off-topic-discussions

[robust pebble]

I was making small talk with this guy

I have no clue wtf you are talking about lol

I don’t think he literally made an ai I was making a joke about their username

[modest pebble]

Tbh I dont get the Dan salvato connection

[robust pebble]

Their name and pfp are the main character from that game

That you just mentioned

[modest pebble]

Ah

[random skiff]

I thought it was just a generic anime character.

[modest pebble]

Given my opinion of the game you could probably see why i didnt pick up on it

Dan is a smart programmer so making an AI that could actually play a game wouldnt surprise me too much

[subtle rune]

||wrong channel you didn't see anything||

[narrow mortar]

||I am Alpharius||

[main drum]

Anyone into No Man’s Sky? Beachhead expedition redux is on right now if you want Mass Effect’s Normandy as a frigate

[potent holly]

Wait

Did the delete my comments

[random skiff]

Yep, this is the off-topic channel, all LFG's for div1 go down to #td1-lfg
You'll need to select the corrent roles over in id:customize first.

GL Agent

[potent holly]

Oh I thought this was div2 only group mb

Ty

[radiant wharf]

Looks like Johnny Somali reached Manhunt status irl

[random skiff]

Let's not gamify IRL stuff, yeah?

[celest stag]

If the sea can be classified as a soup

Then the earth can also be could also be one of the forms of a bowl

Global warming is just us being on the stove

[narrow mortar]

And I guess the fish and whatnot is the stuff inside

[modest pebble]

Good

Hopefully Korea gives him the full 5

[modest pebble]

Manhunt status is a real thing lol

Its the next step after a warrant

After all this dudes done I could see police putting out a manhunt for him the second he lands in a country if hes not travel blocked

[soft wave]

Folks, Linkin Park released its newest album today! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llu148Ny0qF6bSApqzcVOQ9MaiCYySEG8

[tulip cypress]

I'm very careful but at the same time not really about my controller

but since the brand (Razer) has good quality it hasn't had many issues

[clear sonnet]

Sometimes I put my controller near my bed but the vibration of the controller happens sometimes it falls off the bed

Maybe that's one of the reasons it's acting up with all of the sudden

[tulip cypress]

Yeah vibration often gives issues to other components

[clear sonnet]

Vibration usually happens whenever you're playing a game and you get damage or an explosion happens

The controller that I haven't opened in a while is a "Pulse red" Xbox wireless controller

It's that one that you find in a Target store

[tulip cypress]

xbox original controllers have issues like drift or bumpers getting wrecked

[clear sonnet]

I'm guessing the razer brand is one of the best controller brands to get

[subtle rune]

Yeah I've heard really good things about the razer controller.

[clear sonnet]

Whenever I get money I buy one I think, but for now I have to stick with the wire to controller

I really got to know how to stop my anger issues😔 (hard to control)

[tulip cypress]

the second release of the Wolverine series is the best quality-price, I have the first Wolverine series and the back paddles are comfy to me but many many people have complained about it because it's they're nor ergonomic

[subtle rune]

I think 8bitdo's ultimate is available for xbox. I'll look real quick. Has Hall sticks and back buttons that you can remap and a decent, but lightweight build for like 30 bucks

[clear sonnet]

Is there something wrong with a lightweight controller?

[subtle rune]

Some people think lightweight is equal to cheap, beats headphones for example (at least used to) have weights inside them to make people think they were higher quality than they actually were

The xbox version of the 8bd ultimate does not have remappable buttons unfortunately

[clear sonnet]

I don't mind tbh-

I just use the controller to play video games-

A Controller is a controller no matter how people phrase it 😔

I did buy charging dock at Target before I still have it

[subtle rune]

Some people like the buttons on the back. I mapped mine to LS so i sprint without clicking the stick, as that is in my experience the best way to cause drift

[clear sonnet]

I don't know how to say this logo of the company who made it this charging station it looks like a avd-

The good thing is that has four battery packs and a charging station-

I think a battery pack is better than having two batteries- maybe unless they're both the same just that one can be recharged

[hoary harbor]

My elite at one point had a dead left bumper so I took it apart and fixed it and now the right bumper is super weird

Original controller had no issues till it got stick drift but idk how to fix that

Couldn't find anything to set a dead zone

[modest pebble]

Very good

Casualty is bad but rest are good

Imo two faced is the best

Meteora/hybrid theory vibes

[celest stag]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCZk2xEC_QQ/?igsh=MXNpYWtubnIzZWtycA==

Yall

Blackbeard is getting a division ballisitc shield

[robust pebble]

Blackbeard from rainbow schlex siege?

[celest stag]

Yup

[robust pebble]

Huh

Neat

[soft wave]

Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjNT9qGjh4

[random skiff]

Wasn't super sold on Two-faced, but Overflow is my jam.

[modest pebble]

Overflow is also very good

Emilys range is amazing

[random skiff]

Honestly, was not expecting that from her when I heard there's a punk singer as the new lead.
but she's fantastic, very much looking forward to how they develop from here.

From Zero is giving me big Hybrid Theory vibes, I can not wait until they swing around to the Thousand Suns stage.

Some of the performances remind me a little of when I saw them live. They were rougher around the edges than with the studio polish, but that actually helped sell the tracks more.

[modest pebble]

That was part of LP appeal yea

[modest pebble]

Her old band (Dead sara) isnt anything like LP but they had a few snippets of screams in their name album

[random skiff]

Actually fun thing: the concert I went to? They "missed" Brad's birthday by crossing the international date line, so just before they played The Messenger, Chester sang a messenger-stylised version of "happy birthday".

Hadn't thought about it in years, but I found an old recording of the concert still up on youtube.

[modest pebble]

It seems to kinda be a compilation of everything LP made. Two faced was big Meteora/hybrid theory vibes, over eachother was one more light, emptiness machine was minutes to midnight ish

Rest I cant exactly place but

[modest pebble]

Have not been alive long enough to see him live lol

[random skiff]

2010 it was, during the A Thousand Suns tour.

so good.

[random skiff]

I understand why not much of it was Thousand Suns, since concept album, but I would've liked to see one really weird track.

for context: a few of the tracks on that album were just flat-out famous speeches, but they tweaked the voice modulation.

[modest pebble]

I think their saving that for next album

A safe first come back album is alr with me

[random skiff]

oh sure, I mean it is called "from zero". It's a proof of concept, as much as anything else.

[modest pebble]

Yea, alot of songs were clearly made to showcase emily which was cool

Mike can still rap which is funny

[random skiff]

It's weird that he's still so good, and also 50.

imagine holding the talent, without resorting to goofy joke raps.

[modest pebble]

He still looks good to for 50, same with mr hahn

Isnt a crack head, which is rare for old metal heads lmao

[random skiff]

It's the art, that's the only possibility.

[random skiff]

Video games are so much more fun, when you ignore people screaming at you that they're all awful.

[solemn sparrow]

Those people need to play RDR2 fr

[hoary harbor]

A lot of what's getting pushed out these days is awful tbf

But there's so much good out there

[random skiff]

There are just so many good games out there, that focusing on the bad ones is just making your own day worse and doing nothing for anyone else.
Plus, a lot of it's down to personal opinion. I'm sure there are games that I can't stand that some people would call 10/10, and vice-versa.

[radiant wharf]

I think people need to get away from multiplayer for a while

[gusty solstice]

Guys

Can you belive that yesterday

Dr.House and Half Life 2 had 20 birthdays

[modest pebble]

House

[radiant wharf]

Three cake reactions, HL3 confirmed??

[gusty solstice]

intense heroic rawhhhhh music

No.

[hoary harbor]

The cake is a lie

[raw trench]

Huh so I bought credits on pc and haven’t received anything?

[random skiff]

@raw trench If you're trying to get some troubleshooting help, you're looking for #unofficial-troubleshooting
If you want official help, you'll have to send in an official support ticket.

[raw trench]

@random skiff thank you!

I fixed the issue I guess? Once buying credits you have to fully close ur game to receive your credits.

[indigo crescent]

Hello 👋

[raw trench]

Hello hope ur having a great day.

[indigo crescent]

I am, thank you 😊

[fading abyss]

Welp, I realized that I own The Division on Xbox. I must have bought it on a whim when it was on sale or something some time ago. Decided to play through the campaign so I have some extra context for the story. Literal first mission objective where it has you shoot some bottles with your SMG is bugged and won’t progress.

So I guess that’s not happening.

[late vine]

yeah from what I hear that's a game-wide bug that appears about once a year and is only fixed when ubi reset all the servers, no idea how long that might take

[fading abyss]

That’s fun.

[frozen sparrow]

news to me

[gusty solstice]

Bruh

No gifs

[random skiff]

Yep, none.

[worn epoch]

anyone else shit their pants when they got attacked by the tusk boss drone in the open world, i thought that thing was only a mission boss XD

[pulsar lava]

:((

[sullen bay]

Anyone like ryu’s rx7 with carbon hood and wing

From initial d

[pulsar lava]

Well it’s snowing here

😭 horrible weather it’s nearly up to car door handles

[modest pebble]

where is here

[pulsar lava]

Uk

[verbal pumice]

That thing can be annoying if it catches you in an open area with no cover.

