120886-morning-coffee-a-freezing-rain-on-top-of-snow-kinda-monday

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Far too tired to be witty edition. 
 
Tried to find people last night, but missed the dominion group by about a minute. So I went back to bed, and if I had any sense that is where I would be right now. 	
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Nice pic though!
 
This was a pretty good weekend!  I played a lot with the wife.  We're both out onto Wilderrun now in the first beginning steps in the jungle.  I also got to run vet adventures, picked up a few new people in the <Blazing Saddles>, worked out a few more world bosses, and had an insanely fun Skullcano run mixed in there.
 
But most of it I spent just leveling with Parthenia or on my own.  There's something very theraputic about leveling.  I know a lot of people hate the leveling process, hate questing, hate specific questing zones, but I like getting every snippet of lore, finishing every task, doing every event, and clearing every quest on my list.  And on top of that, I'm also usually keeping up with a pair of professions.  But I really enjoy the whole process of the story and just playing the game.  Sometimes, I'll find myself running around and climbing things for no reason except to see what's up there, since you'd be amazed what little populated areas Carbine's built that you wouldn't think you'd ever end up.
 
It's one of the best things about playing Wildstar into the night.  You stop thinking about the phasing coordination for the project you're on at work.  You stop thinking about being sick.  You definitely get away from people wondering why you live in Columbus and went to OSU, yet you couldn't give a damn about the NCAA championship game.  It's just nice to get away from it all.
 
So Sunday night rolled around, we went out to get food, came back, we were going to watch a video and then log back in.  We ended up watching the new Big Fat Quizzes.  By the time they finished, we went to sleep.  So I suppose we will continue tonight!
 
See you all on Nexus!	
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Rocio was reunited with a long lost friend yesterday who's none too pleased with what has been going on lately in the tribe. Rocio rather likes his quirky necromantic spin on Aurin society and is trying to get him to understand that there's nothing wrong with raising the dead and making them your friends.  You know, it's zombies but -Aurin- zombies. Big difference.
 
Sookie Stillriver is worried about her friends at the Boulder and tells her boyfriend to become a bouncer for the bar. Sadly, negotiations were postponed when a runaway splorg chased her up the stripper pole and hugged her leg. ... at least I think it was hugging it.
 
I was supposed to run with the guild last night but I forgot that I had made dinner plans with 4 Chinese students at the University.
 
Sorry Stormtalon, we'll have to have that date another day.	
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*Inhales coffee*
 
Gah.  I either need to retire or move to the Pacific timezone.  *checks bank account*  Curses.
 
Finally capped both NW and CB rep on my main and she'll have enough EG to buy three ability points after reset.  Still unsure what I'm going to spend them on.  Guess I can go focus on Blighthaven rep now.  Oh and R-12 (eh).  RP-wise got into the middle of a bar-fight on Friday night.  The thing I normally do on Saturday night got cancelled due to the host's illness (Vilton, get better man).
 
Got in on a WotW guild run on Saturday afternoon.  The first one we were on point and just blowing through the objectives until the instance decided we were done: You've got Bronze wah wah waaaaah.  Why? Because we hit the finish condition before the third optional objectives needed for a better medal was even offered.  The second run we got Gold.  The Tank disconnected about half-way through and things kinda went sideways.  Hint to designers: When win progress has a counter (in this case capture points), use a percentage of that to spawn objectives instead of using a raw timer.
 
A guildy asked for help with a 3+ boss in Whitehaven which was near where I left my ESPer alt.  I totally forgot that I shifted her from a Telekinetic Strike build to a Psychic Frenzy build when she hit 25.  Ok! Go Time! ... wait, where's my huge long telegraph?  D'oh.  Anyway.  Spent a good chunk of yesterday getting her to 30 (wooo, back to 8 buttons).  Hit 30 somewhere in Biodome 4 (the second area).  Congrats! You may now visit Farside.  Uhhhh. :lol:	
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It's morning, isn't it... oof.
 
Rather than do productive things, like prepare lessons for my student in 45 minutes (lol who am I kidding - I've got that done), I will post on internet forums!
 
I really, really enjoyed my weekend. Loving my new guild home to pieces. Though I think the most memorable part of the weekend was an EPIC DUEL against a guildy wherein I was in my healing set and LAS... I apologize to all the folk waiting on me, but it takes a long time to kill someone when your only attacks are a knockdown, a knockback, and right clicking them! It was highly entertaining, though. XD
 
Also had a blast running some vet adventures (weee) and dragging the guild leader into a Skullcano with my crazy as hell friends. I hope we didn't annoy him with our constant banter. :P
 
And... I even got rp! Omg! Anne and co. are on their way to investigate a mysterious signal coming from some mountains in Whitevale. WHATEVER COULD IT BE?
 
