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Normally I would be scolding all of you for letting the coffee thread die, but with as few of the old guard that are left it was bound to happen.
 
Guess I will pop in and get a few levels. Trying not to morn my list of people with last login 2 months.
 
*Pours out a 40 for all my M.I.A. mordesh.* 	
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I like to think the holiday weekend is to blame for the lack of coffee thread. People were probably sleeping off Black Friday exhaustion and turkey overdose. 
 
Yesterday my Stalker tank made it to Pyralos. I won't tell you how long it took me last time i faced him, just trust me it was a very long time. This time? Got it on the second try. :)
 
Some of you may recall me lamenting a few days back about having to consort with the enemy (rolling a Dominion). My friend had a change of heart because... <cough> Draken have too much junk in the trunk. :D Then went on about how they really need a cute Chua. So i ended up starting a Mordesh Warrior.
 
Guild's not in the best shape. We always had trouble fielding enough to run instances. Recently it seems even worse. It could just be the holidays, but i fear a slippery slope. If we consistently fall short of 5 people to run stuff, the people who are still around may wander off in search of greener pastures. :(	
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I like to think the holiday weekend is to blame for the lack of coffee thread. People were probably sleeping off Black Friday exhaustion and turkey overdose.
 
 
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I'm seeing continued population dive, and it doesn't strike me as a big mystery; WOD has taken a massive bite out of the game's already floundering population. I can't see many other reasonable explanations given the timing.
 
It's also very telling when I look at which of my circles are struggling. Dominion RP has an active group of players, with about 20 logging on at peak hours, and was barely affected when WOD released. My WorldBoss circle and my T4 mining circle, however, have both bottomed out with about 30-40% of players MIA from two weeks ago (when the expansion launched). The 'last online' bug certainly isn't helping, but I know it's not an explanatory force here.
 
It's just more slow down and I'm still confused by this game's apparent lack of charisma. Wildstar really drew me in pre-launch, looks cool and has lots of resources. I don't know why it's struggling like this while games like GW2 are doing very well. It's gotta be the F2P thing, as well as Wildstar's 'difficulty'.	
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It's the final day of my self imposed removal from all things "outside" I hate Black Friday and I hate Black Thanksgiving, Black Saturday and Black Sunday. I simply refuse to participate.
 
That said my dog caught his claws on the couch cushions and after screeching as though he were on fire, made a pretty good sized hole in the couch cushions. So I relented and purchased a nice slip cover online.
 
As for ingame, most of my time is spent RPing and doing dailies.I've almost completed the "Light-touched set from the Dreadwatcher daily.
 
 
 
 
One thing that concerns me about the RP community is that it's not growing.  I would like more people to RP however, everytime I think I'm running into a new RPer, I find that it is an alt of someone I not only have RPed with before, but someone I've RPed before frequently.	
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Yay a new coffee thread!
I took a picture of my coffee collection for fun, then looked for the new coffee thread but there wasn't one. I was too shy to create a new one (also, the fact that I couldn't think of a good title for is sooo..)
 
 
Anyways, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving/Black Friday week-end! I forced myself to take a break from making videos, but I will be coming back full-force tomorrow morning (Monday) and CAN'T WAIT! *GAMEFACE ON*
I'm also really looking forward to raid this week too. I splurged quite a lot on a whole new set of runes, rerolls and extra rune slots and feeling pretty good about it.	
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I'm seeing continued population dive, and it doesn't strike me as a big mystery; WOD has taken a massive bite out of the game's already floundering population. I can't see many other reasonable explanations given the timing.
 
It's also very telling when I look at which of my circles are struggling. Dominion RP has an active group of players, with about 20 logging on at peak hours, and was barely affected when WOD released. My WorldBoss circle and my T4 mining circle, however, have both bottomed out with about 30-40% of players MIA from two weeks ago (when the expansion launched). The 'last online' bug certainly isn't helping, but I know it's not an explanatory force here.
 
It's just more slow down and I'm still confused by this game's apparent lack of charisma. Wildstar really drew me in pre-launch, looks cool and has lots of resources. I don't know why it's struggling like this while games like GW2 are doing very well. It's gotta be the F2P thing, as well as Wildstar's 'difficulty'.
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Morning Coffee people! *gnaws on leftovers* 
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I like to think the holiday weekend is to blame for the lack of coffee thread. People were probably sleeping off Black Friday exhaustion and turkey overdose.
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It's just more slow down and I'm still confused by this game's apparent lack of charisma. Wildstar really drew me in pre-launch, looks cool and has lots of resources. I don't know why it's struggling like this while games like GW2 are doing very well. It's gotta be the F2P thing, as well as Wildstar's 'difficulty'.
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			I doubt I have the skill or time to actually raid.  I find it sad still that we can't even get 5 people for regular instances.  Two of us just finished our vet adventures towards Attunement (like I said probably never raid, but Attunement is still something to work on).  We had a healer but had to PUG a DPS and sometimes a tank.  That went OK.  Trouble is, some players refuse to PUG, probably due to some bad experiences in the past.  Vet dungeons are supposed to be really hard and may be beyond the range of most PUG groups.  Also my friend's kid just started playing and wants to run the normal mode adventures and dungeons as he's leveling.  Good luck getting a queue to pop for those.	
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I doubt I have the skill or time to actually raid.  I find it sad still that we can't even get 5 people for regular instances.  Two of us just finished our vet adventures towards Attunement (like I said probably never raid, but Attunement is still something to work on).  We had a healer but had to PUG a DPS and sometimes a tank.  That went OK.  Trouble is, some players refuse to PUG, probably due to some bad experiences in the past.  Vet dungeons are supposed to be really hard and may be beyond the range of most PUG groups.  Also my friend's kid just started playing and wants to run the normal mode adventures and dungeons as he's leveling.  Good luck getting a queue to pop for those.
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One thing that concerns me about the RP community is that it's not growing.  I would like more people to RP however, everytime I think I'm running into a new RPer, I find that it is an alt of someone I not only have RPed with before, but someone I've RPed before frequently.
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Well, I will say the last time I tried to RP, I was called the c-word. Definitely didn't make for a great first impression. I avoid it now, lest I offend someone again. =(
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Morning hope all of your thanksgivings went well!
 
