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The Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission is ringing in fall with a month of special events at the county parks during October.
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This is a new event. Scenic Old Towne Creek County Park is not yet regularly open to the public, but on select dates this October, the park will be hosting community events featuring wine, hors d'oeuvres and live music. Enjoy this beautiful new West Ashley parkland. Wine Down Wednesday is $15 per person at the gate and includes wine, snacks and a commemorative wine glass. Registration not required. For more information, visit www.ccprc.com or call 843-795-4386.
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Updated: It's Live! Universal iPhone/iPod touch 3.1.2 Jailbreak Tool blackra1n for Mac OS X Coming Soon
No problem on my end, what trouble are you experiencing? Could you try hitting the "refresh" button an let me know if it's still there?
So George Hotz was able to jailbreak 3.1.2 for all iPhones in a couple of days and Dev-Team still hasn't released a Windows pwnage tool? Will George's MAC tool beat them again? It starting to look more and more like Dev-Team are Windows haters. Just my opinion.
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I used PwnageTool today and wouldn't think of using blackra1n although GeoHot is amazing. He tweeted about learning objective C today. However, the Dev Team has a better product IMO. Yes, it took me 20 minutes, but its a better jailbreak. That said, I'll put my money of GeoHot jailbreaking the first "new" iPhone 3GS.
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Please define "better jailbreak". I have used redsnow in the past and used blackrain this time The phone is much more responsive now and battery is as strong as pre-jailbreak. I understand that you may have an allegiance to the dev team, but their jailbreak is not better.
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Only differences are having Cydia packages pre-installed and the customized firmware(boot logos, etc.) Which really are not part of the jailbreak anyway.
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Sandbox is your only hope for a decent mmo ;)
Originally posted by Zaskar70
Name one true sandbox that has been released since WOW came out. Minus EVE which works fine.
Thats why they dont work, because you dont have any. Some companies are changing that slowly but surely. More sandbox stlye games will be coming out of the next few years than all they years of mmorpgs combined. We shall see then.
Its like going to a chevy dealership with a full lot of chevy cars and trucks and the salesperson tells you fords dont work. Fact is after 90% of themepark, linear, fluff 2 week long stories, eye candy instead of features, and so much more have failed, you cant really say thats the best route either.
In the past 4 years you have seen more companies sell out, go bankrupt, or close down these games...... all of which have been themepark style games. Its a poor analogy.
There are good themepark and good sandbox, but the truth is the gameplay and features are lacking like crazy. Doesnt matter which kind of game it is, the game companies need to make them better and get off the WOW coat tails and the single player console rpg mentality.
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Sandbox is your only hope for a decent mmo ;)
Originally posted by Zaskar70
Sandboxes have nothing to do with full loot open world pvp. Its a misconception. Matter of fact more sandbox games have little or no pvp whatsoever than with it.
Sandbox is about choice and freedom, crafting, exploring, social aspects, and more. Not about going out and being able to player kill everyone you see.
And the full loot pvp stuff came from themeparks btw ;)
Originally posted by Zorgo
So just to summarize the summary: I'm not a carebear. The harsher the environment the better! (or at least, that's what I say with absolutely zero risk in discussion forums)
Novice Member
Joined: 9/06/10
Good post dude! I myself never got to play Ultima Online, as in 1998 I was only 6... but from everything I have ever heard it was the sandbox game. The only game of the modern generation to try to replicate that game has been a complete flop (yes you Mortal Online). It's sad.
Originally posted by Onomas
Actually he's right and you're wrong. The type of sandbox you're talking about is a later day revisionist idealized fantasy. He is talking about the original real sandbox as it actually was. Full loot PVP was the way it was. For obvious reasons, new sandbox aficionados want to distance themselves form that core feature.
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Joined: 8/22/04
Originally posted by Zaskar70
I love when people trot out the ole' "if it's not FFA PvP full loot, then its not a sandbox" meme. Just like in real life, as civilization started to take hold, people got tired of the lawlessness and did something about it. Nobody wants to live in a lawless society where everyone is out to slit your throat. Well, nobody who lives outside Somalia anyways. The MAJORITY of people do NOT want to lose everything they work hard at everytime they get killed in an MMO. That viewpoint is very niche and only a small percentage of the player population wants those types of games as PROVEN time and time again by less-than-stellar performances for those types of games. Griefing, full loot and no safe spots anywhere are NOT required to make a sandbox.
Originally posted by keitholi
You're almost correct. Except I would change your last statement to: "Griefing, full loot and no safe spots anywhere are NOT required, or desirable to make a MMORPG."
The problem is that sandbox proponents are always trotting out the parts of UO they don't feel embarassed about when praising the greatness of sandboxes in the "golden age of MMOs" while conveniently forgetting the most noticeable and obnoxious aspects of it.
A lot of people here love to pigeonhole all MMOS into sandbox or themepark. I rather think of MMORPGS in their entirety as either a POS or not a POS. I haven't seen anything about TESO that makes me think POS... but I seem to be in the minority in this cesspool of a forum.
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Joined: 3/30/11
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
OP - could you please encode your post into a DNA sequence, put it in a airbourne retrovirus and then release it into the community.
People who bang on and on about OWPvP with full loot need to be reprogrammed and brought back to reality.
Such games don't work.
You either have an outstanding and unabusable consequences system, or you utterly fail...
... and to date - not one company has created said system.
Novice Member
Joined: 3/30/11
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
Originally posted by Iselin
As an elite member with over 950 posts - it would seem that you cry crocodile tears in complaining that you are in a minority in this 'cesspool'.
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Joined: 6/09/04
Your tears make my gun work better.
Obviously OP is entitled to his (or her, I didn't check) opinion on the matter, but I do not agree with his (or her) 'rules' on what makes a sand box.
There are many true sand box games out there and more coming, and just because you can't lose everything in the blink of an eye, does not mean they are not 'true' sand box games. Anyway, the write up was not all that impressive, if UO was so amazing they would have a lot more numbers and still be a powerhouse in the gaming world. It is not the only true sand dox MMO.
