Matt @Matlagan Twitter profile

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10 months

“…while I have more than three Eikon abilities to play with, I’m sticking with the abilities I’ve been using for the past 20-some hours.” >don’t customise playstyle >say you can’t customise playstyle Classic.

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Ironically, the RPG-ification of action games means genre staples like God of War and Ghost of Tsushima offer more opportunities for tailoring the combat to a specific playstyle than Final Fantasy 16.

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8 months

World of Warcraft I dare you to disagree

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@Matlagan

9 months

Is Suramar the best questline in WoW's history? It was Peak Adventure: You aid a rebellion, establish a base, upgrade it & help your new friends grow, ultimately striking back. And the arcan'dor, a symbol of magic and life as one? Absolute 10/10 Warcraft elf vibes.

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1 year

Whoever made this sword needs a raise. Ashkandi, the other version, was Lothar's sword, so it means the Brotherhood of the Horse. Their 'fall' was in the First War, when Orgrim got intel of a secret training camp. So, we now know Deathwing caused their fall and kept this trophy!

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2 years

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, huh? The only leaks literally called "Dragonflight" mentions 4 new classes and player housing... April 19th is going to be interesting, if nothing else.

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@Matlagan

2 years

Gaming has been co-opted by gambling. It started in mobile, outright using 'gaming' as a smokescreen to avoid regulation. Look at the prevalence of gambling on Twitch! It's all the same neurocircuitry being abused, intentionally, to hijack you and your money.

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@BellularGaming

2 years

The coercive monetisation of Diablo Immortal. They aren’t interested in delivering fair value for a fair price.

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2 years

lol, lmao I hope people at least *try* to play with the trees themselves, even for a bit.

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@Wowhead

2 years

We've compiled the best Talent Tree Builds for every class in the Dragonflight Pre-Patch which should allow you to easily import these builds into the game! #Dragonflight #Warcraft

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@Matlagan

1 month

@AutomaticJak An example of a Healthy Relationship with WoW:

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6 months

Cinematic thoughts! - why - you spent 1 minute of your 2 minutes having Alex and Vyr explain the blindingly obvious theme of your expansion in the driest way humanly possible, please study compelling dialogue - the Azeroth stuff was cool TWW lead-in, but out of nowhere - why

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@Matlagan

3 months

Hi, my name is Matt, and I'm part of the problem.

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@Matlagan

11 months

Fuck this, fuck whoever pushed this through, and fuck the entire culture of paid cosmetics. If they actually sell tenders the entire Trading Post will be poisoned and turned into a second shop - wasn’t one enough in a sub MMO?

Wowhead💙

@Wowhead

11 months

In the latest Patch 10.1.5 PTR build, we've datamined many shop assets for Trader's Tender bundles. #Dragonflight #Warcraft

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@Matlagan

2 years

I might be coming at this from a cynical angle, but... I don't mind cosmetic monetisation, but I feel like in 'the good timeline' the coloured dragon wings, an S-tier transmog item, wouldn't be locked in an $80 bundle of a box price game that also has a sub.

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@Matlagan

6 months

Legion's artifact weapon quests were the absolute peak of player fantasy.

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6 months

this game is so cool.

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2 years

You can't namedrop your patch title without earning it. You can't try to be cool, you have to actually be cool.

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2 years

Great interview, we got answers that feel way more candid than I expected. The new UI trying to copy the buff-tracking parts of WeakAuras, addons genuinely being a problem for them, more PTR encryption & a desire to make loot feel closer to master loot. Fantastic.

Wowhead💙

@Wowhead

2 years

Asmongold is interviewing Game Director Ion Hazzikostas on #Dragonflight ! #Warcraft

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16 days

TWW feels like Blizzard finding an old to-do list in a drawer and just doing every item on it all at once Every single thing they announce is at least a long-awaited minor W This video is music to my ears and I'm not even a big collector/alt guy

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@Warcraft

16 days

Share Banks, Renown, Achievements, and more across all your characters! Warbands arrive with The War Within.

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2 years

Endwalker exceeded my expectations and then some. I genuinely can't believe they pulled this off.

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2 years

#preachcon2022 Plane almost entirely to ourselves, not a bad start.

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@Matlagan

3 months

i will not be a doomer i will not be a doomer i will not be a doomer

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@jasonschreier

3 months

BREAKING: Blizzard's new president under Microsoft will be Call of Duty GM Johanna Faries. After years of battling Activision interference, Blizzard will now be run by a former Activision executive (with @dinabass )

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2 years

The lengths this team will go to just to ensure a better player experience is astounding. Pulling the game from sale feels like the nuclear option.

