All right and to top it off DaxterMax has like 80 games total on Steam. Plays primarily Spelunky all the time from the looks of it, and doesn't have a single buyable game on his wishlist.
Now I have to plot and do research and stuff... (still thank you)
Are there any good preorder deals for Borderlands Presequel? All this gifting is making me wonder if I'm missing out on a good preorder price. I preordered BL2 for like $32 after some discount shenanagans on GMG, I'd totally preorder the presequel if I caught that low of a price.
I'm trying to build any hype whatsoever for the Pre-Sequel and it's just not a thing that's happening. I haven't looked into it at all beyond knowing what the logo looks like. I loved BL2 when it launched, but my god did it wear out its welcome fast. The other problem is that when I played through it multiple times, I reached a point where I could not care less about the story or the snarky "badass" way that everyone acts. In fact, I wish I could just interrupt people with a melee attack and have my character say "Yeah, got it, shut up and get out of my way."
So, I don't know what just happened. First @Isorn messages me a mystery link for the Humble Weekly Bundle, four more awesome games for the Newell. And then @Big Classy arrived, opens a can of whoop-CLASS and gifts me Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, a game I was avoiding to put on my wishlist just because of things like this. Crazy!
You guys... I don't know what to say... just thanks so much!
So Eador is on sale for like three bucks in Steam, and Drunken Robot Pornography is also on sale for a similar three bucks, only in Humble Store. Dammit.
Anyone played Eador? Can someone dissuade me of getting it?
With all these copies of Borderlands flying around the Steam thread I expect to see a bunch of jolly co-op play between people in this thread when it releases. And screenshots of said jolly cooperation.
Comcast may be crap, but I'll take these D/L speeds. Now i just need to see what i want to re download to make use of my newfound speed (upgraded to xfinity x1 today)
So Eador is on sale for like three bucks in Steam, and Drunken Robot Pornography is also on sale for a similar three bucks, only in Humble Store. Dammit.
Anyone played Eador? Can someone dissuade me of getting it?
@Elvenshae I believe has the most experience with Eador.
So Eador is on sale for like three bucks in Steam, and Drunken Robot Pornography is also on sale for a similar three bucks, only in Humble Store. Dammit.
Anyone played Eador? Can someone dissuade me of getting it?
I've never understood the hate comcast gets. I have the cheapest internet package they have and never have issues. I even got a free month of service for the 2 hour unannounced downtime from the little storm we had a few days ago.
So Eador is on sale for like three bucks in Steam, and Drunken Robot Pornography is also on sale for a similar three bucks, only in Humble Store. Dammit.
Anyone played Eador? Can someone dissuade me of getting it?
Here's my review from July of last year; I haven't played much more in the intervening months, so I don't have much in the way of an update for it. I'm pretty sure you'll get at least $3 worth of fun out of it.
I have not yet run into any serious bugs in Eador. That being said, the game is essentially just a high-res graphics mod for the first game (which I got for free when I purchased the second one): same gameplay, same storyline (so far, at least), same heroes, same equipment, same battlefields ... It just all looks a lot better (which is a worthwhile improvement all by itself). I played a lot of the first one when I got it, and that experience has slowed down my playtime in the upgrade because I'd already done the first parts already. Now I've really moved beyond where I'd made it in the first game, and I'm liking the game a lot better now.
The game itself is interesting, in a Fantasy-4X-that's-Not-As-Good-Overall-As-Fallen Enchantress:LH-but-is-Different kind of way, and I don't regret my purchase at all. You capture existing settlements, rather than create your own, Civ-style, for instance, and the real building you do is at your stronghold (which determines what troops you can recruit and what minor improvements you can make in captured territory). The tech tree in any given match, such as it is, is based entirely on what buildings you construct, but the grand campaign is composed of multiple matches, and capturing territory in the grand campaign unlocks new buildings for each match (as well as other bonuses, like a permanent +1 to your Gold income). Think StarCraft / StarCraft II, here. I like the mechanic whereby as population expands in a region, you need to explore more space using your heroes and their army - this exploration uncovers standard-RPG fare like caves inhabited by orcs, lost cities teeming with undead, etc., most of which you can then fight in a tactical battle. Some of them have more RPG-ish interactions (you can bring scrolls to Mage towers for gold, for instance, instead of fighting them; there's actually a bug with this one, I think), but not as many as I would like. Defeating the guardians awards XP, gold, magic gems, other assorted loot, and sometimes unique improvement decisions in an area.
