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Nephilm posted:Last time I heard that one, we got Mechwarrior Online. Refer to it as "the game that should not be mentioned" instead.
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Big Willy Style posted:The more likely scenario is someone just pulled that rumour out if their arse.
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Jan 21, 2014 21:34
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Arquinsiel posted:It's all "guy on the internet" to you, but the person I got it from is, in my book, pretty reliable. There's a lot of ex-studio staff hanging around Dublin and the like, and they still keep in touch with the HQ guys. The district manager I had when I was a redshirt is now running Warhammer World, for example (he is not the source). I've gotten to the point where I only believe it until I see the photos. Also, they haven't done a "big box" release since Dreadfleet. That was 2 years ago. We've had as many years of rumours of big box releases as we have actual "big box" releases. I would really love for them to make Epic or BFG again
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Jan 21, 2014 22:00
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Noctis Horrendae posted:A PvP 40k MMO is coming out, and contrary to what people said in other posts, it isn't canceled or even close to being canceled. GW is pretty has been farming out the license almost exclusively to terrible studios that have no business making games (with the exception of the now-defunct Relic). The only possible explanation is that GW is greedy as gently caress and demands ridiculous royalties in exchange for the license, resulting in proper developers laughing in their faces, while terrible studios with "movie game" money see it as an opportunity to make some easy cash from fanatics that will buy anything with 40k on the box.
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Big Willy Style posted:I've gotten to the point where I only believe it until I see the photos. Also, they haven't done a "big box" release since Dreadfleet. That was 2 years ago. We've had as many years of rumours of big box releases as we have actual "big box" releases.
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Arquinsiel posted:Bombards work better, what with having longer range and 120 pen rather than 90, and for that one central island you need Hydras or you may as well not bother. I tried looking for the LP, sadly all the images are long gone  Cardiac posted:Was it the map with the Orks spamming Fighta-Bommaz all the time? I seem to recall from what i played the Orks always started showing up with Titans/much heavier tanks far before i got them. Honestly i was really young when i played that game, so i was probably pretty awful at it. However i do recall sitting there and spending hours just reading the massive manual and looking at all the cool 40k stuff.
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Arquinsiel posted:You mean this? With better graphics.
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Noctis Horrendae posted:Refer to it as "the game that should not be mentioned" instead.
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Jan 21, 2014 22:52
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Baron Bifford posted:I like Mechwarrior Online. Why the hate?
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Speaking of Specialist Games, did Aeronautica Imperialis actually exist, or was it a drunken dream of mine?
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Jan 21, 2014 23:26
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It was Forge World only. I have the first two rulebooks and a small squadron for Imperial, Chaos and Eldar sitting in my room somewhere. It's basically Wings of War.
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Jan 21, 2014 23:56
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Is there somewhere I can get a new copy of Eisenhorn that won't set me back $100? I haven't found them in any bookstore and Amazon is pricing the cheapest copies at $40 or so used :/
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Right, he got back to me. Apparently the methodology for getting Chaos Gate working is thus: Copy the .exe from the CD to the PC, run it in Win95/98 as administrator. Run the game client in Win95/98 compatibility more. Game shits out in mission 3
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Jan 22, 2014 00:54
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Arquinsiel posted:Right, he got back to me. Apparently the methodology for getting Chaos Gate working is thus: That's the assault on the fortress? I think I experiencied that bug more than a decade ago The truth is Chaos Gate's code is a mess and it's performance varies widely from computer to computer, the only way I know it works smoothly is using a windows 95 emulator like virtual pc or installing it in an older computer.
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The Ninth Layer posted:Is there somewhere I can get a new copy of Eisenhorn that won't set me back $100? I haven't found them in any bookstore and Amazon is pricing the cheapest copies at $40 or so used :/ I was looking for a copy as a Christmas gift in December, and managed to find a brand new copy of it on ebay for 35 bucks. I'd just keep checking there.
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The Ninth Layer posted:Is there somewhere I can get a new copy of Eisenhorn that won't set me back $100? I haven't found them in any bookstore and Amazon is pricing the cheapest copies at $40 or so used :/ When did they stop printing it? I bought a new copy for $18 like 12 months ago.
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Jan 22, 2014 04:45
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More importantly, why do they stop printing some of their most popular books? I'm looking at you, Visions of the Heresy.
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Jan 22, 2014 05:01
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Because digital books are a better ROI. Codex: Tyranids even has Day 1 DLC.
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You know, it wouldn't be hard to mod final liberation to add in a faction or two. It's all sprites anyway. On the chaos gate front, I have final liberation and chaos gate working perfectly well on my lovely notebook. It's XP still, and it was just a matter of installing them (I have the discs, weirdly enough). The same notebook also has shadow of the horned rat, dark omen and rites of war on it. All run without any comparability shenanigans, just bog standard XP. I should probably do an LP of final liberation at least.
