I've seen some bad arcade conversions but this has to be up there as one of the worst. Poor Sente cabinet. You coulda been a Snacks 'n Jaxson

This was my understanding when it came to Live. Overall positive changes loot wise.

We obviously gave some wiggle room on parsing for re-rolls, fight compositions, and other issues. Anything under 54 was something to pay attention to.

I can't speak to more modern iterations of the game. My experience was WoW-Cata and then Classic-WotLK. I tried to fight for people the best I could in my position. If you showed up, weren't disruptive, and performed (we had a baseline of average 70%+ parse), that's what I cared about.

I spent I think 10 days hunting my Brown Belt quest NM. I had game friends take shifts to get the time stamp and then camp out. Quit after that. Old 11 was such horseshit lol.

God, try being a monk lol. I quit for this reason and Quest NM hunting. Same DPS or higher, skill chained, but "no, you no do big number.".

The perceived vulnerability is there, even if it doesn't actually exist. I wouldn't say this is exclusive to the top 10. Most guilds will probably be cool as long as progression doesn't stall too hard, and loot flows. I have been in top 10 server guilds (maybe 3 Horde side), top 50s, and top 100s.

This is true. Certain armor set bonus, trinkets, or just gear thresholds were huge spikes in damage. That is why many are loot focused. This is also the case with whatever is contextually better. Turns out melee is really bad if you die seconds after attacking a boss or have to run around a lot.

They can be. I did my best to push for people when I played. If they showed up, weren't disruptive, and could perform (we had a baseline average of 70%+ parse), that's what I cared about. Loot is likely going to be a sore spot. Running the same stuff gets boring, esp when you see no progress

So the leveling itself does not take long with a dedicated group. Forcing a 2% drop on a boss that on an optimized route takes 14 mins to get to? That is rough. Let alone if multiple people need it. For raids, it can be worse with more people rolling and lockouts.

It depends what version of the game you play. In Classic, "all" the content and loot were known quantities, you could plan for power peaks and troughs. In uncertain games, if your character is weak, that usually means big gear grinds and resentment over loot being passed to a "dead" character.

I would say that even when the differential is under 5%/character it becomes an issue with big raids. 8 people doing 4-7% more damage than their comparative classes is a huge damage swing. In the WoW I played, that is skipping phases, pushing hard damage checks, and higher clear % in less IRL time.

Many perceived issues both mechanically and socially. I AM NOT saying this isn't stupid. I AM NOT saying a utility class can't perform. Stacking "4% better" on 4-8 slots is a big deal in tight encounters or prog. My experience for this is WoW-Cata w/ Classic-WotLK. Loot might be better in Forever.

If they can be that one, cool. Then, there is loot drama ("Why are we giving that premium loot to that guy? He is just here to drop totems."). A weaker class is seen as a hurdle. "I can't get by on my class performance. I don't have many friends in guild. I can't wait until I am better later."(2/2)

WoW is a pretty competitive game, even PvE-wise. If a class does what you do but better, you will likely be cut, sit, or asked to re-roll for most high end guilds. If you are going to be a "bad class" then you need to offer something huge as a buff. Likely, that means "we only need 1 or 2". (1/2)

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When was the Prime Directive really laid out? My flawed memory only recalls like mid S2 of TNG.

Also, how viable is it to purchase material at an inflated price (buying coal at 5 when it could be 3 as an example)? It seems like it could have niche applications in manipulating resource value between non-adjacent players.

We have been working on playing a single "clean" game of Power Grid with no rules violations or issues. How often does Scrapping occur in realistic play? Losing plants on the Market more buildings than the Power Plant Value. How do you all determine which regions are removed from the play area?