Comments for Married IRL http://marriedirl.com Gaming, Marriage and all the Fun Stuff Inbetween Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:17:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Is it? by Armond http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/#comment-854 Armond Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:57:24 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-854 A post! Yeah, the MMO world seems to be in a state of fail right now. The only way I'm going to get to do any sort of raiding before Wrath comes out is if I somehow magically find a guild of people I won't hate... and somehow, I think there's very few such people still at the pre-kara level at this point. On the topic of Guild Wars: After 2+ years experience there, I wouldn't recommend it anymore. Had you been looking at it a year ago, I would have given it rave reviews, but... it's gone down the tube, hard, since then. If you use brain, the PvE is ridiculously easy (though getting the skills most worth abusing requires at least two packs); if you don't, your only chance of ever getting into a pug is if you're a ranger with max norn rank (= massive grind and, again, at least two of the four packs). I think it should also be said that before Ursan Blessing was nerfed a week or two ago, it was the most overpowered thing in Guild Wars PvE, and so brainless that people were hooking up guitar hero controllers to their computers and playing with them. And winning. If you're into PvP (which, with guild wars, really is the endgame), you have to deal with bad players running stupidly overpowered builds in, like, every area. The playerbase is horrible, too, which doesn't help - no one wants to run a proper build, where you actually learn how to play, because it's so much easier to pick up a build where you literally tab-space and mash your 1 through 8 keys. The thing it has most going for it is the lack of subscription fees, but as a side result of that the game seems to now cater solely towards new recruits while we wait for GW2 to come out, which seriously kills the amount of time it'll keep you hooked. A post!

Yeah, the MMO world seems to be in a state of fail right now. The only way I’m going to get to do any sort of raiding before Wrath comes out is if I somehow magically find a guild of people I won’t hate… and somehow, I think there’s very few such people still at the pre-kara level at this point.

On the topic of Guild Wars: After 2+ years experience there, I wouldn’t recommend it anymore. Had you been looking at it a year ago, I would have given it rave reviews, but… it’s gone down the tube, hard, since then. If you use brain, the PvE is ridiculously easy (though getting the skills most worth abusing requires at least two packs); if you don’t, your only chance of ever getting into a pug is if you’re a ranger with max norn rank (= massive grind and, again, at least two of the four packs).

I think it should also be said that before Ursan Blessing was nerfed a week or two ago, it was the most overpowered thing in Guild Wars PvE, and so brainless that people were hooking up guitar hero controllers to their computers and playing with them. And winning.

If you’re into PvP (which, with guild wars, really is the endgame), you have to deal with bad players running stupidly overpowered builds in, like, every area. The playerbase is horrible, too, which doesn’t help - no one wants to run a proper build, where you actually learn how to play, because it’s so much easier to pick up a build where you literally tab-space and mash your 1 through 8 keys.

The thing it has most going for it is the lack of subscription fees, but as a side result of that the game seems to now cater solely towards new recruits while we wait for GW2 to come out, which seriously kills the amount of time it’ll keep you hooked.

]]> Comment on Is it? by Daxenos http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/#comment-813 Daxenos Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:38:33 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-813 I just checked BRK's armory, and it looks like he left AC? I guess this summer guild killer thing is a level ?? boss! Dax I just checked BRK’s armory, and it looks like he left AC? I guess this summer guild killer thing is a level ?? boss!

Dax

]]> Comment on On Calligraphy by Fiordhraoi http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/on-calligraphy/#comment-788 Fiordhraoi Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:41:58 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=74#comment-788 For me, roots usually breaks around the 3rd or fourth wrath, and always breaks on the second starfire, if not the first. I suppose I could make a guess of roots holding about 4k of damage. I'm not sure if that number scales at all with spellpower or what, though. For me, roots usually breaks around the 3rd or fourth wrath, and always breaks on the second starfire, if not the first. I suppose I could make a guess of roots holding about 4k of damage. I’m not sure if that number scales at all with spellpower or what, though.

]]> Comment on On Calligraphy by Dammerung http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/on-calligraphy/#comment-786 Dammerung Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:32:34 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=74#comment-786 I mean starfire not starfall which I don't have. I mean starfire not starfall which I don’t have.

