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Nice. I found the rumour dudes annoying.
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What are you Playing Now? - Right Now at the moment edition
melkathi replied to melkathi's topic in Computer and Console
I used MO back then, and it was strange changing to Vortex for Skyrim. -
What are you Playing Now? - Right Now at the moment edition
melkathi replied to melkathi's topic in Computer and Console
I am quite far along in Capes. Overall a very enjoyable turn based tactics game. It gets some flack for having specific characters, similar to Mutant Year Zero, Chimera Squad. There are no random missions. You can replay any mission at any time with a different configuration. The story is pretty dark. Years ago a group of villains killed the superheroes of the city and took over. Now the survivor sets op a team of young heroes to take revenge. It is interesting, because unlike many superhero games, there is no attempt to obfuscate the fact your team kills people. They pulled off the powers quite well. The team ups let characters enhance one of their powers with help of a nearby character. The speedster sets fire to where she runs with the help of the fire hero for example. The missions can be tough, but I enjoy figuring out how to best utilise every character to solve the problem at hand. There are people who complain the game is too puzzly. I feel there are a group of gamers strangely entitled. They believe that in a strategy game their strategy should win. In a tactics game their tactics should win. They don't want to work out a winning strategy, just to pretend they are good strategists. History is full of generals that lost battles. They had their strategies, just not winning ones. If they had access to steam forums, they'd have spammed that "Nerf the Roman legion. Slings are underpowered. These Devs know nothing of making a fun war. Why did my cavalry die charging fortified gun emplacements? This war sux" -
I couldn't bring myself to put up with the guy's rambling. He talks too much. Repeats himself too much. But the gist seems to be that there are plans for a year and a half of content. Some of it Cathay.
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The combat isn't bad once you get used to it. It isn't great either.
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I was hoping for a bit more Dwarf love than what was added in Thrones of Decay. I have trouble getting into the game though. Any faction you ally with will basically stop playing and get overrun. If you play Kislev, dwarves will get steamrolled by orcs. Empire will get wiped out by nurgle and vampires. If you play Dark Elves vampires will get wiped out by the Empire. So basically, if you have a favourite faction and want to see them win, play one of the opposing factions - the faction you like will wipe out the map and all you have to do is lose to them.
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Warhammer 40k 10th edition core rules are now free....
melkathi replied to Gorth's topic in Pen-and-Paper Gaming
Necromunda part1 The Ratling Slopper. Funny coincidence, I sent photos of this guy to the official Necromunda Facebook when they were asking for community pics. It was not shown and a few months later GW announced a ratling slopper of their own. Obviously I go by the theory that they were inspired by my mini and just don't want to admit it -
Warhammer 40k 10th edition core rules are now free....
melkathi replied to Gorth's topic in Pen-and-Paper Gaming
You asked for BloodBowl. You shall receive Blood Bowl. The Rotten Eggz Converted gobbo spearmen basically. The loony has a ball and squig instead of a ball and chain. The Pogo has a rocket pack. The doom diver rides a tie fighter and waves a lightsabre. But I lacked experience with LEDs so it and the bomba's cigar only really show in absolute darkness -
Workshop compatibility is something specifically added by the devs. I guess it promotes a laziness to just work within whatever that framework is. Similar to how indy devs say it is too much effort to release on more storefronts. In the end you get a de facto monopoly. Added to that, with a company that may not have itself given reason to distrust them, but also has given no reason to trust them, being based in a country that can be very anti-consumer.
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What are you Playing Now? - Right Now at the moment edition
melkathi replied to melkathi's topic in Computer and Console
Would be nice if the legate didn't suffer from so much plot stupidity -
What are you Playing Now? - Right Now at the moment edition
melkathi replied to melkathi's topic in Computer and Console
Got to the point in Necromunda Hired Gun where you can farm reputation with the different factions. I think it is funny these include a Genestealer Cult, a Helot Cult, and the Corpsegrinder Cult, with the devs not having bothered to give any of the three some cover name. -
What You've Done Today - We do not remember days, we remember moments
melkathi replied to ShadySands's topic in Way Off-Topic
Art Fair was a disaster. Embarrassingly few visitors. For me it went well on the networking side. A number of people from the art scene now know my face. And at least one person, influential in the local art scene made a point of telling everyone that my art is what they should be checking out. Also, I think a lady may have been flirting with me. But I am slow on the uptake so I am not certain. She said we'll go for coffee though once I am back in Athens so I guess we'll find out. -
Gaza - War does not determine who is right - only who is left
melkathi replied to Zoraptor's topic in Way Off-Topic
Bruce has a point in saying it is disingenuous saying we are all equal but based on colour/gender/sexuality you are expected to have opinion XYZ. As Die Toten Hosen said in a song (before they jumped onto the warmonger train of German hysteria) "Auch lesbische, schwarze Behinderte können ätzend sein". That said, the specific judge is apparently part of a church with strong ties and funding from Israel, so not necessarily unbiased. -
Do not see the arm and leg as a sacrifice, but as a chance to replace the weak flesh and come closer to machine perfection.