somenewnoob wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 11:32am:


Prepare for (more) warlock nerfs after the sale ends and everyone owns them.

Skoodge wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 4:52am:

Yeah, I know it was unsolicited and a bit pedantic.

It's just a topic that is of interest to me as I've seen a lot of friends and family use your approach with their SO and have yet to see it work long-term without causing at least some minimal level of problems.  It seems like it creates potential for unnecessary friction that could be easily avoided.

Digimonk wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 1:26pm:


You're listening with your fears instead of to the words.  It happens a lot these days, especially (admittedly) with such a short reference statement.

"What I've spent" vs "what I spend" is usually shocking on any topic.  For example, my wife drops an extra ten bucks a week for beauty cream - which she (imo) absolutely doesn't need.  She's young, she's beautiful, she already gets attention and compliments and her skin is fine.  I personally think it's pointless but it makes her happy and I know she does it for me, so I don't give her any shit about it or really a second thought.  It makes her happy, good for her. 

But that's "what she spends."

If I actually sat down and thought about it and looked at the yearly number - holy shit, that's 540 bucks that could have been spent on whiskey and whores instead for something we didn't even need, the yearly sum is more shocking.

I drop 10 to 20 bucks a month on games.  That's nothing for entertainment, especially considering I'm an expat and don't have (nor really have much interest in having) much of a social life (which would cost considerably more than my gaming budget).

If I told my wife I was going to drop 10 bucks while doing it once a month, she wouldn't even bat an eye.

But if she knew I'd dropped six to seven hundred bucks over the past 5 years on video games, she'd react negatively.  Hell, sometimes I feel like I've completely wasted money and feel slightly ashamed when I do the actual math.  That's a lot of money for something you don't even own - if you're looking at it from that perspective.

Really, take the time and calculate what you spend on damn near anything yearly and it can almost feel wasteful (I figured out once I spend like 250 dollars a year on orange juice alone.  It just sounds crazy when you look at the yearly total).

Digimonk wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 1:08pm:

I like how someone else called you pedantic for your budgeting and relationship advice and now you use that word multiple times...I guess you liked it.  The rest is your typical posting.  it might get Frank into a frothing lather, but I could care less.  Bye.

Skrilla wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 3:00pm:

Wish bags were 50% off instead of BOGO.  Sigh.

somenewnoob wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 12:42pm:

They won't.  Today on the livestream, someone asked why bags are BtC instead of BtA.  Jerry's response was some bullshit about "BtA bags in a shared bank is a great way to lose your stuff".  IIRC, back when BtA bags were a thing early on in DDO, certain exploits were enabled that didn't work with BtC bags.  Apparently marketing never got the memo.

Carpone wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 5:32pm:


so put your shit in the shared bank coz it's a little safer just got shot out the water by the same fuckers who said to do it ..... 

NoGoodDoc wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 5:54pm:


Or several, whatever.

Rubbinns wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 7:34pm:

Lose, as in "can't find" or "lost track of," not "deleted."

noamineo wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 9:03pm:


No, that is lose, as in you lost something because it was taken away from you, not loose.

Asheras wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2017 at 9:30am:


Frothing lather:

Digimook called me a whale for buying character slots.  lol.

And yeah I am a digital hoarder, but a character slot is cheaper by about 30% than 10 shared bank slots and comes with 3 20 slot backpack and 1 20 slot bank as compared with 10 shared bank, and can be increased if you care to run the favor quests to do so.  So cheaper by far if math isn't a foreign concept to you. 

As usual, Digimook doesn't really have the knowledge to back up the spew from his mouth hole.

But while $130/year doesn't equal whale, I have to wonder if the people who were foolish enough to spring for the "ultimate fan bundle" only drop that $130 in any given year.  I tend to doubt it, since that bundle was so lackluster that I saw many posts on the forums from people who bought it "just to keep the lights on."  Ahahahahaha!

Frank wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2017 at 11:20am:

See what you did Asheras?  You brought up those painful memories for him again and got him wound up.

And you call other people trolls?  lol

Digimonk wrote on Nov 23^rd, 2017 at 8:04pm:


Here's another word for your vocabulary lesson, Mookie:  Marionette.

You are mine.  Your brain is a small and rather dull toy, but I do like to play with it on occasion.  And you dance so well!  But since I hold the strings I guess I deserve the credit and not you.

Assherass is a shill, but at least he is an honest shill.  You pay into ssg while trying to pretend that you don't, and that's just dishonest and pathetic.  Like the rest of your life.