Morning Discussion

Happy Memorial Day to the Shackers in the US, being a federal holiday things on the news side may be just a bit slow. But you really should be barbecuing anyway. It's not like we haven't brought you some fresh content this weekend though, with our weekly installment of the Gibson-Goldstein Index giving you the lows and the highs for the week. Plus, Faylor has the week's Release List and finally maybe you've heard of a little game called Ninja Gaiden 2? Well, Nick is here to review it for you.

From The Chatty
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    May 26, 2008 5:45 AM

    age of conan is down :(

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      May 26, 2008 5:46 AM

      Update Notes - 26th of May
      * Barbarian in Reaver Stance now correctly moves at slower speed while hiding

      * Fixed an exploit with Demonologists (infinite stacking of certain spells)

      * Hostile spells casted by the player on itself should no longer trigger reactive spell procs.

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        May 26, 2008 5:50 AM

        they need to fix slam not working and the traders :(

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          May 26, 2008 5:55 AM

          I think slam worked once as soon as I got it, and it's been pretty shitty since then (don't think it ever worked after the initial use)

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            May 26, 2008 5:58 AM

            apparently it only works w/ the oar lol

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              May 26, 2008 6:38 AM

              It only works at lower levels and for a few levels. I believe it's only there to kind of teach you how to use combos. But it only works on mobs around level 5-8 or in that area. It will still do dmg at higher levels just not knock themback

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            May 26, 2008 6:35 AM

            AFAIK it works till level 8, then no more, and its not a bug.

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              May 26, 2008 6:40 AM

              Oh, well I'm taking that shit off my bar then. I don't get what half my combos do...

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                May 26, 2008 9:40 AM

                I replaced it on my bar too. It became useless long before I had enough combos to fill my bars, and once I did it was gone.

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                  May 26, 2008 12:05 PM

                  I wish it was easier to compare combos to see how much damage each does

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              May 26, 2008 6:40 AM

              well it's lame then, it gives dual weild conquerors no sort of crowd control

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                May 26, 2008 10:20 AM

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                May 26, 2008 3:02 PM

                Use weapon switching.. it is actually pretty fluid and fast. On my barbarian I approach with a sneak attack/barbaric scream kill.. then finish off the bundle of enemies with a weapon switch + 2 hander. The weapon switching is fast and your skills that are only usable by the weapon your switching to become available as fast as you can press the weapon switch button.

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        May 26, 2008 2:49 PM

        Hmm, still didn't fix the Assassin double-ambush bug? LOL. I have a feeling I will be leveling a bit faster as long as they keep this bug in. Devs have been made aware on the forums quite awhile ago.

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      May 26, 2008 5:58 AM

      I know it's been posted somewhere before, but I couldnt find it. Are there any European Shackers playing AoC? If so, any of you on Wildsoul (PvP)?

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      May 26, 2008 6:16 AM

      Funcom seems pretty active on bugfixing and stuff. I'm getting more impressed with this game as I play it. I started playing because "it's not WoW" but as I get further in it really does seem to stand on it's own.

      /petition however is 100% useless. I opened a petition, and 24 hours later, when I checked status, I was only 8 closer in the Que than I was when I created it. They need more GMs

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        May 26, 2008 6:39 AM

        yeah it's bad, my GF and I were doing a quest and we were both turning in and in the quest it ports you to another area. Well, it ported me and ate both our quest items and pretty much screwed her. Then on one of my destiny quests(Make Renton talk) it just doesnt work. I just skipped mine because I didnt want to wait as she had been waiting all day on her petition and went from 540 to about 518.

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          May 26, 2008 9:39 AM

          Make Renton talk was bugged for me. I skipped it once I was 17 (8 levels later) I never got a GM to help.

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        May 26, 2008 9:52 AM

        i don't feel the same at all :(

        The more i play the more bored i become each time i logon. The game is really really easy. You can kill most things at your level without even using your abilities.

        I might try a magic class this afternoon. Oh and i hate the starting area of the game. I HATE IT.

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      May 26, 2008 6:26 AM

      Do you know of any sites that talk about User interface in detail. I'd like to know if anyone has figured a way to make SCT bigger.

      I'm still 100% banned from the AoC forums. Stupid Early Access bug.

