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 flamingkillamajig wrote:

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
Well, it looks like the new endless legend expansion came out yesterday (I don't know how I missed that) so I'll be lost in that for the next few days at least.

Wait what?! I love 'Endless Legend'. You may also be tempted to know that Endless Space 2 was previewed at the last games convention.

I know right? I only know about this because I decided to look through the steam store popup thing instead of just xing it out.
Looks like it's very espionage focused, something I did want them to add.

And I did see that, it looked really good, taking the concept and bringing up a notch.

They may want to advertise this more then.

Also it was probably lost in my wall of text but I'm gonna see if I can get 'Act of Aggression' while it's still on sale. If I can get to the games workshop I could probably go to a nearby game store and get it on Saturday. I may have to not get the dark eldar codex though or at least for now. Guess we'll have to see.

If I get my roommate situation fixed up (which should be soon hopefully) then I should have more money to buy games and warhammer stuff which should be good.

Playing Dark Souls 2. Falling off a lot of cliffs

 VorpalBunny74 wrote:
Playing Dark Souls 2. Falling off a lot of cliffs

Man, I must be getting tired, because I read that as Dark Souls 2 : Falling off a lot of cliffs.... as though falling off cliffs was an expansion

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

 VorpalBunny74 wrote:
Playing Dark Souls 2. Falling off a lot of cliffs

Man, I must be getting tired, because I read that as Dark Souls 2 : Falling off a lot of cliffs.... as though falling off cliffs was an expansion

I would play that expansion pack.

(If I weren't already )

Ok, thank you killamajig, I'll probably get the game, because some friends have it and worst case scenario I can always do stuff with them along with the campaign.

Also, I've been playing Manhunter, and managed to make my AK invisible. Only the flash from firing it is there, and it's funnier to me than annoying that it happened.

Actually. The issue with Starcraft 2 is the meta.

It's a perfect RTS in mechanics. Basebuilding is a major part of the genre, it's where the strategy comes in(see the Civ series and westwood games for proof). The competitive nature of the game has led to that becoming irrelevant what with zerg rushing and other tactics. It's led to the death of all tactical styles other than that.

Turtling is gone. As is aggressive expansion. I remember the most fun I've had in a multiplayer RTS was RA2 when my opponent and I played on a 6 player map(Arctic circle, I think) and we had a 15 hour game where we fought in a cold war, where each move had to be forethought completely. THAT is what a RTS should be, not whatever abomination DOW2 is.

I started playing the Elder Scrolls Online last night. Put in a few hours and new I'm a level 7 Dragonknight (stupid name). Biggest issue? That they've tried to make the game too much like a generic RPG, so I don't think it captures the feeling of the series perfectly. Case in point: the Dunmer wear metal armour rather than sets made from Bone and Chitin. Sure they could get away by saying that whilst allied with the other races they've been using foreign materials, but it just breaks from their aesthetic too much personally.

But yes, I digress a tad. Its a new MMORPG to me, so there are things to get used to (especially because I haven't played one of those in a while). XP for instance seems to be based more around exploring and completing quests instead of killing monsters. Entering a higher level area and killing the monsters there appears to give less XP than killing monsters are your level as an example. Oddly I've somehow made my way out of the starting city and found myself three zones away with the Argonians somehow after getting caught up on one particular chain of quests (something about saying hello to the person who fished me out of the sea took me to Skyrim where an invasion was happening, and from there we took a boat to the other side of the continent. ...Sorry, but I take it nobody noticed that Morrowind is between those two countries?).

I do like that there's a variety of armour and weapons made from the same material to show off the different races approach to crafting. Especially because you can find multiple racial bits of gear when looting, though when buying from traders its mostly just the local types. Its also cool that there's just items lying about the place that you can pick up. Not just treasure chests with giant arrows above them, but plenty of junk crates and barrels with swords and crap sitting on top of them. Sure I you can't pick up enemy weapons or the odd prop, but at least they've done something in this regard.

