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Can you get banned for using a VPN to unlock a game early on Steam? What's the Australia release time in EST? Noon Thursday?
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Oct 19, 2016 16:33
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Did the refund on my steam copy. Waiting to see if i get another voucher from gmg before buying. For only $3 more than the normal price its a steal for the deluxe version.
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Oct 19, 2016 16:39
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Smoremaster posted:Can you get banned for using a VPN to unlock a game early on Steam? What's the Australia release time in EST? Noon Thursday? In theory yes, in practice I've never heard of it happening. BUYING in another region, yes. Unlocking, I don't think they give a poo poo.
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Oct 19, 2016 16:40
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Is there immigration in the game, or just tourism. Been thinking of Canada as a civ a bit more and an ability based off of some sort of culture siphon or multicultural bonus might be interesting. A country not known for any real strong culture of its own with tools for a cultural/tourism victory. Okay I just really want to plaster the map in national parks Gibbo fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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Oct 19, 2016 16:42
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:On thursday at 12pm I'm going to play Beyond Earth and cry for 6 hours Funnily enough I did that when it was released too. I've been playing Civ IV, it turns out I have a much easier time with that game when I just whip a dozen axemen by the time I have my second city and wipe out my nearest neighbor so I have half a continent to play with. Also learned: specialist strategies are super fun and nukes are really mediocre
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Oct 19, 2016 16:43
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Thought up how a Persian civilization led by Shah Ismail could look based on stuff I've gleamed about the game so far and how leader and civilization bonuses seem to work. Persian Civilization Civilization Ability: Achaemenid Legacy (not quite sure about the name for this one...) Unit maintenance for all cavalry units reduced by 1 gold per turn for every 2 units. Gain +1 economic policy slot regardless of government type. (These two together might be too strong, but I think Persia should be able to field large cavalry armies rather easily) Unique Unit: Sparabara Replaces the Archer. Has increased defense against ranged attacks and a melee combat bonus against cavalry when defending. May be combined to form a corps regardless of era.  Unique Infrastructure: Caravanserai Replaces the Commercial Hub District. Receives adjacency bonuses from Desert and Grasslands. Provides Housing. Shah Ismail  Leader Capital: Isfahan (his actual capital was Tabriz but Isfahan is the capital most associated with the bulk of the Safavid Empire's history) Leader Bonus: Receive bonuses to religious combat, city happiness and espionage defense if following different religion than strongest neighboring civilization (city within at least X tiles I would think), proportional to the percentage of the population that follows the state religion. Based on the conversion of Iran to Twelver Shi’ism by the Safavids and how that was used to strengthen Iranian (or Persian in Civ terms) national identity and territorial integrity. Leader Agenda: Desires different religion from strongest neighbor, dislikes neighbors, likes and will attempt to improve and form relations with more distant civilizations. Based upon rivalry with the neighboring Ottomans and his overtures towards the Habsburg for an alliance against the Ottomans, as well as later Safavid kings' continuation of that policy along with closer economic and military ties with the West such as with England later in the 17th century. Leader Unique Unit: Qizilbash. Unique Renaissance era light cavalry unit. Requires horses. Has a movement of 5. Ignores movement penalties for hills and provides bonuses to religious units (Missionary, Apostle, Inquisitor) stacked with them (also allows them to move at the Qizilbash movement rate). 
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Oct 19, 2016 16:43
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Any Canadians here use GMG before? Is the price actually in Canadian dollars or US dollars? If it's in US dollars I'd be paying more even with the deal.
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Oct 19, 2016 16:45
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DarkAvenger211 posted:Any Canadians here use GMG before? Is the price actually in Canadian dollars or US dollars? If it's in US dollars I'd be paying more even with the deal. It's US. But how is it more expensive? On steam the game is 80 Canadian
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Oct 19, 2016 16:56
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DarkAvenger211 posted:Any Canadians here use GMG before? Is the price actually in Canadian dollars or US dollars? If it's in US dollars I'd be paying more even with the deal. US dollars from what I've just read online, so it doesn't help you in Canada at all
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Oct 19, 2016 16:56
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In addition to the Battle Royale later today (in a little over 3 and half hours), we're actually getting one very last devstream tomorrow-
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Oct 19, 2016 16:57
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victrix posted:I think I used VyprVPN the last time I did an early unlock? Seemed to work fine. I've only ever bothered to unlock one or two games early. Civ6 fits the bill It's been a while since I've done this - could have been XCOM1 come to think of it. Is it still just as simple as VPNing, letting Steam decrypt and then switching to Offline mode until my own region's unlock time comes about?
