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As he's not on the forum (yet....), I'd like to thank everyone on behalf of Alex for the Young FGer of the year award.  I'm hoping all this early investment in PC's and consoles and non-stop nagging off the wife is going to pay off for me in the future........
 

As he's not on the forum (yet....), I'd like to thank everyone on behalf of Alex for the Young FGer of the year award.  I'm hoping all this early investment in PC's and consoles and non-stop nagging off the wife is going to pay off for me in the future........
 

As he's not on the forum (yet....), I'd like to thank everyone on behalf of Alex for the Young FGer of the year award.  I'm hoping all this early investment in PC's and consoles and non-stop nagging off the wife is going to pay off for me in the future........
 

As he's not on the forum (yet....), I'd like to thank everyone on behalf of Alex for the Young FGer of the year award.  I'm hoping all this early investment in PC's and consoles and non-stop nagging off the wife is going to pay off for me in the future........
 

As he's not on the forum (yet....), I'd like to thank everyone on behalf of Alex for the Young FGer of the year award.  I'm hoping all this early investment in PC's and consoles and non-stop nagging off the wife is going to pay off for me in the future........
 

Destiny 2 patch 2.1.0
Sandbox
Supers Chaos Reach Fixed an issue in which having multiple Chaos Reach beams active at one time caused their visual effects to merge together Fixed an issue to allow Chaos Reach beams to penetrate friendly Banner Shields Fixed an issue in which Chaos Reach did not damage Taken Blights Note: Changes to Chaos Reach Cancellation will come with Destiny 2 Update 2.1.1, scheduled for 12/4/2018
  Nova Warp Fixed an issue in which Nova Warp would sometimes fail to detonate on release.
  Sentinel Fixed an issue in which Sentinel Shields and Banner Shields would lose energy when guarding near friendly detonations (most notably Thundercrash)
  Spectral Blades Retuned the Spectral Blades Super to increase the reliability of melee attacks in PvP and to bolster the effectiveness of Super’s stealth capabilities More information here: This Week at Bungie – 11/08/2018 Burning Maul Decreased camera shake and screen flash on hit in an attempt to alleviate feelings of motion sickness when using the Burning Maul Super
  Thundercrash Adjusted camera during flight sequence in an attempt to alleviate feelings of motion sickness when using Thundercrash Super   Exotic Armor Fixed an issue in which Ophidian Aspect was not increasing the melee range on various Warlock charged melees (Igniting Touch, Ball Lightning, Entropic Pull, Devour, and Atomic Breach) Fixed an issue in which buffs granted by Lunafaction Boots would last for only 15 seconds inside Well of Radiance rather than the entire duration Fixed an issue on Ursa Furiosa so that Super gain from guarding is more consistent between PvE and PvP   Weapons Warden’s Law Replaced perks on Warden's Law that did not function properly with the weapon's archetype Triple Tap replaced with Feeding Frenzy Fourth Time's the Charm replaced with Zen Moment Warden's Law now has bullet contrails Updated the intrinsic perk text on Warden's Law to distinguish it from Aggressive Burst Sidearms
  High-Impact Scout Rifles High-Impact Scout Rifle damage increased by 1.87% Dev commentary: Previously it was possible to, at VERY high resilience levels, survive three headshots from a high impact scout rifle. This change will ensure that players at any resilience level will be defeated by three headshots. Note: A fix that will return High-Impact Scout Rifles to 150 RPM is planned for Destiny 2 Update 2.1.1, scheduled for 12/4/2018
  Shotguns Rapid-Fire Frame on Shotguns now increases the reload of all Shotgun shells when empty instead of just the first shell Trench Barrel Trench Barrel perk now deactivates after three shots Trench Barrel description updated to reflect new behavior and also fix an error where it called out increased accuracy instead of increase reload speed
  Submachine Guns  Slightly increased range on Submachine Guns
  Machine Guns Slightly increased accuracy on Machine Guns   Exotic Weapons Prometheus Lens Prometheus Lens damage increased by 10%
  Hard Light Fixed an issue where Hard Light could overpenetrate an enemy Banner Shield"
  Ace of Spades Memento Mori reduced to five bullets, but can now be refreshed on reload without having to get rid of all the bonus damage bullets   General Fixed mantle animation for the Queenbreaker Fixed an issue where some particle effects were appearing in first-person view when using One Thousand Voices Fixed an issue where Bows would sometimes become invisible when equipped Polished the Blade Barrage animation for when the player is holding a Bow Buffed out a missed spot on the Refer-a-Friend Borealis ornament Fixed an issue that would delay the nocking of an arrow when the player picked up ammo while the Bow was both stowed and out of ammo Fixed an issue where the Headseeker perk would no longer function after being activated numerous times without dying Fixed an issue where the Ikelos Hand Cannon and Shotgun where displaying icons for Malfeasance and Chaperone in the obituary Polished Grenade Launcher strafing animations to remove up and down reticle veering  Polished Grenade Launcher animations while jumping to prevent stocks from blocking the first-person camera Polished Sniper Rifle and Machine Gun animations while jumping to prevent stocks from blocking the first-person camera Fixed an animation issue that would occur when firing and walking with a Machine Gun Polished Tractor Cannon's sprint animation to feel more natural Fixed an issue where Swords dropped with mods intended for Rocket Launchers, and Rocket Launchers dropped with mods intended for Swords Rapid Hit now displays a status effect buff on activation Known issue: Sniper Rifle precision kills will stack the perk twice; this will be fixed in a later patch Updated Oathkeeper's Exotic perk to remove text for Bow charge speed Tireless Blade perk description updated to match actual behavior where ammo is returned on every other powered Sword kill Fixed an issue where the Momentum Transfer perk was not functioning properly   Crucible
