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I was in the 1000 Club with Bioshock 2 (could never get Bioshock 1 to work for me) and then they added in that new map pack that nobody ever got to play.
I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying.
Thunderfrog wrote:
+1 Str for like 5 points? To autocannons or assault cannons? Hell yea. Then the Reinforced Aegis upgrade for free AND the ability to ignore stunned shaken.. pretty much for free..
Other Dreadnaughts should just go somewhere and be a toaster.
Mattieu~~~~ It's not that eldar are bad, it's that they require a lot of intergration between units. Also, that doesnt prove anything other than GW has a huge hard-on for marines, and, given the option between making a xeno the best psykers or making a marine the best psyker, they will 9 times out of 10 choose the marine.
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Tzeentchling9 wrote:Mephy can't be swept. He is still a marine so he has the, "And They Shall Never Get Removed From The Table After Losing Combat Like Everyone Else Because They Are The Poster Boys" special rule.
I am more of a PC guy, but with Steam cheevers and in-game accomplishments that doesn't matter as much. Achievements/Trophies won't influence my desicion to buy a game but it gives you nice goals.
Like I'll pop in a game ask myself "do I want to do MP, SP, or something else?" then I see a few locked achievements and suddenly I have something to do. Having them can't hurt as far as I can tell.
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
I like them. They can encourage me to play a game differently or challenge myself in a way I might not have thought of. I don't think I've ever bothered to get ALL of them for one game, but I'm happy to take a slight detour to grab them along the way.
I'm not like them, but I can pretend.
Observations on complex unit wound allocation: If you're feeling screwed, your opponent is probably doing it right.
2011/04/03 02:51:52
Subject: Re:Do you care about Achievements/Trophies?
It really depends on the game imo. Some ill go all out to get 1000G on a game, some I wont bother. So far i have 20k gamerscore with about 4 of them with all achievs:
COD:MW2 - Me and my bro spent hours upon hours trying to do the spec ops missions coz they were fun and a real challenge.
TES IV: Oblivion - Took me ages to get the last 20G because I couldnt be bothered running around Shivering Isles again, I did eventually though.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - Easiest 1000G ever, just complete the game.
Fable 2 - Since this was a follow up I decided to get all of them, wasnt worth it though. Although 90% were more for fun than just say completeing a part of the story.
If a game actually rewarded you with ingame items then it would make them more worth it.
When the rich rage war it's the poor who die
Armies I have: Chaos Space Marines, Tau, Necrons, High Elves
Armies I want:Lizardmen, Warriors Of Chaos, Dark Eldar
Armies I may get: Dark Angels, Tomb Kings, Vampire Counts
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2011/04/03 07:11:23
Subject: Re:Do you care about Achievements/Trophies?
I'm proud of my 25,201 points. Also proud how it ends in a 1 because most people don't have that. I think I started out like this guy: . Achievements are stupid...well maybe I'll just get a few more...
Seriously though, they do make you play the game in a way you probably wouldn't and extend the life of it. For example, in Red Dead Redemption you get one called "Dastardly" for tying up a women and putting her on the tracks for "death by train". Certainly wouldn't have thought of that. That being said I'm not crazy like some people who will invest dozens of hours into getting another 10 points. I grab the easy ones where I can.
it's fun to get trophys when I get em, but I don't go out of my way to find them all. Honestly could care less weather they were there or not. They're a cool addition. But then, I cared more about the achievements in WOW than I did for any game on my PS3...
2011/04/04 20:26:54
Subject: Re:Do you care about Achievements/Trophies?
johnscott10 wrote:
TES IV: Oblivion - Took me ages to get the last 20G because I couldnt be bothered running around Shivering Isles again, I did eventually though.
You know you can save right before you choose who you want, kill them in the quest, and re-load?
I used to be obsessed with achievements. Now, not so much.
I still try for easy ones, and I check all of them when I first start playing.
Also, I try to go after the really hard ones, like some of the Portal ones, or ones with cool names I just hit over the 20k mark with Mass Effect. Its like 20115 iirc Also, I got all of them for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Oblivion, and one other 'real' game, and then Dino-dash lol.
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johnscott10 wrote:
TES IV: Oblivion - Took me ages to get the last 20G because I couldnt be bothered running around Shivering Isles again, I did eventually though.
You know you can save right before you choose who you want, kill them in the quest, and re-load?
Yea I know that, but I just ran straight through forgetting that my autosave was on and the last time I had saved was back when I was level 7 or so, I was like level 15 at the time.
When the rich rage war it's the poor who die
Armies I have: Chaos Space Marines, Tau, Necrons, High Elves
Armies I want:Lizardmen, Warriors Of Chaos, Dark Eldar
Armies I may get: Dark Angels, Tomb Kings, Vampire Counts
I despise achievements. I know, I know.. they "extend" the life of the game.
Back in my day though, we beat the feth out of the game anyway. We didn't half ass it. We beat games so bad, they wished they didn't get beat so bad. We had to blow our cartridges, WE HAD TO WORK TO PLAY. Then we had insanely hard games, the difficulty alone extended the game.
Then I got a SNES and life got a little less stressful.
"Order. Unity. Obedience. We taught the galaxy these things, and we shall do so again."
"They are not your worst nightmare; they are your every nightmare."
"Let the galaxy burn!"
Renegades & Heretics 2056pts
When the rich rage war it's the poor who die 
we may be few, but even though we are near destruction. we the shadow wolves survive and move on to get our vengence on the tyrinids! 
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