Well, you'll find we agree with a lot of those things. They bug the heck out of us too.

I can't speak of the 3 or 4 years of development before my time here, except to point you to Brad's statements on the matter. We recognize we're behind the curve, and we're working, in my specific case, 7 days a week to make this game better.

Test Server is coming. There's a LOT that goes into that, and we're all working hard to make that happen. Bugs will thus decrease, content will feel more polished going in.

Writs, our 150 (lowered from 200) content is being worked on in the next couple weeks, game-wide. With it includes some of the first things you can spend Prestige on.

The Code issues you brought up (like Titles leaving you...) are all on a triage list for being worked on. Coding needs this as it is more difficult, in general, for a Coder to jump around from issue to issue than it is a Designer - it's the nature of the work. Also, some bugs are bugging us, some bugs are crashing us. Those must take priority.

I'm proud of the work we've done on Diplomacy so far. I'm very pleased to get concern and a desire to see this system blossom, which is the vibe I am getting from many of you folks out there too.

And, yes, I just went and double-checked the lists to make sure your issues are on them. They are.

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Yes, but this won't be the ONLY smuggling coming out of Tawar Galan.

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Unless they patch this weekend, this will be in the next patch:

- The quest “Smuggler’s Delight” is now available from Raisoor the Navigator on the sky bridge between Ca’ail Brael and Tawar Galan. It requires 50 Diplomacy skill and 12 Presence.
- The follow-up quest “Secret is in the Sauce” is also available from Raisoor the Navigator for those who have completed “Smuggler’s Delight.” It features two alternate endings (“Stop the Smugglers” and “Secret is in the Sauce”) and will affect various factions accordingly. The reward for this quest series includes a belt that stores stacks of Information.
- Contraband-sniffing tigers added to Tawar Galan.

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What if I just needed the info from you guys so I could make my own decks better?!? :P

Balancing will be coming, but you all knew that needed to happen.

The pace of balancing will increase as we approach Diplomacy duelling.

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Hi folks,

In honor of VGTact2.9999 I'd like to start a thread in which you can brag about your "unbeatable" decks. Obviously, there's no one deck that can beat ANYTHING the NPCs throw at you, but most of us have a deck or two that is our "go-to" when we see "Convince: 150" or whatnot.

So list them off, I'd like to see how good some of your best decks truly are....

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You guys have me _this_ close to trying it out. I tried it out a little over a year ago, and saw that the time investment wasn't going to fit into my schedule. :P

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LOL, I was banned for a little while myself. :P

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I'll look into it again tomorrow.

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We're working on this issue. Diligently.

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I was going to let this go, but sadly I feel compelled to state that this IS a bug, and it is being dealt with, and Zerion will have his Diplomacy skill level restored when we've corrected the issue.

I won't comment on the rest of Zerion's claims. :P

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