Paid-for dungeon content in Guild Wars 2 isn't a done deal; the feature may not happen. It depends what you lot want, developer ArenaNet has said.
"We haven't decided on what exactly we are or aren't going to offer for money post release," lead designer Eric Flannum commented, in a post written by community manager Regina Beunaobra on the GW2 Guru forum.
"My answer to the dungeons question was meant to say, 'We're open to whatever our players seem most interested in.' If after release you guys would like more story content, more dungeons, more events, more maps or whatever, it's something that we have to consider because ultimately making you happy is what makes us successful. Whether we release that in DLC (like the bonus mission packs in GW1) or whether we do it through expansions (Like Eye of the North) is yet to be determined.
"As to whether or not there are going to be items like XP boosts available in the in-game store I can only reiterate what we've said before (and will continue to say), that we'll release details on it when they are available and that our core philosophy - of not requiring you to spend additional money to play the game and not making the game difficult or painful to play in order to encourage you to buy things from the store - still stands."
Content available to buy for Guild Wars 1 ranges from add-ons to costumes, and from character and account services to unlock packs. You can buy a character makeover for �6.99; a new costume for �4.99; extra missions for �5.99; or a PVP Access Kit for �13.99 that gives you a top level character with loads of skills and lets you play the PVP side of Guild Wars 1 without even having to buy the game.
That pricey micro-transaction model may at first seem strange, but remember that Guild Wars 1 has no monthly subscription fee. You buy the MMO and that's it. Therefore, ArenaNet needs to charge for additional content. Only recently, however, has this been any less than a full expansion pack.
Incidentally, Guild Wars 2 will also not have a monthly subscription fee.
There's no release date for Guild Wars 2 yet. The MMO is expected next year but the official FAQ line is: "When it's finished. Guild Wars 2 is the largest project ArenaNethas ever undertaken, and we want to make sure we take the time to do it right."
ArenaNet has plenty of bright ideas for Guild Wars 2. There are no healers or tanks, for instance, and there will be personal storylines that grow from the results of a personality test taken at the game's start. That's in addition to a world story that can dynamically alter zones and spread throughout the land.
The Guild Wars 2 website stays well abreast of the new game information and offers in-depth posts on different features as they are announced. Alternatively, keep an eye on the Guild Wars 2 blog for developer musings and game coverage from around the web.
End ED — From the Left!
It’s no secret that expelling the U.S. Department of Education is something that a lot of libertarians, and conservatives who haven’t lost their way, would love to do. What’s not nearly so well known is that there are also people on the left who dislike ED. Now, they don’t dislike it because it and the programs it administers clearly exist in contravention of the Constitution, or because its massive dollar-redistribution programs have done no discernable good. They dislike it because, especially since the advent of No Child Left Behind, it strong-arms schools into doing things left-wing educators often disagree with or resent, like pushing phonics over whole language, or imposing standardized testing. Many also truly believe in local control of schools, though often with power consolidated in the hands of teachers.
Case in point is a guest blog post over at the webpage of the Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. The entry is by George Wood, principal of Federal Hocking High School in Ohio and executive director of the Forum for Education and Democracy. He writes:
Everybody dislikes bureaucracies, but for different reasons. The “right” complains they are unresponsive, full of “feather-bedders,” and a waste of taxpayer money. The “left” complains they are unresponsive, full of people who are too busy pushing paper to see the real work, and too intrusive into local, democratic decision-making. Maybe we should unite all this new energy for making government more responsive and efficient around the idea of eliminating a bureaucracy that was probably a bad idea in the first place.
Remember that the Department of Education was a payoff by President Jimmy Carter to teacher unions for their support. Before that, education was part of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
That’s where I propose returning it. Here are several reasons why:
First, the current structure of the national Department of Education gives it inordinate control over local schools. The federal government provides only about 8% of education funding. But through through NCLB, Race to the Top, and innovation grants, they are driving about 100% of the agenda. Clearly this is a case of a tail wagging a very big dog.
