GrimDork wrote: Baldur's gate is fantastic! I just spend far too much time planning out parties and trying to play from the first game through the second game's expansion.
Indeed, but I have to say that Baldurs Gate 2 Shadow of Amn & Throne Of Baal is the best RPG ever made. On a sidenote what sort of party you normaly run when playing Icewind Dale?
GrimDork wrote: I didn't get too far with dragon age though it seemed like a decent enough game, perhaps someday. Reminded me enough of my favorite games (bg/iwd/etc) for me to go back and investigate. Plus the way too smart magic dog was pretty amusing
I finally got out of the Fade.
Yus!
Yeah, I played through that enough... I have the Skip the Fade mod installed now. After 3-4 times I got really sick of it.
As far as my skyrim game, I am up to level 16, starting on the Dawnguard quest. I got the immersive partrols mod (on top of my other 117 or so I already had) and it's pretty cool. I was riding out of Whiterun to Solitude and stumbled upon 10 or so Stormcloaks murdering 5-6 Imperials along the road - the loot was quite a boon to my brand new character.
Along the way I have decided that my guy is the son of a mushroom farmer from Markarth - so he knows his way around mushroom (I won't grab any non mushrooms (or flowers, he likes flowers)), and his mother was a skooma addict, so he kills skooma dealers when and if he can. Other than that he is an honorable dude who joined the Vigil to do good works just in time for them to be murdered by vampires. In the quest to stand against the undead scourge he has begun experimenting with enchanting weapons, which he is dubious about (along with any other non resto magic) but he is coming to rely on it.
Trondheim wrote: On a sidenote what sort of party you normally run when playing Icewind Dale?
I always run mixed parties. Generally my party consists of 1 mage, cleric (sometimes a druid), fighter, paladin and thief plus either a ranger or a ranged fighter. I never dual/multi class.
Trondheim wrote: On a sidenote what sort of party you normally run when playing Icewind Dale?
I always run mixed parties. Generally my party consists of 1 mage, cleric (sometimes a druid), fighter, paladin and thief plus either a ranger or a ranged fighter. I never dual/multi class.
I see, well I normaly take two figthers, a cleric, thief, mage and a paladin, I also tend to specialices the figthers in different weapons,, so I have a mixed bag of damage to dish out. In Icewind Dale 2 I have on the two latest play trougs run a pure Drow party, a bit challenging magic wise to begin with, but as you reach lvl 10 or so its just good times all around
I meant to play icewind dale or icewind dale 2. A previous landlord lent me the game but it just wouldn't run on my computer at the time. It pretty much crashed on start up. Too bad because I wish I could've played it.
I think all this talk has made me want to play skyrim though. Perhaps I should go with another playthrough of skyrim as another khajiit assassin type character. I never seem to finish the any of the 3 games I played. I didn't even really go through much of the main quest-line or the civil war quest-line. My character would often chase butterflies and pick daisies until I'd run into a cave. 3 hours fighting falmer and picking up dwarven stuff and I'm done with that. Then I go for another similar thing and there's an even longer quest which is completely not of the main story but incredibly long winded. Basically rinse and repeat till I'm level 60 and provoking a troll to attack me like some sort weirdo and then blocking damage with my shield and using healing spells so that I can level up my 'blocking' and 'armor' skills just so that I can still level up.
I've only recently gotten iwd, most of experience is with 2. I usually theme my parties to potentially disastrous results... I had a party of gnomes and halflings called seebo's shorties; a bunch of elf fighter/caster types, a rogue/wiz, sorcerer monk and so on...I think had a barbarian ranger and druid themed party too.
Kind of tempted by this all drow party...
I have definitely got the feeling that I want three melee friendly characters for the next run, even rock solid tanks fall short if stuff surrounds me, maybe a cleric for double duty.
GrimDork wrote: I've only recently gotten iwd, most of experience is with 2. I usually theme my parties to potentially disastrous results... I had a party of gnomes and halflings called seebo's shorties; a bunch of elf fighter/caster types, a rogue/wiz, sorcerer monk and so on...I think had a barbarian ranger and druid themed party too.
Kind of tempted by this all drow party...
I have definitely got the feeling that I want three melee friendly characters for the next run, even rock solid tanks fall short if stuff surrounds me, maybe a cleric for double duty.
Its definitly worth the try, running a all Drow party, but as I said. It can be a bit tricky with regards to magic early on. but several drow figthers with specialisation in a varied amount of weapons will ensure that you can still hack down most things you meet. Also remember to invest in both inteligence, constituion and dexterity before strengt. So that you can take a bit of a beating and resist certain magical attacks much better.
Also its worth mentioning that Drows get a bonus to most ranged weapons, and differnet sorts of swords if memory serves me correct.
I appear to have found a game breaking bug in Baldurs gate. I have cleared out the bandit camp, rescued the captive and read the scrolls but chapter 4 doesn't fire and the cloakwood doesn't appear in the map..
So, while CoH 2 dissapointed me greatly upon release, the Western Front stuff has made it quite a bit more enjoyable for me.
The big thing is the factions don't feel copy-pasted from CoH1. Sure, there's some shared elements to the old Panzer Elite and Commonwealth, but their pretty superficial. I'm enjoying myself with buildable King Tigers and glorious, glorious combat engineers with STG44s.
Guild Wars 2 is now even Guild Wars-ier with the release of their new living story! Which is... kinda underwhelming, actually. There's a new area to explore and some new events, but no new gear (new food types, though) and a brand new crazy Sylvari villain, because Scarlet was just soooo much fun we *had* to have another.
*Insert .gif of me strangling myself to death with my own intestines*
I really hope the living story gets better with the next chapter. Admittedly, Scarlett's storyline didn't get exciting until the Queen's Jubilee event, but I don't think I can wait that long for this one to impress me.
Yes. Bears are really scary as they can, due to their large force, knock you down and then maul you to death with 2 subsequent hits unless you wear a full set of Heavy Armor. This, however, isn't possible at start as you need to get used to Heavy Armor. Without proper experience, your stamina constantly decreases just by walking around in it!
Switched from THW to Sword&Board for now for additional protection and it really pays off.
And again: get a bow!
I cannot remember the last time I was so in love with a game. It is incredibly hard but satisfying. It feels so awesome to get your ass handed by a mere bandit at the start, but then, after a few hours, come back and kick his ass. Requiem de-levels the entire game thus all enemies stay at one level. I absolutely HATE the original solution where enemies level with you. It's unrealistic and stupid. You should FEEL more powerful the longer you play and that is why Requiem is so awesome - you don't become stronger merely because you have X more experience points. You become stronger because you FEEL stronger.
Oh, and don't follow the main quest line after talking to the Jarl of Windheim, you will get your ass handed by the Draugr. Left and right!
I just played trough Sniper Elite 3 and had a blast doing so, much lolzs where had due to the over the top silly main character and some rather amusing bugs I encounterd while mowing down Nazis with my Lee Enfield
Sigvatr wrote: Yes. Bears are really scary as they can, due to their large force, knock you down and then maul you to death with 2 subsequent hits unless you wear a full set of Heavy Armor. This, however, isn't possible at start as you need to get used to Heavy Armor. Without proper experience, your stamina constantly decreases just by walking around in it!
Switched from THW to Sword&Board for now for additional protection and it really pays off.
And again: get a bow!
I cannot remember the last time I was so in love with a game. It is incredibly hard but satisfying. It feels so awesome to get your ass handed by a mere bandit at the start, but then, after a few hours, come back and kick his ass. Requiem de-levels the entire game thus all enemies stay at one level. I absolutely HATE the original solution where enemies level with you. It's unrealistic and stupid. You should FEEL more powerful the longer you play and that is why Requiem is so awesome - you don't become stronger merely because you have X more experience points. You become stronger because you FEEL stronger.
Oh, and don't follow the main quest line after talking to the Jarl of Windheim, you will get your ass handed by the Draugr. Left and right!
So, it turns into Morrowind? Where you think "Say, I'm gonna explore this cavern over here" and suddenly Dwarf Mechs in your face you have no chance to beat if you aren't badass enough?
I'm starting to feel like returning to Skyrim if it's like that
So, it turns into Morrowind? Where you think "Say, I'm gonna explore this cavern over here" and suddenly Dwarf Mechs in your face you have no chance to beat if you aren't badass enough?
I'm starting to feel like returning to Skyrim if it's like that
Precisely. No leveled enemies anymore - a lvl 11 Bandit Leader will always be a lvl 11 Bandit Leader. Try to get him at level 5 with a Steel Sword? Not a single chance. Come back at level 8 and you might have a fighting chance. Come back at lvl 15 and you can mob the ground with him.
Combat is FAR more dangerous too as the AI has been vastly improved. They effectively parry, block and powerattack you now. They run to get backup, make use of traps and will try to outflank (more often). Two enemies at the same time at your level will most likely result in instant death. If you are low on stamina and an enemy hits you, you are likely to be disarmed. Bows will break when hit in melee. Too many changes to list but Skyrim is so awesome. It's incredibly brutal and unforgiving and "hard" games like Dark Souls are a joke against it. But the payoff is so damn well. I am in love ith the game!
Think I may need to check out the Requim mod for Skyrim, been so long since I've played it. Though I do have Skyrim Redone so must be one or the other I guess.
Been playing Assassins Creed 3, its fairly decent. I just feel a bit bored with the combat though, even with the basic weapons its too easy. Heck just give me the hidden blade and I can win! Think I've still got a bit to go before moving onto Black Flag.
The random alternate start mod for skyrim is cool, first guy got jumped by one of those thieves who wants your money or attacks, barely survived with the stock gear. The next guy started by the word wall with the voice throw shout, and almost got eaten by the lich or priest or whatever it is that spawns there.
Gonna see about using their class mod too, sets things up a little more like oblivion i think, and then the survival oriented iNeed comes next.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh and sneak attack spells, forget the name, but i've wanted that forever and ever, should be a blast.
Playing through The Wolf Among Us. Though I'm not sure "playing" is the right word. While it's certainly an interesting experience, I don't think two or three quicktime event sequences per episode really qualifies as a "game."
Also trying to choose between Blackguards and Divinity: Original Sin for my RPG fix. Going to buy one of them, just haven't determined which.
Seaward wrote: Playing through The Wolf Among Us. Though I'm not sure "playing" is the right word. While it's certainly an interesting experience, I don't think two or three quicktime event sequences per episode really qualifies as a "game."
Also trying to choose between Blackguards and Divinity: Original Sin for my RPG fix. Going to buy one of them, just haven't determined which.
Can't speak for Blackguards but Divinity is solid. Only have about four hours in but it feels like an old school RPG with a decent interface.
Finished Metro 2033. Fething loved that game. Fastest I've played through a game in a long time.
Started Metro: Last Light yesterday. Loving it so far, and I'm soooo glad they added take-downs in that game.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh, also put about 3 hours into Payday 2 over the weekend. Man, that game is tons of fun*. I went with the Mastermind skill-tree.
*I played with my brother and a couple of his friends that already have tons of time into the game...so that helped me A LOT
Back in Skyrim again. Female resto/Alter/Destro mage imperial (Money, money, money!) who went and got transmute as soon as possible. Now every iron ore gets transmuted to gold, made into rings, enchanted, and sold. Boosts Alteration, Smithing, enchanting, and speech.
Currently at level 21-22 and I've only done the main quest up to getting to use shouts, and the college questline so I have the Arch-mage's quarters to store my loot. Labyrinthian was a pain. Not for the fighting, but because I was overloaded after about 3 minutes and could not run after that. (No, I'm not selling any of my Dragon Bones or Scales, that's money in the bank that is. When I get to 100 smithing, I'll be able to make some of the best armour in the game and sell it for a fortune.).
That's with a vanilla install. Mods have changed since I played last and I'm not interested in trawling through dozens of "Superman" costumes. Can anyone please point me at some of the best mods? I'm mainly looking for more to do, so things like "Moonpath to Elswyr" and maybe a couple of things like Dragon bow to complete a set of light Dragon armour.
So yeah mostly xenonauts. That game finds new ways to p*ss me off. Before I only had to worry about enemies ruining my will whereas now they can cause my guys to berserk and shoot at somebody randomly or control a guy with somebody off screen pretty much. Then there's these little teleporting fairy like dudes that bug the h*ll out of me.
I really need to find a game I can just turn my brain off too instead of one that's insanely hard. Anybody know of a good one?
flamingkillamajig wrote: So yeah mostly xenonauts. That game finds new ways to p*ss me off. Before I only had to worry about enemies ruining my will whereas now they can cause my guys to berserk and shoot at somebody randomly or control a guy with somebody off screen pretty much. Then there's these little teleporting fairy like dudes that bug the h*ll out of me.
I really need to find a game I can just turn my brain off too instead of one that's insanely hard. Anybody know of a good one?
I usually resort to a good non-linear RPG like Skyrim when that happens. Less focus on micromanagement, more focus on exploring caves and dungeons.
Also, I've found trying to do things in game more because you want to no matter how ridiculous it is instead of worrying if it works or not helps.
flamingkillamajig wrote: So yeah mostly xenonauts. That game finds new ways to p*ss me off. Before I only had to worry about enemies ruining my will whereas now they can cause my guys to berserk and shoot at somebody randomly or control a guy with somebody off screen pretty much. Then there's these little teleporting fairy like dudes that bug the h*ll out of me.
I really need to find a game I can just turn my brain off too instead of one that's insanely hard. Anybody know of a good one?
I usually resort to a good non-linear RPG like Skyrim when that happens. Less focus on micromanagement, more focus on exploring caves and dungeons.
Also, I've found trying to do things in game more because you want to no matter how ridiculous it is instead of worrying if it works or not helps.
I might but I find the main character must have some serious ADD or something. I just tend to get easily distracted from the main quest-line. I follow a butterfly quite literally to collect stuff for alchemy and bam a couple hours go by stumbling through some caves after eating like 100 different things without any ill effect or serious need to crap.
I may get back into skyrim.
--------
A little off topic but I see you're into skaven. I am as well and have a skaven forum in case you're interested.
Anyway it's 2 AM and I have to work tomorrow so it's off to bed for me. Hopefully I'm not dead tired going into work but chances are I will be.
I have the exact same ethic with school.
Me: Ok, I'l go to sleep now so that when I wake up I won't be tired.
Narrator: The very next morning.
Me: Ah crap where the hell are my pants?
@flamingkillamajig: That's what I mean! For instance, I play a fortress building game where losing is practically expected. Of course, I try to maintain it for as long as possible, but since I know I won't win, it makes losing fun when you decide, "I'm going to make a magma cannon," and accidentally find your fortress flooding with magma. Did it make sense? Nope. Did it help my fortress survive? Not really. Was it still fun? Feth yes.
Also, moving back to Skyrim with more of a... Machiavellian mindset. It's weird. I used to always follow the law in that game. Now, Whiterun's going to have a bit of an economy problem from a certain thieving Kajit. Considering a good half of the population there are kind of jerks, it would be a nice revenge. (Or I could just go full-on werewolf)
Oh, and you can easily pickpocket Jarl Balgruff there too. When you reach his throne, move directly beside him on the side opposite of Irileth. If you're in the right spot, you should be able to stay hidden while you take the coin purse. Best of luck.
Yep just played 'xenonauts' for some hours and got to predator armor which is amazing most of the time. That said my current game is basically over. I can't really do anything after some enemy heavy fighter squadron shot down my planes. Now all my planes are grounded and I'm forced to take it up the butt. I've almost lost 4 regions and things are just looking bad.
Yeah except it seems to be much, much harder. Then again I'm an xcom: enemy unknown veteran of about 800 plus hours for it and 'enemy within' combined. Needless to say I enjoy that game even if it p*sses me off.
Xenonauts is like the old xcom from what I hear (I never played the old ones) where you have to build multiple bases. However the thing is you need to build radar stations in each base which each have a certain radius to scan with and protecting the whole world is pretty much impossible. I choose middle east or north Africa just so I can get as much radar distance as possible. It's also not terribly easy to equip each squad of guys really well so I tend to have an A-team squad from my main base and the other bases exist mostly as aircraft bases (which is probably what they will be in the future esp. since dropships have long range and you can do an airstrike on a crash site instead of assaulting it). I still have yet to go through a base defense mission and I dread the thought. You also might want to do a double radar on a base when possible to get as much distance as you can. An extra 25% to radius sounds bad but it's more than you think. Extra bases are really expensive to maintain (what was it 250k to 500k per base?).
So yeah xenonauts is a tough game so far. Also just a hint flashbangs and possibly smoke are better than you give them credit for so equip some early on at least (having no armor and therefore nothing to weigh you down means lots of equipment and few restrictions).
I've been playing through Assassin's Creed 3 still. I must admit I'm not doing many story missions, I spend most of my time exploring maps; killing redcoats, hunting and loads of other things not really related to the story.
It's great! I don't really know why it seems to be looked down on as one of the worst AC titles. I'm enjoying it far more than the others I've played (1 and 2, never played the expansions)
Tibbsy wrote: I've been playing through Assassin's Creed 3 still. I must admit I'm not doing many story missions, I spend most of my time exploring maps; killing redcoats, hunting and loads of other things not really related to the story.
