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I popped open and updated my Warframe last night, and got immediately lost. It's only been 3 years or so since I played, but can't seem to figure out how to do anything lol. They need a "refresher" tutorial for those of us too old to remember anything that long ;)
 
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Playing Warframe (again) as of late to catch up with the current news & trend. Im super hyped for a few things; new warframes especially Garuda & a new Primed weapon; Gram Prime. As a fan of great swords or 2-handed swords, I'm stoked in getting one for my collection. Still trying to catch Limbo Prime with what few radiant relics I have specifically for him... got the blueprint, 3 more parts to go.
 
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Playing Warframe (again) as of late to catch up with the current news & trend. Im super hyped for a few things; new warframes especially Garuda & a new Primed weapon; Gram Prime. As a fan of great swords or 2-handed swords, I'm stoked in getting one for my collection. Still trying to catch Limbo Prime with what few radiant relics I have specifically for him... got the blueprint, 3 more parts to go.
I got systems built, as yet to get the other three parts. I am still missing the Khora part that drops from wave 8, and I've been farming it since release. RNGesus hates me.
I popped open and updated my Warframe last night, and got immediately lost. It's only been 3 years or so since I played, but can't seem to figure out how to do anything lol. They need a "refresher" tutorial for those of us too old to remember anything that long ;)
Next time you see me on Steam drop me a PM. You can drag me kicking and screaming through all the BS you need to catch up on. Note: don't waste your time on the plains, they are pretty and exciting but fundamentally pointless. Get the Gara frame and three weapons - furax, stubber and the other crap gun I don't remember the name of that drop from there and then leave and never return unless you really want the Hunter mod set. Augur set is worth getting for Inaros+Hirudo combo as well. If you're desperate, build the 223 AMP as its the only one you'll ever need. It's worth doing the Plague Star event as and when it drops for the infested Zaws since the sword hilt is really really good - like Lesion good.

I pretty much exclusively play Warframe these days alongside WoW every once in a while, even though I can't stand the RNG anymore. It's gotten a lot worse and I frequently find myself falling asleep at the keyboard these days (getting older sucks). It's the only game I seem to get enjoyment out of though.
 
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@RCoon weird... I got Khora after completing 30 waves in Sanctuary Onslaught (Normal), maybe you should try 30 waves, if your party can handle it. Also, watch out for bad room host coz you may have a chance of getting DCed as DE may have not rectify this problem after launch day.

@RCoon & @Ahhzz may wanna add you guys too coz I might wanna play with y'all :D
 
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@RCoon weird... I got Khora after completing 30 waves in Sanctuary Onslaught (Normal), maybe you should try 30 waves, if your party can handle it. Also, watch out for bad room host coz you may have a chance of getting DCed as DE may have not rectify this problem after launch day.

@RCoon & @Ahhzz may wanna add you guys too coz I might wanna play with y'all :D
Not sure I have the will to do 30 solid waves of Sanctuary Onslaught :laugh: and my Steam ID is on my profile.
 
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@RCoon according to the drop table for Sanctuary Onslaught (Normal), Zone/Wave 8 is Rot. C, drops Khora Systems. Rot. A drops Chassis while B drops the Neuroptics/Helmet.

*edit* sent ya the request, anyone wants to add me for Warframe; Steam ID is Tsuki91.
 
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The lag fights have been cut out. But i still have the original, so let me know if you still wanna see how bad it freezes with some characters.

Aside that, if your computer can cut it (not even about the performance - more about the luck) this is one very good looking game! This is right there...just right there. Cuz no blood, so i guess I kinda would let my kids to play it, and for the very first time the women are not sexual exaggerated, which is also a major plus!

Add me a mod with some more characters like Dragon Ballz and more from the marvel universe, and with this graphics and very smooth animation fighting style you got an amazing game. But seriously you need to be lucky so your rig can handle it

I was quite a avid injustice 2 player when it came out on PS4, i mainly used Blue beetle for online matches and even got a simple combo list that was made by few pro injustice 2 players.
Here is one that I did save from a few of my online matches, most hits i've landed in one go at best is 9-12.

Not sure if i've shared it here before but i also did learn a few combo moves back on Mortal kombat X with reptile:
 
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@RCoon according to the drop table for Sanctuary Onslaught (Normal), Zone/Wave 8 is Rot. C, drops Khora Systems. Rot. A drops Chassis while B drops the Neuroptics/Helmet.

*edit* sent ya the request, anyone wants to add me for Warframe; Steam ID is Tsuki91.
I'm missing systems
 
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I’ve been playing some Frostpunk. Fairly challenging....probably because I’ve not had a lot of chance to devote large amounts of time to it yet.
it is the hardest rts i have ever played.
 
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If you have problems with Nier , search for the F.A.R mod that fix the rendering of the resolutions . Can unlock fps too over 60 fps but is not a thing you need if you already get 60 fps.
 
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Played some Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion to see how it compares to Stellaris (needed my memory jogged). I have to say Sins seems dumbed down by comparison, especially with how planet development has no overarching cost like Stallaris does with food and power credits. For better or worse, Sins is focused on galactic expansion and combat over micromanagement of the empire. Sins can also quickly devolve into a stalemate because of the capital ship and unit caps.

Then I played some Craft the World. Still don't like how slow paced it is but it's better than it was the last time I played it. Still really don't like how the tech tree is built around crafting stuff (often means spamming something just to meet the requirement to progress). Still an okay game all around.

Dig or Die left early access a few days ago so been playing that a lot. I think I'm close to beating it. Another okay game but I really don't care for the nightly onslaught. I mean, I wouldn't mind it if they dropped useful stuff but late game, they don't. Most drops late game are kind of worthless. Needs balancing or a broadened tech tree to use some of this stuff.
 

