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Not at work today because all the computers got some email virus that made them explode. 3 day weekend ahoy!
 
Have some food you miserable organics. 
 
Now with that out of the way lets get down to cross faction tacks. 
I have some friends on my housing plot. 
I like these friends, but they really grind my gears that I can't invite you Exiles to my plot. Yes that Aurin in the back too. Yes all of you are invited because why the cupcake not! I can put npc on my plot to guard my candy, so why can't I invite my fellow players? 
 
Have some coffee.
 	
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Good afternoon!
I had to go up early this morning for lecture at university :/ But now it's the weekend! I'm having coffee and cinnamon buns
 
 
I admit that cross faction should be allowed for housing, at least that you can choose to bring them there. Perhaps it will come in the future?
 
Tonight I will just chill and play some bgs and continue on my house. I'm doing the foundation now so I know then better where I will be able to build. However this foundation building is tedious, so many walls atm, soooo many walls....
 	
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Really stoked to have some free time this weekend.
 
I have to admit though, I think perhaps the little guild would be better served if we merged with another group. The initial leveling phase of the relaunch is over and most of the folks we've recruited have either not come back at all after the first week, or have started hitting 50, gearing up and moving on to guilds with plans to raid. Which is fine, no hard feelings, we were always intended to be for folks to learn, make friends and either move on or grow groups in-guild. People are just too impatient I guess, to wait for others to finish leveling and so they hit 50, get three pieces of gear and bid us farewell instead of offering to help.
 
Hell, except for Khandi (who is mostly a casual player like me), every single person who has promised to help or offered a leadership post has either left the next day or never logged in again.
 
I'm afraid that will be the new normal for WildStar in the F2P era. Casual players will come and go quickly and because there is no monetary motivation to play, they'll continue to drift in and out and away. The folks who stick around will merge, re-marge and coalesce into ever-shrinking cliques until we're right back to where we were pre-F2P: a few large guilds, a lot fewer small guilds and a whole bunch of lonely newbies who won't have anywhere to go because the only guilds that recruit are looking for raiders.
 
I've also thought about re-casting the guild in a different image, like a role-play guild or something. Problem is, most of the RPers I know are all grouped on the Exile side. I have *never* seen an RP-Dominion guild, and if they exist, they certainly don't recruit openly. So I'm not really sure how that would pan out, if I'd upset the dozen or so folks who are still left, or if it's an idea whose time has come.
 
So, I dunno. Just gloomy thoughts on a gloomy day.
 
I'mma go get some more coffee before my day turns to total poo. Stupid Thanksgiving ads are a LOT of work.	
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That's basically the reality of F2P, Tex. Newcomers don't really have anything to keep them here if the game doesn't deliver in their eyes immediately; that and a lot of F2P MMOers hop around between multiple games.
 
 
Don't hinge all your despondency on the lack of RP guilds, though. There's not really many Exile-side either, and that's because the RP community primarily organizes itself through Circles. It's just so much more convenient, as it doesn't restrict you to a single allegiance - which, if you think about it, is far more conducive to an interconnected RP community. I'm not super tuned into RP Dominion-side, but I did see several people recommend some RP hangouts for you to start with. That plus the WSRP chat channel in-game should get you started. :)
 
 
RE: the opening post... Words cannot begin to describe how much I need cross-faction housing. My character's roleplay absolutely hinges upon cross-faction RP, and the entire environment I constructed on her plot was built to stage RP that involves Dominion and Exiles. @_@ SO INFURIATING.
			
				
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Tired this morning and I need to get busy debugging an issue with interfacing a USB host chip with a microcontroller and honestly I really don't want to.  But it keeps the lights on and the fridge more or less filled so I should get to it... soon.
 
Enjoyed Nexus last night.  Played a little bit on the warrior and then took Remi into Datascape.  Not one of our best nights, but not the worst either.  Daemons downed after a few hiccups and Limbo downed after a few hiccups (no gun *sadface*).  We got a couple of the mini's destroyed before we ran out of raid time.  So Monday will be minis and Lattice, and maybe, just maybe tackling Maelstrom.
 
