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More like the Ship of Theseus. If, over time, you replace every staff member, is it still Blizzard? :emoji_thinking:

Hit a 28 queue early, went and made some food and was afk'd out. Didn't think it'd matter because of the queue. Came back about an hour after and queue was 1900+ (on Gilgamesh).

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/1c59de837cc84285ad1cdb4c9a9cad782363f25b Interesting (and refreshing) to see candid communication with a lead like this in the era of game developers who 'know better'. Discussing error codes and the causes, offering comp time, showing peak...

YoshiP just stabbed himself in the stomach with a tanto live on stream as penance for the queue issues.

Board members have a legal responsibility to the financial interests of the shareholders. A corporation exists to make money, not good games, good food, happy customers, etc. As long as they are making money with mobile systems, milking whales, etc, then they are doing a 'good job'. The point...

Bobby Kotick has already been kicked out of 109 companies, let's make it 110!!

Sure, GRRM found mild success inverting the tropes of Tolkienesque fantasy with asoiaf. Danuser has shown his mastery by turning THOSE tropes on their head. He's just so far beyond anything we could even imagine.

Autistic internet for soul. Prob initially for filter evasion. Something that makes you feel something vs just being shiny/flashy.

Yeah, they clearly wanted a D3 style 'build diversity' idea with legendaries. Shit, they ripped off a bunch of other D3 systems in Legion so why not the legendaries? The 'problem' was the disconnect between the MAU/control crowd and the gameplay crowd. Clearly, D3 works because you can grind out...

Yes, very literally this. At least a few years ago. I saw a panel at Blizzcon about dungeon design and they basically would go to the story people with the bosses they made and ask them to see how they could fit into the lore / story. I believe the zone they were designing was Shrine of Storms...

I thought they just spent the last 3 pages arguing about how Blizzard doesn't need good games? Seriously, Secrets needs to just make up some shit like a "G Corp" where the corporation is legally obligated to balance profit with good game design. That, or just keep your company under 15 people...

Come on guys, you know you want to buy the pig cat.

Twitch has it's own version of 'office hot' where sixes thrive due to their seeming accessibility.

He's still alive, but I don't think he has a Facebook.

I believe it's in the options too isn't it?

The two psychological tendencies that underlie modern leftism we call “feelings of inferiority” and “oversocialization.” Feelings of inferiority are characteristic of modern leftism as a whole, while oversocialization is characteristic only of a certain segment of modern leftism; but this...

Last time there was a dupe (with transfers) people were saying someone should just hang out in Everfall sending max coin to anyone who runs by. Is there no confirmation for sending gold?

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That post was hilarious because prior to that, Qwik was being seen as some kind of YoshiP savior by /vg/. After that post, they lost whatever little hope they had left and went full nihilism. I don't think the mods are even cleaning up all the ff14 spam in the wow threads at this point.

Re: respec cost, has anyone found an all in one attribute spread? Has anyone tried the "50 points in dex, rest in con and get all your primary from your gear" build that was floating around? Seems like it could be viable if you wanted to multi-spec. I wouldn't do it because you'll spend more in...

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3908020 They know.

Our goal is to send anyone with a modicum of talent screaming and running for the hills.

Wow-brain leads people to think end-game is all that matters, so the story becomes something to be surmounted rather than enjoyed. Pretty much anyone I am converting at this point are wow refugees. I'm just thinkin what is the ideal way to avoid the kind of boring starting experience and give a...

What the fuck is this guy smoking.

Yeah, I mean leveling all the jobs in between xpacs, the idea that you 'learn' the class with anything you do pre-50 is kind of a joke. The rotations are so basic and half baked, I think the only real downside would be the stress of unlocking the higher level job and being flooded with abilities...

So what is the soj in this game that we can start using to trade instead of coin?

Buying the ARR story skip and a level boost to Heavensward is probably the way to go. If you REALLY get hooked on the story, you could always go back and NG+ it, but you won't. Watch a video summary of the lore and treat 2.0 as a prequel and you'll have a much more streamlined experience. It's...

People are saying there is a bug with the new patch where if an auction completes and you aren't online, you don't get the money. This is a clever way to remove coin from a game with out of control inflation. :emoji_upside_down:

Seems like they have a good tactic for combating data mining / guide sites. Just keep putting out contradictory information from official sources so nobody knows wtf is going on:

They mentioned adding xp potions prior to release and people flipped their shit on them. Not sure if it scared them off or if they'll stick to their guns. Knowing these devs, they probably will change the entire MTX strategy due to a few people complaining in beta.

Is "Would you please stop being such a fucking retard?" a violation? :emoji_thinking:

If this was the case, you'd think they'd make sure that the 50/50 battles actually worked without lag/desync first.

Add on authors have passion for the game. They aren't just there trying to maximize profits/MAU or to correct grievances they have with things their betters implemented.

Watching Noble Giraffe on twitch for Syndicate side wars on vingolf, it seems like the meta strategy for purple attacking is: 1. Everyone spams AoEs and stands motionless, desynced on the flag. 2. Yell "GET ON THE POINT, GET ON THE POINT" and die. 3. Tell everyone to regroup, but then don't...

Blizzard has always been really bad at disaster recovery wrt to PR. It's like they believe their own hype and never diffuse a situation by taking the piss out of themselves. It doesn't help that they're now completely staffed by the type of people who are completely incapable of self ridicule...

Wasn't Diablo Immortal a literal reskin of one of their existing games?

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/blizzcon/23738004/reimagining-blizzcon Blizzcon(line) cancelled to the surprise of no one.

You vs the maw walker she tells you not to worry about. It all makes sense now.

Pretty sure Project Gorgon has zones that are weather extremes that require special gear/consumables. I think special gear can work as long as you have a really strong gearset/gear storage system. Nobody wants to play inventory management for shit they HAVE to lug around and sifting through...