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@FF_XIV_EN

2 years

We'd like to share an update from #FFXIV Producer & Director Naoki Yoshida on the ongoing congestion, additional game time compensation, suspension of sales, error codes, and our upcoming plans.

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2 years

I think it's less about *understanding* what's in-game and more about *feeling* it. As an example, Anduin's struggles with the weight of being King from Shadows Rising aren't in game. Instead, we spend hours learning about Covenant side-characters. Focus on the important stuff.

Wowhead💙

@Wowhead

2 years

In an interview with Millenium, Ion Hazzikostas spoke a little about WoW's storytelling, and how they've changed their approach to make sure the most important story moments can always be experienced directly in the game. #Shadowlands #Warcraft

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6 months

The way this cine sold him was great. Fleshed out and real. He's someone who's emotionally tortured, has that trauma holding him back and impacting one thought process specifically - that he isn't worthy of light - but he's still logically sound and rational. A good start.

Grox

@that_kind_oforc

6 months

Okay so im on record as an Anduin hater But thats purely his post ingame MoP characterisation. This somewhat broken and beaten down man? It's giving me "Shadows Rising Anduin struggling with the world" and I LOVED that actual human being. This. This I can get around!!

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3 years

@BellularGaming @Asmongold I am simply a messenger. If anyone was saved, it’s because they had the courage to open their eyes and see the truth for themselves.

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9 months

In case you were wondering why* there's so much stuff on the Trading Post this month, and why it's all so expensive, and why those class sets are on it - here's the answer! They're monetising Tenders now. *Note: That might not be the reason, but we get to assume the worst now!

Wowhead💙

@Wowhead

9 months

200 Trader's Tender is available in the newest shop bundle! The Corsage Pack costs $5.00 USD and gives 200 Trader's Tender and 2 Wrist Accessories. #Dragonflight #Warcraft

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@Matlagan

8 months

I don’t usually post personal stuff, but last night I hit my first major lifting goal - a 180kg deadlift. Lift weights, it’ll change your life.

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@Matlagan

2 years

I really hope they reconsider the implementation of the Great Vault for 10.0. I've been doing some research into player motivation 👀 and I think this "work all week to get a reward that's statistically likely to be a bad experience" system is ultimately harmful.

Wowhead💙

@Wowhead

2 years

Tier Sets have started to drop from the Great Vault on the 9.2 PTR and we've opened 200 Great Vaults to estimate the Drop Chance of tier pieces showing up in the Great Vault! #Shadowlands #Warcraft

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16 days

I think after Shadowlands, Blizzard looked up at the mountain of technical issues they've avoided for years, realised it's climb or die, and we've been watching them make steady progress on all fronts. For every criticism I still have, the respect will always be there.

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@Matlagan

10 months

They raise fine points, and you can argue that letting players stay in their comfort zone is bad, but like… The moving parts are few but meaningful. You can reset your abilities and try drastically new playstyles at any time, and accessories make or break optimising them.

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@Matlagan

10 months

Now imagine a world where you get a sword in the overworld that give you +10% damage while Ramuh is active. I guarantee you people would whine about being ‘forced’ to play a playstyle they don’t like. No one bothers to think WHY the devs made this choice.

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@Matlagan

1 year

Seriously, do side quests. The quest team have been cracked this expansion, adding introspective conversations that make you think about your character, your actions and the world around you. The optional dialogue is 10/10, and really makes you pause for thought.

Taliesin & Evitel

@TaliesinEvitel

1 year

Best quest of 10.1 so far no competition

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@Matlagan

5 months

I can almost smell the confidence dripping from this roadmap. Just a skull and crossbones to tease 10.2.6? Timerunning: Pandamonium? Harbinger story before 11.0? Draenei getting heritage armour? Late Summer TWW? Show me this a year ago and I'd have laughed you out of the room.

World of Warcraft

@Warcraft

5 months

The Worldsoul Saga begins in 2024! Our cadence continues in the year ahead with six content updates plus the new expansion, The War Within. EP @TheWindstalker on the road ahead:

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2 years

copy paste isn't gameplay

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2 years

@MichaelLoda @BellularGaming Everything that costs Orbs is designed to be just short of how many orbs you can buy. Legendary Gem whaling can get you up to 450% bonus life & damage when F2P are limited to a few a month. 0.05% chance for a 5 star gem, with a pity after over $100 worth of rolls. Just a taste.

