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Leader of the Sept







Subnautica below zero just dropped on game pass. Wheeee, back in the water we go.’this time with alien penguins. Haven’t come across anything that scared me as much as the reapers did from the first game, so going well so far

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Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!

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Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws






New Zealand

I would be playing Cyberpunk 2077 again but ut keeps crashing when I get past/skip the introductory cut scene :/

"The best way to lie is to tell the truth." Attelus Kaltos.
My story! Secret War
After his organisation is hired to hunt down an influential gang leader on the Hive world, Omnartus. Attelus Kaltos is embroiled deeper into the complex world of the Assassin. This is the job which will change him, for better or for worse. Forevermore. Chapter 1.

The Angaran Chronicles: Hamar Noir. After coming back from a dangerous mission which left his friend and partner, the werewolf: Emilia in a coma. Anargrin is sent on another mission: to hunt down a rogue vampire. A rogue vampire with no consistent modus operandi and who is exceedingly good at hiding its tracks. So much so even the veteran Anargrin is forced into desperate speculation. But worst of all: drive him into desperate measures. Measures which drives Anargrin to wonder; does the ends, justify the means?

 
   
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pontiac, michigan; usa

Played some more Total War Warhammer 2 with a friend (i'm skaven and he's tomb kings). He's running out of desert lands to colonize. I've got my 4th fighting army out as well as my 2nd warlock engineer. I've been attacking, looting and settling the greenskin territories in the north.

My ally meanwhile has been bogged down with currently about 3 really powerful enemy armies which constantly sack, settle or turn his settlements to ruins. Somehow he's managing to hold them off and do similar to them but they're really powerful now. I'm sending 2 of my best armies down to help if possible but even with a massive amount of movement boosts by embedding warlocks into the armies it'll still take a while to help him out.

Greenskins have been reduced to about 36 provinces. I have 36 provinces and my ally has 40 now. The issue is vampire counts are being annihilated by the Empire with only 3 or 4 settlements left and i feel like they're going to eye me soon and they are the closest likely enemy with decent power (40+ territories and significant strength) that could fight me. So if Empire fights me i'll be fighting a multiple front war. I'm somewhat in a position to fight it but i'd prefer to wait.

Funny thing is with all the Greenskins we've fought i've managed to get to significantly positive relationships to minor dwarf factions and as skaven that's really weird.

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 flamingkillamajig wrote:

Funny thing is with all the Greenskins we've fought i've managed to get to significantly positive relationships to minor dwarf factions and as skaven that's really weird.


As skaven, I've had full on alliances with Karak-a-Kadrin in past patches.
I was playing Queek, so it was way beyond weird.

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Calculating Commissar




pontiac, michigan; usa

I do remember allying my von carsteins with the empire in tww1 in one game. What a strange game. Sometimes it bugs me for lore purposes but man can it be fun. It'd make far more sense for skaven and greenskins to work together for the same dwarf hold only to break alliances right after the dwarf positions are almost certainly irrelevant or overwhelmed.

Maybe I'll play hellpit skaven next or queek (though -4 public order till I get karak 8 peaks is crap). Did queek get significant bonuses Some years back?

I always felt the game gave clan rictus some fun stuff but not anywhere where it should be. I see a meme that makes rictus seem the most lame or crappy of all the skaven lords and that's just odd. He should be good at ambushing and flanking and his abilities fit him so well. Running away, to hit harder somewhere else, every treaty broken gives public order boosts. Sounds ridiculously fun to me but I guess it can't compare to special workshops. Maybe he was put on the back burner while everybody else was getting cool toys. He needs a rework.

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Mighty Vampire Count






UK

Total War 1 seems to be more generous in who will ally with whom.

Had an enjoyable game where the Last Alliance of Men, (Wood) Elves, Dwarfs and my Vampires fought and defeated Chaos - even had Karak Kadrin as vassels after keeping them alive over a good number of turns ...only for all the "good Guys" to turn on me! Lore wise it kinda worked for me as Chaos is a major enemy for the undead - the mortals can wait - we have time.

