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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
 
It's the day of Drop 4, and here I am in this lousy office having to do a lousy proposal set for a lousy master plan for a lousy health care conglomerate... or maybe that's just the disappointment talking.  I really want to be home playing the veteran shiphands right now.  I could have called off work, I suppose, but I have so much to do here.  At least Tony gave me the week off by shirking his duty deciding not to do a stream this week.  So as soon as I get home, I get to jump right in!
 
Or at least, into housing.  The Shadowcaster is in pieces at the moment and I'm trying to restructure and rebuild the outer hull.  It looks like I'll be making the bar bigger, so I've got some decisions to make.  Do I shift the garden around so that it's the same size and eat into/move the private quarters area?  Or do I shrink the garden, which is one of the bigger draws for our Aurin population?  I do know I'll be shrinking the training area and probably also the armory, while completely removing the armory's loading bay.  I guess I'll just see what happens.  The decks have risen quite a bit to compensate for the larger integrated plug and the higher flydeck.  I suppose I'll see.  I'd like to make this a bit more efficient as far as decor goes, hopefully being able to light the thing completely on the outside so I can make it dark sometimes.  Why do we only have space for 40 lights?
 
That's not even getting into the fact that I have a HUGE new cabin to furnish...
 
I may not get to do content for a while.  Someone chisel me out of housing so I can try something tonight...
 
What's everyone else going to do today?	
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			The maintenance was shorter than I expected! (I was expecting the worst: 12+ hours lol) I got to run 1 veteran shiphand so far which was really fun... Trying to speed clean and finish up packing now (still got coffee in my system thankfully), it's 10:40pm already and I want to play more before we cancel our internet service tomorrow guh!!! (Going to be zombie mode tomorrow but...#Worthit). Why I'm cancelling my internet? It's moving day! waeyyyyhooooo.. Worst timing ever though!	
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I may not get to do content for a while.  Someone chisel me out of housing so I can try something tonight...
 
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The maintenance was shorter than I expected! (I was expecting the worst: 12+ hours lol) 
I got to run 1 veteran shiphand so far which was really fun... Trying to speed clean and finish up packing now (still got coffee in my system thankfully), it's 10:40pm already and I want to play more before we cancel our internet service tomorrow guh!!! (Going to be zombie mode tomorrow but...#Worthit).
 
Why I'm cancelling my internet? It's moving day! waeyyyyhooooo.. Worst timing ever though!
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			Admittedly, I haven't spent as much time on the forums lately... but, what was the announced intent for creating a new currency named Glory, and then moving rewards from Elder Gems to this new currency? Elder Gems seem sort of neutered now.	
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Don't forget!! Vet shiphands, weekly quests, more stuffs from the Renown vendor and a whole new Glory point system and vendor! GET ON IT! *fly swatter*
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			First I want to thank everyone in Blazing Saddles for giving me a home in WS. My plan is to continue to level, though I am not sure I am completely happy with my ss, part of me wishes I would have rolled a warrior. Anyway my plan is to gain so more levels so I can begin to enjoy drop 4 with my new guildies.	
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First I want to thank everyone in Blazing Saddles for giving me a home in WS. My plan is to continue to level, though I am not sure I am completely happy with my ss, part of me wishes I would have rolled a warrior. Anyway my plan is to gain so more levels so I can begin to enjoy drop 4 with my new guildies.
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			Sounds good! I can not wait to do some adventures and dungeons.	
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Sounds good! I can not wait to do some adventures and dungeons.
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Glory is earned by pugging, so the idea was to create a reason for kind and decent folk to queue instead of leaving the new and asocial players at the mercy of the people who can't get a guild or friends.
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Hi everyone is having fun with the patch! I'm stuck at work. Stillriver opened her teahouse and we had a pretty good time. That is until Sergeant Ore ate a teacup. That's right... ate. 
 
Granok teasets are beyond rare and expensive. Given the fact that River has a razor thin profit margin, started the day in the hole, it was all she could do not to explode into profanities and burst into tears. She did cry herself to sleep.
 
