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There come days when a cup of coffee just isn't going to cut it.
 
 
I logged in late last night.  I got home a bit late, and my wife was helping to run an after-school function (she usually gets home hours before I do).  So I got through dealing with our dogs, and immediately had to start making dinner.  I did a stir fry last night, but I managed to get it done at a reasonable hour.  Then came the 0-50 TL;DR.  Then my wife wanted to talk about what a disaster the event at her school was.  On a side note, I know she doesn't work with the most well-educated section of the population and allowances are made for some cultural dissonance, but she had Polish flags, Polish food, Polish Christmas decorations, and a bunch of signs around her room that said "Welcome to Poland!"  I think it's acceptable to assume that people should know that Poland is a nation.  No one was angrier than she was.  I mean, if you're staring at a sign about Poland, and you ask, "So what country is in this room," the only explanation is that you don't know Poland is actually a country.  How is that even possible?
 
Anyway, I finally got into the game late, and most of the guild had gone to bed.  However, Castark from earlier got hold of me and said that, indeed, he and his crew would be joining the Blazing Saddles and organizing some attunement and instance running!  Apparently, his group has been playing MMORPGs for nearly a decade and a half, and those kinds of tight groups are becoming vintage these days.  I don't think I still play with anyone who was in my FFXI HNMLS.  So welcome to the Blazing Saddles!  We are, of course, recruiting people of all persuasions and all skill levels to join our little community!  I also got to see his house.  His ray gun might be a little more professional looking than my railgun...
 
I also managed to squeeze some RP in with Kitty, so that was fun!  I haven't been to the Drunken Boulder since the last time I got to chill with Travis.  I started hyping up Drop 4 already to a few lapsed players that I know, who took great interest in the alterations to the PVE experience as well as new tools we RPers are getting.  The chop shop is looking to be just a godsend to people who want to change their look.  Also, Mike Donatelli posted this a bit earlier...
 
Drop 4 looks to be my real Christmas present! :D  See you on Nexus!
 
EDIT:  As a reminder, since we got the thread out of jail, we need to be on our best behavior and make sure we talk about a little Wildstar in our posts.  We'd like to keep this thread on General Discussion because it's the first forum most people check, and it's good to have at least one thread on that page that deals largely with people's actual daily game experience.  To do that, we must avoid the modhammer.	
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Um... what did I do yesterday?
 
Oh yeah. I got silver in Malgrave!  Just when I thought it wouldn't happen too. Now I can move on to the next step in my Attunement pilgrimage.
 
"But Rocio!" You may ask. "You dont' even have an interest in Raiding!"  
 
Yeah you're right I don't.  But I'm starting to max out my AMPs/Ability points and PvP is still dead/broken. I ran dailies hard for about a month so it's not like I need cash... It's something to do between RP scenes and Drop 4.
 
In real life I put together my Leopard Gecko enclosure and heated it over night but it's still too cold. I'm going to run back to the pet store and get two lamps and maybe and Adhesive heater for the side.	
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This time writing it normal, as my brain ain't functioning properly yet...
Had an accident yesterday with cleaning the bathroom using some professional cleaning products containing bleach. Unfortunately, got caught by the fumes due bad ventilating and nearly passed out.
Threw up several times and suffered from dizzyness for several hours....
Sufficient to say, could not attend our raid that night, but happy to hear team cleared the entire first floor in a single night and got the optionals down on the second floor.
 
Really looking forward to opening my boomboxes again the comming days.
Not expecting to get anything special out of them, but just the joy of opening the every day alone is enough for me.
Also looking forward to all the things the PTR currently promises. Some of these changes are amazing.
Not sure about the Spellslinger changes comming our way, but we'll adapt and learn to live with them.
 
Really hoping the game lasts a lot longer, as does our guild.
At the moment having a blast every time with the guild, as well as our Alliance with theory. This is something I never experienced before in other MMO's, where it always was every guild for itself.
I'm still happy that WildStar proves to be different on so many levels.
 
Last, but not least, got another little gem from ebay to keep myself busy during the weekend:	
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Good Morning!
 
Some winter themed coffee for you crazy folks who drink it:
 
 
I think he's cute.
 
