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Morning everyone! It's FRIDAY!!!!!
 
 
Our friend Xvira is back and the 'Like' button is busy again! 
 
Welcome Back Xvira!
 
I haven't been able to play all week but I'm taking my French Press home this week end and plan on making up for lost time! I have Elder Gems to collect, crafting to do and a baby Spell Slinger to raise!
 
What's everyone else up to this weekend?	
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Morning everyone! It's FRIDAY!!!!!
 
 
Our friend Xvira is back and the 'Like' button is busy again! 
 
Welcome Back Xvira!
 
I haven't been able to play all week but I'm taking my French Press home this week end and plan on making up for lost time! I have Elder Gems to collect, crafting to do and a baby Spell Slinger to raise!
 
What's everyone else up to this weekend?
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Dealing with inventory on Nexus is an issue for me. I run out of space all the time because....well 'hoarder' might be one word for it :D
 
I tend to gather as I go along and when I craft I seem to get these 'other things' as a by product and have no idea whether or not they will be useful later in the crafting. So yeah, 'hoarder' fits pretty well.	
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Looking forward to starting my 4 day weekend. :) But first, can't wait to get the kids excited about air currents!
 
I joined a few people from the WSRP channel for a vet adventure... surprise surprise they wanted to do Crimelords. XD I think the next time I do that instance, I'm going to demand something other than Redmoon-->Rocktown, because that is getting slightly tiresome! It went well though, despite an overgeared medic who wanted to bounce around all over the place while "tanking". Just making yourself hard to heal, buddy! :P
 
Also got some decent Skype RP last night. Who knows what's in store for RP tonight. Gameplay-wise, maybe I'll poke at the Defile zone a bit; been a while since I've gone back in there on my main even though I know I should for the vendor stuff. Wish there were more housing things on all the rep vendors; I'd feel a lot more motivated. >_< Seems like there's hardly anything worthwhile for a healing esper.
 
Aaaaand looks like the 1 hour I thought I'd have before lab is going to get cut into 30 minutes, because I just got roped into subbing for the homeroom of another teacher in 5 minutes. Goodie. Off I go!	
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French press on the beach - classy, Khandi :)  I like!
 
Xvira is awesome and I'm glad to see her posting again.
 
In Crimelords, I tend to like going up against the Darkspur cartel the most.  It's always raining in those movies though.
 
Long week this week, and I have barely logged in.  But that will change in.... 8 hours or so. Oh, how it will change.  At least for the weekend :)	
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Looking forward to starting my 4 day weekend. :) But first, can't wait to get the kids excited about air currents!
 
I joined a few people from the WSRP channel for a vet adventure... surprise surprise they wanted to do Crimelords. XD I think the next time I do that instance, I'm going to demand something other than Redmoon-->Rocktown, because that is getting slightly tiresome! It went well though, despite an overgeared medic who wanted to bounce around all over the place while "tanking". Just making yourself hard to heal, buddy! :P
 
Also got some decent Skype RP last night. Who knows what's in store for RP tonight. Gameplay-wise, maybe I'll poke at the Defile zone a bit; been a while since I've gone back in there on my main even though I know I should for the vendor stuff. Wish there were more housing things on all the rep vendors; I'd feel a lot more motivated. >_< Seems like there's hardly anything worthwhile for a healing esper.
 
Aaaaand looks like the 1 hour I thought I'd have before lab is going to get cut into 30 minutes, because I just got roped into subbing for the homeroom of another teacher in 5 minutes. Goodie. Off I go!
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Well, I got a good hour in last night and made it to 25 on my warrior. It was nice to finally upgrade an ability with something other than a flat damage increase! This is the kind of thing that makes class building interesting in a game, procs, abilities that affect others, etc. It's the one thing I miss in this game from traditional combat- I like having buffs to keep up, procs to watch, DoTs to time, etc. but I think that's mostly because I'm at such a low level still. I don't think any games introduce those layers right away, least of all one that requires a lot of new skills like positional requirements, interrupts, and dodging!
 
On that note, if anyone has any other class suggestions for me, I really like the Sub Rogue's play style in WoW with buffs and DoTs to maintain and short cool downs (1min or less)to manage. If there's anything you think I'd like in WildStar let me know! I've judged most classes on the first 5-10 levels and haven't read a lot of guides yet. 
 
Tonight it's nothing special, more Whitevale, more warrior, and hopefully another level or two!	
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Well, I got a good hour in last night and made it to 25 on my warrior. It was nice to finally upgrade an ability with something other than a flat damage increase! This is the kind of thing that makes class building interesting in a game, procs, abilities that affect others, etc. It's the one thing I miss in this game from traditional combat- I like having buffs to keep up, procs to watch, DoTs to time, etc. but I think that's mostly because I'm at such a low level still. I don't think any games introduce those layers right away, least of all one that requires a lot of new skills like positional requirements, interrupts, and dodging!
 