The situation is not that dire but she runs a tight ship and Hates dipling so far into her savings just to keep the place running. It's not sustainable.	
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Hello all, back for a time (hopefully a long one but we'll see!)
 
Drop 4 is looking solid so far. Still some foibles but seems cleaner than past patches and certainly brings more gameplay-relevant changes to the table. Me likey.  Hoping they fix their estimated wait times though— I'm being told 17s and yet have been in queue for twenty minutes. :P  While I'm not bothered by the wait (it's 9:30am on a Tuesday morning here),  I'd love to see accurate estimates. So far that's my only complaint.
 
My day will be split into chunks. Early on I'm going to focus on farming Shiphands for decor/gold/renown/etc, this afternoon I'll be blowing up my BREC ship to make a new glass city (here we go again...), and in the evening I'll be queuing for lots of veteran dungeons. If anyone needs a pocket healer on Dominion-Entity, let me know! Proxima Dust is the name, and regenerating damaged tissue is my, uh, game. ;)
 
 
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Admittedly, I haven't spent as much time on the forums lately... but, what was the announced intent for creating a new currency named Glory, and then moving rewards from Elder Gems to this new currency? Elder Gems seem sort of neutered now.
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Hmm.  So, this is a potential problem in a couple of ways:
 
1 - Encourages solo play. It removes some organic incentive for players to seek out and actively play with a more regular group of friends. This compounds the exact problem they're trying to solve - more solo players!
2 - Extrinsic motivation. Encouraging other players to do something they might not otherwise choose to do (join a random pug) just for a reward eventually will stop working. Probably shortly.
 
I don't mean to sound negative, but, we already had systems in place for incentivizing grouping, and guild play and a currency that made sense. This seems to add another layer of that but what will it really fix?
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People wanted more players in the queues.  That, plus the daily quest, should do it.  Before you complain, you might want to check to make sure queueing with a full five man group doesn't award glory.  I've not heard that it doesn't, just that glory is awarded from the queue system.
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Drop 4 is looking solid so far. Still some foibles but seems cleaner than past patches and certainly brings more gameplay-relevant changes to the table. Me likey.  Hoping they fix their estimated wait times though— I'm being told 17s and yet have been in queue for twenty minutes. :P  While I'm not bothered by the wait (it's 9:30am on a Tuesday morning here),  I'd love to see accurate estimates. So far that's my only complaint.
 
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Hmm.  So, this is a potential problem in a couple of ways:
 
1 - Encourages solo play. It removes some organic incentive for players to seek out and actively play with a more regular group of friends. This compounds the exact problem they're trying to solve - more solo players!
2 - Extrinsic motivation. Encouraging other players to do something they might not otherwise choose to do (join a random pug) just for a reward eventually will stop working. Probably shortly.
 
I don't mean to sound negative, but, we already had systems in place for incentivizing grouping, and guild play and a currency that made sense. This seems to add another layer of that but what will it really fix?
 
I've always been a proponent that devs should spend more time working to bring people together to play... figure out what those barriers are and address them. Not more greatly facilitate playing alone.
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Hey, just reroll a warrior!  Try everything.  The guild's not going anywhere, and we'll help you out when you need help.  Maybe Khandi can say Blackpaw is a boss in Kel Voreth and we'll spend the day doing adventures and dungeons!  :lol:
 
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This made me snort my coffee!! LOL! Poor Khandi :)
 
Good Morning Everyone!
 
Just got done reading the patch notes and I am so excited to get home! I can't wait to start doing my housing on Yalanna, with all the new things. If only I didn't have to be a responsible adult today and be at work :(
 
Jay, like Vic said, just reroll. We will be there to help you, no matter what. That's what guilds are for and ours is exceptionally awesome :wub:
 
Not much went on in WildStar last night. Logged in for a little bit just to do my crafting daily, then logged off to have some couch time with the hubby. He knows tonight there will be no couch time LOL.  He already told me that he lost me to housing for the next couple of nights. Have I mentioned how much of a wonderful husband he is? I am such a lucky woman :)
 
I will be starting the download at lunch so my game will be ready when I get home tonight.
 
