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Giant cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Yes, yes. You can be jealous. Office Christmas party this afternoon, so it'll be barbecued brisket for lunch. Ah, Texas during the holidays. High of 80 degrees today, clear blue skies and the Sun shining bright. Y'all can have yer ol' white Christmas. Gimme a cool breeze, no rain and beautiful sunny day.
 
So, I've been sick pretty much since Sunday. Haven't really logged in except to collect daily rewards and log out. Hopefully I'll be getting over this funk before tomorrow night, because I am jonesin' for some game time - but man, after 8 hours chained to this office chair, as bad as I feel, bedtime can't come soon enough.
 
I am anxious to start collecting bits and pieces of the Space Race stuff. My spellslinger (Interplanet Janet) is planning her plot around a space station theme, so this is just the kind of stuff I need.
 
So, have you guys and gals been taking advantage of the new event? Are the rewards as spiff as they look in screenshots? Do you use the components to create whole ships or do they mix-and-match into bigger and greater combinations?
 
Is it Friday yet?
 
Have a great day, Nexus. I have two Christmas ads to build before 2PM, so I'm out of here for a while! I'll check in later and see wazzup!
 
 	
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Been collecting a few things here and there, though...no clue what to do with them! None of my plots at all have any such use really, though I'm sure down the road somewhere I'll figure out something to do with the bits and pieces I've been pick up so far. Going to have a ton of these things too, I just know it!
 
No, it's not Friday yet, though...I should be thankful as I have to work Friday and Saturday night, so right now I'm kinda in the middle of my weekend, as it were. Ah, the joys of 3rd shift.
 
Been continuing some offsite discussions about game theory and design, as well as figure out where I want my own endeavors to go for 2016. Right now though? Game design stuff!	
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Either I'm sick or paying the toll for last week's Nexus Bacchanalia.  Missed the start of the alt-raid but I was on the fence about going anyway.  Barely managed to squeak through the day's contracts on LJ and a couple on Bri at which point I just logged out around 10:30p and read in bed until I passed out.
 
Of note, the AMP and Ability tier unlock markets are down in the "more than I prefer, but I'll pay it anyway" range.  Consequently Elsa's fully unlocked and Bri is one AMP point away.  If I wasn't so fuzzy headed I would have realized I would have had the EG to buy another one for Elsa this week.  Oh well.  They both still have some pending buy orders so if any of those hit I'll just funnel them to LJ or maybe even Pykke.
 
Really did want to run some Shiphands but my body had other ideas :(	
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Good morning/afternoon all, 
 
RL has been cutting into more of my game time recently, so much so that even checking the forum was limited. It has been wet and windy here and more wet and windy and even more wet and windy, at one stage I thought if it doesn't stop raining im going to have to give Noah a call see if I can borrow his Ark. 
 
Gamewise I have been playing more and more of my spellslinger and when I first tried this class it was when I just started playing Wildstar and it never really clicked for me. But I have now realized I was using the wrong build at the time and that was causing most of my frustrations but now ive found a build that suits me im having a blast with the class.  I got to say there is way too many classes that I want to play and not enough of me to play them, I still have my Stalker to gear up more but he has taken a little seat in the back burner for now so I can work on the other classes I have. 
 
Server merge was this week and it went through without too many issue's for me so when the biggest problem I had was my addon settings all resetting and having to manually copy and rename files in the %appdir% folder I think I can class the merging a success.  My first introduction to Entity housing zone chat were two people talking about an NPC with steel ballz (there spelling not mine) and I just burst out laughing, nothing worse than entering midway into a conversation and going wtf did I just walk into. 
 
Overall im still enjoying Wildstar and I don't plan doing the space event as im not really interested in the decor but I am looking forward to the winterfest event and will definitely be taking part in that one.	
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I've got mixed opinions on the event after playing for awhile last night.
 