Second, by separating education from health and welfare, we have separated departments that should be working very closely together. We all know, even if some folks are loath to admit it, that in order for a child to take full advantage of educational opportunities he or she needs to come to school healthy, with a full stomach, and from a safe place to live.
But the federal initiatives around education seldom take such a holistic approach; instead, competing departments engage in bureaucratic turf wars that, while fun within the Beltway, are tragic for children in our neighborhoods.
Third, whenever you create a large bureaucracy, it will find something to do, even if that something is less than helpful. After years of an “activist” DOE, we do not see student achievement improving or school innovation taking hold widely. We have lived through Reading First, What Works, and an alphabet soup of changing programs with little to show for it.
In fact, DOE has often been one of the more ideological departments, engaging in the battles such as phonics vs. whole language. Who needs it?
Who needs it, indeed!
As I have touched upon repeatedly since last week’s election, now is the time to launch a serious offensive against the U.S. Department of Education. I have largely concluded that because of the wave of generally conservative and libertarian legislators heading toward Washington, as well as the powerful tea-party spirit powering the tide. But this is a battle I have always thought could be fought with a temporary alliance of the libertarian right and educators of the progressive left who truly despise top-down, one-size-fits-all, dictates from Washington. There are big sticking points, of course — for instance, many progressives love federal money “for the poor” — but this morning, I have a little greater hope that an alliance can be forged.
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Paid-for dungeon content in Guild Wars 2 isn't a done deal; the feature may not happen. It depends what you lot want, developer ArenaNet has said.
"We haven't decided on what exactly we are or aren't going to offer for money post release," lead designer Eric Flannum commented, in a post written by community manager Regina Beunaobra on the GW2 Guru forum.
"My answer to the dungeons question was meant to say, 'We're open to whatever our players seem most interested in.' If after release you guys would like more story content, more dungeons, more events, more maps or whatever, it's something that we have to consider because ultimately making you happy is what makes us successful. Whether we release that in DLC (like the bonus mission packs in GW1) or whether we do it through expansions (Like Eye of the North) is yet to be determined.
"As to whether or not there are going to be items like XP boosts available in the in-game store I can only reiterate what we've said before (and will continue to say), that we'll release details on it when they are available and that our core philosophy - of not requiring you to spend additional money to play the game and not making the game difficult or painful to play in order to encourage you to buy things from the store - still stands."
Content available to buy for Guild Wars 1 ranges from add-ons to costumes, and from character and account services to unlock packs. You can buy a character makeover for �6.99; a new costume for �4.99; extra missions for �5.99; or a PVP Access Kit for �13.99 that gives you a top level character with loads of skills and lets you play the PVP side of Guild Wars 1 without even having to buy the game.
That pricey micro-transaction model may at first seem strange, but remember that Guild Wars 1 has no monthly subscription fee. You buy the MMO and that's it. Therefore, ArenaNet needs to charge for additional content. Only recently, however, has this been any less than a full expansion pack.
Incidentally, Guild Wars 2 will also not have a monthly subscription fee.
There's no release date for Guild Wars 2 yet. The MMO is expected next year but the official FAQ line is: "When it's finished. Guild Wars 2 is the largest project ArenaNethas ever undertaken, and we want to make sure we take the time to do it right."
ArenaNet has plenty of bright ideas for Guild Wars 2. There are no healers or tanks, for instance, and there will be personal storylines that grow from the results of a personality test taken at the game's start. That's in addition to a world story that can dynamically alter zones and spread throughout the land.
The Guild Wars 2 website stays well abreast of the new game information and offers in-depth posts on different features as they are announced. Alternatively, keep an eye on the Guild Wars 2 blog for developer musings and game coverage from around the web.
End ED — From the Left!
It’s no secret that expelling the U.S. Department of Education is something that a lot of libertarians, and conservatives who haven’t lost their way, would love to do. What’s not nearly so well known is that there are also people on the left who dislike ED. Now, they don’t dislike it because it and the programs it administers clearly exist in contravention of the Constitution, or because its massive dollar-redistribution programs have done no discernable good. They dislike it because, especially since the advent of No Child Left Behind, it strong-arms schools into doing things left-wing educators often disagree with or resent, like pushing phonics over whole language, or imposing standardized testing. Many also truly believe in local control of schools, though often with power consolidated in the hands of teachers.
