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Seeing the Swamp and @tronic44's Tombstones.... 😄

Hopped on last night for about an hour with @TurboR56Mini because I wanted to see what you guys did yesterday! 😐 Thanks for unlocking the game to throw trolls and swamp people at me at home base! 😐 Literally got up and went AFK for like 4 minutes, and @TurboR56Mini starts yelling at me to come back because I'm being hit by a troll in my vegetable garden! THEN, I get attacked by swamp people and skeletons. I thought home was a safe place. 😭 All in all, I love the progress you guys made! So cool!

Sounds like a great idea and a super idea to ask everyone before we look into what to do next. I think as more and more of us are getting on, I really want to make sure they can feel like they can contribute and create stuff themselves, all for the community cause. I think this is a SUPER idea and we should get it up as an event! The game isn't going anywhere so we shouldn't be in any rush to do stuff. This is why I'm comfortable just creating more places, reinforcing more current builds because it adds to the fun of it all. I'd rather create something near the swamp to smelt the Iron to make stuff than hop via my own personal world to speed stuff up. Sometimes it makes sense but I enjoy the idea of even saying to each other 'how should we do this?'....and now we can build LONGBOATS...I think we should explore the seas over the coming weeks and watch us get obliterated together by some sea serpent. Sounds deligtful and hilarious even when I type it! 😄🤣

Well shit, the swamp will wreck you, I would say at least 2 people minimum to explore, 3 is better. I know @GazzaGarrattand @tronic44 (saw a few of Tron's graves kicking around!!) explored at least 2 sunken crypts, @RenFengge and I started a third. I extended the walkway to "land" in the swamp and started a tree house, since ya know, tree house. I've also upgraded our forge at the Vault to level 7! We now have a stone cutter there too. Feel free to demo it then rebuild it for the crafting items. Since we beat the second boss or triggered it some other way, there are now raids that attack our bases. @RenFengge and I were at the home base and we attacked by swamp things in one encounter and a troll in another. This new mechanic for the server is....fun? There does not seem to be a safe place anymore so time to enhance our defenses and rethink our layouts at major bases like Vault and Home. We can build with stone now so maybe we do some demo on the OG structure at home and start building the FG Castle??? More than happy to start but I know many of you put some time on day 1 into that base. I don't want to start reconstructing it until we agree to make it a stone castle!!! Maybe we do a build event this week instead of a boss. I'm pretty sure there is no way in hell we will defeat the swamp boss this week. I'm not sure I want to, TBH, I'd rather have the group put some thought into building out the FG Home base and establishing a nice compound for new folks that may join. Thoughts? OOO we can have a long boat too as I saw it in my crafting menu 🙂

This. A million times this. I have seen and watched so many people just play grindy ass games, for what? Look, I've said it before, I play Destiny 2 not because I particularly enjoy it, but because I actually enjoy the people I game with. But please don't think that I think Destiny is anything to be amazed about. It's lazy in the mechanics, the grind, and the various difficulty levels. That said, I am amused on the shit given to Anthem because of the million things wrong with it.. because I see and hear those million things and go "Destiny was originally just as shitty" and all them other loot shooters are just as tedious and terrible as this. But, we want to only shit on Anthem? Come on. I am very much guilty of pre-ordering Anthem and Andromeda... Because I wanted to support my favorite studio in their new direction and hope that EA didn't eat their soul. But, BioWare is dead. Casey gave up, AGAIN. There's nothing to salvage. I also get it. The video game development cycle is expensive. It rivals the budget of likes of Marvel movies and James Cameron movies. And, studios want a return on their money. But, for the love that is all good, just give us games that don't suck and throw microtransactions on them. I will continuously buy things for games I enjoy. But, you will never see me drop $5 on some bullshit outfit or color scheme. Or to unlock a character in a very poorly written story. I want good games. I want games that make me think. That have a story worthwhile. That have characters who I love or love to hate. I want publishers like EA to do more than just throw money and dictate boxes that the studios need to follow, then watch them fail. It's like asking a fish to climb a tree. Look at what Square has done with their failures and risen above them. They have this fantastic Final Fantasy online world that was originally trash, but it is now rich and full after the overhaul. Again, while I am thrilled to have found this gaming community that I thoroughly enjoy, that does not erase the fact that this is a very dark time in the gaming world with trash games everywhere.