[subtle rune]

tbh the more i listen to the album the more I like Casualty. it's so fun to just whisper 'scream' the melody throughout the day. (I know it's hours later I just got off work)

[modest pebble]

days lmao

the more I listen to it the more I hate it

It did take me a while to like knocked loose to maybe itll take months

[soft wave]

I have listened a few times From Zero, but hte best songs are not the singles. IGYEH, Overflow, Good Thing Go, Cut the Bridge are the best from there.

By the Way, is "Dead Sara" band Dead now Emily is part of Linkin Park??

[modest pebble]

most likely

she officially said its "on hold"

but chances are itll be permanently on hold

[soft wave]

The more successful Linkin Park is, the more "on hold" Dead Sara will be.

[modest pebble]

For me,

1. Two faced
2. IGYEIH
3. Overflow
4. Stained
5. Good things go
6. Cut the bridge
7. Heavy is the crown
8. Emptiness machine
9. Over each other
10. casualty

dont know why casualty didnt format but okay discord

[subtle rune]

it's lined up, all the periods are in a column

[sterile kite]

Need some expert advice:

do EP builds cancel each other out? In Countdown, a pyro was telling us not to use any other statuses (I was using sticky).

Can anyone confirm this?

[modest pebble]

the heavier songs appeal more to me mainly cuz I listen to heavier shit so biased but

[modest pebble]

I dont like how the margin isnt the same

lol

[subtle rune]

look if everyone else can unapologetically overwrite my shock rounds with OD then don't apologize for running sticky launcher

it's countdown, it's not like there's money on the line.

[random skiff]

Honestly, the more I listen to From Zero, the more I appreciate the stuff I didn't quite as much before. I don't think there's a "bad" song on there, and it's been a while since I've been able to say that about any Album.

[modest pebble]

your Australian. your the home of good metal

only song I just dont like is casualty, rest are very very close to eachother

[random skiff]

I'm not really a fan of "metal" as a genre, and I'm still not entirely comfortable with calling LP metal-metal.
What I've always appreciated about LP, is their ability to experiment with new stuff, album-to-album is just such a different experience, but still feels like "them", and this fits right in with it.

It took me an embarrassingly long time before I got the double meaning of the album title, I am not a smart woman.

[soft wave]

I respect that. For me, Stained is the weakest and Casualty would be higher (5 or 6th - "Victimized" humiliates that song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6eUCOFXuxo), but I think it is a reasonable ranking.

[random skiff]

I don't like comparing one song of theirs to another, especially with how far apart the two of them are, not to mention different production types, different singer, etc.
Honestly, the best thing is just her sheer range.

Like, I didn't care for most of The Hunting Party, but I get that it's just not my thing.

[soft wave]

Actually most fans in comments compared several songs with past songs from Linkin Park, such as Faint, Lying From You, One Step Closer, Figure.09, Bleed It Out... which I disliked even less their attitude, but there was some resemblance indeed.

[random skiff]

I'm very aware of how other LP fans see them, which is why I don't normally talk to anyone who likes LP lol

[hoary harbor]

A thousand suns was my favourite of theirs

[modest pebble]

Lp dances between basically everything rock and onward

New album is half metal core half rock/punk. Emptiness, two faced and heavy is the crown are good examples of metal core. Casualty is more hard rock/hard core

[random skiff]

Yeah, I've been a fan of theirs since 2003.

[modest pebble]

Old ass grandma

[random skiff]

Damn straight.
But I get the bonus of having seen them live, and not at a festival, but a full concert.

[foggy perch]

new lp 👎

[random skiff]

I can say with confidence that Emily is an excellent choice as a new lead vocals, same as Colin as the drummer.

[modest pebble]

^

[foggy perch]

i guess its personal i just dont like the new songs

[modest pebble]

I usually don’t like female vocals much in this type of music but Emily is one of the good ones

[random skiff]

Can't say I have a particular dislike for either gender when it comes to singing.

[modest pebble]

It’s only for rock and metal. Every other genre I don’t care, it’s not really gender specific it’s more I don’t like the voice of any women in metal

[random skiff]

That's weird.

[modest pebble]

I like dream state

She’s good. Never liked spirit box

[modern rose]

What’s the answer to activity three on scout four manhunt

[late vine]

#td2-general-chat message

[soft wave]

New Hero for Overwatch "2", Hazard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR8N3cXWxqM

[runic sierra]

hoping someone is here looking to this chat can give some answer to me

i just bought ghost recon wildlands on ubisoft and when i want to start installation it says

"right to withdraw"

by downloading this game, i hereby consent to immediate performance of the contract. I accept that the game will be immediately provided to me and i acknowledge that i will lose my right of withdrawal from the the contract"

can someone tell me what is this all about?

[modest pebble]

all that means is that you cannot refund the game after the withdraw period (14 days or 2 hours of playtime)

and your agreeing to those terms

[runic sierra]

was it so hard for ubi to put that down 😄 thank you for the explanation

[modest pebble]

Im gonna be honest

right to withdraw is a very well known concept

should be obvious lol

one thing they should really put before you buy the game is the fact that they can take your access away at any time if they feel like, cuz buying isnt owning according to them

[runic sierra]

Well that’s common thing with steam too 💀

[shy vine]

why my message was deleted here?

[random skiff]

I was under the impression that it was requesting support about div2, as this channel is for everything but div2, you're better off posting down in #unofficial-troubleshooting

[shy vine]

i just asking about if i order game but nvm then

[random skiff]

I'm sure the subreddit will have better info for you, rather than a random discord server for an unrelated game.

[shy vine]

ok ty

[sacred snow]

its staying on my hard drive permanently

ok but real talk their anti piracy thing is bs,i was trying to play grb the other day and they need to “connect to the ubisoft server” despite being a singleplayer game

and denuvo has the balls to ask why people hate them

[modest pebble]

I like ultra kills prospective on piracy. actually makes people want to buy their products

"Culture shouldn't exist only for those who can afford it"

[sacred snow]

something something Gabe said that just make the game providing services better than the pirating services and people will flock to yours

[modest pebble]

priacy is rarely a people being pricks issue

its mostly economical

unless your a shit company

[sacred snow]

i saw my friend trying to pirate a game yesterday,halfway through he gave it up and bought the game full priced anyway

capped download speed,shady links,LOTS of ads

[modest pebble]

doing it all wrong

[sacred snow]

because you really want to download a 100gb game at 3mb/s

[modest pebble]

Violent monkey with URL skipper script. IDM or Jdownloader only using sites that offer google drive

[sacred snow]

i think the only real issue is ownership here

[modest pebble]

I get 100MBs download speeds

[sacred snow]

it used to be more simple tbh

[modest pebble]

faster then steam

[sacred snow]

damn

[modest pebble]

I could provide you a link to google drive 😃

oh and a version of GRB that works offline

provided by ubisoft

nothing to do with piracy

[sacred snow]

wait they had a version that can be played offline?with no catch?

[modest pebble]

oh absolutely

[sacred snow]

send it my way,i can check it out later today

[analog shadow]

Of course there would be but not for console

Just wonderful

[modest pebble]

well obviously It cant be on console, they dont have the same tools....

[analog shadow]

I mean, duh that was the point of the sentence

Its dumb that its online only to begin with

Because it means eventually players won’t be able to play it at all

[modest pebble]

untill certain algorithms get cracked that wont change

more games are gonna start implementing it

tho I am curious how deneuvo transfers private keys or how that authentication works

[sacred snow]

citations:those ubisoft racing games that i forgot the name

[modest pebble]

crew

[hoary harbor]

There was even an offline mode literally in the game it just isn't accessible after the intro

[viscid harbor]

[radiant wharf]

Even with the fact that I can't play it, what do you guys think about this stalker 2 game which MSV is selling division 2 skin of?

[random skiff]

It's coming to game pass, if you did want to try it.

[radiant wharf]

I meant I don't have a new gen console or high end pc

[sturdy igloo]

https://youtu.be/BRCLRAJkqjg?si=BlAOvAq8-02Tx2OE

Looks like Stalker 2 will be on my wishlist shelf for a few years

[modest pebble]

Good game hidden by poor performance lots of bugs

[random skiff]

Don't get me wrong, 40k can be fun and all, but if anyone starts to agree with the talking points: leave the room that person is in.

[sacred snow]

really late to it but stalker 2 is an unoptimized mess rn

this is literally cyberpunk 2077 all over again

[random skiff]

Unless half the game is missing, it's not as bad.

[analog shadow]

I mean I played jedi survivor on launch and play this game so I’ll manage

I didn’t realize stalker 2 was gonna be on gamepass

So its a win for me

Does suck that its having these problems, might hurt it in the long run

[sacred snow]

since 2077 anyway

speaking of jedi survivor

they ported it to the ps4 lmao

[random skiff]

I heard that got an FPS boost when they dropped Denuvo.

[analog shadow]

Sucks how long it took that game to be in a good optimized stat

Fantastic game

[sacred snow]

like a +30 lmao

denuvo just sucks and this isn’t about piracy
their stuff just tanks game performance

[random skiff]

When it's a situation like that, I just always assume it's publisher meddling causing the issues.