Anyway, I sadly didn't get into game last night. I had every intention to, and then a long day at work held me up. Last night the Daggers ran the Safari and had a blast. I wish I could link to the write-up the leader wrote about it, because it's really quite funny. I love when folks just have fun BSing in game and running around zones. :)
 
Tonight, I have some RL obligations, but I'm hoping to make it on at least for some guild management stuff. The Daggers are running something we call "Training Simulations" (partly IC and run by a Doctor character that has some neat RP going on in the guild--more on that later, I'm sure, when we run the next installment) to help newer folks (or seasoned folks) try out tanking/healing in a safe environment. So like, they'll get to try in Hycrest and the level 20 dungeons (even if they're 50) to help them learn what spells work for them, how to prioritize spells in different situations, learning various mechanics, etc. :)
 
They're sort of like the Public Dungeon Groups that Neph will set up via the Entity forums, sometimes. Which, whenever they're posted, folks should *totally* check out!
 
Speaking of pimping things: Lifestyles of Nexus II!!!! Y'all have until January 10th!! You can win cold hard WildStar cash! Don't be a scrooge! Join in the fun! :) Open to both Dominion and Exiles!
 
On the real life front, all I have to say is: Work deadlines are stinky cheese and evil things. Hmph. (Eating into my WildStar time. :( Tonight is probably another long one.)	
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I thought Chua were supposed to be resistant to poison! I'm glad you're okay that sounded like a near emergency.
 
Drop 4 will really be a great drop for everyone. I'm finally relaxing about the game seeing so many new people. It's not a blockbuster, but I'm not going to believe it's going to die. I'm worried about PvP but class balancing is more complicated in this game than in others. I believe a lot of this is just trial and error. The devs are trying to make it work and it's just rough but I believe it will be eventually worked out.
 
That may be the reason why I finally feel a bit more motivated to work on Attunement. With raids dropping down to 20 men, I might actually enjoy a raid or two.
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I thought Chua were supposed to be resistant to poison! I'm glad you're okay that sounded like a near emergency.
 
Drop 4 will really be a great drop for everyone. I'm finally relaxing about the game seeing so many new people. It's not a blockbuster, but I'm not going to believe it's going to die. I'm worried about PvP but class balancing is more complicated in this game than in others. I believe a lot of this is just trial and error. The devs are trying to make it work and it's just rough but I believe it will be eventually worked out.
 
That may be the reason why I finally feel a bit more motivated to work on Attunement. With raids dropping down to 20 men, I might actually enjoy a raid or two.	
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This time writing it normal, as my brain ain't functioning properly yet...
Had an accident yesterday with cleaning the bathroom using some professional cleaning products containing bleach. Unfortunately, got caught by the fumes due bad ventilating and nearly passed out.
Threw up several times and suffered from dizzyness for several hours....
Sufficient to say, could not attend our raid that night, but happy to hear team cleared the entire first floor in a single night and got the optionals down on the second floor.
 
Really looking forward to opening my boomboxes again the comming days.
Not expecting to get anything special out of them, but just the joy of opening the every day alone is enough for me.
Also looking forward to all the things the PTR currently promises. Some of these changes are amazing.
Not sure about the Spellslinger changes comming our way, but we'll adapt and learn to live with them.
 
Really hoping the game lasts a lot longer, as does our guild.
At the moment having a blast every time with the guild, as well as our Alliance with theory. This is something I never experienced before in other MMO's, where it always was every guild for itself.
I'm still happy that WildStar proves to be different on so many levels.
 
Last, but not least, got another little gem from ebay to keep myself busy during the weekend:
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Unfortunately, I'm not a Chua, Oli is....
And yes it was a really close call. Not sure what would have happened if I did pass out in that room.
Learned my lesson though on proper ventilation. Still not 100%, but at least I'm doing better.
 
Class balance in PvP is hard, nearly impossible.
No game I ever played got it completely right.
Curious on how Carbine is going to handle it.
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Braaaaaainzzz...  Ayup, it's gonna be another jumper-cable morning.  Y u all hafta be so darn interesting to play with?
 
Took yesterday off work partly because I have a ton of vacation I need to burn before the end of the year.  I suppose I could claim I did it so that I could finally watch a 0 to 50 but in reality the wife needed some fillings and a crown done.  At least I could sponge off the dentists' wifi which I did use to finally watch a 0 to 50 (Cogohi in chat, was slow due to typing on a tablet).  #worththenerf :ph34r:
 
About the only content productive thing I accomplished yesterday was to get my ESPer alt to 15.  The dentist appointment took three hours.  The trip home... heh.  If there's no traffic it takes 17 min.  But this was rush hour in NJ so over an hour.  Decided to be nice and made baked mac&cheese for the wife (the real stuff made from scratch).  The Boulder was open early so I bounced over there and spent all night RP'ing. :wub: though I got distracted by RL in spots.
 
