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[mattie2009]

Steam-Lightning-Arcane-Arcane-Arcane is good for area of effect shots. Steam-Lightning-Lightning-Lightning-Arcane is good for beam shots.

[Araph]

Is anyone here playing right now?

[Sordid]

Not at the moment and I'm going to be super busy for the next few days, but I'd be up for that new DLC in about a week or so. Basically, I need someone to help me kill the final boss.

[Sordid]

So, anyone up for that?

[My Name is Immaterial]

Hello internet. I need some help. I was wisely advised to try the demo before buying into Magicka. Upon opening the demo, I encountered a standard credits screen, and then a black screen. After trying a fix involving the settings file, which failed, I come here to seek assistance in solving this problem. I noticed that someone else here had the problem, and wanted to see how they dealt with it.

Edit: Fixed. Just needed to delete my settings file.

[Sordid]

Well since the thread has been resurrected anyway...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=v=m6vIXbNSnUE

[nenjin]

Bumping this crusty thread because, well, I just ran 3 newbies through the campaign at a LAN party tonight, over the course of....some amount of time. (It's all a little blurry tbh.)

And it was a freaking blast. The most fun I've ever had playing this game, even more than over teamspeak when it first came out. The fact I was playing with three people who a) had really never played the game and b) were half fried from two days of all-day LAN gaming, really added to fun. When you're playing with 4 people who know exactly what they're doing, and are spamming Lightning Bolt, Time Warp, Nullify and all the other goodies, it's a little too easy to dominate and accidents can be more aggravating than funny.

But with total newbs, it's great. When people are making mistakes and making due with the knowledge and skills they've managed to get together, it makes things way more interesting. It ended up making for a better experience. The only more tactical playing I've done in this game is playing it solo. One guy basically did nothing but rez and launch heal-balls. One guy ran the Tron Robe and was basically a lightning shield shock trooper. One guy was using Crusader robes and was tanking (probably best because he was the most fried out of any.) I brought all the knowledge and cheap shit to the game, like being johnny-on-the-spot with Lightning Bolts, Elemental Spam, Nullify, ect...using the Rogue Robes (since I have a good chunk of the DLC.) Turns out having less health than your standard wizard makes the game more interesting too. All in all, great fun and tons of laughs.

I guess I sort of remember getting really jaded about this game at some point. I think it was playing through the Vietnam DLC solo and getting kinda pissed at the difficulty that did it. But tonight really made me re-appreciate how good it is in the right setting. Like I said, it's still fun with friends on teamspeak but somehow being in the same room with people made it a lot better.

[coolio678]

Magicka will forever be my favorite pc co-op game. I've played through the campaign once with a friend who likes the fire robe, and would often set us on fire; my brother who liked the tentacle robe because he thought it looked hilarious; I preferred the tron robe because it looked cool, and not having to check if I was wet all the time was just a plus. Our best only strategy when the going got tough was to get everyone inside a bubble shield, have one person charge it while the other two set mines outside the shield to blast everything.

[Sordid]

I only ever played Magicka solo.

[Neonivek]

I only ever played Magicka solo.

It is one of the few games out there, that is actually harder the more players there are. Rather than easier.

[nenjin]

I only ever played Magicka solo.

It is one of the few games out there, that is actually harder the more players there are. Rather than easier.

Eh.....

With new players maybe. 4 players that know their spells and what works and you can basically make a laughing stock of all the bosses. We downed the last boss form in....8 seconds? The game wasn't ever really designed around providing a long term challenge. And trying to solo Magicka: Vietnam and a couple other DLCs, they can actually get quite tough. Whether it's multiple guys shooting RPGs, or multiple wizards doing all sorts of badness, or being in an underground level so half the broken spells don't work (and/or they just don't give them to you in the first place) and the game actually gets a lot tougher. You don't miss your meat shields friends until they're not there anymore.

[Sordid]

Yeah, the DLC where you play as a vampire is really damn hard. I actually couldn't beat the final boss on my own. I figured out a working strategy but I just couldn't cast my spells quickly and consistently enough.

[Zasir]

I have 1 extra Steam key for Magicka.  Enjoy: 9EBWF-BFNEP-0YY9K

[nenjin]

I cast thread recombulation!

Magicka 2 drops today. Gird your wizardly loins for a good fireballing.

[Baneling]

>no 4-pack

Arrowhead why you do this. Why.