[sacred snow]

from my understanding it has to be coated into the game and depending on how its done it can range from barely affect performance to slice it in half

after the initial sales period they can just remove it i believe just because it stopped affecting sales

[random skiff]

It's another point in the favour of waiting a while before you buy a game. Not only are a bunch of bugs patched out, but since Denuvo costs money, yeah exactly that gets removed too.

[sacred snow]

if they start selling more collectors edition then maybe

preorder never made sense to me nowadays

[random skiff]

"oh no, the digital code ran out" said no one ever.

[sacred snow]

but le le preorder skins!!!!!

look unless the game lets me customize individual pieces of clothes like bf5 idc

[random skiff]

If it's in 1st person, it's harder to sell.
Unless it's gloves, or you can see your shoes/legs I guess.

I always end up swapping a paid outfit for a challenge earned one anyway.

[modest pebble]

10 million layers of obfuscation and constantly generating long ass hardware keys to dynamically encrypt things for gods knows what reason, running the code in a VM with more obfuscation so the codes strcuture gets all sorts of f'd with loads of anti debugging. who coulda known that would shit on performance?

oh and those keys are mathmatically generated in a streamcipher, cuz everyone runs the game on a super computer whos CPU can constnatly generate HWID keys without issues

and I bet you those keys are 2048 bit

cuz who needs performance

Hopefully someone else comes along, willing to go insane helping with den cracks

but 99% of the time anyone who cracks denuvo gets eaten by the NSA

uhh

its ridiculously high level crypt0graphy for a video game lmao

why cant I say crypt0graphy lmao

[sacred snow]

the first half of the word is blacklisted to prevent bot link afaik

[sacred snow]

fr?

damn even the feds use denuvo

[analog shadow]

Feds usually aren’t known for being wonderful so not shocking

[modest pebble]

if you can crack denuevo you can crack alotta shit

your valuable

[random skiff]

Just a reminder that discussing stuff like that is pretty much against the rules.

[modest pebble]

what denuvo? how? Im not telling you how to crack it cuz I have literally no idea

[analog shadow]

The fed stuff? How is that against the rules

[random skiff]

The wording of rule #6, is vague enough to cover "discussion".
Just do it on a server that isn't run by Ubisoft, that seems smarter.

[analog shadow]

So don’t interact with this server, good idea

[modest pebble]

public knowledge about denuevo has nothing to do with breaking TOS in that mannor.

[modest pebble]

all of this is public knowledge

[random skiff]

And you are welcome to discuss it elsewhere.

[analog shadow]

It’s factually not breaking the rules though

[random skiff]

As mods, we bend the rules as much as we can, but a direct ban of something is a direct ban.

There isn't an argument to be made here. We didn't write the rules.

[modest pebble]

Its not a direct ban? google denuevo is against TOS?

like I get the rule exists but nothing said involves breaking the TOS of a game or piracy. Its about deneuvo's impact on the games performance, yea i said hopefully someone will crack it fair enough but majority had nothing to do with that

[clear sonnet]

may I ask y'all opinion about a laptop I'm trying to get?

[random skiff]

Does it have the word "gaming" anywhere in the name?

[tulip cypress]

If it says Celeron, go for it

[hoary harbor]

💀

[random skiff]

Hey, I credit Celeron for my first laptop.
That thing could just about run Portal. spoilers: it wasn't 2007.

[radiant wharf]

Is it only my YouTube that isn't showing the thumbnail of videos that you already watched or was watching?

[dry delta]

looks normal here, maybe an extension is blocking them?

[radiant wharf]

I'm using the ublock but it is not that, maybe it is the browser not showing the thumbnails.

[dry delta]

might be, can try testing on a different one and see if it's the same

[rugged lava]

theres always the "history" page

https://www.youtube.com/feed/history

[dry delta]

holy cow, stalker 2 is 155gb install

I need a new nvme :(

[radiant wharf]

Yeah, that's the weird part, the thumbnail is always on the history tab but on the normal search tab, I think it was just a stealth change or it's just my browser.

[radiant wharf]

I expected more gb from a UE5 game.

[willow elbow]

first update was 140gb

theres gonna be dlc expansions so its likely gonna bump up to at least 230gb eventually

[radiant wharf]

Yeah... That's not how updates work, if the update is 140gb, it will rewrite 140gb of those 155gb.

[radiant wharf]

Probably

[clear sonnet]

yes

it's from Amazon tho

[tulip cypress]

Refrain from gaming laps, they usually overheat or will have issues sooner or later.
Look for something powerful, forget RGB (mAx fPs) and nice looking

[clear sonnet]

I do have the name -

Acer Nitro V Gaming Laptop | AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS Octa-Core AI Capable Processor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU | 16" WUXGA IPS 165Hz Display | 16GB DDR5 | 1TB Gen 4 SSD | Wi-Fi 6E | ANV16-41-R5J0

supposedly it's only for 954.99

[tulip cypress]

-insert "hey, that's pretty good"meme-

Idk... you may need to let the lap have some space over the desk so air flows and it doesn't overheat, unless it has back fans

[rugged lava]

I use a laptop stand with fans. that helps kinda not really

[tulip cypress]

I always wanted a Matebook, they look hella clean

[tulip cypress]

I just put two wooden sticks below my laptop and it cools sort of great

[rugged lava]

Elegant

I mostly just need to open up the case and air blast the dust out from the vents. I just hate doing that bc the screws are so easy to drop under some components, forcing me to take apart the laptop even further

[main drum]

My Dell laptop from work has all the vents on the bottom hehe

[clear sonnet]

i just need a laptop that handles games, from steam but the laptop I have atm is a window 10 and it can't handle anything

[main drum]

I rest the rear kinda on the dock so it gets airflow underneath

[rugged lava]

Mine has some output vents aimed directly at the screen. So far no damage or discoloration, delamination or anything though

[clear sonnet]

my friend gifted me State of decay 2 but I can't even play it because it's always lagging even on the Lowest video setting 😔

[pulsar lava]

[pulsar lava]

Try turning refresh rate up or down

[clear sonnet]

pretty sure my laptop specs aren't reaching the requirements for that game

[hoary harbor]

From what I've heard about nitro stuff it's good value for money but they tend to have a lot of issues

[sacred snow]

look the “gaming” laptops are just the normal laptops if you turn off all the gunk

my lenovo laptop lasted like 5 hours in a lecture with a 60% charge i think it did alright tbh

are they kinda overpriced?yea

but its portable,and for the “why dont you build a desktop for gaming and laptop for work/school” its less of a hassle to just straight up buy a high spec laptop

[random skiff]

The reason you should avoid anything with "gaming" in the name, is that they'll tack on useless extras like shiny lights, edgy designs, or pre-installed software, and inflate the price.
What you should be doing when buying a laptop is focusing on the specs themselves. You can add stickers and cases/covers later, but the bones are the important part.

Same goes for any headsets, for anyone in the market. I promise you, a proper set is going to be cheaper, often better build quality, and can even have the same sound design (usually extra bass for a CoD game, etc), if you just do the research about them.

[modest pebble]

if your gonna get a laptop get the largest possible gaming laptop you can find

laptops problem is cooking them selves alive cuz they try to be "slim"

the only people who can make slim laptops that can actually run shit is apple

see if you can find one of those wacky socketed laptops

uses real hardware

they are heavy as hell and fat but its a portable gaming desktop

the amount of gaming laptops ive seen that are 2 years old and have burned their thermal paste is wild

[random skiff]

I had a lenovo w/celeron in 2010, and that thing lasted a decade without dying.
I highly recommend getting something cheaper for your first time. There's no reason to jump in the deep end.

[modest pebble]

cheap and gaming laptop dont go together

[random skiff]

Agreed.

[modest pebble]

mobile hardware is much weakier then real hardware you basically have to spend 1k+ to run modern games decently

gaming on a laptop is pretty brutal, id avoid it unless you really have to lol

[modest pebble]

unless you can find one of these, then your fine

[sacred snow]

i agree with that you said but this is like that picture of Obama giving himself a medal

[random skiff]

It was quicker than typing out the entire thing again.

To be honest, you might as well set your wallet on fire with an overpriced laptop if you actually want it for "gaming", since a tablet has kinda replaced most of the basic work-a-day tasks laptops used to be needed for.

[random skiff]

You do know that's a meme edit, right? I feel like I have to double-check.

[modest pebble]

I mean, laptops are basically tablets at this point lmao

everything is a tablet now

[sacred snow]

yes

the sarcasm AI isn’t sarcasting today

[random skiff]

I've mistaken serious for sarcasm enough on discord to make the double-check necessary.

[sacred snow]

and yea you should pay for a mid range high spec laptop over a “gaming” laptop

tbf usually gaming laptops fit into that niche

dont buy the cheap ones tho

they’re genuinely cash grabs

[random skiff]

The more boring a laptop's appearance looks at first glance, the longer it's going to last.
Same rule with phones.

Also; maybe buy it sooner than later. I hear there's some messy things about to happen with tech purchases in the US (I just assume american)

[sacred snow]

honestly i dont care enough bout US politics and im already set but yea for the Yankees

i think the closest thing to an American product i have rn is my laptop
its a lenovo one but its the US version that i bought as a second hand

[random skiff]

I've got enough problems in my own country to worry about, but if the suggested price rises go through, then it's gonna get a little rough for a while.

