off-topic-discussions

[iron fern]

Is buying GR Breakpoint Standard edition a good choice in 2024?

[radiant wharf]

Is that the "urgent" matter?

[random skiff]

I assume there's a sale on for it or something.
tl;dr it's fun, but support for it is over. So buy it for the game you get, not the game you might get later.

[analog shadow]

For nothing above 10 dollars

Maybe 20 if its the ultimate edition

[sacred snow]

the base game has just enough free content and the DLCs just add extra missions.
Do note that it has a weird gear score system like div1 and another mode where its “intended” to be play

you can also mod it but thats the most i can say about it here

[analog shadow]

The base game content is actually just straight up bad

[sacred snow]

the story for base game sucks just turn off your brain and go shoot bad guys

[analog shadow]

When it is on sale, its gold and ultimate editions are also on sale, and pretty heavy sales too

[sacred snow]

tier 1 operator tactical barbie stuff

[analog shadow]

I was referring to gameplay too

[sacred snow]

i cranked up the diff to highest on my first playthru

just disable drones and its sorta ok

another ubisoft 7/10

[analog shadow]

7/10 is generous

[sacred snow]

operation motherland is a solid 8-9/10 imo

story still sucked but it plays so much better

[analog shadow]

Its a 7/10 currently, with its dlc, operation motherland is free but some of the paid dlc missions are best in the whole game

[sacred snow]

tfw the game asks if you want to side with a literal terrorist

[analog shadow]

Fr

[sacred snow]

wall run is so peak

idk why but i like it so much

also theres the other factor of EAC being removed in the final update for the game so you can just mod it

cant say the how but it definitely makes the game better for me

[analog shadow]

I feel bad for the ubi paris, very clearly a game that had studio interference

[sacred snow]

have you seen the concept art

they were so cool

[analog shadow]

Ive recommended it before yes

Concept art shows the game they wanted to make

[sacred snow]

and then you end up with dr doom cosplayers and guy in t shirt lmao

like im pretty sure only the sentinel rusher wears bulletproof vest

“ghosts gone rogue” my ass the wolves suck

[analog shadow]

Whats wild is they have the same outfits in the cgi trailers but they actually look good because they have heavy detailing and different textures compared to the game

[sacred snow]

its le trailer ofc its gonna look good

[analog shadow]

That statement was always bs, canonically only 5 wolves are ghosts

[sacred snow]

i still thought the design was ridiculous save for the main villain

i forgot his name already but the Jon Bernthal guy

[analog shadow]

In the concept art and cgi trailer most of the wolf masks had a kevlar texture and are differently shaped

[sacred snow]

he did a pretty good job but they gave him next to nothing to work with

[sacred snow]

kevlar masks is a new thing

but yea at least they look kinda ok

[analog shadow]

Its the texture change that ruined the masks, and then outfits in game aren’t heavily detailed which also makes the wolves look bad

A lot of the reason the wolves look bad is simply due to time constraints so all the gear enemies and the player wear isn’t super high quality detailed

[sacred snow]

i think them wearing metal helmets is stupid to begin with

[analog shadow]

Slapping scrap metal to your head and praying

[sacred snow]

even if you survive you’re gonna be knocked out cold for like 6 months

thats like the entire reason why they stopped making ww2 helmets

people look into it and say “oh new stuff is so much worse muh capitalism”

while in reality being shot to the head while wearing a metal helmet that can take it is just as lethal

[sour moon]

😭😭 back to learning directx 12 and wow theres a reason i stepped back to learn directx 11

[sacred snow]

imagine a dx13 in like 5 years

[sour moon]

Powered by AI!

😭 even then guaranteed Microsoft are gonna be using depreciated apis like ATL for object management

[iron fern]

I got the base version for 3.59 dollars
So i bought it
I loved playing wildlands but it was cracked and I really wanted to play with someone and complete GR Breakpoint, after seeing the videos on Yt
Ig I did the right thing...

[sacred snow]

glad you liked it so far

imo the open world part is way worse than wildlands

both games has its problem with the AI but at least its not crackhead beaming you 200m away with a pair of uzi

[analog shadow]

Wildlands does open world better, the only issue with wildlands is gameplay, and thats just due to them having swapped game engines and not having enough time to work on gameplay

Its way more in depth at times then Breakpoint

In fact the main issue with wildlands imo is the gunplay, its not very fluid at all which leads to the issues of ai beaming you, because you can’t really respond the way they would

The ai in Wildlands have actual routines and day/night shifts, they feel more alive than breakpoint

The ai absolutely is in need of work but imo the gunplay and movement is the problem of wildlands

[sacred snow]

oh totally

i just think that the bigger issue with wildlands is the AI being near omnipotent at times

i think its well balanced and they actually fight you in distances

the gunplay is kinda ok

what turned me off the most was the movement

being able to holster your weapon is great

[analog shadow]

I do think the ai can be bad but my dislike is the gunplay because you can’t respond, the ai being fast acting is honestly fine but the player can’t be either without extensive experience

[sacred snow]

other than that jfc

have you ever tried to get into cover

[analog shadow]

The cover system is meh yea

[sacred snow]

but the character wont enter the cover animation so you’re just face palming the wall

[analog shadow]

If wildlands had breakpoint movement and gunplay it would be amazing

[sacred snow]

all they had to do for the next ghost recon is to do wildlands on a newer engine like breakpoint

[analog shadow]

Breakpoint uses the same engine

[sacred snow]

and everyone will be happy,also make Spartan mod the baseline game pls :copium:

[sacred snow]

damn

[analog shadow]

The engine wildlands and breakpoint use is pretty old at this point, they most likely are switching

Future soldier used unreal Im pretty sure

Hell at times future soldier looks better than breakpoint

[sacred snow]

tfw future soldier probably has better lighting and color

breakpoint is fine but it seems mushy and lacks a real identity

future soldier looks a bit too blurry and sometimes low res for me but it definitely makes me feel more than breakpoint

in other news ive been playing bf2042 recently

for like 1/10th of its original price its

an ok ish game

no reason why the tv rocket is so weak tho it takes like 3 shots to kill every single vehicle in the game regardless if its a normal jeep or a gunship

i swear it wasn’t like this in bf4

[analog shadow]

A lot of why it looks bad is mainly just lack of detail, time constraint moment

[frozen sparrow]

something something balance

[analog shadow]

Balance don’t matter in a game with 64 player lobbies

[modest pebble]

what?

[hoary harbor]

I love future soldier

[candid oyster]

For anyone joining Once Human, under Events, under Accept Invitation, copy and paste this code (before level 10) and you get some extra rewards:
yq150011443

[pallid fern]

Hey guys, I once saw a Discord server or bot that could be used to check a player's analytics (K/D ratio, playtime, and so on). Does anyone know where to find it?

[sacred snow]

you can just look up the bot for the game that you want it to check analytics

afaik there isn’t one for div2

[void heart]

Where did the div one channels go?

Nvm I found it

[tardy vine]

https://discord.com/channels/477210626742288384/535048680080670740

[void heart]

Thanks

[sturdy igloo]

currently on my radar

https://youtu.be/xIRrKM4AUW4?si=fSugOHt9hPY6BXzE

PVE Darkzone in a post apocalypse sci fi setting

[modest pebble]

pve darkzone. so lz

looks interesting regardless

hopefully not a day before moment

[half zenith]

division start to be old

am waiting for a divison 3

[tulip cypress]

you're waiting around 4 more years

[half zenith]

Yep

[hoary harbor]

The first descendant is pretty fun

[rugged lava]

self promotion is against the rules if I recall correctly. sorry but your post is probably gonna be deleted any minute now

[tawny siren]

Peace, it’s all good, that’s a fault on my part for not remembering that

[rugged lava]

whatevs. i respect your drive. im a musician too

[hoary harbor]

Are there any particular bang for your buck laptops or is it just better to get a pc

[signal hearth]

In the gaming world, there's not really such thing as "bang for your buck" i'm afraid unless you get a lucky used deal. The nice thing about a PC is you can get a mid range PC for cheaper now, and piece by piece upgrade as your budget allows. Can't do that with a laptop. #myopinion

[hoary harbor]

So it's like future proof tech Lego

[sleek nymph]

or you buy a decent cpu laptop and run external gpu which is not advised

[modest pebble]

Laptops generally aren’t great

If you can get a pc get one

If you can’t there are a few decent ones but be prepared for a portable space heater

Laptops regularly run at 95c

[hoary harbor]

is it cheaper to go pre built or individual parts

buying everything separately seems a hassle but apparently pre built stuff isn't as modular

