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by dezzmont
Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:59 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

The difference being the ferengi for the most part are peaceful and competent within very strict criteria of what their species considers valuable. Haha.... No. The Ferengi are pretty violent, ruthless, and attempt to take anything anyone considers valuable if they can use it against them, up until...
by dezzmont
Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:36 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P
Replies: 74
Views: 18032

Re: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P

You can firebreath while attacking, and its Goliath's highest damage ability anyway. I use leap to get in on the medic, and then firebreath while attacking normally to take them down. Also, the second level of leap smash is a very insignificant increase to your damage, and it mostly serves to increa...
by dezzmont
Fri Jul 08, 2016 4:26 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P
Replies: 74
Views: 18032

Re: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P

I go for smash 1, fire 2, rock 1 personally when I think there will be early agro. The fire at rank 2 really catches a lot of people off guard and is shockingly lethal.
by dezzmont
Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:46 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P
Replies: 74
Views: 18032

Re: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P

Stage 1 beatdowns are really fun to pull off. The hunters are often overconfident and don't use their defensive abilities enough allowing you to shred them if you leveled fire twice.
by dezzmont
Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:28 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P
Replies: 74
Views: 18032

Re: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P

Yeah by that logic all shooters aren't fun because once you see your opponent all strategy is gone and you are stuck with boring old tactics and skill and what loser cares about that? Like I said, its in a good place as a free to play, it never really was a full game, its a nice experience and it is...
by dezzmont
Thu Jul 07, 2016 9:40 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P
Replies: 74
Views: 18032

Re: Evolve evolving from P2P to F2P

Still pretty fun. You can earn everything through in game currency. Seems fine as F2P.
by dezzmont
Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:21 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: The Ship: Remasted - CAN'T STUMP THE TRUMP ($6!!!)
Replies: 10
Views: 2210

Re: The Ship: Remasted - CAN'T STUMP THE TRUMP ($6!!!)

The ship is basically a better version of ss13 solely because they design it so that you are forced to move around like a real human being.
by dezzmont
Sun Jul 03, 2016 1:54 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

Anyone who bitches that democracy doesn't work needs to retroactively be flunked out of highschool for failing history. The fact you are not the property of some asshat by virtue of absolutely needing to work during all your waking hours on their land to feed yourself is a pretty fucking solid chec...
by dezzmont
Sat Jul 02, 2016 10:37 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

Anyone who bitches that democracy doesn't work needs to retroactively be flunked out of highschool for failing history. The fact you are not the property of some asshat by virtue of absolutely needing to work during all your waking hours on their land to feed yourself is a pretty fucking solid check...
by dezzmont
Thu Jun 30, 2016 1:46 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

Counterpoint: Crook is a team oriented build when you constantly are picking your bros up off the ground because they keep hitting the floor like they are slipping slipping on banana peels every 5 seconds. That said Grandad with an RPG is like the most legit thing ever, he pushes any soloist deck up...
by dezzmont
Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:27 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: cataclysm dark days ahead- You just cant win
Replies: 1220
Views: 318634

Re: cataclysm dark days ahead- You just cant win

i mean yeah, it was clear DDA's development was stupid as hell when they added in static spawn without any real way to support it. Thankfully now there are alternate jobs that change your loadout for your playstyle, now houses can hold pretty much anything that can be found in a store (It was fuckin...
by dezzmont
Tue Jun 28, 2016 2:20 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

Basically it is funny because Brexiters thought that the EU would be totally fine with this and would give them everything they want, but in reality absolutely no one should have thought that because its fucking stupid and ignores the EU's history of playing hardball with instability in the UK, such...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

What does the UK make that we want pounds to buy? That is the real question now, because the UK is no longer a good entry point to the Eurozone which is what people used it for. I think their steel industry is crashing too, so the pound will only be worth something if it gets devalued to the point ...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:33 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

It wasn't pointless.

If the UK gets downgraded to an AA credit rating they will officially have a debt spiral and plunge into a massive depression.

So it was less than pointless!
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 9:28 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

It may in all seriousness may make immigration worse, because the UK absolutely needs free trade to survive and already has way more concessions than the other member states. It may be forced to participate in Schengen, to pay EU dues, or give up the pound. And its companys will still have to follow...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 6:21 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

Yeah, but the Pound is dropping faster, fast enough that its a scenario where you have a market panic. Just as Britain was pretty much utterly economically dependent on the EU, seriously its fucking funny you guys literally set yourselves up to be attractive HQs for EU companies due to control over ...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 6:12 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

That's assuming they have any interest in becoming a German citizen rather than just staying a Syrian that is currently staying in Germany, which are two very different things. Also they're nearly all uneducated and would need INTENSE governmental investment to be brought up to a decent working for...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 6:02 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

