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*yawns*  Maybe everyone slept in.  Well.. suppose I can kick this off. 
 
 
Finished my carnival AND science path this weekend.  Actual progress!	
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			I did sleep in. I haven't had breakfast yet.	
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			Hello, morning coffee people! How's the science?I did not sleep in. I just do not create morning coffee threads for no reason in particular. Had a croissant with chocolate milk this morning. Good stuff. Very depressing weekend so far though. I totally messed up with my rent and they overcharged instead of asking about it. Hopefully they will reimburse me and no lawyers will have to get involved.WildStar is not doing any better. I'll get the doom and gloom out of the way. I feel like more people transfered off Evindra than to it. A bunch of unpleasant things happened in the guild I am in (Not the Skullkickers or Saddles, mind you) which usually translates into a death sentence for my adherance to it. Good thing my CREDD expires in two days. I am still (internally) debating what I should be doing with this game next.Brighter news? I enjoy my Chua. I love his background story, I like his look and everything is pleasant in general. My financial situation in-game is better than IRL, which is terrible when you look at it that way, hahaha! Still, what's not to like? Chua are great. "Danger ahead! Danger behind! Maybe danger sideways." *twitches*More to do! Kinda! Also, kinda more to do!EDIT: to prevent confusion	
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			Wait what happened in guild I took a night off? O_O	
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Wait what happened in guild I took a night off? O_O
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Wait what happened in guild I took a night off? O_O
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			Oh okay, I know I've been venting on the forums, but I do that so it doesn't csrry over into game! Haha!	
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Probably me, I was looking for Jacosta so I could account friend him.
 
I made a new friend. His name is the Other Scott and I told him how to change his account name too. That was fun. Then... then I logged into Kael and quietly wept at the amount of houses I'm suddenly supposed to be designing.	
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			I was um... *cough* Playing a certain open beta..	
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I was um... *cough* Playing a certain open beta..
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I was um... *cough* Playing a certain open beta..
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I was um... *cough* Playing a certain open beta..
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So how was it?
Also is it still real beta with character wipes or is it one of those "fake launches" that seamlessly meld into live?
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 I feel like more people transfered off Evindra than to it. 
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Probably me, I was looking for Jacosta so I could account friend him.
 
I made a new friend. His name is the Other Scott and I told him how to change his account name too. That was fun. Then... then I logged into Kael and quietly wept at the amount of houses I'm suddenly supposed to be designing.
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I dunno.  I was on last night.  From... 2130 - 2300.  There was some minor discussion about the doom and gloom.  Literally maybe 4 posts about it.  And.. umm.. minor chat with a few peeps. It was quiet.  Not sure what imploded.
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I bet I know which onnnnnnnnne.
 
 
Same, spill the beans Jacosta.
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Oh wait, that couldn't have been me, my butt went to bed early.
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Hummmm...
 
*Is still waiting for Closers and Black Desert Online*	
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Really? Weird. I thought it looked way busier than usual this weekend. The Saddles picked up some really good people over the last few days. The Evindra Accords are getting off the ground and folks are hopefully going to start doing content this week.
 
I think things are kind of looking up.
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You think you have it bad now, missy?  You just wait till the merge happens.  I have a *list* of houses for you once we're on the same server :P
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Were you on when everyone suddenly realized what my name was?  "Gynobot."  "Gyno?"  "And now all I can imagine is a robot with a Speculum."  lol
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			Ah!  Then, not me.  lol 	
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Are we (not) talking about Archeage?
 
I looked into it this weekend, and I just don't get the appeal. As I've said before, my days of Elves and Wizards are over. I just couldn't find anything appealing about what I saw.
 
Meh. Different strokes.	
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			Tell me more of these "Accords"?	
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I bet I know which onnnnnnnnne.
 
 
Same, spill the beans Jacosta.
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Tell me more of these "Accords"?
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Morning everyone,
 
Today is my last day of free time before I'm back at work like normal.  (Vacation was last week).  So, on the one hand I'm frantically trying to make sure I got everything done so that I can just get up and go to the office tomorrow morning.  On the other I'm frantically trying to make sure I get all my fun in before I have to go to the office tomorrow morning....
 