Tonight I dunno.  I will probably at least try to do contracts and any other rep activities I can do on Sid the warrior, and then may just take the night off and do other things.  Friday tends to be the guild PvP night and I just really haven't been in the mood of late for those shenanigans.
 
Hope everyone has a great Friday.	
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Oh I know where to go to *look* for RP and yeah, I suppose it makes sense to keep things open.
 
And to be clear, I'm not really despondent or even upset. Mostly I am just concerned about the welfare of my *players* not the *actual guild* if that makes any sense. :lol:  I just want everyone who is interested in having a large, functional group with better leadership than I have been able to muster, to be able to have that experience. I can always go back to the Exiles if I need crowded, busy guilds. It's just that I don't need that to enjoy myself - and I am *really* growing attached to the Dominion as a whole.
 
Meh. I dunno. Just thinking out loud, I guess. I just know I can't do it alone, and without more regular, steady, higher-level leadership, eventually it will be just me, Khandi, my little girl (who will never make it to level 20 unless I go with her every step of the way) and the newbies of the week. Which is fine for me, but eventually I will have to change my recruitment spam from "casual, friendly, chatty guild" to "casual, friendly, very quiet guild" ... and nobody wants that. :lol:
			
				
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Starting a roleplay guild is probably the best way to keep your guild roster from going feast to famine after every new drop. Honestly the dungeons and raids in this game require, or at least have the reputation of requiring an investment of time that is not conducive to free players. Gearing, runes, new runes, encounter mechanics. A new player has to juggle all of these, and then there is the specter of the gold or go home that means a new player will probably get hit with paint peeling insults. We used to say that raids in wildstar are not for everyone, but the people coming from other games only see raids as being the endgame. If they can't play them, then why should they stay?
Housing is the best there is, the music is great, but other games have good music and a nice linear path that does not require such an investment from people that thought that a sub fee was too much of an investment. 
 
This is the nature of what we have, and we can focus on the parts that we like, or we can wallow in the fact that this is no country for old mmo players. It's never going to be the first release ever again. 	
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Even the first release wasn't the first release, if you know what I mean - at least as far as no home for old MMO players.
 
Gah. This game makes me crazy.	
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			Good morning, coffee people! How's the science?I find myself logging on Wildstar less and less these days. I log on to do contracts and dailies then move on to other things. That is not a good sign for me. In fact, that is a strong sign that I am about to leave again...so soon! I do not have people with whom to run veteran dungeons and I have zero interest in PvP. Challenges are no longer worth it except for Thayd's (dyes) and housing (more dyes) but even then I have just about all the dyes in the game so there's no point doing those either. That doesn't leave much. I tried leveling another character, a warrior, but after reaching Whitevale I kind of just gave up; I've completed the leveling process 5 times already and a sixth time is way too much for my sanity to handle. Moreover, most things not being account-wide means doing everything from scratch which is unthinkable for me. First World Problems.System critical! Which system? ALL SYSTEMS!	
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Mostly I am just concerned about the welfare of my *players* not the *actual guild* if that makes any sense. :lol:  
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			Here's a question for the raiders in the coffee thread: Is it better to have the i96 stuff with additional rune slot, or the i100 stuff from contracts (but with only 4 rune slots)? Also, I'm guessing since I don't really have anything to really buy from the glory GA vendor, I can just spend my 4k glory on gear and salvage it? I hear the bags are not worth it.	
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Even the first release wasn't the first release, if you know what I mean - at least as far as no home for old MMO players.
 
