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3235.1 - Population by Age and Sex, New South Wales, Jun 2000
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Over-65's abound on mid-north coast
At 30 June 2000, 13% of the NSW population was aged 65 years or over, with the Mid-North Coast having 18% - the highest proportion of its population in this age-group - according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today.
The proportion of the population aged 65 or more also exceeded 16% in Far West and Richmond-Tweed.
Sydney, with 12% of its population aged 65 and over, had the lowest proportion of people aged 65 and over.
With the exception of the Far West of NSW, coastal NSW generally had a lower proportion of children than inland NSW.
The Sydney region had the lowest proportion of people aged under 15 (20%), and North Western NSW had the highest proportion of children, with Brewarrina holding 31% of its population aged under 15 and 28% under 15 in Cobar.
Sydney was the fastest-growing area in NSW. Coastal areas were generally growing faster than inland areas. Newcastle (Inner) was the fastest-growing coastal area outside Sydney with a growth rate of 6.3% and Griffith had the fastest growth rate in inland NSW at 2.4%.
Further details can be found in Population by Age and Sex, New South Wales (cat. no. 3235.1). If you wish to purchase a copy of this publication contact the ABS Bookshop in your capital city.
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I picked up my G30S today and really like it. So much easier to operate than my Springfield XDS, but then again, it is a little bigger than the XDS too. But I think the 30S will be my new go to EDC once I have put it through its paces.
But, while looking at the way the 30S is put together today, it struck me that Glock's ability to use the slim slide on this pistol provides a possible proof of concept that could be the genesis of coming improvements on other models. If Glock can engineer the recoil spring assembly to allow reduced slide mass on this pistol then they should be able to use those same principles to create the following:
G21S--I have considered a G21SF for some time now but always opted against it due to bulk and weight. But if Glock could engineer a 21 that used the slim slide, then I would have less reason not to buy one and would probably get one to accompany my 30S;
G30SL--(slim long) they could make an intermediate size 45 between the 30 and 21 using the same slide as the 30S, but giving it a little longer grip so that you could maybe have one more round, use flush fit magazines, and get all your fingers on the actual frame of the gun rather than using the pinky on magazine extension. It wouldn't be able to use G30 9 round magazines to make the hight profile down for concealability, but we really don't have that option now anyway since I cant remember the last time I saw a 9 round G30 mag;
G37S--I always liked the idea Glock had in introducing the .45 G.A.P. so shooters with smaller hands, or just those preferring a smaller grip, could have a .45. But I was immediately turned off when I saw the bulbous thick slide overhanging the sides of the frame, necessitating the use of the extended slide release, making it harder to find holsters, heavier, etc. But now with Gen4 recoil spring assemblies, they could slim those G37 slides down to create the G37S which would then have the same profile and unloaded weight as the G17/22, and would be able to find holsters. I think that would finally bring the G.A.P. cartridge into true relevance for use with LEO's and Civilians who want a .45 but not the hefty G21;
G38S--Using the same principle applied in the G37S concept above, shooters with smaller hands, or just preferring a smaller grip, could have a .45 in a package identical in size to the G19/23 but with a wider variety of holsters available;
I am not saying any of this is actually going to happen, because I know there are a lot of models out there that everyone wants that Glock still hasn't brought out. All I'm saying is that the 30S proves that a slimmer slide could be adapted to other models currently in Glock's lineup to freshen them up a bit and really give them a better chance to compete.
Wishful thinking, but hey, you never know.
I saw a Glock marked G30S in the case at my LGS today, I didn't put two and two together that it was a new model.

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NJ senator calls prostitution allegations 'smears'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Robert Menendez said Monday that allegations that he engaged with prostitutes in the Dominican Republic are false "smears." He said he has done nothing wrong and that allegations otherwise are "totally unsubstantiated."
"It's amazing to me that anonymous, nameless, faceless individuals on a website can drive that type of story into the mainstream," Menendez, D-N.J., told reporters, his voice rising with anger. "But that's what they've done successfully. Now nobody can find them, no one ever met them, no one can talk to them, but that's where we're at."
"The bottom line is all of those smears are absolutely false," he added in his first public remarks since the allegations started spreading on Wednesday.
That was after the FBI conducted a search of the West Palm Beach offices of a Florida ophthalmologist who also was the senator's biggest political donor in his re-election campaign last year. A week before the November election, the Daily Caller, a conservative website, reporter that Menendez had used a business jet owned by Dr. Salomon Melgen to fly to the Dominican Republican for trysts with prostitutes. None of the allegations have been substantiated.
