Gorth

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How do you guys pronounce "Csikszentmihalyi"? Doesn't exactly flow easy off the tongue Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Csikszentmihalyi R'lyeh...

Hard to say, as I've yet to play Kaon under Siege and Lost Island. Even now, selecting the entire category in groupfinder, it seems to hate those two and they never "pop". I think some day i'm just going to queue specifically for them. Even though Black Talon/Esseles having a disproportionate amount of dialogue choices so early in the game, they are probably my favourites. Heavy on story elements and just the combat necessary. Directive 7 and Cadmimu aren't too bad either (the latter two having some interesting boss fights). The whole Maelstroem Prison / Jedi Prisoner thing would/could have been good if they hadn't messed up the story towards the end .

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I've never reported bugs on their website, but I probably got about a dozen in game bug reports filed (getting the standard bot answer with stuff passed on to QA). The Diabloist hood us still fubar as is the jacket for for the (now two) formal tuxedos (emphasized in the second bug report when second set got released that it's only messed up for female body type 1, which just so happens to be Mako and Kaliyo). Risha is unselectable from the character companion tab half the times you log in (you can equip your other companions but not her, next and previous buttons just bypasses her) and so on. Tonnes of little niggly bits.

You are one of Biowares favourite customers My trooper got his own HK finally. As I suspected, right clicking the box at the exit of Maelstroem Prison isn't enough, it just opens the box. Then you have to click the datacron inside the box (and hoping the FP story owner hasn't left before you make your way up there) for the loyalty chip. Using the double XP a bit, my Sith Warrior is now level 48.5. You can only push the fast leveling so far though, as eventually the curve flattens out a bit (because nothing you do really gives any exp then). Maybe he should grind some flashpoints and space missions for the rest level and a half.

Yeah, sounds about right. My level 55 trooper ended up there with 3 other DPS guys through the queue. By accident no less, as I thought I was only queuing for HM Maelstrom Prison (which I need to run again to get that elusive HK part I forgot after completing it specifically for that purpose). Hadn't noticed that I had left a tick in the CZ flashpoints. They probably default to SM.

Czerka (like the changes to Esseles/Black Talon) is "class less". That means you don't need a tank, two dps and a healer for it to pop. Been there with 4 dps, which does tend to make the queue go faster.

If somebody has asked me 10 years ago to place bets, I would probably have put my money on Belgium splitting into seperate Walloon and Flemish states. Now, Scotland and Catalonia looks like the regions with the strongest independence movements. Don't underestimate the Scots... there may be more potential scotsmen than first anticipated: http://youtu.be/qxDJMn-534Y

It's like the long ignored kid in class that eventually decides to raise his and say "Hey, I'm here too!" Maybe somebody finally got to the letter 'G' in the politicians 101? (G for Geopolitics).

Not sure if any of is to my liking, but being dirt cheap is a good way to try out games you wouldn't normally buy. Grabbed Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition, Dark Souls and Enslaved for a bit of action games. Need something to scratch the old Painkiller itch.

Double XP weekend... and a long weekend at that. Well, at least the negative impact is just about non-existent this time. I'm even going to use it a bit to my advantage. Having a couple of max level characters, they just gain additional legacy points, which is all good. My two mid level 40 characters (Sniper and Sith Warrior) will probably get a bit of screen time and see if I can't push them over the line to level 50 (because past experience has taught me that bit feels like it takes forever (need gazillions of xp) and the difference in playstyle between 45 and 50 is neglible, as you don't really get many more "new" abilities).

You all speak the same language, have essentially the same cultural background and history. If I travel 150km west I end up in a country without human speech OR undertsandable counting method. Detailed explanation; http://satwcomic.com/just-a-number Oooh... satw (Scandinavia and the World). Gorth's favourite web comic. Here Denmark is trying to teach America the differences between the Scandinavian languages: Language Lesson Related languages, yet slightly different. I've met dialects in Denmark that was more different to Danish than say Swedish.

