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[PA Comic] Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - Numeracy

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edited February 2014 in The Penny Arcade Hub

image[PA Comic] Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - Numeracy

Numeracy

Numeracy

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2014/02/19

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  • RunningmanRunningman Registered User regular
    Given that I treat my Titan like a grenade/walking bomb that I pilot until I eject and detonate it, this comic is close to home.

  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Fantastic comic!

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    Runningman wrote: »
    Given that I treat my Titan like a grenade/walking bomb that I pilot until I eject and detonate it, this comic is close to home.

    Not having played Titanfall, I am basically picturing the Slug Gunner.

  • AntonNULAntonNUL Registered User regular
    I'm not a fan of Titanfall, but I can love this joke to bits.

  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    Killzone 3 had mechs you could get in. I hated those matches, because it is not fun to be a soldier and get massacred by a dude in a giant robot suit.

    I don't see Titanfall being any different. Dudes vs Robots doesn't sound fun. It needs to be dudes only, or robots only.

  • DragkoniasDragkonias That Guy Who Does Stuff You Know, There. Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    Not really.

    The way Titans are made is that they are extremely fragile but very powerful. Glass Cannons if you would.

    So, if you try to play them like your traditional "tank" they aren't going to last long.

    Also, every class comes with a extra weapon slot specifically for taking out Titans, add that in with the Pilots maneuverability and the Pilot vs. Titan is more plausible than you would think.

    Dragkonias on
  • TastyWhaleTastyWhale Registered User regular
    Yeah, I hope I can make mine bright pink. I've enjoyed my time with the game greatly.

    I write/run the review and news site www.TastyWhale.com!
    (just a hobby, no advert revenue or anything fancy)
  • CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    If two titans are battling it out and one of them has a person on foot supporting, it's a huge advantage.

  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Killzone 3 had mechs you could get in. I hated those matches, because it is not fun to be a soldier and get massacred by a dude in a giant robot suit.

    I don't see Titanfall being any different. Dudes vs Robots doesn't sound fun. It needs to be dudes only, or robots only.

    There's a sidearm that fires mini-missiles as well as regular missile launchers. Also, on foot duders can jump onto enemy Titans, rip open the vital bits and blast them to hell.

    Everyone has a price. Throw enough gold around and someone will risk disintegration.
  • cB557cB557 voOOP Registered User regular
    I enjoy Tycho's news posts, on a fairly regular basis even more than the comic. This is one of those times, and this was a good comic. A lot of thought put into them, they can be very engaging.

  • Adrian82490Adrian82490 Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    If I can touch on something gabe/mike said in his post that this is the time to buy an Xbox One if you were on the fence....:

    Titanfall is also available on PC. Not only that, but at lowest settings (which are some damn low requirements; Titanfall is built on source engine, the same engine that runs team fortress, counter strike, halflife, etc.) the game still looks REALLY good. Like, REALLY REALLY good. You don't need a powerhouse to play titanfall, and that extends to the Xbox One.

    I'm not fanboying out to say that ps4 is better than Xbox One. I'm PC fanboying out to say that you shouldn't get it on console, because, come on. The keyboard and mouse be'ith mightier than the stick'n'buttuns.

    Adrian82490 on
  • ArbitraryDescriptorArbitraryDescriptor Registered User regular
    Lucascraft wrote: »
    Killzone 3 had mechs you could get in. I hated those matches, because it is not fun to be a soldier and get massacred by a dude in a giant robot suit.

    I don't see Titanfall being any different. Dudes vs Robots doesn't sound fun. It needs to be dudes only, or robots only.

    But what is your position on Meccs vs. Kabuto? (vs. sea witches?)

  • TheOtherHorsemanTheOtherHorseman Registered User regular
    edited February 2014
    I actually don't like being a Titan and prefer to just be the pilot. It is too easy for people to ruin you. As a pilot, I can hide in buildings and poke out to fire my anti-titan gun when they aren't looking. I can hop on their backs and shoot into their brains.

    TheOtherHorseman on
    Steam! let's be e-bro's
  • CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    I mostly use my titan as anti titan artillary and suicide bomber.

  • NoviteNovite Spokane, WARegistered User new member
    Not to even mention the environmental damage these things are doing. I think any country being invaded by another country with titans would just call it good from the standpoint of not having their cities leveled by twelve-year-olds with no concept of aiming.

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    Believe it or not Titanfall was something I had pretty much completely ignored until the past week and now it is on my radar based almost entirely upon these newsposts.

