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  • Magus`Magus` The fun has been DOUBLED! Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I tried what I think is the latest Shantae game and gave up because it felt generic and was super easy. You could purchase anything worthwhile very quickly (with no farming) and damn near every enemy dropped some sort of healing item. I had something like 60-70 at any given time.

    Edit: Also I want to play the new DLC for Death's Gambit but it's not out on PS yet.

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    I also started Shantae and the Pirate's Curse very recently. Like 3 days ago recently.

    It's very fun. I didn't know what to expect, really. Just that it is loosely defined as a Metroidvania, and I've been on a bit of a Metroidvania kick lately, thanks to the Advance Collection and also thanks to Dread.

    I actually never finished Aria of Sorrow. I need to get back to that. But right now, more Shantae!

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 14
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    Happy Blue Poison skin day!

    This was the first CC that I have been basically completely blind for (as in I didn't even know what the map looked like); unfortunately risk 18 is relatively simple. Nothing really tricky, just set down busted operators and thorns/sutr/kal'tsit goes brrrrrr whenever the bosses show up. I might try for higher risk later in the week, some of the tags do look like they could be a pain to figure out.

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    It took me this long but I just now got what the thread title meant -_-

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  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
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    i decided to do a different strat than guardknights

    it got pretty sweaty tbh
    edit: removed vid cause it accidentally contained audio from a stream i was watching while doing CC

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    East Armory is such a pita. Even with ash to help with snipers idk how you would do this one without silverash haha

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  • rahkeesh2000rahkeesh2000 Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Magus` wrote: »
    I tried what I think is the latest Shantae game and gave up because it felt generic and was super easy. You could purchase anything worthwhile very quickly (with no farming) and damn near every enemy dropped some sort of healing item. I had something like 60-70 at any given time.

    With the game launching first on Apple arcade, it's unfortunately likely tuned for touchscreen controls. Some additional difficulty modes in the console releases would've been welcome.

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  • WordherderWordherder Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse update: WHY IS THE SCORPION MONSTER SEXY I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE EMBARASSING FETISHES THANK YOU

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    Why the crap did I ever make my original name "cloudeagle?"
  • chrono_travellerchrono_traveller Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    all the things going on now, I assume the focus is just completing the daily contract at the highest level I can?

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    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. ~ Terry Pratchett
  • OrphaneOrphane rivers of red that run to seaRegistered User regular
    edited April 14
    all the things going on now, I assume the focus is just completing the daily contract at the highest level I can?

    just do whatever missions you can to get contingency contract currency

    try to shoot for risk 8 on dailies, ideally doing the challenge at the same time (the mission that wants you to use a specific contract) but you can always do that one separately if the combination of contracts proves to be an especially large pain in the ass

    risk 18 on the permanent is what you want to hit for max rewards but if you can't do that then just do the best you can

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    all the things going on now, I assume the focus is just completing the daily contract at the highest level I can?

    This is a pretty good overview on just how contingency contract works, but yeah basically just focus on trying to hit Risk 8 on the rotating daily map (rewards stop at risk 8 for the daily map, risk 18 for the permanent). You don't have to rush the permanent map at all; more contracts open up during week 2 that make getting risk 18 a lot easier (only reward for clearing risk 18 in the first week is a cosmetic trim for the event medal, the event currency stays the same).

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse update: WHY IS THE SCORPION MONSTER SEXY I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE EMBARASSING FETISHES THANK YOU

    Heaven help your soul if you ever play Half-Genie Hero.

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  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Picked up the cargo bike from the police HQ.

    Battery pack is still on the bike, just the little weather protection metal bit on its lock seems to be perforated. Gotta check if the battery still loads.
    Wheel lock is ripped off, some scratches on the rim from that.
    Large scratch on the frame and dinged up mudguard where the chain lock used to be.
    Rain roof is gone, so that needs replacement
    Gotta turn it in to the shop to have it checked out for any other potential issues.
    And more insurance stuff...

    Anyway. Looks like we got super lucky

    Edit: another twist.

    Literally even, because it turns out the whole frame is bent among other things and the bike's a write off. Back to square one

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  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse update: WHY IS THE SCORPION MONSTER SEXY I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE EMBARASSING FETISHES THANK YOU

    I had to look this up, and I'm at a total loss on how she's sexy. Like, she's still at least 50-75% scorpion, pinchers and stabby tail and all.

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    ph blake wrote: »
    all the things going on now, I assume the focus is just completing the daily contract at the highest level I can?

    This is a pretty good overview on just how contingency contract works, but yeah basically just focus on trying to hit Risk 8 on the rotating daily map (rewards stop at risk 8 for the daily map, risk 18 for the permanent). You don't have to rush the permanent map at all; more contracts open up during week 2 that make getting risk 18 a lot easier (only reward for clearing risk 18 in the first week is a cosmetic trim for the event medal, the event currency stays the same).

    Though you get a fancy rainbow medal if you do rush the permanent map. I am still sad I missed out on one of those because I was being lazy and I didn't notice the trim

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  • chrono_travellerchrono_traveller Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    The problem I've been having with the map is I use exusaiai for the drones on the top, but my second sniper is blue poison, but she's only e1 and seems as tough as wet tissue paper, so even with a healer it's dicey if she lives. 😣

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Remember that enemies will prioritize targeting the last operator deployed, so you can protect your snipers by throwing down a healing defender afterwards to tank drone hits.

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  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm not sure it was intentional even. The bike was obviously used as a shopping cart for bike components judging by all the stuff that was still in the cargo hold when I picked it up and according to the officer there it was used by a person who was obviously had a bit of a drug habit who turned up with the bike at a house they where currently searching anyways. I suspect the guy was probably just really careful or all that patient when breaking the locks or when using the bike.

