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So I've only recently got a pc capable of running games more advanced than solitaire and I'm wondering should I get this now or wait for the full release? I'm chomping at the bit to play it, like.
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The full release is in 2 days.
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Sep 17, 2014 11:01
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Chairchucker posted:60 bucks. Per month. Last month I accidentally went 2.5 gigs over that cap, so that month I paid $110. I've been here for a couple of months and the place I didn't have so much as a phone line so I had to get in on mobile broadband. 10 bucks a gigabyte; not as bad as what you're paying but the speeds are crap. There are advertisements on the busses here talking about how Romania has better internet than Australia. I don't doubt them.
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Sep 17, 2014 11:47
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Pwnstar posted:The full release is in 2 days. Well that's my weekend sorted! Buy it tonight as kind of a pre-install.
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Sep 17, 2014 11:52
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Lasher posted:Well that's my weekend sorted! Buy it tonight as kind of a pre-install.
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Sep 17, 2014 12:00
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Yeah, I'd hold off the two days and save yourself 20 bucks.
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Sep 17, 2014 13:36
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Yeah just looked into it. Thanks for the info. Admittedly I haven't been following this too closely because I'd resigned myself to never playing it.
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Sep 17, 2014 13:45
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Broadband speed vs Price. You guys living in North America are getting badly hosed.
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Sep 17, 2014 15:03
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Just redeemed my Wasteland 2 code from my Torment pledge, is it normal that I'm able to download the game? I thought it was due to be released on friday?
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Sep 17, 2014 15:25
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Kurtofan posted:Just redeemed my Wasteland 2 code from my Torment pledge, is it normal that I'm able to download the game? I thought it was due to be released on friday? You can download the backer beta now. Which is ~half the game and NOT save game transferable. It will reduce the download time on Friday though, I think, so you might as well download now and just wait until the full unlock. 
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Sep 17, 2014 15:27
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Fintilgin posted:You can download the backer beta now. Which is ~half the game and NOT save game transferable. It will reduce the download time on Friday though, I think, so you might as well download now and just wait until the full unlock. Wasn't the beta a separate pledge? Otherwise, cool, just downloading it while waiting for the full release to drop. Kurtofan fucked around with this message at 15:30 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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Sep 17, 2014 15:28
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Kurtofan posted:Wasn't the beta a separate pledge? It's the same SteamApp ID. The beta access just meant you would be provided the CD Key earlier (ie: months ago). I reckon inXile decided to start distributing the keys now, so technically you have access to the beta for a few days even if you didn't pledge for beta access. Before anyone asks, it's not recommended to start playing (or even create characters that you hope to use in the release version) until the final version actually ships on Friday, as it could cause errors in your saved games or other unforeseen issues.
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Sep 17, 2014 15:34
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Kurtofan posted:Wasn't the beta a separate pledge?
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Sep 17, 2014 15:42
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Furism posted:Broadband speed vs Price. You guys living in North America are getting badly hosed. Huh, and I always figured Canadians were getting screwed the most in North America.
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Sep 17, 2014 15:55
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Dreylad posted:Huh, and I always figured Canadians were getting screwed the most in North America. Just like with everything else in the US, broadband speeds and prices tend to vary a lot by region. You can get 100mbps service for expensive but not absurd prices across most of the Northeastern US, but good luck in most other parts of the country if you live outside of a city. Here's a map of advertisted speeds and actual speeds.
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Sep 17, 2014 16:05
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Welmu posted:Everyone who buys the game got access to the Beta since a few months back. Ah 
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Sep 17, 2014 16:07
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Reading through the manual, I think one of my characters is going to be a 98-year-old buddhist weaponsmithing sniper, by the name of Skeezix McFlatulence. He smokes. He smokes Bones. Also knows a thing or two about toasters and living off of the land. Jesus christ I can't wait.
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Sep 17, 2014 18:33
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Chairchucker posted:ADSL is not available at my address. Wireless broadband, huzzah. I have the biggest cap that was available. Just upgrade. There's been enough horrible service. Just upgrade and this whole nightmare will be over.  I'm kidding of course, you're in the land of horrible speeds and awful bandwidth caps. My condolences to you. If you have a laptop, you could go and install Steam on it, select just Wasteland 2 to install and then go sit at some Internet cafe for a while and leech off their bandwidth for a few hours. Repeat over the course of a couple days and you should be able to finally get the whole thing downloaded. Then copy the data files over to your home computer and tell Steam to check the files. Ta-da, you should be installed and ready for Wasteland 2 action.  Bandwidth caps suck.
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Sep 17, 2014 19:05
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I say a little prayer to God every morning that my ISP doesn't have a data cap. It's way too expensive for the the speed it provides, though, but small blessings and all that.