  • ShadowhopeShadowhope Baa. Registered User regular
    Adrian82490 wrote: »
    If I can touch on something gabe/mike said in his post that this is the time to buy an Xbox One if you were on the fence....:

    Titanfall is also available on PC. Not only that, but at lowest settings (which are some damn low requirements; Titanfall is built on source engine, the same engine that runs team fortress, counter strike, halflife, etc.) the game still looks REALLY good. Like, REALLY REALLY good. You don't need a powerhouse to play titanfall, and that extends to the Xbox One.

    I'm not fanboying out to say that ps4 is better than Xbox One. I'm PC fanboying out to say that you shouldn't get it on console, because, come on. The keyboard and mouse be'ith mightier than the stick'n'buttuns.

    EA, I know, but it feels odd to have a Source engine game not on Steam.

    Civics is not a consumer product that you can ignore because you don’t like the options presented.
  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Gaslight wrote: »
    Believe it or not Titanfall was something I had pretty much completely ignored until the past week and now it is on my radar based almost entirely upon these newsposts.

    I paid no attention to it and caught a gameplay video last week.

    Gonna get a new video card just for it.

  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    Shadowhope wrote: »
    Adrian82490 wrote: »
    If I can touch on something gabe/mike said in his post that this is the time to buy an Xbox One if you were on the fence....:

    Titanfall is also available on PC. Not only that, but at lowest settings (which are some damn low requirements; Titanfall is built on source engine, the same engine that runs team fortress, counter strike, halflife, etc.) the game still looks REALLY good. Like, REALLY REALLY good. You don't need a powerhouse to play titanfall, and that extends to the Xbox One.

    I'm not fanboying out to say that ps4 is better than Xbox One. I'm PC fanboying out to say that you shouldn't get it on console, because, come on. The keyboard and mouse be'ith mightier than the stick'n'buttuns.

    EA, I know, but it feels odd to have a Source engine game not on Steam.

    Oh wait, it's not on Steam?

    Eh, I'll probably pass then.

  • ruzkinruzkin Registered User regular
    I haven't played a multiplayer shooter since UT2k4, but this might just be the one to drag me back into the fold.

    g4OlSIF.jpg
  • CabezoneCabezone Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Gaslight wrote: »
    Believe it or not Titanfall was something I had pretty much completely ignored until the past week and now it is on my radar based almost entirely upon these newsposts.

    I paid no attention to it and caught a gameplay video last week.

    Gonna get a new video card just for it.

    Just FYI, it looks good on low and runs fine on even older systems.

  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    Dragkonias wrote: »
    Not really.

    The way Titans are made is that they are extremely fragile but very powerful. Glass Cannons if you would.

    So, if you try to play them like your traditional "tank" they aren't going to last long.

    Also, every class comes with a extra weapon slot specifically for taking out Titans, add that in with the Pilots maneuverability and the Pilot vs. Titan is more plausible than you would think.

    Plus, the whole game is sort of MOBA-esque in that you're farming up points to get to call in the Titan support.

    ... So that you can lose it twenty seconds later.

    Honestly, I mostly keep my Titan on AI follow because I love rodeoing enemy titans too much.

    What is this I don't even.
  • MarkeryMarkery Registered User new member
    How much does a human life cost cadet?
    Less than a Titan more than a tank! Sir!

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Cabezone wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Gaslight wrote: »
    Believe it or not Titanfall was something I had pretty much completely ignored until the past week and now it is on my radar based almost entirely upon these newsposts.

    I paid no attention to it and caught a gameplay video last week.

    Gonna get a new video card just for it.

    Just FYI, it looks good on low and runs fine on even older systems.

    I know. But now's prolly the best excuse I've had.

  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited February 2014
    I dunno. It runs and looks like dogshit on my rig, probably because it still is using a DX10 class gpu. Some other games run and look better too. Played a bit on my brother's juiced up rig though, and that was the proper experience.

    Zxerol on
  • AlwaysTheBigSpoonAlwaysTheBigSpoon Registered User regular
    This reminds of an episode in Red vs. Blue. I think it was when they were trying to guess the cost of the "Puma" (the warthog) or the tank.

  • ChuckMasterGeneralChuckMasterGeneral Registered User new member
    Hrm, took me a sec to realize this wasn't about Eve Online.

  • cmasterscmasters Registered User new member
    Numeracy is a hot topic. Even lawyers screw this up.
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2163645

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