I would say that the store could have more in it. ...Sorry is that a weird thing to say? I had a look at it and found that there wasn't really that many different outfits and pets available. I would have liked to have seen more references to other games in the series there. Though perhaps its that the game gives you these through gameplay instead, so that may it may not be so bad.

So overall I wouldn't say the game's too bad. I'll stick with it for a while yet (hey I spent money on it, so I need to get its worth) and see how things develop. Its not the same experience as the previous games, which I can slight the devs, because apparently originally it felt less like WoW 2.0, but its enough so far. Walking through the Skyrim dungeons in a different game or seeing updated models of the Morrowind stuff is cool enough to keep me going for the moment anyway.

 thedarkavenger wrote:
Actually. The issue with Starcraft 2 is the meta.

It's a perfect RTS in mechanics. Basebuilding is a major part of the genre, it's where the strategy comes in(see the Civ series and westwood games for proof). The competitive nature of the game has led to that becoming irrelevant what with zerg rushing and other tactics. It's led to the death of all tactical styles other than that.

Turtling is gone. As is aggressive expansion. I remember the most fun I've had in a multiplayer RTS was RA2 when my opponent and I played on a 6 player map(Arctic circle, I think) and we had a 15 hour game where we fought in a cold war, where each move had to be forethought completely. THAT is what a RTS should be, not whatever abomination DOW2 is.

Personally I think 'Star Wars: Empire at War' was one of the closest games to get it right. In between that game and dawn of war 1 were the games I loved most.

Another issue I have with starcraft 2 is that you can't queue units without spending resources to queue them. Even the old rise of nations just had an infinite queue system that would work as long as you had money. It's just annoying how there are some mechanics that require so much babysitting in starcraft 2 that it took from starcraft 1 that have been fixed in starcraft 2.

I will try to get 'Act of Aggression' as I was always interested in 'Act of War' and it seems like a combination of that and command and conquer's tiberium series. Basically you have the U.S. faction, the high tech exo-suit/power armored good guys and the under-handed stealthy high tech bad guys. Considering command and conquer is now dead this would be super exciting to play. It's also by the same team that made 'Wargame' so you know it's gonna be good.

This should give you an idea and yes the game has just been released.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
I started playing the Elder Scrolls Online last night. Put in a few hours and new I'm a level 7 Dragonknight (stupid name). Biggest issue? That they've tried to make the game too much like a generic RPG, so I don't think it captures the feeling of the series perfectly. Case in point: the Dunmer wear metal armour rather than sets made from Bone and Chitin. Sure they could get away by saying that whilst allied with the other races they've been using foreign materials, but it just breaks from their aesthetic too much personally.

But yes, I digress a tad. Its a new MMORPG to me, so there are things to get used to (especially because I haven't played one of those in a while). XP for instance seems to be based more around exploring and completing quests instead of killing monsters. Entering a higher level area and killing the monsters there appears to give less XP than killing monsters are your level as an example. Oddly I've somehow made my way out of the starting city and found myself three zones away with the Argonians somehow after getting caught up on one particular chain of quests (something about saying hello to the person who fished me out of the sea took me to Skyrim where an invasion was happening, and from there we took a boat to the other side of the continent. ...Sorry, but I take it nobody noticed that Morrowind is between those two countries?).

I do like that there's a variety of armour and weapons made from the same material to show off the different races approach to crafting. Especially because you can find multiple racial bits of gear when looting, though when buying from traders its mostly just the local types. Its also cool that there's just items lying about the place that you can pick up. Not just treasure chests with giant arrows above them, but plenty of junk crates and barrels with swords and crap sitting on top of them. Sure I you can't pick up enemy weapons or the odd prop, but at least they've done something in this regard.

I would say that the store could have more in it. ...Sorry is that a weird thing to say? I had a look at it and found that there wasn't really that many different outfits and pets available. I would have liked to have seen more references to other games in the series there. Though perhaps its that the game gives you these through gameplay instead, so that may it may not be so bad.

