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Coffee........ coffee.......
 
 
Last night was a lot of fun.  I got to relax into my Esper and crank on Galeras quests for most of the night, so I should, if all goes well, finish tonight.  I'm constantly amazed by how the Esper class has changed, and it's a testament to Carbine and their willingness to listen to our feedback and do what we think is necessary.  I know the Esper was built as a stationary class, but it's a lot more fun with the changed motion controls and it's made them, if anything, a little overpowered.  We'll see where it goes, but it gives me a lot of hope for the game's long term future.  Unlike any other MMORPG I've ever played, Carbine seems very intent on giving we players what we want if we give them the time to do it.
 
Anyway, on to the title subject!  I do a weekly recap of the Nexus Report and I was hyped for today!  DapperDonatelli was going to be in the stream answering live questions about the State of the Game post he made.  I was going to bombard him with questions hoping Non picked one.  I got to work today and now I'll be in conference with the security systems vendor for the hospital I'm working on so I can go over specifications and equipment necessities.  So I will still do the report and listen to it as soon as I'm out of the meeting, but I might need someone in stream to ask a few questions on my behalf to see if we get answers (or a dev could answer them here!  That'd be nice...):
 
Q:  If the drop clears QA early, will it be released early, or will it remain in testing to see if new issues develop?
 
Q:  Is drop 3's three-month development time necessarily going to be the new standard, or do the devs see a way of doing three months for this one (because of the volume of bugs), and maybe releasing content on a two-month schedule?  Is the timeline extending and each three month drop will contain three months of content?
 
Q:  What were the hardest bugs and systems to fix and why?
 
Q:  What is on the horizon as far as additions to future drops is concerned?
 
Q:  Are there any plans to provide a free month after drop 3 to all players to attract them back?  Are there any ideas for opening up free trials to entice new players if drop 3 is well received?
 
If someone could ask those questions in stream for me, I'd appreciate it.  IRL sucks fairly often, and I REALLY wanted to be in the Twitch stream for this one to ask the questions and hear what's being said in real time.
 
I can't wait to be home, get this thing typed, and get into Nexus.  This game's so fun to play for me, requiring me to concentrate completely when I'm playing, that I can't let my mind drift back to these stupid work problems.  It's why I love the game so much; it defines cathartic therapy.	
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Good Morning Everyone!
 
Oatmeal and coffee for breakfast. Something filling and fast was needed this morning.
 
Did my dailies last night on my domi and worked on some gathering/farming. I am (_) this close to having enough for 2 more CREDD. Still hoping the prices drop more.
 
VicVan: If I am not busy at that time, I will be watching the report. Will try to get some of yours questions answered. I don't know what my day is going to be like. Clients don't like to make appointments and just drop by whenever they feel like.
 
Hope you all have a great day!	
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Good Morning Everyone!
 
Oatmeal and coffee for breakfast. Something filling and fast was needed this morning.
 
Did my dailies last night on my domi and worked on some gathering/farming. I am (_) this close to having enough for 2 more CREDD. Still hoping the prices drop more.
 
VicVan: If I am not busy at that time, I will be watching the report. Will try to get some of yours questions answered. I don't know what my day is going to be like. Clients don't like to make appointments and just drop by whenever they feel like.
 
Hope you all have a great day!
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Q:  If the drop clears QA early, will it be released early, or will it remain in testing to see if new issues develop?
 
Q:  Is drop 3's three-month development time necessarily going to be the new standard, or do the devs see a way of doing three months for this one (because of the volume of bugs), and maybe releasing content on a two-month schedule?  Is the timeline extending and each three month drop will contain three months of content?
 
Q:  What were the hardest bugs and systems to fix and why?
 
Q:  What is on the horizon as far as additions to future drops is concerned?
 
Q:  Are there any plans to provide a free month after drop 3 to all players to attract them back?  Are there any ideas for opening up free trials to entice new players if drop 3 is well received?
 
If someone could ask those questions in stream for me, I'd appreciate it.  IRL sucks fairly often, and I REALLY wanted to be in the Twitch stream for this one to ask the questions and hear what's being said in real time.
 
I can't wait to be home, get this thing typed, and get into Nexus.  This game's so fun to play for me, requiring me to concentrate completely when I'm playing, that I can't let my mind drift back to these stupid work problems.  It's why I love the game so much; it defines cathartic therapy.
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Leveling and RPing on my Aurin Female was the activity of the day. I love PvP... even on the Exile side. Dommies win more matches so they gear up faster, but the Exiles win due to good ol' fashioned team work and.... the fact the I dumped all my points into PvP offense and Defense.
 
My favorite activity is to peel people off the mask carrier. They think "Oh a spellslinger... I'll go kill it... ... hey! This spellslinger is taking forever to die!!!" Meanwhile our mask carrier is getting away!
 
