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Thank you, sir. I'm ok. They mostly hit military targets but yeah, it was scary. It's over now. Let's hope it stays this way.

Im 180 hours into WoRT and Im busy with all the final quests and choices before I complete the last quest at Threshold As I have mentioned in previous posts this game is one of my favourite party based RPG of all time Its impossible to list everything I love about this game but in summary deep and complex main narrative with a myriad of different choices around what Mystic Path to take and how that influences dialogue options engaging and worthwhile companion side-quests, the best in any RPG I have ever played. I ended up finally Romancing Arueshalae and accepting Camellias murderous nature ....no ones perfect very complex character and class customization combat is the best part of the game with all different strategies I love the Crusader management and mini-battles. Its a nice break from the normal RPG progression lots to explore and many side-quests the length of the game, I appreciate how long it is What an RPG, I wish we had a commitment for Pathfinder 3 from Owlcat

James Bond to be directed by Denis Villeneuve I'm sure this will be a must see for @Bartimaeus

Speaking for myself .... because outside of game forums, I am extremely asocial?

That should be fairly easy to understand. He posts policy, updates, and actionable items there along with his usual slop so people have to pay attention.

Hegseth's ranting about the Iran bombing is something else. Also, calling it the most complex operation in history is peak Trump administration.

War? What war? It’s a US “special military operation”

Funcom just announced that they are increasing the PvE sections of the deep desert, making the past tier of the game more friendly to solo and non pvp players.

Also - pretty much what I hear in my head every time I try to watch/read any news lately. Just saying.

Migas à Alentejana

https://www.nexusmods.com/pillarsofeternity2/mods/804 This should fix the bug described here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/227477-pillars-of-eternity-ii-deadfire/faqs/76599/bugs-and-oddities As I've understood it, this has been a pain point ever since patch 5.0 for many Credit to @ShadyDax for nudging me to check this bug out Note that this does not fix potions added by mods (I'm gonna have to patch Potion of Enlightenment later ) Going to sleep now

I run across enough bleak landscapes in Starfield.

Still Arcanum... The dungeons here are really bad, they make even Owlcat's look almost lovingly handcrafted pieces of tunnel crawling art. But yeah, one does not simply play Arcanum for the combats. It's for the setting, the concepts (both in systems and world design) and that unique soundtrack, though it gets a bit repetitive due to its lack in tracks.

As someone who has watched a handful of James Bond films spread a number of decades and came away disliking or hating them all, I'm personally very happy to see this pairing - so long as nobody tries to convince me to watch the resulting garbage. Confining Dennis' talents to James Bond seems a small mercy on the part of the universe, honestly.

Started a new game with the new new DLC and just got to the Rykad system.

Well a swift kick in the nether regions for implying the need for violence.

I bet every female staffer is required to call Drümp "daddy"

Repeated application of blunt force trauma to the head for liking Picard.

I'd rather they just let PvE people be able to turn PvP off entirely, like WoW did, or NMS does etc. Thus they could run around and people couldn't target them re: PvP but everyone could still mingle or observe that massive guild fight over yonder if they feel like it. Or perhaps ... where one has to be in a Guild or something of that nature, to be able to participate in PvP, and only other guilds are targetable. Thus people with no affiliation of any kind would be left alone. The dev's original objective however seems to be for trying/hoping more/most people would band together in guild/groups as the endgame. Which is fine. I'm simply not interested. EDIT: to be fair, if one goes in knowing all of this, 50-100hrs for the PvE focused beginning is a decent thing, even if one stops/considers that as "finished the game.", just like with any actual SP game.

So true to the book. Although I expect the sentient research ship in season 2 will challenge that.

To quote Mad Magazine, "What, me worry?" His mental health issues drive him to get attention, which he gains through persistent outrageous behavior. At this point I think it's a mistake to expect more logical, less foolish thinking; that just isn't in his mental state.

If you want crits to feed your phrase count you should consider Sun & Moon. Also legendary, but it has two separate attack rolls, both can crit. Skald's mechanic only allows 1 phrase generation per "strike" max, so you won't ever get 2 phrases even if two crit happen during one swing, but the chance to get a phrase in the first place with two attack rolls is significantly(!) higher than with only one attack roll. It's also better with Confounding Blind (which generates more crits). Second weapon can be whatever, Squid's Grasp, Katana Taga, Rust's Poignard has an additional attack roll that doesn't proc on every attack but only occasionally - but that additional roll also raises the chance to get a phrase a bit. Another good weapon is Rännig's Wrath - it's not legendary but comes with +4 extra accuracy and is faster. Faster attacks = more crits in a given timeframe.

Murderbot. So far the show is carried by the robot and the rest of the cast is uninteresting to say the least.

Oh yeah, I watched an episode of that a while back and it made me want to die. This trailer...only confirmed that feeling.

I'm pretty sure crits will give you phrases even they deal no damage. You should try this weapon for instead of rust btw: https://pillarsofeternity2.wiki.fextralife.com/Kapana+Taga gives more accuray with every engaged enemy very useful and 2 damage type.

You guys should really go through the romance. Top tier, that romance, really.

Actually, I appreciate this more than you realize, because I did pretty much the same thing. Although I think I didn't even allow her to kill her father.

Seems overall favorable so far. Mostly the same, but with nice improvements. I watched some of jacksepticeyejack 1st video of it - skipping over all starting story/cutscenes, just wanted to see Sam gameplay mechanics - and looks great to me. *grits teeth* I will NOT buy a PS5. I will NOT buy a PS5. .... 6+ months. Sigh.

