So, what're you playing?

[Ingmar]

I'm pretty well addicted to the random PUG thing in WoW, every game should have this. Well every game with dungeon instances, anyway.

[Nebu]

I'm pretty well addicted to the random PUG thing in WoW, every game should have this. Well every game with dungeon instances, anyway.

If I could get over my neuroses that I'm somehow screwing things up for others, I might enjoy this enough to resub. 

[Yegolev]

I did the LotRO equivalent of that recently, and I think I'm going to write a passionate forum post asking for them to remove equipment damage on death for these.  I can have fun with a bunch of idiots doing the Middle Earth version of Leeroy Jenkins, but not if I have to spend a fortune on repairs.

[Rasix]

I'm pretty well addicted to the random PUG thing in WoW, every game should have this. Well every game with dungeon instances, anyway.

If I could get over my neuroses that I'm somehow screwing things up for others, I might enjoy this enough to resub. 

That's the beauty of it.  Even if you are, chances are you'll never see them again.

[Nebu]

That's the beauty of it.  Even if you are, chances are you'll never see them again.

Yeah... but I could be the healer for YOUR group.  See how that works?

[Yegolev]

That's the beauty of it.  Even if you are, chances are you'll never see them again.

Yeah... but I could be the healer for YOUR group.  See how that works?

People who get angry about this stuff might consider another hobby.  Personally, I'd not burst a vein since I knew what I was getting into from the start.  Does anyone go into a PUG thinking "Yeah, we're gonna rock out with our cocks out!"?  I assume most would be glad just to complete the instance.

[Lantyssa]

That is what worries me... what if I am the reason we don't finish?  Well, also an unreasonable fear of strangers.

[Ard]

There's nothing unreasonable about that.  They might be wearing hats.  HATS.   The godless heathens.

[Sky]

Sorry, I know we're only a half hour from finishing this two hour instance. I want to go play guitar, bu-bye.

[ghost]

I've never had a bad PUG experience for 5 mans.  Of course, I don't get bent out of shape about people leaving.  In WOW I've never had trouble finishing the instance.  Now raid PUGs is a whole different ball of wax.

[fuser]

That's the beauty of it.  Even if you are, chances are you'll never see them again.

And if you want to be 100% sure right mouse click on their names in chat and hit ignore 

[Rasix]

Sorry, I know we're only a half hour from finishing this two hour instance. I want to go play guitar, bu-bye.

Heh, WoW hasn't had a 2 hour instance since launch.  Longest ones seem to take 45 minutes if you're moving really slow. 

I've seen one wipe in the entire weeks worth of random instances I've done and that didn't prevent the instance from being cleared in under 30.  Healer left in a huff and another one joined before the group had even finished recoverying.

It's really all very splendid and probably the best thing to happen for me with instances. My entire server can get bent. I don't have to join a social guild for grouping. And I don't have to be the fastest DPS to send a tell in order to do a particular instance.  No vent.  No cares if I screw up or need to try a new spec.  Hell, people don't even care if you leave mid run.  Some guy is going to be more than happy to pick up where you left off and get a couple of quick badges.

[fuser]

Sorry, I know we're only a half hour from finishing this two hour instance. I want to go play guitar, bu-bye.

Heh, WoW hasn't had a 2 hour instance since launch.  Longest ones seem to take 45 minutes if you're moving really slow. 

There is one good example of this still existing is Maraudon. They split the instance into three "dungeons" for random pug's. Orange/Purple/Waterfall, with the successes being Razorlash, Vyletongue, and Princess or Landslide (cannot remember). Problem is every random group I have been in for purple and orange wants to do the full thing. But then again /ignore and /groupquit fixes this 

[Kageh]

Damn spoiled kids nowadays. Back in my time we were doing 5 hours Maraudon and 7 hours full Strat clears. Quitters naming and shaming on the official forums, too! MMOs were serious business back then!  

Oh, and playing King Arthur: The Wargame. Awesome game. Aside from some glaring balance issues which might or might not make it really hard if you chose the wrong faction. A christian tyrant lives a tough life, let me tell you this!

[jakonovski]

Continuing on my "I play bad games" theme, Bionic Commando arrived today for the 360. The game is again gorgeous, but the swing mechanics and combat is weird. It's pleasant enough and easy gamerscore, but the real value is in Gamestop trade deals. Two 10 euro games equals Darksiders or Mass Effect 2.

[Tannhauser]

I'm pretty well addicted to the random PUG thing in WoW, every game should have this. Well every game with dungeon instances, anyway.

Damn this sounds pretty good! I just unsubbed too.  I have a thing for the obscure WoW dungeons; BFD, Mara, etc.  You're telling me I can get a group fast for these?

LOTRO needs these for their book instances as well as Moria.

[fuser]

I have a thing for the obscure WoW dungeons; BFD, Mara, etc.  You're telling me I can get a group fast for these?

Quickest under 60 seconds for a Mara group last night, longest 14mins non primetime.