It survive so well that, at times I'll lay my telegraph over the mask and keep the dommies from getting it while the rest of my team respawns. :lol: Its funny because PvP power whittles down their HP and while I usually die shortly after my team gets back, they have less work to do.
 
RP on this character is a blast. This character has few issues that can make RP a negative experience. She's good with just about anything so I have a lot of fun... Rocio's getting jealous.	
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			Good morning, coffee people! How's the science?First, I think his name is Anlath. With an A, as per the dev tracker. Real life has been quiet. I have mostly been watching "Angel" and doing chores...oh and playing Magic. What? Who said a doctor can't be Empero- I mean a MtG player! Things are pretty quiet in the outside realms (heard that from Norah, I think) so I have some time for WildStar. Had a caramel and Nutella English muffin with milk for breakfast. Om nom nom!More Mondo! Because reasons!In WildStar news, things are...strange. I find myself logging in to complete dailies for rep and such but daytime is so quiet, I end up logging out for most of the day. Evenings in the guild are also quiet because apparently, a lot of people are PST and I am EST. This leads to me barely logging in at all! This is bad. Regardless, I am hoping to find the will to finish the challenges in Galeras today. There's 40 of them scattered across a giant zone. Depressing, really. I am seriously thinking that I should change the focus of my report from "Rebalancing" to "Rebalancing the challenges that are severely imbalanced AKA cannot earn Gold at level 50". That would at least make it faster. Besides, I will eventually want to roll another character which I can then use to evaluate all challenges at-level AND with more than myself around because of the megaservers. Does that make sense?More to do! More to do! Also, more to do!	
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Good morning, coffee people! How's the science?
 
First, I think his name is Anlath. With an A, as per the dev tracker. Real life has been quiet. I have mostly been watching "Angel" and doing chores...oh and playing Magic. What? Who said a doctor can't be Empero- I mean a MtG player! Things are pretty quiet in the outside realms (heard that from Norah, I think) so I have some time for WildStar. Had a caramel and Nutella English muffin with milk for breakfast. Om nom nom!
 
More Mondo! Because reasons!
 
 
In WildStar news, things are...strange. I find myself logging in to complete dailies for rep and such but daytime is so quiet, I end up logging out for most of the day. Evenings in the guild are also quiet because apparently, a lot of people are PST and I am EST. This leads to me barely logging in at all! This is bad. Regardless, I am hoping to find the will to finish the challenges in Galeras today. There's 40 of them scattered across a giant zone. Depressing, really. I am seriously thinking that I should change the focus of my report from "Rebalancing" to "Rebalancing the challenges that are severely imbalanced AKA cannot earn Gold at level 50". That would at least make it faster. Besides, I will eventually want to roll another character which I can then use to evaluate all challenges at-level AND with more than myself around because of the megaservers. Does that make sense?
 
More to do! More to do! Also, more to do!
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Firstly, Anlath is utterly lovely. It is great have a UK CM and he is such a trooper.
 
Secondly, Breakfast for me was some lovely cake, because cake for breakfast is the best! I had it with my traditional skinny latte with sugar free caramel syrup. I do think the people think I must be such an idiot for ordering sugar free syrup and cake… perhaps they are right!
 
Wildstar related my main concern at the moment is names!  What on Nexus am I going to call my characters when the megaserver hits? I was so excite we were going to get surnames but now… I am just confused! I need to think of names for my Cassian Esper (currently Luscia), Chua Engineer (currently Pippa), and Mechari Stalker (currently Tyvire). My dilemma is essentially true to lore name or me related name.
 
I have previously always named my characters in a lore friendly way as I enjoy roleplay. However, in Wildstar I went to a PvP server as there was no RP-PvP option and I have not indulged in any RP and do not expect I will really. (The exception to that was a brilliant murder mystery night organised by our guild, even the non-roleplayers, the majority of our guild, had a good time.) So if I am not roleplaying perhaps I should name my characters in a way to represent myself?
 
Well that was quite the ramble! Hopefully I will come to some sort of conclusion before the servers hit.	
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Walks into the topic, sniffing the ear around him.
Where breakfast? Chua hungry, and no breakfast to be found!
Chua not had breakfast this morning....
 
Unfortunately Chua not have much WildStar news.
Chua wanted to raid yesterday, but due sickness and absence of few people had to call raid.
Chua hope can raid this evening again, but cannot attend self due dinner with friends.
Chua pretty sure is close now to killing to Experiment 89. Only missing bit more DPS, which guild finally sorted, so next time if all around can attempt Experiment 89 with 20 people and get last million health down.
 
