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Morning Tex  ;)
 
I have been too busy to play <_< but the weekend is closer then it was yesterday!  :D Gratz on 50!! WOOT!!
 
This is me at work: 
 
			
				
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So I made 50 last night on Lana. Kind of felt like this:
 
 
Of course, the first thing I did was announce that now there was nothing to do, the content was too hard and my runes cost too much.
 
 :lol:
 
I popped that Full Rested Flask first thing yesterday and then the Double XP flask a little while later - and before I knew it, I hadn't even made it past the first Blighthaven zone and I was 50.
 
Boom, done. Portal back to Illuim. I hate Eyeball Land even more than Wilderrun (and that's saying a lot) so biggity-bam, I was gone.
 
I do not think that was the best idea. Grabbed the Daily Shiphand, zoned in and ... promptly got my butt kicked by the very first trash pull.
 
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GG CRABINE Y U MAEK GAEM SO HARD? Y MY NEW 50 NOT STRONK?!?!
 
*ahem*
 
So uh ... out to the Daily Zones. Much better. Good thing I know how to play this game or I would have really had a hard time. Thanks to all the other players (Exile and Dominion alike) who were nice enough to let me piggy-back on their kills. Managed a couple of purple drops, a couple of blue drops and finally starting to feel like a real 50.
 
So how about y'all? Any good news? I'mma sit here and drink my Space Coffee!
 	
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			I am 44 with my main but instead to finally do my first 50 I am busy runnig around wiht my aurin alt(and only alt). Who is 27. Oh well...	
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Must. Resist. Urge. To. Snark.
 
Must. Stay. In. Coffee. Thread.
 
Pulse. Pounding. Anger ... Rising ...
 	
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So how about y'all? Any good news?
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OMG, seriously.
 
I think a lot of it is hilarious  :P People unwilling to give Carbine a chance to fix things, arguing about things they have no clue about because they have been here 3 days and on and on :D 
 
I would LOVE to help people understand the game but the vitriol of the uninformed makes it nearly impossible to stay nice when commenting or when you do make a comment it just gets swept away in the other posts.
 
When the new mods get it situated I hope that they will get a handle on the forums. Sooner rather than later would be good.	
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OMG, seriously.
 
I think a lot of it is hilarious  :P People unwilling to give Carbine a chance to fix things, arguing about things they have no clue about because they have been here 3 days and on and on :D
 
I would LOVE to help people understand the game but the vitriol of the uninformed makes it nearly impossible to stay nice when commenting or when you do make a comment it just gets swept away in the other posts.
 
When the new mods get it situated I hope that they will get a handle on the forums. Sooner rather than later would be good.
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			Definitely enjoying seeing all the people running around Nexus :) The game certainly feels more alive.	
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Forum traffic has reduced dramatically. I'm not sure if it's because we no longer have character creation problems, or login loop problems, or queues (which I haven't seen since Sunday).... or that most of the "Freebots" like Tex likes to call them simply called it quits.
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			Btw, are those Lopp plushes? They have the same expression and expression as Ben Stiller in that pic. If it's even Ben Stiller lol. I'm not a morning person. :\	
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Forum traffic has reduced dramatically. I'm not sure if it's because we no longer have character creation problems, or login loop problems, or queues (which I haven't seen since Sunday).... or that most of the "Freebots" like Tex likes to call them simply called it quits.
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Freebots are refference to ingame freebot mobs. It fits in perfectly imho.
 
Also I bought carrot vegie plush. Becuase every aurin should have at least one at houseplot.	
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Those threads are the nature of the beast, I'm afraid.
 
I know that I've been pretty consistently raging about the rune system, but overall I'm positive about the game and really enjoying it now that we've actually gotten to play. Vet dungeons are fun, and raids are fun. We're ironing out a few kinks here and there with our farm content, but last night GA just kind of blew up. Our DPS was insane, and that was bringing at least two undergeard characters in with us.
 