Case in point is a guest blog post over at the webpage of the Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. The entry is by George Wood, principal of Federal Hocking High School in Ohio and executive director of the Forum for Education and Democracy. He writes:
Everybody dislikes bureaucracies, but for different reasons. The “right” complains they are unresponsive, full of “feather-bedders,” and a waste of taxpayer money. The “left” complains they are unresponsive, full of people who are too busy pushing paper to see the real work, and too intrusive into local, democratic decision-making. Maybe we should unite all this new energy for making government more responsive and efficient around the idea of eliminating a bureaucracy that was probably a bad idea in the first place.
Remember that the Department of Education was a payoff by President Jimmy Carter to teacher unions for their support. Before that, education was part of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
That’s where I propose returning it. Here are several reasons why:
First, the current structure of the national Department of Education gives it inordinate control over local schools. The federal government provides only about 8% of education funding. But through through NCLB, Race to the Top, and innovation grants, they are driving about 100% of the agenda. Clearly this is a case of a tail wagging a very big dog.
Second, by separating education from health and welfare, we have separated departments that should be working very closely together. We all know, even if some folks are loath to admit it, that in order for a child to take full advantage of educational opportunities he or she needs to come to school healthy, with a full stomach, and from a safe place to live.
But the federal initiatives around education seldom take such a holistic approach; instead, competing departments engage in bureaucratic turf wars that, while fun within the Beltway, are tragic for children in our neighborhoods.
Third, whenever you create a large bureaucracy, it will find something to do, even if that something is less than helpful. After years of an “activist” DOE, we do not see student achievement improving or school innovation taking hold widely. We have lived through Reading First, What Works, and an alphabet soup of changing programs with little to show for it.
In fact, DOE has often been one of the more ideological departments, engaging in the battles such as phonics vs. whole language. Who needs it?
Who needs it, indeed!
As I have touched upon repeatedly since last week’s election, now is the time to launch a serious offensive against the U.S. Department of Education. I have largely concluded that because of the wave of generally conservative and libertarian legislators heading toward Washington, as well as the powerful tea-party spirit powering the tide. But this is a battle I have always thought could be fought with a temporary alliance of the libertarian right and educators of the progressive left who truly despise top-down, one-size-fits-all, dictates from Washington. There are big sticking points, of course — for instance, many progressives love federal money “for the poor” — but this morning, I have a little greater hope that an alliance can be forged.
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Paid-for dungeon content in Guild Wars 2 isn't a done deal; the feature may not happen. It depends what you lot want, developer ArenaNet has said.
"We haven't decided on what exactly we are or aren't going to offer for money post release," lead designer Eric Flannum commented, in a post written by community manager Regina Beunaobra on the GW2 Guru forum.
"My answer to the dungeons question was meant to say, 'We're open to whatever our players seem most interested in.' If after release you guys would like more story content, more dungeons, more events, more maps or whatever, it's something that we have to consider because ultimately making you happy is what makes us successful. Whether we release that in DLC (like the bonus mission packs in GW1) or whether we do it through expansions (Like Eye of the North) is yet to be determined.
"As to whether or not there are going to be items like XP boosts available in the in-game store I can only reiterate what we've said before (and will continue to say), that we'll release details on it when they are available and that our core philosophy - of not requiring you to spend additional money to play the game and not making the game difficult or painful to play in order to encourage you to buy things from the store - still stands."
Content available to buy for Guild Wars 1 ranges from add-ons to costumes, and from character and account services to unlock packs. You can buy a character makeover for �6.99; a new costume for �4.99; extra missions for �5.99; or a PVP Access Kit for �13.99 that gives you a top level character with loads of skills and lets you play the PVP side of Guild Wars 1 without even having to buy the game.
