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The only thing that gets me frustrated is "give me a chance pls pls plzzzz" and probably my soft heart that does give them a chance. I should say "no"/ignore in most cases.
I hardly ever "elect" myself as a leader, I dont expect respect per se, if you know what you are doing and fit with the group I see no reason to give orders. There is such thing as group tactics though, and they can vary from fight to fight, the point is to agree on them and not go off doing whatever suits you at the moment without consideration for others.
I usually play in group that doesnt really need a leader, we know each other good enough. But if you as a stranger want to join in, I do expect you to agree with our decisions and do what I/we say, otherwise you have no place in my group. For me, its basic manners really, I am never rude but I do expect you to do your best considering team work.

But then I suppose you dont ask to be included in groups with people you dont know and then go off doing your thing just because you dont want to do what they say.


Oh!  You have a heart!  Neener neener neeeeener!   I have one...somewhere.  But it doesn't extend to people with poor spelling.  No, I'm not obnoxious or rude in groups.  Nor would I ever be caught dead saying "pls."

I've been in plenty of groups where I did what other people said and then wanted to be as far away from them as possible as they were no fun.  I didn't get them killed.  In fact in many cases I was busy keeping them alive despite their need to be right and their inability to live up to that.

Just don't start asking my why I'm using Aspect of the Viper.  Because I like it.  Because it reminds me of my grandfather.  Because...because...and it all basically translates into "**** off and let me play the way I choose to play."

Don't pick on my spec being shadow if you begged my priest to join you and then I had to try to remember where the heal buttons are. Yes, I'm sure I suck.  I also kept everyone alive while they run ahead and forget to notice that I'm sitting on my ass with zero mana.  As a shadow priest.  'Cause I'm that good.

And I think displaying the DPS counters are just grounds for instant termination.  I despise DPS showoffs who can't manage their aggro and then blame the cleric because they're so proud of their DPS that they need four people healing them to keep up with their ****.  I also hate carefully managing my own aggro so I make sure I don't pull anything off the tank, and then being told I'm not doing enough damage.  Fuuuuck offfff!

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sagevallant wrote...

It's true, James Bond is a bad genre. I object to Bond villains. They're so... stereotypical. My bad guys are either menacing stereotypical (aka Jason from Friday the 13th. But can sprint like a cheetah) or a lot more sympathetic, ends-justify-the-means. Although it's generally The Forces of Evil versus the Forces of Less Evil. The concept that kicked off my novel was "I want to write a story about an evil henchman." Which of course devolved into a fairly heroic character that works for a "tyrant". I have also never written a Paladin / Knight character without making him comic relief by way of the Forces of Less Evil using him as the butt of all jokes. But then, the main protag is always found with a hand on either a woman or a glass of wine (on a good night, one in each hand) so he's quick to mock anyone who lives by a Code of Conduct. His road to chivalry is a bit different; women are meant to be cherished. Never harm one in front of him, especially a cute one. Children are also under his protection. Protection is null and void if the Protectee turns out to be really annoying.


That sounds like fun.  By nature I'm a person who generally likes to pick and choose my tactics.  I will lie, cheat and steal if necessary.  I will also do my best to avoid doing so and will also opt for straight out honesty and confession as a means to handle my own behavior.  For instance, if I'm feeling the urge to lie, cheat or steal from someone, I'll probably tell them I feel like lying to, cheating on, stealing from or murdering said person as a good reason for us to either change the way we work together, or end any sort of contact.  Radical honesty is something very few people practice and it's a good tactic every now and again.

I have trouble concocting plots because my tendency is to solve problems as soon as they present themselves and get my characters out of trouble so they can go on and be happy.  Works for short stories.  Doesn't work on novels, I have a tough time with anything really long or sustained or complicated because I am usually solving problems faster than I'm creating them.

Results in "Once upon a time they were cool and lived happily ever after."

