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Just got Mount and Blade Warband. Yay Steam sales!

fishy bob wrote:
Played two games in a row now with the Chinese, in Age of Empires 2. I'm gonna start a new game. I'm thinking the Goths or le Franks.

Teutons ftw. Those Teutonic Knights back then were my joy and pride

VensersRevenge wrote:
Just got Mount and Blade Warband. Yay Steam sales!

Get a horse. Kite an entire enemy army whilst riding said horse. ???? Profit.

Its a great series to play. However in the first two its crucial that you learn how to ride a horse efficiently and, at the higher difficulty levels, understand tactics a bit too *. Do try and not to off the nobles too much. Their like to start a war with you if you keep calling them donkey caves (feasting when there's a war on? Ah, then you must be in the Kingdom of Swadia). Napoleonic Wars is fun too, though when I was last on a while ago it would seem that the number of trolls is up. Still, it is fun trying to snipe with a musket. Though that constitute's standing a few feet from you're target and still having your shot miss mind.

*I'll refer you to my first statement with this. If you're on open plains and not facing fast cavalry you really can just ride about picking off any enemies that break away from their formations. With Fire and Sword makes this a much less efficient tactic however because you know... the enemy have guns that time around. =P

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

 johnscott10 wrote:

 TheDraconicLord wrote:

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:

 johnscott10 wrote:
So I completed The Walking Dead.... I ... I ... dunno what to say really, ending was how I expected but

Spoiler:

the fact its just left open ended without wrapping up what happens to Kenny, Christa, Omid or Clem i just annoying I feel.

Well there's going to be a season 2.

Spoiler:

I'm assuming you play Clementine in it. She damn well better be in it in some way though!

Spoiler:

There will be hell to pay if she isn't!!! I didn't cry my eyes out with that damn end and the deaths of almost everyone only for her to just be mysteriously gone!

Oh, and btw, you don't know what happened to Kenny because he probably didn't follow you at the end of Chapter 4 (I think that's the one). It was... heart-breaking to say the least.

Spoiler:

Pretty sure Kenny did follow me, he "died" during episode 5 for me when he caused the walkie talkie to be dropped down a hole and went to save Christa.

Tbh The Walking Dead dint spark as much emotion in me as I expected, think I went through all the emotion apart from cryin. I got close but not xlose enough lol.

Spoiler:

Ooohh, then it was Ben that was missing. You needed him to activate the darn scene. There's absolutely no mystery in that scene. Only sad, sad times...

Really?

Well for me...


Did that not happen to either of you?

Not at all.



Just shows that some choices do affect the story somewhat lol.

That is completely different. Same overall outcome, but very different circumstances.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution was like $2.99 on Steam, so I picked it up. Good game, and I normally don't like RPGs with set protagonists.

 Seaward wrote:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution was like $2.99 on Steam, so I picked it up. Good game, and I normally don't like RPGs with set protagonists.

Ah, but remember with the plot of that game. Everything that you're doing has already happened. The world still ends up the way it does in the original games. Its the journey that matters. Oh and punching straight through walls to stab people in the back. Yeah that's a major part of the game too. =P

Get the upgrade that lets you read people's intent as soon as you can. It may not be used often, but it gives a lot of handy information during conversations when you need to talk down someone for information/not to shoot you. Depending how you choose to play the strength boost is good for explorers, plus it allows you to punch through walls. The ability to breath poison gas is rarely used, but it opens up radically different routes in levels should you choose it (ie "oh look the room's filling with gas. Ah well"). You can wind up at the end of the game with 2/3rds of the upgrades, so what you choose is dependent on your play style/ rule of cool. I'm not saying that a stealth orientated character needs to have miniature rocket launchers in his chest. ...But it is a game about choices.

Replaying Skyrim, trying to stick to a set and rigid values.

- No Magic Spells, scrolls or Magic restoring/buffing potions (Health and Stamina Potions and Shouts are Okay, though I haven't unlocked Shouts yet)
- 'Honorable' Combatant (i.e. No ranged weapons, no sneaky thief weapons like daggers and poisons)
- Charity when asked while in town
- Loot "valuable" things like jewelry, magic items, "fancy weapons (i.e. nothing I can craft easily)
- Loot Gold and commodities (pelts, meat, etc..)
- Cant wear a helmet (as no self respecting Nord would!)
- Use only weapons/armor I can modify with my Smithing skill (uses steel axe when glass is floating about)
- Use Armor I can craft, or armor of a faction I lead (Currently wearing Wolf Armor as I lead the Companions)
- No crime (i.e. no stealing, no pickpocketing, no murder, etc...).
- Morally Ambiguous quests are sometimes okay
- No guilds other than the companions, Civil War faction, and Dawnguard (only because I haven't cured my lycanthropy yet)
- No trainers
-You can only fast travel if you own a living horse. If you don't have a horse, you can use a carriage to fast travel.
-You can only 'wait' inside inns, your own house, or the houses of those who consider you a friend.
-You have to eat three 'raw' foods (potato, raw rabbit leg, raw beef, etc.) or one 'cooked' food (stews, cheeses, bread, etc.) every day.
-You cannot eat food in combat.


