Quote Originally Posted by Galvuu View Post
I'm not sure why we're discussing this, but I like it, even if it has almost no relevance to the topic.
If someone is talking to you, you have something they want. I don't think it's cynical to say this... it's a law of negotiation! This was something going through my mind while questing SB, in fact; so much of it, especially the MSQ, is straight up gobbie busydeals.

Anyway, that being the case, at least what I think I want is for people not to be afraid of collecting and discussing the numbers, as if they must be treated with mystique and caution and wait for the experts to hand them down from an ivory tower. No way, guys. There are no experts; none but all of us. A lot of the open discussion on this (at least on the English-speaking side) kind of died down during Heavensward. What was left moved to Reddit mostly, where it gets talked in circles usually and must eventually fall off the front pages so there is not much followup in the end (that is the software's purpose, and I don't blame it or any people for that; I'd much rather not play any part in that game where people try to put down one forum or another). I miss that wrong-but-honest ARR attitude towards theory, with a lot of spreadsheets and point-by-point testing flying around, where you can track which insights lead to what conclusions. To me, that is a better way than what is going on now, even as the very last formulas left seem to be getting close to 100% accuracy.

Otherwise, as per paragraph #1, I'd avoid posting here (or anywhere) and attempt to get on with pwning raids instead of trying to share a single tip, opinion, or equation. Yet here I am at post #549, tryna do my best by as many folk as I can, contrary to my ornery nature.