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Yep, I agree. I saw her maybe 3 or 4 times and her role was reduced to having a worried face when the crew came back to base camp. Doesn't seem like they're going to put much more stock into the character in the future.

If there is already an influx of items floating around, and the mystery boxes continuing to add more, where is the virtue of making these drops less rare from bosses? I understand the purpose of the thresholds is to get more players involved in bossing, but if these drops are more commonly given from opening a mystery box than going to a boss, would adding the threshold change the balance? Would people even want to go bossing and kill something a few hundred or thousand times to fractionally increase their odds at a drop when, as you say, they are already inflated? Also, wouldn't the people who grind for these thresholds be the ones who already have an incredible amount of wealth and therefore not really needing the increased rates? Lastly, how worth it would it really be to hit these thresholds if, again as you say, the market is already inflated? Who is going to purchase the items after they're dropped?

I went and saw the new Star Wars movie today - the last in the story that began 42 years ago with Episode IV in 1977. Naturally there will be spoilers, so if you want to avoid any, I recommend not continuing. WARNING ::SPOILERS BELOW:: WARNING I found the beginning of the movie started very fast. It jumped right into Kylo searching out the maps to the sith world without having the audience really be exposed to what was happening first. Then, all of a sudden, he's there and speaking to Palpatine. It wasn't bad, but the lack of build up kinda had to make you start paying attention right away. My cousin told me beforehand that they jumped around a lot throughout the story, going from one 'team' to another fairly rapidly and I agree. There was a lot going on, so it was somewhat unavoidable. It got jarring near the big fight scene at the end - to the point that I kind of forgot about what Finn was supposed to be doing. I guess that just means I have to watch the movie again on Disney+. The overall plot of the movie was decent. I think it was less predictable than the last one and so it kept me engaged, not really knowing where it was going to go. I liked that there were a lot of planets with their different challenges and circumstances to deal with. The choices each character made felt like there were consequences to go along with the choice. It was something I felt was lacking in the last movie. I was very impressed and happy with how they handled Leia throughout the movie. I knew that she was going to be in it using footage that was filmed throughout the first two movies, but still wasn't expecting what they managed to put together. I always liked her character, probably my favorite story line throughout the series. There were't too many strong female leads when the original trilogy came out and she was never portrayed as someone who was helpless, but instead a strong leader type. Becoming a general of the resistance and continuing to fight for what she believed in was only natural and how she sacrificed her life to save Rey and Ben may not have been the exact send off that they were planning, but it was a strong one nonetheless. I like how they explained that she went through some basic jedi training after the end of episode VI to explain how she was much more attuned to the force than she ever demonstrated in the original movies. I think most followers of the series expected Ben to switch back over to the light at some point. Personally, I was hoping he would stick around after so that he could be in future movies with Rey, but I understand that he was the center of A LOT of destruction and him just being allowed back into society probably would have been a difficult sell. Plus, Adam Driver is a pretty big star and so giving him more options than being committed to future movies is probably for the best - that way they can make them either with or without him. I remember when the first movie came out there were people saying that Rey was a Palpatine, but it was a stretch. I can't remember if he ever was shown as having children in episodes 1-3, but if not then that could have used some more explanation in my opinion, but that's alright. Daisy Ridley did a great job at displaying the conflict and turmoil that was holding Rey back. It was deeper and darker than Ben's was, I think - especially since she didn't know where it was coming from or why. I wasn't a giant fan of the 'fight' she had with herself appearing as a sith lord, since I think that scene was merely for trailer bait, but it was over fast so whatever. I also didn't fully grasp the part about Ben and Rey having a once in a thousand generation that allowed their life force to restore the emperor - might be another part where a re-watch is necessary. As for the other characters, their parts were good. No serious complaints. The movie was heavily focused on Rey and her path, so it's expected that the others didn't get as much development. The exception was Po, but a lot of his development happened in the time between the last movie and this one I think. He was displayed as having much more confidence and strengths compared to how he was before. They left a door open to a stand alone series with him, either a prequel or a spin off - probably not for a while though. My biggest problem with the movie was the copypasta from Avengers: Endgame they did with the reinforcements at the end, but I'll get over it. Overall, I'm happy with how the movie and series ended. I'm excited with what they can do in the future too. I'm picturing myself far in the future watching the next generation dig up the buried lightsabers and wondering how I'll feel about it. They have to give it some time though. Starting the next series in two years just doesn't seem like enough time to allow a post-war world to develop. 10 years is probably more realistic. They can do spin-offs and series in the meantime I'm sure. Prediction: The last episode of The Mandalorian will have the baby yoda being delivered to Rey. That would be FIRE Thanks for reading my 2am ramblings. If anyone wants to talk about how they felt about it, I look forward to those replies. Also, no spamerino Boats, pls..

