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Ainsley McTree
Feb 19, 2004


Strudel Man posted:

So it's not the overwatch character doing a cameo? Pity.

I think bioware and blizzard are competitors in some regard but I forget the specifics

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Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033m6xMDh5c

The mob is doing the old animation to the player, and he kills him with the newer one at the end.

You can see how crappy it is. The rocket stops, they return to standing, and then a piddly little missile fires over their shoulder.

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band
The squatting animation should conclude with the character firing themselves into the side of Jabba's barge.

Kaysette
Jan 5, 2009

~*Boston makes me*~
~*feel good*~

:wrongcity:
The standing back up before it fires is really the icing on that lovely animation cake. Tracer Missile provides the core "heat signature" mechanic for one branch of BH so imagine seeing that every single fight.

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Dark Juno posted:

I tried to kill myself again 6 hours ago. Tried and failed, disappointingly. I walked down to my local railroad and waited for 3 hours for a train to pass. Eventually one did. Trains are scary as gently caress, especially trying to stand in front of one. Just the sheer size of them, and that horn they blow when they're in urban areas. I wanted to walk into that train and accept my fate, but I chickened out. Oh well, if I ever want to kill myself again I know I can just play this game or read the forums until my rage reaches breaking point again. And I'll get my chance again, afterall this is only the second time this game has driven me to attempt suicide.

I left a suicide note on my computer directly blaming Bioware and EA for taking away the very last thing in this world that makes me happy. I also mentioned my childhood rape that has now made it impossible for me to be in a loving relationship with anyone, and the end of my medical career from depression caused by the suicide of of my friends and the sudden onset of epileptic seizures. Despite all that, I found happiness again when this game launched. I found happiness again in the original Tracer Missile animation. Hilarious isn't it? Well my feelings don't follow the world view of others.

But who cares right? My life and happiness aren't important. No, it's FAR more important to make sure stupid forum assholes don't mistake firing a rocket with making GBS threads themselves.

Write this on my tombstone.

Strudel Man
May 19, 2003
ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT

Aphrodite posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033m6xMDh5c

The mob is doing the old animation to the player, and he kills him with the newer one at the end.

You can see how crappy it is. The rocket stops, they return to standing, and then a piddly little missile fires over their shoulder.
Wow, that's pretty bad.

And people are upset that this was removed/made less common?

Ainsley McTree
Feb 19, 2004


Yes...."people"

Bilirubin
Feb 16, 2014

The sanctioned action is to CHUG


VideoGames posted:

Write this on my tombstone.

VG best mod ever :kimchi:

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

Strudel Man posted:

Wow, that's pretty bad.

And people are upset that this was removed/made less common?

Well, one guy as a real tired joke anyway.

Strudel Man
May 19, 2003
ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT

Aphrodite posted:

Well, one guy as a real tired joke anyway.
Ah, one of those situations. I get you.

Dark Juno
Mar 10, 2013

by zen death robot

Aphrodite posted:

Well, one guy as a real tired joke anyway.

gently caress you oval office.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Mad props for recouping the :10bux: spent on this gimmick account by getting someone to buy you red text.

Dark Juno
Mar 10, 2013

by zen death robot
I bought this account to read the Breath of Fire 2 LP

Fargin Icehole
Feb 19, 2011

Pet me.

Dark Juno posted:

I bought this account to read the Breath of Fire 2 LP

The Tracer Missile animation gave you a much higher purpose imo

DrunkenGarbageCan
Nov 4, 2009

Aphrodite posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033m6xMDh5c

The mob is doing the old animation to the player, and he kills him with the newer one at the end.

You can see how crappy it is. The rocket stops, they return to standing, and then a piddly little missile fires over their shoulder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAq7P9HIRjU

The only Tracer Missle video that matters...people forget how utterly OP Mercs were prior to 1.2.

McSpanky
Jan 16, 2005






Strudel Man posted:

Yeah, from the very start the Intelligence quest line seems to boil down to "loving sith!!"

