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US 7105199 B2 Abstract Methods of implanting, applying, or adhering various drug molecules directly into or onto the surface of medical devices through gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) and/or monomer ion beam surface modification of the medical devices before or after depositing the various drug molecules onto the medical devices.
Claims(16) 1. A method for adhering a drug to a surface of a medical device comprising the steps of:
depositing a drug onto a surface of the medical device;
forming a gas cluster ion beam in a vacuum chamber;
positioning the surface of the medical device in the vacuum chamber for irradiation by the gas cluster ion beam; and
irradiating the deposited drug and the surface of the medical device with the gas cluster ion beam so as to adhere the drug to the surface of the medical device.
2. The method of
3. The method of
4. The method of
the liquid form is a solution of the drug in a volatile solvent; and
the depositing step further comprises evaporating the volatile solvent.
5. The method of
6. The method of
7. The method of
8. The method of
9. The method of
the surface comprises an outer surface of a stent; and
the irradiating step further comprises rotating and articulating the stent so as to permit irradiation of the outer surface of the stent.
10. A method of adhering a drug to a surface of a medical device, comprising the steps of:
forming a first gas cluster ion beam in a vacuum chamber;
positioning the surface of the medical device in the vacuum chamber for irradiation by the first gas cluster ion beam;
irradiating the surface with the first gas cluster ion beam; depositing a drug onto the surface;
forming a second gas cluster ion beam in the vacuum chamber; and
irradiating the surface and the deposited drug with the second gas cluster ion beam so as to adhere the drug to the surface of the medical device.
11. The method of
12. The method of
13. The method of
14. The method of
the surface comprises an outer surface of a stent; and
at least one of the steps of irradiating with the first gas cluster ion beam and the second gas cluster ion beam further comprises rotating and articulating the stent so as to permit, irradiation of the outer surface of the stent.
15. The method of
16. A method of producing a drug delivery system comprising the steps of:
depositing a drug on a surface of a medical device; and
irradiating the surface and the deposited drug in a vacuum chamber with a gas cluster ion beam such that a carbon matrix layer is formed during irradiation and the drug is concurrently embedded within the interstices of the carbon matrix.
Description This application claims priority of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/290,389 entitled �Method and System for Improving the Effectiveness of Medical Devices by Applying/Adhering Drugs to their Surface in Combination with the Application of Ion Beam Technology�, filed May 11, 2001, and U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/317,652 entitled �Method and System for Improving the Effectiveness of Medical Devices by Applying/Adhering Drugs to their Surface in Combination with the Application of Ion Beam Technology�, filed Sep. 6, 2001, both applications being incorporated herein by reference. This invention relates generally to medical devices implantable in a mammal, such as coronary stents and to a method and system for applying and adhering drugs to the surface of medical devices using gas cluster ion beam technology and/or monomer ion beam technology. The invention can also be used with implantable prostheses. A coronary stent is an implantable medical device that is used in combination with balloon angioplasty. Balloon angioplasty is a procedure used to treat coronary atherosclerosis. Balloon angioplasty compresses built-up plaque against the walls of the blocked artery by the inflation of a balloon at the tip of a catheter inserted into the artery during the angioplasty procedure. Unfortunately, the body's response to this procedure often includes thrombosis or blood clotting and the formation of scar tissue or other trauma-induced tissue reactions at the treatment site. Statistics show that restenosis or renarrowing of the artery by scar tissue after balloon angioplasty occurs in up to 35 percent of the treated patients within only six months after these procedures, leading to severe complications in many patients. To reduce restenosis, cardiologists are now often placing a small metal tubular devices of various forms, such as wire mesh or expandable metal, called a coronary stent at the site of blockage during balloon angioplasty. The goal is to have the stent act as a scaffold to keep the coronary artery open after the removal of the balloon. However, there are also serious complications associated with the use of coronary stents. Coronary restenotic complications associated with stents occur in 16 to 22 percent of all cases within six months after insertion of the stent and are believed to be caused by many factors acting alone or in combination. These complications could be reduced by several type of drugs introduced locally at the site of stent implantation. Because of the substantial financial costs associated with treating the complications of restenosis, such as catheterization, restenting, intensive care, etc., a reduction in restenosis rates would save money and reduce patient suffering. Numerous studies suggest that the current popular designs of coronary stents are functionally equivalent and suffer a 16 to 22 percent rate of restenosis. Although the use of coronary stents is growing, the benefits of their use remain controversial in