It's great! I don't really know why it seems to be looked down on as one of the worst AC titles. I'm enjoying it far more than the others I've played (1 and 2, never played the expansions)
Yeah, it's a great game even when focusing on side quests. The combat system is possibly my favourite of any game ever (the only real challengers being Arkham and possibly Dark Souls).
Get Black Flag as soon as you can, though, it takes everything that's awesome about AC III and does it bigger, better and with more style. Did I mention you get a free-roaming Pirate Ship?!
Tibbsy wrote: I've been playing through Assassin's Creed 3 still. I must admit I'm not doing many story missions, I spend most of my time exploring maps; killing redcoats, hunting and loads of other things not really related to the story.
It's great! I don't really know why it seems to be looked down on as one of the worst AC titles. I'm enjoying it far more than the others I've played (1 and 2, never played the expansions)
Yeah, it's a great game even when focusing on side quests. The combat system is possibly my favourite of any game ever (the only real challengers being Arkham and possibly Dark Souls).
Get Black Flag as soon as you can, though, it takes everything that's awesome about AC III and does it bigger, better and with more style. Did I mention you get a free-roaming Pirate Ship?!
I got AC3 rather than Black Flag because I've been painting some Revolutionary War redcoats anyway and I wanted some additional inspiration! I'll pick up Black Flag eventually I expect.
The naval missions do have me wanting to build a 15mm scale ship-of-the-line... No idea where to start with that one though!
SkavenLord wrote: So is Xenonauts like X-Com? It sounds quite similar.
Its basically X-COM:Enemy Unknown (note the -) but with better graphics, a more modern UI, cleaned up mechanics and a largely superfluous air combat mini game.
flamingkillamajig wrote: Yeah except it seems to be much, much harder. Then again I'm an xcom: enemy unknown veteran of about 800 plus hours for it and 'enemy within' combined. Needless to say I enjoy that game even if it p*sses me off.
Xenonauts is like the old xcom from what I hear (I never played the old ones) where you have to build multiple bases. However the thing is you need to build radar stations in each base which each have a certain radius to scan with and protecting the whole world is pretty much impossible. I choose middle east or north Africa just so I can get as much radar distance as possible. It's also not terribly easy to equip each squad of guys really well so I tend to have an A-team squad from my main base and the other bases exist mostly as aircraft bases (which is probably what they will be in the future esp. since dropships have long range and you can do an airstrike on a crash site instead of assaulting it). I still have yet to go through a base defense mission and I dread the thought. You also might want to do a double radar on a base when possible to get as much distance as you can. An extra 25% to radius sounds bad but it's more than you think. Extra bases are really expensive to maintain (what was it 250k to 500k per base?).
So yeah xenonauts is a tough game so far. Also just a hint flashbangs and possibly smoke are better than you give them credit for so equip some early on at least (having no armor and therefore nothing to weigh you down means lots of equipment and few restrictions).
So it's like Original Gangsta X-COM, then? It sure sounds like it, what with the radar coverage and multiple bases.
SkavenLord wrote: So is Xenonauts like X-Com? It sounds quite similar.
It's based off of X-COM: UFO defense, which is the 1993 game.
It's supposed to retain most of the old mechanics as well. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to personal taste.
SkavenLord wrote: So is Xenonauts like X-Com? It sounds quite similar.
It's based off of X-COM: UFO defense, which is the 1993 game.
It's supposed to retain most of the old mechanics as well. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to personal taste.
Oh I'm still having trouble beating Enemy Unknown. Maybe I'll look into it after I've beaten that one.
SkavenLord wrote: So is Xenonauts like X-Com? It sounds quite similar.
It's based off of X-COM: UFO defense, which is the 1993 game.
It's supposed to retain most of the old mechanics as well. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to personal taste.
I think I prefer enemy unknown for all the squadmate abilities. Sure it feels like a heroic 80's-90's action movie but I liked that take on it.
I never played the original UFO defense though and I like this as well. Both are good really. That said it kind of sucks that the only think experienced troops really give is a boosted stat-line. Sure it's annoying when experienced dudes die but in 'enemy unknown' when a colonel or multiple colonels die it's a sad day indeed esp. if you have crappy replacements that are the rookie and red-shirt.
Tibbsy wrote: I've been playing through Assassin's Creed 3 still. I must admit I'm not doing many story missions, I spend most of my time exploring maps; killing redcoats, hunting and loads of other things not really related to the story.
It's great! I don't really know why it seems to be looked down on as one of the worst AC titles. I'm enjoying it far more than the others I've played (1 and 2, never played the expansions)
See I'm the opposite, I've been mainly focusing on the main story. The side stuff just doesn't do it for me. I've brought down a few forts and done odd things in Boston but nothing major.
When not playing Assassins Creed 3 I'm trying to get back into my Skyrim characters. Argonian thief who only use a bow and daggers, maybe a sword if its much better. Had a fair few mods to update though.
carlos13th wrote: EA UFC. A decent game but a step back in some respects feels very rushed and it doesnt feel like much of the dev team were MMA fans.
Given that some articles I've seen from the industry have outlined that much of the dev team came from the Fight Night franchise, that's not surprising
@skavenlord I usually theif/rogue/assassin every other character, what's giving you trouble? Until you get that one mid tiered perk, running is noisier than walking, if you aren't really skilled up in sneak then you will probably need to switch to the slow walk to get your first strikes in. Eventually when your sneak is higher, and once you get the perk, running isn't an issue.
Sneak behind people, though sometimes you can slow walk kind of in front of them why you're good enough. Light makes you easier to see, stick to shadowed corners where you can.
If there are too many enemies in an area to get a sneak, get a good hiding spot and shoot an arrow at the wall to make noise so they come running to check, hide until you get back to hidden status and they all go back, usually one will be far enough back and you can swing out and shiv them while the others reset. Repeat as necessary. Can probably use a spell to make noise too if you dont have a bow.
If one sneak attack doesn't kill the enemy, sometimes you can follow it up with one or rarely two more before the enemy can detect you.
Seems like physically bumping someone, or being bumped, is instant detection, this is one of the easiest ways to get caught, make sure your chosen hiding spots are deep enough so you wont get clipped by the enemy patrol.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Related to that last one, dual wielded dagger power attack has a pretty goods tendency to drag you into a bump ruining the last 2-3 strikes of the PA. Same with attacking sleepers, they'll get up and bump you spoiling followups, I've been having better luck crouching on a night table or the foot of the bed.
SkavenLord wrote: A thief? Any chance you can give a Kajit a few tips on sneak attacks?
Contract vampirism. I cannot recommend this enough. You get nightvision and a boost to stealth, as well as a few other vampiric powers. And your eyes glow.
For weapons load-out, start with bows. They allow you to inflict damage from a distance. Be patient. If your first arrow doesn't kill a dude, stay still in the shadows and he will eventually lose aggro and forget you shot him. Then shoot him again. Rinse and repeat. Spend your perks getting the bonus % to sneak and the critical hit perks. I don't take the last perk (x12 daggers) because I usually use bound sword as my main hand weapon (and bound bow as ranged) but it might be worth it for you. Learn to raise dead. Kill a guy. Raise his corpse. Sneak attack your own zombie. Get sneak xp. Rinse and repeat. Get the muffle spell and hot key it. I usually cast it right before I cast my bound weapon spell, so when my bound weapon wears off, I know to cast muffle again. Wear light armor. Stick to low-weight armors (leather or Foresworn) until your sneak is good and solid, then upgrade to stuff like glass and whatnot.
That's all the advice I have. It's worked well for me on my Breton mage/assassin.
Playing Skyrim and Borderlands 2 now. I never beat my 3rd playthrough as my Commando...and he's actually having some trouble now so it's become a bit more fun.
As for Skyrim, the class that I refer to as my 'perfect' playthrough (and it is by no means perfect, lol) was a sword/board Breton. magicka resist as a racial, coupled with various enchants on dragonbone armor made him sort of unkillable. Currently playing through as my bowssassin and i'm loving it. The ragdoll physics coupled with paralysis and explosive arrows makes for some of the funniest deaths I've ever seen.
Also, invisibility gear, get it, use it, murder in it.
I picked up The Yawhg after watching a few playthroughs. Its a well made, game, but doesn't merit more than a few replays unless you want to find every one of the endings. I do like it though, and'll probably play it next time I have friends around (everyone taking their own character or something). It can be surprisingly dark at times (being captured only to have a monster eat your flesh for days on end as it regenerates it is one possible run in you can find out in the forest), and actually achieving a happy ending seems to be difficult (oh you can save the village, but most of the characters will still wind up disappointed), but i can appreciate its tone. What I'm wondering right now is how to access all of the songs from the soundtrack, as one or two don't seem to play on the average playthrough. I mean I don't think they've been locked out, rather I assume they occur if you manage to achieve the best possible ending (most of the time I've managed a good ending for the town, but I suspect there's another better option after that). Given that I've had the soundtrack longer than I've actually owned the game, I guess that says a lot about how much I enjoy this title. ^^
If you're Khajiit, you don't need Vampirism for night vision- you have it as a racial ability. It's a Lesser Power, which means that you can use it infinitely over and over again, and it doesn't cost magicka.
But yeah. If being sneaky pants, the biggest thing to do is be patient. Move slow, stay in shadows. Watch from a distance and memorize patrol routes and timing before going in. Pick your targets- recognize mages vs 'chaff' vs the two-handers, take out the ones you feel least comfortable fighting first.
I'm sailing the seven seas... or... the seas around Cuba, in Assassin's Creed 4. It's so much fun, although I just got the blow-dart gun. The game becomes 1000% easier when you can just get rid of guards by making them go berserk and kill one another.
I'm giving Mount and Blade: With Fire and Sword a proper playthrough now too. I gave it a go ages ago, but certain changes from Warband didn't make me stick with it. I dislike that the arenas were remove, or at least that they weren't replaced with something similar so players can grind some money and renown. Guns make things really difficult, especially given that the average illiterate bandit seems to carry them and that even the worse ones can take off most of your health. Realistic I suppose, and they do have terrible accuracy, but they make charging into melee a right bugger. The changes to the capturing system bug me too. I mean I don't really like the concept that your captors steal all your stuff then leave you on your lonesome in the middle of nowhere. It just means that if you're unlucky another enemy will turn up in seconds and curb stomp you only to steal even more of your gear and leave you in an worse off state (to the point that you could've began with the best gear in the game, but the conga line of capturing leaves you with nothing). The lack of creating your character's background at the start of the game is a big loss if you're roleplaying (something which may be difficult given the confines of the game's plot and setting if you don't know much about either). It still kind of bugs me too that you can't just straight up kill all the nobles. Instead you have to be honourable and ransom them, or just chain them up and walk them about the land till they eventually escape. Screw that, this lord hates my guts and I don't care about what his faction thinks. Its fair game to murder whole villages of people, but I can't lop one guy's head off and send it back to their lord? Tsk, tsk. =P
Still, I haven't played the series in a while, and well change is good right? I still kind of miss that I can't just charge right at a hundred odd enemies and kite them to death (well unless all the gunmen are killed first). That and Deserters can go screw themselves. Eugh, the amount of times my low level party's been jumped by a few Winged Hussars right next to an allied city. ...Coincidently I intend to ally with the Poles, uh, only if to have their mandate for hunting down that one group of Hussars...
No doubt what I have been playing the most after the Rogue Legacy marathon is Metro Last Light. Having lots of fun actually, lots of sneaky back stabbing kills.
Besides that, I have been playing Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae, or, "Pantsu May Cry". HOOOLY gak, is this game hard, as in, "Ninja Gaiden 2 in Hard Mode" hard. I started playing in "Hard" mode because I'm like "Yeah, I can take it" but man, I have died so many times and I still haven't beaten chapter 2. The good thing is that you always keep the upgrade points after each run so I'm slowly getting stronger after each defeat.
Since I finally got it in the mail, I have been playing God Hand for the PS2. Shame that this is under the radar (aka IGN being a gakky review site like usual), because this is much better than almost every game in this current generation and the last one. Great humor, simple but deep combat, challenging, and hard without being unfair.
So it's gonna sound weird considering my previous complaints of xenonauts but now that I'm in the groove of the game it's actually really easy. My plan of using one main base with other satellite bases for aircraft works quite well esp. considering you can airstrike crash sites. My main base has all my soldiers (which is infinitely cheaper to maintain all the gear for). I'll probably regret this play-style later on but should UFO's ever try to invade my satellite bases i'll throw up a bunch of anti air turrets to knock them down before they even get close. I figure at least 4 per satellite base should do the trick. I've also only lost Australasia.
So far things are looking pretty good and in the game I'm at the end of December so Christmas presents all around. Although I think there will be some Christmas eve and day deaths for both the xenonauts and aliens.
I have been continuing my DA 2 playthrough and I really do enjoy it more than DA:Origins. There are obviously some issues with it but I find it interesting enough to continue which is more than I can say for Origins.
I am thinking of restarting my Xenonauts game using the interceptor base method. Apparently Aliens prioritise your main base so it may work although I have found defence batteries to be fairly useless so if my minor bases do get attacked they are probably lost.
Well it's working well so far for me in xenonauts. I haven't really lost much in comparison to the other play-throughs. Was this strategy mentioned by other people? I kind of figured it out on my own.
ARMA 3 - just jumped into a server for a bit which I like.
Spawned in with a squad that was really friendly but were already deployed. I was the Ammo Bearer so grabbed some supplies they needed and preceded to the chopper landing area. The chopper I was meant to be taking crashed. So a couple of us decided to drive/take a boat to meet up with the squad,
We were killed by the car park barrier getting out.
So we tried again and made it to the boats. The other guy was driving and ended up disconnecting. The boat spazzed out and did a nose dive for the ocean floor. I bailed out and swam to the shore so that someone could pick me up. While wondering around some cliffs, the game glitched out and pushed me off the edge of one, despite me being a fair way from the edge off the cliff.
Somehow I found the funny side of all of this And I highly recommend playing the game as well. Just beware, you may experience a similar unlucky streak
I somewhat but not fully spoke too soon. You see a lot more ships started appearing near my main base and one actually fought a base defense mission against me. I won but I lost a lot of guys. I got more guys to fill in all those that died but my last mission saw the deaths of my 3 vets that survived the base mission. It's a shame I mostly have like corporals at best now. I hate rookies so bad in the game. Their stat-line is so bad. At least it isn't as bad as in 'xcom: enemy unknown'.
I've also got some more planes and other stuff. Threw up some plasma anti air turrets near one of my satellite bases. Hopefully I can afford more later.
@skavenlord: The dark brotherhood sounded like a lot of fun. I never really got into it with my khajiit character. I killed grelod the kind but not much beyond answering the boy's summons. Oh and I got some mysterious black hand so I guess I attracted their attention.
Finally started using riot shields and wolf armor with the electro-shock prods. Those things are amazing when on people with a lot of time units and HP. You practically dare the enemy to come at you esp. with the upgraded shields with like 160 HP. Oh and hitting the enemy with the shock prod is pretty hilarious.
Just finished Mass Effect 2. That was the most epic gak I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of epic gak. Everyone even survived! Except the redshirts. Oops.
Will go to ME3 next. I hope it lives up to the high standard ME2 has set.
I'm not sure it does, i think that's part of what the crying about it was... about. Or at least the ending. I didn't much care for the me2 boss, especially since i half killed it with the nuke-like heavy weapon (him and the thresher maw, gotta love man-portable nukes), but everything else was pretty awesome. The vanguard playstyle was very visceral what with the crazy charge ability blowing everything up and all of the shotgun action. Still things i like better about me1 though, overheating weapons and mods for weapons and armor foremost amount them.
Started my skyrim playthroughs early. Enjoying the iNeed mod, just a tiny bit of extra micromanagement but it makes picking up food and beverage more important and meaningful. Kind of like the thirst/hunger/rest portion of fallout new vegas hardcore mode, the game isn't structured such that the needs are hard to meet or will get you killed after the first couple of levels, it's just too easy to get food and drink/water to starve or whatever, but you do need to pay attention. Plus it gives woodelves the option to be cannibals and boy, that just adds a whole new dimension to a xenophobic bosmer frontiersman...
Also installed an extra random encounters mod so there's more to run into, and a collection of mods that brings class selection a bit closer to oblivion. Races and supposedly genders have a larger disparity between what they're good at, and the class you choose makes a lot of difference too. A dark elf nightblade, for instance, started with 40 destruction and decent levels in his other useful skills, but a lot of stuff down at 5 too. Its also got adjusted racial carry weights and permanent birthsigns, so nothing i'd call better, but different.
Combined with random alternate start, the classes and class kits have allowed me to make some interesting and characterful individuals, and thrust them right into the world without that stinky cart ride. Quite enjoying a fledgling crusader; a combination of heavy armor 1/2 handed fighting, block, destruction, and restoration. With the atronach sign, the character has a lot of versatility and variable angles of approach, but can and will run out of both stamina and magicka so it isn't a crazy train to victory. Quite fun.
I do have to say, one of the most enjoyable things about my Paladin is finding out how awesome the Block tree is. Half elemental damage while blocking? Yes please! I'll gladly shove my shield straight down that dragon's throat if he yells at me.
Mind putting down the list of class mods you're using for future reference?