On that note, if anyone has any other class suggestions for me, I really like the Sub Rogue's play style in WoW with buffs and DoTs to maintain and short cool downs (1min or less)to manage. If there's anything you think I'd like in WildStar let me know! I've judged most classes on the first 5-10 levels and haven't read a lot of guides yet.
 
Tonight it's nothing special, more Whitevale, more warrior, and hopefully another level or two!
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I could use more Crimelords of Whitevale alternate paths myself. I've only done Redmoon/Rollers and I'm pretty curious about the other branches. I... should probably ask people about that sometime.
 
So, good morning everyone! It's been a bit since I've posted here, mostly due to not being awake/able to post when everyone's active in the topic, but also due to a trip I took last week. Now that I'm back in gear, though...
 
Hm... actually, not much has been going on. I did get my final AMP point (Woohoo, I can throw Void Pact in my assault set now) and I'm getting back to working on my house, which will probably take up most of my immediate time. Yay, three hours to set up one wall! It's a somewhat fancy wall though, so I can mimic it onto the other walls pretty easily.
 
Wait no, that's still not done. Well, it's the fancy framework part at least. Got some nice plans for this wall, though.
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I could use more Crimelords of Whitevale alternate paths myself. I've only done Redmoon/Rollers and I'm pretty curious about the other branches. I... should probably ask people about that sometime.
 
So, good morning everyone! It's been a bit since I've posted here, mostly due to not being awake/able to post when everyone's active in the topic, but also due to a trip I took last week. Now that I'm back in gear, though...
 
Hm... actually, not much has been going on. I did get my final AMP point (Woohoo, I can throw Void Pact in my assault set now) and I'm getting back to working on my house, which will probably take up most of my immediate time. Yay, three hours to set up one wall! It's a somewhat fancy wall though, so I can mimic it onto the other walls pretty easily.
 
Wait no, that's still not done. Well, it's the fancy framework part at least. Got some nice plans for this wall, though.	
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Grats on 25, Weakness!
 
Haven't had my coffee yet, but I'm still nursing my 12 Coffees of Christmas collection, and currently using the Cranberry Creme Brulee, which is deep, rich, and delicious. This is coming from someone who generally doesn't like flavored coffee! So I'm totally looking forward to a cup (or two) after I finish this post haha. Not sure what I'll be doing for breakfast, something easy like toast or pop tarts I'm sure.
 
Yesterday, I had a very long play session, but I was afk for LOTS of it. I got my CB/NW dailies done (I capped my EG on Wednesday) and ran Omnicore for a gold (and new pants for my costume, yay). Oh, I also chased Typrop around for a little bit after I saw him, and wanted to wave, but he was faster than me and I lost him. I have neglected my normal farming so the rest of my day was spent gathering, something I'll unfortunately have to do all week to catch up lol. I was down to 5 total Augmented leather on my entire account, eek! I did get to try out WYBMNR for the first time, and I'm like "Why did I wait so long?!" haha. So glad to have more people to add to my own personal gathering circle. Just wish there were more relic hunter and survivalist people, I have tons in my mining circle, but less than 20 (counting my own alts!) in my relic hunter and survivalist.
 
IRL, I now have 3 sickies I'm nursing, and hoping every day I don't come down with what they have. My 3 year old has been sick since Monday (tho it was worst on Tuesday), and the baby since Wednesday, and my husband started yesterday. I have to get to the grocery store today at some point, so I'm kind of hoping that my husband gets sent home from work again, so I don't have to drag sick kids with me!
 
This weekends WS plans involve trying to get SSM completed for my attunement! We're hoping to do it tonight, but most likely it'll be on Sunday.	
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			Yesterday, Rocio initiated two new tribemembers into the Wildseeds, Danny and Luna. Rocio's really excited about training these youngsters to be real Aurin of Nexus. Danny is young eager and really wanting to work hard to increase his connection to the Weave to the point where -Rocio- is telling him to slow down.  Luna's got that natural Aurin ability but is coupled with a really mild and easy going personality that Rocio really values in his tribe members.  Rocio just adores both of them.	
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I'm either coming down with something or I'm not managing my exhaustion levels adequately.  I don't feel ill but I'm also not getting the normal indicator of the latter which would be a flare-up of wrist-elbow-shoulder tendonitis.  I've definitely been dragging the last two nights.  Last night I didn't even do any dailies (I'm still only 43% of my EG cap).  At least it's a 3-day weekend for me.
 