Modes Mayhem will return as a 6v6 rotating playlist with scoring support for new Forsaken Supers Lockdown and Showdown will return as rotating playlists and have been added to Private Matches Scorched and Team Scorched have been added to Private Matches New Shaxx lines, spread between Rumble, Lockdown, Showdown, and a few special medals Single round modes (Clash, Control, etc.) now end with a "Match Complete" countdown similar to those displayed at round complete in round-based modes Added new Crucible medals and associated Triumphs for Forsaken Supers, the Machine Gun weapon archetype, and the Lockdown game mode Added two new gold-tier medals—happy hunting! Fixed an issue where "The Cycle" medal was not being tracked properly Iron Banner now awards unique Iron Banner-themed medals with unique audio cues Iron Banner uses new unique Match Complete banners   Ranks Valor and Glory are now subdivided into three sub-ranks similar to Gambit Valor and Glory have NOT subdivided the Legend rank Valor does NOT require players to win at Legend   Shaxx  Shaxx has a new rotation of items available for direct purchase. Players must earn Valor to collect these items A new set of Seasonal Items has been added to Shaxx's inventory Previous seasons' exclusive items have been removed A new pinnacle weapon quest has been added to Shaxx's inventory To allow players to make progress on any character, each step features account-wide objectives This quest requires two types of objectives to be completed: Reach a specific Rank and complete a specific Triumph; players can complete these objectives in any order Previous pinnacle weapon quests continue to be available on Shaxx   Gambit 
Ranks Adjusted Infamy rank rewards to better match Valor and Glory. Subdivision rank ups will now always award Gambit Legendary gear
  Bounties and Quests Infamy Rank Point rewards from all Gambit bounties have been doubled Many bounties have had their objectives retuned to take less time and be easier to complete Added a new daily bounty for killing Primeval envoys, and slotted it into the daily rotation Fixed an issue where the Malfeasance quest could be progressed in Crucible modes   NOTE: Once S5 begins and Infamy is reset, you must play one Gambit match before redeeming any bounties. Players who turn in these bounties after Season of the Forge begins, but before playing a Gambit match, will not correctly receive points to their Infamy rank from these bounties.   Primeval Mechanics Catch-up mechanics have been adjusted to ensure that the leading team retains more of an advantage The trailing team will now receive a maximum of only one bonus stack of the Primeval Slayer buff (previously, they received up to three stacks depending on how far behind the trailing team was) The time before the bonus stack kicks in has been increased to 32 seconds, up from 22 seconds Primevals will hard ping less often, to reduce stunlock against highly coordinated teams
  Matchmaking Further addressing error codes that could occur during matchmaking, leading to potential quitter penalties   Clans
General Last Wish raid bounties are now available to anyone who has access to the Last Wish raid. Does not require Clan Rank 4 A new season of progression is available, with new perks to pursue   Items and Economy
General Fixed an issue where the "Rainmaker" consumable didn’t provide showers of Glimmer from defeated enemies Fixed an issue where Public Defender Ghost perk wasn't properly applying to public events on Mars, the Tangled Shore, or the Dreaming City Fixed an issue where Nightfall unique rewards were dropping at the rate intended for non-Forsaken owners Fixed an issue where not picking up Prime Engrams could allow players to earn more than the Prime Attunement buff allows for, putting them in a deficit of further Prime Engrams for a time corresponding to the number of extra Prime Engrams received
  Triumphs Fixed an issue where the title of Triumph "Steadfast" was "Meet Sloane on the moon Titan" (you must still meet Sloane on the moon Titan)
  Collections Added missing Year 2 gunsmith weapons to Collections (not purchasable due to random rolls) Fixed an issue where the BrayTech RWP Mk. II Scout Rifle was not counting towards Collections for some players Unearned Season 4 gear is now hidden   PC
Controls Added new "Take Screenshot" keybind (defaults to the "Print Screen" key)    Text Chat  Added new friend management commands /addfriend /removefriend Added new fireteam management commands  /invite  /join Note: The fireteam commands can target any player by providing the player's full BattleTag, allowing players to assemble fireteams without sending friend requests.   UI
General Adjusted item tooltips to fix an issue where perks or other information was cut off on the Character Screen Fixed an issue where the rank-up banner for Crucible and Gambit was not being appropriately displayed on 21:9 resolutions Fixed an issue where players were unable to return to orbit while the Results Screen was up at the end of an activity Localization Traditional Chinese Fixed an issue where some parts of the Traditional Chinese UI was not loading properly in-game   Misc
Performance Improved activity and destination load times on consoles Note: We are actively investigating load times for loading the player inventory screen, switching between UI tabs starting up the game, signing on, and selecting characters. See This Week at Bungie - 11/08/2018 for more details. HDR Fixed an issue where brightness was not adjusting properly for players   General Fixed an issue with missing Transmat FX on Amanda's exchange Fixed an issue with erroneous source strings on multiple Dawning and Crimson Days items Fixed an issue that caused several shaders to be unavailable for bulk exchange at Rahool Fixed an issue where some UI elements would not load properly if interacting with a vendor and launching into character inventory Fixed an issue where the Fortunate Projection was causing visual effects issues in third person Fixed an issue in which the IGR version of the "High and Mighty" bounty did not count wanted escapee kills Fixed an issue in which the IGR version of the "I'm Not Sorry, I'm Lost" bounty required too many points for completion Fixed an issue in which the IGR version of the "Through the Crucible" bounty required too few points for completion Fixed an issue that caused high amounts of Baboon errors in the Tower