If you want a new idea, go read an old book.
Originally posted by Caliburn101
Open World Full Loot PvP.
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Joined: 8/02/08
I am not a hater, I call it like I see it.
Why TESO was not designed as sandbox is a simple amswer
1) Sandbox requires vast creativity. Themeparks are just like any other simple RPG out there you follow a simple little script from A to Z. Much easier to make.
2) Cost associatied with trying to be creative is going to be high. These themeparks can be made cheaply because they are factory made now. They just keep on rollin out.
3) Elder scrolls name is huge so they already know they are going to sell many copies alone just on the name. Couple that with a cheaply made game and they are going to make a massive profit.
Waiting for:EQ-Next, ArcheAge (not so much anymore)
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Joined: 3/30/11
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
Originally posted by potapithikos
Eve is the exception that proves the rule.
It is right on the edge of the envelope of what constitutes an MMO - it is unique.
It is a low population niche game with player policed consequences in most of the game area - but then I don't need to discuss the differences between lowsec/highsec, canning or any other issue with you as you know.
It is the exception that proves the rule because the consequences system is only operated in a small area because if rolled out everywhere it would completely ruin the game.
Ergo - it is not really 'outstanding', and there can be arguments made for it not being 'unnabusable' as well.
In any case, allow me to unmuddy the water here.
In any MMO without spacecraft as the 'main characters', and where PC/NPC interractions are thus minimised and vastly simplified to an easily manageable extent, my contention holds.
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Joined: 7/06/09
Originally posted by Caliburn101
Low population? EvE now have over 500 000 subs and it will keep on climbing. They re-opened their Chinese server you see.
Originally posted by Caliburn101
Sandboxes with Open PvP work. They have worked for ages... since the time of MUDs.
The catch is that just like Themeparks they have to be well made to actually prosper... DF is a sanbox junk... just like SWTOR is a themepark junk.
Originally posted by toddze
I bet there is an EA exec reading this right now going "Thank god.... for a moment i thought we were the only retards on this planet"
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Joined: 4/22/06
Originally posted by sapphen
I have and its less similar to daoc than war or gw2 was....
"Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one ..." - Thomas Paine
Originally posted by Caliburn101
Gee...I hadn't noticed any tears coming from the people in this TESO forum who are feeling good about how this game is developing. Perhaps you don't know that in order for hypocritical tears to be characterized as "crocodile tears" there have to be tears in the first place.
I do see a lot of tears from those of you who are protectors of the true TES legacy... but they seem to be genuine tears... pathetic as that may be.
See I'm not the one jumping into every non-negative thread--in addition to thebiased polls you seem to enjoy creating--and attempting to derail them as you did with this post in a thread where someone had the nerve to attempt to start a discussion about TESO with others who are veterans of DAoC RvR:
Originally posted by Caliburn101
Indeed - the 'DAoC or bust' hypetrain is overloaded with this one-track-minded bull.
No reason to not have both - but the DAoC crowd can't see past their rose-tinted nostalgia to the concerns of others.
Imagine the outcry from them if a DAoC 2 had been developed and had elements of TES forced into it in a way which seriously impacted on the way 3-faction PvP had worked in DAoC 1.
The boards would be flooded with tears and vitriol...
I thinks it's likely the PvP will be good. I can't see why not.
It's a shame they had to frack one of the best things about the incredibly successful IP they are using to do it.
The obvious implication of this thread's title is of course this;
"DAoC Veterans Welcome - Elder Scrolls Veterans irrelevant..."
You and a couple of cronies are attempting to dominate this forum with your negativity. I don't intend to make it easy for you. Even though this particular forum is being made a cesspool by you and yours, it really could be a better place where good dicussaions about the game could be had without your incesant whining about the same coupkle of problems you have with Zenimax's approach.
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Joined: 2/26/13
Whatever blows your hair back...
What I have been seeing is that a lot of you seem to want a sandbox game that caters to your own personal playstyle. For example if you love to explore you want a seemless open world with no instancing or if your a crafter you want the complete player run economy and deep meaningful crafting system or if your into PvP you want full open world ffa PvP.
The thing is that in order for a true sandbox game to work all of these different playstyles need to accept one another in the game world and that has proven very hard for most people to do.
In my opinion the term sandbox when applied to a game means you are free as a player to express yourself within the gaming world in whatever way you wish.
Gamers have begun to feel entitled to their personal playstyle with no interuption's or incoveniences, AAA developers have noticed this, and that sort of thought process will not work in a true sandbox game.
What you end up with are games being designed that attempt to isolate the different playstyles so player A doesnt get thier exploration in player B's PvP while player C's dungeon raid is instanced so his party has the whole dungeon to themselves with zero chance of interuption from either A, B, or other C's. This is very hard to do from a design standpoint while also making all playstyle's happy.
This is why in my opinion TESO was not designed as a huge open virtual "world" like a lot of you seem to have wanted.
Most MMORPG games will continue to be designed this way until people can accept the possibility that their gaming session could be interupted or inconvenienced in some way by other people within the gaming world.
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Joined: 7/11/11
Pink, it's like red but not quite.
Originally posted by Iselin
This thread originally began with "UO or bust", so, it's only fair.
Aren't we all getting all pretty tired of one-true-game idealists, in general?
ESO just made the mistake of pitting them against each other, within the same title.\
"I thought this would be just like Skyrim" "No, it's going to be just like DAoC" "Why can't it be more like SWG" "Death Penalty Rawr!!" "That's now how the only True sandbox (UO) did it" "WoW clone!" (everyone's got a horse in this race, somewhere)
Maybe it'd be best to stop trying to force it into some other game's mold, entirely. That require Zeni to just ignore the ebb and flow of rabble rabble, and make ESO. Then everyone can pick up their soapboxes, and head home.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.


