So, what're you playing?

[Tebonas]

Done with Divinity 2, which I loved for 99%, but an Escort Mission in Dragonform as climax? Why, Larian Studios, why? But I powered through (cost me an hour of my life because I always suck at Escort Missions, ask Wing Commander), now I'll take on Two Worlds 1 (followed by 2 if Witcher is still not out then).

Plus, Master of Mana also on my PC and Galaxy on Fire 2 on the iphone.

[Strazos]

Been playing DCUO (though less lately), my Norse team in Blood Bowl, and...Temple of Elemental Evil, purchased from cheap from GoG.

It's interesting to see another company's take on what I thought was practically perfected by BioWare. The engine is a bit buggy, the dialogue not terribly interesting, but...still interesting to play what seems like a very faithful rendition of DnD 3.5 rules. I'm actually hoping someone does 4.0 at some point, as I actually like the ruleset.

I'm a sucker for dungeon crawlers.

[Tale]

Been playing some Dragon Age (1) and other stuff on my PS3.

Old guild persuaded me to try Project 1999 which is a flawlessly emulated EverQuest 1 that runs like it did in the Velious days (2001-02) and has a sizeable player population. They started with original EQ (level cap 50) in 2009 and will introduce the Kunark expansion in March this year. The most annoying stuff like staring at the spellbook was gone by that era, and you can use today's resolutions, but it's still the same grindy, unforgiving experience, so obviously not for the people who didn't like EQ1. And it's not something I could commit the time to anymore - don't want to re-enter that addiction.

[Strazos]

Didn't Velious follow Kunark?

[ghost]

I think I'm going to pick up Fallen Earth again for a while. 

[schild]

I think I'm going to pick up Fallen Earth again for a while. 

Funny, I was thinking of stabbing myself in the legs this afternoon also.

[ghost]

Take pictures!   

[Yegolev]

While "Craft Ten Rats" sounds fun, there was something about the execution that didn't measure up.

[ghost]

While "Craft Ten Rats" sounds fun, there was something about the execution that didn't measure up.

Agreed.  Still, I keep hearing that it's "aged well" and I'm bored.  So I'll craft some rocks and rats and whatever for a month and be done with it again. 

[Hawkbit]

Picked up where I left off in Nier (PS3).  Comedy increases once Weiss joins.

I put this down last year after a few bigger titles launched and I just started it back up again last week.  It's not a great game, but it's a really, really damn good one.  If another bit of polish was added this would have been maybe one of the greats.  There's rumors of a 2011 announcement of a sequel or return to the world. 

Killer soundtrack, too.  It's better than the game.

[Ard]

There's rumors of a 2011 announcement of a sequel or return to the world.  

That would actually be sad, since Cavia folded shortly after the game came out, so that would instantly cause any sequel to fall into the buyer beware territory.

[Hawkbit]

Hrm.  I didn't realize that, and yes, that is worrisome.  The rumors I had heard about a sequel came from the SE camp, so yeah.  Buyer beware indeed.

[Tale]

Didn't Velious follow Kunark?

Yes, I meant you can use the Velious-era UI as a minimum even though it's emulating 1999 - they haven't gone back to the most hated stuff like staring at the spellbook to meditate, etc. The Velious-era zones aren't part of it yet (they plan to launch Kunark in March, then Velious probably a year or so after that, then stop).

[Sky]

I just got a free reactivation of my EQ account for the progression server. While I have about zero interest in EQ1, I found it funny they said come back and "race through Norrath".

[Nebu]

I considered playing EQ again but feared that it would ruin all of my candy-coated memories of the game.  Some things are best left in the past.

[Stormwaltz]

I've been hitting STO again now that weekly episodes are back. In small doses, it's just as fun as it was when I started playing.

Last night I played Puzzle Quest for a while. I enjoyed it, but I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if the computer didn't cheat quite so blatantly. A four-hit chain from new blocks falling on to the screen? Isn't that the fourth time that's happened this game? Funny how that's never happened for me even once in the entire game...

