Author Topic: Games You're Playing Right Now V - "Ah ha ha...I have killed a lot of people." (Read 164823 times)

Think Komachi with a Rifle · « **Reply #180 on:** December 10, 2013, 06:32:41 PM »

I started playing FF XI (as a result of the steam sale)
some interesting points:

The market contains no low level gear
You must solo to lvl 99 (many months of pain) unless you can find a group (can do the whole thing in 1 day)
As a beginer you have no money as most gil sinks are early game (maps how I hate thee); end game uses other currencies
having to get to lvl 30 and then pull out tons of "I Stealth/Invisible through this lvl 75 area" cheese to get a real class (which you then need to start at lvl 1 with) is painful
so is the subjob quest (although that's a major power spike to you)
levelling mages solo is a nightmare having to grind against things on the threshold of not granting me exp (mobs like 10 levels bellow me)

Rei Scarlette · « **Reply #181 on:** December 10, 2013, 10:15:02 PM »

Quote from: Think Komachi with a Rifle on December 10, 2013, 06:32:41 PM

I started playing FF XI (as a result of the steam sale)
some interesting points:
The market contains no low level gear
You must solo to lvl 99 (many months of pain) unless you can find a group (can do the whole thing in 1 day)
As a beginer you have no money as most gil sinks are early game (maps how I hate thee); end game uses other currencies
having to get to lvl 30 and then pull out tons of "I Stealth/Invisible through this lvl 75 area" cheese to get a real class (which you then need to start at lvl 1 with) is painful
so is the subjob quest (although that's a major power spike to you)
levelling mages solo is a nightmare having to grind against things on the threshold of not granting me exp (mobs like 10 levels bellow me)

A steam sale? Ugh, fair warning, SE is not trying to improve this game in the slightest anymore and they are actively making it worse with each update. I'm not trying to drive you away from the game or anything by saying that, but I think you should definitely know it. As long as you know what you're getting in to, well, good luck! I hope it's still enjoyable for you. XI had a great run, but it's going downhill fast now.

>Unfortunately the market has been this way for several years. I suppose that's probably the playerbase's fault, I can't blame SE for this one. But yeah, good luck finding equipment.
>And you still need to do the level cap quests at 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, and 95 even if you do manage to find a group who is willing to let you leech for free, which is very unlikely. I would spend most of my days helping out players with these specific quests. You'd be surprised how many people I helped out daily because nobody else at all wanted to. It's a shame.
>Actually, you do use Gil forever, the other currencies are strictly for use with specific matching NPCs to get items or key items of some sort. Between players, Gil is the only real currency. (this is actually worse because Gil is arguable harder to come by than the other currencies)
>I know your pain. At least it's good practice though. Depending on how quickly you can learn the aggro system, you may end up finding sneak/invisible worthless at some point.
>Yeah, it's ridiculous how the subjob quests take two easy items and one from a far harder type of enemy that you definitely can't kill at Lv18 with the default 6 jobs.

>Where and at what level are you having problems with this? Perhaps I could recommend a better spot(s) for you. Solo fighting and EXP gain in general has been improved greatly over the years and I thought it was pretty easy to solo as mages compared to some other jobs.

Think Komachi with a Rifle · « **Reply #182 on:** December 10, 2013, 10:56:16 PM »

Quote from: SirBlueberry on December 10, 2013, 10:15:02 PM

A steam sale? Ugh, fair warning, SE is not trying to improve this game in the slightest anymore and they are actively making it worse with each update. I'm not trying to drive you away from the game or anything by saying that, but I think you should definitely know it. As long as you know what you're getting in to, well, good luck! I hope it's still enjoyable for you. XI had a great run, but it's going downhill fast now.