certain clinical situations or indications due to their potential complications. It is widely held that during the process of expanding the stent, damage occurs to the endothelial lining of the blood vessel triggering a healing response that re-occludes the artery. To help combat that phenomenon, drug-coated stents are being introduced to the market to help control the abnormal cell growth associated with this healing response. These drugs are typically mixed with a liquid polymer and applied to the stent surface. When implanted, the drug elutes out of the polymer in time, releasing the medicine into the surrounding tissue. There remain a number of problems associated with this technology. Because the stent is expanded at the diseased site the polymeric material has a tendency to crack and sometimes delaminate from the stent surface. These polymer flakes can travel throughout the cardio-vascular system and cause significant damage. There is some evidence to suggest that the polymers themselves cause a toxic reaction in the body. Additionally, because of the thickness of the coating necessary to carry the required amount of medicine, the stents can become somewhat rigid making expansion difficult. In other prior art stents, the wire mesh of the stent itself is impregnated with one or more drugs through processes such as high pressure loading, spraying, and dipping. However, loading, spraying and dipping do not satisfactorily adhere the drug to the stent surface and therefore, in many instances, do not yield the optimal dosage of the drugs delivered to the surrounding tissue. It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a means of applying and adhering drugs to medical devices using gas cluster ion beam technology and/or monomer ion beam technology. It is a further object of this invention to apply drugs to medical stents by gas cluster ion beams and/or monomer ion beams to decrease the complication of restenosis and thrombosis. The objects set forth above as well as further and other objects and advantages of the present invention are achieved by the invention described hereinbelow. The present invention is directed to the use of gas cluster ion-beam (GCIB) surface modification and/or monomer ion beam surface modification to implant, apply, or adhere various drug molecules directly into or onto the surface of a stent or other medical device thereby eliminating the need for a polymer or any other binding agent. This will prevent the problem of toxicity and the damage caused by transportation of delaminated polymeric material throughout the body. Further, unlike other prior art stents that load the stent material itself, the optimal dosage of the drug may be applied or adhered. The application of the drug is achieved through the use of GCIB technology and/or monomer ion beam technology. The application of the drug is accomplished by several methods: First a stent is processed using a GCIB and/or a monomer ion beam which will remove any contaminants and oxide layers from the surface rendering the surface electrically active and creating dangling bonds. The desired drug will then be introduced to the active surface and will bond with the dangling bonds. A second method is to coat the stent surface with medicine in liquid form, impact the surface with energetic ion beam clusters and/or monomer ions implanting the drug molecules sub-surface in the form of a mechanical bond. The third method is to electrostatically coat the stent surface with medicine in powder form and implant the drug molecules in the same manner described in the second method. The application of drugs via gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) surface modification and/or monomer ion beam surface modification such as described above will reduce complications, lead to genuine cost savings and an improvement in patient quality of life, and overcome prior problems of thrombosis and restenosis. For a better understanding of the present invention, together with other and further objects thereof, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and detailed description. Beams of energetic ions, electrically charged atoms or molecules accelerated through high voltages under vacuum, are widely utilized to form semiconductor device junctions, to smooth surfaces by sputtering, and to enhance the properties of thin films. In the present invention, these same beams of energetic ions are utilized for the applying and adhering drugs to a surface of a medical device, such as a coronary stent. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, gas cluster ion beam (GCIB) processing is utilized. Gas cluster ions are formed from large numbers of weakly bound atoms or molecules sharing common electrical charges and accelerated together through high voltages to have high total energies. Cluster ions disintegrate upon impact and the total energy of the cluster is shared among the constituent atoms. Because of this energy sharing, the atoms are individually much less energetic than the case of conventional ions or ions not clustered together and, as a result, the atoms penetrate to much shorter depths. Surface sputtering effects are orders of magnitude stronger than corresponding effects produced by conventional ions, thereby making important microscale surface effects possible that are not possible in any other way. The concept of GCIB processing has only emerged over the past decade. Using a GCIB for dry etching, cleaning, and smoothing of materials is known in the art and has been described, for example, by Deguchi, et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 5,814,194, �Substrate Surface Treatment Method�, 1998. Because ionized clusters containing