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Playing Armoured warfare beta, and dear lord! My wishes has been granted. Noting quite like ripping up the flank of the enemy team with a well organized squad of Leopard tanks, or pummeling them with a shower of tungsteen rounds from a Bradley

 thenoobbomb wrote:

 thedarkavenger wrote:
Playing ESO some more.

Same.

All I have to say is: Grrrr. Crafting.

I'm messing around in Sims 3, building luxury mansions for everyone. Building houses is still the bit I like best.

I got Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition for the xbone. It's pretty good overall. Nice graphics, controls aren't clunky, and has an upgrade system, along with an interesting storyline.

I'm trying to log into the Dark Souls 3 servers to play the Network Stress Test version, but having no joy at the moment.

Fingers crossed that I will gain access soon...

Edit: Gained access, played it for a couple of hours.

Highlight was invading someone only to encounter the host with three Sun Bro helpers! Was immediately aided by another invader but we didn't last long.

Beat the first boss, "Dancer of The Frigid Valley" at my third attempt.

Back to Rapture in BioShock Infinite DLC Burial at Sea.

Did more of Tomb Raider Definitive Edition. Got the compound bow and silenced pistol now which I love. The storyline has been impressive, but vaguely predictable at times. I feel like I'm close to finishing, but I keep getting setback in the story.

Just tried out the missile launcher for the first time in Fallout New Vegas. Previously I've always specialised in guns not explosives but I'm a high lvl now (40, using a mod that allows 50lvls and a perk for every lvl) and my explosives skill is getting high enough to be worthwhile...

Good Lord was I missing out. A Hive missile (cluster bomb basically) wiped out like 6 raiders at once. I'm about to storm Vault 3 now, should be fun firing off cluster bombs in close quarters.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Just tried out the missile launcher for the first time in Fallout New Vegas. Previously I've always specialised in guns not explosives but I'm a high lvl now (40, using a mod that allows 50lvls and a perk for every lvl) and my explosives skill is getting high enough to be worthwhile...

Good Lord was I missing out. A Hive missile (cluster bomb basically) wiped out like 6 raiders at once. I'm about to storm Vault 3 now, should be fun firing off cluster bombs in close quarters.

Yeah, explosives is pretty fun, but it tends to be a bit annoying on hardcore due to the weight of the ammo, and its hard to do a pure-explosives build, as they are terrible against melee enemies.
Terrible as in will blow you up as well.

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Just tried out the missile launcher for the first time in Fallout New Vegas. Previously I've always specialised in guns not explosives but I'm a high lvl now (40, using a mod that allows 50lvls and a perk for every lvl) and my explosives skill is getting high enough to be worthwhile...

Good Lord was I missing out. A Hive missile (cluster bomb basically) wiped out like 6 raiders at once. I'm about to storm Vault 3 now, should be fun firing off cluster bombs in close quarters.

Yeah, explosives is pretty fun, but it tends to be a bit annoying on hardcore due to the weight of the ammo, and its hard to do a pure-explosives build, as they are terrible against melee enemies.
Terrible as in will blow you up as well.

Yeah... I figured that out when I fired off a mini nuke inside a Vault.

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Just tried out the missile launcher for the first time in Fallout New Vegas. Previously I've always specialised in guns not explosives but I'm a high lvl now (40, using a mod that allows 50lvls and a perk for every lvl) and my explosives skill is getting high enough to be worthwhile...

Good Lord was I missing out. A Hive missile (cluster bomb basically) wiped out like 6 raiders at once. I'm about to storm Vault 3 now, should be fun firing off cluster bombs in close quarters.

Yeah, explosives is pretty fun, but it tends to be a bit annoying on hardcore due to the weight of the ammo, and its hard to do a pure-explosives build, as they are terrible against melee enemies.
Terrible as in will blow you up as well.

Yeah... I figured that out when I fired off a mini nuke inside a Vault.

What were you expecting?

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:
Just tried out the missile launcher for the first time in Fallout New Vegas. Previously I've always specialised in guns not explosives but I'm a high lvl now (40, using a mod that allows 50lvls and a perk for every lvl) and my explosives skill is getting high enough to be worthwhile...

Good Lord was I missing out. A Hive missile (cluster bomb basically) wiped out like 6 raiders at once. I'm about to storm Vault 3 now, should be fun firing off cluster bombs in close quarters.