Tonight... did the shopping last night so just dinner prep.  Hrm... might have to shoot over to the store for more chicken if the cutlets didn't defrost enough.  I should just plan on going to bed.  I'd be fooling myself if I think I won't dive back into the Nexus fray. :lol:	
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In real life I put together my Leopard Gecko enclosure and heated it over night but it's still too cold. I'm going to run back to the pet store and get two lamps and maybe and Adhesive heater for the side.
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So yesterday was far too full with proctoring final exams, going to an amazing staff dinner at Churrascos, and then seeing the Hobbit with the husband (who, afterwards, gave me an early Christmas gift - the soundtrack! I love him :3). So there wasn't any time for WS alas, except for the half hour I took to catch my warrior alt up in all the Drusera quests she had backlogged. Today I need to survive Grading Hell. Only then can I WildStar my heart out! *cracks knuckles*
 
I want to do some dungeons tonight once my three other friends are online... Two of them are brand new to WS, and I never got to do dungeons while leveling, so I'm trying to take advantage of finally having 5 friends who play the game so we can have some fun. The instance content in this game is so amazing and a challenging breath of fresh air from the snoozefest of FFXIV. Makes me happy. :D In the meantime I may start working on our Dominion alts with my husband.	
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On lighter subject matters, Drop 3 was a utilitarian bug fixing drop that took three months.  If Drop 4 is what we get from a full content patch in two months, we'll be in good shape as a gaming public.  It's like everything in Wildstar is bigger and better.  Like they looked around at the rest of the MMORPG industry and said, "How can we do housing better than everyone?"  "How can we make our raids better than anyone's?"  "How can we make our post-creation recustomization better than anyone's?"  They're not satisfied with where they're at and are always heading somewhere.  I really appreciate the hard work going into this game post-release.  They really take what we say seriously.
 
I'm looking forward to pretty much everything coming in Drop 4, but it does beg the question of what they could possibly release in Drop 5 to match some of these positive changes.
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ugh sorry to hear Oli, glad you're well now though. I remember my mom thought it was a good idea to try cleaning with bleach and ammonia till I grabbed it from her "NO! YOU DOFUS THAT'LL KILL YOU!". Overall ventilation is important too though, I don't do as many oil paintings as I used to because I had nearly the same experience(though it turned out i was just allergic, which certainly didn't help)
 
Wildstar wise...knocked out one of several chua commissions...
 
 
 
 
 
Red Bastion was approached for some RP with EVAL to do on Sunday, should be fun and hoping it goes well hehe. We should be safe as long as one of our members is not a navigator lol
 
I haven't been able to log in much for this week though as I have to do a lot of work for people still and deadlines are coming up. I've got to prepare some prints people ordered to be sent out as xmas gifts and cards too, jsut busy busy busy...	
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Wonderful art, Typ. You should be doing this for a living (do you do this for a living?)
 
I haven't played Wildstar much the last two weeks. It's not a bored thing really, the issue is that there are too many significant changes coming with drop 4 for me to bother much with the current content. I'm not a fan of solo gameplay so I won't get into Omnicore and all that.
 
It's weird though... when I saw the new building blocks coming, I was like ungh... this is awesome, super fun, but now I basically have to blow up my cruiser and rebuild. I feel like Wildstar pushes you into doing this (I've rebuilt at least 4 times), because trying to build from scratch with an alt who owns no decor is frustrating. I've spent over $140 buying decor because farming it and building the scope I want would take months of time that I don't have. And I refuse to spend that money again just so I can work on a new house capable of being as cool as my last.
 
So currently, if they don't loosen up restrictions on decor access (start with BOA crate, guys, it's not rocket science) I'll have to decide if I really want to rebuild again, or if I'm going to quit the game. But that said, even if I do leave, I'm quite happy with the level of effort and the great ideas put into P4. As long as there are no glaring bugs it should be a great day for Wildstar and I can always come back with the first expansion, or when they decide to remove the decor grind and make assets more readily available to experienced players.
 
So yea, weird. I'm really unsure of my place in Wildstar, but am super happy for the changes coming and think they'll do a lot to bolster the community's spirit.	
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			Not much W* last night. I finished CB and NW rep over the weekend, so i started in Defile and never made it out. Tried in vain to PUG a vet STL.	
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Wonderful art, Typ. You should be doing this for a living (do you do this for a living?)
 
