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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Though I'll be damned if that isn't a close race.
Kos Luftar
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Stop supporting Ellen drop all your tokens for Evon!!!!
Screw the achievements!!!
Screw the achievements!!!
Closer than I thought it'd be. Time to go put more tokens in for Evon tho!
theMrCravens
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I, for one, welcome our human overlords.
(down with Eleen!)
(down with Eleen!)
Squall ASF
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Nooooo I knew achievements would ruin the polling. Either that or there are too many people that never played GW1 and don't know or care what Abaddon is...booooo! I need to dump my stack of tickets into support tokens already.
Thank god they are moving away from mini games for a while. Let's get some real content! I will say that I love JPs to pieces and would never get tired of those additions haha
Thank god they are moving away from mini games for a while. Let's get some real content! I will say that I love JPs to pieces and would never get tired of those additions haha
Haven't touched the Southsun Survival stuff yet; been too involved in WvW lately it seems. I still need to go back in and finish the Aspect Arena related things.
The third comment on the Facebook page made me close it. That one comment kind of shows how blown up people's expectations are for it but fractals are usually condensed bits of major events and what not, no?
The third comment on the Facebook page made me close it. That one comment kind of shows how blown up people's expectations are for it but fractals are usually condensed bits of major events and what not, no?
Interview with Colin:
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/colin-johanson-talks-dungeons-dragons-and-chairs
On chairs:
Chairs are poorly done. He mentions it's not something they're working on. In the grand scheme of things chairs he is definitely right, chairs are probably the very last thing most of the playerbase cares about, but I would probably care a great deal if I were into RP. I question why Arenanet decided to even put chairs in the game if they weren't going to do it right, and especially if they aren't going to go back and fix it. Go sit in a chair if you've never done it before.
On Zhaitan fight:
That explains a lot. The pinnacle of your personal story, you finally get to fight an Elder Dragon! And, it's rushed in time for release. At least it's "something on their list" so we might see improvements in the future.
Responding to inquiry about charr armor
This response strikes me as disingenuous. Humans and norn are the races that most benefit from a one-size-fits-all approach. Charr suffer the most because they have horns and tails and their bodies are a lot wider in places human bodies aren't. Asura ears also create similar issues. Perhaps it's a difference in philosophy - I feel like charr getting armor that doesn't clash with their horns and tails should be the standard. It's not a matter of "race-specific" armor, it's a matter of taking the due care to make sure the armor looks good on every race. No one is asking for charr-specific armor. It's not as if Charr players are asking for special treatment for their armor. If you are going to create a race with a body type and physical features like horns and and tails the other races don't have, you can't simply plop an armor that works well on another race onto that race. You can't expect those players to be happy about it.
A lot of charr armor simply looks stretched out and has issues with horns/tails. It's sad to hear that it's unlikely anything will happen on this front.
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/colin-johanson-talks-dungeons-dragons-and-chairs
On chairs:
Chairs are poorly done. He mentions it's not something they're working on. In the grand scheme of things chairs he is definitely right, chairs are probably the very last thing most of the playerbase cares about, but I would probably care a great deal if I were into RP. I question why Arenanet decided to even put chairs in the game if they weren't going to do it right, and especially if they aren't going to go back and fix it. Go sit in a chair if you've never done it before.
On Zhaitan fight:
That explains a lot. The pinnacle of your personal story, you finally get to fight an Elder Dragon! And, it's rushed in time for release. At least it's "something on their list" so we might see improvements in the future.
Responding to inquiry about charr armor
This response strikes me as disingenuous. Humans and norn are the races that most benefit from a one-size-fits-all approach. Charr suffer the most because they have horns and tails and their bodies are a lot wider in places human bodies aren't. Asura ears also create similar issues. Perhaps it's a difference in philosophy - I feel like charr getting armor that doesn't clash with their horns and tails should be the standard. It's not a matter of "race-specific" armor, it's a matter of taking the due care to make sure the armor looks good on every race. No one is asking for charr-specific armor. It's not as if Charr players are asking for special treatment for their armor. If you are going to create a race with a body type and physical features like horns and and tails the other races don't have, you can't simply plop an armor that works well on another race onto that race. You can't expect those players to be happy about it.
A lot of charr armor simply looks stretched out and has issues with horns/tails. It's sad to hear that it's unlikely anything will happen on this front.
Squall ASF
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I hope Evon prevails, that Abaddon fractal would be awesome. Also, Evon would be ten times more interesting on the counsel. Kiel is too white a character, she wouldn't bring anything interesting to the table. Evon is more gray, he's a savvy businessman that might make some unsavory deals. More interesting living story and more interesting fractal. Make the right choice!