... Can I just skip work and go right back to rp today?	
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And hey, Shadowcaster! :D
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It's morning, isn't it... oof.
 
Rather than do productive things, like prepare lessons for my student in 45 minutes (lol who am I kidding - I've got that done), I will post on internet forums!
 
I really, really enjoyed my weekend. Loving my new guild home to pieces. Though I think the most memorable part of the weekend was an EPIC DUEL against a guildy wherein I was in my healing set and LAS... I apologize to all the folk waiting on me, but it takes a long time to kill someone when your only attacks are a knockdown, a knockback, and right clicking them! It was highly entertaining, though. XD
 
Also had a blast running some vet adventures (weee) and dragging the guild leader into a Skullcano with my crazy as hell friends. I hope we didn't annoy him with our constant banter. :P
 
And... I even got rp! Omg! Anne and co. are on their way to investigate a mysterious signal coming from some mountains in Whitevale. WHATEVER COULD IT BE?
 
... Can I just skip work and go right back to rp today?
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Since Rocio spilled the beans, yesterday evening Daggers went and attacked Stormtalon's Lair again.  We sent in three teams - two teams cleared, the third bogged down on the Stormtalon fight before calling it.  Considering that last month none of us could down Stormtalon without calling in outside help, our folks are definitely improving - which is really the whole point :)
 
Once we get to where we have four teams and all four can consistently finish the dungeons (who cares about medals), our army of Daggers will invade GA :P
 
Other stuff that happened this weekend - as soon as I closed signups on Lifestyles of Nexus II, our judges got started looking at plots.  I won't be surprised if they have all the judging wrapped up before I'm able to get back in game later this week.
 
Saturday we did a dungeon day where we ran pretty much any dungeon anyone wanted (adventures too).  I lost count of how many groups we did but everyone in the guild seemed to have fun.
 
It wasn't all unicorns and rainbows this weekend though :(  We had a couple of members tell us they were leaving the game because of burnout.  It really sucks to see good people burn out on the game like that but at least both of them told us what was going on.  That's a lot better than just having people stop logging in with no word.  And the truth is the game really doesn't do enough to retain players who have finished most of the "leveling" content - I want to make a post about that, but it'll have to wait until later today, because work is coming  up here in a few minutes.  Sigh, work.  Mondays should be part of the weekend :(	
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It was pretty awesome! :3 I apologize in advance for the inevitable "ANNE DON'T TOUCH THAT IT EXPLODES" moments once we get ICly introduced~
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It was pretty awesome! :3 I apologize in advance for the inevitable "ANNE DON'T TOUCH THAT IT EXPLODES" moments once we get ICly introduced~
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I find that is a common problem with Aurin. On a good day I can remind myself that the diminutive stature, and general style of Aurin lends itself to that kind of curiosity. Just don't sound too much like a kender.....I don't like those. 
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I have no clue what a kender is, sorry. xD But from the context of your statement... I do know how to rp tastefully. ;p
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This may be a stupid question, but is this an "exclusive" thread or can anyone chime in? I just returned to Nexus and for some inexplicable reason I enjoy sharing what I'm up to in game with complete strangers! It may have something to do with the fact I have zero real life friends who game at all, let alone play MMOs. 
 
Now, operating on the principle of asking both permission and forgiveness, I'm going to dive right in. Sorry!
 
When I first set up my sub again I re-familiarized myself with the game on a low level Chua engineer until about level 19. But this weekend I finally returned to my Cassian warrior, Constant Audentius. And it was a welcome reunion! He is only level 23 (the highest I've been) and I'm looking forward to progressing through the story more. I've got a kind of loose, RP story in mind for him too (I've never RP'd in an MMO before, but I did do a lot of table top pen and paper RP back in the day) but I need to learn a little more about the radiant legion to nail down some details. Anyone know of any good sources? That early zone (I forget the name) with the legion and the church really had me hooked on that aspect of Cassian culture and possible story lines (and the music! Some of my favorite). I started another character just to play through it again!
 
I also joined a guild and I'm really looking forward to getting to know the fine members of Delve Deep. They seem like a friendly, helpful bunch progressing nicely through PvE content. 
 