Can we add FG award titles to those that got one?

After a good few hours, I thought I'd share some thoughts on the game.  They've added loads of cool new stuff, houses etc which is great.  The FPS is lousy, and the textures are an embarrassment.  So a little bit miffed about that.  Still fun times to be had once the difficulty was turned down from eleventy million.  Did the usual base thing got some stuff gathered together.  The new skills system feels a bit obstructive at times, but once we get up there I suppose it won't matter.
 
The biggest problem for me, and it's borderline game breaking, is the zombies.  Clearing out buildings is a pain in the arse.  Zombies spawn from nowhere, meaning you are constantly fighting (and dying) to get a few scraps of stuff.  The hit box is mental, you can be feet away and still get caught.  Horde night......  The destruction capacity of horde night means buildings get leveled.  It almost seems a waste of time to try and build a base, it'll just get trashed.  The shift in focus from a building game to a hide on a rooftop so your building doesn't get touched seems a step in the wrong direction.  Still fun but I enjoyed the previous version more I'm afraid.
 
Also birds are assholes.

I just completed this quiz.


My Score 90/100 My Time 91 seconds  

Can we add FG award titles to those that got one?

After a good few hours, I thought I'd share some thoughts on the game.  They've added loads of cool new stuff, houses etc which is great.  The FPS is lousy, and the textures are an embarrassment.  So a little bit miffed about that.  Still fun times to be had once the difficulty was turned down from eleventy million.  Did the usual base thing got some stuff gathered together.  The new skills system feels a bit obstructive at times, but once we get up there I suppose it won't matter.
 
The biggest problem for me, and it's borderline game breaking, is the zombies.  Clearing out buildings is a pain in the arse.  Zombies spawn from nowhere, meaning you are constantly fighting (and dying) to get a few scraps of stuff.  The hit box is mental, you can be feet away and still get caught.  Horde night......  The destruction capacity of horde night means buildings get leveled.  It almost seems a waste of time to try and build a base, it'll just get trashed.  The shift in focus from a building game to a hide on a rooftop so your building doesn't get touched seems a step in the wrong direction.  Still fun but I enjoyed the previous version more I'm afraid.
 
Also birds are assholes.

I've always fancied VR flight sims.  But my PC ain't up to the job.  For a few hundred quid I could get Ace combat next year.  Might be a hoot.

Well, what an awesome day people. An amazing day, new people to meet, tons of games to play, banter to be had.

The pictures below hopefully show some of the fun that went on - later in the night on the guys went to the lobby area where it was a little quieter and I was thinking it was a good time to get the couple of awards done so people could enjoy some more games...and then Rich led the way to explain that I would hate the next bit, which was you guys to say thanks to me. I was took back as you'd think, I want to make you guys feel special not myself! [emoji23] However, the kind words that you all said to me meant the world. They always do. The presents were far too overwhelming (I still gladly took them![emoji23]) but know as I look at my first ever Funko Pops and have a cuppa in my new awesome mug and pyjamas I'll always know I have the best friends I could ever wish for.



So now that was out of the way I could give out the awards to the people that were in attendance.

