The useless what-I-am-playing thread

[Xerapis]

Finally seduced a coworker into picking up WOW.  He's currently learning the ropes, sending lots of annoying whisper questions, all that jazz. 

On the plus side, he likes to play heal-bitches.

So now I'm having to level up alliance-side.  I tried to get him on Horde, but he decided he likes the Draenei for priest.  And I can't really blame him for preferring the NELF for Druid (his current alt-of-choice).  I mean, who really likes playing a cow-person? ~shrugs~

Feel free to join me on Dath'Remar. HINT HINT!!

[Tebonas]

I did when I played WoW, but then I ran around in Bearform all of the time.

Put a Win98 Vmdisk on my computer and playing the hell out of Magic the Gathering right now. I really have no excuse for that, guess I went mad after all that Fall from Heaven playing.

[Xerapis]

Well, random coworker is levelling mainly his priest, with the NELF druid alt.  B/F is working on a human warlock after I finally dragged him kicking and screaming away from the blood elfs.  I've got my fearless dwarf hunter.

We need a tank.  And maybe a mage.  People who play during the happy happy Korean primetime.  Unless you plan on hooking up on weekends for fun stuff.  Then you just have to like whatever weird hours that would be back in your hometimezone.

If you happen to drop by, my hunter's name is Harguk.  Add me at your own risk ^_~

His growl is worse than his bite, really.

[Yegolev]

I played Etrian Odyssey for 45 minutes today, sitting on the men's-room toilet of my office floor.

[voodoolily]

Yesterday I played "Get Lost in the Rogue River National Forest By Yourself for 12 Miles". It took me 5 hours to beat it.

[Yegolev]

But were your pants around your ankles?  If not, I win.

[schild]

She said "Rogue River National Forest" not "Rikers Island Maximum Security Prison."

[WindupAtheist]

Back when Morrowind first came out, I fired it up and was like "Oh yeah, nonlinear, open world, skill system... I guess I should like this."  Then I quit playing after a couple days.  For the hell of it I threw a bargain-bin copy into the Xbox last week and somehow it's sucked me in this time.  I'm level thirty-something and I haven't gone near the main quest yet.

Also, speaking of WoW, cows are the coolest Horde race.  Orcs are boring, undead are emo, blood elves are god damned elves, and trolls are like some racist stereotype burped up after two-dozen consecutive viewings of Marked for Death.  If I ever resub for some reason, I'm going to see if Screwface makes it through the name filter.

[Xerapis]

Oh, I'm sure Screwface is already taken.  Have you SEEN some of the names in WOW?

[Murgos]

Yesterday I played "Get Lost in the Rogue River National Forest By Yourself for 12 Miles". It took me 5 hours to beat it.

I'd rather play that game.  I actually miss the days of spending 4 days out of the week hiking around in the wilderness.  Any job openings for an electrical engineer?

[WayAbvPar]

Yesterday I played "Get Lost in the Rogue River National Forest By Yourself for 12 Miles". It took me 5 hours to beat it.

Did you find the Sasquatch encounter Easter Egg?

[voodoolily]

No, I was actually lost. If I had taken a left when I got to the first road, I'd only have had to walk 3 miles to my car. Instead I walked 12 miles of switchback until my coworker got phone reception and could come to pick me up. I had no compass, only an aerial photo and a 30-year topo map with no road names on either. 

[WindupAtheist]

Having never played Morrowind in-depth before, I was rather staggered the other night at how exploitable the system is.  Money can be created from thin air by selling at one shop what you just bought next door, and it's easy to become insanely powerful without really doing anything.  Just for shits and giggles I ran my guy up to level... some assinine number... tonight.  It's not even a matter of using bugs, it's just a matter of very simple logical loopholes.  "If the cost of training depends on my skill level, I should debuff that skill before I train it!  Derp!"

I mean come on, a designer should at least look like he's trying to keep the player honest.  There's nothing wrong with cheating in a single-player game of course, but leaving a huge "INSTANT WIN" button just sitting out there cheapens the game.

One of these days I'm going to talk about a game that's less than 3 years old, but I don't know when...

