melkathi

Well, that mission went downhill fast. The Out Of Action list doesn't even fit on the screen...

Funny you should say that - I was very interested because it is a world of darkness game, but I was turned off by the trailer.

Though it can be trickier on the phone.

Werewolf: the Apocalypse - Earthblood released today. If anyone ends up playing it, I'd be interested to hear opinions.

100 hours into Troubleshooter, I took out the White Tiger gang tonight. It was a hectic but fun fight. I opted for the risky deployment, splitting my group up into two squads. The main squad took out one of the White Tiger leaders more by accident than anything else, as he ran into overwatch fire. Then they got bogged down a bit trying to clear out snipers and split off the SWAT contingent to help rebuke the White Tiger counter attack on the police cordon. All that kinda meant that instead of the second squad creating a diversion for the first squad to get to the White Tiger bossman, it found most of the gangers taking cover, facing the other direction. I had kinda hoped the Spoonists would grab the opportunity to attack the White Tiger gang themselves, but they stayed out of it so I let them stay out of it (which means, my sniper spotted the non-mission relevant characters before they spotted me, allowing me to circle around them and not have to put up with that headache as well).

C should have been for Cone to go?

This article made me chuckle in a patronising European way. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/01/us/capitol-rioters-non-voters-invs/index.html

71 hours into Troubleshooter I now have a full team of 8 characters. I think there are two more to hire from the FreeLC. I have tamed two pets and built one robo-drone. I could now either push the main story or just farm the various missions for materials and beasts to tame. And materials. Loads of materials. The jrpg farming has opened up and beckons suggestively. I mean if I get my hands on a Pure High Quality Oil Sac, I could craft that bangle to complete the Lightning Nigoori set and seriously boost Scion's damage output. Until he is high enough level to use the Draki stuff, which I expect will have an even bettererer set. And all I need to craft a Pure High Quality Oil Sac is 10 Big Oil Sac. Which I can make out of 10 Oil Sacs each. Ok, I don't have any of those either, but I should have 3 Small Oil Sacs left and I only need 7 more to make a standard sized Oil Sac. So if I get 997 more I should be set... I do like that in proper Anime/Manage/jRPG fashion, all the baddies and npcs etc have their story arcs. I understand to an extent the criticism from some reviews that the enemies felt samsie to them - is there truly a difference between an Angry Bull hoodlum with a machine gun and a White Tiger gangster with a machine gun, other than the colour of their outfit? Is there a difference between a Spoonist and a Smuggler? Other than the obvious yes, level, quality of equipment, passive abilities? Obviously. The Spoonist will share his bowl of rice with his brothers of the [Spoon]. He will welcome you to his humble table and share that bowl with you. He'll offer you the [spoon] and a chance to come along on the quest for the [coordinates] and the promise of Paradise. Spoonism will welcome all of you. OK, maybe not if you are White Tiger gang. I mean, who'd really want to welcome those guys? Especially after Starlight Junction. I mean there are limits even to divine forgiveness.

There must have been a better way to cut off the text if it doesn't fit

When you have probably outleveled a mission The tone of the story has taken a turn towards the dark Because games need sexy geriatric snipers (she is 34, which is like 169 in anime years) job interviews and for the social commentary (and to anger some people), hashbrown IStandWithRay (who got arrested for punching a guy who got hantsy (though this screenshot may have been the time her boss fired her and reported her for theft because she refused to sleep with him))

And suddenly everyone on the forum realized that LadyCrimson was Gromnir's alt account.

I am at 87 hours in Troubleshooter and ready to start the pokemon part of the game and try to tame all the beasts I can.

Reads things on the internet? Must be a villain.

Hmm, while I will of course play that game, there is a character in the game I currently play who would have a very predictable opinion about that.

So the translation of Troubleshooter gets worse as the game progresses. I guess they had help with fan edits in Early Access, so the older content had more eyes on it.

I went with the middle ground and got jurisdiction for the district the lady who runs the bar in Shooter Street lives. I think Sion has a bit of a crush on her and she had hired us to do a mission there before. Gameplay wise it isn't the most income I could get, but it means I am not at 3/5 Residential jurisdictions and havea presence in 3 different sectors.

Why should they learn? People have gone more crazy over Skyrim than they had Oblivion. Other companies are learning from Bethesda that this is the way to go.

Bah, can finally buy a troubleshooter license to get jurisdiction for a third district and can't decide which. Make an RP choice or make a gameplay choice...

So I said to myself yesternight, Let's do one quick rescue mission before going to bed. You'll sleep better knowing you haven't left these NPCs in a state of terror. It will be quick. You have a strong team. Started the mission with my team of 6 and was joined by the VCPD Inspector and SWAT. Loads of SWAT. Rushed the first terrace easily enough and took out the villains there. Was thinking how controlling 13 units in turn based combat was a bit of a drag as I made to rush the next group. One of them was a boss. Hand't encountered him before. Took out my main ranged damage dealer and my backup healer in the first 5 minutes of the mission. Oops. Decided to be more careful. Ambushed a two man patrol. Snipers on the roof noticed. And while the majority of the snipers ran up to the edge of the roof to line up targets, one ran to the opposite side to shout at the people gathered there. Within a few minutes my squad was bogged down on a street corner, hiding behind a truck and a van, while 40 or so gangsters came at them from two directions. The third was were we had come from. The fourth was the building with the snipers. Some villains tried to circle around from there, but the Hero Irene and one VCPD Stryker rushed them, and while the Stryker kept them occupied, the Hero Irene dashed up the stairs, past more villains, took out half the snipers, dashed past the other half, turned around and dashed back taking down everyone she had passed. Meanwhile, the main squad was fighting desperately, with smoke grenades tossed about by both sides. It looked really grim when two villainous swordmen broke through and took out the healer. Who then came back as a spirit to haunt them and possessed the swordman who had taken her out. That bought us some time. In the end it was past 4AM, 3 heroes and 3 SWAT officers down (miraculously not the Stryker who had accompanied Irene) but all objectives completed. Quick mission he said. It will be easy he said...

I think she is on the spectrum as kids would say nowadays. She will run past a crime scene because she is concentrating on running towards the crime scene. She can't remember faces - when everyone else says "Hey, we saw you at that crime scene," Irene is thinking "Have I seen this person before?"

Your daily dose of the Hero Irene: Now for the pop-quiz to see how well you understand being a hero: Question 1: Fear is the cowardly method of what kind of person? Answer: Question 2: Who's common weakness are rage and conceit? Answer: Bonus Question with possible story spoiler:

It is my superpower 😄 Just note, Troubleshooter needs a bit of patience for the first 10 hours as you slowly unlock access to the basics. I saw some negative reviews on Steam, and having played the game a lot now, my first reaction was "Did you even finish the tutorial? You only played 10 hours..." Then I took a step back and realized that reaction may be a bit unfair.

I haven't tried out all the options, but there is an option to set non-ally or ally unit speeds from Normal to Fast, Very Fast, Super Fast or Absolutely Fast.

It doesn't get better. I chose to watch something else. Started Duck Tales yesterday. Season 1 Episode 1 from 1987.