on the order of thousands of gas atoms or molecules may be formed and accelerated to modest energies on the order of a few thousands of electron volts, individual atoms or molecules in the clusters may each only have an average energy on the order of a few electron volts. It is known from the teachings of Yamada in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,459,326, that such individual atoms are not energetic enough to significantly penetrate a surface to cause the residual sub-surface damage typically associated with plasma polishing. Nevertheless, the clusters themselves are sufficiently energetic (some thousands of electron volts) to effectively etch, smooth, or clean hard surfaces. Because the energies of individual atoms within a gas cluster ion are very small, typically a few eV, the atoms penetrate through only a few atomic layers, at most, of a target surface during impact. This shallow penetration of the impacting atoms means all of the energy carried by the entire cluster ion is consequently dissipated in an extremely small volume in the top surface layer during a period on the order of 10�12 seconds (i.e. one picosecond). This is different from the case of ion implantation which is normally done with conventional monomer ions and where the intent is to penetrate into the material, sometimes penetrating several thousand angstroms, to produce changes in the surface properties of the material. Because of the high total energy of the cluster ion and extremely small interaction volume, the deposited energy density at the impact site is far greater than in the case of bombardment by conventional monomer ions. Reference is now made to During the drug application method of this invention, the three chambers are evacuated to suitable operating pressures by vacuum pumping systems 146 a, 146 b, and 146 c, respectively. A condensable source gas 112 (for example argon or N2) stored in a cylinder 111 is admitted under pressure through gas metering valve 113 and gas feed tube 114 into stagnation chamber 116 and is ejected into the substantially lower pressure vacuum through a properly shaped nozzle 110, resulting in a supersonic gas jet 118. Cooling, which results from the expansion in the jet, causes a portion of the gas jet 118 to condense into clusters, each consisting of from several to several thousand weakly bound atoms or molecules. A gas skimmer aperture 120 partially separates the gas molecules that have not condensed into a cluster jet from the cluster jet so as to minimize pressure in the downstream regions where such higher pressures would be detrimental (e.g., ionizer 122, high voltage electrodes 126, and process chamber 108). Suitable condensable source gases 112 include, but are not necessarily limited to argon, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen. After the supersonic gas jet 118 containing gas clusters has been formed, the clusters are ionized in an ionizer 122. The ionizer 122 is typically an electron impact ionizer that produces thermoelectrons from one or more incandescent filaments 124 and accelerates and directs the electrons causing them to collide with the gas clusters in the gas jet 118, where the jet passes through the ionizer 122. The electron impact ejects electrons from the clusters, causing a portion the clusters to become positively ionized. A set of suitably biased high voltage electrodes 126 extracts the cluster ions from the ionizer 122, forming a beam, then accelerates the cluster ions to a desired energy (typically from 1 keV to several tens of keV) and focuses them to form a GCIB 128 having an initial trajectory 154. Filament power supply 136 provides voltage VF to heat the ionizer filament 124. Anode power supply 134 provides voltage VA to accelerate thermoelectrons emitted from filament 124 to cause them to bombard the cluster containing gas jet 118 to produce ions. Extraction power supply 138 provides voltage VE to bias a high voltage electrode to extract ions from the ionizing region of ionizer 122 and to form a GCIB 128. Accelerator power supply 140 provides voltage VAcc to bias a high voltage electrode with respect to the ionizer 122 so as to result in a total GCIB acceleration energy equal to VAcc electron volts (eV). One or more lens power supplies (142 and 144, for example) may be provided to bias high voltage electrodes with potentials (VL1 and VL2 for example) to focus the GCIB 128. A medical device 10, such as a coronary stent, to be processed by the GCIB processor 100 is held on a workpiece holder 150, and disposed in the path of the GCIB 128 for irradiation. The present invention may be utilized with medical devices composed of a variety of materials, such as metal, polyethylene, ceramic, or combinations thereof. In order for the stent to be uniformly processed using GCIB, the workpiece holder 150 is designed in a manner set forth below to manipulate the stent 10 in a specific way. Referring now to Under certain conditions, depending upon the size of the coronary stent 10, a scanning system may be desirable to produce uniform smoothness. Although not necessary for GCIB processing, two pairs of orthogonally oriented electrostatic scan plates 130 and 132 may be utilized to produce a raster or other scanning pattern over an extended processing area. When such beam scanning is performed, a scan generator 156 provides X-axis and Y-axis scanning signal voltages to the pairs of scan plates 130 and 132 through lead pairs 158 and 160 respectively. The scanning signal voltages are commonly triangular waves of different frequencies that cause the GCIB 128 to be converted into a scanned GCIB 148, which scans the entire surface of the stent 10. When beam scanning