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Hearthstone. I played Magic the Gathering for 10 years, and prefer Hearthstone for it's more disinct play styles for each hero. That and the lack of complicated rules.
Matthew wrote: Just conquered Gaul as Julii in Rome Total War. Now I just need to handle the situation in Greece...
Go conquering down the coast and blockade some ports. Or land a sizable Army on Greece mainland and capture, pillage (destroy everything that gives you money), and go option three when putting them to the sword or sell the population for high Denarii's(?). Make sure you leave the largest city eastward and Sparta intact. Being one a launching point for further land conquest and the other for Naval invasion on some island........or you maybe have done this this before
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No longer defending the US Military or US Gov't. Just going to ""**feed into your fears**"" with Duffel Blog Did not fight my way up on top the food chain to become a Vegan...
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Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend
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RIP Muhammad Ali.
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Shadow Captain Edithae wrote: Got out of my car to scavenge some scrap, when some Warboys come thundering past me and run me over.
"Witness me Chumbucket!"
I died only once, at his hands, when I called for the car, he came speeding in and ran me over.
I do like how sometimes during combat the Warboys call me "Kamakrazee" when Fury mode kicks in.
The last thing I did today in Mad Max before logging off and getting on with some painting ...
Spoiler:
I think this LOTR Galadriel model would make a nice Warlock for D&D. I'm painting mine to match this colour scheme.
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... a sand storm rolled in.
Apparently when storms roll in, you're supposed to take shelter in a stronghold because there are large chunks of debris flying through the air that will destroy your car and knock you the feth out if they hit Max when he's on foot. But if you take the risk, there are very valuable crates full of hundreds of units of scrap rolling and barreling across the desert that you can chase down and loot.
But the problem is...those crates are moving fast. VERY fast. And theres zero visibility. Cue a mad chase through the desert at high speed. It was like the chase sequence in the fire storm in Fury Road, only this time theres just Max...chasing crates. And dodging rocks and flying metal debris.
I eventually cornered a couple of crates when they got pinned up against a cliff. But they're tough buggers to crack open. I tried harpooning them and dragging them away from the cliff, so I could run them over. But the wind kept them pinned to the cliff. So I climbed out and ran over, intending to use my shotgun to crack them open (had 3 rounds).
But what I didn't realise was...there was a sniper watching me, a couple hundred yards along the cliff. So there I was, getting shot in the ass, getting knocked off my feet by low flying metallic meteors, rolling about desperately trying to dodge that final bullet or chunk of metal that would finish me off long enough to shoot the crates and pick up the scrap.
Suffice to say, I didn't linger long afterwards. I must have made about 500 scrap from those crates.
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Finished off my Hearthstone daily a lot faster than usual. Was able to do it with my favorite class (Warrior). Also finished off another wing of Blackrock in Hearthstone... again with Warrior. Just gotta earn more gold for the next and last wing.
Played some Terraria today... started a new character and world.
Got a couple parts into Act II for my Diablo III Season 4 character.
Reinstalled the Dawn of War series and started up Dawn of War.. just got done with the first mission... brings back the memories.
Later more Diablo III... hopefully will finish Act II before this evening.
Played KOTOR for a bit, and terraria. I plan on being evil on KOTOR, and have a nice start, with killing everyone for bounties.
Irishpeacockz-Blackjack needs a pay raise for being the welcomer to the crusade
Palleus-Write a school essay about Kroot! Pride. Prejudice. And Cannibalsim.
So picked up Assassins creed Unity on PC, figured it was about time, and having played it for 2 hours roughly I have had 3 CTD, 1 major clipping issue and an AI pathing issue and this is all before I even reach the "Ubisoft Presents" part. Oh this does not bode well at all. Still the game shall have it uses.
Also been playing a lot of Runescape on the old school servers. How I've missed mass amounts of grining haha.
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
Finished Shadowrun Hong Kong last night. Interesting story. Hacking got a nice overhaul.
I'm currently downloading the new Nobunaga's Ambition. I played 2 waaaaaaaaaaay back in the day, and Steam is having a small sale on the current version (which ends tomorrow morning). I felt interested enough to take a look.
Spent far too much time playing the demo of Chivalry: Mediaeval Combat on the 360 last night. There's something quite appealing about it's particular blend of mindless violence and actual tactical fighting.
Restarted back up Destiny since I stopped when the Dark Below came out. Realized that because I bought the digital verison of Destiny on 360 I automatically got the digital verison on the One. That and my character and all gear carried over too. So I forgave Bungie.
I am pretty excited for Taken King, I looks to improve the game in a lot of ways.
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I tried replaying Fallout:New vegas but it really hasn't aged that well (or I am much less forgiving of its faults). Combat is frankly arse, the world bland, it looks hideous and its still full of bugs.
I tried fixing various things with mods but it simply crashes and I don't have the enthusiasm to fix it. Hopefully FO4 will be interesting.
I am currently playing the Armoured Warfare Early Access 5. Its basically WoT but with modern vehicles and a functional PvE mode. Its significantly better balanced than WoT although the match maker really needs a lot of work before release.
