On September 12 2016 22:39 Requizen wrote: I'm getting a little scared of how much I'm enjoying Legion. It's feeling really easy to slip back into playing 5 hours per day and staying up til 1 without noticing because I'm doing world quests or queueing for another dungeon.
Oh well, here's some Dream Theater for Music Monday.
Raids aren't out yet, but yes. I'm also in the same boat. Its scary.
I'm definitely enjoying it more than I thought I would. I think the story/quest structure and artifact system are all very well done.
Friend asked me this morning if I planned on raiding. He's apparently thinking about doing it semi-regularly. I love raids, but I can't see myself getting involved in them all too frequently.
Still have to learn what world quests and mythic dungeons are all about first.
It's good and I'm enjoying it quite a bit, but I'm not on the same hype train you guys are.
World Quests are just the same reputation grinds wrapped in different paper, and Artifacts, while pretty cool in some aspects, are going to absolutely shit on off-speccing and alts for all but the most hardcore player base, which wouldn't have bothered my old WoW playing self but it kind of sucks now.
Like for example, I attached myself back to the group I used to play with and they're all still going at it pretty seriously so generally the way to go with that would be to tag along as a DPS while I catch up. I can still maybe do it but I am going to be getting literally carried because lol artifact, mine is for tanking, and my DPS one is super behind, and makes my Havoc spec a complete shadow of what it should be(like legit 25%+ dps loss). I know Artifact Research eventually kicks in to help with that but that doesn't help with alts(I know I don't have time to invest in tons, but I'd like to have one) which require more time investment than ever to maintain because of the Artifact weapons.
That said, the leveling zones were for the most part really good(fuck Highmountain though), dungeons seem really good(haven't done them all), the Underbelly being a random mass war zone is hilarious, and I'm having fun, I just have some concerns.
Legion is harder on alts/offspecs than recent expansions, but it looks more punishing than it actually is.
If you're a casual player the first 13 points in your offspec weapon are utterly trivial and will get you most of the way there, as will relic drops (iLvl still matters). On top of that, the cooldown on Artifact Knowledge research is aggressively reduced if you're behind, going as low as a single day for a rank if you fall far enough behind.
Keep in mind that in the 3 weeks that follow hitting Artifact Knowledge 25 you'll earn as much AP as you did in the 18 weeks prior. Basically the only major hurdle for alts is the Order Hall campaign, and that's a one to two week effort at worst.
The big thing is you won't be able to have an alt/offspec at 90-95% strength of your main/mainspec for a trivial effort, you'll have to settle for 70-80%.
I've been pretty nervous about my driving ever since I fell asleep on the highway and nearly killed myself. I keep on noticing other stupid things that I do, or cars I didn't see, and combined with moving to a new area where traffic is simply different it makes driving not relaxing anymore. =(
In college I fell asleep on the way home from exams my sophomore year. Totaled my ford explorer, but I was fine. It pales in comparison to when I was working nights 3 years ago where I would be at work at 2 am, then the next thing I can remember I'm at home doing dishes at 10am the same day.
That's when I decided to actually not work nights anymore. Shits dangerous when you suddenly can't remember how you got home, but know you had to drove atleast 25 miles to do so.
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though
why in the world did you have the handbrake active?
Was one of those lights where it'll be red for over a minute. Having to keep the clutch down all the way that entire time murders your leg if you have 5-6 stops like that in a row :p
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though
why in the world did you have the handbrake active?
Was one of those lights where it'll be red for over a minute. Having to keep the clutch down all the way that entire time murders your leg if you have 5-6 stops like that in a row :p
Please doge. You need to get some gains. Driving standard in traffic sucks too, but god damnit you just deal with it.
Pretty sure there are probably safety reasons for why you don't want handbrake enabled while in traffic.
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though
why in the world did you have the handbrake active?
Was one of those lights where it'll be red for over a minute. Having to keep the clutch down all the way that entire time murders your leg if you have 5-6 stops like that in a row :p
...pls
and here i thought you danes spent your lives on bikes, you should have plenty of leg endurance 4head
How do you put your foot? I don't really have to push to get the clutch down, I slightly relax my foot to let it go and that's all. I don't press it all the way at stops though, just enough that the car doesn't move; but I like being ready to start up as soon as the light goes green.
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though
why in the world did you have the handbrake active?
