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These guys can hardly even call themselves professionals. Within the last 6 months or so, Aventurine's support site went down for something like a month, their ssl certificate expired and nobody could use their website for maybe a week, and their devs just say whatever the fuck they want. I...

I just started playing this game again less than a week ago. Talent calculator for the new patch. Endgame is still weak but it's kinda fun to dick around in. Hard group content is supposedly coming with the expansion. TTK in pvp is super low for my tastes but I just got done playing...

If you guys could manage to act like professionals then I'm sure you'd have all the cheerleaders you wanted.

That was fucking weird.

Ah, I think you're talking about the skill chaining feature where you could put a bunch of skills together in the UI and hit space bar to execute the next ability in the chain after using an opener. It's ok if you are always using the skills in the same order or you're using an ability that has...

I think the reason for this is that there isn't enough granularity to between successful skill use and failed skill use, and accompanying lack of feedback. In an fps there's a big difference (a lot of little differences) between getting a headshot or getting a couple of shots on the torso or...

I played a priest and a warrior. Both were definitely in the 2+ hotbar category. Hitboxes/movement/animation lock added an extra dimension of differentiation of abilities, so it wasn't as stale as it could be with a bunch of dps power clones set apart by cast times alone. It's a bit silly to...

Bit douchey to quote yourself... but relevant stuff from Brad's old blog.

Haha, I'm so glad for all the feigned indignation.

Ugh. I desperately wanted to like this game. There are so many cool little systems like housing and trade routes. The combat is so goddamn boring that I can't put up with it though. Maybe there will be a rerolled guild so I can experience it vicariously through everyone else :P.

I think there was an FoH thread about this game several years ago. It's actually a lot of fun but the jerky movement is so annoying that it prevents me from playing the game. It's sort of hard to see in the video, but you will notice it immediately if you give it a try. Still, if you can get...

Thanks for the advice. We decided to start a few days from now so I actually have some time to do some research.

I'm gonna start playing this tonight with two other guys. Anyone have suggestions on a good trio with skill lines that aren't ridiculously boring? NA if that makes any difference.

Heartbreaking to hear how let down by Brad the team feels. He really fucked this one up. I hope he's learned some humility after all of this. I withheld judgment in spite of his reputation even after the whole Vanguard fiasco. When these sorts of projects don't work out, there are almost always...

Haven't been able to play much during the week, but I haven't had any problems with the responsiveness since I adapted to their action queuing system. Mashing buttons WoW-style was causing me a lot of grief before then though. edit: I agree about the levels. They should have just left that...

Less than 5 hours? Then I assume you're not talking about cliffs of failure.

I was never able to reach a point where ae grinding was consistently faster than solo pulls even with higher numbers of mobs. Maybe the areas I tried just weren't suitable though. Probably should have spent more time in beta scouting out some decent spots.

Yes.

You're right about the leadership Flight. Az was a crap administrator. He had a vision for the game though (good or bad), and that's what the admins here need right now. I'm pretty sure a lot of them are old hands and understand the code, but don't really understand how the systems are supposed...

I'd use IRC. irc.stratics.com:6667 #ancorp orMibbit. You could do both forums and irc if you don't get a bite right away. Also, for anyone who's tried playing UO but was disgusted by the interface/jerkiness, you might want to give theSallos clienta try. edit: err...

Expensive fruit cakes made with cooking are needed to revive powerful monsters like dragons. You do get 'free' taming skill in dungeons though under a certain set of conditions, so it's not too much of a chore. From thewiki, which is nice but needs a lot of work. Also, provo-anything is...

They've already lost an admin. That was quick.

Camera 1:Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Camera 2:Preload Entire YouTube Videos By Disabling Dash Playback edit:Youtube center. I can't actually vouch for the add-on. I don't use it. Youtube works fine for me.

I don't know how we managed to have opposite experiences. But yes, nothing like an Elder Scrolls game.

Haven't logged on in a while, but FWIW I found the low levels to be really bland compared to the later content and gameplay. Early zones you really feel like you're on rails, and I don't think you even get weapon swap until 15 or so, which makes combat terribly boring until then. Later on it...

Yeah, a lot of the auxiliary stuff associated with housing is cool. Having a base away from the main cities for you and your friends to keep supplies and such is something I always appreciated. Being able to stake out a territory and develop relationships and communities gave a sense of...

Early Access Schedule | Shroud of the Avatar Forum Not set in stone, apparently. I think nostalgia prevents me from hating bag inventories... then again, I always make a macro to make management less tedious. The whole housing thing has never been my cup of tea either, but for a lot of people it...

I played the HL mod 3 or 4 years ago. It was interesting, but I doubt it's worth 15 bucks for most people if it's still the same game.

That wasn't my experience. I still played and enjoyed the fuck out of EQ though.

This is a game I always wanted to play... but every time I tried, it ran like shit and crashed constantly. I know plenty of people who swear Shadowbane is the epitome of MMO PVP.

It's like this in many industries. Creatives and technical people get promoted to positions of management all the time because it's the next rung of the corporate ladder. The idea is that if you can do a job really well, you should be able to manage other people doing the same job. They're...

"Mutually exclusive" means they cannot both be true. Are you saying that a game in which each player can do everything and each player is not unique cannot exist? You really seem to be arguing that they are unrelated, but don't let me put words in your mouth. If there are 5 possible states for a...

Mutual exclusivity is an explicit relationship. I think you mean something else. Either way, the notion that interdependence breeds interaction seems pretty reasonable to me. What makes you think they aren't related? He does go too far by saying that there is absolutely no interaction as things...

Oh my dear poor sir, I'll have you know that I would never deign to drink whatever red shit is in that flute.

Experts and connoisseurs are significantly more consistent. Related, people intellectualizing and describing their preferences often incur a temporary alteration in their preferences, especially amongst non-experts.

That guy's spec is retarded.

I don't hate him. I just don't think he's the prognosticator of prognosticators.

I feel like I'm the twilight zone right now. Why the fuck do you care what he thinks about some project that hasn't really even started yet? You're probably just as familiar with McQuaid's work as he is. Ut isn't a unicorn with magic fucking powers. Jesus christ.

Some friends are interested in picking this up in October or November, but I haven't played since release. What's a good combination of classes for 3 (with 2-3 more to join us later probably) players interested in pvp? Looking for something high skill-cap with an emphasis on team play. Also...

You could visit the shit statue in San Jose. I don't live in California anymore, but I spend 3-5 weeks in Carmel (next to Monterey) when I go back. It's quaint. Wine tastings, shops, nice scenic stuff. 17-mile drive is about 20 minutes away. Quoting myself from last year in the...