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Google tells me this is the English Breakfast at the Imperial Hotel. My belly tells me I need this in my life.
 
Morning, Nexus. Good t'see you again. Been hiding out on the Test Server, doing my thing and really kind of enjoying myself. Been playing Dominion pretty exclusively over there (thus, the Imperial Breakfast theme), and oddly not missing the Exile stuff at all. Even more oddly, I kind of embraced the entire New Game Experience 2.0 - at least the low-level stuff that I've seen. I'm still just going to subscribe after the transition, because I'm lazy and greedy - but the Freebots game access is pretty good stuff. I expect a lot of new folks (and returning players) once it goes Live.
 
So, what have YOU GUYS been up to? Playing Live or on the PTR? Excited for the F2P transition or dreading it? 
 
I think I will change sides after the transition. I've been firmly Exile since the very beginning. It's time to see how the other half lives. 	
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That meal looks amazing. I felt my tummy gurgle from the other room.. 
 
I've been having so much fun on the closed beta test server that it's sometimes hard to decide if I want to play on live (my alt made it to 50, yay) or if I just want to keep testing! Lately it has been testing. I thought I'd miss my addons (I disabled them so I could test the game and not have issues be due to outdated addons) but so far I've been managing just fine. I am VERY excited about everything lately (also very excited that we have another breakfast thread). 	
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			Hi, I actually came back (quit shortly after launch, not because of the quality of the game really) here a few days ago and tried the game out. I am very surprised at the lack of people running around at low levels on the dominion side on the pve megaserver considering how awesome this game is. I know its not a group centric, grind em up like everquest or vanguard was and that it's like a more hardcore quirky and cool version of what wow is but I really think this game deserved better. I really hope that the new f2p transition blesses this game and that it gains a huge following because this game has some of the most cool, fun, and enjoyable things ive ever seen in an mmo and I'm not even close to the endgame yet. Is the exile side as barren at low levels and mid levels as the dominion side on the pve server? It boggles my mind.	
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I wouldn't say it compares to that picture at all, but I am the proud eater of eight pieces of toast (pregnancy tummy has me eating lots of toast at some point every day now...) ^_^
 
I've not been on the live servers much, lately...everything I wanna do is currently on the CBT lol >.< Iron Ore was kind enough to let me peruse his Osun House (which I myself am close to but apparently not quite at yet!) and my mind has been brimming with plans and possibilities for the Forest Temple I wanna build with it! I feel a little bad as a tester, though...everyone's running around worrying about runes and dungeons and PvP and providing actual numbers and feedback and I'm just all over SkyMap squeaking as I find new things and plan and plot and wait, fingers tapping, for September 29th lol
 
I admit, I was -not- at all excited when I first heard the F2P transition, months ago...but I've since changed my mind. I think it'll go well, and I hope, I really really hope, that it'll bring this awesome game back up to the light where it belongs! I've played since launch (though I missed a month or so, when I was feeling way too tired and sick and raiding until 1am every night was making my doctor mad at me) and have been staunchly Exile from the start. I don't plan to change, and every time I think about maybe trying out the Dommie side, a very possessive side of my brain just does this:
 
			
				
	Edited September 4, 2015 by Kavi	
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Good morning!
 
I've been doing a bit of testing and a bit on live, but honestly that's about to change. Now that I've seen how super-awesome my crafted gear is going to become when the game goes F2P, I think I'm done testing and going back to live to farm the crap out of contracts, so that I won't be hobbled when all my crafted gear is nerfed to oblivion by locking their gear iLevel away behind imbuements that can only be completed inside raid instances.
 
Your breakfast looks great, though! Quick thought: if Aurin refer to bacon as "bekkn", what do they call Canadian bacon?	
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Morning :)
 
Thanks for breakfast Tex! 
 
I have played on the PTR some, messed with Shades Eve (totally fun!) Only ran into a few bugs, duly reported, but none actually game breaking from a veterans point of view, Freebots however may see them differently.
 
I've been trying to get online at least to do contracts. Life has been pelting me with stones lately and there is no end to it for the foreseeable future. I still try to log on to the forums during downtime at work though. With the 3-day weekend upon us I'm hoping to get enough Wildstar time in to satisfy some of the jonesing for the game I've been having :)
 
I still would like to know if the XP gain on the PTR is what it will be like when F2P goes live. I skipped a ton of stuff and I was level 30 in Whitevale and never even made it to the Metal Maw Prime area.	
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Heyyyyyyy it's Tex! I thought you'd died. You didn't die, did you?
 
Oh, and WildStar.	
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So, my first time posting in this thread. I came back to game around Feb. and decided that I would do more than just solo and eventually burn out again. So, I joined a guild, died lots in dungeons, then died even more in raids, but it has been the most fun I have had in a MMO. It was one night while we were fighting System Daemons, I was downstairs doing my healing thing, dashing around and whatnot, and it just hit me..."This combat system is really fantastic! I can't go back to "stand still, tab to target, auto attack, next" ....Right now we are working on Gloomclaw ... what an awesome fight.
 