Just got an email from Logic Artists that my physical rewards have shipped from Copenhagen. I don't even remember being entitled the physical rewards, but the tracking ID definitely showed something weighing more than half a Kg being shipped Maybe I should go back the the kickstarter page and see what my $$$ entitled me to

*mumbles something about expert opinion* Maybe the missing red circles around them makes them seem to blend in with the background. The characters in the other screenshot has their blue circles, making them stand out from the background at a quick glance.

The ghost spawns almost in the middle of the map, a bit SSW of the imperial outpost. It's a "depleted crystal" or some such. Stands out a bit in the snow landscape. You need to have shock frozen water (moisture collected on Tattooine and brought to Hoth's mountains) in your inventory to get the crystal. Also needs some pristine adegan crystals which are found on Alderaan and refined on either Tython or Korriban together with some other stuff (as in my screenshot). The schematics seems to be a rare drop from some a few sources. The low level ones (+16) drops regularly from the world bosses (trapjaw, ulgo siegebreaker etc.). Not 100% sure where I got the +41 from. I did hang onto it for a while because none of my toons had sufficient skill. Could have been a high level WB or a HM flashpoint possibly.

That's not even a spell that's in any of the BG games...lol Duh, it was called 'Friends' in BG2 Might just be my queue for a replay of the game. It's been a while since now.

Heh, looks like they like to keep it exciting (crossing fingers and hoping for TB)

I found the BG's more complicated than complex (two different things for me). Hands up all those who regularly cast Eagles Splendor? It quickly boiled down to simple measures and countermeasures, hidden under a thick layer of unnecessary "junk", filling up spell lists and inventories with little or never used stuff (making it complicated rather than complex). One of the few things the system did right, was it actually allowed you to use positioning to some effect in some encounters. Otherwise it was a matter of buff, strip enemy spell caster of buffs, kill enemy spell caster, kill everything else. Magic was ridiculously powerful. Is voting done yet? If so, how did it turn out?

Time to put this thread on a diet... New version here

Food, glorious food! Start of old thread End of old thread You guys eat too much... No, seriously, made some "pasta bake" over the weekend (served with some nice white wine from the fridge). Delicious. It's just that it made me feel like I gained 20kg overnight Corn Chowder, huh? One of those things I need to google I suppose As for German cuisine, I always associated that with schnitzel, wurst and sauerkraut (all of which is delicious).

Start old Good Old Thread End of Good Old Thread We need some good games to get older fast so GoG can get them...

Pun intended? So, where is my option for the Kalmar Union??? Edit: Thread getting a bit old and off topic. Time for some new threads... GOG

Speaking of my commando... only needed one last bit (loyalty chip) for his own HK droid. Went off and played HM Maelstroem Prison. Made it to the end. Right clicked on flashing grey box next to flashpoint exit doorway and thought all was good and walked through doorway. Guess what?... no HK part. Apparently just right clicking on box isn't enough. Probably one of those where you have to do it twice (once for open, once for pickup). I guess I have to do it again Tried my hand at the force ghost on Ilum (for the magenta crystal), just to test the waters so to speak. Hehe.... got my butt so royally kicked, I'm sure I still got blue and yellow bruises on my rear. I think I need to get at least another person, preferably two to help out with that one Other than that, it was an early Sunday spent mostly walking a few toons through various flashpoints. Generally easier at those times for the sheer number of people playing and queuing. Splurged a bit on the GTN and completed my collection of ride-able animals (added the Dewback to the Varactyls and Zeldrate). Edit: Spent some time in the supplies section of Fleet and checked what my commendations can buy me (now and later the elite and ultimate ones). Frankly, it sucks. I wonder who thought a tank needs criticals, accuracy, surge and what have you? I want damage mitigation, not being a jack of all trades and master of none. Feels like an effin bard.

"Community Manager"... isn't that just a professional scapegoat who gets to deal with disgruntled forumites ravings and rantings and occasionally share news that upper management has cleared for release? Not really "people management"