To be fair, They were reporting on an interview done by IGN. I have zero faith in anything EA says in this piece though. I thought it was interesting that of all times NOW they'd say "Oh, you game developers have nothing to worry about from us. You do your thing and we'll leave you be." The fact that Dragon Age 4 was suppose to be a live service game blows my mind. Have they not seen the previous interations??? I do agree with Ren about ME legendary edition being a greatest hits for them. After the joke that was Anthem, I'm surprised they're still afloat.

Yuffie!!!!!! Final Fantasy VII Remake is getting a huge PS5 update with a new Yuffie episode WWW.THEVERGE.COM Yuffie Kisaragi is coming to FF7R

Really, REALLY late to the party with this one. I hadn’t planned on buying this, but a nice sale can change ones mind quite fast. If you’ve played any of the other games in this series, it’s more of the same. Controls are more reminiscent of DMC4 then the other 3. It’s the same action, gunplay the series is known for. I’ve been enjoying it and cursing at it as well. Some parts are frustrating as all hell, but that’s the games style. The new character, V is pretty fun to play as. Rather then attack himself, he utilizes demons to attack instead. These are both controlled the same as Dante and Neros gun and swords. It works well. Really easy to SSS rank combos with him. Again, if you like the series, you’ll dig this.

I mean we have too don't we? Here is my opening gambit When the troll realizes you’re out of stamina...

Interesting read here. I wonder how long it will last though. Thoughts? EA Pledges Total Freedom For Studios With Game Development, Including Dragon Age, Titanfall, And More WWW.GAMEINFORMER.COM In recent years, there has been a massive disconnect between EA and gamers and with so many...

Has anyone seen or heard about this? Looks mental and I can actually see myself sinking some hours into it if it has PlayStation support. Yeah I'm aware it tells me what platforms it's available on at the end but I'm too lazy to go back and look

Sorry buddy, we don't allow just spamming of links to other sites unless you're a trusted FGer. This is your first post, with your username as what you're trying to do. If you here cos you want to be here, fantastic. I'll lok forward to seeing your intro in the introduction section all about you, what games you like, etc and then see you around FG in other places. 👍

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I mean, really...

I think also post credits, if it doesnt show anything from Loki, will show Haywood was / is a skrull

The chaos magic will be explored fully in Dr Strange 2 I have no doubt. Potentially her training her how to control it I think its literally just the name 'Mephisto' that is the issue. Mephistopheles is one of the names for the devil and is where the comic name comes from. I just think there wont be any character called Mephisto. They will just go with Nightmare It will either be Ultron or a version of Ultron. Or they will just go with White Vision who is like just a cold calculated version of Vision himself. Theoretically the code is in him for Ultron still though so it would make sense in the MCU. He is a big villain in the comics it would be cool to see him back and done a bit more justice. Yep Wandavision is basically the stepping off point for Dr Strange and all the multiverse stuff, Spiderverse, Xmen and who knows what else. I think yes 2 post credits, one for the villain of Dr Strange 2 potentially appearing to Agatha or talking to her. I think the other will be for Loki. I was thinking they may just throw an unrelated one in there for Falcon but considering its so close I don't know why they would do that

If D2 is in good game development, it's because it's a cash cow. It because they were given what they needed to fix their initial Destiny and become what it is today. But, being successful in that sense is because a cheetah was asked to run and not do something it couldn't naturally do. I think a lot of fun in multiplayer games happens in spite of bad game development. For example, when @TurboR56Mini and I played No Man's Sky with a few people, just getting an update or a patch was intriguing because of various things breaking or completely changing. Every patch and update was like getting a new game. It was always a question of "What's broken today? What's fixed now that we couldn't previously do because it was broken?" I'll cite Square Enix on actual good game development, but the culture there is vastly different. We only recently talk about that "crunch" time in gaming studios, but that's like embedded in anime production and game production for them. However, they don't necessarily abandon games because they give up either. Again, FFXIV was a redo, and congrats on them for making good on that. Admitting they were wrong in a puff piece was an orchestrated move pushed by their PR, most likely. I've been on the side of companies with their C-suite needing to do this BS. I've seen the arguments that PR and Marketing make to the C-suite to do these things. They put it out there to pacify the game audience. That's it. They expect people to forget in a week. If they follow through, I will be pleasantly surprised. If they don't, it's what was expected. Them giving the studios they bought "more freedom" is vastly different than what they are used to. It's not what their Board is used to. It's not what their major investors are used to. Unless their Board is on the same page, it won't happen. And, Boards only care about profit. "More freedom" to studios is not an overnight thing. It's not even a "couple of months" thing. It's a culture change that will take time and the willingness to fight for it. I love games, and the industry as a whole makes me sad. Sony is my bright spot in how they manage their studios. Look at Bend Studios and Guerrilla Games. Look at how they are being grown and guided vs what EA has done to studios they bought. Sony does it right. And, I look forward to anything they do for the gaming world. They aren't perfect, but they have always tried to be for the gamers.

