Games You're Playing Right Now V - "Ah ha ha...I have killed a lot of people."

[Sparrow Song]

Oh geez, I am playing so many games right now.  World of Warcraft (just got it for a month after 7 years of NOT playing), Ar Nosurge, Fairy Fencer F, Project Diva F 2nd, Smite, Sword Art Online HF, Diablo 3 and Brave Frontier.  Yeah, that's a lot!  I rotate them though, 2 hours per game during my free time (whicih is usually around 6 hrs a day)!   Right now I'd say Ar Nosurge is proving the most fun, but Diablo 3 I have just installed and haven't played much yet.  I play PDF2nd and SF:HF at work during break/lunch.

[CyberAngel]

Got to the level when enemies have poisoned weapons. Got poisoned. Had my Strength and Speed reduced to nothing. Had nothing to remove the poison because I'm a pure warrior and didn't do enough quests for the temple to unlock potion seller because I leveled up so fast. Looks like I don't know how to play this game properly at all.

[Ono]

Well, I guess I'm currently playing osu!  :V

[notverycreative]

Isn't Daggerfall pretty much unplayable? Or has it been modded/fanpatched enough? I don't think I'd ever try to suffer through it again, regardless. I might play Morrowind one day...if I had the f'ing disc. I have no idea where it went. I own the game, I have the two expansions, but the main game disc is GONE. That's beyond weird. I should probably get Oblivion, too, for PC. And then mod the hell out of it, especially to make the NPCs less-ugly. It's not like Bethesda is a bad company. They're S-rank when it comes to environments and world-building, but the character models look a generation out of date.

Anyway, I did...not much today. Found out that my SD Gundam G Gen World save from my legit PSP copy can in fact work on PPSSPP. Now I can play it at high speed. For some weird reason, saves with different origins were incompatible on an older version. But now it means I can actually 100% the game and not need to start over. My PSP is really really ancient and beat-up and I'm afraid it's going to crap out on me irreparably one of these days soon.

At the moment, I'm just in the mood for a cheeseburger. But it's kinda late, so maybe tomorrow.

[Reddyne]

Isn't Daggerfall pretty much unplayable? Or has it been modded/fanpatched enough? I don't think I'd ever try to suffer through it again, regardless. I might play Morrowind one day...if I had the f'ing disc. I have no idea where it went. I own the game, I have the two expansions, but the main game disc is GONE. That's beyond weird. I should probably get Oblivion, too, for PC. And then mod the hell out of it, especially to make the NPCs less-ugly. It's not like Bethesda is a bad company. They're S-rank when it comes to environments and world-building, but the character models look a generation out of date.

Man I'd take up Daggerfall in a blink if it hadn't aged so poorly. Morrowind, on the other hand, has always been well worth the time. It has also aged, and the early game can be downright painful, but oh man the place's you'll go. It's a paradise for open-world adventurers even if things are a bit clunky.

[CyberAngel]

Isn't Daggerfall pretty much unplayable?

Well, it does have quite a number of bugs even with the latest official patch, but it's perfectly playable for the most part. Nothing that a proper and liberal usage of saves can't overcome, anyway, just keep a few points in mind and you're all set. Sadly, the starting dungeon is an especially bad bug-ridden mess that may leave a bad first taste (my game usually crashes when trying to save there outside of select few spots, for example), but once you're out it's rarely that bad anywhere else. I mean, same things can still happen in other places, but they're not anywhere as frequent and you usually know how to deal with them by then.

...I'm actually not even sure why I got the idea to dig this game out again. I guess there's something in the chance to get a slightly better piece of gear or a cool enchanted trinket, even though you're not guaranteed to have any of that and you can do just fine without them. Sounds like the same kind of appeal MMORPGs have, isn't it?

