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  1. Vandyn

    Battlefield 4 (Frostbite 3)

    Just started the open beta...no opinion quite yet. It does feel different than BF3 but in some ways very much the same. I agree that the maps will make the game and it's impossible to judge from beta. I love the kill cam improvement and elevators are basically a death trap waiting.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    I found a better X-Com deal Amazon.com: The XCOM Collection [Online Game Code]: Video Games X-COM EU + DLC All the other Xcom games $10
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Yea but this isn't HBO so there is no hope for her to get naked.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Because comparing an expansion to a full game release is really the same thing.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Steam 2k week starting today. First up is X-Com for $10. Must buy IMO. 2K Publisher Weekend
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I think you forget that a good amount of people were lvl 20 before early access even started due to beta characters being carried over. So really it's not even fair to say that someone raced 50 lvls in a month, it's really 30 lvls in a month. I played an average of about 1-2 hours a day...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    You don't need to play 25+ hours a week to hit endgame in this game. At this point, with average playtime (maybe 10 hours a week), you would hit endgame if you leveled your main and did nothing else by now and it's only been a month. If you make the journey from 1-50 fast to the point where...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I didn't resub because I just got bored after a while. There is nothing really that different here than WoW and that type of gameplay only carries me a month before I just get bored. I've been playing these themepark type of MMO's for so long that if there isn't anything unique that really...
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    Yea I dunno, I'm just not feeling it so far. The dialog is pretty bad and I don't think the actors are that good . Even Colson seems stiff. I'm wondering if I should bother with a third episode.
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    Battlefield 4 (Frostbite 3)

    How is this supposed to compare to BF3, considering that game didn't come out that long ago? I know it's supposed to have commander mode but what else?
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    See I don't think there is anything oldschool about this game . I think there is a lot of tedium but there is nothing 'hardcore' about it. Questing is still hold your hand , pointing out exactly where to go. No death penalty, the only reason people want rezzes is laziness from not binding...
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    Parent Thread

    I get that a lot with my 6 yr old daughter and I take it as just wanting to get attention/feel sorry for her/etc. What mine will do is after you say something wrong, she'll go mope around for 10 minutes then come back with a note that says 'sorry' on it.
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    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

    I thought it was ok, will watch next week. Can't really judge it yet based on one episode. To me it could go either way, wind up pretty good or wind up like crap. Watching it, I was constantly reminded how network tv shows really can't compete with cable (HBO). Good ratings though, did a...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I think people need to face the reality that the average amount of time you put into an MMORPG these days are 1-1.5 month tops. Sad state of affairs for the genre when there are single player games where you put that put time in.
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    2013 NFL Season

    This Giant game is one of the bigger ass kickings I've seen in awhile. The play has been so bad, even when they have just a silver of positive, they get a penalty that negates it.
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    2013 NFL Season

    6 sacks on Eli so far for a quarter and change.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    This is what is going to bite them in the ass as far as subs go. You can say it's unique how they shut down version one of FFXIV to remake it but they brought over all the legacy players from version 1 so you can't say it's comparable to any other game that's new. The uniqueness of relaunching...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Who the hell plays these types of games just to craft? Wasn't there a game like that way back when where all you did was craft (A tale in the desert)?
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I think the only point I can agree on is probably 1. To me, this doesn't feel different enough from WoW. The combat is the same, with a global 2.5 GCD thrown in. The quests are by and large the same with the exception of a few. I don't think there is anything unique abut that dungeon/boss...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I don't think it's so much wishing to play something else, it's the feeling you've played this game before and it wasn't even that long ago. This is the same problem Rift had by the way. After a while you realize you're not doing anything fundamentally different than you did in WoW. There is...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    This is where I'm currently at. The game works for what it is, but I also keep asking what's in this that's going to keep my attention any more than Rift or WoW, and both of those are (in my opinion) equal if not better than this (WoW wins on content alone). Are we so deperate to play anything...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I have a hard time seeing the longevity of the game past a month, especially if your already 50 or close to it, at least as it stands at this point. End game raiders are just going to get bored quickly and I can see non-raiders getting burned out on fate grinding while leveling alt classes. I...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Holy shit, when did the FFXIV thread turn into the Red99 thread?
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    It's probably going to be the other way around (only allow off high pop (Gilg) to low pop). Next month at this time is going to be interesting. There is obviously going to be some dropoff but I wonder how much, due to the server issues as well as some just burning through the content.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    The good news is they seemed to fix the log in issues, logged in twice last night during prime time, no queue or error, straight in. The bad news is it seems they probably need to adjust duty finder again since it's still having issues dropping random people. You do have to wonder how long...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    To be honest, lots of people in the world is just new game syndrome since everyone is leveling, lets see in a few months . Shit most games I can think of had a load of people in the open world at the beginning so in that respect I don't think this game is different from anything else. We'll...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I can't believe this 3102 crap is still going on. These are open beta issues, how is it they don't have a way to log out stuck characters by now?
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    How did I know there were going to be lobby issues? I never saw anything from them that addressed it.
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    Answer the question above you, no matter what it is

    Yup especially if its a very good book. Do you think we'll ever find a way to stop/slow aging?
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    In other words, forget about playing for awhile when the servers come back up.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    We'll let you know in 24 hrs
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    From what I understand, there are two things happening tonight. Adding servers and adding capacity to duty finder. The duty finder is the reason for the hard cap of 5k on all servers or else we'd be in 3012 hell again. So the theory is once they add capacity, the caps get lifted and thus...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    What's ironic to me is if there actually was an inactivity timer, I think everyone would be bitching here, because I don't think it would automatically solve their server issues and at the same time expose a whole lot more people to login problems.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Your movie analogy is not a comparable situation. Are you saying if you buy a movie for 20 bucks and then find that you can't even watch it due to it being defective, you just move on and chalk the 20 bucks down the drain? I think that's what you are missing. For many (obviously not you)...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I've been playing consistant since Saturday but only because I've been logging in the morning ( which still takes 15-30 mins) then just staying in game all day. I paid for this damn product and I'm going to get my money's worth. I agree, despite how good the game is ( which is debatable...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Pretty much sums it up. How anyone defends SE is mind boggling. http://kotaku.com/okay-yeah-final-fa...ter-1237985246
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    The fact that a third party hotkey program is needed to spam logging in does make it SE's fault. Whether it works or not is besides the point (and let's face it, this weekend the lobby issues have broke the script half the time).
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    16 Team Custom League - Fantasy Football

    Sorry guys emergency came up and I couldn't make the draft. My roster is open to trades. Hurricanes