[sacred snow]

smaller Chinese company make surprisingly cheap and usable gear

[rose vapor]

i got a good deal on a 1660ti i7 10750h for $200

laptop

[sacred snow]

like this earbud called an IEM or something

it easily stomps the buds that are double its prices

also this akko keyboard

[sacred snow]

thats ancient bruh still damn

[rose vapor]

only a 5 year difference? and the 1060 is making the ps5 look like a bad choice when gaming still

[random skiff]

"in ear monitor", which does sound like a star wars droid.

[sacred snow]

yea but console is a low bar to compare it to

[sacred snow]

they have these little knobs to the side that you can toggle to increase bass or something

[random skiff]

Lol

[sacred snow]

its minimal but kinda cool tbh

and yea i checked online,it does work

[rose vapor]

well with updated hardware and the gpu being equivalent to the rx 6700 it makes it look bad

[random skiff]

If you aren't spending thousands on the laptop, it's not going to be running the latest at the highest resolution, so don't worry too much about it looking a bit older.
I'm still on 1080p and honestly, it still looks good.

[sacred snow]

you're saying that the laptop 1660ti is the equivalent to a rx6700?

[rose vapor]

even the king 1080ti is killing gpus price to performance STILL

[random skiff]

Yeah "bass boost", is a fairly old bit of tech, my earphones in HS had them too.

[sacred snow]

wait i gotta make something clear
you know that a laptop gpu is weaker than their pc counterpart right

[rose vapor]

No a gtx 1060 in a desktop pc

with frame generation if possible

[sacred snow]

ahhh sorry we were talking laptop stuff and i didn't catch the topic shift

[rose vapor]

but most games implemented on ps5 are using some sort of a frame generation anyhow

[sacred snow]

yea i genuinely dont get why someone with some knowledge buys a console

[rose vapor]

even elden ring at low 1080p runs it at 60fps solid meanwhile the base ps5 cant even break 45

[sacred snow]

they cant be upgraded,the cost to get a controller and a tv to play stuff also puts it in pc range while being a worse pc

[rose vapor]

ofc the graphics are better more frames = better but lsfg frame generation on steam just allows smoother gameplay

[rose vapor]

yeah and the ps4 controller is the perfect controller, easy to take apart and easy to mod

easy to fix to

[sacred snow]

i like the console people's argument of "oh but you gotta buy a new overpriced gpu every 2 years" like no i dont?

i used my 1650ti laptop for like 3 years lmao

[rose vapor]

bro ive been on a 2070 since 2019

im not upgrading cause it isnt worth it

[sacred snow]

i know a friend with a 1660ti desktop

he's been using it since then and never once did he changed it

[rose vapor]

the frame difference to a 2070 to something like a budget 4060 isnt really a big fps jump

and like i said lsfg frame generation is just adding on more life to the gpu when i play my single player games

[clear sonnet]

large as in?

I would get a PC but I just don't have space for it that's why I'm trying to get a laptop at the moment (a better laptop)

[hoary harbor]

Idk it's just easier and the hardware is pretty cheap for what you get

[clear sonnet]

The only one my friend recommended to me was the Acer nitro gaming laptop

[hoary harbor]

Idk what 400 dollars would get you in pc building tbh

[clear sonnet]

lucky. I only got 150 dollars 😔 (getting more money soon tho)

[hoary harbor]

Besides the exclusives are cool

[rose vapor]

399.99 or a series x, plus the added cost for an extra controller, plus the cost of full price games cause consoles barely hold any discounts for their games. PLUS optical media BAD

you can build a mid range system that would knock that out of the water

[hoary harbor]

Breh I never buy anything full price

[random skiff]

I just looked up how much that "acer nitro" is here. Holy cow.

[hoary harbor]

Discs and ms sales is like sub 10 dollars for really good stuff

[rose vapor]

acer nitro 🤣

ive never had any good experiences with those laptops

[hoary harbor]

Besides physical media is great cuz then they can't steal it

[random skiff]

Two, count it. 2 thousand dollars.

[hoary harbor]

2 thousand for a laptop is mental

Just get a desktop at that point

[modest pebble]

MSRP absolutely not.
used still no.

[sacred snow]

for a ps4 thats being dated?or a normal ps5 with storage issues, and you still gotta buy games full price?

[random skiff]

older tech can actually be more pricy than the new equivalent, especially with GPU's and such.

[hoary harbor]

I'm on Xbox😭

[sacred snow]

uhh tbf i dont know hows xbox doing nowadays

i just know that ps are hella overpriced tbh

[hoary harbor]

Game pass is pretty bang for your buck

[random skiff]

The last time I played on an xbox, a kinect was mandatory to run it.

[sacred snow]

game pass is nice yea
except its on pc too lol

[hoary harbor]

And having 3 generations of backwards compatible stuff is super neat

[hoary harbor]

Hasn't the pc version got less on it

[rose vapor]

rtx 4060 barely tops the 1080ti with raw performance, plus alternatives like FSR are in the market and if you dig hard enough you can snag one for around $100-150 like i did for my other pc. plus it has 11gbs of vram over the 8gbs the 4060 has. id say a 10-20 fps gain

[hoary harbor]

Besides again there's some exclusive stuff they just never took from consoles to pc you'd need Xenia or something to run

[random skiff]

"less" is honestly a matter of perspective, PC gamepass has games that will last you thousands upon thousands of hours.

for a start: all the bethesda stuff

[hoary harbor]

Im biased anyway I started gaming on a 360

[random skiff]

Master System for me.

[subtle rune]

i started on the snes

[rose vapor]

its just the kings of graphics cards, people rocking 1080tis know they are still good to not upgrade

[modest pebble]

1080ti MSRP was 700 bucks. 4060 MSRP is 300 bucks. talking about used 1080ti prices is not really accurate, your getting a card thats been run for 7 years vs spending a 100 extra to get a card thats been run significantly less. Also those 100-150 dollar deals are cards that have been mined for years, your buying a bomb. 1080ti was an amazing card but with current tech newer nividia stuff even the budget ones is much better

ignoring massive power efficient gains

[hoary harbor]

Idk about GPUs but I hear the 4060 is a good card it was just a bad deal for an upgrade

[modest pebble]

its not worth buying no

[random skiff]

The 4070 is solid, if you have absolutely nothing.

[modest pebble]

your better off saving for a 3080ti or 4070

[hoary harbor]

Ah

[random skiff]

my 2080s.....broke, and there was a ridiculously good deal on.

[modest pebble]

im not saying 1080ti's suck, they still run well but saying theres nothing worth upgrading to rn is entirely false

categorically false

[rose vapor]

if you are refering to TDP it shouldnt matter at all, most people run 500-650 watt units and with a decent cpu combo you still have head room in the system, even with mining cards the cards still run just fine, ive bought several cards used in mining systems for the duration of covid and they still run just fine.

[modest pebble]

anecdotal evidence is only proof of a anecdote

a card ran at full power for years on end is going to have lifespan issues.

[rose vapor]

budget rx 580 cards i used to build systems and re sell

[modest pebble]

and power efficient isnt just about PSU's, its about heat and your power bill

and yes youll notice the difference on the power bill

1080ti's arent worth buying anymore, its more of a collector piece

[random skiff]

I'm picturing the kind of person who collects dead graphics cards, and........

[modest pebble]

the only card id keep to sit on a shelf would be a titan RTX

[modest pebble]

rx580s are still decent, big Vram for frame gen stuff

big Vram for sub 150$ new cards

it did lose driver support which still kinda sucks

[random skiff]

Actually I used to have an rx480, that thing was pretty solid back in the day.

[sacred snow]

personally i like amd stuff better cuz i can get them for like 2/3rd the price of its nvidia equivalent and its usually like,5-10% worse

[main drum]

I kinda would like a 3Dfx Voodoo card like I had when I was a little kid. Made Quake 2 look sweet lol

[rose vapor]

i have one in my drawer of graphics cards

🤣

all old graphics cards my fav of the bunch was the 8800gtx

[main drum]

Nice. Those were the bomb

[rose vapor]

gta 5 ran flawlessly on that card

[main drum]

I had a SLI setup on voodoo 2

I bought an IBM P4 desktop from value village awhile ago for like 10 bucks. I’ve been meaning to put a video card into it for some retro gaming

[soft wave]

Marilyn Manson released his new Album Today: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxA687tYuMWjdIocvqgLhyOPvwQoe9Rh8

[clear sonnet]

I found a new laptop but

It's a bit pricey and it's from best buy

It's a "Acer Predator Helios 18 Gaming Laptop - 18" 2560 x 1600 IPS 240Hz - Intel i9-14900HX - GeForce RTX 4090 - 32GB DDR5-1TB SSD - Abyssal Black" for 2,399.99
What's y'all thoughts?

[random skiff]

Do you intend this laptop to be your main way to play the new/most intensive stuff?