Definitely are missing stuff. It ain't awful, for one. Teach 'em German, put 'em to work. Lotsa very educated people, some at the uni I work at. Of course you have to silence both the troublesome ones and the right-wing populists. Yeah a lot of people forget most of the refugees are Syrian, which m...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:55 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

Again, you were never part of the Schengen area and thus leaving the EU changes fucking nothing in regards to the migrant crisis, because it was never the UK's problem. That isn't even getting into the migrant debate, it just was never a fucking issue involved in the UK's relationship to the EU, so ...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:45 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

Economics 101 time because they apparently don't teach this shit in Britain: 10 fucking percent of your savings were wiped out because investors wisely realize that your country is destroying its export and likely import market, because the EU is your biggest trading partner and there is no chance i...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:34 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

All the fear-mongering was done by people wanting to stay, and now that they didn't get what they wanted all hell is breaking loose as people stupid enough to believe them are flipping shit. Now would really be the time for some world leaders to step up and tell everyone to chill the fuck out befor...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:27 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: 2k16 /pol/
Replies: 1531
Views: 304632

Re: 2k16 /pol/

As someone who has a basic understanding of economics, I am now laughing at all of the people who thought that deliberately creating a market panic was a good idea. British citizens just lost 1/10th of their savings in a few hours. Index funds are crashing. The pound just had the largest drop in val...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 24, 2016 4:05 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Tabletop General
Replies: 1005
Views: 213456

Re: Tabletop General

Ceres has the bonus of being Anarcho Capitalist which means we would likely be freelance police, and the Extropan movement is on pretty ok terms with everyone, even if there is some bad blood between them and the anarchist movements. It isn't like the Jove where a Mercurial Uplift literally couldn't...
by dezzmont
Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:43 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode
Replies: 1582
Views: 372311

Re: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode

Lets be honest. This would have been a badass game if it was CK2 in space with a bit of Twilight Imperium to give the international relations structure. You would have more complicated empires, but the fact that you are firmly a state would allow you to avoid bickering vassals to deal more with mode...
by dezzmont
Wed Jun 22, 2016 4:37 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode
Replies: 1582
Views: 372311

Re: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode

They need victory conditions because this is much more an X4 than a Grand Strategy game. There isn't actually a lot of intrigue happening, its very bare bones and thus the game's focus is very much on conquest. Unlike CK2, literally nothing happens if you don't play with aspirations to conquer. Ther...
by dezzmont
Wed Jun 22, 2016 2:31 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode
Replies: 1582
Views: 372311

Re: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode

Yes but unless they can gain actual control of planets they can't actually ever 'win.'

Which is fine in a grand strategy game, but this is also an X4.
by dezzmont
Wed Jun 22, 2016 12:16 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode
Replies: 1582
Views: 372311

Re: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode

Fanatic pacifists are only going to be viable if it is possible to gain vassals diplomatically now, because it sure as hell wasn't before.
by dezzmont
Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:57 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Dead By Daylight
Replies: 503
Views: 200818

Re: Dead By Daylight - Chefs revenge

My issue with wraith is that he has nothing in his item that allows you to win chases. Finding survivors is nice but ultimately trapper does what you need your item to do, where as the Wraith has no recourse against a good survivor.
by dezzmont
Sun Jun 19, 2016 6:40 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Dead By Daylight
Replies: 503
Views: 200818

Re: Dead By Daylight - Chefs revenge

Billy is much better than the wraith because of the movement aspect of the saw. He is also hard to escape from. Its hard for killers to realize how fundamentally annoying the saw is because it requires you to change your movement patterns and 'settle' during escapes because you no longer have as muc...
by dezzmont
Sun Jun 19, 2016 2:01 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Dead By Daylight
Replies: 503
Views: 200818

Re: Dead By Daylight - Chefs revenge

All the time. In the sense every player should be making offerings every match. It allows good players to control the environment in ways to their benefit, but most are minor. The good ones are level selectors, they make it more likely you go to a level good for your character. The beat to death ite...
by dezzmont
Sun Jun 19, 2016 12:06 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Dead By Daylight
Replies: 503
Views: 200818

Re: Dead By Daylight - Chefs revenge

I am glad they are ignoring the baby tier scrubs crying about Wraith as well.
by dezzmont
Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:21 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

I main dodge builds.