The tactical battles are mostly reminiscent of King's Bounty or Heroes of Might and Magic, if you're familiar with those, rather than FE:LH or Master of Magic. They are pretty entertaining. The tileset is extremely limited (you're always fighting on some mix of plains, forest, mountains, hills, and swamp tiles, even if the battle location is an underground cave or a lost city). Also, there's no real reason to get attached to your generic troops - even once they've gained a couple levels, they can still be wiped out (and will be!) very easily, since "Improve HP" is only one of many potential level-up options you can pick, you're never guaranteed that it'll show up, and it only gives +1 HP anyway. Healing after a battle is very slow unless you have a healer in your army, so watch out for that.
Heroes are the key to your armies - each hero comes from one of 5 classes (Warrior, Ranger, Wizard, Commander, ... Shoot! I can't remember the other one, unless there's only 4?), and they can pick an advanced class upon hitting 10th-level. For instance, the Commander can choose to become a Paladin and gain more magic-related abilities or a ... something else and double-down on his army abilities. There's usually about 4 options for the advanced classes (haven't leveled up a Ranger enough yet). Leveling up your heroes is very Might and Magic - you get an improvement to a base statistic (randomly?) and then get to choose from a randomly determined list of new abilities (better personal attacks, better overworld map mobility, better troop morale, etc.) or improvements to existing ones. Improving your magical abilities gives you more spell slots (done in a D&D-esque fashion: spell slots at various tiers; one cast per slot per battle; and spells can be memorized in a higher-level slot). Upgrading your command rating similarly improves your army - troops have various tiers, and you can lead 4 Tier-1 and 1 Tier-2 troop at the moment, but you can fill them all with tier-1 troops if you want (or if that's all you can afford).
I kind of like to collect and play 4Xs - they might be my favorite genre of game - and I can admire the unique quirks of each one, even if the overall game isn't super great. Eador has some really nice wrinkles it brings to the fantasy 4X genre, and it's entertaining enough that I can largely overlook the foibles: visually indistinguishable battlefields, repetitive RPG locations with limited interaction before the fight, disposable armies, largely static early game in each match. If you're really, really on the fence, then wait for a better sale; if you're willing to put up with some jankiness to see some good ideas, then $12 is perfectly reasonable.
I've never understood the hate comcast gets. I have the cheapest internet package they have and never have issues. I even got a free month of service for the 2 hour unannounced downtime from the little storm we had a few days ago.
Well rather than list the many smaller reasons I'll point out they are hellbent on murdering net neutrality along with most other ISP's, are part of the oligopoly that ensures lack of competition and therefore no need for innovation, and threaten to cut off services to any city that doesn't play ball.
They're fucking evil. Your personal experience does not outweight the mountain of bullshit they have built along with all the other major ISP's.
I've never understood the hate comcast gets. I have the cheapest internet package they have and never have issues. I even got a free month of service for the 2 hour unannounced downtime from the little storm we had a few days ago.
Well rather than list the many smaller reasons I'll point out they are hellbent on murdering net neutrality along with most other ISP's, are part of the oligopoly that ensures lack of competition and therefore no need for innovation, and threaten to cut off services to any city that doesn't play ball.
They're fucking evil. Your personal experience does not outweight the mountain of bullshit they have built along with all the other major ISP's.
I'm not saying my personal experience outweighs anything. I said point blank that I don't understand it, and while I'm glad you attempted to answer my question, it did come off a bit combative. Every time I've asked this question in the past it has ended with me being called an apologist or implied that I am somehow alright with the evil internet overlords. Bonus points for "Well they're doing things that are nefarious!" as the most common answer.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, though. Again, thanks for attempting to answer, at least. Gives me something to learn about for the day, namely net neutrality and how comcast is single handedly teabagging it (apparently).
