hey Murphy5360, welcome to this little group we have here.
I try to avoid mp, in all games. if I could play an mmo in a single-player campaign type setting I would... lol
as for starlancer & freelancer I still have both, been a while since I've played em. though I think I prefer terminus, but the "lancers" are still fun to me.
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#5252
Posté 10 avril 2015 - 06:41
Peregrinus
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@Murphy5360 Welcome to the group!
#5253
Posté 10 avril 2015 - 06:48
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If we were to go into a multiplayer game, you'd be stuck holding my hand since I've never played one. Not even sure how to start such an undertaking.
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Posté 10 avril 2015 - 08:36
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Well, you start on Bronze with level 1 characters and crap weapons, like everyone else.If we were to go into a multiplayer game, you'd be stuck holding my hand since I've never played one. Not even sure how to start such an undertaking.
Then, when you're feeling your oats, you try a Silver mission. If you're lucky, you join a game with 3 rock stars, and they carry your sorry ass through 11 rounds, as happened to me many a time. Then profit. Then the addiction starts and you spend every waking hour trying to upgrade weapons, earn those ridiculous banners (why do i love them?), unlock new characters and weapons, etc. Or not.
Anyway, I'm always up for a game, even if it's just me carrying a n00b through a Bronze or Silver match. I can barely make it through a Gold match solo, so I'm not sure I'd recommend that experience early on. Platinum still scares me, even with 3 absolute rock stars. I'm afraid they'll expose me as a fraud and kick me.
[Edit:] The thing I like about it is it's cooperative. I'm not really into the beating-the-crap-outta-your-friends kind of games. The other thing I like is that it's ME: you already know the controls from hundreds of hours of SP.
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#5255
Posté 10 avril 2015 - 10:27
ManleySteele
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Let me finish this extended playthrough and I'll make a support type character if you're going to take the lead. I'm open to suggestions for a character class to support your leader. I'll have to make a SP game and get used to its idiosyncrasies first, though.
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Posté 10 avril 2015 - 11:24
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You can play any class you want on Bronze - whatever is fun for you. You can switch classes/races between missions and see what you like. The hardest part I found in going from SP to MP was that you no longer have a pause button, so you have to have your powers mapped and get fluid with them. I never really used any powers in SP via KB, I would always pause and mouse-click -- can't do that here.Let me finish this extended playthrough and I'll make a support type character if you're going to take the lead. I'm open to suggestions for a character class to support your leader. I'll have to make a SP game and get used to its idiosyncrasies first, though.
Your characters in MP have nothing to do with the SP characters. Just log in, pick a character type and a couple of weapons, and go!
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Guest_Cyan Griffonclaw_*
Posté 11 avril 2015 - 10:40
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I know it's been a few weeks since I last posted inside this group, but I've been busy packing and not moving. It's been a very frustrating 2015. I've also been reading fan fiction and it makes me sad that our beloved franchises are being butchered by the same company (not the same people) that delivered them.
Anyway, I am asking any member here to help me make a video (or even better, help me collaborate on a video) that sums up our frustrating experience with Bioware with emphasis on the franchises after EA acquired the studio. I want to use gameplay footage from Origins, DA2, Inquisition, Mass Effect trilogy and Star Wars: Old Republic.
I am also aware of the copyright takedown, so maybe hand-drawn comics can replace the gameplay footage. If anyone is interested, please email me at djelias@yahoo.com. Just put in the title of the email, "EA/Bioware video help" and just state what you can do on this.
The deadline for the video is May 15th. The last Friday before the 19th. The video will be released on May 19th to coincide with the six-month anniversary of the game's release.
Who knows? We can start a channel together on YouTube that evolves around PC gaming in general.
#5259
Posté 11 avril 2015 - 10:58
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@cyan
I'd like to help... however, I don't have a mike, nor video editing tools, but I can draw, though I'm not much of an animator. you might try taking quotes written in this forum and placing them in the video. if so, feel free to use any of mine.
I'd like to help... however, I don't have a mike, nor video editing tools, but I can draw, though I'm not much of an animator. you might try taking quotes written in this forum and placing them in the video. if so, feel free to use any of mine.
#5260
Posté 11 avril 2015 - 11:33
Peregrinus
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@Cyan GriffonClaw If the video is a commentary piece, it should fall under the fair use reg.
#5261
Posté 12 avril 2015 - 11:11
Sylveria_Relden
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I'd like to invite everyone who hasn't seen the "latest and greatest" in the PC Concerns forum regarding DA:I to check it out.