Also, just "enjoyed" my first negative with Dawnguard. After completing the Companions quest last night, I was walking towards the smith at the front of Whiterun, and I noticed that the general store owner and the woman who works the forges in Whiterun had been killed by Vampires... Guess who has to go find himself the Dawnguard and put a stop to this gak!

 Kanluwen wrote:
I have yet to spawn Vermivorous, despite trying for a good four or five hours every other day for a few months.

We have seen him twice. Has yet to drop anything.

Then again, we have not really tried to spawn (or fight!) the ~62 version. We are taking our 61's against the 53.
Less odds of it the critter showing, but better chance of us getting him deadified.

It is not like the level of heads or legendary class mods really matter, and that is really what we are after.

Random question:
Any good suggestions for 2 players getting/farming seraph crystals?
The 6 I have came from slots.


I think I may end up trying to exploit Pete, which I would rather avoid.

editing to add:
New DLC announcement Saturday afternoon.

 Wyrmalla wrote:

VensersRevenge wrote:
Just got Mount and Blade Warband. Yay Steam sales!

Get a horse. Kite an entire enemy army whilst riding said horse. ???? Profit.

Its a great series to play. However in the first two its crucial that you learn how to ride a horse efficiently and, at the higher difficulty levels, understand tactics a bit too *. Do try and not to off the nobles too much. Their like to start a war with you if you keep calling them donkey caves (feasting when there's a war on? Ah, then you must be in the Kingdom of Swadia). Napoleonic Wars is fun too, though when I was last on a while ago it would seem that the number of trolls is up. Still, it is fun trying to snipe with a musket. Though that constitute's standing a few feet from you're target and still having your shot miss mind.

*I'll refer you to my first statement with this. If you're on open plains and not facing fast cavalry you really can just ride about picking off any enemies that break away from their formations. With Fire and Sword makes this a much less efficient tactic however because you know... the enemy have guns that time around. =P

Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't fight on horseback to save my life. Makes life difficult. And after I got 100 Nord peasants killed in battle, I don't have much of an army anymore.

McPixel!

VensersRevenge wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:

VensersRevenge wrote:
Just got Mount and Blade Warband. Yay Steam sales!

Get a horse. Kite an entire enemy army whilst riding said horse. ???? Profit.

Its a great series to play. However in the first two its crucial that you learn how to ride a horse efficiently and, at the higher difficulty levels, understand tactics a bit too *. Do try and not to off the nobles too much. Their like to start a war with you if you keep calling them donkey caves (feasting when there's a war on? Ah, then you must be in the Kingdom of Swadia). Napoleonic Wars is fun too, though when I was last on a while ago it would seem that the number of trolls is up. Still, it is fun trying to snipe with a musket. Though that constitute's standing a few feet from you're target and still having your shot miss mind.

*I'll refer you to my first statement with this. If you're on open plains and not facing fast cavalry you really can just ride about picking off any enemies that break away from their formations. With Fire and Sword makes this a much less efficient tactic however because you know... the enemy have guns that time around. =P

Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't fight on horseback to save my life. Makes life difficult. And after I got 100 Nord peasants killed in battle, I don't have much of an army anymore.

Practice makes perfect! If possible, get a double sided lance - horseback fighting is a lot easier with that, though your reach is somewhat limited. And regarding Nord peasants: just pick on mountain bandits in Rhodok territory, you'll train them up soon enough and have an awesome Huscarl army

And tactics: with Nords, always get high ground and order your warriors to hold position on the hill. Order them to move closer together as well. This reduces the impact of a cavalry charge and makes archery harder. In close combat, your Nords generally will win. If you need cavalry, train Khergit Lancers but keep a bunch of Sarranid and Swadians in your party. Khergits get horses faster than the other races, and if the need is desperate then you'll be well served by them. Sarranid Mamlukes and Swadian Knights however are boss.

EDIT: The above was reason no. 76 why I need to get outside and talk to people.

Sleeping Dogs.

 ExNoctemNacimur wrote:

VensersRevenge wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:

VensersRevenge wrote:
Just got Mount and Blade Warband. Yay Steam sales!

