Maeve
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Post by Maeve on Nov 17, 2009 14:10:38 GMT -5
You guys are killing me...
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Aberrant
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Post by Aberrant on Nov 17, 2009 14:15:56 GMT -5
Just a little side story of how cool the community is on that server.
Between my body aches and running nose, I logged in on Saturday for a bit. In general chat, I see that there was going to be a guild recruitment fair at the Bree fairgrounds. This wasn't a Turbine event, just a server community thing.
I went to check it out, and there were tons of guilds manning the various tents there. It was basically an open house for guilds to present themselves to unguilded folk.
I got so much free shit from people, like pipeweed and beer, as they chatted me up. After letting a few guilds know that I was super casual, and did not know if I would be around long or much at all, I joined up with a nice bunch.
They encourage me to check out the guild house. I go and see 2 different beer kegs. They warn me about one of them. So, of course I start slamming brews down from that one.
After about 4 drinks, my screen goes white.........I then 'wake up' in a zone that I have never been in before. I am all wobbly, and the screen is distorted. I get a message that I am not wearing any pants.......I then see a buff on myself that is something like, "What.....Where.......When?"
I think made my way back, and learned to heed their warnings.........
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Maeve
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Post by Maeve on Nov 17, 2009 15:24:25 GMT -5
That is a great community there. That is how I met the guild I was in briefly before my main character got bugged, after the CoT experiment went defunct. That keg thing must be a standard, either that or you somehow ended up with the same guild I went with way back then. They did the same thing to me and I ended up in some super high zone. There are a lot of nice features in that game. I wonder if my little hobbit house is still standing.
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Aberrant
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Post by Aberrant on Nov 17, 2009 15:50:43 GMT -5
Ya, I am sure it is some standard keg. I just thought that was very cool.
They have added a bunch of stuff too.
Like, now in your inventory you have several 'appearance' tabs.
Say you like the look of some piece of armor, but you outgrew it or don't like the stats.
You can throw it in the appearance inventory slot, and the look will imprint to your toon, no matter what piece you are actually wearing.
You can even take it out of your appearance tab and do whatever with it, but it will remember it until you tell it different. Very cool stuff.
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Maeve
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Post by Maeve on Nov 17, 2009 16:42:40 GMT -5
No, you're right, it is very cool. I just meant it must be something a lot of guilds like to do for guild initiation. I like that they take the game "seriously" in terms of lore, but will throw in little fun things like that. I think Landroval may have the best community I have ever been a part of, followed very closely by Virtue in CoX. I think the "unofficial" RP servers tend to have better communities for some reason. But people were always very friendly and helpful there. And Turbine was very hard on gold sellers and power leveling services from the get go, if I recall correctly, keeping that nasty part of the game out of it. They do have a lot of fun stuff in the game. "Fluff" if you will, but I like fluff. I loved my little hobbit hole.
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Post by Grok on Nov 18, 2009 14:02:06 GMT -5
Just a little side story of how cool the community is on that server. Between my body aches and running nose, I logged in on Saturday for a bit. In general chat, I see that there was going to be a guild recruitment fair at the Bree fairgrounds. This wasn't a Turbine event, just a server community thing. I went to check it out, and there were tons of guilds manning the various tents there. It was basically an open house for guilds to present themselves to unguilded folk. I got so much free shit from people, like pipeweed and beer, as they chatted me up. After letting a few guilds know that I was super casual, and did not know if I would be around long or much at all, I joined up with a nice bunch. They encourage me to check out the guild house. I go and see 2 different beer kegs. They warn me about one of them. So, of course I start slamming brews down from that one. After about 4 drinks, my screen goes white.........I then 'wake up' in a zone that I have never been in before. I am all wobbly, and the screen is distorted. I get a message that I am not wearing any pants.......I then see a buff on myself that is something like, "What.....Where.......When?" I think made my way back, and learned to heed their warnings......... LOL, the same thing happened to me. I ran up to the keg and clicked on it, just as my new guildie typed "Oh don't drink that"... What guild did you join?
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Post by Grok on Nov 18, 2009 14:05:04 GMT -5
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Odie
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Post by Odie on Nov 19, 2009 20:01:38 GMT -5
Im DLing now, i will post my toon. Think im going to drop Aion
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Odie
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Post by Odie on Nov 19, 2009 21:16:13 GMT -5
Oddie is my toon! Working on the Minstrel
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Qhoren
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Post by Qhoren on Nov 19, 2009 22:46:15 GMT -5
If people are picking this back up in a ridiculously casual way I guess I'll have to download the free trial and at least give it a shot.
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Dachartach
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Post by Dachartach on Nov 20, 2009 12:17:34 GMT -5
Yes, I playd the trial a while back, too. It was OK, Goldilocks zone-ish. I probably can't get back on another trial, it being a property of Sony Online Entertainment. They're finicky that way.
お前はもう死んでいる!
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Aberrant
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Post by Aberrant on Nov 20, 2009 12:38:48 GMT -5
It's not a Sony game, it is run by Turbine.
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Slurm
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Post by Slurm on Nov 20, 2009 12:55:06 GMT -5
Lookatchu with yer facts
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Aberrant
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Post by Aberrant on Nov 20, 2009 13:45:41 GMT -5
I know. It's rare that I know anything meaningful. I have to enjoy it when I can.
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Aberrant
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Post by Aberrant on Nov 20, 2009 23:46:05 GMT -5
For anyone playing, I joined a guild that is cool with our casualness.
They are happy to invite any of our members. Let me know if you want an invite.
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