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Good morning Nexus!
 
Got back from work, woke up my sleepy girlfriend and made coffee for her. As doing so I remembered I should make another cup of coffee here on forums.
 
Pros of being from central Europe meaning I will always have a chance to be the first one creating this topic.
 
But anyway, true horror of the Shade's Eve, the loading screen haunts my dreams.
 
I really want to lay into the event but as of now I am unable to. Or I think did not log in today yet.
 
Must say I am really excited about it. I was event lover in WoW and I can only imagine it will be even better on Nexus. I just hope I will be able to bypass laoding screen boss and start to hoard costumes and furniture with Tim Burton like themes.
 
			
				
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Good Morning!
 
That's the scariest mug i've seen so far(ha).
 
Couldn't resist,i feel your pain btw, i had a cup of coffee myself this morning and i still have to do some work before i log in to do the event again, sigh, such a pain.Usually i don't get excited for holiday events in mmo's because they aren't that special, rarely are they ever done well apart from "kill x number of holiday beasts", WoW had the Headless Horseman(with it's truly tragic tale) and i am so happy that we got an awesome voiced Jack Shade with it's fair share of tales!.
 
Despite the shop costs(which let's be honest it's just an option) people are generally happy.
 
P.S: The event dungeon is doable solo but hard, try getting at least as a 2 man cell to finish it way faster.
P.P.S: The portal to the dungeon is buggy, if you get stuck, Alt+F4 and re-start the game as fast as you can, if you make it under 30 seconds you will log in to the instance.
			
				
	Edited October 20, 2015 by xRaymanx	
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I got the impression you were like the master of these threads?=)
 
I'm enjoying the event, will get some housing items as well. A shame I'm so new to the game, and my chars so low level, otherwise I would have given the housing contest a try =)
Will be interesting to see what people come up with, the creativity among the players when it comes to housing is so impressive =)	
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Will be interesting to see what people come up with, the creativity among the players when it comes to housing is so impressive =)
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Good morning!
 
Yeah, the adventure dungeon is seriously awesome! I blew through it on my main. After that on my level 28 medic, who struggled on every single pull, but managed to pull through with the use of mending probes, and running away from a pack or two when the screen got too red..
 
Definatly going to collect some awesome creepy decor for a house for my mordesh during this event :-) the decorated city is beautiful and full of inspiration!	
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Too busy to hang out here this week.
Turns out I didn't really get to rest over the weekend and I've got even more on my plate. Yey Shade's Eve!
(I hope I don't fizzle out!)	
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Haven't really gotten around to placing much of the new decor yet. Mostly an issue of what character gets it. 
The stuff Vunne and I had planned in game fell through, so I ended up just listening to the people chatter in Illium, and hanging out with my favorite npc from beta. 
 
The mechari in the mask and draken outfit is Proxy Server. We have some history from the beta when she got confused and started carrying a bowl of fruit upside down. Not unexpected that she would be out of sorts having to wear that ridiculous draken outfit. On the original ark ship she was just past the teleporter to the museum with Zin, so here we have this poor mechari having to fill in for a draken, as the waitress for snotty highborn, in a part of the map that most players never really looked at. I felt so sorry for the situation that she was in, and the fact that she had a graphics bug, that the first thing I would to each beta weekend was to go check that she was still there, and if the bug had been fixed. 
I'm glad she is here in the shades eve event, so I don't have to make starting dominion characters to see if she is ok. 	
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I got the impression you were like the master of these threads?=)
 
I'm enjoying the event, will get some housing items as well. A shame I'm so new to the game, and my chars so low level, otherwise I would have given the housing contest a try =)
Will be interesting to see what people come up with, the creativity among the players when it comes to housing is so impressive =)
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We did the expedition last night. Was very cool and fun. I'm not normally one for holiday events in MMOs, but they've done a really good job with this one. Love the way Thayd looks.
 
Also did the very first "learning run" with <Tears For Gear>. It was Vet Stormtalon, and actually the DPS was at around an average ilvl of ~65 with only a few runes in. The tank/healer (my wife and I) were overgeared, but I specifically kept my wife and I off DPS so it would feel "normal" (not skipping mechanics). The new player we were teaching did good- I explained all the mechanics- and we got a nice bronze run in. Wiped on Stormtalon maybe  three times, but beat him in the third eye. So overall, successful, and the "student" seemed to enjoy it.
 