Gah. This game makes me crazy.
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			G'morning. I'd love to have cross faction housing and have some strong drinks together and duke it out in the duelling arena.	
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			Don't feel bad Tex, I was a bit bummed last night. I logged in and was the only one on again, stepped away for like 3 min come back someone logged in and left the guild. I actually had been meaning to talk to you about guild participation. If you need me to start weeding out the in-actives i don't mind helping out as i used to run a guild in DAoC and WoW. I don't get much time to play during the weekdays since my wife and I had our son. I maybe get to play an hour or 2 so I am not looking or expecting to get a major leadership role anymore, but you can always count on me to pitch in if I am needed.	
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Here's a question for the raiders in the coffee thread: Is it better to have the i96 stuff with additional rune slot, or the i100 stuff from contracts (but with only 4 rune slots)? Also, I'm guessing since I don't really have anything to really buy from the glory GA vendor, I can just spend my 4k glory on gear and salvage it? I hear the bags are not worth it.
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Don't feel bad Tex, I was a bit bummed last night. I logged in and was the only one on again, stepped away for like 3 min come back someone logged in and left the guild. I actually had been meaning to talk to you about guild participation. If you need me to start weeding out the in-actives i don't mind helping out ...
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Hello coffee people!
 
 
On the topic of cross faction. 
It sux to be divided. But I still have great memories of a day where a friend and I proceeded to set a meeting spot in grimvault area and go tackle 5man mobs and bosses. 
 
An Exile and a Dominion walked into a bar... 
Haha
Two engis handling business chatting through account whispers... That was some epic stuff.
 
But still bugs me that I can't buff the Exiles I help out, they can't heal me, I'm not sure they understand what I'm saying... And worst of all... I can't revive them. 
 
I can't take this faction business seriously enough to not want to revive a player because he's an Exile. My heart breaks seeing them on the floor. 
I'm such a non-pvp person I guess lol. In blade and soul I apologized profusely for accidentally attacking a player instead of my target (force master can be tricky). I stopped wearing my faction outfit because of my aoe damaging other players trying to farm mobs. Lol. I think I would have done in game harakiri if I accidentally killed a player. We're both idiots for wearing pvp outfits while farming anyway, but they look so awesome, who can blame us?!?? 
 
Factions boo. 
Awesome plots YAY. 
 
I need to go log in on both sides and visits some plots on entity. People have been creating marvels!	
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Good morning, party people! And what a morning it is! 
 
It's Friday and that's always good.
 
Less than 24 hours ago we had about 4 tornadoes touch down here in Fort Worth, TX and some took roofs as souvenirs. Also, a whole lot fo flooding but at least I don't believe anyone was hurt. Then again, most news I get are from word of mouth. I did feel them winds on my way home yesterday though. But, it's all good now. Now, we have the beautiful weather aftermath with temperatures at around 60 F. Awesomeness.
 
As for life in Nexus, I haven't had much time to get on lately. I usually get on in the weekdays for my daily item and the Halloween event quests. Like many here, I might as well be a weekend warrior. Aint nobody got time for weekday playing anymore.
 
I'll be trying to track down you Department 13 guildies to send me a g-invite either tonight or this weekend ;) its no fun playing this game guildless!! Or any MMO for that matter...	
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I like the pvp outfits in B&S. The fact that there are a bunch of them is a neat idea, and makes the RP-PVP that Tex has talked about a real possibility. 
They are sort of opt in factions, but guilds have to be all cerulean or crimson, so that is still kind of dumb. I think you can still party, and queue with anyone though. 	
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Blade and Soul looks so ... jiggly. Like the whole game is just fan service. It's got loli-girls, loli-boys and a whole race of amazon women. :lol:
 
I just dont' see the appeal, honestly. But again, all I saw was a couple of jiggle videos and sort of lost interest. Asian games just have never appealed to me.	
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Here's a question for the raiders in the coffee thread: Is it better to have the i96 stuff with additional rune slot, or the i100 stuff from contracts (but with only 4 rune slots)? Also, I'm guessing since I don't really have anything to really buy from the glory GA vendor, I can just spend my 4k glory on gear and salvage it? I hear the bags are not worth it.
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Blade and Soul looks so ... jiggly. Like the whole game is just fan service. It's got loli-girls, loli-boys and a whole race of amazon women. :lol:
 
I just dont' see the appeal, honestly. But again, all I saw was a couple of jiggle videos and sort of lost interest. Asian games just have never appealed to me.
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Regarding empty guilds, it's something I've noticed in our guild this week. We are having HUGE turn outs for raids, but the rest of the week it seems far more empty than it used to be. Not that I am one to be on every night myself. But PJ suggested this might have to do with the contracts not being worth it for raiders, and I think that may play a big part.
 
