Keepers of Fortitude - Saryrn / Bertoxxulous

Bottom line has to be, "Do I enjoy the game without adversely impacting my real life?" It sounds like you have a good balance Ching. I'm in the "honeymoon" period with VG, and find myself playing waaay too much.

They have a feature, no clue if it works, that I haven't seen before and looks very interesting. Aside from guilds, they have a thing called "Fellowships", where you can join up to 6 players together. All your xp is pooled and shared equally between the members. So, if someone is afk for a few days they still get their share of xp and stay in sync with their friends. It's definitely not for everyone, but it is nice for a small group that likes to play only a few hours a week. I haven't tried it, but I could see where it could appeal to some players.

Didn't know you worked for Fed EX Ching, that's a pretty good gig. I have a few buddys that fly for you guys, and an old friend that used to work in Maint (a300).

I've seen their web page, and frankly that did look appealing. I'm enjoying VG atm, just joined a guild, have a few core friends I Advent with, all in all, having a good time.

Funny thing, it appears as though there is a Down-under presence on our server, Targonor. I just seem to get lucky that way.

Thought I'd poke my nose in and say hey.  Playing eq2 which is fun...they actually put a class that can glide in Kelethin so you don't die if you drop out of the trees!  Douv is playing wow he's hooked up with the older gamers which is a guild of 25+ rl age peoples.  age segregation helps to ignore the idiot teens.

Quote from: Zaxboan on March 01, 2007, 02:14:30 PM
And how is the WoW expansion? I would imagine you have made some headway into it by now?

wow certainly fits my needs for play time right now. i leveled my priest from 60 to 70 and putz around a bit doing quests and such. luckily, working at fedex with a 3am start time makes the temptation to plunge into raiding an easy thing to avoid.  i like to think that i'm done making the time commitment required for raiding in these games. there's just too much extracurricular time involved beyond the 3-4 hour segments of actual raid play.  i did it seriously from may 2002 until december (with several months of overlapping wow/eq raiding) and it's just too much.  i'm old!

I read the anti-review. Basically, it reminds one that there are folks who work to hate VG as much as folks work to hate WoW (or even EQ). I don't hate any of those games. I don't need to be seen taking a stand for either side to bolster my self-worth. I like both games, I have enjoyed both games.

I do have issues with player bases though. With the number of people playing these games, I guess it can't be helped. The server I was on in WoW was PvP (which I absolutely loved) but became over run with teenage acting players. You couldn't ignore them all, and still function in the economy or BG's. There is certainly no guarantee this won't happen to VG as well.

People can write any number of things guised as opinion in an effort to support or detract from a given subject. Most of it is subjective, dressed up to be objective. VG is certainly playable. Whether one enjoys it, or even wants to enjoy it is another matter.

And how is the WoW expansion? I would imagine you have made some headway into it by now?

Not much to say, as I can't or rather won't disagree with you.

We haven't had a patch in over a week now. They game is playable, aspects are fun. I've been messing with crafting most of this week.

How's the Wow Expansion?

I just heard from my brother the other day, he's back playing Colmir and Gardann and looking forward to a new EQ1 expansion. I was amazed, first that he was back at EQ 1 and secondly that they are putting out another expansion.

Nice to hear from you Vivace. Glad things are going well for you in the Corps.

There are a few (very few) that still check these boards. Come by more often and let us know how things are in the Western Pacific. Ching is doing the WoW expansion, and I'm practicing bleeding. We're due for a Axe and/or Aire sighting soon. We've only heard from one of the Aussie's lately, they must be up to something down there. Maybe you could threaten to visit them when you get leave?

Be safe!

Zax

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i see the patch notes and take it another way.  they are still making beta style changes to a game that is already in full production.  the changes aren't fully tested, and just upset people who are in the process of making serious choices about classes. not a unique thing in the genre, but brad and co. are the masters of bait and switch.