Had a lot of fun in Wildstar last night.  We did a couple of dungeon runs and a quick War of the Wilds.  Also some crafting, and my spellslinger made it through Bio-Dome 3 on Farside.  I have to agree with Tex in that I don't think Evindra is hurting bad - I think what we're seeing though is a little bit of polarization, where some of the more PvE focused folks are hopping over to Stormtalon now because it's free, and some of the RP folks are doing the same and moving to Evindra from wherever they're at.  In a few weeks it won't really matter.
 
I'm actually half-hoping that the merge happens prior to October 18th, because we have a massive server event that we're planning for the 18th, and it would be great to kick off the newly merged server with that.  The date is more or less set in stone though so unless the servers are just down or something it's going to happen on the 18th regardless.  I have to get everything organized this week and get event details and prize list posts started over in the Evindra forums.  It's actually a lot of work to organize a big community event, but it's a lot of fun too.
 
First things first.  There's an Epochos Shield schematic calling my name in game.  Imma go do that before I do anything else :)	
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Oh fine... this goes to OT I apologize in advance.
 
Okay Pros:
*Huge seamless world, as in you can literally sail across the ocean to other continents.
* Combo System combat is fun it makes you think about what chain of abilities you want to use, kind of like FF14's but not slow, and more depth.
*Really pretty world
*Nice motion comic Lore cinematics
*Crafting is a big deal
*Face customization is really nice.
*You can build a boat/Naval Combat
*Gliders are neat (I suck at them though)
*Open world PvP
 
Cons
*No Body sliders
*Tab Target combat (though combo system makes you almost forget.)
*Limited racial choices, Cat race 2 Humans and Elves
*Beta community is well... well they're special.
*F2P with Optional Sub But it's Trion and their model for Rift is actually quite good.
 
Over all the game makes you feel like you really need a guild for building and crafting you can craft all over the world.... Honestly... I'm very tempted by the changes Trion has made to it from the RU model.
 
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Yay!
 
Dirty secret:  I've had ArcheAge access since Alpha (yup, bought a founder's pack)
 
My friends and I ended up forming a guild here on Wildstar because they're all WoW people and Wildstar felt more comfortable for them.  They're also a bit scared of the open-world PvP nature of ArcheAge.  Me, I think it looks pretty awesome but you do have to have a guild to succeed there.
 
If things don't go well here in Wildstar, then I would be highly interested in joining up with a bunch of you fine folks over in ArcheAge if you're interested in it.  But for me the equation has to factor in time.  I really just don't have the free time to split between multiple games.  I already spread myself too thin since I'm still logging into EQ2 and EVE about once a week.  So, sadly, if I was going to play ArcheAge, it would have to be at the expense of Wildstar.
 
I don't think I'm quite done with this game yet, nor are the rest of us.  But it is sort of nice to have a fallback if the worst happens - if only I'm able to convince people to go do that particular fallback with me.
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My time is completely invested in getting some momentum into my Circle. Besides recruiting, I am writing scripts for events and arranging collab events with other guilds. Once I get back to work I'll put the finishing touches on the next chapter of Rocio's story...
 
And at some point I need to respond to Kaelish's thread... I haven't forgotten!	
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I like this idea. I had been privately grumbling as to the issues with doing endgame with all of our guilds at such low population. Now this works to not only let us do endgame but to also facilitate RP by virtue of numbers. Much like the coffee thread there is a theoretical point in which there are so many RP'ers at a location that people will not bother to troll. 
 
Now if we could just get warplots working. 
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My time is completely invested in getting some momentum into my Circle. Besides recruiting, I am writing scripts for events and arranging collab events with other guilds. Once I get back to work I'll put the finishing touches on the next chapter of Rocio's story...
 
And at some point I need to respond to Kaelish's thread... I haven't forgotten!
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I'm about to eat a pepper jack chicken sandwich with some mount dew code red. Thedek just hit 21 so I'm trying out true shot. someone in guild fixed me up with some nice blue clothes, sadly no long coat but it may come one day.
 
Annoyingly I have thought of a name for a stalker which I may or may not even play but I don't know what to name my slinger when the mergers happen. Also I bought the derpy pony.
 