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited April 19
  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse update: WHY IS THE SCORPION MONSTER SEXY I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE EMBARASSING FETISHES THANK YOU

    I had to look this up, and I'm at a total loss on how she's sexy. Like, she's still at least 50-75% scorpion, pinchers and stabby tail and all.

    75%? You can still make that work.
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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    So is the logic then that you can make any horrific looking monster sexy by simply photoshopping a nude woman on top of it?

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  • MaytagMaytag Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    So is the logic then that you can make any horrific looking monster sexy by simply photoshopping a nude woman on top of it?

    Yes.

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  • McMoogleMcMoogle Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    So is the logic then that you can make any horrific looking monster sexy by simply photoshopping a nude woman on top of it?

    I mean, that's just science.

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  • HefflingHeffling No Pic EverRegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse update: WHY IS THE SCORPION MONSTER SEXY I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE EMBARASSING FETISHES THANK YOU

    I had to look this up, and I'm at a total loss on how she's sexy. Like, she's still at least 50-75% scorpion, pinchers and stabby tail and all.

    75%? You can still make that work.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjhfUZyA6LI

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  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    edited April 19
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    38thDoE on steam
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  • KalnaurKalnaur I See Rain . . . Centralia, WARegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    So is the logic then that you can make any horrific looking monster sexy by simply photoshopping a nude woman on top of it?

    Apparently?

    Like, I don't agree, but I also know why my opinion doesn't match up with the consensus. For me the nice-to-look-at nude woman from the hips or torso up doesn't eclipse the massive danger coming from the rest of the monster half of said woman. Because also for me, just being nude and female doesn't automatically make something sexy. This isn't meant as some superior stance either; nudity's just not default sexy for me personally.

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  • SethTheHumanSethTheHuman Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Heffling wrote: »
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Kalnaur wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse update: WHY IS THE SCORPION MONSTER SEXY I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE EMBARASSING FETISHES THANK YOU

    I had to look this up, and I'm at a total loss on how she's sexy. Like, she's still at least 50-75% scorpion, pinchers and stabby tail and all.

    75%? You can still make that work.
    23a918f4a5a338844cc1440242e167bc--dark-souls-game-art.jpg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjhfUZyA6LI

    Also a source of one of my favorite PA comics.

    https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/09/29

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    emnmnme wrote: »

    See I want to think this is cool but my OCD always kicks in when people do these sprite demakes :P

    Also I really, really hate the enemy sprite design :P (the wolves look so weird, like mutant pigs, and also too big for the NES to handle without massive slowdown) And there's no way in hell Death would not be like a 3x4 sprite or something. Other stuff like the blocky drawbridge design is weird to me... I mean, even Castlevania 1's drawbridge looked better.... :P The NES can do slopes :P Also some of the backgrounds are good and some are like Commodore 64 levels of basic. It's weird. The Castlevania series is known for having gorgeous background art...

    Then I get even more picky and start complaining about color palette choice being unrealistic and the very badly "digitized low-rez scan of artwork" for title screen (the thumbnail :P). I'd have to double check for sure but at least this one I think gets points for using proper NES colors and not using too many colors per sprite (maybe, I didn't check thoroughly :P But no sprite should be using more than 3 colors per 8x8 tile)

    But don't mind me :3 <old man yells at cloud>

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  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    I enjoyed the review, 10/10 that cloud had it coming.

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    38thDoE on steam
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  • FeldornFeldorn Mediocre Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    wrapped up R18 and challenges yesterday so I'm keeping up with daily challenges now.

    got S3M3 started for Kal as well, I'm tired of farming the new materials. went through my stores from events and the story stages for them are rather lame.

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    sat down and actually tried to trim my medal today and got the risk 18

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    def been harder ccs, this one was kicking my ass until i remembered how the two bosses at the end actually work.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Weedy is great this one. Just firehose all the bugs.

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  • Warlock82Warlock82 Never pet a burning dog Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    I'm glad I got this CC done so the pressure is off (since I think today is the last day to trim? Or maybe it's already too late? I don't remember the time)

    Honestly this one wasn't that bad except for the two bosses at the end.

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Last night's lunar eclipse:

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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    Damn I really wanted to take pictures but we had heavy overcast.

    Those are quite nice, what were you using for camera?

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  • KnightKnight Dead Dead Dead Registered User regular
    edited April 14
    Today’s daily challenge was actually kinda tricky. That crownslayer buff required a skalter s3 rosa s3 lockdown ash s2 exuisai s3 silverash s3 killbox.

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    Olympus E-M1 (mk1, the 2013 version) + 40-150 lens + 1.4x converter.

    Those are significantly cropped down from the original images, the sky was partly cloudy here (fortunately not in front of the moon), but the air was still pretty hazy so they aren't as sharp as it might be and it didn't seem worth getting out anything bigger. It's always a bit annoying when I can see the image shimmering around in the viewfinder, but it does tell me what I can expect.
    When the air's clearer, everything works out much more cleanly and I can get this sort of thing, but it's pretty unusual for the air to be clear enough:
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  • DixonDixon Screwed...possibly doomed CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited April 19
    I'd like to get a tracker, more for the astro shots as it really restricts what you can do. For lunar stuff going untracked I still get nice shots.

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  • djmdjm Registered User regular
    edited April 19
    The moon was with the same OM-D mounted on an 8" dobsonian; that wasn't tracked because it's the moon, so it's plenty bright enough to keep exposure time down so motion's not a problem when taking pictures (though I do have to chase it around between shots, and use a remote to avoid camera/telescope shake in general)

    These couple were tracked, though, I built an equatorial platform that goes under the base of the telescope to keep things 'still' enough for darker subjects:

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