January 2020 Chat Thread: 2019 Corrupted. Please start a new galoob.

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What do you want from the chat thread in the new year? This poll is closed.
Video games	100	14.08%
Not Video Games	46	6.48%
poo poo Posting	56	7.89%
Bowsette	128	18.03%
Polls	58	8.17%
No poll, How many times do I have to pick this?	53	7.46%
More General Horniness	103	14.51%
Less General Horniness	72	10.14%
Serious discussion of current issues	46	6.48%
Nothing. The thread is perfect the way it is	48	6.76%
Total:	294 votes

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LIVE AMMO COSPLAY: Feb 3, 2006

Jhen Mohran too, though that's partially a spectacle thing.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:10

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 21:29

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

I�ve never fought it but that Dragon with the jet engine wings is pretty cool.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:12

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

Help Im Alive posted:

what's everyone's favourites mons to hun

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:15

Gripweed: Nov 8, 2018; Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.

hatty posted:

I�ve never fought it but that Dragon with the jet engine wings is pretty cool.

It's a nightmare. Other monsters there are areas around them that are safe. Like, you can stand close enough to it to hit it but it can't you without repositioning itself. Not the Valstrax. It can attack in any direction. you have to get super good at reading all its tells because you have so little warning. And when it flies high up in the air, it can shoot down at you on it's jet engine wings faster than you can move the camera to see where it is.

Absolute insane fight, but so amazing when you finally loving kill it.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:18

Sam Faust: Feb 20, 2015

Valstrax is absurdly cool.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:24

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

I wonder if there will ever be a turn-based tactics game that didn't boil down to managing traffic jams at doorways

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:26

Gripweed: Nov 8, 2018; Women are wonderful animals, they should be making music and writing novels about having a complex relationship with your mother.

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I wonder if there will ever be a turn-based tactics game that didn't boil down to managing traffic jams at doorways

Most Advance Wars maps.

That's why they'll never give us another Advance Wars. They're too good for our sin-cursed world.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:29

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Even advance wars had its share of bridge funneling

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:31

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I wonder if there will ever be a turn-based tactics game that didn't boil down to managing traffic jams at doorways

most of them that aren't fire emblem

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:32

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

play some phantom brave or yggdra union or daisenryaku vii exceed and get back to me

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:33

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

I guess my TBT experience is limited to XCOM (both old and new) which also had that foible.

Oh and FFT, that didn't really have chokepoints as a major thing I think?

I haven't played Advance Wars but I did do Wargroove and that totally had bottlenecks at bridges and castles every other map

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:37

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

Into the breach?

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:38

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

ChickenHeart posted:

_{someday there'll be another shot at MH-but-in-space...}

lost planet 2?

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:40

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

Lost planet 2 will be ten years old in April

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:41

The Dark Souls of Posters: Nov 4, 2011; Just Post, Kupo

I�ve started Dragon�s Dogma. I�ve heard it can be pretty grueling at times. Any tips/advice is appreciated.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:42

OneDeadman: Oct 16, 2010; [SUPERBIA]

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I wonder if there will ever be a turn-based tactics game that didn't boil down to managing traffic jams at doorways

This is basically just Saga Scarlet Grace

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:43

Saint Freak: Apr 16, 2007; Regretting is an insult to oneself; Buglord

Help Im Alive posted:

what's everyone's favourites mons to hun

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:58

Sakurazuka: Jan 24, 2004; NANI?

Awesome Animals posted:

I’ve started Dragon’s Dogma. I’ve heard it can be pretty grueling at times. Any tips/advice is appreciated.

Wolves ill like fire

# ? Jan 12, 2020 02:59

wuggles: Jul 12, 2017

Help Im Alive posted:

what's everyone's favourites mons to hun

Me, ShallNoiseUpon and Awesome Animals really enjoyed the Legiana fight (I think we all did anyway).

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:05

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I guess my TBT experience is limited to XCOM (both old and new) which also had that foible.

Oh and FFT, that didn't really have chokepoints as a major thing I think?

I haven't played Advance Wars but I did do Wargroove and that totally had bottlenecks at bridges and castles every other map

play Warhammer: Mechanicus

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:14

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY: Feb 3, 2006

Awesome Animals posted:

I�ve started Dragon�s Dogma. I�ve heard it can be pretty grueling at times. Any tips/advice is appreciated.

If you travel away from the main path (and side quests kind of encourage this) there is one group of regular looking bandits who are actually over levelled, so if they gently caress you up don't be afraid to run past them.

