Recent content by Gravel

Yeah, but are you going to play EA, or are you waiting another 2-3 years for actual release?

I mean, sure, it's a very well crafted and shot film. And I'm not saying it was bad. I was interested for basically the entire length, outside of like I said Alex's chapter which for some reason didn't work as well for me. Probably because it did linger a lot longer than the rest of it. Oddly it...

Haven't read the thread yet, but maybe I just don't get horror movies? It was fine. The premise was interesting. But especially during Alex's story, it just seemed to really drag. In the end it just kind of seems like a movie happened, but nothing was super memorable about it. For some reason...

It's almost like you're describing an idle game that wants you to pay a $15 month sub for.

I said that last week. It's a game you do other shit while playing. I don't know that that's a ringing endorsement.

There's a test server that's always on (except during the public tests). That's why when I said they released a single patch just before the open test. Otherwise that wouldn't make any sense, because obviously they'd only have one.

And yet, there are still massive issues like people falling through the world, monsters being stuck in terrain, and zone lines that don't work. It seems like there's no amount of excuses that won't be made for this game.

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...