The point should be obvious. People have friends who play with different factions. If two people find they both play WoW, but are on opposite factions, they would have to level another character from scratch. If they are on the same server, one would actually have to buy a whole new account. Now Blizzard will allow people to switch so they can play together. It is actually a good thing as it allows people a way to play together.
This has nothing to do with lore. There is no in game mechanism to switch factions. This is the same as a character realm transfer.
And as far as giving both side the same classes...that actually made a lot of sense because having unique classes made raiding easier for one faction over the other. They could have given both classes similar abilities but then what's the point? Now that both factions can have all the classes, it simplifies end game raiding because then you just balance it to the same classes rather having to take in to account differences between factions for each boss fight.
Meh, your argument is tired and not well thought out. Obviously a lot of people are having fun playing the game. Any subscription MMO you play is going to have some form of grind, if it didn't, it wouldn't be an MMO. Some of those grinds are less enjoyable than others so people would rather buy their way past it. Others want to be better than their friends so they buy gold to impress others with whatever in the game. There really isn't anything broken in the game, if gold was unlimited, then there would be no economy (which many people find fun to play). And the truth is, you really don't need more gold (at least in WoW) for anything but vanity items. You can afford most things just by playing normally.
People play for 3 years and then get tired of it. They had fun at first, but then it gets too boring or time consuming. Nothing is wrong with that...anything gets boring and repetitive after years of doing it. It isn't a flaw in the game, it is just human nature. A game that is so good that you never quit...well, that just doesn't exist. So if Blizzard is doing it wrong, what the hell is doing it right? And do we really want that?
So when you spell it wrong, our spelling system is "retarded". How do you feel when other people don't know the difference between loose and lose. Yeah, some of our spelling is strange, but just learn and spell it right next time. Here, I will help you remember...my pal is the principal.
You are being ridiculous. I think you think that way because you are the type of person who tries to do as little as possible and get away with it. Seriously, I wouldn't want to be a cop. The ones I know do a crap load...putting their lives at risk all the time...all so some moron like you can spout off how awful they are. Are there bad cops? Yes. Are there people bad at their jobs in every single profession. Yes. But you are just so far over the top.
You are so pissed off about a cavity search that has never happened to you. You seem to be the type of jerk who would like to be stopped just so you can make a big scene when if you cooperated it wouldn't be a big deal. You, as a person, have become a dick. And I hope no one protects you until you learn that being a narcissistic prick isn't the best way to live your life.
I don't agree. If someone had details on how they were going to commit an attack, and you were on that flight, wouldn't you at least want them to check up on that information to see if you were at risk. I guess I don't feel too sorry for the guy. He could have just had it on a computer or something.
Right, which makes Eve boring for a lot of people because you are just flying around patrolling instead of actually fighting things. It is pretty much the shining example of convincing people something boring and grindy is fun. No really, it is. *cough*
Oh screw you. Republicans have clearly demonstrated their policies to favor the rich and concentrate wealth. By definition concentrating wealth at the top means there is less for the middle class and the poor thus creating more poor people. The biggest trick the Republican pundits continually plays and gets away with is convincing stupid poor people that they have their best interests in mind. Sadly, intelligent people are infected by the bull shit as well.
Democrats have failed in so many ways as well, but to say that the Democrats want more poor is stupid. Historically, under Democratic leadership the country's GDP is better an run less of a deficit. Economies work better when wealth isn't concentrated because there is more people to by useless crap. But "facts" are something most people don't care about. You guys want to see Obama fail because you hate Democrats. If he succeeds, you won't change your view point to see hey, maybe the Republicans don't really have all the answers. Of course, after 8 years of an awful one, you still can't admit you were wrong.
No, you are wrong. Where I worked, no one lost their jobs. I work where people make decent money and can easily support a family. But since gas was so expensive, they chose to ride the bus or bike to work instead. They could still afford to drive if they wanted to, but they found the price to be not worth it. If they drove a more fuel efficient vehicle, it would have had less of an impact.
Getting the U.S. off oil isn't just a environment thing. It is a national security thing. We are far to dependent on people who hate us. Speculation causes oil to fluctuate, but no matter what, it is going to run out eventually and prices will continue to rise. The sooner we can get out of that, the better.