I just played through Wolfenstien: The New Order in the course of a weekend and I really enjoyed it. I haven't got around to playing both story lines but I can say that what I did see was excellent. Honestly, that was the first game I felt was "cinematic" in a good way. It really did feel like I was in a movie and I loved in.
Currently playing through Valiant Hearts (When I want single player) and BF4/TitanFall (when I want multiplayer).
Also seemed to have got my internet all figured out, so my ping isn't +500 anymore.
DA's Forever wrote: Im playing Golden Sun. Love the game so much. Glad they finally put it on the VC
One of the best RPGs I have ever played. The OST is delicious to boot. More than once I just left the GBA alone to hear the music. (Good ol' days before youtube). "Forest's Requiem" is my favorite of the lot.
I'm completely addicted to "Tomb Raider": I mean, my father played it before and finished and did say how much he loved it but I never suspected it was this good. The only thing I hate
Spoiler:
Is the insane quantity of human enemies. This is something that pissed me off in Uncharted and it's kinda pissing me off here. I want the supernatural fiends, damn it! Gimme one of those "Oni" I saw kicking ass!
I just started the newest Thief game. I'm enjoying it, though it didn't get the greatest reviews. I also never played any of the other ones so I have nothing to compare it to.
No need. Origins really isn't anything special and I have tried to play it 4 times yet haven't managed to get past 2 of the pre kingsmoot main quests. Bioware just don't make very interesting games anymore.
DA2 at least has a focus of a central character and I liked how the story was grounded in a single place that changed through time rather than the usual disjointed method. Its still not a great game, particularly due to reused locations and poor combat (although origins wasn't exactly stellar in this regard either) but I find it sufficiently interesting to actually play through it.
2014/15 looks to be a time of resurgence for the old school of RPG games and as such Dragon Age Inquisition isn't even on my gaming radar.
flamingkillamajig wrote: I somewhat but not fully spoke too soon. You see a lot more ships started appearing near my main base and one actually fought a base defense mission against me. I won but I lost a lot of guys. I got more guys to fill in all those that died but my last mission saw the deaths of my 3 vets that survived the base mission. It's a shame I mostly have like corporals at best now. I hate rookies so bad in the game. Their stat-line is so bad. At least it isn't as bad as in 'xcom: enemy unknown'.
I've also got some more planes and other stuff. Threw up some plasma anti air turrets near one of my satellite bases. Hopefully I can afford more later.
@skavenlord: The dark brotherhood sounded like a lot of fun. I never really got into it with my khajiit character. I killed grelod the kind but not much beyond answering the boy's summons. Oh and I got some mysterious black hand so I guess I attracted their attention.
You finally got a black hand? Go to sleep my child. They will find you soon enough.
Ashiraya wrote: Just finished Mass Effect 2. That was the most epic gak I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of epic gak. Everyone even survived! Except the redshirts. Oops.
Will go to ME3 next. I hope it lives up to the high standard ME2 has set.
I enjoyed most of ME3. The ending left me disappointed, but getting there was generally pretty enjoyable.
ME2 is definitely the best of the series though.
OT; in addition to assassinating random redcoats in AC3 I've been reconquering the globe for Britain in Total War: Empire.
flamingkillamajig wrote: Well it's working well so far for me in xenonauts. I haven't really lost much in comparison to the other play-throughs. Was this strategy mentioned by other people? I kind of figured it out on my own.
This was the recommended strategy for the original X-Com and its sequel, Terror From the Deep. Use your first base as your research/production/strike force HQ and build other bases which are just radar stations with a single interceptor attached. This allows you to cover a wider area of the planet and deal with threats whenever they pop up. If you are rolling in $$, you can build a secondary base with another strike squad in it, but it isnt necessary. I've beaten both X-Com 1 and 2 bunches of times and used the same strategy for every win.
Ashiraya wrote: Just finished Mass Effect 2. That was the most epic gak I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of epic gak. Everyone even survived! Except the redshirts. Oops.
Will go to ME3 next. I hope it lives up to the high standard ME2 has set.
I enjoyed most of ME3. The ending left me disappointed, but getting there was generally pretty enjoyable.
ME2 is definitely the best of the series though.
OT; in addition to assassinating random redcoats in AC3 I've been reconquering the globe for Britain in Total War: Empire.
I also enjoyed ME3. It was certainly a hell of a conclusion (if not the destination, then certainly the journey.)
I entered the third game knowing the ending would be disappointing. This lowered the bar. I agree, it could have been better, but I don't think it's too bad. Don't get your expectations too high and the ending shouldn't be too bad. Then again, I used the extended cut.
On that note, I would strongly recommend looking for the extended cut before jumping in though. It makes the ending a little better.
No need. Origins really isn't anything special and I have tried to play it 4 times yet haven't managed to get past 2 of the pre kingsmoot main quests. Bioware just don't make very interesting games anymore.
DA2 at least has a focus of a central character and I liked how the story was grounded in a single place that changed through time rather than the usual disjointed method. Its still not a great game, particularly due to reused locations and poor combat (although origins wasn't exactly stellar in this regard either) but I find it sufficiently interesting to actually play through it.
2014/15 looks to be a time of resurgence for the old school of RPG games and as such Dragon Age Inquisition isn't even on my gaming radar.
I actually agree that Origins wasn't all that special, I basically like it over DA2 by considerable margins for having better combat mechanics and RPG systems (even if they were RPG-lite) and less utilization of the same goddamn location over and over again.
And I also agree that DA2's story was much better for not doing the typical Bioware "u are chosen 1, go save world!" crap they've been doing forever, but the game play was just bad. They're making action game/dating sim hybrids these days. Which, more power to them, I guess. Inquisition's looking to basically be Skyrim with Bioware's patented 'cinematic' narrative, so I'm sure it'll sell really well. Just not to me.
Romance options are easy to ignore as they are flagged in the response menu.
I wish Bioware would stop its strange obsession with 'romance' which given the medium invariably seem to have more in common with teenage fantasies than reality. Although I suppose their games in general could also be labelled as closer to teenage fantasies than reality. I think their last good game was Knights of the Old Republic and that came out 11 years ago.
No need. Origins really isn't anything special and I have tried to play it 4 times yet haven't managed to get past 2 of the pre kingsmoot main quests. Bioware just don't make very interesting games anymore.
DA2 at least has a focus of a central character and I liked how the story was grounded in a single place that changed through time rather than the usual disjointed method. Its still not a great game, particularly due to reused locations and poor combat (although origins wasn't exactly stellar in this regard either) but I find it sufficiently interesting to actually play through it.
2014/15 looks to be a time of resurgence for the old school of RPG games and as such Dragon Age Inquisition isn't even on my gaming radar.
I actually agree that Origins wasn't all that special, I basically like it over DA2 by considerable margins for having better combat mechanics and RPG systems (even if they were RPG-lite) and less utilization of the same goddamn location over and over again.
And I also agree that DA2's story was much better for not doing the typical Bioware "u are chosen 1, go save world!" crap they've been doing forever, but the game play was just bad. They're making action game/dating sim hybrids these days. Which, more power to them, I guess. Inquisition's looking to basically be Skyrim with Bioware's patented 'cinematic' narrative, so I'm sure it'll sell really well. Just not to me.
Sometimes I wonder if Sten got annoyed by all the constant sex between party members. Yeesh with all the drama between relationships. I think in the next game i'll try to make it my goal to have sex with all the party members. You know if the bad guys can't win through normal means maybe the good guys will all die of STD's.
Speaking of stories the end of dragon age 1 during the 'what they did after' stories I was kind of disappointed with most of the stories. They weren't particularly surprising and it seemed ridiculously uplifting and generic for an epic dark fantasy (then again I chose the morrigan gets pregnant with demon baby sort of route). Personally I would've found it even freakier if the whole point to morrigan getting pregnant was so that her mom could possess morrigan and then eventually the darkspawn god baby. She'd be unstoppable at that point. Perhaps that was the idea but I never played through the expansion. I hope spoilers for a pretty old game doesn't bother anybody.
I was already disappointed in how many really interesting plot points were just dropped in ME2 because they were too complicated by EA logic. Instead, the final boss is a....giant killer robot. What the hell.
Still a very good game story-wise. Though the characters...dear lord. More clichees please.
flamingkillamajig wrote: Well it's working well so far for me in xenonauts. I haven't really lost much in comparison to the other play-throughs. Was this strategy mentioned by other people? I kind of figured it out on my own.
This was the recommended strategy for the original X-Com and its sequel, Terror From the Deep. Use your first base as your research/production/strike force HQ and build other bases which are just radar stations with a single interceptor attached. This allows you to cover a wider area of the planet and deal with threats whenever they pop up. If you are rolling in $$, you can build a secondary base with another strike squad in it, but it isnt necessary. I've beaten both X-Com 1 and 2 bunches of times and used the same strategy for every win.
Once I started making money I usually split off my production into a second base, but yeah, other than that it's how I would do things.
I wonder what would happen if Bioware added a way, though very difficult, to keep all the team members and Shepard alive throughout the ME series, and use a modified Destroy ending that did not affect any synthetics other than the Reapers and their servants. In effect creating a 'good ending' rather than three depressing ones and one... Bad. Or maybe even a way of pacifying the Reapers without forcing a change to everyone else, and without killing Shep.
It feels like the end of ME3 now is like the end of ME2, minus the possibility to have everyone survive.
So you can choose between having some and having all die. x(
Ashiraya wrote: I wonder what would happen if Bioware added a way, though very difficult, to keep all the team members and Shepard alive throughout the ME series, and use a modified Destroy ending that did not affect any synthetics other than the Reapers and their servants. In effect creating a 'good ending' rather than three depressing ones and one... Bad. Or maybe even a way of pacifying the Reapers without forcing a change to everyone else, and without killing Shep.
It feels like the end of ME3 now is like the end of ME2, minus the possibility to have everyone survive.
So you can choose between having some and having all die. x(
Personally, I think that's what one of the endings should have been. With proper foreshadowing, they can keep them as they are.
(Explanation in spoilers because... spoilers.)
Spoiler:
Destroy can be the same, the Reapers are destroyed, but the wave annihilated a good chunk of the galaxy.
Control can be control, the Reapers are controlled... or are they? The indoctrination theory is actually quite interesting and knowing that, can make the control ending somewhat open and even ambiguous.
Synthesis is also the same. You're part synthetic now. Yipee!
Then there's refusal. With foreshadowing (or common sense) you can tell they're likely lying to you. This is the hidden "good" ending, where you don't need every weapon, have everyone alive, or *shudders* every DLC to get it. Just knowing what can happen. The other endings can be nice too (well... except for potentially the Control ending) but this would be a reward for those who would knew what would happen if they trusted it. Well, that's my opinion at least.
flamingkillamajig wrote: Well it's working well so far for me in xenonauts. I haven't really lost much in comparison to the other play-throughs. Was this strategy mentioned by other people? I kind of figured it out on my own.
This was the recommended strategy for the original X-Com and its sequel, Terror From the Deep. Use your first base as your research/production/strike force HQ and build other bases which are just radar stations with a single interceptor attached. This allows you to cover a wider area of the planet and deal with threats whenever they pop up. If you are rolling in $$, you can build a secondary base with another strike squad in it, but it isnt necessary. I've beaten both X-Com 1 and 2 bunches of times and used the same strategy for every win.
Once I started making money I usually split off my production into a second base, but yeah, other than that it's how I would do things.
Basically screwed myself in a mission that I must've spent an hour in (alien base mission with alien leader) where I accidentally mis-clicked and sent a guy off to die. God I hate this game sometimes. That and maybe one or two bad moves cost me the mission and I was ready to take the alien leader too. Annoyed the crap out of me how he mind controlled one of my guys and killed a random dude I needed each time. Oh and the last guy I had left if there was any hope of victory he just mind controlled that one and I auto lost the mission. Not to mention all the berserking and crap. Ugh alien leaders and their mind control sucks. Sadly I need to take like an alien base, alien terror mission or one of those large cruisers in order to capture one. So I kind of have to fight them and capture one somewhere along the lines. It's gonna be a serious pain too (they're colored red with a red helmet apparently).
Oh and even when you have suppression weapons the ability for an alien to just throw grenades at your troops esp. your stun baton and shield guys is annoying. I'm trying to suppress them but I move close enough to capture but it isn't a sure thing. Really annoying facing some of these things esp. the grenades and mini explosion cannons. There was also the fact that I had a door open to the side of me that I didn't know was there. These doors and things could be easier to see sometimes. I lost a heavy in power armor to that one.
Ashiraya wrote: I wonder what would happen if Bioware added a way, though very difficult, to keep all the team members and Shepard alive throughout the ME series, and use a modified Destroy ending that did not affect any synthetics other than the Reapers and their servants. In effect creating a 'good ending' rather than three depressing ones and one... Bad. Or maybe even a way of pacifying the Reapers without forcing a change to everyone else, and without killing Shep.
It feels like the end of ME3 now is like the end of ME2, minus the possibility to have everyone survive.
So you can choose between having some and having all die. x(
And that is why I'll never play ME3.
I don't give a feth how much content I'm missing for it, I love all my peeps and myself enough to want a way for everyone to survive. I don't care how many other countless NPCs or named characters die in the process - with the exception of my ship crew; you did it once, tried it again, and I'll be fethed if I let you try a third time - so long as everyone on my team survives.
Whilst we're on the subject of ME, I cannot rank ME2 above ME1 for the sole fact that I don't get Liara on my crew. I ran through ME1 with Liara and Garrus backing me up the whole time; they're like family to me. Wrex and Garrus just doesn't have the same feel.
Ashiraya wrote: I wonder what would happen if Bioware added a way, though very difficult, to keep all the team members and Shepard alive throughout the ME series, and use a modified Destroy ending that did not affect any synthetics other than the Reapers and their servants. In effect creating a 'good ending' rather than three depressing ones and one... Bad. Or maybe even a way of pacifying the Reapers without forcing a change to everyone else, and without killing Shep.
It feels like the end of ME3 now is like the end of ME2, minus the possibility to have everyone survive.
So you can choose between having some and having all die. x(
And that is why I'll never play ME3.
I don't give a feth how much content I'm missing for it, I love all my peeps and myself enough to want a way for everyone to survive. I don't care how many other countless NPCs or named characters die in the process - with the exception of my ship crew; you did it once, tried it again, and I'll be fethed if I let you try a third time - so long as everyone on my team survives.
Whilst we're on the subject of ME, I cannot rank ME2 above ME1 for the sole fact that I don't get Liara on my crew. I ran through ME1 with Liara and Garrus backing me up the whole time; they're like family to me. Wrex and Garrus just doesn't have the same feel.
Hey hey hey, Legion is really cool. I really like it for some reason.
I never warmed to Legion. I supported him throughout the whole "he's Geth, we should just kill him" but after that... meh, he was just another part of the team.
Garrus, Liara, and Wrex were my go-to peeps, occasionally Tali on other playthroughs if I wanted electronic stuff done, and Grunt in ME2 because I didn't get Wrex or Liara. >.<
As much as I completely ignored everyone else, and as much as Miranda, EDI, and Jack - to a lesser extent - got on my nerves, I still can't bring myself to have any of them killed. EDI at least provokes some fun back-and-forth when sitting up front with Joker - who's one of my favourite characters in the franchise.
Difficult. You dont start with a weapon and zombies are deadly, fast and persistent.
I find that I have to use vehicles as a weapon so that I can actually get some loot although vehicles have very limited fuel. Once you manage to find something stabby it becomes a little easier but looting is far more difficult than it is in DayZ for example.
Once you get an axe or sledgehammer and work out how to effectively kite zombies the game become really quite easy. I haven't tried the crafting aspect of the game yet but I think I have probably exhausted the exploration/survival game. There are some quite nice little vignettes scattered about the world, I just found a refugee ship that obviously wasn't as safe as the survivors hoped.
Avatar 720 wrote: I never warmed to Legion. I supported him throughout the whole "he's Geth, we should just kill him" but after that... meh, he was just another part of the team.
Garrus, Liara, and Wrex were my go-to peeps, occasionally Tali on other playthroughs if I wanted electronic stuff done, and Grunt in ME2 because I didn't get Wrex or Liara. >.<
As much as I completely ignored everyone else, and as much as Miranda, EDI, and Jack - to a lesser extent - got on my nerves, I still can't bring myself to have any of them killed. EDI at least provokes some fun back-and-forth when sitting up front with Joker - who's one of my favourite characters in the franchise.
Ashiraya wrote: I wonder what would happen if Bioware added a way, though very difficult, to keep all the team members and Shepard alive throughout the ME series, and use a modified Destroy ending that did not affect any synthetics other than the Reapers and their servants. In effect creating a 'good ending' rather than three depressing ones and one... Bad. Or maybe even a way of pacifying the Reapers without forcing a change to everyone else, and without killing Shep.
It feels like the end of ME3 now is like the end of ME2, minus the possibility to have everyone survive.
So you can choose between having some and having all die. x(
And that is why I'll never play ME3.
I don't give a feth how much content I'm missing for it, I love all my peeps and myself enough to want a way for everyone to survive. I don't care how many other countless NPCs or named characters die in the process - with the exception of my ship crew; you did it once, tried it again, and I'll be fethed if I let you try a third time - so long as everyone on my team survives.
