Hey. Sorry about not being 'round this weekend. Figures it's when a bunch of people need invites. I'm almost positive I bumped you up to promote powers though Shark. :P
Litany's main argument was that some people were going online, realising nobody was online, then promptly going offline on Merch 1. So he wanted us to all go there - despite how small the number of active players still is in that clan. I was personally happy with Merch 2 being our main clan, since everybody there was active to some degree...
...it's kinda frustrating that we've left some people there, I hope the clan became disbanded when Loupa left or whatever...
Hey now, I don't speak for the entire group... Well, not all the time, anyways. :P A couple of us decided it was easy for those of us in Merch 2 to swing back into the original Merch / PA clan than it was to "force"/ask relapsed players to go through the rigmarole that we're pretty much accustomed to, and it would have virtually eliminated talks of a second clan if it had gone smoother, making it the defacto choice moving on.
So, if you clan name is Merchenaries 2 on your player sheet, leave that clan then fire someone (including me, as I'll be 'round now) a message and we'll sort this out right quick.
Well, gimme an hour. Should do something about this rugged and manly forest that's sprung up on my face. I'm starting to attract wildlife.
By which I of course mean I have four unsightly hairs that make me look like I'm trying so very hard to fool liquor store employees. Before I die I'd like to be able to grow a bread. Just once.
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I'm pretty sure that you went offline for the weekend before giving me powers (I was still online for a while after you left and I didn't have them at that point, I'm guessing somebody else gave me them...unless it took THAT long to update). Either way, no big deal :P
Oh yeah, e3 has been kind of a letdown so far...Microsoft had by far the worst presentation that I've seen from them in many years - and the other companies didn't really have too much to show off either. Although, EA and Ubisoft did have their moments. Halo: Reach having space battles was a pretty interesting reveal - everything else was either known about or leaked.
Lets hope that Nintendo and Sony can hold it down, eh?
Nintendo predictions:
3DS being their main focus.
Metroid: Other M gameplay/trailer.
New Zelda game reveal.
Sony predictions:
Move being their main focus.
Epic montage of upcoming games.
New FF Versus 13 trailer/gameplay.
New FF 14 trailer/gameplay.
Mention of the PS3 Slim hardware revision that has been rumoured.
HOPEFULLY a Kingdom Hearts announcement or other pleasant surprise.
I came up with more earlier for both companies - but I forgot them. :P
I *just* logged on, in all honesty. Was going through my PSN mail, making sure invites were sent out. :P
Edit: I did send one out to you Paradox, so we're cool now right? Hopefully we'll cross paths tomorrow so I can both apologize in "person" and promote you so fast you won't be able to hold a grudge. Unlike that Shark guy.
Level 54 PBC. So. Close.
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Sorry. I immersed myself into E3 coverage as soon as I walked through the door this afternoon. I will be on this week some (I promise)! Oh, and hey... there will be MvC3 gameplay demo on Wednesday!!
It's over. Nothing really interesting except twisted metal PS3, GT5 release date nov, Infamous 2 we knew was comming. No zipper/mag support for Move
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Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
100%'d the dead drops, districts and got over half of the power fragment things. However, I couldn't afford my final power upgrade (12000exp for the final lightning bolt upgrade). I switched down to easy to mess around and not only are the enemies easier - but I think they give you more experience points too!
Some of the trophies are too gimmicky for me to care - especially when enemies are now hard to come by.
It was a pretty good game with a nice story and morality system - sure it has some annoying technical problems (bad graphics, jagged edges, framerate dives, sticking to every single climb-able surface(!)) - but the lighting was pretty nice (especially in the sewers!).
Looking forward to the next game - although I'm really not liking the "new" Cole.
My problem with InFamous's "morality" system was that it was the laziest device of it's kind, ever. You made a single choice at the start of the game and then were forced into a path - if you wanted to be able to play with the toys in the game - which completely negated the system, possibly before the user booted up the game for the first time. There weren't any shades of gray. All red or all blue, all the time.
And I'm with you on Cole's redesign, but I couldn't tell you how I'd improve upon it as I honestly can't come up with anything.