[clear sonnet]

just basic games.. I can name a few (I think that's what you mean)

[frozen sparrow]

seems a bit OP for Peggle and Minesweeper

[clear sonnet]

Not those games😭

I meant Xbox games and stuff.. probably state of decay 3 whenever it comes out, or a simple game like infection free zone and Into the dead our darkest Days

[amber horizon]

if you 100000% NEED a laptop then get whatever fits, but if its at all possible you can get a relatively decent setup with that kinda money, and the added benefit of being upgradable when the time comes

[sacred snow]

imo for that much money you should 100% go for a desktop+mid range slim laptop

high spec laptops are only worth it if your price bracket is in the mid range

like ~1000 bucks

[sour moon]

Snow in November looks much better than snow that falls in December

[rugged lava]

it was like 75 F s couple days ago. we don't usually dont get snow here until mid january. february nd march are the big snow months.. well, they used to be. and i live near NYC. its not supposed to be a particularly warm climate with very little snow (aside from one or two big storms a year that dump 15 inches on us in a couple hours)

[clear sonnet]

sadly can only afford a laptop atm still no space for a PC 😞

[sacred snow]

do you mean like your house just doesn’t have space for a desktop?

[clear sonnet]

my room doesn't have that much space is what I mean

[sacred snow]

aaah

[rugged lava]

my problem exactly

[sacred snow]

holy crap thats an 18 inch laptop

do you plan to carry that around

[rugged lava]

they still make em that big?

[sacred snow]

for some reason yes

[narrow mortar]

Trying to figure out what pc to get when I move out, currently it’s some random $150 monitor and a hp pavilion one

[proper lodge]

I remembered Destiny 2 talking about introducing Gear Sets for their new armor.

I then promptly chuckled at the thought. Unless Bungie makes the equivalent of Ongoing Directive, Striker's Battlegear or Heartbreaker, it'll never catch on.

[analog shadow]

Thats not going to happen

Because thats not how their gearset system is going to work

They explained it in depth on a twid

[random skiff]

Bungie just needs to start whole-sale stealing from DE again. It's already proven to work, Bungie, take the win.

[analog shadow]

DE?

[random skiff]

Digital Extremes, creators of Warframe, among others.

[analog shadow]

Destiny really wont gain back an audience, simply due to its history and due to the fact that a lot of veterans have decided to no longer play after completing final shape

Final shape was one of its best stories in the history of the series and it wrapped up the story

So no matter what they do, they can’t top it

Bungie needs to develop a new ip because marathon 100% won’t save them

[proper lodge]

I'd rather someone else take the mantle. Perhaps Larian could take a crack at it?

[sacred snow]

their “gear set” is just the seasonal booster slop lol

[proper lodge]

Hence, chuckled at the thought.

[sacred snow]

“use the garbage low roll armor for 2% more seasonal xp!!!”

[proper lodge]

If only D2 had recalibration...

[sacred snow]

now with exotic class item theres literally no reason to use them lmao

that would shorten the grind so no

[proper lodge]

That thing always felt like the NinjaBike Messenger Bag to me.

[random skiff]

Darktide just stole the system, so we know it can work in other games.

[sacred snow]

bungie cant afford anything shortening the grind because then people will leave the game

[proper lodge]

True, but then we have Bungie's priorities to contend with.

[sacred snow]

most people play d2 because “i need X item” rather than “i like the game” and its kinda sad

[random skiff]

Who's the money behind bungie these days?

[proper lodge]

And, as @sacred snow stated, they are very adamant on their stance.

[sacred snow]

snoy

[proper lodge]

Paul something. Forgot the name.

[random skiff]

Oh well that explains it.
Let's not blame bungie for this stuff.

[sacred snow]

they have been doing that for ages even before sony stepped in

[proper lodge]

I don't hate the devs, just the top brass.

[random skiff]

As a victim of the 2010's sony hack, I can confirm that they do not care what you have to say.

[sacred snow]

officially sony doesn’t have that much influence in bungie…yet

[proper lodge]

That can change easily and quickly.

[sacred snow]

the layoffs,half assed stuff,questionable designs,all bungie

sony sucks but lets make it clear:everything wrong with the game to this day is still primarily bungie’s fault and sony has no part to do with it(YET)

[proper lodge]

Got the name: Pete Parsons.

[sacred snow]

sure activision sucked but they also funded Forsaken and NOTHING in the game has come close to it

[random skiff]

I feel you're both giving too much credit to a publisher for creative decisions.

[sacred snow]

he sucks but he’s just the tip of the iceberg,there’s a working culture and a whole board of directors/investors to blame and removing just 1 head aint solving shite

[sacred snow]

i was halfway thru
ofc ATVI didn’t actually make the games.
what they did do is give the funds and redirect 3 other studios to help save the game back then

[random skiff]

They care about exactly one thing: money. Forsaken focused around a fan-favourite character, it was going to do well in Sony's eyes.

[sacred snow]

it “flopped” by their standards but CoD is made by 1 studio every year and print money like crazy so when you think about it,4 studios making less money than 1 is….concerning

[random skiff]

The amount of sales a CoD game makes mean nothing, since mtx exist.

[sacred snow]

im not saying ATVI era was strictly superior but it is kinda better than everything after it

shadowkeep,ok newly split out
beyond light uhhhh covid?
witch queen was meh lets be completely real
lightfailed
the final bleh

and thats not mentioning the seasonal stuff showing bungie’s fall

like the grind is artificially long because they are too creatively bankrupt to make interesting new content

new content?sure
something fun and replayable while also being rewarding?too much for the multi million dollar indie studio

same reason why seasonal stories drag on for 6 weeks

when they caved in and cut the massive inbetween waits it took less than an hour to finish their planned 6 week seasonal drag

now multiply by 3 and you got yourself an episode(literally rebranded seasons)

i called this out way back when it was leaked and everyone told me im a pessimistic doomposter

[random skiff]

I'm not reading that, but you have fun.

[sacred snow]

💀

owari da

[clear sonnet]

my laptop that I have atm is 11.6 inches 😔

[sacred snow]

get a 16 inch and use the spare money for a screen

like you are not carrying an 18 inch laptop around

those shit defeats the purpose of a laptop

[clear sonnet]

I could just connect the laptop to my TV right, that's what I can do with the windows 10

[sacred snow]

if your laptop specs can handle it,sure

[clear sonnet]

that laptop I share, you think the expensive laptop specs can handle it?

[clear sonnet]

I'll do this though, yeah I wouldn't want to carry a big laptop -

[sacred snow]

totally can

[clear sonnet]

I feel like a 16-inch laptop would cost a bit less

[sturdy igloo]

Path of Exile 2 in 2 weeks guys

[random skiff]

Do we know if it's going to have the same server locations as PoE 1?

[shy vine]

So finally stalker 2 first update coming

[dry delta]

That's a very good thing as it really needs it, not gonna lie - I am still having a lot of fun playing it, despite the unoptimized mess and that I feel like I die every 30s

[analog shadow]

Well yea thats stalker

That’s why its beloved

[cold axle]

I wanna play so bad

[sturdy igloo]

reddit says yes

endgame content spoilers

https://youtu.be/ZpIbaTXJD4g?si=sELoXTLxAZ0Tl76x

build variety will be staggeringly vast

Diablo 4 is a highschool student project compared to whats been cooking

[random skiff]

Server's are my main issue, PoE is one of the very few games where I can get a ping under 40.

[vital marsh]

Where would one find avatars featured in the division?

Like the 3d models

[frozen sparrow]

artstation or deviantart, I think

[thorn elk]

Does anyone know what’s the best mission to farm xp? I’m level 11 and I’m thinking i should do the cleaners HQ

[dry delta]

Might be a question better suited for #ask-td2-community as this is the off-topic channel, but as far as I know doing open world activities is the most effective way for xp farm

[modern rose]

It’s almost Black Friday yall

[solemn sparrow]

i couldn't possibly understand what correlation this has to Tom Clancy's The Division™

[random skiff]

Well, this is off-topic, so hopefully none.

[modern rose]

Because all this happen on Black Friday

[analog shadow]

He was being sarcastic

[solemn sparrow]

nuh uh

[tulip cypress]

if only confused_blob was available here

[lavish panther]

Tf do you mean Nuh-uh

What does that even mean!

[radiant wharf]

And? Isn't like a bioengineered virus is gonna spread through china and infect the entire world like the division 1, wait a minute...

[ruby panther]

wait a damn minute...

Don't worry, we've been prepared for this... just find a cool looking hard-case in a seemingly insignificant location and you'll be set

[willow elbow]

I'm straight up concocting rn I'm plotting, I'm inventing new disease.

[modest pebble]

Mass terrorism discussion!!!!

I am in, I’ll handle payload delivery

[frozen sparrow]

what is this, resident evil 6

[modern rose]

Look it up

[modern rose]

You never know

[modern rose]

Don’t die

[solemn sparrow]

What if'n I don't wanna

[soft wave]

This happened 4+ years ago.

[hallow elk]

i wonder how thanksgiving coincidentally happens to be on my birthday today

[analog shadow]

How is that a coincidence

[hallow elk]

i dont know honestly

[analog shadow]

Fair

[gusty solstice]

OMG Black friday

Is that the division reference?