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By St. John Barned-Smith : June 11, 2014 : Updated: June 11, 2014 9:51pm
Photo By Johnny HansonShadow Melendez, 6, stands outside the house where Ayahna Comb's body was found June 9 in her mother's refrigerator.
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A neighbor walks by the residence where a girl believed to be 9 years old was found dead, wrapped in blankets in the kitchen of the home at the Happy Home apartment complex Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Houston. The girl's body was discovered about 5:45 p.m. Monday evening when Houston firefighters were sent to make a welfare check at the apartment in the 10100 block of Club Creek, southeast of Beechnut and the West Sam Houston Parkway. Police said neighbors told investigators they had not seen the girl for months. Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Houston.
Photo By Johnny Hanson / Houston ChronicleA girl, believed to be about 9 years old, was found dead and wrapped in blankets Monday evening in her family's southwest Houston apartment complex, Happy Homes. (Johnny Hanson | Houston Chronicle)
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Alex Mendoza, 19, walks past the Happy Home Apartment complex residence where A girl, believed to be about 9 years old, was found dead and wrapped in blankets Monday evening.
Photo By Johnny Hanson / Houston ChronicleLupe Perez peeks in the home where a child was found dead. (Johnny Hanson | Houston Chronicle)
Photo By Johnny Hanson / Houston ChronicleShadow Melendez, 6, holds a doll outside the apartment complex where a child was found dead at the Happy Home apartments. Melendez said she played with the children and the doll was a toy left behind by one of the three children that lived there. (Johnny Hanson | Houston Chronicle)
Photo By St. John Barned-SmithA distraught Armand Comb is looking for answers on how and why his daughter died.
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A wheel chair is shown at an apartment where where a girl, believed to be about 9 years old, was found dead and wrapped in blankets Monday evening.
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Shadow Melendez, 6, can only wonder about the 9-year-old neighbor girl whose body was found Monday.
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Photo By Cody Duty / Houston ChronicleA Houston Police Department spokesman says investigators have not been able to reach the girl's mother, but detectives spoke to the father, who doesn't live at the complex.
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The little girl went to the refrigerator in her southwest Houston apartment, in search of a snack - perhaps some fruit or milk.
But when the 5-year-old opened the door, she saw the body of her older sister, wrapped in one of her blankets, a child advocate caseworker said in a custody hearing Wednesday.
It was the latest, most grisly twist in the case of Ayahna Comb, a 9-year-old with cerebral palsy whose body was found Monday in a refrigerator. The detail elicited gasps and sobs from Ayahna's family members, who were in court seeking custody of the younger girl.
The saga began on Monday after police were called to the apartment of 34-year-old Amber Keyes in the Happy Home Apartments in the 10100 block of Club Creek. Keyes lived there with her two daughters.
Police said they received a call after a neighbor, who had become concerned after not seeing Ayahna for several months, entered Keyes' apartment and found the girl in her refrigerator, dead and wrapped in blankets.
"There were concerns that the child had been in the refrigerator for some time," said Cora Christiaans, from Child Protective Services.
The curly-haired girl all but slipped off the face of the earth. In court, authorities said Ayahna hadn't been to school or seen a doctor in two years. Investigators said relatives hadn't seen her since late last year.
Keyes told authorities that on Jan. 29, about 3 in the morning, she found Ayahna not breathing, the caseworker said. The mother tried CPR.
"She stated that as 6 a.m. approached, … she placed the deceased child in her bed and covered her with a blanket and took her sibling off to school," Christiaans said. "After that, she sat with the deceased child's body for some time, and then decided to clear out a drawer in the refrigerator and place her body in there."
First child taken away
Keyes had come under CPS scrutiny before. In 2002, agency spokeswoman Estella Olguin said, another case arose involving her then 1-year-old daughter.
In that instance, CPS received a report that the man Keyes was dating was abusing the girl, Olguin said Wednesday.
"The mom didn't do what she needed to do to demonstrate she would be able to protect her," Olguin said.
In 2004, a relative adopted the child and the agency closed the case, she said. "After 2004, we had no further dealings with this mom, and that was prior to Ayahna being born or her 5-year-old sister."
Why Keyes placed her daughter in the refrigerator is unclear, but one psychology professor said her previous experience with CPS could have contributed.
"The CPS system is one that inspires deep-seated anxiety and fear in parents who have been involved in the system before," said Susan Henney, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Houston-Downtown and a former CPS caseworker.
But there are bigger questions, Henney said: "Why didn't anyone notice she was gone? Where did we go wrong?"
Medical examiners told CPS that Ayahna's body was emaciated and thin, weighing just 14 pounds when she was found, Christiaans said, under questioning from Danielle Davis, an assistant county attorney. They also said the body was in the beginning stages of decomposition, she said.
When Ayahna's sister found the body is unclear.
The news left Comb's family distraught.
"I've been asking Amber different things about my niece, and all she's been saying is 'She's OK.' It really affected me someone could lie for so long," Ayahna's aunt, Kleyahla Richardson, said Wednesday evening.
Keyes was not in court and did not answer calls seeking comment.
She voluntarily went to police and gave a statement to investigators Tuesday night, said Kese Smith, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department. Keyes is cooperating with the investigation and has not been charged, he said.
"(The detectives) are going to finish their investigation before anyone is charged," he said.
Nevertheless, the circumstances surrounding Ayahna's death led CPS to seek custody of her sister.
Keyes and the girls' father, Armand Comb, began dating about 10 years ago but split up about six years ago, said Kathy Comb, his mother.
Family visits ceased
In photos from happier times, the girl could be seen with her relatives in the modified stroller they used to push her around.
But shortly after Christmas, Ayahna's mother stopped bringing her to family gatherings, and Christiaans said no one in Comb's family had seen her in five or six months.
The younger girl often visited her father's relatives. They saw Ayahna less frequently, one family member said.
Kathy Comb, the girl's paternal grandmother, said she was devastated by Ayahna's death.