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Kind of surprised MAG didn't get Move support, and I'm trying not to read anything into the new SOCOM having it. :P
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My problem with InFamous's "morality" system was that it was the laziest device of it's kind, ever. You made a single choice at the start of the game and then were forced into a path - if you wanted to be able to play with the toys in the game - which completely negated the system, possibly before the user booted up the game for the first time. There weren't any shades of gray. All red or all blue, all the time.
And I'm with you on Cole's redesign, but I couldn't tell you how I'd improve upon it as I honestly can't come up with anything.
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Kind of surprised MAG didn't get Move support, and I'm trying not to read anything into the new SOCOM having it. :P
Really? I figured that every choice would change the story - that sounds kind of disappointing then.
I'll probably do an evil playthrough before the sequel comes out - or something.
I also agree about not being able to come up with anything different for the redesign...
Last match was all about Van as he brought up the AAA and the bunker all alone. I died 30+ times and shot rpgs at choppers and APC. Result a definitive win for the mother land. More so as valor were putting 2 or 3 squads on us.
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Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Last match was all about Van as he brought up the AAA and the bunker all alone. I died 30+ times and shot rpgs at choppers and APC. Result a definitive win for the mother land. More so as valor were putting 2 or 3 squads on us.
Hey, at least you got a ribbon for it! And I finally got the repair AAA gun ribbon and kill 10 ppl with vehicle gun turret ribbon . Also, never underestimate the stupidity of people. The only reason I was able to bring up the AAA and bunker is that the silly geese were to busy blowing up the jeep I came up with instead of hunting me down. By the time they found me, it was too late, the bunker + AAA was back up .
Edit: Just looking through mag forums for shits and giggles and found this
I was surprised we won that one, our section was all over the show and not sticking to the bunker. Everyone in our platoon seem to be adverse to killing enemy apc's. You sticking the aaa up and killing them around our bunker brought us the time for glorious victory.
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Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
I just reached level eight, so I've been playing Domination, or at least trying to. My first match everything went okay. My second match I was voted and kicked out of the game immediately and insulted the entire time. I didn't do anything wrong - no team killing or straying from the objective. The third match I was immediately voted out, as well, for being a "piece of shit" and "team killer" and someone who would "sabotage" the game.
Huh? I'm none of those things.
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I just reached level eight, so I've been playing Domination, or at least trying to. My first match everything went okay. My second match I was voted and kicked out of the game immediately and insulted the entire time. I didn't do anything wrong - no team killing or straying from the objective. The third match I was immediately voted out, as well, for being a "piece of shit" and "team killer" and someone who would "sabotage" the game.
Huh? I'm none of those things.
WTF. Sounds like douchebags being douchebags. I've never heard of anything like that before...
Anyway, send me a FR at some point - although I'm not that active at the moment. However I definitely will be in the near-ish future. :P
Wait a minute - if it was an R$O clan member or whatever the hell those backwards people are called - it would make sense. They hate our guts because we teamkilled them when they tried to cheat/glitch.
Wait a minute - if it was an R$O clan member or whatever the hell those backwards people are called - it would make sense. They hate our guts because we teamkilled them when they tried to cheat/glitch.
Yeah, I think that was the tag. That explains that then.
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They were circumventing the red line (out of bounds marker) on our Sabotage defense, and a couple of us had an issue with that and asked them to stop. After being mocked for having some concept of sportsmanship, both sides began team killing each other. I was ordered to be "officially given a Purple Heart", PA actually stands for "Pussy Ass" and many lolz were had. I ended up getting a couple of PSN messages from one of them basically stating we sucked and I kindly pointed out we didn't need to abuse a glitch to win on our lopsided map. A couple more insults my way and then he calmed down and came oh-so-close to admitting I was right. Alas, poor Yorick...
A red squiggly under "Yorick"? Come on now Firefox, you know better than that.