The events have engulfed Menendez, 59, just as he assumed the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, succeeding former Sen. John Kerry, who resigned last week to become secretary of state. The Senate Ethics Committee is investigating the case.
Separately, a prominent lawyer in the Dominican Republic on Monday denied hosting outings on his yacht involving Menendez and prostitutes. Attorney Vinicio Castillo Seman said in Santo Domingo that he would seek a criminal investigation into the source of the reports. He called the reports "absurd."
Castillo, the son of a presidential adviser and the brother of a member of the Dominican Republic Congress, said he has known Menendez for about 15 years but has never seen him with a prostitute.
"I have never seen him behave in any way that was not impeccable and dignified," Castillo said.
Menendez acknowledged to reporters that he flew on Melgen's private plane and failed, initially, to properly pay for trips. He told reporters he reimbursed some $58,500 from his personal funds after it "came to my attention."
"I was in a big travel schedule in 2010 as the chairman of the DSCC" — the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee — "plus my own campaign getting ready for the election cycle," Menendez said. "In the process of all of that it unfortunately fell through the cracks and our processes did not catch it."
Menendez's office last week acknowledged that the senator had reimbursed Melgen on Jan. 4. His office said Menendez's reimbursement was for the full cost of two flights on Melgen's plane to the Dominican Republic in 2010.
Menendez took a third flight — in May 2010 — on Melgen's plane for a DSCC fundraiser. The trip was reported to the Federal Election Commission as a $5,400 expenditure by the DSCC for the use of Melgen's plane.
It is unclear whether the FBI raid of Melgen's office was related to Menendez. Melgen is a native of the Dominican Republic but has lived in the U.S. since 1980. Menendez is of Cuban-American descent.
Some New Jersey Republicans filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee last fall after the Daily Caller's report that Menendez had flown on Melgen's private plane to the Dominican Republic to engage with prostitutes. In response, Menendez's staffers searched records for trips by the senator and found the two additional trips that hadn't been reimbursed.
Menendez's office has said Melgen has been a friend and political supporter of the senator for many years. Last year, Melgen's practice gave $700,000 to Majority PAC, a super political action committee set up to fund Democratic candidates for Senate. Aided by Melgen's donation, the super PAC became the largest outside political committee contributing to Menendez's re-election, spending more than $582,000 on the senator's behalf, according to an analysis of federal election records.
Associated Press writer Ezequiel Abiu Lopez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, contributed to this report.
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Attributed to Albert Schweitzer (I couldn't find any definite quote or source to confirm this quote, only a vehement denial by Dr Lachlan Forrow, President of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship).
Regardless of who said it, it contains too much truth for those indoctrinated in the humanist politically correct dogma to handle. Any objective review of African history proves people of white color built up those areas they colonized (as prophesied) and people of black color tore it down when left to themselves. Raped Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ruins) and beleaguered South Africa testify against their dangerous denial.
However, this quote from Abraham Lincoln is confirmed:
"I will say, then, that I AM NOT NOR HAVE EVER BEEN in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the black and white races---that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with White people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the White and black races which will ever FORBID the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together, there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the White race."
— 4th Lincoln-Douglas debate, September 18th, 1858; COLLECTED WORKS Vol. 3, pp. 145-146
"There goes the neighborhood.
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Raise your hand if you are guilty of this: When practicing balance poses in yoga class, you are determined to get the lifted leg really high. Let's face it, whether it's Extended Hand to Toe pose, Dancer's pose, Single-leg splits, Half-Moon pose, Tree pose, Warrior III, really any pose that requires us to stand on one leg, our propensity is to be preoccupied with the extended leg – the one up in the air. We obsess and become hell-bent on getting that lifted leg higher and higher. Some of us even coerce that lifted leg to scale heights it has no business reaching!
Ah, that ever-present ego. It overpowers our best intentions to practice those wonderful lessons of yoga – mindfulness, compassion, non-violence, present mind focus, patience. It cajoles us into believing that the higher that lifted leg, the more awesome a yogi we are! The fact is you will experience a more profound expansion if you turn your attention to the standing leg. That's the leg connecting to the powerful force of gravity.
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The duality of standing balance poses holds that in order for that lifted leg to go higher, the standing leg must root deeper towards the earth. In other words, the lifted leg has to do the opposite of what the standing leg is doing. If we focus on rooting down into the earth and playing with that amazing force that wants to take us down, resisting it with the strength of our muscles and the integrity of our alignment, we will reap the power of lift and expansion in that other leg. That lifted leg will do so safely, with integrity, without wrenching the poor sacrum and hips out of alignment, which is what tends to happen when there is an imbalance between the strength and integrity of the standing leg and the lifted partner.