[Kail]

I mean come on, a designer should at least look like he's trying to keep the player honest.  There's nothing wrong with cheating in a single-player game of course, but leaving a huge "INSTANT WIN" button just sitting out there cheapens the game.

I dunno, that was half the fun for me.  I mean, I sure as hell wasn't enjoying the combat mechanics, but it was kind of cool getting my moogle so hopped up on +int potions that he could solve the universe, and then brewing potions that gave me ten thousand strength for the next six hundred hours, maybe selling one to earn enough money to buy the world.  Pop the cork on one and punch a god in the face so hard that their lips wrap all the way around their head.  Then listen to some old lady asking me to find her cat for a shiny nickel or some damn thing.

Edit: Oh yeah, what I'm playing...

-I juuuuust beat Final Fantasy XII, which I consider an accomplishment since I generally don't have the stamina to finish JRPGs.
-Also just got to book 3 in Odin Sphere, might not get much farther.  Playing as Mercedes the pretty fairy princess as she flits about the enchanted wood is even more emasculating than I thought it would be.
-Running through single player Warcraft III and Starcraft, too, although Starcraft looks like ass widescreen and it's screwing with my desktop.

[Yegolev]

Heh, WUA, you should try Daggerfall.  The character XP system is based on positive and negative traits; one big negative trait is Critical Weakness to Paralysis.  High Elves (in Daggerfall) are immune to paralysis, so giving them this trait doesn't do anything but make them level quickly.  Also, merchants don't kick you out of shops when they close (IIRC) and you can just help yourself to everything.  You can also fly while riding a horse, which is hilarious.  Finally, werewolves are immune to normal weapons and most town guards don't have silver weapons.  Either you believe the design is broken or you relish the freedom.  One man's trash and whatnot.

Oblivion has been normalized quite a bit, relatively speaking, so maybe you can play that one without feeling like you are cheating.  Probably not, though.

[Yegolev]

Morrowind cheating again... have you contracted corprus yet?  When you do, don't cure it for a long, long time.

[Signe]

I have put in all the mods for Fate and now I can fight Giant dogs and peppermint blobs, there are santa costumes and party dresses, my pet doggie has changed into a phoenix, there are xmas gifts lying around and my main weapon is a lamp.

[Xerapis]

I have put in all the mods for Fate and now I can fight Giant dogs and peppermint blobs, there are santa costumes and party dresses, my pet doggie has changed into a phoenix, there are xmas gifts lying around and my main weapon is a lamp.

That sounds bizarrely intriguing.

[Signe]

The Game.

The Mods.

Knock your socks off!

[Tebonas]

There are player mods for Fate? Thanks, for a bizarre reason that possibility never occured to me. I'll give those a try after my FFH phase subsides.

[schild]

Man. I played the shit out of Fate. And somehow, I never thought to look for mods either. Gonna get me some of that.

[MrHat]

lol, Fenrir just owned me for 2 hours of time in Etrian.  Stupid ice specialty alchemist.  Now what?  Start over?

[WindupAtheist]

Either you believe the design is broken or you relish the freedom.  One man's trash and whatnot.

I once figured out this way of getting basically infinite items and gold in Ultima V, by going to a particular dungeon room and using a particular item in an unintended way.  I exploited the living hell out of this little loophole, and felt quite pleased with myself for it.  I had figured out something that the creators of the game had overlooked.

But exploiting in Morrowind feels different somehow.  I know the developers had to be aware of all this stuff, and since it's still in the game I have to assume they condone it.  Therefore the game is about becoming a god and raping the universe, and that game only takes one or two nights to finish.

I will admit that murdering Vivec in his temple and then carving a bloody swath all over the countryside was pretty fun the other night.  But after that I deleted the character.  Once you've walked up to God and bitchslapped him, being asked to go kill bandits doesn't hold much interest.

[Strazos]

I figured out a way to get free bikes in Road Rash 2 on the Genesis. That was fun.

[Yegolev]

lol, Fenrir just owned me for 2 hours of time in Etrian.  Stupid ice specialty alchemist.  Now what?  Start over?

