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:D wow that sucks.. LOL at the American's ;)Quote:
Originally posted by EMG
I wonder if that free shipping applies to Alaska or Hawaii?
Most people I talk to on the phone when I'm ordering things tell me that Alaska is a foriegn country! Its really annoying. I have to explaing to them that its not. LOL
That would be awesume.. like you pointed out though I don't see how that would be possible. Maybe someday they'll be able to get around this with better coding but until then I think we'll have to settle for the 'autocombat' mode. I wonder how Planetside is going to handle all that? They say it's going to be realtime and quick. A big 'Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm'.. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by syk0
I want to be able to have a light saber duel, decapitate the guy (ok, maybe a little overboard), jump into a speeder, cruise to some imperial space station, say "Hi" to my fellow Stormtroopers, get into a Tie-Fighter, fly into space, travel to the Death Star where it's under attack, board it, man some gunnery posts, blow away some X-Wings, leap out of my seat and bolt ASAP to the hanger where some rebel Jedi have breached it, have a saber battle with them etc.
You get my point. While this may sound a little like Battlefield 1942 meets massively multiplayer version of Jedi Knight 2, I'm sure we'd all love something along these lines.
Yet what it comes down to is lag, lag and more lag. Seems like there is no way around it without the designers either slowing down combat significantly (even that probably wouldn't work), or having RPG style fights ("You attack but miss, Ewok attacks but misses, you hit for 50 damage in the spleen, you have killed an Ewok!") where latency doesn't come into play at all. Dammit, wish there were a way around this...since this would be the next level of online gaming IMHO.
to all those people that are whining about the cost conversion of a $10 USD fee. Its not really our fault that the conversion rate on your currency is so high. I suggest that you canadians and Aussies get a consortium and petition for an equivilant price. Instead of whining like we can fix it.
I mean Gogita you pay around $40 AUD for broadband, while we pay 40-50 USD for broadband, do you think its really fair that you are getting the same service that we are for almost 1/4 the cost. Would you like to pay $72 for broadband to make it fair. I dont think so.
I can't speak for everyone else but you should reread my post, I specifically mentioned that it is not "Your Fault" that our currency is in the shitter and that it costs us that much more. Canada's currency is partially devalued on purpose to give us a better chance when it comes to bringing in new and keeping old business. Theres the advantage, the disadvantage is when we go to buy goods specifically goods distributed and marketed outside of Canada. Anyway I could careless about paying more, I'm a big boy and I can pay my own way the only reason I made the point was to show that even a $5 difference in price can make a big difference in other Countries.Quote:
Originally posted by Isezumi
to all those people that are whining about the cost conversion of a $10 USD fee. Its not really our fault that the conversion rate on your currency is so high. I suggest that you canadians and Aussies get a consortium and petition for an equivilant price. Instead of whining like we can fix it.
I mean Gogita you pay around $40 AUD for broadband, while we pay 40-50 USD for broadband, do you think its really fair that you are getting the same service that we are for almost 1/4 the cost. Would you like to pay $72 for broadband to make it fair. I dont think so.
Actually $70 is what it costs to get the standard broadband plan. Which is a measly 3gb per month for 1.5mbit download and 128kbit upload. I pay 50AU cuz I'm only getting 500mb quota per month. What do you think about that raw deal, sparky! Not exactly a bargain now is it pal! :mad:Quote:
Originally posted by Isezumi
to all those people that are whining about the cost conversion of a $10 USD fee. Its not really our fault that the conversion rate on your currency is so high. I suggest that you canadians and Aussies get a consortium and petition for an equivilant price. Instead of whining like we can fix it.
I mean Gogita you pay around $40 AUD for broadband, while we pay 40-50 USD for broadband, do you think its really fair that you are getting the same service that we are for almost 1/4 the cost. Would you like to pay $72 for broadband to make it fair. I dont think so.
Apologies cowboy, after reading 30 or so posts I kinda loose the ability to remember each one verbatium, I just remember the general flow of the conversation, and it had pretty much went from cool game to b!tch fest about prices and currency conversion.Quote:
Originally posted by morto
I can't speak for everyone else but you should reread my post, I specifically mentioned that it is not "Your Fault" that our currency is in the shitter and that it costs us that much more. Canada's currency is partially devalued on purpose to give us a better chance when it comes to bringing in new and keeping old business. Theres the advantage, the disadvantage is when we go to buy goods specifically goods distributed and marketed outside of Canada. Anyway I could careless about paying more, I'm a big boy and I can pay my own way the only reason I made the point was to show that even a $5 difference in price can make a big difference in other Countries.
Broadband at that equivilance can not be had here in the US, trust me I would gladly shell the US equivilant of $50 AUD to get broad band even if it was a 500mb quota.Quote:
Originally posted by Gogita
Actually $70 is what it costs to get the standard broadband plan. Which is a measly 3gb per month for 1.5mbit download and 128kbit upload. I pay 50AU cuz I'm only getting 500mb quota per month. What do you think about that raw deal, sparky! Not exactly a bargain now is it pal! :mad:
We here dont have the blessed Curse of bandwidth caps yet, I either pay $35 USD for 256/56 HDSL, or $50 USD to be 340th customer on a 200 customer Cable Node. Not exactly a bargin now is it mate.
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Originally posted by Isezumi
Apologies cowboy, after reading 30 or so posts I kinda loose the ability to remember each one verbatium, I just remember the general flow of the conversation, and it had pretty much went from cool game to b!tch fest about prices and currency conversion.
LOL! I was thinking the same thing. I started a thread to see what people think about SWG, and it turns into a currency debate!