Anyway, looks like that poison problem is somewhat my fault too. The temple I chose was Akatosh Chantry, and potion seller becomes available the latest for them. You see, my first warrior build was immune to disease, poison and paralysis because I didn't want to worry about those, so it wasn't a big deal. However, those perks made leveling slower, so I got rid of them all, but forgot to decide on another temple. Oops. Well, I don't want to restart the same build AGAIN, and I remember I already did a pure warrior before to see how likely I would be to gather a full suit of Daedric gear at high levels (answer: don't really count on it). I just wanted to feel how it is to play with a slower leveling, and I felt that through good enough. I need to do a few more ideas instead - taste the life of a thief and walk the thorny path of a pure mage.

[Hyper Dunk]

Picked up my copies of Smash, Omega Ruby and Persona Q today. With smash and persona being the bundles, it was a over $200 day. my wallet is cry ;_;

At least there isn't really anything on Steam that I want right now with the impending sale. Unless Valkyria Chronicles or Trails in the Sky go on sale, since there's a couple people I want to gift those to. Though that can also wait till the winter sale comes.

[MewMewHeart]

I'm taking a break from playing 99 Spirits from steam and started playing Persona Q well actually I'll get back to you on how Persona Q is when I'm done smiling while killing shadows.

[Ionasal kkll Solciel]

The Gessen x Hebijo expansion is now out for Bon Appetit. 15 bucks though.

Making Skulltulla progress in Hyrule Warriors, almost got the second illustration done - just need to remember which Impa is the real one, and recreate the defense against Ganondorf - and win.

Barely managed to get top 1000 in ACI's recent TDM, after burning fifty Stocked Fuel during Forced Sorties. It came down to the last sortie, started 3 minutes before the event ended.

[Phlegeth]

Got Persona Q and now how my time not working is gone.  Also, is it just me or does it feel a lot like FES?  I started with the P4 crew and I know it wouldn't make a lick of sense and won't happen, but I still half expect to see Metis with the P3 crew.

[Garlyle]

Got Persona Q and now how my time not working is gone.  Also, is it just me or does it feel a lot like FES?  I started with the P4 crew and I know it wouldn't make a lick of sense and won't happen, but I still half expect to see Metis with the P3 crew.

Honestly I would've been cool with Metis, Labrys, and Sho - whether or not the game actually occurs at specific times in the P3/P4 storyline.

Still trying to decide on an actual party though help (I wanna save my preferred five for a second playthrough on P3 story for to face the bonus bosses that'll show up on that second clear so)

[Koneko]

I'm taking a break from playing 99 Spirits from steam and started playing Persona Q well actually I'll get back to you on how Persona Q is when I'm done smiling while killing shadows.

The only thing I can do with Steam is playing free games

Also right now I'm consuming my time with Warframe (Since I cant affort PS4 to play Destiny )

[CF7]

Playing Disgaea 4 APR. It is criminally good.

[Spotty Len]

Playing Disgaea 4 APR. It is criminally good.

Happy sardines.

I was in the middle of a grindfest when Pok?mon released.

[Esoterica]

Dropped $20 on 3DS eShop last night and picked up Azure Striker Gunvolt(+Mighty Gunvolt) and The Legend of Dark Witch.  Gunvolt...isn't quite the Megaman clone I was expecting it to be.  Thoroughly enjoying Dark Witch though, started playing it a few hours ago and currently bashing my head in over the final boss. :V  Definitely well worth the $4 purchase.

Also supposed to be starting Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 at some point but I'm procrastinating soooooo heavily on that.  Been in the mood for more actiony games lately, and fatigue among other unique mechanics sound annoying.

And then of course there's Smash 4 :V

[Garlyle]

Dropped $20 on 3DS eShop last night and picked up Azure Striker Gunvolt(+Mighty Gunvolt) and The Legend of Dark Witch.  Gunvolt...isn't quite the Megaman clone I was expecting it to be.