[modest pebble]

Depends

Go to costco see what they got

Sometimes they have really good deals

For prebuilts

If not micro center

Buy each part separately and build it

Unless you cba with that

[hoary harbor]

right

[sleek nymph]

i mean high end pc's are something to in smaller rooms
my pc can ehat my room to 30degree+

also might better to get stuff around black friday for pc

[modest pebble]

Honestly if you got a local micro center every day is Black Friday

[sleek nymph]

i live in europe so i not know 😄

[modest pebble]

I’ve seen 7800x3d for under 225 bucks which is absolutely stupid

[modest pebble]

There’s nothing wrong with pre Builts if your lazy/just really don’t want to build btw

[sleek nymph]

but serious note, my room is 4by4m
my pc is a ryzen 9 3900x with 3080ti, and that thing can easy push romm temps to 30 when its 20ish outside

my other pc is a 7800 with 2080ti and does also heat very well

[modest pebble]

They can make some heat but at least it’s far away from you, laptops it’s literally right on your fingers

[sleek nymph]

my pc sits next to me on my right

[hoary harbor]

are there any real trade offs or just a matter of finding the best deal

[modest pebble]

The real trade offs is sometimes your gonna get a no name mobo that dies/with holds performance, sometimes it’s shit ram, sometimes it’s a shit PSU

But if you find a pre built with a name motherboard, and PSU. Shit ram is a pretty cheap and very easy upgrade

So it’s finding a good deal then adding minor upgrades

[sleek nymph]

my pc is cursed, corrupt ram, then corrupt ssd
not even low end stuff ))
like g skill 3600 ram and a sumsung 980 m.2

i also had the shit psu experience with myh first "gaming" pc which was partly prebuild

[modest pebble]

I’ve never seen a Samsung SSD fail in person (besides older Apple ones)

You are unlucky

[sleek nymph]

i could see the data on it still, but could not acces it or even format

apparent the 980series where known for that rare issue

[modest pebble]

Hmm

[modest pebble]

The shit psu is the scariest one tbh

1 good spike and it could fry the whole thing

[sleek nymph]

my other pc first mobo died
then afetr putting new mobo, cpu cause i could not find mobo with right socket anymore gpu exploded

[modest pebble]

Lmao

[modest pebble]

Do not buy intel 13 or 14th Gen

[sleek nymph]

780
was right in the middle of the gpu crisis

then again paid 1600 for my 2080ti and 2200 for 3080ti
euro

[modest pebble]

I am lucky enough to work as a network engineer for a company so I can “require” certain gaming GPU’s for work and source them from business partners

That crisis was wild to watch

[sleek nymph]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/612667913005957172/1262087755471786055/image0.jpg?ex=66955251&is=669400d1&hm=39abaf4472d6d0fdc73779614b36b70916c7976ba335d8a8c63e002ea74ad017&

gpu in question

then bought a 1070, which was a return, but smh they tested it and didn't have the issue it was returned for, but when i did it did as well
apparent could not run dual screen

[hoary harbor]

yikes

[modest pebble]

I’ve found that costco has the highest volume of decent mobo and psu prebuilts but I’m in Canada

[hoary harbor]

I doubt they have a branch in singapore

[modest pebble]

Yea….lol. See what you can find your basically looking for any name brand mobo and psu. CPU and gpu combo kinda depends on budget

[hoary harbor]

probably 1000 SGD and under

[modest pebble]

Oh that’s the same as CAD

Perfect lol

I7 10th Gen maybe r7 5700x. Probably 2070-2080ti for gpu

That’ll play div pretty stable at 120-130 fps on medium

Assuming div cooperates

[hoary harbor]

I'll see what these sites have got

did some reading and apparently most sellers here charge way too much

aftershock is apparently good value but most people say it's super unreliable

[sour moon]

Dam rule 3 😔

[lime bridge]

where did the division 1 channels go?

[wooden lantern]

#td1-general

[lime bridge]

did the roles get reset or something?

[wooden lantern]

i don't know,i just joined a couple of hours ago

could be you muted those channels?

[lime bridge]

it says no acces

[wooden lantern]

then could be that the roles were reset,when i joined,i was asked for which game i was here for,division 1 and division 2 both need to be checked

[lime bridge]

was stupid needed to get the role back

[wooden lantern]

and i checked both i can see both

[wooden lantern]

yes that is the case

[late vine]

#discord-news message they changed the process recently

[sacred snow]

ok who thought that concord should be 40 bucks

[amber horizon]

playstation, probably

[sacred snow]

that looks like an overwatch knockoff if im bejng honest

like not even bad just generic as hell

isn’t overwatch on PS too

[proper lodge]

T-minus three weeks until project conclusion, and my deadbeat plagarist of a team member has nothing to show for his work.

[fiery ravine]

Why are the mods in this server so eager to delete any messages? feels like I'm at a TSA Checkpoint.

[frozen sparrow]

#td1-general

[kind badge]

Where can I talk to mods? Is there a specific chat or do I just @ the ModMail in off topic?

[supple marsh]

dm modmail

[kind badge]

Ok cool. Thx

[sour moon]

is the credits list for avatar frontiers of pandora really that small or is this website missing like 99% of the list?

[random skiff]

Modern games have massive credits, often taking up tens of minutes to scroll through at the end of the game.
What website are you using?

[shy vine]

Should i be getting a new CPU or a new GPU first?
I play with an Nvidia 1050TI and i7-7700
and think of getting an RX 6600 or an RTX 2070 and Ryzen 5 3600

[modest pebble]

both

you upgrade one you create a bottle neck

dont even bother going to a r5 3600

7700k and 3600 are almost indentical

with the 3600 being slightly more efficient

save up till you can do CPU and GPU at the same time

[shy vine]

On my currency r5 3600 is also cheaper
so yeah i can save it up, ty!

[iron fern]

Does anyone know when is the Epic Games Summer sale 2024?

[pseudo maple]

Nah

[sour moon]

MobyGames

[random skiff]

It mentions that 692 people were involved up the top of the page.

even at 1 name per/second, that's still over 11 minutes long.

[sour moon]

There's no way the list is that small compared to division 2 or far cry 6

[random skiff]

Single-player only game with a more focused team, I see it.
I mean, it's still almost 700 people.

[sour moon]

I guess it makes it fair for the game being in development for 5 years

[random skiff]

It super doesn't matter how many people worked on a game, that genuinely has no bearing on the quality.

If anything, less can often be more.

payday 2 lasted for 10 years and only had 348.

wait, new winner. Check up "Warframe".

[sour moon]

But still, I was expecting a list of 1000+ but seeing 700, unexpected

The initial development feels large then continuous updates few developers

[random skiff]

That is how big games have worked for a long time now. They start big then filter people out as they're no longer needed.

no reason to pay someone to do nothing

[hoary harbor]

Given it's 50 percent off right now and I've heard it's made a massive comeback, is cyberpunk worth buying now?

[random skiff]

If you think you'll get your money's worth out of what is there, then sure. But don't expect future content, the devs are focusing more on the 4th Witcher.

Also make sure you look up exactly what has changed. Because a lot of what was missing is still missing, and likely will always be.

[hoary harbor]

Apparently they released a really nice expansion and there was some 2.0 update that ironed things out

[onyx swallow]

CyberPunk is at end of development and the devs are working on other stuff, but I had an blast playing it without all the bugs and stuff. Defo worth an buy if you want to play it

[hoary harbor]

Just as long as it's a finished product now tbh

Looks appealing enough as a concept

[random skiff]

I mean, it's still missing some pretty key features on what they promised. The biggest one is the online aspect.

[steady veldt]

yo i kinda didnt know where to go for this but im gonna ask anyway as im struggling a lot rying to get my game to work as i play rainbow six seige and many others and when i try to log onto the game its fine and then i play for about a min or 2 and it kicks me off and no it isnt my pc is bad or no it isn t my pc is over heating but if one of you could help that would be perfect.

[slim spire]

do anyone know what IPP in game feedback

[radiant wharf]

Hey, you guys heard about the crowdstrike crash?

[oak bloom]

Yes, happened to me yesterday actually. This game, ever since the last update, at least for me has been massive crashing issues on PC! Like, I don't really play this game anymore but maybe once a week nowadays. I played it for about 1 hour and 15 minutes yesterday and it rain pretty decent. But as soon as I got midway through the manhunt mission it crashed me straight to desktop. And, I sat there shaking my head very frustratingly and played something else instead. Aka, Final Fantasy 14 and Once Human

[dawn galleon]

yep prob due to cloudstrike or somth on ubisofts servers causing it

[oak bloom]

Doesn't surprise me! It wouldn't be the first time this happened.

