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ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

tuluk posted:

yo.if anyone want a 30day trial key for the Secret World MMO, let me know.


isn't secret world f2p now?

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ElMaligno
Dec 31, 2004

Be Gay!
Do Crime!

Lazy Reservist posted:

Spec Ops: The Line does that too.

Spec ops is more a criticism about modern war games than about war itself.

still

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

This is all your fault.

quantumfoam
Dec 25, 2003

ded posted:

isn't secret world f2p now?

it's almost f2p. they dropped the need for a subscription, but you still need to buy the base game. overall, it's interesting....and really should have been released as a 40hr adventure RPG instead of a MMO.
definitely worth getting if it drops below $11 on steam or origin.

Fart Sandwiches
Apr 4, 2006

i never asked for this

Christoff posted:

PS4 Digital Download Voucher Games: Far Cry 4, Destiny, NBA 2K15 or LBP 3 $28 (Digital Download Voucher) - http://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/140950

Almost bit for lbp3 but the cocksucker sends the code via mail. How loving backwards is that?

Nostalgia4Butts
Jun 1, 2006

WHERE MY HOSE DRINKERS AT

Fart Sandwiches posted:

Almost bit for lbp3 but the cocksucker sends the code via mail. How loving backwards is that?

they're probably pulling the voucher included in the PS4 bundle for target/walmart and reselling them

Fart Sandwiches
Apr 4, 2006

i never asked for this

FAT SLAMPIG posted:

they're probably pulling the voucher included in the PS4 bundle for target/walmart and reselling them

Yeah but they could still type it up and email it to me. That's got to be easier than physically mailing something.

quantumfoam
Dec 25, 2003

any tips for getting used to the camera in MG:R? I've been fighting the camera more than the mooks/metal ray, and going into blade mode seems to always have me facing empty air.
inverted camera modes, lower or higher sensitives?

Naked Bear
Apr 15, 2007

Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!
Found this cool trading tool for Elite:
http://www.elitetradingtool.co.uk/

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





tuluk posted:

any tips for getting used to the camera in MG:R? I've been fighting the camera more than the mooks/metal ray, and going into blade mode seems to always have me facing empty air.
inverted camera modes, lower or higher sensitives?

i put the sensitivity all the way up and use the camera lock key as often as possible, though that can create its own problems

i got completely hosed over by the blade wolf or whatever it's called because every time it knocked me into a wall the camera would spin to show my face so i'd just get hammered over and over

pretty awesome game once you get the blocking down though

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

This is all your fault.

You are still a good person.

White phosphorous is a common allotrope used in your slaughter at the Gate. It can set fire to soldiers and the innocent civilians they are trying to help.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

I bought a Federal Dropship. 12 million left in the bank, insurance is 1.4 mil which is what an Asp with top tier kit cost. I'll be grinding a bit to get back into A class gear, but since I have the most fun with the combat track it was time to move into a specialist ship.

FSD, power plant, and power distributor are priority upgrades for now.


E:
Class 3 weapons :circlefap:

EBB fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Dec 24, 2014

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus
is this going to be one of those things were you guys sperg out about a game and then stop playing it next week? or is ED actually worth the $60?

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

With a modest loadout I just axed an Anaconda fast without dropping shields and without the use of shield cells. :stare: This thing is going to be sick when I have the cash to upgrade more.
As it is now Cobras pop like Sidewinders used to when i had the Asp.

Nostalgia4Dogges
Jun 18, 2004

Only emojis can express my pure, simple stupidity.

Fart Sandwiches posted:

Almost bit for lbp3 but the cocksucker sends the code via mail. How loving backwards is that?

eBay policy I think

A dude selling a code could probably get away with it but yeah

Carteret
Nov 10, 2012


ded posted:

is this going to be one of those things were you guys sperg out about a game and then stop playing it next week? or is ED actually worth the $60?

This is what I'm worried about.

I need a flight stick anyway.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

'smeper fi

Carteret posted:

This is what I'm worried about.

I need a flight stick anyway.

I bought Elite Dangerous and it's fun enough but retrieving the flight stick from the garage had me looking at civilian aviation sims. One Steam sale later and I now have Microsoft Flight Sim X and X-Plane 10 that I've been loving around with more than ED.

ElMaligno
Dec 31, 2004

Be Gay!
Do Crime!

ded posted:

is this going to be one of those things were you guys sperg out about a game and then stop playing it next week? or is ED actually worth the $60?

I treat ED like most game i buy, play for an hour and never again pick up.

