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  1. Mao

    Helldivers II

    I may be just jaded, but I don't take it on good faith that the orders succeed or fail entirely by our efforts. I will do them for the bonus tokens, but I believe they put their finger on the scales. Why not, they seem to adjust everything else to fit their 'vision'. (This isn't entirely...
  2. Mao

    Helldivers II

    So I fired up the old computer and it ran without crashing. Go figure. However, I did notice that every so often there would be a serious stutter and my screen would 'tear' and go white for a split second before going back to the game. My guess is whatever happens at that moment crashes on...
  3. Mao

    Helldivers II

    Hrm. That is nice to see, but I haven't been using any of those and to my knowledge, were not being used during my crashes. Oh well :)
  4. Mao

    Helldivers II

    I figure. Its just really annoying that I can't even see the crash log or data being sent to Sony. The complete lack of ability to trouble shoot on my end is questionable. Left pondering if it is on my side, if they will just look at it and go "lol, not my problem." Anyway. I'm mostly...
  5. Mao

    Helldivers II

    So fuck me if I can figure out what is causing the crash. Like I said. Upgraded to a new computer. Went from a 1070ti to a 4070ti, Windows 10 to 11 (I don't want 11, whine) and now it is iffy if I can complete a mission. All patches and drivers etc current. What makes it more interesting is...
  6. Mao

    Helldivers II

    Anyone else having constant crashes today? Finally got a new computer with a modern video card and I CTD within about 5 minutes of starting a mission. I was thinking it was me and my new setup, but apparently looking at the forums its been a rampant problem since a patch dropped this morning...
  7. Mao

    Helldivers II

    Been doing a lot more bugs even though I enjoy bots, just cause all my dailies and orders are for bug missions. Today is the first day in nearly a week I believe where I've gotten a daily to fight bots.
  8. Mao

    Helldivers II

    This seems to fit. Especially the situation when you are at an obj, specifically thinking big bug hole where it starts to go a lil south and you get split up cause of the spawns. Then someone dies and it all snowballs to shit.
  9. Mao

    Helldivers II

    Has anyone else noticed wild inconsistencies in difficulty at the same level? I've been trying to decide if I am smoking crack or if it really does seem to be a wide variation. I've done 4s that were easy just to knock out the daily. Then I've had 4s that were a major fucking ass pain with...
  10. Mao

    Helldivers II

    Well. Seems difficulty has been toned down some. I am not dealing with quite the levels of stupidity in spawns or AI instantly knowing where I am. So many 'undocumented' changes its tough to know what is going on or if it is just random luck on my part. At this point I think its consistant...
  11. Mao

    Helldivers II

    I start to get the feeling and worry that this game is sliding into the 'You're not playing it right' Dev Mentality and its going to really hurt the game long run if its not avoided. The Devs seem quick to make changes, which isn't bad per se, but the changes seem to be directed at nerfing...
  12. Mao

    Helldivers II

    The bugs (coding ones) and glitches are constant. Its starting to get a little frustrating. Strategem UI not opening properly. Getting stuck in weird animation lock that makes changing weapons or aiming impossible. Had one yesterday where we couldn't get the reinforce to work. Everyone had...
  13. Mao

    Helldivers II

    I understand stragglers spawning breaches and the robots that shoot off the flares. What I am talking about is the game just spawning in patrols out of thin air. I never remember that prior, but since this patch I keep seeing it.
  14. Mao

    Helldivers II

    I want to see if anyone else has been noticing this, or if it is just something I am getting wrong... When I started Helldivers I didn't really like it. Bullet hell, constant fights. Then I had a good group who actually avoided patrols, played smart and did objectives without feeling the need...
  15. Mao

    Helldivers II

    I just wanted to revisit this to say that since I noticed they had turned crossplay back on during an update and I fixed it, my gameplay has improved significantly. None of the trolls and problems that I experienced the day or two prior. So... yeah. PC Master race and all that. On another...
  16. Mao

    Helldivers II

    Have you all been encountering more griefing and team killing recently? I have had people melee me off objectives when I was entering the codes. I had a dude die, and I picked the samples he dropped only to have him shotgun me in the back once he was back in game to grab the stuff off me. I...
  17. Mao

    Nightingale

    So, for crafting and stats transfering the the crafted equipment.... Each piece of equipment only has certain stats available. For instance, you can't get stamina stats on a weapon iirc. So if you put stamina materials into your weapon its wasted. Part of the crafting system is learning what...
  18. Mao

    Skull and Bones - Feb 16th 2024 Release Date

    Commodities are set up as a trading game. They have designed markets such that some areas/cultures make stuff so its cheap to buy sell, and other areas don't have it so will pay more. Its an attempt to make it so people can play merchants and if you look at some of the voice options I believe...
  19. Mao

    Skull and Bones - Feb 16th 2024 Release Date

    I am fully on board with Ubisoft eating a bowl of dicks, but Paul Tassi's article is also pretty much just vapid shit. He complains the game costs too much and will have microtransactions and that it is called a 'complete game' but is a live service that will have updates and expansions. That...
  20. Mao