[Sky]

Ye gods Fallout:NV is fucking buggy.

[trias_e]

God help me, I'm actually enjoying project 1999 more than WoW/Rift.  I guess what I'm taking from it is that having 2 hotbars of abilities that you need to press nonstop and killing a million mobs an hour does not equal more fun for me in MMORPGs.  The horrific death penalty will surely make me quit, just like when I actually played EQ in 1999, but I don't mind EQ's slow pace one bit.  Chilling out, camping orc hill for a few hours, listening to podcasts and shooting the shit with internet strangers in a way I haven't done in a long time.  Fun.

[Redgiant]

Been playing EQ1 on Luclin-Stromm in a tight progression guild called Wrathful Inquisition since last August. We raid 4 times a week for 3 hours (8-11pm EST), and other general xp, AA, Epic fight stuff off hours. Raids average 40-50 regulars.

This is a guild with the sort of leadership and infrastructure reminiscent of the glory days guilds, most are vets of course.

It's a great way to see all the content many never got to. We adhere to level, gear, keying and zone limitations, currently locked at level 70 in the Omens of War expansion and we just finished the raid trials to enter Anguish yesterday - and yes, we get flagged and keyed as if they still matter, since many requirements are a mere shadow of their former selves or just plain removed. But we aren't slow (hell we were doing Time B in December) so no one gets itchy to run ahead. Seriously, if you aren't one of the relatively few who got to see all the end-game stuff before, this is like a fun guided tour without anywhere near the ridiculous sink time of way back when. We'll be on Mata Muram and Dragons of Norrath content probably next month.

if you didn't understand what I was just talking about, you wouldn't like it anyway. But for me, it's the right combination of challenge, fun, progress and socialization.

[Sky]

God help me, I'm actually enjoying project 1999 more than WoW/Rift.  

I was thinking about that but it's not compatible with my edition of EQ and I'm not wild about spending money on such a dumb thing, second hand to boot.

[Merusk]

Ye gods Fallout:NV is fucking buggy.

I wondered why you kept popping in my steam update window last night.  "Sky has started playing Fallout: New Vegas"  then 10 mins later, the same message.

[Ratman_tf]

Dungeons got me interested in getting the original DK running. Got some help online configuing dosbox (I don't use it that often) and

Impus Natum!

*meheheheha!*

[Azazel]

I just got a free reactivation of my EQ account for the progression server. While I have about zero interest in EQ1, I found it funny they said come back and "race through Norrath".

I got that too. I was literally starting to install it via Steam (I bought some all-in-one shit last year for $2.50) but then Steam wanted me to go to SOEs website and connect my Steam account to my SOE account and so forth, and then I decided that I just cannot be fucking bothered trying to remember my EQ passwords.

I wanted to get the accounts going and give my wife (who now has experience in WoW) the $2.50 tour of Norrath and show her where we used to do this, that, whatever, but in between the massive reinstall and fucking around with SOE customer service, I just cant be fucked.

Redgiant, that sounds interesting and all, except for the raider's timetable you quoted. A decade or so ago I used to work for SOE in much the same way as you described, but I have a real job now.



As for fun, I got a couple of friends to try out BF:BC2 the other night. One of them doesn't really like FPS, the other is ok with them. They played for 7 hours straight. 

[Ard]

Ye gods Fallout:NV is fucking buggy.

I wondered why you kept popping in my steam update window last night.  "Sky has started playing Fallout: New Vegas"  then 10 mins later, the same message.

This gets worse the closer to the end you get, or at least, it did for me.  Quicksave often.  When I was going through the ramp up to the end, I swear I was crashing every 20 minutes or so.

[Sky]

I guess the Gomorrah boss fight mission got bugged partway through. I had to go back about an hour and a half, luckily most of that was me wandering around the casino wondering what the hell I needed to do to progress the mission. Lesson learned, going to keep more running saves in the archive. So retro :P I do quicksave judiciously, but only make an archive save at certain points, which can sometimes be hours apart.