I'm a bit concerned about System Daemons, as it sounds like they are overtuned. Hope that either is an overblown assessment, or something Carbine will fix soon. But at least we get to blow stuff up in GA :)
 
I just hope they can get the costs associated with runes brought down to a more reasonable level and I'll be a happy camper.	
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			Good morning, coffee people! How's the science?No breakfast, no time! Only lunch in an hour. Busy day correcting exams.On WildStar, I've mostly been doing dailies and challenges on Entity-2 plus snatching whatever good deals I can on dyes I do not have. Same old same old. I am missing 21 dyes in total, still. I could probably buy a large number of those on Entity-1 but until the problems are fixed or the servers are merged together, I guess I will have to be patient. I am, however, getting tired of having to solo all the 500k+ HP mobs in Star-Comm Basin. It is an easy but long process.Other than that, absolutely nothing.System critical! Which system? ALL SYSTEMS! 	
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			I have a costume question maybe some of the RP folks here can answer. Are there any boots in game that isn't knee-high? I'm tired of the "knee-pads" look on boots, and hoping to find some that are ankle boots or even sandals.... or at the very least, something with those hideous knee-pads. Halp?	
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I have a costume question maybe some of the RP folks here can answer. Are there any boots in game that isn't knee-high? I'm tired of the "knee-pads" look on boots, and hoping to find some that are ankle boots or even sandals.... or at the very least, something with those hideous knee-pads. Halp?
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I find myself frequently in the same situation. Like, there is a piece that looks just like hiking-style shoes. Even the "tights" look that goes with it, isn't too distracting.
 
But damn if they don't have frickin' KNEE PADS on them.
 
*sigh*
 
Some of the "combat boots" versions (Path rewards) don't have knee pads, neither to the Arkship pieces - but man, you ain't lying to say the art department went total over-kill with the pads.
 
I feel the same way about butt-flaps on FREAKING EVERY CHEST PIECE. Seriously, they really need to talk to the Butt-Flap and Knee-Pad Department and talk them down off their addiction.
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			You can solve the knee pad problem pretty easy... Roll a chua, we've got as much knee as the Pope's got anger issues :3	
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I have a costume question maybe some of the RP folks here can answer. Are there any boots in game that isn't knee-high? I'm tired of the "knee-pads" look on boots, and hoping to find some that are ankle boots or even sandals.... or at the very least, something with those hideous knee-pads. Halp?
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Meh, if we're talking about complaint threads I'm still getting a chuckle out of the guy that listed 4-6 hours of play a day for farming 80 plat from dailies and contracts and called that 25-40 hour of play schedule casual.
 
There's some crazy stuff being posted lately.	
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Kneepads are to WildStar what oversized shoulderpads are to WoW. Sadly.
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Hey, we have those here, too! Have you never seen what shoulderpads look like on draken and granok? Completely WoWish!
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I like my buttflap, it makes this chest seem more formal. 	
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			40 hours a week? That is like a full time anti-job. 	
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Meh, if we're talking about complaint threads I'm still getting a chuckle out of the guy that listed 4-6 hours of play a day for farming 80 plat from dailies and contracts and called that 25-40 hour of play schedule casual.
 
There's some crazy stuff being posted lately.
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Wow. If that's casual, my on-line time must not even count. :lol:
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			Aproximately 5+ hours per day... blergh.	
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So close to 50.So close to 50.So close to 50.So close to 50.So close to 50.So close to 50.So close to 50.And then I have to do it all over again on Dominion because robots.
 
Also in regards to the casual debate:People call themselves casual if they're not raiding or doing "hard content" without realizing you can't really be taking something "casually" if you're dedicating a large portion of your free time to it.
			
				
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			Hey I don't agree with that. My take on casual is I'm not tied to any particular play schedule (ie: raid days). Log on when I want to, not when someone else wants me to. I can play 35 hours this week, and then 0 hours next week.	
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			Honestly, my definition to casual lately is a casual game is something you play while you're on the toilet... Like Pokemon Shuffle.	
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I love these threads. They're so much more enjoyable than the normal vitriol. 
 
Regarding level progression, I'm a workaholic so I'm just now into my mid 20s. 
 
With any luck I'll be able to swing some vacation in the next couple of months but somehow, I predict that won't happen. 
 
 
Either way, I'll get there eventually!
			
				
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Hey I don't agree with that. My take on casual is I'm not tied to any particular play schedule (ie: raid days). Log on when I want to, not when someone else wants me to. I can play 35 hours this week, and then 0 hours next week.
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			Good afternoon all! For me, after that week of nastiness, I've been falling in love with Wildstar all over again. There are some things that still suck (Glares at unruned DPS gear), but overall I'm havin a blast. I moved into a group house back in may and that kinda cramped my 5-6 hours a day play times, now its maybe 2-3 at most. Still enough to run some dungeons with the guildies. Looking forward to GA tonight! *RAWR* 	
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I did the raid schedule thing for a couple years until it literally became my job and at times helped pay the bills.
 
