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Nutella-Stuffed, Strawberry-Topped French Toast. Oh my sweet baby Rowsdowers in the manger.
 
So, I've noticed that Coffee has been abandoned around here. Not sure if it's old players not caring anymore or newer players not realizing this is the best thread on the forum, or what.
 
That said, I'm taking it back from the Void. If you guys and gals can't or won't keep it alive, then I will. Me and Chillia, all by ourselves! Yeah!
 
My WildStar weekend was pretty good, all things told. I have decided to go full Dominion after the F2P transition - and to that end, I have been thinking about forming another sister-guild for the Saddles. We used to have The Skullkickers back in the day, but it kind of died when the game was going belly-up last year. I've seen several Raiding guilds on Dominion side, but I've also seen craploads of non-guilded newbies running around lost, asking questions and only having ZChat to rely on. So, if there are any casual, role-play friendly Dominion newbies (or Exiles looking to swap sides) out there who'd be interested in starting something cool, drop me a line. Working on a theme right now.
 
That said, I deleted ALL my old Dominion toons and just started over from scratch on Sunday. Made some new toons and got one of them to level 14 last night. For the first time EVER, I managed in completing Ellevar. I've never gotten a Dominion toon past level 18, so I am pretty stoked about that.
 
All in all, I am not going to waste my time "progressing" my 50's until after the transition, so I figure my best bet was to level up and beat the rush.
 
So, how as YOUR weekend? Do anything fun, in-game or out? Have you stopped trying to "progress" like many others have for now or are you doing the "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" thing where you're just going about the same old motions like everything is going to be the same?	
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I'm in mourning since I've lost my avatar. *shakes fist at forums*  That's right forums, you're not the boss of me! 
 
That being said, my weekend was split between knitting, and the PTR, yay. I'm focusing a bit more on housing these days, collecting ideas for both my Dominion and Exile characters. One day soon my housing plot won't just be a jumbled mesh of stuff I slap down for the bonuses.... soon... 	
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I didn't really play this weekend, opting instead to spend my holiday weekend outdoors smoking various meats. Nonetheless, I plan to keep raiding and progressing my character up to the f2p transition and maybe beyond. My goal is to punch out SD and start moving into DS before the f2p transition. 
 
The forums have been so dead man =( , but I'm glad to see the Coffee back! 
			
				
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The forums have been so dead man =( , but I'm glad to see the Coffee back! 
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Tex, you're a bad man, those French toast goodies will be the death of me. I have an addiction to Nutella, trying to quit! (not very wholeheartedly let me tell you) 
 
Welcome to the Dominion! At last! 
 
If I play after transition, I might level some exile or do something to quiet down the rage re: Daemona and her gear. I got the idea from you boasting about your new character. 
 
Or I might play my Chua because omg the cuteness is insane. I'll be a pantless fiend! 
 
I'm waiting for the sprint changes to go on ptr to test.	
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I have to admit, after spending the better part of two months on the PTR, going back to Live felt like I was moving in slow-motion.
 
I know there are "reasons" why people don't like the Sprint changes, but those people are wrong, I am right and All-Sprint is amazing.	
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I think they've actually been way more busy than normal, but most of the activity is on the PTR section down below :)
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There is a lot on the PTR forums true, but less of idle chatter I used to use to fill my day at work >.> 
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(And yes, that's bacon)
 
Weekend was good for me.  Especially with the start of College Football here in the US.  Haven't done much in WS for a month or so due to university classes (should be my last semester), but I do miss raiding in DS :(  (5/9 (fire/earth pair), but I have seen the other pairs and gloom).
 
But yeah I really lost interest after Drop 5, or rather I stopped caring what they did any more (was that way around drop 2/3 anyway, others just made it worse).  Just along for the ride at this point.
 
At least I know some people that could possibly get me back into DS whenever I have the time, so that's something to look forward to.....I guess....
 
Also, I see no reason for the stat change, old system was not hard to figure out.  Did see the need for the rune system change though.  Although this really hurts my pocket book as the amount of plat i spent on exceptionals and the runes themselves are basically rendered useless in roughly 3 weeks.... :rolleyes:
			
				
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I'm mourning my Facelessness, too...It feels so wrong.
 
I'm still sticking with Exiles forever!
I haven't been on Live much, though...everything I wanna do still is on the PTR but I don't wanna work too much on that since I'll have to re-do it all, so I mostly make new little characters or play around with guildies on there lol. Poor Lucy on Live is just sort of...in a stasis for now. I pop on to talk to the guildies who don't use the PTR but that's about it for her right now.
 
My weekend was mostly spent lvling in WoW with my husband til we hit 100 on new chars and then hittin up the PvP scene hard since he doesn't play WS yet and starting today, he's gone for a month with his ship so we spent extra time playing together this weekend and just having fun. He keeps telling me to not have the baby til he gets back, but I'm not even due til Thanksgiving so I don't think he has to worry :D
 
There hasn't been much chatter here lately, just questions asked/answered and many, many arguments :(
 
Edit: I agree with the Stat change. The whole new thing confuses me, I don't see what was so confusing about the way it was lol
			
				
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So, what happened to the Avatars? I can still see mine and several others, but a lot of y'all are just faceless blanks.
 