Chua did try ArchAge yesterday together with mate Meshi.
Chua and Meshi decided will not be trying game again.....
Chua streamed little bit of game yesterday:  http://www.twitch.tv/chuaolivar/b/573337680
Things Chua did not like:
 
Slow Combat
Cluncky Controls
Voice-over Tutorial chatting through everything
Goldsellers
Community attitude
Graphical bugs
Chua and Meshi decided to focus more on Aurin characters when not raiding and have fun together.	
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Morning Tea: McCormick's Blend
Morning Food:  Passion Fruit yogurt, fresh blackberries
 
The science (political) is going well!  Got workstation set and ready to go, got my books out, work MAY ACTUALLY HAPPEN!  *confetti*
 
Hear you on the East Coast thing - though I'm thrilled to report at least a couple of our guild's "we're moving and offline" folks are back, which also means we now have an East Coast presence!  Hip hip hooray!  No more late nights for me!
 
Today - research, research, research.  Possibly even writing, writing, writing.  My goal when I did my PhD dissertation was a minimum of two pages per day, even if they were crap.  So - I'm going to stick with that.  It's like getting back into an exercise routine, only with my brain.
 
Online, going to start Whitevale on Lament, and if she can make enough money, I'll go work on Respite, the Mordesh Manor, some more.  It's coming along really well and I'm very pleased - though it's still got a lot more work to do on it.  Tonight I'm hoping to save up enough money to buy a metric ton of windows, and to figure out something for the roof.  I'm 
basing it off this:  
 	
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Things Chua did not like:
 
Slow Combat
Cluncky Controls
Voice-over Tutorial chatting through everything
Goldsellers
Community attitude
Graphical bugs
NO CHUA
Chua and Meshi decided to focus more on Aurin characters when not raiding and have fun together.
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Walks into the topic, sniffing the ear around him.
Where breakfast? Chua hungry, and no breakfast to be found!
Chua not had breakfast this morning....
 
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*Walks in, sits on stool far from others while sipping coffee*
 
Good day peoples. Science fine, Frozen. Thank you!
 
Small breakfast this morning. Little time. Just finished all homework assignments, tomorrow another assignment! Sigh...
Many college peoples having colds lately. That time of year. Many ill, not just in college. Will try survive until winter without catching anything. Any peoples nearby, no touching! Better safe than sorry!
 
 
On Nexus, just did some pvp and rep farming with guildies last night. Not sure if enough peoples will turn up tonight for raid, but keeping hopes up is best.	
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Walks into the topic, sniffing the ear around him.
Where breakfast? Chua hungry, and no breakfast to be found!
Chua not had breakfast this morning....
 
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*Walks in, sits on stool far from others while sipping coffee*
 
Good day peoples. Science fine, Frozen. Thank you!
 
Small breakfast this morning. Little time. Just finished all homework assignments, tomorrow another assignment! Sigh...
Many college peoples having colds lately. That time of year. Many ill, not just in college. Will try survive until winter without catching anything. Any peoples nearby, no touching! Better safe than sorry!
 
 
On Nexus, just did some pvp and rep farming with guildies last night. Not sure if enough peoples will turn up tonight for raid, but keeping hopes up is best.
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/hugs
 
You're so kee-yute! *squeezes tight*
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Which comes with the hugs? :3
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Good morning, Wildstar, Chua, Aurin and Carbine all.
I discovered in my pantry another bowl of clam chowder, doubling up on yesterday's fine dose of canned soup before 4am!
 
Yesterday in Wildstar:
Three wonderful things happened yesterday in Wildstar for me.
I helped my friend and roleplaying partner get his character from level 18 to 20.  This was done through running around Galeras a little but also 3-manning The Highcrest Insurrection which was enjoyable.  No dedicated healer, a Stalker tank and two ESPers.  No deaths (though it got scary occasionally) for a nice gold run.  This was the first expeirence my friend had with adventures so it was a big positive all around.  Yay!
Roleplay.  I had two seperate scenes both of which touched base upon capitalizing on Aurin spending habits.  The first involved a bag of Lopp branded carrot crisps (minerally supplemented to meet all Aurin Salt-Lick needs).  The latter was something The Clones had concocted to meet a perceived market need to help facilitate tail grooming.  Though these props were only in the background of said encounters, they were perhaps more memorable than the scenes themselves.
Lastly I found a like minded old soldier in the RP community on Evindra with whom I could swap war stories. An acquaintance up to that point, we chatted OOC for about an hour or so sharing views on some of the challenges we had faced (and continue to face in some cases).  To blow off steam, we danced with a Mechari in Thayd.
Today's Plans:
Overall, yesterday was pretty quiet from a roleplay standpoint -- more of a consolidation of the weekend's activities.  I think it may be time to stir things up a little and branch off and meet some new folk to broaden my contact list on my ESPer.
 
