months behind, but i finally unlocked the griffon.
now to see if i can still get the giant bag in sandswept isles...i heard that placed was dead.
I got my beetle at the weekend. Took a while for a bounty group to pop up but the rest was fine.
I hate to go after the media like this, because it's so often a tactic of dickheads on the internet, but the articles around this have been a dumpster fire too. They've completely made a victim narrative for Price, and the articles read very, very biased. I have no doubt she got some twitter bullshit sent her way after/during this whole situation, but the exchange that started it was nothing like that.My god were the threads here about Jessica a freaking nightmare.
I understand that some people are really sensitive towards how women are treated on social media, and that they're really afraid to have the Alt-Right or GamerGate have a win in their eyes. And to some extent you absolutely should be. But this wasn't the same kind of situation were saw with GamerGate and they only really got involved to mostly claim a victory after the fact once she had been fired.
But this situation, Deroir's comment and Jessica Price's response had nothing to do with GamerGate. They weren't involved. Just because there's always a crowd of people cheering whenever any woman or PoC has something bad happen to them doesn't mean we should judge the situation on the specific merits of the actual case.
Like in some of the threads (And in this thread) people are calling Deroir a sexist, harasser, a nobody, a GamerGator when he's none of those things. Like I didn't want JP or PF fired, but they were in the wrong and we can be grownups and acknowledge that they were out of line and at the very least should probably have apologized and been reprimanded.I hate to go after the media like this, because it's so often a tactic of dickheads on the internet, but the articles around this have been a dumpster fire too. They've completely made a victim narrative for Price, and the articles read very, very biased. I have no doubt she got some twitter bullshit sent her way after/during this whole situation, but the exchange that started it was nothing like that.
Honestly, I feel so bad for the Youtuber who got wrapped up in this. He's being labelled as a sexist at worst and "accidentally condescending to a woman" at best, just for an extremely polite disagreement.
But, hey, the drama got me interested in the game again. So I went and bought Path of Fire!
The problem is, what do you do? Should developers never fire a woman at the risk of emboldening those types? If anything, I feel she's more to blame for that than ArenaNet, since it was her social media attack on a community member who was being polite and constructive. Maybe ANet firing her was extreme (though I can't say I agree), but she's still the one that put them in the position in which they had to make that choice.While I don't think Price reacted appropriately by immediately citing sexism to Deroir's good faith discussion (I also agree with Price's view over narrative design over Deroir's in GW2's specific case - I'm sure designers are sick of being suggested branching dialogue over and over), the immediate firing is too extreme and too fast. I certainly empathize with Price as she has been shown abuse over and over by the GG crowd, and from her shoes I can only imagine the difficulty of separating good faith and bad faith discussion.
The emboldening and harassment of the GG crowd is far worse than anything Price has said by orders of magnitude.
The problem is, what do you do? Should developers never fire a woman at the risk of emboldening those types? If anything, I feel she's more to blame for that than ArenaNet, since it was her social media attack on a community member who was being polite and constructive. Maybe ANet firing her was extreme (though I can't say I agree), but she's still the one that put them in the position in which they had to make that choice.
I understand that women developers get a ton of flack on social media, and it sucks, but that doesn't absolve her behavior. She had the company in her Twitter bio, and was speaking on a public forum about video game writing challenges. That causes what she did to reflect back on the company, even though it was on her own time.
It's still a person's livelihood, take reasonable steps. If this was her Strike 3 then that's a different story, but at least take the time to come up with a social media response policy and allow the opportunity to issue warnings / apologies first. If nothing else, take the time to issue a more reasonable and measured response for ANet employee morale as a whole.
It's very clearly company policy to demand good behavior when engaging with fans on social media like the forums, reddit, or twitter. And her response to Deroir was entirely her responsibility. It's ridiculous to expect punishment for breaking company policy be suspended because some cretins on KIA are getting their jollies off on it.While I don't think Price reacted appropriately by immediately citing sexism to Deroir's good faith discussion (I also agree with Price's view over narrative design over Deroir's in GW2's specific case - I'm sure designers are sick of being suggested branching dialogue over and over), the immediate firing is too extreme and too fast. I certainly empathize with Price as she has been shown abuse over and over by the GG crowd, and from her shoes I can only imagine the difficulty of separating good faith and bad faith discussion.
The emboldening and harassment of the GG crowd is far worse than anything Price has said by orders of magnitude.
It's very clearly company policy to demand good behavior when engaging with fans on social media like the forums, reddit, or twitter. And her response to Deroir was entirely her responsibility. It's ridiculous to expect punishment for breaking company policy be suspended because some cretins on KIA are getting their jollies off on it.
I know it's biased but if they had issues with her behavior they had plenty of opportunities to say it before this incident.
Well obviously someone high up in the company doesn't want it cause they're the only one that could have fired them. Maybe they could learn to Chill and Let Chill huh.
I do want to reiterate that I don't think the two should have been fired. That was too extreme but it seems to be company policy and MikeO explained himself pretty well.