Re: Dune Awakening endgame: in the past, I don't mind if there is certain endgame content or even gear I can't do/get solo. If I'm unwilling to do non-solo content, then that's the choice I've made (re: doing without certain gear). But for me that relates to PvE/MP. PvP is an absolute no. So this game is out for me, unless they change it so no one must deal with PvP in any form. Be one or the other, or have enough options for avoiding whichever one doesn't want. (Cohh's vid isn't actually a rant. Just him outlining the issues/player perspective vs. dev expectation/possible solutions. Josh Strife Hayes also well described this conundrum/problem of forcing PvP onto PvE players (or vice versa) years ago.

Glad he didn't hit the N key by accident. Considering who else is in commentary around Iran, they have decent credibility.

LOL

https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...-meet-sunday-over-us-strikes-iran-2025-06-22/ Russia, China and Pakistan are bringing a UNSC resolution forward for an immediate end to the Israeli and US military campaign on Iran This will be as successful as the numerous UNSC resolutions raised for Russia to end its war in Ukraine And it always cringe to hear Russia grandstanding about how " terrible invasions and wars are " Russia just needs to stay out of any commentary around Iran, they have ZERO credibility on this " concern "

You can turn the "bugs ignore player" option on in the custom game settings iirc

While I can't believe I'm saying it that article is actually a bit unfair in two ways to Trump. Once Israel attacked circumstances did change, and you don't really need intelligence- in either sense- to know it. The Iranian weapons programme restarted nine days ago, and that isn't a 'vibe'; it's obviously the only way they are going to be able to deter attacks when conventional means have failed. It's the circumstances leading to that decision which are the important bit. It's also pretty obvious that the Israeli calculus from the start would have been that them starting it would have to result in the US finishing it for those reasons, and that they would be incapable of actually finishing it, and that there could be no negotiations once bombing had started. Resulting in an open ended war against their main rival by their biggest sponsor, entirely to their benefit. And we got here, ultimately, due to the collective policy of appeasing Israel at every step. That's not just Trump's fault, every single western and world leader who ran interference for Israel's ongoing genocide were effectively giving Israel the green light to do whatever they want. If you're okay with genocide- and they've amply demonstrated that they are- would anyone believe that you'd draw the line at bombing Iran? No, you would label it as 'defensive' aggression, precisely as happened.

Military conflict tends to unify the country (USA), but I'm not sure that's possible under this President. I suppose it depends on how Iran retaliates.

Hi Everyone! I am new to this game, and so far I love it! its both insane and cosy at the same time :-) What I would love to see in the game would be, big humans coming in the backyard sometimes. Like maybe the owner of the house or something? Lets say the owner of the house comes out in the backyard and we have to be carefull for not getting stepped on by big feets etc. This indeed would maybe make the game feel more "Alive" ?

as childish as it may appear, am wondering how much the mockery trump endured for his reflexive "two weeks" announcement led to him moving quickly to end diplomatic efforts and instead resort to an overt display of military force. first, netanyahu maneuvers trump into helping him with attacks on iran that israel couldn't manage itself; donald didn't wanna look weak by admitting that israel had not only successful attacked numerous iranian sites, but that israel purposeful kept the US in the dark about the attacks. and trump, like a child, were jealous of the positive attention israel was getting on fox? then we get the "two week" jokes, which reveal just how often trump goes limp after making a bold pronouncement. trump didn't like that very much. am suspecting what the US needs most is a competent kindergarten teacher, somebody with experience keeping little kids in line, to handle trump. HA! Good Fun!

I think if we end up with a single source that supplies only what you want to watch, then we'll then have to worry about monopolistic tendencies from the supplier. I.e. sure we can watch anything, but at a higher cost. Also, with a monopoly, there's less incentive to release quality programming. I don't think there will be a net benefit for the consumer.

Been away from home since Monday but will give the Brynlod bounty and the Adra Dragon another go tomorrow. It felt like I nearly managed to win the fight but at the end there was still an illusionist and I think some illusionist doubles. I can't quite remember now.

I have the same issue. Spent collectively about 12 hours trying to troubleshoot it. I've always been able to eventually get a Dualsense controller to work (sometimes using DualsenseX or DS4Windows of course), but Avowed is the one game that beat me. I finally had to get an 8bitdo controller that just registers as an Xbox controller and that solved the issue. But yeah, specifically my problem was that all buttons worked fine unless I was in any sort of menu. In the pause menus, LB, RB, B, and X didn't work. The buttons were registered, because if I shook my mouse to switch the UI to PC controls, then pressed RB, it would switch back to Xbox controls, but the button press wouldn't move the menu. This happened across both Gamepass and Steam versions. Also, for me it has nothing to do with drift as that Reddit thread seems to suggest. I tried completely disabling the sticks in software and it did not help.

Even if not day 1. Would be amazing even if minor, a breeding system for mount friends. Will give the game a lot more risk to loose a trusted tame. to try and breed stronger friends (even if not stats, breed for better abilities like speed, better worker, or can carry more product). That path might be easier as you already had abilities in grounded 1.

Nice, I played Arcanum for the first time a few months ago Its the last CRPG from that era I hadnt played and I had a great time The combat mechanics weren't great but the overall narrative, side quests, class and skill choices and different ways of solving quests were brilliant. And the whole map exploration I really enjoyed Overall I had a very positive experience

I just hope @Katphood is okay

Found this gem (might be in a wrong order, but each screenshot should be self-contained; it is a single-player game):

As there is still no word on this from @Obsidian, I'll repeat here what I've said in other similar threads about this game: will TOW2 have a third-person option like Avowed? Because not having it is a deal-breaker for me.

This sound more fair! but having big people walking around you is a really cool idea! But without them destroying our base ofc. But I really wish they add them into the game sometime in the future! Makes the feeling of being "Small like an ant" even more REAL!