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  1. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    The problem with chests and such is that Arenanet is so afraid of "grinding" that they depend on the RNGwaytoo much, but they don't do so in any meaningful way. It's not, "I have a 15% chance at this staff I really want!" but that you can basically get any weapon/armor from a chest and the only...
  2. Cantatus

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    General consensus on CAG is that it has a really good and touching story, but that it's more of an interactive novel than an actual game. I haven't played it myself, so I can't offer any opinions in that regard, but I've heard mostly positive things about it.
  3. Cantatus

    Alas poor THQ

    Hopethis doesn't come to pass, it was sort of what I was fearing:
  4. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    That's more or less the point. This isn't WoW. They aren't trying to toss down breadcrumbs and hold your hand. They want to you run around andexploreand look for things, which is why there are so many events, puzzles, challenges, and chests hidden well off the beaten path. Hearts, if I...
  5. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    If there are any events that require a certain amount of people to be around, I don't think there are many. Like I said before, I've been running around various zones to work on world completion, and I haven't really seen any shortage of events. That's the nice thing about the events scaling -...
  6. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    I don't know what you're looking for. He said they'll have a detailed summary up "within the next couple of weeks."
  7. Cantatus

    SWTOR

    The whole reason he brings it up now is because there were a lot of complaints about it not being included prior to release, which eventually led them to say it would be a "post-launch feature". Funnily enough, it actually got enough coverage to the point that it had the Family Research Council...
  8. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    I had forgotten you could get the snowflake back from salvaging. That changes thing some. Though, Arenanet isn't entirely blameless in this either. It took themfourdays to fix the recipe. Either they need a better way of tracking exploits in the economy or they need better QA so mistakes...
  9. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    The hell? I understood banning people for the karma exploit a few months back, but this sounds incredibly ridiculous. Edit: Ah, this exploit was different than I thought. The pristine snowflake recipe took one ecto, unlike the other jewelry recipes which take three. I noticed that when...
  10. Cantatus

    SWTOR

    I know it'd piss off plenty of people to just come out and say SGR really isn't a priority at this time, but it really shouldn't be. For all ToR's faults, the story isn't really one of them. They need to be working on things that will either bring in new players or retain the ones they have...
  11. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    To some degree, I think it would've been smart for them to say, "Ok, we're releasing the game, but sPvP is just in open beta." Because, that's largely how it feels. They're really interested in the eSports thing, so I suppose it makes sense to be fairly conservative with how it's approached...
  12. Cantatus

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Alan Wake was one of the best games I played this year.
  13. Cantatus

    SWTOR

    I always questioned the extensive voice-over work more for how it'd impact future development. It's not exactly cheap nor is it something that can easily be tweaked. I recall SOE promoting all of EverQuest II's lines of recorded dialogue prior to release, but then the reality set in and they...
  14. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    I read a developer (think it was for Champions Online) say that F2P games usually are floated on the players that just buy whatever is put in the cash shop, which usually makes up much less than 5% of the playerbase. Considering GW2's cash shop, I'm guessing that's the crowd they're targeting...
  15. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    Thing is, I think they make a lot off the gamble boxes. There were people posting on the official forums talking about buying $50-100 of the Christmas ones to try to get the Quaggan minipet. So long as they have a portion of the playerbase willing to pay that kind of money, it more than covers...
  16. Cantatus

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    To be honest, it's not terribly surprising. The sales aren't just about selling games, but also raising awareness of Steam as a brand and bringing in more users. A few years back, they hoped the deals would result in people telling their friends and getting them on Steam. Nowadays, since...
  17. Cantatus

    SWTOR

    If I recall correctly, SOE realized they couldn't pass Legacy of Ykesha off as an expansion, so it was always referred to as an "extension."
  18. Cantatus

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Alpha Protocolfor $2.62 today at GMG after coupon, best deal since Steam had it for $2 a few sales back. The game is most definitely a steal at that price, in my opinion.
  19. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    As far as recent MMOs go, I think the unfortunate thing is how WoW has changed the landscape. The bar for a successful MMO used to be relatively low, so the ones making MMOs tended to have more realistic expectations. WoW's extreme success made it so everyone just figured it was some untapped...
  20. Cantatus

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Use coupon code GMG30-DPLIM-DN831 at checkout.
  21. Cantatus

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    It's50% off at GMG today($24.99) and works with the 30% off coupon, bringing it down to $17.50. Doubt we'll be seeing a better deal than that this season.
  22. Cantatus