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Oh! You have a heart! Neener neener neeeeener! I have one...somewhere. But it doesn't extend to people with poor spelling. No, I'm not obnoxious or rude in groups. Nor would I ever be caught dead saying "pls."


Same here. Whenever I encounter people who use horrid internet-slang or txt-speak in party chat and say "pls pls plz" I feel perfectly fine to quote a lovely little line: "You say plz because it's shorter than please, I say "No" because it's shorter than "Yes." Usually gives the other in the group a good laugh.



I am by no means an ass, but I just can't stand people who insist on using txt-speak. Half of the time I've no idea what you're saying, the other half I*m just ignoring you.

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Keldon Northwind wrote...

Same here. Whenever I encounter people who use horrid internet-slang or txt-speak in party chat and say "pls pls plz" I feel perfectly fine to quote a lovely little line: "You say plz because it's shorter than please, I say "No" because it's shorter than "Yes." Usually gives the other in the group a good laugh.

I am by no means an ass, but I just can't stand people who insist on using txt-speak. Half of the time I've no idea what you're saying, the other half I*m just ignoring you.


Right! 

I'm not really that bad of a spelling snob.  I do get that lots of people don't have the typing skills because they're doing other things with their lives.  That's cool.  I type and review type for a living, so I do give it a break off work. 

But for me it's the "doing the minimum" issue.  I get that lots of people are there to put in the least amount of effort for the maximum payout.  I'm kinda there to lavish effort on small details that probably don't mean anything to anyone else.

Same as for a forum or a message.  If someone says "ASL" or something like that, I assume that's the least they could do.  I do the least I can do in response and don't answer.

I'm assuming anyone who doesn't want to waste their time spelling something out probably doesn't want me to waste their time for them.  I'll spend the least amount of time on them as possible as a way of respecting cultural differences and trying not to annoy them by my meandering ways.

In my own way, I'm following the Golden Rule.  Do unto others...

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Recidiva I love you! I haven't laughed so much in ages. I promise not to tell your man if you don't tell my miss. In fact I love you all! This is one hell of a post!

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Lupus Canivus wrote...

Recidiva I love you! I haven't laughed so much in ages. I promise not to tell your man if you don't tell my miss. In fact I love you all! This is one hell of a post!


Yaaaay!  Thank you! 

I do love this thread.  I believe I'm suffering from pride.  But I'm okay with that.

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Oh and a Merry Chirstmas to one and all!

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Lupus Canivus wrote...

Oh and a Merry Chirstmas to one and all!


Merry Christmas!

We've gone through BOXES of Gobstopper candy canes...sugar comas.  And then ham stupor...

The consoles are working overtime...DAO and Guitar Hero and Nerf Wil...

I am safely able to use my computer with no competition.  Woo hoo!

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Recidiva wrote...

*IN THE FADE*

Niall: *esc**esc**esc* - Andralla
Me: Wait.
Niall: What?
Me: Did you know you sound like Sean Bean with a hangover?
Niall: Who?
Me: Say "I care not." Well, basically you've been saying that all along.
Niall: Don't mind me.
Me: No, that's not it. You're close, but no Sean Bean.
Niall: *emo sigh*
Me: Dude. Hint. Mouse.
Niall: I saw the mouse holes but..
Me: Yes, I get it. You're tired. Everyone's tired it seems. Oh well, Sean Bean always dies anway. Or ends up looking confused and lost. It works for me.



So glad I am not the only one that though he sounded like Sean Bean (well, actually Martin from Oblivion, but same difference.)  Mouse, from the Mage Origin, too.

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Ambeth wrote...

So glad I am not the only one that though he sounded like Sean Bean (well, actually Martin from Oblivion, but same difference.)  Mouse, from the Mage Origin, too.


It's fun to play voice tag.

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Talk about due diligence. My daughter was running around all night trying to figure out which Dwarf to side with. She even took Harrowmont's documents to the Shaperate to confirm that they were forged documents.



Thorough. Unfortunately for her, useless. I had to break it to her that they both suck.