It's not quite one

Spoiler:

but personally I think I liked it more than a lot of MM games

[Esoterica]

It's not quite one

Spoiler:

but personally I think I liked it more than a lot of MM games

It certainly has its charms, I love the writing in particular.  I'm just a little disappointed by how hard it is to die, and then even if you manage to you get Anthem res'd plus buffs like triple jump.  Kind of hard to enjoy the game when I feel like it'll reward me for having no idea what I'm doing.

[Leon゠Helsing]

From what I've heard the game's really more about scoring instead of surviving. It seems that anyone can survive just fine, but scoring takes quite a bit of planning and stuff.

[The Greatest Dog]

Getting 800,000 for the S+ ranks is crazy hard and requires no damage/speedrunning/avoiding checkpoints/double or triple kills whenever possible/saving your skill points to kill the boss with Voltaic Chains/Luxcalibur/Astra Sphere

unless you abuse Voltaic Chains in the stage for 5+ multikills and use checkpoints to refill your SP gauge.

[Garlyle]

It certainly has its charms, I love the writing in particular.  I'm just a little disappointed by how hard it is to die, and then even if you manage to you get Anthem res'd plus buffs like triple jump.  Kind of hard to enjoy the game when I feel like it'll reward me for having no idea what I'm doing.

The Prevasion does that.  So long as you have an amulet equipped barring a couple specific ones, taking hits when you have volt energy just drains that.  Take off your amulet if you're finding it too easy. 

Spoiler:

You'll be glad you learned how to play without it now

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[MewMewHeart]

Grinding on Persona Q, then when I get bored I'll go for playing Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies to unlock the DLC or I can be pre-occupied with Shantae: Risky Boot's Revenge so many games to play on my steam and 3DS.

[hyorinryu]

I was thinking of finally getting around to playing Borderlands 2. I'm looking at the Steam deals and do need to play Borderlands 1 first? Would you recommend buying Borderlands 1 with 2 around? I was looking at the Steam deals and trying to figure out which to shoot for.

It'd be a nice change of pace. I've mainly been playing phone stuff like PAD and Clash, or multiplayer stuff like LoL or TF2.

[CyberAngel]

Being a pure spellcaster in Daggerfall is suffering. And dying if RNG decides so. Kinda understandable, given that my character has almost as little health as possible and doesn't wear any armor, but even usual enemies on lower levels have damage ranges from "barely a scratch" to "hey where did over half of my HP go". The only chance is to hope that said RNG will allow you to outdamage them. On low levels it's hell, I had to rest so frequently that I failed my first mission's time limit. But gaining levels helps, spells become more useful and cheaper to use.

That said, it seems that single-target long range spells don't work - they just fly right through everyone. Sadly, this makes about half of offensive spells useless. Thankfully, area-effect long range spells and point-blank range spells all work just fine, so there's still enough to work with. There's also a spell maker if usual spells aren't enough, but I didn't try that yet.

I also have some advancement in general dungeon crawling skill. I no longer do a blind "follow left-hand wall" strategy, but can recognize and systematically explore separate dungeon blocks. It needs quite some experience to recognize at least the more obvious blocks and where their borders are, but it helps with finding your way around once you're familiar with their possible layout. And suddenly all those "massive three-dimensional mazes" seem so small and simple for some reason

[theshirn]

I was thinking of finally getting around to playing Borderlands 2. I'm looking at the Steam deals and do need to play Borderlands 1 first? Would you recommend buying Borderlands 1 with 2 around? I was looking at the Steam deals and trying to figure out which to shoot for.

It'd be a nice change of pace. I've mainly been playing phone stuff like PAD and Clash, or multiplayer stuff like LoL or TF2.

2 is a better game overall, but I enjoyed 1.  You definitely don't need to play 1 first, though.

[hyorinryu]

Thanks, I'll probably just go for Borderlands 2 GOTY then.

[Raikaria]

Still playing in my Bloodbowl Leauge.

Had a far harder game than expected last night; which I scored the winning touchdown in; during the final turn; on a 50/50 dodge roll.

I'm currently 3W-0D-0L this season, and at the top of the table!