Armand Comb had told reporters he had last seen Ayahna about two months ago. In court, he repeated that assertion, which brought head shakes from several relatives, who said he had suffered a seizure about that time that left him hospitalized for two weeks.
"He doesn't know," said Sandra Gill Clark, a family member, explaining that the seizure had left him with memory problems.
Comb also told Judge David Farr that he had several arrests for cocaine use and suffered from anxiety and depression. He had hoped that his family could take custody of his younger daughter, but CPS said his criminal background as well as the fact that two people living in his house had criminal backgrounds were reasons it was seeking custody of the child.
"All these factors, we do take them into consideration," said Olguin.
Another hearing is scheduled for June 19.
"CPS is making it seem like we brushed (Ayahna) off," Richardson said Wednesday. "I kept asking about her, but (Amber) always told me she was with a family member."
Dale Lezon contributed to this report.


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Amazon makes Kindle Fire iPad competitor official, also offers cheap new Kindle Touch
Amazon has announced their iPad competitor and as rumor had it, it's called the Kindle Fire. The biggest news is the price -- only $199 for a 14.6 ounce, 7-in IPS 1024x600 169dpi display. It's dual core, Wi-Fi only, and has only 8GB of storage (plus free Amazon cloud) but again -- $199.
If you're looking for something that resembles the BlackBerry PlayBook, is running a fork of Android OS, and comes with all the content Amazon is happy to sell you, this could be a very compelling product. But if $199 is still too much for you to spend on a Kindle, just wait -- there's more! They've also announced an ultra-cheap classic-style Kindle for just $79, and a new Kindle Touch at $99 for Wi-Fi only and $149 for 3G. Those are the prices with ad-subsidized "special offers", however. They'll cost you $30-$40 more or so if you want them clean and ad-free.
Also, Amazon remains focused mainly on the US market and its international content offerings don't look to be improving just yet (though I'll continue to hold to hope given all the money Apple is making outside the US.)
Kudos to Amazon, though, for doing what Apple so far hasn't done -- release the iPad shuffle and iPad nano tablet price-points into the US market.
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For more on the Kindle Fire, jump over to Android Central's new Kindle Fire Forums, then jump back here and tell us what you think -- did Amazon just announce the first viable iPad competitor?
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Amazon makes Kindle Fire iPad competitor official, also offers cheap new Kindle Touch
Not just ebooks, their entire offering [movies, books, shirts, shoes, etc].
Same game Apple runs in reverse. I like both approaches. We'll see how it all shakes out though.
When asked about international Amazon said "Stay tuned" so it is certainly a matter of when, not if.
I don't see this as a competitor to the ipad, I don't think Amazon does either. Its an e-book reader that runs apps, not a tablet that runs an e-book app.
i think it more as a tablet that also is a ebook...they most difinately making this a media tablet cause if they main use for this tablet was to be a ebook then they would not have bothered with dual core...obviously they are going to market it as a ebook reader more as they are probably targeting all those kindle buyers who want to also do media which i think is a smart move..
did Amazon just announce the first viable iPad competitor?
In terms of features and capabilities, no. In terms of going-to-take-away-some-iPad-sales, yes.
I don't think this is going to have a huge immediate impact on iPad sales, but it could devastate the general Android tablet market. The iPad is the 800-lb gorilla of the tablet world, and competitors have to answer the question "why should I get this instead of an iPad?" These competitors have to answer with:
1) It does something more/better than the iPad
2) It does as much or nearly as much, and costs less than the iPad.
The Kindle Fire takes aim and basically owns question #2 for now. Other tablet manufacturers were having a hard enough time achieving price parity with Apple; there is no way they can match Amazon here. For them, that second question just got a whole lot narrower, from "cheaper than the iPad" to "cheaper than the iPad, more expensive than the Kindle Fire, but does more than the Kindle Fire." And that is going to be one tough niche to fill.
Of course, there remains the niche of "does something more/better than the iPad," but the current Android tablets do not meet that yet (IMHO). In that sense, maybe the Kindle will light a competitive fire (snicker) under Google and its partners to improve even more.
I wonder what kind of loss Amazon is taking to move these? At $199 there has to be a HUGE loss unless (and this may not be that far off..) RIM scaled back on units being shipped and the hardware was basically let go at a cut rate by the manufacturer to make up for what they lost from RIM. The Playbook wasn't exactly setting the tablet world ablaze so this seems possible doesn't it?
and even if Amazon IS taking a huge loss at $199 the amount of books they'll sell should help offset that bigtime. They're in a great position here with their own bookstore and appstore. Probably the best position of any of these companies save for Apple who has the same and more.
I doubt they're taking a loss. I've long felt these electronics are grossly overpriced. $499 for an iPad and $649 for an unlocked iPhone. A bit backwards there and Apple is making straight profit from these devices.
At $199, their profit margin is probably much lower than Apple's but you're right in their store making up some of that difference.
Look at AWS. They reduce the prices way more than any competitor, for seemingly no reason. That's why I dig Amazon. It isn't about getting rich, per se.
EMC engineering and cell licensing fees are the reason for higher phone prices.
Yeah, I get the extra radios, etc but still feels overpriced [including Android tablets that cost the same as a low level PC].
Well the issue with Android tablet prices is the attempt to match Apple mark ups. Manufacturers don't want to end up in the same position they are in with netbook margins for tablets. The reason Amazon can do a break even and Apple COULD do a break even if they wanted is because of the after market content sales. Device manufacturers on the other hand don't have that option so they need to get decent sales margins.
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Man, I always wondered why they [Android ODMs] pushed the spec limits and kept the price at Apple's set iPad price. I'd absolutely love a worse camera on my Tab 10.1 if it meant it was $399 vs $499. Imagine a Tab for $399. They prob would have flew off the shelves [not more than if it were $299 though but I'm reaching there]. Better specs and lower price than the iPad = a winning combo [sans the experience argument here]. :)
The thing is that a worse camera wouldn't really translate to that kind of savings, having no camera might.