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Oct 19, 2016 16:59
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Hogama posted:In addition to the Battle Royale later today (in a little over 3 and half hours), we're actually getting one very last devstream tomorrow- I love the art style/graphics of this game so much, especially after playing 5 for a while this week in preparation. 
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Oct 19, 2016 17:00
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Khisanth Magus posted:US dollars from what I've just read online, so it doesn't help you in Canada at all But... it's 48 US vs 80 Canadian. What am I missing here, am I looking at the wrong thing?
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Oct 19, 2016 17:01
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iFriend posted:Sorry if this has been asked before. Can any of you recommend a free AUS VPN for unlocking early? gently caress off our net is full
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Oct 19, 2016 17:02
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Hogama posted:In addition to the Battle Royale later today (in a little over 3 and half hours), we're actually getting one very last devstream tomorrow- As crippled as it was, especially at release, probably 900 of the 1000 hours I put into Civ V were still in multiplayer so I sincerely hope they get it right this time around. Them leaving it this hilariously late is a tad worrisome though.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:07
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Jay Rust posted:But... it's 48 US vs 80 Canadian. What am I missing here, am I looking at the wrong thing? Oh, from his post(and what I'd seen online during a quick google for other games) I just assumed that it was $60 CAD on steam.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:14
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I'm a Canadian who bought it on GMG a while back for a discount, I can't remember the discount exactly, but it totaled to less than I would have spent on steam outright.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:16
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Smoremaster posted:Can you get banned for using a VPN to unlock a game early on Steam? What's the Australia release time in EST? Noon Thursday? Using a VPN to get another country's better pricing somewhere: Oh gently caress yes, that's dealing with money and companies do not like that. Steam will drop the hammer on you. Using a VPN to unlock a game a few hours early: Perhaps technically an issue they can get upset with you about, but no one really cares one bit. Steam gives minimal shits about the fee-fees of retail stores and even then Civ isn't the kind of game that would upset people when you release spoilers (like how Mass Effect all comes down to what color explosion you chose at the end). Besides there's the very real possibility of some guy who's on vacation or a business trip who really is in Sydney that enjoys his temporary relocation to boot up Steam and play some Civ in hotel room a bit "early".
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Oct 19, 2016 17:18
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Kanfy posted:As crippled as it was, especially at release, probably 900 of the 1000 hours I put into Civ V were still in multiplayer Wow you must have played almost three whole games!
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Oct 19, 2016 17:19
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Alkydere posted:Using a VPN to get another country's better pricing somewhere: Oh gently caress yes, that's dealing with money and companies do not like that. Steam will drop the hammer on you.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:21
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Kanfy posted:As crippled as it was, especially at release, probably 900 of the 1000 hours I put into Civ V were still in multiplayer so I sincerely hope they get it right this time around. Them leaving it this hilariously late is a tad worrisome though. I'm the opposite I find. As another player who mostly plays multi-player in Civ, that they are showing it at all so that people can evaluate it, even in a dev stream, is real good. I'd be much more worried if it was like 'whoops something went wrong can't show multiplayer have fun with it at launch though!'