My weekend plans include: Hitting the EG cap on my main and getting another five levels on my alt.  I hope to get my Exile engineer started but he might be next weekend's project.  I'd also like to get one or two more Vet. Adv. knocked off my Attunement list and maybe take a few shots at PBG's.  No clue if I'll be awake tonight (still feeling a bit groggy, maybe need a 2nd cup of caffeinated coffee) but I should be around for whatever the guild's cooking up on Sunday.	
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I'm either coming down with something or I'm not managing my exhaustion levels adequately.  I don't feel ill but I'm also not getting the normal indicator of the latter which would be a flare-up of wrist-elbow-shoulder tendonitis.  I've definitely been dragging the last two nights.  Last night I didn't even do any dailies (I'm still only 43% of my EG cap).  At least it's a 3-day weekend for me.
 
My weekend plans include: Hitting the EG cap on my main and getting another five levels on my alt.  I hope to get my Exile engineer started but he might be next weekend's project.  I'd also like to get one or two more Vet. Adv. knocked off my Attunement list and maybe take a few shots at PBG's.  No clue if I'll be awake tonight (still feeling a bit groggy, maybe need a 2nd cup of caffeinated coffee) but I should be around for whatever the guild's cooking up on Sunday.
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Do you want to add a vet adventure to the list of things on Sunday?  I don't know what you have completed, but all I've gotten around to on Seeger was vet WotW.  We can spin up a vet adventure Sunday if you want to hit one of those, just let me know which ones you still need. :)
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Well, I got a good hour in last night and made it to 25 on my warrior. It was nice to finally upgrade an ability with something other than a flat damage increase! This is the kind of thing that makes class building interesting in a game, procs, abilities that affect others, etc. It's the one thing I miss in this game from traditional combat- I like having buffs to keep up, procs to watch, DoTs to time, etc. but I think that's mostly because I'm at such a low level still. I don't think any games introduce those layers right away, least of all one that requires a lot of new skills like positional requirements, interrupts, and dodging!
 
On that note, if anyone has any other class suggestions for me, I really like the Sub Rogue's play style in WoW with buffs and DoTs to maintain and short cool downs (1min or less)to manage. If there's anything you think I'd like in WildStar let me know! I've judged most classes on the first 5-10 levels and haven't read a lot of guides yet.
 
Tonight it's nothing special, more Whitevale, more warrior, and hopefully another level or two!
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Engineers aren't complicated.  They're awesome :D
 
But yeah, the trick to managing an engineer (either DPS or tank mode) is keeping your volatility exactly where you need it to be - most of our best AMPS trigger when volatility is in a certain range, so the more you can keep it there, the better you'll do.  It takes a fair amount of attention especially in phased fights where your strategy changes multiple times during a fight.	
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Haha Sorry Mae I didn't see you. Sometimes I just joy ride around on my derpy raptor for fun and am completely oblivious to whats going on. I played for a little bit mostly just logged in and said  hello to people, catching up, etc...I didn't work on my house but I did a quest or two and a got into a battlegrounds match.
 
Tonight me and a couple of guildmates will be going on the PTR together to try a couple of the veteran shiphands for a bit.
 
Protostar and Draken town are my favorite combo in crimelords. I don't normally like Protostar, but the path was entertaining.	
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Engineers aren't complicated.  They're awesome :D
 
But yeah, the trick to managing an engineer (either DPS or tank mode) is keeping your volatility exactly where you need it to be - most of our best AMPS trigger when volatility is in a certain range, so the more you can keep it there, the better you'll do.  It takes a fair amount of attention especially in phased fights where your strategy changes multiple times during a fight.
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Good morning/afternoon coffee people! :D I had a busy morning, but now the rest of my evening is completely free. I plan on playing a little bit tonight. :)
 
I started playing my Esper again. I spent hardly any time on her so far. >.< She's a character I made during headstart, but only ever got to level 14. I want to see how Espers are now though, so I'm going to level her a bit. I can't wait until the recustomization gets added in drop 4. I have a lot of things I'd like to change, but I don't want to delete a headstart character. They feel special to me. lol
 
Anyways...
 
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Morning everyone! It's FRIDAY!!!!!
 
 
Our friend Xvira is back and the 'Like' button is busy again! 
 
Welcome Back Xvira!
 
I haven't been able to play all week but I'm taking my French Press home this week end and plan on making up for lost time! I have Elder Gems to collect, crafting to do and a baby Spell Slinger to raise!
 
What's everyone else up to this weekend?
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Oh Forum Error messages. How I missed you. It's a nice welcome back to get the "You've used more emoticons than this forum allows." one again. It's been awhile, old friend!
 