over an extended region is not desired, processing is generally confined to a region that is defined by the diameter of the beam. The diameter of the beam at the stent's surface can be set by selecting the voltages (VL1 and/or VL2) of one or more lens power supplies (142 and 144 shown for example) to provide the desired beam diameter at the workpiece. In one embodiment of the present invention, the surface of the medical device is irradiated with the gas cluster ion beam prior to the deposition of any drug on the surface thereof. This will remove any contaminants and oxide layers from the stent surface rendering the surface electrically active and capable of attracting and bonding drug molecules that are then introduced to the surface. One or more types of drugs are deposited upon surface through vapor phase deposition or by introducing a liquid form of the drug onto the surface. In some instances, the liquid form of the drug is in solution with a volatile solvent thereby requiring the solvent to be evaporated. As the formed mechanical bonds are broken over time, the drug is slowly released to the site of stent implantation. Studies have suggested that a wide variety of drugs may be useful at the site of contact between the medical device and the in vivo environment. For example, drugs such as anti-coagulants, anti-prolifics, antibiotics, immune-supressing agents, vasodilators, anti-thrombotic substances, anti-platelet substances, and cholesterol reducing agents may reduce instances of restenosis when diffused into the blood vessel wall after insertion of the stent. In yet another embodiment of the present invention, GCIB processing is utilized to impact the surface with energetic clusters thus implanting and forming a mechanical bond to the drug molecules of the medicine that had been applied in liquid form to coat the stent surface; or to implant the drug molecules of the electrostatically coated medicine in powder form to the stent surface in the same manner described above. The impact energy of the gas clusters results in a portion of the deposited drug molecules to form a carbon matrix at the surface. As the carbon matrix is formed, the remaining drug molecules become embedded within the interstices of the matrix. Over time, these drug molecules diffuse through the matrix and are released at the contact site between the stent and the blood vessel wall thereby continuously providing medication to the site. As the atomic force microscope (AFM) images shown in In still another embodiment of the present invention, monomer ion beam implantation is be used with the present invention when significant penetration of the drug into the surface of the medical device is desired. Because of the high energies associated with the individual atoms, implantation at increased depths may be achieved. As can be seen in As described above for GCIB processing, one or more drugs are deposited upon a surface of the medical device and the medical device is positioned within the path of the monomer ion beam such that the surface having the drug deposited thereon will be irradiated during processing. More particularly, the workpiece holder described above is utilized due to the inherently non-planar design of the stent. Now turning to Although the invention has been described with respect to various embodiments, it should be realized this invention is also capable of a wide variety of further and other embodiments within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Patent Citations
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Work Title | Liedere |
Alternative Title | Kantata vir Mezzo-Sopraan en Verskeie Instrumente |
Composer | Scott, Douglas Walter |
Librettist | Lara Kirsten |
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Instrumentation | Mezzo Soprano, 2 flutes, alto flute, oboe, English horn, bassoon, 3 violins, viola, 2 cellos |
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The original poem can be found here: http://laraafrika.blogspot.com/2012/03/die-son-skiet-teen-die-kranse-breek-die.html

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Posted in Manga News, Movies/TV on December 11, 2012 by JohannaThey made a live-action film version of the manga Rurouni Kenshin, starring Takeru Sato as the title character and directed by Keishi Ohtomo.
The movie will be shown (with subtitles) at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14 at LA EigaFest in Hollywood. As described by the promoters,
The film, released this summer in Japan, follows goofy, gentle samurai Kenshin Himura, a former assassin who tries to redeem himself by vowing not to kill. As you guess, that vow is put to the test for Kenshin and his sakaba-to, a blade designed as a backwards katana in order to not inflict mortal wounds on his enemies.
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(March 6, 2013) – Piedmont Atlanta Hospital recently was named an American College of Surgeons Level 2 Accredited Bariatric Center. To achieve this accreditation, Piedmont Atlanta's weight loss surgery program had to meet a number of institutional performance measures.
"Obesity is a known health concern that plagues our nation and this accreditation is just one way Piedmont is committed to providing quality services that support our community," said Les Donahue, president and CEO of Piedmont Atlanta. "Patients can rest assured knowing our bariatric surgeons and staff are here to help them achieve their goals and lead a healthier life."
Studies show bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery, causes significant long-term loss of weight, recovery from diabetes, improvement in cardiovascular risk factors and a reduction in mortality rates.
