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  • Tai_MT
    It has been a really long time since I've enjoyed a game enough to actually finish it. Or want to finish it.
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    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    You know what? I've started to notice this about myself too. Never used to have a problem finishing games, but now a game has to really suck me in for me to complete it. I've dropped quite a few games because I just can't be bothered with them.
    Galenmereth
    Galenmereth
    Way too many games these days overstay their welcome. Often by padding the content with busywork and other tropes of modern game design.

    More often than not I stop playin games because they bore me to death after fifteen hours.
    TheoAllen
    TheoAllen
    I usually see everything in a game after 10 ~ 30 hours. The lifetime of the game can be extended depends on how well it gives me freedom (at this point, I don't care about META, just screwing around trying to break the game). It can even be further extended if the game can be modded. Otherwise? I'm done.
    Tai_MT
    I have DM'd a fair bit of D&D. Never once been a player. My friend wants to try to DM so I get to be a player. I'm thinking "Elven Bard".
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    Daena Grey
    Daena Grey
    College of Swords Bards are a thing. X'D... If you want to be Non-Traditional, Variant Human Sorcerer/Wizard with Weapon Master and Martial Weapons. It's everything but traditional.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    We're playing 5E with no supplemental material ^_^ All I got is the PHB to go with, ha ha. Aside from not knowing how to make my character's personality yet or how I'm going to play him, it's going to be fun to see how a guy who has never told stories in his whole life DM's a game for the first time. :D And he wanted to do it after only a week of planning.
    Daena Grey
    Daena Grey
    Well, that sucks if you're only using the Player's Handbook... All of the Supplemental Material is great, especially Xanathar's Guide to Everything. (I might be overusing it in my campaign, but screw the rules, I have Xanathar. X'D...)

    All I can suggest then is, do what feels natural to you. Especially if it is to play your instrument. X'D
    Tai_MT
    Borderlands 3 relies very heavily on "Wave Defense" gameplay. It's uh... not fun for an FPS. It never really has been.
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    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I suspect that they created the perks and only tested them against what the character was meant to do (either be a bullet hose or a sniper) and never tested him for playing like I do... shotguns, pistols, rockets, and whatever else feels cool to use. Shotguns break this character since so much rides on getting crits in his skill tree.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I honestly hope they don't patch him. It's made several boss fights insanely easy. Especially when I was using "sticky darts" on shotguns and landing endless amounts of them... and then detonating them all at once to kill the boss instantly and bypass all it's mechanics. :D
    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    They probably will patch him, since it's a multiplayer oriented game. People are obsessed with balance, even if there's no pvp or anything. I've always liked finding op gear in games. lol.
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    Tai_MT
    Borderlands 3: It's like playing Call of Duty Black Ops 3... except it's Borderlands. Very weird experience.
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    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    I was going to get it, but then I remembered that not only did I not complete Borderlands 2, but I also really didn't enjoy my time with it. Bought some clothes instead.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I'm enjoying Borderlands 3 gameplay more than I did 2. Though, I did greatly enjoy the story of Borderlands 2... I don't have much of a story to work with here in 3... or much humor going on.
    Tai_MT
    Be the change you want to see.
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    Wavelength
    Wavelength
    @The Stranger wish I could give that last post a thousand likes. Alas, I can't.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I like the line of advice because it preys on our inherent selfishness by asking us to be a little bit selfless. If you want others to do something, you should do it. If you did what you wanted others to do in order to make your own life easier... you'd make someone else's life easier. Plus, it can inspire others to similar action.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    After all, how can we expect others to engage in behavior that we refuse to engage in?
    Tai_MT
    "The person who thinks they have nothing left to lose, is simply admitting they don't have much of an imagination."
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    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    I doubt a person in such a desperate and hopeless situation and mindset would care if more problems entered their lives. If anything more problems simply reinforce their belief that it's hopeless, and push them ever closer towards taking their own lives, and perhaps the lives of their families.
    The Stranger
    The Stranger
    You've never heard people say 'I've got nothing to lose' in an optimistic way? I have. It's like saying 'Sure, why not?' to someone, or any other variation of that.
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    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I've heard people attempt to mean it in a positive light. But I hold that trying to spin such a thing as "a good thing" reeks of delusion, as a belief. Right up there with "YOLO".

    Even it's use as "an optimistic thing to say" reeks extremely heavily of giving up.

    Anyway, I'm going to go into PM on this, since what I want to say will eat up a lot of space here.
    Tai_MT
    I've been binge-playing "Breath of the Wild" the last week or so. I don't touch the crafting system much and it does annoy me a lot.
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    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I went and grabbed a guide. Turns out, fish are the best things to cook with. Each ingredient adds a specific amount of time/points towards a buff. You can't get the level 2 or level 3 versions of things unless you add enough ingredients to get the "points" to do it.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    For example, if you want a level 2 "Sneak" buff, you need to get 6 points of "Sneak" into the dish. The easiest way is with two "Silent Princess" flowers. You can also use 3 "Silent Shrooms" or 3 "Stealthfin Trout". Anything else only adds a single point. You'll never get to Level 2 "sneak" buff without one of those 3 ingredients.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    Likewise, the longest you can get without a "critical success" or "monster extract" is about a 10 minute buff. Though, you can also craft during a "Blood Moon" for a 100% chance on a "Critical Success".