Get a horse. Kite an entire enemy army whilst riding said horse. ???? Profit.

Its a great series to play. However in the first two its crucial that you learn how to ride a horse efficiently and, at the higher difficulty levels, understand tactics a bit too *. Do try and not to off the nobles too much. Their like to start a war with you if you keep calling them donkey caves (feasting when there's a war on? Ah, then you must be in the Kingdom of Swadia). Napoleonic Wars is fun too, though when I was last on a while ago it would seem that the number of trolls is up. Still, it is fun trying to snipe with a musket. Though that constitute's standing a few feet from you're target and still having your shot miss mind.

*I'll refer you to my first statement with this. If you're on open plains and not facing fast cavalry you really can just ride about picking off any enemies that break away from their formations. With Fire and Sword makes this a much less efficient tactic however because you know... the enemy have guns that time around. =P

Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't fight on horseback to save my life. Makes life difficult. And after I got 100 Nord peasants killed in battle, I don't have much of an army anymore.

Practice makes perfect! If possible, get a double sided lance - horseback fighting is a lot easier with that, though your reach is somewhat limited. And regarding Nord peasants: just pick on mountain bandits in Rhodok territory, you'll train them up soon enough and have an awesome Huscarl army

And tactics: with Nords, always get high ground and order your warriors to hold position on the hill. Order them to move closer together as well. This reduces the impact of a cavalry charge and makes archery harder. In close combat, your Nords generally will win. If you need cavalry, train Khergit Lancers but keep a bunch of Sarranid and Swadians in your party. Khergits get horses faster than the other races, and if the need is desperate then you'll be well served by them. Sarranid Mamlukes and Swadian Knights however are boss.

EDIT: The above was reason no. 76 why I need to get outside and talk to people.

Thanks for the help!

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Sleeping Dogs.

My biggest issue, somewhat oddly, was the survivability of Wei.
Car crashes are fun.

Considering the dire straits of the presentation, and the other characters dilemmas, it always made me pause.

Erm. Not having that problem. Getting killed a fair amount.

VensersRevenge wrote:

 ExNoctemNacimur wrote:

VensersRevenge wrote:

 Wyrmalla wrote:

VensersRevenge wrote:
Just got Mount and Blade Warband. Yay Steam sales!

Get a horse. Kite an entire enemy army whilst riding said horse. ???? Profit.

Its a great series to play. However in the first two its crucial that you learn how to ride a horse efficiently and, at the higher difficulty levels, understand tactics a bit too *. Do try and not to off the nobles too much. Their like to start a war with you if you keep calling them donkey caves (feasting when there's a war on? Ah, then you must be in the Kingdom of Swadia). Napoleonic Wars is fun too, though when I was last on a while ago it would seem that the number of trolls is up. Still, it is fun trying to snipe with a musket. Though that constitute's standing a few feet from you're target and still having your shot miss mind.

*I'll refer you to my first statement with this. If you're on open plains and not facing fast cavalry you really can just ride about picking off any enemies that break away from their formations. With Fire and Sword makes this a much less efficient tactic however because you know... the enemy have guns that time around. =P

Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't fight on horseback to save my life. Makes life difficult. And after I got 100 Nord peasants killed in battle, I don't have much of an army anymore.

Practice makes perfect! If possible, get a double sided lance - horseback fighting is a lot easier with that, though your reach is somewhat limited. And regarding Nord peasants: just pick on mountain bandits in Rhodok territory, you'll train them up soon enough and have an awesome Huscarl army

And tactics: with Nords, always get high ground and order your warriors to hold position on the hill. Order them to move closer together as well. This reduces the impact of a cavalry charge and makes archery harder. In close combat, your Nords generally will win. If you need cavalry, train Khergit Lancers but keep a bunch of Sarranid and Swadians in your party. Khergits get horses faster than the other races, and if the need is desperate then you'll be well served by them. Sarranid Mamlukes and Swadian Knights however are boss.

EDIT: The above was reason no. 76 why I need to get outside and talk to people.

Thanks for the help!

No worries. My 2000 + hours on both games combined teaches one much (but not how to land a shot greater than 3 difficulty!)

Steam sales are evil. So far:

The Walking Dead
Torchlight
Bastion
3D Mark
Dishonoured DLC
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

When will this nightmare end!

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Erm. Not having that problem. Getting killed a fair amount.

Once you figure out how to counter properly, you really shouldn't die in fights. Hell, you shouldn't even get hit.

Make sure to do the fight clubs. Easy source of money.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Steam sales are evil. So far:

The Walking Dead
Torchlight
Bastion
3D Mark
Dishonoured DLC
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

When will this nightmare end!