Wazzup with that?	
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			The forum rollback killed mine =( I've been told they turned off the ability to add new avatars until they fix whatever went wrong with it	
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The forum rollback killed mine =( I've been told they turned off the ability to add new avatars until they fix whatever went wrong with it
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Well, I do think the forums have declined overall in the past few months, and some of the people who regularly posted in this seem to have moved on. I mean, realistically this game needs F2P population wise, as much as I didn't want it to go that way.
 
As for this weekend, we had some nice pulls on System Daemons- got to 70% a few times, and people are learning. Our DPS is on point, so that's good, but the tanks and healers sure are feeling the pressure. Going from two tanks to three tanks has put a little pressure on us getting that third tank fully geared, but it's coming together. I think mostly it's all just about getting the coordination down at this point.
 
Going back into GA again tonight- looking to blow it up again like we did last week. Wondering if we can get to Ohmna again- I think it will depend on which pathways are open on the second floor, and maybe convergence composition- though at this point I feel like we're pretty good at most of the combinations. As for challenges, I've learned that the southern route does take a bit longer than the northern one. We've ditched our loot system and are just going /roll with everything, so that should speed up the "stand around and talk about gear" moments :p (but not the "stand around and wait for John to teleport us" :D
 
I've realized a bit that I've been taking on to much on my own shoulders regarding leading the raids, and it's been stressing me out. So I'm forming a team of leaders to help me- hopefully that will cause less stress. I *love* leading raids, but it can be a bit much sometimes!I'm still progressing my toon as much as possible- can't really stop when you are progression raiding. But I don't think I'll be doing any massive re-runing at this point. Just whatever I need to to keep any new gear raid worthy (it's nice getting new drops after having spent a few months with no upgrades). My two biggest concerns about F2P right now are whether or not there is going to be pressure to spent real money in order to keep my gear up to par, and if the top DPS slinger spec is going to end up requiring more stationary play. I figure most other things will shake out OK as long as those two things don't happen :)
Overall, still feeling very positive about the game and spending time in it. Though I did introduce my wife to "The Walking Dead" this weekend and this has taken us a little time away from playing (she really, really likes it).	
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Well, I do think the forums have declined overall in the past few months, and some of the people who regularly posted in this seem to have moved on.
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Someone better tell Chillia then, because she found a new one! :lol:
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I used to post here but haven't since I came back to the game...
 
Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with the "shove our religion down the throats of other dommies".  I made a character and loved the look of the dominion side but deleted it as soon as I was told to go "spread" the word.  Sorry but I just can't stand that so it's all exile for me.  Too bad.  I just can't get past that.
 
But glad to see someone starting this thread again.  I've been gone for months, came back and subbed for a year.  I like the game a lot, it's empty but soon enough my friends will be back...once it goes F2P.	
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Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with the "shove our religion down the throats of other dommies".  I made a character and loved the look of the dominion side but deleted it as soon as I was told to go "spread" the word.  Sorry but I just can't stand that so it's all exile for me.  Too bad.  I just can't get past that.
 
 
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I used to post here but haven't since I came back to the game...
 
Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with the "shove our religion down the throats of other dommies".  I made a character and loved the look of the dominion side but deleted it as soon as I was told to go "spread" the word.  Sorry but I just can't stand that so it's all exile for me.  Too bad.  I just can't get past that.
 
But glad to see someone starting this thread again.  I've been gone for months, came back and subbed for a year.  I like the game a lot, it's empty but soon enough my friends will be back...once it goes F2P.
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			Meh, I just rush through the leveling process since I find text-based lore boring (been playing mmo's since UO it's become a hassle, or I'm just too lazy to read anything any more).  Swtor also spoiled me in that regard as almost every quest was voiced.  At the end of the day, I could care less which faction I go as long as I stay with the guild I am currently in.
			
				
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I call hax! HAX!
 
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Hey guys,
It's been a while. I took some time off when the little one was born and meant to come back but got suckered (read as given with a year of play time) into FFXIV for a while. How have things been while I was gone? Just trolling around a bit it seems like almost everyone but you few are missing. Just like you guys said earlier in the thread I suppose.
			
				
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More like playing favorites. Not cool! If the people suffer, even mods should suffer!
 
Sorry Chillia, fair is fair!
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I have missed the morning coffee at work, good way to kill some of my downtime.  But this weekend my new found guild and I killed water/air.  This brings me to 8/9.  I am so eager to punch avatus in the face before f2p, but it all depends on the ele pairs combos.  This past week was probably our best shot of getting some pulls on avatus before the transition, but at least we still progressed.  I do not think I have beaten any of the ele pairs that are around this week so it should be a fun challenge to learn some new fights.
 
