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Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: January 9th, 2021, 4:50 am
by Calvin
Facko wrote: January 2nd, 2021, 4:51 pm About 100 hours in on cyberpunk..


10/10 would play :D

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: January 17th, 2021, 6:46 pm
by Woodnote
From time to time can play a bit of Destiny 2. A good shooter. If you have never played it I guess you won't regret if you give it a go ;) Unlike all other shooters Destiny 2 can boast to have pretty affordable items and raids on external marketplaces. Say, here https://skycoach.gg/destiny-boost/pve/raid you can get a Deep Stone Crypt Raid for some $20. That is a bargain, my opinion :D

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 20th, 2021, 3:18 am
by Calvin
downloaded a couple of custom maps for Settlers 2: 10th Anniversary, they are frikkin epic.

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i think i got this ;P
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proper epic game tho.

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 20th, 2021, 2:45 pm
by Calvin
honestly these 2 maps are amazing. so well made.

completed all the original maps on hardest mode over the last week or so, been doing like 1 map a night. but these 2 custom maps.. they properly take like 30-40 hours to complete a game, and it's all purely done with the map design, choke points, areas of trees and rocks you have to clear to slow you down, drip feed of resources so you can lose and refill troops, enemies scaled to when you meet them. really, really excellent to make this without scripting it all.

like there is a point on the first map, where you make massive production in by your main base, then you kill an enemy to the right, and where his main HQ is, is a harbour spot, then you take the harbour slot and send a boat all the way around the back channels of the map, build another harbour, and it lets you place a military building, that connects the area right by your main base, to a south area, then you can move south to the next enemy - and it's coming straight off your main base. it's so well done.

second map, i've met the first three enemies on multiple fronts, managed to push them back and secure a nice choke point to reinforce against the next enemy - so then had time and opportunity to go back and fill in the land i've just taken. next enemies much stronger than the last. that's so rare in this game, cos usually once you've killed one enemy, the others have all wasted a lot of their troops on eachother and you can steamroll the entire rest of the map. but this, this is awesome.

tho i have about 700 gold knights now.. so the ending may be close ;P

it's pretty awesome actually.. made a ring of about 10 castles as training castles, then basically told all my storehouses to kick out the noob soldiers so they all pool in the one by the training ring. you get a bit more upgrades for your gold coins if you upgrade them in castles ;)
but then i have everywhere refusing coins except these castles, and only the storehouses on the front line accepting generals: so when i empty them, all the generals split off and take a different path to the front line. then i just turn troops back on and train up another 90 :P

new batch of trainees on their way :P
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reminds me of cannon fodder lol



the trick to settlers is to clear the land before you build on it, then build in like nodes, not just what-ever, where-ever.
like this is a wood node:
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gotta use the store houses properly to take in the overflow as well, otherwise it'll clog up your roads, but gotta set them to the right goods types, etc. also paying attention to your tools so you know how many of what you can make without running out of workers. i just love that the priority settings work so well, you can literally see the change in the small scale of what the guys pick up/make, and in the large scale with the graphs.

it's just nice to have some maps that are big enough for it to pay off.

it's such a shame they messed Settlers up in later versions :/

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 21st, 2021, 12:34 am
by Barnicoat
Well, UO, after a good 5 year break.

... also Dorfromantik. Kind of relaxing.

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 21st, 2021, 12:47 am
by Bama
Barnicoat wrote: April 21st, 2021, 12:34 am Well, UO, after a good 5 year break.

... also Dorfromantik. Kind of relaxing.
LIES

Tell the truth

You and I play Tic Tac Toe by mail

And I’m still waiting for your move

Mail it already

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 21st, 2021, 2:48 am
by Barnicoat
Bama wrote: April 21st, 2021, 12:47 am
Barnicoat wrote: April 21st, 2021, 12:34 am Well, UO, after a good 5 year break.

... also Dorfromantik. Kind of relaxing.
LIES

Tell the truth

You and I play Tic Tac Toe by mail

And I’m still waiting for your move

Mail it already
I already sent it in 2016, I thought it was your move ;)

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 21st, 2021, 5:30 pm
by Calvin
finished with the Yellows now, just the Blacks to go. moving all the troops to the southern front
this line goes on for like half the map.. :twisted:

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there's about 400 of them. :lol:

... tbh the donkey march was kinda more impressive, like 1000 of those :roll:

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(btw, this is why you shouldn't ever really turtle in an rts)

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 21st, 2021, 8:10 pm
by Calvin
this will make more sense to you:
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but see how well made this map is?