Another semi dickish thing i have been using it for is travel. Quicker to get a ZF group, kill yourself then eat the rez and /groupquit then boats/flying.

[Sky]

Heh, WoW hasn't had a 2 hour instance since launch.  Longest ones seem to take 45 minutes if you're moving really slow. 

Don't play WoW. The couple times I've grouped for a raid in EQ2, the majority of time spent was just getting people together. That's my main gripe, when I'm playing I'm focused and want to get shit done, because I'm not on all night. If something takes 45 minutes, I want someone who joins to be there ASAP. Not banking, not running from the far side of the world, not doing whatever the fuck is taking them fifteen minutes to show up.

And that requirement is also why I do not waste other people's time and thus rarely group. I feel there is a certain responsibility to not waste the time of others and apparently that's a rare feeling.

That King Arthur game is on my short list to get once I actually have some money some day.

[stray]

Fable II... for all of the improvements and additional sandboxing, it still feels like the same shallow, shitty game.

[stray]

I finally bought a Dualshock 3.

I'm gonna play something with it.

[Ard]

By god if that something isn't nethack, my faith in nerds everywhere has failed me.

[stray]

I've never played nethack, but I once saw it came with a Linux install I had. Does that make me at least a half assed nerd?

[Sky]

I swear to Thor I just read nethack as neckbeard.

FFH2 continues to deliver. Got moshstomped playing Embers by being too warlike too soon. Got the Luchuirp on a decent island and I'm doing fairly well, they maka tha moolah, which makes expansion much easier. First Iron Golems rolling off the foundry later tonight, Bannor is fucked. I may have dropped a foothold town on their far shore like a sneaksy lil dwarf...and claimed five goddamned resources with it (well, nabbed two right off and three more once it expands). Not two turns too soon, he promptly plopped down a town right next to it, because I got there just as he was sending over a settler.

I almost feel bad for his little town, fresh-faced pioneers escaping the crush of the city, hopes and dreams before them in the promise of a new frontier...and then the Iron Golems roll into town crushing everything under their heels. Welcome, dwarven overlords.

[stray]

Wow.. Two Worlds. How does a game like this even get made? And why the fuck did my friend suggest it

I might actually burn the disc or something. I need to cleanse myself of this. [edit] Forsooth!

[Sky]

I thought it was fun for a while, then one day it wasn't. Definitely got my bin's worth out of it. Then again, I like that eastern euro style rpg, so I have a higher tolerance for a lot of the oddness in the game.

[Brogarn]

InFamous. It was free with the PS3 my loving wife bought me. It's ok.

[Azazel]

Playing a bit of:

Borderlands (solo) on the PC
Borderlands (2P) with the wife on 360
Borderlands (3P) with two friends on 360
Wolverine (PS3) grinding up to max level before I take out the final boss. Because I don't know why. Despite Schild's bitching, the combat is a hell of a lot of fun. The puzzles, not so much.

[Rasix]

WoW and Torchlight.  Maybe I'll fire up Last Remnant I picked up for $10 just to see what Ard and Yegolev's torrid love affair in here was all about. I bet it sucks.

This Steam sale is taunting me.

[Vision]

I just put in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, and must say it is really fun. It doesn't have the charm that the first one did, nor do I think it is as difficult. Although the gameplay is as fun as ever.
Save the fucking camera.

[Azazel]

WoW and Torchlight.  Maybe I'll fire up Last Remnant I picked up for $10 just to see what Ard and Yegolev's torrid love affair in here was all about. I bet it sucks.

This Steam sale is taunting me.

Another Steam sale?

[Rasix]

Mother, sister, brother, cousin of all Steam sales.

[Trippy]

WoW and Torchlight.  Maybe I'll fire up Last Remnant I picked up for $10 just to see what Ard and Yegolev's torrid love affair in here was all about. I bet it sucks.

I hope you have an Xbox 360 controller you can hook up to your PC.

[Yegolev]

I've never played nethack, but I once saw it came with a Linux install I had. Does that make me at least a half assed nerd?

Not even a tiny, imaginary, divided-by-negative-one bit.

[Yegolev]

Maybe I'll fire up Last Remnant I picked up for $10 just to see what Ard and Yegolev's torrid love affair in here was all about. I bet it sucks.

If it makes you feel better, I noticed that schild purchased this from Steam recently.

I may even finish LR someday, just right now time is limited.  I mean it.  Not like before when I said my time was limited.  I'm fully in "let God sort'em out" territory for the past, oh... month, at least.

On topic, mostly I am playing LotRO, Torchlight and Dragon Age.  I reinstalled Diablo II: LoD and... discovered I like Torchlight more.  It's like finally getting out of AA.  Or maybe like moving from Budweiser to Fat Tire.

[Tebonas]

Tried some holiday cleanup (get some games finished and off the hard drive).

Managed Borderlands, and close in Puzzle Quest. But now I like cruising around in GTA 3, and thanks to the Steam sale (have mercy on my purse, you bastards) I will be more than distracted soon.