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They were circumventing the red line (out of bounds marker) on our Sabotage defense, and a couple of us had an issue with that and asked them to stop. After being mocked for having some concept of sportsmanship, both sides began team killing each other. I was ordered to be "officially given a Purple Heart", PA actually stands for "Pussy Ass" and many lolz were had. I ended up getting a couple of PSN messages from one of them basically stating we sucked and I kindly pointed out we didn't need to abuse a glitch to win on our lopsided map. A couple more insults my way and then he calmed down and came oh-so-close to admitting I was right. Alas, poor Yorick...
A red squiggly under "Yorick"? Come on now Firefox, you know better than that.
One of them also happened to be the same idiot who question my ability to be OIC, which I responded by calling him some not nice names, who then exploded at Litany. Both times now actually, I told him off and he exploded at Litany, Lit you're like a silly geese magnet!
It's definitely R$O, he was promoted to OIC in a losing cause in one of our matches today and went on and on about how he was a man and was going to "take the loss on his record". And that he was going to have relations with the former OIC's mom so she'd know what a man was and again with his "I'm older than you are" card. I didn't bother to fight this one, as the first OIC was using an annoying voice changer, which he also rambled on about for like two minutes.
He's pure class, straight through.
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Vac and I teamed up to lead a bunch of pubs on glorious sver defense vurses the evil capitalist raven. As a lance cpl entrusted with the mute masses I feared we would lose our bunker as the one on the left collapsed under a 3 section assault by calculating raven. I screamed at our men in the forlorn hope that one of them would understand the language of socialism and brotherhood. Although they were mute they understood the import of their glorious PA masters and eventually came together to cover Vac and I as we brought up the weak left wing and our own centre bunker. These early success filled our men with vigor as they cut down the capitalist scum coming over the ramparts. Raven were reduced to costly frontal assaults against our gate in lieu of attacking our overpowering strength.
I managed not to die 30 times this time around so great sucess.
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Philippe about the tactical deployment of german Kradschützen during the battle of Kursk:
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Vac and I teamed up to lead a bunch of pubs on glorious sver defense vurses the evil capitalist raven. As a lance cpl entrusted with the mute masses I feared we would lose our bunker as the one on the left collapsed under a 3 section assault by calculating raven. I screamed at our men in the forlorn hope that one of them would understand the language of socialism and brotherhood. Although they were mute they understood the import of their glorious PA masters and eventually came together to cover Vac and I as we brought up the weak left wing and our own centre bunker. These early success filled our men with vigor as they cut down the capitalist scum coming over the ramparts. Raven were reduced to costly frontal assaults against our gate in lieu of attacking our overpowering strength.
I managed not to die 30 times this time around so great sucess.
It was a pretty ridiculous match. Raven only managed to unlock access to two out of the eight points, and they didn't capture a single one of those two afterward. We certainly had our section of the map locked down. I was basically running back and forth between the bunker emplacement and the gate, repairing both, and healing people in between. Repair Kit + Medical Kit = glorious victory.
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Check out the E3 Special on PSN, not to long for 2 parts but they said something about a simple system update that will enable ALL PS3's with 3D gaming, of course the corresponding glasses are probably around 70$ CDN.
PS: Im so close Lit, i can almost taste it. i give it 2 maybe 3 more days, im really loving what iv come to call the Juggernaught Loadout.
Checmical dmg Resistance - Explosive resistance - increased health - Heavy armor - SMG - Grenades - Full res (for MASS xp) i know im missing something but you get the idea.
So I learned something about the chest candy trophy, it does it by ribbon count (ie. number of different ribbons you have). Since they added 4 new ribbons for interdiction, and seems like they did not change the ribbon count to get the trophy, I got it even though I was missing 2 original ribbons (As I got 2 of the 4 new ribbons). I think the the medal trophy is the same.
Unfortunately MAG has become nearly unplayable for me. I'm having a freeze, requiring reboot almost every other game the last 3-4 days. Nothing better than playing 28 minutes of domination defense only to freeze up with 2 minutes left on the clock and lose all progress. I don't know what's going on but it's caused me to lose 3k to 4k xp. I know the patch has made it more unstable, but has anyone else had issues this bad.
People restart often so levels are pretty spread actually (i'm 17/60 currently for example and have 100 hours of play time). Paid dlc this week so a lot of people will be in there I think.
