Keyrock

Yet another massive collapse for the Cowboys. Romo threw 2 picks late, and he certainly deserves a lot of the blame, but the playcalling was atrocious. The Cowboys flat refusal to run the ball was some of the worst offensive playcalling I've seen in a long time. Up by multiple touchdowns in the second half and averaging OVER 7 YARDS PER CARRY they kept refusing to run the ball, which led to them using up very little clock, which in turn led to the Packers scoring on the Cowboys historically bad defense again and again and again. Just mind-numbingly bad playcalling. The saddest part is that this dumpster fire of a team still somehow controls its own destiny.

With SR4 they somewhat moved away from "porn" territory, which, supposedly was something THQ more pushed them to do than what the devs wanted to do themselves, and more into just straight goofball wackiness territory.

Correct. The only MMO on the horizon that looks like it may change the formula even in the slightest bit is Everquest Next, hence why it's the only one I have even the slightest bit of interest in, though I have a sneaking suspicion that it's grand promises of turning the genre upside down will turn out to be just candy coating atop the same old tired MMO formula.

Did you play the Dominatrix? Yeah, I don't know how you can cross more lines than Enter the Dominatrix. That DLC is completely bonkers. They pretty much take the 4th wall, smash it, grind it into dust, set the dust on fire, then take a leak on the ashes.

So delete it. It's the only MMO that has held my attention any length of time. I can't explain why.

Yeah, GWFs don't have as high spikes in damage as CWs and TRs can do, but they dish out a steady torrent of damage to large numbers of enemies. I'm specced mostly toward critical and life steal, hence my other stats tend to suffer. I have no clue how someone gets 8000 Power and 5000 crit, gotta spec full into those stats and have rank 10s, I guess.

Here are my stats (no campfire or potion bonuses):

Ready to launch

I've never bought any bank slots or bags of holding. I use the bank of mail stuff to myself and leave it in the mail for however long.

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Yeah, I haven't played a DC, but I would imagine that they are not particularly well suited to soloing. People will LOVE you in a group, though, provided you are good at your role. GWFs are fairly well balanced, in that they are good at solo PvE and they have an important role to play in group PvE (Mopping up groups of adds/lesser mobs. GWFs can take on larger/boss enemies, but they can't match the damage output of a TR against single targets and they can't hold aggro and absorb damage quite as well as a GF). GWFs suck in PvP, but I never PvP so it's no skin off my back.

I suspect it's because they are essentially running a lottery and you've got all the different laws in place around that that they'd have to work through. That's likely at least part of it. As strange as this may sound, it can be a lot more complicated to give something away than it is to sell it when it comes to shipping, especially across country borders and especially if it has to do with anything that could be perceived as some kind of lottery.

I've never done a solo dungeon on a non-daily, not in Sharandar and not in whatever the name of the area (Dread something?) of the Shadowmantle module is called. As far as dying, that's something that never ever comes up (unless I take a plunge into a bottomless pit because I'm dicking around or something) outside of epic dungeons. All the solo stuff is a piece of cake once you have some decent gear. Seeing as I have all either top level or really close to top level gear and all minimum rank 7 enchantments, I have zero fear of dying in anything solo. Even skirmishes are generally a piece of cake, unless I happen to get stuck with a group that's full of people that have absolutely no clue what they're doing. Tier 2 epic dungeons are the only things left that are truly challenging. If you're not part of a group that knows what they are doing, you have no chance of completing a tier 2 epic, no matter how good you are and how good your gear is. The good thing about tier 2 epic dungeons is that they demand proper teamwork. It's impossible to just brute force them because you will just get annihilated.

Pardon my ignorance, but what does "going full codexian" mean? I can only assume it has something to do with RPGCodex.

