been staying out of the thread because i need to control my hype, so i have what might be a noobish question: are captains a limited commodity? i've only played a couple hours so i'm still learning how to play and haven't touched most of the game, but i want to kill lots of them. will that be a problem?
i'm ScubberMcHaggis on xbone if anyone wants to avenge me along the way.
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FaranguI am a beardy manWith a beardy planRegistered Userregular
Yea I had this one Captain that just would not die. He kept on coming back with scar after scar after scar. This was before I read that kotaku tip page that says there are only certain ways to permanently kill Captains. When I ran into him for our ultimate showdown:
at the Black Gate, since he was my nemesis - very fitting.
I was amazed to see him still alive, and his head was completely covered in a burlap sack, except for very crude eye, mouth, and nose holes. Blood was coming out of all of them. It was awesome.
been staying out of the thread because i need to control my hype, so i have what might be a noobish question: are captains a limited commodity? i've only played a couple hours so i'm still learning how to play and haven't touched most of the game, but i want to kill lots of them. will that be a problem?
i'm ScubberMcHaggis on xbone if anyone wants to avenge me along the way.
There is always more orcses....seriously, they're everywhere. Captains too. They always appear when you dont want them to.
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I once tried to stop an Execution thing and while I was trying to kill the Captain and his bros I used that Wraith Explosion AoE thing.
I uh... killed all the people he was going to execute with it by accident and he got credit for it, and leveled up.
Viskod on
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I was just wandering around shanking orcs one night when one of the crossbow using captains (who had previously killed me) appeared randomly. He also had that warhorn ability. So within seconds all of mordor was around me.
Luckily i exploited a weakness of orcs...they can only climb ladders. I scaled a cliff with a ladder next to it. The next ten minutes was hilarious. As another orc would reach the top of the ladder i would punch him off to his death. More than one orc? Did the grab followed by the throw off the cliff. Eventually killed enough of them and force choked the captain. Foolish orc, don't you understand the consequences of choke points and gravity?
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been staying out of the thread because i need to control my hype, so i have what might be a noobish question: are captains a limited commodity? i've only played a couple hours so i'm still learning how to play and haven't touched most of the game, but i want to kill lots of them. will that be a problem?
i'm ScubberMcHaggis on xbone if anyone wants to avenge me along the way.
I tried to commit captainicide. I was down to just an unkillable warchief(story thing), and 3 captains... Then it started repopulating(without me dying, letting time pass, etc).
So Polygon just put out the most hilarious click-bait article I've seen in a while. Did you know it's inappropriate for the same button to be used for killing as kissing? Seriously, it's a major problem in society. Completely insensitive.
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
So Polygon just put out the most hilarious click-bait article I've seen in a while. Did you know it's inappropriate for the same button to be used for killing as kissing? Seriously, it's a major problem in society. Completely insensitive.
It's Polygon. Polygon is basically all click-bait. Has been for some time.
I was staying out of this thread to keep my hype to appropriate exam schedule levels, but then I found a deal on G2A last night for 33 bucks
How do you say no to something like that? I figured I'd give the game a little spin for an hour before I sat down to study around 10pm
When I checked the clock it was 5am and I had a test in 6 hours, but damn it Blurgh'Thok the Manflesh Dangler had to stop thrashing me so hard! NO REGRETS BOYS
I think the author was overthinking it, but it's fine to point out how unusual it is to present the tutorial for "how to silently murder" in the context of kissing your wife.
Regardless of the quality of the article, I'm glad to see game writing that steps outside of the typical cycle of news, previews, reviews, and the occasional feature.
So Polygon just put out the most hilarious click-bait article I've seen in a while. Did you know it's inappropriate for the same button to be used for killing as kissing? Seriously, it's a major problem in society. Completely insensitive.
I wouldn't call it click-bait if the person is sincerely a dumbass.
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FaranguI am a beardy manWith a beardy planRegistered Userregular
My favorite so far is one Captain, I forget his orc-y name, but he was labelled the Poet.
When he first saw me, he gave a three line stanza about how pretty my blood would look on the ground.