Gameplay wise, it's back to the working on my Elder Point cap.  I'm going to see if I can weasel a group together to hash out the 5-man contact for Blighthaven otherwise it's back to the Northern Wilds for me.  I'm also intending to get some facetime with my friend and see if we can nudge him up to level 25 over the next day or so.	
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I discovered in my pantry another bowl of clam chowder, doubling up on yesterday's fine dose of canned soup before 4am!
 
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Good morning everyone.
 
Breakfast hasn't happened yet for me but I will try to make it a good one :)  Coffee is my usual chai latte.  I know some of you don't like the taste of it, but I wasn't up for a mocha this morning and other coffees are way too bitter for me generally.
 
As usual for me there was no Wildstar last night.  Nor tonight.  Yay RL.  I actually could have logged on last night, but a cold caught me and so I was in the loving arms of a Nyquil-induced coma at the time.  Hopefully I can get rid of the cold by tomorrow.
 
It's funny on the EST/PST split.  I'm PST, and many of the people in my guild are EST-ish.  Which of course is directly opposite from what some other folks on Evindra are saying about their guilds.  I was EST up until about a year ago though, so I've seen that side of it as well.  So just so ya'll know, it's just as bad in reverse.  When you're EST, you log on and have to wait for everyone to get online.  When you're PST, you log on and wave goodbye as everyone takes off to go to bed because they have to work in the morning.  Conclusion:  Time zones suck.
 
One of my officers was totally awesome and organized all our ThaydFest prizes, and grouped a bunch of the housing items together into "packs" so that we could figure out what things to make to fill it out.  She finished up last night and sent me a spreadsheet with all of it listed out, so gonna go look at that when I get a chance today and probably update the teaser prize list in the event post :)  
 
Anyway, off to try and murder my cold so I can function properly again, and try to zombie through work stuff as much as I can from home, so I don't get too far behind.	
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It's funny on the EST/PST split.  I'm PST, and many of the people in my guild are EST-ish.  Which of course is directly opposite from what some other folks on Evindra are saying about their guilds.  I was EST up until about a year ago though, so I've seen that side of it as well.  So just so ya'll know, it's just as bad in reverse.  When you're EST, you log on and have to wait for everyone to get online.  When you're PST, you log on and wave goodbye as everyone takes off to go to bed because they have to work in the morning.  Conclusion:  Time zones suck.
 
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Little sketch for you guys I did on the way to work...
 
Last night was fun, I rounded up people that never did Swordmaiden at all and 2 were fresh 50s as well.Had a lot of fun learning stuff and made good progress as well, hoping to drag the same group in to other stuff as well and do the same for others.
 
Our healer in particular hadn't played in a long time, but had a lot of fun and wants to come back for more, so I feel like we had a lovely night and brought back a player too :)	
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			In regards to the whole EST/PST thing: it does get really, really boring during daytime. Sure, it is a great time to do anything else that is not tied to the game itself but if the majority is PST, I might as well just go lone wolf. Won't make much of a difference in the long run. The idea is to avoid getting bored. I cannot change my sleep schedule either because I always work early on Monday, Friday and Saturday. Juggling with one's sleep schedule is a one-way ticket to health issues.I'll see how things go this week I guess.	
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Mornin' all!
 
I rarely eat breakfast, so...yeah...never anything to report on that side of things.
 
In WS, had fun continuing to build Scaarinen's castle. Put in some floors that were made extremely complicated by not being able to remove the default grass. This particular hallway is very restricted in height as well, since you're not supposed to know it's there, so I had to be careful to make sure larger characters' heads wouldn't clip through the ceiling. That tends to kill any sense of immersion.
 
Also ended up doing Vet Swordmaiden for the first time with Typrop and a few others. Wow, it felt like it had been forever since I actually played my medic for anything other than dailies. The rust was flaking off his resonators as we went, though, which is good.
 
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I agree! I have been EST all my adult life, until about 6 months ago - and now I'm PST. I'm not sure which one I disliked more! Time zones suck, especially this day in age when we all game from all over the world. :) Though it doesn't really matter if I'm EST or PST because my work hours are EU, so I tend to just stay on EU hours during the weekend as well to make things easier. 
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Chua and Meshi decided to focus more on Aurin characters when not raiding and have fun together.
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Little sketch for you guys I did on the way to work...
 
