They can be dual-typed, but at least one of those has to match the type you choose. What type are you choosing, and what's your team look like?

I would have to choose Bug-type, of course. Team composition would be Galvantula, Yanmega, Heracross, Centiskorch, Genesect, and Rabsca. As to why... I just like 'em, lol. I'm not much of a competitive player. What would your team/type be?

What's the best way to catch up on the story of WoW? In-game, preferably. I finished up in Zandalar and now I'm in Nazjatar and... Who the hell is MOTHER? Why is there a big-ass sword jammed into Silithus? I feel like the 0-to-hero path thru Zandalar skipped... A lot of steps. So what's the best way for me to play catch-up?

EDIT: For reference, before this year the last time I seriously played WoW was WotLK.

When you first crack open a new sudoku puzzle, do you look at the rows or columns first? Or do you work in blocks? What's your strategy?

What's everyone using?

I'm running Tumbleweed, personally. I like the rolling release model, I think it supports my use case better than point releases. And OpenSUSE has the smoothest, most pleasant rolling release available IMO.

We talked about everyone's favorite Pokémon, but who's your least favorite? A Pokémon that, no matter what, will never make it on your team? Or maybe the Pokémon you find least interesting?

I have a few, lol.

• Mr. Mime. I've never liked Mr. Mime, I always found him a little freaky since the first time I saw him. I don't have a problem with clowns or mimes or other performers of the type... I just really don't like Mr. Mime.

• Shedinja. I love the concept of Shedinja, but the execution is... Lackluster. Wonderguard is basically pointless, since Shedinja's weaknesses are so common, and even moves that aren't super effective can still take it out if they have a secondary or battlefield effect...

• And finally, a recent Pokémon, Quaquaval. I. Cannot. Stand. This design. Quaxly is... Okay. It's the least strong of it's starter trio. After that, it's all downhill in a big way, lol.

What about you guys? Who are your least favorite Pokémon, and why?

What does everyone think about the changes to Allied Races and Riding Skills? I for one am excited, at least for the Allied Races updates. I don't really mind one way or another for the Riding Skills. It'll be nice not to have to dump a load of gold into skills and basic mounts for each new character, but the game hands gold out hand over fist in the early levels.

I was looking at the requirements for unlocking the Zandalari Trolls earlier tonight, and WOW. 😱 That's a big time sink! I imagine it'll feel like treason for those who went through all the steps to unlock the allied races prior to the patch... But it'll be nice not to have to drag myself through all those steps. 😅

What's the community's thoughts on these changes?

10.1.5 isn't out yet, and there's no official date as far as I know. Just nebulously "this summer." There are more changes, including Warlock coming to a bunch of new races. Full patch notes here: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/dragonflight-fractures-in-time-ptr-development-notes/1587226

I don't know how I never stumbled upon Lemmy before, I've been looking for a worthwhile alternative to Reddit for over a year now. Guess I wasn't looking hard enough!

Everybody has a favorite Pokémon/Evolutionary line. Who's yours, and why?

Mine has to be Totodile! I love the whole evolutionary line, but Totodile is hands-down my favorite Pokémon. My first ever Pokémon games was a copy of Pokémon Gold with a broken internal battery; it couldn't store save data. On long road trips, my sister and I would pack the GameBoy Colour and Pokémon Gold. We would pass the GameBoy back and forth between stops, getting as far as we could before we had to turn off the GameBoy. Whenever we inevitably had to restart and pick our starter again, Totodile was always my choice. I've got lots of great memories from that game, even if we could never save our progress.

Who's your favorite Pokémon, and what's the story behind it? First starter, clutch battler, best design?

Bwonsamdi is one of my favorite parts of Zandalar. I wish there was a cosmetic option to replace the Val'kyr with Bwonsamdi... everywhere. Even if it was limited only to players who had completed the Zandalar story up to a point. I'd even give it a pass if it was limited only to Zandalari trolls, but that would be sad...

When I finally finish up in Zandalar, I will miss his quips.

Hi, all! I want to get more actively involved in the community/social aspect of WoW. I don't have any irl friends who play, so that's kinda out the window... But I'm looking for a small-ish, casual guild to join for WoW Retail.

I typically play Horde on Hyjal, but with all the cross-server stuff and now cross-faction guilds, I guess that matters less and less.

Is anyone in here part of a guild like that? If not, would anyone in here be interested in a Lemmy-centric social/casual guild for WoW?

NPS and P:LA may be the most visually stunning Pokémon games I've ever played. It makes me sad knowing the franchise is unlikely to bring the things that make these games so great forward.

I got Dragonflight! I can finally level my Shaman up to 70. 😭 I've been leveling an alt while I waited to pick up DF. My alt is... Another shaman. Alliance, this time. 😂

What's everyone running as their main, currently?