Yeah, about that....its incredibly insane!! I was determined on my day off to go and have some exploring time as I wanted to feel like I was able to attempt something that was challenging. This was to go to the swamp and survive enough to bring back some loot to create better things to then go back and get the prestigious Iron we needed for next steps. @tronic44, Pablo (rich's friend) and me went to the swamp after i pushed so far and got loads of items but ran out of luck. We attempted time after time to get our stuff back, and continually died getting caught out by leeches in the water. About 5 boats later, we eventually got our stuff and went in a little deeper. I must say the jump after the second boss to the third is quite substantial. The subconscious way through someone thought about this change in the game and allows you to subtlety change and adapt to potions whilst using the latest things you could make, like the tankard are very satisying. After a few runs to a few crypts in between breaks, @tronic44 beat an extended pathway to the swamps whilst Ihad a brief look at the Mountains on our spawn island, as we can now make Frost resistant potions. Be well aware, Wolves HURT ALOT. I died many times killing a few but going back to see what was in there. At night something amazing is in there called a Fenring. Apparently only appears at night and howls to call other wolves to come close when you take it on. Lots of health, i got within 5% of killing it to then die and wasn't able to get back in time before sunrise. Apparently some pretty Wolf leg armour can be made with the stuff he drops, alongside some rare drops Wolves give you (Fangs, Pelts, etc). Anyway, before I got off for FIFA Monday Night Football, I added a few bits which I believe Carl completed later on to our Forge, thanks buddy. You'll now find the dining/storage hall at the Vault to be a cool place to hang out with the Comfort level now at 12. Here's a view from either side. Go and sit in the Raven Throne when you get chance 😄

And on balance (which is effing weird cos i'm saying this in a thread I have little love for EA 😄 )but you would say that the fun has happened because sometimes game development IS good? I don't like watching the news because its far more bias to negative news because it generates more interest. I'd love to see what makes us tick in a positive sense. Not many people decide to pick up on the positive parts of really anything created these days but I'm just trying to step back a little and see if there is any positive stuff in this? Maybe just admitting the fact they were wrong to dictate so much to game developers and the next few games they'll be trying to allow them some freedom....IS a good thing? Albeit very minor because we have little faith that they'll truly follow their own words? 😄 Just a random 2p that popped in my mind.

I mean... that's what I love about our constant grinding of DSC. It's not like most of us need anything in it anymore, but it's just hilarious fun. We're all still talking about the third encounter and @Kemp210 's birthday happening during it hahahaa. And, I wasn't even there!!

Exactly! 100% this!

I genuinely can't see the difference. I've not heard what they are gonna do differently either. I could imagine based on teh shooting how an element of DayZ survival would work in this game...but where is the detail!! Unless this game was made to create more hype back around Division 2. I see so many games that are doing this and making more well established games shine even more because of half-assed versions coming out from nowhere.

yeah i don't know how we will manage to beat the third since it has arrow resistance so we will have to go up close and personal with blunt weapons, we need to grind so everyone can be on a similar equipment with a ton of potions etc cause the elder kicked our asses even us who were kinda maxed out, i will try to solo the second boss on my own world but if i can't i will maybe nuke the whole thing and bring everything to the fg server

I didn't see this. I already have it so might be worth the transfer to SSD rather than external Hard Drive....although I have no space on the SSD already 🤣

So I have gone and bought myself a gaming laptop. After a fair while looking at specs and education myself a bit about what's out there I have decided upon the following HW to get me into the world of PC gaming. Acer Nitro 5 with the 17.3" monitor and running Intel core i7. Graphics card is the GTX1660. 16Gb Ram and 256SSD. I am hoping this should keep me going for a fair while now to be fair! I look forward to getting involved with a few other faces and embarking on my PC expansive world discovery!

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I’ll leave this here..

