Everything posted by Keyrock
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Pictures of your games Part 6
Yes, I am using a c0ckpit mod. The vanilla game doesn't have them (none of the X3 games do), but I like having them, even though they obscure your vision a bit. My ultimate loadout will likely be: Front - 8 x Incendiary Bomb Launcher - Maximum frontal firepower. Will instantly vaporize any fighter dumb enough to stay in front of my ship long enough for my front batteries to open up on it. Will melt corvettes within seconds (sometimes before they even have a chance to fire on me because IBLs have over a kilometer and a half greater range than any gun a corvette can mount). Will shred other frigates rapidly. Will do great damage to destroyers and carriers and eventually destroy them. Left and right double turrets - 2 x Ion Shard Railgun each (4 total) - Great for shredding heavy fighters and damaging corvettes that try to outmaneuver me. Fairly high energy drain makes me weary to mount more than 4 of these on my ship as it will take away from how long I can unleash doom, death, and destruction via my front mounted IBLs. Top, bottom, and rear double turrets - 2 x Phased Repeater Gun each (6 total) - A high rate of fire and extremely accurate weapon with a relatively low power draw (for a ship with the Tiger's laser capacitor and recharge rate). Extremely effective for missile defense and highly effective at taking out light fighters and scouts as well as damaging heavy fighters. I thought about just mounting 10 Flak Artillery Arrays in all the turrets. FAAs' extreme accuracy would mean that having these mounted in all the double turrets would pretty much guarantee that no missile ever reaches my ship. Also, it would spell certain doom to any fighter trying to flank me. However, FAAs have exceedingly high energy drain, making them prohibitive to mount in large quantities, even on a ship with as generous a laser capacitor and recharge rate as a Tiger.
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Pictures of your games Part 6
This is a most joyous day, I have finally acquired my first frigate, a Split Tiger, marvel at its glory: And the view from the bridge: The Tiger is fast, has immense firepower, is surprisingly well shielded for a Split ship, and presents a tiny profile for enemies to fire at from both the front and the back, and a long, but slim profile from the sides. From the top and bottom are the only angles it's relatively easy to hit. It's going to take me a while (and a lot of credits) to get the ship fully equipped, in the pic from the bridge you can see I only have 2 Ion Shard Railguns at the moment (ISRs are very effective against heavy fighters and corvettes). Particularly, getting a bunch of Incendiary Bomb Launchers is going to be tricky and time consuming, since it's a pirate weapon and I'm not exactly in good standing with pirates, on account of the hundreds of their ships I've turned into debris. IBLs are worth the trouble to acquire, though, as they have tremendous range and do nearly as much damage as weapons that only destroyers can mount. Once I have this bad boy fully armed, nothing and no one is safe. The Tiger can outgun the vast majority of ships in existence, and the few it can't outgun it can outrun and outmaneuver. There is nothing a fully equipped Tiger cannot destroy single-handedly.
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The Kickstarter Thread
I don't think there's any plate to it, it looks like leather, or some sort of fabric that's somehow defying gravity (unless there are straps hidden under her hilariously tiny vest) and covering part of her boobs. Not the most protective outfit you can wear, but certainly effective for her "charm" ability.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [2015]
Oh my goodness, is that Shani? That's Shani, isn't it?
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The Kickstarter Thread
Pros: Garrison uses a shockingly reasonable sized sword Scantily clad red head Badass looking golem Cons: Gully's ridiculously gargantuan gauntlets I'll definitely check it out if and when it releases and if and when they do a Linux port.
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter is UP!
There are, but I never pay attention to the compass, I'd rather find my objectives by searching around the level when out on a run and in Heoi I just got so used to constantly heading toward the MTR that it became instinctual, plus I read the full mission briefing much earlier, when I first got the message for the mission, then wound up doing every other mission and didn't bother reading through the whole message again when it came time to actually do the mission since I had already read it once before and remembered "oh right, that's the mission on the boat" and my brain didn't make the rather logical leap that a mission on a boat wouldn't start from the MTR because I'm a dumbass. Anyway, doesn't matter now, I'm halfway (?) through what I can only assume is the final mission. On the bright side, I'll at least have 1 run that will be totally fresh when I inevitably replay the game sometime in the future.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [2015]
- The Great Game Giveaway: Tuesday Edition
- The Kickstarter Thread
This one's for Volo: The Dwarves - An RPG by KING Art Games (Book of Unwritten Tales, etc.) with a tactical physics-driven combat engine.- The current refugee wave in Europe
Believe me, I'm as big of a proponent of stay the **** out of there as you're gonna find and certainly the US sticking its nose into the Middle's East business hasn't helped. On the other hand it's not like that region has ever been stable. That region is a powder keg, always has been, but yeah, the US threw some matches on said powder keg, which didn't make things any better.- The current refugee wave in Europe
This makes Murica's own problems with its borders look downright negligible by comparison. There's a vetting process to go through when you seek to enter a country, where your credentials are scrutinized and background checks are run to make sure they're not about to let a known terrorist or wanted criminal emigrate into their country, I know this because my family went through such a process when we were emigrating to the US. This process took months, granted this was back in the 80s and a lot of that can be done much more efficiently now, but how the hell do you do that with hundreds of thousands making their way across your borders? This is a mess and very very bad things are going to come of this. Thank goodness I'm an ocean away. I feel for the people who are staring this directly in the face right now. Because that's worked so well in the past.- What are you playing now?