[dawn galleon]

yeah... atleast it isnt a full global shut down yk

[oak bloom]

True, but a good bit of the player base is losing interest because there's nothing new. It's literally the same thing every season. At least, I'm losing interest! Which hurts, because I absolutely love this franchise and everything about it. But it's hard to continue liking it at the state it's in. Now, the OG Div 1, that's a different story

[dawn galleon]

eh, still waiting for that expansion lel

[fallow spade]

How the hell I can contact Ubisoft to know about a support tiquet? Contacting them is a real maze.

[crisp wing]

If you made a Support Ticket in the past, or you made one but you are waiting for a reply, check your email. There will be a link to the Support Ticket
Real maze indeed, they made it as annoying as possible to reach out

[radiant wharf]

Especially when they answer like 15 days later and they ask you again what is the problem/bug that you attached to that ticket

[rugged lava]

they always just send me links to an FAQ/common problems page and it ends at that.

[rugged lava]

woohoo. i just got a part time job to supplement my zero income full time job!

[fallow spade]

They gave the tiquet number in the support site page and didn't sent any mail.

[rugged lava]

i got this republic of gamers version of the Opera browser. figured it was time to get off chrome. this thing looks great and is crazy customizable. plus it skips youtube ads for you, thats my favorite part

[sacred snow]

so you got operagx

[rugged lava]

oh yea thats the one

for some reason it was called ROG when i found it

probably cuz i found it thru the ROG armory crate app

[supple marsh]

you may as well still be using chrome at that point

[rugged lava]

ah. damn

[supple marsh]

its still chromium under the hood n all that you'd get the same effect by running basically any browser that has ublock origin and sponsorblock

[rugged lava]

alright well my recent switch of browser preference has been sufficiently shat upon. thanks for letting me know its nothing particularly special

[supple marsh]

I'm always going to be surprised at how well operas marketing money has worked for operagx

because one of the main selling points it had was being lightweight but then they just constantly add bloat to it because le funny epic twitter reddit meme

[rugged lava]

Yeah true there are a ton of features I don't rly need

[supple marsh]

why does a browser need a soundtrack is always going to be my gripe with its bloat because of how insanely pointless and absurd it sounds

[rugged lava]

Oh I had to shut all that stuff off immediately lol

Typing sounds? Background music? No thanks

I'll look for a more stripped down browser

[supple marsh]

firefox or ungoogled chromium would be what I'd recommend

ungoogled chromium can be somewhat tedious to work with but its about as stripped down as you'll get a browser now even if its still just chrome

[rugged lava]

Alright sweet. Thanks

[sacred snow]

they got a normal dude to run it instead of muh corpo man

you know its a corpo account but i wont lie some of the stuff they post there are funny

i used it before until the adblock decided its time for it to stop working

the spyware stuff eh all browser spies on you,you want true privacy might as well use linus

[amber horizon]

i used operagx for like, 3 months- all my games were crashing or just uncooperative even after limiting the resources opera could use, then switched to firefox and all my problems went away without any messing with settings

[sacred snow]

i get why people dont like it tho 100%

[supple marsh]

if you want true privacy you go completely off the grid without telling anyone and never talk to anyone ever

[sacred snow]

it USED to be lightweight 100%

[supple marsh]

I think the idea of limiters sounds good on paper but really dumb in practice

if your computer is bad enough that you think you need them you have a bigger problem than your browser using slightly more cpu & ram

I think the marketing for operagx is so bad because I think what wendys did to marketing back in 2017 is just awful

[sacred snow]

which wendys marketing

[supple marsh]

beefing with random people on twitter

to the point where they'd just start doing the bit to people asking genuine questions for no reason

I don't need a company to seem quirky and relatable no matter how much they may tell their account holders just do whatever it'll always come off as a corporation trying to be quirky not realizing everyones trying to do this so its not quirky at all

[supple pike]

Can i speak to a moderator for this server?

[supple marsh]

messaging @analog edge will let all the moderators see your message

[supple pike]

Ok ty

[hallow elk]

should I be ready for escalation of freedom on HD2?

[frozen sparrow]

idk should you?

[hallow elk]

i probably should

[ember mica]

Today’s my birthday.

[frozen sparrow]

happy birthday

[hoary harbor]

🎉

[idle needle]

Hi everyone sorry to bother you or ask the question but we agree the NSA's confidential security alert assignment is just crazy stylish honestly I hope it has some significance like the division's next base of operations or something because honestly it's cool.

[supple marsh]

it is honestly probably a contender for my favorite place in the game visually

[idle needle]

ah well what's your favourite place?

[supple marsh]

its tied with iron horse for me

iron horse has so many little details and it really feels like a raid set in the division universe compared to dark hours for me

I love how overwhelming the audio design for it feels as well

[idle needle]

It's a really good map, I can confirm that in myself, I really like it, but I can't wait for the new DLC, and who knows, the new base of operations will be even better.

[merry lily]

(ノ^∇^)ʰᵉʸ (ノ^∇^)ʰᵉʸ

[tulip cypress]

Am I the only one not seeing the community server because of an "outage"?

[late vine]

oh yeah, it did that to me a few seconds after I saw your message, but it's back again now

[sacred snow]

bro got da kamikaze button

[fiery ravine]

hey mods, where's the last message I posted in #fanart-and-photomode huh?

[merry lily]

Shiiiit ur a drummer too?

[tulip cypress]

you could say that haha

[wind oar]

Planning on getting an electric scooter soon so want to purchase all the safety stuff first.

Helmet
High Vis Jacket
Gloves?

Does anyone have any Amazon links to share that I could look at?
Also, thought NIU was a great company, but read quite a few reviews about not just the scooter breaking down randomly, but also after sales service being difficult and unhelpful.

Do you guys have any recommendations for reliable brands? Looking for a mid - high end scooter.
I live in Ireland, and my budget is around 700 Euros. Only first possible option I found was Ninebot Max G30.

Also thinking about IP ratings, considering where I live, although I won't be taking it on a rainy day, only days where there are very slight drizzles.

[modest pebble]

Uhh

I know motorcycle gear not really scooter but same shit

If your going like 40kph and below just wear jeans and a leather jacket if your worried about that

Not real reason to buy slide rated shit if your going slow

Helmet kinda depends on the look your going for. Just get something Ece 2206 rated (snell is a bonus but not needed)

Don’t do cheap Amazon shit for helmets

Ya brain can’t be replaced

Your skin can tho but that’s probably bad advice

[modest pebble]

The reason I say this is because your not low siding on a Scooter

The accidents you’ll get into are either collisions or under 10kph drops

Ig you could low side but I really don’t see that happening

Some heavier jeans and a leather jacket will hold up

[wind oar]

Planning on my first motorcycle by end of next year hopefully. It'll probably be electric, but not sure.

[modest pebble]

Big L

No electric

[wind oar]

I work in a warehouse so I'd be wearing a hig vis vest anyway, thinking of those helmets with the indicators fitted on the back.

[modest pebble]

Uhh I wouldn’t bother with that

But you do you. Aslong as the helmet is rated get what you like

[wind oar]

Apparently drivers don't notice motorcyclists so imagine scooterists.

I want to make it to 30 so..

[wind oar]

Hmm.

[modest pebble]

Bit of a myth

It happens but not as much as you’d expect

And it’s avoidable a lot of the time

[wind oar]

In Ireland, they're known for shite driving so not much of a myth here

I'm more of a play it safe guy, so if I have to light up like a Christmas tree to stand out, so be it, lol.

[modest pebble]

this is my 2 cents.
everywhere is known for shit driving, everyone drives like shit cuz we all drive different and have different interpretations of how to drive. So pay attention and 90% of accidents would never happen. even if the other person does something stupid Id say 95% of the time It could be avoided by the other person just paying more attention.

on a bike you gotta pay 10x more attention and predict these kinds of thing. I could have been in 3-4 accidents by now but ive either A. had the skill to brake in time B. saw the idiot move 5 seconds before it happened.

[modest pebble]

go for it

im basically the opposite. I ride in jeans and a tshirt lol

[wind oar]

That's what people have been telling everyone, you gotta act like cars are out to kill you, so you're always keeping distance.

[modest pebble]

as long as you understand that being light up like a christmas tree isnt going to prevent accidents your good

itll help but never get in your head that your "safe"

[wind oar]

Damn, I could never. Even if I was a pro rider, lol.

[wind oar]

Yea, true. It's like, why leave the front door otherwise.