I had a little mini epiphany earlier (miniphany?) that maybe I actually don't want the Abaddon fractal after all. Originally that sounded much more cool, because gods and lore and history, right?
Then I realized, I don't really know what happened at the reactor. It's more of an unknown. It might actually be really big and cool. And if Ellen doesn't win, we may never know.
Also, I think players may end up disappointed at what the Abaddon thing actually is. People have thrown ideas out there that maybe you'll actually fight him, when it could be entirely different and just focus on a bunch of pirates sailing in the Crystal Sea around that time (that's an example from Wooden Potatoes). It would work, being as Lion's Arch is a pirate, seafaring city and all. If we're so geeked about it, would the eventual implementation live up to our ideal? Or are some things so cool they should remain shrouded in an aura of mystery?
I think too much after eating Taco Bell I suppose.
Then I realized, I don't really know what happened at the reactor. It's more of an unknown. It might actually be really big and cool. And if Ellen doesn't win, we may never know.
Also, I think players may end up disappointed at what the Abaddon thing actually is. People have thrown ideas out there that maybe you'll actually fight him, when it could be entirely different and just focus on a bunch of pirates sailing in the Crystal Sea around that time (that's an example from Wooden Potatoes). It would work, being as Lion's Arch is a pirate, seafaring city and all. If we're so geeked about it, would the eventual implementation live up to our ideal? Or are some things so cool they should remain shrouded in an aura of mystery?
I think too much after eating Taco Bell I suppose.
New build:
BALANCE AND BUG-FIXING
Living World
Cutthroat Politics
Updated the Candidate Trials so that the first mate of each candidate will only offer conversation options for the tiers unlocked by the player.
Fixed a bug in the Candidate Trials which prevented some of the Aetherblade waves from spawning.
World
Cursed Shore
While attacking the Champion Risen Giant at the Promenade of the Gods, most of the risen defenders will stop spawning once the “Risen Presence” objective is completed.
Profession Skills
Necromancer:
Dhuumfire: In competitive PvP only, burning duration caused by this trait has been reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds. Burning duration is still 4 seconds in other areas of the game.
Ranger:
Sun, Stone, and Storm Spirit: Fixed a bug that caused downed players to be able to use the spirit effects without gaining the internal cooldown.
BALANCE AND BUG-FIXING
Living World
Cutthroat Politics
Updated the Candidate Trials so that the first mate of each candidate will only offer conversation options for the tiers unlocked by the player.
Fixed a bug in the Candidate Trials which prevented some of the Aetherblade waves from spawning.
World
Cursed Shore
While attacking the Champion Risen Giant at the Promenade of the Gods, most of the risen defenders will stop spawning once the “Risen Presence” objective is completed.
Profession Skills
Necromancer:
Dhuumfire: In competitive PvP only, burning duration caused by this trait has been reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds. Burning duration is still 4 seconds in other areas of the game.
Ranger:
Sun, Stone, and Storm Spirit: Fixed a bug that caused downed players to be able to use the spirit effects without gaining the internal cooldown.
Noisy Ninj4
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I suspect that the "abaddon fractal" will involve the fall of the Margonites (eg. the battle inside the temple of the six gods that they defaced) possibly fighting alongside the forgotten to defeat Lord Jadoth. That'd be pretty sweet.
I only do PvE.
I remember necro pets being weak before I stopped playing the game so I was wondering if they were any better now. I think the last thing I did was a DoT build which was kind of boring, but that might be more of orr karma train's fault.
Absolutely fucking shocking that Kiel is winning. I knew it was a rigged vote when the lead of the team in charge of making the fractals pretty much said "We already know Abbadon's story and I'd rather Thurmanova win."
Fucking stupid. If Kiel wins then we're in for another year of boring NPCs that take credit for everything the player does.
Fucking stupid. If Kiel wins then we're in for another year of boring NPCs that take credit for everything the player does.
I do not have Facebook, what was it?
The guy who actually plans out the direction the game is going (Colin) is voting for Evon so it's not rigged. Colin is the head of the game's design while Mike Z is below him and has Colin's old job.
Complistic
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Don't need to have an account to see it, but look at these expectations. I've been seeing expectations similar to this in many places but it's a fractal, not a full-blown dungeon they're putting in for us.
Sorry you feel so strongly about this. I feel that Kiel isn't as bad as Trahearne so I haven't really thought about it. Different people're after different things... it's life.