When it comes to this kind of design and the costs of manufacturing it's all a balancing act. If they're adding a camera, using a lower rez camera wouldn't have provided enough savings to keep the margins they are targeting. Removing the camera completely may have and then they could have translated that savings into sale price.
On top of that there is also consumer perception, which B&N, HP, and now Amazon all done things to sabotage. HP by liquidating a high level tablet and B&N and now Amazon by offering feature-slimmed down tablets at low margins to push their content channels. Those tablets are kind of muddying the waters for the other manufacturers. Apple is the only one that could drop their margins and still do well because they're essentially double-dipping right now. They're selling iPads at premium margins like the ODMs want to do while also using them as a content portal like B&N and Amazon.
Oh I know. I just threw out an example of how they could lower some specs and price while still satisfying tech needs.
I'm willing to bet there is more than enough loaded on the back end that even if there is a loss on each one sold they will more than make up for it. My wife can't put her Kindle down. I'll personally grab a Kindle Fire to go along with the iPad and all these other devices (Zoom, Galaxy Tab 10.1, 3 Androids and iPhone4). This is the first 'Real' self sustaining tablet, like the iPad IMHO, that with Amazon's deep integration can go far. It's going to be exciting watching this segment of the market explode now.
I agree. They are the one [as many have said] in the position to compete on a full scale.
Definitely exciting to watch.
Rene, a couple corrections:
* It is dual core: "Fast, powerful dual-core processor"
* 1024 x 600 pixel resolution at 169 ppi
One addition you missed:
* 8 GB of device storage and free cloud storage for Amazon content
"did Amazon just announce the first viable iPad competitor?"
Yep. The price hits the sweet spot w/ common folks [non-techies]. I'm excited to see the future here.
To call the Kindle Fire a "competitor" to the iPad is like calling the HP Veer a competitor with the iPhone. For another comparison, it's like calling the Mazda Miata a competitor to the SL-Class Mercedes Benz, not even on the same level. Certainly they're similar but they're not nearly targeting the same market or consumers. That's not meant as a shot at the Kindle Fire, it's targeting an underserved, separate segment of the tablet market, it's just disingenuous to call it a direct competitor of the iPad..
Travis, I completely agree. As a former Miata owner, that is a great analogy. The Miata is one of best cars I've ever owned, but it isn't the same thing, as say a great family sedan. Both can be excellent, but serve different purposes. That analogy seems, at least currently, pretty good when applied to the Kindle. Sure, they both are computing devices and tablets in general, but have many differences, advantages, and disadvantages.
Sure, they are competitors in the sense that many people might only buy one or the other IF they are really making a choice between them. Some are only going to consider one or the other in the first place, as only one of them really meets their needs. Similarly, for some, buying a Miata means they won't buy the Mercedes... but I'm not really sure most would consider the Miata a Mercedes sedan competitor in the car market, even though they both can get from point A to B and transport people. Great analogy!
I can follow you guys' thinking. I'm on the fence with agreeing but I like that analogy.
Good point, I kind of missed that. I'm not that familiar with Mercedes (more of a BMW/Porsche guy here). But, I think that it really is an apples/oranges comparison without the Kindle having iOS and App Store comparable to Apple's. Again, that isn't to put down what Amazon has made... I think it is excellent... but kind of a reality of the situation.
No prob.
This is the iPad clone to rule all other iPad clones. I think it will easily crush all other droid-based iPad clones, yet remain a very distant #2 behind iPad in terms of sales and profits.
Too bad for Google that Amazon has cut out the Android profit layer and replaced it with their own profit layer. Missed a real opportunity there.
The product I don't get is the Kindle Touch. Who would want one of these? I've got a Kindle now, and I'm planning on 'upgrading' to the new $79 dollar Kindle, since its so much smaller and lighter (18%, 30%) while keeping the same screen size. Small and light is what I want in a straight e-ink model, and the Touch (while smaller than existing kindles) will considerably heavier and bigger than the new basic model. Is moving from page to page by touching the screen really that big an advantage (is it an advantage at all)?
No, the issue is highlighting and taking notes. My wife has a current Kindle, and doing so is a total pain (enough so that I probably would never use one for any kind of academic or research purpose). On the other hand, I use Kindle App all the time on my iPad... take tons of notes and highlight. I used it the last year of my Masters program and it was a huge advantage... the previous Kindle would not have been.
I've got several students now that use Kindle's for this very purpose. It is small enough that it easily fits in the pockets or backpacks and it's not as fragile as an iPad. The new versions will only further enhance that functionality.
Also now that Kindle has public library support, and my students can get their textbooks on it at a lesser cost than traditional campus bookstores, if Amazon focuses on that it's a nice feather in their cap.
Wow, I almost can't imagine that. What level are these students at? If you have to do much note taking or highlighting, that would be a LOT of extra work and I'd think, frustrating. Other than being really light and compact, it isn't much good for notes. This new Kindle should fix that.
There is no way I could have kept up with the amount of reading and note taking required in the program I completed on a Kindle, without having it alongside a laptop (and then why not just use Kindle App on the laptop?)
Perhaps I should have been more clear. They have their textbooks (which I really wish was no longer a requirement but I digress) on the Kindle, not available for iPad by the way (just an observation I render no judgement on that) and using the note taking and highlighting functions it goes pretty quick. 2 of my students have also used Amazon's transcriptions service to get their notes in email form and that works great as well.
Another little advantage is the Kindle is available right in our bookstore on campus. It's an almost natural purchase once they see all the textbooks they can get right on the device without lugging around a big backpack. I really wish all this was available 20 yrs ago when I was in school.
