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  1. Wombat

    Lord of the Rings Online

    Mob health doubles when you hit the Beornings (level 120 zone), and that was where I really hit my issues. Admittedly, Minstrel is not a high DPS class. That said, if you are going to grind out the anfalas scrolls of empowerment (or whatever), you should be doing it on a First Age, and it's a...
  2. Wombat

    JRPGs

    DQ XI Definitive Edition is coming to the west on December 4th - it'll even be on Xbox Gamepass - but it's an upport of the Switch version. 1) There will be some slight graphical downgrades. 2) It will only be available as a separate title (apparently $40), not as DLC for base DQ XI. 3) Also...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Not too shocking, the easiest way to bump up your 'console exclusive' count is to buy some exclusivity periods for some indies. PS was behind last gen, and spent the cash on them, and MS is behind this gen and doing the same. Though the video above has way less impact than Sony dragging all...
  4. Wombat

    DC Universe (Batman vs Superman thread).

    Someone should just take the current film, adjust the contrast and the overall brightness down, run it at 66% speed, and call it the Snyder Cut.
  5. Wombat

    Lord of the Rings Online

    I will say that LOTRO is the counter argument to people complaining about WOW adding mechanics every expansion. Dozens and dozens of levels in a row in the same volcano / forest / grassland settings with largely the same mob types, gameplay, etc. gets very repetitive after a while. Even when...
  6. Wombat

    Lord of the Rings Online

    As they mentioned, if you have any interest in this, you'll want to get all the quest packs before 8/31. Still futzing with it, and fair warning, if you aren't grinding out some of the imbued legendary scrolls daily as you get past 100, your DPS will become painfully bad. Minas Tirith dailies...
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    Marvel Universe stuff

    Black Widow - I am cautiously optimistic, though don't see any way the Chunky Widow takeover works. Doctor Strange 2 - Currently rewatching the MCU movies in order on D+, and Doctor Strange is fine. Besides, the Raimi hire is interesting - can he create anything current and interesting, or is it...
  8. Wombat

    Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

    All time loop movies where they remember what previously happened are bullshit. Why would an individual(s) brain be the only thing that changes from run to run? And yes, the third act has always been preposterous, but its supposed to show just what elite killing machines the two of them are...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    The Devolver press conference is the only one with a "Previously On" recap... because it needs it. Start from the beginning of Tomorrow's Unethical Business Practices Today! with
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    Since no one mentioned it, pandemics won't slow Devolver down: Not sure Devolverland is worth the 7GB download, but its certainly an alternative to everyone else's methods.
  11. Wombat

    Black Widow (2020)

    I realize this is the 21st century and facts don't matter anymore, but someone had given Pugh the Knocked Up 'Tighten it up' speech. Yeah, even with her exaggerated pose, she still has minimal tits and is still much heavier in the abdomen than her contemporaries, but who wouldn't have been an...
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    The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !

    $60 in 2005 would be $78 in 2020, adjusted for inflation. And art budgets haven't decreased in that time frame.
  13. Wombat

    Black Widow (2020)

    That's been all but admitted since she was cast. Again, we should all just be assuming it'll be downhill from Infinity War until proven otherwise.
  14. Wombat

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Yeah, next year is going to be real interesting, as I don't think anyone has any idea what the minimum salary cap would end up as. Worst case scenario, the NFL still has their existing TV deals, and I think teams will seat fans at whatever the maximum that state allows (25%? 40%?), but I don't...
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Wait, is anyone surprised the Patriots ended up with him? I've assumed it was just a matter of passing the physical from the start. That said, it wouldn't shock me if Stidham is listed as the number one in training camp, possibly even the first few games.
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I'll take Staffette, with Tannehette as a backup. Burrette just looks like CP.
  17. Wombat

    Playstation 5

    As average game development times grow, the crappier launch titles will be. If a game takes three years to make, you have to start working on it halfway through the last console lifespan - good luck having anything like finalized hardware stats at that point. That said, at least PS4 had...
  18. Wombat

    NVidia GeForce RTX 30x0 cards

    I'm got a mere 1070 with an i5-4690 (22nm!) with DDR3(!) memory and I unsurprisingly can't even get close to capping my frame rate with my 1440/144 monitor or a 4K/60 TV on anything made after last console gen. I've been planning on swapping the entire thing for years but, as usual, the Next...
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    AFAIK, they still claim SoFi (with 70,000 seats) will be ready for the season. Given that the Chargers averaged merely 30K a game last year, with a lot of away team fans, 25% of 70K might literally be the right number.
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    Tenet (2020)