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Sep 17, 2014 19:16
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Furism posted:Broadband speed vs Price. You guys living in North America are getting badly hosed. I'm sorry I can't hear you over the sound of Comcast charging 70-80USD a month for 40mbps speeds while telecomms  As lovely as Google acts at times I hope they just decide one day "you know what, gently caress Comcast and Time Warner, they need to be destroyed" and ramps up google Fiber deployment rapidly so that it ends up in every major city within a decade.
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Sep 17, 2014 19:37
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What time is the unlock anyways? Midnight?
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Sep 17, 2014 19:38
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Party Plane Jones posted:What time is the unlock anyways? Midnight? From Brian Fargo's twitter: quote:Wasteland 2 launches at 7am GMT on Friday.
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Sep 17, 2014 20:18
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Fintilgin posted:From Brian Fargo's twitter: Midnight PDT for the mathematically challenged.
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Sep 17, 2014 20:34
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I have the next two weeks between jobs, with the game being released 2 hours after I finish up on friday. Eat poo poo work-havers
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Sep 17, 2014 20:59
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What is that... 3am EST?
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Sep 17, 2014 21:04
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awesmoe posted:I have the next two weeks between jobs, with the game being released 2 hours after I finish up on friday. Eat poo poo work-havers
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Sep 17, 2014 21:05
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Evil Fluffy posted:I'm sorry I can't hear you over the sound of Comcast charging 70-80USD a month for 40mbps speeds while telecomms This just reminds me, I pay an extra $6 (equivalent) for having a 100/100 line rather than 100/25. I have no idea what on earth I'd ever need that extra upstream speed for. That said, I think they should hurry up and upgrade our lines so I can switch to 1Gb instead of this slowpoke network. 
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Sep 17, 2014 21:22
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Tippis posted:This just reminds me, I pay an extra $6 (equivalent) for having a 100/100 line rather than 100/25. I have no idea what on earth I'd ever need that extra upstream speed for. Running a porn site, of course. Missed business opportunity.
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Sep 17, 2014 21:39
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Airfoil posted:Running a porn site, of course. Missed business opportunity.  Also, I have a strong suspicion that my ISP would get a bit annoyed if I used a home-user service to run a business. They'd want a much larger piece of the pie if it was commercial, and that would just ruin the point of trying work up a some small measure of smugness over the low price.
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Sep 17, 2014 21:52
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Tippis posted:This just reminds me, I pay an extra $6 (equivalent) for having a 100/100 line rather than 100/25. I have no idea what on earth I'd ever need that extra upstream speed for. That said, I think they should hurry up and upgrade our lines so I can switch to 1Gb instead of this slowpoke network.  That's all. Just
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Sep 17, 2014 22:18
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Tippis posted:
While in the US, we have trickles for upload speed and 4mbps upload is PREMIUM service
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Sep 17, 2014 22:23
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As a Kiwi living in the centre of our capital city, getting 5 megabit/s down and 1 megabit/s up and paying $100 a month for the privilege, you can all go gently caress yourselves.
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Sep 17, 2014 22:26
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Does anyone who played the beta a ton have any recommendations for a decent party to use to run around and learn the game mechanics/quirks before the final release is out on Friday? It's kind of hard to tell which skills are important or more useful than others without having played the game already, and the (relatively) low attribute starting points are making me really doubt basically every choice. Every video I've found online seems to be either someone playing a version from a year ago or role-playing and inevitably making a party with bad stats who can't do anything. Or should I just pick 4 of the pre-made guys and use them to get as far as possible to get a feel for what I should aim for when the game comes out for real?
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Sep 17, 2014 22:33
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VDay posted:Or should I just pick 4 of the pre-made guys and use them to get as far as possible to get a feel for what I should aim for when the game comes out for real? Roll with the premades and dork around. Or wait two days and roll with the premade party there. Have fun! Play the game! If you get blocked later on, no biggie, start up a new party now that you've played the game for a bit and adjust things to your liking. The premade party should work fine to get through the game even if they aren't min-maxed.
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Vulpes posted:As a Kiwi living in the centre of our capital city, getting 5 megabit/s down and 1 megabit/s up and paying $100 a month for the privilege, you can all go gently caress yourselves.
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Sep 18, 2014 00:55
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FRINGE posted:You live on an island full of elves and dwarves. So theres that. Also I live probably about 15mins away from him and get 100/30 for about $10 cheaper. and i get the elves too.
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Sep 18, 2014 01:09
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awesmoe posted:Also I live probably about 15mins away from him and get 100/30 for about $10 cheaper. and i get the elves too. Man how is your guy's healthcare?
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Sep 18, 2014 01:38
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:Man how is your guy's healthcare? New zealand is unlike like post-apocalyptic arizona in almost every way.
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Sep 18, 2014 01:49
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awesmoe posted:http://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/healthcare If I could pay for major surgery for 5 pounds of scrap that'd be a major improvement to be honest.
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awesmoe posted:http://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/healthcare The apocalypse can probably only improve healthcare.
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