Sorry for the confusion.
thats what people need to remember before comparing it directly with the ipad...the ipad is a media device first...the kindle fire is first a ebook reader and then a media device...i think for a $200 this is almost impulse buy for money...i for one will get one once it comes to the UK...i firmly believe that a tablet should not be more than a £250 and most definitely not be more expensive than laptops...it doesn't make sense especially considering spec wise laptops a way superior to tablet and most likely cost way more to make yet many are cheaper than tablets...also with this probably being a hit it will bring the sales down of the other tablets too.
Kudos to Amazon. It looks like they have done an excellent job. While I hope they keep making improvements to Kindle App on iOS, at least now there is a viable alternative should I ever need it for my Kindle book library. (though I'd certainly rather not have to ever have 2 devices... but this makes me feel better anyway)
Actually it's a media portal. that's what Amazon sees it as and it marketing it as, a portal to all their media offerings which include ebooks, music, video, and apps.
Exactly the point. This is a portal to everything that Amazon offers.
"Buy your goods here, keep your media in our cloud and oh by the way... Did we mention we happen to have this great little tool for $199 that can handle all of this for you?"
Wow, exceptional condescending tone for a very price conscious item in a very price conscious time. Very nice! tipb is losing me as a loyal member more and more with these very elementary write-ups. I understand there will undoubtedly be a bias, but you have went from product enthusiasts to competitor bashing. Kudos.
First, in an article written by Rene I'm actually shocked at how even-handed this is. Nothing about how the iPad has "already won" or been there done that.
Second, the Fire would seem to be an indirect competitor to the iPad. People who want the full, rich iPad experience (10 inch screen, unparalleled app library) just won't find that on the Fire. In this case the iPad still has no direct competitor. But for people who want a smaller tablet (despite the protestations of Mr. Jobs) that can be used for reading books, watching videos, doing email or web browsing, then the Fire will be a compelling alternative, especially when you factor in the $300 price difference.
From some of the posts on here touting the iPad as a Mercedes and the Fire as a lowly Mazada, TiPb readers clearly aren't worried about price. But for a lot of people that price difference will be a check mark clearly in favor of the Fire. Plenty of folks can't afford to buy both a Mercedes and a Mazda -- they have to buy one or the other. So in that case, the Fire may leech some sales away from the iPad. A tablet experience, with a name that's well known and trusted by a lot of people (Amazon) at a lower price could convince some would-be iPad buyers to go the other way.
Build quality? Have you looked at a Kindle? They are just as robust, if not more so, than the iPad. That's not hyperbole either. And keep in mind Amazon couldn't care less how Apple is doing with iPad. They sell them for Apple so they are making a cut of the money. The Kindle Fire is a way for Amazon to promote it's own services like their App Store, MP3, Kindle Books, and e commerce. They have that business model locked down better than anybody so this will be more than capable for them.
I agree to the extent that a person only wants to do such a limited amount of things with such a device (and I'm sure many do), it is a competitor as it gives these people a real other option. Before they would have just gone without or maybe bought an iPad. But, I think a lot of tablet folks actually do more, and will still want/need an iPad.
Not even close as a iPad competior, may a B&N Nook color rival, but not the iPad.
Again, a low cost ANDROID powered - iPad wannabe that will appeal only to those that will not spend the money for the BEST.
Move along, nothing worthwhile to see hear.
This is a YUGO, iPad is a Rolls Royce by comparison.
If I were Apple, I wouldn't be worried. It won't defeat the iPad, nor will it really hurt sales. Its a completely different type of device. The iPad shall reign strong again!
I'm guessing Apple is going to continue owning the profit share of the market. Try to understand, as a premium brand, Apple was never going to lead this market long term.
What will Apple do? They'll continue to build upon their brands. Add value to their ecosystem. And continue to command the insane profit share they currently enjoy.
Yes they did, but not a full feature competitor. There is finally someone competing on price with just enough to make it worth that $200.
Now the question is will Samsung, Motorola, and RIM figure out that they simply cannot price their tablets any where near the iPad in time or will they get left in Amazon's dust?
Good thing is I can take that ' cheap plastic toy' and not worry about it shattering if dropped by mistake. That's happened to loads of iPads. Can't say I've seen an issue with the Kindle in that regard.
Then you and I are speaking different sides to the same coin. If iPad works for you great. But if we aren't kidding ourselves then you also acknowledge that Amazon has one of the most profitable, and effective business models in retail. The average consumer will go for that, and the price, every time.
Oh and as a teacher I can get value out of many gadgets no matter the price.
I do agree. Just one difference in these 2 giants. Amazon is the retailer of many diverse products. Eventually the possibility of their product line losing steam could be a big detriment to Apple. They are just betting on the cloud with iOS so some catching up is in order. That large bank accnt, certainly an inflated figure based on my read of the quarterly report, will be needed if people quit buying
Of course there is no indication of that happening so that could just be pure speculation.
They won't know it is Android. Look at the Kindle page...one mention of Android.
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Originally posted by uohaloran
Yet it also is the fastest returned game in history.
That and there are multiple law suites going on right now in different countries because of Diablo 3 not to mention the 10+ year development cycle.
Ill tell you right now, they have not broken even at all from Diablo 3.
Its not a wake up call persay because of the complaints its a wake up call due to the fact that people are quitting the game left and right.
Bash admited to only hundreds of thousands of players online at a time, and the fact that a good portion of the people that bought the game retruned it. Hell half my friends did it.
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Originally posted by Axehilt
Overall, that is not what i have written, we are talking about very specific forms of combat and challenge, that you see them as generic "good combat design" and essential IS the problem.
If YOU want a limited challenge system and linear gear progression, you can go to wow, it works both ways.
Flame on!
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Joined: 5/20/07
I got so much trouble on my mind Refuse to lose.
Originally posted by Valua
Problem is that they pretty much destroyed their reputation, and reputation of diablo franchise completely. 9 million copies were sold on good will based on previous games. Their next game will not fare so good.
