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Just because I didn't see one yet.  I don't drink coffee, so... orange juice anyone?
 
After tinkering around last night and this morning, I gotta say.
 
I'm kinda excited.
 
I was never a big fan of the prior engineer DPS rotation.  I know there are still concerns about a numbers drop from PTR (if you check the forum) but I have to say this one feels so much SMOOTHER than before.  I actually want to DPS on the engineer now, more than the esper.  I don't know if it's the fact that self-snare is gone, or if the opener -> mortar -> main damager lacks the hiccup that was the 29-30 and 70-71 bioshell breakpoints, but it's pretty slick.  Don't really have it optimized yet by any means but there's some good work to be done here and it should be fun.
 
I haven't even touched the actual content.
 
Also... may I say... music in housing?  Amazing.  My esper's home is sort of tricked out in a forest theme and I got the ambient forest sounds and it's just perfect now.  Quite peaceful.
 
Okay, everyone else can do their thing now.  I have a missing clock to find.	
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Look, Look, Listen. Chua explain how Remillard make proper Morning Coffee thread.
Human better listen, or consequences not so healthy for Human, yes?
 
Chua not see any picture of breakfast!
Chua cannot accept at all, so make example of breakfast!
Chua had following breakfast, very important yes?
 
 
Now, Chua find Drop 3 changes Cozmotronic.
Chua experienced few issues here and there, but not game breaking. Not tried raiding yet, see how changes go.
Chua really really happy with rune changes. New gear now viable, just need toys to make even better.
 
Right now Chua working on 20/20 Life Giver rune set. Suddenly pieces from GA viable to wear!
Rune sockets changedable, addable. Make Chua happy.
So far best thing about Drop 3?
 	
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Just because I didn't see one yet.  I don't drink coffee, so... orange juice anyone?
 
After tinkering around last night and this morning, I gotta say.
 
I'm kinda excited.
 
I was never a big fan of the prior engineer DPS rotation.  I know there are still concerns about a numbers drop from PTR (if you check the forum) but I have to say this one feels so much SMOOTHER than before.  I actually want to DPS on the engineer now, more than the esper.  I don't know if it's the fact that self-snare is gone, or if the opener -> mortar -> main damager lacks the hiccup that was the 29-30 and 70-71 bioshell breakpoints, but it's pretty slick.  Don't really have it optimized yet by any means but there's some good work to be done here and it should be fun.
 
I haven't even touched the actual content.
 
Also... may I say... music in housing?  Amazing.  My esper's home is sort of tricked out in a forest theme and I got the ambient forest sounds and it's just perfect now.  Quite peaceful.
 
Okay, everyone else can do their thing now.  I have a missing clock to find.
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Honestly didn't eat breakfast today.  Was up with insomnia, decided to fuss around with the engineer's runes on the DPS set.  Hence no picture? ;-)  I think you did a very fine job of depicting your own morning comestibles though.  Good work.
 
I'll make sure the next one is the Morning Orange Juice edition.  I did manage to scarf down half a glass of that before leaving for work.  Maybe I can find a picture of OJ.	
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			Your Orange Juice prompted me to get my own orange juice. We are part of a worldwide juice-hood.	
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I am out of orange juice.. 
 
And I haven't had time to check out drop 3 yet on my play account, but that's my goal for this weekend. I did manage to get my 2nd character to 50 (now sporting an Esper and a Stalker) so yay for that! I'm hoping a few more of the little issues get cleared up before I dive in later on. :) I was happy to see the garden fix in this mornings update. I spend a lot of time planting! 	
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Your Orange Juice prompted me to get my own orange juice. We are part of a worldwide juice-hood.
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Mmmmm OJ.  When I was growing up my Dad would give us our OJ ration in these really tiny glasses.  I say ration because it was treated as a precious commodity.  He grew up during the Great Depression, so maybe it was.  (( Sits back and wonders how much cognitive dissonance he's just created. ))
 
Anyhoo... -I- buy 2-3 1.5 gallon jugs a week for the fam.  So yeah... *throws the citrus gang sign*
 
Wildstar: Yikes. Well the plan was to NOT sit all day playing computer games... but I so did.  Took a break from Kitty and pushed the baby ESPer from 8 to 14.  I should get her another level so she can get a permanent mount... but the rental equivar is "good enough" until I get around to it.  Now that she has access to housing I can plant her on Kitty's plot to soak up max rested xp :lol:
 
Tonight is food shopping and dinner prep.  Some of the supposedly "safe" chat channels are wandering into spoilerific territory so I think I'm going to prioritize getting Kitty through the story content ASAP.  Either that or dust off my former main.  Regardless, think I'm going to try to finish Malgrave tonight.
 