Whilst we're on the subject of ME, I cannot rank ME2 above ME1 for the sole fact that I don't get Liara on my crew. I ran through ME1 with Liara and Garrus backing me up the whole time; they're like family to me. Wrex and Garrus just doesn't have the same feel.
So basically you want a star trek "only red shirts die" type of game.
I'm cool with characters dying in the plot i guess, sometimes it really sets the mood and makes them all take their missions more seriously, gives you a rallying cry remember that dude, fight for that dude!
Though... i prefer to not lose characters because i dislike the planet scanning minigame =\
Avatar 720 wrote: I never warmed to Legion. I supported him throughout the whole "he's Geth, we should just kill him" but after that... meh, he was just another part of the team.
Garrus, Liara, and Wrex were my go-to peeps, occasionally Tali on other playthroughs if I wanted electronic stuff done, and Grunt in ME2 because I didn't get Wrex or Liara. >.<
As much as I completely ignored everyone else, and as much as Miranda, EDI, and Jack - to a lesser extent - got on my nerves, I still can't bring myself to have any of them killed. EDI at least provokes some fun back-and-forth when sitting up front with Joker - who's one of my favourite characters in the franchise.
The daedric artifacts seemed to make an increasingly easy game... easier. But sometimes running around murderizing/being really good at stuff... can be fun. Kinda wanna go get the artifact shield now...
So, is it bad that I wanna do the civil war before the main quest line just so I can skip the stupid peace conference later?
GrimDork wrote: The daedric artifacts seemed to make an increasingly easy game... easier. But sometimes running around murderizing/being really good at stuff... can be fun. Kinda wanna go get the artifact shield now...
So, is it bad that I wanna do the civil war before the main quest line just so I can skip the stupid peace conference later?
True, but turning a Draugr Deathlord into a rabbit is pretty satisfying.
That might be an interesting experiment. Let me know how that turns out. Any idea what side you're going to be on?
Avatar 720 wrote: I never warmed to Legion. I supported him throughout the whole "he's Geth, we should just kill him" but after that... meh, he was just another part of the team.
Garrus, Liara, and Wrex were my go-to peeps, occasionally Tali on other playthroughs if I wanted electronic stuff done, and Grunt in ME2 because I didn't get Wrex or Liara. >.<
As much as I completely ignored everyone else, and as much as Miranda, EDI, and Jack - to a lesser extent - got on my nerves, I still can't bring myself to have any of them killed. EDI at least provokes some fun back-and-forth when sitting up front with Joker - who's one of my favourite characters in the franchise.
Myself, I liked all characters really, but Grunt, Wrex, Garrus, Legion, Mordin and Kasumi were ones I particularly liked.
I liked them all as well. Garrus, Mordin, Tali, Wrex, Jack, Legion, and Miranda were my favorites.
Yeah, I certainly didn't hate any of the team members in ME2 - even if they were annoying as characters (*cough*Miranda*cough*) they still had their uses in combat. My go-to team was always Jack + Garrus, or Garrus + Grunt. I really, really liked Jack as a character, though. She just clicked with me for some reason I've never been able to put my finger on. And it goes without saying that Garrus is just straight-up badass and lovable.
Ashiraya wrote: I wonder what would happen if Bioware added a way, though very difficult, to keep all the team members and Shepard alive throughout the ME series, and use a modified Destroy ending that did not affect any synthetics other than the Reapers and their servants. In effect creating a 'good ending' rather than three depressing ones and one... Bad. Or maybe even a way of pacifying the Reapers without forcing a change to everyone else, and without killing Shep.
It feels like the end of ME3 now is like the end of ME2, minus the possibility to have everyone survive.
So you can choose between having some and having all die. x(
And that is why I'll never play ME3.
I don't give a feth how much content I'm missing for it, I love all my peeps and myself enough to want a way for everyone to survive. I don't care how many other countless NPCs or named characters die in the process - with the exception of my ship crew; you did it once, tried it again, and I'll be fethed if I let you try a third time - so long as everyone on my team survives.
Whilst we're on the subject of ME, I cannot rank ME2 above ME1 for the sole fact that I don't get Liara on my crew. I ran through ME1 with Liara and Garrus backing me up the whole time; they're like family to me. Wrex and Garrus just doesn't have the same feel.
So basically you want a star trek "only red shirts die" type of game.
No, I want it to be an option in the same way as it was in ME2.
I think I'll help the stormcloaks this time. Someone at Bethesda has it bad for roman stuff and tullius kind of a tool. I think the legion is a safer bet for skyrim long term, but maybe the high king really will beat up the elves when they come. Plus I did empire last time.
Some one asked about mods...here we go looked them up.. I'm using:
Spoiler:
iNeed - which adds fillable waterskins, a couple of place-able objects related to water, and a bucketful of options related to food, including catching diseases from raw meat, woodelves having cannibal options, shared meals with followers, etc. The degree i'm using it to.. i would equate to the food/water/sleep portion of fallout new vegas's hardcore mode.
SkyUI- which makes going through your inventory loads easier, reminds me a bit more of oblivion, and just makes things simpler in terms of organizing and finding stuff.
Character creation overhaul + optional modules by syclonix - changes stuff to be more like oblivion in regards to class, if you make a dark elf nightblade, he will start with 40 destruction. Rather than every race being good at everything, this really sets (especially starting characters) you up to do what you say you will. I'm finding picking a class, race, birthsign, and gear kit, really make starting a new character fresh and fun, and i get rp-ish ideas that i wouldn't have had otherwise.
Spell sneak attacks 2 - destruction spells cast meeting the same requirements as a regular sneak attack do 1.5x damage, runes do 3x damage. I believe the dark brotherhood sneak attack increasing item works with these. The perk is added next to the better bow sneak attack perk, either allowing you to get to the dagger assassination perk. The initial perk in the sneak tree gains a new feature at the same magnitude as the first, decreasing casting noise, although that other perk, in illusion maybe, makes them silent. Rune traps are hitting almost as hard as my steel dagger assassination, it's quite fun setting one and luring people into it.
Random alternate start - this is another one by that syclonix person, it starts you out in one of 400-something spots, skipping the cart ride, and giving you that gear kit i mentioned in the other mod pack. This is fun, sometimes you get dropped in a camp of enemies and have to run for your life, once i had to survive a dragon priest/lich franticly scrambling down a hillside for cover. Quite fun on top of also getting you out of the cart ride. You get a quest to investigate helgen if you want, which then starts the main quest.
Extra encounters - basic - puts more interesting things in place of random animals and critters. I can't say much about this one yet, haven't noticed a dramatic enough change, will report in the future!
Ok so in xenonauts I interrogated an enemy leader from earlier. The caesan one is pretty powerful if not dealt with quickly as mind control and other crap is a real pain to face. I won't lie I reloaded the very end when there was just 2 guys left for the enemy after I captured the caesan leader (a pain in itself). Turns out the other enemy leaders aren't so tough in comparison and the caesan one is only powerful because of mind control. I may have to have soldiers with a higher bravery stat in the future.
Anyway most of everything is researched including the new MAG weapons which are even better than plasma and probably better than alien plasmas as well (MAG for magnetic I guess). I was doing great until I started facing way more heavy fighters which started shooting my planes down. I'm starting to throw up a couple corsairs over each base now but till my ships get retrieved and repaired I have to take it up the butt from the enemy ships strafing the crap out of the cities. At least I replaced all the crappy condors out. Not entirely sure if it was a good idea so soon but the inability to catch up with a lot of enemy UFO's was getting on my nerves and now I no longer have to put up with that since my new planes are faster. It's odd since I have access to final tier planes but I'm not sure I want to use them yet.
Other than that not much to research left except for a new hovertank and some armor. Not sure if new alien ships will bring more goodies but it's likely since I don't think I've fought the battleships yet. It's funny how I've maxed out money on the soviet union so they give me almost 1 million dollars per month now. I lost south America sadly due to a terror mission I lacked guys to send to. Anyway we'll see if these new goods bring some new armor and nows with them. I see one with a jump pack but if only we could get some stealth based armor or one with teleporting power like the little nymph like dudes called wraiths.
Anyway the game is pretty good so far. I've gotten the real good stuff now and I'm enjoying it. I even bought 2 mag weapons and decided to make more engineer facilities as well as the lab facility just that I can research and build things much faster. Just as an idea with 30 engineers working in nano workshops it still took them 8 days or so to make 2 coil sniper rifles for me and they cost 240k just to make which is in between the cost of a MiG and the corsair. That's a lot of money for infantry weapons and it only takes me a couple days to make a MiG or a corsair in perspective so each of these takes more time to create and in the case of the MiG resources too.
GrimDork wrote: I think I'll help the stormcloaks this time. Someone at Bethesda has it bad for roman stuff and tullius kind of a tool. I think the legion is a safer bet for skyrim long term, but maybe the high king really will beat up the elves when they come. Plus I did empire last time.
Some one asked about mods...here we go looked them up.. I'm using:
Spoiler:
iNeed - which adds fillable waterskins, a couple of place-able objects related to water, and a bucketful of options related to food, including catching diseases from raw meat, woodelves having cannibal options, shared meals with followers, etc. The degree i'm using it to.. i would equate to the food/water/sleep portion of fallout new vegas's hardcore mode.
SkyUI- which makes going through your inventory loads easier, reminds me a bit more of oblivion, and just makes things simpler in terms of organizing and finding stuff.
Character creation overhaul + optional modules by syclonix - changes stuff to be more like oblivion in regards to class, if you make a dark elf nightblade, he will start with 40 destruction. Rather than every race being good at everything, this really sets (especially starting characters) you up to do what you say you will. I'm finding picking a class, race, birthsign, and gear kit, really make starting a new character fresh and fun, and i get rp-ish ideas that i wouldn't have had otherwise.
Spell sneak attacks 2 - destruction spells cast meeting the same requirements as a regular sneak attack do 1.5x damage, runes do 3x damage. I believe the dark brotherhood sneak attack increasing item works with these. The perk is added next to the better bow sneak attack perk, either allowing you to get to the dagger assassination perk. The initial perk in the sneak tree gains a new feature at the same magnitude as the first, decreasing casting noise, although that other perk, in illusion maybe, makes them silent. Rune traps are hitting almost as hard as my steel dagger assassination, it's quite fun setting one and luring people into it.
Random alternate start - this is another one by that syclonix person, it starts you out in one of 400-something spots, skipping the cart ride, and giving you that gear kit i mentioned in the other mod pack. This is fun, sometimes you get dropped in a camp of enemies and have to run for your life, once i had to survive a dragon priest/lich franticly scrambling down a hillside for cover. Quite fun on top of also getting you out of the cart ride. You get a quest to investigate helgen if you want, which then starts the main quest.
Extra encounters - basic - puts more interesting things in place of random animals and critters. I can't say much about this one yet, haven't noticed a dramatic enough change, will report in the future!
Sounds like a cool mix of stuff that changes the game a bit, I wish it was possible to change things up like this on the Xbox.
I always do the Civil War quest fairly early on, it does negate the peace conference (which is a cup-of-tea-drinking opportunity and not a lot more) and is also a good way to level fairly fast as there's a lot more combat than most questlines. Always Imperial, though, as Romans are awesome (And I spend most of Oblivion wishing I could join up with the Legion)
Melissia wrote: Got roped in to League of Legends. It's neat. A bit frustrating with its "last hit is the only one that counts" mechanic.
Hav you played Strife before? It's still in Closed Beta, that's why I'm asking. It has a very interesting approach to last-hitting as in last-hits are shared between you and your lanemate, meaning that if one of you gets the last-hit, both get it.
Melissia wrote: Got roped in to League of Legends. It's neat. A bit frustrating with its "last hit is the only one that counts" mechanic.
Eh, you get used to it. And last hitting only affects gold income. You still get EXP if you didn't get the kill. Meaning also that shared lanes have slower leveling champs than solo lanes
What play style are you going for? I normally play Dr. Mundo Tank or Heavy hitting brawler Champs
Also, League is WAY more fun if you're able to play with friends over skype
Overlord Thraka wrote: Also, League is WAY more fun if you're able to play with friends over skype
If only because it means however many fewer random players who act as if you kicked their puppy to death in front of them when you mess up even a little/don't do exactly what they want you to do.
Also, League is ONLY fun if you're able to play with friends over skype
fix'd
It's not so bad in lower level bot games. I have yet to encounter more than 8 jags (period, not at once) in lower level games. It's only high level players that are Bat Guano insane
LoL's race of games (whatever stupid designation they have now) would be awesome if the communities didn't suck righteous donkey-cave.
As for Skyrim, I think I'm going to buy the 'get every expansion' edition for my PC here soon and mod the hell out of it. I've seen numerous 'best mods for skyrim evar!!111one11eleven' videos/articles on the web but I tend to trust Dakka's opinion more.
Any suggestions?
Edit: As for the OP, I'm needling through the DLC for Borderlands 2 still, in addition to playing SC2 on Brutal.
As a Morrowind vet, I like "Wear robes with armour" mods. There's sometimes interesting clipping issues, but that can often as not make things look cool instead of bad.
Another fun little one (though it can have some slight immersion jarring) is Mike's Mystical Mounts. It adds various options for mounts other than horses, including stags, bears, giant spiders, and the more immersion breaking ones- dragons and bone dragons and trolls. But it's a nice little one for certain RP options- like my Bosmer rides a stag instead of a horse, and a Necromancer could easily get a giant spider. Or a big Norse warrior riding a bear.
Tomb Raider finished... I have mixed feelings. One, I'm happy this game was so well received that I think they are even considering another movie, so I'm hoping the series remains strong for a long time.
On the other hand, I think I played Uncharted... or Space Marine, really, because the amount of human enemies I murdered was far too ridiculous. The Tomb Raiders always had plenty of sobrenatural elements or just cool stuff like "Here, have a T-Rex! Have fun!" but this one... meh.
Spoiler:
Hell, when I take down AN ENTIRE ARMY OF SAMURAIS by myself, I know this Tomb Raider is different from the usual...
Overlord Thraka wrote: I could use advice for Mount and Blade Warband if anyone wants to offer
Don't start in the Nord area unless you're an experienced player - their Sea Raider bandit packs are both numerous and ruthless, and have stats and equipment good enough to take on even sizeable player forces if you haven't upgraded them much.
Spend time learning how to use bows, especially on horseback.
Turn auto-block on or use a shield.
Don't swear fealty to a Lord until you have a decent force of upgraded troops.
Nord Huscarls are the best units in the game hands down, with Swadian Knights being the best cavalry, and Vaegir Marksmen being the best archers. Swadian Knights also use blunt weapons which, combined with the blunt attack of horse trampling, means you're more likely to be able to take prisoners after the fight.
Learn how to use the minimap and commands accessible by pressing backspace during a fight.
Never, EVER agree to drive herds of cattle unless the villages/towns are a stone's throw away, or your faction's army is approaching or next to a village.
During a siege, always load up on Huscarls and always carry a large shield, if only for protection during the wall assault. Huscarls are the number one unit for taking settlements.
Don't try and siege Grunwalder Castle unless it's got a small number of defenders; you can and will be murdered.
Bear in mind that spears in vanilla warband have no advantages over any other melee weapon against cavalry.
Polearms in general are useless unless they're lances, you're mounted, and it's couched, which leads onto my next tip: learn how to use lances on horseback.
There's likely more, and I haven't covered money at all because I frankly haven't a clue about getting rich. xD
Overlord Thraka wrote: I could use advice for Mount and Blade Warband if anyone wants to offer
Build up as large an army as you can afford out of the local peasantry (finding and winning a tournament first will allow you to recruit a sizable rabble) and head to the western coast to farm Sea Raiders and Taiga Bandits, although if you are completely new to the game its a good idea to get some combat experience against the looters that will be swarming around wherever your started first. Each type of bandits will have 1 lair at anyone time on the map and the Sea Raider one has a tendency to spawn between Wercheg and Rivacheg. Once you find it, camp it and ambush all the parties that it will spawn. Its also a good idea to look for companions in taverns as they can bring some very useful skills to your party and they tend to be useful in combat as well (they conflict with each other, this is a very handy resource to pick ones that will stay with you).
This will get you semi decent starting equipment and experience and its the fastest way to gain sufficient renown to join a faction (unless you get really lucky with tournaments). Tournaments are an excellent source of renown and gold but your weapons are unfortunately randomised between fights so they can be quite difficult and they are also not easy to find.
Once you have a good pile of cash, decent equipment, some quality troops and 150 renown you can join a faction and begin conquering Calriada.
The only quests worth doing are tutorial quests, the bandit raid quests (found in taverns) or the training quests from village elders. The rest take ages for little reward.
I'll try to spot you on money then, at least on knowledge for making it
You can spend something 2-8000 gold or so to buy a productive enterprise in each town. You do this by dialoging the guildmaster there, you can do it as long as you are neutral or better with the lord of the village. The gm will tell you how much each enterprise is likely to make, the ones that cost 8000-10000 can make more overall, but it's harder to save that much at a time. Be sure to check each and every enterprise as some of them will hemorrhage money and others will do quite well. Be careful where you set up shops, if you go hostile with a faction, or join a faction that is at or declares war with them, you're holdings in that faction will be sequestered and generate no funds until the faction relation is back to neutral or better. There are something like 3 towns per faction or is it four maybe? Even if you are only making 200 gold a week per industry, even realizing they cost you 2k+, if you've got a dozen set up like that you'll make 2400 gold a week or month or whatever it is, it's on the same schedule as your troop wages.