I think the author was overthinking it, but it's fine to point out how unusual it is to present the tutorial for "how to silently murder" in the context of kissing your wife.
Regardless of the quality of the article, I'm glad to see game writing that steps outside of the typical cycle of news, previews, reviews, and the occasional feature.
I don't mind in depth dives in to mechanics that are worth deep diving in to. This is a 20s snippet of a multi-hour game that most people (me included) will all but forget happened in moments. If we want to take a deep dive design look at the nemesis system or something worth deep diving on, I'm all for it...but this article is a case study in over thinking an inconsequential issue.
@GnomeTank avenged. I gave that motherfucker the pointy end.
Was it Bugnug the Man-hunter or something like that? Guy with a cross bow? Because if it was, fuck that guy. Fuck him until he dies.
It was something something The cook? I have my own crossbow asshole. I'm always just shy of finishing him off. He's all burned up and has a gnarly ass hook for a hand. He fires a crossbow with a hook, which makes him kind of a badass. We'll meet again I'm sure.
I think the author was overthinking it, but it's fine to point out how unusual it is to present the tutorial for "how to silently murder" in the context of kissing your wife.
Regardless of the quality of the article, I'm glad to see game writing that steps outside of the typical cycle of news, previews, reviews, and the occasional feature.
Except the tutorial for stealth kills is the next scene. For all we know, Talion always used the X button to kiss his wife and it changed once they were invaded. No more time for kissing, all that's left is killing.
Anyone have any clues how to get past the kill 20 uruks in 2 minutes quest (it's for one of the war chiefs)? I can't seem to kill them fast enough!
Someone said to release all the carahags in the area and drop all the morgul fly nests and it'll be super done
Urgh, I must be missing something, got to 16...
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kaliyamaLeft to find less-moderated foraRegistered Userregular
@Hoz, I tried to avenge your death at the hands of a Man-Slayer. Except he was power level 16 and in a stronghold, so he kicked my ass and decided I wasn't worth the trouble of executing. So sorry.
Generally: OMFG this game is so much fun. I've never done any of the batman games before. This game has the "just one more quest" allure of Civilization, with the satisfying combat and sense of strategic process that Mount & Blade has. After a series of disappointments with AAA titles this is so refreshing.
Anyone have any clues how to get past the kill 20 uruks in 2 minutes quest (it's for one of the war chiefs)? I can't seem to kill them fast enough!
I saved up for one of the three elfcoin finishers before buying anything else. All I have to do is get a bunch of orcs nearby, then I go sneak and trigger "freely murder everyone around you". The stealth one is hilarious. Shank. Shank-shank. Shank. Shank-shank. I killed 50 orcs as part of a sword quest with that.
So Polygon just put out the most hilarious click-bait article I've seen in a while. Did you know it's inappropriate for the same button to be used for killing as kissing? Seriously, it's a major problem in society. Completely insensitive.
It's Polygon. Polygon is basically all click-bait. Has been for some time.
Plus the super long article about the history of Street Fighter full of back stage stuff.
Plus the 6 month long series of articles about Hidden Path and the making of DG2.
I was staying out of this thread to keep my hype to appropriate exam schedule levels, but then I found a deal on G2A last night for 33 bucks
How do you say no to something like that? I figured I'd give the game a little spin for an hour before I sat down to study around 10pm
When I checked the clock it was 5am and I had a test in 6 hours, but damn it Blurgh'Thok the Manflesh Dangler had to stop thrashing me so hard! NO REGRETS BOYS
Isn't G2A that scummy site that took a bunch of 1cent Humble Bundle Steam keys and resold them for profit? Don't they also sell foreign region keys without notice? I think $5 extra on GMG is worth it for ethical peace of mind.
