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Posted by: hazza.9278

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Is it just me that is getting this, the main problem for me is that I was expecting to be able to get exp from mobs and in preparation popped a birthday booster and now it’s completely worthless?? Is there anyway I could get reinbursed (A new booster and remove the buff I have?) Why ArenaNet? I can understand nerfing the drops and exp, but taking them away completely is a huge mistake and has angered lots of players including myself. This kind of thing is why alot of people have left the game. It was a huge mistake to completely remove the rewards! Because of this alot of players wont participate in the content more than once or twice as why grind for no reward?

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Posted by: GROMIT.7829

GROMIT.7829

Yeah this kind of sucks, I was hoping it would be the old crown pavilion, to be honest I am ok with a loot drop nerf because the drops were insane last time but zero XP means it’s back to Edge of the Mists to level up a character and no reason to even look at crown pavilion again, seen some of the drops and quite frankly they are of no use and too few, plus the meta rewards most of us already have from last time around.

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Posted by: ikereid.4637

ikereid.4637

I was mainly hoping for the scraps to buy the weapon skins this time around. I was going to grind out levels on my 6th alt, and collect the sprockets to fill in as many of those golden weapon skins as I could.

But that seems to be a pipe dream now.

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Posted by: hazza.9278

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Yep, I don’t understand their logic for removing exp, I can understand decreasing drop rates but just removing them is a downright mistake. I can safely say I won’t be participating in this content unless it is fixed.

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Posted by: Anapxist.5314

Anapxist.5314

I can say more. I start boss blitz and got crash at second boss, then i log in back and done other 5 bosses. We spend about 40 mins for this and i got nothing in the end. Just nothing. Reward is crap anyway but it make me sad. After 40 mins i got no exp no boss chests and no bonus chest in the event chain end coz i got crash, coz dev’s cant fix game…

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Posted by: Flash.6912

Flash.6912

this event is even worst than last year. Lowbies basically dead when fighting these Bosses and no xp for them to level up. lol GG

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Posted by: hazza.9278

hazza.9278

The event chest is completely worthless compared to any farms that arent mindlessly spamming 1. And the cost to start the event is ridiculous as the event is worthless.

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Posted by: Essence Snow.3194

Essence Snow.3194

Have to agree. I completed it twice for less than paltry rewards. Will not be back once achieves are finished.

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Posted by: Tommyknocker.6089

Tommyknocker.6089

Waypoint still costs coin to use it but without any loot drops I am not gonna bother loosing my silver to hang out there. Nice try ANet, back to orr for me, at least the loot there is better than nothing.

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Posted by: Dezert Stormz.7248

Dezert Stormz.7248

They F***ed up… It will die and later ppl will have a hard time getting the achievements…

RANT ALERT!
It’s so useless, i’m fine with decreased drop rates, since T6 last year went down to lowest ever, Fine with that… But Completely removing it?! What were you thinking? , Harder to kill bosses? No problem ,is fine with me, But for no reward AT ALL! … My god! You make costs , yet you make barely anything in return. Just Lower the drops from mobs etc in Pavillion, but completely removing it… There is no motivation for people to even go there after rushing though the achievements…

But…Here’s my main problem with this:
How about people that join in later?? That don’t have the time to play day one and rush tho the achievements now that there still zergs going round? Imagen how it is for them to do the events with so few people? Nearly impossible, you’re not only killing the content for people that get in first hand, but also in the long run you scr*w people over…

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of the sour people that always compains, i loved most living world stuff that was created, But this time you REALLY Dropped the ball… Sorry Anet, But it’s what it is!

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Posted by: ikereid.4637

ikereid.4637

I’m starting to think the game is worthless.

Bait and switch tactics all over the place. Lots of grinding/farming to get anything done (unless you are lucky enough to just get ascended drops). Mega server broke world bosses (from my experience anyway), and with the spawn timers changed for world bosses I can only hit the open raid ones 1-2 times a week at most (5AM isnt happening for me, sorry).

The game has become, grind or socialize. And I know they are ‘still working’ on new content, features, and such. But they are just TOOO Slow at the delivery. If this game had a subscription then I could say ‘I Quit’ and it would actually mean something. But instead, we are forced to be stringed along.

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Posted by: hazza.9278

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Exaclty I just wish the dev’s could see it how EVERYONE ELSE see’s it.

