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Wikipedia Brown posted:You posted a bunch of what I was thinking. I played 16 hours of MGSV at a preview event and then came home and sunk 30 hours into Peace Walker's post-game.
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Dr. Stab posted:For TPP, you need to make sure that you can afford the loadout, pick it, deploy in free roam, wait for the helicopter to land, go and setup the mission area (blow up watchtowers, open gates, etc), then go to the start of the mission area, wait for the appropriate time of day, and then start the mission. None of this is true, though? Other than paying for your loadout, I guess. You can start missions from your helicopter and never need to go to free roam mode at all. No missions require being "set up." Starting a mission in free roam doesn't require you to wait until the right time of day, and in fact the vast majority of missions can be done at any time. On the rare occasions when a specific time of day is required, starting the mission will automatically flash time forward. You shouldn't be using loadouts that you can't afford to use repeatedly, but even if you are you aren't REQUIRED to grind out stuff for them because you can just choose a different loadout and there's like one mission in the game that requires a specific weapon. The only missions that need to "respawn" are side missions, and those can only become unavailable because another one is taking their spot, so repeating one other mission over and over wouldn't do it anyway. Missions get less rewarding over time but you can still DO them even if you hit zero reward. There's only two missions I can think of that you get locked out of, and by the time you hit endgame they become unlocked again so... e: I know a lot of stuff was changed for the worse/more grindy in patches since I finished, but what you're describing sounds like a completely different game and I'm a little baffled. Funkmaster General fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Jan 25, 2016 |
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Yeah, my MGSV experience was - pick a mission - choose a load out - land in the nearest LZ - do the mission - call the heli - wait around while the heli blares the final countdown or some other nonsense - exit the mission - repeat I guess they've locked up resources behind the online component now but I always had way more cash than I new what to do with. Sometimes developing stuff had to wait, but it was always because of fuel, not cash, and it never eve effected my load out.
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EC posted:- call the heli If it's autosaved recently you can just hit start and do 'return to ACC.'
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Funkmaster General posted:e: I know a lot of stuff was changed for the worse/more grindy in patches since I finished, but what you're describing sounds like a completely different game and I'm a little baffled. I've had at least one pal a month picking it up since launch and as time went on, stories turned from "This is great, you'd love it" into "How the hell did people enjoy this", especially the wait times. Straight up real-time days or weeks on end for one item as research continues, you're locked down to a minimal amount of cash* if you play offline/their servers crash, online is a fuckfest on PC, and more than a couple going "what dude X told me about progressing the game is not working so I have to google around for random idiots' theories to finish my game". * One told me they lost a massive amount of stuff due to a server timeout suddenly leaving them miles in the red at a mission's end.
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Funkmaster General posted:None of this is true, though? Other than paying for your loadout, I guess. You can start missions from your helicopter and never need to go to free roam mode at all. No missions require being "set up." Starting a mission in free roam doesn't require you to wait until the right time of day, and in fact the vast majority of missions can be done at any time. On the rare occasions when a specific time of day is required, starting the mission will automatically flash time forward. You shouldn't be using loadouts that you can't afford to use repeatedly, but even if you are you aren't REQUIRED to grind out stuff for them because you can just choose a different loadout and there's like one mission in the game that requires a specific weapon. The part that you chopped off the top of my post explained that I was talking about replaying for high scores, not just beating the missions.
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Unless they changed how grading works, it's mostly speed and being on a kill streak once you're spotted.
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Dr. Stab posted:The part that you chopped off the top of my post explained that I was talking about replaying for high scores, not just beating the missions. So you're saying that if you want to game the system to set everything up in just the right way to cheese a high score, that it's kind of awkward to do and takes some effort? How is this a ding for TPP compared to PW in any way other than your weirdly anal edge case?
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It isn't. I'm just talking about my experience with it. Though, it does touch on how obtuse the systems surrounding the actual gameplay are. In PW once you complete the research, you're free to play the game how you wish, while in TPP, deployment costs for top items mean you either just don't use those items or you grind picking up flowers, or you wait a few hours for your flower deployments to come back. The system doesn't really do anything except make you play the game less.
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Dr. Stab posted:It isn't. I'm just talking about my experience with it. Though, it does touch on how obtuse the systems surrounding the actual gameplay are. Was there ever a situation where you tried to deploy and didn't have enough resources? That never, never happened to me, and I was almost always using good gear. There are some very purposely limited items like the parasite stuff, but that was it. Now upgrading FOBs was severely limited in terms of fuel resources, but that's the only issue I had.
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Top rank sleep grenades and tranq weapons have absurd requirements. But, really, what is the actual purpose of the deployment costs? They make people hesitant to deploy with a whole bunch of tools they might not use, which runs counter to where the fun lies in that game, which is in trying novel strategies. I can't think of anything positive that they do. The research costs could have been tuned to offset the lower amount of resources that you're spending. My guess is that it was intended to feed the management sim part of the game, as being a way of increaing your operating costs as you grow. But, when your plant income is primarily from pickups in missions, what this actually means is that you just eat into the reserves you picked up early in the game whem deployment costs were low, and when you run out, that's it.