It's even better when you play the Sith storylines and find not an alternate perspective, but confirmation that the Sith are indeed preening assholes who blow through Imperial operations like tornadoes of petty rivalry and grandiose posturing all the time. Their only real value to the Empire is acting as a lightning rod for Jedi operations and (JK/general storyline stuff inadvertently keeping each other in check too effectively to help the Emperor achieve his whole "eat the galaxy and become a Force God" deal).

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS

DrunkenGarbageCan posted:

The only Tracer Missle video that matters...people forget how utterly OP Mercs were prior to 1.2.

It's the reason my 3rd toon was a Merc. My raid group was an Assassin tank, a Powertech tank, A Sorc healer, a merc healer, my Operative and 3 Merc DPS. Let me tell you how much I enjoyed progression EC, enjoying all those knockbacks while the mercs just blasted away.

Nerd Of Prey
Aug 10, 2002


I think the most telling thing about the Sith in this game is that you have Sith Lords as major enemies in all 8 class stories.

Medullah
Aug 14, 2003

FEAR MY SHARK ROCKET IT REALLY SUCKS AND BLOWS
Hey Non-Entity, can you tell your friends in Mount programming to make the DvL tank have EC level protection? I think that's a fair trade for me giving you my life this summer.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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Nerd Of Prey posted:

I think the most telling thing about the Sith in this game is that you have Sith Lords as major enemies in all 8 class stories.

Honestly I find it more satisfying to play LS Sith Warrior simply because everyone is so flabbergasted at you.

nonentity
Dec 19, 2005

If I were small & bird shaped, I could fly.

Medullah posted:

Hey Non-Entity, can you tell your friends in Mount programming to make the DvL tank have EC level protection? I think that's a fair trade for me giving you my life this summer.

I will mention it. Thanks for the suggestion,

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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nonentity posted:

I will mention it. Thanks for the suggestion,

Can you also ask them to bring back our nubile padawan space girlfriends

M_Sinistrari
Sep 5, 2008

Do you like scary movies?



Fojar38 posted:

Honestly I find it more satisfying to play LS Sith Warrior simply because everyone is so flabbergasted at you.

After I had my first Jedi go ballistic that I wasn't going to act like a typical psychotic sith, that pretty much set it in stone that I could never do anything other than LS Sith. Imperials don't know what to make about a rational and reasonable sith, and Jedi fall to the DS in rage. It's beautiful.

Strudel Man
May 19, 2003
ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT
Huh. I kinda feel like even "step out of line again and you're dead" is rather an insufficient response when you unsurprisingly find out that Kaliyo has been selling information to terrorists, but I guess they don't want you getting rid of companions.

cheesetriangles
Jan 5, 2011





Did all 9 chapters in one marathon session and I ever see a skytrooper again I'm going to delete my account.

poptart_fairy
Apr 8, 2009

by R. Guyovich

Strudel Man posted:

Huh. I kinda feel like even "step out of line again and you're dead" is rather an insufficient response when you unsurprisingly find out that Kaliyo has been selling information to terrorists, but I guess they don't want you getting rid of companions.

Kaliyo is the worst.

Strudel Man
May 19, 2003
ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT

poptart_fairy posted:

Kaliyo is the worst.
Yeah, she is...not a very appropriate companion for an intelligence officer, I feel like.

The "guy who is a part of an alien hive-mind" is also pretty iffy, but at least he doesn't constantly act like a jackass.

VideoGames
Aug 18, 2003

Dark Juno posted:

I bought this account to read the Breath of Fire 2 LP

See you in a month, friend!

poptart_fairy
Apr 8, 2009

by R. Guyovich

Strudel Man posted:

Yeah, she is...not a very appropriate companion for an intelligence officer, I feel like.

The "guy who is a part of an alien hive-mind" is also pretty iffy, but at least he doesn't constantly act like a jackass.

I can see what they were doing with Kaliyo, but if not plot armour she'd be a total liability. She's a violent drug junkie who would sell you out in seconds, and takes pride in such.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth

Strudel Man posted:

Huh. I kinda feel like even "step out of line again and you're dead" is rather an insufficient response when you unsurprisingly find out that Kaliyo has been selling information to terrorists, but I guess they don't want you getting rid of companions.