And what's better is I'm through the most dangerous teams in terms of killing my glass cannons. And my glass cannons didn't die. I still have what I consider some easy matchups left this season, so I should easily finish Top 3 and promote.

[Chaotic Phoenixma]

Continued Disgaea D2 postgame yesterday.

Did Cave of Ordeals and the Axel fight yesterday. Did the the Artina, Valvatorez/Fenrich, and Darkdeath Evilman fights today. I currently have no chance against the Pringer X since I only barely cleared the previous map. Need to get more LoC stats for Flonne(highest level at a bit over 2,000 with no reincarnations) and level some items up. Flonne is definitely pretty useful at the moment as by throwing a prinny on turn 1, I can have her heal 9 targets to full and get a 90% stat boost on the first turn for her(not sure how much you can boost it past that in a fight though).


I'm surprised I even have this much progress. I'm just at around 30 hours of gameplay on this file. Of course, progress is probably about to go way down for quite a while.

[Leon゠Helsing]

Been getting drunk on nostalgia with the Medabots GBA games. Amazing how they can fit in the opening theme, albeit shortened, without that much apparent compression.

[Reddyne]

Heading into playthrough number FIVE for Dork Souls 2. It's stunning how addictive this game has become and just why it is roughly boils down to what you make of a playthrough. So far:

• First playthrough: Eddie Wizzard, a hex mage. Magic is useful throughout the game despite waning as things progress. The amount of tricks up your sleeve with such a build is stupendous even if you can't take physical damage. However, it was always enjoyable knowing it took 3 straight shots from the ancient dragon instead of one simply because spellcasters always have the magic and gear for such things.
• Second playthrough: Fita McWarria (damn character limits!), a mostly melee-only character with a mix of dex, light weapons, and heavier armor. Bows proved to be fantastic and it was always nice to have a couple big weapons options for heavy hitting.
• Third playthrough: Old Weird Bob, a hybrid with a lot of dicking about in pvp, especially attacking fully armored vessels of destruction with nothing but a dapper hat and a ladle.  Mundane stuff turned out to make a negligible difference, and the overall damage bonus from infused weapons was a bit lacking, but they weren't bad. Having all stats boosted to mid-rage or their caps meant I could handle any situation in a variety of ways.
• Fourth playthrough: LePlanc, a tank build. A bit disappointing as even a full set of Havel's gear upgraded to near perfection doesn't seem to amount to as much as it should. It also proved that poise got nerfed twice over considering how easy it was to be stunlocked. Still great for co-op, and simply equipping a ring to draw aggro can help drastically. I'm not quite finished and will most likely futz around with the character a good bit more.
• Fifth playthrough: Bill Nye TSG, a pure damage large weapons only build. Kinda fun so far with the slow weapon swing speed mitigated somewhat by the obscene amount of damage output. One-shotting an invader with a back attack sold it in an instant, though regular pvp requires a hefty bit of trickery.

While the original was great, dex builds had a sharp advantage and deviating from it too much could prove to be a miserable mistake. There were a lot of nuances that made numerous different ways to play the game either unwelcoming or downright worthless. While some dumb stuff remains, the amount of twerks that have corrected these problems have made nearly every build as viable and as fun as the next, and each different kind poses new challenges and priorities, leading to a unique experience each time through.

[Sparrow Song]

Playing Project Diva F 2ND and seem have delveoped this habit of getting a minimal of "Excellent" before I can move on to the next song... >.<

Also been playing Diablo III, as a Monk, and am level 36 now.  I think I'm nearly done with Act 3.  Really fun game so far.  I'm glad I waited though, didn't have to deal with all the RMAH and difficulty shenanigans!

Still play Smite at least once a day on Assault.  Never thought I'd like ARAM style of games.  It's a nice way to escape the forced "meta" that the elitist gamers created these days.  Heck, one can even be penalized for going "out of the metagame".  Meh, I'll stick to Assault/ARAM!  No one ever (rarely ever) rages in those.