Lumos_Scuro

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Wow, few things are as eerie as you showing up in a picture taken by someone else on the internet. I knew other people were taking pictures when I was swinging that bat, but its another thing to see it out there. Too bad I'm not yet important enough to get my own name attached with such acts of noteriety. I guess I'll just have to wait until our game hits the shelves and I speak about them at conferences.

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One of the first rules of game design is that when realism conflicts with fun, fun wins.

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It's ridiculous to expect that a mob would sit helplessly in a fire. They're being hurt, after all.

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Hmm....

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One deals with the importance of fun over realism, the other deals with realism. If its no longer fun to play a burn tanker, they would make a change to create reasons for a person to be slowly burned alive. This illustrates the fun vs realism point first referenced. I notice that villains are still content to be roasted alive if properly taunted.

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2) XP debt will be halved on mission maps (that includes outdoor mission maps, too).

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Oh jeez, ok, yeah, this balances EVERYTHING. People aren't getting to 50 slow enough and enjoying our content? People are getting to 50 too fast and getting bored and leaving?

Rationalize all you like. This action is complete #$&*.

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You realize this has absolutely nothing constructive in it whatsoever? If you believe the changes to make the experience of playing the game worse, please elaborate on that.

I, for one, think these changes will make playing missions much more enjoyable, and make it more likely for me to team randomly with a group. With half the debt, its much less frustrating to die.

The level 50 content deficiency is of note. This will speed some people to 50, and it will not solve to problem of limited level 50 content. I hope that further level 50 content will be provided at the same time to help alleviate the boredom suffered by the people who make it there sooner.

I would also suggest that The Hive as a zone deliver 1/2 debt. This will make it much more likely for 45-49's to participate in Hamidon Raids.

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Randum ruM0rz sez C0V for 10,0000 billion million!

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OMG! 100,000120120,,1040140,00..12.132.. For CoV?!?! What is Cryptic thinking? I for 1 won't pay 142092u34545whtr45754 dollars extra a month. I can't believe they would post repeatedly that CoV is going to cost an extra 532537533585 dollars. That, and all the reputable press agencies reporting that the new defecit from CoV will be 120412305857gieg5 dollars only fuels my complete and total belief in this.

I'm going to just have to beat my forehead against baby seals until they change their mind. I already pay 15.00 a month, and wild rikti monkeys won't pull another fifty 1 two kagillion smackeroos from me. DAMN THEM! DAMN THEM ALL! Come here little seal...