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@Matlagan

2 years

6.2’s MSQ is, honestly, a complete masterclass. It should be studied in classes on how to write RPGs, even the flaws are worth paying attention to.

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@Matlagan

8 months

@BellularGaming He'd have made some really good points if literally anything he said was based in objective reality. Unfortunate. Scared devs? In the expansion they revamped gearing entirely, added Dragonriding and made the game's first ever support spec? rrats are universal lmao

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@Matlagan

2 years

Problem: Necessary element of your game isn't fun. "Ugh, I have to fly over there..." Solution 1: Remove it, or reduce its impact. "I can just teleport." Solution 2: Make it fun. "Yay, I get to fly over there!" Dragonriding is them trying solution 2 for a change, which OWNS.

Michael

@BellularGaming

2 years

But you know me. I pretty much hate it when efficiency & convenience streamline the texture out of games. Big difference between that and more artificial feeling friction that's meant to parricidally prop up content / pace reward in a way that feels punitive.

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2 years

@BellularGaming If I wanted to write a comprehensive list of ways games manipulate players into spending money, I could almost do it using Diablo Immortal alone. Every single trick in the book that would fit, they jammed in there.

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@Matlagan

2 years

Man, it feels so damn good knowing you're never more than a few weeks away from either news about content or actual content itself.

FINAL FANTASY XIV

@FF_XIV_EN

2 years

The date of the next #FFXIV Letter from the Producer LIVE has been announced! 📺 📅 Nov. 11 at 3:00 a.m. (PST) / 11:00 (GMT) / 22:00 (AEDT) Tune in for a first preview of what's to come in Patch 6.3! 👀

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2 years

@BellularGaming Given the metaphysics of the Shadowlands, we can assume a powerful being can alter its own form, as shown with his post-Sigil metamorphosis. Therefore, we must assume he gave himself nipples. Why? To rub tauntingly in our direction upon his victory, probably.

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@Matlagan

3 years

@BellularGaming We’ve had stories of the wolf in sheep’s clothing for millennia for a damn good reason. Somehow it feels more important than ever before, culturally and socially.

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@Matlagan

9 months

Imagine watching this and having anything to say about how it looks other than "hell yeah!". It's a miracle we can even get a game like Armored Core, and attitudes like this are the REASON they're so fucking rare. Chasing photorealism years ago nearly killed Japanese games.

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6 months

Well, that was a lot. Thoughts?

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2 years

@BellularGaming This aged really well.

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2 years

The fact they clearly don't care about timing here suggests, to me at least, the players who might care about the headlines are barely an afterthought. I guess they want to hit the overlap of people logging in for Timewalking prep & Season of Mastery.

Wowhead💙

@Wowhead

2 years

Blizzard has added two new transmog options to the in-game shop: Baby Murloc Satch-Shells and Celestial Observer's Ensemble. #Warcraft

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@Matlagan

3 months

>10.2.6 in March >no PTR testing at all >it is open to anyone with a WoW subscription >a unique event inspired by past musings from the community >similar but different to SoD ...huh, I'm at a total loss. I absolutely adore the energy the WoW teams are bringing!

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@Warcraft

3 months

Join Executive Producer @TheWindstalker as we look at what lies ahead for World of Warcraft in the upcoming content updates. 📜:

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@Matlagan

7 months

150kg squat for the first time last night. My apartment is up 6 flights of stairs. It’s beyond over for my legs.

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@Matlagan

2 years

this trailer owns SO hard, goddamn

World of Warcraft

@Warcraft

2 years

Prepare for the @WoWEsports Mythic Dungeon International. Returning April 22. 📽️ @IKedit

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@Matlagan

6 months

I might be a little bit upset about this on stream this evening.

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@BellularGaming

6 months

i don't want to live here anymore

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Push Square

@pushsquare

1 year

Final Fantasy 16 Is Flying Up Sales Charts After Stellar State of Play Show #SquareEnix #PS5 #FinalFantasy #Sales

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@Matlagan

3 months

>buy studio to make new game in beloved IP >cancel new game in beloved IP and lay off devs you couldn't be this incompetent if you tried

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3 months

NEWS: Embracer Group has canceled a Deus Ex video game that was in development for ~2 years and laid off an unspecified number of staff at Eidos Montreal:

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FINAL FANTASY XIV

@FF_XIV_EN

3 years

We would like to share a brief message from Producer & Director Naoki Yoshida about the recent congestion of World servers and plans for accommodating the growing number of players. Read:

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2 years

Seeing (almost) only actual human chat in /2 is actually unreal, like I've been transported to a past I wasn't sure even existed. To think Blizz could do this with one text post. It's just a spark, but there's hope here, and players can feel it.