Spent the whole weekend rewiring the house so I can play mag in my office.
So ready for new maps.
As far as new people getting in ... YES! More people come more people to support the player base.
I am going to be sad if MAG becomes a ghost town before a sequel comes out.
Is this worth picking up now or would I forever be behind due to not playing since release?
Its much like the COD series games with a "Prestige" system, after hitting the cap lvl of 60 you have the choice to become a "Vetern" and change PMC if you wish.
Im currently level 58 Vet x3.
Unfortunately MAG has become nearly unplayable for me. I'm having a freeze, requiring reboot almost every other game the last 3-4 days. Nothing better than playing 28 minutes of domination defense only to freeze up with 2 minutes left on the clock and lose all progress. I don't know what's going on but it's caused me to lose 3k to 4k xp. I know the patch has made it more unstable, but has anyone else had issues this bad.
Still? I've had issues since the patch, but no where near as many as you. I've hard locked three or four times, and had a similar number of 5:x errors.
Is this worth picking up now or would I forever be behind due to not playing since release?
As a couple of people mentioned, character levels tend to be in a flux as players "restart" on difference factions, which lowers your character level back to one and [only] grants a 10% experience boost. So a level sixty (which is the level cap) that has never vetted and one that has vetted a dozen times play exactly the same, as the experience boost is no longer in effect.
Long story short, you wouldn't be handicapped on those grounds. Most likely when you start you'll feel lost, but that's normal with MAG. That'll be the biggest hurdle. I can't tell you if it's worth it for you, but I can say it's still constantly fun experience once you get the mechanics down. And it's even better when those around you have as well.
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Hey now, I don't speak for the entire group... Well, not all the time, anyways. :P A couple of us decided it was easy for those of us in Merch 2 to swing back into the original Merch / PA clan than it was to "force"/ask relapsed players to go through the rigmarole that we're pretty much accustomed to, and it would have virtually eliminated talks of a second clan if it had gone smoother, making it the defacto choice moving on.
So, if you clan name is Merchenaries 2 on your player sheet, leave that clan then fire someone (including me, as I'll be 'round now) a message and we'll sort this out right quick.
Well, gimme an hour. Should do something about this rugged and manly forest that's sprung up on my face. I'm starting to attract wildlife.
Oh yeah, e3 has been kind of a letdown so far...Microsoft had by far the worst presentation that I've seen from them in many years - and the other companies didn't really have too much to show off either. Although, EA and Ubisoft did have their moments. Halo: Reach having space battles was a pretty interesting reveal - everything else was either known about or leaked.
Lets hope that Nintendo and Sony can hold it down, eh?
Nintendo predictions:
3DS being their main focus.
Metroid: Other M gameplay/trailer.
New Zelda game reveal.
Sony predictions:
Move being their main focus.
Epic montage of upcoming games.
New FF Versus 13 trailer/gameplay.
New FF 14 trailer/gameplay.
Mention of the PS3 Slim hardware revision that has been rumoured.
HOPEFULLY a Kingdom Hearts announcement or other pleasant surprise.
I came up with more earlier for both companies - but I forgot them. :P
And yeah, I'm in just the Merch clan; no "2" to be seen.
Edit: I did send one out to you Paradox, so we're cool now right? Hopefully we'll cross paths tomorrow so I can both apologize in "person" and promote you so fast you won't be able to hold a grudge. Unlike that Shark guy.
Level 54 PBC. So. Close.
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Happens every e3...
I haven't followed much of the happenings yet, when's Sony to go on?
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Sony 2nd - needed more Kev (that guy seems awesome!), Microsoft 3rd (shame as they've consistently had awesome e3's for as long as I can remember).
100%'d the dead drops, districts and got over half of the power fragment things. However, I couldn't afford my final power upgrade (12000exp for the final lightning bolt upgrade). I switched down to easy to mess around and not only are the enemies easier - but I think they give you more experience points too!
Some of the trophies are too gimmicky for me to care - especially when enemies are now hard to come by.