Anyhoo, if you're pulling down 2500 monies a pay period, you can run around with almost any force and never worry about going broke, so you're free to do quests and missions as you like. This also helps when you're holding castles or towns of your own and need to pay for the garrison there, but only if it's a huge garrison, they give you rents of their own anyway.
You can also take castles with all-archer parties, like swadian or rhodok crossbow dudes, take only ranged and no melee dudes, give them the hold command, and advance until you're just barely in range. The enemy will have some archers too, but usually not nearly as many, if you run out of arrows you can either charge if it looks good, or retreat and come back the next day restocked. Some castles are bad for this, as is trying it against a rhodok or swadian castle that has nothing but missile troops.
Smaller parties move faster, and all mounted parties move faster. I like to do missions and quests with a hero party of 20-30 heavy cavalry, whether it's swadian knights or sarranid mamlukes, or even mercenary cavalry. You can beat down a numerically superior force of mooks quite easily, 90 tier 1-3 troops will probably get roflstomped by 30 hardened cavalry, with few casualties on your side, just watch out for bad match-ups which you can avoid due to speed.
Another money trick, if you get good enough at fighting enter any tournament you see, bet on yourself each round, win... you'll get something like 2500 or 3900 gold, i forget, but it's a lot when you're just starting out looking for gear.
If you want to establish yourself as a monarch, the easiest way is to send your followers, find them in bars, on the mission they have thru dialog to establish your right to rule. I think it's gotta be in the 20s or 30s before the other factions won't just come wreck you for being an upstart.
DA's Forever wrote: Im playing Golden Sun. Love the game so much. Glad they finally put it on the VC
One of the best RPGs I have ever played. The OST is delicious to boot. More than once I just left the GBA alone to hear the music. (Good ol' days before youtube). "Forest's Requiem" is my favorite of the lot.
Im completely in love with the OST.
Any time this song comes up I just set my gamepad down for awhile and listen
SkavenLord wrote: Might try getting a mod or two for Dark Crusade. I never used mods before though.
Anyone know:
1) How to install a mod?
2) Any good mods for Dark Crusade?
3) Can multiple mods be active in a game?
I'm thinking of either Firestorm Over Kronos or possibly the Tyranid one.
1. Mods generally come with a readme or at least there should be an installation guide on the hosting site. Generally its pretty easy and its fairly common for mods to come with an installer anyway.
2. No idea.
3. Usually although this depends on what they actually do.
I think the fairy tale music replacer mod i got for skyrim is currently my favorite... and when that gets old i'll find another. Something about getting really up-tempo hard hitting combat music just makes it so much more fun!
Also, i can't remember if it was always set this way.. i think it was... but the atronach stone is amazing. +50 mp, slower regen, 50% absorb... something that casts engages me and i can just hold down the heal button and never run out of juice, heal to full take a couple of swings, heal to full... drop entire rooms of casters with nothing remotely like tactics... a neat feature of my current crusader character.
It was a Swadian one where I spent 10 minutes trying to couch lance the king. Man that took a long time
Trying to build my character into a beastly two-handed weapons user. Already killing anything me level in 1-2 shots. Kinda already swore a months loyalty to the Nords, leading about 15 lower level guys (Mostly Nords.) looking to get more guyz and increase my own beastlyness.
Yeah, that's not a bad route to go, even if you get soundly defeated and lose everything, i've never gotten killed losing a fight and you keep your level, you can always build it back up. I think taking out 20 enemies by yourself is also good for the renown, even if they're just bandits.
GrimDork wrote: Yeah, that's not a bad route to go, even if you get soundly defeated and lose everything, i've never gotten killed losing a fight and you keep your level, you can always build it back up. I think taking out 20 enemies by yourself is also good for the renown, even if they're just bandits.
One "trick" that I have done is set the max people fairly low, ride in and decimate them... ride off a bit "retreat" and charge again when the next screen comes up... This also counters losing too many guys in a fight
I have over the last few days been out hunting Nazis and Italian facists in the deserets of North Africka on Sniper Elite 3.
Worked my way ttrough almost all the difficulties, and currently downloading one of the two mission DLCs from Steam, so far I am enjoying this game immensly. and it has by FAR the most manliest main characther so far this year
Sure, I would have been happier with a 'save everyone' path. But it was still far from bad. I picked Destroy and had enough EMS for the best ending.
It is said that you know a book is good when finishing it feels like losing a friend.
Finishing this series feels like losing a dozen friends.
Every death hurts.
Couldn't have said it better.
Spoiler:
Mordin's was pretty hard to keep a stoic face through, especially when he's humming that song.
Spoiler:
That was the only one that really hit me. Until the very end I hoped something, anything would save him so I wouldn't lose him but nope... he was cheerful right until the very end.
Legion, I felt a bit bad but I was overjoyed with the consequences of his sacrifice, a peace between Geth and Quarian.
Sure, I would have been happier with a 'save everyone' path. But it was still far from bad. I picked Destroy and had enough EMS for the best ending.
It is said that you know a book is good when finishing it feels like losing a friend.
Finishing this series feels like losing a dozen friends.
Every death hurts.
Couldn't have said it better.
Spoiler:
Mordin's was pretty hard to keep a stoic face through, especially when he's humming that song.
Spoiler:
That was the only one that really hit me. Until the very end I hoped something, anything would save him so I wouldn't lose him but nope... he was cheerful right until the very end.
Legion, I felt a bit bad but I was overjoyed with the consequences of his sacrifice, a peace between Geth and Quarian.
Spoiler:
I kind of felt all three were a little heartwarming. Mordin died saving the race he originally doomed, Thane died to save someone and spent his last moments praying for Shepard, and Legion died to make peace between his race and another.
By the way, anyone encounter the dead poet krogan's final poem? It didn't get much of a cutscene, but my god.
Sure, I would have been happier with a 'save everyone' path. But it was still far from bad. I picked Destroy and had enough EMS for the best ending.
It is said that you know a book is good when finishing it feels like losing a friend.
Finishing this series feels like losing a dozen friends.
Every death hurts.
Couldn't have said it better.
Spoiler:
Mordin's was pretty hard to keep a stoic face through, especially when he's humming that song.
Spoiler:
That was the only one that really hit me. Until the very end I hoped something, anything would save him so I wouldn't lose him but nope... he was cheerful right until the very end.
Legion, I felt a bit bad but I was overjoyed with the consequences of his sacrifice, a peace between Geth and Quarian.
Spoiler:
I kind of felt all three were a little heartwarming. Mordin died saving the race he originally doomed, Thane died to save someone and spent his last moments praying for Shepard, and Legion died to make peace between his race and another.
By the way, anyone encounter the dead poet krogan's final poem? It didn't get much of a cutscene, but my god.
Spoiler:
In the Citadel DLC, you can find a datapad Mordin left behind if he is dead. It is filled with things like him singing, him leading a class, him being in a TV show... It is heartbreaking.
WTB 'good' ending for Mass Effect. WTB it so much.
Even if my Commander had to die, I chose the peace one. Synthetics and Organics became one new race. Hell, one of the things that made me choose it was Joker and Eve: That way they were actually able to be together Pity Garrus lost his wife but hey, it was for the greater good.
Whelp, I'm back to Shogun 2. I forgot how fantastic this game is and now using the Steam workshop, delicious. The AI is greatly improved thanks to some ass-kicking mods.
>> checks out what she found
>> waifu holds an old PC game box in her hand
>> The Longest Journey
"Have you ever played it?"
"Hm...don't think so. What kind of game is it?"
"An adventure. Do you like adventures?"
>> Trap spotted.
"Adventure games? I used to when I was young. Is it good?"
Well, I started playing it and...wow. Actually....wow. I only played for like an hour so far and I used to hate adventure games..but this game feels so very well-crafted. Sure, graphics are bad. The writing however feels so genuine. So many little details put into it, making the characters feel alive and not just "Ask me to progress!". Really liking it so far.
Sure, I would have been happier with a 'save everyone' path. But it was still far from bad. I picked Destroy and had enough EMS for the best ending.
It is said that you know a book is good when finishing it feels like losing a friend.
Finishing this series feels like losing a dozen friends.
Every death hurts.
Couldn't have said it better.
Spoiler:
Mordin's was pretty hard to keep a stoic face through, especially when he's humming that song.
Spoiler:
That was the only one that really hit me. Until the very end I hoped something, anything would save him so I wouldn't lose him but nope... he was cheerful right until the very end.
Legion, I felt a bit bad but I was overjoyed with the consequences of his sacrifice, a peace between Geth and Quarian.
Spoiler:
I kind of felt all three were a little heartwarming. Mordin died saving the race he originally doomed, Thane died to save someone and spent his last moments praying for Shepard, and Legion died to make peace between his race and another.
By the way, anyone encounter the dead poet krogan's final poem? It didn't get much of a cutscene, but my god.
Spoiler:
In the Citadel DLC, you can find a datapad Mordin left behind if he is dead. It is filled with things like him singing, him leading a class, him being in a TV show... It is heartbreaking.
WTB 'good' ending for Mass Effect. WTB it so much.
Spoiler:
The first time I beat the game it was like a day or two after it'd come out, I was conflicted. I chose synthesis because, well, I guess it made the most sense. But looking back I really dislike the synthesis option, a forceful evolution isn't something that my Shepard would view as an outcome worthy of his sacrifice. Control or destruction fit it the best, but I remember reading a post on the Bioware forums where people tried to rewrite the ending so that you could actually win if you chose to shoot the Catalyst. Most of the responses were terrible, but there was one guy that wrote, what I viewed as a perfect ending; essentially Shepard realizes that the Catalyst is actually Harbinger, who's trying to trick Shepard into killing himself because the Reapers are actually losing. Long conversation continues and Shepard rallies Earth's defenders and wins. I wish out of the 8 endings you could get, that could have been one, or something similar.
As for what I've been playing. Still doing Skyrim on the 360, riding the awesomeboat that is a bowssassin. Reinstalled Dragon Age: Origins on my laptop, need to get back in the swing of things for DA:I
Even if my Commander had to die, I chose the peace one. Synthetics and Organics became one new race. Hell, one of the things that made me choose it was Joker and Eve: That way they were actually able to be together Pity Garrus lost his wife but hey, it was for the greater good.
Whelp, I'm back to Shogun 2. I forgot how fantastic this game is and now using the Steam workshop, delicious. The AI is greatly improved thanks to some ass-kicking mods.
For whatever reason I'm playing 'shogun 2: fall of the samurai'. Is it me or are those starting artillery really OP? I pretty much snipe out enemy generals pretty hard. Basically laughed my enemy away when most of his army came forward leaving his cannons vulnerable and then just attacked them with cavalry. In another bit I also used the yari light cavalry to attack and kill off the enemy general though I made my light cavalry a bit vulnerable doing so. I'm doing the imperial route and for some reason it seems both sides have fairly modern weapons (though oddly enough the emperor hates westernization even though they side with the british instead of the americans or something). I was always of the idea the shogun hated modernization. It seems like all of japan hates it overall but it's really annoying how traditional they are sometimes considering it's just one more annoying thing to make rebellions annoying. Then some shogun sides are allying imperial sides and some are of similar faction standing and fighting each other anyway. Now most of the west of japan is imperial and most of the east is shogun. Not sure if it worked that way.
Not that I finished Metro, I picked X-Com: Enemy Unknown back up. So much fun, but it can be so damn frustrating sometimes. And I also just realized (after 8-ish hours into the game) that you can keep fighters in different countries without having bases there. Herp derp Hopefully the US doesn't leave X-Com for me
mega_bassist wrote: Not that I finished Metro, I picked X-Com: Enemy Unknown back up. So much fun, but it can be so damn frustrating sometimes. And I also just realized (after 8-ish hours into the game) that you can keep fighters in different countries without having bases there. Herp derp Hopefully the US doesn't leave X-Com for me
As much as I enjoyed X-COM, they need to make an aerial campaign.
mega_bassist wrote: Not that I finished Metro, I picked X-Com: Enemy Unknown back up. So much fun, but it can be so damn frustrating sometimes. And I also just realized (after 8-ish hours into the game) that you can keep fighters in different countries without having bases there. Herp derp Hopefully the US doesn't leave X-Com for me
As much as I enjoyed X-COM, they need to make an aerial campaign.
That would be cool if they fleshed that out. Oh well, maybe in a sequel.
WoW for me, too. Got my Alliance characters on Wildhammer/Thunderhorn, and Hordies on Aggramar.
I must say that I completely prefer Alliance to Horde; nobody on Horde talks, guild chat in guilds with several hundred members is nonexistent and trying to start a conversation is an exercise in futility. As much as the Alliance has more whiny kids, it's also a lot less antisocial.
Avatar 720 wrote: WoW for me, too. Got my Alliance characters on Wildhammer/Thunderhorn, and Hordies on Aggramar.
I must say that I completely prefer Alliance to Horde; nobody on Horde talks, guild chat in guilds with several hundred members is nonexistent and trying to start a conversation is an exercise in futility. As much as the Alliance has more whiny kids, it's also a lot less antisocial.
That... Varies a lot from server to server and even guild to guild.
My experience with it hasn't varied at all in nearly... (when did TBC come out?) ...7 years. Alliance was friendlier and more social than Horde when I first started, on both Wildhammer and Nordrassil - on Draenor I only played Alliance, which was also the same.
Now on this account, Wildhammer was stayed the same Alliance-wise (but is also now full of Thunderhorners whining about the realm connection), and Aggramar seems to be no different from my other Horde experiences - 3 characters in 3 separate guilds and not one of them ever has a conversation going. My other characters on that realm aren't in guilds yet.
The only thing that seems to have changed is that the Horde I knew 7 years ago was full of stuck-up elitists, but they seem to have fethed off now.
As much as it will vary, I seem to be having pretty solid experiences. Then again, as Soladrin will attest to, I'm naturally unlucky, so I might just be stumbling upon every bad example the Horde has to offer - something which really shouldn't surprise me any more.
I tried, once. Ironically I was Catch22'd out of playing it. Tried to log in- said I needed to change my password before logging. Okay. So tried to change my password. Said I needed to log in first. Wut ensued.
Not my style. Or maybe it was Dota? Or maybe just a pale impression ala a StarCraft map, but I wasn't getting into it for whatever reason. Seemed like it could certainly be fun in the right circumstances but I wasn't jiving with the nuances.
Oh jeez, as much as I have been loving X-Com, it's been pretty tough. I'm already have two countries in full-panic since I didn't manage their panic level early enough, and I didn't launch satellites/interceptors until it was too late
Finally complete Assassins Creed 3. It has taken 40 hours and a few restarts but it was a fairly decent game. I only really done the main story stuff as the game lacked any real challenge, I don't think I upgraded my weapons once. Looking forward to getting Black Flag on the next sale and giving it a go. Now I just need something else to play, maybe a Batman game, Minecraft or Skyrim. No decided yet.
AAhhh, Shogun 2, I always forget how hilarious your Realm Divide is. So, in this playthrough I am a true BFF with the Takeda clan. It's probably one of the mightiest clans still around and we were crushing Hojo together when the Realm Divide happened. Hilarious map ensues (white are mine, green are Takeda's, red are our enemies):
Spoiler:
No matter, my loli Daimyo will enjoy watching the entire Japan burn for defying the might of the Date clan :
TheDraconicLord wrote: AAhhh, Shogun 2, I always forget how hilarious your Realm Divide is. So, in this playthrough I am a true BFF with the Takeda clan. It's probably one of the mightiest clans still around and we were crushing Hojo together when the Realm Divide happened. Hilarious map ensues (white are mine, green are Takeda's, red are our enemies):
Spoiler:
No matter, my loli Daimyo will enjoy watching the entire Japan burn for defying the might of the Date clan :
Spoiler:
Well my game went to crap and I have to start over. I hate how when you have 3 or so enemies you can fight one and deplete their armies and be winning only for one of the other factions to send a big stupid army at you. Eventually most people started betraying the emperor including one of my allies and then he tried attacking me. I successfully repel him and then do what must be a heroic victory against him but it doesn't matter because I'm assailed on all sides. Ugh I remember why I hate this game now. Maybe total war itself is just annoying with how treacherous all the other factions can be.
Picked up a Resident Evil Remake for the DS. Looks more or less similar to the original, so I'll probably be more focussed on that one for a bit. (and working on my Barry impression)
TheDraconicLord wrote: AAhhh, Shogun 2, I always forget how hilarious your Realm Divide is. So, in this playthrough I am a true BFF with the Takeda clan. It's probably one of the mightiest clans still around and we were crushing Hojo together when the Realm Divide happened. Hilarious map ensues (white are mine, green are Takeda's, red are our enemies):
Spoiler:
No matter, my loli Daimyo will enjoy watching the entire Japan burn for defying the might of the Date clan :
Spoiler:
Well my game went to crap and I have to start over. I hate how when you have 3 or so enemies you can fight one and deplete their armies and be winning only for one of the other factions to send a big stupid army at you. Eventually most people started betraying the emperor including one of my allies and then he tried attacking me. I successfully repel him and then do what must be a heroic victory against him but it doesn't matter because I'm assailed on all sides. Ugh I remember why I hate this game now. Maybe total war itself is just annoying with how treacherous all the other factions can be.