I legit cannot help but be annoyed by this. Like... my knee-jerk reaction is "Go burn in hell." Because it rarely has ever been, and it's always been about the $$$ which is why they broke BioWare by demanding them to create GaaS instead of the games that they are actually great at making. This whole interview is a bunch of gaslighting BS. It's EA trying to appease their audience after the news of Casey giving up and Anthem 2.0 no longer happening. It's like an abusive ex saying, "I always loved you, and I promise to not hit you anymore and let you have some more freedom instead of locking you in the house. But, do remember who gave you this mansion to live in and all your food and clothes." So... go burn in hell? I love Dragon Age and Mass Effect. I want DA4 to be amazing. But, I also think that maybe Mass Effect Legendary should be their swan song/greatest hits as they fade away and make room for other studios. I say this as I grew up watching Squaresoft evolve, merge, do whatever, and become Square Enix. As a huge fan of Squaresoft and never thinking we could have the great games that were FFIX and the predecessors, because I loved Chrono Trigger too... and I know the team responsible for those games have moved on. I enjoyed FFVII Remake and will play it all as it is released. But, the heart wrenching stories, especially that of FFVI and Kafka, I haven't seen Square pull anything off like that since FFIX. Anyway, the interview is them covering their ass and is a puff piece. (So say me, an Exec Assistant to numerous powerful people in NYC who has had to work with marketing departments to "create goodwill" with puff pieces)

The FF7 Remake is a shock inclusion and what makes it better is the PS5 version releasing in June is a free upgrade for existing owners so I'm gonna grab one month and get the game that way and then just play through the new version in the summer. Brilliant stuff! *Edit apparently it says in the blog you cannot upgrade if you get the PSN version even though any other digital or disc copy can upgrade - this contradicts the state of play trailer big time. Damn, knew it would be too good to be true! I'll try and pick up a disc version on the cheap and upgrade that way then.

Feels a bit off and like a cheapo version of The Division which is essentially what it is The devs really need to start selling the concept and what differentiates it from that game.

EPISODE 8 SPOILERS BELOW - Again there is a mid credits scene if you missed it So a big flashback episode. As 'exposition' episodes go I thought it was very well done. I think the small retcon of her backstory fit perfectly in the MCU. I am glad they are keeping it much more about Wanda instead of bringing all these outside big heros / villains and filling it with loads of action (although we will definitely get loads next week). They are keeping it a Wanda focussed story about her grief which I think really helps the storytelling, and really makes you care more for the characters. Her acting in this episode is her best so far. I can see why it would annoy people that the story hasn't really moved forward for 2 episodes much, but we did need this to really bring it full circle and give a huge amount of context to what is going on. Also I think Katherine Hahn is amazing, I can see her becoming a fan favourite and sticking around the MCU for a while, much like Loki. She is 47 years old by the way, how is that possible? The first scene showing her surrounded by the other witches was cool, and I don't think they would have shown it if it doesnt play into the story somewhat either in the next episode or a future film. I think it also shows er magic is purple so would assume she uses it from the dark dimension, similar to Kaecilius in Dr Strange and Dormammus energy blasts. This would also explain her unnatural long life. In terms of big episode points. For the most part we knew it was coming, the big confirmation though is that they name dropped chaos magic, as well as showing that she had the innate power all along. She is now the first MCU mutant shown on screen. I am not sure how they will explain how Quicksilver got his powers, as the episode basically suggested everyone else who came into contact with the mind stone died. Maybe Wanda protected him somewhat when it was his turn for the experiments. I assume he also had the powers before the mind stone, it's just the mind stone basically unlocked it similar to Wanda. The chaos magic name drop is huge, as you can pretty much do anything with it. Agatha also said 'You're a Scarlett Witch' the first time she has actually been called that in the MCU, and also confirming there are multiple versions (she said 'A' not 'The' Scarlett Witch). She is a Nexus being so will exist in multiple realities as the same character. In terms of the theories so far, I am going to partially backtrack. I do not think that Mephisto or Nightmare will show up in the final episode now. If they do, it will be an after credits scene reference to them. Also there is a huge issue with Mephisto in that hes basically the Devil. In China, they cannot show depictions of the Devil on mainstream television or anywhere really culturally its a big no no. So I don't think we will ever get Mephisto which is sad but Disney have to appease China for purely financial reasons. I think the same will be true of Dr Strange in the sense he won't show up unless post credits. I think the episode will focus entirely around Agatha / Haywood vs Vision / Scarlett Witch / Photon. There are a couple of dangling plot points though. As for the mid credits scene. I am so so so hoping that Haywoods white Vision has Ultrons voice. As soon as the scene started I thought he would speak at the end at it would cut to credits. Unfortunately it cut before he spoke but I do think it could be Ultron inside Visions old body. I really don't know how this will play into the final battle though. It also looks like he has a mini arc reactor in the space where the mind stone was. Then the other point is the rabbit and the 'missing persons' case they kept mentioning. I am struggling to think who it could be at this point. Perhaps Agatha put a spell on Dr Strange and its him trapped? Maybe could explain why he hasn't intervened yet. Time will tell but I am hoping for an extremely satisfying ending. Peace