I've never understood the hate comcast gets. I have the cheapest internet package they have and never have issues. I even got a free month of service for the 2 hour unannounced downtime from the little storm we had a few days ago.
Well rather than list the many smaller reasons I'll point out they are hellbent on murdering net neutrality along with most other ISP's, are part of the oligopoly that ensures lack of competition and therefore no need for innovation, and threaten to cut off services to any city that doesn't play ball.
They're fucking evil. Your personal experience does not outweight the mountain of bullshit they have built along with all the other major ISP's.
The telecomm situation in the US is just terrible. If you're lucky, in any given area you may have like two options for a hardline Internet, one if you're less lucky, and SOL if you're in any area that's just above "boondocks." And with Comcast looking to buy Time Warner, it's not going to get terribly better.
It's funny how they love trotting out "but the free market!!!11" excuse in their borderline monopolistic operations, though, because the free market requires more than just a handful of players to properly function, and when actual free market pressures are introduced, like municipal broadband (for underserved areas that said telecomms neglect because they don't see profit in it), they rally hard to kill it under the name of... the free market.
Awful industry that you have to put up with because what the fuck else choice do you have.
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Last thing I remember was @Big Classy clubbing me over the head with a game last night. I woke up with a copy of Space Farmers lodged in my brain cavity.
I've never understood the hate comcast gets. I have the cheapest internet package they have and never have issues. I even got a free month of service for the 2 hour unannounced downtime from the little storm we had a few days ago.
Well rather than list the many smaller reasons I'll point out they are hellbent on murdering net neutrality along with most other ISP's, are part of the oligopoly that ensures lack of competition and therefore no need for innovation, and threaten to cut off services to any city that doesn't play ball.
They're fucking evil. Your personal experience does not outweight the mountain of bullshit they have built along with all the other major ISP's.
The telecomm situation in the US is just terrible. If you're lucky, in any given area you may have like two options for a hardline Internet, one if you're less lucky, and SOL if you're in any are that's just above "boondocks." And with Comcast looking to buy Time Warner, it's not going to get terribly better.
It's funny how they love trotting out "but the free market!!!11" excuse in their borderline monopolistic operations, though, because the free market requires more than just a handful of players to properly function, and when actual free market pressures are introduced, like municipal broadband, they rally hard to kill it under the name of... the free market.
Awful industry that you have to put up with because what the fuck else choice do you have.
What makes it worse is that in those areas (i.e. all areas) where Comcast or Time Warner are the only options...you tend to have a lot of local providers who offer cheaper services than Comcast/TW.
Which is great right? No, because all they're doing is contracting with Comcast/TW to use their infrastructure, so you're still dependent on the quality of the major carrier. Comcast goes out? All of the locals go out. Comcast wants to throttle some speed to save bandwidth? Who do you think is gonna get that switch flipped first?
It is monopoly and every time someone (Google) comes in and tries to improve a situation in a region, Comcast/TW sue the shit out of them and lobby the fuck out of their bought reps to pass laws seriously neutering what Google can do in the way of offering alternatives.
It's a fucking miracle that Google bought the city provider in Provo here, for fiber, they're looking to expand now that they have a foothold and honestly the internet situation in Utah is getting better. Prices are still high, but connection speeds and quality have improved pretty dramatically the past few years.
So there is hope...it's just not a lot, and not very many places.
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My speed results only show that my download and upload are quite obviously being throttled at 25/25. Which isn't bad, but seeing things like 93/95 has me envy as all hell.
The internet I have is the SLOWEST they offer. They offer 1 Gb/s up and down. It's only like $10 -$20 more a month. I currently pay $70 for my internet and basic 13ish local cable channels.
The internet I have is the SLOWEST they offer. They offer 1 Gb/s up and down. It's only like $10 -$20 more a month. I currently pay $70 for my internet and basic 13ish local cable channels.