Tonight I may not be able to play, but if I do I will finally start in on Whitevale. That's it for me.	
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This may be a stupid question, but is this an "exclusive" thread or can anyone chime in? I just returned to Nexus and for some inexplicable reason I enjoy sharing what I'm up to in game with complete strangers! It may have something to do with the fact I have zero real life friends who game at all, let alone play MMOs.
 
Now, operating on the principle of asking both permission and forgiveness, I'm going to dive right in. Sorry!
 
When I first set up my sub again I re-familiarized myself with the game on a low level Chua engineer until about level 19. But this weekend I finally returned to my Cassian warrior, Constant Audentius. And it was a welcome reunion! He is only level 23 (the highest I've been) and I'm looking forward to progressing through the story more. I've got a kind of loose, RP story in mind for him too (I've never RP'd in an MMO before, but I did do a lot of table top pen and paper RP back in the day) but I need to learn a little more about the radiant legion to nail down some details. Anyone know of any good sources? That early zone (I forget the name) with the legion and the church really had me hooked on that aspect of Cassian culture and possible story lines (and the music! Some of my favorite). I started another character just to play through it again!
 
I also joined a guild and I'm really looking forward to getting to know the fine members of Delve Deep. They seem like a friendly, helpful bunch progressing nicely through PvE content.
 
Tonight I may not be able to play, but if I do I will finally start in on Whitevale. That's it for me.
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This may be a stupid question, but is this an "exclusive" thread or can anyone chime in? I just returned to Nexus and for some inexplicable reason I enjoy sharing what I'm up to in game with complete strangers! It may have something to do with the fact I have zero real life friends who game at all, let alone play MMOs.
 
Now, operating on the principle of asking both permission and forgiveness, I'm going to dive right in. Sorry!
 
When I first set up my sub again I re-familiarized myself with the game on a low level Chua engineer until about level 19. But this weekend I finally returned to my Cassian warrior, Constant Audentius. And it was a welcome reunion! He is only level 23 (the highest I've been) and I'm looking forward to progressing through the story more. I've got a kind of loose, RP story in mind for him too (I've never RP'd in an MMO before, but I did do a lot of table top pen and paper RP back in the day) but I need to learn a little more about the radiant legion to nail down some details. Anyone know of any good sources? That early zone (I forget the name) with the legion and the church really had me hooked on that aspect of Cassian culture and possible story lines (and the music! Some of my favorite). I started another character just to play through it again!
 
I also joined a guild and I'm really looking forward to getting to know the fine members of Delve Deep. They seem like a friendly, helpful bunch progressing nicely through PvE content.
 
Tonight I may not be able to play, but if I do I will finally start in on Whitevale. That's it for me.
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Anyone is welcome to jump in and chime in, Weakness. Welcome to the Coffee Thread! As long as your post somehow relates to WildStar, anything goes!
 
I'm usually a regular here, but real life has been like NOPE. I've had cold after cold after cold and I'm finally at the end of my current one. I hope this is the last cold for a long time. My poor asthmatic lungs can't handle anymore! :( Work has been awesome, my knee is fully recovered (aside from my not being able to put pressure on the knee cap) and I'm hoping to start working longer hours. They started paying me better as well instead of my apprentice wages, so I'll be sticking around for a long long time. The atmosphere used to be pretty sexist, my bosses would demean me and call me emotional just because I'm female.... but now the sexist chefs are gone and there are a lot more ladies. I actually feel like I belong, and I feel comfortable. :)
 
WildStar life. It's gone insane. Venus Rising has exploded in numbers. And this was by no prompting of my own. I've not hosted any events lately because of real life. But, my guild has been progressing in a fun and speedy manner (mind you we've been progressing with the same team basically) we got 5/6 over the holidays and that's created quite the buzz in our recruitment. We got 10 members in one day when SIN decided to fold. Again, by no prompting of my own, they came and joined us. I guess I'm uber PR master? All that training at Walt Disney World did me some good I guess <3 
 
Tonight we're facing Ohmna. And now I'm going to make some Kimbra wallpapers on my stream http://www.twitch.tv/nilianavenusrising I'll be there soon. come drop by and just hang out. I could use a little pick me up after the souffle I made at work went flat. (I cried my tears out in the bathroom haha!)	
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Since Rocio spilled the beans...
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I apologize if our little Wildstar Coffee Threads seem a bit exclusive. You're not the first one to comment about that. I'm not sure why people get that vibe. :(
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So I'm off from work this week(though I wish it were under better circumstances) and I pushed back the workshop to next week. This weekend I logged on briefly and got to say hello, but didn't get to do much shortly after streaming a wildstar painting I just kinda passed out and woke up in the hospital...again...and slept up until few minutes ago.
 