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      May 26, 2008 6:30 AM

      Who schedules downtime on a holiday? Good call guys!

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        May 26, 2008 6:40 AM

        it's back now :)

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        May 26, 2008 9:54 AM

        god forbid they dont celebrate american holidays in norway

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          May 26, 2008 10:03 AM

          Yeah, it's like the US is their largest market or anything.

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            May 26, 2008 10:07 AM

            it was barely down. whine whine.

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            May 26, 2008 10:14 AM

            compared to the rest of the world? ..someone has an over inflated feeling of self worth methinks

            and would you rather they didnt patchthe game?

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              May 26, 2008 10:17 AM

              As I said, I couldn't care less, I'm working today. But I'm taking an educated guess that most of their subscriber base right now is in the US so in planning for down time you'd think they'd take that into consideration...

              However yeah, a 9am maintenance is totally acceptable and anyone complaining about it is a fag.

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        May 26, 2008 10:01 AM

        It was back up by 10am EST.

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      May 26, 2008 6:41 AM

      I GOT A BUM TICKER - Conan

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      May 26, 2008 10:13 AM

      Anybody on Wiccana that can invite?

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        May 26, 2008 10:15 AM

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          May 26, 2008 10:17 AM

          Are all the pvp shackers on Tranny? I want to roll a gank alt.

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            May 26, 2008 10:18 AM

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              May 26, 2008 10:22 AM

              Theres like 30+ on Wiccana, it's been pretty fun but I don't know how end game is going to work out without the numbers.

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                May 26, 2008 11:12 AM

                Unfortunately, I have a feeling that 30 is gonna end up being 5 before we even reach the end game.

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                  May 26, 2008 11:23 AM

                  Well I'll be one of the 5 if history has shown us anything. See you there edges.

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                    May 26, 2008 11:33 AM

                    who do I have to msg to get an invite?

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                    May 26, 2008 2:16 PM

                    If that happens and you end up needing another guild to join on Tyranny - let me know...

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              May 26, 2008 10:25 AM

              Yeah. I'm in the guild now!

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              May 26, 2008 2:00 PM

              I'll be in there later today, although it'll be a newbie character. Who do I ask for an invite?

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          May 26, 2008 10:19 AM

          not really ..pve allows for pvp in the border kingdoms ..pvp ganking anywhere isnt much fun when there's mor than enough gankers/spawn campers to fill a server

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            May 26, 2008 10:25 AM

            PvP ganking is so much fun.

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              May 26, 2008 10:36 AM

              depends on the ganker ..spawn camping isnt much fun when you're on the recieving end

              had this lvl 22 ganker on white sands spawnpoint who would kill anyone who materialised ...and since he was easily 10 lvls above what that area calls for players were being slaughtered

              I was ganked on the beach, which was fine ....I would later sneak up to him hit him a few times and then run and hide, wash rinse and repeat ..at one point I was hiding and a mob detected me and before I knew I was fighting the 3 mobs and the ganker ..I quickly died the mobs turned on him and whittled his health away , he killed them and then went into rest mode .at that point a player came in (hut in white sands) attacked and killed him ..he was easily 7 lvls below the first ganker ..it was pretty hilarious to watch

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                May 26, 2008 10:58 AM

                Nothing like decapatating someone when they try to gank you.

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              May 26, 2008 2:54 PM

              I'm sure the psychological interpretation for this would be interesting.

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            May 26, 2008 10:53 AM

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              May 26, 2008 11:48 AM

              my main is on a pvp server but I aslo have a toon on the shack pve server

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          May 26, 2008 10:21 AM

          Oh, I do have a ToS in the shack tyranny guild. It's actually been pretty damn fun so far.

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      May 26, 2008 10:18 AM

      Pain unbearable! :(

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      May 26, 2008 2:08 PM

      Is there a monthly fee for this game? It looked pretty good but if it has one...

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        May 26, 2008 2:13 PM

        yes.

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        May 26, 2008 2:44 PM

        I agree. I would recommend it unequivocally if it had the Guild Wars price structure. It doesn't, but I can still recommend it.

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      May 26, 2008 3:20 PM

      My Barbarian appears to be absurdly overpowered.

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        May 26, 2008 3:38 PM

        hmm... I've been fighting stuff 3 levels higher than me alone and haven't been upgrading any skills or feats

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