Also, I do think a lot of people pushed hard when F2P came out, and are now taking a breather.
 
Me, I got to join a pug GA the last few days and have been enjoying getting to raid on a slinger in my off hours. I only wish Liz had the class set so I could do the same rotation as Chet . . .I think one thing I enjoy about pugs or joining my friend's raids is getting to sit back and enjoy the fights more if I'm not leading them. With <TCO> I always feel the need to push and be efficient. With other raid groups, I just don't mind wiping. The fights are fun, and a wipe just means I get to do it again!	
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1: De-segregation? yes please! At least in Housing zone or something...
 
2: Same issue in my guild that Tex is talking about. F2P is a double edged sword...it brings people in to look, but they have no investment in the game and there's loads of other F2P games out there for them to play instead. Also adding to this: Matchmaker queue'ing is also a double edged sword...players don't entirely need thier guild to find groups. Also, this can go back to my first point in the post....some of your guildies may be exile alts- and if they are paying thier exile toon instead, you don't see them.
 
3. Yes, I am also not very interested in Blade and Soul. Might be just me... but I like to keep my video games and my porn seperate. (Oh, and aside from the overbearing boob jubble, it's too J-RPG for me as well.)	
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Here's a question for the raiders in the coffee thread: Is it better to have the i96 stuff with additional rune slot, or the i100 stuff from contracts (but with only 4 rune slots)? Also, I'm guessing since I don't really have anything to really buy from the glory GA vendor, I can just spend my 4k glory on gear and salvage it? I hear the bags are not worth it.
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That's basically the reality of F2P, Tex. Newcomers don't really have anything to keep them here if the game doesn't deliver in their eyes immediately; that and a lot of F2P MMOers hop around between multiple games.
 
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1: De-segregation? yes please! At least in Housing zone or something...
 
2: Same issue in my guild that Tex is talking about. F2P is a double edged sword...it brings people in to look, but they have no investment in the game and there's loads of other F2P games out there for them to play instead. Also adding to this: Matchmaker queue'ing is also a double edged sword...players don't entirely need thier guild to find groups. Also, this can go back to my first point in the post....some of your guildies may be exile alts- and if they are paying thier exile toon instead, you don't see them.
 
3. Yes, I am also not very interested in Blade and Soul. Might be just me... but I like to keep my video games and my porn seperate. (Oh, and aside from the overbearing boob jubble, it's too J-RPG for me as well.)
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			I haven't looked much into S&B, mostly been paying a lot of attention to Overwatch as I am hoping to get into the beta soon. I will have to look up some S&B stuff tonight. 	
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			I've watched Blade and Soul but I feel like every time I hit an enemy, it is suddenly Mardi Gras with sparks flying everywhere. My friends have also been asking me go back to the big poobah of MMOs and that was a big nope as well. Guild Wars 2 also proved to be a dud for me. Wildstar's active combat system really is difficult to replace. I guess I'll be playing HotS with a side of Wildstar for now...	
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Aaaaaargh!!!!!
 
STUPID PILGRIMS!!! STUPID MAYFLOWER!!!! STUPID ENGLISH RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION!!!
 
*throws hands up in the air and storms off muttering*
 
*wanders back in*
 
One well-timed storm or perfectly-placed iceberg and I wouldn't have to mess with these damn holiday ads. Hell, just a few angry natives and this would be a whole 'nuther deal.
 