Take Dancer's Pose (Natarajasana): The legs play that subtle dance of duality to keep the standing leg stable and strong, balancing the entire weight of the body while the other leg, extended and arching behind the back of the body passively lengthens. In much the same way muscles perform within the paradigm of agonist and antagonist to mobilize a joint, the legs work on a similar synergism to achieve balance and length in standing balance poses. The balance is achieved within the reciprocity of give and take between the two legs.
In Natarajasana, much like any other standing balance pose, the quadriceps seek to fire up against the give and take of concentric and eccentric contractions. In plain English: the muscles of the standing leg must generate the force and power to resist gravity (they contract) while the muscles of the lifted leg, while still active, yield and lengthen. The happiness of your spine, particularly the lumbar spine, hinges on this expansion.
Even the hips dance in duality: The hip of the standing leg is in flexion; the hip of the lifted leg is extended. The knee of the standing leg is extended; the knee of the lifted leg is in flexion. The neutral hip of the standing leg plays on abduction; the hip of the lifted leg plays on adduction.
Next time you are playing with single-leg balance poses, check in with the knee of the standing leg. Is the kneecap facing straight ahead, or does it torque to one side? The state of this knee in the pose is a good indicator of the integrity of your muscular and skeletal action.
Practice rooting the inner edge of the standing heel into the floor and press the front of the thigh back toward the back of the leg. Keep that knee facing straight. Think: left hip over left ankle. Keep the muscles of the standing leg firm and engaged and don't sink into the standing hip.
Honor the function and the power of the standing leg in balance poses and you'll be able to take the lifted leg along for a ride to great heights.


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Mental Health Commissioner Lynn Beshear to retire Dec. 16
Opinion | Alabama's public corruption problem might just be hopeless
Supreme Court rules that churches can meet despite COVID restrictions
Robbers fire at police, race in I-20 car chase with speeds reaching 115 mph
Insiders say former Rep. April Weaver is "frontrunner" for Senate District 14
Voters once again heading back to the polls in Montgomery
Opinion | A question for Alabama Republican voters
Gov. Kay Ivey meets with Congressman-elect Jerry Carl
Trump supporter Perry Hooper to join Trump's "investigative team" in Nevada
State unemployment rate dropped to 5.8 percent last month
Governor announces $200 million "Revive Plus" small business grant program
Applications open the Livestock Auction Market Direct Payment Program, Poultry Processor Reimbursement Program
Sewell's annual job fair will be virtual this year
Alabama Commerce Department providing new tools for exporters
Illinois man sentenced on drug trafficking charges
State Rep: Lee County DA's past cases should be reviewed by AG, DOJ
Prosecution accepts misdemeanor plea in high-profile environmental administrator's case
U.S. Supreme Court rules Alabama can ban curbside voting
Sean Worsley, Black disabled veteran arrested for medical marijuana, gets parole
Suspected drug traffickers jailed in St. Clair County
Governor appoints State Sen. Cam Ward as Bureau of Pardons and Paroles director
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Alabama Education Association, Board of Medical Examiners meet over excuses to break COVID-19 quarantines
Governor announces more than $298 million for K-12, college projects
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Chris Paul, fresh off an almost-upset in the first round, took in tonight's Heat-Celtics game with a recognizable cap atop his head and some slightly less recognizable people by his side.
The Yankees logo screams New York, for Paul's choice when free agency rolls around—Barry tells me Knicks fans are already irrationally excited about him— but his company said Heat, Heat, Heat. ESPN's Dave McMenamin tweets, "Chris Paul sitting right in between two members of LeBron's LRMR group. Oh boy."
Meanwhile, the New York Post, the megaphone for irrational Knicks fans, writes that Paul's coming because of a toast he made at LaLa and Melo's wedding. Free fucking agency, everybody.


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Since EVERY shell script needs these 2 attributes, it might be a good idea to have a script that can do those 2 things for you.
What this script does is adds the shebang (#!/bin/bash) into a file and makes the file executable (700).
This script will help you code other scripts.
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They lose to the Boston Red Sox in every possible way this season. They lose when the great Mo Rivera can't get the last out of the game at Fenway, they lose when they can't hold a 6-0 lead at Fenway, they lose when a fast kid, Jacoby Ellsbury, steals home.Mark Feinsand, Daily News:
They lose five in a row to the Red Sox to start a season for the first time in 24 years because they are 8-for-54 with runners in scoring position and because they have a bunch of bargain basement relief pitchers who can't get a strike or an out when they really need one. The last time they played this way against Boston to start a season was 1985, the year Yogi was the manager and got fired early.