[modest pebble]

im sure itll bite me at some point but its just comfier. Im also very confident in my skills and IQ on the road, so that adds to it

I got a buddy on a R1 that uhh will probably be paste in a few years. dude goes 188mph in a shirt

[wind oar]

What's an R1? And yea, he probably will be. Hope he wises up, lol.

[wind oar]

yea true, i get the comfort aspect.

[modest pebble]

1000cc sport bike

200hp 430 pound missle

[sacred snow]

i just got this earphone thats called an IEM apparently

like apparently its like an earphone but better than usual

so far i like it

[wind oar]

Holy Jesus, that is a missile.

[sacred snow]

playing battlefield reminds me of why soap bottles have instructions

i just died because this dude ran right past my teammate,like right infront of his face where he was suppose to be covering for me

and none pushed an objective even after i shot like 4 people there

[analog shadow]

My teammates mastering the art of not using AA to deal with the helis getting multi kills

[modest pebble]

many such cases. the enemies are among my teammates

[sacred snow]

32 v 32 more like 10 v 54

get your ass back to call of duty dawg this aint warzone

[sacred snow]

me when the anti air gun is used to shoot air vehicles🤯

bro thinks he’s a pro cod player or some shit bump rushing into open field

ive never seen a more brutal death

[analog shadow]

(Never happens)

[soft idol]

Which is more settings optimized, Breakpoint or Division 2?

[sacred snow]

personally i found breakpoint to be way more optimized than div2

i mean div2 used to be fairly stable until they decided that every new update should make the game have an aggressive seizure everytime you try to do anything

[fiery ravine]

Lmao, I got so tired of the stuttering on PC in 2020, I just switched to console. never been happier.

I dunno how, but the Div 2 on consoles is much better feeling than on PC.

[rugged lava]

God I hate driving here. Three stretches of highway in my area made the top ten list for most congested corridors in the US. A trafficless 30 min drive takes up to two hours bc of traffic

[analog shadow]

Breakpoint but at the same time they are nothing alike and don’t even share the same game engine

[soft idol]

so basically you can push further the settings in breakpoint than in division 2 by a notch?

[analog shadow]

Probably but they aren’t similar like I said

[supple marsh]

I can push my settings way further with div2 than I can with breakpoint for some reason

breakpoint really does not like my computer despite theoretically high should run fine

[livid lotus]

at coney island rn lol

[heavy summit]

anyone has issue with the Ubisoft connection?

[pallid glen]

ye, ubi servers down :(

[low folio]

Hey does anyone have an Eagle Bearer assault rifle and is willing to give me one please dm me if so please and thank you.

[amber horizon]

@low folio
thats not how trading works, you have to be in the session when the item drops & even then its on a time limit, also wrong area to ask even if trading was a thing

[late vine]

Easiest way to get it is to join a normal difficulty dark hours raid, preferably with veterans who might be willing to share one if it drops for them. Easiest to find groups in the community discord or the gcrock one.

[low folio]

Ok thanks and sorry

[cursive valley]

I can’t be the only one to read all of the posts by @lime island in his voice…

[sacred snow]

yall seen the news bout bungie?

this reminds me of when activision said forsaken underperformed

[hoary harbor]

What did they do now😭

[supple marsh]

layoff even more people all while the CEO is buying several luxury old cars

[sacred snow]

17% of the company across all departments

https://x.com/bism_th/status/1818699230065914257 also their internal dev team was kinda dum dum imo so at least i know im not delusional

also thats only his public account btw

so he might've spent even more money

[sacred snow]

also thats assuming they “recovered” from the layoff last year

[analog shadow]

Destiny dlc flops, 100 people cut
Destiny dlc exceeds expectations, 200 people cut

Bungie is kinda cooked, especially because it sounds like they are done with destiny officially now and are moving to a new ip, which will probably break them

The fact that sony is trying to integrate them further into them is also not a good sign

[sinful juniper]

Why is account selling banned?

[little arrow]

you're asking question which you already have the answered when you agreed to play this game.

[amber horizon]

Because in the ToS for the game itself, it says you cannot give your account over to someone else for any reason. That means selling your account is against the terms of service for the game.

[sinful juniper]

Right

So it's in the ToS
But why is it against ToS?

[little arrow]

too funny

[sinful juniper]

I think it's because Ubisoft doesn't profit off it

[amber horizon]

Assumedly because it would give Ubisoft less money, one way or another. Which Ubisoft obviously doesnt want.

Either way, lets not continue this. Account selling is banned, lets just leave it at that.

[sinful juniper]

Yeah but the only reason I'd buy an account is if I wanted a game for the cheap

Not that I would, obviously

[sacred snow]

the story is that they(Bungie btw not even Sony) were so delusional they think that d2 can make enough money to fund both Marathon and another unnamed AAA game

[hoary harbor]

come to think of it what happened to that other game they announced with that green font

[sacred snow]

marathon?

officially radio silent

though there were some insider info about it

they invited a bunch of streamers to playtest it

when asked if they would play it at official release they all collectively said no

that gives you an idea of how well its doing

and no they cant afford making another IP anytime soon lol

maybe if Pete didn’t buy 50 antique cars and 10 mansions he would be able to

at this rate bungie will slowly lose autonomy and become another one of sony’s puppets

i guess guardians don’t make their own fate after all

player counts are back to pre final shape numbers if not slightly lower

at this rate i give them another 2 year max

their development team are 90% clueless

[frozen sparrow]

Marathon isn’t a new IP though… they’re screwing over an old one

[sacred snow]

which is nothing like the original marathon so might as well call it one lmao

[sacred snow]

if you read this tweet here their internal dev team are kinda not good at their job

the idea that they even consider removing well skating

or make day 1 Witness 1 and a half phase

the current content cycle is just terrible

you pay like what 20 dollars for 3 months of drip feed content

“episodes” lmfao

more like repackaged seasons

they are steeping almost as low as div2 rn

management sucks,the devs aren’t so much better

their previous community manager(Hippy) called Pete Parson a fraud on twitter and that he should resign

this is a bit too early for Christmas for me

[frozen sparrow]

every day I’m glad I’m not a Destiny fan

[sacred snow]

stockholm syndrome simulator

[hoary harbor]

im glad I never got into destiny

[sacred snow]

i dropped 2k hour on it

its too late for me

actually i enjoyed their “worst” dlc before

i just got fed up with their terrible balancing and stale content cycle

its it WAS a good game made by a terrible company

and thats the worst part

[hoary harbor]

its weird because I always thought people adored bungie cuz of halo

[frozen sparrow]

well Halo and Destiny are very different. and even people in the Halo fandom have negative things to say about Reach

[hoary harbor]

I never plays the multiplayer so never got the hate for reach tbh

[frozen sparrow]

ngl, I think it sucks ass

armour abilities especially armour lock, and weapon bloom, are unpopular features

[frozen sparrow]

but I just don’t like Halo multiplayer in general, only one I’ve enjoyed was CE

[hoary harbor]

I enjoyed the campaign thoroughly I can't really speak for anything else

[frozen sparrow]

lore nerds don’t like the campaign because it isn’t friendly to the Fall of Reach book

but Fall of Reach is dumb if you ask me

contradicting CE from the get go

[frozen sparrow]

like yea it’s not the masterpiece plot wise that some gamers™️ claim it is but it’s good enough

[hoary harbor]

I dont like it as much as odst but the ending was great

shit now I feel like reinstalling the mcc

[frozen sparrow]

i thought odst’s plot was a bit lame cus despite the great atmosphere, nothing really happened

[hoary harbor]

yeah the plot is weak tbh but I loved it solely for the atmosphere and playing an odst was a nice change up

[analog shadow]

I mean, its not even something to say “destiny bad” because, its just very weird, every single year of destiny as a franchise alternates between either being some of the best content the game has ever seen, or the worst time to be a fan of destiny imaginable

Every single year

[sacred snow]

i thought Reach story was kinda meh

like i saw the walkthru and it was ok i guess

though the skull mask guy

he’s like 1 flavored

[analog shadow]

Walkthroughs never showcase campaigns well

[sacred snow]

literally space mw2 Ghost lmao

he does nothing other than cool edgy skull mask

the story is kinda there and i didn’t really feel anything

[analog shadow]

You should really play reach or watch an actual story review before making comments about it

[sacred snow]

noted

i thought that i should watch the full walkthrough just to form my own opinion bout it

thats not to say that its bad i just dont really feel a lot from it

the last stand was cool tho

[sacred snow]

looking back a good chunk of destiny was mid to bad with very few standing out as good

like lets start with DLCs

uhh Taken King was good,RoI good,Forsaken good,WQ sorta ok,TFS good

[analog shadow]

