I take back what I said about Archeage, it is damn addictive once you get into the goodies. Pooled efforts together with my friends, now have a house and another guy has a ship. We've been out on the open seas and it was dangerous and scary and there was ganking (we lost) and yet we loved it. They also paid attention to these very fine details like the ship creaking when you steer. Did a bunch of land trading runs today. It's amazing how immersive the game gets when you are slowly hobbling over the road and have time to admire the environments. Really recommend this to anyone who loves the idea of a sandbox game but with some guided content. Do play with friends though. Although that seems to be a rule for like most MMOs these days :P
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Where the heck did you find space to put a house down? I can barely find room for a small farm.
I put mine down in the first week. It looks like all land is utterly gone, except for farms expiring here and there. I think the game has hit the stage where until Auroria fully opens the new thing will be to buy land from other players or to camp plots about to expire in the hopes of hijacking them.
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Where the heck did you find space to put a house down? I can barely find room for a small farm.
I put mine down in the first week. It looks like all land is utterly gone, except for farms expiring here and there. I think the game has hit the stage where until Auroria fully opens the new thing will be to buy land from other players or to camp plots about to expire in the hopes of hijacking them.
Sounds like poor design to me. The way to go about it is to instance building locations as opposed to having giant plots of land where people can buy spots to build. If you put in too much land for purchase you'll end up with giant empty spots. If you put in too little, people won't have where to build.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
The point of the game is that nothing is instanced except for dungeons. It's like if EVE was a fantasy game instead of in space, complete with pirates kicking your ass to steal all of the work you've done.
The point of the game is that nothing is instanced except for dungeons. It's like if EVE was a fantasy game instead of in space, complete with pirates kicking your ass to steal all of the work you've done.
Difference being you can get away with lots of empty space when it's in space. The other option is to under-create the empty space for building and end up with players being unable to get a plot of land and build their dream house.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
They'll eventually build land into a sovereignty system akin to EVE where you can take from other players. Limited resources is a good way to boost conflict, as opposed to instanced locations for everyone.
The divine voice
of Avechna, the Avenger reverberates powerfully, "Congratulations,
Morkarion, you are the Bringer of Death indeed."
You see Estarra the Eternal shout, "Morkarion is no more! Mourn the mortal! But welcome True Ascendant Karlach, of the Realm of Death!
They'll eventually build land into a sovereignty system akin to EVE where you can take from other players. Limited resources is a good way to boost conflict, as opposed to instanced locations for everyone.
Except the way I understand it, you pay for your land and its yours until such a time as you can no longer pay it and it gets repossessed, as opposed to there being actual conflict involved like you can go and fight for the land in question.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Where the heck did you find space to put a house down? I can barely find room for a small farm.
I put mine down in the first week. It looks like all land is utterly gone, except for farms expiring here and there. I think the game has hit the stage where until Auroria fully opens the new thing will be to buy land from other players or to camp plots about to expire in the hopes of hijacking them.
Sounds like poor design to me. The way to go about it is to instance building locations as opposed to having giant plots of land where people can buy spots to build. If you put in too much land for purchase you'll end up with giant empty spots. If you put in too little, people won't have where to build.
No, this is actually very much intended. They want people to become landowners and for land to get an actual value and for trading to happen. There is even a system to securely trade houses.
Also, when they add in Auroria, there will be land there, and it can be owned / taxed by guilds. However if the land gets taken over your house gets removed and mailed back to you. So there will always be land. It's just that you pay the price if you want safe land.
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They'll eventually build land into a sovereignty system akin to EVE where you can take from other players. Limited resources is a good way to boost conflict, as opposed to instanced locations for everyone.
Except the way I understand it, you pay for your land and its yours until such a time as you can no longer pay it and it gets repossessed, as opposed to there being actual conflict involved like you can go and fight for the land in question.
Well EVE has a billing system for sovereignty, they just haven't enabled the conflict system yet.
The divine voice
of Avechna, the Avenger reverberates powerfully, "Congratulations,
Morkarion, you are the Bringer of Death indeed."
You see Estarra the Eternal shout, "Morkarion is no more! Mourn the mortal! But welcome True Ascendant Karlach, of the Realm of Death!
They'll eventually build land into a sovereignty system akin to EVE where you can take from other players. Limited resources is a good way to boost conflict, as opposed to instanced locations for everyone.
Except the way I understand it, you pay for your land and its yours until such a time as you can no longer pay it and it gets repossessed, as opposed to there being actual conflict involved like you can go and fight for the land in question.
Well EVE has a billing system for sovereignty, they just haven't enabled the conflict system yet.
Yep, and just like there, if people forget to pay their taxes, fun times happen My merry band of people has in fact taken over some expiring plots already.
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Dragon Age: Origins is free right now on (whad'ya know) Origin. It probably has some secret DRM, but it's freeeeee.
Also playing this. Had never heard of it until I saw it trending on Facebook (wow, something moderately relative to my interests was FINALLY trending!), and I must say it's pretty fun! Also my twinky mage is a total heartthrob ~
Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
A horde of beings swarms about Your bulk. They are diverse in shape but are, without exception, horrific to look upon. Claws and teeth without number flash across Your vision, and nebulous masses of compound eyes and writhing tentacles and spindly antennae all twist around You. With the merest thought, You open wide Your maw and lazily swallow one.
