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djphranq wrote: Started a Blood Elf Pally just to get something going for when I bring my warrior to 100 and reserve him mostly for raiding on weekends (he is at 90 right now).
Blood Elf Paladin? He? This is madness!
I don't see why you wouldn't pick the third best model in the game over an anorexic atrocity that never should have gone past the drawing board (which is only increased by the prevalence of 2D armour and plate bikinis, the former of which makes some of the overly bulky male models look more sensible). Unless you are a roleplayer, or something.
People usually tell me they pick them 'because they want a nice butt to look at when they play'. Go to hell, I say.
On the topic of hunters, they always felt strong to me, actually. Kiting is easy to them, they don't have mana or interruptability or anything like what casters have - they are basically melee with 40yd range on their attacks!
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I wasn't trying to be elitist, just explaining why I left the game. I played WoW from the first days of vanilla. My early hunters were huntards themselves. Then I was shown the tactical advantages that kiting brought by a more experienced player. He showed me how to basically take a starting toon and as a hunter go through the entire starting area without taking a hit unless I had been surprised by a mob spawn, or was otherwise not paying attention. He even gave me a couple of gold to buy the best equipment I could afford.
And when I had reached a high enough level, I did the same in turn. Making the hunters I met stronger and increasing my enjoyment of the game whilst making them more likely to be taken up by a guild or doing better in a PUG.
The fact that Blizzard took that part of the game away from me - did I have the correct ammo, both in type and amount, do I take an ammo bag which will allow me to carry more ammo but won't allow me to put other items inside it, or do I go for a smaller bag that I can put loot in - was a let-down for me. I preferred the tactical advantages that a well run hunter could bring to the table. I was a ranged DPS that could have a tank so I could run alone when I wanted to.
Then Blizzard changed the game. Any skinner/leatherworker characters lost out on the income from expensive high capacity bags. Gnome or dwarf miner/engineer characters no longer had to craft shot for others to use, all they had to do was buy a single piece of shot and it lasted forever.
That is why I left the game. if you stayed and still enjoyed it, wonderful, it was an amazing game.
I now play a very similar character in Fallout 4. A guy whose philosophy is basically kill the enemy at as long a range as possible so that they don't have a chance to hurt me. I run around with my own crafted armour, a 50 Cal sniper rifle capable of removing a supermutant's head in one shot, and a dog for a companion.
Yes, I still have to get into close quarters at times, but I still feel as though I have failed when that happens
"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.
Fair enough Conrad, sorry if I got snippy. Probably one of those days. I totally understand learning to get good at something and how that can be rewarding.
Honestly have trouble playing anything that isn't a troll because I'm tall and lanky and usually laid back like that. WoW Trolls are my spirit animal? Or whatever the kids are saying these days
I never picked a race/gender based on who had the cutest butt, but I do tend to review the different animations for all of them before going with something, unless the racial is just that important to me this time. Femdead, for instance, do some kind of back/front flip every time they do a one handed special move. Awesome if that's your thing, really really obnoxious if it isn't. Same with the Nelf front flips and Belf twirls. I could probably have lived with a Belf Warrior. But not a caster. Two of my friends ended up playing Belf Paladins and all I can think while I'm sitting back with the healers is how glad my "casting a big spell" animation more closely resembled a kamehameha than it did tickling a giant's balls like the Belf. Shudder. Then I made a Belf priest just because of how stupid that animation was
And I thought I liked Tauren, until I played a tauren warrior for a year or two... feels like you're slogging through freaking molasses the first time you get snared by anything, any percentage, even 20 or 30. Had to switch that to a goblin...
But yeah still done with wow, even after a brief month and a half spat. I think I'm rapidly running out of Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky but I'm not gonna slow down playing just because of that.
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Almost finished Saint's Row 4. I try to set aside at least 3 - 4 hours whenever I tackle the finale to a game (having to stop midway would ruin the experience for me), so hopefully it will be finished soon.
On a side note, I swear the Mass Effect voice acting is getting to me. I was walking by a classroom that was watching a documentary that I swear was narrated by Keith Davids, and the first thing that came to mind was, "Oh my god, Captain Anderson is teaching history!"
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Armoured Warfare is my main fare these days, alongside Warthunder.
Currently rolling around in my Challenger and Is 2 1944 in the two games respectivly, so much lolzs to be had.
SkavenLord wrote: Almost finished Saint's Row 4. I try to set aside at least 3 - 4 hours whenever I tackle the finale to a game (having to stop midway would ruin the experience for me), so hopefully it will be finished soon.
On a side note, I swear the Mass Effect voice acting is getting to me. I was walking by a classroom that was watching a documentary that I swear was narrated by Keith Davids, and the first thing that came to mind was, "Oh my god, Captain Anderson is teaching history!"
Better not play Fallout 4 then, as the guy who did the voice of Garrus also voices way too many NPC's using that very same voice.
The difference is, of course, in Saints Row IV, Keith David is playing as... Keith David.