It's like every client says "HEY! LET'S CRAM TWICE AS MANY ITEMS IN THIS WEEKS AD! THAT WILL GET PEOPLE TO BUY STUFF!"
 
I got news for you folks, people are ALREADY going to buy the stuff in the circular. You're *going* to sell turkeys, stuffing, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes. You are *going* to sell punkin pies and corn and green beans and marshmallow cream and condensed milk and brown sugar. It's gonna happen. You don't even have to advertise that stuff - because it's GONNA SELL.
 
Holy moley. Thanksgiving ads should be beer, bread, Pepto and aspirin. Boom. Done.
 
I hate the holidays.
 
*ahem*
 
WILDSTAR TAKE ME AWAAAAAAAAAAAAY!	
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Aaaaaargh!!!!!
 
STUPID PILGRIMS!!! STUPID MAYFLOWER!!!! STUPID ENGLISH RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION!!!
 
*throws hands up in the air and storms off muttering*
 
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I've watched Blade and Soul but I feel like every time I hit an enemy, it is suddenly Mardi Gras with sparks flying everywhere. My friends have also been asking me go back to the big poobah of MMOs and that was a big nope as well. Guild Wars 2 also proved to be a dud for me. Wildstar's active combat system really is difficult to replace. I guess I'll be playing HotS with a side of Wildstar for now...
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			I'd say the biggest risk for WS video game wise is going to be Fallout 4. I mean, certainly some part of the population is going to be busy with that one for a while. It's a good thing for WS there is no multiplayer component and they hooked my wife :)	
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I'd say the biggest risk for WS video game wise is going to be Fallout 4. I mean, certainly some part of the population is going to be busy with that one for a while. It's a good thing for WS there is no multiplayer component and they hooked my wife :)
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*nervously leans into the thread*
Umm, hello coffee thread.
I hope none of you bite, for I prefer to drink tea and my timezone is just preparing dinner. Fried noodles with leftover chicken, soy sauce and a lot of pepper, as it were.
 
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Aaaaaargh!!!!!
 
STUPID PILGRIMS!!! STUPID MAYFLOWER!!!! STUPID ENGLISH RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION!!!
 
*throws hands up in the air and storms off muttering*
 
*wanders back in*
 
One well-timed storm or perfectly-placed iceberg and I wouldn't have to mess with these damn holiday ads. Hell, just a few angry natives and this would be a whole 'nuther deal.
 
It's like every client says "HEY! LET'S CRAM TWICE AS MANY ITEMS IN THIS WEEKS AD! THAT WILL GET PEOPLE TO BUY STUFF!"
 
I got news for you folks, people are ALREADY going to buy the stuff in the circular. You're *going* to sell turkeys, stuffing, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes. You are *going* to sell punkin pies and corn and green beans and marshmallow cream and condensed milk and brown sugar. It's gonna happen. You don't even have to advertise that stuff - because it's GONNA SELL.
 
Holy moley. Thanksgiving ads should be beer, bread, Pepto and aspirin. Boom. Done.
 
I hate the holidays.
 
*ahem*
 
WILDSTAR TAKE ME AWAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
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*nervously leans into the thread*
Umm, hello coffee thread.
I hope none of you bite, for I prefer to drink tea and my timezone is just preparing dinner. Fried noodles with leftover chicken, soy sauce and a lot of pepper, as it were.
 
-Snip-
 
Aaand I'm ranting. Way to make a first impression. I'll go see myself out now.
*slowly backs away*
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I'd say the biggest risk for WS video game wise is going to be Fallout 4. I mean, certainly some part of the population is going to be busy with that one for a while. It's a good thing for WS there is no multiplayer component and they hooked my wife :)
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Good morning and glorious Friday to all!
 
I am still suffering from the after effects of the flu, blarg. I hate having my schedule interrupted by illness, I really just want to feel better and get on with everything- I am starting to feel antsy for not doing physical stuffs.
 