Yes, I know what you mean, and sometimes I honestly can't understand the diplomacy AI (Yeah, I know it always sucked but in Shogun 2 it does seem better). An example that happened today, was me trying to once again start a Trade agreement with my only ally, Takeda, after we were "interrupted" thanks to some enemy attacks. He reffused, even though our clans are BFF (really, the only thing I know it will work is to suck up to them like no tomorrow, I'm gifting them money every 3 turns to keep that friendship way up). I complete the turn. Takeda proposes me the Trade Agreement... I'm gonna guess it's because Takeda is a Tsundere or something.
mega_bassist wrote: Oh jeez, as much as I have been loving X-Com, it's been pretty tough. I'm already have two countries in full-panic since I didn't manage their panic level early enough, and I didn't launch satellites/interceptors until it was too late
There is a saying amongst the XCOM fanbase, especially among those who have played the old games.
It goes like this:
Just finished up some quests from the Crimson Caravan, then got that mission from Cass about getting evidence against them and the Van Graffs. Got the evidence against the caravan, then decided "Sod it, the Van Graffs are horrible anyway" and killed them all.
It did mean I had to kill the Crimson Caravan person though, which spoiled my reputation with the NCR somewhat... Should be recoverable though.
carlos13th wrote: Really annoys me in Shogun that no matter how close your clan is with another clan they all turn on you during the realm divide.
Not only that but you're the only big enemy left and I think they are all allies. Jesus if nobunaga had it this hard he has my sympathies. Honestly I don't think he did.
carlos13th wrote: Really annoys me in Shogun that no matter how close your clan is with another clan they all turn on you during the realm divide.
Not only that but you're the only big enemy left and I think they are all allies. Jesus if nobunaga had it this hard he has my sympathies. Honestly I don't think he did.
I see what you mean now... The Real Divide keeps damaging my Diplomacy status with Takeda, We'll reach a point no amount of gifts will make him happy.
And yes, situation is getting a little out of hand, literally fighting the entire other half ot Japan when they are all allies, seeesh. I have no idea how people manage to beat this on Legendary.
carlos13th wrote: Really annoys me in Shogun that no matter how close your clan is with another clan they all turn on you during the realm divide.
Not only that but you're the only big enemy left and I think they are all allies. Jesus if nobunaga had it this hard he has my sympathies. Honestly I don't think he did.
I see what you mean now... The Real Divide keeps damaging my Diplomacy status with Takeda, We'll reach a point no ammount of gifts will make him happy.
And yes, situation is getting a little out of hand, literally fighting the entire other half ot Japan when they are all allies, seeesh. I have no idea how people manage to beat this on Legendary.
Yeah exactly only so long your alliance will last no matter how good you are to them. I also recommend not taking on any vassals from this point onward they always rebel after the divide.
Can't help but feel the divde is handled really poorly.
That's been my problem with the latest Total War games - Shogun and Rome 2 - the forced events garbage. I get why they do it, but I hate it.
At least the Realm Divide made a little bit of sense because it's an outside actor declaring you enemy - but it should trigger some sort of general chaos type situation, everyone who likes the daimyo going after you, everyone who dislikes the daimyo breaking off and making their own claims, and anyone who is good enough allies sticking with you.
The civil wars in Rome on the other hand are enough that I haven't played it in months, even though I like every other bit of the game a lot. I hate it... hate hate hate that no matter how well I balance things by the very systems inherent to the game, at some point those systems will just flip on their head and magic, boom, civil war. Armies from nowhere, cats and dogs living together. Terrible.
I hope they move away from this mechanic as it has spoiled what could have been my favorite entry into the series.
carlos13th wrote: Really annoys me in Shogun that no matter how close your clan is with another clan they all turn on you during the realm divide.
Not only that but you're the only big enemy left and I think they are all allies. Jesus if nobunaga had it this hard he has my sympathies. Honestly I don't think he did.
I see what you mean now... The Real Divide keeps damaging my Diplomacy status with Takeda, We'll reach a point no ammount of gifts will make him happy.
And yes, situation is getting a little out of hand, literally fighting the entire other half ot Japan when they are all allies, seeesh. I have no idea how people manage to beat this on Legendary.
If I remember correctly there's an entire thread on dakka dedicated to realm divide and how annoying it is on its own. Remember this isn't about shogun 2 but just the realm divide feature that the thread is about. I don't remember how many pages the thread received but everybody seemed to have trouble with it.
mega_bassist wrote: Oh jeez, as much as I have been loving X-Com, it's been pretty tough. I'm already have two countries in full-panic since I didn't manage their panic level early enough, and I didn't launch satellites/interceptors until it was too late
There is a saying amongst the XCOM fanbase, especially among those who have played the old games.
It goes like this:
"That's XCOM, Baby!"
It basically drove me to drinking last night I now lost two countries, and five more are in full-panic. I keep getting screwed over in my mission choices/rewards...ie - I currently have 47 scientists and 12 engineers >.>
Desubot wrote:Picked up Tomb raider (the newest one) and i got to say i cannot stand quick time events......
As much as I hate QTE's, I didn't think they were that bad in the new Tomb Raider. There was only one that really drive me insane, but rest were alright. The rest of the game made for it in my opinion.
Yesterday I downloaded Injustice: Gods Among Us on my tablet, and for a free game, it's pretty damn awesome. I'm not even much of a DC fan, but there's a good range of characters that I'm at least aware of, so that's something.
I've ordered the full game for the Xbox, hopefully it's as good.
Bromsy wrote: That's been my problem with the latest Total War games - Shogun and Rome 2 - the forced events garbage. I get why they do it, but I hate it.
At least the Realm Divide made a little bit of sense because it's an outside actor declaring you enemy - but it should trigger some sort of general chaos type situation, everyone who likes the daimyo going after you, everyone who dislikes the daimyo breaking off and making their own claims, and anyone who is good enough allies sticking with you.
The civil wars in Rome on the other hand are enough that I haven't played it in months, even though I like every other bit of the game a lot. I hate it... hate hate hate that no matter how well I balance things by the very systems inherent to the game, at some point those systems will just flip on their head and magic, boom, civil war. Armies from nowhere, cats and dogs living together. Terrible.
I hope they move away from this mechanic as it has spoiled what could have been my favorite entry into the series.
Yeh that would be a much better realm divide. It would also be strategy wise because you could politically manuver in order to get people to ally with you instead of the shogun.
Yeah I agree that things seem too forced with those systems. Rome should be the same where you can prevent civil war with an internal politics system.
mega_bassist wrote: Oh jeez, as much as I have been loving X-Com, it's been pretty tough. I'm already have two countries in full-panic since I didn't manage their panic level early enough, and I didn't launch satellites/interceptors until it was too late
There is a saying amongst the XCOM fanbase, especially among those who have played the old games.
It goes like this:
"That's XCOM, Baby!"
It basically drove me to drinking last night I now lost two countries, and five more are in full-panic. I keep getting screwed over in my mission choices/rewards...ie - I currently have 47 scientists and 12 engineers >.>
Desubot wrote:Picked up Tomb raider (the newest one) and i got to say i cannot stand quick time events......
As much as I hate QTE's, I didn't think they were that bad in the new Tomb Raider. There was only one that really drive me insane, but rest were alright. The rest of the game made for it in my opinion.
I am an olde schoole X-COM veteran, and I ran up against a brick wall repeatedly when I tried to play the new game. It took me four or so false starts before I realized that Satellites were more important to winning the game than literally anything else you can do. They generate money and they reduce panic, which keeps money flowing in so you can buy more satellites. My advice to you would be to start a new game (sorry, your current game ain't gonna end well with two countries in full panic) and focus on satellites as hard as you can.
I am an olde schoole X-COM veteran, and I ran up against a brick wall repeatedly when I tried to play the new game. It took me four or so false starts before I realized that Satellites were more important to winning the game than literally anything else you can do. They generate money and they reduce panic, which keeps money flowing in so you can buy more satellites. My advice to you would be to start a new game (sorry, your current game ain't gonna end well with two countries in full panic) and focus on satellites as hard as you can.
That's two countries gone, and *five* in full panic I kinda want to run it into the ground and see how it burns. Next time I know to focus on getting engineers and getting satellites in the sky.
GrimDork wrote: Hmm halflife 2 may be fun to re-play sometime, but i think i still need another year or three of cooldown before the nostalgia grabs me.
What's frustrating you about mnb? Sometimes it bugs me that you effectively can't win, sometimes that makes it more fun.
Because i keep losing to fething bandits! Every time I get a good amount of guys, start training them up, and are almost done with some... BOOM 30 Sea Raiders attack me. They outspeed me and I keep having to sacrifice men to get away! I can't even pay them to leave me alone! IT'S SO STUPID!
I am an olde schoole X-COM veteran, and I ran up against a brick wall repeatedly when I tried to play the new game. It took me four or so false starts before I realized that Satellites were more important to winning the game than literally anything else you can do. They generate money and they reduce panic, which keeps money flowing in so you can buy more satellites. My advice to you would be to start a new game (sorry, your current game ain't gonna end well with two countries in full panic) and focus on satellites as hard as you can.
That's two countries gone, and *five* in full panic I kinda want to run it into the ground and see how it burns. Next time I know to focus on getting engineers and getting satellites in the sky.
You might want to try to rush the alien base. That gives global reduction.
Generally, you actually want to lose a couple of countries, just to make the job of covering the remaining countries easier. Of course, you still have to juggle panic in the meantime.
How? if you have a reasonably large force you should have no issues at all. Ride ahead and distract them so that they waste their arrows shooting at you (always circle them so their arrows rarely if ever hit) while chipping away at isolated individuals on the edges of the group. Meanwhile your minions close the distance and begin cleaning up. This method works extremely well and I rarely suffer casualties (except for myself occasionally).
Just how many men do you actually have? You will want quite a lot, ideally with a goodly number of missile troops. I generally have about 50 by the time I go Sea Raider hunting.
Can't seem to get very far in Resident Evil. These controls are going to take some getting used to.
I'm actually quite surprised though. When I saw let's plays of the first game and the other ones after 3, I thought the game wouldn't be scary at all. It's nothing that will give me nightmare fuel, but the atmosphere is actually pretty effective. Even had a few good scares.
Yeah sea raiders are the toughest bandits, if you're just starting out you should probably be sticking to areas with nothing fiercer than mountain or forest bandits. The bandits by the sarranids and khergits have horsies and are rough as well as fast... and the nord sea raiders are pretty harsh while being on foot.
Do what palindrome says. If you just have 20-30 mooks at the first tier then you don't want to go up against sea raiders until they've ranked up once or twice and started to get better at their skill sets, basic volunteer level troopers aren't worth much more than looters, so you've got to pick on easy enemy groups that are smaller yet too slow to get away, a few battles will see them all level up once or twice if they survive, then you can think about going after the sea raiders.
The training skill is extremely useful at turning your freshly recruited peasantry into something vaguely useful.
Try and win a tournament, use your winnings to recruit as many minions are you can (just basic mooks as the more advance mercenaries are rarely worth it) and train them up en route to the Sea Raiders via the training skill and any hapless looters you encounter on the way. Using Swadians as an example by the time that you hit Sea Raiders you should at least have skirmishers and footmen who are more than capable of killing Sea Raiders if used en mass.
Sea Raiders have good loot so you can easily support yourself while you level up and by the time that you are ready to move on you will have a core force top tier troops and a strong cadre of middle ranked minions which should see you well when you get involved in faction wars.
Whelp, the AI fix worked a bit *TOO* well... my empire is being ripped a new one thanks to one massive naval invasion from the mightiest clan on the other side of the country... the one that has absolutely no enemies besides me.
Yeah, note to self I attempt another go: Be a BFF with one of the mighty clans on the other side of the continent ...
I bought and tried Divinity... 42 Minutes in (half of it spent trying to figure out why my Cleric's skills require him to have a point in one-handed during customisation - apparently none of his available skills can be used if he has a point in 2H, but none in 1H, and the game hasn't made it at all clear why) and I'm really not feeling it. I got a chuckle from being a boulder during stealth, and throwing gak around, but that quickly became tiresome.
I've had one fight (the 'tutorial' one), where I had AP 'saved' or some such mechanic it didn't bother explaining, so I managed to beat it without giving the skeletons a turn, and I'm still not sure how the combat really works.
It feels a lot like I've been dropped in at the deep-end, and not in a good "I'll enjoy discovering it on my own" sort of way.
carlos13th wrote: Playing the destiny beta, quite enjoying it actually.
What's the gameplay like? From the trailer, I thought it looked like Halo with swords and MIND BULLETS!
It's like a mix of call of duty, halo and borderlands. Mechanically it doesn't really do anything groundbreaking but the mechanics are solid and work well. Playing with friends is pretty fun, the story is sparse so far but what there is pis quite interesting. Decent enemy variety so far too.
TheDraconicLord wrote: Whelp, the AI fix worked a bit *TOO* well... my empire is being ripped a new one thanks to one massive naval invasion from the mightiest clan on the other side of the country... the one that has absolutely no enemies besides me.
Yeah, note to self I attempt another go: Be a BFF with one of the mighty clans on the other side of the continent ...
My current go seems to be going much better (though that's what I said last time before all hell broke loose). That said my bigger ally was completely incompetent in handling an enemy near us with only one territory. I basically leave my computer ally to handle it after our enemy switches to the imperial faction. Then I go onto the other enemy that joined the enemy we were facing before and destroy him down to a territory. During this time our old enemy regains strength captures a territory or two of my ally's and now is about to attack me. It's infuriating me how inept these A.I. allies are. You'd think I wouldn't have to do all the work but it seems that I do. Currently I have about 7-8 territories and the imperials are starting to kiss my *ss more. Ok it's more like I'm getting the chance to kiss the emperor's *ss but I have people lower on the chain kissing mine so we're forming an *ss kissing pyramid with me near to the top.
TheDraconicLord wrote: Whelp, the AI fix worked a bit *TOO* well... my empire is being ripped a new one thanks to one massive naval invasion from the mightiest clan on the other side of the country... the one that has absolutely no enemies besides me.
Yeah, note to self I attempt another go: Be a BFF with one of the mighty clans on the other side of the continent ...
My current go seems to be going much better (though that's what I said last time before all hell broke loose). That said my bigger ally was completely incompetent in handling an enemy near us with only one territory. I basically leave my computer ally to handle it after our enemy switches to the imperial faction. Then I go onto the other enemy that joined the enemy we were facing before and destroy him down to a territory. During this time our old enemy regains strength captures a territory or two of my ally's and now is about to attack me. It's infuriating me how inept these A.I. allies are. You'd think I wouldn't have to do all the work but it seems that I do. Currently I have about 7-8 territories and the imperials are starting to kiss my *ss more. Ok it's more like I'm getting the chance to kiss the emperor's *ss but I have people lower on the chain kissing mine so we're forming an *ss kissing pyramid with me near to the top.
I think it has to do with their behaviour. Takeda is aggressive so they conquered a good chunk of east japan and when he lost 2-3, they were conquered back.
What I did notice is that the enemy clans that are "peaceful" never attacked a province of mine even if the only defenders were the garrison.
Just to give some ideas on what I've been doing in 'fall of the samurai'. Let's just say artillery and naval bombardment are pretty stupid OP. Here's one crazy battle I just won on normal difficulty.
Yes that's right I was outnumbered 4 to 1 and was fighting a battle against a castle with a large force coming from outside of the battle with a large castle besides. That said most of the enemies I fought were just levy troops I think.
He stupidly went forward with his generals first which I just killed off with spear cavalry and other similar things. Then I got arrows, cannons, sniper shots and everything I could to rain down on his guys coming up through the forest. My samurai swordsman came through charging into the gunmen which were up through the middle and I did some decent damage but due to his crappy position he wasn't able to move around too well and shoot my guys forcing him into a kill-zone sort of. Then just for fun I threw a naval battery down on the big chunk of his guys while they were fighting my samurai. I didn't lose so much but I think naval batteries accounted for 1,000 deaths on his side and then I just ran down what fleeing forces I could. I don't even think he could get away due to the terrain so my guys just ran down whatever they could giving my cavalry something like 600-700 kills for just the one spear cavalry unit.
These are the guys dead in the forests before I even ran down the routing survivors.
My, that forest looks beautiful That was one hell of a victory, even if they were mostly levy I'm surprised your guys didn't start panicking just because of the sheer numbers of the enemy. Still, that was a nice use of the terrain and naval bombardment!
The levy have crappy aim esp. if they haven't been firing at a target for very long. They do kill stuff though. All that said the general and similar helped them all hold.
I still think artillery (or at least beyond wooden cannons) and naval bombardment are way OP in 'fall of the samurai'. That said when I faced some enemies that had 3 cannon teams they used them stupidly and lost them. If you've ever played warhammer fantasy you'd know the importance of light cavalry (i.e. harass the enemy, run away, kill war machines and be an annoying little sh*t). Normally a dude with a pointy stick on a horse isn't so bad but the speed they have make them hard to pin down. That and I love out-ranging my opponents in castles. Absolutely awesome. I just out-range them and fire death from guns or arrows into castles and there's nothing they can do about it except leave the safety of the castle. Speaking of which you'll probably find out the awesome that is bow warrior monks in shogun 2 vanilla. They can out-range other archers and just rain death on an entire enemy fortress without any counter-attack unless they run out of castles.