I finished the hub plot in X3: Albion Prelude and started the shady business plot. This is the longest plot in the game outside of maybe the main plot (I'm not sure which one is longer) and I'm going to put it on hold soon because I'm not ready to do the latter parts of it. Eventually I'll have to take on capital ships to complete that plot, even if I take the easy way out, rather than the more difficult route that also ends the Terran War. I'm just not ready to take on capital ships, my Argon Centaur ain't gonna cut the mustard for that kind of battle. The good news is that I now have enough money to build another crystal-less power plant, so that's my next step. I'm going to scout out a good location for it, build it, convert it to crystal-less, then do some combat missions with my Centaur while I wait for funds to come in to build another power plant. Eventually I'll buy a frigate, probably a Split Tiger, and then I'll be prepared to take on capital ships. That's a still a ways off in the future though.- Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter is UP!
That makes sense, I was so used to starting practically every single other mission from the MTR. Too late now, anyway.- Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter is UP!
I haven't finished the game yet, but I'm into endgame territory now. One gripe I have, I'm not sure if this is a bug... it seems like a bug, when I went to see Auntie C she told me flat out "finish any other runs you have before you start this mission". No problem, right? Standard stuff. I had one pending job left at that time. The problem is that it wouldn't actually let me do that job. I could accept it from my mission computer and it would show up as an active job, but when I would go to the MTR, the only option I was given was to start the endgame stuff. It's not that big a deal, I feel I'm plenty powerful enough, so whatever karma and nuyen I missed out on for that last job shouldn't hinder me any in the endgame, but if you tell me "finish any remaining runs you have" it would be cool if the game actually let me do that. Oh well. I should be done with the game in the next day or two.- What are you playing now?
I'm really glad Crookz autosaves your game every 30 seconds or so (you can manually save whenever also). It's not something I needed to take advantage of earlier in the game when the missions were more forgiving, but boy oh boy do I need it now. The missions are getting really complicated and there are so many moving parts I inevitably lose sight of some of them. There are some really tricky areas to get through, made easier or harder depending on who you chose to bring along and what tools you have. It should only get harder and more complicated going forward. Good times. Crookz is my pleasant surprise of the year so far. This game came out of nowhere, basically zero press coverage before launch (and not much after launch), and it turned out to be so good. It's kind of interesting playing this game and Shadowrun: Hong Kong at the same time, as they're both great games, but they kind of juxtapose each other. S:HK is a game with excellent writing and narrative that carries fairly mediocre gameplay. Crookz is a game with excellent gameplay that carries fairly mediocre writing and narrative. @Mamoulian War - You own a pretty large chunk of Europe.- RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
No comment on Ars Technica, it's not a site I've ever frequented, so I have no gauge of the quality of their work or how their views line up with mine. Jim Sterling, on the other hand, is pretty much the last guy I'd ever go to for a review. I trust him to give me an honest, objective review about as far as I could throw him. My biggest question about Mad Max is how is the driving model? Beating up dudes in bondage gear with fisticuffs is all well and good, but when I think Mad Max I think car chases and vehicular combat. As long as that's good, I'm in.- New Real Time With Pause Dungeons & Dragons RPG - SWORD COAST LEGENDS
- New Real Time With Pause Dungeons & Dragons RPG - SWORD COAST LEGENDS
I wonder who is more obsessed, me about orcs or Volo about dwarves? With that in mind, no playable orcs... not even half-orcs. They better put out an orc-themed DLC, otherwise, opportunity wasted.- Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter is UP!
In a utopia, Microsoft would approach Harebrained Schemes and say "You've done the series proud, in exchange for a cut of the sales, here's 50 million dollars. Keep the gameplay style the same if you want and you handle all the creative stuff, but go hog wild on the production value." Of course, in that same utopia I'm living in Japan, following the Joshi scene on my limitless budget, and drinking sake with wrestlers after shows. I guess I should just be happy Microsoft has let Harebrained schemes use their IP and kept their hands out of creative.- What are you playing now?