Ah well, it has meant plenty of time for Wildstar at least (I mean really, what else do you to when you're still too sick to go out, but not sick enough to stay in bed? I guess Netflix and Chill but I'm not really a Tee Vee kind of person).
 
I bit the bullet last night and sent all my decor to inventory on my Stalker's plot so I could start building it the way I want. (Imagine that said by the little girl in that granola bar commercial so many years ago, "Mom had to cut up allllllll her credit cards." :lol: ) I then spent 20 minutes trying to appropriately cover the entrance area (why on earth are those shields there? I swear to Science if I could remove one thing...) and, when I finally met with success, my internet went out.  :angry:  Rage! I took it as a sign and went to bed, which was appreciated by my cat, at least.
 
I am now torn between working on my plot, or finishing getting my Engi to 50 this weekend... mmm mmm maybe both? I admit I need a bunch more pine trees for my Stalker plot, but I think I can do a bunch without trees. I might add that I am incredibly peeved that the renown cost for some of the previous items which were rewarded for completing challenges... I know I just need to group up more, but come on; they used to be so accessible (if random) and now it actually feels kind of grindy!
 
Tonight however, I shall be attending a Hey Rosetta! concert, so I am very excited. No time for Wildstar, only music, crepes, and more music! :D
 
Sorry to hear you're having a bit of a rough go at the guild/peoples Tex. That's kind of rotten. I think the mad dash will come to a close soon, and when the dust settles you'll be more likely to grab permanent people. I wouldn't worry too much. I mean it isn't like Wildstar is a niche superhero game beloved its small but strong player base, right? *nervous laughter*
 
Who knows, with the change in demographic that comes with F2P, Carbine may start introducing more small-group content for end-game to match raiding. I would especially like to see more expeditions, allowing any number of people to play together. Maybe toss in some pressure plates that hide 5 man-only challenges with higher rewards? Just an idea!
			
				
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The reason to look at the combat in b&s isn't the jiggle. It's the amount of violence you can inflict on an enemy. It's not tera, it's more like streetfighter. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSN1z1amXKc
 
We talked about the weight of combat in wildstar early on, and b&s has real weight. This is a real apple and oranges sort of issue, but I think if you put the jiggle to the side you can see some combat systems that are pretty interesting. Not that we will be able to test that sort of thing unless we get the brawler/monk class from the old influx concepts.  
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I might add that I am incredibly peeved that the renown cost for some of the previous items which were rewarded for completing challenges... I know I just need to group up more, but come on; they used to be so accessible (if random) and now it actually feels kind of grindy!
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So, $25 give or take and you can buy into B&S betas?
 
Hmmm. Birthday is in two weeks, sounds like I might give myself a present.	
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Do the Thayd Challenges and select renown certs for your payout.
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Hey Sly, what side is TCO in SWTOR and how active are they? Same question for Archage?  :D
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I tried B&S, you could get the Russian version to work with a few tweaks and someone did an english patch of it. I also had signed up for the B&S beta ages ago and got accepted into it last weekend, I did download it and try but mainly out of curiosity to see if it had changed much. For me it just looked and felt as if someone took Aion and slapped some action combat onto it and the result was B&S everything about it looks exactly like Aion I dont know if it was the same developers or not.
 
Right now im having fun in Wildstar and although I have noticed a drop off in numbers I plan sticking around for a while yet. Since SWG closed ive bounced around many MMO's and Wildstar combat is one of the most fun ive had since Tabula Rasa's combat unfortunately TR was lacking in every other department and got closed, I just hope that the same thing doesn't happen to Wildstar as NCSoft is pretty brutal when it comes to closing down games.  I think the main testing point for me is when I hit max level as thats when alot of the games ive played started to falter but as im fresh and I still have lots of toons to level I don't envision that being much of an issue for a while yet. 	
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I *think* it's Republic, but I really don't know.
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Yeah, I think that might be the best option. I haven't done any real comparison between renown generation... how are the challanges verse grouping? I read somewhere that some housing plug expeditions are supposed to be quite good for it.
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So, $25 give or take and you can buy into B&S betas?
 
