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10/21/09
10/20/09
Besides, what is more fun? Zombie horde, or having a picnic? Hmm... if you were to combine the two... #ncsoft
10/20/09
10/20/09
Those juicy delicious bars, ready to have their cocoa potential awakened by our tastebuds and absorbed by our stomach acid.
But as the years went by, the cocoa potential slowly turned into boring corn molasses, and the only safe entry we had were, ironically, the rocks.
But then that wasn't enough for the industry.
Within 5 years, the industry destroyed all granite and basalt, and replaced them with only graphite blocks.
Now the only safe place for Halloween is in our imaginations… which means the INTERNET!
So this year, when you get your online Halloween Hats and candies, make sure to proudly shout out over IRC:
"I got a Halloween Hat, and I'm proud of it, damn it all~!" #ncsoft
10/20/09
Enough pumpkin items, give me my twilight goodies. Bring Dracula into some sort of epic quest, just don't make it suck. :P #ncsoft
10/20/09
i propose that they allow for random candy drops. 80% of the drops are fine and when consumed will refresh/buff your character.
15% are poisoned and will cast a random affection lasting for x amount of time.
5% contain glass/metal and cause immediate death when taken.
Users can choose to gamble of just eating their candy, or heading to the nearest city to have it "inspected' by a local NPC.
After the inspection, the bad candy is removed along with 10% of the good candy.
i think that would shake things up a bit.
10/20/09
I say we include a part where one of the male characters invites you inside for more candy, just as you're about to go inside a huge pop-up appears "No! Don't do that! He's going to touch the privates, never enter a strangers home, even if he has delicious reeses pieces." #ncsoft
09/30/09
Hopefully this will bring eough on that I can find some people to team with.
09/30/09
09/28/09
Personally, I love the fact that there's a queue, and I hope it stays that way. Maybe not in the massive 4 hour wait I had at launch, but in a reasonable sense.
Ncsoft is doing awesome so far with what they've said. Finally a game company that understands that releasing 40 servers at launch isn't going to lead to success. I applaud them for holding their ground on this. In a week or two, all the people who don't like it will stop playing, queues will go WAY down, and the servers will be well populated.
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09/28/09
you crazy...
09/28/09
I found the pvp in Aion to be pretty solid. They have an abyss point system that you build as you pvp, or grind mobs in the pvp area. They also have some cool fortress seige mechanics (see video...text is bigger if you view in HD, and that vid is from beta...they have voiceovers now). You have to be 25 to go to the Abyss (pvp area). I'm level 28 atm, and just spent all weekend doing non-stop pvp raiding. Fun stuff if you ask me...
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09/28/09
Is that later in the game or something? I have fully equipped myself with armor from quests/loot/and handmade. I have a stockpile of metal to use from just normal gathering while questing and have made about 20 pieces to toss on the auctionhouse.
Heck, I actually avoid iron drops now.
Or, were you meaning Aether? Which all you have to do is look up and find all freaking over. Most people just forget that it is up there.
09/28/09
09/28/09
I'm not sure what Aion you guys are playing, but it's not the same one I am.
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09/28/09
That aside, WoW and other games are just as bad with the grind. Don't kid yourself.
09/28/09
***NEWS FLASH***
This game IS NOT WoW. It doesn't play like WoW, Look like WoW, or have a "little effort = huge reward" system like WoW.
Thanks for uninstalling though. It'll cut down on my queue time.
09/28/09
I wouldn't talk down to people who don't want to spend hours a night grinding away for pointless achievements. If anything, you should be worried that they will be talking down to you. You're about two steps away from having your own Encyclopaedia Dramatica article.
09/28/09
I prefer to make fun of the people making fun of the people who are making fun of the nerds, all the while playing the game myself and existing in a secretly ironic fashion.
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09/28/09
And yeah, Aion doesn't have a "little effort = huge reward system", it has a "enormous amount of effort = no reward" system, which is of course a lot better.
09/25/09
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09/25/09
Aion is still a much smoother launch, probably because it had already launched in Korea.
09/25/09