You skipped like half the dlcs

[sacred snow]

rest was all mid to bad which is…not great

[analog shadow]

Ah

WQ was good it just came with a bland content year and bad monetization

[sacred snow]

like im just talking generally cuz i have some…critical opinion bout it

then hmm seasons wise

a lot of the seasons were meh

[analog shadow]

Most of bungies issues is honestly just them being money hungry and not understanding what fans wanted

[sacred snow]

lemme try to recall some of the good ones

the second one was eh

[analog shadow]

Which bungie has finally learned how to make a great dlc but all too late

[sacred snow]

they know that the fans want they just dont wanna give it to you

they cooked with TFS,even brought back Cayde for nostalgia baiting

they know what we want they just won’t give us that

i personally think final shape is both overrated and also the best d2 dlc at the same time

like its certainly the best but its like an 8/10 for me

and it also proved that bungie can cool they just dont want to cuz it takes effort

episodes are just reskinned seasons

[analog shadow]

Not really, yes from a very basic level but playing the dlc very much showcases that its not just bait

[sacred snow]

sure i guess we can wait until episode 2 but i doubt it will be different

[sacred snow]

yea i thought he was decent

i wasn’t there for d1 tho so d2 cayde was meh for me until they fridged him in forsaken

[analog shadow]

Fair enough d2 cayde was just mcu humor the character

[sacred snow]

ofc they dropped all the cayde stuff in lore books again lol

the ace of spades quest was cool

then come TFS and i guess he’s ok now

d1 cayde worked because he’s one of the few characters with personality

like zavala and ikora can be replaced by random generic NPC number 92641 in d1 and it’d not change anything

and yea cayde was also more than comic relief back then too ig

that aside i actually thought that it’d make more sense if they game end zavala in tfs instead imo

Witness tried to tempt him with his past n all

it’d be fitting if after all of this he can finally rest,put duty aside and all

or in a more literal way ending his journey there

i kinda have to tiptoe around it for a bit cuz idk if i can talk spoilers here

the inner workings of the witness is cool

too bad both his boss fight an excision involves him standing incredibly still and you shooting a giant yellow mark on his chest like its oryx or something

i thought nezarec was a good shakeup,just improve the AI so that it wont be fooled by a platform

but not it just has to be a wall

[analog shadow]

Thats because its a slimmed down version of the raid

[sacred snow]

yea i meant both

he also stands still in the raid lol

[analog shadow]

His fight is cool idk what you mean

[sacred snow]

he occasionally shoots lasers and slap the platform

[analog shadow]

In like every raid the boss just sits there except for like two

[sacred snow]

idk i expected a bit more for the final boss of the saga

even rhulk was more interesting imo

witness felt like either a tribute to oryx or a regression

its still cool tho dont get me wrong

i just find it kinda lame and a bit stupid

imagine if 6-12 ants start shooting UV lights and miniature taser guns at you

would you just sit incredibly still

and try to slap tjem

[frozen sparrow]

it is based af for giving the finger to the book

“nooo reach fell in a matter of hours and the battle was focused on some power generators!!!” that’s lame. silence Nylund

CE manual be like: all the Spartans except Chief died
Fall of Reach be like: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that

I think I’m conflating some information with The Flood here maybe idk

idc
only Halo book I’ve read is Rubicon Protocol and it was mediocre at best

[gaunt charm]

is cheating allowed ?

[short haven]

Does anyone know
why my game has no audio at all? even tho everything is on max?

[tulip cypress]

Obviously not, but they don't take much action on it.

[gaunt charm]

why are u exposing them ?

[modest pebble]

Someone needs to lay off the nose candy

[sacred snow]

its been nearly a day since i started installing warzone

how many stuff are they installing wtf

96gb+drivers

and they're gonna make me install another 50 when i log in and wanna pla dmz

and i cant even open the game

[hoary harbor]

Don't even bother

WZ itself died long ago if you ask me tbh

And it shafted the multiplayer

I really liked DMZ but they killed that too

[tulip cypress]

well, not THAT dead but yeah pretty much

[hoary harbor]

It's so strange because everyone unanimously hates Activision and hates cod but buys every game and bundles and things

[fiery ravine]

you know what that's called?

here, I'll tell you. It's called "Stupid." there's a saying about this kind of thing, vote with your wallet I believe.

I'm not buying COD anymore, if gulf war turns out good, I might like, a year after release.

[tulip cypress]

Everyone hates Activision because of:

1. Their anti-cheat sucks
2. Instead of fixing bugs and glitches that ruins some games they implement cosmetics (like many other companies)
   And maaany other reasons I already forgot tbh LOL

[sacred snow]

i wanna try it

[sacred snow]

insanity

[hoary harbor]

It was pretty great when they were adding new stuff to do but I ran out really quick when they stopped

I have fond memories of forming 6 man alliances on al mazrah and just smoking everyone in the way

[sacred snow]

i saw a nutcase theory video about it before

the theory is that originally DMZ was going to be mw2022's 3rd mode like spec ops n all

which was also going to go mainstream with warzone,thats why if you really think about it for a while DMZ got more content than even warzone itself

[hoary harbor]

Spec ops got shafted hard in mw2

Raids were fun but people aren't doing them anymore

As for DMZ I wouldn't be surprised if that was the intention

Was pretty fleshed out even if the NPCs had X ray vision

[sacred snow]

honestly the idea of a more casual-y tarkov is cool

its just that no one seemed to have nailed it so far

[pure sage]

0_0

[gaunt charm]

what ?

[hoary harbor]

Cheating is disallowed on virtually every game ever

[gaunt charm]

thanks for the information

[orchid flame]

https://youtu.be/mkMe9MxxZiI?si=1fzEyl5wCUjApqgH

[sacred snow]

🦠

[sacred snow]

has anyone here ever heard about the arc browser

a friend just recommended it to me and it seems cool so far

[random skiff]

Is it another Chromium?

[analog shadow]

DMZ was amazing for the first season and kinda the second season

In the end it just became warzone but more annoying

[sacred snow]

i just looked it up and…yes

i guess i wasted my time

i should try firefox again

never got around to do that for some reason

[earnest gorge]

Once I went Firefox months ago, I never looked back.

[hoary harbor]

I absolutely hated that one classified building where it was all very tight corridors and everyone was gunning for the server room

[sacred snow]

the shadow company building right

they have a juggernaut in there which is just cqb nightmare tbh

[hoary harbor]

Ye

The spawns were way too close together so you'd just get teams that ganked everyone in the first 5 minutes then had the whole map

[mortal mountain]

#Massive , when will wic 2 development start? When will the navy of the People's Republic of China arrive on the shores of Seattle?

[proper lodge]

TIL that, due to SHG's incompetence and/or negligence, the buffs that they applied to the Glock 21 (COR-45 in game) has also buffed the rate of fire improvement for a special aftermarket kit.

Normally, the XRK IP-V2 Carbine kit allows you to fire at 800 RPM using a binary trigger, in a similar way to the Merciless exotic rifle.

Now, for some unexplained reason, it now fires at 3750 RPM. While still operating on a binary trigger.

Ouroboros and Umbra has stiff competition.

[sacred snow]

call of duty is like the least realistic game out there lol

cod fans be yapping about gun inaccuracies and then explodes when they remove slide cancel because its not realistic

[spare folio]

I just started the division 2

Idk what took me so long

[hoary harbor]

I enjoyed mw2 specifically because they nerfed movement

And yet everyone was bitching about not being able to slide cancel and bhop

[tulip cypress]

I never learned to bhop

[hoary harbor]

Neither

[frozen sparrow]

i think every FPS from now on should just not have sliding

we were better off without it

[rare zenith]

Would anyone happen to have a spare coyote mask. I’ve been grinding for hours but can’t seem to get it 🥲

[sacred snow]

honestly sliding is fine just dont let them do cancels and shit

like short burst slides that loses momentum really really fast meant for last ditch to slide into cover n shit

im thinking battlefield sliding,like all of them

they’re short,cant spam for obnoxious sweaty movements

i personally only use them to squeeze myself into cover because im stupid enough to challenge a tank on a 1v1(tbf nearly won)

[lone apex]

Cant send photo here

Sended in fanart

Hhahaha ubisoft spanish no idea what IS doing

[amber horizon]

its just an engagement bait video, designed to get as many comments and likes and engagement as possible

[plucky lodge]

Why would they post a literal twisted warden 😭

[amber horizon]

Who knows? Engagement bait? Wanting to seem hip with the kids?