Could Joe Girardi be headed for the same fate [as Yogi Berra in 1985] if the Yankees don't turn things around quickly? Some fans seemed to be hoping as much, shouting "We Want Torre!" in the ninth inning.Wallace Matthews, Newsday:
Teixeira looks like a deer on the subway tracks. CC Sabathia has been a huge disappointment. A.J. Burnett, good so far, is always one fastball away from the DL. Chien-Ming Wang is MIA. ... [Jorge Posada on the DL] means a lot more of Molina, an automatic out in a lineup suddenly filled with them ...John Harper, Daily News:
When asked what the Yankees need to do to stop the slide, Girardi offered this nugget: "Players have to step up."
How do the Yankees reverse this troublesome trend of Red Sox dominance? How do they take back The Rivalry? ... [M]aybe the Yankees need to get extreme and go looking for a fight. These teams haven't brawled since 2004 ...Johnny Damon says the Yankees' 0-5 record against the Red Sox is actually a good thing:
Because we are 0-5, it's going to make us a better team, a tougher team, a team that's more together, a team that's going to rally behind our players.


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Being the victim of a home burglary can be a very distressing experience. Stress may become compounded once the financial impact of a burglary becomes apparent. According to the FBI, burglary victims in 2011 faced, on average, nearly $2,200 in property loss. This number doesn't take into consideration additional expenses in the form of lost wages, insurance deductibles, and various other costs. Residents of some cities were victims of as many as 109101 property crimes and 27459 burglaries in 2011. Several of these burglaries could have been prevented had homeowners installed home security systems, which can deter potential intruders from breaking into a residence.
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Why aggressive driving is worse than you thought
The American Automobile Association(AAA) estimates that 56% of accidents involve aggressive driving. An AAA study showed more than half of all fatal crashes involved unsafe driving behaviors associated with aggressive driving.
In 2016, speeding killed 10,111 people. In addition, the data shows 20% of drivers speeding in fatal crashes in 2016 had previously been involved in a crash and 26% had a previous speeding conviction. The NHTSA estimates fatalities and injuries could increase by 50% by 2020.
How to put a stop to aggressive driving. Once you see those numbers, I hope you'll agree that driving aggressively is simply not worth the risk. So what can we do about it?
If you're the one driving aggressively, start by recognizing and admitting to your behavior. You're not going to get anywhere any faster by driving that way, and you are putting yourself and any passengers at risk. Try to relax and take a deep breath. Listen to soothing music or an audio book that will take your mind off your frustrations. Recognize when you're getting in the car angry, such as after a bad day at work. You want to make it home safely, right? And you want everyone else to make it home safely too, I'm sure. So dial it back.
What if you're driving safely but you're on the receiving end of the dangers of an aggressive driver? Do not start driving like them or trying to get back at them. Instead, give them the benefit of the doubt and stay clear of them.
Just because a behavior has become the new normal does not mean we have to behave that way. We can put safety and security first. As for me, I'm ordering "Caution Horses" stickers for the back of my trailer…and taking a lot of deep breaths on my next road trip with those live animals in tow.


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"The mobile phone was found with one of the killed ISIL leaders in the Northern parts of Salahuddin province two days ago," Jabbar al-Ma'mouri told Soumeriya news on Monday.
He said that the mobile set and history files contain messages from the Turkish intelligence agency which show that Ankara supports the ISIL terrorist group through providing security at the points of entry used by ISIL militants from Turkey to Iraq.
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Yes, yes: you're already pretending you're the Dark Knight in probable Game of the Year candidate Batman: Arkham City. But what if you've been waiting to pretend to pretend you're one of Batman's crew of crimefighters? You'll finally get your chance when Warner Bros. releases Gotham City Impostors—the downloadable first-person shooter Kotaku previewed here—in January of next year. There'll be a beta launching next month that will let you build a member of the Bats or Jokerz factions and test drive a homebrew avenger of the night or crime clown. A sign-up site for the beta is live now.
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May 6, 2012
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) set new world records for art and design in the May 6, 2012 Modern Art & Design Auction. Total sales realized $3 million, a new company sales record, selling 81% of the 502 lots by value.
The May 6, 2012 Modern Art & Design Auction featured over 100 lots from an important Santa Barbara collection, which included major works by George Rickey, Chuck Close, Karl Benjamin, Frederick Hammersley, and David Hockney.
New World auction records:
The Le Corbusier tapestry, Bogota, 1950, (Lot 169 est. $40,000 - 60,000), set a new world auction record for the highest amount ever paid for a tapestry by the designer. Bidding from international and local buyers drove the final price to $131,250, further confirming LAMA's ability to achieve exceptional prices for works of international importance.
