Malevolent Gamer

rhea137:

6 Martian sunrises, as seen by the HiRISE orbiter. Once again, not artist’s renditions.

HOLY CRAP. Let’s go there right now.

(Source: expositionfairy)

I lol’ed

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w3djyt:

briiiik:

2nd time through on my DH. Almost level 13 :D

Wish I had gotten in :/

My favorite screen shot is when I open friends list and it says in big letters “YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS!” but grats play some hardcore now!

Guild Wars 2 to have Real Money Transactions

Gold farmers, prepare to weep.

ArenaNet President Mike O’Brien outlined the company’s philosophy regarding microtransactions in Guild Wars 2 today, and there was much to talk about. O’Brien outlined how using real money purchases is important for the ongoing development of the game, as well as how they will be handled.

It was made very clear that microtransactions have been an important part of GW2‘s design from inception:

“But microtransactions were an afterthought in Guild Wars, whereas with Guild Wars 2, we had an opportunity to integrate the microtransaction system from the ground up, giving players more options and more convenience without sacrificing our design principles.”

Guild Wars 2 will be based on three currencies: gold, karma and gems. Gems are used to purchase microtransaction goods and can be exchanged for gold — or vice versa. This means that gold farmers are out of luck: Guild Wars 2 will not be the game for you.

This system is directly likened to PLEX in EVE Online by O’Brien, which will ensure that players have a way to earn everything available in the microtransaction store in-game. It then becomes a choice: pay for it by buying gems for cash, or earn the gold to buy gems instead.

There will be controversy as the mention of gold trading in-game has a lot of negative connotations amongst the MMO community.

Personally, I think this is a great move by ArenaNet which will help reduce hacking, spamming and associated negative behavior linked with the RMT industry. I would be very interested to know your thoughts on the matter.

Source = http://www.gamebreaker.tv/mmorpg/gold-for-sale/

scientificbullshit:

Grandpa finished my Companion Cube! This little baby is only a foot cubed. Grandpa says it’s still pretty heavy so I’m probably going to bring a wagon up there?? Dunno it’d be fun.

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Oh it is a good day!

“An issue that could cause buttons to stop responding during the Ancient Pylons encounter has been fixed.” “Players can now use the command /roll or /random to generate a random number between 1 and 100. This command will also accept a range (example: /roll 20-40) or a die value (example: 2d6).”

“Players can now build credit towards the Battle for Ilum daily and weekly missions by playing Warzones.”

“Healers in Warzones now receive kill credit when a healed player kills an enemy.
Players affected by a Damage Over Time ability are no longer interrupted when interacting with objectives.
Battlemaster and Champion Commendations are now available on the PvP Vendor for Warzone and Mercenary Commendations. Champion Gear Bags are still available.
Valor gained from Warzones has been increased. Medals are now worth 500 Valor and 10 Commendations. Players only earn Valor and Commendations for the first 4 medals earned each match.
Increased the Warzone AFK timeout from 60 seconds to 90 seconds. “

“Codex entry popups now display correctly for level 50 players when they are unlocked.”