[lone apex]

as most company accounts

most of they content idea on social media sucks

that is a fact

[wooden lantern]

can we talk about anything here?

like if i want to ask something like game suggestions?

[tulip cypress]

you can but Ubi won't care in here tbh, so yeah

[wooden lantern]

well anyone can answer that question

if anyone has any game suggestions then please let me know,i like first and third person shooters

i have nothing to play and i am really bored

[sacred snow]

ive been folliwing the news around the new delta force game

so like i dont get it

if people dislike 2042 why would they....like the new delta force

class system,literally no levolution,no conquest

and all the comparisons ive seen so far are "muh battlefield" when it doesn't even have a class system

[supple marsh]

I would guess EA/DICE bad thinking

[sacred snow]

its Dice they have not made a good battlefield since like bf1

but kinda hypocritical to say 2042 bad and then say the f2p chinese version of nearly the exact same game down to gameplay systems is good

[amber horizon]

Are you talking like looter shooters ala Div2 specifically, multiplayer shooters like CoD, PvE shooters like Warframe?

If you are looking for a PvE shooter then I can recommend Warframe, especially after whats been going on in Destiny 2's circles. Big grind to get into, expanding pretty much every month- top tier game though, and with the relatively recent change in leadership the game is looking better than ever. Grindy as hell but theres almost guaranteed to be something you wanna go for, for any type of playstyle.

[sacred snow]

i never knew you play warframe

[amber horizon]

I've played for a long time

[sacred snow]

honestly wished i tried warframe before d2 tbh

2 years ago my friend group was looking for a game to play and we basically had to choose between d2 and wf

[amber horizon]

oh, you play as well? dm me ur IGN and i'll throw you a friend request, we'll run some sometime.

[wooden lantern]

I prefer single player games..doesnt need to have the best graphics and doesn't need to be latest either..just something that is engaging and fun..stealth games will also do!

Looter shooter is fine too,i just need an engaging game that is fun

[amber horizon]

Warframe still fits the bill, its engaging and fun but you can play with others.

Its a bit further than "third person shooter" but Project Zomboid is a pretty dang fun zombie survival type game. Definitely not a "load it up and start randomly" but still very fun. Bunch of mods to change how the game feels and whats in it in the first place, but you can also change damn near any of the settings to make the zombies hyper deadly (like they'll smell you from 2 miles away and hightail it to your door) or you can make them just a menace that is slowly creeping around, minding their own business until they hear or see you.

Game def isnt for everyone though.

[wooden lantern]

i don't like zombie/survival games,they gave me anxiety

the last time i found a game fun was ac valhalla cause of basim and kassandra missions,after which the game gave me generic grinding missions so i stopped playing that

and have been "gameless" as vanellope says from wreck it ralph movies lol

[late vine]

maybe borderlands or bioshock games?

[wooden lantern]

i have played borderlands 3,got it for free on epic store but it was too long,i find it hard to play games that are too long,i have played bioshock infinite and the dlc where we play as the girl booker rescued

[amber horizon]

seeing as you like singleplayer games, Elden Ring (along with every other souls game) might be fun. Hard games, but the challenge is part of the fun

[late vine]

mass effect games are pretty epic too, although obviously long if you include all three games

[wooden lantern]

i don't wanna be difficult but i don't like rpg games lol

[amber horizon]

I'm out of suggestions. have fun

[wooden lantern]

that's fine,what's the length of one game?

[wooden lantern]

no worries,appreciate your suggestions.

i saw some gameplay of crime boss rockay city and it seems fun so i got myself that

let's how it goes

[late vine]

to play through the legendary edition (full trilogy + all dlc) took me 170hrs according to steam, but I'm pretty thorough about doing everything so it could be quicker for you

so like 50-60hrs per game max

[wooden lantern]

sounds manageable,i have played red dead redemption 2 and that's more longer than that lol

if the game has my attention and keeps me engaged,then i can play for as long as i can

i'll give mass effect games a try,thanks for your suggestion

[hoary harbor]

If you enjoy stories then the mafia series is worth a shout

[wooden lantern]

I love mafia series!!!

[amber horizon]

mass effect: rpg
mafia series: rpg

what did you mean by "i dont like RPGs" then

[analog shadow]

Tbf rpgs seem to be a loose term

Its more like a sub genre than anything else

[frozen sparrow]

Bubsy 3D

[wooden lantern]

Umm i didnt know mafia was a rpg game..i meant those type of games like elden ring,ac origins/oddysey,

I thought its a 3rd person shooter game cause its mostly gun based shooting and didnt have anything like grinding or levelling up and quests and that sorta stuff

[wooden lantern]

What's it about?

[frozen sparrow]

[wooden lantern]

😒

[amber horizon]

well elden ring is far from a traditional RPG but whatever

[wooden lantern]

hmm but it's not my type of game

[amber horizon]

your "type of game" is all over the place

[wooden lantern]

okay well no need to be passive aggressive about it

cause i clearly mentioned first and third person shooter games

[frozen sparrow]

Black Mesa ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[amber horizon]

You also noted that "the last time you found a game fun was AC valhalla" which isnt a 3rd person shooter, and it is an RPG. I tried to give you a single player game with a few quests and minimal grinding. I'm sorry i ever spoke in the first place

[wooden lantern]

i am aware i said that,but it was the only rpg game i enjoyed,i appreciate you giving suggestions and i don't want you to not speak

[wooden lantern]

it feels kinda scary with all the creatures lol i think i am the one who should be sorry for asking for suggestions in the first place

[frozen sparrow]

💀

Splatoon then

[wooden lantern]

😑

i am downloading crime boss rockay city

saw some gameplay on youtube and it looked fun

[willow pecan]

There's Armored Core VI?
Theird Person shooter with RPG elements

[wooden lantern]

saw somegameplay,i'll give it a try!

whether i continue to play it or not is another story haha

have you/has anyone played avatar frontiers?

what do y'all think about it?

[sharp lodge]

@wooden lantern play Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash it's peak

[willow pecan]

My Man!

[wooden lantern]

Haha looks fun!I used to play a game like that on my phone!

[sweet marsh]

i think if you like the farcry games then you will like avatar. also the game looks damn gorgeous

[wooden lantern]

i like far cry games yes!Is there any sale currently on ubisoft games?

[sweet marsh]

if you check ubisoft connect, they got a bunch of games and DLC on sale currently, not avatar though unfortunately

[wooden lantern]

ah damnit,well i'll grab it when its on sale haha

[past mist]

Avatar def some fun and worth picking up on sale. The world is unreal and I was slightly addicted to the movement lol

[hoary harbor]

New blade kisser DLC for trepang is so great

Surprisingly interesting story missions and very fun weapons

[wooden lantern]

haha sounds good.I'll keep an eye on the sale!

[placid stag]

is there a diff between this server and the one with the division vanity url 🤔

[supple marsh]

this one is the official one

[pallid cedar]

I don't understand the FromSoft community. If the tryhards are mad at the Elden Ring dlc, then why are people who suck at the game still beating the dlc?

[amber horizon]

...why would the tryhards be mad at the dlc? its hard. tryhards love it. normal people love it. people who cry about everything being too hard are crying about it being too hard and are being rightfully ignored

[pallid cedar]

1 reason they're mad is they think there is an over-reliances on spirit ashes

people who suck at the game still love the dlc

[amber horizon]

tryhards dont like spirit ashes in the first place, from gives you an avenue to upgrade your spirit ashes if you want to use them, to keep them relevant. but you dont need to use them, and tryhards dont and still have finished the dlc

[hoary harbor]

I haven't played elden ring but I remember some legend did it with like no armour and a pan on his head

[pallid cedar]

Elden Ring has some of the greatest story lore in any medium of entertainment. I've died like a hundred thousand times and still want to return just by how amazing the lore is alone.

[amber horizon]

even better- a pot. His name & youtube channel is Let Me Solo Her, real standup guy.

[hoary harbor]

Ahhh

[modest pebble]

istg souls players will come up with the wackiest ways to play what is considered one of the hardest games

[hoary harbor]

Jedi survivor took me so long to beat then I saw people phasing through walls and skipping everything

[pallid cedar]

For a two set of games, Fallen Order and Survivor are entertaining metroid/tomb raider/soulslike combinations (and yes they are only 1/3rd soulslikes)

[fiery ravine]

very off topic for this server, but does anyone know where I could find someone who either makes the division's JTF Reflective vests, or sells them IRL? I'm going all out for a Halloween cosplay.