I don't know what you see as "actually happening...but maybe you just watch Fox News and don't know any better.
Where the hell were you last year? If it taught me anything, it taught me that Americans will shift what they value pretty damn fast when the price of something gets high. People put more value on hybrids/high gas mileage than on stupid vehicles like Hummers. So prices can drive cultural shifts. A bad economy can drive cultural shifts. You can legislate to make a difference...why do you think cars have seat belts? So you can legislate these things and you don't need culture shifts. Same thing with cigarettes. If it wasn't for legislation, PSAs, taxes, etc, we probably would all still be smoking at work.
I'd rather not clutter up Earth's space any more than it already is. The more trash floating around up there will make it more difficult to fly future missions.
What the hell are you talking about? You really have a screwed up way of looking at life. This is the second post I have run across of yours today that is just bat-shit crazy. I know you think you are deep and emotional, but you probably need to seek some help.
You can not enslave planets. Empty planets that are just floating around have no problem if we land on them for colonization or to get resources. We have to protect our planet because it is the only one we have right now and trashing it effects our health and the the health of future generations. Mining some uninhabited world doesn't matter. As living beings we have the abilities and the need to manipulate our environments. Yet you seem to view us as unnatural. We are as natural as the planets and anything else in nature. We are just special in that we are able to understand the impact of many of our actions. So "saving the planet" is selfish in a sense because we are just trying to allow humanity to survive longer and in large numbers on this planet.
You might view humanity as the scourge of the universe...but as far as we know, we are its most intelligent creation. That makes us wonderful. And since we have been granted the ability to think about our actions, we should do what we can to preserve humanity to the best of our abilities. Just like any animal in nature...we want food, shelter, and to reproduce. Unlike other animals, we can "do it" on other planets as well.
Umm, a lot of people don't care what happens to anyone after they are dead. So yeah, a lot of people don't care about the survival of the species. And the "think of the children" crowd make up a bunch of crap that doesn't really think of the children. Getting off of Earth and spreading out is probably a good idea...even though we may have a lot of time to do that still. And who is to say we can't both try to colonize other planets and try to develop ways to protect earth from meteors?
I grew up in the 80s and find him forgettable as well. It isn't like I disliked his music. It is just that he didn't have much of an impact on me. I can appreciate the things he accomplished in his life time. I can also see how that was tarnished by some of his personality flaws.
But the GP was just stating that you can't expect people to like someone just because you do. If he was a good person throughout his life, I imagine I would be more sad. But he molested children...something that he spent a lot of money and time on to protect. I can't divorce that reality from the talent side and it just makes me not really care that he has passed. Just like Kobe Bryant. He may be a good at basketball, but I will always see a rapist and a cheater and root against him. His legacy is tarnished by that and will be forgettable to me as well.
You say this, yet are incapable of spelling the word "lose" correctly. If only MJ wrote a song about the difference between loose and lose...the world would be a better place. Now, we can only wonder.
Well, can you blame the media? With a scary name like Tor, no one would ever use it. That's why they love twitter...because it is cute. Tor should change it's name to flutter or bunny-kittens and then the media will be all over it.
I've never heard people complain about things being fun and looking like crap on Linux. It is more that they aren't fun or very many of them. The person didn't bash it, they just asked if it would be fun to play. Yet you guys flip out defending it as if they said it wasn't fun.
And have you not read Slashdot ever? People complain all the time about pretty graphics and not having fun. But they tend to be the type of people who think it is cool to say everything sucks. There are tons of awesome commercial games out there right now.
Um, you didn't answer his question. It doesn't matter what platform you develop on, you are going to have graphical costs. He asked for someone to comment on the difficulty of programming with the Cell processor which could make it have a longer development cycle and more difficult/expensive to find quality programmers or train them up on the Cell.
You really don't know anything about Cell. You are just talking out your ass like any other fanboy.
This isn't insightful, it is wrong. There are plenty of toolkits out there that can allow you to build simple games that you don't need a lot of experience to do. Look at the PS3 and what you can do with their game. The future will only make it easier to make simple games.
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Are you the person who keeps making all those "Obama is not an American" e-mails as well?