Hmmm. Birthday is in two weeks, sounds like I might give myself a present.
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I like the pvp outfits in B&S. The fact that there are a bunch of them is a neat idea, and makes the RP-PVP that Tex has talked about a real possibility. 
They are sort of opt in factions, but guilds have to be all cerulean or crimson, so that is still kind of dumb. I think you can still party, and queue with anyone though.
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Home! HOME AT LAST!
 
I have had my fill of turkey and yams and stuffing and dinner rolls and it's still 20 days until Thanksgiving.  :lol:
 
Wildstar is booted up and all is right with the world. At least until my heathen spawn get home.  :ph34r:
 
So, is the Tainwan version F2P or what? I don't wanna download this disasterpiece if I have to go to the bank and get some Yen.  :P	
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Home! HOME AT LAST!
 
I have had my fill of turkey and yams and stuffing and dinner rolls and it's still 20 days until Thanksgiving.  :lol:
 
Wildstar is booted up and all is right with the world. At least until my heathen spawn get home.  :ph34r:
 
So, is the Tainwan version F2P or what? I don't wanna download this disasterpiece if I have to go to the bank and get some Yen.  :P
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			I want jiggle to beimplemented in WS cashshop. Would buy. I like jiggle. Jiggle is good for the eyes. And soothing the heart.
			
				
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Yes it's f2p and far less of a gouge than the chinese version. There is the jp version but they have a reputation for being really horrible to western players. I don't think there is a way to get in the KR version without a KR social security number so that is right the hell out. 
 
This will also help a lot http://pohwaran.com/blade-and-soul-taiwan-account-creation-guide/
 
Um, now look at this picture of a mechari and some draken
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It comes down to if that rune slot will either eclipse the stat distribution you are going for or not.  Also you can fit in more sets (potentially) with more slots.  At the end of the day you probably have to either get Runemaster or some paper and plan it out :P.  With runes meaning so much nowadays, unless the runepower is just so much greater on the 100 stuff, I would stay with the 96.
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Really stoked to have some free time this weekend.
 
I have to admit though, I think perhaps the little guild would be better served if we merged with another group. The initial leveling phase of the relaunch is over and most of the folks we've recruited have either not come back at all after the first week, or have started hitting 50, gearing up and moving on to guilds with plans to raid. Which is fine, no hard feelings, we were always intended to be for folks to learn, make friends and either move on or grow groups in-guild. People are just too impatient I guess, to wait for others to finish leveling and so they hit 50, get three pieces of gear and bid us farewell instead of offering to help.
 
Hell, except for Khandi (who is mostly a casual player like me), every single person who has promised to help or offered a leadership post has either left the next day or never logged in again.
 
I'm afraid that will be the new normal for WildStar in the F2P era. Casual players will come and go quickly and because there is no monetary motivation to play, they'll continue to drift in and out and away. The folks who stick around will merge, re-marge and coalesce into ever-shrinking cliques until we're right back to where we were pre-F2P: a few large guilds, a lot fewer small guilds and a whole bunch of lonely newbies who won't have anywhere to go because the only guilds that recruit are looking for raiders.
 
I've also thought about re-casting the guild in a different image, like a role-play guild or something. Problem is, most of the RPers I know are all grouped on the Exile side. I have *never* seen an RP-Dominion guild, and if they exist, they certainly don't recruit openly. So I'm not really sure how that would pan out, if I'd upset the dozen or so folks who are still left, or if it's an idea whose time has come.
 
So, I dunno. Just gloomy thoughts on a gloomy day.
 
I'mma go get some more coffee before my day turns to total poo. Stupid Thanksgiving ads are a LOT of work.
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			Patching the PTR tonight! Gonna take some screenshots of the Winterfest!  :wub:	
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Let us remember that B&S is also NCsoft.
 