[sacred snow]

i sat through 1 hour of frontlines where we were getting stomped and its a miracle we didn’t get stomped by the 10 minute mark

like they pushed us back to the last point for like 8 times in that 1 hour

tank people wont push,half the team was camping and like 4 people actually pushed the objective

im going to go insane

[frozen sparrow]

and the best soulslikes for it

[obtuse dust]

So excited to watch Deadpool and Wolverine in 2hrs.

[sick lintel]

I really enjoyed it, have fun!

[radiant wharf]

Yeah, it is crazy some random song like "like a prayer" that seems like a random song for a church reunion, gets so popular because of the movie

[random skiff]

Wait, Madonna's song?

It is super not a church reunion song, it was actually banned by the church upon release.

[radiant wharf]

I mean the remix version used in the movie for people that didn't search for the original song after watching the movie.

[random skiff]

The original song was a massive hit back at release, it's considered one of the best pop songs of all time.
It's nice that it's getting a resurgence, but yeah the lyrics are very much not really about actual prayer. It's a...relationship, let's keep it PG with that.

[brittle forge]

ok so ive been listening to deltrarunes attack of the killer queen and i love the song but wtf do i just randomly hear the iphone message ping in the middle of the song lol

[modest pebble]

yea crazy some random artist named madonna (who even is that?) would get some exposure from a movie

[amber horizon]

small indie artist madonna, unknown by the world over

[random skiff]

It's such a shame that she flared up so briefly, if only she could still be around, making weird NFT's.

[narrow mortar]

Did she actually?

[plucky lodge]

What happened???

[modest pebble]

theres some weird ass nsfw NFTs she made with an artist a few years ago

basically when NFTs became popular

[sacred snow]

ive been playing that damn song for days now

[radiant wharf]

Same, I mean, who doesn't check the copyright or original soundtrack used in a game, movie and series after watching/playing it right?

[sacred snow]

its not just the trailer music they used it in the climax of the movie too and honestly it was so good there

[random skiff]

Hey now, let's keep it spoiler-free for those that care.

[sacred snow]

is it really spoiling if im just saying that its used in the climax without any context to it?

[random skiff]

Yes.

[modest pebble]

no completely giving away that the movie has a climax with music in it????

how dare you

giving away the whole development of the movie

[random skiff]

Music is used as an indicator of tone, and when used cleverly enough, plot.
So yes, it absolutely can be a spoiler.

[modest pebble]

they used suspenseful music in a horror movie, wow very spoiled

that song gives away absolutely nothing about the movie

but lets just kill a conversation for no reason 👍

[random skiff]

Everyone's allowed to have an opinion, Odder. Even if you disagree with it.
Now if you're done being snarky, let's move on.

[unborn blade]

🤨

[restive pasture]

Is there self server promotion?

[tulip cypress]

No.

[restive pasture]

:[

[wooden lantern]

anyone know any good stealth games?

i finished ghost of tsushima today and i really liked it,wonder if someone can suggest more games like it?

[near owl]

For an indie one you could try aragami

[wooden lantern]

Yeah i heard about that game.
What about shadows of sekiro?have you played it?would you recommend it?

[near owl]

I haven't played it, only watched someone I know stream it. I have to say it looks really good. Definitely a more premium option. There's also dishonoured series which can be fun to stealth kill in various different ways

[wooden lantern]

I'll have to try both aragami and shadows of sekiro.!! I think i play dishonoured 2 when i got for free through epic store but i didnt really feel it

I like those games where you are more powered than the villain in the game and can screw with the enemies haha like arkham series

[late vine]

Deus Ex games have stealth options, there are achievements for getting through them without being seen

[near owl]

The first one is better but it still may not be for you. Aragami is always cheap as it is a small game based around the stealth gameplay. However might go well on the side with a more epic game like Sekiro

[wooden lantern]

Ahh and does the player have the upper hand on the enemies?😅

[wooden lantern]

Sounds good.I might play side by side or one after the other

[late vine]

Yeah, other than bosses you can do instant takedowns, and have lots of other strong abilities

[wooden lantern]

Are the boss fights frustrating/stressful?

[late vine]

Not massively, it's no Souls-like, and I'm sure you can search up cheese tactics if one is particularly annoying

And there are only like 4 boss fights in the whole game or something

Get Human Revolution first, if you enjoy it then continue with Mankind Divided

[wooden lantern]

Cheese tactics???now this game has my curiosity

[wooden lantern]

I'll be noting all these games down!Thanks!!

[late vine]

They were recently on a deep sale on GOG so worth checking there

[wooden lantern]

Thanks!!Will do!

[wooden lantern]

is it ok if i add you?

[late vine]

Yeah I guess

[wooden lantern]

well i need a yes or no lol

[wooden lantern]

wait there's 2 aragami??like it also has a sequel??

[late vine]

That was a yes.
I don't really do a huge amount of gaming any more though so not sure how much help I'll be.

(also I'm at work at the moment)

[wooden lantern]

no worries,just want some friends haha

[near owl]

Yeah it got a sequel

[random skiff]

Is that the Mark of the Ninja-like thing?

I put a fair bit of time into 'mark back in the day. A new one would be great.

[wooden lantern]

the more the merrier!!

[modest pebble]

@outer tapir if an AC has kernal level access it could detect a VM easily. it would recognize cores/threads being used for virtualization

its more of a always running vs only when the program starts thing

[outer tapir]

yeah i know

but it doesnt stop cheating either

not a single ac can stop all cheaters

its just better at it

[modest pebble]

it doesnt stop it but its signifcantly better then EAC and other ones

the only anti cheat that 100% works is a person standing behind you lol

[outer tapir]

its also very much more expensive

[outer tapir]

lol no

thats the worst ac ever, humans are so bad at it

last time fallout 76 devs handed out bans for cheaters they banned so many legit players

[modest pebble]

hey we caught word.exe

[outer tapir]

they had to unban them and ask them how they did

[outer tapir]

yeah but thats a meme, not a real work

[modest pebble]

word.exe was real

[outer tapir]

no i mean

[restive helm]

@modest pebble idk if u have seen my last message before it got deleted. When has the cheater problem in siege began in your opinion?

[outer tapir]

it was so dumb it was basically a meme

a real cheater that dont want to get caught wouldnt do that

one with a brain at least

[modest pebble]

was a good time. I am curious to how AI will be implemented into AC's

[outer tapir]

hopefully never

ai is garbage

[modest pebble]

rn it is yea

but its getting better

[outer tapir]

thats cause ia doesnt exist

[modest pebble]

year 4 ish

it kinda always been an issue

but y1-3 people didnt care much

[outer tapir]

every video game alwaus had cheaters since the day they exist

thats the destiny of video game

[modest pebble]

y1-3 it was really only a problem in the super high ranks which already had a very low pop. so it didnt bother many people

[restive helm]

It kinda feels like it has gone through the roof in the last 1-2 seasons but that’s maybe just me

[outer tapir]

its normal : popularity go up => cheaters too

[modest pebble]

last 2 years have been pretty bad cuz of the pop spike

it becomes more of an issue because boosting is a legit market now

you can actually make good money boosting people

[outer tapir]

since the dawn of times, people wanted to cheat

so if it bring in money, devs will create cheats

so to combat this, you need a fk ton more money

[modest pebble]

I know a couple guys who are into reverse engineering who just do it for the sport

[sweet marsh]

i know a guy who punches walls for fun

[rose thorn]

Hey, how do I go about reporting a player?

[plucky lodge]

On y'all opinion, who would Win? Ghosts, assassins or the third echelon

[analog shadow]

Ghosts

Like this literally isn’t a contest

[plucky lodge]

Depends tho

The biome and time it is

[analog shadow]

At weakest the ghosts are the highest trained military units in the world

[plucky lodge]

If night i suppose either assassins or third echelon

[plucky lodge]

Good point

[analog shadow]

And at strongest they have better tech than echelon

[plucky lodge]

Now what if we mix third echelon, assassins and ghosts

What would happen so

[analog shadow]

Nothing because ghosts are already a mix

[plucky lodge]

Yeah good point

[analog shadow]

The ghosts are straight up just overpowered

[plucky lodge]

That explains why the breakpoint villain needs to be a rogue ghost

I mean they literally are the highest trained military

Only a ghost to kill another ghost

[analog shadow]

I ignore breakpoint in terms of ghost ranking here

[plucky lodge]

Why

It seems good and cool

Haven't played it yet but it seems good

[analog shadow]

1. Because nomad alone canonically beat the entire campaign and the paid dlcs solo
2. Breakpoint heavily ignores past ghost recon games and their lore/tech

[plucky lodge]

Oh

Damn

Now that's no balancement

Single handly destroy everything and a whole cartel

Damn

[analog shadow]

No thats wildlands

And in wildlands he had a team

[plucky lodge]

Oh

[analog shadow]

In breakpoint it launched with no ai teammates and was balanced around it by story and gameplay

He kills 6 ex ghosts, a paramilitary organization, an elite militia unit trained by said ex ghosts, armored drones the size of tanks, and kills multiple leaders of the Bodark special forces unit

All alone

Bro is the main character

[plucky lodge]

So he wasn't kidding when he said he was going to burn down your world if you kill his friends and mates

In the trailer

[analog shadow]

Ye

[plucky lodge]

So top ranking the most OP ubi universes in first there's ghosts, in second the team rainbow and in third the division?