I hope that some of the campaign options from Troy turn up in TW3 - like the ability to give allies settlements -

In my current Empire campaign I have had to fight Grimgor extensively to defend the Dwarfs and let them rebuild from 1 settlement - been much easier if I could give them Karaz-aKarak back at full strength!

My Vortex Campaign with Imrik I had loads of Lizardmen friends nearby well until the last couple of rituals!

Playing Warhammer Underworlds and finally managed to win a game as Sepulchal Guard - took about 20 games!

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I AM A MARINE PLAYER

"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos

"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001

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Knight of the Inner Circle




Montreal, QC Canada

Played a bunch of Assassins Creed 2 over the weekend as I never really played it back when it came out. Gotta say, it does hold up and is a lot of fun.

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Savage Minotaur




Baltimore, Maryland

Finally giving 2018’s Battletech a deep dive.

Everything is going great, and then I start getting outnumbered/outweighed/outgunned and its been really challenging. I’ll definitely need to watch some guides on how to succeed in a campaign. Seems like there is no point in taking Light Mechs, is what I’m feeling.

Decent amount of fun, but there is alot of downtime.

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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
 
   
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 nels1031 wrote:
Finally giving 2018’s Battletech a deep dive.

Everything is going great, and then I start getting outnumbered/outweighed/outgunned and its been really challenging. I’ll definitely need to watch some guides on how to succeed in a campaign. Seems like there is no point in taking Light Mechs, is what I’m feeling.

Decent amount of fun, but there is alot of downtime.


Downtime? Other than travel between systems, there shouldn't be much of any. [Early injured pilots should just be replaced, whether temporarily or permanently]

Early game is mostly farming half and one skull missions for cash & salvage, and grabbing assassination missions when they come up (the assassination target is usually in a slightly better mech). If you're playing the campaign (which... bleh), spending a good bit of time farming is better than jumping straight in.

Lights mech are... situational. They're good for some mission types (and nothing stops you from running lower rank missions later), but evasion is not a particularly effective defense (especially since you _will_ get outnumbered, and reinforcements often spawn next to you, rather than come on a map edge), while the first Guts skill (additional damage reduction) is close to mandatory

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A Protoss colony world

Been back on the Runescape train real hard lately. They've been releasing the third God Wars Dungeon in stages, and so far it's really awesome! New enemies to fight and new bosses to kill, including the first ever non-combat boss (as in, you use non-combat skills to defeat it instead of just whacking it with a sword/blasting it with magic).

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon





Scotland, but nowhere near my rulebook

The Outer Wilds: Shadows of the Eye DLC just arrived.

Now, I was wondering "how will they make extra stuff fit into this game"

I'm about 2 hours in. They have Fitted Extra Stuff In. I have said "Oh, WOW" on several occasions.
   
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Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws






New Zealand

Played some Space Marine in the hope that more people would be playing online with the new update. Played some multiplayer and gave up after being killed in one or two shots by everyone so got into some Exterminatus, had a ton of fun, the Assault Marine is just so killy against Orks it isn't funny lol

"The best way to lie is to tell the truth." Attelus Kaltos.
My story! Secret War
After his organisation is hired to hunt down an influential gang leader on the Hive world, Omnartus. Attelus Kaltos is embroiled deeper into the complex world of the Assassin. This is the job which will change him, for better or for worse. Forevermore. Chapter 1.

The Angaran Chronicles: Hamar Noir. After coming back from a dangerous mission which left his friend and partner, the werewolf: Emilia in a coma. Anargrin is sent on another mission: to hunt down a rogue vampire. A rogue vampire with no consistent modus operandi and who is exceedingly good at hiding its tracks. So much so even the veteran Anargrin is forced into desperate speculation. But worst of all: drive him into desperate measures. Measures which drives Anargrin to wonder; does the ends, justify the means?