But they DID talk about combat during the Kickstarter campaign. This update came out while the Kickstarter campaign was still running, hence anyone watching and reading it could have chosen to not pledge or even revoke their pledge at that time: Update 14 In the video Tony Evans talks about combat, states quite clearly that they are still undecided, there will be a vote, and that they will present an outline of how each system would work at the time of the vote. inXile did exactly what they said they were going to do during the Kickstarter campaign by putting the combat system up to a vote, with the one caveat being that by the time they had the vote, the design team had already started leaning toward turn-based, for reasons that were explained in the update that accompanied the vote. Hence, the reason why it would (likely) have taken a large majority voting for RTwP for them to go against their own preference, rather than just a narrow win for RTwP (it's a moot point since TB won the vote by a narrow margin anyway). There is no breach of trust. inXile did what they said they would do during the campaign. As for the "quite a lot of backers" they supposedly lost, chances are the number is quite small. The chatter may seem negative about the vote, but that's because those satisfied with the outcome, and this is most likely the vast majority of people (those that voted TB, those that voted indifferent, possibly a significant portion of those that voted RTwP (those only leaning toward RTwP and not passionate about it), and most likely the vast majority of those that didn't even care enough to vote [since Torment isn't a game defined by combat anyway]), are mostly staying quiet about it, or have simply said their piece and moved on. Like with anything else, you have the loud minority. Those with sour grapes that yell at the top of their lungs and make the most noise. Generally speaking, this group of people usually comprises a very small percentage of the whole. It's highly unlikely that this case is any different. Ultimately, the quality of the finished product will determine how many fans inXile has kept/lost/gained. How the combat system chosen plays into that remains to be seen.

He(?) has a stoic expression on his face, like he's endured many hardships and much mental anguish, but has persevered for the betterment of family and country.

UT99 was pretty ****ing rad. I don't generally like arena shooters, but even I thought that game was awesome.

I kind of like the way things are right now, with inXile and Obsidian Entertainment being two separate entities while having a close working relationship. I don't think it's possible to completely return to the 90s Interplay and Black Isle days as both those entities still exist as some weird, twisted, perverted, abominable simulacrums. If both Wasteland 2 and Pillars of Eternity deliver, and the early consensus on the Wasteland 2 beta (I haven't played it myself so this is purely hearsay) seems to be positive, then I think we will be as close to 90s Interplay/Black Isle as it's realistically possible to get. The RPG landscape is looking pretty good on the horizon with Atlus picking up much of the slack for The Artist Formerly Known as Squaresoft (though Squeenix does still put out some good RPGs, just for handhelds) and From Software and CD Projekt RED doing some really good things. In a shocking move out of left field, Ubisoft is even publishing a core Might & Magic game. I've played it (Early Access), and it's honest to goodness old-school Might & Magic. Now, if we could only get late 90s/early 00s BioWare back, then we'd truly be in another Golden Age of RPGs.

Could a mimic turn into a gelatinous cube, or is it just treasure chests that they like to disguise themselves as? I have to say that the newest module, Shadowmantle, is pretty decent. I like it better than Sharandar. It's not as visually appealing, but there is at least a wider variety of things to do. Plus, the Phantasmal Fortress solo dungeon is pretty rad. It's got some nice M.C. Escher type stuff going on.

Should've been called Thundertits. Pretty cool fight there at the end. I thought my Thorwalian Lady Pirate was a rather large and muscular woman, but she made me look like a child by comparison.

Rip City is back. Aldridge is a beast. I love Lillard's game. He's Smart, savvy, great attitude and bring his a Oakland moxie with him. Matthews and Batum are really coming into their own this year. I don't necessarily see them as top four in the West though. Spurs OKC Golden State LAC Rip City Houston Dallas Lakers ...Flame suit on. Agreed. They're definitely a playoff team, they may even get home court for the first round, but I don't see the Blazers getting the 1 or 2 seed. The Spurs and Thunder will leapfrog them eventually.

It looks like the Raptors are not finished dumping - Kyle Lowry is probably next. He's on an expiring contract and is a UFA next year. Brad Stevens is way too competent a coach and he's ruining the Celtics. Damn you, Brad, this is the year you WANT to bottom out. Danny Ainge needs to pull him aside and explain the concept of rebuilding through the draft during what's being projected to be one of the best drafts ever. They did lose their last 2, so maybe Danny has already had a little talk with him.

It's out already? I wonder if the Android version is out already? Edit: Looks like I have another week to wait for the Android version. Hopefully my phone can handle it. How does it play with touch controls? The controls are decent enough, though I do miss having analog sticks, and driving motorcycles is very chaotic on a touch screen lol I sucked at riding motorcycles even with analog sticks. From the videos I've seen of the mobile version, it looks better than the original PS2 version, but not as good as the PC version. GTA: San Andreas is one of my favorite games ever, so I'm going to be all over this next week, provided my phone can handle it.

Heck yes, I definitely want a mimic companion. Also, ice fishing!