I hope that we are able to expand this circle out and get a few more "vets" invovled so that runs can happen on days when I'm raiding :)	
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Good Morning :)
 
As I posted in yesterday's topic, I did my first solo run in the new Shade's Eve instance, and I was really pleased by it.
Looking back at it now, there's however one small thing that get's annoying really fast.
Those damned shadelings. On their own it's okay, but when you start getting lost and then swarmed by 3 or 4 of them, then lose time again to find the reversal......annoying.
Hopefully today's run goes smoother if I can remember the way to take.
Also looking forward to trying some of the other options inside the place. But sacrificing the Aurin was fun :)
 
Definitely have to agree with Tex and some others on the whole Cashshop approach though.
It's becoming aggressive, and definitely going the wrong way with the items being offered.
It's not pay 2 win, which is good, but the fabKIT example is how it can also go wrong.
I understand they need to make money, but like this...
 
Looking forward to RL Halloween as well now.
We already agreed to dress up for Halloween at work, so really looking forward to put on my Vampire LARP outfit at work :D	
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			I made it into the Shades Eve instance fine. Wandering around the woods at night with a flashlight and a flare gun? No thank you. Then I got the trapped in the loading screen bug trying to get out of the instance. By the time I escaped to Thayd, most of my play time was gone. /sigh	
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I got the impression you were like the master of these threads?=)
 
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I got the impression you were like the master of these threads?=)
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Snarky looks aside, my Shade's Eve feedback:
 
First Impressions:OMG OMG OMG OOOOOOMMMMMMGGGGG!!!!! *runs in circles* *squeals* *clutches chest in mock horror* *jumps on hoverboard and runs around Illium like a rabid monkey for fifteen minutes* *squeals some more*
 
"Oh, wait. There's actual quests!"
 
*Set off to find quests* *OMG OMG OMG* THE PARADE GROUNDS *OOOOOMMMMMMGGGGG*
 
*ahem*
 
*wipes drool*
 
Second Impressions:
*Runs all over Illium doing quests* *looks at every nook and cranny in the city just because*
 
*finally gets around to zoning into the instance* *avoids DC-Loop by using portal per Forum instructions*
 
*sigh of relief followed by gleeful cackling as the Shade's Eve poem starts in the cinematic* *CRANKS THE VOLUME*
 
OOOOOMMMMMGGGGG IT'S SO DARK AND THERE ARE EYEBALLS LOOKING AT ME!! JINKIES, SHAGGY, LET'S GO BACK TO THE MYSTERY MACHINE!!!!
 
 
Since I hadn't done this before, I got "slightly" off-path for like, a minute. No biggie. I was prepared to struggle, but honestly, it wasn't that hard. Once I got clear of the ghoulies and into the actual story, it was a piece of cake.
 
A scary, creepy, bloody, treacherously delicious cake filled with amazingness.
 
Seriously. I'm a scary guy. I am a horror fan, a Stephen King-o-phile, a Poe-worshipper. I love all things Morticia and grovel at the feet of Elvira - and let me tell you, this event, that little instance, man ... MIND-BLOWN.
 
It was just long enough to be fulfilling, just short enough to be enjoyable. The ambiance is amazing and totally replay-able without getting stale. I did it five times (once with the guild, once with my kids sitting next to me so they could see the horror unfold). Got a couple of costume pieces, a couple decor pieces, some Puke Potions (hahahah) and a piece of shoulder armor that was below my level, but had the same style as Jack's Shoulders.
 
So, profitable. Ended the first night with almost 300 pumpkins.
 
All in all, great job by the designers. This event is a breath of fresh air at a time when I've been huffing stale dailies for too long.
 
Thank you, and I have high hopes for Winterfest.
 
Now, change the cash shop vanity items to be account-wide, so I have an excuse to give you more money.	
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I like the Shade's Eve expedition... Aside from the starting area where all you have is a flashlight and flares.
4/6 on the Jack Shade costume. I just need the hat and shoulder to complete.
 
All in all I am enjoying the holiday event.   :)
 
*Resumes drinking coffee*
 
 
~*~ On a side note - I got a friend to join and start enjoying it enough to stick around. He is now trying to get his wife to play as well. Heheh.  ^_^
			
				
	Edited October 20, 2015 by Raistal	
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Jack Shade and I had an AWESOME time yesterday with the event oh my god. xD It was everything I'd hoped for. The dailies introduced some cool lore, and the scenery/decorations are fantastic. We ran the instance a half dozen times and I love it so much. The first part when you're running around in the dark especially! So creative!
 
