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Not exactly new news anymore but didn't see it mentioned anywhere else. Create a character on Velen Horde and you can check in with the Paizonians (unfortunately, I don't think you can join a guild with the free account).
I'm over on Velen Horde with the Paizonians Guild, part of the Retaliation battlegroup. With the way they've been changing groupings, maybe I'll see you on a battleground or dungeon. I'll /wave. :)
Undermine Journal looks pretty slick. Exactly the sort of out-of-game AH reference I was looking for. Oh, I've got a number of extra rings I made for leveling jewelcrafting. Some others must have done the same recently so they're not worth anything on the AH, I wondered if they'd be of use to you for disenchanting. I'll put them in the guild bank; if they are of no use, we can clear them out again.
I picked up WoTLK and Cataclysm - installed them last night. I'll need to read up on glyphs. Razzashi Hatchling sale didn't go too well. Appropriate pricing seemed to be around 2600 gold. Unfortunately I left clicked when I should have shift left click and, well, I now have this little raptor tagging along at my heels. But I did get the pet achievement. *sigh* Anyway, I'm feeling much more comfortable with the interface, so its obviously time to change it :) So what are the favourite/most useful addons people use?
Anyone gonna be playing on Velen tonight after 7pmish MST? I don't think I'm going to get a chance - if I do, it will be brief to get my alt back to Orgrimmar. I've got a busy week coming up, as does CH, so may not get on*. After that, we were talking about trying to get some "official" group stuff going. Keep an eye on the thread here. *I'm pursuing Grand Master of the Arena quest so periodically I pop on to fight, usually over in couple minutes (well actually I just get pasted if I don't manage to sneak in and grab the prize - lvl 40 vs. 85's doesn't go to well, though everyone seems to think its funny)
I can put more gold in too. Auction House has been good to me recently. Not crazy-good, just regular-good. If my Razzashi Hatchling sells for crazy-good, you guys will be the first to know :)
Ok, I'm kinda newish to WoW. Was curious what server this guild is on, and whether it's Horde or Alliance. (I'd look myself, but I'm leaving for work shortly) As CH said. Velen is a medium populated, PvE server. Server time is PST but there is an obvious mix of time zones among the players. If you're checking for our guild in-game or on the Armory, the official name is Paizonians with an "s" (that screwed me up first time I went looking for members). I'm "newish" too - I've been playing for bit over a month, and the Paizonians like CH and waltero have been great. You wouldn't be happy if you're looking for a raiding guild; its a social guild that primarily offers support and friendship like you experience here on these boards. But there has been recent interest in getting some more group activities going. I'm usually on as Terllr. Drop a note here if you want to find us on Velen. :)
It was about 23% a month ago, so I think we're doing a good job advancing it along for a guild our size. (Yay Paizonians!) Going back through the Paizonians Guild thread, it appears that there are periodic surges of interest which tend to settle back to the baseline core - I wonder if we don't have enough alts at comparable levels to effectively group and retain those people's attention on an ongoing basis. If there is interest in some grouping, two options could be Valegrim's suggestion of advancing some characters together, or alternatively announcing a Level "?" Event, to be held on a certain date to give people a chance to get a character ready. I'm up for whatever people would like to try! waltero, I'll send you an in-game email about some guild stuff I was wondering about. Hmm, actually, I'll put up one question in the Paizonians thread to keep it active.
Its Velen. We don't have an arranged time - we usually are just crossing paths. I usually get a chance to go on about every other day, 2200-0000 EST, (or 1900-2100 server time). Maybe we should have a tavern party during a "Paizo Holiday" like Eric Mona Day, or during PaizoCon for those who didn't get to go...
I do like my goblins. As of yet, the only expansion I have is Burning Crusade. I bought the Battlechest on a Boxing Day sale, and didn't want to put money into the other expansions until I knew if I was going to like the game. So far it looks like I will get WoftLK and Cataclysm sooner than I originally thought. I was kind of hoping that WoftLK would go on sale given Cataclysm being released - note my previous "cheap old gamer" reference ;) . It's a bit of a contest at this point to see whether my will to wait for a sale wins out or my urge to get the newer stuff.
I just have trouble understanding why someone would pay so much for a pet. Particularly the hatchling I mentioned above. I mean, I know it was the end reward for a quest tree that doesn't exist anymore, but I can't imagine its that different than some of the other hatchling pets that go for a few gold. Anyway, I'm a cheap old gamer, so what do I know... I'll shoot for the moon with it, and if it pays off, I'll tithe a chunk to the Paizonians.
I joined the Paizonians Guild. Celestial Healer and waltero are the members I see the most. They've been quite friendly and helpful - a good reflection of the boards here in fact. I haven't met them yet, but there are a few others who seem to pop by at random based on their alt activity. It is quite definitely a social guild, and its been fun helping the guild gain points towards its next level. The fishing thing - my kids love that part too. I haven't let them play yet, but the 8 yr old created an alt, and my 6 yr old always wants me to stop quests just to fish.
