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 Compel wrote:
One of the things I love about the ME3 multiplayer is, you do actually feel like you're getting better the more you play it.

For example, eventually someone will end up being able to solo bronze missions.

Yeah, we were getting that feeling, I think. If it hadn't been for the fact that we're both adults who need sleep, I think we could have eventually won one of them!

Have you downloaded all the various free multiplayer DLC too? That adds extra maps and additional characters to unlock.

Was just about to say, "Hey! Looks like the multiplayer DLC is free now!"

I love the ME3 multiplayer personally. Maybe it's my preference of co-op over PVP, but I love how anyone can wind up being the hero of the match, simply because the person had that one medkit, or managed to survive the wave that everyone died in. I'd play Drell Vanguard and abuse biotic charge to rapidly get to a fallen team member's position.

Yeah, it's something that EA actually got right with multiplayer. - The multiplayer DLC has always been free. They must have made enough money from people buying the random upgrade packs that it was worth their effort providing more content (and therefore more things for people to buy).

My main character was an infiltrator, I was just checking the game, seems I've prestiged the class 9 times. I've got an adept, soldier and engineer at 5 times as well.

Truth be told, I wouldn't mind getting in to playing it again, it was fun.

That's actually neat to know about the multiplayer dlc, thanks. Wouldn't have looked for it on my own, probably.

Wish I could get some more stuff unlocked because come on; I don't want to be a human. Turian all the way, man.

Actually, in some of the DLC there are some aliens that you wouldn't expect. Vorcha, Volus, Krogan, Geth and even Collector have a class in the DLC.
No Hanar though, so don't expect to be playing as Blasto.

Grinding my way through WoW on my Orc warrior. I'm going to try to leave my Alts alone until I get this one a garrison... Only 31 more levels to go.

 carlos13th wrote:

 flamingkillamajig wrote:

 carlos13th wrote:
Been dipping into shadowrun Hong Kong.

I should actually probably still buy that while there's still a steam sale.

Keep in mind that its pretty glitchy.

So far seems fine. Oddly enough I haven't had the interest to play it consistently. I'm going between 'shadowrun returns: hong kong', Wargame: Red Dragon and maybe xenonauts.

Really at this point I'm waiting for xcom 2. Sadly it releases when I have to go away on a trip to see my archie bunker-esque father (think an offensive and mean old timey father/grandfather), bossy sister and said sister's metrosexual and submissive boyfriend (he's submissive to her at least). Can't even believe i'll be spending 200 dollars to do this. It's his 80th birthday though (yeah he's super old) so I gotta celebrate as we don't know how long he'll be around.

Anyway point being is I'd much rather be playing xcom 2 when I'm on that trip. I could barely stand all 3 of them at once with me for a week or two last time. I seriously wish there was something I could take that just elevates my mood a lot while with them but I'm guessing it'd be illegal.

Pretty close to finishing shadow run Hong Kong at this point. Would love a big budget shadow run rpg with more branching paths an exploration.

By glitchy what I mean is sometimes conversations back in the main hub reset. For me there was a point where a girl I had been talking to before a mission acted like she never spoke to me before so there was an introduction to her again that was different to the first one. It was quite frustrating. Same thing happened with the three guys who talk about dreams.

 carlos13th wrote:
Pretty close to finishing shadow run Hong Kong at this point. Would love a big budget shadow run rpg with more branching paths an exploration.

By glitchy what I mean is sometimes conversations back in the main hub reset. For me there was a point where a girl I had been talking to before a mission acted like she never spoke to me before so there was an introduction to her again that was different to the first one. It was quite frustrating. Same thing happened with the three guys who talk about dreams.

I'm still getting used to the re-vamped matrix. My god it's so weird now. Memorizing patterns for going through those stupid observer/spotter IC though if you get seen by one everything stops till the next turn so you can just walk out of the areas they can spot you in and walk through the maze of guard IC. It takes a move or two to do but it's very much worth it and you can still kill the original spotter IC without it alerting more.

I don't think it was glitchy. I think at least when you're introduced to the main city hub all the people that notice you won't talk to you because you're an outsider or foreigner until the Asian boss lady gives the go ahead.

Of all the games I could play xcom 2 is super high on the list. Wishing I could play fallout 4 as well but for the moment xcom 2 is much higher on the list.

No it's not that. Some conversations actually reset . Check it out in the steam forums.

More banished, got up to just under 500 people, with a ridiculous amount of excess food. Also tornadoes are bs.


And, more F:NV. I really love that game to bits. Doing a cowboy run this time.

Just picked up Fallout 4 and Divinity: Original Sin, so those are occupying most of my time. However, just bought J-Stars Victory VS + yesterday and that game is a blast. Simple 3d Naruto-esque combat, but just a damn fun time.

Started my KOTOR2 sith last night. Still on the first level. But excited about turning my whole team to the Dark side.

So, I keep rolling new alts every now and then, but it's difficult to make them last. It feels like I've played everything.

Everything that's worth playing, anyway. Alliance go home.

If it wasn't for RP I'd have quit WoW long ago.

As it is? Worth staying even in the WoD content drought. Aside from my eternal DK main, my PvP mage has also received some attention.

 Ashiraya wrote:

Spoiler:

I can't be the only one who thinks she looks like she's dancing to Hotline Bling, right?

Started playing Saints Row the Third again. Thought about going with a different voice actor for a change, but I couldn't.