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For what it's worth, the thresholds are only for pets and not for other unique drops. It wasn't completely clear if that's what you meant or not, so I wanted to address it. As to the second point about a standard ratio - are you saying that the kill count needed for each boss to trigger a threshold should be the same for all? So for example, 500 kills would hit the threshold for both Nex and and 500 kills would do it for Dagannoth Kings? Or are you saying that a kill threshold would lower the chance of a unique item the same between one boss to the next? For example, 500 kills for Nex would increase the chance of a Torva plate by 15%, just as 500 DK kills would increase the chance of a ring drop by 15%? Either way, there's a problem with having an across the board threshold for everything since getting X kills for one boss isn't going to be the same level of difficulty or time needed as others. Per my examples, you could have several thousand kills at Dagannoth Kings by the time you could get 500 kills at Nex. A few more questions to consider Would the threshold be applied to all drops for that particular boss? or would each item have its own unique drop rate change? Would it get reset after a drop is obtained? If not, wouldn't there be a problem where people who have much higher chances, and therefore items more quickly, cause those with lower thresholds but get a good drop to be denied a decent price for it? Basically, would there not end up being an inflation problem? Would 'Threshold leeches' be permitted? That is, where someone with a high threshold comes along with a party and gets the kills but allows the others to pick up the items?

I found an old hard drive with my local saves of screen shots. Have long since lost screen shots from before mid 2013 - was fun looking through the ones I have though. Lots of good times and not so good times. The important thing to remember are all the connections, friendships and experiences we gained along the way. Cheers to everyone.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Matt.

It's been a little over a week and so far I've enjoyed the experience. There are still some weirdness in some places and the Roku app is awful, but on the whole I'm glad they had a good launch. I'm enjoying Mandalorian a lot and it's been good to see some of the Marvel movies that I've only seen on some sketchy upload sites. I also like how you can have 4 people watching at once. That's huge value right there.

Interesting outside the box idea. Very nice, congratz.

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Supposedly it'll be in all of Western Europe by the Spring. So you won't have to wait long.

Speaking of mobile, it brings up another thought. The Netflix mobile experience is great. Their app is very well designed and optimized for most devices. The other services though, I've found their apps to be lacking. They're not bad, but they're not great either. If Disney's app is clunky at launch, they're not going to have a lot of time to update it before people get frustrated. It'll certainly be worth checking out, especially if you're a fan of the Marvel and Starwars franchises... or the Simpsons or the other 9001 things Disney owns now. They may not have ALL of it on there on day 1, but I imagine there will be plenty.

Is anyone else signing up or going to be signing up? Looks like this could be the first actual service that will be true competition for Netflix. Disney has a massive log of content spending 70 years they can throw on there, plus there's a new development being announced daily. All that, on top of a $7 per month starting price, and suddenly there looks to be a potential dethroning. I do worry that they're going to push all these projects and it will be a quantity over quality thing for a while. Netflix does the same only a few have been home runs. Disney had a track record of good material, but can they keep that up for D+? Personally, I hope it gives them the chance to experiment more and take bigger risks compared to the major blockbusters they've made recently. Endgame was great, but others I've found to be too safe and predictable with the plots. They're okay to watch, but they're not with watching twice. Eventually the price will go up as well since there's no way it can stay at $7 forever and remain profitable. Their new content will have to be good enough to justify the increases. I think Netflix has been okay on this, but just barely. Reactions will be interesting to watch - both by consumers and critics. I pay for a few services already and I'm okay with the prices; with Disney having so much content backlog to add, I'm not too worried about the price being too high as long as I stay interested. Overall, I'm hopeful it will go well and maybe even push other services to increase their content quality.

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Yeah, same. Been using something else for a while now and is weird to use this again. Hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for stopping by.

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