Also I think I need to go back to my doctor as I apparently lost and forgot to take a months worth of supplements I was suppose to take.	
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Blue streak speeds by Sonic the Hedgehog!Too fast for the naked eye Sonic the Hedgehog!Sonic! He can really move!Sonic! He's got an attitude!Sonic! He's the fastest thing alive!!
 
Oh wait..it's Sunday Morning Cartoons Edition.
 
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea???
 
Good morning and good afternoon everyone!
I have nothing to eat at the moment.	
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			Is it just me or is it really hard to make runes at first? Even before I got my new blues I had a few rune slots I couldn't put  anything in.	
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Really? Weird. I thought it looked way busier than usual this weekend. The Saddles picked up some really good people over the last few days. The Evindra Accords are getting off the ground and folks are hopefully going to start doing content this week.
 
I think things are kind of looking up.
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Too much Archeage in this thread, not enough Blade and Soul
 
As much as I wan't to believe Trion will deliver on their Archeage claims... I would put money down that it ends up as just another mess on the pile of player driven sandboxes.
 
And honestly after W* I need something with at LEAST some action based combat... 
 
 
 
Also Chua discovered mutated strain line in lab today; might make good weapon against tree slanks (or a pleasant facial cream)	
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Yay!
 
Dirty secret:  I've had ArcheAge access since Alpha (yup, bought a founder's pack)
 
My friends and I ended up forming a guild here on Wildstar because they're all WoW people and Wildstar felt more comfortable for them.  They're also a bit scared of the open-world PvP nature of ArcheAge.  Me, I think it looks pretty awesome but you do have to have a guild to succeed there.
 
If things don't go well here in Wildstar, then I would be highly interested in joining up with a bunch of you fine folks over in ArcheAge if you're interested in it.  But for me the equation has to factor in time.  I really just don't have the free time to split between multiple games.  I already spread myself too thin since I'm still logging into EQ2 and EVE about once a week.  So, sadly, if I was going to play ArcheAge, it would have to be at the expense of Wildstar.
 
I don't think I'm quite done with this game yet, nor are the rest of us.  But it is sort of nice to have a fallback if the worst happens - if only I'm able to convince people to go do that particular fallback with me.
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Too much Archeage in this thread, not enough Blade and Soul
 
As much as I wan't to believe Trion will deliver on their Archeage claims... I would put money down that it ends up as just another mess on the pile of player driven sandboxes.
 
And honestly after W* I need something with at LEAST some action based combat... 
 
 
 
Also Chua discovered mutated strain line in lab today; might make good weapon against tree slanks (or a pleasant facial cream)
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			Tex was it who who were suggesting we do an Imperium dom guild?	
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Come on dude why you going to disgrace Archeage like that :(.  1 awesome link and 1 sing along to kill the mood.
 
You're Evil Chua....
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			Although besides having to be all cassians, I'm trying to think what classes would fit for an imperium guild.... warriors and engies yeah but I'm not sure what else.	
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Although besides having to be all cassians, I'm trying to think what classes would fit for an imperium guild.... warriors and engies yeah but I'm not sure what else.
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Bleh.
 
Madda's been depressed as of late. Madda's just lost all drive to really play any MMOs or anything. Sure, Draenor is coming, but that'll be fun for a month, a few more if you're in the rp community. Also have been cutting back on Wildstar. The game is awesome, but some parts of the community (not naming anyone / group of people) are pretty toxic.
 
Madda dunno. Maybe Madda doesn't like Madda's life now.
			
				
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Hell, I could always kick start the Aspen Grove Ring.  It'd fit Domside.
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Bleh.
 
Madda's been depressed as of late. Madda's just lost all drive to really play any MMOs or anything. Sure, Draenor is coming, but that'll be fun for a month, a few more if you're in the rp community.
 
Madda dunno. Maybe Madda doesn't like Madda's life now.
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Fixed that for you :)
 
I wan't to like Archeage, but its more of the same fantasy sandbox. Many have tried, all have been sub-par. I'm not getting my hopes up over it; at least it's F2P. If it turns out to be selling what it's claiming that's awesome, I might even join y'all if you move over as a guild... but I'll believe it when I see it. So far I'm entirely underwhelmed with combat and I'm very skeptical that their systems are going to work as claimed.
 
