BiG_Weasel

Make my Asura engineer, start leveling, doing events, etc and decide if I really want to craft, or just get mad rich selling mats on the AH.

Engine schmengine...I just want a game, and not an interactive, nonsensical movie. MGS4 had about a hour worth of actual gaming, and 7 hours of cutscenes. Make a game, already.

The problem I have with hip-hop is that its "artists" (a term I use loosely) cannot do anything by themselves, so they have to branch out to appeal to a wider audience. It really started with Puff Daddy (when he was still called that) back in the day. Nowadays, its all Artist A ft Artists B & C. Other genres can sell music from individual acts on their own merits/talents, but hip-hop is full of hangers-on and no talent hacks who try to piggy back onto other acts of similar quality to appeal to their audience. Case in point, this screen shot I just took while doing a quick search for "hip hop top 10": 4 out of 5 of the top 5 are featuring another artist.

That's the word over at Massively today. Shame SWTOR couldn't even make it a year. But, with F2P becoming the "in" thing, and top shelf games like Guild Wars 2 and Planetside 2 on the horizon, both F2P, it makes sense. Of course, if you're loosing 400k subscribers before the first year is up, that's telling of the quality/content of the game. Just nothing there to hold people. Good luck to them.

Let me preface this by saying WvW in BWE is what sold me on the game. The PvE was great, but WvW pushed it over the top for me. Now, with that being said, I see a huge problem forthcoming for WvW- imbalance with non-participating servers. Case in point, consider this screenshot:

Here you can see the red world with nearly 10x the points of my server, Ferguson's Crossing, while the green sever has barely over a tenth of our total. When I logged in for WvW multiple times throughout the BWE, I was surprised and dismayed to find my world *NOT* participating. While, yes, its a beta and people are checking out other things- THIS is the draw and appeal of the game (well, at least for Eternal Grove!!). With participation in WvW being optional, I'm a bit concerned that players may be obsessing over PvE a bit too much, and letting the best part of the game slide. Your thoughts/experiences with it over two BWE? For me, I can see lots of server transfers to the more active servers. I won't stay on a server that won't participate.

Glad I bought a new PC :) This looks amazing!

Was hoping for a price drop on the Vita. Still, the games coming out for it (AC:L, in particular) may entice me at some point.

Bought a DS and got burned. Bought a Wii and got burned. I'll never buy Nintendo again until they redeem themselves. They've been shit since the SNES.

Pull it off, and CDProjekt just becomes a top-tier boutique developer.

@Unchained: Most states use what they call equitable distribution. Essentially, everything gets thrown in a big pot and is given a value, and both parties get equal value. According to my lawyer, if I wanted, I could have taken half my ex wife's state retirement savings. But, I didn't- she earned that money, and she can keep it. Consult with a lawyer about the house. You should only be responsible for half of remaining balance of the loan. Did you know, if she's on the loan, and you walk away, the bank can come after her for the full amount, too? Tell her if she wants you to have the house, she has to give up equal value elsewhere, and then you get refinanced.

EDIT: Until everything is written down, DO NOT GET YOUR HOPES UP. People get pissed, change their minds, etc. Until the ink is dry, nothing is NOT said and done.