Please stop copy-pasting my posts from a month ago tia.

Strudel Man
May 19, 2003
ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT

sassassin posted:

Please stop copy-pasting my posts from a month ago tia.
Hm. Can't say I'm looking forward to posting about the agent storyline ending with a whimper, but I guess it's fate.

I do agree with your sentiment about the way the mind control was handled, though, bringing it in right at the beginning. I was kind of looking forward to earning their trust, giving explanations for turning on the empire, figuring out how to minimize damage while looking like a team player, but the command codes rather made it all irrelevant.

Strudel Man fucked around with this message at 11:23 on Dec 9, 2016

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
At least it's better than this Inquisitor mess. On Corellia and not sure I can be bothered to mindlessly follow orders long enough to finish it.

poptart_fairy
Apr 8, 2009

by R. Guyovich
The biggest story whimper in the game for me was an Agent ending their first chapter fully Darkside. Siding with Jadus, killing millions with biological super weapons and fundamentally altering the nature of the Empire...none of which is reflected in anything other than that single e-mail you get. Jadus doesn't even loving appear more than twice again from that point. :v:

some dillweed
Mar 31, 2007

Does anybody know if there's a moddable version of the new Outlander sabers? Like this one. I just like the look and sound of the blue 220 ones I have, but I've gotten a couple of the moddable 230 sabers from command crates that I've been avoiding using because they look kind of ugly. I know you're supposed to get that Odessen one for doing Chapter 9 of Fallen Empire, I'm just not really that into the red hilt.

Somebody brought it up before, but it would be nice if they'd extend the visual customization options to weapons as well to some degree, so you could just stamp the ones you like and not have to deal with this kind of stuff.

Strudel Man
May 19, 2003
ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT

poptart_fairy posted:

The biggest story whimper in the game for me was an Agent ending their first chapter fully Darkside. Siding with Jadus, killing millions with biological super weapons and fundamentally altering the nature of the Empire...none of which is reflected in anything other than that single e-mail you get. Jadus doesn't even loving appear more than twice again from that point. :v:
Yeah. Wish they had this as a single-player RPG - even there it's hard to have early choices matter meaningfully, but at least there's a ghost of a chance. The fact that nothing can really change in an MMO rather undercuts any attempt.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
Inquisitor chapter three is the worst chapter three in the game.

Holy poo poo Corellia is pure garbage. I don't care about Thanaton's silly Kaggath, I just want him dead (and even that not a great deal. He's not even a nuisance. If it wasn't for the inquisitor's stupid gimmick of walking into obvious traps he could have been ignored.

His dastardly plan was to ask you nicely to go into a deathtrap ffs, just say no and leave!

Mercurius
May 4, 2004

Amp it up.

sassassin posted:

Inquisitor chapter three is the worst chapter three in the game.

Holy poo poo Corellia is pure garbage. I don't care about Thanaton's silly Kaggath, I just want him dead (and even that not a great deal. He's not even a nuisance. If it wasn't for the inquisitor's stupid gimmick of walking into obvious traps he could have been ignored.

His dastardly plan was to ask you nicely to go into a deathtrap ffs, just say no and leave!

Corellia is utter shite on every class story in my experience. I think my award for 'worst class story segment' there would go to Jedi Knight where the game makes you run through multiple short-ish buildings packed with trash mobs to use a macguffin and then backtrack through the crappy collapsed tunnels or dead ends repeatedly.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
The Consular version is okay best I can remember.


Thanaton isn't fit to polish the inside of Baras' mask and good lord did he take an age to die... and I didn't even get to kill him. Thanks Darth Mortis.

Everything in the Inquisitor story after the name "Darth Andrew" was first used is terrible.

Strudel Man
May 19, 2003
ROME DID NOT HAVE ROBOTS, FUCKWIT

sassassin posted:

"Darth Andrew"
You're joking.

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Catsworth
Sep 30, 2009

Who doesn't wanna be Johnny Cat?

Strudel Man posted:

You're joking.

He is.

It's Darth Andru.

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