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 22nd, 2021, 10:13 am
by Bama
Barnicoat wrote: April 21st, 2021, 2:48 am
Bama wrote: April 21st, 2021, 12:47 am
Barnicoat wrote: April 21st, 2021, 12:34 am Well, UO, after a good 5 year break.

... also Dorfromantik. Kind of relaxing.
LIES

Tell the truth

You and I play Tic Tac Toe by mail

And I’m still waiting for your move

Mail it already
I already sent it in 2016, I thought it was your move ;)

Ok

This is the last letter I received from you
Shall we recap?

I am using the O’s you are using the X’s
I went 1st
I placed my O top left
Many weeks later you replied with an X top right
I then placed my O bottom right

After 2 months you sent me a letter without a move by you but a question instead.
You asked “ can I buy a vowel because you are using vowels?

I explained to you for the 2nd time how this game is played
I am using O’s and you have to use X’s nothing else

When we look at the last letter you sent in JUNE OF 2015 it seems like you think that by X I meant the name of a former girlfriend.

Again I explained how the game is played. I removed the name Cathy and told you to replay your move.

It’s been almost 6 years and it’s STILL YOUR MOVE GO!!!
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I feel like this game is going to end like our scrabble game where you went first and placed the word JENZERO claiming all sorts of points and telling me that JENZERO is an old word used in NZ which means all the sheep are back and accounted for.
You even put it in a sentence.

Honey I’m home and the sheep are JENZERO!

I mean WTF

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: April 22nd, 2021, 4:31 pm
by Calvin
barnicoat:
"fancy a game of naughts and crosses?"

bama:


--

bama is like bam bam and pebbles rolled into one person ^.^ <3 ;)


Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: May 11th, 2021, 3:53 pm
by Known Aim
With the first week starting to wind down, overall I’m happy with World of Warcraft’s latest expansion. Shadowlands allowing players to dive into the realms beyond life is an incredible adventure, and one I’m eager to watch play out over time. That being said, I have to be incredibly cautious this time around. I still hate grinding and buy itms and gold here. Warlords of Draenor and Legion felt like incredible rides the whole way through, but Battle for Azeroth hit some serious snags over the course of its lifespan that may have left a sour taste in the mouths of gamers. That being said, at the moment I think World of Warcraft: Shadowlands earns optimistic praise with plenty of room to grow going forward. I do think this will start a trend for me of posting my thoughts about the state of the game going forward as future major patches roll out to give the readers a more accurate representation through Shadowland’s lifespan.

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: May 11th, 2021, 10:38 pm
by Calvin
people still playing official wow?

it is kinda uo levels of old now tbh.. like ppl just assume it's all over.. that's pretty cool actually, but imo, the best thing about wow was that it was like a cultural pinacle, like pokemon, or beatlemania.

it was more of a cultural event than a game in itself...

i wonder if i've missed any of those... is VR actually a thing?

.. i dunno if it's a negative thing to say, but i feel cultural moments are kinda chewed up and enjoyed.. but ultimately they pass.. like dubstep.

... uo is more like a vet reward ;P
like it's not essential playing, but it's infinitely handy

like say your main mount dies, imagine not having the backup ethy? what hole that would leave.
my ethy a charger ;)

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Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: May 11th, 2021, 10:53 pm
by Calvin
im back on this. but i'll actually complete it this play through.



it's actually kinda cool/hax.. cos my save is from before the update, and they made it a lot harder to get the rare materials.. so im kinda uber stocked up. get some really nice dedicated crews actually. they appreciate playing a proper career save.

Re: What other games are you guys currently playing?

Posted: May 17th, 2021, 3:10 am
by Facko
Girl got me one of these. My model 2 genesis has been working for over 30 years and now I've got a reason to touch it again.

Genesis cart with a hardware emulator (sort of) and a filesysrem manager that let's you load roms on the real hardware.