>Unfortunately the market has been this way for several years. I suppose that's probably the playerbase's fault, I can't blame SE for this one. But yeah, good luck finding equipment.
>And you still need to do the level cap quests at 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, and 95 even if you do manage to find a group who is willing to let you leech for free, which is very unlikely. I would spend most of my days helping out players with these specific quests. You'd be surprised how many people I helped out daily because nobody else at all wanted to. It's a shame.
>Actually, you do use Gil forever, the other currencies are strictly for use with specific matching NPCs to get items or key items of some sort. Between players, Gil is the only real currency. (this is actually worse because Gil is arguable harder to come by than the other currencies)
>I know your pain. At least it's good practice though. Depending on how quickly you can learn the aggro system, you may end up finding sneak/invisible worthless at some point.
>Yeah, it's ridiculous how the subjob quests take two easy items and one from a far harder type of enemy that you definitely can't kill at Lv18 with the default 6 jobs.

>Where and at what level are you having problems with this? Perhaps I could recommend a better spot(s) for you. Solo fighting and EXP gain in general has been improved greatly over the years and I thought it was pretty easy to solo as mages compared to some other jobs.

Today's patch weirdly had some decent quality of life improvements. More fast travel options mostly. Though I do hear a lot of abyssea hate for screwing the item market and making a lot of old content pointless due to ease of gear acquisition.

My issues with gil are with the sinks all being early, trading is fine having to buy maps/ spells is mostly a low level problem.

I was 27 or something when I finally killed enough of the rare mob (seriously I could farm 1/2 an hour max due to the spawns) with the ~20% droprate.

more issues with downtime or bad pulls i.e. sight aggro mob wanders in mid fight or spawns on me when healing.

chema1994 · « **Reply #183 on:** December 11, 2013, 10:48:35 AM »

Wargame Airland Battle (Cold War RTS) because the new free DLC is out
Some Warthunder, really looking forward to the new update

triangles · « **Reply #184 on:** December 11, 2013, 03:19:54 PM »

While I'm not personally playing it, my sister finally started Mother 3 so I've been helping her out with it and enjoying her commentary and reactions. Highlights including the shock that is Chapter 1's concern for your family members, getting to play as a monkey, all of the cute save froggies, Ultimate Chimera and the return of

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I can't wait to see when she gets to the literal nostalgia trip in Chapter 8 (and the ending, for that matter....)

FamilyTeam · « **Reply #185 on:** December 11, 2013, 06:51:48 PM »

My copy of COD: Ghosts arrived and... I can now see why XboxAhoy said this game was the "dying embers of the Call Of Duty franchise". It's really nothing special. If you though Black Ops 2's campaing felt dull, well, Ghosts' campaingn then is BEYOND dull.
Also, you are fighting South Americans in this game. I can't help but feel uncomfortable with this, being Brazilian myself. If they manage to offend Brazilians players with this, it can be quite dangerous for the game sales, COD is really popluar here, and it got even more popular after that whole Hayashii (A well-known brazilian Youtuber) getting close to James C. Burns (Woods voice actor in Black Ops) incident around Black Ops 2's reveal.

Reddyne · « **Reply #186 on:** December 11, 2013, 08:02:25 PM »

Making yet another half-hearted swing at Borderlands 2. The first couple didn't go so well because my friends and I seem to have unreliable schedules. Hence, I'm technically playing solo but allowing a few friends to hop in whenever they're free. I'm playing as Maya and will be trying to pimp out her phaselock skill. I really like Gaige, but the anarchy stuff seemed like a chore to juggle and I like precision shots and reloading ad nauseam. I also like how all the guns have a gimmick now, but still default to Jakobs ones because they're reliably vanilla. Who needs a pistol that has to be fired 8 times in quick succession before becoming relevant instead of a revolver that's more powerful and accurate from the first shot?

FamilyTeam · « **Reply #187 on:** December 12, 2013, 02:22:18 AM »

I finished COD: Ghosts campaign...
That's the most ridiculous and implausible ending in video-gaming history, Seriously.
Here is how it goes:

Spoiler:

That's litteraly the stupidest way to force a sequel possible.
For fucks sake, I wouldn't pull a more ridiculous ending out of my arse if I tried.
No seriously, this ending is so stupid and implausible that I didn't even want to put the spoiler tag in it. I doubt COD will be alive in 2 years to pull out this sequel anyway, so

Spoiler:

In fact, READ THE BLOODY SPOILER. I'm pretty sure you'll laugh at just how stupid that ending is.