B&S has been out in Korea for a while, and it should hit NA/EU in 2015. At least I know what I'm getting there. 
 
Anyway, about that strain cream... 
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I don't know what that is but pretty much all of my 40k knowledge comes from the games. Mostly the dawn of war games, and space marine.
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The AGR was a guild concept I've run in two games.  Stripped down to the essentials, it's a quasi-illegal, leaderless group of professionals, operating a lot like a circle or an extended mafia.  It came from the idea of an aspen grove.  All the trees look like individual trees, but they have an interconnected root structure, and the trees are essentially shoots of this thing.  When trees die in wildfires, the roots remain, and new trees grow from the roots.  They're thought to be nearly immortal in ideal conditions.  There's an aspen grove in Utah called Pando that is estimated to be between 80k to 1 million years old (which meant the climate it was born into was markedly different than today), thought to be one of the largest organisms on the planet (perhaps only dwarfed by the fungal mats of Oregon) and thought to be the heaviest organism on the planet at 6,600 short tons).
 
The whole guild concept is that a bunch of what look like independent contractors are actually pooling resources, like an extended old boys network (a bit like Russian Vory).  It would probably be a little redundant for the Exiles, but might work well for the more clandestine nature of Dominion life.
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Hope everyone's having a good afternoon so far.
 
I have a couple alts that need invites to the Skullkickers. I'll see if I can get in touch with any of you in-game.
 
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Is it just me or is it really hard to make runes at first? Even before I got my new blues I had a few rune slots I couldn't put  anything in.
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Did everyone on this forum minor in philosophy at college but me?
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Just a major in architecture.
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Not sure if I'd prefer ArcheAge or Blade&Soul. I saw someone say that B&S has been running in Korea for a while, but so has ArcheAge, from what I understand. The only major issue I have with AA is the labor system.
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B&S has much better combat; AA promises a lot on the world immersion front. Both are essentially F2P so there really isn't much / any financial risk in giving both a shot. B&S won't be out in NA/EU until 2015 though (at best). 
 
Neither are 'bad', but YMMV
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I was mostly being facetious. I think lots of people just study more than me. I never did college but it may even more than I have never really liked  how most societies are set up.
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B&S has much better combat
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			The English port of AA is going to have one giant problem with it just like PW and SRO had before it. Territorial battles never end well. There's always a guild that rises to dominance, stays there and absorbs everyone else. That as well as the P2W tendencies (according to what I have read) and the toxic community makes it interesting to watch develop. It is working in Korea? A lot of people say that is because Korean gamers have honor. No zerging or nonsensical BS akin to that. For some reason, I do not see the English community following such a code. The beta has already revealed as much.To remain on topic, WildStar news! Been camping Subject Tau and Subject Tempest. They have BiS items for my esper. No luck so far! I hear epic drops are rare :P	
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Oddly I learned most of my random knowledge through looking up things for RP.  You want to run a bar, you need to know cocktails.  Your character deals drugs, you need to watch documentaries on how drug dealing actually happens.  You want to be a smuggler, you look up smuggling in the real world.  I know almost all the random stuff I know from basic ballistics calculations to Renaissance poetry from looking it all up on the internet for use in RP.
 
Also, I was running a yearlong open RP storyline on Yahoo IM as a high school freshman.  I had to set scenes myself and come up with an entire world and society for it all to take place in.  That kind of experience in fly writing tends to mean you accrue some weird knowledge.
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The English port of AA is going to have one giant problem with it just like PW and SRO had before it. Territorial battles never end well. There's always a guild that rises to dominance, stays there and absorbs everyone else. That as well as the P2W tendencies (according to what I have read) and the toxic community makes it interesting to watch develop. It is working in Korea? A lot of people say that is because Korean gamers have honor. No zerging or nonsensical BS akin to that. For some reason, I do not see the English community following such a code. The beta has already revealed as much.
 
To remain on topic, WildStar news! Been camping Subject Tau and Subject Tempest. They have BiS items for my esper. No luck so far! I hear epic drops are rare :P
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Tex was it who who were suggesting we do an Imperium dom guild?
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Good relative morning!
 
