rian_frostdrake

spiffy, i'm not done torturing that young man yet with my incessant suggestions.

ya know, random question just because i haven't seen anything from him in a long while, but jay's still here, right? last i saw of him was during the babs firing thing.

also possibly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBJmB4MmlDo

just noticed this quote, but i couldnt help but think of a response to that comment. ONE MORE DAY.

just go manga and explain the weirdness away as cultural differences, its what i did

there are things in personal communication on the internet that baffles me, this is one. perhaps my argument would be more persuasive if i were passive aggressive and nasty.

eh, he's caught in the moment and feeling friendly, nothing wrong with that.

it really isnt going to end. for one thing, an mmo makes money by keeping people invested for the long term. while the old way of just roll an alt, and another and another, worked for some, it also burned a lot of people out and we saw significant drop offs from the 2 big introductory phases. issue 1 and issue 6. a lot of people apparently like having their concepts that they have invested significant time on continue advancing. and by comparison, the end game here is barely a blip compared to the other bigger mmos on the market in terms of time commitment or requirement to do content. we have no gear scores, and im cool with that.

end game also existed long before incarnates were a defined concept, first they were hami-os, then they were the good recipies(usually the named ones),then then they were purples, maybe pvp ios too, they were insanely expensive for a while, havent looked recently. and there always has been a "tilt" to some content over others. katie hannon had her day in the sun, the cap sf was popular,and the itf was and still is kind of a darling of the masses due to its speed and dense enemy groups. but long long ago it was a lot easier to get a itf running than eden trial(especially after they fixed the exploit), people just gravitate towards things that require less investment for greater reward.

really outside of just after launch with perez hunting, i dont ever remember a time that one could just get a group together very quickly just by broadcastin., but on the same token, i also dont remember a time that it has been easier to find a group, thanks to the functionality of the global channels.

in other words, posi already has been working on this thread and yeah, it was unquestionably a joke, ran a few lambdas with lb, and all doors went down instantly.

one thing to point out to clarify though, the "skins" arent as impressive as they sound, they are cloth, leather and metallic(plus oily options+those options). they do not allow such things as using the various tattoo options or the animalistic skins with the tights top patterns. those are still fixed.
for mixing specific unusual skin textures, you are forced to use second layer options, like chest pieces and shirts, just like in coh. so really the main difference is largely a lighting, reflection issue, not a massive qualitative difference. he gave an expectation of an issue? i missed that, i recall david saying it would be allowed for players eventually, but never a prediction of which issue, and especially i19 we were specifically told they would NOT be available to players within a few days of a idf pic being shown.