In Georgia, approximately 30 percent of residents are obese with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Obesity increases a person's risk for developing various conditions such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, and can even lead to death.
"Patients choose bariatric surgery for a number of reasons," said Kevin McGill, M.D., bariatric surgeon at Piedmont Atlanta. "Whether it is because they have been unsuccessful losing weight with the help of prescribed diet and exercise programs or there is a real need to control the patient's blood sugar as a result of type II diabetes, the main goal behind a patient's decision to pursue bariatric surgery is to get healthy and live better quality of life."
The U.S. National Institutes of Health recommends bariatric surgery for people with a BMI of at least 40, and for those with a BMI of 35 along with serious coexisting medical conditions such as diabetes. However, research is emerging that suggests bariatric surgery could be appropriate for those with a BMI as low as 30 depending on circumstances.
Currently, three types of bariatric surgery are available at Piedmont Atlanta: gastric bypass, which creates a small stomach pouch by reducing the size of the patient's stomach; sleeve gastrectomy, in which a large portion of a patient's stomach is removed; and adjustable gastric banding, or lap band, in which a device is placed around the stomach, dividing it into two parts.
"Piedmont Atlanta Hospital has demonstrated its commitment to providing the highest quality care for its bariatric surgery patients," said Cora Hays-Magan, program coordinator, Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care, ACS. "Accredited bariatric surgery centers provide the support and resources necessary to address the entire spectrum of care and needs of bariatric patients."
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical education and practice and to improve the care of the surgical patient. Its achievements have placed it at the forefront of American surgery and have made the College an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 79,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world.
For more information about weight loss and bariatric surgery or to register for a free educational seminar at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, visit piedmont.org.


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Hi Boris. If you're really moving at 6in/sec (360 inches/minute or IPM as it's commonly referred to), that's extremely fast, and I suspect you're tearing the foam more than you're cutting it. If it's good, uniform texture foam (e.g. not something with "chunks" like plain old styrofoam), you should be able to get it milling fairly well, but you'll want a much lower movement speed (this is usually referred to as "feed rate" in the CNC world, while "speed" is your spindle RPM). 12K RPM should be okay but you need to crank the feed rate way down - try something like 60-70 IPM. I'm assuming you have a nice, sharp bit in your spindle, carbide is best but high-speed steel would probably work fine as long as it's sharp. Good luck, let us know how it goes!
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A plain router bit made for cutting wood is ok, if sharp. Usually they are harder to find in small sizes. I often use the Rotozip 1/8" bits since they are easy to find locally. The tile cut bit works good. Also I have had good results with the Sabercut bits in foam. I usually mill with these bits at about 7,000 rpm, and 70 inches per minute. Depends on the foam. I usually set the feed to 70 ipm, since that is the fastest I want to run the machine. Then do a test cut, and turn the rpm down until the foam cutting sounds good, (sort of a slicing sound). To much rpm for the feed rate, and it melts the foam. Not good since it builds up on the bit, and makes a ball on the end of the bit.
http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...&storeId=10051 Here is a video of my mill with the 1/8" Saber bit milling Owens Corning XPS pink foam. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1427681 |
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Your router might be limited to the lowest rpm it can run at. If you have to run a high rpm you might need to get some much smaller router bits. I use many small sized fishtail chipbreakers. they cut like the foam is not there. This company sells good endmills.
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Not sure, the tool path was generated by Autodesk's online CNC Utility, http://www.123dapp.com/, and I haven't look at it closely... Will do this next.
http://www.cncroutercentral.com/CNC-...ts-Downcut.asp Which tool diameter do you use? It looks pretty small on your picture... Why using small diameter bit is advantageous? I though that, if the large fillet at the corners isn't a problem, bigger bit would be better, since the cutting speed will be higher. Or do we want to have as low cutting speed as possible, thus small tool adds to this? Sorry for all these silly questions, I'm so new to this whole CNC milling... But I love it so much--your 3D model is converted to a real thing with such high precision! Thank you, Boris |
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the bit in the picture is one of my milling endmills. I think it was 1/4". Your design will depict the maximum size endmill you can use. My spindle can be setup to take 1/8" shank up to 1" shank though most of my tooling is 3/8". I have milled foamies (the pockets) at over 120IPM no problem though I usually keep it about 80 IPM. I also set up index marks so I can mill on the CNC and final cut on the laser . |
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I have milled alot of foam. Rohacell, Herex, XPS, etc. Normally I feed at around 80-120ipm depending on the foam particulars. I always try to cut with a 1/4 tool, typically a four fluted radiused endmill. Alot of the advice above could have saved me much grief over the years... used dedicated bits, downspirals for cutouts, etc.