We had a few recent trolling attempts that I've (hopefully) put the fizzle to. Needless to say I think everyone who is still concerned should voice such concern so that people realize we're still very serious about the fact that we laid money on a game that some of our concerns still have yet to be addressed.
I've always and will always have your backs in this- and I'm not just going to "go away" because it's an inconvenience or embarrassment to EA/Bioware, either. If you see me gone from the community- it means I've been "silenced" or otherwise censored- and you should then question the viability of the same happening to you.
#5263
Posté 13 avril 2015 - 07:14
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I'd like to invite everyone who hasn't seen the "latest and greatest" in the PC Concerns forum regarding DA:I to check it out.
We had a few recent trolling attempts that I've (hopefully) put the fizzle to. Needless to say I think everyone who is still concerned should voice such concern so that people realize we're still very serious about the fact that we laid money on a game that some of our concerns still have yet to be addressed.
I've always and will always have your backs in this- and I'm not just going to "go away" because it's an inconvenience or embarrassment to EA/Bioware, either. If you see me gone from the community- it means I've been "silenced" or otherwise censored- and you should then question the viability of the same happening to you.
will do and participate. My pleasure.
#5264
Posté 13 avril 2015 - 11:20
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Well hello all.. Im back.. 2 weeks with no internet was pretty kard.. And ive done prison time! Shwew!
Hows everyone been?
Who "Roland" btw? On Steam? Ive gotten several of you friended via steam, but im not sure if/which of you is Roland?!
@Sylverius.. Ahh.. I see im needed.. MMy absense has emboldened the Faithful... We shall see..!!!
#5265
Posté 13 avril 2015 - 02:15
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I've mainly been working a lot and playing a bit of ESO (among other things) my handle on ESO if anyone ever needs to find me in-game is @Sylveria_Relden as well FYI.
Been trying to correct a few issues with my the department I manage at work, and of course as always, if people aren't doing their jobs it's my responsibility to ensure that it gets done regardless. (which usually means putting in lots of extra hours) Plus I've been pitching in with MIS/IT to help the new staff get acquainted to the organization- which being around for almost 22+ years I've got a decent grasp on organizational history and the people working for the agency, etc. so it helps them tremendously in troubleshooting and resolution. (I have an IT background as well, but I got out of the industry years ago for good reason... like the driving down of wages by offshoring IT staff for less pay, etc.)
Needless to say, I haven't "disappeared", I've been following the threads when I can, and my resolve if anything has galvanized.
#5267
Posté 13 avril 2015 - 05:35
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I've mainly been working a lot and playing a bit of ESO (among other things) my handle on ESO if anyone ever needs to find me in-game is @Sylveria_Relden as well FYI.
Been trying to correct a few issues with my the department I manage at work, and of course as always, if people aren't doing their jobs it's my responsibility to ensure that it gets done regardless. (which usually means putting in lots of extra hours) Plus I've been pitching in with MIS/IT to help the new staff get acquainted to the organization- which being around for almost 22+ years I've got a decent grasp on organizational history and the people working for the agency, etc. so it helps them tremendously in troubleshooting and resolution. (I have an IT background as well, but I got out of the industry years ago for good reason... like the driving down of wages by offshoring IT staff for less pay, etc.)
Needless to say, I haven't "disappeared", I've been following the threads when I can, and my resolve if anything has galvanized.
Dear Sylveria, what's "MIS"?
And on my side, been working a lot and also waiting for partners and clients to revert, and...my favorite part of the job, waiting for ass... ahem..clients to pay me!
A kind of expectation that does nothing to improve my mood, needless to say.
So, all in all .... I would say I'm ready to go troll hunting.
#5268
Posté 13 avril 2015 - 09:43
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I've mainly been working a lot and playing a bit of ESO (among other things) my handle on ESO if anyone ever needs to find me in-game is @Sylveria_Relden as well FYI.
Been trying to correct a few issues with my the department I manage at work, and of course as always, if people aren't doing their jobs it's my responsibility to ensure that it gets done regardless. (which usually means putting in lots of extra hours) Plus I've been pitching in with MIS/IT to help the new staff get acquainted to the organization- which being around for almost 22+ years I've got a decent grasp on organizational history and the people working for the agency, etc. so it helps them tremendously in troubleshooting and resolution. (I have an IT background as well, but I got out of the industry years ago for good reason... like the driving down of wages by offshoring IT staff for less pay, etc.)
Needless to say, I haven't "disappeared", I've been following the threads when I can, and my resolve if anything has galvanized.
