144066-a-running-log-of-experiences-by-a-returning-player

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No hijacking thread!(Unless it's for SCIENCE!)     Seriously though, I tried messing with the character creator a bit to make a female-looking chua. The best I could do was pink fur and big eyes, which is kind of a sad stereotype. However, that's how I ended up with the chua shown in these pictures, so I can't really complain.

ILLIUM part I(Hopefully the only part) So I grabbed a taxi to Illium because I had like THREE quests telling me to do that. I figured it was probably a good idea to finally take the hint. Unfortunately that meant suffering the robo-taxi-driver's corny jokes. On a side note, that headgear is still awesome. Makes my chua look like a prince, or super important merchant or something. LOL!

But all in all the game didn't lag quite as hard as it used to when entering the city. Used to be the moment the capital tried to load, my FPS would drop to like...4...until everything loaded. This time it just flew right in with no noticeable drop in framerate. I'm using the same system as 6 months ago, so I guess Carbine's been working on that optimization. Nice job! However, the moment I entered the city I was immediately assaulted by more quests. The phone(neocom? datacom? elderphone?) started going nuts. Come learn runecrafting! Come check out player housing! Take a tour! Hey, dungeons! I almost want to get an addon that replaces the default quest-call noise and pop-up with Navi. Hey listen!!! Someone make it happen! I will say that the quest to take a tour was pretty painless. You just accept and it runs you around town on auto-pilot. Beats the snot out of following Khadgar's pink creampuff elemental in Shattrath city(that's a WoW reference for all you dirty unwashed peasants who've been living under a rock). And I got a really nifty screenshot out of the deal. Too bad I'm not nearly as excited as my chua, although I'll try to keep a determined face like that while I slog through the city.

And then, just as I was thinking I'd lay down some more time in-game, I see the popup warning message:  "Game servers will be coming down in 15 minutes for maintenance". Bah! I suppose I could actually sleep or something in the meantime.

Edited October 21, 2015 by Elite Seraph


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