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EC posted:Was there ever a situation where you tried to deploy and didn't have enough resources? That never, never happened to me, and I was almost always using good gear. There are some very purposely limited items like the parasite stuff, but that was it. I have to wonder how much of this are players naturally seeking out said resources. I had no issue with surplus of even the rarest plants but I can't imagine how much time was spent going above and beyond to collect every random plant that flashed on my radar. Someone playing more directly could totally run out of turmeric or whatever for their tranq gun and there was a period where I couldn't roll with sleep mines/grenades until I knew spots to farm purple whatever. I also never cared to farm resources so it always was a struggle to have enough GMP to get more than 1 or 2 upgrades at a time. Post chapter 1 every mission basically turned into a net loss because the helicopter alone sucked up half the reward and a resupply another quarter. I can't imagine ever replaying this game from the beginning. I'll want to rush through it but it's intentionally difficult. You could roll through with the default equipment but eventually you'll hit a wall and need to grind.
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I'm looking forward to today's episode of Retronauts on HAL. I distinctly remember as a child seeing HAL pop up in my favorite games on the SNES and was ecstatic to learn that HAL was behind the original Super Smash Bros. I think that might be my earliest memory of seeking out a specific development studio because of titles like Kirby Super Star and Earthbound were (and still are) such beloved games.
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Dr. Stab posted:Top rank sleep grenades and tranq weapons have absurd requirements. Edit: also the expanded FOB/online stuff since launch isn't all negative, there's now several ways to acquire whatever specific resources you want. You can straight up buy resources for PF points (which you accrue without having to do anything at all.) Akuma fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Jan 25, 2016 |
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I don't expect anyone to really agree with me, but I am kinda bummed out that so many podcasts I listen to talked about Churchill Solitaire. gently caress you Rumsfeld.
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I don't expect anyone to really agree with me, but I am kinda bummed out that so many podcasts I listen to talked about Churchill Solitaire. gently caress you Rumsfeld. I agree with you. Especially that news coming out confirming that he was knowingly deceiving and lying about the whole WMD thing this week. Unlike the last batch of Noted War Criminals, he's decided to branch out from just being a Foreign Policy Expert on Fox News and is basically doing the advertising for a mobile game. It's like if Kate Upton was a war criminal instead of a model.
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Isn't there actually zero evidence that this solitaire game is connected to Churchill at all, beyond Rumsfeld's say-so?quote:Working with Mr. Rumsfeld, the Churchill family combed the prime minister's papers, including his correspondence with Mr. de Staercke, for a reference to the game. So yeah, if you buy this bit of PR for a freemium mobile card game, well, boy do I have an invasion plan for you.... Fangz fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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I can't wait for Ollie North's iOS tower defense game. Maybe he'll use a jungle theming. vvv - listened to it this morning and was laughing getting onto the freeway at Spaf's bewilderment Phone fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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While we're getting political in here, I just want to give a shout out to Spaf for the Chris Christe/Dave Davies remark on the latest Thumbs.
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Captain Invictus posted:There was also that kid who used his make a wish thing to meet TB and he only did a video conference or something like that. You lying rear end in a top hat. Not only did we meet the kid in question and give him the VIP treatment at Coxcon (after I was cleared to fly, since flying international while your white blood-cell count is so low from chemo and radiation is dangerous), I dedicated my entire award speech at the 2014 Game Awards to him. What do you want me to say, sorry for not dropping everything immediately during intensive chemotherapy to fly halfway across the world, putting myself at serious risk of deadly infection? Sorry for waiting until I was cleared to fly safely? Ok, sorry that I can't live up your standards of sainthood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6h9k7DZZ68 https://www.reddit.com/r/Cynicalbrit/comments/3fkn2v/remember_the_young_kid_who_tb_mentioned_in_his/ https://twitter.com/totalbiscuit/status/627926149595799552 quote:It was a young kid, and he was a huge fan of TB's videos, it's not really difficult to understand a little kid not knowing the TB persona isn't the real thing and not knowing about TB's actual lovely self. TB is huge with kids He is 17. And oh yeah, I'm HUUGGEE with kids  There's nothing kids love more than 45 minute long videos about the state of games media. They really dig that with their Cheerios. Sorry, but I'm not gonna let this lying son of a bitch just sit here and get away with it. You wonder why Austin decided to do my show? Maybe because he's not a delusional liar like you are. Whatever crazed mental image of me you've conjured up in your head, it's bullshit. Shove it up your rear end.