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Also, I wanted to say Good morning everyone! I hope everyone is having a good time on the forums. :) It's been a very long time since I have posted, so I just wanted to say hello. I'm happy to see the thread is doing well and there are even a good number of new faces that weren't here before. That's great! I'm so glad new people are still finding the coffee thread. :)
 
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 It's been a very long time since I have posted, so I just wanted to say hello. I'm happy to see the thread is doing well and there are even a good number of new faces that weren't here before. That's great! I'm so glad new people are still finding the coffee thread. :)
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That's awesome! :D Really nice sketch! Especially for "on the way to work". xD
 
I couldn't sketch that well if I was "in a studio with the proper supplies and a ton of time and concentration." :P
 
 
 
Also, I wanted to say Good morning everyone! I hope everyone is having a good time on the forums. :) It's been a very long time since I have posted, so I just wanted to say hello. I'm happy to see the thread is doing well and there are even a good number of new faces that weren't here before. That's great! I'm so glad new people are still finding the coffee thread. :)
 
I hope everyone is having a good time in WildStar. :D I just learned the other day that apparently one of my favorite voice actors, Laura Bailey, did the voices for both Belle Walker AND the Mordesh females! :o I never picked that out until I read it. You should have told me sooner Carbine! It makes me even prouder that I picked Mordesh. ;)
 
Keep being awesome, Morning Coffee! This thread is such a great thing for the community. I hope you all realize how much of an impact this thread has on people's lives. You may not realize it yet (or maybe you have) but you're all helping build a community that will last a long time. Some people who are normally too shy to talk on forums can feel comfortable posting here, and they even meet friends who they never would have met otherwise. This thread helps keep people from playing alone, from having no real reason to keep logging in. The community is the most important aspect of an MMO and this thread does so much to improve that aspect here on the forums. I'm so proud of this thread. :D
 
I just wanted to stop in and say all of that! I love you all, even the new faces I haven't met, because by posting here, you're already awesome. ;)
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Little sketch for you guys I did on the way to work...
 
Last night was fun, I rounded up people that never did Swordmaiden at all and 2 were fresh 50s as well.
Had a lot of fun learning stuff and made good progress as well, hoping to drag the same group in to other stuff as well and do the same for others.
 
Our healer in particular hadn't played in a long time, but had a lot of fun and wants to come back for more, so I feel like we had a lovely night and brought back a player too :)
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Where's my Granok womens pronz?!
 
Sorry, I'm just going to yell that at everyone who can actually draw. :)
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Check out this hottie!  :wub:
 
 
She's so bad... ;)
 
 
Be careful though! This naughty Granok is a total homewrecker. 
 
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I like big rocks, and I cannot lye.
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I hope those pictures are safe for these forums. There's a lot of cleavage showing.
 
(Now I want to play a Granok and make rock puns. xD)	
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It's been fun guys, but I'm going to be moving on. Fixes have been pushed back a few too many times, and the content that I was so looking forward to along with them. I had such hopes and dreams for what I was going to do with the Halloween stuff, but those dreams just got dashed, no Halloween in wildstar this year. With luck I will return someday.When the moons over nexus hang large in the sky, and the sounds of ghosts whisper in the corners of Thayd. When mordesh and mechari finally get homes of their own, and when mechari can say more than wirrrrs and the occasional beep.
 
It breaks my heart, and I will miss all of you.  	
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			Bye bye. *sad Aurin wave*	
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			No -Holiday- events in 2014. Well, that just sucks. So we really -ARE- stuck with what we have now until November comes? Talk about depressing. Drop 3 better be beyond freakin' amazing.Sorry to see you go, Arachnaas.	
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It's been fun guys, but I'm going to be moving on. Fixes have been pushed back a few too many times, and the content that I was so looking forward to along with them. I had such hopes and dreams for what I was going to do with the Halloween stuff, but those dreams just got dashed, no Halloween in wildstar this year. With luck I will return someday.When the moons over nexus hang large in the sky, and the sounds of ghosts whisper in the corners of Thayd. When mordesh and mechari finally get homes of their own, and when mechari can say more than wirrrrs and the occasional beep.
 
It breaks my heart, and I will miss all of you.  
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			RIP Frost	
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RIP Frost
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RIP Frost
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eh~? What is going on omg...
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If this means what I think it means, that weird cheer-like noise I just heard must have been Scott of Awesome celebrating.
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Frost got offered another job, so this is his last week.
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whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa....no halloween!? *grasps her mechanical bosom in horror*
 
<3
 
I wish you all the best wherever you go. Remember that above all else and no matter what game you end up with, have fun! I hope to meet and play with you someday either when/if you return or we cross paths on some adventure.
*Gives a strong tight just enough not to register to be lethal hug*
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RIP Frost
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 did he say where he was going?
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Not yet, I think.  Said he'd get into the details at a later time, or some such.
 
 
 
Only saw the last 10 minutes of the stream, hope there was some good news involved.
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Frost leaving makes me  :( so much.
 
Also, loves, if you at all care about Neighbor Notes, the developer for the addon is unsubbing. We're having a going away party Wednesday night, 8 p.m. CST, in housing. If you can make it, awesome. If not, please shower him in love wherever you see him.	
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From what I heard, yes and no.  It depends on what camp you're in.
 