It's not weird at all that you use the same button for "sneak attacking" your wife with a kiss as sneak attacking orcs with a knife. It's the sneak attack button. I sometimes sneak up behind my daughter and tickle her, and I use the same grabbing hands I'd use to sneak up and murder somebody were I inclined to do so. No articles are necessary to point out how odd this is. =P
I was staying out of this thread to keep my hype to appropriate exam schedule levels, but then I found a deal on G2A last night for 33 bucks
How do you say no to something like that? I figured I'd give the game a little spin for an hour before I sat down to study around 10pm
When I checked the clock it was 5am and I had a test in 6 hours, but damn it Blurgh'Thok the Manflesh Dangler had to stop thrashing me so hard! NO REGRETS BOYS
Isn't G2A that scummy site that took a bunch of 1cent Humble Bundle Steam keys and resold them for profit? Don't they also sell foreign region keys without notice? I think $5 extra on GMG is worth it for ethical peace of mind.
I wasn't aware of this as I hadn't used the site before, going to do some google sleuthing to figure this out. My copy was a preorder code and iirc GMG is still retailing those too, right?
Thanks either way for the heads-up!
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
@GnomeTank avenged. I gave that motherfucker the pointy end.
Was it Bugnug the Man-hunter or something like that? Guy with a cross bow? Because if it was, fuck that guy. Fuck him until he dies.
It was something something The cook? I have my own crossbow asshole. I'm always just shy of finishing him off. He's all burned up and has a gnarly ass hook for a hand. He fires a crossbow with a hook, which makes him kind of a badass. We'll meet again I'm sure.
Oh, Glugnug the Cook! He became a captain because he killed me. He was just a mook before. But he only killed me because I was corned by the aforementioned Bugnug the Man-hunter.
How do you send "Death Threats" to certain Captains (saw this mentioned above), and also how do you "avenge" people from your friends list? I've only played about 2 or 3 story missions so far but have killed like 6-7 captains.
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GnomeTankWhat the what?Portland, OregonRegistered Userregular
Except when they hurl something like the previously linked article onto their website.
One tone-deaf article does not invalidate their otherwise great output.
Except that it's not one tone-deaf article. It's becoming a trend with Polygon to put out these click bait articles that happen to touch on a hot button issue of the time. Notice how the author tries, at least halfheartedly, to weave in the current sexism discussion with a discussion about a button. He doesn't go all out and say "This button choice is obviously sexist and supports violence against women!", but he implies it at the start of the article.
How do you send "Death Threats" to certain Captains (saw this mentioned above), and also how do you "avenge" people from your friends list? I've only played about 2 or 3 story missions so far but have killed like 6-7 captains.
Death Threats is a 3rd or 4th tier Power. Do you have the "red icon" missions yet? If not, do more story missions. If so, those are where the "Avenge" missions pop up.
Except when they hurl something like the previously linked article onto their website.
One tone-deaf article does not invalidate their otherwise great output.
Except that it's not one tone-deaf article. It's becoming a trend with Polygon to put out these click bait articles that happen to touch on a hot button issue of the time. Notice how the author tries, at least halfheartedly, to weave in the current sexism discussion with a discussion about a button. He doesn't go all out and say "This button choice is obviously sexist and supports violence against women!", but he implies it at the start of the article.
I think you're wrong, but I'm not getting into this here. PM me if you want. Or maybe make a thread?
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kaliyamaLeft to find less-moderated foraRegistered Userregular
How do you send "Death Threats" to certain Captains (saw this mentioned above), and also how do you "avenge" people from your friends list? I've only played about 2 or 3 story missions so far but have killed like 6-7 captains.
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i'm ScubberMcHaggis on xbone if anyone wants to avenge me along the way.
I was amazed to see him still alive, and his head was completely covered in a burlap sack, except for very crude eye, mouth, and nose holes. Blood was coming out of all of them. It was awesome.
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There is always more orcses....seriously, they're everywhere. Captains too. They always appear when you dont want them to.
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I uh... killed all the people he was going to execute with it by accident and he got credit for it, and leveled up.
Luckily i exploited a weakness of orcs...they can only climb ladders. I scaled a cliff with a ladder next to it. The next ten minutes was hilarious. As another orc would reach the top of the ladder i would punch him off to his death. More than one orc? Did the grab followed by the throw off the cliff. Eventually killed enough of them and force choked the captain. Foolish orc, don't you understand the consequences of choke points and gravity?