How? if you have a reasonably large force you should have no issues at all. Ride ahead and distract them so that they waste their arrows shooting at you (always circle them so their arrows rarely if ever hit) while chipping away at isolated individuals on the edges of the group. Meanwhile your minions close the distance and begin cleaning up. This method works extremely well and I rarely suffer casualties (except for myself occasionally).
Just how many men do you actually have? You will want quite a lot, ideally with a goodly number of missile troops. I generally have about 50 by the time I go Sea Raider hunting.
Well there was the time I ran into 22 Steppe Bandits + Sea Raiders... Then there was the time that the King of Swadia invaded the Nords (who I was a Vassel of) and I ran into the main War Party of over 600 guys.... Every time I start getting men trained up I run into a force too strong for me and I get defeated. Also. not an Archer yet. Putting all my skill into 2-Handed Damage. I 1 or 2 shot everything I come across.
How? if you have a reasonably large force you should have no issues at all. Ride ahead and distract them so that they waste their arrows shooting at you (always circle them so their arrows rarely if ever hit) while chipping away at isolated individuals on the edges of the group. Meanwhile your minions close the distance and begin cleaning up. This method works extremely well and I rarely suffer casualties (except for myself occasionally).
Just how many men do you actually have? You will want quite a lot, ideally with a goodly number of missile troops. I generally have about 50 by the time I go Sea Raider hunting.
Well there was the time I ran into 22 Steppe Bandits + Sea Raiders... Then there was the time that the King of Swadia invaded the Nords (who I was a Vassel of) and I ran into the main War Party of over 600 guys.... Every time I start getting men trained up I run into a force too strong for me and I get defeated. Also. not an Archer yet. Putting all my skill into 2-Handed Damage. I 1 or 2 shot everything I come across.
It sounds like you've pretty much done the opposite of what will keep you alive.
Generally starting in Swadia is best, as Forest Bandits are mainly ranged (which is easier to dodge on the charge) and have little in the way of armour, their cavalry is the best you can get and appears fairly early in the upgrade tree, and the cavalry wear heavier armour for when you're fighting those forest bandits. Generally, you can use the backspace commands to set some expendable infantry/crossbows at a point, and have your cavalry follow you around to flank the enemy army as it charges towards you. If they're set on standing still, then do the same but have your expendables charge in first to draw fire off you and your cavalry as they plough into the flank of the enemy. Running yourself around the enemy army on a fast horse is also a decent way to pull them out of position if you haven't much cavalry yet; they'll focus on you as your army charges them, and waste their arrows/bolts on a fast-moving target. It helps to have a shield equipped for doing this, too, preferably the largest you can find that's usable on horseback; just leave it hanging on your back and it'll catch arrows that would've turned your spine into a pincushion.
Avoid becoming a vassal until you have money, too. Training and Leadership are core skills, as they allow you to train your troops without fighting, and increase the amount you can have without relying on the minor increases renown gives you. You also want to focus on ranged combat first, since you absolutely must survive unless you're using a mod that allows the battle to run it's course after you're knocked unconscious - which can avoid those silly scenarios where your uber army of awesome can suffer a crushing defeat for no other reason than you eating a mace to the face. Short of those mods, though, if you don't survive the battle, you can and probably will lose it no matter what, so focussing on ranged combat not only allows you to fight, but also means you survive. If you do absolutely want to go into melee, then 1-H + Shield is the best way until you're more comfortable with it, and less prone to getting mobbed and having your gak kicked in. 2H Is better on horseback, where it has the reach necessary the decapitate enemies and the speed to avoid being mobbed and dragged to the floor.
I liked the spear and shield approach, like an awlpike, the shield soaks up a lot of projectiles. Something in a crossbow, bolts, longest pokiest spear i can find, and a good sturdy shield. Add some armor and a not gimp horse.. well, i've danced alone with 20-30 bandits... it's tedious but you can totally do it with practice. Either you run them out of arrows and clean up, or you just take them out one-by-one, pending type.
But try to stay a freelancer like Avatar is pointing out, till you're nice and settled and such. Better to be your own boss so you can voluntarily avoid overwhelming enemy forces without losing face. Early money should also be spent on getting those better weapons and armor especially, don't try for the really expensive stuff, there's a break point around 3-5000 monies where the items are almost as good as the 15k+ per piece gear, and much better than starter/dropped gear.
I'm currently in the middle of the Khergit land butchering those bandits. My Nords are becoming strong. I'll work on getting points into Training and Leadership.
Gonna be gone for a week though so we'll see when I get back
Also, I made another character just for messing around with. Made him 62 with cheatzy-doodles and used the heal cheat in a battle against a massive Swadian force. They hate me and I beat up the king. But more importantly. I was entirely red from the legs up. It was awesome.
Maybe when I get back I'll record some of my character so you can see exactly what I'm doing
Lots of steam games seem to unlock nicknaks too, especially preorder packs.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Lots of steam games seem to unlock nicknaks too, especially preorder packs.
Getting the urge to play final fantasy tactics again. Barring the gameboy ''sequels'' is the anything fairly close I could try instead? Its one of my favorite games ever so I'm liable to be picky but I'm curious as to if I've missed any gems along the years.
Currently levelling a mage in skyrim. My Magica is still the starting value of 100 but my Stamina is around 500 and my Alteration skill is over 90. got to love that Ebonyflesh spell, but I'm reaching for 100 to get the Atronach perk. combine that with the atronach stone and I get 80% spell absorbtion. I already have 30% reduction in damage, so I will then start increasing restoration to 90 so I can get the best resto spells and be really hard to take down. Smithing is already at 100, so I'm wearing Dragonscale, I also have a pair of Dragonbone bows and have crafted Dragonbone arrows (around 600 left) with enough materials left over to make a second full set of Dragonscale and 2 sets of Dragonbone, enchanting is approaching 100 so I can double enchant each and then I will own the continent with double spell school and magica regen enchants on as much as I can get, and other skill enchants on whatever else, I should be able to use destruction and resto spells for virtually nothing.
Conrad Turner wrote: Currently levelling a mage in skyrim. My Magica is still the starting value of 100 but my Stamina is around 500 and my Alteration skill is over 90. got to love that Ebonyflesh spell, but I'm reaching for 100 to get the Atronach perk. combine that with the atronach stone and I get 80% spell absorbtion. I already have 30% reduction in damage, so I will then start increasing restoration to 90 so I can get the best resto spells and be really hard to take down. Smithing is already at 100, so I'm wearing Dragonscale, I also have a pair of Dragonbone bows and have crafted Dragonbone arrows (around 600 left) with enough materials left over to make a second full set of Dragonscale and 2 sets of Dragonbone, enchanting is approaching 100 so I can double enchant each and then I will own the continent with double spell school and magica regen enchants on as much as I can get, and other skill enchants on whatever else, I should be able to use destruction and resto spells for virtually nothing.
If you want to improve restoration, try casting equilibrium and healing at the same time. With healing, you won't lose health and with a heavy magicka regen, you'll probably be able to do it almost indefinitely.
OT: Got started on TF2. Because I'm a little intimidated of PvP, I'm going to stick with bots for the time being.
So much so that while driving to a friend's house I passed an armored car and thought to myself "4 minutes to drill into that? Man, we really did buy our drills from the cops".
Getting the urge to play final fantasy tactics again. Barring the gameboy ''sequels'' is the anything fairly close I could try instead? Its one of my favorite games ever so I'm liable to be picky but I'm curious as to if I've missed any gems along the years.
The only one I know of that I can vouch for is Tactics Ogre (available on PS1) from the Ogre Battle series. Compared to FF Tactics it is a motherfething unforgiving game, where level grinding your troops to keep you overlevelled for the scripted battles (the only ones outside of training fights) is the only way to progress. There is a branching storyline though, and tons of hidden troop types and units and some familiar faces from Ogre Battle show up. I liked it, but FF Tactics was more forgiving (no such thing as Phoenix Down in OT... if you go down you die) and more polished.
Really, the only thing similar I can think of is X-Com: Enemy Unknown. I've also been looking for a turn-based similar to FFT for a while, but nothing really grabbed my attention other than X-Com.
The main issue I have is that squad members are randomly assigned their roles, but I understand why they do it that way.
mega_bassist wrote: Really, the only thing similar I can think of is X-Com: Enemy Unknown. I've also been looking for a turn-based similar to FFT for a while, but nothing really grabbed my attention other than X-Com.
The main issue I have is that squad members are randomly assigned their roles, but I understand why they do it that way.
I think it just seems snipers are more common. Stuff like supports and assaults have a pretty high death rate. Snipers on the other hand stay out of most of the fight if you play it like you're supposed to. So basically snipers just have the longest lifespans.
mega_bassist wrote: Really, the only thing similar I can think of is X-Com: Enemy Unknown. I've also been looking for a turn-based similar to FFT for a while, but nothing really grabbed my attention other than X-Com.
The main issue I have is that squad members are randomly assigned their roles, but I understand why they do it that way.
I think it just seems snipers are more common. Stuff like supports and assaults have a pretty high death rate. Snipers on the other hand stay out of most of the fight if you play it like you're supposed to. So basically snipers just have the longest lifespans.
While I'll agree with that, I've also just drafted a lot of snipers. I remember one easy mission where I used three new recuits, and two of them became snipers >.<
Probably the best browser game I have ever played, certainly the only one that I have spent actual money on.
I just had a gang of sentient rats break into my home (using tiny pickaxes) and build a warren to hide their ill gotten loot (using dynamite) and then attempt to force me out of my own flophouse. After a long and hard fought battle involving duels with pistol toting rats, rat assassins attempting to poison my cheese, becoming a grim legend amongst rat kind due to my expert use of a pointy metal bar, a daring rooftop chase after what turned out to be a badly disguised squirrel, a duplicitous rat catcher who spent more time playing poker with rat guards than killing them, looting the rats rather meager hoard of moon pearls and finally a hard fought duel with the rat chief who I managed to best in such a way that he has become my somewhat surly minion (alongside a half wild mandrake root whom I spent ages finding a singing coach for so that its song will help me to catch a legendary monster, a taciturn Mynah bird that I am slowly befriending and a rare yet naive salt ferret). That was just one quest line amongst many.
I tried Sunless sea but its not as good but then it is still on early access so it can only improve.
mega_bassist wrote: Really, the only thing similar I can think of is X-Com: Enemy Unknown. I've also been looking for a turn-based similar to FFT for a while, but nothing really grabbed my attention other than X-Com.
The main issue I have is that squad members are randomly assigned their roles, but I understand why they do it that way.
I think it just seems snipers are more common. Stuff like supports and assaults have a pretty high death rate. Snipers on the other hand stay out of most of the fight if you play it like you're supposed to. So basically snipers just have the longest lifespans.
While I'll agree with that, I've also just drafted a lot of snipers. I remember one easy mission where I used three new recuits, and two of them became snipers >.<
Then again, a whole squad of snipers on overwatch when a muton shows up can be hilarious. I actually like snipers more than support considering the squad-sight ability can make me put a heavily armored rookie forward and leave most, if not all the heavily fortified snipers in range.
On topic: Oh my goodness, I LOVE this TF2 game. Still trying to find out how I'm randomly getting weapons, but It's looking pretty good. Also trying to find out how to not make my full name appear as the name of the player. Bots are actually pretty competent and make for a nice challenge (despite the lack of spies and snipers) so maybe I'll stay with those for a while longer.
Also found a game called System Shock for 10$ on Steam. Might look into that later
For each certain amount of time you play up to a weekly maximum, you get a random drop. I'll have to look up on the wiki what the time and maximum are though.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
Players are guaranteed to find items at regular intervals of 30 to 70 minutes, with an average interval of 50 minutes.
The system has a cap on the amount of playtime in which drops can occur. This cap has been estimated to be 10 hours each week. Playing beyond the cap will not yield additional items. Mann Co. Supply Crates and other usable items drop on a separate timer, meaning that these items do not affect the interval between regular drops. The system resets each player's playtime cap every Thursday at approximately 00:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)[7:00 PM EST, 8:00pm EDT Wednesday].
SkavenLord wrote: If you want to improve restoration, try casting equilibrium and healing at the same time. With healing, you won't lose health and with a heavy magicka regen, you'll probably be able to do it almost indefinitely.
OT: Got started on TF2. Because I'm a little intimidated of PvP, I'm going to stick with bots for the time being.
Thanks for that skavenLord.
With the enchants I currently have, I can use the begining Destruction spells for free, and my most powerful only costs 21. I didn't end up going for the spell school + magica regen enchants as they didn't give as much reduction in casting cost. I'm really looking to top off my Alteration to get that Atronach perk by the time I get to 90+ Resto and with the same enchants focused on Resto spells as I have in Destro, I don't think running out of Magika is going to be a problem, I'll try that spell combo tonight.
The original TF was a right hoot, unfortunately I don't have as much internet access as I used to, so haven't played TF2 at all. I used to love playing as an engi and dropping turretts in places that were hard to reach but gave a good field of fire to take down members of the oposition.
Also, thanks for the heads-up that the original System Shock is on Steam at the moment, I'll have to pick that one up. Graphics are horribly dated now, but the gameplay is amazing. I already have SS2, but want to play through the original first.
Probably the best browser game I have ever played, certainly the only one that I have spent actual money on.
Agree, liking it a lot. Ingrid Glynn, charming and keen-eyed lady, highly manipulative and cold-hearted, digging up secrets and rumors from everywhere by any means possible...be it threats, sex or a silver tongue. Why do the job yourself when you can let others do the dirty work?
SkavenLord wrote: If you want to improve restoration, try casting equilibrium and healing at the same time. With healing, you won't lose health and with a heavy magicka regen, you'll probably be able to do it almost indefinitely.
OT: Got started on TF2. Because I'm a little intimidated of PvP, I'm going to stick with bots for the time being.
Thanks for that skavenLord.
With the enchants I currently have, I can use the begining Destruction spells for free, and my most powerful only costs 21. I didn't end up going for the spell school + magica regen enchants as they didn't give as much reduction in casting cost. I'm really looking to top off my Alteration to get that Atronach perk by the time I get to 90+ Resto and with the same enchants focused on Resto spells as I have in Destro, I don't think running out of Magika is going to be a problem, I'll try that spell combo tonight.
The original TF was a right hoot, unfortunately I don't have as much internet access as I used to, so haven't played TF2 at all. I used to love playing as an engi and dropping turretts in places that were hard to reach but gave a good field of fire to take down members of the oposition.
Also, thanks for the heads-up that the original System Shock is on Steam at the moment, I'll have to pick that one up. Graphics are horribly dated now, but the gameplay is amazing. I already have SS2, but want to play through the original first.
GAK! Sorry, I meant SS2. Still, who knows? It might be there after all...
Agree, liking it a lot. Ingrid Glynn, charming and keen-eyed lady, highly manipulative and cold-hearted, digging up secrets and rumors from everywhere by any means possible...be it threats, sex or a silver tongue. Why do the job yourself when you can let others do the dirty work?
I have seen one too many terrifying abominations and have gone raving mad. I am currently wandering around bedlam hospital trying to find the manager while starting the occasional fire and being put of my breakfast by coffee drinking cats. I'm sure that I will be fine...
Nightmares are a bit of an issue as they are quite hard to get rid of and the most common method will significantly increase your nightmare score if you fail the luck roll as I unfortunately discovered.
SkavenLord wrote: GAK! Sorry, I meant SS2. Still, who knows? It might be there after all...
NP. I already have SS2, and frankly I consider it inferior in many ways. It is really punishing if you don't set your character up just right, and I never could work out that perfect balance. There area too many times you need to use tech skills to get into locked places, and if you have concentrated purely on weapons, then you run out of ammo and are stuck. If you go for mainly tech skills, you are an easy take-down.
It's kind of the reverse of "Oblivion" where you tell the game you are a warrior, then play a sneaky archer character and hardly level up making your skills overpowered for the enemies you are fighting, but in SS2 if you don't produce the perfect character, everything else seems to level much faster than you and soon you are surviving on luck alone and praying for the next enemy to drop the ammo you need, or knowing that what you need is just the other side of that door, and you can't unlock it.
and I never did like the organic bits of that game. Still, I may look out for a guide and give it a go again once I have finished this current play through of Skyrim - when I get every perk available!
I have discovered this game thanks to a "Let's Play" and it was instant love. I've always given great importance to music and one of my favorite RPGs, Ar Tonelico, gives a lot of importance to it. Unfortunately, most music based games are usually rhythm games that I feel are completely "Meh".
This one, "Crypt of the NecroDancer" is a Rogue-Like Fantasy Dungeon-crawler where your character can only move or attack if it follows the beat. You don't see in the trailer, but there's a heart near the bottom of the screen with some bars that tells you the Beat. Every monster has a pattern related to the beat: Some move together with the beat, some move between beats, you have to learn their patterns so you can fight them and survive.