]]> Comment on On Calligraphy by Dammerung http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/on-calligraphy/#comment-785 Dammerung Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:30:18 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=74#comment-785 Entangling roots hold against almost all of my wrath casts right now. Not Starfall but deffinitly wrath/moonfire/insects. For 90% of the mobs I'm soloing right now one cast of ER and then I blast them to death. No recast needed, no breaks. Of course I'm in BC not beta so I don't know if they are changing the base way this spell works. Entangling roots hold against almost all of my wrath casts right now. Not Starfall but deffinitly wrath/moonfire/insects. For 90% of the mobs I’m soloing right now one cast of ER and then I blast them to death. No recast needed, no breaks.

Of course I’m in BC not beta so I don’t know if they are changing the base way this spell works.

]]> Comment on Is it? by sonvar http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/#comment-739 sonvar Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:21:32 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-739 No wonder BRK has had so much time to play and put up movies from Beta if AC is officially not raiding anymore. Sorry to hear it but glad to know it does take stress away from ya. Good luck to ya raiding come expansion as you know most of your people will be back No wonder BRK has had so much time to play and put up movies from Beta if AC is officially not raiding anymore.

Sorry to hear it but glad to know it does take stress away from ya. Good luck to ya raiding come expansion as you know most of your people will be back

]]> Comment on Is it? by Aurdon http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/#comment-729 Aurdon Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:14:50 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-729 I took a break from raiding a few weeks ago. Just started to get interested in some other games that weren't MMO. A lot of the games I tried were on Steam (www.steampowered.com). It was a nice wow vacation. http://akismet.com/ is the spam program you're thinking of. I use it on my blog and it's awesome. I took a break from raiding a few weeks ago. Just started to get interested in some other games that weren’t MMO. A lot of the games I tried were on Steam (www.steampowered.com). It was a nice wow vacation.

http://akismet.com/ is the spam program you’re thinking of. I use it on my blog and it’s awesome.

]]> Comment on Is it? by Dulcea http://marriedirl.com/2008/08/is-it/#comment-725 Dulcea Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:53:54 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=70#comment-725 >.> A good friend of mine talked me into trying Titan Quest. Cheap game, the gold edition should only run you about 20 bucks or so...and its PRETTY. Best of all you can play with others if you choose or just level on your own. No need to worry about respawns unless you log out and back on, variable loot...and did I mention ancient greece? *grin* >.> Its been my non wow wow time lately, when I'm not, you know...raiding. <.< >.> A good friend of mine talked me into trying Titan Quest. Cheap game, the gold edition should only run you about 20 bucks or so…and its PRETTY. Best of all you can play with others if you choose or just level on your own. No need to worry about respawns unless you log out and back on, variable loot…and did I mention ancient greece? *grin*

>.> Its been my non wow wow time lately, when I’m not, you know…raiding. <.<

]]> Comment on Pony Island Adventure! by Asara http://marriedirl.com/2008/07/pony-island-adventure/#comment-724 Asara Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:54:13 +0000 http://marriedirl.com/?p=59#comment-724 Me again :) 1. If that's your account still, you weren't kidding about "a bunch of nixies". 2. My danged free trial ran out today and I'm sad because hubby won't let me pay for a year subscription, even though I keep bugging him about it. So I don't know what's going to happen to my pretty little starter or the other ponies I bought off the market and stuff. I'm bad about attachment to virtual things.. it's a big deal if I delete a WoW character, even if I haven't played it for months. It makes me very sad to lose four pretty ponies to the virtual nether. 3. I want more ponies. :( Me again :)
1. If that’s your account still, you weren’t kidding about “a bunch of nixies”.
2. My danged free trial ran out today and I’m sad because hubby won’t let me pay for a year subscription, even though I keep bugging him about it. So I don’t know what’s going to happen to my pretty little starter or the other ponies I bought off the market and stuff. I’m bad about attachment to virtual things.. it’s a big deal if I delete a WoW character, even if I haven’t played it for months. It makes me very sad to lose four pretty ponies to the virtual nether.
3. I want more ponies. :(

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