Yeah, explosives is pretty fun, but it tends to be a bit annoying on hardcore due to the weight of the ammo, and its hard to do a pure-explosives build, as they are terrible against melee enemies.
Terrible as in will blow you up as well.

Yeah... I figured that out when I fired off a mini nuke inside a Vault.

What were you expecting?

Couldn't reach a fridge in time.

Went on a TF2 Mann vs Machine server and it seems the admins made it so you had unlimited money to spend on upgrades.
Rapid fire rocket launchers while flying around the battlefield. It was a lot of fun. Even more than the servers where everyone just dances.

Did my first siege in ESO. Fun!

Tried Subnautica experimental version.

So in Ultima IV, there's this thing that makes you choose your class. You take a sort of questionnaire on what kind of a person you are.

Good news: this is actually a pretty cool idea since the classes in this game represent ideals, and it basically matches your ideal to a class.

Bad news: if it's your first time playing the game and you get the weakest class (forget swords and magic, let's give him a CANE!), you might have kind of a lot of trouble getting started. Pretty cool game so far though. (Though I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing)

Ultima IV was the first RPG I ever played.

It's pretty nails hard, as is standard for old RPG's... I ended up running away from most battles.

The whole 8 virtues (Honour, Valour, Sacrifice, Honesty, Justice, compassion, spirituality, humility) is a MASSIVE thing in the game, and I'd like for games to do that kinda thing more. - For example, enemies can start to retreat for battle, if you keep on attacking them as they retreat, you lose "Honour" and "Compassion2 points.

If I remember right, the first thing you need to do is go visit "Lord British" to get the introduction / main story for the game.

After that, the main quest of the game is to gather the Ankhs of the 8 virtues and then... I dunno, I never got that far :S
You usually find the ankhs by talking to people and them giving you hints and things. - So it's proper RPG stuff, not just hitting monsters.
Downside is, it being an old game, like Myst, it doesn't exactly help you out when it tells you important things. - So you might actually need to physically write important things down. There's a list somewhere that tells you the standard questions you want to ask people, this includes like, "job" "Name" etc.

Also, getting a ship is awesome!

Prepping for the NCR end game mission in New Vegas, finishing off companion and faction quests so I don't miss out on any of the ending slides. Ugh, this is taking longer than I thought it would.

I'm just gonna tear through Vault 19 and Ultra Luxe, killing all the Powder Hangers and White Gloves. Can't be arsed to go through the long quests.


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FETH THIS GAME. Trying to wrap up the final quest and its crashing every half hour on loading screens.


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I think I've had at least 10 CTD s today.

 SkavenLord wrote:
So in Ultima IV, there's this thing that makes you choose your class. You take a sort of questionnaire on what kind of a person you are.

Good news: this is actually a pretty cool idea since the classes in this game represent ideals, and it basically matches your ideal to a class.

Bad news: if it's your first time playing the game and you get the weakest class (forget swords and magic, let's give him a CANE!), you might have kind of a lot of trouble getting started. Pretty cool game so far though. (Though I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing)

The early Elder Scrolls games (Arena, Daggerfall, and *possibly* Morrowind - not certain on the last one) used something similar as an optional form of character creation. Except that instead of pitting virtues against each other to pick your class, the questions tended to be more along the lines of "Just how big of a jerk are you?" And the questions had little to do with actual moral precepts. They were tied into figuring out where you should fit on the strength vs magic vs sneakiness graph.

Getting back to Ultima IV, if you don't like your starting class (and it sounds as if you got the shepherd, which is indeed the weakest of the classes), then you can always "fix" it later. Manipulating the system to get the starting class you want isn't hard. You just have to understand which virtue is aligned with each class, and make sure that you always give the answers that include that virtue. But before long you'll start adding companions to your party, so the weakness of your class won't be an issue.

It's a good game, and quite possibly the first CRPG to not have protagonist-centered morality. I never finished it myself, but came very close. Unfortunately, the end game requires a ship, and pirates suddenly stopped spawning late in my game, leaving me with no way to finish it.

Eumerin wrote:

 SkavenLord wrote:
So in Ultima IV, there's this thing that makes you choose your class. You take a sort of questionnaire on what kind of a person you are.