The internet I have is the SLOWEST they offer. They offer 1 Gb/s up and down. It's only like $10 -$20 more a month. I currently pay $70 for my internet and basic 13ish local cable channels.
Just in case you didn't see.
Chattanooga is one of the few cities that is able to do this. Our power company, EPB, is publicly owned and decided to build a fiber optic network to compete with Comcast and AT&T U-Verse. We are also in the midst of building city wide wifi.
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Now I have to plot and do research and stuff... (still thank you)
So...huge RPGs I've never played through:
Final Fantasys
KOTORs
Dragon Age
Mass Effect (that's an RPG right?)
Skyrim
Sadly I own all but one in the list, I just haven't been blessed with much free time lately.
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I feel like it's plausible that @HyphyKezzy is responsible for like an entire third of that.
His grandpa has vanished and he wants you on the case!
You guys... I don't know what to say... just thanks so much!
Anyone played Eador? Can someone dissuade me of getting it?
I remember some of the older Gauntlet games. They were pretty fun times. Thanks Agent.
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Thanks dude, I will try playing some after work in the morning!
@Elvenshae I believe has the most experience with Eador.
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I've never understood the hate comcast gets. I have the cheapest internet package they have and never have issues. I even got a free month of service for the 2 hour unannounced downtime from the little storm we had a few days ago.
Here's my review from July of last year; I haven't played much more in the intervening months, so I don't have much in the way of an update for it. I'm pretty sure you'll get at least $3 worth of fun out of it.
I have not yet run into any serious bugs in Eador. That being said, the game is essentially just a high-res graphics mod for the first game (which I got for free when I purchased the second one): same gameplay, same storyline (so far, at least), same heroes, same equipment, same battlefields ... It just all looks a lot better (which is a worthwhile improvement all by itself). I played a lot of the first one when I got it, and that experience has slowed down my playtime in the upgrade because I'd already done the first parts already. Now I've really moved beyond where I'd made it in the first game, and I'm liking the game a lot better now.
The game itself is interesting, in a Fantasy-4X-that's-Not-As-Good-Overall-As-Fallen Enchantress:LH-but-is-Different kind of way, and I don't regret my purchase at all. You capture existing settlements, rather than create your own, Civ-style, for instance, and the real building you do is at your stronghold (which determines what troops you can recruit and what minor improvements you can make in captured territory). The tech tree in any given match, such as it is, is based entirely on what buildings you construct, but the grand campaign is composed of multiple matches, and capturing territory in the grand campaign unlocks new buildings for each match (as well as other bonuses, like a permanent +1 to your Gold income). Think StarCraft / StarCraft II, here. I like the mechanic whereby as population expands in a region, you need to explore more space using your heroes and their army - this exploration uncovers standard-RPG fare like caves inhabited by orcs, lost cities teeming with undead, etc., most of which you can then fight in a tactical battle. Some of them have more RPG-ish interactions (you can bring scrolls to Mage towers for gold, for instance, instead of fighting them; there's actually a bug with this one, I think), but not as many as I would like. Defeating the guardians awards XP, gold, magic gems, other assorted loot, and sometimes unique improvement decisions in an area.
The tactical battles are mostly reminiscent of King's Bounty or Heroes of Might and Magic, if you're familiar with those, rather than FE:LH or Master of Magic. They are pretty entertaining. The tileset is extremely limited (you're always fighting on some mix of plains, forest, mountains, hills, and swamp tiles, even if the battle location is an underground cave or a lost city). Also, there's no real reason to get attached to your generic troops - even once they've gained a couple levels, they can still be wiped out (and will be!) very easily, since "Improve HP" is only one of many potential level-up options you can pick, you're never guaranteed that it'll show up, and it only gives +1 HP anyway. Healing after a battle is very slow unless you have a healer in your army, so watch out for that.