    Man this guide means that 90% of all harvestables are worthless.
    Tai_MT
    Nintendo Switch Motion Controls. I hate them. With a passion. Breath of the Wild puzzles using them require me to cheat to beat them.
    PixelHeart
    PixelHeart
    :o I may be wrong, but I dont think the New Switch is going to have motion controls.... Im a little curious how playing a game with those mechanics will go. But yeah, I hate them too.
    mylafter
    mylafter
    I agree with you 3,000!
    Tai_MT
    The guy from "New Radicals", who sang "You Get What You Give" wrote a LOT of famous hit songs... Holy crap, he's amazing with lyrics.
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    Marquise*
    Marquise*
    That time when you are really interested to know more about the makers of some masterpiece and discover a whole artistic horizon from their vision.
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    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    It's pretty great, to be honest. "Oh, this guy was in these bands, that's why they sound similar, and still badass". It's pretty interesting stuff. :D
    Tai_MT
    Bought a Switch today. Doing first time set up o_O this is... a strange device so far...
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    Nekohime1989
    ill problably get it if they make another metroid prime
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I got it for "Collection of Mana", which, as far as I know, is the first and only release of "Seiken Densetsu 3" for the United States. I also wanted it for Metroid Prime 4... sometime in the future. Plus... Pokémon. But, I preordered the remake of "Link's Awakening" and the new Animal Crossing, which will be the first time I've played one of those games.
    Kristina
    Kristina
    I got one and honestly...it's my favorite device :)
    Tai_MT
    "Nothing amazing happens here. Everything is ordinary."
    Tai_MT
    I've been keeping a "Journal" for FFXIV, written in the form of a Blog in a file. Lately, I've been looking for places to host it...
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    Well, places that don't look shady. Why does every website builder or Blog site look shady as crap? Even if you pay for the platform?
    Tai_MT
    I broke up a Guild in FFXIV for telling a bad joke and getting bullied over it. :( life is crazy sometimes.
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    phamtruong1992
    phamtruong1992
    Don't feel bad. If you ask me, i'll honestly answer that the problem was them. They wanted it. Soon or later they will find reasons to cause trouble to you or other ppl that they don't like. And thing'd still happen this way. I'm also glad that the guild owner is actually a good guy and thoughtful enough to decide it that way.
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    phamtruong1992
    phamtruong1992
    He's a tresure, keep him happy. But do not blow him okay? He ain't need more D for his trouble, lol. (Had to comment 2 times cuz its lengthy god damn it)
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    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    Ha ha, thanks man. Much appreciated.
    Tai_MT
    I want to take today off. I have pretty much nothing to do at work today. That's never happened to me before as Supervisor. BORED!!!
    bgillisp
    bgillisp
    Dream of EDF? Plan out the next part of your game?
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    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    Ha ha, I know the next part of my game. I just need to go back and fix some dialogue in my opening cutscene to make it shorter, then I can move on. I've been dreaming of EDF pretty regularly for the past two weeks. :D So much to do in EDF 5! And I gotta beat 4.1 on Inferno too...
    Tai_MT
    I just discovered EDF5 has 110 levels. 4 classes and 5 difficulties. It awards an achievement every 5% game completion. 110 levels for 5%.
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    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I'm 40 missions in and we have no plan for defeating the fortress, but it sometimes makes an appearance to lay the hurt on any army we're using, as it "walks through the area" and deploys a ton of troops. The Godzilla thing went really well too...
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    With Godzilla, it just shows up in the middle of a regular mission and the objective changes to, "Take it out!". You pour on damage until it's almost dead and it runs away, out of the map. I assume you can kill it, but I couldn't pour on enough damage. The dialogue says we retreated. But, about 20 missions later... We've got specialized tanks now to kill it, and a huge operation to do so.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    So, we go through the motion of the mission and the new tanks actually do a crapload of damage to it, and we actually put it down. However, in the middle of the fight, the radio is alive with chatter about a new giant monster headed our way. We are like, "We'll just kill it too!". It doesn't work. It smashes through our new tanks and we're told to Retreat. Overall, just much better storytelling.
    Tai_MT
    I need to make a list of things I should finish before the end of this year. I should add my demo to that list... but I probably won't.
    bgillisp
    bgillisp
    I just did that though I did July - June of next year. Probably an old habit to use that as my job also goes on an academic year schedule, with July being the odd month that some schools put in the previous year and some put in the next year.
    Tai_MT
    Tai_MT
    I have a massive backlog of games and other things I need to complete. I'd like to add my demo to the list, I'm just not sure I'd complete it. I need to clear a sizeable chunk of my plate. :D I might add small pieces of my game to the list to be completed before the end of the year. That might make me feel better about it.
    Tai_MT
    It always seems weird to me that current developers, indie developers, and even some devs on these forums treat players as "the enemy".
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    gstv87
    gstv87
    "volunteers".
    also, "test subjects", "victims", "training dummies"... etc
    Mystic_Enigma
    Mystic_Enigma
    But aren't we players as well sometimes? Does that mean that WE'RE the enemy??
    bgillisp
    bgillisp
    That's been around forever. A dev made a rogue like game in the 80's and when interviewed he said that every time someone beat it, he would find out how they did, then nerf that strategy in the next update.
    Tai_MT
    Dwarf Fortress is apparently coming to Steam with an official Graphics Set. o_O Added to Wishlist.
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