It's made by Avalanche, not some bottom dollar second rate company. That helps. I'm happy to see all the positive stuff around this game and can't wait for the promised Linux version to come out. No word on when it will happen, but if I had to guess, I'm thinking it may wind up being about the same time as when Steam Machines officially launch.- RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
Nice to see they cover the standard 4 anime bust sizes: Flat chested, small, large, and dayum. By the way, if you're at work, click that link at your own risk.- Remarks on Linux Development made by Staff
Relax. BAdler was speaking in matter of fact terms and the business reality is that developing for Linux is generally not profitable, particularly before Steam Machines come out (whether that drives up Linux market share or not remains to be seen) and particularly when it's the first time a company does a Linux port and they have to learn a new engine and/or port tools over to Linux. Every subsequent Linux port thereafter will be easier and should cost less to produce, thus making it potentially more profitable, because the company now has experience developing for Linux and they have tools in place that support Linux. That first time is always going to be the worst. All that aside, BAdler was asked a question and he answered honestly. Would you rather he told you the truth or what you wanted to hear? I'd rather he tell me the truth, even if the truth hurts a bit.- What are you playing now?
I finished the headquarters plot in X3: Albion Prelude, though I haven't bought my prize for finishing the missions yet. Unlike a lot of other plots, you don't get a freebie (we are talking about Teladi here, so it's not a surprise) at the end of this one, they sell you a headquarters. To make matters worse, it's bundled with a Teladi Albatross large transport, all for the low discount price of almost 50 million. It wouldn't be a bad deal if the Albatross wasn't complete garbage. It is arguably the worst ship in its class. It's slow and sluggish as molasses, which is not unusual for Teladi ships. However, the trade off with Teladi ships is that they generally have massive amounts of cargo capacity, but not the Albatross. In very un-Teladi fashion, the ship has pathetic cargo capacity for its class, so it literally has the worst of both worlds. To top it all off the design of the ship makes it childishly easy to hit. Granted, large transports are easy targets in general, but the Albatross presents a rather massive hit box from practically every angle, so even the slowest of dumbfire missiles couldn't miss it. Oh well, it's still worth it to get that headquarters and I can sell that hunk of junk Albatross after it's dropped my HQ off. While my trading empire has gotten to the point where buying something costing a couple million is something I can do without giving it a second thought, 50 million is still a considerable sum of money and will take me a while to save up for. In fact, my next steps will likely be to build another solar power plant and convert it to crystal-less, then probably do another one after that. In the short term it will considerably delay me affording the Albatross/HQ bundle, but in the long run it will be all types of worth it (The first crystal-less power plant I build is easily outpacing every other station I own in terms of the rate at which it brings in money. It will take a while for it to pay for itself, so it's still a net negative at this point, but eventually the net gains from it will far exceed any other station I currently own). Meanwhile, I've started up the hub plot working for the Boron. The first part was getting 1000 mosquito missiles for them. Easy peasy, those are found everywhere. The next part is getting 100 hornet missiles for them. That part is considerably more time consuming since so few places in the galaxy manufacture them and they are made in plants that also produce firestorm torpedoes, which take a ton of time to produce (the production alternates between making a batch of hornets and a batch of torpedoes). I contemplated building my own manufacturing plant to build hornet missiles to make the job go easier, but decided against it. I wouldn't expect to make much money off hornet missiles, though I could always use them myself. At one time, in earlier games, they were the premier heavy missile. These days there are more powerful missiles available. That's not to say that hornets are completely obsolete, but I personally prefer other types of missiles for every conceivable job: Wasps or Hurricanes against fighters. Typhoons against corvettes and frigates. Dumbfire behemoths like the firestorm torpedo against capital ships... or just go ham with typhoons. Really, while typhoon missiles are expensive, if you can afford to launch them in quantity, they're essentially an I Win Button. Another fun thing to do is to use Tornado missiles (dumbfire swarm missiles) essentially like a shotgun. You can absolutely shred fighter swarms with them, or corvettes or even frigates for that matter. Oh, you're launching a couple dozen fighters at me from a hangar bay? Here, let me fire off 10 Tornado missiles, have fun dodging 80 fast moving warheads. Good times.- Shadowrun: Hong Kong Kickstarter is UP!
Nice, they resolved the one minor problem I had with the game, the lack of a pop up explaining the hacking mini-game the first time it happens. Now I have nothing left to be pissed off about.- Pictures of your games Part 6
^ Zosha is so adorable. They're all so adorable. I might actually play as a non-rat in some games, I mean, I'll mostly play as a rat, but I might try a bunny or a bear or a wolf. It looks so lovely.