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Posted by: Teon.5168

Teon.5168

According to the people over on the reddit gw2 forums,(and the official patch notes….I know, very few people here ever read them…lol) ALL of the bosses are considered 1 event, and they scale up as you kill each one……depending on how organized the zerg is, the end rewards are better depending on the timer for the entire event.
Sounds like it pretty much eliminates farming until players/zergs really figure out the tricks to it all……sounds like challenging fun to me. But I realize that a lot of the players that wanted the same farm spot like last time will rage about this……frankly, I think it’s a good change….as it was just a mindless zergfest last time.

Of course, I might change my mind on it all once I get home from work and actually try it.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/262147/queens_pavilion_isnt_a_zerg_farm_fest_anymore_but/

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Posted by: Silvow.3748

Silvow.3748

Serious give our loot bag!! you guys destroying this game already

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Posted by: Killface.1896

Killface.1896

Zerg event with no loot will die out fast as no1 will bother doing them after they get there AP ….

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Posted by: hazza.9278

hazza.9278

It’s just annoying as from just scanning the release notes there was no mention of this and I wasted my birthday booster which I was saving for this event, if I knew I could have atleast saved it for a future patch where it wouldn’t be completely worthless.

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Posted by: Krosan.2890

Krosan.2890

40 minutes for 2 champion bags… words can hardly describe what an awful idea this is.
And I don’t get why you would release this in China a week after the game releases and not even add a way of getting experience. I wonder if anyone in China will bother with the pavilion.

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Posted by: Dezert Stormz.7248

Dezert Stormz.7248

40 minutes for 2 champion bags… words can hardly describe what an awful idea this is.
And I don’t get why you would release this in China a week after the game releases and not even add a way of getting experience. I wonder if anyone in China will bother with the pavilion.

Chinese are smart. Ofc they will stay away from this place now.

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Posted by: Anthony.8056

Anthony.8056

I’m glad there is a post for this I enjoyed this event last time and was excited to play again but the lack of rewards and nothing dropping isn’t worth it for me. The way they are making this game with timers on everything isn’t what I signed up for.

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Posted by: Carpboy.7145

Carpboy.7145

40 minutes for 2 champion bags… words can hardly describe what an awful idea this is.
And I don’t get why you would release this in China a week after the game releases and not even add a way of getting experience. I wonder if anyone in China will bother with the pavilion.

Actually Chinese people will love it. Love dem grinds


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Posted by: Anomaly.7612

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So is there no way to get the currency needed for the mini panda and Sclerite Shell?

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Posted by: Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Windu The Forbidden One.6045

Seriously… Then what is the entire kitten point…

I was waiting just for this because it’s a great way to level some of my alts.
Was planning to spend a lot of time there, so much for that. Can’t have events being usefull now can we?

gg anet.

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Posted by: Enokitake.1742

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40 minutes for 2 champion bags… words can hardly describe what an awful idea this is.
And I don’t get why you would release this in China a week after the game releases and not even add a way of getting experience. I wonder if anyone in China will bother with the pavilion.

20 tokens, 2 champ bags, green shortbow and 10 gauntlet tickets.

…not touching this after AP are done.

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Posted by: Zylonite.5913

Zylonite.5913

I guess big brother NCSoft wants more people to move to Wildstar and told ANet to make the game really unpleasant for the players until Wildstar gets released.

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Posted by: applecup.3047

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If the zerg actually splits into groups and downs the bosses as quickly as possibly (ie, 6 groups simultaneously fighting each boss) then the bosses are easier AND the rewards are better.

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Posted by: sukilih.6913

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If the zerg actually splits into groups and downs the bosses as quickly as possibly (ie, 6 groups simultaneously fighting each boss) then the bosses are easier AND the rewards are better.

100% agree but a lot of people won’t follow this because everyone is still in “zerg mode”

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Posted by: Teon.5168

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If the zerg actually splits into groups and downs the bosses as quickly as possibly (ie, 6 groups simultaneously fighting each boss) then the bosses are easier AND the rewards are better.

You should know better than trying to actually figure out how to do this event quickly and efficiently, and then explaining it to others here.

When posting about it here, you’re supposed to cry, scream, denounce Anet as being incompetent, and spread misinformation about there being absolutely no drops or loot and how you’ll now quit the game forever and beyond. OH NOES!!!!

But seriously, real and truthful info about the encounter, such as what you posted is extremely useful to those players who still enjoy the game. I am looking forward to trying it all this evening! Thanks!

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Posted by: Anomaly.7612

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I guess big brother NCSoft wants more people to move to Wildstar and told ANet to make the game really unpleasant for the players until Wildstar gets released.

Eww, W* is gross. At least I personally didn’t like it. Did you play the beta? It was basically WoW in space with active targetting/dodging and 1/3 of the skills.