A rich selection of nine paintings from the Hard Edge School brought a total of $361,875. Frederick Hammersley's Figure of Speech, 1974-75, (Lot 139 est. $30,000 - 50,000), nearly doubled the previous auction record (also set by LAMA) bringing $87,500. Karl Benjamin's, Yellow Landscape (1953), exceeded the pre-sale estimate, realizing $46,875, setting a new auction record for the artist. Five lots later, a new world auction record was set for Karl Benjamin with Lot 138, #14, (estimate $30,000 - 50,000), which soared to $58,750.


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Overall decent. I don't like the way mounts were done. Most specializations feel lackluster compared to HoT ones. Story was enjoyable with no kitten.ed/annoying fights. I like the new maps, especially the availability and abundance of hero and mastery points. I dislike lack of waypoints and areas overpopulated with mobs, which makes them hard to explore. I strongly dislike that the new maps are disconnected from the world with no proper way of getting there other than doing the story. I also strongly dislike the decision to launch the expansion on friday, which caused many problems over the first weekend.
The worst things I've experienced in PoF can all be addressed in just about any patch. I think the rewards across the region need some touch ups (something HoT/LWS3 metas ended up doing particularly well), and it would be wonderful quality of life if switching between types of mounts was more seamless. But other than that, I have thoroughly enjoyed the entire experience so far.
One Hundred Words Or Less: The Strong start, weak finish for the story. The final two instances were annoying and unclear at times, making them immersion breaking. The Elite Specs for PoF needed to be PvE tested. Now we have to wait for a balance pass to take longer. Get a public test server, guys.
I enjoy the maps. Aesthetics and biomes variety are very pleasing, no needlessly complicated verticality. Mounts and masteries are well handled, they make the exploration a lot more fun and they are actually useful in core game compared to HoT masteries that were grindy and useless for the most part. Story writing is a slightly better but, as someone who do not like the emphasis on the six gods I can't wait to go back to dealing with dragons. Killing a god as a single player felt weak, should have been a huge raid boss. Spellbreaker useless in PvE is a bummer.
I want meta event or some other reason to come back to PoF maps and no, bounties do not count.
nice big maps
no meta events
Path of Fire feels more like a quarter of a finished product. or more of a half content patch at best then it does feel like a new expansion pack
4 to 5 days of sever problems . the player base should be compensated with a 8000 gems for such a bad launch .
new bag upgrades are a gold sink
new griffon mount 250 gold sink
bad story writing felt like bunch of high school kids
jumping puzzles
no new hardware/software upgrades
mini games
ectoplasm gambling
will not recommend this game to no one at all
running into walls you can not see till you hit them
Okay...I haven't gotten very far, just started working my way through The Desolation.
What I like:
1.) The mounts are so far, though I can't for the life of me figure out the purpose of the Skimmer....
2.) Unidentified gear has been a boon really, I've gotten more exotics in one day than I've gotten in a month total before PoF.
3.) Some of the events are really cool, bounties are neat.
4.) The story is pretty fantastic, keep making improvements here...doing an amazing job.
What I don't like:
1.) No map wide meta events!
2.) No world bosses!
3.) No new dungeons or something more challenging for group content (I know I know...fractals are LS only and dungeons are dead).
4.) Kinda seems like a lot more events could have been added....
Overall, I dislike the Desert Highlands and Elon Riverlands the most, who likes hunting for events? There's not enough to do in these 2 maps....
Anet Team, you are just getting better and better! Buy yourself a big Nutella jar!
A fantastic expansion I'll be recommending to friends!
Some of my highlights:
You guys knocked it out of the park, well done!
Overall, an excellent experience !
If the LSW4 is the same quality of PoF, it's going to be super cool !
-> top atmosphere
But what should i do after exploring thoose maps and the story?
There aren't really many big bosses to slay or big map wide meta events. (Please correct me if im wrong) There is nothing that motivates me to keep on playing, so now I'm waiting for the LW season.
Fair price overall tho.
I enjoyed it so far.
Minor issues:
1. Pretty much everything has a ranged attack and a super long aggro range, which makes dismounting to eg. harvest frustrating
2. I would have liked if our companions would comment more on the areas they are in
3. The Elon Lily in Elon Riverlands drops way too rarely
4. Weaver Sword Air 3 feels weak, a lot of cooldown feels to long
5. I want a tameable Aqua Stalker lol
6. give elisa more bounty hunter recipes to sell than just one every two days
Collections. Are. Not. Content.