Anyway, we didn't wanna burn ourselves out on the instance first day, so Jack and I spent the rest of the evening RPing in skype and "hosting" the way too many to count number of visitors that came to his haunted sky plot! 8D They all seemed to love it, and he figured out how to be a creepy apparition in his own haunted house. *spooky sounds*
 
Looking forward to spending more time on the event - and especially looking forward to taking my character around IC to experience it. Last year, Jack told her the story of Shade's Eve and created a little party for it, but she thought the whole thing was ridiculous (except the candy - or in their case, cookie - part). :D	
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Ah, the morning coffee.  Especially important the morning after an election, when you stayed awake until two o'clock in the morning to watch for voter turnout figures, final election results, and speeches.  Apparently some sort of baseball game also happened.  Anyhow.  In between checking polling stations, got a brief first glimpse of the event, and am quite impressed.  Hopefully going to nab some of that decor for Igor's eventual housing plot [he's just level ten, to be able to participate].	
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			I Have Tea! ...Hope that's OK.  Was having an absolute ball yesterday struggled with the instance a couple of times before going onto my main and killing it! Its just that exploring bit in forest that gets me frustrated when you get stuck in a mushroom ghost cloud loop and cant get your bearings lol.  Its been great seeing so many more people interacting on the housing side thanks to the candy quest, Got to see a lot of cool housing plots and made some additions (Lots) to my own..... after realising I would have guests. 	
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Mornin' folks.
 
Tuesday rises.  Enjoyable evening last night with Shade's Eve and raiding.  
 
The shiphand/expedition was mostly fun.  I'm with Olivar that the initial phase is probably the most annoying.  It might be annoying because the "solution" I had after wandering around was to not sweat being a broodling and do some exploring with it when I could see.  However, looks like Caydiem thought of that in advance and it puts up invisible walls around you so you cannot wander too far off :-).
 
Anyhow, fun little instance and I enjoyed it.  I don't think I will run it endlessly like a few guildmates seem to be planning to, but maybe a few times here and there.  I'd like to try going full cultist.
 
By the by, the cultist outfit -- can't decide if that should have been on the vendor and irritate all the spellslingers in the game, or if you should have used something a little more custom and THEN put it on the vendor.  I really kind of want that one, but the chestpiece is apparently spellslinger tier gear and well, that's not going to happen :).
 
Raiding went pretty well.  We blazed through (mostly) the icy area on the way to Maelstrom Authority and then worked on Volatlity Lattice.  Fun fight actually, though the heal check is pretty intense.  I don't know if it was that way before exactly, we only had one night to play with it pre-drop but had to go up to 5 healers for it and even then just squeaked by on one wall.  But it was progression so we'll see how it goes in the future.
 
Off night for us so just futzing around.  Been reading Jasper Fforde's novel Shades of Grey which has been pretty good (and exceedingly weird, but in a fun way).  Might continue with that.	
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The dark, no-weapons part is "*tricky* but it's not really hard. The hard part is making sure to stay your heading more or less south-westerly and not getting turned around.
 
When you get to the first ghoulie, back up and wait for him to pat back away from you. Then run up to where he was and drop your first flare. When he pats back, he'll be destroyed. Then go pull agrro on the next couple of ghoulies. Run like mad and dodge-tap to get some extra distance on them, then lure them into the flare radius.
 
Do the same thing as you get close to the next ghoulie ... creep up on the first ones, drop your flare, then kite the others close-by into the light. Even with only two flares, you can totally get a clear path all the way - it's just a matter of picking the right spots and not being afraid of pulling aggro and kiting the remainders.
 
After that, the instance isn't hard at all. If you're undergeared *for your level* then you might have a harder time. Take some good healing pots for the last fight if you're unsure. I did it five times and never died once.	
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Southwest, really?  I thought on my map it was on the southeast side :-).
 
Maybe Caydiem made it so the town facing randomly changes?  That would be pretty evil and hilarious.
 
Actual fighting bits are fine.  Had no issues myself.  Just running around in the dark got a little tedious.  I blew the timer on that way way bad, but then it's one of those things that was never meant to be done perfectly the first time through.	
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Off night for us so just futzing around.  Been reading Jasper Fforde's novel Shades of Grey which has been pretty good (and exceedingly weird, but in a fun way).  Might continue with that.
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			Yeah, I liked the Thursday Next books quite a lot (even when they got increasingly trippy towards the end).  This one is a new novel setting, a future possibly post-apocalyptic world (though the most 'civilized' post-apocalyptic world you've ever seen) where most folks have no color vision and those that do enjoy certain social privileges.  And mix that with a bit of English absurdity and clever writing and you've got a pretty fun read so far.	
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Southwest, really?  I thought on my map it was on the southeast side :-).
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You're placed in a random starting location.  This is per person so if you're in a group you'll likely start in separate areas. 
 