I haven't played Wildstar much the last two weeks. It's not a bored thing really, the issue is that there are too many significant changes coming with drop 4 for me to bother much with the current content. I'm not a fan of solo gameplay so I won't get into Omnicore and all that.
 
It's weird though... when I saw the new building blocks coming, I was like ungh... this is awesome, super fun, but now I basically have to blow up my cruiser and rebuild. I feel like Wildstar pushes you into doing this (I've rebuilt at least 4 times), because trying to build from scratch with an alt who owns no decor is frustrating. I've spent over $140 buying decor because farming it and building the scope I want would take months of time that I don't have. And I refuse to spend that money again just so I can work on a new house capable of being as cool as my last.
 
So currently, if they don't loosen up restrictions on decor access (start with BOA crate, guys, it's not rocket science) I'll have to decide if I really want to rebuild again, or if I'm going to quit the game. But that said, even if I do leave, I'm quite happy with the level of effort and the great ideas put into P4. As long as there are no glaring bugs it should be a great day for Wildstar and I can always come back with the first expansion, or when they decide to remove the decor grind and make assets more readily available to experienced players.
 
So yea, weird. I'm really unsure of my place in Wildstar, but am super happy for the changes coming and think they'll do a lot to bolster the community's spirit.
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 "Welcome to Poland"
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There are jokes here.
 
No, control yourself those jokes are not appropriate.
 
But, there are jokes here,
 
Don't do it, it will not go over well and they will call you racist.
 
But there are jokes here, what do I do.
 
Wait I know. 
 
Did you hear about the Granok that went to his doctor, and the doctor said there was sugar in his urine, so the Granok went home and pissed on his corn flakes.
 
Did you hear about the Chua that locked his keys in his car and he had to use a coat hanger to get his family out.
 
I dated this Aurin chick, she wrecked my car, she hit a deer, in a zoo.
 
I had a Draken girlfriend and she was ugly, how ugly, she what's known as a two bagger, you have a bag over your head in case the bag over her head breaks.
 
Oh man, I haven't had this much fun since original barrens chat.
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okay then...
 
hehe
 
@Esper- Thanks, I do freelance illustration, concept art, etc along side my 9-5 as a web designer. In time I'll be transitioning over to full-time freelancing OR hopefully land myself in a studio...for now just enjoying the ride.(and cursing the NDA monkey)
 
I'd love to have account bound decor items.	
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			I have had the flu. Not even a monster could save me. D:	
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Ugh on the Flu...had that last week, still recovering.
We started initial testing on the new Centrifuge this week, Yay!...this phase of testing is expected to continue into Feb (More likely March) Booo!
 
In Wildstar, I've completed all challenges, lore, and rares upto S.Grimvault on Carshe.  Starting to work on NW/CB faction, been avoiding those areas for some reason.  Been good about the Defile faction dalies though.
(I'd kill for the ability to change path for Carshe, I'd rather she were Scientist, cause its my favorite path.  She's Settler though.)	
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Coming off of my early-week life-is-too-busy-no-wildstar-for-me thing, and actually planning to log in tonight!  My goal:  Data fragment :D  I have an Adventus Tank Boots schematic in my bank and it wants to be made.  It calls to me, in my sleep, saying "Craft me, Nephele!  Craft meeeee!"
 
In all seriousness, I have no idea what I'm doing in Wildstar tonight, but I am sure it will end up being fun.
 
However, there are things I am also doing related to Wildstar that aren't actually in game.  Things like:
 
- Finishing the story version of our first Fallen to Darkness RP event in the Daggers.
- Buying CREDD to turn into platinum for prizes for Lifestyles of Nexus II
- Starting early early planning for ThaydFest II (yup.  It's a thing.)
 
Enough forums, time for game.	
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Oli, glad to hear you made out ok. I used to work with some very toxic chemicals. When I started reading your post I feared for the worst.
 
In W* I updated and then had to search for the coffee thread....naughty, naughty
 
Vic, It's NOT bologna :P
 
Ty, the art is awesome!
 
Neph, don't think I have ever mentioned that you've impressed me. Hope your guildies all appreciate what you're doing.
 
I'm off to game!	
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			Aww, thanks Bel.  I just try to make the game as much fun as i can for the folks playing it with me, is all :)	
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Aww, thanks Bel.  I just try to make the game as much fun as i can for the folks playing it with me, is all :)
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			New thread :) 	
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