Good news: this is actually a pretty cool idea since the classes in this game represent ideals, and it basically matches your ideal to a class.

Bad news: if it's your first time playing the game and you get the weakest class (forget swords and magic, let's give him a CANE!), you might have kind of a lot of trouble getting started. Pretty cool game so far though. (Though I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing)

The early Elder Scrolls games (Arena, Daggerfall, and *possibly* Morrowind - not certain on the last one) used something similar as an optional form of character creation. Except that instead of pitting virtues against each other to pick your class, the questions tended to be more along the lines of "Just how big of a jerk are you?" And the questions had little to do with actual moral precepts. They were tied into figuring out where you should fit on the strength vs magic vs sneakiness graph.

Getting back to Ultima IV, if you don't like your starting class (and it sounds as if you got the shepherd, which is indeed the weakest of the classes), then you can always "fix" it later. Manipulating the system to get the starting class you want isn't hard. You just have to understand which virtue is aligned with each class, and make sure that you always give the answers that include that virtue. But before long you'll start adding companions to your party, so the weakness of your class won't be an issue.

It's a good game, and quite possibly the first CRPG to not have protagonist-centered morality. I never finished it myself, but came very close. Unfortunately, the end game requires a ship, and pirates suddenly stopped spawning late in my game, leaving me with no way to finish it.

Morrowind's character creation is literally a questionnaire.

Lately I've been playing a lot of Ace Combat Infinity on the PS3. Fun online multiplayer, and the planes look pretty awesome!

Finally finished chapter IV of my Season IV Character in Diablo III... not gonna bother with 'slayer'...

Trying to play WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos. The levels load and play okay but the cinematics don't for work for some reason.

Also will be starting a new Character in WoW... just not sure what Server or Race... Most likely though it'll be a warrior or a monk...

Morrowind starts you with the questionairre at first, but the questions are actually a lot more balanced than the standard "Situation, trifecta of answers: Hit it, Sneak it, Outsmart it" thing. Like, there's one, I think, where you essentially find money an obvious thief dropped before being hanged (or something like that- the questions are fairly convoluted) and the possible answers are Keep it, Give it to the Guards, and Leave it There. No clues as to which variant means what in terms of choices.

I keep getting Healer for mine, for some reason.

But you can also choose your class from a list, or just make your own, which is nice.

I love Ultima IV. And V. Ultima V is literally one of the first games I can remember playing. I do remember gaming the answers just to get the most starting health in V, though.

Also breaking into Lord British's treasury, repeatedly.

Finally restarted my Everquest account. 71 druid with epic 1.0, and a couple of twinks. Loving it.

Was playing Fallout Shelter. Man, that game is ridonculous! Couldn't get over around 20-22 dwellers before raids took me out every time.

Just don't understand how raiders can steal your food and water when none of them leave the vault alive - EVER!

Even with a Mr Handy on my second playthrough making gathering so easy, same point and the raids just keep coming so that my dwellers don't have enough power, food, or water.

Think I've got the hang of it now on my 4th play through.

But still, my brand new, sealed F:NV Ultimate edition just arrived. Going to enjoy playing that until Nov 10th and my release day copy of 4 hits.

(And still think GNR is a better App for me. shame they left out 3Dog!)

Raiders were fine for me. It was the Deathclaws that wiped me out.

Is New Vegas supposed to end when you complete the end game Hoover Battle mission? I spent over an hour playing all the way through the mission to the end and then the game prompted me to "load an earlier save file" to continue playing. I still have 1 of the 4 DLCs to complete (Lonesome Road). It doesn't even make sense in the game...

General Oliver: "What will you do now son?"
Courier: "I don't know. Travel maybe".

And then the theme of Lonesome Road implies that it took place after the second battle of Hoover Damn (revisiting the Divide, which was destroyed by nukes triggered by a package the Courier delivered to the NCR there prior to getting shot at Goodsprings).

Whats the chronological order of the Main Quest and all the DLC's? My impression was that its Main Quest > Honest Hearts > Dead Money > Old World Blues > Lonesome Road, just like Skyrim.

It's been quite a few years, but I think New Vegas ended when you attacked the Lieutenant's camp and had a punchup with him...

Yeah, they got stiffed by beth, and only got 18 months to works on it, so they weren't able to implement a lot of what they wanted, including after the end stuff.