"This is cool as gently caress, so here is $60 for making a cool as gently caress thing"

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!
Elite isn't all that great. I can't stomach the idea of burning a dozen hours doing loving lovely trade questing to earn a ship that does more trading or whatever. I kinda regret dropping the money on it.

Nostalgia4Infinity
Feb 27, 2007

10,000 YEARS WASN'T ENOUGH LURKING

ded posted:

is this going to be one of those things were you guys sperg out about a game and then stop playing it next week? or is ED actually worth the $60?

If that seems like your bag get it. I've given up on chasing the "it" thing. Play something you enjoy :shrug:

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

'smeper fi

holocaust bloopers posted:

Elite isn't all that great. I can't stomach the idea of burning a dozen hours doing loving lovely trade questing to earn a ship that does more trading or whatever. I kinda regret dropping the money on it.

You should show me how the gently caress I am supposed to be flying poo poo in X-Plane. I just figured out how to work the GPS and autopilot on the Beechcraft Baron.

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

Hekk posted:

You should show me how the gently caress I am supposed to be flying poo poo in X-Plane. I just figured out how to work the GPS and autopilot on the Beechcraft Baron.

Like for landings or takeoffs? Honestly the best way to learn is to read how it's done in real life. Practice, practice, practice.

Hekk
Oct 12, 2012

'smeper fi

holocaust bloopers posted:

Like for landings or takeoffs? Honestly the best way to learn is to read how it's done in real life. Practice, practice, practice.

Mainly how to talk to ATC and program radios and stuff. I can take off and land and navigate ok now.

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

Hekk posted:

Mainly how to talk to ATC and program radios and stuff. I can take off and land and navigate ok now.

If you have zero aspirations about flying on VATSIM, don't even bother with that poo poo. The most you'll have to use radios for are some aircraft that require the ILS freq to be dialed in on a separate control unit.

The built-in ATC for X-plane is mostly terrible and will get you completely lost more than anything else.

krispykremessuck
Jul 22, 2005

unlike most veterans and SA members $10 is not a meaningful expenditure for me

I'm gonna have me a swag Bar-B-Q
I've been playing Elite in some form or another since May and I'm not tired of it. Then again I spend maybe only 45 minutes to an hour with it at a time every few days. It's not a race.

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!
That's cool you dudes dig Elite. I totally understand why. It just offers nothing to keep me interested in doing a grind.

krispykremessuck
Jul 22, 2005

unlike most veterans and SA members $10 is not a meaningful expenditure for me

I'm gonna have me a swag Bar-B-Q

holocaust bloopers posted:

That's cool you dudes dig Elite. I totally understand why. It just offers nothing to keep me interested in doing a grind.

That's why I'm suggesting not to grind it.

Lazy Reservist
Nov 30, 2005

FUBIJAR
I'm getting a lot out of ED by just hopping from system to system, picking up random contracts, selling exploration data, and popping the occasional AI rat.

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

Nostalgia4Infinity posted:

If that seems like your bag get it. I've given up on chasing the "it" thing. Play something you enjoy :shrug:

I have an x52 pro, I've played flight sims since chuck yeagers and original air warrior on GEnnie, and like X3. I'm just leery of dropping 60 bucks and hating it. If the combat is good it could hold my attention.

Bolow
Feb 27, 2007

ded posted:

I have an x52 pro, I've played flight sims since chuck yeagers and original air warrior on GEnnie, and like X3. I'm just leery of dropping 60 bucks and hating it. If the combat is good it could hold my attention.

If shooting things is your thing do not get Elite Dangerous.

Take it from me :smith:

bloops
Dec 31, 2010

Thanks Ape Pussy!

ded posted:

I have an x52 pro, I've played flight sims since chuck yeagers and original air warrior on GEnnie, and like X3. I'm just leery of dropping 60 bucks and hating it. If the combat is good it could hold my attention.

Save your cash. It's a space trucking simulator and a highly unengaging one at that.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

holocaust bloopers posted:


The built-in ATC for X-plane is mostly terrible and will get you completely lost more than anything else.

So the 963rd has taken over the airspace, I guess.

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

Bolow posted:

If shooting things is your thing do not get Elite Dangerous.

Take it from me :smith:

this a seriouspost? :/

quantumfoam
Dec 25, 2003

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

I bought a Federal Dropship. 12 million left in the bank, insurance is 1.4 mil which is what an Asp with top tier kit cost. I'll be grinding a bit to get back into A class gear, but since I have the most fun with the combat track it was time to move into a specialist ship.