Well, back to work. Need to make the money to pay the internet bill so I can play WildStar :) Yup, I have my priorities straight :rolleyes:
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Yeah, but this is why we love Khandi!   :lol:   Just because she got the mobs mixed up doesn't mean going and killing world bosses isn't a fabulous idea! :D
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Awesome and thanks, I will reroll and start the leveling. Level 15 and Hycrest here I come. I can not wait to get into housing, it is a feature I have yet to explore but reading through the forums I know its popular. I know Drop 4 is adding to housing so I will have a lot to do when I get housing.
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			Awesome and thanks, I will reroll and start the leveling. Level 15 and Hycrest here I come. I can not wait to get into housing, it is a feature I have yet to explore but reading through the forums I know its popular. I know Drop 4 is adding to housing so I will have a lot to do when I get housing.	
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Awesome and thanks, I will reroll and start the leveling. Level 15 and Hycrest here I come. I can not wait to get into housing, it is a feature I have yet to explore but reading through the forums I know its popular. I know Drop 4 is adding to housing so I will have a lot to do when I get housing.
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Drop 4 made me spend 1.5/1.75p under 2 minutes  :( !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Then again I'm so happy with those new house plot grounds I bought  :lol: !
(Esper = Wilderrun / Spellslinger = Malgrave / Medic = Deradune / Stalker = undecided = bah more money to spend  :P !)
 
Oh and did some of you guys always had jaggies on thin dyed linings when zooming out a little away from your character ?
I used to always have that, and with drop 4 : GONE \o/ !!!
 
I was like OMG :  :o !!!	
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Drop 4 made me spend 1.5/1.75p under 2 minutes  :( !
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Then again I'm so happy with those new house plot grounds I bought  :lol: !
(Esper = Wilderrun / Spellslinger = Malgrave / Medic = Deradune / Stalker = undecided = bah more money to spend  :P !)
 
Oh and did some of you guys always had jaggies on thin dyed linings when zooming out a little away from your character ?
I used to always have that, and with drop 4 : GONE \o/ !!!
 
I was like OMG :  :o !!!
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Have very strong coffee for tomorrow morning is all I can advise because you're going to go to bed later than usual ha ha  :lol: !
 
I was skeptical on the ground changes when I first heard about them. I thought some would not mesh well with some enhancement plugs : oh boy was I wrong, so far on all the plots I've changed it's seamless everywhere, and it adds SO MUCH to the character of your housing plot. Goes from 25g to 2 plats each but really worth it ! They did it so right that I feel sheepish to have been skeptical in the first place  ^_^ !
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I really wish I was home right now enjoying the game. :(  [...]
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Have very strong coffee for tomorrow morning is all I can advise because you're going to go to bed later than usual ha ha  :lol: !
 
I was skeptical on the ground changes when I first heard about them. I thought some would not mesh well with some enhancement plugs : oh boy was I wrong, so far on all the plots I've changed it's seamless everywhere, and it adds SO MUCH to the character of your housing plot. Goes from 25g to 2 plats each but really worth it ! They did it so right that I feel sheepish to have been skeptical in the first place  ^_^ !
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Does changing the landscape put everything in your crate?
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Hey, just reroll a warrior!  Try everything.  The guild's not going anywhere, and we'll help you out when you need help.  Maybe Khandi can say Blackpaw is a boss in Kel Voreth and we'll spend the day doing adventures and dungeons!  :lol:
 
 
 
Glory is earned by pugging, so the idea was to create a reason for kind and decent folk to queue instead of leaving the new and asocial players at the mercy of the people who can't get a guild or friends.
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I am really liking the Wilderrun one. So bright and pretty :wub:
 
Okay so my hubby might lose to housing for the rest of the week LOL.	
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I thought Glory was earned through dungeons and raids, regardless of group make up (either full pug or premade)?
 
Elder Gems are basically a time gate on items.. and the dev didn't feel it was fair to wait such a long time to farm enough EG to cap AMPs and ability unlocks before you'd start spending in gear and cosmetic things. 
It's a lot better now, since you can now buy the old EG gear with Glory that you gain from running dungeons and raiding (therefore, more incentive to do so even if you're EG capped).
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From my understanding you gain glory from vet dungeons and raids, but also get bonus glory when using the group finder.
 