Also don't fret about doing every side quest.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:14

precision: May 7, 2006; by VideoGames

Man I have the biggest urge to replay Dead Space but my ps3 is broke :mad:

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:19

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

make it whole again

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:21

Ms. Unsmiley: Feb 13, 2012

LIVE AMMO COSPLAY posted:

Also don't fret about doing every side quest.

on the other hand if you're the type who likes to get 100% sidequest completion there are lots of missable sidequests. look up a spoiler free guide to see when youre ok to continue the plot. though i prefer doing that in new game plus.

make sure you post pictures of your pawn

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:25

Ms. Unsmiley: Feb 13, 2012

theres lots of generic kill x number of monster sidequests and similar. those are endless, dont worry about going out of your way to complete those

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:26

CharlieFoxtrot: Mar 27, 2007; organize digital employees

Gonna put everything I'm playing on hold for a bit and see what this Sonic and Mario at the Tokyo Games is all about

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:41

Good point keep talkin: Sep 14, 2011

Help Im Alive posted:

what's everyone's favourites mons to hun

Kinda basic but I love T. Rexes so I'm a big fan of Anjanath. Whenever I have to jump into the game after a hiatus he's my tune-up monster.

Also missed weapon chat but I used to use charge blade but got kinda tired of what felt like going through the motions of each step. Switched to hammer which is a lot simpler and scrappier. Let's me focus on the fight more.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 03:53

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

I just hope they do a master rank version of the wyvern ignition GS, that sword is cool as gently caress...

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:03

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

rocket sword!!
https://gfycat.com/IlliterateGrouchyBarnowl

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:05

Jay Rust: Sep 27, 2011

Great Swords are super duper dope but I can�t imagine having it be your main weapon if you�re going into a monster hunt blind

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:18

Cowcaster: Aug 7, 2002

i can't speak from experience but from what i researched it sounded like the long sword had a) a gajillion iframes and b) moves that increase your attack power for using iframes and then c) moves that let you do super damage for successfully doing a) and b) and also they're gigantic katanas for weeaboos to use and so i hate them

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:22

Ms Adequate: Oct 30, 2011; Baby even when I'm dead and gone
You will always be my only one, my only one
When the night is calling
No matter who I become
You will always be my only one, my only one, my only one
When the night is calling

Imagine playing videos game with a goal in mind other than indulging your most stupid, nonsense, OP weeb fantasies?

hosed up if true

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:24

cheetah7071: Oct 20, 2010; honk honk; College Slice

CharlieFoxtrot posted:

I wonder if there will ever be a turn-based tactics game that didn't boil down to managing traffic jams at doorways

every alternative I've experienced is far worse

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:25

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

Jay Rust posted:

Great Swords are super duper dope but I can�t imagine having it be your main weapon if you�re going into a monster hunt blind

its not that big a deal, you have to be a little conservative until you find your windows but GS has pretty good mobility and for being a button you should never press on GS normally, a pretty decent guard when you need it

but also i've been playing monster hunter for like 12 years so maybe that kinda colors my experiences. there's a lot of overlap for most of the monsters so outside of elders and truly weird non-wyvern poo poo i'm rarely surprised anymore. once you've fought one wyvern and can spot the hipcheck and the spin you've fought them all

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:28

The 7th Guest: Dec 17, 2003

Ms Adequate posted:

Imagine playing videos game with a goal in mind other than indulging your most stupid, nonsense, OP weeb fantasies?

hosed up if true

i play games to learn about the game designer's fantasies

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:31

Toxic Fart Syndrome: Jul 2, 2006; *hits A-THREAD-5*

Only 3.6 Roentgoons per hour ... not great, not terrible.

_{...the meter only goes to 3.6...}; Pork Pro

Speaking of not using things: I played all of Bioshock Infinite not realizing you could hold Q down to bring up the powers wheel and thought you could only have two at a time and so I skipped most of the injections...

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:31

homeless snail: Mar 14, 2007

the worst part of world tbh is the fact that they had to remake so much of the game from scratch, and of course they had to start with the most iconic monsters cause you can't really make a monhun without a rathalos and a diablos (and of course obligatory prey and kut-ku analogs), so its disproportionately skewed towards flying wyverns and brute wyverns

the 4th gen games, now they had some truly wild poo poo. aforementioned nibelsnarf, giant snake monsters, insect queen and her royal guard, giant frog, multiple gross leech monsters, poop monkey, brachydios (latter two of which have thankfully returned in iceborne)

# ? Jan 12, 2020 04:42