Also rainbow is connected to ghost recon by what i remember

[analog shadow]

Echelon is weird to rank because they are only stealth ops essentially

[analog shadow]

All tom clancy games except for div are connected

[plucky lodge]

Wish div was connected

In a future time or past

[analog shadow]

Its not possible because the universes have set dates

[plucky lodge]

And i wish some part of the rainbow six lore wasn't canon

I mean technically it's a twist in coils

One time it's an alien infection

Now some reaper guy

And then terrorists who disappeared because ubi wanted so

[analog shadow]

Tbf that wasn’t canon

Then they made it a separate universe 💀

[plucky lodge]

Quite funny

[frozen sparrow]

I like to think Div just exists in the background of the Clancyverse, and that timeline simply hasn't reached a point where the SHD would need to be activated obviously

[plucky lodge]

That's better

[analog shadow]

Except thats not the case

The division has a set date

[plucky lodge]

I wish it was

[frozen sparrow]

one of the Splinter Cell books connects to Division by having a branching timeline where Amherst dies

[plucky lodge]

It's a reference

[frozen sparrow]

not really, well, until like this week I think lol

[plucky lodge]

By what i remember

Also what year is division passinh

Passing

[analog shadow]

Essentially division exists in the state that its there but doesn’t need to be active

[frozen sparrow]

the Division also got namedropped in the Splinter Cell easter egg in Far Cry New Dawn

[plucky lodge]

Technically, the directive 51 is there waiting for activation

In all connected verses

[analog shadow]

Plus back to the original conversation, I don’t remember what div training is but it seems heavily inconsistent and relies on the actual person to person agents

[plucky lodge]

So therefore, division is partially connected

[frozen sparrow]

Division agents are trained specialists in disaster response and relief, community leading and stuff... I think
and are kept at a highly level of military skill and physical fitness throughout their civilian lives, by clandestine training

[analog shadow]

Imo I still rank them under r6 if not tied

[frozen sparrow]

they're not like Seal Team 6. but in a D51 activation scenario, they are the people for the situation

the SHD is the final response to sh_t hitting the fan beyond normal response

[plucky lodge]

Ghosts + division = end to the Apocalypse in weeks technically

[plucky lodge]

LOL

[frozen sparrow]

for example, how many members of team rainbow would just die to the virus? a lot of them, probably
but the division is specifically prepared to sift through the ashes of a clusterf_ck and come out on top

[plucky lodge]

Doc would explore the virus

So he'd jump on dz and die by factions

[analog shadow]

Bro 100% gets spawn camped

[lapis pier]

Or he would get division escort or a whole CBRN unit for him

[lapis pier]

Those LMB Snipers using aimbot i swear

[plucky lodge]

Real

I Wonder how would ghosts deal with aaron keener

Considering he's good at hiding and tricking

[analog shadow]

Yeah it would be a hard fight
(They would headshot him instantly)

Tbf the ghosts on several occasions have had to track down people and unlike agents, they know how to double tap

[plucky lodge]

Would be hard if keener exploited their techs tho

[analog shadow]

So dumb that kelso, a highly trained person who was in the military, doesn’t check to make sure kenner was dead

[plucky lodge]

Keener after i've one shotted him with regulus:

[analog shadow]

Reminder that the ghosts have on multiple occasions had their tech used and turned against them and still win because they are quite literally the best unit in the world

[plucky lodge]

Also @analog shadow i'm playing rn so does shooting lights affect stealth?

[plucky lodge]

Oh wow

[analog shadow]

Suspects enemies if near and makes you sneakier

[plucky lodge]

Ok ty

So ghosts are literally the john cena from ubi

They literally are 1#

[analog shadow]

Whats funny is

Ghost recon never was about stealth until future soldier

[plucky lodge]

Wait there's more ghost recon???

[analog shadow]

Yea

[plucky lodge]

I thought there was 3 only

Future soldier, wildlands and breakpoint

[analog shadow]

Theres like 6 to 8

[plucky lodge]

Oh

[analog shadow]

I think 8

Future soldier imo is the best of all the games with wildlands as a close second, I also hear advanced warfighter 2 is really loved

[lapis pier]

You know that if Ellis was the president at the time of the green posion he would nuke nyc?

[analog shadow]

He was tho

No?

[plucky lodge]

He wouldn't prob

If he did division would technically have a good reason to either give him life sentence or kill him

[lapis pier]

He said it himself

[plucky lodge]

Damn

[lapis pier]

First he yapped how he could do better and later he said that we could have just nuked the city

That man deserved that .50 point blank

[plucky lodge]

How to instantly love faye again

[lapis pier]

Never stoped beliving in her 🙌

[plucky lodge]

Dude

I've seen breakpoint gameplay

And i must admit: some mechanics are cool but it feels like the division

[analog shadow]

No it doesn’t

Not even opinion based, they are not similar, even down to the looter system

Which you can disable

[sacred snow]

its funny cuz FS was a linear action shooter so stealth is optional(most of the time)

i’d argue that wildlands made the game lean even more into stealth with tier one

because its totally fair for a crackhead to be able to beam you with perfect accuracy over 200m

while holding an uzi sideways

breakpoint is a bit too easy without modding but you can turn off directional detection check n shit and it does become harder

but its still way more forgiving

[frozen sparrow]

no
Waller was at the start of the outbreak, then he died of a heart attack
then Mendez until he was assassinated by secret service agents turned traitors by Black Tusk

[sacred snow]

also yea nuking the city would do nothing cuz it already spread around the world by that time lol

its like operation cobalt

except cobalt should’ve worked in theory if they did that earlier

also also this made me remember TWD and made me mad because of how stupid it is

its like they elected the stupidest people on planet earth to run the army

and that one scene where the army was swarming a hospital and shot like 200 times to kill a single walker

[analog shadow]

No its not

Most and if I recall correctly all stealth sections are forced

[sacred snow]

its been a while but iirc they have forced stealth in some section and others allow you to either go guns blazing or sneaky

there’s this mission where you have a warhound assisting in like Antartica or something and there’s a snow storm lager on

[plucky lodge]

Being fr @analog shadow

How much time would it take for a hunter vs ghost melee fight end

In your opinion

No tech

Only fists or knifes

Technically hunters got tactical training when face to face

Except it's never used in a game with lame melee animations

Apart from their unnescessary brutality in survival

[sacred snow]

hunters ain’t got shit

[hoary harbor]

Yeah there's only a handful of forced stealth

Others you can go guns blazing it just makes it a bit more difficult

[frozen sparrow]

Hunter wins ez afaik

[sour moon]

😅😅🥳 finally passed my driving test

No more needing to sleep early on Sundays and wake up at 7 on Monday

[analog shadow]

Tbf hunters I think are weird

As they are just better div agents

And div agents can on occasion beat them

So Id honestly still say ghosts win

The biggest weakness of the ghosts, is the biggest weakness of all groups, better tactics

[frozen sparrow]

Hunters are coked up on like performance enhanching nanomachines as well as having advanced nanotechnology in their armour, trained in psychological warfare and ambush tactics

I would say a Hunter would clap a Ghost

not that I've played Ghost Recon much but as far as I know the Ghosts are still within the limits of modern training and like physiology and stuff

[analog shadow]

The thing, if a division agent can take one out, imo a ghost can and quicker, plus, a bullet to the face is not getting stopped by drugs

[frozen sparrow]

could feasibly get stopped by a ballistic mask with highly advanced molecular level armour technology though.

[analog shadow]

(Plot armor)

Its also why I don’t consider division to be canon with the rest of the clancy universe stuff like that

Borders sci fi levels of fiction at times

[frozen sparrow]

and rainbow six siege doesn’t?

even Advanced Warfighter was made whilst he was still alive right

and all the advanced drones and etc in Breakpoint