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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    If they can figure out a sort of Goldilocks gameplay zone to keep players engaged enough that they won’t be so distracted by Discord or Netflix to not engage socially, but not so engaged that they don’t have time to do anything but play their class, I think they will have hit the spot a lot of...
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I haven’t played it or followed this thread super closely, so that’s great to hear. I think strategic timing is a fine way to make wizards more engaging. I’d be more concerned about finding ways to make wizards more desirable for groups so no class is pigeonholed as a speciality raid/solo class...
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    Monsters and Memories (Project_N) - Old School Indie MMO

    I think this kind of captures the modern day problem with EQ style gameplay. EQ was always mostly about the social aspect, and I’ve seen it (accurately) described as basically a virtual chat room many times. But whereas back in 1999 you had the novelty of a digital world keeping you engaged and...
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    The Al`kabor Project (EQMac) - PoP 1/5

    I just started up a 3-box with a buddy this past weekend, so we are running a full group. It’s definitely an adjustment from single boxing, but thinking of the content we’ll be able to do just the 2 of us is exciting. If anyone has any any plat/gear to hook us up with, it’d be much appreciated...
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    Genshin Impact

    How is this game now? Was super into it for a few months (probably last played around Jan/Feb), but then just hit a wall with progression that felt like I had to spend money or grind a lot to break through. I really enjoyed my time with it, but the hook just faded when it boiled down to doing...
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    Daft Punk

    Sad day. Probably my favorite artists of all time. Their animated music videos on Cartoon Network are major nostalgia. I hope one or both of them continue to make music as they are amazing producers, and I know one of them did some good stuff on his own before as Stardust.
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    Genshin Impact

    That helps simplify it a good bit, thanks! I also just realized how to read some of those infographics @AladainAF posted and that is tremendously helpful as well.
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    Genshin Impact

    So is a crit rate of ~40 what to shoot for and then go crit damage? I saw someone on a YT video mention diminishing returns or something on higher crit rates but didn’t fully understand.
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    Genshin Impact

    That did it. I guess I’m still figuring out shields. Those bastards kept killing Razor too (those bubbles do a shitload) and as soon as he’s down, it’s game over for me. Now Abyss splits into 2 and I won’t touch it for a while I’m sure.
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    Genshin Impact

    Do y’all usually have to be a little over leveled for Abyss? I’m on Floor 4 with lvl50 mobs, which is what lvl my Razor/Fischl is and my other 2 are 40ish. It’s a bonus for electro so figured I’d be good but I can’t beat it. I’m using all ATK/Crit gear on Razor and he has a lvl 40 Prototype...
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    Genshin Impact

    Appreciate the tips! I don’t mind using Kaeya, he just generally is low on tier lists. May be that he is still better with what I have, though. I wasn’t actually considering the new fire chick (Xinyan) much so I’ll have to look more closely at her abilities. She’s listed as a B Main DPS vs A...
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    Genshin Impact

    I’ve been using Razor as my carry but just pulled a Keqing and second Bennett (C1). I find Razor works better with ice, but the only ice I have is Kaeya. I also have Fischl, Xianling, Barbara, and Sucrose. Is it worth switching to Keqing as my carry? Doesn’t seem like she’s big enough of an...
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    Cyberpunk 2077

    I’ve seen lots of mentions of 18 and 19-inch cyber dongs. Is 18/19 inches the confirmed max length? Not sure that’s enough.
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    Hip-Hop/Rap thread

    Surprised this hasn't been posted somewhere. Great song and video.
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    VR Gaming - Oculus Rift, Playstation VR, HTC Vive

    This is exactly what I did. I got lucky and saw a 128GB model come in stock briefly on Amazon like at midnight Friday night. Side note, why are they so scarce? Has it been like that since they released a year ago or this shortage cause of the Rona?