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sagevallant wrote...

Me: Leliana! Quick! Throw on this slave-girl outfit I happen to be carrying around for absolutely no reason! Hutts are weak against scantily clad women with chains! mmm... yeah... like that... heheheh...


Hehehe.  Then the rest of us could go off and have some drinks, while Leliana strangles it with the forementioned chains.
PC: Hmm...well that was easy.  Onward to Branka.  *Heavy sigh*.

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Oh, wait...



While my daughter's playing it occurred to me that Ruck was out with the Dace soldiers...and wasn't that part of the crew that framed the Dwarven Noble?



Has Ruck been down there since Trian was killed? Was he one of the guys that was part of the group Bhelen hired to kill Trian? He knows he can't go back up because Bhelen will have him killed...



Oh ew! Oh! Aaaaiieee...poor Ruck...




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nah. Ruck's been in the roads for 5 years, while a PC dwarf is only gone from Orzammar for a year at most.

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barrelofmonkeyzz wrote...

nah. Ruck's been in the roads for 5 years, while a PC dwarf is only gone from Orzammar for a year at most.


Awwww...my epiphany is an epiphano.

Oh well, poor Ruck anyway. 

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Recidiva wrote...

barrelofmonkeyzz wrote...

nah. Ruck's been in the roads for 5 years, while a PC dwarf is only gone from Orzammar for a year at most.


Awwww...my epiphany is an epiphano.

Oh well, poor Ruck anyway. 


My dwarf PC beat the hell out of the one guy from the proving. And gave him the helmet anyway. But I'm not bitter... much... damn you Ivo! >_<

It is Ivo, isn't it? I forget.

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sagevallant wrote...

My dwarf PC beat the hell out of the one guy from the proving. And gave him the helmet anyway. But I'm not bitter... much... damn you Ivo! >_<

It is Ivo, isn't it? I forget.


I beat the hell out of everyone in the Proving and KEPT the helmet and then it was missing after I got tossed in the deep roads to die.

Along with my bonus plate.

I AM bitter.

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Recidiva wrote...


I beat the hell out of everyone in the Proving and KEPT the helmet and then it was missing after I got tossed in the deep roads to die.

Along with my bonus plate.

I AM bitter.

That didn't sit well with me either.

I was like:  "sweet. Dragon Plate."  <gets tossed out into the Deep  Roads> "'the hell?  MY  LEWTS?!"

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Keldon Northwind wrote...

Recidiva wrote...


I beat the hell out of everyone in the Proving and KEPT the helmet and then it was missing after I got tossed in the deep roads to die.

Along with my bonus plate.

I AM bitter.

That didn't sit well with me either.

I was like:  "sweet. Dragon Plate."  "'the hell?  MY  LEWTS?!"


Just further encouragement to never plays dwarves. EVER.

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Recidiva wrote...

I beat the hell out of everyone in the Proving and KEPT the helmet and then it was missing after I got tossed in the deep roads to die.

Along with my bonus plate.

I AM bitter.


Now that was the reason I stopped playing my dwarf. And the fact that I could never get anything but that heartbreaking hug through the prison bars from Gorim.

Btw, what is wrong with Aspect of the Viper, Recidiva? Granted I didnt play WoW much and hunter was my 3rd toon, I still found it pretty valuable in some situations.
And no, public display of DPS meters was forbidden in my groups and my guild. Nothing spells immature brat like showing off with big numbers and total inability of aggro management. Yeah, mages. No thanks.

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sagevallant wrote...

Just further encouragement to never plays dwarves. EVER.


Gotta admit I've struggled through my dwarven playthroughs.  My noble just ran out of gas after going back and killing Bhelen.  Screw the archdemon.  That felt good.

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Soon, my precious, we shall be Queen of Ferelden and Paragon of Orzammar, and then, oh my precious Axameter, we shall march into Orlais with armies of stone and smelly dog, and rule over all Thedas!