So overall I wouldn't say the game's too bad. I'll stick with it for a while yet (hey I spent money on it, so I need to get its worth) and see how things develop. Its not the same experience as the previous games, which I can slight the devs, because apparently originally it felt less like WoW 2.0, but its enough so far. Walking through the Skyrim dungeons in a different game or seeing updated models of the Morrowind stuff is cool enough to keep me going for the moment anyway.

I think a lot of the aesthetic differences are because of ESO taking place in the Second Era, while all the singleplayer Elder Scrolls games so far have taken place in the Third Era. There's some significant differences in what's going on- for example, instead of a singular Empire (I don't think Talos has been born/started conquering yet) you have the 3 coalitions (and Cyrodil)- the Dunmer may not have developed Bonemold yet (and Chitin, I think, was unique to Vvardenfell).

Also, it wasn't Bethesda that worked on it- it was Zenimax Online- a completely different department in the corporation- which, I think, explains some of the differences. I think if it had been a proper Bethesda-helmed game, there wouldn't be Exp at all, and you'd level as you do in most Elder Scrolls games, through practice of skills, purely.

Got the Brithis forces DLC for CoH2 from a friend, and I am somewhat dismayed by it. Although the devs have done a lot to make the Brithis forces more fun to play with and against. There are still some glaring things that needs attention, like how ridiciously insane the Tulip rockets for the Sherman firefly, and the roling iron box of death that is the Churchill tank.

I've installed Fallout 3 for maybe the 4th or 5th time and starting it for the 2nd time. First time playing it I got as far as a little past the first town's set of stuff. This new game I'm starting again I just reached the town but I'm wondering if I should continue bothering with this or just jump to New Vegas.

I'm wondering the same thing with possibly starting Oblivion or just jumping to Skyrim (pretty much same situation with Oblivion; never got past maybe the first areas.

In the mean time... still more hearthstone... still more terraria

This weekend I'm re-installing LoL after a 2 or 3 year hiatus since some old buddies want to start playing online again.

I also plan to get started with a Season 4 character for Diablo III.

Getting back into Lord of the Rings Online. Anyone wanting to mess around killing stuff, hit up Teutonir on the Evernight server

Details:
Level 28
Champion
North Downs & Lone Lands unlocked.
Got a horse.
Human hanging around the north downs and bree

PM if interested


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 djphranq wrote:
I've installed Fallout 3 for maybe the 4th or 5th time and starting it for the 2nd time. First time playing it I got as far as a little past the first town's set of stuff. This new game I'm starting again I just reached the town but I'm wondering if I should continue bothering with this or just jump to New Vegas.

New Vegas is ultimately a superior vanilla game. It's like Fallout 3 was a excellent test and then NV nailed it dead on

It is finally done! Pillars of Eternity completed! Happy I managed to finish this story!

I'll probably keep having some fun with HS and try to finish Resident Evil 6.

I'm finding it quite hard to judge difficulties in Pillars.

Like, is this bounty or area is too hard for me, or whether I'm just being rubbish.

I'm currently level 6, a wood elf ranger (with pet bear called Trinket, naturally)

My main team seems to be:
Trinket for tanking
Eder for tanking
Aloth as ranged wizard
Durance for ranged healing
An Adventurer Rogue for sneaky backstabbing
Kana as summoning chanter. I've got him shooting people because he seems surprisingly squishy for a straight up fight.

I've just completed Act I and I've just completed the 4th level of the Endless Paths. I think I'm going to head into the Defiance Bay catacombs right now.

Sometimes being underleveled is fun in that kind of game, makes you push yourself and you've gotta be sneaky/cheaty. Sometimes it's more fun to be the right level or overleveled and just faceroll it

 GrimDork wrote:
Sometimes being underleveled is fun in that kind of game, makes you push yourself and you've gotta be sneaky/cheaty. Sometimes it's more fun to be the right level or overleveled and just faceroll it

I'm level 12 with level 6 equipment on the hardest difficulty and there is no challenge.

