Gundato

I fully approve of any and all uses of parallel programming.

While I too would like to loot gear, one thing people tend to forget/ignore: You know how people tend to hurt their hands and completely maul the plastic boxes around things like game controllers and electronics? Same thing with armor. Believe it or not, smacking someone with a giant hammer tends to dent the Plate Armor of +5 Studliness

Problem with that is that, in my experience at least, early players don't have much in the line of reserves. So the bandit might raid and only get a single gildar or a single material, if he is lucky.

I would open it up and check to make sure you have everything. They forgot to put my Pewter Dragon in there (currently waiting for a response from customer support).

Ironically, I don't want a refund. I just want the pewter dragon they forgot to put in my LE. No response since Friday afternoon.

Actually, judging by that, researching Mastery unlocks all the books. Anyone able to confirm that?

I got home today, and saw a nice shiny box in the mailbox. At first I had no idea what it was, then I realized "Oh yeah, I was supposed to get a boxed version of the ELemental: LE in the mail at some point. So I excitedly unbox it. And as I showcase each item in there, I get to the bottom and realize something: I don't have a pewter dragon miniature. So does anyone know who I can contact to try and get this fixed? I am sure it was a mistake, but i

Check on the last page. The retail copy just has a code on the back cover.

Technically the game is 2.something gigs. So you aren't downloading the WHOLE game :p

The "stages" is actually done for the benefit of the customers. Think about it this way. There is one door out of a room, and thirty people in the room. If everyone tries to leave at the same time, it will be crowded and awkward. If they leave in groups, it will be a lot faster.

With regard to the "Those dirty Germans built Stone Henge first!" achievements: I like them. They give a brief idea about how the other players are doing, and add some nice flavor to the game. That being said, I would prefer they be along the lines of news broadcasts (like MOO2). Feel more like news from afar, rather than a big deity telling me to stop building the Great Wall of Italy :p With regard to the "List of the top five most militaristic players": I don't really