The point should be obvious. People have friends who play with different factions. If two people find they both play WoW, but are on opposite factions, they would have to level another character from scratch. If they are on the same server, one would actually have to buy a whole new account. Now Blizzard will allow people to switch so they can play together. It is actually a good thing as it allows people a way to play together.
This has nothing to do with lore. There is no in game mechanism to switch factions. This is the same as a character realm transfer.
And as far as giving both side the same classes...that actually made a lot of sense because having unique classes made raiding easier for one faction over the other. They could have given both classes similar abilities but then what's the point? Now that both factions can have all the classes, it simplifies end game raiding because then you just balance it to the same classes rather having to take in to account differences between factions for each boss fight.
He answered that question.
Wow, did Sony also steal your ability to insert line breaks as well? Truly an evil company.
Meh, your argument is tired and not well thought out. Obviously a lot of people are having fun playing the game. Any subscription MMO you play is going to have some form of grind, if it didn't, it wouldn't be an MMO. Some of those grinds are less enjoyable than others so people would rather buy their way past it. Others want to be better than their friends so they buy gold to impress others with whatever in the game. There really isn't anything broken in the game, if gold was unlimited, then there would be no economy (which many people find fun to play). And the truth is, you really don't need more gold (at least in WoW) for anything but vanity items. You can afford most things just by playing normally.
People play for 3 years and then get tired of it. They had fun at first, but then it gets too boring or time consuming. Nothing is wrong with that...anything gets boring and repetitive after years of doing it. It isn't a flaw in the game, it is just human nature. A game that is so good that you never quit...well, that just doesn't exist. So if Blizzard is doing it wrong, what the hell is doing it right? And do we really want that?
So when you spell it wrong, our spelling system is "retarded". How do you feel when other people don't know the difference between loose and lose. Yeah, some of our spelling is strange, but just learn and spell it right next time. Here, I will help you remember...my pal is the principal.
You are being ridiculous. I think you think that way because you are the type of person who tries to do as little as possible and get away with it. Seriously, I wouldn't want to be a cop. The ones I know do a crap load...putting their lives at risk all the time...all so some moron like you can spout off how awful they are. Are there bad cops? Yes. Are there people bad at their jobs in every single profession. Yes. But you are just so far over the top.
You are so pissed off about a cavity search that has never happened to you. You seem to be the type of jerk who would like to be stopped just so you can make a big scene when if you cooperated it wouldn't be a big deal. You, as a person, have become a dick. And I hope no one protects you until you learn that being a narcissistic prick isn't the best way to live your life.
I don't agree. If someone had details on how they were going to commit an attack, and you were on that flight, wouldn't you at least want them to check up on that information to see if you were at risk. I guess I don't feel too sorry for the guy. He could have just had it on a computer or something.
Right, which makes Eve boring for a lot of people because you are just flying around patrolling instead of actually fighting things. It is pretty much the shining example of convincing people something boring and grindy is fun. No really, it is. *cough*
Oh screw you. Republicans have clearly demonstrated their policies to favor the rich and concentrate wealth. By definition concentrating wealth at the top means there is less for the middle class and the poor thus creating more poor people. The biggest trick the Republican pundits continually plays and gets away with is convincing stupid poor people that they have their best interests in mind. Sadly, intelligent people are infected by the bull shit as well.
Democrats have failed in so many ways as well, but to say that the Democrats want more poor is stupid. Historically, under Democratic leadership the country's GDP is better an run less of a deficit. Economies work better when wealth isn't concentrated because there is more people to by useless crap. But "facts" are something most people don't care about. You guys want to see Obama fail because you hate Democrats. If he succeeds, you won't change your view point to see hey, maybe the Republicans don't really have all the answers. Of course, after 8 years of an awful one, you still can't admit you were wrong.
No, you are wrong. Where I worked, no one lost their jobs. I work where people make decent money and can easily support a family. But since gas was so expensive, they chose to ride the bus or bike to work instead. They could still afford to drive if they wanted to, but they found the price to be not worth it. If they drove a more fuel efficient vehicle, it would have had less of an impact.
Getting the U.S. off oil isn't just a environment thing. It is a national security thing. We are far to dependent on people who hate us. Speculation causes oil to fluctuate, but no matter what, it is going to run out eventually and prices will continue to rise. The sooner we can get out of that, the better.
I don't know what you see as "actually happening...but maybe you just watch Fox News and don't know any better.