It was a pretty good game with a nice story and morality system - sure it has some annoying technical problems (bad graphics, jagged edges, framerate dives, sticking to every single climb-able surface(!)) - but the lighting was pretty nice (especially in the sewers!).
Looking forward to the next game - although I'm really not liking the "new" Cole.
And I'm with you on Cole's redesign, but I couldn't tell you how I'd improve upon it as I honestly can't come up with anything.
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Kind of surprised MAG didn't get Move support, and I'm trying not to read anything into the new SOCOM having it. :P
Really? I figured that every choice would change the story - that sounds kind of disappointing then.
I'll probably do an evil playthrough before the sequel comes out - or something.
I also agree about not being able to come up with anything different for the redesign...
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Hey, at least you got a ribbon for it! And I finally got the repair AAA gun ribbon and kill 10 ppl with vehicle gun turret ribbon
Edit: Just looking through mag forums for shits and giggles and found this
So if you guys REALLY, REALLY need to kill spawn snipers, just bust out an rpg or 'nades
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
Ooooh, interesting!
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/109/1095371p1.html
http://www.destructoid.com/returning-to-mag-with-interdiction-dlc-175772.phtml
Edit: not really anything new or interesting mentioned
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I just reached level eight, so I've been playing Domination, or at least trying to. My first match everything went okay. My second match I was voted and kicked out of the game immediately and insulted the entire time. I didn't do anything wrong - no team killing or straying from the objective. The third match I was immediately voted out, as well, for being a "piece of shit" and "team killer" and someone who would "sabotage" the game.
Huh? I'm none of those things.
WTF. Sounds like douchebags being douchebags. I've never heard of anything like that before...
Anyway, send me a FR at some point - although I'm not that active at the moment. However I definitely will be in the near-ish future. :P
Yeah, I think that was the tag. That explains that then.
One of them also happened to be the same idiot who question my ability to be OIC, which I responded by calling him some not nice names, who then exploded at Litany. Both times now actually, I told him off and he exploded at Litany, Lit you're like a silly geese magnet!
It's definitely R$O, he was promoted to OIC in a losing cause in one of our matches today and went on and on about how he was a man and was going to "take the loss on his record". And that he was going to have relations with the former OIC's mom so she'd know what a man was and again with his "I'm older than you are" card. I didn't bother to fight this one, as the first OIC was using an annoying voice changer, which he also rambled on about for like two minutes.
He's pure class, straight through.
I managed not to die 30 times this time around so great sucess.
"I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan."
It was a pretty ridiculous match. Raven only managed to unlock access to two out of the eight points, and they didn't capture a single one of those two afterward. We certainly had our section of the map locked down. I was basically running back and forth between the bunker emplacement and the gate, repairing both, and healing people in between. Repair Kit + Medical Kit = glorious victory.
PS: Im so close Lit, i can almost taste it. i give it 2 maybe 3 more days, im really loving what iv come to call the Juggernaught Loadout.
Checmical dmg Resistance - Explosive resistance - increased health - Heavy armor - SMG - Grenades - Full res (for MASS xp) i know im missing something but you get the idea.
I've been hungover all day and am only just snapping out of it...
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I want to know more PA people on Twitter.
So ready for new maps.
As far as new people getting in ... YES! More people come more people to support the player base.
I am going to be sad if MAG becomes a ghost town before a sequel comes out.
Its much like the COD series games with a "Prestige" system, after hitting the cap lvl of 60 you have the choice to become a "Vetern" and change PMC if you wish.
Im currently level 58 Vet x3.
Still? I've had issues since the patch, but no where near as many as you.
As a couple of people mentioned, character levels tend to be in a flux as players "restart" on difference factions, which lowers your character level back to one and [only] grants a 10% experience boost. So a level sixty (which is the level cap) that has never vetted and one that has vetted a dozen times play exactly the same, as the experience boost is no longer in effect.
Long story short, you wouldn't be handicapped on those grounds. Most likely when you start you'll feel lost, but that's normal with MAG. That'll be the biggest hurdle. I can't tell you if it's worth it for you, but I can say it's still constantly fun experience once you get the mechanics down. And it's even better when those around you have as well.