Heroes are the key to your armies - each hero comes from one of 5 classes (Warrior, Ranger, Wizard, Commander, ... Shoot! I can't remember the other one, unless there's only 4?), and they can pick an advanced class upon hitting 10th-level. For instance, the Commander can choose to become a Paladin and gain more magic-related abilities or a ... something else and double-down on his army abilities. There's usually about 4 options for the advanced classes (haven't leveled up a Ranger enough yet). Leveling up your heroes is very Might and Magic - you get an improvement to a base statistic (randomly?) and then get to choose from a randomly determined list of new abilities (better personal attacks, better overworld map mobility, better troop morale, etc.) or improvements to existing ones. Improving your magical abilities gives you more spell slots (done in a D&D-esque fashion: spell slots at various tiers; one cast per slot per battle; and spells can be memorized in a higher-level slot). Upgrading your command rating similarly improves your army - troops have various tiers, and you can lead 4 Tier-1 and 1 Tier-2 troop at the moment, but you can fill them all with tier-1 troops if you want (or if that's all you can afford).
I kind of like to collect and play 4Xs - they might be my favorite genre of game - and I can admire the unique quirks of each one, even if the overall game isn't super great. Eador has some really nice wrinkles it brings to the fantasy 4X genre, and it's entertaining enough that I can largely overlook the foibles: visually indistinguishable battlefields, repetitive RPG locations with limited interaction before the fight, disposable armies, largely static early game in each match. If you're really, really on the fence, then wait for a better sale; if you're willing to put up with some jankiness to see some good ideas, then $12 is perfectly reasonable.
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Well rather than list the many smaller reasons I'll point out they are hellbent on murdering net neutrality along with most other ISP's, are part of the oligopoly that ensures lack of competition and therefore no need for innovation, and threaten to cut off services to any city that doesn't play ball.
They're fucking evil. Your personal experience does not outweight the mountain of bullshit they have built along with all the other major ISP's.
I'm not saying my personal experience outweighs anything. I said point blank that I don't understand it, and while I'm glad you attempted to answer my question, it did come off a bit combative. Every time I've asked this question in the past it has ended with me being called an apologist or implied that I am somehow alright with the evil internet overlords. Bonus points for "Well they're doing things that are nefarious!" as the most common answer.
Maybe I'm reading too much into it, though. Again, thanks for attempting to answer, at least. Gives me something to learn about for the day, namely net neutrality and how comcast is single handedly teabagging it (apparently).
The telecomm situation in the US is just terrible. If you're lucky, in any given area you may have like two options for a hardline Internet, one if you're less lucky, and SOL if you're in any area that's just above "boondocks." And with Comcast looking to buy Time Warner, it's not going to get terribly better.
It's funny how they love trotting out "but the free market!!!11" excuse in their borderline monopolistic operations, though, because the free market requires more than just a handful of players to properly function, and when actual free market pressures are introduced, like municipal broadband (for underserved areas that said telecomms neglect because they don't see profit in it), they rally hard to kill it under the name of... the free market.
Awful industry that you have to put up with because what the fuck else choice do you have.
Thanks, you savage.
What makes it worse is that in those areas (i.e. all areas) where Comcast or Time Warner are the only options...you tend to have a lot of local providers who offer cheaper services than Comcast/TW.
Which is great right? No, because all they're doing is contracting with Comcast/TW to use their infrastructure, so you're still dependent on the quality of the major carrier. Comcast goes out? All of the locals go out. Comcast wants to throttle some speed to save bandwidth? Who do you think is gonna get that switch flipped first?
It is monopoly and every time someone (Google) comes in and tries to improve a situation in a region, Comcast/TW sue the shit out of them and lobby the fuck out of their bought reps to pass laws seriously neutering what Google can do in the way of offering alternatives.
It's a fucking miracle that Google bought the city provider in Provo here, for fiber, they're looking to expand now that they have a foothold and honestly the internet situation in Utah is getting better. Prices are still high, but connection speeds and quality have improved pretty dramatically the past few years.
So there is hope...it's just not a lot, and not very many places.
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Just in case you didn't see.
Chattanooga is one of the few cities that is able to do this. Our power company, EPB, is publicly owned and decided to build a fiber optic network to compete with Comcast and AT&T U-Verse. We are also in the midst of building city wide wifi.
Anyone else?
Everyone move to Chattanooga!
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