    Community

    Yeah, it was like 2 episodes from the end of the season, and supposedly it was a mutual decision between him and the showrunners.
  23. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    I'm all for discussion of the game and actually enjoy it, but there's a difference between discussing a game's faults and coming into a thread purely to call the game garbage and then insulting people when they dare to point out the positives.
  24. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    Unless an MMO is setting up separate economies on each server, I don't know why all MMOs don't all just do that. It'd allow zones to constantly have at least a few people in them - making the world feel more alive - while also preventing the snowball effect that can sometimes happen in MMOs...
  25. Cantatus

    The War Z

    At this point, changing their name before the game gets readded to Steam wouldn't be the worst idea in the world anyways. I'm sure Week Z or Call of Zombie is available.
  26. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    I'm beginning to think this is an MMO more my style, one I'll be able to enjoy longer term than a lot of others. Because there isn't the subscription fee, there also isn't the guilt if I stop playing for a few weeks, so I likely won't reach that point where I feel like I'm forcing myself to...
  27. Cantatus

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Also, check your email. If you purchased a downloadable game from Amazon at any time this year published by Ubisoft, EA, or THQ,you'll be getting a $5 couponto use tomorrow. 2K Games will be sending out a similar coupon tomorrow for use on the 26th. Makes for areallygood deal for...
  28. Cantatus

    Dungeon Defenders

    With the Summoner and Series EV, the gap isn't as big as it was initially. EV basically doubles the effectiveness of any tower, while the Summoner basically doubles the amount of DU you have, not to mention his minions have 360 degree aim, which only a couple of buildings have. I know the...
  29. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    Considering how the event works, I don't disagree with the change. Doing "perfect" on an event where you get randomly thrown into groups is a bit of a pain, especially since it just encourages everyone to quit the event as soon as one of the dolyaks is killed. It'd be different if you could...
  30. Cantatus

    Alas poor THQ

    True, but it is an investment firm that bought them out. Nothing says the firm won't decide it might be better to sell off certain franchises to recoup some of their investment. Though, they have said they will let anything in development finish, so I'm not really as concerned as I was...
  31. Cantatus

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Sort of disappointed this sale doesn't have any sort of gimmick to it. That was always one of my favorite things about Steam sales, going all the way back to the Treasure Hunt. It was a great way to encourage me to pull out some old games to revisit, and in all honesty, did get me to buy a few...
  32. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    Currently, 100 gems gets you 1 gold, 41 silver, and 65 copper.
  33. Cantatus

    The War Z

    It could've been a great game, but I don't really think they ever had any intention of releasing a great game. It was more of a cash grab riding on the coattails of Day Z's success. It was basically pieced together from assets of their previous games (War Inc. and literally Big Rigs, a game...
  34. Cantatus

    Alas poor THQ

    To be honest, I'm not worried in the least about the various popular franchises THQ publishes not being able to continue. What I am worried about is having either EA or Activision scoop them up and running them into the ground a la Mass Effect and Diablo.
  35. Cantatus

    SWTOR

    The Gamasutra article does a really good job at summing up the faults of ToR's F2P system. BioWare/EA didn't really understand that part of the reason MMOs go F2P is to grow their communities. Even if you have a bunch of people who never pay a dime, having more people means your paying...
  36. Cantatus

    Marvel Heroes 20xx

    Rock Paper Shotgun was invited to a press event to see the game and posted a review: More here.
  37. Cantatus

    Breaking Bad

    Initially, I liked Jesse as sort of a foil to Walt, but that started becoming tiresome, and the writers must've realized the same thing. Now he's more or less become the heart of the show. The funny thing is, Jesse was supposed to die in the 9th episode of the first season. The season had to...
  38. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    This thread on Reddithas been collecting a lot of songs people have been figuring out.
  39. Cantatus

    Guild Wars 2

    From what I've found, your best bet is generally doing dungeons. Between the loot and the completion bonus, you can make a decent amount of money with each run. I've found Fractals is the best when it comes to loot drops, though the trade-off is that the completion bonus is much lower (2-4s)...
  40. Cantatus

    The Elder Scrolls Online

    The game world looks gorgeous, which isn't surprising given that it's an Elder Scrolls game. Aside from that, there really doesn't seem to be much to give an opinion on with that video. Perhaps it's too early for them to be talking about the "secret sauce", but there really wasn't anything in...