 
   
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator






 Graphite wrote:
The Outer Wilds: Shadows of the Eye DLC just arrived.

I’m torn on this one. I bought the dlc because I want to support the developers. The ending to outer wilds was so final though that I don’t really want to go back. I mean everything that happens on the final loop feels so fitting. Like it’s absolutely how things should end. So when I finished it I was like “that was amazing. Absolutely never going back to that game”. On the one hand I want to see what the dlc added. On the other hand I want that ending to be my final experience with the game. Oh and no one spoil the ending or the final loop for those that havn’t gotten there.

I’ve been doing a lot of night shifts lately. My work allows me to play games as long as I don’t use earplugs. I’m tired in the night so I’ve been playing heroes of might and magic 2 and warlords 2. Really going old school. I might get a bit more energetic so think I’ll fire up and finally finish tyranny. Played the game to about the halfway point twice haha. My current run is with the rebels. It’s kinda cool establishing a power to rival the disfavored and the scarlet chorus. Playing as a mage which feels broken as hell. My previous char was a sword fighter and magic just blows it out of the water.

His pattern of returning alive after being declared dead occurred often enough during Cain's career that the Munitorum made a special ruling that Ciaphas Cain is to never be considered dead, despite evidence to the contrary. 
   
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon





Scotland, but nowhere near my rulebook

I haven't finished Shadows of the Eye, so I can't say definitively - but it SEEMS like it won't disrupt the finely tuned main story.
   
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Assassin with Black Lotus Poison





Bristol

I recently got around to playing A Plague Tale: Innocence.

Very much recommend it to anyone who hasn't played it and enjoys stealth oriented action-adventure games. The story was great, you cared about the characters and the development they went through over the story and it had a phenomenal atmosphere of dread which just built up and up as it went on and the titular plague was spreading over the land.

I am looking forward to the sequel!

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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.

Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
 
   
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Mad Gyrocopter Pilot





Northumberland

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
I recently got around to playing A Plague Tale: Innocence.

Very much recommend it to anyone who hasn't played it and enjoys stealth oriented action-adventure games. The story was great, you cared about the characters and the development they went through over the story and it had a phenomenal atmosphere of dread which just built up and up as it went on and the titular plague was spreading over the land.

I am looking forward to the sequel!


I remember seeing that come out on gamepass but I figured what with that whole global pandemic, a game about plague would just be a little too much, interested to give it a go in the near future.


Started playing Destiny 2 again as its recently enabled crossplay finally and I'm able to play with a lot of friends. It's always a learning curve going back into that game as you have to figure out what the hell you're meant to do to get going on the story. It's not perfect but the gunplay alone makes it worth playing.

I'm also playing some Skyrim again as something easy to relax and play.

One and a half feet in the hobby


My Painting Log of various minis:
# Olthannon's Oscillating Orchard of Opportunity #

 
   
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pontiac, michigan; usa

I've been playing TWW2 with a friend. That and Phoenix Point for the first time in probably a year and a half.

Phoenix Point is a strange one. The game is alright but man they really have poor soldier voices. The voices for the talking heads are pretty good but soldiers are terrible non-native speaking english voice actors. It's really an odd match because it sounds like they had non-native english speaking voice actors for the talking head type characters and they did a good job. It's just such a curious thing.

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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon






Wanging through a bit of Miles Morales, whilst Far Cry 6 downloads.

   
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pontiac, michigan; usa

Played a couple more missions of Phoenix point. I'm a bit shocked none of my soldier have died yet and I think I'm an entire difficulty higher too.

I wonder if raiding havens or stealing haven aircraft becomes more needed on higher difficulties. I've never tried it because I'm trying to be a good guy here.