If you want the game to be perfect and want a lot of bug fixes and content and such, and you're okay with the quarterly release cycle, it's great.  We're getting a lot of great fixes that should elevate the game to a higher level.
 
If you wanted content faster, didn't mind the bugs, and felt sad about not getting a content drop in October, the gnashing of teeth shall be loud.
 
Since I'm not in either camp and neither really bothers me, I'll reserve judgment for what we get when Drop 3 finally occurs.  There was a lot in this one, though.
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I dunno...this kinda just ruins my wildstar day...
 
I think I'd be happy if at least they made the non-halloween specific outfits purchasable....ya know...throw people a bone...
That no holiday thing is gonna cut some people deep.	
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It breaks my heart, and I will miss all of you.  
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			Man.. you leave for a few days.. or week and a half.. to placate work.. and you come back.. *whistles* Wow.  No Holiday events? Well.. the one thing that MIGHT have kept me subbing beyond Oct 3rd is now gone.  Frost got a new job?  Good on him.  Hope it's more cash, less work and etc etc.  I'm going to log in tonight, pay up the Carnival taxes... but I must say.. between now and the 3rd, I'm calling my Wildstar involvement done.  Maybe when Drop 3 hits and the Megaservers are live, and there are actual Holiday Events... I'll check it out again.  Damn.  Too bad.	
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Man.. you leave for a few days.. or week and a half.. to placate work.. and you come back.. *whistles* Wow.  No Holiday events? Well.. the one thing that MIGHT have kept me subbing beyond Oct 3rd is now gone.  Frost got a new job?  Good on him.  Hope it's more cash, less work and etc etc.  I'm going to log in tonight, pay up the Carnival taxes... but I must say.. between now and the 3rd, I'm calling my Wildstar involvement done.  Maybe when Drop 3 hits and the Megaservers are live, and there are actual Holiday Events... I'll check it out again.  Damn.  Too bad.
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			Yea.  I hope it turns around and straightens out.  I hold no ill will or such.  I had fun with it.  But with a kid, a career, and a career that requires never ending education, I vastly overestimated my desire for "Vanilla WoW".  But hey.. at least I had some fun with some people.. met some really cool folks.. got to troll some trolls.. earned some warning points.. and played a DubStep Robot to level 50.  Can't say it was all bad.	
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They need to stop the bleeding. FFXIV did that by pushing out the free subs and the Legacy campaign that rewarded people IRL and Ingame. Even now they've had like... 3 Free Login periods to entice lost subs.
 
But Carbine may not have many options under NCsoft. It's all speculation but I can't think of any other reason why they would remove content instead of add it when the game is in this state.	
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I do not see myself hanging around for much longer either. 100 pages worth of patch notes? Sounds promising but some of the content is getting pushed back even farther. The ProtoStar Games, I believe, were to come out with The Defile but have been pushed back to January. Beyond that, lots of QoL changes are to be expected but again, nothing specific was mentioned. I am particularly curious about the changes to money and gold sinks  but no matter what those are, it will not be enough. The Defile alone is quite similar to Blighthaven. You'll spend a day questing and doing path missions and a month grinding reputation by doing daily group quests. Same with the new daily quest zones. More dailies! More static content that will bore you before the next week after the drop hits.
 
Information was too broad for my liking. Nothing specific or juicy to be enthused about.
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			Frost quitting, and no holiday event? Man that really sucks. I was on Pergo last night and while it had people, it doesn't seem like it had the amount it had when free transfers went up. This kind of news will not help much.	
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I tried...
https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/114928-just-a-thought-on-holidays-more-so-halloween/
 
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Why am I the only one who came away from the Nexus Report not walking in a cloud of doom and gloom?
 
Honest, clear statements on what's coming in the near term? Awesome. That's 'wishful thinking turned to disappointment' crashes headed off before they could even happen.
 
Acknowledgement of serious issues and a re-commitment to addressing them? Fantastic.
 
Of all the things we tell them we think we're 'entitled to', nothing is as important as them telling us they think we're entitled to a less buggy game.	
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			I do like the patch notes size, when Defile drops, it's going to be a really good patch. But the delay until November still hurts morale in the community. We will see what will happen come november.	
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			DOOOM AND GLOOOOM! ...waaah lopp sad.	
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Why am I the only one who came away from the Nexus Report not walking in a cloud of doom and gloom?
 
Honest, clear statements on what's coming in the near term? Awesome. That's 'wishful thinking turned to disappointment' crashes headed off before they could even happen.
 
Acknowledgement of serious issues and a re-commitment to addressing them? Fantastic.
 
Of all then things we tell them we're 'entitled to', nothing is as important as them telling us they think we're entitled to a less buggy game.
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Why am I the only one who came away from the Nexus Report not walking in a cloud of doom and gloom?
 