My breakfast was a burger from 5 guys(not quite as good as in-n-out, but they're a 1 mile round trip, in n out is 6 and cupcakes to walking that in this heat.)	
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Yeah. That was me. 
 
That's the only way you'd get me to yell "For the Emperor!"    ;)
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There can be only one response.  In the name of the Imperium of Man, we must defeat those who would corrupt and destroy our great civilization.  Rally to me, brothers!
 
Burn the heretic.  Kill the mutant.  Purge the unclean.
 
For the Emperor!
 
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In Wildstar news, a band of Daggers just successfully defended Tempest Refuge against a renewed Dominion assault.  We fought with our all and emerged victorious!  Sadly though, I *still* did not get the Shock Trooper Gauntlets or Shock Trooper Boots schematics :(	
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			Rocio fails at diplomacy with the Legion, recruits more people, advertises his circle event... Crashes a friends plot and Collapses into unconsciousness before a Black Hoods RP tonight. Busy little Aurin. :wub:	
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There can be only one response.  In the name of the Imperium of Man, we must defeat those who would corrupt and destroy our great civilization.  Rally to me, brothers!
 
Burn the heretic.  Kill the mutant.  Purge the unclean.
 
For the Emperor!
 
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In Wildstar news, a band of Daggers just successfully defended Tempest Refuge against a renewed Dominion assault.  We fought with our all and emerged victorious!  Sadly though, I *still* did not get the Shock Trooper Gauntlets or Shock Trooper Boots schematics :(
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Attempted to make this... not sure why I expected it to taste like anything other than coconut. Back to the drawing board.
 
Meanwhile, on Nexus...
 
Rerolled my stalker with a friend who had no problem making an Aurin companion. :)
 	
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Rocio fails at diplomacy with the Legion, recruits more people, advertises his circle event... Crashes a friends plot and Collapses into unconsciousness before a Black Hoods RP tonight. Busy little Aurin. :wub:
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Oh fine... this goes to OT I apologize in advance.
 
Okay Pros:
*Huge seamless world, as in you can literally sail across the ocean to other continents.
* Combo System combat is fun it makes you think about what chain of abilities you want to use, kind of like FF14's but not slow, and more depth.
*Really pretty world
*Nice motion comic Lore cinematics
*Crafting is a big deal
*Face customization is really nice.
*You can build a boat/Naval Combat
*Gliders are neat (I suck at them though)
*Open world PvP
 
 
Cons
*No Body sliders
*Tab Target combat (though combo system makes you almost forget.)
*Limited racial choices, Cat race 2 Humans and Elves
*Beta community is well... well they're special.
*F2P with Optional Sub But it's Trion and their model for Rift is actually quite good.
 
Over all the game makes you feel like you really need a guild for building and crafting you can craft all over the world.... Honestly... I'm very tempted by the changes Trion has made to it from the RU model.
 
I've always wanted to build an Arms Dealer/Protection Agency Guild.. and you can do that in this game and likely make a profit.
 
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I finally got to get 2 more pictures of me with legendary Exiles that I've been trying to get:
 
Deadeye:
"I got your front, you get this done."
 
Judge Kain:
"Need a right-hand to bring justice, Judge? ... What?"
 
And as bonuses, Cree getting on Arwick's nerves... again:
"Are you still mad at me for having Myala giving me your bed after you destroyed mine? Aaaaawwww... poor little cutie."
 
"I'm ready to bet Arwick isn't friend with Lansa."
 
 
 
 
 
And an outtake:
*trips* SAKURAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!!	
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Rocio's at the beach party
 
His Nanites want to Assimilate a mechari lady's Data.  She says no.
 
Rocio yells "OH COME ON! Just a little peek! I'll pay ya!"
 
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There can be only one response.  In the name of the Imperium of Man, we must defeat those who would corrupt and destroy our great civilization.  Rally to me, brothers!
 
Burn the heretic.  Kill the mutant.  Purge the unclean.
 
For the Emperor!
 
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			Time for "fresh coffee" and TBH, y'all need to stay "on topic" if you all wish this to stay in General. :P	
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			New thread is up :) 	
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