I am improving haven relationships and killing pandoran nests tho. This game has a lot of in-game effects you need to learn that I probably should re-learn. I should probably try some of the new effects or upgrades like biological mutations or cybernetic implants. If I recall that heavily requires capturing pandorans.

I'm wondering if Lord of Hats might like Phoenix Point with the semi cthulu vibe it has going on. Somehow i dont think Xcom or x-com style strategy games are his thing.

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Blood Angel Terminator with Lightning Claws






New Zealand

Played some Resident Evil 6 for the first time in ages today. Mercenaries, of course, it's easily the best part of that game. Tried to play it with a mouse and keyboard, was pretty awkward, in all honesty, so went back to my good old Logitech controller. Fun, no one online to co-op with, but no surprise there. Hit detection can be a bit naff. Also, one zombie threw his rifle at me, which went through another zombie a split second before I killed it, so the rifle hit me, lol

"The best way to lie is to tell the truth." Attelus Kaltos.
My story! Secret War
After his organisation is hired to hunt down an influential gang leader on the Hive world, Omnartus. Attelus Kaltos is embroiled deeper into the complex world of the Assassin. This is the job which will change him, for better or for worse. Forevermore. Chapter 1.

The Angaran Chronicles: Hamar Noir. After coming back from a dangerous mission which left his friend and partner, the werewolf: Emilia in a coma. Anargrin is sent on another mission: to hunt down a rogue vampire. A rogue vampire with no consistent modus operandi and who is exceedingly good at hiding its tracks. So much so even the veteran Anargrin is forced into desperate speculation. But worst of all: drive him into desperate measures. Measures which drives Anargrin to wonder; does the ends, justify the means?

 
   
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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon






Really getting into Far Cry 6. It’s a bit of a slog when you only have iron sights, but gets much easier once you can upgrade.

Also had fun with a Mortar, shelling a base that had a pair of tanks.

Stumbled into a random side mission, where I ended up hunting down a Mongoose. Got a really sweet pistol out of it though.

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Central Valley, California

up next along with an AoS league is our first venture into Kings of War: Armada naval battles

~ Shrap

Rolling 1's for five decades.
AoS * Konflikt '47 * Conquest Last Argument of Kings * A War Transformed  
   
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Twisting Tzeentch Horror






I've been playing a whole lot of Trackmania 2020 recently. Climbed to second in east midlands

I recommend the game, it's free and really easy to get into. Plus the new campaign tracks just dropped
.

 insaniak wrote:

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Grim Dark Angels Interrogator-Chaplain






A Protoss colony world

Picked up a strangely addictive early release game on Steam called Star Valor. Basically you fly around in a spaceship mining asteroids, exploring new star systems, fighting enemy spaceships and trading goods while slowly growing in power level through new ships, upgrades, and crewmembers (eventually you can command a whole fleet of ships).

My armies (re-counted and updated on 11/1/23, including modeled wargear options):
Dark Angels: ~15000 Astra Militarum: ~1200 | Adeptus Custodes: ~1900 | Imperial Knights: ~2000 | Sisters of Battle: ~3500 | Leagues of Votann: ~1200 | Tyranids: ~2600 | Stormcast Eternals: ~5000
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 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Really getting into Far Cry 6. It’s a bit of a slog when you only have iron sights, but gets much easier once you can upgrade.

Also had fun with a Mortar, shelling a base that had a pair of tanks.

Stumbled into a random side mission, where I ended up hunting down a Mongoose. Got a really sweet pistol out of it though.


How are you finding the story? I've been watching the trailers with Giancarlo lately, and it looks like he's still got quite a stage presence.

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pontiac, michigan; usa

Phoenix Point and tww2. Somehow I still haven't lost a soldier yet and I've nearly got another team ready but not fully equipped. Training centers really keep them recruits decent and on par with normal soldiers.