I am super excited for some fresh meat with f2p, but I have noticed a change in forums traffic.  PTR is getting lots of love at the moment but the live forum is a little slow.  See you all in game.  Another week, another stab at DS!	
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I've personally been taking care of my stuff and other gaming at this point.  A huge number of folks are on the PTR leaving much of any progression to not happen outside of raid night anymore.
 
With the large number of changes in the pipe in 3 weeks, I think everyone is thinking that playing the live game is near pointless until they get a grasp of the changes.
 
 
It's rather frustrating, I'd prefer to get some game time in and not mess with a PTR that nothing matters on outside of satisfying idle curiosity at this point.	
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Meh, not having sprint and the movement in other games has made most of them unplayable for me.  So I stick to Wildstar now, I like having that level of movement control in general.
 
I'm also personally jaded a bit as I'm having difficulty with the current Slinger builds outside of a couple of them and the changes coming are pushing me into the "why bother" camp until I see the changes in 3 weeks anyway.  Not a very good frame of mind to have to be honest.  I like having that expert level of knowledge over a class and just can't seem to break through the current soft barrier I'm at without a large number of macros.
 
That or it's time for a new keyboard.......  :)	
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Yeah, I was burnt out when I started sticking to the PTR. I didn't log into Live for two months or more.
 
Now that I'm back in Live, I honestly feel like leveling and (maybe) farming up Challenges loot is pretty much the only things worthwhile at this point.
 
Plus, seriously ... now that I don't have perma-sprint again, I wanna scream.	
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I have only been logging in to roleplay lately, and randomly looking at my Auctions. Most are done and I don't have any will to improve my character now that the F2P transition is about to drop by.
 
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Is it just me or does anyone else have a problem with the "shove our religion down the throats of other dommies".  I made a character and loved the look of the dominion side but deleted it as soon as I was told to go "spread" the word.  Sorry but I just can't stand that so it's all exile for me.  Too bad.  I just can't get past that.
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I've personally been taking care of my stuff and other gaming at this point.  A huge number of folks are on the PTR leaving much of any progression to not happen outside of raid night anymore.
 
With the large number of changes in the pipe in 3 weeks, I think everyone is thinking that playing the live game is near pointless until they get a grasp of the changes.
 
 
It's rather frustrating, I'd prefer to get some game time in and not mess with a PTR that nothing matters on outside of satisfying idle curiosity at this point.
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I have only been logging in to roleplay lately, and randomly looking at my Auctions. Most are done and I don't have any will to improve my character now that the F2P transition is about to drop by.
 
 
It's pretty common. And I always find this very odd when someone brings it up. If a player is really morally bothered enough by the Vigilant Church to leave the Dominion forever, then they should have left when Mondo Zax tried to cure a bunch of brainwashed people with lethal radiation for the lulz, which happens just before you are introduced to the state religion. Or leave after the holographic simulations that dehumanize their enemies, or after the torture of a prisoner as a means of interrogation, or after seeing the prisoner camp in Whitevale, or after the atrocities commited against the other faction or the natives in general.
 
Another reason for why I find this complain odd is that there isn't much down-the-throath-shoving of the Vigilant Church done at all to other races in game (besides calling them names, I mean). The Draken keep the Blood Covenants and their own gods, the Chua NPCs don't mention the Scions even when they are dressed as a Vigilant acolyte. The only actual shoving done was the Vigilant Declaration, which doesn't happen in game and is never cited as the reason for leaving the Dominion. Instead it's always something else and, often, harmless: kneeling in front of a holographic Scion, spreading the word without killing anyone, the churchesque aesthetic... that kind of thing.
 
I mean, seriously: it seems that players are more offended at their characters being forced to be part of a religion than they are offended by being forced to be a murderer or a torturer.
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So, I've noticed that Coffee has been abandoned around here. Not sure if it's old players not caring anymore or newer players not realizing this is the best thread on the forum, or what.
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I've been studying for an interview in the real world, so haven't had a lot of time to spend on Wildstar unfortunately :( (but hopefully if I get the job I shall have plenty of money to buy all the housing things forever!)
 
At the moment most of my time online has been dedicated to farming up for the f2p transition. As I mentioned, I have some ambitious housing plans for f2p and I'm working on getting as much money, renown, and decor I can before that hits so I can go ahead and start building on the 29th. In that vein, you would not believe how many Veteran Infestions it takes to get a single Dominion fighter -_-. And I want a full squadron of the dam things. 10 more to go.	
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How depressing, this Forum seems about as dead as the realms where, when I just logged in :P Hello Dea, I see your 'like' there!
 
So yeah. Not sure how many people will still remember me (presumably Dea does!), but I'm back for now. On a whim, really. Figured it might be a good idea to use up that one CREDD I bought back in the day, to see how much the game changed in the year that I was gone... before it changes even more when it goes f2p.
 
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