Don't worry, Day 22 it will all end with a bang, with the most successful sales returning one last time to taunt us, whispering "You resisted us once, can you resist twice?". Then around October they will have another smaller sale. Just enough to get us confused and maybe spend some more, but either way, our will gets weaker.

Then they strike WITH FISTS OF FURY when December arrives. You think Summer Sales are bad? Wait until the December ones.

On topic: I now keep on playing Ar Tonelico, XCOM: Enemy Territory (this game is addicting) and started The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing with a friend for some JOLLY CO-OPERATION!

It's just scary when you're tempted to buy things like Arkham City or Sleeping Dogs... games I already own (on my PS3) and have completed multiple times.

Huh, War Z is back on, and rebranded themselves as Infestation: Survivor Stories.

And is still crap.

The one hour lock on your character every time they die still in there? Seeing as you lose everything that they're carrying I see no reason for why you'd not just create a new one or cycle through a number of them...

I'm in the middle of torchlight.

Finally got X-Com installed. Wow, do I suck! don't like thin men, and by the time I get to Mutons and those zombie spawning SoBs, I'm loosing men left, right, and centre.

I was stuck with nothing I can research, nothing I can build as I didn't have the parts, and had not managed to upgrade my weapons enough to make much of a difference. Even my upgraded armour wasn't terribly helpful.

And some alien git had removed 8 hours of my life!

Started playing XCOM and Dungeon Defenders.

I've been experiencing rookie death after rookie death recently :-\ I have a squad of 5 people that have been with me since the beginning that while they do get injured, they've never died... Mutons show up, and now I'm losing rookies left and right .

That game is like an abusive spouse. Everything seemed good, but then you leave the roast in just a little bit too long (or your idiot squad members don't know how to quietly open a door ) and bam! get a back hand to the face!

What is hilarious is one of my assault members with a shotgun has never been injured, never been out of a mission, and has the most kills . She just run n guns into a flanking position and blows things up.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Started playing XCOM and Dungeon Defenders.

I've been experiencing rookie death after rookie death recently :-\ I have a squad of 5 people that have been with me since the beginning that while they do get injured, they've never died... Mutons show up, and now I'm losing rookies left and right .

That game is like an abusive spouse. Everything seemed good, but then you leave the roast in just a little bit too long (or your idiot squad members don't know how to quietly open a door ) and bam! get a back hand to the face!

What is hilarious is one of my assault members with a shotgun has never been injured, never been out of a mission, and has the most kills . She just run n guns into a flanking position and blows things up.

I don't know which difficulty you are playing on, but after starting on Classic right away I learnt my lesson NEVER rush.

I play my games cautiously, moving a team member ahead to cover, if I like what I see I either overwatch or attempt to move to another piece of cover. Have your team members cover each other.

Make sure you get a sniper. My 'Solo' saved the butt of my team members more times than I can count and he's rarely wounded because he's far, far away from the aliens.

If you are facing Muttons, I dearly hope you have some laser weapons. Without them, it's really gonna be tough

Consider prioritizing Engineers over Scientists. I my first run big time because I wasn't able to build a certain plot item OR satellites. Satellites are your friends!

wow triple post... sorry.

TheDraconicLord wrote:
I don't know which difficulty you are playing on, but after starting on Classic right away I learnt my lesson NEVER rush.

I play my games cautiously, moving a team member ahead to cover, if I like what I see I either overwatch or attempt to move to another piece of cover. Have your team members cover each other.

I move cover to cover, but gave both of my Assault members the Run 'n Gun upgrade so that if I needed to, I could Dash forward to an exposed Alien (to the nearest bit of cover) and blow them away.

Make sure you get a sniper. My 'Solo' saved the butt of my team members more times than I can count and he's rarely wounded because he's far, far away from the aliens.

Currently I have a Sniper, 2 Assault, Support (with medkits), and 1 Heavy with a rotation a heavy, or a rookie when someone is injured. My sniper has the second most kills and was the highest ranked member of my squad until he was gravely wounded one mission and was out, letting Shotgun McGee blow away a few missions and take over the squad .

If you are facing Muttons, I dearly hope you have some laser weapons. Without them, it's really gonna be tough

I have lasers for everything but pistols (though the Sniper has a laser pistol for when I need him to move and fire).

Consider prioritizing Engineers over Scientists. I my first run big time because I wasn't able to build a certain plot item OR satellites. Satellites are your friends!

Yeah, I can see that now :-\ India and Mexico are on the verge of panic because I don't have satellites to cover them, and have 3 days or so left on their construction.

SickSix wrote:wow triple post... sorry.

And now nothing :-\