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I pretty much exclusively play Warframe these days alongside WoW every once in a while, even though I can't stand the RNG anymore. It's gotten a lot worse and I frequently find myself falling asleep at the keyboard these days (getting older sucks). It's the only game I seem to get enjoyment out of though.

The RNG in WoW you mean? How so? Thinking about getting back to the game...
 

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Played some Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion to see how it compares to Stellaris (needed my memory jogged). I have to say Sins seems dumbed down by comparison, especially with how planet development has no overarching cost like Stallaris does with food and power credits. For better or worse, Sins is focused on galactic expansion and combat over micromanagement of the empire. Sins can also quickly devolve into a stalemate because of the capital ship and unit caps.

Sins and Stellaris are so different it's hard to truly compare them IMHO, but you did a good job with sharing your perspective on it, I appreciate that! I mean ya they're both 4X, but Sins is more focused on RTS combat and is really more 4X-lite than anything...Ironclad would probably even admit their focus is on the eXterminate aspect.

Where Sins clearly is targeted and succeeds is combat...yes it's empire development/management-lite, very much so, and I wish it had more complexity to it (even something like what Dawn of Andromeda offered would be perfect here). Even with the E4X mod, which does help with research and some further management development, it can't make up for the intentional design implementations that Ironclad put in. Great game overall for RTS fans to ease into the 4X genre IMHO or just flat out fun for sci-fi space combat with some light empire development.

Stellaris is more Grand Strategy much like their other big titles, and not quite direct 4X territory..but close enough. Focusing more on the empire development... just a shame the game slogs on and gets boring, and then the combat...well I have nothing good to day about it here. I'd prefer GalCiv3's instanced hands-off combat to what Stellaris offers...it just doesn't do it for me. But for most folks that enjoy this title, it fits the bill. Don't get me wrong, Stellaris has a lot to offer...and I initially enjoyed post-2.0...but I've yet to get through a game before I get bored and go back to GC3, Polaris Sector, etc. games that I personally enjoy more. :)

Where both games succeed and shine is mod support, both have some amazing mods. I love the E4X + Star Wars Interregnum for Sins Rebellion...good fun if you like SW. There's plenty of others in different themes as well. There's some solid Stellaris mods, but I really haven't kept up on it since I put the game down shortly after 2.0 dropped.

I've been playing Distant Worlds Universe, and I gotta say between that and GalCiv3 lately my 4X fix has been really good overall. I mean combat isn't great in either of them, but I prefer it them overall to Stellaris. GalCiv3, being turn-based isn't in my preferred genre, but I'll be damned if the game is good enough that I truly enjoy it...and honestly TBS has worked well because I rarely have more than an hour of uninterrupted gaming time...and really it's probably closer to 15-minute intervals between work and kids lol! That could be the cause of be enjoying GC3 so much. But I really do enjoy it and almost every turn feels important, which I applaud Stardock on accomplishing. I feel GalCiv3 has really hit its stride, worth picking up GC3 Gold (includes Crusade) and Intrigue DLC if folks are interested in 4X that is like Civ in space IMHO. I'm not CIV player really...but GC3 is near the top of my most played in 2018 list. :D
 
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The RNG in WoW you mean? How so? Thinking about getting back to the game...
Oh WoW RNG is fine, you practically get tossed items on a whim these days. Warframe RNG is horrifying, and it's getting a lot worse. Average warframe aquisition time went from 281 minutes to 651 minutes.
 
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there is a good list of drop rate percentage on Warframe Wikia, ever since China asked DE specifically to disclose the drop chance of EVERY item in the game; from Warframe parts to relics. As a way to ensure players know what to expect... at least from what I know... it's still better than *cough* EA *cough* implementing the controversial lootbox system...
 

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Oh WoW RNG is fine, you practically get tossed items on a whim these days. Warframe RNG is horrifying, and it's getting a lot worse. Average warframe aquisition time went from 281 minutes to 651 minutes.
ewwww....less inclined to start back up now....
 

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I'm just enjoying the basic early story of Warframe, probably will quit it soon, its a fun game, but I just don't have time for that kind of game anymore. This is why WoW switched to its current model, just demographics grow older, less time for people, etc
 
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Do I need far mod if I play borderless window ?
Not that im aware of when i did use the FAR mod, i stopped using it after having 0 issues with the latest AMD drivers (during Nier automata release periods)
 
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Got to play a little bit of Ghost Recon Wildlands. Just testing them. I thought this game is strictly online only but there is singleplayer too. I bought this after some discussion with my office mates on what games to play coop with. Trying a bit of SP campaign. Pretty good so far. Thing is I got some huge pause (stutter) once in a while. Monitoring CPU usage sees it reach 100%. Looks like its one more reason to buy new CPU...after Witcher 3 and GTAV.

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Finished Dig or Die. Game has more content than I thought it did. Escaping from the planet is particularly difficult because you can't fight back for a while. If you like Terraria-esque games, might as well have a go at it.

Thinking I'll play Red Faction: Guerilla Re-Mars-tered next. A few months back, I started replaying Red Faction: Guerilla but lost motivation to keep going. Hopefully I'll make it all the way through the remaster. I'm not entirely sure what they even changed. The game has aged pretty well.

Edit: Pretty much the only thing I see changed is adding support for Steam Controller and everything that entails (can define axis individually).

I'm quickly running out of steam to replay it... :(
 
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Playing battlefront 2,I don't think I've had as much fun playing online as I'm having in these 4 vs 4 hero games since my Quake III Arena days. I've noticed for the past 2-3 days it's been hard to find 7 people for a game.Weird cause even last week there were plenty.
 
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