I can't wait until I've reached my daily quota of positive votes again. :P	
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			There's an emoticon limit?!?	
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There's an emoticon limit?!?
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There's an emoticon limit?!?
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Mordesh are allowed one smile a day
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There is! And it yells at you and won't let you post. >.<
 
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LOL! We used to get that with the like button as well :D I had totally forgotten about it until now!
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There is! And it yells at you and won't let you post. >.<
 
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Seriously the saddest picture I've ever seen. "You have too many emotions, shut it down!"
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Seriously the saddest picture I've ever seen. "You have too many emotions, shut it down!"
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I was about to respond with a series of laughing smileys, but as of yet, I do not know what the limit us.
 
WAY TO GO, FUN POLICE!
 
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Good Afternoon Everyone!
 
You all had me in stitches laughing at this thread .. just what I needed .. Thanks!! :)
 
Feeling better today or it could be the pain meds they have me on (they are really, really good! LOL) I will be on this weekend, now that I can actually sit in a chair and not have to lean on one side :) :)
 
Hope you all have a wonderful Nexus weekend!	
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Most things in this game have short cooldowns (since you know, you only have 8 abilities ^^), but the class you might actually be looking for Weakness is Spellslinger. I know from raiding with our high level spellslingers that they're constantly worrying about their Ignite DoT, have to use their innate (which has no cooldown but has a resource meter instead) to buff the correct abilities on their bar to do max damage. And most classes have the attack that only procs on a crit hit, spellslinger no exception.
 
Warrior (currently) in high level content and raiding mostly boils down to utility and proper positioning, because you only need 3 damage abilities on your bar to hit max damage (Relentless Stikes, Rampage, and Breaching Strikes). I personally enjoy it, because it lets me worry about being in the right place at the right time and not some 10 button monster rotation that involves a dozen sword swings that look exactly the same but somehow do different things. Smackdown is awesome, but usually gets traded out for cc abilities. That said, keeping up your cc on mobs properly feels amazing and can let you take almost no damage while wrecking face and leaping from mob to mob like a monster berserker. Your don't usually aren't worried about DoTs and debuffs as a warrior though, since (aside from Smackdown which again, isn't usually run unless you can spare the cc), the DoTs you get are innate or random chance off of your hits. So mostly its just a matter of hitting them enough times that you get all your stuff on them. The only one you have to manage properly is Radiate, and that's because it only activates at 1000 KE.
 
That said, if you're just looking for a complicated rotation..... talk to Nikson about Engineer XD.
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Oh yeah, you'll love Warrior later on, depending on your build, if you love upkeeping buffs. Wildstar has a tendency towards those sort of abilities being quick and upkeep being fast. I have Smackdown on my DPS build, which is a nine second resistance reduction on up to five enemies for nine seconds (on a ten second cooldown). One thing you have to be wary of is that it's called an "expose". You can't stack exposes, and multiple people may have an "expose" on their LAS. You will also come to love Breaching Strikes, the big damage ability that comes available off critical hits. If you're into Augmented Blade, that also increases your next attack, so you mix it in just before a big swing. Savage Strikes is okay as an ability, unless you build to unleash during moments of opportunity, in which case, time it right, and it's one of the baddest swings on your LAS.
 
My tanking build actually goes up the Utility tree and nabs Power Link, an ability that increases the entire party's damage. I also maintain Defense Grid, since it gives resistances to everyone. Don't be afraid to dive into that Utility tree and grab things even if it may remove a single DPS ability. You can, because of the nature of short CDs, have so many attacks that they go unused. Having buffs, even defensive buffs, for your party in group play can make much more difference to your party than just a smidge more DPS.
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I was about to respond with a series of laughing smileys, but as of yet, I do not know what the limit us.
 
WAY TO GO, FUN POLICE
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It's not that we're trying to hinder your emoticon enjoyment, it's that we hope to preserve the value of said emoticon by limiting its importation into the Nexian economy. Also, we're not the "fun police." We're the Recreational Interplanetary Security Counsellors. The Fun Police were disbanded when it was discovered they were confiscating and re-selling Rubik cubes as Eldan artifacts on the black market.
 
Nevertheless we are watching. Closely.
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Good Afternoon Everyone!
 
You all had me in stitches laughing at this thread .. just what I needed .. Thanks!! :)
 
Feeling better today or it could be the pain meds they have me on (they are really, really good! LOL) I will be on this weekend, now that I can actually sit in a chair and not have to lean on one side :) :)
 
Hope you all have a wonderful Nexus weekend!
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^LOL!
 
This week-end and the following week should be a little more relax. We moved our furniture yesterday, got my son an emergency passport and just waiting for documents to arrive in the mail so... Just twiddling my thumbs now. 
Going to catch up on writing for the Wildstar magazine and maybe get back to video editing mode very soon! 
 	
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