I do not enjoy feeling forced to do collections in order to buy gear. Saying that guild wars does not have traditional quests is incorrect now since each collection is just any gather quest in any other game. I should not be forced to do 6 collections to buy new gear. It's not fun content. Especially go gather wood metal flax rare drops. Maybe one collection with 10-15 items for the whole set?
Mounts are awesome and the griffon collection was a good time. But too many collections have made me not want to play.
I do think PoF could have benefited from a new map wide meta or world boss. Bounties aren't replayable enough.
In bullet points:
Overall I'd say the expansion is fantastic. Especially two things are outstanding for me:
Thinking of negative points, (besides the server problems at launch) there only comes one thing to my mind: it's way too easy. I actually liked the HoT hero points, they were challenging yet fun (with one exception; I'm looking at you, Rata Novus mushroom). In PoF the hero points are a joke. Same is true for the minigames (the supply carry thing). I often got gold in the first try, while in HoT I sometimes had to practise for hours.
High quality content. It reminds me of a Guild Wars 1 expansion, in a good way. I enjoy that I can play the maps without people screaming at me to do the meta. I enjoy the exploration and collections. My main dislike is that there is no collection for all the new skins (sunspear, etc) so no point completing those. I feel this would add replayability.
Awesome expansion! Would recommend. Great execution with Bounties.. CRAPPY LOOT/DROPS with bosses and bounties
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Collections. Are. Not. Content.
I do not enjoy feeling forced to do collections in order to buy gear. Saying that guild wars does not have traditional quests is incorrect now since each collection is just any gather quest in any other game.
This is only true if you let others hold your hand like you are a child, and lead you to the place. If you search for yourself, they are not like gathering quests in any other game at all.
Let's see... what can I remember after those crazy few days
Maps are huge - much bigger than the core ones, and the amount of area they cover is impressive, seems like a real accomplishment. Can make searching for stuff... time-consuming if you don't know where to look.
Story. Liked all the callbacks to characters I remember from Nightfall/Prophecies. IMHO it did a better job than core GW2 at making places seem familiar too - most things weren't changed TOO much, you could recognize the layout etc. Local places, I mean, not at a macro scale - the land has shifted a bit. Oh, and Kormir amuses me. I was one of the people who had no problem with her in GW1 and notice not a bone thrown in the other direction
The second Balthazar fight was interesting for sure. I knew something was wrong, that he was simply playing with me, but couldn't figure out exactly what until the instant I heard that roar. So that helped make him seem like one of the most legitimately clever opponents we've faced... the final confrontation not so much but in his defense I guess he was a little busy.
Finally, that griffon thing. I've been wondering why you didn't add them to the ranger pet list for a while - looks like I have my answer and it makes a lot of sense. So I spent most of the last two nights hammering away at the collections and getting really really tired just so I could unlock the griffon earlier than most. WORTH IT. Love everything about them (well, maybe the owl griffons are a bit prettier, but... they're also not recolorable). No idea how you managed to go through the entire mounts episode of Guild Chat without tipping us off.
The expansion is excellent. The best work you have done so far when it comes to story, map exploration, elite specializations, etc.
I have only two negatives to share:
1. Major negative: You went from having all maps in HoT being meta events on timer, to having zero map meta events and epic world bosses. Now, exploring the new maps is much better than in HoT. But map metas not on a timer, like the Silverwastes, are also a fantastic way of playing the game and something other MMOs don't have. You should offer a bit of both maps: free open world exploration and map metas/world bosses.
2. Minor negative: Elite specializations still need some work to be balanced. Sword weaver still feels too weak.
Enjoyable new zones. Story was better than HoT. I'm personally worried about lack of farms/metas to really keep people coming back to PoF maps after they complete achievements and collections. Fewer waypoints and more challenging but not completely overpowered mobs is nice. Overall a much better expac than HoT was at launch. The only issue I have other than the lack of repeatable content on the new maps is that class balance is still not really up to par with what it should be.
I really liked the story, especially the "Your Purpose" mission. The writing was great, and I love the human female voice actor.
Mounts feel epic, and I haven't even completed all the masteries yet.
I believe
The Good
Great work on mounts, story, music, maps aesthetics, new specializations.
The Bad
No meta's , no bosses, maps feel huge and empty, chat is dead, getting hero points for alts is just boring, just riding around forever you barely get to engage in combat to use your new skills. As much as people hate HoT, Hot maps were a lot of fun, there was always a mob, a fight, people in chat coordinating efforts etc.
Amazing content. Not enough replayability due to mediocre rewards compared to HoT. Need to switch mounts more smoothly. Balthazar reviving me was trippy.
pof story was really good imo. I really enjoyed it, it felt epic, and I can't wait to play through it a few more times.