[torpid pilot]

Next thing people are getting sick

[radiant wharf]

Bro, that is worse than people telling me that apex copied Titanfall

[gusty solstice]

Lol

God of War copied from Fortnitw

And star wars copied from space balls

And Eminem copied from slim shady

And division copied from The Day before

And Tom Clancy copied Tom Clancy's Splintercell

[soft wave]

Not your fault.

[hallow elk]

???

[solemn sparrow]

Slim Jesus*

[dapper dew]

facts

[lapis pier]

Doesn anybody know how to fix input lag? I got a brand new sony tv and while im playing on my xbox one every move is delayed like 3 to 4 seconds, and it happens in every game, can i fix it or its just my xbox is too old and cant keep up

[frozen sparrow]

an original xbox one?

[lapis pier]

Yep

[frozen sparrow]

stock’s aging dude mine takes a while to load and gets hot

sounds pretty extreme though maybe you have a faulty connection somewhere idk

[lapis pier]

Thought about it too

I would have to try with the remote play

Because if it will be normal on my phone it will be a connection problem but if it isnt, well i wont be playing siege for a while

[frozen sparrow]

ah, good

[subtle rune]

make sure the picture mode is set to gaming or game mode if you have the option. a lot of time newer tv's sacrifice speed for "picture quality" and it ends up looking and acting like trash

[proper lodge]

Finally got to Level 55 in BO6 through Warzone.

Never touching that game again. Probably.

[sacred snow]

why would you even play warzone to begin with💀

[frozen sparrow]

watching skibidi toilet whilst playing warzone with yo grandma

drinking prime and eating lunchly

it’s the brainrot

[lapis pier]

Actually it worked, had to enable the game mode and change some things on my xbox

Thanks for the help guys

[sacred snow]

left ear skibidi toilet right ear talk tuah

[chrome aspen]

@mods i see you could use some more themed stickers and emoji for the server

hmu!

[quick fiber]

@random skiff

[radiant wharf]

People even play warzone 2,3 whatever?

[nocturne crow]

Someone nerfed and suppressed my xp gain. Is there someone that can fix this? My user is E-G-0 on Ubisoft.

[random skiff]

@quick fiber Did you need something?

@chrome aspen We don't run that kind of thing, but I doubt the team would take them anyway. We don't really encourage the use of stickers that much.

[willow sail]

@plucky cave all hail our lord and master foamy

[quick fiber]

about the glitch

but i already got info on it

[nocturne reef]

One question, did you manage to finish the last stage of the free hunt, which is to make a contract in Constitution Hall? I'm not seeing any contracts to make PS5

[late vine]

if you don't have any there complete a public execution activity in the area (rescuing both hostages) or a hostage rescue event and you'll get a bounty.
If playing on Heroic, you can complete a true sons public execution/hostage rescue anywhere in DC and it'll put the bounty in Constitution Hall, so that makes it easier.

[umbral lake]

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[topaz mulch]

Anyone own a division watch replica? i just bought mine today from a seller who hasnt opened it since he bought it from launch. The watch doesnt work and i tried replacing the battery. is it just a faulty battery?

[radiant wharf]

From a guy that didn't touch it for 8 years, it might be.

[tulip cypress]

I'd love to have one of those but wow they're so rare to find

[rose vapor]

Googled it

There's so many u can buy

[tulip cypress]

seems like my browser's broken then

[rose vapor]

Just Google divison 2 watch

It's like $50-$75

@tulip cypress

[sage oracle]

when are the rainbow six siege servers for pc users up

@moderator

[tulip cypress]

That's not what the mods are for

[late vine]

This is the Division 2 discord

[radiant wharf]

And this isn't how @ works

[spring plover]

i mean the games simbols are not even similar for one to mistake this server with another

[modest pebble]

5 hours

[shy vine]

Goodbye xdefiant? I hear it’s shutting down

[sacred snow]

yea its official now

no new registration, everyone who paid for deluxe gets refunded, and servers stay on til June 2025

[shy vine]

Damm

Any news on where dev team will transition to? (Hopefully the division)

[sacred snow]

this new literally just came in like less than an hour ago

so too early for more detail

should’ve released on steam dumbo

[spring plover]

well apparently ubi doesnt like that

because investors can see the amount of people playing

[analog shadow]

Im actually shocked, its shutting down before the third season has even launched

Thats devastating

Its undeniable at this point there are problems within ubisoft

[chrome grove]

It still hurts me when I think about heartland man. Ubi please don’t throw that game in the dust it was pretty much done, it was fun

These decisions are insane

[analog shadow]

It probably already has been and we will most likely never get more footage of it

[chrome grove]

I was in the closed beta and I can’t understand why it got canceled. That game was almost ready and super fun. Whoever takes decisions in ubi seriously, has to go. It’s crazy

[analog shadow]

I think whats more concerning here is, what happens next, what about other games, if they keep losing money ubi might be done for, they need an actual 10/10 game to save their asses right now

But they still haven’t even released a trailer for anything people care about

[chrome grove]

I mean at this point idk what profitable games are left? Other than probably AC and R6S? It’s kinda scary ngl they took some horrible decisions in the last few years

[analog shadow]

Ghost recon and splinter cell are pretty much the only games seemingly in development aside from AC and as well for honor still makes money for ubi

[spring plover]

prince of persia remake

or that got cancelled?

[analog shadow]

Is that a thing?

[chrome grove]

Lol

[analog shadow]

I didn’t think there was a remake for it

[spring plover]

it was announced, had an ugly trailer, they delayed to make it better after that feedback

[analog shadow]

Anyways yeah no unless splinter cell or ghost recon release next year ubi might be cooked because I highly doubt ac shadows is gonna pull the numbers they want after all its controversy

[random skiff]

"controversy" is a strong word.

[analog shadow]

I mean they based a story on a character who turned out to have 90% of the history made up but ignoring that, it just really doesn’t seem that polished

[random skiff]

Oh cmon, don't be "that guy".
Disappointed, honestly.

[analog shadow]

Like Im just gonna go play the next Ghost game when that comes out, those devs make good Japanese games

[analog shadow]

I don’t care about his race, I care about the fact that they based a story on a character who’s history was revealed to have been completely made up

Like it was a big deal when it came out

I was still intending to buy the game until more gameplay came out too

I just don’t think the game looks that great

Pretty certain it was also confirmed a long time ago its another rpg ac game

[spring plover]

i like samurais, i just dont care about AC

[analog shadow]

AC is being milked because they know its one of the last games people buy consistently

[spring plover]

jokes on them i was a nobunaga fanboy before it was cool

[hoary harbor]

Everyone was begging for an AC set in feudal japan

Then they announced shadows and everyone took it back after the trailer😭

At this point ghost of Tsushima probably does it better than shadows will

[analog shadow]

And the sequel is already confirmed coming

I have more faith in the sequel that has no gameplay shown yet than Shadows

[hoary harbor]

I've been playing through syndicate again with the next gen update and have a new appreciation of it

[spring plover]

just play onimusha 3 again

it has jean reno and samurais

that should be more than enough

[hoary harbor]

Jean Reno did videogame work?

[spring plover]

yes

onimusha 3

new progression and rewards

[soft wave]

Play Ghost of Tsushima!

[soft wave]

Unfortunately not.

xDefiant will be shut down, folks: https://www.ubisoft.com/xdefiant-our-message-to-players

[soft wave]

Brow?

[random skiff]

Please avoid pinging me about this kind of topic in the future, I very much do not agree with the statements being made.

[soft wave]

Still being milked, that is. Assassin's Creed has been milked since Assassin's Creed Brotherhood.

[hoary harbor]

At least the games were good

[random skiff]

Finally saw the Last of Us show, was not expecting John Hannah within minutes, pleasantly surprised.

[sacred snow]

who was it that asked about where the devs for xd is going?
https://x.com/_Tom_Henderson_/status/1864095029519647111

[modest pebble]

man

took ya long enough

great show

i do not remember that show coming out in 2023

google must be lying

[random skiff]

I watch new things at an absolutely glacial rate.

[frigid salmon]

Bye bye Xdefiant, we hardly know you.
What was Heartland again ?

[tulip cypress]

dead

[hoary harbor]

If you haven't watched fallout you totally should

[random skiff]

I was brow-beaten into watching that on launch day, and I do not regret it.
Currently looking for the next thing that's nearly as good as either of those shows.

[umbral lake]

That...was like the most pathetic coup attempt ever.

Im @ korea btw

[random skiff]

Grats, but we honestly try and leave politics out of this server, it ends terribly every time it's brought up.

[sacred snow]

worst battlefield match ever

[radiant wharf]

XDefiant shutting down, I'm not surprised after ubisoft tried to make a battle royale called Hyperspace. Ubisoft sometimes come with "not so bad ideas" that could be improved in the future but they always refuse to elaborate further. Just like Hyperspace, just like Air mech back in the day (It was like a transformers strategy game).

[soft wave]

Do not forget about Ghost Recon Frontline, the worst announcement ever for the 20th anniversary of Ghost Recon franchise!