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Big Willy Style posted:I've gotten to the point where I only believe it until I see the photos. Also, they haven't done a "big box" release since Dreadfleet. That was 2 years ago. We've had as many years of rumours of big box releases as we have actual "big box" releases. Still play these games and love them. You know that if they released again they would just ruin them.
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eyeslikethunder posted:Still play these games and love them. You know that if they released again they would just ruin them. I liked their new versions of space hulk more than the originals so, no, I don't know.
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lenoon posted:You know, it wouldn't be hard to mod final liberation to add in a faction or two. It's all sprites anyway.
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eyeslikethunder posted:Still play these games and love them. You know that if they released again they would just ruin them.
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Haha, Chaos Gate. "The Emperor orders you to die!" " I die for Chaos "
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Nephilm posted:Because digital books are a better ROI. Codex: Tyranids even has Day 1 DLC. I guarantee they make more money off printed books than digital products.
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So, for a lark, I browsed 40k on my kobo and what I found was This. Read the 1 star review. Is it wrong I really wanna download and drunk read this before GW preforms a C/D on it?
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bunnyofdoom posted:So, for a lark, I browsed 40k on my kobo and what I found was This. Read the 1 star review. You must share it if you do.
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If it is up tomorrow I will buy it and the next time I have a day off from flying I'd get drunk and make notes as I read it. It may be in February. Also reading online about it I have two words about it..... "power boners".
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Introduction posted:And perhaps another; though I am loathe to title it as such, this is fan fiction. I do not own the sandbox I play with. But a painter can borrow canvas and oils, and the masterpiece he creates is a product of his heart and mind alone Let that be the case. I don't....think that's how it works. First page "STAY FROSTY" count: 1. Description posted:Overview sniper4625 fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Jan 23, 2014 |
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Why didn't Abaddon just go balls deep on his last crusade and blow up Cadia from orbit? Seems like that would be easier than a ground war.
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Night Lords! Ready the Cyclonic Torpedoes. Wait...is that the World Eaters...GOD drat IT WHO GAVE THEM THE BOARDING CRAFTS AGAIN!!!
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Aziraphale posted:Why is Eisenhorn so expensive? Because Black Library doesn't believe in cutting prices based on how long the book has been out.
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Noctis Horrendae posted:I guarantee they make more money off printed books than digital products. total revenue is different from ROI. I guarantee that the ROI for digital is better.
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Sheizerbrick posted:Why didn't Abaddon just go balls deep on his last crusade and blow up Cadia from orbit? Seems like that would be easier than a ground war. The (Necron) artifacts on Cadia are the reason why the Cadian Gate exists.
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Nephilm posted:The (Necron) artifacts on Cadia are the reason why the Cadian Gate exists. Might as well just ask why 99% of defeats don't result in Exterminatus by the losing faction. Every faction outside the Tau have shown themselves to be incredible sore losers, so one often wonders why upon losing the ground battle they don't immediately destroy the planet out of spite. ANSWER: Because that would be boring...
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Also he lost his Planet Killer during the 12th Black Crusade.
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Uroboros posted:Might as well just ask why 99% of defeats don't result in Exterminatus by the losing faction. Every faction outside the Tau have shown themselves to be incredible sore losers, so one often wonders why upon losing the ground battle they don't immediately destroy the planet out of spite. No, it's a pretty sound reason. While it's possible the Imperium would destroy Cadia if they lost it (which they haven't), it's too valuable a strategic position for Abaddon (who's a pragmatist) to destroy it out of spite - without the Cadian Gate, he loses the ability to launch large-scale incursions into the Imperium.
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Nephilm posted:No, it's a pretty sound reason. While it's possible the Imperium would destroy Cadia if they lost it (which they haven't), it's too valuable a strategic position for Abaddon (who's a pragmatist) to destroy it out of spite - without the Cadian Gate, he loses the ability to launch large-scale incursions into the Imperium. Isn't it set-up to be some kind of Space-Gibraltar? Like the Imperium holds it because it's not only a strategic point but because it's always been held against enemy attacks. If they lost it they'd dump a few trillion guardsmen on it just to have an Eagle somewhere on the planet. Am I over analyzing pulp sci fi again?
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handbanana125 posted:Isn't it set-up to be some kind of Space-Gibraltar? Like the Imperium holds it because it's not only a strategic point but because it's always been held against enemy attacks. If they lost it they'd dump a few trillion guardsmen on it just to have an Eagle somewhere on the planet. Am I over analyzing pulp sci fi again?
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