    Skull and Bones - Feb 16th 2024 Release Date

    It is a holy trinity MMO hidden behind a pirate skin. Its not bad, but not great either. If you think of it like your normal fantasy MMO mechanics it all makes more sense. You spawn in as your boat, eventually skilling it up to picking a 'class' of DPS, healing, or tank based on the type of...
  21. Mao

    DOTA 2

    Watching GG vs Azure last night with ODPixel casting was prolly the first game I've watched where I felt like it was exciting. Pretty certain the caster had something to do with it, but it was nice to see a quick, push your shit in and win the game strat instead of the long grindy slugfest of...
  22. Mao

    DOTA 2

    I like Sheever and have watched her play and stream. She really has grinded it out and learned the game and players, even if she personally isn't skilled she understands whats going on. Something else I realized after reading your post and watching some of today's stream is the casting and...
  23. Mao

    DOTA 2

    Couple of things. As a pub player, patch feels really bad to play in for me and I hear a lot of other people complaining about it as well. Very brawly, and really not well balanced feeling. There has been changes to a lot of items (BKB for one) that changes the way the game plays. There are...
  24. Mao

    DOTA 2

    Passes used to have cosmetics and voice lines and shit you could unlock and keep that were pretty baller. This year there have 'gone in a new direction' and there are no permanent voice lines or cosmetics. Just some fantasy football prediction type shit and some 'win with this pro players...
  25. Mao

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Browning M2 .50 cal Machine Gun. Aka Ma Deuce, aka Fun. I was a .50 gunner for a couple rotations, so pardon me while I have a love affair with this gun.
  26. Mao

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    So yeah. Gonna be that guy. In the game, the characters are not bisexual. There is no sexual relationship at all. Japan apparently understands people can be friends without fucking, unlike Hollywood writers and all the degenerates in the West. Now the community? Yeah. It has its...
  27. Mao

    The Last of Us

    Its interesting listening to this. Its off topic, but I'll throw in a few things for your enjoyment. I know of a JRTC training rotation where the OPFOR there was training what I believe were Filipino soldiers. They did the usual ambush techniques and American reaction most always was to...
  28. Mao

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I believe it is a loose attempt at cosplaying this character.
  29. Mao

    The Last of Us

    For all you who were asking, Cuckman is cucking Joel on purpose.
  30. Mao

    Fake People: CGI/AI IPs for hire

    This is sorta interesting from an IP perspective. Hololive is one of the JP Vtuber agencies, and all of their characters and models are owned by the agency, not the actual voice talent behind them. One of them, KiryuCoco who apparently was the most popular was of mixed American and Japanese...
  31. Mao

    SA's Lowtax might be dead

    Oddly enough I found this while going through an old hard drive. Thought it was timely. Those were better days.
  32. Mao

    Get a free Kyle Rittenhouse at Culver's

    Care to sum up for those who can't watch?
  33. Mao

    Get a free Kyle Rittenhouse at Culver's

    I am suspicious of Barnes as well, as Barnes really seems to love himself some Barnes, but he does seem devoted to winning. Which makes sense when you want to tell everyone how great you are. Being a known loser hampers bragging about how great you are. What worries me though is if this kid...
  34. Mao

    Get a free Kyle Rittenhouse at Culver's

    The concern was less about the money. As others have said, if he gets a fair jury he will get an acquittal. But when you dump your jury research and selection team prior to jury selection and just go it alone. Well. It didn't work well for Chauvin and the concern is, especially after hearing...
  35. Mao

    Get a free Kyle Rittenhouse at Culver's

    Any of you following this currently? Apparently there are some shenanigans around the defense team and finances. The big name defense attorneys that were working jury selection and vetting got fired right before the jury selection happened, and talk is the security manager for the Rittenhouse...
  36. Mao

    How do you fight the Sunday Scaries?

    What the fuck are the Sunday scariest? That some kids show.
  37. Mao

    Spring 2021 Anime Thread

    I would say its less they skipped stuff, and more the books are written in a very out of order, not linear timeline. It is easier to follow in the books, cause they are long form and the jumps are less drastic, but it is working at least 4 different time periods simultaneously, but not telling...
  38. Mao

    Outriders (Squeenix looter shooter)

    I've had this as well on a slightly newer computer, as well as a loud almost feedback sound on scene transitions etc. It seems like the game needed a little more time in the oven. Its not bad, but yeah. My other favorite bug was I had a camp where none of the NPCs were rendered. It wasn't a...
  39. Mao

    Outriders (Squeenix looter shooter)

    If you need to, just drop the world level and push through it to finish the story. Call it sunk cost fallacy. I did, I was like, fuck I'm this far in. Are we really doing this? And yeah, yeah we did. But... story shitting itself aside, I still enjoy the trickster/ me3 vanguard style...
  40. Mao

    Outriders (Squeenix looter shooter)

    So I bought this game this weekend after playing the Demo, and I really enjoyed the demo. Writing was tropey but servicable enough to move the plot along. Breaking the game with some dumb weapon combos and builds was fun. So, I put down my money. I think I regret it. Game was ok, but the...