And of course, the music is fething awesome. I mean, just listen to the first one!
Oh, and the shopkeeper you meet in each floor joins the fun. He starts singing. It's just wonderful <3 That's who you hear "singing" there.
Agree, liking it a lot. Ingrid Glynn, charming and keen-eyed lady, highly manipulative and cold-hearted, digging up secrets and rumors from everywhere by any means possible...be it threats, sex or a silver tongue. Why do the job yourself when you can let others do the dirty work?
I have seen one too many terrifying abominations and have gone raving mad. I am currently wandering around bedlam hospital trying to find the manager while starting the occasional fire and being put of my breakfast by coffee drinking cats. I'm sure that I will be fine...
Nightmares are a bit of an issue as they are quite hard to get rid of and the most common method will significantly increase your nightmare score if you fail the luck roll as I unfortunately discovered.
Ugh...I thought that it would decrease over time...not going to use any mirror cards anymore...currently having trouble making money. I thought I'd be paid for my poetry and what do I get? Silk scraps? Dafuq!
Ugh...I thought that it would decrease over time...not going to use any mirror cards anymore...currently having trouble making money. I thought I'd be paid for my poetry and what do I get? Silk scraps? Dafuq!
Its actually quite easy to decrease your nightmares back to 0 in bedlam (a lot of the events are free) and you also pick up some of those mysterious traits that the game is so fond of so it may even be beneficial. I have never been paid in any actual money for anything that I have done in the game
The Scuttering Boys have found a new base in a larder of Watchmaker Hill... and they're making lightning raids through the postal system. Send a box of lethally armed saboteurs to a friend, but not a badly wounded one. That would be unsporting.
lol
An occurrence! Your 'Complication: a Surly Goat-Demon' Quality is now 3 - Obstreperous!
Also lol
You don't need money, the loot that you find (souls,candles, jade etc) can be converted into higher tier items and its possible to find items (rarely) via events. Apparently its safe to sell of Moon pearls and Rostygold providing that you have a ncie reserve should you need some for an event. I haven't bought anything since I started the game and that was purely on the basis of RPG+gear=good but the starting cheap stuff is pretty much rubbish.
I'm kind of surprised. I'm actually doing pretty good on the online matches of TF2. Pyro especially, is one I seem to be pretty good with.
Now if only I can get the hang of the Spy and Demoman...
Man, I haven't played TF2 in about a year now, love that game. Soldier ftw!
Skyrim sidenote: Anyone found an effective way to level alchemy and/or illusion? Additionally, playing a pure mage, is it worth staying robes (don't really care about the RP aspect) or should I go for light armor?
I've done zero math, but if you are going to worry about alteration at all, there's a perk in it that gives you something like 300% (after 3 perks) better armor from the magic armor spells. I'm don't know if that's better than the benefits of a maxed out light armor skill and perks or not, but it's certainly more mage-like.
Illusion? Idunno if this one has some kind of super-trick like alteration (both water breathing and especially detect life can level the skill up super fast), but i usually just ran around town throwing out whichever the highest level of calm/rally i had at the time. As long as it affects the target, it counts for xp, and neither will get you into trouble like fury/frenzy/fear stuff.
Alchemy is super easy if you have hearth..whatever, the DLC with the house building. Get the house with the greenhouse attachment, fill the greenhouse (and the farm outside) with money making potion mats, or just mats that you'll use like for healing/mana/poison, and make the stuffing out of them, every couple of days it seems like it regens.
Failing that, get a proper guide to expensive potions out, and make a circuit. The guide will say, but i think its 48 hours for vendors to restock or something, so find a route between two or several towns that takes that long. Buy up all the especially cheap ingredients, and there will be a few to keep an eye out for that you'll buy regardless of cost because they make the final potions worth more/better. Giants toe, boy, you want a lot of giants toe. Make your circuit, brew, sell, repeat. Makes you money while you level it.
I usually use that as a reference, scroll about halfway down to expensive potions, get those things, make those potions, profit!
Selling all those potions gets tedious, you can get a mod or use a simple trick, that's technically an exploit, but it's your game so you decide... If a vendor dies while you're playing, and you reload the game, their inventory will reset. So you can sell your potions, buy the mats that are worth buying, quicksave, kill the vendor (i mean there are accidents but that's the most expedient way...) reload, sell/buy/save/kill/reload/repeat. It cuts out the middle man of traveling to different towns, but it starts to feel a bit shallow after awhile.
Another pretty basic tip for leveling either of those things, but you asked, is to use enchanting to make gear with a bonus to those skills, or a decrease in the cost to cast those spells. Better alchemy makes better potions which are worth more xp to make, and casting spells more often before resting is obviously going to be quicker.
Frankenberry wrote: Man, I haven't played TF2 in about a year now, love that game. Soldier ftw!
Skyrim sidenote: Anyone found an effective way to level alchemy and/or illusion? Additionally, playing a pure mage, is it worth staying robes (don't really care about the RP aspect) or should I go for light armor?
Have you completed the College of Winterhold quests? You'll get a couple of items that will improve your magicka regen (I'm not saying what they are though so I don't spoil anything). One of them covers the head slot, so you may not need robes with it. If you go light armor, you may not be the best magicka-wise, but will offer you some protection at least. I use elven armor and it's working quite well.
Considering armor may give where you are away, muffle is a spell that I've found levels up illusion pretty quickly and stops others from hearing your footsteps. Even if you're playing pure mage, I guess it doesn't hurt to have a small dabble in stealth, right?
flamingkillamajig wrote: Snipers on the other hand stay out of most of the fight if you play it like you're supposed to. So basically snipers just have the longest lifespans.
Enemy Within did something about that...
I've been playing Eterium off and on recently. It's a decent Wing Commander 2 clone.
Waiting on Kingdom Hearts 3 and the new Fallout game to give me a reason to actually buy a PS4. As the titles that have come out so far are.... lacking.
I doubt I'll be playing all of them, since as soon as the Xbox One and Halo Master Chief Collection will be released I'll be mainly occupying my time with those. Once I'm done with that out come Dragon Age Inquisition and The Witcher 3, so yeah..
Im scared to buy DAI. I heard that it is going to play more like the first one. (Which I hope, because the second one sucked so hard it almost created a black hole)
Never got into the Witcher though.
I am glad that the titles I am interested in are not coming out for a while. Over the last 3 months I bought 2500 points of DA and 2500 points of Lizardmen.... I need time for the wallet to recover... that and I am ALMOST done painting it all.
RJCarrot wrote: Im scared to buy DAI. I heard that it is going to play more like the first one. (Which I hope, because the second one sucked so hard it almost created a black hole)
Never got into the Witcher though.
I am glad that the titles I am interested in are not coming out for a while. Over the last 3 months I bought 2500 points of DA and 2500 points of Lizardmen.... I need time for the wallet to recover... that and I am ALMOST done painting it all.
Wanted something different to try so I picked up that Agarest: Generations of War game from steam. Some kind of jrpg that's ''tactical''. There's a brief moving around phase and then lots of hitting, doesn't seem as advanced/interesting as either disgaea or fft, but i've barely played it an hour. I just hope the whole dating-sim like portion isn't too creepy or important to the game, mostly just want to hit badguys and i guess listen to japanese voice actors have theological debates about humanity and war and such
More as it develops, or i devolve back into playing moar skyrim!
Right now, mostly Minecraft, Warframe, League of Legends, and a little bit of Guild Wars 2 and Wargame: Red Dragon. I'm taking a break in playing Starbound for now.
Was playing shogun 2: fall of the samurai until the program crashed and went out of game.
Now I'm super curious about this game I've had for a time called 'endless space'. The alien factions are some of the more interesting I've seen and some of the least humanoid. Yes there are 2 human factions but 2 are evil, one is neutral and one is good (science heavy faction). There's a couple semi-humanoid factions but only if you consider fairly bird-like Asians, insectoid half robot creatures with arms and some small humanoid scientist high tech dudes to be humanoid. Some of the other factions include a couple sentient robot factions, an amoeboid faction, sentient floating rock people and other ridiculous awesome-ness.
Endless Space is one of those 4X strategy games like 'galactic civilization'. Currently in 'endless space' I'm playing the insectoid robots that consume all life to expand their empire, live and thrive because f*ck everybody that's why.
flamingkillamajig wrote: Was playing shogun 2: fall of the samurai until the program crashed and went out of game.
Now I'm super curious about this game I've had for a time called 'endless space'. The alien factions are some of the more interesting I've seen and some of the least humanoid. Yes there are 2 human factions but 2 are evil, one is neutral and one is good (science heavy faction). There's a couple semi-humanoid factions but only if you consider fairly bird-like Asians, insectoid half robot creatures with arms and some small humanoid scientist high tech dudes to be humanoid. Some of the other factions include a couple sentient robot factions, an amoeboid faction, sentient floating rock people and other ridiculous awesome-ness.
Endless Space is one of those 4X strategy games like 'galactic civilization'. Currently in 'endless space' I'm playing the insectoid robots that consume all life to expand their empire, live and thrive because f*ck everybody that's why.
I don't like their in game playstyle for the most part, but the Horatio are one of my favorite sci fi factions -
The Horatio were founded by an eccentric United Empire trillionare of the same name.[1] Incredibly long-lived, unbelievably rich, tired of ordinary life. Taking a single colony ship, Horatio set up base on a far flung planet that contained ancient cloning labs left by the Endless.
Still bored and now also lonely, he turned to these facilities. Using his DNA for a template, Horatio created a race of obedient replicas of the most beautiful being in the entire universe - himself.
Before long, "Horatio the First" as he was now known, had repopulated the planet with his likeness. At that point, it dawned on him how much more beautiful the galaxy would be if it too were filled with... Horatios.
I have the endless space. It's an interesting and beautiful title but I can't give a decent opinion since I never accomplished much. The tutorial isn't that good either, I think watching a "Let's Play" first should help.
Right now, I'm mostly playing Dark Souls and Crypt of the NecroDancer. I felt I was missing a bit of S&M in my life
TheDraconicLord wrote: I have the endless space. It's an interesting and beautiful title but I can't give a decent opinion since I never accomplished much. The tutorial isn't that good either, I think watching a "Let's Play" first should help.
Right now, I'm mostly playing Dark Souls and Crypt of the NecroDancer. I felt I was missing a bit of S&M in my life
Well you are an otaku right? So you would be a pervert by nature ;P.
Speaking of shogun 2, fall of the samurai and possibly all the total war games does anybody else get totally incensed when an opponent which is either strong or weak attacks you in a vulnerable spot after committing to a war against you for no reason after being on decent terms with you and then after kicking their *sses and finally pushing them back till they're weak they throw out a peace treaty as if they have good intentions behind this and are just so tired of all the bloodshed? Seriously when A.I. opponents do this they shouldn't have the balls to ask for peace and do so in such an insincere fashion after trying to attack me when I was weak esp. in such an under-handed way. Some A.I. are particularly notorious for this even after being allied to you for a while. After doing all this the most you can ask for from me is the style in which you surrender to me. Normally I just destroy their clan and peacefully occupy their lands and would probably keep their citizens and buildings intact but that's the nicest thing you can expect out of me. It just really gets to me the way they ask for a peace treaty after they take their powerful army and their big bad bestest buds in to attack me and after a long conflict get beaten back to their home territories expect just a nice peace when they're losing. Here's a hint. If a war becomes a stalemate then you can ask for a peace treaty even if you attacked first like a jerk. However you can't ask for a peace treaty when you're almost destroyed. That is basically you writing out your terms of surrender and how much of my *ss you have to kiss before my anger of your bull sh*t starts to subside. Depending on how under-handed your maneuvering was of the war fought you can expect varying degrees of anger from me but randomly attacking me when i'm vulnerable is an invitation to an *ss-kicking.
TheDraconicLord wrote: I have the endless space. It's an interesting and beautiful title but I can't give a decent opinion since I never accomplished much. The tutorial isn't that good either, I think watching a "Let's Play" first should help.
Right now, I'm mostly playing Dark Souls and Crypt of the NecroDancer. I felt I was missing a bit of S&M in my life
Well you are an otaku right? So you would be a pervert by nature ;P.
Speaking of shogun 2, fall of the samurai and possibly all the total war games does anybody else get totally incensed when an opponent which is either strong or weak attacks you in a vulnerable spot after committing to a war against you for no reason after being on decent terms with you and then after kicking their *sses and finally pushing them back till they're weak they throw out a peace treaty as if they have good intentions behind this and are just so tired of all the bloodshed? Seriously when A.I. opponents do this they shouldn't have the balls to ask for peace and do so in such an insincere fashion after trying to attack me when I was weak esp. in such an under-handed way. Some A.I. are particularly notorious for this even after being allied to you for a while. After doing all this the most you can ask for from me is the style in which you surrender to me. Normally I just destroy their clan and peacefully occupy their lands and would probably keep their citizens and buildings intact but that's the nicest thing you can expect out of me. It just really gets to me the way they ask for a peace treaty after they take their powerful army and their big bad bestest buds in to attack me and after a long conflict get beaten back to their home territories expect just a nice peace when they're losing. Here's a hint. If a war becomes a stalemate then you can ask for a peace treaty even if you attacked first like a jerk. However you can't ask for a peace treaty when you're almost destroyed. That is basically you writing out your terms of surrender and how much of my *ss you have to kiss before my anger of your bull sh*t starts to subside. Depending on how under-handed your maneuvering was of the war fought you can expect varying degrees of anger from me but randomly attacking me when i'm vulnerable is an invitation to an *ss-kicking.
Yeah... If you don't like games with other nations throwing threats and cowering when they're almost beaten, never pick up the Civilisation games. Especially if you're looking for a more realistic approach. (The leader most likely to threaten you with nuclear weapons and declare war on pretty much everyone is GHANDI of all people)
Having some pretty good fun on TF2. Playing the spy while Sweeney Todd music plays in the background feels strangely satisfying.
You learn not to accept peace treaties from nations you can crush if they attack you. Alternatively, you can use their desperation to make them give you settlements and GPT in exchange for peace. Sometimes you might not even want the settlement, in which case you can dismantle all the buildings in it and leave it; any rebels or other CPUs who capture it then have to rebuild it from the ground up. Sometimes it might be good to crank the tax they pay up to full so you get some quick, heavy cash income for a turn or two before the empty settlement rebels. You then have a rebel settlement that can harass the other CPUs for you.
Other than that, just declining any offerings of peace is a good way to go.
It's also a good idea to never trust any CPU, and never leave a settlement undefended unless it's deep in your own territory.
In general, threats and peace treaties in TW games are merely suggestions. Threats can be empty, or can warn you of an impending attack, and peace treaties can be laughed at and declined usually without harm.
Been playing 'endless space' and I've gotta say I'm not addicted to this game. It's quite fun in a similar way to other 4X strategy games like 'galactic civilizations'. I stayed up way too late playing it. So after not researching the right tech to move throughout the galaxy I was left behind for a while. Now I'm kicking serious *ss though and being the cravers the more I destroy the more my tech gets researched. It's not always the best thing but it does help my research a bit esp. the larger the enemy fleet you destroy. In a sense they feel a bit like orks in that the salvage enemy tech for their own use.
Anyway I'm gonna collapse from sleep deprivation because of this game.
so I decided to re-download World of Tanks and punish myself some more. Lots of map changes since I last played and I actually came out with a positive score which is surprising for a 5x weekend.
World of Tanks > War Thunder
World of Warplanes < War Thunder
im not really getting how WoT is pay 2 win? you can buy tanks just like you can in WT, you can buy premium just like you can in WT.
The only difference between WoT and WT that is really different is crew, and gold ammo. Since you can buy gold ammo with credits its a bit moot, as I have no issues running high tier tanks with some gold ammo usage and still come out with positive credits using a non-premium tank without premium time.
The ONLY thing WT has going for it is the gameplay, I really enjoyed concentrating on objectives rather than kills. But at the same time its really easy to win if you run the other team out of spare tanks.
Waiting for Blizzards Heroes of the Storm to come out. It seems like it will be like Dota, so I will probably suck at it, but at least I can be characters that I recognize while sucking.
DotA actually started as a Starcraft custom map (Aeon of Strife) and was then ported to WC III's vastly superior engine where it quickly rise to fame and spawned all other MOBAs nowadays.
I am HIGHLY interested in getting into the HotS beta. The game looks very casual (which is awesome if you just don't have the time anymore to keep up with tryhards), I recognize most heroes from other games and, most importantly, Blizzard is very active and strict when it comes to rule violations which means that toxic players might be less of a problem than they are in its competitors.
I am in the Strife Closed Beta, but sadly, the developer admits to purposefully making the matchmaking bad during the entire CB in order to get more matches in. Makes sense for them, but this leads to horribly unplayable games that breed bad behavior :(
I put my disk of Master of Orion 2 in my PC yesterday all set to engage on a nostalgia trip, and found to my eternal disappointment that MOO2 won't run on 64 bit Windows machines.
Update of Mount and Blade: Swadia hates me. And the Nords have taken most of Swadia. Message me if you want screen shots. But yeah. Nords are the strongest faction right now and the Swadians are losing turf big time.
And I highly recommend playing the game as well. Just beware, you may experience a similar unlucky streak 
Hopefully the US doesn't leave X-Com for me 