I am excited about the FTP. I really hope all goes well and this game is recognized for the gem that it is.
 
I can't wait to get started on my housing plot. I am wiping everything and starting new with all the cool stuff they have added. River! Waterfalls! The possibilities are endless.
 
The Shade's eve event was really cool. Looking forward to it on live and then more events to come.
 
Everything seems to be going in the right direction and I just wish the 29th would hurry up and get here! :D
			
				
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Ooh coffeetime.
 
Been raiding a bunch and working on some alts.  We finally got Ohmna down two(?) weeks ago and are in Datascape poking at the System Daemons :D
 
I have been on the PTR checking stuff out and being a pest in the CBT forums.  Shade's Eve looks awesome.  There are some unaddressed fears regarding the cash shop monetization of gear that has me worried if I'll be raiding post F2P launch.  I love the RP community here but I'm not sure if that alone is enough to keep me around.	
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Yeah, my worries over the cash shop are the same with any such model - but I solve most of them this way:
 
1. I pay my sub, so I get all the small things that are locked from Freebots. Totally worth it.
 
2. I only spend extra money on things I really, really like. I don't let my fun be dictated by what other people have purchased.
 
3. I never, ever EVER participate in the gambling games. Nope, nope, nope. I wouldn't care of the highest level items in the game drop from those games, I still wouldn't spend a penny on them.	
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I've been busy setting up an exciting event for Jabbit Dominion after Shade's Eve comes out. With the help of Youkumon I've got some goodies to give out for the winners of the event. I can't say too much, and I'm sitting on something really exciting and awesome looking. So, just wanna say publicly Thanks Carbine! :)
 
I don't drop in here much as I'm spending more time ingame than here on the forums xD	
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I'll probably use Madam Fay a bit...I want that Lopp Hoverboard and some Aurin guards! I normally loathe gambling games, but at least this one has a guaranteed decent shiny at the "end" and doesn't take much to reach. It's not like those cupcaking gamble boxes most all F2P games have for like a .1% chance of something good.
 
If a "free" game I play has a sub option, I always, always take it. I don't like feeling like someone else has an edge over me somehow or that I'm missing what I could (especially decor-wise and costume/char slots).
 
They're definitely getting some of my money right off the bat...I want more decor spaces, costume slots, and holowardrobe slots lol	
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I really, really need guards....
 
After the Lifestyles of Nexus housing event I've been trying to think what I want to do for my next housing plot. And while I was considering some alternative ideas, I came back to the fact that regardless of what other people think of them, I really, really, really enjoy making spaceships.
 
So I've decided to build a Star Destroyer once F2P comes out. Oh and I'm going to rebuild Nikson's spaceship into a Star Destroyer/Chua Capitalist Imperialism/Cargo/Party ship.
 
Now it's just a matter of farming up the requisite decor, renown, and plat.
 
*stretches fingers*	
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I've come back with the info about going F2P and I've been able to convince a friend to play as well (assuming his laptop can hold up). Really glad WS didn't die, although im still sad to see some of the people leave Carbine. Second time's the charm.  :D
 
 
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That meal looks amazing. I felt my tummy gurgle from the other room.. 
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I've taken a break from the game as a whole b/c I felt I hit a progression wall and didn't know where I would go next. I really enjoy my Esper, but outside of collecting all the things I wasn't too motivated to do any content.
 
Not sure if I'll level a new character when F2P hits or if I'll pick that back up, but I will be playing.	
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Like Jon said, we got Ohmna down (and it was a great kill- 18 people up and we even got the challenge) and tickled System Daemons a bit. Tonight is Ohmna and probes, with a full night on Sunday to plaster ourselves against System Daemons. Should be a great time!
 
I cannot say just how happy I am with our raid team and how it's been gelling recently. We came 400K health on Ohmna away from getting a 3 hour (and fifteen minute) clear on GA, and this is just two weeks after our first kill. People are playing well, engaged, and clearly having a really good time. For me, that is "winning the game" as a raid leader. Now the key is to keep everyone having a good time!
 
I've been making tweaks here and their to my website, and where it seems that it might not end up being the Wildstar community resource I'd hoped, it's been great for me as a raid leader. Adding the armory has been really good for evaluating who needs what gear and how to best organize the raids. Our team is really getting geared up, so hopefully progress on System Daemons can be a thing soon :)As for F2P, I have my concerns, but I'm just going to wait and see. I'm not going to get worked up and lose out on the great time that I can be enjoying the fruits of our labor :D	
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			 Ive been hopping in on occasion to the game.. waiting for the f2p drop to do some more housing.. but in the meantime been trying to recreate my characters using daz3d and zbrush and since im not the 3d type artist right now gotta learn as I go.. but its fun.. so thats whats keeping me busy lately	
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Hey guys,
It's been a while. I took some time off when the little one was born and meant to come back but got suckered (read as given with a year of play time) into FFXIV for a while. How have things been while I was gone? 	
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