Nah, what's up with your party?  I had two landsknechts, two survivalists and a medic.  Also I think I was level 16-ish and I think I was very lucky to make it through that fight alive.  I have both a sword- and axe-specialist landsknecht, one of the survivalists is all about pre-emptive strike.  My medic isn't awesome but he can get on item duty.  I guess the question is, is the problem that the other wolves jump in during the fight?  If so then you might want to try to wack one of them and run away, refuel and come back.

Played some Tenchu Z over the weekend.  Better than I expected, although Grey is the new Brown.

Some Oblivion on 360 once the wife is done with it.  Trying hard to only do Mage quests.  Accidentally picked up a nirnroot.  Much gnashing.  Hope to make a black soul gem soon.

Portrait of Ruin.

Shadowrun Demo was more fun than I thought it would be.  Sucks ass that there is no single-player.

[MrHat]

I'm about L17-18 with a Protector, Survivalist, whip chick, ice alchemist (wolves resist), and my medic.  I get owned.  Tempted to shelf them and roll up some of the different classes w/ all this cash I have.

[Yegolev]

Yeah, I suggest making some new characters and use your current guys to level them.  I am leveling a fire alchemist with a team of level 26-29 people: the aforementioned two landsknechts, survivalist and medic.  This is because I feel the need for some artillery that is more powerful than the survivalist I had on the back row.  Protectors, I either don't get them or they suck.  Not sure which; probably a bad build actually but I don't feel like experimenting.  Landsknechts, on the other hand, rock the balls off of most things, especially if you specialize in ATK and axe.

From what I can tell, the skills HP MAX UP and TP MAX UP are cumulative such that you want to get those leveled up first thing.  Not sure about DEF UP.  So leveling up a new squad, I would suggest going for some hardcore build and putting them into your main team somewhere.  This way you can level them more quickly and also get used to them.

I also assume you have done a little time with the mine/take/chop skills?  I would finally suggest that you beat a stalker as soon as you are able to, you can make a nice weapon from the scythe.

[MrHat]

Ya, beat all the stalkers on that level, hence the mad bank.  I figured as much about the Protector, this game is feels alot more about killing faster than suriving, so I'll hit up a few chars tonight.  Thanks for the advice.

[Sky]

On vacation, starting Gothic 3 finally. I love the Gothic series. I hope Piranha Bytes survived the loss of Jowood's backing. The move to a faction-based game is great.

[Yegolev]

@MrHat: If you don't consider it cheating, there are skill pre-requisite guides on gamefaqs.com that could be helpful in circumventing excessive trial-end-error.  Plus I forget what gives you what anyway.

Tempted to start a separate Etrian Odyssey thread but I suspect there are only three people here playing it.

[Bunk]

On vacation, starting Gothic 3 finally. I love the Gothic series. I hope Piranha Bytes survived the loss of Jowood's backing. The move to a faction-based game is great.

Let me know if you can get past the first ten minutes of the game. Fucker would CTD once every five minutes of gameplay. Finally just deleted it.

I think that may be the first game I've completely given up on trying to fix.

[MrHat]

@MrHat: If you don't consider it cheating, there are skill pre-requisite guides on gamefaqs.com that could be helpful in circumventing excessive trial-end-error.  Plus I forget what gives you what anyway.

Tempted to start a separate Etrian Odyssey thread but I suspect there are only three people here playing it.

Ya, I don't mind the trial and error, it's pretty straight forward, L3 Ice, L5 Ice Skill, etc.

[Sky]

Let me know if you can get past the first ten minutes of the game. Fucker would CTD once every five minutes of gameplay. Finally just deleted it.

Yeah, played about an hour last nigt and a couple hours today, runs great. Just a few loading hitches and I hear there's a memory leak, but I don't play that long anyway in one sitting.

I tweaked the heck out of the graphics using the official forums as a guideline, though. Looks splendified.

[MrHat]

Yeg: Have you tried the respecing feature? It says you lose 10 levels, but can replace your points.  I don't quite understand.

[McCow]

Yeg: Have you tried the respecing feature? It says you lose 10 levels, but can replace your points.  I don't quite understand.

It only works if you are level 30.  Your clvl drops 10 levels, all points set to 1 and you get your new clvl worth of points to spend.

It kinda sucks.