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@Matlagan

3 years

Guess what we should expect in the future 🤡

Jason Schreier

@jasonschreier

3 years

Today in my new weekly newsletter about the game industry: - Blizzard's deep-rooted sexist culture - Some of the stats that have led Activision to interfere with Blizzard - Blizzard's president laughing off a Q about WoW over-sexualizing women And more:

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2 years

@BellularGaming I can confirm, they are very funny

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16 days

the sounds I made when I saw this on alpha I swear to god

Marvel (alpha spoilers)

@lexstrasza

16 days

All my critique aside, whoever designed Fluid Form, I could kiss you. I made a whole video about how bad the shapeshifting GCDs are going to feel for Druid of the Claw, and you fixed it with something so simple and cool. This is gonna be so fun.

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2 years

So, research supports that feeling compulsion to play makes you unhappy, which makes you worse for new players. That's some nice evidence to suggest coercive/'forced' gameplay is bad for the long-term health for your game. Good shout!

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@lolretpaladin

2 years

@LordRuyn @Levighast @BellularGaming And when you're unhappy, you're more prone to being an asshole, which explains 80% of dungeon experiences. Alternatively, parallel to that, if you play because you feel you have to, then you run dungeons and content because you have to, so it gets irritating when you have any --

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2 years

@Thdlock A time-based barrier to entry filters out the less-dedicated, not the bad - time invested does not translate to skill in WoW. You’re conflating ability with willingness to grind, both Legion and BFA had dogshit players who felt entitled to kills because they put the time in.

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2 years

I don't think I've ever thought so much about logging out in a game before.

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@Matlagan

2 years

The best game WoW could learn from story-wise is Elden Ring. More than once in conversation I’ve compared the sheer feeling of wonder to vanilla WoW. Both feel more like worlds and series of adventures than video games.

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@BellularGaming

2 years

Working on a video about the lessons WoW could learn from XIV. Tad spicy, but isn't a takedown, isn't just saying 'lmao just make wow a FF game with a 1 decade long story'. WoW shouldn't emulate MSQ. But there ARE lessons that'd unlock it’s unique potential as a Warcraft MMO

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@Matlagan

7 months

...shit, who are we going to put on thumbnails now?

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@jasonschreier

7 months

As the Microsoft-Activision deal closes, Bobby Kotick says he'll stay on as CEO through the end of the year. On January 1, 2024, Kotick will depart the company he took over 33 years ago — a massive change for the video game industry

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6 months

I try so very hard to follow the plot and themes of this story, and I try to give you the benefit of the doubt, and I can follow what goes on the writer's room very clearly, but you NEVER put that in the actual game in a compelling way.

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6 months

Reconciliation is great. Moving away from the Titans is great. The Oathstones as red herring could be cool. But we need characters to contemplate in front of us. We need to see how and WHY their minds change instead of getting it from the most soulless dialogue ever put to paper

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2 years

this is the most important update from this live letter #FFXIV

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@Matlagan

10 months

I found out where it went! Finally, Night Elves and Tauren will be in a world that respects them.

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@Krexxal

10 months

Did blizzard just delete Kalimdor on EU servers

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8 months

Working on a little thing, and I need some help. What's your favourite heroic moment in Warcraft? Which character did something so inspiring, big or small, that it stuck with you? For me, the first was Thrall helping Cairne save his tribe in War3. That's true bro stuff.

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@Matlagan

2 years

Esports betting, Overwatch lootboxes, crypto gambling, literal IRL casinos, gachapon machines - they're all the same in principle. That's how we got here. It's exploitation all the way down, but before D:I, Blizzard pretended to care about you.

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1 year

...Even the effect is a reference. Double damage against Humanoids. 10/10 flavour for an item, adding to some world-building and calling back to Warcraft 1 events.

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2 years

I genuinely have a new appreciation for FFXIV raid writing after this. Hesperos is WAY more than FFXIV!Dracula, and Erichthonios' name alone tells us so, so much.

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@BellularGaming

2 years

We're back with more FFXIV! There's a lot more to the story of Pandaemonium than you may think.

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2 years

@Fleks27 @Thdlock almost as if there are... different perspectives and priorities for.... different player types...