Ive been thinking of hopping back into ESo as well.. Im not a fan of the f2p Model, which is why i suppoted/pre ordered CE ESO during the beta.. But after trudging along, a pthetic TES clone, without the TES highlights/meat, i gave up.. Think ive still got a Vet rank 2 Paladin, or Warden, or whatever they were called.. Templar?
#5269
Posté 13 avril 2015 - 10:22
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Hi all! I'm back too...returning from the black hole of new puppydom and internet outages lol! I tell you, this getting a puppy when you're over forty business is quite the same as getting one in your thirties... he's exhausting! Currently all my time is taken up on hump patrot since my boy burmese is too sweet to swat the puppy in the chops when he starts...Akira has a set in stone (lol) date with the scalpel on the 29th. 'Nuff said. 
What's the go with DA:I these days? Haven't played since patch 4, am I wrong to assume there is still no point in bothering?
I'd be up for ME MP but I seriously doubt my availability at the moment, maybe when puppy is older...
Look at that face though! Totally worth it all!
#5270
Posté 13 avril 2015 - 10:49
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... but will he look so happy afterwards? 
Haven't bothered updating DA:I since patch 2.
Don't have ME3 and don't intend to get it at this point.
Playing PoE and TW2 currently.
#5271
Posté 14 avril 2015 - 12:26
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... but will he look so happy afterwards?
/snip
Heh! Spoken like a true man...
What can I say, the needs of the many and all that- many being in this case two cats, a rabbit and Me! 
He'll still be just as happy anyway, I promise you.
I haven't been playing anything, 
I'd love to get back to ED soon. PoE is a bit too cerebral for my puppy challenged brain atm, but soon I hope to get back to it. I was playing Spec Ops the Line until last week, might have to jump back in on that.
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Guest_Cyan Griffonclaw_*
Posté 14 avril 2015 - 01:28
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Part II of Bioware's Eulogy:
Origins set the bar so high, it made other game developers take notice. It may have been awesome job offers by rival companies or just one of those horrible realities of being an acquisition by Electronic Arts. Somewhere along the way, Bioware lost grip of it franchises and is watching their credibility diminish.
Whatever the cause of the decline, it wasn't going to manifest itself right away. Star Wars, Star Trek, StarCraft and a few other notable franchises dominated what games would represent in the science fiction category. Then Bioware uncorked an intelligent, player-immersive, science fiction opera that was called Mass Effect. You were Commander Shepherd and you had to save a galaxy from a super alien race called the Reapers. You were given command of the Normandy, a prototype stealth reconnaissance starship, to take you onto a galaxy-wide adventure.
Just like the memorable characters of Alistair, Morrigan, Leliana, Sten, Wynne, Shale, Zevran, Oghren and your own dog... Mass Effect gave you Kaiden, Ashley, Wrex, Garrus, Tali and Liara. Mass Effect brought together a first-person shooter and an excellent storyline that generated even more accolades for Bioware.
Then Awakenings happened. It was a poorly-executed expansion that had some new elements worthy of mention in Dragon Age canon. It was the first time I ever experienced a game from Bioware that failed to launch. I had to wait a few days to overcome the import issues and a script that was corrected by a community modder. Once that was done, I was able to progress through and enjoyed the story. All of the DLC were worth owning especially if you wanted to see Leliana's backstory or follow Morrigan through an Eluvian mirror or battle through an old thaig of inert golems.
The much-anticipated sequel to Mass Effect delivered an even better UI and mechanics system to the series. The sequel allowed a lot of flexibility in how to deal with a dark new threat against humanity. You could rush through the main plot and make a one-way trip to the Collector homeworld or you can gather allies, hire new crewmembers and collect resources to insure no one gets left behind. Bioware once again created new friends that were memorable like Subject Zero, Legion, Samara, Grunt, Thane and Jacob. We were introduced to an AI that would evolve later in the finale. The accompanying DLC bridged the gap of what was to come later in the final episode.
Dragon Age 2. A well-written narrative by Hawke that continues where Origins had left us. BUT IT WAS A LAZY EFFORT. It also failed to launch, blah, blah... Okay. I'm tired. I need to continue this. This next part is where I'm going to be negative and I hate that. I hate that I have to go there.
#5273
Posté 14 avril 2015 - 09:50
Rizilliant
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I believe ME came before DA:O Cyan..
#5274
Posté 14 avril 2015 - 11:12
Lady Mutare
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Has there been an honest review of DAI for the PC yet?
#5275
Posté 14 avril 2015 - 11:47
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I believe ME came before DA:O Cyan..
Origins began development long before Mass Effect, but ME wound up being released first.
http://en.wikipedia....on_Age:_Origins
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Mass_Effect