Where the hell were you last year? If it taught me anything, it taught me that Americans will shift what they value pretty damn fast when the price of something gets high. People put more value on hybrids/high gas mileage than on stupid vehicles like Hummers. So prices can drive cultural shifts. A bad economy can drive cultural shifts. You can legislate to make a difference...why do you think cars have seat belts? So you can legislate these things and you don't need culture shifts. Same thing with cigarettes. If it wasn't for legislation, PSAs, taxes, etc, we probably would all still be smoking at work.
And don't forget porn!
I'd rather not clutter up Earth's space any more than it already is. The more trash floating around up there will make it more difficult to fly future missions.
What the hell are you talking about? You really have a screwed up way of looking at life. This is the second post I have run across of yours today that is just bat-shit crazy. I know you think you are deep and emotional, but you probably need to seek some help.
You can not enslave planets. Empty planets that are just floating around have no problem if we land on them for colonization or to get resources. We have to protect our planet because it is the only one we have right now and trashing it effects our health and the the health of future generations. Mining some uninhabited world doesn't matter. As living beings we have the abilities and the need to manipulate our environments. Yet you seem to view us as unnatural. We are as natural as the planets and anything else in nature. We are just special in that we are able to understand the impact of many of our actions. So "saving the planet" is selfish in a sense because we are just trying to allow humanity to survive longer and in large numbers on this planet.
You might view humanity as the scourge of the universe...but as far as we know, we are its most intelligent creation. That makes us wonderful. And since we have been granted the ability to think about our actions, we should do what we can to preserve humanity to the best of our abilities. Just like any animal in nature...we want food, shelter, and to reproduce. Unlike other animals, we can "do it" on other planets as well.
Umm, a lot of people don't care what happens to anyone after they are dead. So yeah, a lot of people don't care about the survival of the species. And the "think of the children" crowd make up a bunch of crap that doesn't really think of the children. Getting off of Earth and spreading out is probably a good idea...even though we may have a lot of time to do that still. And who is to say we can't both try to colonize other planets and try to develop ways to protect earth from meteors?
I grew up in the 80s and find him forgettable as well. It isn't like I disliked his music. It is just that he didn't have much of an impact on me. I can appreciate the things he accomplished in his life time. I can also see how that was tarnished by some of his personality flaws.
But the GP was just stating that you can't expect people to like someone just because you do. If he was a good person throughout his life, I imagine I would be more sad. But he molested children...something that he spent a lot of money and time on to protect. I can't divorce that reality from the talent side and it just makes me not really care that he has passed. Just like Kobe Bryant. He may be a good at basketball, but I will always see a rapist and a cheater and root against him. His legacy is tarnished by that and will be forgettable to me as well.
You say this, yet are incapable of spelling the word "lose" correctly. If only MJ wrote a song about the difference between loose and lose...the world would be a better place. Now, we can only wonder.
Did you watch Benjamin Button one too many times?
I agree with you. As long as you agree that Democracy is alive and well in Iran.
Well, can you blame the media? With a scary name like Tor, no one would ever use it. That's why they love twitter...because it is cute. Tor should change it's name to flutter or bunny-kittens and then the media will be all over it.
He's a constitutional lawyer, which is a whole different breed. And who says a nerd has to be a certain profession?
I've never heard people complain about things being fun and looking like crap on Linux. It is more that they aren't fun or very many of them. The person didn't bash it, they just asked if it would be fun to play. Yet you guys flip out defending it as if they said it wasn't fun.
And have you not read Slashdot ever? People complain all the time about pretty graphics and not having fun. But they tend to be the type of people who think it is cool to say everything sucks. There are tons of awesome commercial games out there right now.
Um, you didn't answer his question. It doesn't matter what platform you develop on, you are going to have graphical costs. He asked for someone to comment on the difficulty of programming with the Cell processor which could make it have a longer development cycle and more difficult/expensive to find quality programmers or train them up on the Cell.
You really don't know anything about Cell. You are just talking out your ass like any other fanboy.
This isn't insightful, it is wrong. There are plenty of toolkits out there that can allow you to build simple games that you don't need a lot of experience to do. Look at the PS3 and what you can do with their game. The future will only make it easier to make simple games.