From the patch notes, in the general section:
We have updated the way Renown is earned from Veteran Shiphands and Veteran Adventures. Players will now earn bonus Renown from Medals, Daily Quests, and using the Random Queue. We've also added a new currency called 'Glory' to Veteran Dungeons and Raids. This currency will be used to purchase Veteran Dungeon and Raid quality gear. We have removed many of the progression-based rewards from the Elder Gem vendor and moved them to Renown and Glory vendors. Elder Gems will now award mostly cosmetic items such as Dyes, Costumes, Mounts, and Customizations.
Players will now receive additional money, Renown, Glory and Prestige from using the random group finder queue for Veteran Shiphands, Veteran Adventures, Veteran Dungeons, Practice Battlegrounds and Rated Battlegrounds.	
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Is it?  I was under the impression that it was awarded through the group finder.
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I'm 99% sure it's awarded at the end of the dungeon or raid (I doubt they would encourage us to start pugging raids to gain Glory lol), but even if you can gain glory from premade dungeon groups, it's still definitely going to motivate me enough to queue alone for dungeons as well. 
Going to try to get a dev response on this to make sure.. Unless someone already tested it in-game.
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The second storm that rolled through the NE left us with slush and a hard freeze last night.  I was considering working from home today but the local street was relatively clear so here I am.  I suppose if I was home I'd be taking sneak peeks at the drop when I really need to get this module done.
 
Anyway... SW wasn't up when I logged in (bleh).  By the time people started advertising for a run I was deep into something else.  Going to have to agree with the recent sentiments that the timed portion of this rep grind is for the birds (*ducks*).  I did get the esper to level 45.  Still has to do most of the Pell area in Malgrave too so will put a big dent in the climb to 46 before hitting Grimvault.
 
Guess I'll be doing VSH's tonight :lol: (and maybe Crimelords :ph34r:)	
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The second storm that rolled through the NE left us with slush and a hard freeze last night.  I was considering working from home today but the local street was relatively clear so here I am.  I suppose if I was home I'd be taking sneak peeks at the drop when I really need to get this module done.
 
Anyway... SW wasn't up when I logged in (bleh).  By the time people started advertising for a run I was deep into something else.  Going to have to agree with the recent sentiments that the timed portion of this rep grind is for the birds (*ducks*).  I did get the esper to level 45.  Still has to do most of the Pell area in Malgrave too so will put a big dent in the climb to 46 before hitting Grimvault.
 
Guess I'll be doing VSH's tonight :lol: (and maybe Crimelords :ph34r:)
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Oh yeah, yesterday in game, when I logged in I had this stupid buff on me that was left over from our level 50 5man run the night before. It was the Elemental Life one that was throwing around greenish 'rain' and white flowers. It was so annoying!
 
I had tried everything to get it off. Then Kitty suggested I die. So I threw myself off a cliff in Malgrave. It worked! Just wanted to give a shout out to Kitty for the suggestion of a suicide cliff jump :o	
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From my understanding you gain glory from vet dungeons and raids, but also get bonus glory when using the group finder.
 
From the patch notes, in the general section:
We have updated the way Renown is earned from Veteran Shiphands and Veteran Adventures. Players will now earn bonus Renown from Medals, Daily Quests, and using the Random Queue. We've also added a new currency called 'Glory' to Veteran Dungeons and Raids. This currency will be used to purchase Veteran Dungeon and Raid quality gear. We have removed many of the progression-based rewards from the Elder Gem vendor and moved them to Renown and Glory vendors. Elder Gems will now award mostly cosmetic items such as Dyes, Costumes, Mounts, and Customizations.
Players will now receive additional money, Renown, Glory and Prestige from using the random group finder queue for Veteran Shiphands, Veteran Adventures, Veteran Dungeons, Practice Battlegrounds and Rated Battlegrounds.
 
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Want to make sure a Crimelords is on our agenda tonight?
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I saw this in a movie somewhere....
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Logged in before work. First thing I saw - the hyperclocked housing dummies work. SO EXCITED!! Now I don't have to have a training ground plug to parse stuff. YAY!!
 