I also have to try starting the game between three and seven times to get the launch window without a crash message. Sometimes it even surprises me and takes me right to the launch window!

I guess I've been mostly lucky with bugs and shouldn't complain, it's the first major backtrack I've been forced into.

[Sjofn]

I've been hitting STO again now that weekly episodes are back. In small doses, it's just as fun as it was when I started playing.

Last night I played Puzzle Quest for a while. I enjoyed it, but I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if the computer didn't cheat quite so blatantly. A four-hit chain from new blocks falling on to the screen? Isn't that the fourth time that's happened this game? Funny how that's never happened for me even once in the entire game...

My theory on that is the computer knows what's going to fall next and acts accordingly.    Puzzle Quest 2 isn't quite as cheaty ... but still cheats.

[Tebonas]

Oh yes, I already forget about those bugs that made certain quests unsolvable. A little reminder that Fallout New Vegas is indeed an Obsidian game. After the bug in the railway bomber quest I had a seperate savefile before every new zone and there were three instances I needed that.

[Velorath]

Oh yes, I already forget about those bugs that made certain quests unsolvable. A little reminder that Fallout New Vegas is indeed an Obsidian game. After the bug in the railway bomber quest I had a seperate savefile before every new zone and there were three instances I needed that.

To be fair, I seem to recall Fallout 3 being fairly buggy for some people as well (not even getting into some of the issues with the DLC).

[Tebonas]

Maybe, but I never had a quest bug on me because I did something in the wrong order or talked to the wrong person at the wrong time.

[Chimpy]

God help me, I'm actually enjoying project 1999 more than WoW/Rift.  

I was thinking about that but it's not compatible with my edition of EQ and I'm not wild about spending money on such a dumb thing, second hand to boot.

There are many ways to come by the Titanium client (which is the only one the guy who runs P99 allows) or the SoF or SoD clients (that work on many other servers like EZ Server) which do not require looking around for a place to purchase them (hint, there are none).

[Sky]

Yeah, I don't do that.

[Ingmar]

Oh yes, I already forget about those bugs that made certain quests unsolvable. A little reminder that Fallout New Vegas is indeed an Obsidian game. After the bug in the railway bomber quest I had a seperate savefile before every new zone and there were three instances I needed that.

To be fair, I seem to recall Fallout 3 being fairly buggy for some people as well (not even getting into some of the issues with the DLC).

I had maybe 2 or 3 bugs the entire time through New Vegas, meanwhile Fallour 3 crashed like clockwork and was buggy in innumerable other ways. I can't even compare the two, 3 was a billion times worse.

[Azazel]

I let EQ download overnight and logged on this morning before work.

Just stood around POK for a few minutes setting it up. My old server has been merged (again). My old guild looks like it died out while ago (went to the old website awhile ago and it was gone). Looked like 4 of us had logged on as part of this promo, but none were names I knew from when I played. (heh, remember that? Knowing everyone in your guild? EQ did have a few things on WoW.)

2 of my alts were gone though, my bank alt, and my baby chanter. That kinda sucks. I set up a petition for them to look into it, though my account hasn't has any activity in 5 years, so I haven't been haxored.

Can't see myself playing again anyway, but I'll probably get the second account running and give my wife the three hour tour sometime in the next week. See how quickly I can bore her to tears, and see how many of the old zones are still actually the same (and not rejigged).

This is the East commons tunnel. This is the second torch. We used to stand here and spam stuff we were selling for hours on end. This is where we collected Deathfist orc belts. This is where we camped the Sand Giants for 6 hours to get the rings for jboots.. ahhhh what a way to spend my time.
 

[Hawkbit]

During merges they delete any toon under level 10, or maybe it's that they keep any toons over level 10... I can't remember.  But that's likely where your toons are.  Bummer.. :/

[Strazos]

Partly that, partly time played or time since last login.