This game was one of the few reasons for picking up a PS5 but I hear Sony are planning to let more of their games go to PC...... here's hoping😁

I still haven't finished Fallout 4. STILL! I got so distracted with base building, then there was a bug where one of my camps wouldn't get above 75% on happiness or whatever... so infuriating. Then I think I got another bug right at the end of the game, so I couldn't complete it. Great list to start with! I would say Witcher should be in there, but I haven't played any of the series. I heard it was fantastic. And, Mass Effect Legendary, just so you can see the difference in visuals (or experience it for the first time). Then there's Civilization 4, 5, and 6. I like 4 the best, but obviously 6 will be the newest graphics. So excited for you! Hope to catch you on Valheim!

Might actually be able to get a ps5 by then😉

Valheim is first on the list @TurboR56Mini for sure! I will have this downloaded on Friday no questions asked. Other games on my growing steam wishlist @RenFengge include day-z, diablo 3, fallout 4 and rust. There's plenty more but I can't think off the top of my head 🙂 I look forward to joining in with you guys as soon as possible! I'll still be doing FIFA Mondays with FG and trying for Gran Turismo Tuesday as well as warzone on my playstation and football manager and several Lego games with the boy on the switch so gaming has kicked up a gear in our house 😆

Nice one, will get you added on Steam at some point today. I came back to PC gaming around 2012, first with Civilisation 5 and then with the DayZ mod. But I was using a work laptop which allowed me about an hour an a half on DayZ before overheating and dying. I loved that mod so much I saved my pennies for a gaming machine, best move I ever made.

That's awesome! I've been reading up on the Valheim server too and that looks ace. Can't wait to get it now!

That's really cool. There used to be only a few of us that played PC but that's really changed in the last year or two. There's quite a big gang now. Also, I would say pretty much all of us have every game you mentioned one way or another 😁

haha certainly! I have wanted to get into PC gaming more for the vast amount of games and the sheer amount of choice out there. I used to PC game when I was younger but mainly simulation and action games etc but lately the whole console thing has just declined in my interest with the exception of some games I play with the FG crew. Game I want to play: Valheim, Fallout, Diablo 3 (and 4 on release), sea of thieves, rust, day-z and a steam wishlist thats growing by the day. There are also some games like horizon 4 etc but I want so decent open world strategy type games to play on a night now. Games where I can feel progression and work for status etc. **Edit** removed spec to post in HW section 🙂 It should be delivered this week so I can get rolling on the weekend, plus its payday Friday for extras!

I'm the opposite, prefer first person. But many of the best survival games, like DayZ, give the option to switch between the two, so that would be a cool feature imo🙂

I just bought myself a gaming laptop so will be trying to get more involved in the PC world woohoo! Steam ID is G_dub52 add me if you wish 🙂

This.

I want it to be March to May, June to August and then September to November. I put all of the tracks onto Excel already so just need to finish it off. Maybe this week as I'm using up annual leave on Thursday and Friday. Cheers 🙂

Looks like it works super well. I just tend to seriously dislike first person POV. I can't see where I get stuck lol.

Nice, I've done a delivery mission. 60fos and smoothest it's ever been👍

Can confirm that the game is a lot more stable. Still destroys my i5 from 2012 like (pinned at 100% usage), but at least the game isn't crashing every 15 mins! Been having a few profitable nights this week doing bounty hunting, item recovery, couriering etc.

With each new quarterly update you have to create your face again but that's l. You keep whatever you owned from the previous patch. I've now got 200K credits saved up over the last year.

It's what we're all thinking