many times I've heard, "they want players engaged in the world." Like a map somehow takes you out of it? Apparently they don't realize that there...

I think that'd be an interesting experiment they could run. Open the next test up with a server like that, and see if it's significantly more popular. I'd bet it would be.

This is a wild one. I noticed someone brought it up to Shawn yesterday. Grouping with 1-2 extra players the exp feels much better. When you get to 5 or 6 though? It falls off a fucking cliff. Why would they design the experience curve to plummet as you add more people? Doesn't that discourage...

Where are these 7500 players coming from? They don't even get that in a free playtest. It's actually funny, in thinking about this, I realized that EA is actually going to hurt them here. It's going to divide up their playerbase into people who are willing to pay a monthly subscription to test...

THJ is actually a great example though, and it's been mentioned several times in multiple threads (like the TLP's, or suing one). THJ works because it takes all of the shitty stuff about Everquest and makes it fun. All that "friction" we keep talking about is removed, and what's left is a fun game.

I think that's the frustrating part for me. I think this game could be super fun. But all that shit that they're adding that's going to drive everyone off, they don't seem to want to budge on. The frustrating part is going to be a year into it when they realize they fucked up and can't sustain...

I think if the devs solely rely on places like their Reddit and Discord for feedback, the game is doomed. Hopefully that's not the case, because they did fix things like the gamma issue. But those places are just full of people who want the griefiest game possible. And it's going to drive the...

It's funny, that person thinks it's just his own issue with being an adult and not being able to dedicate a solid 4+ hours to a group uninterrupted. The reality is the entire audience for this game is that person now. Which is why I asked a while back who they think their intended audience...

They really nailed the "dumb comedy" thing. I don't really want to call it slapstick, but just...stupid jokes? Not quite dad jokes. It's something where modern day "dumb comedy" just doesn't land. I wish I could describe exactly what it is. Calling them dumb doesn't really do it justice either...

I hope not. I feel like those commercials started a good 3 or 4 years ago. Also, Zach Braff looks retarded now. He's had about 8 too many facelifts.

Yeah, there was also something about these under 30 minute play sessions I think. What it tells me is that people logged on, decided to look for a group, had no luck and said fuck it. Or logged in, looked around and thought "anything I do is going to take an hour to get going and I'm already...

It was on Shawn's Twitch stream. I'm sure they'll post it in the next couple days.

My issue with corpse runs is it actively discourages risk taking. It makes your playerbase grind out boring ass blue mobs because no one wants to waste an hour trying to rebreak into a zone that they were only able to do in the first place fully geared. If you're camping a new dungeon and find a...

I had the stream on briefly, and saw the numbers. Someone asked about subscribers and Shawn said that basically each 1k subs would be about 1 employee. So they're looking at 2-3 employees (not sure if this is in addition to their core team or what though). Considering EA will launch incredibly...

I noticed that despite this test being longer, this thread seemed more dead this time around. They're releasing their data, and the numbers dropped off a fucking cliff. I know someone will just say "people are saving it for later when it actually matters," but I don't buy it.

Is that a needed thing in gaming anymore though? You have to remember when EQ came out, it was the heyday of things like AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ.

Her nose is too narrow and angular, her face doesn't really move because there's so much filler in it, her eyes are missing something (folds? I dunno) that I assume they either removed or is just wonky from a facelift or something. Like I said, she looks plastic now. It's a retarded look...

I always say this, people think investing has to be complicated. "I need to diversify into 20 different asset classes. I need real estate, bonds, stocks, crypto, gold, silver, domestic, international, etc." Why? Why would it be any different when you have $100k vs $10M?

I like that Mike addresses the retards who thought he liked The Acolyte. You know who you are.

I'm sure if you stare at plastic Instagram and Tiktok whores all day she probably looks attractive. But no, she looks ridiculous, and you're wrong.

You a big fan of curry or something?

Man, they all look so young. I didn't even realize Joe Flaherty was on SCTV. I've been rewatching Freaks and Geeks this past week for the first time since it aired. Pretty sad that every single person from the show is either already dead or in their late 70s.

Oh yeah, I fucking loved that show.

Candy was in far more of my favorite movies. Not that Home Alone is a big part, but shit, I watch that and Planes once a year, every year. And I'll watch Summer Rental, Great Outdoors, Stripes, and Uncle Buck basically any time they're on. Tommy Boy is the only movie I'll regularly catch from...

Yeah, I maintain my stance that this game never comes out.