Open world + mounts feel great. I want to do map completion a fourth time just to try out mounts in core tyria. In fact, I really hope living story season 4 has some events in core tyria, but in ways which utilize mounts.
I haven't played much with the second round of elite specs yet, I can definitely say they need a balance pass. Once qt releases their benchmarks/builds etc, we can more quantifiable discuss this.
Bounties seem ok, I haven't done many yet. The game needs a few casual farms like this.
Love everything about the expansion apart from a few things. The grandeur of the expansion does unfortunately not carry over to any incentivized replayability of the new maps (imo). The vastness of the PoF maps has me feeling very lonely, and the "MMO feel" of the game is partially gone for me because there's hardly people around. I worry that that mounts trivialize old content to a degree where it takes out fun elements (navigation and movement is in itself a puzzle-esque gameplay in tyria and HoT which is now fading).
No meta events is disappointing. Soulbeast is very lacklustre and makes me sad about my ranger, detracting from my overall enjoyment of GW2.
Happy spellbreaker leaf.
Happy leaf about hover pancake.
Happy leaf about maps size and feel.
Happy leaf leading bounties for guildies.
Unhappy leaf about condition spam from necro and boon spam from firebrand.
Unhappy leaf about lack of spellbreaker elite ability friendly/enemy differentiation.
Unhappy leaf about weird bugs that are months/years old sneaking back in (radius of warrior F1 longbow w/spellbreaker smaller than Taimi).
Overall happy, glowy, plated leaf.
*pros: huge maps, mounts, story, visuals, nice variety of mobs, gw1 nostalgia, small secrets to discover here and there, new elite specializations
*cons: lack of meta events, low AP to get, limited replayability, no armor/weapon colletions, missing insignias/inscriptions (at least let me buy anscended versions of gear or recipes after completing all Primeval Steward collections!)
*questionable: griffin mount behind paywall, balance of specializations, pushing condi play even further
High quality, low replayability. True Meta Events like in Auric Basin or Tangled Depths needed.
My only quips so far are:
If I didn't mention it, chances are I love it.
I think the good news is that Meta Events are pretty easy to add, right? I would prefer that they just add a TON of different small events ... so many that on any given day I might still run into one I haven't done.
Guys, this expansion is excellent. The mounts are a lovingly created triumph, the scenery and setting are breathtaking, the story and side content are energetic and engaging, and the variety of tasks is wonderful.
My only real gripe is thus: Elona feels overpopulated. Though this is supposed to be a harsh and arid desert, there are aggressive flora and fauna over every sand dune, and in front of, behind, on top of and under every rock. And my goodness, do they spawn quickly. I would welcome any attempt to bring down the number of wandering mobs in the environment. They just hassle us players who get limitless opportunities to fight mobs in events, missions and tasks. Walking the desert could certainly be a little less frenetic.
Also: if Raptor jousting is being planned as a minigame... I'm behind that idea all the way!
Please let me skip the long dialogue, I already read it once.... I'm on my third character going through story stuff, I'm spending more time alt+tabbed than playing
Positives: The story is amazing. I loved the twists, and how everything was tied together. Mounts are fantastic, they're so much fun and each provide a unique exploration utility. You've made a generic MMO feature your own.
Constructive Criticism: It's great that the new maps are huge, but the size combined with map player limits makes them feel "empty". It doesn't feel like there are many players around to do events with. I'm also not a fan of the bounty board system – it feels clunky. A UI would be better.
Unsure: Regarding Elite specs, it's too soon to tell.
Path of Fire made me remember why I loved Guild Wars 1 so much. The story is great again, The renegade reminds me of my beloved spirits from the GW Ritualist class, the maps are MUCH more manageable than HoT, and there is enough difficulty for me to scream and my computer screen and then feel the triumph of completing whatever task it was a little later. Well done.
Very fun from what I have played so far. The mounts add a new level of mobility and exploration not seen in the gliders previously. I like the new focus on Horizontality rather than Verticallity. The elite specializations I tried during the demo and the Weaver I main all feel interesting and strong. Overall 9.7/10
Like the expansion. Mounts are better then expected, but feel clunky.
Being able to swap between them by pressing the appropriate button without having to dismount would help. Also removing not being able to mount while in combat would help. The attack could have a cooldown and remounting could have a cooldown if the mount died. Also being unable to dismount any mount while in air is just counter-intuitive.
Overall, if you do an action, you should be able to do the opposite of that action, dismount in combat/mount in combat, mount griffon in air/dismount griffon in air, etc.
Let us skip dialogue once we've seen it once.
Exploration and world building is phenomenal. I love the new elite specs, but it feels like some override the previous (scourge is a great example, reaper now has almost no place in the game outside of some WvW).