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6 months

This is the danger - I feel even myself going this way. The senseless skipping over context and rapid turns in direction are driving me to apathy. Why read a book if it's missing the middle, and the start and end feel barely connected? I hope their new commitment fixes this.

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@sunthrone

6 months

@Matlagan I tried for years. I speculated and rationalized the decisions made by the characters, I tried to figure out where things would go. I don't do that anymore. There's no point. They can't write - or they aren't allowed to, and I don't know which is worse.

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2 years

Delaying so close to the wire is *brutal* but I trust it’s necessary. Better late than a bad experience. RIP to player plans though, that part always blows.

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@FF_XIV_EN

2 years

We have an important announcement regarding the release date of FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker. Details:

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2 years

A long and sweaty evening of EX Trial 2 later, and I got my shiny floaty heal guns. Pre-raid BiS get!

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2 years

Gear in this game has no right to look this good.

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@Matlagan

2 years

@JoshStrifeHayes Watch some fight scenes from Demon Slayer on Youtube, spend half an hour reading Jojo memes, call Attack on Titan 'a bit fascist' and say anime was best in the 80s - important to provide no examples there.

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2 years

@MichaelLoda @BellularGaming Also as much as "just close it" is fair to you, personally, it's a bombardment of aggressive advertisement designed to dismantle people psychologically.

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@Matlagan

1 year

more movement more starcraft references 10/10 addition

Dackor

@DackorWoW

1 year

Added on 10.0.7 PTR... This is CRACKED. This would be huge for our mobility and gap closing. Hope this makes it in

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2 years

I can’t tell if this timeline is cursed or blessed wtf

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@dinabass

2 years

Microsoft is nearing a deal to buy Activision Blizzard, sources tell us. Deal value is nearly $70 billion. Story on @TheTerminal

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2 years

For clarity, I mean we need more characterisation & time spent with characters. We all *understand* the Jailer's motives, but we don't have a reason to care. We've been told why he's upset, but not shown. We'll probably get more detail in Sylvanas - and that's the problem.

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3 years

@BellularGaming Cinematic was executed well, as to be expected from the team, but character actions and story progression leave a significant amount to be desired.

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2 years

@BellularGaming Most of the one-time content is fun, and the zone, atmospherically, is some of the best work they've done in years. Content team should be genuinely proud of it. But timegating and less interesting repeatable content feels like stubbing your toe on the way out.

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8 months

Leyst did absolutely nothing of the sort. What Leyst did was disagree that there was racist intent in an off-white set of wizard robes & a hat xmog. Implying anything beyond that, or implying that he's responsible for what other people say is outright incorrect.

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@ZenIronkeg

8 months

@that_kind_oforc Idk that leystv guy I think his name is. I’ve seen him post a couple times, idk anything about him. Then some other smaller ones jumped in to try and grab some of that sweet sweet algorithm.

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I have come out of a very deep research hole, and immediately needed to sit down and share with you. Turns out FF12 holds most of the answers we're looking for... but FF14 being an MMO makes the theme it's aiming for REALLY special.

The Endwalker Lore You NEED To Hear!

...I swear, if I went into every thought I had, this video would have been about 3 hours long. But the most important thing is this: FF14 is an MMO.Thanks fo...

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@Matlagan

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This is hilarious, but also how people ruin games for themselves: Character action games are like Tears of the Kingdom's puzzles - you can brute force them, and the designers allow that. But the real joy is having fun with the mechanics. Get creative! Try crazy, stylish stuff!

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@Xcension

11 months

- The Story: terrible - The combat: press the same button 30 times 🙃

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@Matlagan

1 year

@TaliesinEvitel I'd add about a hundred asterisks to this, but I mostly agree. *Class tuning *Story we haven't seen yet *Patch content & patch speed *Whether the shippable bugs impact experience And because perception is everything... *How much players have forgiven Shadowlands' crimes

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@Matlagan

9 months

In 1968's Summer Olympics, Dick Fosbury won Gold in the high jump. His technique, the Fosbury flop, was vastly superior to the normal straddle jump, which was only possible because of new tech - deep mats. Everyone now uses the Fosbury flop. This isn't about the high jump.

IGN

@IGN

9 months

While Baldur's Gate 3 is being widely celebrated by fans and developers alike, some are panicking that this could set new expectations from fans.

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@Matlagan

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WoW has been a very different game for a long time, but this change, more than any other, makes it clear. In Dragonflight, they aren't afraid of that anymore.