My mill spends most of its time at lower RPM settings in foam, like around 8k. If you go much higher and don't increase your feed rates, you are probably burning and melting the foam as much as cutting it. I get alot of bits from lakeshore carbide... www.lakeshorecarbide.com. They have a great selection, decent pricing and excellent service. |
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So I was checking out the official forums, and it seems like the complaint du jour is: "I completed my starting zone but I'm not high enough level to go to the next zone." Here are two threads that talk about this: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/game/gw2/GW2-feels-too-much-like-a-chore/page/1 Now...I just don't get these complaints. If anyone has played the BWE, they should know that there is PLENTY of content to level you up on hearts alone if you want. You just need to go to the other races' starting areas. And that is as easy as taking a portal from your main city. It seems like these posters basically just want to be completely led by the nose through their zone and their zone alone, and are not willing to even try to go anywhere else. Instead they would rather complain that there isn't enough stuff to do on the boards. If you can't tell, this annoys me because I don't want ANET to react to their feedback and increase the leveling speed so that they can go right from Queensdale to Kessex Hills. What do you all think of this? Are you team Azeroth, team Tyria, or team Jacob? |
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People aren't used to this style of progression anymore. We've been spoon fed and hand held for so many years that to a lot of gamers that's the only way there is. The good news is that it's not hard to figure out where to go and what to do if EXP is your concern as the game practically has avenues of gaining it at every turn. Exploration, Hearts, DE's, Personal Story, PVP, mob killin' etc etc. |
The problem stems from the fact that DE frequency is undertuned right now, most likely from all the feedback during BWE1 complaining that there were too many events/resetting too fast. I even made a thread about this in the Dynamic Event forum. If you read carefully, it is easy to tell that people finding themselves underlevelled are levelling exclusively through DE's and Renown Hearts. Those (including myself) that participate in everything from WvW to crafting to exploration do not have any problems levelling. |
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Originally posted by Creslin321 Yeah right like that's gonna happen. Hello "exp booster pax" in the cash shop! It's not like Anet is going to undermine their cash shop just to pacify a few players. Velika: City of Wheels: Among the mortal races, the humans were the only one that never built cities or great empires; a curse laid upon them by their creator, Gidd, forced them to wander as nomads for twenty centuries... |
Maybe the hearts thing was too much of a compromise? IE, "Well, my hearts is at 100%, I'm done with this area. Why ain't I the right level for the next area, paw?" One accommodation leads to another...if you don't lead them a little, they don't know what to do. If you do lead them, then they consider that bit the entire game and ignore everything else. Sometimes I wonder why these people even play games. They aren't playing games. |
Let's see in BWE 1 I leveled to 21 in BWE 2 I am still lvl 21... |
They're probably WoW:Cataclysm players who just steamrolled through azeroth. Honestly... I like the fact that I have to spend time to level my character. Yea I get a little irritated here and there a little bit cause I'm itching to go fight dragon champions and such but that's what an MMO is... It's FUN grind so I'm ok with it :D |
Complete all teh hearts. You'll level up in no time |
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Originally posted by Thorbrand Then you simply did not play that toon. Sorry, but I was not even trying and I gained levels at a decent pace between WvW, Crafting, personal story, and DEs. To say you could not get 1 level in 3 days is simple absurd and trolling. -Atziluth- - Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity. |
I'm seeing a lot of these in other forums, as well. They make me sad. I love the XP rate right now. I really miss the games that had slower XP rates (like WoW used to), and in most recent MMO's I actually level way too fast. I didn't even go to other races starter zones. I just spend a lot of time looking at every nook and crany. And, yes, I will repeat a DE or two, I think a lot of them are cool, and I feel a bit of a devotion to the zone where I have to fix the disturbances, hehe. And I love that I am free to participate or run off and do something else. They will probably buff the XP rates but I hope they won't... >_< I hope they won't give anyone any extra gold, either. (And before someone starts a tirade against casual players and how casual players are entitled and want everything, I'm a casual player. If you go on such a tirade, I'm gonna consider that as a personal offense against ME. Not all casual players like sped up gameplay.) |
I had this problem in the first BWE. I didn't really do any Hearts. So what I found was I would do one DE then wander around trying to find another. Part of the problem was probably an old habit of going to a level appropriate area. So if I was lvl 17, I would head to an area there were mobs of that level. One DE is never enough to level you up. So I would constantly be moving to higher and higher level territory so I didn't repeat content. This BWE I did a large number of Hearts to keep my gear current. Didn't run into any problems leveling wise. |
Originally posted by atziluth I could be wrong, but it sounded to me like he leveled from 0 to 21 in BWE2 too, just like he ended up being at level 21 after the BWE1. Meaning that it doesn't look like leveling speed changed drastically from 1 to the next BWE. At least, that's how I read his post. |
Originally posted by x5100 yeah,i doubt wow players will last very long in guild wars 2.unlike in wow,theres no phat loots for them to obsess over |