Speaking of Malgrave... if I join a Hellrose Bowl event pre-50 will those count for the World Boss step of Attunement?	
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Breakfast was a skinny latte with brownie syrup. Apparently the brownie syrup is for hot chocolates, but that makes no sense as they are already chocolaty.
 
Regarding too much negativity I found I was actually doing this myself. I was horrifically disappointed that the solo instance was locked behind 20+ man content, that seemed such a stupid thing to do. I actually started to go all forum warrior about it until I realised I was just plain wrong, and edited my posts about it to show that I was in the wrong. It was ME that did not notice the large glowing portal with the use icon next to Drusera. It was MY fault that I was trying to run through a 20+ area that kills you if you are not progressing with the event. I mean the only way Carbine could make it more obvious was if they made the quest arrows point to it… oh they did that too!
 
Sometimes I wonder if we/I are/am looking too hard for a reason to be negative and forget about the positives.
 
The positive, the overwhelming positive that made me literally go “OH MY!” out loud was the Scientist quest line in the Defile. Superb. The other positive which was more just fun was the Maths challenge – though this lead to some confusion with people thinking I could speak French (I can’t), and then wondering how I answered questions asked in French! Who knew equation was the same in both languages :)	
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Hellrose should count as there's an achievement for it.  I believe it's good for 3 world bosses for attunement.
 
I remember carefully controlled cups of orange juice as well.  This was 70's/80's and I seem to recall the perception was that it was very expensive (we had from concentrate -- vividly remember the ritual of the defrosting and making of the OJ).  My own food budget and/or income is such that I just get the half gallon jug at the store without really a thought.	
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Hellrose should count as there's an achievement for it.  I believe it's good for 3 world bosses for attunement.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11201171/nintendo-super-mario-pikmin-tokyo-film-festival-mandarin-oriental-tokyo-sega-mario-kart-zelda-wii-oculus-rift.html
 
I found this article.  This particular part of the interview struck me.
 
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In films, he explains, the director and the creator are one and the same person, dictating what happens, carving out the story’s arc. But in games, he believes the director should be the player – his job as a designer is simply to equip them with the toys to direct. As a creative philosophy it’s pretty much the opposite of auteurism – though ironically, it’s one that has made him the best-known games designer on the planet.
 
“These younger game creators, they want to be recognised,” he sighs. “They want to tell stories that will touch people’s hearts. And while I understand that desire, the trend worries me. It should be the experience, that is touching. What I strive for is to make the person playing the game the director. All I do is help them feel that, by playing, they’re creating something that only they could create.”
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Mmmmm OJ.  When I was growing up my Dad would give us our OJ ration in these really tiny glasses.  I say ration because it was treated as a precious commodity.  He grew up during the Great Depression, so maybe it was.  (( Sits back and wonders how much cognitive dissonance he's just created. ))
 
Anyhoo... -I- buy 2-3 1.5 gallon jugs a week for the fam.  So yeah... *throws the citrus gang sign*
 
 
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And I found my missing clock.  Silly analog engineers playing at doing digital designs.  Outputs to PLL chip control inputs get to see serial data as it shifts by making all sorts of interesting alterations that aren't intended (and previously did not matter as much) and subsequently makes the processor go off into lala land.  Should have shifted into internal register and then enabled outputs at the end so all pins change at the same time and no pin ever displays another pin's data.  That surgery will have to wait until I can talk to original design engineer though.
 
It's already a good day.	
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Good morning, everyone!
 
 
So...logged into WS last night after the restart and went to do my gathering cycle and saw that my plug wasn't growing anything. I had seen a post here on the forms saying that gathering plugs were bugged, so I didn't really even look twice. Two hours later, I realized that my thicket just needed to be repaired. /facepalm
 
As I predicted yesterday, Scaarinen never made it off his housing plot. I am really enjoying housing. I hope we get the housing part of the AH back soon.
 
I've had WS's music muted since headstart, so I guess in order to pick an appropriate piece for my house, I'm going to have to actually listen to them. *shrug* I'll get to that eventually.
 
As for all the new stuff...I'll get to it. I realized last night that the idea of discovering more dailies is making me not want to even venture into the higher level zones. As irrational as that sounds, I'm finding that dailies really are THAT much of a turn-off. My brain just rebels against the entire concept. Every time I think about more dailies, I just go play something else.
 
