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**Ace Histoli**

Also the Megacon guys are trying to nail down some more concrete (and hopefully lower) numbers for International shipping. Maybe early-mid next week.

Please don't give up hope just yet, non United Statesians!

**Azazelx**

Alpharius wrote:

So...we're supposed to do it for you then?
Riiiight....

It doesn't seem out of place for someone enthusiastic to ask on others' behalf or look up that sort of thing. It happens all of the time in KS threads without a snarky "go ask it yourself" being thrown at people.

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yamato wrote:

They have not listed any particular ROW country issues,.... But I'd guess that they ended up losing lots of money on those orders,.... Perhaps there are additional issues for importing to countries,... Or the volume of orders to other countries outside the EU does not justify the time and expense of setting up those relationships.

I'd say it's all about business and $$$

Well, CMoN don't seem to be in the business of losing money, yet their local distribution didn't cost anywhere near the same as the cost to ship a single package directly via USPS Priority - which is what MegaCon are apparently quoting here. And as noted, MegaCon bulk-shipped to a local Australian distributor for MYTH S1 in order to save money. They might not be doing it again - or they might - but it'd be worth them explaining their plans before the campaign ends, especially in light of their choice to hold AU orders back for a good 6 months or so compared to the US order in order to avoid wave shipping.

**JoshInJapan**

Azazelx wrote:
Can someone ask them why the ROW-Australia shipping is so huge - in the ballpark of paying for them to ship it from the US via USPS when they had a local AU distributor for MYTH-1?

Digging through the comments, I found these:

As an aside...I will complain about shipping for a minute. Bear with the gripes of a relatively new business owner. We negotiate terms for all our shipping. We get over 90% discount for UPS and close to the with USPS. And I thought...we are going to be alright. Then things started to change. I think the looked at the banks and said...ahhh...that is how we can make money. Basically our discount gives us amazing shipping rates. But it doesn't touch the fees...and they have tacked on crazy fees...fees for gas (that has miraculously gone up even when fuel has gone down), "rural" fees (but most addresses fall into this category...it is a very arbitrary fee), zone fees (fees that exist based off the distance from you)....but here is the kicker...they have a close zone fee too... It drives me nuts. thanks for listening to the grumpus....back to writing this update about the Lost Hoard of Blackwall.

Mar 12 2015 on MYTH: Journeyman

And in case backers are wondering...we are pushing hard for shipping cost answers by this weekened/early next week.

Mar 12 2015 on MYTH: Journeyman

So it will apparently be addressed sometime soon.

**Alpharius**

Azazelx wrote:
Alpharius wrote:

So...we're supposed to do it for you then?
Riiiight....

It doesn't seem out of place for someone enthusiastic to ask on others' behalf or look up that sort of thing. It happens all of the time in KS threads without a snarky "go ask it yourself" being thrown at people.

Are you

kidding me?!?

You could ask them directly!

Maybe even appeal to their sense of fairness as you yourself are in Australia!

Just do it already!

The more people they hear from directly affected by the issue, the better the chance that they'll work on a solution!

If there was any 'snark' in this exchange at all it was from you!

Azazelx wrote:
Alpharius wrote:
Azazelx wrote:
I'm not pledged. Don't you need to pledge to message them?

Nope, not at all!

Just use the "Contact me" link right under the MERCS Miniatures name on the MYTH Journeyman KS homepage...and let us know what you find out!

Yeah.. I'll get right onto that. As soon as I can be bothered.

**Dark Severance**

Alpharius wrote:
You could ask them directly!

Maybe even appeal to their sense of fairness as you yourself are in Australia!

The more people they hear from directly affected by the issue, the better the chance that they'll work on a solution!

I have to back this up. Previously I've asked questions in KS for people, sometimes I get positive answers but more often I don't. Especially if inquiring about things in another country... they tend to look at my country, so the question doesn't translate into "How many people are asking". Even in campaigns where I've said there are a few people and given numbers, it is less likely to be believed. It starts to sound like, "I have these friends who would like to know..." questions that doesn't translate into multiple people for them.

He isn't trying by snarky, but sometimes questions are better being asked by the people to effect change.

**Pete Melvin**

Meh. I'm interested in the Crocs but not much else. Id back it if I could get the Crocs seperate but you cant, so I wont.

**yamato**

$325k acheived,.... Slime Captains unlocked:

Most interesting is that there will be more SG goals announced @ the $350k mark,.. and they said that there will be 9 between $400k and $500K,... I guess that means one every $10K!

**highlord tamburlaine**

Speculation as to what those 9 can be?

I'm guessing the alts are showing up as one of those. I think they mentioned it would be one stretch all together. Probably another module too that unlocks.