[sacred snow]

frontline never happend it was all a nightmare

[tranquil haven]

literally canceled the project like 1-2 weeks after 💀 people did not like that at all lmao

"Hey guys we know you love ghost recon, and we know what you guys like so here's a battle royale"

[spring plover]

problem with GR is that it's formula got stale after 2 games

so have to do big redesigns, a battle royale/extraction just wasnt it

and ubi is obsessed with live service to try to get something like siege and for honor again

both seem more like lightning a bottle each day

[analog shadow]

Actually thats not the case

Breakpoint actually took very little from wildlands in terms of gameplay/open world

Wildlands works because most of the missions are simple 1 or 2 objectives while still having some amount of story, then you could always replay resource side missions that were going across the map

Wildlands works because the map is constantly alive and the missions are fun despite being basic

Breakpoint has to literally spawn stuff right next to the player for its world to feel alive

Breakpoint did so bad because ignoring all the bad decisions, it simply didn’t have stuff that made wildlands work

[spring plover]

wildlands suffered from farcry outspost syndrome of a sniper with silencer removes 95% of the game issues

[analog shadow]

Thats due to enemy engagement range

Something thats actually significantly worse in breakpoint

[sacred snow]

thats a deliberate gameplay choice by the devs btw
their engagement range can be tuned to go up to like 200-300m, also much much more sensitive to suppressors

maybe for wildlands its a technical issue given that sometimes shit beyond 300m would just not render properly and look like a texture blob for optimization but breakpoint?they really just went the baby route sith it

and gameplay wise this could just be me but i enjoy the gunplay n movement in breakpoint better, its smoother, more polished(on that specific point) and more tight on the controls

the actual content of WL is better but BP did some of that better too

[analog shadow]

Breakpoint has the same issues as wildlands but more noticeable

Its the same game engine with little improvement

The only actual thing breakpoint does legitimately better is gameplay and movement

[soft wave]

One thing I hated about it is Ubisoft had already shoved "battle royale/extraction" in Ghost Recon Wildlands with Mercenaries Mode, and it flopped so hard than Walker outfit has been given away since 2022 at in-game store. Then Ubisoft tried to make a whole game about it. 🤦

[analog shadow]

But the ai almost takes a downgrade in return

[analog shadow]

People modded and messed with the files in breakpoint just to make the game harder because of this too

The engagement range in breakpoint is laughably bad for how open the spaces are and how much more strong the player is

[sacred snow]

this much is true

i think the next game could literally be a wildlands remake with the same gunplay n movement as breakpoint and it’d do well.
well,depending on the climate at ubi anyway

[spring plover]

Personal take is that breakingpoint was beyond salvation because devs had to wrestle control for the game over the suits, when they were able to work in the things they truly wanted, game was already walking the plank sadly

[analog shadow]

Its not even a personal take, they quite literally changed and cancelled more than half the original content plans

Like first of all, the game was meant to be live service with battlepasses, but the battle pass was so broken they canned it and gave the entire first one out for free, then they canned the second raid which would’ve added another island, then the second paid dlc got completely reworked from the ground up

Blame the executives

The devs were not given the time they needed

[spring plover]

Third DLC was the reworked one

[analog shadow]

No, second

Nothing was announced aside from the year 1 content

Past year 1 was almost entirely improvised

[spring plover]

Second had you rescuing someone, third one got reworked into the weird new faction hunt

[analog shadow]

I think you are confused because the first dlc is referred to as episode 2

And the second is episode 3

[spring plover]

I remember 3 paid content, splinter cell, rescuing your former teamate, stopping biological weapons being sold to evil faction

[analog shadow]

Those first two are the same dlc

The splinter cell crossover was tied to the actual story

[spring plover]

Okay which was the first paid content then

[analog shadow]

Yes

That is the first one

The second one is the bio weapon shit

The second one was a completely reworked story, thats why it basically ties into nothing of the story

[spring plover]

Guess i was splitting the splinter cell in two in my memory

[analog shadow]

It really sucks to because it seemed like they planned or wanted to do sleeper agent type storyline but just couldn’t do it due to budget and lack of funding

[spring plover]

No pun intended

It was going to be about evil robots becoming too smart

[analog shadow]

Tbf that basically went nowhere

Like it had no relevance in the first dlc at all

[spring plover]

Cause it got scrapped

[analog shadow]

No first dlc was completely untouched if I recall

[spring plover]

It was about program to brainwash someone to be able to control multiple drones at the same time from what i remember

[analog shadow]

The first dlc is what sets up the sleeper agent thing but then what happened to midas never gets brought up again and you never speak to your past teammates ever in any future updates

[analog shadow]

Either of us could be correct idk

Actually no the main villain of the first dlc was the one doing the drone controlling

[spring plover]

Wasnt your original teamate brainwashed?

[analog shadow]

Never gets elaborated on

They pretty much dropped the story entirely after episode 2

[sturdy igloo]

Damn Path of Exile 2 is sold out in Steam

[uncut pelican]

the Early Access?

[sturdy igloo]

Hmm I think only on Steam but on Poe website i think you can still get it

[random skiff]

Can you just not add it to your cart, or is it a "can't check out" situation?

[sturdy igloo]

Ok you can still add to cart

I think it will take some time to generate a key for you after purchase

[safe plover]

pizza

[soft wave]

That was going to be "Transcendence" DLC, which got cancelled.

[modest pebble]

mfs ran out of key numbers

its possible if the key isnt that long

[random skiff]

I assume it's more to do with spaces in the limited early server.

Although an MMO with Servers in my region, I'm very happy that it's going to be big.

[sturdy igloo]

There were queues up to 10k so most likely

[sturdy igloo]

Seems the consensus is the game is more Souls-like than Diablo-like

[viral umbra]

Feels like a dodge roll simulator

Disappointing honestly

Good thing it’s in early access. They have things to fix, for sure

GGG are geniuses though. Get people to pay to beta test their ftp game.

[sturdy igloo]

damage scaling is too high against the player?

[sturdy igloo]

Looks like minion casters don’t need to roll too much

[modest pebble]

Ok

That didn’t happen

You don’t get to cashier age 16+ and not know your colour blind

[verbal yacht]

I been thinking

If ubisoft put more effort in collab with Girl Frontline back then

Both Division 1 and 2 might get weapon skin of specific T-Doll or Faction Emblem for patch

KCCO, Griffin & Kryuger, Paradeus, Sangvis Ferri

[spring plover]

Well second game came out recently

[analog shadow]

Wasn’t that like, over a year ago

Also ubi has had quite a consistent track record of crossovers being mostly one sided across all their titles

[spring plover]

well i am using something from that as my current PFP

[verbal yacht]

Iirc, Collab was same time as Survival Expansion as GFL collab story are about Group of T-Doll as well Commander do a Survival run

[frozen sparrow]

it was in 2021

do you think survival would be so popular if it launched with a collab with some gacha garbage?

[spring plover]

depends if count when the event happened in global servers or chinese one

[verbal yacht]

Dare you saying that again on mobile game i find enjoyable to play
And FYI, it not practically gacha

It have gacha but only for dormitories furniture and t-doll skin which can get free from doing daily/weekly task for token or pay money for token

Most of T-Doll are map drop or Production use ingame resource(Food,Part,Doll Frame,Ammunition)

Which RNG based

[verbal yacht]

Story are all sunshine at the start

Then slowly turn to depression,warcrime,ptsd

[modest pebble]

razer viper v2 pro 50% off for anyone who needs a mouse

very good mouse, only 70 bucks

[tulip cypress]

off topic isn't for division talk dud

[blazing spoke]

doesnt hurt to try does it

also its not forbidden

[frozen sparrow]

ur asking in off-topic for something that is decidedly on-topic

[spring plover]

wouldnt be if we didnt have #td1-lfg , anyhow is better to not get things mixed up

[analog shadow]

Just a heads up, when you don’t have the role it says no access

[spring plover]

well thats a clue that they need to check their roles

[eager jungle]

Curved gaming screens, worth it? Or just hype? 🤔

[supple marsh]

honestly pointless unless they're like super ultrawide imo

oh boy I get slightly worse viewing angles on a 27/32 inch monitor for the slightest curve ever for no real benifits because you can already see the whole screen no problem

the whole immersion argument is dumb to me too at that point just buy like a quest or some other vr hmd and play games in one of the several theatre modes out there

[eager jungle]

My main concern was that between the screens I am looking at buying, the curved one is much cheaper. So I was curious if they had figured out it was actually complete crap to play on haha 😅

[modest pebble]

they are fine

VA panel tech is between IPS and TN

slightly worse color reproduction then IPS and slightly slower response times then TN

[eager jungle]

So, in the end, going with either an IPS or TN might be better if the price difference is minimal anyway?

[modest pebble]

nowadays TN has basically no place

IPS is fast enough and people who actually need the fastest response times can buy a OLED panel

[eager jungle]

Cool, thanks for the info 😊 👍

[shy vine]

Yo anyone up to help me?

[tulip cypress]

the hell is that thing

[radiant wharf]

Yup, wait until you're 18 and go get a minimum wage job to pay your college and get a piece of paper with your name on it, after your graduation pay for that gift of yours

[cyan lake]

Who tf up in Starbreeze decided to removed the free licensed dlc stuff from the game?