The seemingly random UI changes confuse me. The advanced housing controls now move objects in different directions than before. I see no reason for that. The relocation of the icons on the main UI and even in the housing UI...not a big deal, but again unnecessary. The changes don't bother me overly much, but I can't help but wonder why some of these changes were made, as they have no impact on quality of life (at least for me).
 
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Mmmmm OJ.  When I was growing up my Dad would give us our OJ ration in these really tiny glasses.  I say ration because it was treated as a precious commodity.  He grew up during the Great Depression, so maybe it was.  (( Sits back and wonders how much cognitive dissonance he's just created. ))
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Speaking of Malgrave... if I join a Hellrose Bowl event pre-50 will those count for the World Boss step of Attunement?
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Good morning all!
 
Last ngiht was a lot of fun and Montka finally reached 50 last night and I got lucky with some world drops as well so her tanking gear picked up pretty quick.Shes actually very clsoe to Typrops gear level, but mainly lacking in runes and weapon. I'm going to try doing an adventure tonight with the nw warrior tanking build I'm fiddling with as well(probably get yelled at for being dumb too lol)
 
I did some RP on Montka as well and established some friendships, a mentorship with a Draken Elder andworking on building up my War Shrine.
 
HOWEVER!!!!!
Instead of letting people into the shrine I picked the "bombing run"(better known as elevator music lol) and built and elevator around the entrance to my house as a place holder. So people can use it to roleplay that they're using an elevator if that want to...XD	
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Stumps. Stumps everywhere!
 
Wish I knew who farmed my plot last night so I can tell who's trolling lol. My Chua doesn't have low level neighbors. Guess I'll have to go back to 50-50 (current at 25-75 not in my favor).	
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 HOWEVER!!!!!Instead of letting people into the shrine I picked the "bombing run"(better known as elevator music lol) and built and elevator around the entrance to my house as a place holder. So people can use it to roleplay that they're using an elevator if that want to...XD
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Anyone who expected yesterday's patch to go off flawlessly has either never played an MMO on a major patch day, or is just delusional.  I'm not sure which.
 
And the negativity on the forums lately is saddening.  I get that people are passionate about the game and want it to be perfect, but seriously... sometimes I wonder if they say the same kinds of things in the real world when they get frustrated with their job or when they get cut off in traffic.  It's just hard to imagine some of the people that post nothing but rants and complaints being happy in any aspect of their lives at all.
 
Anyway.
 
I totally slacked off yesterday and spent way more time online than I should have.  I have today left to finish up a bunch of stuff then it's back to the madhouse that is work tomorrow - not a moment too soon, either.  I've been gone long enough that things are starting to fly apart at the seams, judging by my email.  So that'll be fun.
 
I rather liked how the engineer changes worked out even if I do NOT subscribe to the theorycrafting that goes on here and elsewhere.  But it is super-nice not self-snaring myself anymore, and Remy's right - overall, things feel a lot smoother with the class.  I'm also happy that my assault power was simultaneously increased and also made less important at the same time in terms of damage output - I feel like the changes that went in regarding stats and damage mechanics were a BIG step in the right direction, which is providing meaningful choices to players, and not forcing everyone into the same gear set.  Were they enough?  Remains to be seen.  But I hope it gives the "BiS" people fits.  I really do.
 
Housing music is completely awesome, and I was also able to finally buy my third LAS, which I intend to use to create a PvP build, just as soon as I can think my way through AMP selection on that (may take a few days).  Lots of other interesting stuff too.
 
I reported a few bugs yesterday, and there were a few things that I wasn't happy about, but most of it was relatively minor.  Plus, I'm pretty sure that most of the things bothering me were not intended and will probably get addressed (or may already be in this morning's hotfix).  My biggest pet peeve of all the changes is that the Thayd transmat cooldown got knocked down but the scientist portal is still 60 minutes.  That feels wrong.  But honestly, on a scale of 1 to 10 for annoyance factor, that's like... a 2.  If there's bigger fish to fry (and I'm sure there are), then I'm ok if they just do something in a later patch.  I'll grumble but it's not game breaking.
 
Anyway after getting myself acquainted yesterday I took some guildies on a quick War of the Wilds run for fun - including one of our new folks who had never been before.  Then yesterday evening we attempted vet KV and spent the better part of 3 hours banging our heads on Slavemaster Drokk.  I love that fight so much even if we haven't beat him yet.  The good part though is that we pretty much have the strategy worked out and now it's all execution.  If we hadn't been coming up on 11 pm and people needing to log for the night, we probably could have pushed and gotten him down.  We'll hit him again this weekend and see if we can't make it through to the Forgemaster this time.
 