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Random starts? I guess I either didn't notice or got the same start point every time. I basically just pointed myself south and toward the big green ?
 
/shrug
 
Regardless, same advice for beating the ghoulies. Watch pats, drop flares, pull aggro, kite, profit.
 
Like I said, it's a little tricky, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be golden.	
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			Following the light wisps got me to the right place.	
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I had a blast doing the quests last night. I only was able to get the shade hat so far but hope to get the entire costume. I recolored it to so you can find me in the dark lol.
 	
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			Good morning, coffee people! How's Shade's Eve?Hot chocolate for no particular reason and peanut butter toasts for breakfast. A classic, really.Wildstar has proven to be interesting since yesterday. Shade's Eve is just what I expected it to be: dailies with an AMAZING expedition. I love Quiets Down. The ambiance is something I would love to re-create on an housing plot but...well...that would involve real cash for one-time use items which is unacceptable. I did get a Shadeling pet out of it but I have not been farming it. Can you get the hoverboard flairs from the bag? That's the one thing I am interested in. Everything else is a bonus.Then there's the whole "playing solo" on Entity-1 which implies not running veteran adventures and dungeons. I really ought to start guild hunting.Danger ahead! Danger behind! Maybe danger sideways...because, you know, Jack Shade o.o	
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			I just run past all the shadelings. So long as you don'the get caught in too many traps, it's fairly easy to stay ahead of them. I use the graveyard as my landmark, too. Once I spot the purple glowing crypt, I just head straight while it's on my left and then hang a left through the blue cloud. Then I'm home free!	
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			Has anyone found the Quiet Downs' song anywhere? More specifically the part that plays when you get turned into a shadeling? You know, the one with the La La La? I'd love to listen to it in a loop forever.	
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Good Morning Everybody - 
 
Had a lot of fun running the event dailies and expedition with various guildies throughout the night.  They even fixed the looping loading screen issue (for me at least) before I went to bed.  What I believe to have observed is that the guiding wisps don't show up until the timer for the first optional has expired. And I do believe team members get random starting points.  To cap the night off got a Trick or Treat path set up among various Guild members' housing plots now.  Just a great night overall.
 
Do check out Jack Shade's house if you get the chance.  Just don't accept an invitation for tea (or coffee) in the murder room from Antimony
			
				
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Morning!
 
So I basically spent every waking moment at home yesterday doing Shade's Eve; much like everyone else! The decorations were great, and I am thoroughly impressed with it! I have to imagine that if 'world building' deco works anything like 'housing plot building' deco, the Wildstar team has a ton of flexibility.
 
A neat little thing I found in Illium, was in the center gardens there was a ghost-busters themed event! Zap some shadelings and then toss out a trap; teamwork recommended! (Someone has to zap, and someone else has to toss unless you're super quick on your toes/fingers) The reward was a trick-or-treat bag, which for me held a costume piece. Swanky!
 
I ended up doing the Shade's Eve instance 5 times, on 5 difference characters AND OH BOY....
 
On a fresh 50, no sweat solo what so ever. On a not so fresh, easy as pie. But darn, I had a couple close calls on my mid-30 Engi, and my poor Medic, who was just 16 at the start of the instance, died more than I care to admit. The scaling up seems to work relatively well, though it isn't perfect. It's a heck of a lot better than the upscaling in ESO.
 
Otherwise I managed to snag silver on it each time, but for the life of me I just was not able to make it through the forest without getting caught. By the 3rd time and up, it wasn't that I couldn't deal with ghouls- though admittedly I am still mapping it out in my brain- it was that I would be running and "OH WHAT CAUGHT ON DECOR I SHOULD TOTALLY BE ABLE TO JUMP OVE- aww sod off you shadeling."
 
Yeah, that happened... like, every time. :lol: Getting stuck on 'invisible' walls around decor pieces was just so awful, especially that time when... "Oh man I can totally avoid the traps and just run between that tree and its root- that hole is huuuuug--... really? Aw shipwrecks."
 
Either way, it was still a great time- I laughed, I cried, I fully enjoyed the jab at someone's use of iambic pentameter. Good times were had over all, and my baby slinger- not even level 20- won the rear hoverboard flare from his instance bag. So now I am obligated to buy him that hoverboard, the lucky duck! :rolleyes:
 
Looking forward to running it again... and again! Kind of regretting I will miss 5 days of play time for a vacation.	
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Morning all!
 