They are no longer totally immortal. They are now just quasi immortal and making a mistake will put you down.
by dezzmont
Wed Jun 15, 2016 5:37 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

Tightest crew ever! Let no one claim that deathwish is hard!
by dezzmont
Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:00 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Dead By Daylight
Replies: 503
Views: 200818

Re: Dead By Daylight - Chefs revenge

I am quietly hype. The endless blood web and multiple killers (Specifically the difference between the Wraith and the Trapper) seem like they will add a ton to the game.
by dezzmont
Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:25 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

Dodge builds, at least crook builds, love the shit out of grandad, because they care a lot about both sides of the buff and the damage reduction on top! They are basically the grandkids running around being little scamps and bringing gifts (read: Hostages) back to grandad while his coffee kicks in f...
by dezzmont
Mon Jun 13, 2016 10:11 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Warhammer Total War
Replies: 8
Views: 2073

Re: Warhammer Total War

Makes sense. VC in the tabletop are the most topheavy army in the game. They have literally the strongest commanders possible and if your main leader dies you lose the game.
by dezzmont
Mon Jun 13, 2016 5:24 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

Its because its a character pack, which is always 4.99 and has a deck, two weapons, and the character, and a mission pack, which has mask drops and one or two weapons and is generally 6.99. If it was one more expensive pack then they would lose out on the people who are more casual and just want the...
by dezzmont
Sat Jun 11, 2016 6:51 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Tabletop Simulator
Replies: 118
Views: 29280

Re: Tabletop Simulator

My body is ready! How we doing this?
by dezzmont
Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:13 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Hulkamania runs wild on Gawker Media (THE RIDE NEVER ENDS)
Replies: 75
Views: 18721

Re: Hulkamania runs wild on Gawker Media (THE RIDE NEVER END

Trust me, contempt of court is basically the best way to put a judge in full triggered mode. Every judge, regardless of political leanings, has a vested interest in making sure people respect the legitimacy of the US court system. No judge would ignore anyone violating a court order. Once the order ...
by dezzmont
Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:10 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Hulkamania runs wild on Gawker Media (THE RIDE NEVER ENDS)
Replies: 75
Views: 18721

Re: Hulkamania runs wild on Gawker Media (THE RIDE NEVER END

As a former law student I find it especially funny that Gawker decided to violate a court order. That is pretty much on par with logging out when an admin bwoops you, judges can do pretty much anything they want to you if they find you in contempt of court. Like it would have been completely legal f...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:52 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Dead By Daylight
Replies: 503
Views: 200818

Re: Dead By Daylight - Chefs revenge

Its a fun bug.

And I don't think it will go the way of Evolve for multiple reasons. Mainly the lack of a clear attempt to fleece us.
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:28 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: TF3
Replies: 906
Views: 213132

Re: Overwatch

I have. Quite often actually. While the objective is very close to the defender's spawn at the end, it has very little room for the defenders to do anything fancy, while the final location is actually extremely porous if you know about the upper balcony and two side doors. The issue is that the balc...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:19 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: TF3
Replies: 906
Views: 213132

Re: Overwatch

There are flanking positions on Hollywood for every part of the final push... The big doorway is flanked by two smaller doorways and an entire side-stage section the attackers are allowed to control. The rear of the set has the scaffolding which the attackers control by the time they get there. And ...
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 10, 2016 7:17 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

I am glad I could contribute by suicide.

It really highlights the strengths of your design when the optimal strategy is for, after doing a ton of hard work and repeatedly resetting the level, half the team needs to kill themselves via jumping off high buildings over and over.
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 10, 2016 3:25 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

Actually we only didnt bring you in because it took us like 20 tries to get to just that point and we didn't have it in us to get you up to speed.

Seriously fuck that heist.
by dezzmont
Fri Jun 10, 2016 12:49 am
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

Although isn't the meta basically just CAR-4 and Loco/Judge and nothing else? There are plenty of builds that use neither of those weapons. I almost always go with a handgun build myself. It is very effective at all ranges and with the ability to easily hit 80 damage you can oneshot tans for days. ...
by dezzmont
Thu Jun 09, 2016 9:34 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode
Replies: 1582
Views: 372311

Re: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode

That is called the endgame. Preventing fanatic pacifists from being allowed to participate at all is amazingly stupid. You get locked out insanely early if you can't take over planets. The only way to make what they are doing work is to make it so that it is easier to vassalize through diplomacy. It...
by dezzmont
Thu Jun 09, 2016 9:28 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode
Replies: 1582
Views: 372311

Re: Paradox Grand Strat meets Sci-Fi 4X; Boners Explode

I think they don't understand their own design, by making pacifists literally unable to conquer they make it so pacifists literally can't ever win. Old pacifists were able to partake in war, they just benefited from really short wars. Good pacifist play was about gobbling people up quickly rather th...
by dezzmont
Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:49 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Payday 2
Replies: 546
Views: 138402

Re: Payday 2

It sorta was. You would crouch during really narrow chokepoints or when doing an objective, but the Crook in my eyes is all about weaving in and out of fights, which the crouch boost wasn't amazing for. Now crooks are way tougher in a short engagement, and can sustain themselves for a bit with heads...
by dezzmont
Thu Jun 09, 2016 8:41 pm
Forum: Video Games
Topic: Tabletop Simulator
Replies: 118
Views: 29280

Re: Tabletop Simulator

I will be out to lunch at 12 PM EST for probably an hour or three on saturday so we should definitely lean towards early evening rather than early afternoon.