For the record, my party is:

Player created paladin, focused on tanking.
Adventurer paladin, focused on offtanking/heals for the tank and revive fodder/
Two adventurer barbarians for melee support.
Adventurer priest for healing.
Adventurer chanter for buffing.

Just bought 'Act of Aggression'. I'll give my thoughts on it when it finishes it's super slow download (6 hours).

Other than that I've been playing starcraft 2 yesterday and won all the games I played that day (protoss stargate units are stupid strong). I think I may finally get to gold league soon. I also may get the colossus profile pic soon.

Finally in payday 2 yesterday I managed to solo 'shadow raid' on overkill in one try I think (or a couple at most). Oddly enough some stealth missions in payday 2 work much better the fewer people you have as each person messing up and not planning together tends to ruin things. All it takes is one alarm. That said without a teammate in shadow raid I couldn't steal the nobunaga armor. It's rather unfortunate as some places really need some ecm and various other things like silent drill or silent saw.

Just finished the Old World Blues DLC of New Vegas. I feel...somewhat less sane now.

It''s good at that.

I'm trying to wrap my head around enough Japanese to muddle my way through Dragon's Dogma Online, a Free to Play "MMO" game in the Dragon's Dogma universe. Plays very much like DD.

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
It''s good at that.

Spoiler:

how did you end it?

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 Co'tor Shas wrote:
It''s good at that.

Spoiler:

how did you end it?

Spoiler:

Left Mobius alive because he's alright, but wiped out the think tank. Evil fethers...Besides, I have plans of conquest for the Mojave in the name of the glorious NCR. Don't want to let a bunch of mad scientists get in the way.

Sadly, I missed out on the Roxie ending because this was my first time playing Old World Blues and I didn't know about her so didn't the quest to create her. Also haven't found Rex yet as this is my 2nd playthrough (got bored with the last one, and had to restart anyway to run some mods).

So there won't be an army of cyberdog puppies terrorising the Mojave in my Fallout universe.

Nice, I did the same.

So some info on 'Act of Aggression'. As a vet of rts's so far the campaign is somewhat hard but nothing too difficult yet. I don't win every mission first time playing through currently but that may be due to not knowing enough about each unit. There also doesn't seem to be a difficulty setting for campaign but I probably overlooked it.

According to the achievements the good guys (chimera) have the longest campaign. The cartel's is shorter but I don't know yet on the uses for that.

A great amount of the cartel's units are stealthed including some apc's and helicopters as far as I've seen. Attacking out of stealth and possibly while obscured gives damage boosts (2x normal damage for a short time). Considering some of the cartel's units that'll certainly pack a huge punch.

As far as I've seen the cartel have the largest range of infantry covering just about every role if not all of them. Usa so far has mortar, anti tank and marine infantry. Chimera has the exo-suit super-soldiers that run faster, tank better, heal themselves and can destroy some vehicles and infantry with ease.

So far as far as units go the cartel's stealth rocket helicopters are so ridiculously potent. They love throwing many of them at you and their damage is sick when they unleash their rockets.

Anyway it'll take some time to get used to this game.

The only comparison to command and conquer generals I see is the look of some of the units. The game is closer to Act of War mixed with Red Alert 2 and the tiberium universe in command and conquer.

Oh and on a side note this game's music is awesome techno. If nothing else you can groove to it and remember the glory days of command and conquer with it.

Hey, I'm looking for help with a raid in Lord of the Rings Online. Anyone around level 29 with access to the Lone Lands. I want to do the raid on the Weathertop but I can't quite beat it myself yet.

I can Skype, or Teamspeak or use in-game text chat or whatever

Humble bundle is having a big tom clancy sal right now, so I picked it up for later. 10 games, and a beta key for the new rainbow 6 multilayer, not bad for $10 .

Just a shame it's all uPlay and not Steam keys.

Meh, I've never has a problem with uplay. Although admittedly I only have one other game (Valiant Hearts).

Bought the Mad Max game this morning, have been playing it throughout the day.

All I can say is..

Just conquered Gaul as Julii in Rome Total War. Now I just need to handle the situation in Greece...