That's great news!

maybe a drop in the numbers of players or less pre purchased that they expected, probably the second, hurts more XD

Athanor wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 1:51pm:



Well Y haven't pre-purchased yet... while I did pre-purchase MoTU Collector.
I'm still not sure if I go standard or collector for Shadowfail... without the Drones ( that I'm sure, I don't need useless drones that will take up 2 Bank space )

Asheras wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 1:52pm:


We already got to 85 and were keeping it before this!

Oh you mean Sentinels... Carry on!

Asheras wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 2:17pm:

Is it because we can't all find 6:00?

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No. It's because you can't find your Turbine Launcher.  It is hidden behind your NWO launcher and Guild Wars 2 Launcher, apparently.   

Bigjunk wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 2:24pm:


Yeah, I wouldn't buy astral shards from the store but this may make it possible for my 1 person guild (3 if you count my 2 kids that rarely play) may finally hit 55 with this change. If we do then that's 1k astral shards out of the economy as my current astral shard balance of 1,002 will go down to 2.

Asheras wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 3:56pm:

That quest XP message from PurpleFooz is the type of communication I've been wanting to see for a long time. They could save themselves so much doOOOooOOOoom and ill-will just by listening more, and throwing out early plans to let people kick the tires. Knowing the rationale is huge - if I don't like a change, but can understand why it was done and what alternatives were considered, I can live with it more easily.

All changes in the game need a message like that. Major changes (like the TWF nerf or AC) might need one every week for a month or two, to allow for response and evolution of the change. I'm tired of building characters, gearing them, and really getting to enjoy how they play just before the nerfbat hits, or there is a major gameplay change because some dev wants his work to replace whatever was built by the previous guy (enhancements, crafting, Epic TR, level cap increases, etc).

They have to really change their mindset to get the devs and community team to stop fearing / despising the playerbase so much. The devs also need to avoid getting so wedded to their ideas that they are immutable by the time players see them.

They need to focus on making the game fun for a change. If they put half the effort into fun that they do on squeezing more money out of players, this game would kick ass.

mudfud wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 4:31pm:



+$ Cordovan added my edit to the shadowfell FAQ today. That would be a complete fail if it doesn't make it at this point.

-$ That would be a complete and utter fucking internal goddamned communication breakdown if it doesn't.

=$ Only time will tell I guess.

+$$ I wonder if anyone can enlighten the subject.

mudfud wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 4:57pm:



Won't happen, it has been stated numerous times that the tokens of the Twelve were an Eberron only thing.

Asheras wrote on Jun 20^th, 2013 at 5:30pm:


How about they consolidate their shit and turn the heroic comms into raid tokens? The other Eberon epics dropping patron comms isn't consolidating, it's fracturing even more making as many new currencies as their are factions.

If there's a glut of tokens at the moment, jack the prices up upon initial release and bleed them out. The reason why there's a glut is because there hasn't been enough to spend them on in the past. After the first patch, drop the price some, and after the second patch, drop it to it's final stable level. Then the New update has new shinies that command the 'early adopter tax' until an economy stabilizes. People whined about Raid Token Fragments. Turbine's response was a "Fuck you. Fine, have full tokens, they'll be useless though since we'll make new Commendations instead!"

This also has the added benefit of turning LoB, Chrono, and VoN into relevant raids that aren't just run for shits and giggles.  Yaaaa, there'd be a robust 'end game' again.

I remember once upon a time when I started the game in 2009.  I asked if there was crafting and was told that there was, but I wouldn't see it until end game (shroud).

Today, the question isn't "is there crafting", but `kwhich crafting should I give a crap about?"  As far as I can tell, the only loot people should give a crap about is cannith crafting for leveling gear and get-whole-items from gianthold and FR epics.   The only reason to get something scroll-seal-shard is if you've already been chasing it for years and have 2 of the 3 parts.