Was one of those lights where it'll be red for over a minute. Having to keep the clutch down all the way that entire time murders your leg if you have 5-6 stops like that in a row :p
Please doge. You need to get some gains. Driving standard in traffic sucks too, but god damnit you just deal with it.
Pretty sure there are probably safety reasons for why you don't want handbrake enabled while in traffic.
?
It's somethig we're taught to do. Better for the cars brakes or something too apparently. It's only when you know you'll be stationary for more than a minute or so.
@alaric, that's fine for stop and go traffic, but riding the clutch like that for longer stops is apparently really harsh on the car.
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though
why in the world did you have the handbrake active?
Was one of those lights where it'll be red for over a minute. Having to keep the clutch down all the way that entire time murders your leg if you have 5-6 stops like that in a row :p
Please doge. You need to get some gains. Driving standard in traffic sucks too, but god damnit you just deal with it.
Pretty sure there are probably safety reasons for why you don't want handbrake enabled while in traffic.
?
It's somethig we're taught to do. Better for the cars brakes or something too apparently. It's only when you know you'll be stationary for more than a minute or so.
I mean...just throw it in neutral and hold the brake down. Honestly I'd rather have slightly more maintenance on my brakes than use the hand brake at a red light. If someone barrels into you from behind and you have your hand brake locked, you're gonna get a lot more fucked up than if you can let off the brake before impact.
Never really handbrake at lights/traffic. Just use normal brake. If it's an incline then I can see putting handbrake up just to be safe. Don't want to roll that shit.
I'm guilty of riding clutch at times . Heard it isn't great on cars as well but not sure.
Any you MTG guys have a summary of what this masterpiece stuff is about? Is it just extra-glorified shinies or is it really another rarity or what? I read this thing but I don't really understand what they're saying.
On September 15 2016 00:47 Cixah wrote: I know that feel 5-oh.
In college I fell asleep on the way home from exams my sophomore year. Totaled my ford explorer, but I was fine. It pales in comparison to when I was working nights 3 years ago where I would be at work at 2 am, then the next thing I can remember I'm at home doing dishes at 10am the same day.
That's when I decided to actually not work nights anymore. Shits dangerous when you suddenly can't remember how you got home, but know you had to drove atleast 25 miles to do so.
Yeah, thanks for sharing. I drove off the highway but amazingly didn't damage my vehicle or myself. Super lucky.
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though
why in the world did you have the handbrake active?
Was one of those lights where it'll be red for over a minute. Having to keep the clutch down all the way that entire time murders your leg if you have 5-6 stops like that in a row :p
Please doge. You need to get some gains. Driving standard in traffic sucks too, but god damnit you just deal with it.
Pretty sure there are probably safety reasons for why you don't want handbrake enabled while in traffic.
?
It's somethig we're taught to do. Better for the cars brakes or something too apparently. It's only when you know you'll be stationary for more than a minute or so.
I mean...just throw it in neutral and hold the brake down. Honestly I'd rather have slightly more maintenance on my brakes than use the hand brake at a red light. If someone barrels into you from behind and you have your hand brake locked, you're gonna get a lot more fucked up than if you can let off the brake before impact.
Only use the handbrake for a hill start or parking. Never in traffic. If you're not on an incline you can just have the car in neutral. If you are on an incline, handbrake is ok. But here in the Netherlands and afaik also in Denmark almost everything is flat.
Plus as a mostly manual country, I don't think it's that big a deal compared to automatic.
On September 15 2016 02:47 phyvo wrote: Any you MTG guys have a summary of what this masterpiece stuff is about? Is it just extra-glorified shinies or is it really another rarity or what? I read this thing but I don't really understand what they're saying.
Essentially they printing foil special bordered reprints of older cards. They aren't legal in standard and are merely additional "your booster pack has more value" cards.
Think of it as wizards putting in a $50 bill into a booster pack ever 1/100 times or something arb.
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though
why in the world did you have the handbrake active?
Was one of those lights where it'll be red for over a minute. Having to keep the clutch down all the way that entire time murders your leg if you have 5-6 stops like that in a row :p
Please doge. You need to get some gains. Driving standard in traffic sucks too, but god damnit you just deal with it.
Pretty sure there are probably safety reasons for why you don't want handbrake enabled while in traffic.
?
It's somethig we're taught to do. Better for the cars brakes or something too apparently. It's only when you know you'll be stationary for more than a minute or so.