Going to be spending most of the week with appointments and exams to confirm or identify possible issues, though have a pretty good idea of what it is...
 
On the bright side the nurses gave me some of their corn muffins to take home with me, because I love them so much...
 
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I apologize if our little Wildstar Coffee Threads seem a bit exclusive. You're not the first one to comment about that. I'm not sure why people get that vibe. :(
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I think it's our avatars...everyone in this thread has rather intimidating avatars...
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We welcome everyone! :D This thread was started way back in the beta days. It's not really off topic, just a general Wildstar discussion of what we were up to with a fresh thread made every single day. Anyone can make it, just post in the last thread that you will be making it (a common courtesy), make sure Morning Coffee is in the title line, and include a picture of coffee, breakfast, and/or other morning nonesense.
 
It's good to see a Dommy around, too! Being a bit new, I know you might not know me. I played both factions, but was beginning to lean Dominion when another high-profile member of this thread had something of a partial meltdown and left the game. In his absense, he asked me to take over his Exile guild (which I was a part-time officer of). So I might be a Dominion player were it not for that chain of events. Not something I necessarily regret (I love my guildmates), but I do sometimes miss that storyline. The Dominion is such an interesting faction with a lot of layers you can engage it at. In an RP field, it gives you "levels" of character development you can build into your character. It makes everything a bit easier.
 
Exile does have its own benefits, though. Since it's more cosmopolitan (less of a monolithic organization), you have a bit more range to stretch concepts.
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I think it's our avatars...everyone in this thread has rather intimidating avatars...
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I apologize if our little Wildstar Coffee Threads seem a bit exclusive. You're not the first one to comment about that. I'm not sure why people get that vibe. :(
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So I'm off from work this week(though I wish it were under better circumstances) and I pushed back the workshop to next week. This weekend I logged on briefly and got to say hello, but didn't get to do much shortly after streaming a wildstar painting I just kinda passed out and woke up in the hospital...again...and slept up until few minutes ago.
 
Going to be spending most of the week with appointments and exams to confirm or identify possible issues, though have a pretty good idea of what it is...
 
On the bright side the nurses gave me some of their corn muffins to take home with me, because I love them so much...
 
 
I think it's our avatars...everyone in this thread has rather intimidating avatars...
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			Bagels.. Coffee.. Neff didn't get much sleep last night before work. HAH. Is a lovely 75f outside though hahaha!	
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I apologize if our little Wildstar Coffee Threads seem a bit exclusive. You're not the first one to comment about that. I'm not sure why people get that vibe. :(
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I've been back in game for a couple weeks now and during that time I've read the "morning coffee" often enough to see many of the same names, that's the only reason I asked.
 
That and the big "PRIVATE PROPERTY, VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED!" sign posted just outside the main entrance. Plus the shifty-eyed chua pointing a pair of pistols at me. Seems to be an odd greeting custom if you ask me, but I don't judge.
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Be glad he started wearing pants.
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I was wondering where Neff got that picture! I should have known that level of amazing could only be found in the Typrop sketchbox!
 
But why are you in the hospital! D:
 
Also.... cats are intimidating? o.O
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I find cats to be very intimidating, creepy, and scary...
 
Last time I was around a cat(when i was 7), my entire arm was drenched in blood. I still have the scars T_T
 
I had a joke, but I don't want Chillia choking me...
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I have a theory that if you look at a chua's Y-fronts, they actually have a tag that says "Gears of Bezgalore". Mechari understood that proper weapons engineering requires slightly uncomfortable underpants. 
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I think it's our avatars...everyone in this thread has rather intimidating avatars...
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Can I go home now? 
 
I'm sure the dominion needs me for important hanging around, and advanced mechari...ness	
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Can I go home now? 
 
I'm sure the dominion needs me for important hanging around, and advanced mechari...ness
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Sorry to interrupt! however since I know quite a few folks come in here from various guilds, just thought I'd post this in here.
I've taken over the guild list for Entity. If you need your information updated, added, etc... please feel free to let me know
New thread is located here:
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/120893-entity-guild-list-updated-011215/&do=findComment&comment=1258461	
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			Typrop thanks for doing that :)  I kept hoping that Beclem would come back but it just wasn't in the cards, I guess.	
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Chua Stalker, confirmed! Wait, that is a Chua, right?
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			Ill poke Nikson and get him to put something up there for Delve Deep Ty	
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			I'll start brewing the coffee this morning. :)	
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