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Nope, the frame-rate is quite satisfactory. It's Q's Winter Wonderland, the new Badlands (which is much worse x.x), and Crystalline Cataclysm (which has improved a whole lot lately)... those are the ones that hurt me so.
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If the Breen ships had the right seating, or looked better (subjectively speaking) - and if I hadn't just dropped dollars for a Jupiter already, I might have considered that, but this would more or less just be for the Admiralty card, which I'm filing way down in the "free or forget it" pile. Edit: I'm bridge station…
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I was directed to this thread and I'm not positive as to why. Q's Winter Wonderland is one of 3 maps in which I encounter crushing amounts of rubberbanding and "Server Not Responding"-style lag spikes, making completing the course practically impossible. After a few people climbed into the thread and dropped the classic…
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You may change the name of your ship to (almost) anything you'd like, as well as the registry. A few rules apply. You cannot name yourself after certain iconic references to Star Trek, such as "Kirk" "Spock" "McCoy" or "Enterprise". Your registry number must be at least 91001. It may, however, surpass into the sixth digit…
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I have had a few regrets with my ship purchases. I've bought a fair few; Nebula Retrofit, Excelsior Retrofit, Odyssey (operations), Regent, Vesta (pack), Atrox, Galaxy (pack), Scryer, Pathfinder, Guardian, Geneva, Icarus, Resolute, Andromeda... the list goes on. I had a good reason to love or at least like most. The Nebula…
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My first C-Store ship was the Tier 5 Excelsior and I loved it more than anything. I still like it, even though I use Science ships now (though that might change) and I did buy the T6 Excelsior for the trait.
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I was just thinking about the fact that, ever since the glamour of the Intel specialization faded to Command, we haven't seen a new science vessel. Command was dominated by Cruisers (as we'll be sure that Pilot will continue to be just for escorts). I drew up a little something that completely goes against that grain and…
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The sheltered respawn point is worthless, because if you respawn before all of your bridge officers are dead, the Thralls can teleport between your still-living officers down below, and the unprepared you up top in the supposed "safe spot". I was no-kidding murdered by a thrall who ported up to me and one-shotted me. ONE…
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It's not bad. Not winning any awards, but it'll do.
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Man, nobody likes this guy. :< That's a shame, because he's just so damn pretty.
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...uh, yeah, no, yeah. That's economics. Remember that the studio has to make back the money they spent to make the game in the first place. Which they did. In the first month. And then they kept making money. For 12 years. They're STILL making money off StarCraft. When were we talking about profitability before WoW? Well,…
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I've always wondered that. What do they do to stabilize the server? Do they sing it gentle songs? Give it a candy bar? Does it go to psychotherapy for its two hours session? WHAT IS YOUR MAGIC, CRYPTIC?!
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No retailer would look at Blizzard and say "StarCraft? Pfeh, no one's going to buy that." Add to that the wonder of direct download games, which now cut out the physical disc. Since 2009, they very likely haven't spent more than a few pennies on the dollar.
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Marketing is not a production cost, since it is not persistent or required throughout the production lifetime. You can stop advertising but still keep selling. Either way, Blizzard made metric sh*t-tons of money from every copy of StarCraft. No copy was ever a loss to them. Remember, they sell to the stores and the stores…
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USS Cannot find Map IKS Crash Report has Crashed IRW Valdore KEEPS FKING CLOAKING [Dominion Bugged Ship]
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I don't think you understand what production costs are. Development costs are usually big. Production costs are comparatively "drop in the bucket"ish. For every dollar earned in sales, less than 10% is Production cost.
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That's a good omen. It means you will have good fortune and many fat children!
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WC3 sold 4.5 million copies in its first month, and StarCraft passed the 11 million mark in 2009. RESEARCH!
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Cryptic did not publish the game. NCSoft published it in 2002. They've always been on the box. I know; I bought the game in 2003. The transaction handler was NCSoft. Cryptic sold the game to NCSoft, who formed Paragon Studios to take over continuing development. Cryptic was paid by NCSoft during their development time, but…
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Oh, they remember. See, in Season 7, there were few hardware issues, so instead, they went after the reward changes. That's why the developers had to revert some dilithium rewards for STFs and TRIBBLE the dilthium economy entirely. Because the FANS SAID SO.
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PvP? Ew. I'd have sooner fed the 40 year old virgin. I never said I was a Frost Mage, so I don't know what you're talking about. I had an Arcane build from Vanilla through to WotLK when Frostfire became the dog's nipples. Learn to something-something-derrogative-assh*le-comment etc etc. I just don't like how you exist and…
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BE CAREFUL. That will only anger the beast.
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I dunno man. That guy could probably kill you. And eat you. HE'S DONE IT BEFORE.
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Frost Shock was Shaman, smartarse. Way to know what you're talking about! And anyone playing endgame content with a FROST MAGE is a bloody moron, even in Year 2 (which was before I joined WoW). So, it's good to know that the uninformed are still the loudest and most obnoxious. Blizzard's Starcraft made them metric f*ktons…
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This thread is begging to get trolled. For the record, I was a Mage on WoW for 5 years and we didn't get thrown a bone until AFTER I left. *sigh* So whatever candy-kid TRIBBLE Blizzard has become doesn't really compare to Cryptic. Oh, and Blizzard was publishing all of its own games like a f*king juggernaut. Cryptic has…
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Your computer is trying to tell you to go to bed.
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Thank you. THANK YOU. I was looking for the right way to say it, and now I don't have to. Also, Horsey to King Three.
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Some of us can't think of an MMO where a major content addition HASN'T caused unforeseen hiccups. The test server can only prepare you for so much; it's like going for football practice and then being shocked that the big game is OMG SO MUCH DIFFERENT.
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I would pay real money if you people would shut up. When did it become accepted that addressing someone like they're TRIBBLE pieces of sh*t will get you what you want? I cannot be the only one who understands how people operate mentally. Try calling your local pizzeria with that attitude, or your phone company. And see…
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You just invalidated yourself. What he admitted to was using the "Report Spam" feature for its intended purpose; to alert the system to bothersome players. Personally, I would have done the same thing he did - and apparently more than a fair share of people agreed, since it does not take only one person to report you…