Please oh please up the rewards for doing events (especially "meta events") in PoF maps, as there is no good way to earn gold quickly in this xpac, forcing you not to play in Elona if you're trying to make money.
Story was really great for act I and act II, but act III felt very rushed, felt like we didn't spend enough time in the last two maps and not enough time with Joko's army. Also the last boss needed more explanation for why we could defeat him, it makes little sense.
I wish the last boss had a game over mechanic like Mordremoth and a challenge mode for group play. ( I always feel like the last boss should be within a dungeon like the base game did...)
The maps are really great and beautiful but I wish there was at leats one big meta event needing vaguely organised squads ala Dragon Stand (though it dosnt need to be a dedicated map)
Also mounts are really fun so far but I worry about how it will affect exploration in the long term and map design.
I'm the kind of player who skips cutscenes to get to gameplay. But the story mode in this expansion was great! Loved it, even though I didn't know much of the previous lore (skipped it all.)
I play with a small group of friends so I was really disappointed to see there were no new dungeons. This alone brings my review from a 10/10 to 6/10.
You guys did an outstanding job in making maps feel full of content, just not the content I wanted (dungeons)
1. Implementation of mounts seems really well done.
2. Story was good. This and living world season 2 have been my favorite sections of the story so far.
3. Maps are beautiful
4. I'm happy that maps still have plenty of vertical exploration, just now it is primarily through mounts instead of updrafts.
5. The elite specializations I've played so far (mostly scourge, some holosmith, a little weaver) have all had great gameplay and flavor.
6. The legendary doppelganger bounty has been my favorite open world boss experience to date.
1. I really do not understand renown heart events. I feel that take away from the game more than they add to it. I definitely preferred how they were not present in Orr and HoT, I felt I had much more incentive to explore the world at my own pace and more likely to "lose myself" in the content. Heart renown events have the exact opposite effect. I try to ignore them at times, but it's difficult to ignore the desire to fill a progress bar.
2. I miss more rewarding map metas, something like Verdant Brink in particular. I 100% understand why people disliked having big map-wide meta events in every single HoT map. But I think there needs to be a balance. One or two meta focused maps with scaled rewards like in Verdant Brink, and then a few exploration maps with smaller meta events like in Path of Fire.
3. I wish more bounty fights had unique mechanics, I'm not a big fan of how there's the handful of mechanics (red light green light, stand in the blue zone, etc.) that are reused for most of them.
PoF is a fun expansion and I had a great time playing through it!
The story is probably the most "Guild Wars" story that's been done in game and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The Maps are vast instead of deep this time, but I want to call out Desert Highlands as the most interesting over all and Fortune's Vale was an excellent mini-dungeon/puzzle/thing. It was really fun to dig around with my guildies and I hope we see more things like it in the future. The lack of meta events kind of worries me when it comes to the longevity of the maps, but on the other hand it makes them feel less on rails and more something to explore, which is my preferred method. Mounts are awesome and I'm surprised how they even make the old maps feel different. They make me want to do trade routes, which is something I wouldn't ever admit to wanting to do. Now give us boats!
Mounts: Amazing. World: Beautiful, nostalgic, engaging. Bounties: innovative farm. Guild hall: small, low customization, dissatisfied, south to Vabbi was a mistake. Specialization: flavorful, inconsistent balance, holosmith was my most looked forward to but feels significantly worse than spamming grenades. Weaver is worse damage than tempest, a support spec. Firebrand is laughably op. These inconsistencies honestly are extremely discouraging. Overall: excellent.
1. The new elites made me want to experiment with different builds for the weaver. I have not experimented with other classes in the entire week. Died many times looking for the ideal sword build.
2. I like the tiny details to the maps. The exploration. The mounts. Seeing the world in all its glory and discovering tiny bits of lore. I enjoyed especially how the maps paid attention to the lives of the inhabitants. Farming, water sources, mining - it all made Elona felt lived in, more so than the older maps (Divinity Reach was the only one that had that feel, but not Rata Sum, Black Citadel, Hoelbrak and Pale Tree.)
3. I enjoyed the story, but I'm just halfway through. Taking my time and not rushing it. I disliked the previous content where it seemed to be a rush from one area to the next without a chance to even catch your breath or time to make sense of what was happening.
1. I hate how unfair some of the fights are - I'm looking at Eater of Souls. I love experimenting with builds to overcome challenges, but you also have to realize that my ability to experiment with builds is limited by the equipment I have already invested in. I can't just on the fly get a new set of armor with 3k toughness and 1.8k condition damage just to see if that would work against the Eater of Souls.