 
The Good
 
A lot of the ship decor look awesome and we'll see some epic sci-fi builds from these items
 
Carbine did a great job deciding which decor should be more expensive. I thought that all of the epic ones were appropriately chosen
 
Everything cash shopped is reasonably priced
 
Everything in the cases can be either auctioned or traded (including music, though trade only)
 
 
 
The Bad
 
I've debated this point a bit in-game already, so bringing it up here will be my last time (I wanted to have an argument 'on paper'):
 
The Space Cadet NPCs are statues. They have weapons drawn but no animation so they look really out of place beside the other NPC decor (which all have subtle or overt movements). I'm sure some folks will find uses for them but from my point of view they're just wasted potential, I'd probably never use a single one of them. This was a big let-down for me last night as I was starting to rebuild my academy and cadets seemed perfect for that. Caydiem was on for a bit and explained that this was a case of not having enough time to give them animations, and I think that's understandable. But I hope next time they prioritize animation over anything else... especially over combat poses, as I don't understand why we'd want cadets with weapons drawn anyway. Walk around Illium and you'll see people standing around and chatting, cause that's what NPCs typically do in games. :P  I'm not convinced we need more guards and we definitely don't need more guards that stand rock still so that they appear more like mannequins than people capable of defending something. So I strongly urge Carbine to give us neutrally positioned NPCs in the future, please, and always ensure they have an animation as priority. From my view, consistency is important for a good build. I don't want to see the game going backwards on decor quality, and especially not when that decor is cash shopped in an RNG package. :(
 
The grind time to get chits through shiphands would be reasonable if the event was longer, but as it stands, the short window kinda forces you to grind really hard if you want a decent number of these items for large plots. This could easily lead to burnout and low self-esteem. :P
 
The particle reward vs. time spent in a given shiphand doesn't seem super well balanced; Fragment Zero strikes me as significantly better than the rest (130 for about 15-20m), which means you may end up grinding the same place over and over. I could be wrong though, some players might find really fast ways to do the ones that reward less.
 
 
 
That's about it. I would say acquisition of goods is fine overall, so take those criticisms lightly. You just have to pace yourself and probably find friends to run with so you can have a little fun on the way (and get extra renown, now is the time). So I'd give the event an A from an objective point of view. Unfortunately for me, the space cadet was a big reason to buy the cases, and since I'm no longer interested in that decor at all, the cases are kind of a waste of money, and that makes getting music unlocks and the whole ship decor harder to acquire. I'm still trying to decide how I want to approach the situation but will likely just buy a bunch of chits from the cash shop, scoop up the ship parts I need for the academy, and move on.
			
				
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Gooooooooooooooooood Day Coffee-ites
 
So last night I hopped onto FFXIV for a few minutes to make sure I was done, yeah I'm done. I think I can let that game go now, I still have people I really enjoy over on that game but there's enough people I don't and the game itself is sooooooo slow. Hopped back over to Wildstar got a good chunk of my Galeras Explorer Missions done, in-between dungeons. Had a blast. The Signature bar, didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. I was quickly able to ignore it. This weekend I need to split my time between playing a few games of RWBY with some friends, Blade and Soul Beta, and more Wildstar!	
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Had raid last night as per usual, which was fun. Sad that we didn't get to Prototypes, as Jack and I will have to miss Saturday's raid... ah well. Before that, husband, myself, and a friend of ours ran a bunch of random vet shiphands for the particles. Not really interested in spamming a single "most efficient" shiphand, though we were pleasantly surprised to get 150 particles out of  Deep Space, which is completable in just under 20 minutes. :D So that was cool, and we did that one a couple times. Helps that it's my favorite, but I won't overrun it.
 
Hard part will be deciding what to buy first. I've got lots of vague ideas, so I guess I'll just try and buy a bunch of everything.
 
They're filming a little marketing video at work today, so I had to don my uncomfortable school shirt. >_< At least tomorrow we get to wear pajamas (and have a potluck yay)! Soooo ready to be done with the semester. I'm actually looking forward to grading final exams wat...	
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Hello!
Hope you are feeling better soon Tex! And I'm jelly of the cinnamon roll... I am =)
I have taken a little advantage of the event and it's fun. I will gather for all ships and add them on top of my roof when my house is done (will take a while).
I haven't bought any of the parts yet for particles, I'm waiting at the end because somehow I got a part when I logged in today... don't know if we will get a part with each login reward during this event, but if so I wait until the end and see what's left :P
Will study for exam today, and drink coffee... and perhaps take a break or two and do an expedition run... :D	
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Good morning,
 
Haven't been in here for awhile, but wish you all well. Finished up my last freelance project for the year this week and now I'm just trying to focus on personal projects again along with other stuff. Will be playing the BnS beta(can add "Blinmaus" if you want) again this weekend and attending a local splatoon tournament(as an organizer) which should be fun. I had made a splatoon hat for the winner to go with their other prizes.
 