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Now that was the reason I stopped playing my dwarf. And the fact that I could never get anything but that heartbreaking hug through the prison bars from Gorim.

Btw, what is wrong with Aspect of the Viper, Recidiva? Granted I didnt play WoW much and hunter was my 3rd toon, I still found it pretty valuable in some situations.
And no, public display of DPS meters was forbidden in my groups and my guild. Nothing spells immature brat like showing off with big numbers and total inability of aggro management. Yeah, mages. No thanks.


Having Gorim for seven minutes and then no more Gorim really does make life suck.  Even Alistair can't help after being denied Gorim's company.

I liked Leske and I'd heard that Jarvia kills him in some people's playthroughs, but he turned on me and fought with Jarvia against me.  I mean, I'm sure I deserved it because I was a royal ****...but...awwww.  I had to kill him.  Hurt my feelings. 

Heh.  I could hang with you.  Anybody that hates DPS counters as much as me is good people.

Well, people think Aspect of the Viper and see only the 50% damage decrease.  Me as a Beastmastery spec hunter, I see being able to kill multiple elites in chain pulls and never having to sit down ever because I have infinite mana for skills and pet heals and pet skills and buffs.  I'll take being able to chain pull and never die.

But for some reason it annoys people.  It annoys me that if there were five hunters like me in a group, nobody would ever die (a pet might, but that's what resurrection is for) and we wouldn't need any of the whining.  But oh well.  Hunters are overpowered.  I'm okay with it.

Maybe someone who hasn't soloed a hunter from 1 to 80 doesn't get it.  I do, and that's all that matters.  Cracked me up in particular and was on my mind lately four a couple reasons:  I've heard at least several comments from groupies who have asked me why I have aspect of the viper up because it sucks over the years.  Hunters who had a tendency to pull aggro off the tank and off their pet and ended up predictably very dead or screaming for the cleric to heal them.  And my 12 year old son came out after having a hunter for two days saying "Aspect of the Viper" was crap.  Husband almost died from oxygen loss from the laughter.  I acted offended and then explained my reasoning, which went entirely over his head and he just settled for telling me it was okay if I was kinda stupid, he still loved me or something to that effect.

Tweaking my spec so I have pretty much never died and was out soloing and skinning elite dragons so I could buy mounts for my other characters always was a source of a kind of strategic pride that gets dashed upon the rocks of "But this is how groups do it!" in Warcraft.

Also happened in Everquest when I could do more damage, hold more aggro and tank better than almost every other character I ever met unless it was my husband playing a bard...because of the way we tweaked and cycled our chants.  But they wanted me to sing the mana song.  Noooo!  No mana song!  And screw your endurance!  Noooo!  Groups would get wiped with me sitting on my ass playing some stupid song when I knew we wouldn't wipe if I weren't singing the damned song but were actually tanking.  Augh.  But...but...bards are support characters.  Maybe the way you do it!

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For anyone who wants to see it. This is where I remember Steve Valentine from. It's an M&Ms commercial from 2002. It's pretty funny.





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Ambeth wrote...

Recidiva wrote...

*IN THE FADE*

Niall: *esc**esc**esc* - Andralla
Me: Wait.
Niall: What?
Me: Did you know you sound like Sean Bean with a hangover?
Niall: Who?
Me: Say "I care not." Well, basically you've been saying that all along.
Niall: Don't mind me.
Me: No, that's not it. You're close, but no Sean Bean.
Niall: *emo sigh*
Me: Dude. Hint. Mouse.
Niall: I saw the mouse holes but..
Me: Yes, I get it. You're tired. Everyone's tired it seems. Oh well, Sean Bean always dies anway. Or ends up looking confused and lost. It works for me.



So glad I am not the only one that though he sounded like Sean Bean (well, actually Martin from Oblivion, but same difference.)  Mouse, from the Mage Origin, too.

I thought the same exact thing. I even looked at the voice acting credits to see if he had done some voice over work for the game.