    It's weird, Jonathan Nolan is apparently the Satan-du-jour for his writing on Westworld, but virtually every problem with Interstellar the movie was due to Christopher Nolan deviating from Interstellar the script.
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I believe Salaries are prorated, but bonuses (Signing, Roster, Workout, etc.) are not. Under the current rules, I think teams will have to adjust next year's salary cap to reflect any reduced income this year. The NFL and NFLPA could amend the contract to allow full pay, but some teams may not...
  22. Wombat

    The Red Letter Media Appreciation Thread

    I was just wondering what happened to Freddie Williams. Mike commissioned custom artwork because he was that pissed at Picard.
  23. Wombat

    Final Fantasy VII Remake

    notsureifserious.jpg, but that was TotalBiscuit, a different CynicalBrit.
  24. Wombat

    Mass Effect: Andromeda - Autism reaches outer space

    Guys, if I wanted the proper analogy, would it be ME1 -> ME2 -> ME3 -> ME:A to Star Trek TNG -> Deep Space Nine -> Discovery -> Picard? ...or would you swap Discovery and Picard? Picard was the show that threw out everything from the previous material before it while serving as disappointing...
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    I honestly don't think the Patriots are taking a QB for anything more than a flyer tomorrow. Between Stidham, presumably Newton, and whatever roster cutdowns from other teams, I think Bill will just let it ride and see what happens. There's no explanation for the Packers not taking Wide...
  26. Wombat

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Barnwell already has the numbers, its nearly $40mil cap hit if they traded Rodgers this year, and over $30mil next year, so yeah, he will only be used for emergencies / the annual Rodgers injuries for two of the cheap years. /switches to hard liquor
  27. Wombat

    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    When the Packers drafted Rodgers, its because one of the universally considered two best QBs that year fell in their lap. It's difficult to describe Love as falling into their lap. Then again, _maybe_ the draft is as WR deep as we think? Maybe? /begins drinking heavily.
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Given that they can't properly evaluate these people, I suppose its not shocking if we don't see people burning extra slots to trade up for crapshoots.
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    Bad teams have admitted they delay their pick as long as possible just so someone talks about their team on network tv
  30. Wombat

    Star Wars general purpose movie stuff

    AFAIK (things are fluid right now!), Disney still has the next Star Wars film slotted into the Christmas 2022 spot. Obviously there's a High Republic pre-production team, but as I believe there's no director, real script, actors, etc. set yet, it'll either be rushed or delayed (or both).
  31. Wombat

    Lord of the Rings Online

    Yeah, I'm doing my usual "Final WoW patch, so hop back on LOTRO" routine. My god does the early game need a Cataclysm. Cleared out Misty Mountains for completionism, and a single quest chain had me go back and forth to Rivendell four times. It's not as bad in this multi-monitor world, but still...
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    NFL 2020 Season: Gravy Edition!

    For that little a year (compared to projected 2022 caps), I ain't happy the Packers didn't keep him.
  33. Wombat

    General Gaming News and Discussion

    E3 has been dying for a while now, for reasons that have nothing to do with the ease of internet video. That said, Keanu popping out into the middle of your livestream doesn't have the same impact.
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    2020 Academy Awards - No Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse nom

    Oscar winner Taika Waititi sounds almost as weird as Oscar winner Bret McKenzie. Ryan Reynolds is probably putting together a Green Lantern clip package to commemorate this at this very moment.
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    2020 Academy Awards - No Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse nom

    Having a bunch of comic book / genre ladies present an award to a female scored comic-book movie seems like giving it away ahead of time.
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    2020 Academy Awards - No Willem Dafoe The Lighthouse nom

    As someone who doesn't pay attention to this stuff anymore, the lack of any predecessor awards for Tarantino is a bad sign. While you could see a real wildcard Parasite or Joker sneak in as a result, I think it's way more likely 1917's Euro bloc will give it the base to win.
  37. Wombat

    NFL 2019 Season: It's Tricky!

    Reid hasn't (assistant) coached for my team in a generation but I am so happy he gets to win one on his own, given his enormous history of almost-total success. Not seeing any reason the 49ers won't be a contender for years, given the Rams appear to be solved, the Saints will lose Brees one of...
  38. Wombat

    NFL 2019 Season: It's Tricky!

    Can't have a playoff game without a officiating controversy! Also, fuck yeah Chiefs!
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    NFL 2019 Season: It's Tricky!

    I _want_ to like the Tide ads, as the natural escalation to the David Harbour ads is to interject whatever actor into real ads. But Sam Elliot's mustache is the high point of this game so far, both on and off the field.