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Posted by: shadowraiden.8394

shadowraiden.8394

If the zerg actually splits into groups and downs the bosses as quickly as possibly (ie, 6 groups simultaneously fighting each boss) then the bosses are easier AND the rewards are better.

you say better yes then their better then bronze still crap for the time spent to do it + the cordination needed.

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Posted by: Teon.5168

Teon.5168

If the zerg actually splits into groups and downs the bosses as quickly as possibly (ie, 6 groups simultaneously fighting each boss) then the bosses are easier AND the rewards are better.

100% agree but a lot of people won’t follow this because everyone is still in “zerg mode”

I don’t know……there were several zergs that were able to coordinate their efforts during the Scarlett event to take down all the champ bosses at the same time…..it can be done, and I bet you’ll see quite a few zergs doing it well after the majority get the hang of it.

Others, like a lot of the posters here, will just get frustrated and quit the game, which is probably for the best anyways.

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Posted by: wingofbenu.4316

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The problem is. even if you do split properly, its not worth the effort. at best you’re gonna get 4-5 loot bags with greens in them, and nowhere near as much gold as you put in to start it.

If the rewards arent commensurate to the effort, why bother?

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Posted by: Teon.5168

Teon.5168

The problem is. even if you do split properly, its not worth the effort. at best you’re gonna get 4-5 loot bags with greens in them, and nowhere near as much gold as you put in to start it.

If the rewards arent commensurate to the effort, why bother?

I am assuming that you have already done the event, taking all bosses at the same time, to know this. Yes?

Applecup has done the event and said the rewards are better…….guess I will find out for sure when I do it myself. Frankly, I will enjoy the challenge of it all, and I expect that Anet will do some tweaking to it all over the next several days. I am not an impatient, must-have-now kind of player, so I would imagine that I will probably enjoy it…….but I certainly could be wrong.

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Posted by: wingofbenu.4316

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No, I havent, but thats what I’ve heard the average drop is for gold. I’ve tried to help organize groups. we succeeded in getting 3 people to attempt going to a second boss while the other 45+ zerged despite our best efforts. Then I gave up.

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Posted by: Dexlmentia.7391

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I never regretted spending seven years worth of subscription fees on WoW, but now I feel foolish for sending Anet, or rather NCSoft, four-hundred dollars for gems over the last two years. I can afford it, so it isn’t the money. It’s the heartbreak I feel when friends who left the game long ago snicker when I say I still play.

This patch, however transitional it may be, underscores Anet’s flawed judgement regarding content. Most of us look forward to seasonal and other returning content, but nerfing it, and yes, by that I mean loot, effectively destroys that happy anticipation.

The most compelling event of all of LS 1 was the Marionette, but what are we left with? A world boss I suspect only a handful of people actually play consistently. What’s that you say? Keeping the Marionette wouldn’t make any story sense? Please. It’s a fantasy world. Anything can be made to make sense.

What doesn’t make sense are the numerous flaws in the “big feature pack” a year too late, the constant nerfing of content without compelling alternatives, and a complete reversal of the ‘play like you want to play’ mantra droned on about by the devs since the game’s inception.

Busy with China. Got it. NCSoft possibly guarding the Wildstar launch. Whatever. The bottom line, despite what we hear from snooty-birds who claim to be in it for the game play only is this… most people like loot, exploring new places, lots of loot, new instances, and then more loot, in that order.

TL; DR: Anet, you need to pull a rabbit out of your kitten for season two. SWTOR and others would love some company in the dark after-world of marginalization. I suspect Sony Online is watching.

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Posted by: Teon.5168

Teon.5168

No, I havent, but thats what I’ve heard the average drop is for gold. I’ve tried to help organize groups. we succeeded in getting 3 people to attempt going to a second boss while the other 45+ zerged despite our best efforts. Then I gave up.

Well, then, you’re in my boat…..just hearsay so far. I would imagine it will take a well coordinated zerg of at least 12+ people to do the champions all at the same time, get the highest reward in the littlest time possible……then it might be worth it. Altho, imo, the challenge alone would make it worth it.

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Posted by: wingofbenu.4316

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No, I havent, but thats what I’ve heard the average drop is for gold. I’ve tried to help organize groups. we succeeded in getting 3 people to attempt going to a second boss while the other 45+ zerged despite our best efforts. Then I gave up.

Well, then, you’re in my boat…..just hearsay so far. I would imagine it will take a well coordinated zerg of at least 12+ people to do the champions all at the same time, get the highest reward in the littlest time possible……then it might be worth it. Altho, imo, the challenge alone would make it worth it.