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Joined: 2/24/04
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Originally posted by Psychow
Rofl.... like my wise Dad loves to say.... "Always and Never"
Originally posted by onlinenow25
Where in my post did you see me say D3 had exactly the right kinds of challenges? Because I'm pretty sure I didn't say that.
Calling D3 "100% gear check" conveniently ignores the depth that emerges the times when it does provide an interesting challenge -- when you're at the gear sweet spot for your current mobs so that dodging a berserker swing is necessary and saves your life, or dodging the meteor+knockback of a Morlu caster. Those are the moments that make D3 not a 100% gear check, and D3 isn't short on them (compared to most MMORPG gameplay it has an awful lot of them, actually.)
You seem to go on a tangent about ilvl63 stuff that doesn't really make much sense (someone intentionally bought non-upgrades and complained about it?)
D3 is about rolling "loot dice", numbered 1-100. If you roll a better number than your prior best, it's an upgrade! It should be clear upon thinking of things this way that the majority of rolls definitely aren't going to be upgrades, because the higher your best roll gets the more rolls you need to expect to beat that upgrade.
Enter the AH. Now you can purchase a "75" roll. This means you've immediately eliminated 75% of loot as possible upgrades. (This of course assumes you don't just outright buy a 99 or 100 roll, as some players could afford that.)
So it's pretty dumb to whine about how hard it is to find upgrades once your gear is all "99"s.
As for risk vs. reward, I think my first post in this thread already covered that (although 'challenge vs. reward' is really what games should be about more than risk vs. reward.) As for "keep having fun playing", I quit D3 once I realize their patch to improve loot drops mathematically encouraged me to keep farming Act 1 inferno forever until I could one-shot Act 2 mobs.
"Joe stated his case logically and passionately, but his perceived effeminate voice only drew big gales of stupid laughter..." -Idiocracy
Originally posted by Banaghran
Speak plainly and come out with your point.
Are you really suggesting we don't need challenge? Because without challenge, there's no game. WOW has nothing to do with it, this is true of any game (which is why D3's specific form of combat also doesn't matter.)
Very little about D3's loot is "linear progression" (see "loot dice" example from above post)
"Joe stated his case logically and passionately, but his perceived effeminate voice only drew big gales of stupid laughter..." -Idiocracy
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Originally posted by Axehilt
If a system like that or like in D3 is OK or not is subjective. We can never decide or know what other people will think is fun or boring. Obviously some players dont like the RMAH in D3. They also play games to have fun and the RMAH ruins the game for them. Its up to them. If they feel that way it makes sense to find some other game they can enjoy.
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Originally posted by laokoko
I've played games as 7 year old kid on C64, then as 10 y old kid on Amiga.
Then some games on PC starting at 13 + years old.
I also had access to some game consoles in my friend's houses.
So no your arguments are invalid - I had many games played and 6 years of gaming experience before I played PC games from 1996 - 2005 which I consider time when best games did release and I compare games from that peroid to new games.
It is not just rose tainted glasses since I replay some games from that peroid every now and then in today's times.
Originally posted by Hurvart
It doesn't matter whether they think it's fun or boring.
With a grind, you cannot avoid it.
With RMAH, you can avoid it. Completely. Without penalty.
You could completely hate the RMAH or (like me) simply have zero interest in ruining your fun with it, and decide not to use it, and not have a worse experience as a result (in fact my experience is far better than it would've been if I'd bought/sold RMAH gear.)
If the critique was aimed at the AH in general, I could understand it better because (a) killing mobs and finding an upgrade is fun, (b) the AH interface isn't fun, and (c) using the AH massively reduces the upgrades I'll end up getting from mobs.
Some other game designer in the Blizzard official forums pointed that out (paraphrased: "Games should drive players to their most fun features, but D3 drives you to the AH.") and it was a fantastic point.
"Joe stated his case logically and passionately, but his perceived effeminate voice only drew big gales of stupid laughter..." -Idiocracy
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Originally posted by Lobotomist
Next expansion release not all that far away; and then all will be forgiven.
Why doesn't the public evaluate new things on a per-case (instead of a per-reputation) basis? We know from decades of bitter experience that a company/studios last effort is an extraordinarily poor predictor of their next effort.
Marketing works too well, particularly on those who believe themselves immune to it.
Self-pity imprisons us in the walls of our own self-absorption. The whole world shrinks down to the size of our problem, and the more we dwell on it, the smaller we are and the larger the problem seems to grow.
Joined: 5/28/07
"If men were created equal, then what happened to game developers?"
Originally posted by onlinenow25
Fastest game returned in history? Multiple Law suits from different companies? Haven't broken even from Diablo 3? People quitting left and right? And bash admitting to people returning the game?
Yeah please allow me to inform you that you are more than welcome to come back to reality. Were do you get your facts from? Random people in some chat room that are also spreading these rumors? This stuff just makes me laugh. Someone just randomly shooting out rumors like there facts then beleiving in them like there true.
Fact, there is A law suit going on in EU for Diablo 3. Fact, people are slowiy not logging into Diablo but theres still a good portion playing, just not as much. Fact, it is not that fastest returned game in history, theres another game that has that title and I doubt they will ever lose it. Fact, no one knows what they have made off Diablo 3 if anything. They have yet to release any numbers except for first week sales. And Bash never admitted to anything, if he did please inform all of us by providing a link to this admission which I'm sure you cant find at this exact moment, right? Please just stop, I'm sure people get it, you do not like Diablo 3.
First off, in my opinion, Diablo 3 is a decent game. It keeps me entertained for the time I play it and I can play with my friends. I don't make my hobbies a chore, which some of you seem to do. I just enjoy having fun in a game. I have a level 60 DH on Inferno Act 3 and a level 54 Monk on Hell Act 3. Is it what I expected it should be after playing Diablo 2, nope. Does that bother me, nope. Why? Because its a different team, and a different vision. Whats so wrong with that. I don't want to play a Daiblo 2 with modern graphics and fresher systems. If i did, I would just go by Diablo 2 and hack up a mod. I paid my money to play a new game, with new systems and a new vision. And I got it. Some of you are just sitting to far into the past and won't let go. Games and play styles change and evolve. So do the companies that deliver these things, If they just kept pumping out old visions and concepts, gaming would be a stagnant money maker and developers would move on. So, there you have it my opinion. Like it or hate it, its mine, not yours.