I haven't been involved in the Shade's Eve stuff very much so far, it looks like a lot of fun but dailies aren't my bag. So I'll probably just try the instance for fun this weekend when I've more time, and scoop up all the cool decor I can find for building. :D  Luckily the Shades Silver purchases are all BOE so if I really wanted some I could just buy them for cheap once the auction house gets flooded (I'm guessing a week or two). ;)
 
Overall I'm glad to see so much positive response to this event. It's also great timing, as some people will no doubt already be feeling the "need moar" post-F2P vibe, since that drop wasn't quite as content-heavy as others (except in the housing realm... we got a shitload of good stuff :P ). Shades Eve will last a few more weeks of fun I believe, plus Carbine has started their first ever official contest, then we'll get a two month lull until either the Winterfest event or the next drop. So that's pretty decent.
 
On the topic of the contest, however, I do have one request for the devs: The months of signature status are alright, but from my point of view it would be much cooler and much more suitable to have a housing-based reward. I probably won't participate in this because I don't care about the Midnight Equivar mount, or any mount really. Making a Shades Eve plot would be fun I'm sure, but also expensive— both for plat and real money, considering the cost of spooky decor will likely go up on the auction due to demand, and the stuff you've added exclusively to the cash shop. So as I've got other stuff I could build, I won't invest so much time and currency into a plot just to win a meh mount and signature status (of which I already have many months).
 
My intuitive suggestion was to give winners a free Haunted House FAB. This makes a heck of a lot more sense in many ways; even if the player already bought one for their competition plot, they could use it on another plot (since we're able to cobble away the spooky exterior and can use it for a number of themes) or gift it to a friend/trade it for plat, save it for next year, etc. It would also be awesome if you offered some exclusive decor item, something epic.
 
Other than that, I really hope we see more housing contests in the future. :D  For those who don't know about this yet, here's a link for more info:
 
http://www.wildstar-online.com/en/news/2015-10-19-jack-shades-house-of-haunts-contest/
 
 
Last thought, mirroring some comments I made in another thread: Although I also would like more account-bound stuff in this game (CRATE PLZ), I hope folks calm down about the Haunted House FAB and Skeleton mount. Rallying to encourage/request/criticize is perfectly normal, but there are a lot of what I would call petty or self-important posts going on. Please tone down your rhetoric and don't try to bully Carbine into delivering things your way. :P   We should always consider the things they've done right when we criticize what they've arguably done wrong...
 
(and I will try to hold myself to the same standard)
 
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	Edited October 20, 2015 by EsperXIV	
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Esp, the dailies (except for the trick-or-treating thing) are very fast and centrally located in Illium. It's not like one of the daily zones that are designed to take some time. These are all lumped together in the city, no more than fifteen seconds away from each other.
 
They go by really fast, and you get to add your pieces to the Effigy. :)	
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Esp, the dailies (except for the trick-or-treating thing) are very fast and centrally located in Illium. It's not like one of the daily zones that are designed to take some time. These are all lumped together in the city, no more than fifteen seconds away from each other.
 
They go by really fast, and you get to add your pieces to the Effigy. :)
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			Well Naunet, I may be implying that sweet Antimony is much darker than her colorful forum avatar would lead one to believe. :o	
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/gasp
 
Well I'll be. Such accusations! Such... shall I say, shade on my good will!	
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Like TexArcana apparently, I'm a serious spooky lover.  October is the best month ever.  Yep, I'm that crazy lady on the street with her house all decked out in kooky and spooky stuff and tons of candy for all the gouls and goblins :D  Fortunately I live in a very small town where people know each other and actually still let the children trick or treat.  Guess we all figure our friends and family are watching out for our own.  
 
So anyway, I'm sitting here sipping my frozen fake caramel (*sigh* still want real caramel but can't have it) coffee and playing around with Shade's Eve.  So well done.  Its nice to harken back to my EQ2 days (man that was a long time ago) and the cool little things they did.  I think Carbine may have them beat by a mile and a half on this one though.  The spooky factor is perfect and the little shadelings are irritating adorable.  Kinda remind me of Slimer from Ghostbusters. :P  
 
Three cheers to Carbine for a holiday event well done.	
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			So I asked Jeff Kurtenacker about the song that plays while in shadeling form in the Quiet Downs instance and although he said it only exists in the game, he said he might upload it to his soundcloud :D	
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