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TotalBiscuit posted:You lying rear end in a top hat. Not only did we meet the kid in question and give him the VIP treatment at Coxcon (after I was cleared to fly, since flying international while your white blood-cell count is so low from chemo and radiation is dangerous), I dedicated my entire award speech at the 2014 Game Awards to him. What do you want me to say, sorry for not dropping everything immediately during intensive chemotherapy to fly halfway across the world, putting myself at serious risk of deadly infection? Sorry for waiting until I was cleared to fly safely? Ok, sorry that I can't live up your standards of sainthood. Gold. For so many reasons.
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TotalBiscuit posted:You lying rear end in a top hat. Not only did we meet the kid in question and give him the VIP treatment at Coxcon (after I was cleared to fly, since flying international while your white blood-cell count is so low from chemo and radiation is dangerous), I dedicated my entire award speech at the 2014 Game Awards to him. What do you want me to say, sorry for not dropping everything immediately during intensive chemotherapy to fly halfway across the world, putting myself at serious risk of deadly infection? Sorry for waiting until I was cleared to fly safely? Ok, sorry that I can't live up your standards of sainthood. 5
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That post doesn't look like its in 60fps
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BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:That post doesn't look like its in 60fps
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Can you please make your demographic chart into a .gif that runs in 60FPS so I can make it out more clearly? I want the full experience of your millions of viewers.
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just for this one day, totalbiscuit, i can say with some certainty...that you have made a good post on SA *wipes tear from eye, smiles and faces the dawning horizon*
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Jan 31, 2016 03:40
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If you say his name 3 times, he does show up!
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Jan 31, 2016 03:41
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Also while I am here, wow is CoxCon a terrible name for a convention.
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Another Person posted:Also while I am here, wow is CoxCon a terrible name for a convention. probably accurate demographics wise
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NuttO posted:probably accurate demographics wise I wanna get the VIP treatment at CoxCon, if you get what I'm throwing out.
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TotalBiscuit posted:You lying rear end in a top hat. Not only did we meet the kid in question and give him the VIP treatment at Coxcon (after I was cleared to fly, since flying international while your white blood-cell count is so low from chemo and radiation is dangerous), I dedicated my entire award speech at the 2014 Game Awards to him. What do you want me to say, sorry for not dropping everything immediately during intensive chemotherapy to fly halfway across the world, putting myself at serious risk of deadly infection? Sorry for waiting until I was cleared to fly safely? Ok, sorry that I can't live up your standards of sainthood. Hey man, I hate your politics and I think your schtick is rote but maybe you should follow your own mandate you posted a few days ago and just avoid social media and forums. Live the rest of your life and try to be happy. Defending yourself here will only tie stomach in knots and lead to jokes about your intelligence quotient.
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TotalBiscuit posted:You lying rear end in a top hat. Not only did we meet the kid in question and give him the VIP treatment at Coxcon (after I was cleared to fly, since flying international while your white blood-cell count is so low from chemo and radiation is dangerous), I dedicated my entire award speech at the 2014 Game Awards to him. What do you want me to say, sorry for not dropping everything immediately during intensive chemotherapy to fly halfway across the world, putting myself at serious risk of deadly infection? Sorry for waiting until I was cleared to fly safely? Ok, sorry that I can't live up your standards of sainthood. 
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I know this is a controversial position to take but I think the rational atheist podcast guy is justified in challenging accusations that he snubbed make a wish kids or whatever.
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Captain Internet posted:Hey man, I hate your politics and I think your schtick is rote but maybe you should follow your own mandate you posted a few days ago and just avoid social media and forums. Live the rest of your life and try to be happy. Defending yourself here will only tie stomach in knots and lead to jokes about your intelligence quotient. 
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:I know this is a controversial position to take but I think the rational atheist podcast guy is justified in challenging accusations that he snubbed make a wish kids or whatever. So do most people, he just picked a super inflammatory tone for his response which doesn't really help anyone. Nobody begrudges him for correcting that fact, but he could do it so much more diplomatically. It is possible for people to be wrong on the internet.
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Captain Internet posted:Hey man, I hate your politics and I think your schtick is rote but maybe you should follow your own mandate you posted a few days ago and just avoid social media and forums. Live the rest of your life and try to be happy. Defending yourself here will only tie stomach in knots and lead to jokes about your intelligence quotient. I'm with this guy. Take care of yourself TB! This applies to everyone imo.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:I know this is a controversial position to take but I think the rational atheist podcast guy is justified in challenging accusations that he snubbed make a wish kids or whatever. Yeah, pretty much.
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I want to get in on this analytics-posting action. Am I doing it right?
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FractalSandwich posted:I want to get in on this analytics-posting action. You need to work on your female demographic more. Please learn what women like.
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FractalSandwich posted:I want to get in on this analytics-posting action. Way too many women watch your videos to make you a true YouTube star. Have you ever thought about yelling at them? Possibly in a British accent of some kind?
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