Asytra

Of course, if you click on the link to our website there is a Submit Application button on it that will take you through the rest of the process.

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Now that we're edging into higher end content and making ready for companies and NMs, the Coral Vanda is looking to fill out our membership with ACTIVE players. Applicants should be close to rank 20 or higher in a combat class and should be able to make at least two guild leve events per week. There are a few classes we are needing to flesh out our groups, these being: -Archers -Thaumaturges -Lancers Please visit us at the above website and submit an application if you are interested. Thank you!

Woot, wasn't expecting it to drop this soon. Looking forward to NMs and the increased chat limit.

Since the PS3 release date has been pushed back to an unknown time it seems folly waiting for PS3 release so we can do things. However you are right, Castiel, in saying that we should wait until there is actually something -to do-. One thought, as far as the Olympics go, would be speed downings of a certain NM. The team to down the NM the fastest wins the event. It's a physical feat as well as one that requires good teamwork.

The Vanda will be taking our own piccie, we have members from all over the globe so scheduling is a bit... weird.

Enmity can be a bit wacky at times but from what I've observed single mob enmity is not broken, but multiple mob enmity is, however there is a solution for that too. I've seen Glads successfully hold aggro and I've gotten to a point to where I can hold aggro as a pugilist by DPS as well as my actual tank abilities. Properly tanking in this game isn't facerolling your sunder key, it's a dance and is a very reactive game. Most tank abilities only work after you successfully evade, parry, block, etc... and if the tank is spamming an action they will likely miss that chance. For example my highest threat ability only works after a successful evade, if I'm not keeping Featherfoot and Light Strike up, my chances of that aren't great. It also adds a stun which is a nice damage mitigation. The way your gear is laid out also has a big effect on a tanks chance to parry/evade/etc... For pulls where you get more than one mob it's helpful to have a tank on each mob, it's possible to hold aggro on two as a pug but you have to do LOTS of swapping back and forth and forget using your tank abilities. Marauders appear to be your best AoE tanks... The exception to all of this is of course when the mobs keep resetting, which I had happen repeatedly to me last night despite being the MT and group leader, with everyone bunched up on me. Mob resetting is what's causing your enmity reset. What I've seemed to notice is that each tank type has their role... -GLA are excellent tanks for really hard single mobs, but fairly rubbish trying to hold aggro on multiple. They also must rely on their shield abilities to properly tank and it may require the group to "slow their roll" so the GLA can establish aggro. Once they do though it is VERY difficult to break that aggro. -MAR are great for pulls where you get a couple mobs, they seem fairly good solo target. -PUG are great off-tanks, if played well they can stand toe to toe with a GLA but when you DO get hit you get wrecked.

Gridania might become more popular when we finally get fast travel. As it stands now it is a PAIN in the butt to get to without anima.

A very nice idea. Are questions provided to the interviewees before the recording?

I was quite looking forward to this too. :moogle:

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The patcher has been a bit strange. After beta had ended I was pulling patches at around 1.0-1.5MB/sec. However over the past week I've had to resort to using a torrent client to get them faster. Thankfully we at least have that option at our disposal, as some betas I've been in actually bury the torrent inside the downloader executable.

I try to sway more towards the... "if you would be embarrassed for your mom to read it, then you shouldn't post it" camp myself. I find that being negative, especially vulgarly so, spreads like wildfire and tends to make the whole thread toxic. If it's IC... then I usually let the games language describe my limits. For example in FFXIV we have a lot of "arse" and other colorful metaphors. Of course this doesn't mean that Asytra has the mouth of a sailor, despite actually BEING a sailor, but it does give me some guidelines. Besides, colorful metaphors do have their place, I mean would Battlestar Galactica be the same with out a few "fraks" here and there?

The Gamers was good but I preferred the much more polished (and funny) sequel The Gamers: Dorkness Rising. I saw it on Netflix instant streaming too, but it's also worth a purchase. Hopefully they will make a third movie.

It's a step in the right direction but... Did SE REALLY have to separate everything down so distinctly? I mean seriously... just... ARMOR would have sufficed.... Leave it to SE to simplify something by adding more complexity... *sigh*