Month and a half later, still having fun, still feel like a noob :) Couple of memorable events: Had my first zeppelin ride at the start of the lunar festival to visit the Elder at Thunderbluff. Scenery was incredible. Successfully resisted the newby urge to jump off the side to see what the fall would be like... Learned early on that while a stealthed rogue is very good at exploring the wide wilderness, enemy guards 50 levels higher will still see you from a suprisingly far distance away. Fell off a BIG cliff, edge of continent type, with a looong fall (by accident). Had a number of big buffs on, landed on a ledge halfway down, took about 970ish damage and survived with 3 health. Awesome. People will pay a surprising amount of gold in the Auction House for low level items. My jewelcrafting rogue has a nice little business going. I still haven't grouped for any instances. I am starting to feel more comfortable with simply controlling my alts. I've actually been "holding" a shaman and a warrior at lvl 15 to do Ragefire Chasm at some point - decided to do this in response to advice that people are more forgiving of newbies at low level than higher. I did finally accept a duel request recently with my lvl 33 rogue vs. a lvl 40 paladin I passed while travelling out in the wilderness of Stranglethorn. Lasted maybe 15 seconds :) Guy totally blew me away, I bowed, he healed me right back up - nice, respectful encounter. Funniest part was that he had another player tagging a long who started yelling "Yeah!" "OMG awesome!" etc. Reminded me of that Warner Bros. cartoon with the baby kangaroo, the big bulldog, and the little yappy dog that bounced around behind him. I didn't emote any laughter, but I had a good chuckle at home. Question for WOW sages out there: What is the best way to figure out an asking price for items that may or may not be rare? I've had two random world drops that my basic research on the Blizzard forums and Wowpedia/Wowhead suggests are not common. And I've noticed that prices don't necessarily reflect the mechanical stats of an item - there appears to be a "I've got something few others do" type thing. One is a blue Diamond Hammer, the other is a Razzashi Hatchling. The hatchling apparently used to be the final reward in a quest series that got cancelled with the Cataclysm release. I've seen one show up in the ah for over 2000 gold, which seems high to me for a pet? Googling for "item prices" hasn't been too helpful, so any suggestions for sites that track these things appreciated.
(Well I proved the title of a different WoW thread accurate...) CH, you have the patience of a celestial saint. The fishing trip was a blast, and kudos for not laughing when I tried to defend myself with the fishing rod. I look forward to getting some of my other alts signed up with the Paizonians, meeting waltero and other members, and helping it grow.
Quick update- I'm having fun! Been trying out few races/characters to see what I like. I have an Orc Rogue 10, a Tauren Warrier 11, and an Orc Shaman 6 that are my favourites so far. I'm going to spec the Rogue for solo play and the others for group. I tried a Blood Elf Hunter - I think some guy tried to pick him up. Said I had a pretty name, offered me gold, wanted to be friends immediately... I don't know, just felt a little weird. I've had mainly positive experiences with other players so far. One Priest tried to help me with a train I collected, raised me after I died and gave me a nice buff to top it off. Another time, I was running down a path and whomp! Some guy on a massive beast landed beside me, gave me a couple of buffs, and bounded off before I could even see what he was, let alone a name. It took me a minute to realise what had happened. By the time I did, I couldn't see him anywhere, and wasn't sure if it was appropriate to yell "thanks whoever just buffed me". Is it considered too much to mail a tip for such things if you know the helpers name, or is just a Thanks the right response? Only negative interaction so far was bunch of level 85's hanging out in front of main city making disparaging comments as I ran by. Figure they must be around 12 yrs old and just ignored them. For those in the Paizonian guild, how do I go about finding you?
Thanks again for the offers and advice. I fell asleep putting one of the kids to bed last night, so didn't get it installed till today. Tonight's goal: create a character. So far, thinking an Orc warrior or rogue and I'll try to end up in Velen when its time to choose a realm. If there is a specific niche the Paizonian guild needs filled, let me know, and I hope to run into you there sometime!
Thanks. I'm sneaking peeks at the manual today at work. I hope to get it loaded up tonight and create a character. I'm off tomorrow and if I can find something for the kids to do, it could be my first chance to experiment. I kind of feel like a 41 year old who finally decided to learn to ride a bike.
Ahh the good ole beer thread, nice to see it still around. Couple of new favourites I discovered this summer from a brewery in Quebec - Unibroue. The labels on these are works of art, you can see them on the website links above too. One feature caught me by surprise after I'd had a few the first time at a barbecue party. ABV of 8-9%. Whew.
Ok, got WoW for Christmas. Yes, I realize I'm years behind, but I don't think I've even played any video game in about 9 years (Hmm not sure if it was Thief or Neverwinter...), let alone an online game. So, what exactly am I in for? I'm assuming I should probably lay low, play solo for a while before I even try to interact with anyone, just to learn what the heck I'm doing. All I know so far is what can be gleaned by watching The Guild and that episode from South Park. Any advice?
