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• • Majority rule all over

  • One of the things they measure is voter turnout.

    When it comes to participation in the process, an amazing year for the US is far worse than the most horrible year for the Swedish.  Also, the US still has its share of corruption problems.  Not a whole lot, but a year can't pass without us finding out some senator or representative (or three) were completely owned by some interest group.

    So I think an 8 is fair.  I honestly think we do really well for our population and size.

    As far as probable defeat, go look at Cheney talking about the likely outcome of an Iraq invasion, back when he was Defense Secretary Cheney.  He sung a whole different tune in those days.

    I don't think they necessarily got stupider.  I think they knew Iraq wasn't a threat immediately post-Desert Storm, but they honestly believed the reports that they saw, that Iraq was on its way to developing nuclear weapons.

  • Posted: 11/11/08 3:35 PM
    General Discussion
• • Duo partner for Hunter

  • Originally posted by FischerBlack
    

    My gf has rolled a Blood Elf Hunter (she liked the sound of having a pet), and I'm wondering what might be a good class to level with her? We won't be doing any PvP, and raiding in the future is no concern either. We just wana quest and do instances.

    So any suggestions? I was thinking perhaps a Pally to do a little bit of tanking and some heals?

    Im brand new to WoW so any suggestions appreciated.

     

    Ret, ret, and ret.

    First off, you'd share a starting zone with her.  That's not the important thing, though.  Ret and BM are really just a ridiculous combination at the moment, especially if she grabs a tenacious pet.

    You wouldn't even need to tank with that combo, though.  Gorillas are generating massive amounts of area threat atm, and with devotion aura, talents, and decent hunter gear, tenacious pet mitigation goes through the roof.  With the appropriate talents, tenacious pets get a huge multipler on partywide armor buffs.  To give you an idea, my throwaway warp stalker that I used to tank HH during Halloween had ~15k armor unbuffed and ~17.5k armor with devotion up.  That's half-decent.  Tenacious pet armor is definitely more than adequate for tanking any group quest elite with you offhealing.

    Which is another thing.  You would be able to heal her pet more than enough if you're trying a hard elite.  With the right talents, tenacious pets get +54% to all healing.  So even as ret, you'll heal it for significant amounts.

    Second, damage would be through the roof.  You'd never be short on that.  Plus neither class has to worry about mana downtime in PvE.

    Third, you'd have emergency abilities to complement hers.  Lets say you play a priest.  What happens if her pet dies against a hard elite, and she has to feign death.  What will you do?  You have no aggro drops.  As a paladin, you'd have your bubbles, Lay on Hands, and a number of other things to be able to survive, escape, or pick up aggro and tank in a pinch.

    Pet choice will be important, though.  I'd grab a bear at lower levels, if she doesn't mind one.  It's the best multitanking pet you can get until gorillas.  Of course, it's up to her.  She'll enjoy the class more if she gets a pet she likes.

    Lets talk about the likely scenario that she falls in love with a lynx in Eversong, as most BE hunters do.  Well, that's still a pretty solid choice.  Cats are by far the best non-exotic pet for DPS.  You can't tell by looking at the rake tooltip, but it deals tons of damage after scaling, and it's armor-ignoring.  Also, even if cats aren't generating any area threat, that only gives you the opportunity to deal more damage.  Paladin damage goes through the roof if you're allowed to grab aggro.  Even ret will deal tons of damage with consecration.  And ret consecration should generate enough threat to allow her to Volley.  Volley is now a very viable AoE ability.

  • Posted: 11/09/08 2:31 AM
    World of Warcraft
• • tHGttG MMO

  • Originally posted by lazyredhead
    

    i gota ask.......would any one play a hichhikers guide to the galaxy mmo XD

    personaly i don't think its a bad idea....if ya make it the right way

     

    There's no way to translate the book into a game without ruining everything that made the book special.

    The farcical elements would never translate.  The sense of the unexpected would never translate.  The general grand absurdity of the plot would never translate.

  • Posted: 11/09/08 2:11 AM
    General Discussion
• • Bill Roper joins Cryptic Studios

  • Originally posted by Zorvan
    

    Well, you can now scratch Champions Online off any "Games that will be worth a shit" list.

     

    I'll reserve my opinion for when it's released, to be honest.

  • Posted: 11/09/08 12:27 AM
    Champions Online
• • Political threads on OT. Don't bother.

  • Originally posted by Impacatus
    
    

    Sorry for the digression, this is just a theory I've had for awhile that I've been wanting to share.

     

    Nah, I think your ideas are right.  It's not really mutually exclusive here.  I'm talking about something pretty complicated, so the explanation I've offered, even if it is correct, is probably only 10% of the picture.  There are many things at play when it comes to determining what influences group behavior.  Heck, even the background color of the forums probably plays some small part in this. :P

  • Posted: 11/08/08 11:23 PM
    General Discussion