FSD, power plant, and power distributor are priority upgrades for now.


E:
Class 3 weapons :circlefap:


i have no idea what any of this means. and i'm happy not knowing.

Divinity:Original sin playthrough update:
just cleared the black cove in Cyseal, everyone is now lvl8. My party is a shadowblade & rogue, with Jahan & the DLC bow NPC as henchmen. Cyseal cheese merchant still alive.
my shadowblade is a melee-earth summoner, and the rogue is a wrecking ball in combat with it's speed/backstabs & rogue takedowns. Jahan & the DLC NPC haven't been tweaked much, just really enjoying having a dedicated long range sniper in the group.
Cyseal cheese vendor still alive, and the ork love slave murdered it's captors & ran away.

quantumfoam fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Dec 24, 2014

krispykremessuck
Jul 22, 2005

unlike most veterans and SA members $10 is not a meaningful expenditure for me

I'm gonna have me a swag Bar-B-Q

tuluk posted:

Cyseal cheese vendor still alive

the best decision you've made yet.

Anyway re: Elite, if you don't like the idea of a game with very little in the way of structure, don't buy it. You really have to create your own poo poo to do, and there's a good chance that whatever it is you want to do may have a significant credit barrier that will require you to grind. I'm not playing that way and I'm enjoying it fine, but if you just want a space combat simulator, wait to see if they improve that aspect of it. Or wait for Star Citizen to never come out.

Serjeant Buzfuz
Dec 5, 2009

krispykremessuck posted:

the best decision you've made yet.

Anyway re: Elite, if you don't like the idea of a game with very little in the way of structure, don't buy it. You really have to create your own poo poo to do, and there's a good chance that whatever it is you want to do may have a significant credit barrier that will require you to grind. I'm not playing that way and I'm enjoying it fine, but if you just want a space combat simulator, wait to see if they improve that aspect of it. Or wait for Star Citizen to never come out.

How does it compare to the X3 series? Building a industrial power house was awesome in that game, with all the station building and resource systems.

Naked Bear
Apr 15, 2007

Boners was recorded before a studio audience that was alive!

Lou Takki posted:

How does it compare to the X3 series? Building a industrial power house was awesome in that game, with all the station building and resource systems.
Elite is the story of one of your freighters working its way up the food chain until it gets ambushed by a pack of screaming robot space banshee Xenon.

But this time, instead of retard AI, you're flying it and you've armed your freighter to the teeth so you can actually fight back!

Naked Bear fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Dec 24, 2014

Bolow
Feb 27, 2007

ded posted:

this a seriouspost? :/

The flight model is decent'ish, but I'm not a huge fan of it. Bounty Hunting actually pays for something now which is nice. The problem is that actually getting to the actual fight is tedious as poo poo. If you get a kill warrant scanner it gets even more tedious since you have to fly all the way back to the system where the bounty was put out. The only time it gets actually exciting is if you're fighting something way above your weight or another human player.

Basically you warp to a resource extraction site and start targeting everyone around you until you find someone wanted, and kill them. You keep doing this for however long you want, fly back to the local station and turn in your bounties. Repeat. With bounty hunting targets in other systems you add the extra step of having to pay off fines if the target ship has a clean record in that system, even though they're wanted in another.

Booblord Zagats
Oct 30, 2011


Pork Pro

Bolow posted:

The flight model is decent'ish, but I'm not a huge fan of it. Bounty Hunting actually pays for something now which is nice. The problem is that actually getting to the actual fight is tedious as poo poo. If you get a kill warrant scanner it gets even more tedious since you have to fly all the way back to the system where the bounty was put out. The only time it gets actually exciting is if you're fighting something way above your weight or another human player.


Pretty much how I feel, too. I love everything else, but dog fighting is my favorite part of any space-sim and the weapons in ED have never really felt like anything other than Laser Tag. Not to mention the actual combat maneuvering feels way too simple. It feels like WoW style combat in a flight sim, I'm pressing buttons and killing stuff, but it's just not satisfying on some level.


Honest to god it's the one thing Star Citizen really nailed with their new patch, weapons feel like instruments of devastation instead of flashy stat-sticks

elite_garbage_man
Apr 3, 2010
I THINK THAT "PRIMA DONNA" IS "PRE-MADONNA". I MAY BE ILLITERATE.
In ED where do I get slaves and tobacco? Can't find this stuff anywhere

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Bolow
Feb 27, 2007



Not pictured, me blowing this idiot up

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