Overlord Thraka wrote: Stating to get really back into Lord of the Rings Online. I've got some of the most nice and helpful Kinship (Guild) members ever.
I loved that game when it was first released but with each expansion it lost a little more of its charm, I just don't like the game past Moria. At least its mostly free these days.
Overlord Thraka wrote: Stating to get really back into Lord of the Rings Online. I've got some of the most nice and helpful Kinship (Guild) members ever.
I loved that game when it was first released but with each expansion it lost a little more of its charm, I just don't like the game past Moria. At least its mostly free these days.
Did some more Besiege, and made a truck based loosely after Mad Max, and a small vehicle with retractable saws to easily cut down trees, purely for the fun of it.
Irishpeacockz-Blackjack needs a pay raise for being the welcomer to the crusade
Palleus-Write a school essay about Kroot! Pride. Prejudice. And Cannibalsim.
Eumerin wrote: Finished Shadowrun Hong Kong last night. Interesting story. Hacking got a nice overhaul.
I'm currently downloading the new Nobunaga's Ambition. I played 2 waaaaaaaaaaay back in the day, and Steam is having a small sale on the current version (which ends tomorrow morning). I felt interested enough to take a look.
So...
These days Koei is best known for the Dynasty Warriors games, and the various spin-offs (which have touched on not only the historical conflicts like the Three Kingdoms era, but also Gundam, Fist of the North Star, and more). But waaaaaay back before the first Dynasty Warrior game, Koei made it's initial foray into video games with a strategy game covering the Japanese Warring States era - Nobunaga's Ambition. Koei also released a game focused on the Three Kingdoms era in China, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (which many of you probably already know is also the name of a famous Chinese novel about the era). And both games got sequels. Lots and lots of sequels (particularly the Three Kingdoms games). And then Koei went the action route, starting the Dynasty Warriors franchise. But continued to release new versions of their flagship strategy games. The latest is Nobunaga's Ambition Sphere of Influence.
One of the issues with strategy games covering the Warring States era is the ahistorical nature of the games. Historically, Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu formed an alliance that lasted until the former's death. In the various strategy games, the game nearly always starts out with one of the two killing off the other (as their provinces are right next to each other). Sphere of Influence gets around this with "Historical Quests". The missions, which are voluntary and can be safely ignored, encourage you to follow the historical choices made by whichever daimyo you're playing as. Doing so will provide you with minor bonuses, and ensure that certain historical events turn out "properly", no matter how unlikely they'd otherwise be within the game. If you ignore them, then you'll end up quickly jumping the historical rails, and they'll disappear as the trigger conditions end up not applying. A neat touch of you want them, and safely ignorable if you don't care.
Fun Factoid - Pokémon Conquest is a cross between the Pokémon video games and Nobunaga's Ambition.
No, really.
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Created a fun new world in Dwarf Fortress: The world contains six humans, nine kobolds, and 31,000 goblins. And no dwarfs.
Well, except for my dwarfs, who reclaimed one of the world gen fortresses. They're basically squatting in the remnants of a much greater civilization, trying to eke out a living among wealth that they can't use. It's fun!
Having fun with GTA online for once in my life. Hacker came online earlier, but I switched into passive mode and he couldn't insta-gib anyone, so he left.
Mad max is amazingsauce. Marvel online, I've slowed down for.
I have, one of whom is currently logged out in Isengard and has been for about a year, but that's not really the point. The game itself has changed, its not the game that I remember. Some mechanics have changed, the population is much lower, leveling is significantly easier but there are more timesinks. On top of that I have already done all the early and mid game content multiple times, there isn't really any incentive for me to come back.
This seems to be very common with MMOs once they have been out for a few years.
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Wish someone had updated Star Trek: Klingon so I could play it on my Win7 machine, but it just doesn't work. I loved playing that 'game' [well, it was more of an interactive movie, and I'd soooo love to be able to window in window it whilst at work.
"Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers, but there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in a hundred years or a thousand years or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us. It'll take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao-Tzu, and Einstein, and Morobuto, and Buddy Holly, and Aristophanes…then all of this…all of this…was for nothing. Unless we go to the stars." Commander sinclair, Babylon 5.
Bobtheinquisitor wrote:what is going on with APAC shipping? If Macross Island were real, they'd be the last place to get any Robotechnology.
Overlord Thraka wrote: Stating to get really back into Lord of the Rings Online. I've got some of the most nice and helpful Kinship (Guild) members ever.
I loved that game when it was first released but with each expansion it lost a little more of its charm, I just don't like the game past Moria. At least its mostly free these days.
I just got tired of endless grinding every time a new expansion comes out.
johnscott10 wrote: So picked up Assassins creed Unity on PC, figured it was about time, and having played it for 2 hours roughly I have had 3 CTD, 1 major clipping issue and an AI pathing issue and this is all before I even reach the "Ubisoft Presents" part. Oh this does not bode well at all. Still the game shall have it uses.
Making it as fast as possible, good at ramming but low armour.
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When the rich rage war it's the poor who die 