I created 8 awards for the first ever FG Awards. I'm hoping you can see why they were created and I'm hoping you all will give us lots of feedback of which really work and which ones that are missing - surely this is just the beginning [emoji6]

First up is was Young FGer of the Year. I want to recognise the younger generation that where it all starts. A person that has actually helped some of us out on certain missions and I've seen first hand that he will certainly be MLG if his Dad sorts out the best gaming PC he can when he scores ridiculously amazing goals on Rocket League.

Young FGer of the Year - ajay--1997 (Alex Morgan)

Next was FG Noobie of the Year. I wanted an award to recognise new people are just as important as existing FGers. This guy whilst knowing that he isn't used to being the most extrovert person, joined this year after seeing what the fun was like on a FG GTA Friday. Since then he's really helped the site with recommendations, new interesting posts, offered PC games up for free and got involved in new events like Gran Turismo timetrials and I know that's even harder to do when you're new and suffer from anxiety moments quite a lot. I'm proud to call this guy a genuine mate and brilliant to meet him in the flesh.

FG Noobie of the Year - @Spacedeck (Harold)

The next one had to be in there. We call out Guardian Down a lot for people that do genuine funny moments and get stuck in a right mess when we're playing. Dying a lot is frustrating, especially playing with Diddums, and you'd think he'd always win this, but this guy has made jumping off a cliff into death a personal achievement to take the title off Didds - something I or you guys thought we'd never see. His 34 minute failure on Destiny's Raid Lair jumping puzzle wins it.

FG Guardian Down Award - @Kemp210 (James)

We have to have one for the joker of the pack. One that this year has been the most annoying person you'll ever meet, talk to, play with...I could go on. But the night is never dull when he jumps in the party. I don't think he could ever be not funny either (hard to say, I know). From my point of view when you hear a chat party change it's vibe immediately when he says "Hellooooooo", you can't buy that.

FG Archbishop of Banterbury - @Diddums

The next one is to recognise top skills that we are lucky enough to see here and able to play with the guy. There's some amazing players here, ones that I could only wish that I had the same reactions and button memory moments as them. This guy has without a doubt made Destiny his own and not only pushed his limits to Solo a few of the most difficult challenges within it, he has supported most people on Destiny at FG getting unique and hard rewards. Rewards that if he wasn't here then we may now have the chance to get them. I always know the raid will get beat if he's in the squad.

FG Skills Award - @Horrible_Hector

Next up is FGer of the Year. We should recognise great support and all round amazing things that an individual does around here this year, especially around their busy work life which he deserves after nearly losing his job last year. Whilst I'm a positive guy, I can have my down moments but this guy can keep the place rocking and help out where he can. He given an enormous amount of ideas to the community, supported with donations and ideas for the Feel Good Fund, he's spent countless hours on getting people's videos and putting them together to make fun moments for us all to look back on. You can't beat making memories - and he ain't a bad Junkrat either. If he wasn't here, we wouldn't have half the stuff going on. He really is top draw.

FGer of the Year - @tronic44


The last 2 are going to be the first entries into the Hall of Fame. Something that it's right for us to acknowledge key people that have supported through thick and thin and are a real asset to FG. If these people weren't here, the place wouldn't be the same.

The first is a true legend that has done countless acts of generosity and tried to find many ways to help people here, and also keep the place alive. Even though his work may get in the way a lot more than he likes, he's always around and sharing info where possible. The guy has a huge heart and is always there to talk to for any gaming or personal life advice. That's huge in a world where people need that person to listen sometimes.

The next one is a gent and an absolute star. His kindness never ceases to amaze me, he has the patient of a saint and will always get involved where he can. I don't even realise he could be old enough to be most people's dad here but at the same time I know that if I or others had the chance he'd be a fine Father figure to all of us. I'm proud to call this guy an FGer and I know he would be there for anyone when they needed support.

FG Hall of Fame - Chris @TigerBurge and Dave @Plumbers Crack



I want to personally thank everyone for being around this year and I hope we can have a fantastic Xmas and an even better 2019.

GGFG

Great day out.  As much as I love the Arcade club, it's almost a victim of its own success, as it gets very busy.  I'm thinking LAN type event next time bit more central and try get a few more people on board.  

I've always fancied VR flight sims.  But my PC ain't up to the job.  For a few hundred quid I could get Ace combat next year.  Might be a hoot.

Server is being restarted and wiped due to a large update.  All your previous deaths have been pardoned.  Build that base!

This is my impulse buy when I was having a fun time in the music shop.  Less fun was had when I told the wife the price........

they accept cards, but a little cash would help for snacks etc

im in

train to manchester tram to bury. 

train to manchester tram to bury. 

Equality.  We should be able to punch women the same as men........

feel free to put traps in your house

I've just had a talk with Alex about 'borrowing' things.......
 

Equality.  We should be able to punch women the same as men........