GasBandit
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Life is a cage, and death is the key - all your [base] are belong to me. - Oblivionfall AD
got into /r/pokemon's discord raid server. I feel like I'm actually accomplishing stuff now.
So on a desperate hunch, I used my phone as a hotspot and connected to it on my laptop, and I immediately managed to connect via the EA app, and Mass Effect Legendary Edition now works. Apparently, for some reason, my home wifi network can't connect to the EA servers, but my phone's hotspot can.
Any ideas on why that might be?
Different DNS, different routing table/path from ISP, different caching or CDN, geographical restrictions, possibly more I’m not thinking of.
—Patrick
…yes? Though if the tier 1 people at your ISP are anything like the tier 1 people at US ISPs, you might not get anywhere.
The good news is that it is probably not your computer or computer settings’ fault* which means you can leave it out of your troubleshooting entirely. That just leaves your router and everything else between it and EA left to troubleshoot!
—Patrick
*unless you were using two different connection methods (e.g. normally wired Internet but phone was tethered via wifi) which could still mean some kind of interface-related settings issue on your PC.
The good news is that it is probably not your computer or computer settings’ fault* which means you can leave it out of your troubleshooting entirely. That just leaves your router and everything else between it and EA left to troubleshoot!
—Patrick
*unless you were using two different connection methods (e.g. normally wired Internet but phone was tethered via wifi) which could still mean some kind of interface-related settings issue on your PC.
I'd love to get into this but Siren's PVP Community is basically non-existant. I've qued for CC on the weekends and not gotten a match for more than an hour.
Which data center is that? Because over on Crystal I've never waited more than a minute pretty much no matter what time I'm playing.
I'm also surprised they don't have cross data center play now
Primal, unfortunately.
I've been playing through the Pixel Remaster FF's and I'm now into 6. Holy shit it's nuts to see what a leap 6 was over the previous games in presentation, visuals, scope, etc. Not nearly as customizable as 5, but good lord it's easy to see why FF6 blew our fucking socks off at the time (if you were into JRPGs).
THEY VOICE ACTED THE OPERA SCENE, making it WAY less funny.
That's my favorite scene in all of gaming. 6 is my favorite FF (other than 14) and it still blows my socks off
I see the World of Ruin Colosseum is just as stupid in Pixel Remaster as it was on SNES.
All this character has to do is autoattack once and I'll win.
Edgar proceeds to cast reflect on himself, then regen on himself, which reflects onto the Cactaur, then he proceeds to do the same with cure, cura, esuna, poisona and finally uses his noiseblaster 4 times in a row before succumbing to the 1000 Needles attacks.
Just had to hit fight once.
Fuck you.
Also, the sheer number of these that just autokill you before you have a chance to even make one bad move is very frustrating.
All this character has to do is autoattack once and I'll win.
Edgar proceeds to cast reflect on himself, then regen on himself, which reflects onto the Cactaur, then he proceeds to do the same with cure, cura, esuna, poisona and finally uses his noiseblaster 4 times in a row before succumbing to the 1000 Needles attacks.
Just had to hit fight once.
Fuck you.
Also, the sheer number of these that just autokill you before you have a chance to even make one bad move is very frustrating.
Having a craving for a shooty action game, and with apparently a big DLC coming out soon, I decided to give Cyberpunk 2077 another try. It's gotten a ton of free dlc and supposedly it's good now.
After playing it a couple days I uninstalled it again. It still just feels so... vapid. So much missed potential.
But still wanting an action game, I decided to reinstall Control, since I've never done any of the DLC there.
This game still fucking rules.
After playing it a couple days I uninstalled it again. It still just feels so... vapid. So much missed potential.
But still wanting an action game, I decided to reinstall Control, since I've never done any of the DLC there.
This game still fucking rules.
GasBandit
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Tried V Rising.
Refunded after 4 hours.
It's shit.
Tedious combat, bad controls, irritating camera, grindy resource gathering... just absolute shit.
Here's a tip, game developers. If the key to beating a low end boss is to dodge his attack then counterattack... 50 times... in exactly the same manner each time... it's not good combat. "Hi I am a regular human being but you would not BELIEVE how many times a vampire with superhuman strength can hit me with a sword before I even show any consternation, much less die."
If the cooldown on a special attack that does all of 15% extra damage once is more than 10 seconds when the cooldown on a regular attack is 0.2 seconds... it's not good combat.
If you have to repeatedly change camera angles while in combat but the act of changing your camera angle precludes you from accurately attacking while you do it because your targeting reticle disappears... IT'S NOT GOOD COMBAT.
Refunded after 4 hours.
It's shit.
Tedious combat, bad controls, irritating camera, grindy resource gathering... just absolute shit.
Here's a tip, game developers. If the key to beating a low end boss is to dodge his attack then counterattack... 50 times... in exactly the same manner each time... it's not good combat. "Hi I am a regular human being but you would not BELIEVE how many times a vampire with superhuman strength can hit me with a sword before I even show any consternation, much less die."
If the cooldown on a special attack that does all of 15% extra damage once is more than 10 seconds when the cooldown on a regular attack is 0.2 seconds... it's not good combat.
If you have to repeatedly change camera angles while in combat but the act of changing your camera angle precludes you from accurately attacking while you do it because your targeting reticle disappears... IT'S NOT GOOD COMBAT.
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GasBandit
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I mean, once you get wolf form, which is pretty early, you can dash from shadow to shadow to cross country to get back to your castle. That's not a huge deal. Though it does seem kinda silly that it has to be DIRECT SUNLIGHT to harm your vampire, and even a wispy palm frond is enough to prevent combustion.
So I finally finished Mass Effect 3.
All in all, I liked it. I liked it a lot. It's a satisfying conclusion to the Mass Effect saga and the plot lines developed over the three games. The gameplay was solid, the characters were interesting, the dialog was a bit odd at times but overall serviceable (I'm guessing they changed writers for this game), and the women were all hot. I romanced Tali and promised to build her a home.
And yes, the ending was bizarre, but I knew that going in, and I also knew about the indoctrination theory, so playing the ending with the indoctrination theory in mind actually made everything much better.
Now to do it all again as Femshep and embark on a torrid romance with Liara.
All in all, I liked it. I liked it a lot. It's a satisfying conclusion to the Mass Effect saga and the plot lines developed over the three games. The gameplay was solid, the characters were interesting, the dialog was a bit odd at times but overall serviceable (I'm guessing they changed writers for this game), and the women were all hot. I romanced Tali and promised to build her a home.
And yes, the ending was bizarre, but I knew that going in, and I also knew about the indoctrination theory, so playing the ending with the indoctrination theory in mind actually made everything much better.
Now to do it all again as Femshep and embark on a torrid romance with Liara.
Not sure if you noticed, or if you're still subbed given your current situation, but it's on Gamepass now.
GasBandit
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It's clearly a Tanuki, the entire expansion is Japan-themed. But what is a Tanuki if not a weeb trash panda?
GasBandit
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The common name for the Tanuki is "Raccoon Dog," after all. Raccoons are "trash pandas," ergo by the transitive property...
That DLC is from last year, there's already a new one out with a more D&D inspired theme....
GIB MOAR MONEYS PLZ...
GasBandit
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Oh I got them all. I just hadn't gotten any until now because I unlocked 100% before any DLC came out, and then never got around to circling back until the video Dave posted about its development reminded me it existed.