Honest, clear statements on what's coming in the near term? Awesome. That's 'wishful thinking turned to disappointment' crashes headed off before they could even happen.
 
Acknowledgement of serious issues and a re-commitment to addressing them? Fantastic.
 
Of all then things we tell them we're 'entitled to', nothing is as important as them telling us they think we're entitled to a less buggy game.
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Question - With the Visitor not updated in a while and not looking to be updated in the future, what are you going to use after mergers to get around to player houses, will you just friend everyone and neighbor them so you remember?
 
P.S. Info for...science.	
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			It's been an awfully long time since I had my last coffee :-)	
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It's been an awfully lon time since I had my last coffee :-)
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ON the bright side! Smash bros this week for 3ds *flex*
 
Maybe I'll host a Wildstar tourney for CREDD :)	
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Welcome back!
 
It's one of those up and down days.  Drop 3 information now is pointing towards greatness.  Drop 3 will drop in around Halloween, though.
 
I'll write up my recap tonight, because I'm not getting fired from the TL;DR!
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thanks for th welcome
 
I'm more excited about the server merges that should go live in the near future^^
 
But on a completely other note, was a release of the Soundtrack announced? in the 2 months I was absorbed in my real life
 
looking forward to your recap you mentioned
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ON the bright side! Smash bros this week for 3ds *flex*
 
Maybe I'll host a Wildstar tourney for CREDD :)
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Why am I the only one who came away from the Nexus Report not walking in a cloud of doom and gloom?
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I'm gonna start tomorrow's coffee thread if that's alright.
Miss talking to you guys, finally got some free time.
Yey recovery from surgery ..! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!	
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We have a crack squad of Chua commandos lined up with some sort of 'coffee ray cannon-launcher' (we don't ask - the answers just make it sound worse) ready to hunt you dow- I mean make you feel better.
 
Don't make us make you feel better.	
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To be fair, the expectation of Halloween was there because of Carbine's own promises regarding the holiday events, not because people demanded such an event.
 
Other than being the game's first holiday event, the reason it was so anticipated was that people are trying to latch onto things to justify staying with the game. Ethereal promises of a savior patch are difficult to hold onto, no matter how enticing the promises are.
 
Many of us expected an announcement that Halloween would be starting imminently, so to have the exact opposite announced was like being woken out of a deep sleep by a bucket of arctic water to the face. The shock will wear off, but sometimes it's difficult not to react spontaneously by breaking the bucket-holder's arms. ^_^
 
At this point, the game can use anything and everything that could possibly improve the community's mood.
 
 
I'll keep using NN until it doesn't work with the API anymore. WYBMN is already unsupported from what I can tell. It's had a repetitive error now for weeks.
 
EDIT: Just for reference, I use NN primarily for gathering circles, so WYBMN's gathering plug search feature was amazing. I wish it still worked reliably.
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Actually wasn't asking about NN. :) But okay. 
 
Got stuff to do today, precious little time, see you lovelies this evening if I can.
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Well, Kickers and Coffee Folks...
It's official.  I'm out.
 
It was fun while it lasted. I just cancelled my sub.
I'm really sorry I didn't end up being one of the ones to stick around.
The coffee thread "on topic" fiascos as well as other drains on my time (no, not just the queue to log into ArcheAge) contributed - not anything to do with Skullkickers or the players in these threads at all.
I love the game's quirky art style and whatnot. Lots to love about WildStar, that's for sure.
I was going to stick around for "holiday events", but...after today's announcements? Hrrrm.
Maybe later I'll be back.
 
Good luck, and keep caffeinated.
 
-T.	
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			The coffee threads are starting to become quitting threads :(	
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The coffee threads are starting to become quitting threads :(
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Well, Kickers and Coffee Folks...
It's official.  I'm out.
 
It was fun while it lasted. I just cancelled my sub.
I'm really sorry I didn't end up being one of the ones to stick around.
The coffee thread "on topic" fiascos as well as other drains on my time (no, not just the queue to log into ArcheAge) contributed - not anything to do with Skullkickers or the players in these threads at all.
I love the game's quirky art style and whatnot. Lots to love about WildStar, that's for sure.
I was going to stick around for "holiday events", but...after today's announcements? Hrrrm.
Maybe later I'll be back.
 
Good luck, and keep caffeinated.
 
-T.
 
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			I can't wait for that stack of paper Donatelli has.  Here's hoping he gets that file out there for us.	
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Like I'd post anywhere else...
Everybody I still give a hoot about in the game's in here.
 
-T.
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Well, Kickers and Coffee Folks...
It's official.  I'm out.
 