Jq1790 · « **Reply #188 on:** December 12, 2013, 05:34:06 AM »

Playing Eternal Sonata, currently at Mt. Rock. Geez the enemies here are strong, way stronger than the area before. Especially those freaking L'Opera Generals. Of course, if I get those into the shade...

Currently at about level 30 to 33, with a party of Jazz, Frederick, and Polka. I feel kinda bad for March. Haven't used her even once yet.

The Greatest Dog · « **Reply #189 on:** December 12, 2013, 01:20:51 PM »

Quote from: Jq1790 on December 12, 2013, 05:34:06 AM

Playing Eternal Sonata, currently at Mt. Rock. Geez the enemies here are strong, way stronger than the area before. Especially those freaking L'Opera Generals. Of course, if I get those into the shade...

Currently at about level 30 to 33, with a party of Jazz, Frederick, and Polka. I feel kinda bad for March. Haven't used her even once yet.

Jazz is so good, Frederick is so good, Polka... kinda gets relegated to cleric duties with Earth Heal until she manages to get Disruption Wave. March racks up echoes better than most characters, so she's useful in that regard.

Jq1790 · « **Reply #190 on:** December 12, 2013, 07:50:50 PM »

Quote from: Fast Fanatic on December 12, 2013, 01:20:51 PM

Jazz is so good, Frederick is so good, Polka... kinda gets relegated to cleric duties with Earth Heal until she manages to get Disruption Wave. March racks up echoes better than most characters, so she's useful in that regard.

I dunno, Polka isn't too terrible when she can get an Echo'd Nether Wave off. Earth Heal is still quite good though. In Chopin's case, I was SO happy when he learned Spirits Pathway. Sacred Signature was so terrible... Plus I love usong Coup de Grace to push enemies into light or darkness to weaken them. Jazz, meanwhile, is basically a murder machine woth boatloads of HP. His range is absolutely fantastic, and I love it. Heat Blade is really good for being a first skill.

Ionasal kkll Solciel · « **Reply #191 on:** December 13, 2013, 12:42:14 AM »

Where water meets cliff, there will inevitably be collision errors:

And how did I manage getting the exact same percentage on three songs:

Andrew · « **Reply #192 on:** December 13, 2013, 02:26:19 AM »

Currently playing the HD version of Spelunky. I used to enjoy playing the original freeware version a lot until I lost my save file. Got the new version from a Steam sale a couple weeks ago. Lately, I've been trying to clear

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, and just recently, I made it all the way up to the boss. I can reach the

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fairly often at this point, and I've gotten pretty decent at killing Olmec, even without bombs, so it's just a matter of figuring out the

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boss' pattern, and I'll have that area cleared in no time!

Tamer Anode/Cathode · « **Reply #193 on:** December 13, 2013, 03:09:47 AM »

Revisiting Sonic 2 now that the remastered iOS/Android port is out. I like the overhaul the programmer in charge has given it, but on the other hand... touch controls and that game's special stages should never, ever mix.

Keegster2 · « **Reply #194 on:** December 14, 2013, 12:58:04 AM »

As an early Christmas present, I am now an official owner of Minecraft. I don't know what to start with, so I'm just building stuff for no reason.

DX7.EP · « **Reply #195 on:** December 14, 2013, 01:18:46 AM »

Been playing Starbound after lots of pressure from others. Pretty fun and trumps Terraria at its own sandbox Metroidvania approach.

Rei Scarlette · « **Reply #196 on:** December 15, 2013, 07:42:57 AM »

After having completed everything there is to do in a regular file, I've gone right back to FFIV Complete Collection and started a Cecil solo run. Or to put it differently, I'm doing as I do with every game and squeezing out every last hour of playtime I can manage :V

It's actually much easier than I expected... until the first fight with Scarmiglione. You cannot damage those zombie helpers of his with a Dark Sword for more than 1 per hit, so it came down to spamming Darkness for non-elemental damage at the cost of my own HP to get rid of those. It took about 4 rounds of my max HP down to ~60ish before those guys were down, so I'm glad I had the foresight to buy 99 Potions. I wasn't sure when they'd come in handy, but I had this feeling like I would need them.