Plus you have the awesomely badass Laura Bailey playing The (Female) President of the USA.
I do love how they take the mickey out of Mass Effect with the 'romance' options in Saints Row.
Honestly, if you've never played Saints Row 3 and 4, you should make the effort (assuming you don't like non 'serious' games). They're basically love letters to the 80's and 90's.
djphranq wrote: Started a Blood Elf Pally just to get something going for when I bring my warrior to 100 and reserve him mostly for raiding on weekends (he is at 90 right now).
Blood Elf Paladin? He? This is madness!
Actually Phranq my Orc Warrior is a 'he' (but that may change soon)
Amberlyvail is my Blood Elf Paladin... she is a she... or something like that.
Ashiraya wrote:
I don't see why you wouldn't pick the third best model in the game over an anorexic atrocity that never should have gone past the drawing board (which is only increased by the prevalence of 2D armour and plate bikinis, the former of which makes some of the overly bulky male models look more sensible). Unless you are a roleplayer, or something.
People usually tell me they pick them 'because they want a nice butt to look at when they play'. Go to hell, I say.
On the topic of hunters, they always felt strong to me, actually. Kiting is easy to them, they don't have mana or interruptability or anything like what casters have - they are basically melee with 40yd range on their attacks!
I really wish my character had a bit more 'meat' to her... but she's cool regardless...
Spoiler:
I use the 'nice butt' excuse so people will stop bothering me about playing one.
Got Shadow of Mordor for cheap thanks to being part of Playstation Plus (was like 12 bucks for Legion Edition). I might play that after a bit more WoW.
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I can never be bothered giving reasons for character race/gender choices; I find that most people are part of one of two camps: they'll either not give a crap, or they'll bug you about it regardless. I choose X race of Y gender because I want to, and anyone who has issues with that can get fethed.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Avatar 720 wrote: I can never be bothered giving reasons for character race/gender choices; I find that most people are part of one of two camps: they'll either not give a crap, or they'll bug you about it regardless. I choose X race of Y gender because I want to, and anyone who has issues with that can get fethed.
The ones I hate from that second camp, regardless of game, are the ones who always try and say things like "ohh, the male of [x] class is so much better than the female version. They're [insert stat description here] than them in combat"
Avatar 720 wrote: I can never be bothered giving reasons for character race/gender choices; I find that most people are part of one of two camps: they'll either not give a crap, or they'll bug you about it regardless. I choose X race of Y gender because I want to, and anyone who has issues with that can get fethed.
Good for you. Play what you want man and screw everybody else who challenges it (unless it's really, really harmful then maybe you should stop).
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I've been playing 'Wargame: Red Dragon'. Marder 2's are such a fun west german transport. It's like a medium tank with a freaking 50mm cannon that blows through apc's and the like and can even challenge tanks and just disgorges infantry where you want. It's so beautiful I might cry. The cost is pretty high though. American transports feel pretty garbage in comparison even if they have some decent helo transports.
I still think most soviet factions are more powerful than the Nato factions with the exception of maybe north korea and china. Oddly enough blue dragons (south korea and japan) are surprisingly potent military forces. As far as Nato goes I'd say japan, south korea, west Germany, france and the UK all are good or decent. All Scandinavian factions (Sweden, Denmark and Norway) are ok when combined but aren't that hot separately. Denmark or Australia by itself is garbage and Canada is only just above them. Once again my opinion but there's no clue how much of each unit each nation had (infantry, helo, plane, tank, vehicle, navy).
As has been stated by in-game friends soviet helo forces are almost always better with the exception being the apache type helos and their equivalents for other nations. The usa also has some ok helos but nothing too hot.
Most countries have various strengths and weaknesses. The ownership of the helicopter lanes seems firmly in soviet hands though and they may even quickly take the skies given their AA abilities. I'd fear for Nato if the war ever did happen. We might just need all the many Nato countries just to handle the few potent soviet countries.
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Re - brought hotline miami 1 and 2 for ps4 to play in china. It's far easier with a controller rather than a keyboard and mouse. Best visuals, music and atmosphere I've payed for and nd very long time.
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Compel wrote: The difference is, of course, in Saints Row IV, Keith David is playing as... Keith David.
Plus you have the awesomely badass Laura Bailey playing The (Female) President of the USA.
I do love how they take the mickey out of Mass Effect with the 'romance' options in Saints Row.
Honestly, if you've never played Saints Row 3 and 4, you should make the effort (assuming you don't like non 'serious' games). They're basically love letters to the 80's and 90's.
Honestly, Saints Row 4 is worth it for just this bit if you play as female voice 1:
But yeah, SR4 is a brilliant homage and parody of Mass Effect (Hey Kinzie? You wanna feth? *sucker-punches you* "Let's do this!)", the Matrix, Transformers, THEY LIVE and the like. I mean, they got Rowdy Roddy Piper in the game as well, who jokes about doing his cameo "because he needed the money"
Avatar 720 wrote: I can never be bothered giving reasons for character race/gender choices; I find that most people are part of one of two camps: they'll either not give a crap, or they'll bug you about it regardless. I choose X race of Y gender because I want to, and anyone who has issues with that can get fethed.