Wowhead💙

@Wowhead

2 years

Resurrection Sickness in Dragonflight will cause players to suffer 50% durability loss, but the debuff afterwards will only last 1 minute instead of 10. #Dragonflight #Warcraft

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@Matlagan

2 years

Pandaemonium's first two fights were fairly simple, but 3 and 4 were a blast! The joy that comes from discovering mechanics blind is really hard to describe, they're just the right level of intuitive to get them wrong once and never again.

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@Matlagan

6 months

looking EXTREMELY respectfully 👀

Michael

@BellularGaming

6 months

hello alleria

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@Matlagan

2 years

1) Giving players the Great Vault as a motivation to do content removes their other motivations. 2) Random rewards are dangerous when predictable. 3) Humans have a bias towards negative experiences, so disappointment hurts more than a big win helps. ...and that's only to start.

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@Matlagan

2 years

for what it's worth, Super Mario 64 is still one of the most fun games of all time because every single second of gameplay is you moving, and movement is always fun even in WoW, Heroic Leap/Shadowstep/Grappling Hook/Fel Rush etc make every second of playing SO much better

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@Matlagan

3 years

Two things irk me about this kind of statement: First, they don’t seem to deal with reality, or at least they ignorantly project one that sentiment disagrees with. Second, they seem written for the public to read, rather than employees. PR puff is not how to speak to people.

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@jasonschreier

3 years

Activision Blizzard executive Fran Townsend, who was the Homeland Security Advisor to George W. Bush from 2004-2007 and joined Activision in March, sent out a very different kind of email that has some Blizzard employees fuming.

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This is a natural social response to a design-enforced class system. When time is money and speed/efficiency is the goal, non-whales are less desirable. Same way you take higher DPS players in groups in WoW - more loot per hour. But instead of DPS, it’s likelihood to swipe.

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@Matlagan

3 years

god I have so many ideas for content it's impossible to write them down fast enough

Michael

@BellularGaming

3 years

BIG NEWS EVERYONE! Just launched our new channel! Here's the link: Not long left if you want to be in the first 1000 to subscribe ;)

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2 years

The boss theme is a prayer song to the city the boss is the patron deity of Ul'dah usually shows a corrupt upper-class and a downtrodden lower class, but this song is about living a full life beyond just seeking wealth 10/10 game, what a rich world

In The Balance UNOFFICIAL FULL lyrics (FFXIV Aglaia Nald'thal Raid...

Lyrics are NOT official, all done by ear with some assistance from Reddit and the like. Feel free to suggest any errors or mistakes etc :)June 22 update: Off...

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This is the power of culture! "Hey, you guys make a sick game, can I be part of it?" The best teams attract the best people - because they know they can only excel around peers willing to push them. That was one of Blizzard's strengths, back in the day - might even still be.

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@Genki_JPN

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Yoshi-P said FF16 Combat Director Ryota Suzuki was NOT headhunted from Capcom! Suzuki said he had been working at Capcom for 20 years & when DMC5 finished he thought about his next career plan. He asked about a FF14 game designer position & FF16 Director Takai was happy have him

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10.0.7's campaign is wild. As a quick lead into 10.1, establishing Sarkareth as villain and the patch's themes, it's insane. The Emberthal & Ebyssian character work is so damn good, in writing, VO and the cutscene's animations. Unreal, tbh. The glow-up continues to shock me.

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@Matlagan

1 year

Elden Ring actually wins GOTY, Armored Core VI in 2023, Final Fantasy 16 looking absolutely cracked. We're in the good timeline.

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@Matlagan

2 years

This feels... kind of unprecedented? I think Playstation are one of the few organisations Activision could be forced to answer to. "Fix your shit or no CoD on Playstation" is extremely unlikely and very dangerous, but technically possible.

Jason Schreier

@jasonschreier

2 years

NEW: PlayStation boss Jim Ryan slammed Activision Blizzard this morning, writing in an email to staff that he was "disheartened and frankly stunned" by this week's news. "We do not believe their statements of response properly address the situation."

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Not to mention the Withered Training, the Ancient Mana economy where going around the zone felt great, how Suramar felt as a city, and how it connected with the rest of the Legion story. ...this post brought to you by Balance of Power being account-wide now. Suramar has VIBES.

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@Matlagan

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PC Gamer

@pcgamer

3 months

Dragon's Dogma 2's director didn't want his game to rely on fast travel: "Travel is boring? That's not true. It's only an issue because your game is boring."

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