Aside from that my game with ikit is somewhat more challenging in tww2. My settra co op campaign friend is doing significantly better than me. I may be reaching the point where I have to ferry armies back and forth to supply diminished armies or to replace them. Usually having veteran leaders is nice. Ofc I forgot a key thing in skaven ambushes. You can maybe do a hit and run on enemy war machines but skaven are generally too brittle for melee of any kind. Best to just rely on magic and shooting to wear the enemy down first.

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Ridin' on a Snotling Pump Wagon






 SkavenLord wrote:
 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Really getting into Far Cry 6. It’s a bit of a slog when you only have iron sights, but gets much easier once you can upgrade.

Also had fun with a Mortar, shelling a base that had a pair of tanks.

Stumbled into a random side mission, where I ended up hunting down a Mongoose. Got a really sweet pistol out of it though.


How are you finding the story? I've been watching the trailers with Giancarlo lately, and it looks like he's still got quite a stage presence.


As an open world game, I’m not really paying attention to it, as I do love a good rampage. As such, I’ve mostly side missioned my way to glory. But the dude certainly convinces in his scenes.

Two very recent developments. Nicked a tank, parked it in the right place, and now I can call one up when I want one. I also went on a bimble, and found some awesome shorts which repair your vehicle whilst you’re driving it. Yep. For all intents and purposes, my tanks are both unlimited, and more or less invincible, unless I get really, really ganked.

Now this is the first Far Cry I’ve ever played, and I’m reliably informed I picked possibly the best of the series. It reminds me of the fun I had with Just Cause on the PS2, but without the super wonky “drive a tank into a moped, and it’s you that goes flying” vehicle physics.

Though I do need to buy some kind of RPG, as I think I just unlocked them with a level up. At the moment when being bothered by Helicopters, I need to rely on my Supremo, which is super slow to reload. Though now I’ve got a load of resources, hopefully I can cut its reload time down a bit.

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






Cozy cockpit of an Imperial Knight

Also enjoying Far Cry 6, whenever uPlay allows me to, damned thing is acting up ever since the game got released. :|

But fun game, and so far, yes! Best one yet, there's no angst with the main character, classic bloody melee kills are back, the classic bloody first aid animations are back, not being forcibly kidnapped all the time because there is a mandatory unskippable story segment you need to sit through, it has the T55 tank and Chorizo is adorable. Also yes, the outfits are a great addition, either go for a full themed outfit or mix and match parts to best suit your play style.

On the flipside, skills have been removed and you just gain abilities as the story progresses, aircraft controls are not inverted as a default and weapons are tiered, which is one of those annoying things left over from New Dawn.

Another good thing, you are no longer penalized with less XP for going loud instead of stealth-killing everything when clearing a camp or checkpoint, going on a rampage is actually fun now.

Quite chuffed with being able to ride horses, though the traffic AI has a tendency to honk, then go out of their way to run you over. Amigo AI is also clunky to say the least, having Chorizo around would be neat, if the poor thing could actually do as told and not have a pathfinding problem every time you target a puto.

And aye, helicopters are the biggest annoyance so far, can't even snipe the pilot out of the cockpit any more, bah. At least tanks can easily be taken out by shooting off the fuel tank, then unloading a few rounds into the engine, or disabling it with an EMP grenade.



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Managed to get a legendary Grenade Launcher, which has made life a lot, lot easier.

You find it in the Metal Works, which is a base you can take over.

Oh, and the Magic Tank Repair Electric Sex Pants can be found up a lighthouse on the west coast of the main island. Definitely worth nabbing them, and putting them on when you’re about to indulge in some vehicular rampaging.

Suffice to say I’m now suitably well armed enough not to need to worry about combat, beyond by growing skills letting me down.

   
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pontiac, michigan; usa

Played a little Phoenix Point. I took out a pandoran lair. Shame I couldn't do a faction mission first to really boost faction opinion but oh well. I may need a bunch more resources for another transport ship for squad 2 but still probably a ways out from that what with arming squad 2 and activating more bases.

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