[spring plover]

key word is licensed

and licenses expire

even many years after launch and last update GTA 4 had to remove songs they lost license to

[spring plover]

we have specific rules about asking for that king of help, please dont do that again

[proper lodge]

6 months applying for jobs, 10 interviews, zero acceptances.

I absolutely hate the job market right now.

[sacred snow]

hey at least you dont major in CS

[viral umbra]

This NEVER happens with healthcare jobs. Before I retired I was always hired within 1-2 days of submitting my application. Interviews were formalities. They always turned into a tour of whatever hospital I was applying to and showing me the areas I’d most likely be working.

[proper lodge]

I went through two stints in computer science and web development.

[sacred snow]

rip bro

(im a CS major too)

(we're cooked)

[proper lodge]

Well, I guess a career as a doctor is in my future.

[proper lodge]

Think that was our fate two years ago, to be frank.

[sacred snow]

i could've chose an english major, maybe go teach people english but my short temper stops me from doing it

[proper lodge]

I don't socialize very well outside of my inner circle, which is why I took up computer science.

[sacred snow]

arent we all

[sweet girder]

It's awesome

[proper lodge]

I know. Beautiful, isn't it?

[sweet girder]

Mhm

I had to deal with that two years ago after a sudden lay off

[sweet girder]

Put keywords in it that they're looking for

[rugged lava]

thanks. i've been looking into some lists and suggestions about that

[analog shadow]

Helldivers 2 just shadow dropped the Illuminate and vehicles

As well as city planets

[void heart]

Ong. So damn insane with the cqc environment

Also very cool with the new enemies they use

[radiant wharf]

The job ratio in this version of earth is so broken right now, I wonder when the earth 2.0 update will come out to fix that.

[viral umbra]

Actually it was Respiratory Therapy. Worked 3 12 hour shifts a week. Pays $35-60/hr depending on which state you live in, the facility you work at, and whether you are part time, PRN (hourly with no benefits), or full time. Many hospitals offer a 10k-20k sign in bonus. If you work for a traveling company you get paid an hourly wage for a 8-16 week contract and provide you with a place to live and other benefits plus you get to visit all over the US on someone else’s dime. The schooling is only an associates degree, as well. SUPER easy and rewarding. There’s no better feeling than saving a life or helping one enter the world.

[viral umbra]

I have autism so don’t socialize well either. When I worked, I was in ICUs 99.99% of the time. My patients were on a ventilator and I really only had to deal with the nurses and the doc.

[modest pebble]

youll be fine

as long as your not trying to do basic enterprise java youll be fine

[proper lodge]

Still, I'm not comfortable with... messy situations when they inevitably happen.

[fickle nacelle]

anyone have a extra bulletking plx?

thanks in advance

[tulip cypress]

Wrong channel, plus that's not how sharing in Division works.

[worn epoch]

anyone know skills that will target rogue agents within the DZ? tossed a seeker cluster out at a group hunting me and it didnt engage :/

[sour moon]

Imagine we get a Division 1 remaster in 2026

[analog shadow]

Not happening, they are developing division 3, they aren’t gonna waste time making a remaster instead of a direct sequel

[sour moon]

It could release after Brooklyn DLC but before division 3

[analog shadow]

Did you completely ignore what I just said

Putting time away to develop a remaster for a game that isn’t very old when you have a direct sequel in development is not very smart

[rugged lava]

ubisoft is possibly getting bought out. they're in no position to put money into a throwback for a pretty niche product. we'll be lucky if div3 doesn't get cancelled if a buyout happens

[analog shadow]

Reminder that div 1 isn’t very old and still looks good

[sour moon]

Doesn't have to be Massive directly developing the remaster

[analog shadow]

Okay, counterpoint, wastes time for a second studio

Why would you even want a remaster

You can just go play the game normally

[sour moon]

Could bring in old and existing player base with a game thats liked

[analog shadow]

No?

Thats a waste of money

Thats the point of a sequel

[sour moon]

Division 3 is years away, to make some profit from the time until then, a remaster can be thought of, or of course, make everything cost in existing game

[analog shadow]

The division released 2016, has a live service sequel, and is getting another sequel

You do not need a remaster, div 1 favoritism is actually wild

If you want to play the game go play it

[hoary harbor]

Here's hoping the servers don't get shut off like the GEs did

[tribal trellis]

No a remaster cannot and should not be thought of, go play div1 if you want your remaster so bad 🙂

[strong silo]

This game doesn't even need a remaster. It looks better than 80% of the games out today

[solemn sparrow]

beebeebooboo

[simple narwhal]

hey, is anyone here a tabletop game master? a division ttrpg would be dope af
@ me to reply

some info about my ttrpg preferences: I like playing characters who are good at improvising creative solutions to ambiguous problems with multiple stakeholders, but my real-world ability to do this is limited, so I expect GMs to be on the side of the players and help them look good at all times while also allowing a bit of rollplay when I come up short. Voice chat and VTT are required; I'm most familiar with roll20 and foundry. I prefer GMs with good narration ability who can keep me immersed and engage through rich description. I also do not like supernatural or high-sci-fi elements in my games. I'm not looking for a paid GM at the moment, as I'm already in 2 pro campaigns.

[frozen sparrow]

it’s spelt “roleplay”

[simple narwhal]

"rollplaying" is a term used to describe players who use dice rolls to guide their characters' actions as opposed to "roleplay". It's often used pejoritavely, but it's a useful tool for when your character is smarter than you are.

[weak kite]

I doubt we are going to see the DLC this spring.

If 10¢ buys Ubi as the rumors say….. I doubt we will see D3 either.

This holiday special was terrible. Couldn’t even bring back the “bell ringer” emote.

[frozen sparrow]

how does that work… roll a d20 to see how many coins you steal from a peasant or what

[main drum]

I just got that, the carol emote, and Santa outfit from mailbox under special deliveries

So check your stash

[analog shadow]

This aged so unbelievably fast

[eager jungle]

IKR. The worst part is that you can't even delete the items in the mailbox. You are forced to pick them up and add them to your collection... Just give me the textiles instead! 😒

[weak kite]

Maybe one of the DEVs read my post; it was definitely NOT part of the original game plans for re-release.

[weak kite]

I did in fact receive it. I missed the “bell ringer” 2 years ago because I was in the hospital.

Thanks for the heads up.
👍🏻

[sacred snow]

its like dnd no?

[radiant wharf]

Am I the only one who put the YT videos that "I want to watch but got no time now" on the liked videos playlist instead of the watch later playlist, that is specifically designed for that?

[eager jungle]

I do it too. But only because I can't seem to find the "Watch later" option on my phone 😋

[errant ridge]

hi guys sorry maybe i should ask in this channel, but is are those two timed events you get each day worth doing?

[spring plover]

they give christmas cosmedics and extra XP/caches

[errant ridge]

ah right,

ty very much bird

[main drum]

The last hard project for Roosevelt Island gives a exotic cache and three exo components. And you run that once a day till the event is done

4 components for like 10 min of effort

[modest pebble]

cosmedics

[spring plover]

so you can make your medic cosplay as santa giving out gifts

[robust lantern]

hey @late vine

what's it like being a kettle

[hollow kiln]

Better than being the pot imo

[south pier]

i love pot

[hollow kiln]

Not that kind of pot

[viscid harbor]

Hello

[late vine]

Pretty chill, surprisingly.

[weak kite]

Just announced: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell movie CANCELLED by Paramount.

[craggy quarry]

directed by Uwe Boll

[modest pebble]

Oh no, anyways

[robust lantern]

more effort to TD3

(Speaking of which, I wonder if it'll have some of the mechanics scrapped alongside TD:HL)

[analog shadow]

Thats not how that works

[robust lantern]

Maybe, but it's less distractions for Ubisoft.

[analog shadow]

Most likely not as heartland was including mechanics that wouldn’t normally be possible for a hardcore looter shooter

Heartland was a very different game than the previous two divisions

[radiant wharf]

More like a future failure I guess.

[dawn galleon]

probally wont, besides TD2 did well, td3 probally will

[frozen axle]

The Holidays have come a little early this year🎄 Players have been granted the following in-game items:

🎅 Full Santa Outfit
🤮 Ugly Green Sweater
🕺 Jingle Bell and Christmas Carol emotes
🎁 Holiday Wrapping Universal Weapon Skin SAYS ISAC YET WHERE CAN IT BE FOUND? THANK YOU

[radiant wharf]

That's not how it works, just because a predecessor did well, doesn't mean the next one will be good and this applies to everything related to games, movies and sometimes artists too.

[subtle rune]

remember when div2 launched and felt terrible to play and then started crashing after 30min to an hour for a year straight and they had to launch WONY and re-work a ton of systems to make it feel better to play?
Remember when everyone loved Destiny so much they stopped playing destiny 2 when CoO came out because of how bad it was and they had to fundamentally rework most of the game's mechanics to make d2 playable?

[dawn galleon]

tbh my opinion since i never played close to release

[subtle rune]

yeah you weren't missin much the game was rough when it came out.

[radiant wharf]

Not only that, think about other ubi titles.

Think about far cry 3 and look far cry 6.
think about watch dogs 1 and look watch dogs legion.
Think about splinter and look... oh yeah, it's dead.

I'm not being aggressive, but why are you so sure that the division 3 will be great?