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Ha! I think the appropriate word is "oops".
I'm a consumer whore.
Yeah I said some uh... inappropriate ones.
i would say they were very appropriate
I tried to commit captainicide. I was down to just an unkillable warchief(story thing), and 3 captains... Then it started repopulating(without me dying, letting time pass, etc).
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Was it Bugnug the Man-hunter or something like that? Guy with a cross bow? Because if it was, fuck that guy. Fuck him until he dies.
It's Polygon. Polygon is basically all click-bait. Has been for some time.
How do you say no to something like that? I figured I'd give the game a little spin for an hour before I sat down to study around 10pm
When I checked the clock it was 5am and I had a test in 6 hours, but damn it Blurgh'Thok the Manflesh Dangler had to stop thrashing me so hard! NO REGRETS BOYS
Regardless of the quality of the article, I'm glad to see game writing that steps outside of the typical cycle of news, previews, reviews, and the occasional feature.
When he first saw me, he gave a three line stanza about how pretty my blood would look on the ground.
I couldn't bring myself to kill him.
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Watch me struggle to learn streaming! Point and laugh!
I fire up the game. I look at the army display, plotting my next target. I sent him a death threat last night.
I jump down from the wraith tower...
And he's right there waiting for me.
I don't mind in depth dives in to mechanics that are worth deep diving in to. This is a 20s snippet of a multi-hour game that most people (me included) will all but forget happened in moments. If we want to take a deep dive design look at the nemesis system or something worth deep diving on, I'm all for it...but this article is a case study in over thinking an inconsequential issue.
Someone told him you wanted to meet up and he decided to save you the journey. Quite considerate, I'd say.
Zugog update: he's baaaack. He got away, though, so onto Round 5.
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It was something something The cook? I have my own crossbow asshole. I'm always just shy of finishing him off. He's all burned up and has a gnarly ass hook for a hand. He fires a crossbow with a hook, which makes him kind of a badass. We'll meet again I'm sure.
"...only mights and maybes."
Except the tutorial for stealth kills is the next scene. For all we know, Talion always used the X button to kiss his wife and it changed once they were invaded. No more time for kissing, all that's left is killing.
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Urgh, I must be missing something, got to 16...
Generally: OMFG this game is so much fun. I've never done any of the batman games before. This game has the "just one more quest" allure of Civilization, with the satisfying combat and sense of strategic process that Mount & Blade has. After a series of disappointments with AAA titles this is so refreshing.
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A site that publishes this article is most definitely not all click-bait.
Plus the super long article about the history of Street Fighter full of back stage stuff.
Plus the 6 month long series of articles about Hidden Path and the making of DG2.
They have dozens of amazing long form articles about all kinds of fascinating stuff.
Any single one of those articles is leagues above anything most other sites ever published in their entire existences.
I mean, I don't think there any other gaming site that comes even close to being half as good as Polygon is.
Isn't G2A that scummy site that took a bunch of 1cent Humble Bundle Steam keys and resold them for profit? Don't they also sell foreign region keys without notice? I think $5 extra on GMG is worth it for ethical peace of mind.
One tone-deaf article does not invalidate their otherwise great output.
I wasn't aware of this as I hadn't used the site before, going to do some google sleuthing to figure this out. My copy was a preorder code and iirc GMG is still retailing those too, right?
Thanks either way for the heads-up!
Oh, Glugnug the Cook! He became a captain because he killed me. He was just a mook before. But he only killed me because I was corned by the aforementioned Bugnug the Man-hunter.
Except that it's not one tone-deaf article. It's becoming a trend with Polygon to put out these click bait articles that happen to touch on a hot button issue of the time. Notice how the author tries, at least halfheartedly, to weave in the current sexism discussion with a discussion about a button. He doesn't go all out and say "This button choice is obviously sexist and supports violence against women!", but he implies it at the start of the article.
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I think you're wrong, but I'm not getting into this here. PM me if you want. Or maybe make a thread?
They're vendetta missions you'll start getting shortly.