Wildstar wise I haven't really been logging in much except to do an occasional pvp match or RP with folks. However I'm finding myself getting really burned out on the gear grind trying to get my healslinger up to par in pvp. It REALLY didn't help that all I kept getting for past few days is bloodsworn which I HATE doing.
 
For housing I drew up a floor plan for theatres people on Exile and Dominion side will be able to use for whatever and tested some things like having "curtains" setup and parenting spot lights so if people wish to host a play,musical, or concert the organizers have control over the stage setup. See how that goes...
			
				
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			As for the event, I want to get a few pieces to my my ship house look cooler, for my Meteorite ship station/Thunderdome... Yes I am building a Thunderdome, so get your dueling faces on! It's coming Cupcakes!	
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I'm mostly slamming my face into my uni assignments and getting bored halfway through and end up doodling things such as this instead of working on typography T_T
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Mmmm cinnamon rolls.
I spammed expeditions at 3 in the morning last night, and I also used my omnibits to buy the caches, so far no music track BOOOO :(
I did get a few NPCs though! And I have a few parts that I really wanted, and I'm planning on buying lots of antenna and lights for my mordesh's housing plot (which I also got to 50 last night)
 
I really don't want to gear up in pvp right now though, I am so burnt out of bgs atm :c
 
I'm mostly slamming my face into my uni assignments and getting bored halfway through and end up doodling things such as this instead of working on typography T_T	
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The Space Cadet NPCs are statues. They have weapons drawn but no animation so they look really out of place beside the other NPC decor (which all have subtle or overt movements). I'm sure some folks will find uses for them but from my point of view they're just wasted potential, I'd probably never use a single one of them. This was a big let-down for me last night as I was starting to rebuild my academy and cadets seemed perfect for that. Caydiem was on for a bit and explained that this was a case of not having enough time to give them animations, and I think that's understandable..
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Good morning,
 
Haven't been in here for awhile, but wish you all well. Finished up my last freelance project for the year this week and now I'm just trying to focus on personal projects again along with other stuff. Will be playing the BnS beta(can add "Blinmaus" if you want) again this weekend and attending a local splatoon tournament(as an organizer) which should be fun. I had made a splatoon hat for the winner to go with their other prizes.
 
Wildstar wise I haven't really been logging in much except to do an occasional pvp match or RP with folks. However I'm finding myself getting really burned out on the gear grind trying to get my healslinger up to par in pvp. It REALLY didn't help that all I kept getting for past few days is bloodsworn which I HATE doing.
 
For housing I drew up a floor plan for theatres people on Exile and Dominion side will be able to use for whatever and tested some things like having "curtains" setup and parenting spot lights so if people wish to host a play,musical, or concert the organizers have control over the stage setup. See how that goes...
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I'm sorry, what?  That's not understandable, that's indefensible.  Unless they're using brand spanking new races each and every one of them has a base skeleton with an already existing set of idle animations.  Somebody's telling not-so tales (and I doubt it's Cay).
 
Even if they were new base models, it's 20-freakin-15.  Animation retargeting has been a thing for almost a decade now.  I know the Gaming Industry are the poster kids for Not-Invented-Here syndrome, but this is taking it to new levels of insanity.
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I keep coming back to this thread, and every time I see that damn cinnamon roll, I get hungry again. :lol:
 
The whole office smells like barbecue right now and it's making me CRAZY!
 
 
My lunch is gonna look like this ... only with more meat and less of those other non-meat things. :D	
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That looks tasty but my god, where is the health in Texas.  You've got like, no veggies there— it's all red meat and sugar! xD
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I keep coming back to this thread, and every time I see that damn cinnamon roll, I get hungry again. :lol:
 
The whole office smells like barbecue right now and it's making me CRAZY!
 
My lunch is gonna look like this ... only with more meat and less of those other non-meat things. :D
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That sausage looks amazing!
 
DAMMIT Tex now I'm starving. :(	
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Uh. Yeah. It's barbecue.
 
Who the heck barbecues vegetables?
 
Yuck.  :lol:
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I mean come on... you gotta try for a ~little~ fiber or your colon is going to implode! :lol:
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Coffee is a vegetable. Right?
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Cabbage and carrots are both vegetables, taxonomically speaking!  See?  It's right there under the little scoop of potato salad.
 
I won't skip my bike ride for lunch at 4 Rivers.
 
I won't skip my bike ride for lunch at 4 Rivers.
 
Damn you Tex I won't skip my bike ride for lunch at 4 Rivers.
			