And if you think that WS is gouging, all I can say is hee-hee when you see B&S.
 
Yes, I have a Founder pack and yes I am beta-ing and I will give them a chance, but boy, I already don't believe a word regarding what they say about localising the game more than just as a translation.  As a matter of fact, I expect to see more and more B&S tactics being employed here in WS as time goes by.
 
If you have tried Madam Fay here, though, you'll feel right at home playing an epic wuxia hero who kills a mini-boss and then runs scampering up the hill to spin the "wheel o' fortune" at the local quest hub.
 
However, I like the mechanics and if you ignore 75% of the game, which is entirely immersion-breaking Asian game show stuff, the rest might turn out to be fun.  And the environment has a lot of eye candy too (not just the jiggle).
 
However, I would much rather play WS, unless NCSoft and Carbine manage to sink it again in the next 3 months.
			
				
	Edited November 7, 2015 by Gamezilla	
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I just wanted to hop in and say hello. I haven't been on the forums or in game since January but I've been playing again for about three weeks now and I'm really enjoying WildStar again. I even subbed. I used to read morning coffee regularly and commented on occasion; there's always a lot of great people here. 
 
When I came back I completely started over, deleting all my old characters (my highest was only level 30 anyway) and rerolled as a Chua Esper. Now I'm up to level 43 and hope to reach 50 soon. 
 
I'm playing Dominion side just as I was before (I can't imagine being anything else!) but finding a good, populated guild with concurrent players can be difficult. The one I joined when I returned is in the same boat as some of the others you all have described. There's a few core members but most of the new people seem to come and go after a few days.
 
Tex, your guild was actually recommended to me at one point by Fitch but I think I must have done the friend request wrong or something because I never heard back (do you have to be online when I send it for it to work?) and ended up with this other guild after a few days playing solo. Now I'd hate to leave this group because although small, they're really nice, but I wish I had been able to join up with Deparment 13 so I could have given you all a hand with membership. 
 
At any rate, I just mentioned all that to say I hope things get better with your guild, and that we get a few established, casual guilds dominion side (RP or otherwise). If something happens with my current guild I'll look you up and D13 again. My character's name is Oswald Copperfield if you or anyone else here wants to send me a friend request. I'm not looking to raid, but I do like dungeons and other group content, housing, costumes, and a little PvP here and there. I'd love to make some more connections Dominion side.
			
				
	Edited November 7, 2015 by Weakness	
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Let us remember that B&S is also NCsoft.
 
And if you think that WS is gouging, all I can say is hee-hee when you see B&S.
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			Hey, no worries. It'll sort itself out. The important part is you're having fun and making friends and growing the Dominion. Mission: Accomplished!  :D	
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Is that a Grumple with ribbons on his nubbins, Tex?
 
Why yes, Other Tex. Yes, it is.	
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Stop it, I'm trying to resist the urge to spoil myself on the PTR! Dx
 
Resistance is slowly withering...	
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Oh well, then you probably don't want to look in those boxes ...
 	
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Let us remember that B&S is also NCsoft.
 
And if you think that WS is gouging, all I can say is hee-hee when you see B&S.
 
Yes, I have a Founder pack and yes I am beta-ing and I will give them a chance, but boy, I already don't believe a word regarding what they say about localising the game more than just as a translation.  As a matter of fact, I expect to see more and more B&S tactics being employed here in WS as time goes by.
 
If you have tried Madam Fay here, though, you'll feel right at home playing an epic wuxia hero who kills a mini-boss and then runs scampering up the hill to spin the "wheel o' fortune" at the local quest hub.
 
However, I like the mechanics and if you ignore 75% of the game, which is entirely immersion-breaking Asian game show stuff, the rest might turn out to be fun.  And the environment has a lot of eye candy too (not just the jiggle).
 
However, I would much rather play WS, unless NCSoft and Carbine manage to sink it again in the next 3 months.
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