I'm afraid to open the book all the way. I open it just enough for me to sort of peek around the edges to read everything. I don't know where this unreasoning fear came from that the spine will crack and sprinkle pages like leaves in autumn but, there it is. At least with Pathfinder, I could get 2 Core Rulebooks so one is preserved for posterity and the other I can read however I like. :)
That was a good interview James - nice mix of professionalism covering upcoming releases and informal chat between gamers. Sometime I'd love to hear more about the process of developing Pathfinder Tales. Knowing now that you may expand on popular entries in the weekly free fiction to a full novel, I'll be more vocal in commenting on characters that capture my interest there. Regarding your voice, you'll likely never be a morning radio personality, but you could probably replace Regis Philbin...
You guys are killin' me. And to think once upon a time I thought "I don't need to have all the Planet Stories books". Can't... resist... Planet Stories... bundles... I am definitely going to need to transfer my consciousness to a robot body so I can get around to reading all the stuff Paizo entices me to buy.
Ah. Read your comic spoiler: that probably would have influenced my initial opinion of Lori and Shane for the tv show. I wasn't rationalizing while while watching the episode; I get what you mean, but the "filling in the blanks" is from trying to explain later why the characters created the impressions they did for me. Do you think they will try to make Shane clearly a bad guy on the show, or morally ambiguous?
IIRC the guys over at Chronicles: The Pathfinder Podcast have talked about doing an episode on this topic at some point. SteelWind seemed to have a bit of experience with it. A comment in one of their threads here or asking his opinion over at their forum might get you some useful info.
I went with the iPad and have been very pleased. There are a number of PDF readers to choose from as well as ePub readers. Between it, GoodReader, and a Dropbox account I have access to my full library without taking up all the memory. I got it primarily to read PDFs away from the computer but it has ended up replacing my laptop, as my mobile computing needs were really quite basic.
Say what? I think Shane in the TV show is a complete *expletive*. He lied to Lori about Rick being dead. His freaking partner! And proceeded to make his moves on the supposed widow in mourning... See, I interpreted things another way. To me, his initial questionable speech in the car with Rick at the series opening was more suggestive of typical openness between two close buddies. Shane himself said he wouldn't talk like that to his girlfriend, but his partner he could share his thoughts with. Regarding telling Lori Rick was dead, well who would really think he could have survived? I mean, already shot, lying unconscious in a hospital surrounded by a military encampment that had already be overrun?* Given that Lori's character had already been established as... headstrong, I could see a good buddy telling his buddy's wife the guy was dead even if he didn't know for sure in order to get her moving to save her and her son. He would have known that she would want to go and "save" Rick otherwise, jeopardising herself and his buddy's son. Rick himself asked Shane to lie to Lori about him being shot before the second shooting. Similar situation, Shane did exactly what I would expect a close friend of mine to do for my family in order to ensure their survival (except for the screwing around part - that was Bad Judgement). Shane has been established as the guy who puts the group over the individual, who believes his dedication to the group's survival (and perhaps his pre-crisis position) gives him the authority to enforce his decisions. I don't think they've portrayed him as a coward given the gunfight at the beginning. Perhaps because I've never read the comic, I don't have the information to understand the character as well as others, yet though. *IV at a typical rate for unconscious gunshot wound not being fed would have run out in half a day. Dead or at least in organ failure by day 3.
Another real world scenario that could be considered a corollary is the evolution of french in Quebec versus France. While comprehension tends to be maintained between the two, there has been enough drift that I've seen French (France) speakers ridicule Quebecois for its backwardness; ie. no communication problem, but socially looked down on in the Motherland.
So glad to hear this! This was a direct result of efforts by Director of Sales and Planet Stories Senior Editor Pierce Watters. Go, Pierce, go! Kudos to Pierce Watters then! As hogarth mentions above, the only store I had physically seen the books at before was The World's Biggest Bookstore in Toronto, and I filled a backpack with Planet Stories books the last time I was there. But their selection is huge compared to the typical Chapters outlet, and so until now, I didn't think they were a good representative of the chain's activities. -hogarth, UW alumnus +1 :) @hogarth
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You're observant. I would have been Biology '93, but I left early with Science '91.
Yay! Finally! My local Chapters (Canadian Barnes & Nobles-type bookstore) has started stocking Planet Stories titles on the shelf. My town is not a big market, but the scifi/fantasy section is a reasonable size and we do have two universities nearby. I'd requested this in the past, but they "couldn't" do it. They would special order and early in the summer I noted they started carrying the Pathfinder RPG line. So this weekend I was very happy to pick up The Walrus and the Warwolf there, and they also had 4 copies of Prince of Wolves, so I nabbed one of those. Did they finally get enough requests that they started listening? Did they bring them in on the "coat-tails" of Pathfinder Tales or the RPG? Or have all of the above have whoever does the ordering take more note of the range of Paizo's publishing efforts? Regardless, its nice to see the Planet Stories (and now Pathfinder Tales) presence continues to expand into the mainstream market, especially in smaller cities.
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