Exalted and quoted for truth.
As I have a habit of playing the games I like many, many times, I always end up with an army of characters, and the split is generally 50:50 for games like Fallout 4or Mass Effect where you only get the choice of gender [How I would love the next fallout to let you play as a Ghoul, but it probably won't happen as they would have a hard time having feral ghouls attack non-ghoul players but leave ghoul players alone.] WoW I split my characters fairly evenly across race and gender, not even restraining myself to alliance or horde. Although my favourites were my male gnome hunter and my female Belf mage.
I don't understand why some people get so worked up on whether you are playing your own gender in a computer game - especially when your not even playing your own species!
"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.
I've been playing a fair amount of Town of Salem with a friend. It's been a lot of fun, and the community is nice enough, once you learn how to cope with the inevitably incompetent group of players that are bound to be there.
Irishpeacockz-Blackjack needs a pay raise for being the welcomer to the crusade
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The Gluttonous Treasure in Borderlands 2 during Bright Lights, Flying City is the biggest piece of bullgak ever, and by now I'm close to just deleting the game and never touching it again.
Lost all my money, all my ammo, so why even bother
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Got a brand new copy of Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition for $15 to test on a PS3 I refurbished. I'll probably be playing that later... right now I'm about to try out Rocket League which I got on sale... almost tempted to get Final Fantasy XIV which is also on sale this weekend on steam.
Started Dragon's Dogma this afternoon. Really enjoying it thus far, even if the premise and setting are a little generic the gameplay is very enjoyable, though I do think I've been spoiled by regular autosaves on Skyrim and the like; three times now I've journeyed out into the wilderness on a quest (there's no Fast Travel), got stomped by the same group of bandits and ended up back outside the city gates...
Avatar 720 wrote: I can never be bothered giving reasons for character race/gender choices; I find that most people are part of one of two camps: they'll either not give a crap, or they'll bug you about it regardless. I choose X race of Y gender because I want to, and anyone who has issues with that can get fethed.
Exalted and quoted for truth.
As I have a habit of playing the games I like many, many times, I always end up with an army of characters, and the split is generally 50:50 for games like Fallout 4or Mass Effect where you only get the choice of gender [How I would love the next fallout to let you play as a Ghoul, but it probably won't happen as they would have a hard time having feral ghouls attack non-ghoul players but leave ghoul players alone.] WoW I split my characters fairly evenly across race and gender, not even restraining myself to alliance or horde. Although my favourites were my male gnome hunter and my female Belf mage.
I don't understand why some people get so worked up on whether you are playing your own gender in a computer game - especially when your not even playing your own species!
Yeah seriously I find it more a problem people are playing WoW at all than what character they're playing ;P. I mean it's like being hooked on a crappy drug that's insanely addictive. I dunno to each their own but I never got the love. Warhammer fantasy was superior (at least as far as my tastes go) until GW killed the game. I find it funny people think warhammer fantasy is just not popular considering warcraft (a game considered to be a copy of it) is now about to get it's own freaking movie. Don't sell me bull as I could go to GW for that and pay 5 times more than it should cost to get it.
A ghoul in fallout would be awesome to play. I just fear for how 'romance' scenes would work out. Oh god that's a horrifying prospect! You're all thinking it now thanks to me ;P.
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I just want to play Xcom 2 already. Until then i'll settle for playing more 'Wargame: Red Dragon'. Ugh this feels like crap to play in comparison even if it's a good game.
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Paradigm wrote: Started Dragon's Dogma this afternoon. Really enjoying it thus far, even if the premise and setting are a little generic the gameplay is very enjoyable, though I do think I've been spoiled by regular autosaves on Skyrim and the like; three times now I've journeyed out into the wilderness on a quest (there's no Fast Travel), got stomped by the same group of bandits and ended up back outside the city gates...
Aaaand the save file has now corrupted after a crash. Back to square 1, I guess.
Oooh ouch. Is it from steam? If so, are you sure you just aren't syncing right with steam cloud? I thought I lost 25 hours worth of Legend of Heroes because the game would crash every time I tried to load anything. DL/installed the game on my other rig and the saves were all right there... so I uninstalled it from my tabtop and when I reinstalled it updated properly and all of my saves were in place.
Supposedly just restarting steam so it could resync to the cloud should have been enough but it wasn't working for me.
Nah, it's on my old (And offline) 360. Wouldn't be an issue if the game allowed more than one save file, but it doesn't. I've just started over, I hadn't made massive progress so I should be able to catch myself up pretty easily.
Problem largely solved now, I'm back to pretty much where I was, and actually playing a more interesting class this time around now I know the system a little. All's well that ends well.
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