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Originally posted by cutthecrap That's what I read it as as well. For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson It is a sign of a defeated man, to attack at ones character in the face of logic and reason- Me |
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The majority of people are trying to quest grind their way up like you do in WoW then complaining because they have to repeat some events. If they played the game how it is meant to be played, using all forms of experience gain available, it would not be an issue for them. Rather than conform to the leveling style of GW2, they want it to be the leveling style from their last MMO. My first time playing I did the exact same thing. I tried to level up like I would in a game like WoW but realized it would not work. On my second character leveling was no problem at all becuase I balanced out how I gained xp between all the methods available. |
You shouldn't be forced to hop to another races area (or grind) that's just bad design. I did all hearts all story quests found all waypoints and areas of interest in my lvl range in the human starting area (aswell as quite a few in the city) while completing every DE i came across yet when i was about to go through the garrison you defend in the tutorial I found myself 2! levels lower (4) then i should be (6). Something is wrong with the xp gain. (played human slum background) |
Originally posted by CrunkJuice2 I doubt that every WoW player or even the majority obsess over phat loot, that's kinda of an elitist generalisation (and thus wrong) to make. Most people simply want a smooth, accessible and fun MMO to play in which they can hang out with their friends and guildies. Regardless of the MMO people played, but MMO gamers that played WoW longterm will probably be accustomed to a certain level of quality, accessibility and ease of play. So far, GW2 shouldn't have a problem with that, not for people who're looking for something different, nor for people who're looking for a certain ease of play. Not everyone who's looking for something different or for ease of play and accessibility will find GW2 to their liking, ofc, but then again, no game ever is to everyone's liking. As for the XP gain, I agree, make it easy to get your xp via heart quests and DE's, and people'll expect that'll be enough, it might feel like a stumbling block and unpleasant surprise when suddenly it isn't. Not that big of a problem, but sort of a bump in the road. Will most likely get less of an issue from higher levels onwards since then the areas in which people from different GW2 races level will be more the same ones. |
Basically, this weekend I focused on leveling an Engineer from 1 - 18 in PvE and played a ton of structured PvP with a guardian and a thief. I did feel like leveling was slower than last weekend (I changed areas at level 11 or so to avoid fighting mobs a couple levels above me). There are a few reason why this might be true. 1. It could be due to the fact that I was doing the Charr area instead of the Norn. 2. It could be because they lowered the DE rate a bit. 3. It could be because I didn't craft as much as last time (because I had a few of the ones I wanted high enough already). 4. I didn't explore on my character nearly as much (probably because I had already seen a lot of places). 5. I didn't WvW as much or as successfully as last BWE for whatever reason. SWTOR is the greatest mmo ever! |
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Originally posted by dlld that is just it, you don't have to hop to another starter area. You can easily level in your starting area if you do all of the things that give xp, instead of just events. The problem is there is a group of people who only want to do each event one time and then move on, in other words, WoW questing. That is not what GW2 is aiming for. Adjust the playstyle to how GW2 is meant to be played and the leveling is fine. |
At the moment, GW2 does not do a very good job of explaining itself. Hearts are not the end all, be all of an area. They are simply intended to lure you to a spot and from there, your interactions with the NPCs were supposed to kick off small missions which snowballed into DEs. However, there is absolutely nothing in the game that even hints to this. Second, yes, if you are underleveled, you will have a bit of an issue exploring as mobs will kick your ass. And there is a very large flaw in "zomg, just go to another races starting area for exp." It's called replayability. Visiting other races starting area for exp, means that playing any of those starting races is going to be an exercise in repetition. There is an equally large flaw in assuming that everyone should be happy with a large amount of their necessary exp coming from crafting. Third, simply telling people that "leveling is not the point" is neatly counteracted by the personal story have very clear level requirements. You are only level 14 and have finished Queensdale? You probably wouldn't really give it a second thought, if there wasn't that big red (16) next your personal story based in the next zone where everything is slapping you around. Fourth, repetition is repetition. Do you know what the term is for a game design that encourages doing the same thing over and over? A grind. No one explores to see the same thing. 2 or 3 times, ok, maybe. However, if people are getting bored of an event the fifth time around, it is doing no one any favours to claim that they were "just in the wrong mindset." |


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On June 19, Army Spc Eleonai "Eli" Israel put himself at great personal risk by making the courageous decision to refuse further participation in the U.S. occupation of Iraq. The 26-year-old from Arlington, Virginia told his command that he will no longer be a combatant in this illegal, unjustified war. Eli believes that the U.S. government used the attacks of September 11, 2001 as a pretense to invade Iraq and that "we are now violating the people of this country (Iraq) in ways that we would never accept on our own soil." Eli is stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad with JVB Bravo Company, 1-149 Infantry of the Kentucky Army National Guard and intends to seek a discharge as a conscientious objector.