If I lashed out at a customer at my job the way she did I would absolutely be immediately fired. Heck, I've been reprimanded not for saying anything wrong, but for my tone of voice while saying it wasn't friendly enough.If this is their company policy, then shame on myself for believing that Arenanet is a good company that actually cares for their employees. The fact that they had to rush to the office just to fire the two of them, rather than actually sitting down and talking over it, just makes them ignorant of the world around them.
In what aspect? That I'd be fired if I verbally lashed out at a customer? Sorry but that's absolutely the case.
One, Price's reaction to Deroir was warranted given what and how he phrased his initial tweets. I've read it multiple times and I can't shake the whole condescending tone that was there from the beginning to the end. Given how she basically typed out a longass essay about her work, to have someone chime in with basically game design 101 is pretty much a slap on her face. She could have been more polite and just ignored him, but I don't fault her for losing her temper.
It's very clearly company policy to demand good behavior when engaging with fans on social media like the forums, reddit, or twitter. And her response to Deroir was entirely her responsibility. It's ridiculous to expect punishment for breaking company policy be suspended because some cretins on KIA are getting their jollies off on it.
I'm in agreement here. I don't want Price and Fries to be fired and wish they could return to the company like nothing happened. I think the correct action would have been to just have a sit down with them and say "Hey please don't call customers asshats to their face." But I'm really floored and aggravated by the people who are saying Price did nothing wrong, and calling Deroir a sexist and a potential rapist.On platforms like Reddit and Twitter, which are increasingly known for being havens for users to further bad faith arguments to further KIA and GG bullshit, I empathize with Price quite a bit for misreading Deroir's tweets as bad faith conversation as well. There's just so much bullshit out there. Honestly, at most I think she should have received a written warning. If I were her boss, I don't even think I would've gone even that far - I think just a verbal warning would've been appropriate for Price to be more careful about differentiating a good faith post vs a bad faith post (which isn't easy in 2018).
It floors me a bit just how many people truly think that it was justice for her to be immediately fired. I don't think that punishment fits the crime whatsoever, and it was especially concerning that the execution came so damned quickly before more level-headed thoughts on the matter could be mulled over. It's someone's livelihood. Accusing someone of being sexist when they brought up a point (even a wrong / misinformed one) is shitty, but at least give the opportunity to provide an apology or some time to determine if Deroir was being an asshat. It's 2018 and knowing how these platforms can be, I have a great deal of empathy for reacting the way Price did.
Deroir deserved an apology and perhaps a statement from Anet about how these kinds of interactions could be better managed in the future, but to go so far as to pull Price's entire livelihood from under her feet just feels like way too many steps too far.
months behind, but i finally unlocked the griffon.
now to see if i can still get the giant bag in sandswept isles...i heard that placed was dead.
Very exciting and a nice surprise.
So I played back when it got released and would like to continue now (probably). The Path of Fire upgrade is 30 bucks with a max level boost. Is this really max level or up to the latest expansion or how does this work?
Also I have Mesmer and Elementalist at 80 but don't remember much about the game even though I played it for over a year. Does the expansion ease you in again? I just installed the vanilla game again and it's kinda overwhelming atm.
I totally forgot about the horizontal progression thing. Alright sounds good. For the price of 30 bucks I might get back into the game now.80 is still the max level and the maximal equipment level is unchanged (which means the expansions are roughly as difficult as the base game). The expansion(s) are basically continuations from the Living World storyline and throw you right back in (I don't remember if there was a story recap). The only really major changes are the mounts and new masteries, so the expansion won't barrage you with totally new stuff because it unlocks new mounts as the story progresses.
How much of a healer is the Druid? I like playing healers so GW2 not having a holy trinity was a downside for me personally.
Fractals, PvP, Raids, Collections, Map events, world bosses, crafting Legendaries... There is a ton to do. A new map gets released with every Living World Release (~2-3 months).I read that they don't do dungeons anymore. So what do you do at max level except PvP? Are Fractals still a thing?
Druid is the premier healer of GW2 and welcome in every group that doesn't have at least one except in really low level nonthreatening content, in whichcase you have Soulbeast to fall back on which is a rock solid damage spec for comfortable soloing.I totally forgot about the horizontal progression thing. Alright sounds good. For the price of 30 bucks I might get back into the game now.
How much of a healer is the Druid? I like playing healers so GW2 not having a holy trinity was a downside for me personally.
I read that they don't do dungeons anymore. So what do you do at max level except PvP? Are Fractals still a thing?
Edit: I thought PoF would include HoT but that isn't the case. And I noticed that both expansions were 50% off 2 months ago. I can't justify buying it for the normal price now. I'll wait for a sale.
Good, I can free up inventory space and start playing characters instead of using them as pack mules.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/novelties-its-about-fun/
Nice. Want endless tonics in here too.
a beauty
With the Mount Adoption License back in the Gem Store (4 days only) I was finally able to snag my Starbound Griffin. Man I made a good haul on 10 mount skins. Got a bunch of good ones.