I'm in the mood for some SWTOR, stupid Force Awakens

Got a bundle deal off Amazon for Shadow of Revan, Rise of the Hutts, Knights of the Fallen Empire, 90 days of game time and 2400 cartel coins. Haven't really played since I maxed a couple guys out at 50 not super long after launch.

Just finished my most recent run through of FFT, this time playing it on android as FFT:WoTL. Nice port/update, the story was a bit easier to comprehend in its better translated/localized format, and some of the new stuff was neat. Basically made a bee-line for the end after unlocking Dark Knight for the MC Ramza, and then leveling back down to the appropriate level for the next mission. The new special character Balthier (sky pirate from ff...12? set in the same setting but much different time) is immensely over powered but even without him the game is only so challenging. Fun times though.

I was also excited to see that all of the multiplayer arena/rendezvous/whatever items you could only get on the PSP version by playing with a friend... were all awarded to me posthumously(so what if it's not exactly the proper usage ) for beating the game. Now I can just walk into the poachers den on... I believe *any* save I have for the game, so long as it's at chapter 3 to have poachers dens unlocked... and I can pick up all of the horrendously overpowered goodies they gave people as rewards for multiplayer and so on. There are still a couple of items without multiplayer analogs I could get from the deep dungeon (think they renamed that...) but anyway, neat stuff. Fiendishly overpowered, but then again any well-built party is already that, even before powerful gear is added.

Good stuff. Adds even more replay value to something that I was already pretty keen to replay. Now it's just a matter of do I max out my current party while collecting every little side quest I bypassed on my rush for the exit (cloud, human form reis, big dungeon, etc) or start over and play with the special npcs instead of my generics...


Also, Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky is still being fun. Still working marvelously on my tablet, I don't even bring the keyboard along any more.. most of the time. Still very... mundane. I guess I'm just used to a lot of world shattering events in my RPGs but so far there's been a lot of errands, skirmishes with bandits, run ins with prejudiced military commanders, orphan pick pockets, staying at several hotels and inns, and otherwise touring the countryside as the two main characters attempt to become promoted from junior to senior Bracers (goody goody slash mercenary guild). Still, entertaining, though I wish they'd let me keep four party members all the time rather than dumping me back to two occasionally. Two can run into logistical problems like... being outnumbered and unable to keep up with healing

Playing waaaaaay too much Fallout 4.

I'm doing the same thing I did in Skyrim, which is start completing side dungeons until I realize I can't complete them til I get a side quest from somewhere I haven't been yet cause I haven't really touched the main storyline.

Being sneaky seems less effective then I remember.

 GrimDork wrote:

Still very... mundane. I guess I'm just used to a lot of world shattering events in my RPGs but so far there's been a lot of errands, skirmishes with bandits, run ins with prejudiced military commanders, orphan pick pockets, staying at several hotels and inns, and otherwise touring the countryside as the two main characters attempt to become promoted from junior to senior Bracers (goody goody slash mercenary guild).

Just a quick observation: this section here pretty much sums up a lot of what I really liked about that game.

 Avatar 720 wrote:

 Ashiraya wrote:

Spoiler:

I can't be the only one who thinks she looks like she's dancing to Hotline Bling, right?

Spoiler:

The armory pose is not very good.


So yes, characters often end up dancing.

 BrookM wrote:
Started playing Saints Row the Third again. Thought about going with a different voice actor for a change, but I couldn't.

Got that game on Steam Sale, really enjoying it so far!

@Toasteroven yeah I kind of like it myself. It almost feels like... I dunno... like something more along the lines of Pokemon than final fantasy/breath of fire/whatever else. Without monster farming... just like... the nature of the jobs and interactions. It makes the name Legend of Heroes a little misleading (that kind of name makes me think more along the lines of epic high fantasy anime type stuff), but it's still a solid and fun little game.

Played through Puzzle Agent and its sequel. Fun stuff, puzzles are nice and varied, too. Got them for three bucks in the steam winter sale heh.

Got back into ME3's multiplayer. It's taken me some getting used to (switching from Xbox controller to keyboard), but it feels good to be back in the game. Now I just need to unlock the Drell Vanguard and get my beloved M-9 Tempest back.

Pretty much fallout 4 and GTA:O with ocassional forays into Everquest and the Binding of isaac. Looking to try and get to ultra greed.

Back to dungeoning in the Elder Scrolls Online. Advice for the day: if a party member dies mid fight, don't just continue to attack a boss, res them. Its not up to the tank who has all the aggro to stop healing themselves and try and res someone when you're not being attacked at all.

I'm learning to appreciate how much I hate pubbies again. :(

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Back to dungeoning in the Elder Scrolls Online. Advice for the day: if a party member dies mid fight, don't just continue to attack a boss, res them. Its not up to the tank who has all the aggro to stop healing themselves and try and res someone when you're not being attacked at all.

I'm learning to appreciate how much I hate pubbies again. :(

It's an MMO. Common sense and intellectual thinking stops as you hit level 1.

 Wyrmalla wrote:
Back to dungeoning in the Elder Scrolls Online. Advice for the day: if a party member dies mid fight, don't just continue to attack a boss, res them. Its not up to the tank who has all the aggro to stop healing themselves and try and res someone when you're not being attacked at all.

I'm learning to appreciate how much I hate pubbies again. :(

This is one of the reasons why Summoners are appreciated in groups in FFXIV. They're the only dps job that has a raise spell (which is because they share their base class - Arcanist - with Scholar, which *is* a healing job). Couple that with the "your next spell is insta-cast" ability that Thaumaturges loan out to other classes and jobs, and you can get someone back up on their feet pretty quickly.