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  1. Ukerric

    2 years later... the almost sad state of MMOs in the new era

    Mostly. There's a handful of other western-style MMOs, but everything outside of those 3 is dead. I was watching a video from MMObyte who basically explained that Rift was dead - you queue for instant adventures that shower you with XP without having to learn anything about your class, level to...
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    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Can we inhale the fumes at least, if it's vapor?
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    Phantasy Star Online 2

    This is a summary of mess: TL;DW: "No biggie, we'll fix that in 10 days. It's not a pressing issue after all if you can't play, it's F2P LOL."
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    The Astronomy Thread

    2 months initially, possibly extended to 4.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Only 90M$ per seat. "What? It's the entire launch cost, and you have four seats!" "Well, looks like it's the standard price"
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Aaaand it's open!
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    The Astronomy Thread

    KSP2 is looking good.
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    Minecraft

    Jeracraft is godly good.
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    Star Citizen Online - The search for more money

    Okay, so, just the "permanents" on offer gets you $2980 in virtual ships. okay.gif
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    The Astronomy Thread

    And... it's a scrub... See you on Saturday!
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    The Astronomy Thread

    They're just talking about COVID right now!
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    MTG thread

    Any set based on Teferi is probably fucked beyond repair :)
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    The Astronomy Thread

    Yea, imagine going out of the way to get Boeing to shape up their bid, failing... and getting fired over that.
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    What did you just read?

    The bit about hating world building now makes sense. Because if there's something that really needs worldbuilding, it's SF or fantasy.
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Blizzard loves its random. Even when they remove the random, they have to add it back again somehow.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    I've said once that he'll be the Howard Hugues of the 21st. The right combination of wealthy, technical-savvy, goal-obsessed... and the touch of crazy that makes you into a legend rather than a famous individual.
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    What did you just read?

    For a fraction of a second, I thought I had, but it turns out that I was mixing with M. John Harrison. (which I do not recommend. Read the first book of the Kefahuchi Tract trilogy, and it was enough for me)
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    Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy

    https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-sale-dates/
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    MTG thread

    I was watching Rudy when he opened the box, and it was immediately "wait, is this an uncommon???" Which it was. I think everyone focused on "Death Corona", and in their mind, it was obviously going to be a mythic card or something.
  20. Ukerric

    The Old World - new civ-type game

    Yup. Forget to have enough military, get your ass handed to you. The common tech/econ development plans needs to make room for military or you suddenly lose in half a decade. The multi-order move each year makes shit drop on you brutally (and make having hidden scouts parked in places and not...
  21. Ukerric

    Do you know first hand anyone who has been proven to test positive for Covid-19?

    Dunbar disagrees. 150, maybe. 200, they're not people, they're abstract humans. (the way you have "bob from HR" vs "the HR guys")
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    "Some reason" meaning people don't do PvP.
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    Do you know first hand anyone who has been proven to test positive for Covid-19?

    Not going to happen, unfortunately. Oh, there will be some noises, then it will be back to business as usual, because the cost to society isn't incalculable, and companies will do it and revert back to the old ways.
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    Do you know first hand anyone who has been proven to test positive for Covid-19?

    Colleague of mine, 51. Dude still isn't out of the hospital (but got out of ICU and into a normal "covid" sector).
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    World of Warcraft: Classic

    That was done literally the first day ZG opened on Classic. https://www.wowhead.com/news=312097/world-first-5-high-priest-impossible-hakkar-kill
  26. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Well, if your design features a fast-track to re-gear every season, why not? At this point, you are no longer playing a character in a RPG, you're playing a roster of unlocked characters like a MOBA game...
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    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I was watching the feedback thread for Thorgast new changes - the introduction of timer-like debuffs. Because Blizzard is deeply worried that groups might wait for cooldowns between pulls to "win", which would make the run longer and "not fun". So their solution: YOU WILL KEEP HAVING FUN THE...
  28. Ukerric

    2 years later... the almost sad state of MMOs in the new era

    Yea. I remember the time when we were pretty sure we were the only people to have figured out how to make Emperorbane weapons for SSRA. It broke out in the open weeks later, but we had already spent days of AOE raid farms down in the basement tunnels.
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    The Astronomy Thread

    One of the biggest problems is that almost every prediction of relativity based on the black-hole model seem to be vindicated. So, the "dark energy" model of black hole needs to basically provide exactly the same effect as the singularity models up to the event horizon... and then change gears...
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    Stellaris

    The tweaks and rebalancing are significant. Destroying nearly every +%pop effect is hard on your expansion.
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    The Old World - new civ-type game

    Same. It's been a while since we got a good civ-like, but Epic? Nope.
  32. Ukerric

    The Old World - new civ-type game

    Well, if the sea level doesn't rise, you can't get an immersion.
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    The Old World - new civ-type game

    Well, he's a heavily bearded Canadian. Also making jokes about Baylonia's Nebuchadnezzar ("I'm so going to trigger people").
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    MTG thread

    There's four sets per year. A "core" set in summer (basic cards), which is the one that your starting decks come from, two sets in winter/spring, one set in fall. Every fall, the sets before the last four are rotated "out" (you can only play those cards for very specific formats), so your card...
  35. Ukerric

    The Old World - new civ-type game

    An early look at the game:
  36. Ukerric

    The Old World - new civ-type game

    https://www.mohawkgames.com/oldworld/ A new turn-based strategy game that I discovered on Quill18's channel. It's much more dynamic than a Civ game. You start with one of the ancient civilizations as the supreme ruler. You get to manage the dynasty (find the right marriage, see how your heirs...
  37. Ukerric

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    At the moment, I think it's safe to consider that anyone returning before 9.0 a week or two before Shadowlands isn't going to enjoy the thing. The only thing I probably need would be the rep to finish BFA flying, since it will still be required in the next expansion... Whether or not I come...
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    World of Warcraft: Classic

    There's two types of companies. The ones whose product is what they sell to customers (while making a living for their employees), and the ones whose product is the revenue to shareholders. The latter tend to adopt weird behaviors, because ultimately, how they make money doesn't matter - unlike...
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    Starborne - MMO4X

    It's a heavy MMORTS with relatively not-insignificant P2W. There's limiters in place to avoid instant P2W, but I managed to reinstall a Windows (so that I could play some MtG Arena and I said, why not check this). 1) You can't win on your own. You need to be part of a large and active alliance...