Posted a big long thing on my guild's forums about why the guild is treating vet dungeons more like raiding right now - it tends to confuse people that join us and that are used to pugging things or are used to operating in a "the game starts at 50" mentality.  That mentality is so counter to how the Daggers operate that it's caused friction in the past, so we try to be really up front with people about why we do the things we do.  Anyway it seems to be going over pretty well although some silly jabbits in our guild feel like they're not good enough, which is, well, silly.  Wildstar is a game that anyone playing can excel at.  It just takes patience, willpower, and practice.
 
I think that pretty much covers all of yesterday.  After I logged off last night I stayed up until about 4 am because my guildies went and got me hooked on an anime series.  Sigh.  I should have known that was going to happen when they were like "hey it's on netflix you should go check it out".  Oh well, who needs sleep anyway?
 
But now I am going to go get coffee, and breakfast :)	
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Greetings everyone,
 
I have spent the better part of today checking my costumes and dyes while trying out new combinations. I don't think I can mention enough how brilliant it is to have a dye removal option now with our customization!
(Big thank you for that upgrade)
 
Part of enjoying the new content is exploring everything new that is available but I seem to have been overindulging with my houseplot options. I almost feel like the new content is this glorious dessert that I want to enjoy as much as possible, slowly biting bits and pieces while discovering the layers of flavor.
 
I still feel the urge to consume everything instantly (hah! :D) but I am not.
 
Having said that, I have not tried any of the new solo content yet, but everyone brings back extra positive feedback about it. I wonder how the armor set that drops there looks like.
 
Have fun playing!	
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I do find it ironic, though, that I have not seen anything out of Nintendo in a long time that made me step back and say "wow, that's cool." The vast majority of what I've seen is reiterations of old IPs, and those new iterations have consistently gotten worse over time.
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			Could anyone, anyone at all explain to me what happened to the filter invites check box? I can't find it for the life of me and I don't want to make a new thread to ask a simple question :/	
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Between the long download and RL, there wasn't much time for W* yesterday. 
 
My playtime went like this:
-Log on
-Hit on my target dummy... down 800 DPS :(
-Attempt to do crafting dailies, but can't find any flux
-Turn in a whetstone for a data fragment
-Log off 
 
 
Hopefully tonight will be better.	
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 Just because something says Mario or Zelda on it, doesn't mean it's a reitertion. Windwaker, Majora's Mask for Zelda are all awesome games. Super Mario Galaxy is really deep and Metroid Prime? Be still my heart.
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Reiteration of the IP. I didn't intend to say that the games themselves were copies. While I did not particularly care for the newer Zelda games, you are correct that they included innovative features.
 
I was specifically thinking of Mario Kart, Mario Party, Smash Bros, and Pokemon when I mentioned tired reiterations. At least Pokemon hasn't become less fun, but the other three aren't nearly as captivating as older versions of the games.
 
(Enter disagreement from Typrop. lol)
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			Hey, they cut the box price of Wildstar, in case anyone is interested.	
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Could anyone, anyone at all explain to me what happened to the filter invites check box? I can't find it for the life of me and I don't want to make a new thread to ask a simple question :/
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Reiteration of the IP. I didn't intend to say that the games themselves were copies. While I did not particularly care for the newer Zelda games, you are correct that they included innovative features.
 
I was specifically thinking of Mario Kart, Mario Party, Smash Bros, and Pokemon when I mentioned tired reiterations. At least Pokemon hasn't become less fun, but the other three aren't nearly as captivating as older versions of the games.
 
(Enter disagreement from Typrop. lol)
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Virtua... boy... *shudders*
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Can you point me to that article Rocio? I'd love to give it a read(it's my job so im genuinely interested).
I'm happy for Nintendo though as they've actually pulled into the black with the wii u and steadily increase with a lead on the xbox 1, while second just to the ps4 sales now with the software in itself producing additional income.
 
 
Also I'll be tanking a war of the wilds and maybe a crimelords tonight if anyone is interested.	
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Real quick, I haven't been able to log into the game much, busy with real life --- someone is telling me that the default UI for visiting neighbors is broken?
 
Is my addon broken?	
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			It wasn't giving any error messages last night, Kaelish, but I can't say for sure if all of the features are working.	
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Can you point me to that article Rocio? I'd love to give it a read(it's my job so im genuinely interested).
I'm happy for Nintendo though as they've actually pulled into the black with the wii u and steadily increase with a lead on the xbox 1, while second just to the ps4 sales now with the software in itself producing additional income.
 
 
Also I'll be tanking a war of the wilds and maybe a crimelords tonight if anyone is interested.
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			Thread is up :) 	
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