Dragon Age: Origins is free right now on (whad'ya know) Origin. It probably has some secret DRM, but it's freeeeee.
Also playing this. Had never heard of it until I saw it trending on Facebook (wow, something moderately relative to my interests was FINALLY trending!), and I must say it's pretty fun! Also my twinky mage is a total heartthrob ~
So far it reminds me of a single player version of WoW with only boring Tolkien humanoid races. Not digging it so far, but at least it was free.
Playing Tomb Raider through a PSX emulator on my phone. Got my PS3 controller synced up to it too so I can play between slots in my delivery job. Finished this when I was like 7 years old but struggling this time around
If any of you are on a Droid and playing Simpsons: Tapped Out, let me know and I'll infect your Springfield with aliens friend you.
Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.
I need one emulator to run another emulator (I've a 64bit system, so I need the XP emulator to run the Wow16 emulator...) to run the game, but I'll never be without it: Balance of Power by Chris Crawford. If only Lusternia had enough nations for a proper game of diplomacy. Le sigh. I'm still hacktive in the Daggerfall Reverse Engineering Project. I'ven't posted to the wiki in a while, but I got the namegen worked out and should have Bethesda's implementation of rand() and srand() worked out in no time too. There are still 5 opcodes in the quest VM (yes, they made a VM for their quest subsystem...) to work out. Eh-yup, I could never do without Daggerfall. Fallout's 1 and 2 will always have a place on my system. Do I want an acrobatic pornstar? A brutish genius? A blind sniper? So many choices! Of course there's always internet pr0n, but one thing at a time...
King of Dragon Pass is on sale on GOG for $1.50. It has started draining valuable hours of my life that should be spent on something productive. I'd say that you all want to go buy it while it's on sale, but that's only true if you have tastes similar to my own and place a low value on being able to bring yourselves to do anything else.
Any sufficiently advanced pun is indistinguishable from comedy.
Finished XCOM on ironman normal difficulty. I've tried and failed numerous times to play this on classic ironman, normal was like a walk in the park compared to it. Might need to revisit later on classic ironman though.
Or, do what I did and install Long War, THEN play Classic. Though I don't recommend Ironman, mostly due to the fact that there are bugs, and losing a mission because of said bugs hurts a lot.
*grins* Just have to trust yourself to not save scum. Makes SHIVs useful, makes satellite rush no longer a thing, adds a bit more depth to hunting down UFOs, makes the aliens a loooooooot tougher, but also tweaks some things to make them nicer. 8 different soldier classes, more guns and accessories, 8 different MEC classes, and you typically need at least an A, B and C team, if not an ABCDE
For instance, thin man poison is now acid, and only damages you if you are in it and take any action other than hunkering down. Takes a few turns to wear off, and will also affect your aim and what not.
Interesting. I might have to check it out then. Is it a fairly buggy experience though, and does it require you spend a lot of time studying a wiki to learn the mechanics - or can you make it through on In game prompts?
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You have received a new honour! Congratulations! On this day, you have shown your willingness to ensure a bug-free Lusternia for everyone to enjoy. The face of Iosai the Anomaly unfolds before you, and within you grows the knowledge that you have earned the elusive and rare honour of membership in Her Order.
Curio Exchange - A website to help with the trading of curio pieces in Lusternia.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
The divine voice of Avechna, the Avenger reverberates powerfully, "Congratulations, Morkarion, you are the Bringer of Death indeed."
You see Estarra the Eternal shout, "Morkarion is no more! Mourn the mortal! But welcome True Ascendant Karlach, of the Realm of Death!
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Also, when they add in Auroria, there will be land there, and it can be owned / taxed by guilds. However if the land gets taken over your house gets removed and mailed back to you. So there will always be land. It's just that you pay the price if you want safe land.
You have received a new honour! Congratulations! On this day, you have shown your willingness to ensure a bug-free Lusternia for everyone to enjoy. The face of Iosai the Anomaly unfolds before you, and within you grows the knowledge that you have earned the elusive and rare honour of membership in Her Order.
Curio Exchange - A website to help with the trading of curio pieces in Lusternia.
The divine voice of Avechna, the Avenger reverberates powerfully, "Congratulations, Morkarion, you are the Bringer of Death indeed."
You see Estarra the Eternal shout, "Morkarion is no more! Mourn the mortal! But welcome True Ascendant Karlach, of the Realm of Death!
You have received a new honour! Congratulations! On this day, you have shown your willingness to ensure a bug-free Lusternia for everyone to enjoy. The face of Iosai the Anomaly unfolds before you, and within you grows the knowledge that you have earned the elusive and rare honour of membership in Her Order.
Curio Exchange - A website to help with the trading of curio pieces in Lusternia.
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Estarra the Eternal says, "Give Shevat the floor please."
Just saying.
I'm still hacktive in the Daggerfall Reverse Engineering Project. I'ven't posted to the wiki in a while, but I got the namegen worked out and should have Bethesda's implementation of rand() and srand() worked out in no time too. There are still 5 opcodes in the quest VM (yes, they made a VM for their quest subsystem...) to work out. Eh-yup, I could never do without Daggerfall.
Fallout's 1 and 2 will always have a place on my system. Do I want an acrobatic pornstar? A brutish genius? A blind sniper? So many choices!
Of course there's always internet pr0n, but one thing at a time...
I'm guessing long war is a mod?