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Oct 19, 2016 17:22
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Alkydere posted:Steam gives minimal shits about the fee-fees of retail stores and even then Civ isn't the kind of game that would upset people when you release spoilers (like how Mass Effect all comes down to what color explosion you chose at the end). They already spoiled that Sean Bean dies in the trailer, anyway.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:25
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:On thursday at 12pm I'm going to play Beyond Earth and cry for 6 hours I did this last week, I was kind of meh on the game in the first place and returning to it, it hasn't even aged well since release (I also paid 12 bucks for the expansion)
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Oct 19, 2016 17:33
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JeremoudCorbynejad posted:Wow you must have played almost three whole games! Eh, they were mostly with 2 players so turns weren't that long, although 99% of them were also on Marathon. Also you joke, but three is a fairly accurate estimation of how many games we actually saw all the way to the victory screen over the years.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:39
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I've always been curious about Civ, and the art style for this one has convinced me to give it a shot. Any tips for a complete Civ newcomer? I know these games have an endless skill ceiling, I just want to have fun playing it.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:42
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JackDarko posted:I've always been curious about Civ, and the art style for this one has convinced me to give it a shot. Any tips for a complete Civ newcomer? I know these games have an endless skill ceiling, I just want to have fun playing it. If you want to have fun, learn as little as possible about the game so you don't feel awful for playing suboptimal.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:46
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I looked over the civ list and I'm relatively surprised at how many civs I actively want to play in this one. There's a few I don't really care for (Spain, Brazil, America) but most have something I'm interested in seeing play out.
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Oct 19, 2016 17:47
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JackDarko posted:I've always been curious about Civ, and the art style for this one has convinced me to give it a shot. Any tips for a complete Civ newcomer? I know these games have an endless skill ceiling, I just want to have fun playing it. Here's an official mini guide in the form of six videos that are about a minute and half each released by the developers
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Oct 19, 2016 17:49
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Welp, I broke down and used GMG for that sweet deluxe edition. Can't wait to play some Civ 6! Looking to play Arabia first, their abilities remind me a bit of Ethiopia's in Civ 5 (that was my favorite civ).
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Oct 19, 2016 17:50
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Gibbo posted:If you want to have fun, learn as little as possible about the game so you don't feel awful for playing suboptimal. This is why I've tried to avoid learning much about the new mechanics and I'm pleased that they've shuffled a lot of things around, playing Civ2 or SMAC completely blind was a lot of fun (and occasionally frustration).
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Oct 19, 2016 18:06
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MMM Whatchya Say posted:On thursday at 12pm I'm going to play Beyond Earth and cry for 6 hours I have 8 hours logged, total, of Beyond Earth. That game makes me sad.
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Oct 19, 2016 18:29
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xgalaxy posted:I have 8 hours logged, total, of Beyond Earth. I have 309.  It's a fun game to relax with.
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Oct 19, 2016 18:31
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I played the demo and I couldn't even finish that. So boring. I'm glad the demo was bad enough that I didn't end up buying the game, though.
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Oct 19, 2016 18:31
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xgalaxy posted:I have 8 hours logged, total, of Beyond Earth. I bought it the day it released, had my sister install it so it would be ready to go when I got home, have logged 11 hours in total and I'm surprised I even got that many. The flipside is that playing it again tomorrow will feel like an all new game, and should distract me for a bit
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Oct 19, 2016 18:35
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Ahhhhh I just realized this unlocks tomorrow at midnight and not tonight I am cry
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Oct 19, 2016 18:50
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What was so bad about BE? Never played it myself because I had to fill 1283 hours with Civ5 apparently.
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Oct 19, 2016 19:28
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John F Bennett posted:What was so bad about BE? Never played it myself because I had to fill 1283 hours with Civ5 apparently. In a word? Empty. The game is there, but there's nothing in it. Rather than having major differences between leaders and civs a la AC or Civ 5, all the changes are tiny and incremental. The game doesn't feel like there's any replayability to it at all.
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Oct 19, 2016 19:32
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It was fun the first pass through but once you realize that you pretty much always see the same events and the AI aren't much different it gets stale. There aren't enough nations and they all feel the same. I felt no reason to go back after my first play through.
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Oct 19, 2016 19:34
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Popete posted:It was fun the first pass through but once you realize that you pretty much always see the same events and the AI aren't much different it gets stale. There aren't enough nations and they all feel the same. I felt no reason to go back after my first play through. This is pretty much what it boils down to. The unit "evolutions" were cool but they sucked all of the depth out of pretty much every other part of the game.
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Oct 19, 2016 19:38
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Part of the selling point of the game was the hundreds of possible civ customization possibilities so you would have endless replay potential, but when all the differences are so negligible what you choose doesn't really matter the game wears on you fast.
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