				
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 :lol:
 
Well, just so you don't worry about me too much, I eat plenty of fiber and vegetables. I have three kids (the oldest is a vegetarian by choice) and a diabetic wife. We eat all kids of plant matter.
 
Just not on barbecue days. :lol:	
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Just remember that tomatoes are a fruit!
 
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Even if they were new base models, it's 20-freakin-15.  Animation retargeting has been a thing for almost a decade now.  I know the Gaming Industry are the poster kids for Not-Invented-Here syndrome, but this is taking it to new levels of insanity.
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I need to take a second and gush on a positive note...
 
Just started to play with the ship part decor and holy shit, this stuff is ~awesome~. The epic grade pieces maintain very good quality when sized up large and they make for amazing building blocks. I've just started to play around with cobbling and am having a blast. :D
 
Spent $25 on 1800 chits from the shop, which in turn bought me about 50 new hard sci-fi building blocks. So. Much. Yes. I just kickstarted a new build in a distinct style that I love for less than I'd spend on a Pizza PIzza order.
 
 
Oh and I came up with one possible idea for Space Cadets: if you bury the humanoid you can use their weapons as either armory decor, or in some cases, accent pieces (the Draken Male's giant sci-tek sword makes for a pretty neat golden pillar showpiece).
 
Edited to add: I also quite like the decals on these items. If anyone at the CRB is reading this, please please give us a drop or event with a lot of new decals like these! Now that we have the 2500 decor cap, most players would be able to take advantage of this and street signs / media / symbols add a lot of fine detail flavour. :)
			
				
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			Sorry didn't mean to imply that I doubted you talked to Cay just that she's on the content design side of things (events, expeditions, etc.) and not in art asset production.  In other words she's the messenger.  Whoever made the message is the one blowing smoke.	
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Well, John, remember these are the devs who told us that the Holowardrobe took WAY too much space to provide us with more than 350 slots per account, despite people pointing out that there was no way in hell it was taking more than a few gigabytes (for a million accounts or something).That was right before they announced the F2P launch and, lo and behold, they 'heard us' and provided us an increased limit...
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Good afternoon, everyone :).
 
I haven't really done anything with the Space Chase event yet. Housing isn't really my thing (it's fun but I suck at building stuff, haha) but I'll definitely run at least a few expeditions. I'm curious about the music tracks but not enough to keep getting RNG boxes or anything :p.
 
I didn't have work yesterday and I played sooo much WildStar (an almost embarrassing amount!). My boyfriend hit 50 very recently and we joined a world boss train. We ended up doing at least a dozen world bosses in one night! The crazy part was that it was my boyfriend who wanted to keep going. He likes WildStar but in the past would generally just play for a couple hours maybe two nights a week. Since hitting 50, he's just as addicted as me :p. It's awesome! He's off today and already planning the in-game stuff he wants to do later when I'm done with work.
 
The only sad thing was that I didn't really get any good loot yesterday. RNG hated me for some reason :p. No gear upgrades, no pets, not even any good decor. But hey, we got lots of glory! I desperately need a better support chest piece on my medic and I just can't get one anywhere. Still using the basic ilevel 78 blue piece with the two rune slots...blah. I'm sure one will drop somewhere eventually.
 
I'll probably try to rune some of my esper's gear tonight. I have some random basic runes in some of the gear but overall it's a mess. At the same time, I'm not going to reroll slots on gear that I'll be replacing soon...too expensive. I'll figure it out :).	
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What is the best expedition to run for particles? I don't need to blow through things in 5 minutes, just wondering if running Deep Space Exploration is even worth the time. /shudder
 
I'm not creative enough to need everything on the list, but I'd like to have the titles on a couple characters. I'm saving my energy-to-grind for the Winterfest stuff that is more my style than these space thingamajigs. I was already dying grinding Shade's Eve things on 3 characters, I don't want to think of grinding Winterfest on 7 (curses double XP weekend, yielding too many mouths alts to feed!)	
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			If you don't enjoy DSE, Fragment Zero pays the second largest sum of particles per completion.  You can eke out bronze making a beeline for the objectives if you do it on a character with an agro dump (stalker gets Tac. Retreat at 15, and you get access to Frag Zero at what, ten?)	
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If you don't enjoy DSE, Fragment Zero pays the second largest sum of particles per completion.  You can eke out bronze making a beeline for the objectives if you do it on a character with an agro dump (stalker gets Tac. Retreat at 15, and you get access to Frag Zero at what, ten?)
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