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I have told them that I will no longer play a 'combat role' in this conflict or 'protect corporate representatives,' and they have taken this as 'violating a direct order.' I may be in jail or worse in the next 24 hours. Please rally whoever you can, call whoever you can, bring as much attention to this as you can. I have no doubt that the military will bury me and hide the whole situation if they can. I'm in big trouble. I'm in the middle of Iraq, surrounded by people who are not on my side. Please help me. Please contact whoever you can, and tell them who I am, so I don't 'disappear.'
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Thank you for your support. I am currently "OK", thanks in no small part I'm sure to the voices that have spoken up in the name of peace. I don't know what the military's next steps are going to be, but my deeply held beliefs prevent me from participating in this or any other war....
I have been in Iraq for over a year. I have served in combat. I have been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, for my actions in Combat. I have been recommended for other medals, that I will now probably never see (nor do I want)....
It would have been a lot "easier" for me to simply keep doing combat missions for a couple more weeks, and be done with things. Moral convictions are not based on timing or convenience, and I thank all of you for your being here for me now.
Here are a few excerpts of Eli's recent posts to friends:
I could spend the rest of my time here (shooting, getting shot at, and watching my friends get killed and maimed) "wondering" why the Bush/Cheney administration lied to me. But I really don't think that I have to understand in full what their interests were in order to understand that they were not my interests, either as a soldier or as a civilian.
I want you all to know, that most of us that are over here, came to Iraq, with the very best of intentions, and really thought that the Iraqi people wanted us here. Now that I'm here, I realize that they want to work it out themselves, and I know we should respect that.
One guy lies about the reason for sending me to Iraq, and then tries to keep me here even after he's caught. Another guy actually believes that we can make up reasons as we go, and still wants to believe the original lie. The third guy realizes it was a lie, but thinks it's the people who were told the lie—and who paid the greatest price for it (those wearing uniforms)—that should be blamed for not making the lie out to be "OK" in the end. This war is and was lost, but not by the military.
I'm attune enough to know that even the kindest Iraqi families that manage a "wave" to me as I pass by (when not done in fear), do it because my smile lets them know that I'm only doing my job, and that I'll try my best not to let my weapons of war hit their children when I have to defend myself that day.
There are a lot of military personnel here who are trying their best to protect as many Iraqis as we can while we are here, and trying to do as much good as humanly possible until we do leave. Many U.S. soldiers here have risked their lives protecting Iraqi families, and even shielded Iraqi children with their own bodies in the midst of street wars. You can be proud of that. Don't let the blow to our self-image that the current problems have caused make us forget that we are a good people, and it is us, the true Americans, who are going to fix this and make it OK.
Eli is taking an incredible risk by speaking out and pledging to refuse orders in Iraq. As Eli has been working as a body guard to high ranking officers and civilian VIP's, it's unlikely that the military will keep him in such high-profile role, regardless of what other actions they take against him for his courage to resist.
We need to do everything we can to ensure that the Army respects his rights and does not illegally retaliate against him.
Supporters are asked to contact Eli's senator Mitch McConnell to ensure that his rights are respected. Senator Mitch McConnell, 361-A Russell, Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510. Phone: (202) 224-2541. Fax: (202) 224-2499
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