The second fight immediately afterwards is laughably easy in comparison. Although Scarmiglione2 is undead, he doesn't have the same dark resistance as those zombies do. Basically set it to autobattle and won the fight. Now I'm a Paladin, and soaking up all the EXP for myself with everyone dead. I was level 23 before I got back to the base of Mount Ordeals, so things are gonna be pretty easy for a bit!

At some point, I will run into Trap Doors which lock on then use Ninth Dimension for an instant kill. This sounds troublesome, considering I keep everyone except Cecil dead (so they don't draw attacks away from me, this is solo) Not sure how I'll deal with them unless I can manage to farm Light/Lunar Curtains somewhere before then.

Garlyle · « **Reply #197 on:** December 15, 2013, 12:36:08 PM »

I don't know which version of FFIV it is that Complete Collection adheres to statistically, but if it's like the original Hard Type, you can expect to level up to level 80+ for demon walls simply because of the amount of damage they need to be dealt to be killed.

Mr. Sacchi · « **Reply #198 on:** December 15, 2013, 02:27:09 PM »

So I played Gone Home a few days back and got all of the journals... Well, let's just say that game made me smile :V

I seriously recommend it to anyone, though it's not worth the steam price, wait for a sale or something :derp:

Just be warned that though there's no way to die in the game, it's still really creepy.

trancehime · « **Reply #199 on:** December 15, 2013, 02:39:28 PM »

been playing Labyrinth Star recently, cute little dungeon crawler game. Finished it on Normal difficulty.

I would like to gauge interest in some sort of playthrough/LP thread for it for me to do it on a higher difficulty: either Hard or Extra (hardest difficulty).

KingofBaka · « **Reply #200 on:** December 15, 2013, 02:59:31 PM »

I managed to improve how far I got in Super Monkey Ball: Deluxes expert mode. I managed to beat Exam C(Stage 6), and I got to see the first Bonus stage at stage 10. Now, I am stuck at Zigzag Slopes which I think is stage 16. I know you have to keep your Momentum up but the slopes angle makes it impossible to go a certain way.

Other then that, I have been playing a lot of Project M and Brawl Minus.

FamilyTeam · « **Reply #201 on:** December 15, 2013, 06:02:26 PM »

I finished Call of Duty 4 for the millionth time now. I just love that game.

Ionasal kkll Solciel · « **Reply #202 on:** December 16, 2013, 09:10:16 AM »

I was doing pretty well in the Rock to the Rhythm Club Set... then I saw the boss song. Oblivion is still pretty nuts for me to try in Pop mode. To my credit, I nearly managed a pass, but ran headlong into a section that I still don't have the skills to tackle yet.

Also, FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

Rei Scarlette · « **Reply #203 on:** December 16, 2013, 09:38:19 AM »

Quote from: Garlyle on December 15, 2013, 12:36:08 PM

I don't know which version of FFIV it is that Complete Collection adheres to statistically, but if it's like the original Hard Type, you can expect to level up to level 80+ for demon walls simply because of the amount of damage they need to be dealt to be killed.

Yeesh, that's pretty high for that point in the game. Well, I suppose I had that one coming, what with playing the game how it isn't meant to be played and such ^^; I'll just hope it doesn't come to that. I don't know which version the Complete Collection goes by either. I just know "not DS" because it's the only other one I played and it's that way-different one.

Update since I'm already here (not gonna fill the topic with FFIV, next will prolly be after the last Archfiend then endgame in the accomplishments topic)
About to enter Magnetic Cave/Lodestone Cavern. Cagnazzo fight was incredibly slow, boring, and "not meant for solo at level 30". He couldn't kill me, but the problem was I couldn't kill him, either. He went into his shell, gained a lot of defense, and started healing himself up instead of attacking... It was very clear after a couple minutes that the fight was going nowhere, getting in two or three hits depending on the timing (mostly just two hits) for 200~250 then him healing up for 560~. I set it to autobattle and came back about an hour later, saw him fade away about 3 hits later. I guess I got a good string of critical hits or something.