In that light, how many people are
Weirdly enough that's sorta why I'm voting for Kiel. Evon'll be too easy and obvious to write for. Kiel has the potential for more a more interesting story overall, especially if Evon works against her. Besides, she's not totally goody-goody. She did
make sure the contracts were blown up at the end of Southsun
irfaanator
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yea im going to vote for kiel
Definitely dragon based lab. Wonder if they would explain how it was so close to rata sum without any repercussions
What a badass.
Kos Luftar
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I where is Ellen's birth certificate? Is she even from Tyria?
Complistic
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I hear she was actually born in kenya.
Kos Luftar
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She is probably a Titan worshiper and does not believe in the 6.
The election is dumb. Very slapdash. They just found two characters we kind of knew about and threw them against each other.
It's really not a compelling vote either way, and what we know about the fractals is too vague to make a good call. I don't like blocking one fractal out for the sake of drama. If one fractal is "really important to the lore" don't make it so that we never see it. Make lore compelling, not optional.
It's really not a compelling vote either way, and what we know about the fractals is too vague to make a good call. I don't like blocking one fractal out for the sake of drama. If one fractal is "really important to the lore" don't make it so that we never see it. Make lore compelling, not optional.
Damn what
Megaton
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Oh my god, we've already got accusations of a rigged election, people switching sides, desperation voter drives...
ahahah this is election season saltiness all over
damn, they really got it right
Still voting for Gnashblade
See? This is stupid. Reason people are voting for either side are the rewards they bring, not the characters themselves. So why go this route in the first place? No one would give two shits about Evon if he didn't have the better sounding fractal, although for all we know thumanova could be superior.
Nope, generally like the guy better. Unknowns are the best type of character.
Dude. You're from America, right?
Ah that's too bad. Oh well.
I dunno, it's weak plotting. Worst of all, it doesn't sound like the next update has anything to do with glint or the zephyrites in the least bit.
I'm really feeling like they didn't actually plan anything out.
I'm not here for American politics. I'm here for a damn fantasy story.
But... I like Evon for his personality.
Me too, but it's vague. Only those that seek it out would be interested at all. Kiel's been forefront, and she's clearly been presented as the "right choice" even though that's kind of silly.
It just feels weird, is all I'm sayin. They needed a council election to tout the council for the release of Sea of Sorrows. Not that this isn't a good idea, it just stinks of shaky writing.
Evon is the far more interesting character, they're just not showing it. It's sad and weird.
Didn't really answer the question, but okay, I sympathize with you that an appropriate amount of fantasy story for all potential audiences has not been delivered.
edit: Just read the little backstory pieces on each. Literally cutthroat politics, eh
Haha, no, I know what you mean. I get the idea behind the election. It just would have been more compelling if both characters were an tough choice for everyone because of their character, not because of rewards and fractals.
I think I'm just bummed because both fractals sound cool, and they're gating them behind weak character choices. I'm not really mad. Just kinda bummed. I really do love the lore here and I want to see it used well.
There are two funny things about this: one is that I'm actually torn between the two candidates both because of their traits and because of their campaign promises. I really want to see the fall of Abbadon, and I actually think Gnashblade might legitimately be better for Lion's Arch. It's a pirate economy fueled by trade, and he's got the firsthand experience. The Lionguard is great to have around during an invasion or to go hunt down a renegade terrorist or what have you, but is Ellen really that well-suited to politics? That she accepted Magnus' offer so readily shows that she's ambitious but I also kind of got the impression that he really wanted the seat and is using her as a proxy, and we know even less about him.
But all that said, I expected Kiel to be a massive underdog and was planning to pledge my support to her in an attempt to keep things close and keep them both as honest as possible. Now I don't know what to do. The reactor fractal sounds like it could be totally awesome too, but I'm not even really thinking about them anymore.
The second funny thing is that you are totally embodying the fed-up-with-the-process, vocally-disenfranchised majority voter right now. You're so disillusioned with the mechanics of the election as presented to the public that you can't really bring yourself to get excited about either candidate, and you think that others are voting for all the wrong reasons. It tickles me.
I think it's more that I'm drunk and want both fractals, lol.
That being said, I'd kill for better in-game characterization of these two candidates. It's been pitiful so far. Kiel looks like a saint while Gnashblade robs, steals, and looks like a Dudley Doright villian.
Elonian Muslim athiest, actually.
Kos Luftar
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I'm offended because I'm a Muslim atheist.
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