I rarely post on weekends myself as I'm either playing WS or other games a lot as opposed to weekdays when I'm at work and at a job that has downtime, but connections too slow for something other than pokemon trading).
 
Veterans in general can be a tad iffy, but I feel like if the group as a whole is patient then there is little issue with it. This weekend for example I brought a couple of people into War of the wilds for the first time via veteran mode and while not the hardest you could see that the lack of knowledge in certain aspects of the instance could be a bit troublesome. However we just worked with it and let them know what works, what doesn't etc...Same thing for dungeons and whatnot. I think for vetted players PUGing has become a nuisance to teach people and for new players it's become a bad experience of impatient encounters. This isn't to say PUGS don't work together, because some do, but I don't see much patience among people as I used to, which hurts new players feeling more welcome.
 
If anything I understand people not wanting to PUG SSM and Malgrave trail, because they take so long. Personally I don't like PUGing them either but the rest I'll gladly do with new or current players.
 
 
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Well, I will say the last time I tried to RP, I was called the c-word. Definitely didn't make for a great first impression. I avoid it now, lest I offend someone again. =(
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That's unfortunate, but I'd be curious if that was an in character thing or not. However it doesn't sound like anyone I know who would do that in or out of character..
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Well, I will say the last time I tried to RP, I was called the c-word. Definitely didn't make for a great first impression. I avoid it now, lest I offend someone again. =(
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It was a name I recognized, tho I couldn't tell you right now what it was (it was a while ago). There were a few chua standing on the stairs between the crafting area and the gardens, and I made a comment about "smelly chua" and the response was to be called the c-word. I high-tailed out of there. in or out of character, that word isn't appropriate and I don't want to interact with someone who would use it so cavalierly.
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Not saying it's appropriate, rather that it's unfortunate you ran into that.
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I would say if anything try what Rocio said or bridge into it with people you know or folks who'd be willing to be like "yeah sure come on in!". There anything in particular you like to do RP wise or a certain atmosphere? Maybe can help introduce you to some people.
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It was a name I recognized, tho I couldn't tell you right now what it was (it was a while ago). There were a few chua standing on the stairs between the crafting area and the gardens, and I made a comment about "smelly chua" and the response was to be called the c-word. I high-tailed out of there. in or out of character, that word isn't appropriate and I don't want to interact with someone who would use it so cavalierly.
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Mae, sorry to hear that. I hope you do give RPing another try, and yeah, getting into the swing of it again can be tricky. I don't think I have anything I can add that others haven't though, so good luck with that if you choose to try again!
 
So hello! I was considering starting a thread myself but I haven't done so myself, and working black friday did not help me when I had to work a full shift on saturday. In fact, I didn't even play Wildstar on friday because of work and tiredness.
 
Haven't had much energy to focus on RPing lately so I've just been focusing on Defile dailies. I have learned that some people could use more optimizing tips in the Siege of the Lightspire if they don't want to time out on the event. Now normally I wouldn't really rant about this but I've attended a few too many timed-out runs with a decent population because of this:
 
1. Synchronize bombing! With how annoying the egg-thing respawn rate is, it's much easier if the whole set of ships take off for maximum firepower.
2. Split up on the holdouts! Usually there's more than 10 people at this point, especially if it's both factions around. Since the holdouts are both 5-person capable AND timed, it's a lot quicker to split groups to get this part done faster.
3. Actually bomb things! Okay, I honestly don't know how much of an issue this is, but I have seen people just hanging around Final Light and I dunno if they're busy with things or if they're just there only to wait for phase 2.
 
To be fair, I'm never around on primetime, so I dunno how well runs go when there's much more people.	
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To be fair, I'm never around on primetime, so I dunno how well runs go when there's much more people.
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Was this during US prime-time or did it happen when AU or EU people were around? While the term is horribly offensive in the US, it's not so much elsewhere. Not trying to invalidate how you feel at all just hoping there's a better explanation than somebody being that crude to somebody they don't know.
 
The thread Rocio pointed out is an excellent resource as were several of the other suggestions.
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No. I think they were being offensive. Using a response like that with such minimal provocation is akin to swatting a fly with a Buick.
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Chua are foul mouthed, and as smelly as a raccoon who has just finished eating out of a garbage can. That said, I think their choice of expletive was uncalled for. 
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More like speciest - and think the reason war will never end. That and the need for science :>
 
Weekend was enjoyed on WS with the usual dailies and farming done. Though did suffer burnout on Sunday and call it an early day (guess not enough coffee). Nice to see all the people around and plotting to one day track down these RP cells as usually can add extra spice to ones time.	
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More like speciest - and think the reason war will never end. That and the need for science :>
 
Weekend was enjoyed on WS with the usual dailies and farming done. Though did suffer burnout on Sunday and call it an early day (guess not enough coffee). Nice to see all the people around and plotting to one day track down these RP cells as usually can add extra spice to ones time.
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