Meh. it wouldnt for me. I was excited to come back and maybe reignite what I loved about this game. Instead I find an event that by design pretty much is inhospitable to a low level character due to the absolute lack of exp and huge amounts of damage, and requiring coordination a single guildless asura cant create.

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Posted by: Blanche Neige.7241

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Hurry up doing your achievement in there. In a couple of days the pavilion will be deserted.

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Posted by: Dezert Stormz.7248

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Let it rest a night, gonna try it again today.

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Posted by: Reborn.2934

Reborn.2934

for 1 hour fight the rewards were …. crap . achieve finished , never look back :p

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Posted by: Mortifer.2946

Mortifer.2946

It’s good I stopped caring for achievements from living story. Now I can just completely ignore pavilion But Bazaaar is good, I like the new spots of collectable crystals.

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Posted by: Zylonite.5913

Zylonite.5913

Hurry up doing your achievement in there. In a couple of days the pavilion will be deserted.

It is already dead. Went in this morning and there was 10 people max….

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Posted by: GreenAlien.5623

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I think china is actually the reason for the missing exp. Wouldn’t want everyone getting to 80 too fast, never playing most of the game and then starting to complain about endgame content….

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Posted by: Antonin.3926

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I think china is actually the reason for the missing exp. Wouldn’t want everyone getting to 80 too fast, never playing most of the game and then starting to complain about endgame content….

This is my guess also. That and they don’t want to flood the market in china with high level mats so early after release. I have a feeling it will be like this with all future releases at least for the next year.

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Posted by: Teon.5168

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After doing the boss blitz a few times last night, it has definitely just become a place to get AP……and the majority of the zerg had that same mindset…..leader was shouting out to ignore timer, as just doing it for AP……when you go in with that mindset, everyone seems to have a lot of fun just enjoying the battles.

I was truly surprised at how many people were there last night just to get AP/enjoy the fun of the battle and not caring anything about drops……was kind of fun to see.

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Posted by: Antonin.3926

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I didn’t really see anyone having fun. Most people in map chat including the commanders, were saying lets farm the ap then get the hell out of here.

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Posted by: Teon.5168

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I didn’t really see anyone having fun. Most people in map chat including the commanders, were saying lets farm the ap then get the hell out of here.

Oh, I would agree with people not doing it after they get their AP, unless it is to help other guildies/friends get the AP, as well. But most everyone in the zerg last night seemed to be having a good time, friendly chatter, helpful to everyone, etc……

I should probably clarify that I did not mean that they were having the kind of fun where they would be coming back just for that…..lol. I was just surprised at the friendly attitude of most (except for the one moron who incessantly complained about no drops, and he was getting ignored by everyone when it was obvious he wouldn’t shut up….lol)

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Posted by: Neftera.3758

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The pavilion is empty right now after only 1 day of release. It’s boring, no one bothers to hit the bosses because there’s really no point. I’m honestly just trying to get the achievements I need (like the other 10 or so people in the map) by killing some veterans and then I’m leaving too. I’m angry and disappointed. I’ve spent money on the game this month and for what I got from it feels mediocre or worse. Nothing new, just the same living story (which would’ve been good for me tbh) but nerfed so hard it’s not worth spending time on.
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Posted by: Freeelancer.2860

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Getting ~50-80 champ bags and 300k+ XP on top of some 10k karma, 100 tickets and 200 tokens per hour.

I’d be constructive and give out some easy tips, but that’d ruin the tone of the thread.. So instead I’ll cry with you

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Posted by: wingofbenu.4316

wingofbenu.4316

Getting ~50-80 champ bags and 300k+ XP on top of some 10k karma, 100 tickets and 200 tokens per hour.

I’d be constructive and give out some easy tips, but that’d ruin the tone of the thread.. So instead I’ll cry with you

lemme guess. You have a large guild or a lot of people with a teamspeak server? because every attempt I’ve seen simply coordinating whoever was there has ended in an hour long bronzefest.

so in short. Unless you have some magical and epic strategy for causing this event to not suck for those of us who dont want to join TTS, kindly stuff the holier-than-thou preening.

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Posted by: Freeelancer.2860

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Close, but no cigar.

In all seriousness, I’ve actually found a mix of 30% organized (as in either know what they are doing or are listening on TS) and 70% pugs the best ratio. Pugs are way less stingy then organized people and their constant blunders keep everyone on their toes.
It’s not as healthy or laid back as full organized groups, but it’s way faster.

In short, the magical strategy is to get a couple of people and get organizin’, spammin’ and yellin’. I’ve almost gotten silver participation yesterday morning working with only 2-3 people and 0 tags.
Crying is easy, doing something constructive is hard, so roll up your sleeves or step aside.

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