It was fun while it lasted. I just cancelled my sub.
I'm really sorry I didn't end up being one of the ones to stick around.
The coffee thread "on topic" fiascos as well as other drains on my time (no, not just the queue to log into ArcheAge) contributed - not anything to do with Skullkickers or the players in these threads at all.
I love the game's quirky art style and whatnot. Lots to love about WildStar, that's for sure.
I was going to stick around for "holiday events", but...after today's announcements? Hrrrm.
Maybe later I'll be back.
 
Good luck, and keep caffeinated.
 
-T.
 
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But...I barely had a chance to play with Bee Bot.
 
 
Bye, Tep. :(
 
Well, between Koala, Arachnaas, and now Tep, it has not been a good day for the MC thread. Kinda kills my desire to play.
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			Archanaas, Koala and Tep? I will miss you all. But tell no one. Ever. Or Mondo will kill you!In truth, sad panda.	
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sad kitten hopes you come back	
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			It's really saddening to see so many people taking a break.  I really hope that you all feel like coming back soon.	
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It's really saddening to see so many people taking a break.  I really hope that you all feel like coming back soon.
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Yeah I do hope most of them come back. The coffee thread seems to be getting fewer and fewer pages at the end of the day.
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It's all speculation but I can't think of any other reason why they would remove content instead of add it when the game is in this state.
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No kidding. No time to test Holiday content? Hire some temps. Entry level game testers jobs don't pay that much, so I don't even know why that's an excuse. Maybe they went over their numbers and the cost of hiring temps outweigh the loss of subs.
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Well, Kickers and Coffee Folks...
It's official.  I'm out.
 
It was fun while it lasted. I just cancelled my sub.
I'm really sorry I didn't end up being one of the ones to stick around.
The coffee thread "on topic" fiascos as well as other drains on my time (no, not just the queue to log into ArcheAge) contributed - not anything to do with Skullkickers or the players in these threads at all.
I love the game's quirky art style and whatnot. Lots to love about WildStar, that's for sure.
I was going to stick around for "holiday events", but...after today's announcements? Hrrrm.
Maybe later I'll be back.
 
Good luck, and keep caffeinated.
 
-T.
 
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Chua quit to. 
Bye.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hmmm...Chua not find funny.
Chua miss many already. Chua offer to come play on server, but all decided to live in US.
Chua ask to test game again when drop3 hits, yes?
Else Chua going to be alone on forum against ravaging horde of sillies.	
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Hey, all. 
 
I already left my Goodbye to the dev team here https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/114885-dear-devs-a-heartfelt-goodbye-for-now/ but I wanted to say something here, too. 
 
I honestly don't know if I could write a poem right now even if I wanted to. In the short time I've been taking part in this thread I feel like it's become one of my homes away from home online. You folks have been SO encouraging, funny, creative, compassionate, open minded & accepting towards myself, and everyone else who has taken part in this thread that it pains me to not be able to visit this place every day. It's kinda why I've been staying away. I needed to get used to not having this. 
 
It sucks. 
 
I'll be OK though...and I sincerely hope the rest of you will be, too. You're all amazing people. I'm very, very, very grateful to have known you all. Please know that you have helped give me a huge confidence boost as far as considering myself a good person as well as the confidence I've gained as far as my creative skills go. 
 
Please know this:You are all wonderful people, and you all deserve love. SO much of it. Whatever happens please do your best to love & respect yourself as much as you can. You all rock so damn hard. 
 
Amps to eleven. 
 
I'll leave you with this. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MYM9OU6cuE
 
It's those big wheels that are ready to roll, we've been flyin' high and so low
Lord, and all this madness, ain't as crazy as it seems
Everywhere, they stop and stare, I'm just a stranger on this road
Oh, I stand alone, only in my dream
 
Highway song, you sing it on and on, on and on
Highway song is as lonely as the road I'm on
 
Do me a favor, and just imagine Zid up there singin' it. 
 	
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Hi all,
 
Long time lurker first time posting in this wonderful thread that's somehow managed to consume so much of my time. It's sad to see people leave the game so hopefully you'll come back soon, especially to keep this thread as entertaining as it is :) . In fact half the reason I moved my toons over to Evindra (was on Myrcalus) was because of the great community all of you have created here so...um...yeah (I'm not looking for a guild or anything >.>).
My breakfast consisted of a macchiato and a slice of tiramisu and a random pancake my younger sister decided to make.
As for Wildstar related news, been hammering BGs nonstop on my esper alt trying to power through the 30-49 bracket.
 
Have a good one!	
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Hey guys, 
 
I hate to have to lock the coffee thread before a new one is started, but since it turned into more of a goodbye thread than anything else, and we do lock those to prevent community fallout... I can't give special treatment to just one thread, and I'm going to lock this one. Please feel free to start a new one for 10/01 	
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