I mean...just throw it in neutral and hold the brake down. Honestly I'd rather have slightly more maintenance on my brakes than use the hand brake at a red light. If someone barrels into you from behind and you have your hand brake locked, you're gonna get a lot more fucked up than if you can let off the brake before impact.
Only use the handbrake for a hill start or parking. Never in traffic. If you're not on an incline you can just have the car in neutral. If you are on an incline, handbrake is ok. But here in the Netherlands and afaik also in Denmark almost everything is flat.
Plus as a mostly manual country, I don't think it's that big a deal compared to automatic.
jeez all these standard noobs can't do hill start without parking brake...
when I'm getting honked at with the handbrake active while I have a green light though
why in the world did you have the handbrake active?
Was one of those lights where it'll be red for over a minute. Having to keep the clutch down all the way that entire time murders your leg if you have 5-6 stops like that in a row :p
Please doge. You need to get some gains. Driving standard in traffic sucks too, but god damnit you just deal with it.
Pretty sure there are probably safety reasons for why you don't want handbrake enabled while in traffic.
?
It's somethig we're taught to do. Better for the cars brakes or something too apparently. It's only when you know you'll be stationary for more than a minute or so.
I mean...just throw it in neutral and hold the brake down. Honestly I'd rather have slightly more maintenance on my brakes than use the hand brake at a red light. If someone barrels into you from behind and you have your hand brake locked, you're gonna get a lot more fucked up than if you can let off the brake before impact.
Only use the handbrake for a hill start or parking. Never in traffic. If you're not on an incline you can just have the car in neutral. If you are on an incline, handbrake is ok. But here in the Netherlands and afaik also in Denmark almost everything is flat.
Plus as a mostly manual country, I don't think it's that big a deal compared to automatic.
jeez all these standard noobs can't do hill start without parking brake...
I can. But it really depends on the situation and how comfy you are with the car and whether it's a diesel. Diesel manuals are way easier on the clutch. And if the guy behind you only has 10cm you want to play it safe. It's not like it's that much more difficult anyways.
yeah wow handbrake at lights? I'm almost always in neutral at red lights so holding the clutch down didn't make sense to me either. I guess it might be better on your normal brakes (maybe marginally? probably not really?) but it seems so much more dangerous. they actually teach you to do that tho? seems so odd to me. i guess if a guy was really on my ass on a really steep hill i would do a handbrake start while the light turned green but i haven't done that since i was learning. now i call it a parking brake cause the only time you use it is when you are parked the rest of your story I was thinking okay fine those are reasonable mistakes.
On September 15 2016 03:41 Scip wrote: it's been a long time since I felt genuine fear today I've been put into heelhook T E R R O R
Heel hooks and knee bars are two things I never wanted to fuck with.
Ankle crushes too. I used to get back control and go super hard on setting up a torso lock with my legs until my friend learned that he could destroy my ankles through it.
On September 15 2016 03:41 Scip wrote: it's been a long time since I felt genuine fear today I've been put into heelhook T E R R O R
Heel hooks and knee bars are two things I never wanted to fuck with.
Ankle crushes too. I used to get back control and go super hard on setting up a torso lock with my legs until my friend learned that he could destroy my ankles through it.
On September 15 2016 02:47 phyvo wrote: Any you MTG guys have a summary of what this masterpiece stuff is about? Is it just extra-glorified shinies or is it really another rarity or what? I read this thing but I don't really understand what they're saying.
On September 15 2016 00:47 Cixah wrote: I know that feel 5-oh.
In college I fell asleep on the way home from exams my sophomore year. Totaled my ford explorer, but I was fine. It pales in comparison to when I was working nights 3 years ago where I would be at work at 2 am, then the next thing I can remember I'm at home doing dishes at 10am the same day.
That's when I decided to actually not work nights anymore. Shits dangerous when you suddenly can't remember how you got home, but know you had to drove atleast 25 miles to do so.
Yeah, thanks for sharing. I drove off the highway but amazingly didn't damage my vehicle or myself. Super lucky.
it's just over-hyped shinies
basically sets will usually get 'themes' (upcoming gets an artifact theme, bfz had lands) and they'll toss in even-mythicerer-mythic rare reprints in packs to become more of a lottery
EPT
. Heard it isn't great on cars as well but not sure.
the rest of your story I was thinking okay fine those are reasonable mistakes.