That pricey micro-transaction model may at first seem strange, but remember that Guild Wars 1 has no monthly subscription fee. You buy the MMO and that's it. Therefore, ArenaNet needs to charge for additional content. Only recently, however, has this been any less than a full expansion pack.
Incidentally, Guild Wars 2 will also not have a monthly subscription fee.
There's no release date for Guild Wars 2 yet. The MMO is expected next year but the official FAQ line is: "When it's finished. Guild Wars 2 is the largest project ArenaNethas ever undertaken, and we want to make sure we take the time to do it right."
ArenaNet has plenty of bright ideas for Guild Wars 2. There are no healers or tanks, for instance, and there will be personal storylines that grow from the results of a personality test taken at the game's start. That's in addition to a world story that can dynamically alter zones and spread throughout the land.
The Guild Wars 2 website stays well abreast of the new game information and offers in-depth posts on different features as they are announced. Alternatively, keep an eye on the Guild Wars 2 blog for developer musings and game coverage from around the web.
End ED — From the Left!
It’s no secret that expelling the U.S. Department of Education is something that a lot of libertarians, and conservatives who haven’t lost their way, would love to do. What’s not nearly so well known is that there are also people on the left who dislike ED. Now, they don’t dislike it because it and the programs it administers clearly exist in contravention of the Constitution, or because its massive dollar-redistribution programs have done no discernable good. They dislike it because, especially since the advent of No Child Left Behind, it strong-arms schools into doing things left-wing educators often disagree with or resent, like pushing phonics over whole language, or imposing standardized testing. Many also truly believe in local control of schools, though often with power consolidated in the hands of teachers.
Case in point is a guest blog post over at the webpage of the Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. The entry is by George Wood, principal of Federal Hocking High School in Ohio and executive director of the Forum for Education and Democracy. He writes:
Everybody dislikes bureaucracies, but for different reasons. The “right” complains they are unresponsive, full of “feather-bedders,” and a waste of taxpayer money. The “left” complains they are unresponsive, full of people who are too busy pushing paper to see the real work, and too intrusive into local, democratic decision-making. Maybe we should unite all this new energy for making government more responsive and efficient around the idea of eliminating a bureaucracy that was probably a bad idea in the first place.
Remember that the Department of Education was a payoff by President Jimmy Carter to teacher unions for their support. Before that, education was part of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
That’s where I propose returning it. Here are several reasons why:
First, the current structure of the national Department of Education gives it inordinate control over local schools. The federal government provides only about 8% of education funding. But through through NCLB, Race to the Top, and innovation grants, they are driving about 100% of the agenda. Clearly this is a case of a tail wagging a very big dog.
Second, by separating education from health and welfare, we have separated departments that should be working very closely together. We all know, even if some folks are loath to admit it, that in order for a child to take full advantage of educational opportunities he or she needs to come to school healthy, with a full stomach, and from a safe place to live.
But the federal initiatives around education seldom take such a holistic approach; instead, competing departments engage in bureaucratic turf wars that, while fun within the Beltway, are tragic for children in our neighborhoods.
Third, whenever you create a large bureaucracy, it will find something to do, even if that something is less than helpful. After years of an “activist” DOE, we do not see student achievement improving or school innovation taking hold widely. We have lived through Reading First, What Works, and an alphabet soup of changing programs with little to show for it.
In fact, DOE has often been one of the more ideological departments, engaging in the battles such as phonics vs. whole language. Who needs it?
Who needs it, indeed!
As I have touched upon repeatedly since last week’s election, now is the time to launch a serious offensive against the U.S. Department of Education. I have largely concluded that because of the wave of generally conservative and libertarian legislators heading toward Washington, as well as the powerful tea-party spirit powering the tide. But this is a battle I have always thought could be fought with a temporary alliance of the libertarian right and educators of the progressive left who truly despise top-down, one-size-fits-all, dictates from Washington. There are big sticking points, of course — for instance, many progressives love federal money “for the poor” — but this morning, I have a little greater hope that an alliance can be forged.
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