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SCOTCH EGG PIE!!! Go ahead, take a big slice, you know you want some!
 
So this last week and coming weekend have been (and is going to be) abnormal for me, game-wise. Played a lot this last weekend, but since Monday, it seems like every dang day has been filled with family stuff. My eldest daughter is getting married on Saturday, and it's just been one non-stop cavalcade of relatives, shopping, last-minute panic and typical bridal week stress. She's so humble though, so soft-spoken and not prone to over-reacting, it's been a little unsettling seeing her in such a tizzy. Ah well, I expect by this time next week, she'll be sitting on a cruise ship in the Bahamas laughing about the whole thing.
 
Until then though, my life is nothing but upheaval and I fear my game-time is the first fatality!
 
 
I am very much looking forward to Sunday morning, when I'll finally have some time to resume my normal schedule of goofing off. :lol: 
 
One thing that's been motivating me is my Housing Plots. I am SO FREAKING JEALOUS of you guys and gals who have not only the skills, but the ability to just get in there and DO IT. I get 15 minutes into a project and my eyes start crossing and it feels like work. (Remember I am a graphic artist who makes pretty pictures on a computer all week.)  Damn if I can remember who (it was one of our regulars) who posted that Blade Runner-esque night-time cityscape. Holy hells. My mind has been drifting back to that and I can't help but be inspired.
 
Anyway, have a great day, Nexus. Enough rambling from me. Talk to me! How's your gaming going? Anything new? Inspirational Housing screenshots?
 
Going back for seconds on that pie. Pass the mustard!	
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Scotch egg PIE??!! Yes please!
 
I didn't manage to get on last night  :( but hopefully I will be able to tonight  :D
 
Not much new in game, I have another 50 (first one post F2P) in my stable. The one thing that 'concerns' me is the leveling. I mean holy crap Batman! It is so fast I didn't even make it to the Pell area of Malgrave  :o I hit 49 and went to CB and hit 50 in about 6 quests.
 
OK, so why the concern?
 
I was so under geared it was stupid. I went and spent most of my pennies on some gear to start the grind of a new level 50 and realized a bit too late that I could not rune more than 2 slots! I had no higher runes because I never made it to the areas that the salvaged gear drops them for you. The AH has them for about 2 gold each, which is ok...but I spent most of my money on some basic armor and a weapon. I think I got hands, chest and shoulders. At this point you really *really* need to rune at least the better pieces of gear.
 
It's OK I suppose because I have done this so many times I can practically do it blind folded. 
 
But what about the new folks? One guy made it to 50 in a day, which is cool, he's obviously a bad ass but does he have enough plat to buy gear? rune his gear? And what about the folks that don't have the runes or the plat because of the super fast leveling?	
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Halloween weddings are always a fun occasion. May weddings tend to be over serious, and October weddings about the opposite. I think the silliness of Halloween is a good thing as it starts the marriage with a dash of fun, rather than tradition. 
 
In Nexus terms I would have liked to have seen a lot of Mordesh around Thayd renewing their vows during this event. This is the time of year when the walls between the living and the dead are most thin, so a reminder that death may part, but never truly separate is a comforting idea for mordesh couples. 
 
A nice victorian style mordesh wedding dress would be a good store item for this time of year. Especially as the lore has made them more Frankenstein in timeline.   
			
				
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Major congratulations to your daughter. :) I'm a little over one year out from mine... got so stressed out when the weather decided to give us a torrential downpour and ruined my dreams of getting married under the massive oak tree. @_@ I hope all goes well!
 
Not much new in Nexus for me, really. Just kind of did the standard things of Shade's Eve stuff, Technophage daily, contracts, and then roleplay. xD
 
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A nice victorian style mordesh wedding dress would be a good store item for this time of year. Especially as the lore has made them more Frankenstein in timeline.   
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Major congratulations to your daughter. :) I'm a little over one year out from mine... got so stressed out when the weather decided to give us a torrential downpour and ruined my dreams of getting married under the massive oak tree. @_@ I hope all goes well!
 