Now that I think about it, I could have probably used a Spider Silk to slow down his healing. What an idiot player I am! :V And I'm still of the opinion that 95% of items are worthless trash... I'll never learn.

The ⑨th Zentillion · « **Reply #204 on:** December 16, 2013, 10:03:46 AM »

Quote from: SirBlueberry on December 16, 2013, 09:38:19 AM

Cagnazzo fight was incredibly slow, boring, and "not meant for solo at level 30". He couldn't kill me, but the problem was I couldn't kill him, either. He went into his shell, gained a lot of defense, and started healing himself up instead of attacking... It was very clear after a couple minutes that the fight was going nowhere, getting in two or three hits depending on the timing (mostly just two hits) for 200~250 then him healing up for 560~. I set it to autobattle and came back about an hour later, saw him fade away about 3 hits later. I guess I got a good string of critical hits or something.

Now that I think about it, I could have probably used a Spider Silk to slow down his healing. What an idiot player I am! :V And I'm still of the opinion that 95% of items are worthless trash... I'll never learn.

He might've also run out of MP while you were gone for that hour, too. But, yes, items can be pretty helpful - especially considering Slow works on everything, including bosses. Also, the elemental attack items - you're going to need some ice ones for Rubicant... well if you make it past the Dark Crystal cave to even fight him. ...Or does that happen after? I've forgotten.

Garlyle · « **Reply #205 on:** December 16, 2013, 12:49:31 PM »

Quote from: SirBlueberry on December 16, 2013, 09:38:19 AM

Now that I think about it, I could have probably used a Spider Silk to slow down his healing. What an idiot player I am! :V And I'm still of the opinion that 95% of items are worthless trash... I'll never learn.

If Spider Silk exists, that means you're playing the Hard Type version (unless it's a new set of stats etc). In which case, yeah, you'd better learn to use these items because in a lot of cases these are going to be really really important for taking on a lot of opponents solo. (Their existance isn't in the easy type IV which can actually make it harder in other ways)

FamilyTeam · « **Reply #206 on:** December 16, 2013, 04:38:46 PM »

I'm going to buy Microsoft points (or whatever they're called these days) so i can get Call Of DUty Modern Warfare 3's Chaos Mode, something I always wanted to buy ever since it came out, but couldn't because of money issues and laziness.
Why do i want this gamemode, you may ask? JUST LOOK HOW CRAZY IT IS!

The ⑨th Zentillion · « **Reply #207 on:** December 16, 2013, 10:22:50 PM »

Quote from: Garlyle on December 16, 2013, 12:49:31 PM

If Spider Silk exists, that means you're playing the Hard Type version (unless it's a new set of stats etc). In which case, yeah, you'd better learn to use these items because in a lot of cases these are going to be really really important for taking on a lot of opponents solo. (Their existance isn't in the easy type IV which can actually make it harder in other ways)

I'm pretty sure only the original SNES release and the SFC Easytype have all of those items removed, the rest are based on the original SFC difficulty - or in the DS version's case, an almost new engine altogether.
Clarity edit: Yes, I'm fully aware Complete Collection is on the PSP. Just mentioning how different the DS version is, is all.

Phlegeth · « **Reply #208 on:** December 17, 2013, 12:50:08 AM »

I'm going back and getting all the achievables in Final Fantasy VII. That's just getting everyone else's Limit Breaks, Beating Ruby and Emerald, getting the Lv99, maxing out Gil, and Mastering Every Materia. I've started with the Limit Breaks. Funny thing about that, you get the Omnislash achievable during the Final Boss and I forgot all about that, so when I went the Battle Square and did all the stuff and taught Cloud Omnislash I didn't get anything for it. Anyway, I've got Cloud, Barret, Yuffie, Red XIII, Cid, and Aeris down. Just Tifa, Vincent, and Cait Sith left.

Validon98 · « **Reply #209 on:** December 17, 2013, 12:51:48 PM »

No, Cloud can get Omnislash from what you win in the Battle Square but you have to get all of his other Limit Breaks first. You do get Omnislash at the end but he CAN use it earlier.