I traded in some of my gear, and stared at my blank AMP page and skill changes for a while. Then, I logged off. Gotta go to work. (BOO!) But, it should only be a half day! Then, I'll finish figuring out an LAS or two and go play in the shiphands and stuff! YAY!	
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Oh yeah, yesterday in game, when I logged in I had this stupid buff on me that was left over from our level 50 5man run the night before. It was the Elemental Life one that was throwing around greenish 'rain' and white flowers. It was so annoying!
 
I had tried everything to get it off. Then Kitty suggested I die. So I threw myself off a cliff in Malgrave. It worked! Just wanted to give a shout out to Kitty for the suggestion of a suicide cliff jump :o
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yeah, but Kitty didn't come with me. Instead he went looking for the ever elusive Lopp :)
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			I've waited all day for my coffee. Wanted to drink it while downloading drop 4. So was a ruff day at my study. n_____nDownloading drop 4 right now, with the best coffee ever. I'm excited! First thing I'll be checking out is probaly the chop shop :'D	
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I've waited all day for my coffee. Wanted to drink it while downloading drop 4. So was a ruff day at my study. n_____n
 
Downloading drop 4 right now, with the best coffee ever. I'm excited! 
 
First thing I'll be checking out is probaly the chop shop :'D
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Don't really need the chopshop unless there is that mechari head I have always wanted. 
The housing on the other hand, is what I will spend most of my time messing with. 	
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			Good morning all.I've been thinking of switching over to the Dominion side as my main faction(as well as switching to Entity). I was wondering if there were anyone here who has an open dominion guild?	
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DOWNLOAD FASTER, PATCH! I need to spend absurd amounts of plat on housing!!!!
 
Sometimes I love that Tuesday is my day off. Won't do too terribly much until later though, when the hubby gets home from school. I do want to fix up the ground texture on Anti's housing plot, probably buy some alts spacious houses (omg no level requirement), and recustomize my engineer to fix those silly annoyances I was having with her. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.	
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... probably buy some alts spacious houses (omg no level requirement), ...
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Good morning all.
 
I've been thinking of switching over to the Dominion side as my main faction(as well as switching to Entity). I was wondering if there were anyone here who has an open dominion guild?
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Anyone found where to look at the glory tally ?
 
I know characters would be at 0 but... there should be a place that says glory = 0 no ?
I've yet to find it  :mellow: !	
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Anyone found where to look at the glory tally ?
 
I know characters would be at 0 but... there should be a place that says glory = 0 no ?
I've yet to find it  :mellow: !
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it isn't with all the other currencies in the inventory bag?
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Well, I've accomplished what I wanted to before the SO gets home.
 
NEW GRASS YAAAAAAAAAAAY!
 
Significantly less derpy engineer! Yay!
 
And decided against spacious exile house for her; instead picked up dat bunker. Wow it's BIG!! (that's what she said...)	
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O-M-G !!!
 
There is an autofill option for mail now  :lol: !!!
You type one letter and it seems to suggest from either friend list (I guess) or roommate (this for sure since it actually listed some of my alts).
 
 
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O-M-G !!!
 
There is an autofill option for mail now  :lol: !!!
You type one letter and it seems to suggest from either friend list (I guess) or roommate (this for sure since it actually listed some of my alts).
 
 
\o/	
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In other news I did gold solo on a couple shiphands (one was "fragment zero") and got an Aurin landing pad  :wub: (think the wooden taxi pads in Celestion) and also at the same time a specter rune of brutality :blink: (oh and yeah I was on my stalker).
 
 
Hmmmm NO I'm not selling either...  :ph34r:	
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Ever had that moment of sad revelation?
 
Like you get so excited because it's patch day, then later get a text asking about your noise-cancelling headphones, and realize that you also have band practice on Tuesday and won't make it home until REALLY late?
 
Yeah....  :(	
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Yeah....  :(
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I'm finally home.  It's 11:30 pm.  I have to work tomorrow.  And I just started downloading the patch.
 
Well.... at least I got The Cure's "Lovesong" into the setlist for our show in March.	
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