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... something like the Corpse Bride. :o
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Major congratulations to your daughter. :) I'm a little over one year out from mine... got so stressed out when the weather decided to give us a torrential downpour and ruined my dreams of getting married under the massive oak tree. @_@ I hope all goes well!
 
Not much new in Nexus for me, really. Just kind of did the standard things of Shade's Eve stuff, Technophage daily, contracts, and then roleplay. xD
 
 
I wish we had some actual dresses in general (don't even have to be full-length this - thigh or knee-length would be awesome!), though that one in particular sounds like a great idea! Maybe something like the Corpse Bride. :o
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I'm not a fan of huge, long dresses in video games. The animation of the cloth is almost invariably awkward, and it ends up looking like some weird blob. I think the high slit in the official design (and similar ideas) would work well in minimizing that effect and give the devs some room for animating without clipping. xD The poofy sleeves would be cool, though! Or sleeves this in this one:
 
 
(ALSO THAT HAT)
			
				
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Never seen that kind of egg pie before =)
Having afternoon coffee now, as usually in these posts.
Had a busy week, not much time to play: exam monday, exam today and a lab I haven't started yet has deadline tomorrow :P 
Will start doing some heavy programming soon, but first... work is having education for a new project we will start.
However, tomorrow, when it's all done and done I'm totally free until sunday when I will work. So I will try to get some leveling done, really looking forward to it =)	
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SCOTCH EGG PIE!!! 
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We had a raid planned for Halloween, but the other lady in our guild is trick or treating with her son, and then in-laws are over. So maybe Friday? 
 
Halloween is mostly a decorative holiday at out house as our neighborhood has few children. We might get one or two that will brave the stairs.
 
 
 
So we decided to be "That house" and give away king sized snickers bars. We only need ten at the most, and I will take the left overs because Ara can't eat them! 
			
				
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That bregg pie confuses and infuriates us!
 	
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I know it's wrong of me, but that thread explaining Interrupts in ten paragraphs just tickles me. For such a simple concept, that is one hell of an explanation. :lol:
 
"See enemy telegraph? Click Button 3. See the purple bar? Unload your DPS now. Repeat."	
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I know it's wrong of me, but that thread explaining Interrupts in ten paragraphs just tickles me. For such a simple concept, that is one hell of an explanation. :lol:
 
"See enemy telegraph? Click Button 3. See the purple bar? Unload your DPS now. Repeat."
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			Unfortunately, that happens in every MMO. At least every MMO I have ever played. But then again, I guess it's understandable. There are so many diverse ways to level in games nowadays that some people will indeed reach top level and not know what crowd control even means. Not sure what can be done to fix this. Other than a sort of "attunement" quest where it takes you through all the needed knowledge before you are allowed to even queue to dungeons and whatnot.   	
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			People just want to reach top level as fast as possible, even if they skip most of the content to get there. It's sad really. XP bonuses should really only be available after you have 1 max level character and they should be completely optional. 	
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Unfortunately, that happens in every MMO. At least every MMO I have ever played. But then again, I guess it's understandable. There are so many diverse ways to level in games nowadays that some people will indeed reach top level and not know what crowd control even means. Not sure what can be done to fix this. Other than a sort of "attunement" quest where it takes you through all the needed knowledge before you are allowed to even queue to dungeons and whatnot.   
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People just want to reach top level as fast as possible, even if they skip most of the content to get there. It's sad really. XP bonuses should really only be available after you have 1 max level character and they should be completely optional. 
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It's even worse if those people chose to level solely through PVP. It is *totally* possible to hit level 6, enter the battleground and fight your way to 50 without ever actually learning how to play the ACTUAL game.
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People just want to reach top level as fast as possible, even if they skip most of the content to get there.
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			My friends over on Warhound leveled to 50 through PvP almost exclusively and had no idea what a MoO was until I explained it.I would level a warrior to level 50 but it would be my sixth character and I do not think I have the willpower to do it. Even skipping all the tasks and using potions and X and Y still strikes me as being too long. Maybe once the leveling process isn't quite as streamlined.In other news, I have finally acquired all the mounts and flairs from Shade's Eve minus the cash shop stuff because of it not being account-wide. Beyond that, I really have not been doing much. I'll probably do some adventures today, for giggles. My character is ready for veteran dungeons but I'd rather not pug those.	
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* yawn*
 
Mornin'
 
Well, speaking of housing, I was unfortunately unable to finish my holiday house in time for the halloween event :(. I was looking forawrd to showing off to the devs but it looks like that isn't going to happen now. Ah well. I have an rp event I want to run in it though so that should be fun at least.
 