Reading about how the avatars work for the wizard guy sounds pretty fun. I like how the mechanics can be so varied not only between the classes but also between the branches within that class.

I'm kind of wishing MegaCon would do some tuck boxes for all the various card decks. All the cards are really going to be piling up by the end of this campaign, and it would be nice to have some official manner to store them all.

Not that I don't already have a bunch of various boxes around my house, but still...

**nkelsch**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Speculation as to what those 9 can be?

We still have 5 female journeyman, and Skald and Trickster, Male and female journeyman, so that is 9 right there.

We actually played some Myth last night and we did the KS1 quest booklet. HOLY MOLY was that good. I suspect modules will be like that book. The pre-laid out quests, the stories, the mechanics brought a very blurry game into focus. If the modules are books with a dozen or so 3-act quests, then I think that is good content. I would love to see a removal of all 'card' quests and replaced with all 'book' quests.

I hope we get more clarity on modules, I might actually back this if the modules show promise. Saves me from running other systems with myth figures

**Sjeng**

I'm crunching the numbers from both KS's. Can anyone check my excel? Thanks in advance!
http://1drv.ms/1BCvP4l

**yamato**

Past $350k., .......

Teraxas daemon boss unlocked

More stretch goals released

New add on to catchup those who missed the first KS

**Alpharius**

SO this image here:

Does this mean at $400K all Minion and Hero level pledgers get the AVATAR OF SHADOW Module for free?

**MasterSlowPoke**

Looks like it.

**Triple9**

I'm going to be pretty heavy into this one by the time it finished. MCG is off to a great start in turning the perception of this franchise around.

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No, I believe everyone gets Traitea and cards, but the avatar of shadows module is unlocked for add-on or included for the all in.

**JoshInJapan**

I backed for $120, followed the campaign for a few days, and then remembered that we have yet to actually play the game. I assume the journeyman characters will be available eventually, so I'm just going to get the updated materials and wait.

**Grot 6**

How much will the total package for all of the new content be?
Can't seem to see the choice for that total survivor stuffs...

All in all, they should have learned a few things from the first one, but the amount of snacks on this project is a bag of treats.

**yamato**

No,... The Avatar of Shadow module is free and included as part of the stretch goal,..... It is NOT tied to the All-in modules add on.

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Also,.... next stretch goals released,..... I'm going to love the Necromancer like the days of Diablo2!

Bring it on!

**highlord tamburlaine**

So the Necromancer gets 2 different pets? Huh.

I knew about the Forsaken, didn't know about the Soul Stalker.

I can live with this.

**Triple9**

whoops, i was wrong on that SG. Guess I should read the text of the updates.

**yamato**

I can't wait to start raising those skeletons and watching the fun,.... The hero resurrection feature sounds really fun where you would somehow control them prior to them taking control with a FD roll.

**ced1106**

Mantis Creations had added a Myth KS1 storage tray solution for £60, about $90, including cards and cardboard stuff:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/932371889/mantis-creations-storage-for-zombies/posts/1166293

**yamato**

Slime boss is unlocked and free to all "Minion" and above pledge levels:

and the next Stretch Goals released,..... more allies and "pets" Just wait till this gets going!

**nkelsch**

NPCs are welcome. Helps with some of the NPC-driven quests. I hope we see 3 town guard guys as those fighter tokens pop up a bunch.

**yamato**

Advanced Hero chit info released:

**nkelsch**

Hope we see dual gender for journeyman stuff. I really like dual gender availability.

That would be 41 additional models for every journeyman and novice which is new in both genders (outside the spriggian)

**yamato**

They have admitted a few times that there will be alt gender sculpts for the JM heroes,..... but no word on if they will extend to each of the KS heroes.

I love how varied these class are under the JM split,.... abilities and base stats!

**nkelsch**

yamato wrote:
They have admitted a few times that there will be alt gender sculpts for the JM heroes,..... but no word on if they will extend to each of the KS heroes.

If the monk is only female and the outcast is only male, so be it. It would be rough to have a female trickster novice and only a single male journyman tinker.

I am sure they will work it out, but with completionist pledging reaching 350ish$ right now, I don't know how much more people can expand on that, especially with a few major KS launching in the next 2 weeks.

**yamato**

I agree that this is getting a bit insane already,..... now there is an Art book add on, and tuck boxes,.....

**nkelsch**

Oh wow! the BGG guy who makes all the tuckboxes! Good for Megacon for picking those up from him!

I wouldn't want a hard-back rulebook, but I would take a hard-back questing tome which included a full page per act or story with nice art and fluff. The little quest books are cool and all, but it would be super nice if they were in an expanded format with more background as many of the quests kinda don't make sense without expanded fluff.

**yamato**

$400k achieved!

Three new minis and a module free for all SG eligible pledges!