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Joined: 12/21/07
Originally posted by Hurvart
No. I think they take risks. RMAH is a huge risk and they know it.
Personally, i like it. Real money won't devalue like gold.
And the game is really fun. Good combat system. Good production values.
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Joined: 12/21/07
Originally posted by Axehilt
Personally that critique is not valid to me. Because
a) killing mobs and find a valuable item is fun ... it is much more frustrating to get a perfect DH item while i am running a wiz (and no i don't have multiple 60s to use all the good stuff i get),
b) i agree .. we need more filters on AH. It needs to be done better ... better yet, it should be on the web.
c) Yeah, but it is fun to find a good deal (and good upgrades) on the AH
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I think those that think there is overwhelmingly negative on Diablo 3 feedback are too biased. I saw the OP's link to the D3 forums, I followed it... 26 page long thread. Versus... Blizzards attempt to reach out to the community to see how they can fix various gameplay annoyances (MF gear swap) is currently over 900 pages long. So as far as a community base goes 26 page thread is <10% of those active in the Blizzard community. So if 5% of the people who like your game hate it? You're doing pretty damn awesome, thats 95% positive.
I think those unhappy with the game is a very loud minority, so was it a wake up call? Nope not a chance. Overwhelmingly the response to the game has been positive. I feel bad that you did not buy the game based on negative feedback on forums such as these. I have not seen a single game released ever that has not gotten slammed by threads on these boards.
"They essentially want to say 'Correlation proves Causation' when it's just not true." - Sovrath
Originally posted by nariusseldon
Some other games have already solved (A) by simply not letting gear drop which isn't for your class. (Which you could clearly expand in a multiplayer game to have extra things drop so you can have that little bit of mid-game trading fun.)
Filters don't solve (B). We're comparing a UI vs. a game. The AH UI is never going to be as fun as playing Diablo's combat. Yet the game forces you to interact with it a lot. It's sub-optimal design. Please recall how many WOW upgrades you received in (1) fun gameplay vs. (2) AH UI. They hit the mix right in that game, where very few upgrades came from the AH. The tragedy is that these two games (WOW and D3) come from the same company.
(C) It's not that fun to find a good deal. Certainly not as fun as playing the game itself.
"Joe stated his case logically and passionately, but his perceived effeminate voice only drew big gales of stupid laughter..." -Idiocracy
Originally posted by Axehilt
I already did, you have just chosen what to attack, luckily it was not my point :)
There are different forms of challenge and combat, just because we have this kind of challenge in d3 (small groups of mobs more powerful than your character to the point that occasionally they have more skills numerically than your character) does not mean it is the only way just because it IS a form of challenge and combat. Similar survivability, is it really important to basically force defensive stuff on the player, because he will be unable to kill anything, instead of secondary considerations (exp loss, gold loss, or simply making the fight more enjoyable) being the main drive to be more durable?
As for linear progression, it is random linear progression if you want :), a lv 40 item will in general not have the same amount of a stat as a lv 60 item because the chance to get 75% of a possible stat is roughly the same in the grand scale of things (due to spreads having increased minimums, too), outside of considering a excellent lv 40 item vs a very bad lv 60 item. It is very visible on stuff like crit chance, at lv 40 you get 3-3.5%, at lv 60 you get 5-6.5%, that makes the item hunt on alts extremely unfun, in reality you have no chance to find anything useful for your main and due to the randomness even for the alt before you hit lv 60. Wow works the same way, except for the randomness, this being a point of many discussions "if the mobs are as hard as heroic/raid bosses, shouldnt they drop the same guaranteed good (if not always usefull for anyone) loot?".
Flame on!
Originally posted by Banaghran
I guess I don't remember where anyone said only one specific type of challenge matters. When I say challenge I mean all challenge (or rather: all enjoyable challenge.)
Survivability is one such challenge and there's nothing wrong with the way it's implemented in D3 apart from its value raising a bit abruptly in relation to other stats.
But you basically walked through the list of every single way D3 offers challenge and implied "we don't need this", when in fact all of those challenges are why D3 is at least as fun as it is.
Are you suggesting D3 should've been a completely different game? What's the point of that? These types of games work and are tons of fun when balanced correctly.
"Joe stated his case logically and passionately, but his perceived effeminate voice only drew big gales of stupid laughter..." -Idiocracy
Seems to me that the people that are complaining should consider Hell difficulty their end game and leave Inferno for those who actually enjoy the game.
Hell mode is still challenging if you don't cheese it and buy Inferno gear off the AH. The best part of the game is "finally" getting those sweet drops. You'll probably never get the perfect drop, but if you haven't upgraded everything via the AH then you'll get plenty of upgrades from drops.
I really question whether those that complain about thegame really like these hack-n-slash dungeon crawlers. People say thinks like "I don't like repetition" when that's what these games are! Not just D3 but Torchlight and all the other Diablo clones.
(Hopefully this post was nice enough so I don't get another warning...)
Originally posted by Axehilt
"These types of games", which ones, name another two which have the features we are arguing about.
You are again escaping into generics, because a <random lemon> is a car does not mean it is a good car just because you think cars are good things.
The meaning of arpg or diablo clone or diablo series does not magically change once they release another game.
"Fun as it is", it could have been MORE fun, especially since the past games WERE more fun, while you got your month for 60 bucks it does not mean it is ok, for a game of a very successful series, from a very successful developer.
In essence i am saying, that in my opinion the game offers the wrong challenge the wrong way, that the problem is deeper than just tweaking some numbers as you suggest, and you can agree or disagree.
Flame on!


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