I can't really say I wasn't expecting this since I only started two days ago XD. But it is disappointing. I'll have to keep this in mind so that I can start earlier when they do a Christmas housing contest.
 
In other news (non wildstar related!), I stayed up late last night to play the new TOR expansion, and it was very fun! Lots of good story there :). Was a really nice change getting back to a traditional video game rpg. 	
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I think you might need one of those silver fire suits if you told the pvp forum that they were not actually playing the game. They are playing, they just are not in the track to be able to raid. 
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It's even worse if those people chose to level solely through PVP. It is *totally* possible to hit level 6, enter the battleground and fight your way to 50 without ever actually learning how to play the ACTUAL game.
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* yawn*
 
Mornin'
 
Well, speaking of housing, I was unfortunately unable to finish my holiday house in time for the halloween event :(. I was looking forawrd to showing off to the devs but it looks like that isn't going to happen now. Ah well. I have an rp event I want to run in it though so that should be fun at least.
 
I can't really say I wasn't expecting this since I only started two days ago XD. But it is disappointing. I'll have to keep this in mind so that I can start earlier when they do a Christmas housing contest.
 
In other news (non wildstar related!), I stayed up late last night to play the new TOR expansion, and it was very fun! Lots of good story there :). Was a really nice change getting back to a traditional video game rpg. 
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Morning!
 
Woo, second day back after a vacation. I would have said 'Hi' yesterday, but the funny thing about vacations is you always come back to way more work sitting in your inbox then when you left.
 
Still working on the Shade's Eve stuff; trying to get the hoverboard and flairs on as many of my guys as possible... then it's grinding out that Shade Silver for sweet sweet decor items.
 
I have a spooky, murderous, creepy plot to make for my Stalker! Kind of sad that the skull tree (or whatever it's called...) is from the store or instance loot bags only. I really liked them. Same is true for the eyes!
 
Otherwise, my warrior managed not one, but two of the purple level 50 shoulders from the instance, so that's nice considering I hadn't gotten him any gear yet. Shame I can't give one of them away!	
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Those vacations.... make your work pile up and sometimes you need a vacation from your vacation! haha
 
Grats on the gear!!	
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Bleh.
 
Was supposed to have two days off but I'm dealing with a critical work issue.  So here I am and likely won't be going home until I've got a handle on it. 
 
My bebe medic isn't much of a baby anymore.  Before I had to head to the dentist I managed to tick to 49 after doing the Pell area of Malgrave.  Next stop, Criiiiiiiimson Baaaaaaadlaaaaands!  It'll be really interesting getting her geared up.  Might just grind pvp on her.  Definitely will for the AMP and Ability unlocks that CRB has so far failed to provide an equivalent glory path for.
 
My next project will be to get my Entity-2 bebe's to level 15.  Speaking of, I finally have a lady 'nok (yet another medic).
 
Wish me luck tracing out the root cause of these coredumps. *dives back into the fray*	
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I remember hearing a lot of complaints from people(maybe you) that players are showing up in endgame without understanding interrupts. I think that is a danger of making leveling too simple. People find themselves at 50 without the core game skills because they haven't needed to interrupt, or have been carried so that they expect the other players to do it. 
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SCOTCH EGG PIE!!! Go ahead, take a big slice, you know you want some!
 
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Due to the lag boss wiping me again on Jabbit I started my invasion of Entity.
 
I found it hilarious that I get less lag on a server half way around the globe.
 
Took my lowbie Draken Warrior into some PvP for fun times. Only thing I didn't like was not having any of my costumes or the shades eve dye I got on my EU one. Oddly enough they share Omnibits but nothing else. Even get separate daily log in rewards. Ah well, can't complain.	
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