Never. Again.I don't even know how younger me dealt with that. I was declining going out with friends just to raid.Now it's 2 nights a week with the odd day off if I need it or naa - if I even decide to raid in this game. Group I'm with right now seems really nice though so I'll probably give it a try.	
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Honestly, my definition to casual lately is a casual game is something you play while you're on the toilet... Like Pokemon Shuffle.
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Good afternoon,
 
Last night was fun, finally got into Entity without a queue time, was able to join a welcoming guild. Whelp back to work for me, i will ttyl. 	
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Good afternoon all! For me, after that week of nastiness, I've been falling in love with Wildstar all over again. There are some things that still suck (Glares at unruned DPS gear), but overall I'm havin a blast.
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Congratulations on 50 Tex!
 
I’ve been experimenting with housing, and the housing challenges in terms of time investment vs reward now, and what I recall it was before F2P.
 
The big plus is no more getting trolled by rolling the renowned prize 5 times in a row. :lol: So I guess maybe that makes up for it feeling/being a bit slower. I still need to revisit various vendors and see if new stuff got added around Illium and the various zones.
 
My warrior is nearing into 50, but I suffer from ‘must finish all quests in the zone’ syndrome, so maybe this weekend? (Yay Thanksgiving! Long Weekend!)
			
				
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I like my buttflap, it makes this chest seem more formal. 
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			The odd part is that the Dominion one has better dye channels. So as much as Vunne is in BGs often, I had to get it over on my draken stalker dominion side to get the one she wanted. 	
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The odd part is that the Dominion one has better dye channels. So as much as Vunne is in BGs often, I had to get it over on my draken stalker dominion side to get the one she wanted. 
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			It's fairly subtle, but the dominion one seems to get a more latex look when hit with blackhole black. There are those brown patches on the exile one that don't seem to get as slick looking on the rear flap, and the dominion plate on the gut is more armored rather than the sort of abs looking exile. 	
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I know some of y'all love that kind of thing, but no way will I ever put my life, my wife, my kids, my pets, my job, my other hobbies, my children's clubs and school functions over a silly video game.
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			Finally 50.Have no idea what I want to do.Grabbed a full set of PvP gear and now I'm just gonna sit here for a bit and maybe farm while I figure out the best course for PvE gearing and figure out wtf is going on with runes.	
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Finally 50.
 
Have no idea what I want to do.
Grabbed a full set of PvP gear and now I'm just gonna sit here for a bit and maybe farm while I figure out the best course for PvE gearing and figure out wtf is going on with runes.
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Was planning on it eventually.However; With the state of PvP in this game at the moment I'm not going to be rolling any dominion characters until I can get my main steady.
And if I can't?Welp.I'm actually extremely upset right now.	
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Regarding tying myself to a raid schedule, I don't see it that as any different from playing in a soccer league or some such thing. But I don't have to leave home.
 
That being said, when I got married, I was prepared to leave WS. But my wife was working every Friday/Saturday, so I started a raid circle for folks who wanted to raid those days. It worked great until my wife got hooked on the game and wanted to raid!
 
For a while we pugged raids together, but I did miss her raiding with my main group. Eventually , we decided to scale back the hours per raid and add additional day, and now she is able to raid with us :)
 
As much as I love WS, I hold on to it loosely and my wife tightly. I count myself blessed that she loves to raid as much as I do now! And doing vet dungeons counts as "together time".
			
				
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Was planning on it eventually.
 
However; With the state of PvP in this game at the moment I'm not going to be rolling any dominion characters until I can get my main steady.
And if I can't?
 
Welp.
 
I'm actually extremely upset right now.
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You just have to tough it out. Just treat it as a mindless grind, don't let your previous match frustration carry over to the next. You still get prestige even when you lose. Take advantage of the PvP contracts.
 
When my friend returned to the game for F2P, I paid for his season 2 blues. He went on and replaced the whole damn thing with the season 2 prestige set after 5 days of PvPing. That was last week, during all the disconnects, lag fest, server restarts, login loops etc.
 
I'm actually still using my 1800 season 1 gear, replacing them piece by piece as I gain prestige. Sometimes when 3 people jump on me, I'm dead meat regardless; but it's not like I feel hopeless 100% of the time. My season 1 is un-runed as well, and they are actually inferior to your season 2 blues. You don't face the premades all the time, even though you think you do. I remember running into Mr Popo in Walatiki once, and thought welp, we're gonna get owned. We ended up winning. :P  (guess Popo was solo queuing that game and got selfish teammates who refused to spent the plat on blue gear. :rolleyes:)
 
When I did BGs in the week before F2P, I found Dominion side to be far more coordinated, and has better teamwork; and I'm saying this as a solo queue player. Not sure how things are nowadays.
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