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[Arthropleura]

The game is WW2 Online. The tech level was ~1945ish at the time of the battle.

I'm driving the woefully obsolete Cruiser Tank MkIV (A13 MkII). It was the last fifteen minutes of a campaign, so no time for a stealthy approach. In the hopes of getting my very first Armour on Armour kill before the end of the Campaign I shift into high gear and leave my infantry escort behind. Barreling over a hillock, i wildly spray my coaxial mg at a german infantryman crossing the road.

Frantically searching for something more substantial targets I continue into town moving between a row of buildings and a wall next to the road, turning my turret to peek behind a bush up ahead a spot something immediately on the other side of the bush. An enemy tank, oblivious to my presence. I fire my main cannon right between his return rollers and watch as his turret blows sky high. I then proceed to drive right into an enemy spawn point like an idiot and get blown up by an Anti-Tank gun.
 
Checking the after action report told me that the tank I had blown up was a Panzer IVG being driven by one of the Axis sides best Tankers. If you haven't been able to follow, I took out a highly skilled tank ace in the Germans second best tank, with the second worst tank available to the British. As my first tank kill.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Dear god, people are still playing WW2 online?

[Akura]

Trying to destroy a pirate base to stop their constant, ridiculously massive raids. I already lost an entire colony because the jump point lines between planets are nowhere near accurate and they kept bypassing my minefields.

The battle went poorly. I brought in about 40 frigates, and a dozen cruisers, plus two capital ships and a titan. In about ten minutes, the pirate ships were gone, but so were my frigates and cruisers, most getting torn apart by the pirates' defense cannons and mines(my only scout frigate being one of the first casualties). I had to call back the capships because they were almost dead and the pirates still had strike craft. My titan was pretty much by its lonesome very slowly bombarding the pirate base when...

"Military Victory!"

Apparently the only other (CPU) player empire had fallen on some very hard times. Maybe they got pirates, or some random event buttscrewed their capital, I don't know. I simply won.

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.

Am I the only one who thinks that the Rebellion symbol is the exact same hand as the Red Faction(Guerrilla) insignia minus the sledgehammer?

[SOLDIER First]

They're pretty similar, but the RF hand is more blocky, while the SE: R hand is in pieces and more hand-shaped.

[Amperzand]

Walked up to a military checkpoint, was ordered to turn back. Considered my options. Decided to go for victory by sniping with an MP5. After several attempts and a lot of dying, I somehow managed to kill all the soldiers, getting myself a military carbine rather earlier in the game than intended. As I go around looting, I hear somebody yelling, but can't locate them, so I figure it's not relevant. Then I hear gunshots, look around wildly, and realize there's been a sniper on the bridge above me the whole time. I aim and begin taking semi-automatic potshots with my woefully inaccurate new carbine while a sniper with an SVD fires on my position. About five seconds later I just sorta stand there and look at his body, not having taken a single hit.

Apparently in a duel of marksmanship between a schmuck with a carbine and a military sniper with the high ground, the schmuck wins scot-free.

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STALKER: Lost Alpha

[AzyWng]

Apparently in a duel of marksmanship between a schmuck with a carbine and a military sniper with the high ground, the schmuck wins scot-free.

Sounds like real life to me. The shmucks always win/get off scot-free for their shit.

But this isn't the sad thread.

Hey, forgot to add mine.

Melee combat in the Assassin's Creed series is surprisingly awesome, despite the fact that stealth is a big part of the gameplay. I do keep forgetting to use F to target enemies, but eh, the game automatically does that for you when hitting or being hit, at least in Brotherhood.

[Nighthawk]

Battling Urugaan with a friend. Critical Juncture had just charged, and I retreated to sharpen my weapon. Urugaan saw my moment of weakness and decided it would be a good time to roll at me. But alas! His timing was too late, and I stood up and activated my hunter art.

His body collided with my longsword and he fell past me, his tail flying off in a flash of blood and petals.

Epic counterattack ability is epic.

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MHGen

[AzyWng]

I retreated to sharpen my weapon.

Do battles really drag on that long?

I mean, if a monster's hide/scales/whatever were tough enough to dull a blade, it might also be tough enough to cause the blade to break completely...

[Tawa]

I retreated to sharpen my weapon.

Do battles really drag on that long?

I mean, if a monster's hide/scales/whatever were tough enough to dull a blade, it might also be tough enough to cause the blade to break completely...

Nah, it doesn't break your sword. Or hammer, which you have to sharpen for some reason. But Monster Hunter battles can take up to fifty minutes, although most of the time I've found hunting a level-appropriate singleplayer solo monster (as opposed to one spawning in a pair) takes twenty to thirty minutes; the full 50 is typically reserved for particularly beefy monsters like Elder Dragons.

Usually, I wait until the monster leaves the area to sharpen my sword(s), because the animation takes way too long to take care of in the middle of a fight.

[SOLDIER First]

Sometimes it's also the fact that certain weapons (bone weapons especially) dull extremely quickly.

[Akura]

Learned that a combined-arms approach with the Tau can be quite deadly. Move Pathfinders up to provide massive spotting range, Stingrays to kill stuff within that spotting range, Fire Caste squads on the flanks, and those heavy tanks with the railgun to provide center support. This results in the Tau rule of "NO MELEE" potentially applying to everyone else as well. At one point, my Fire Caste Honor Guard unit was shooting Orks through a cliff wall somehow - their plasma bolts were literally phasing through solid rock and accurately killing them boyz on the other side.

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Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, Ork Stronghold mission. Gorgutz had no chance, we had more dakka for The Greater Good.

[Sirus]

Pathfinders + Fire Warriors OTP

[KingofstarrySkies]

markerlights
Also yes, that is how one plays Tau. Brutally effective.

[itisnotlogical]

I captured a Gym for the first time!
Granted, it was held by a Magikarp and I attacked with a Bellsprout over four times it's level. But I participated!

Pokemon Go.

[Akura]

Ended up committing a ton of war crimes. Survived anyway.

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Spec Ops: The Line. I have heard it shit-talked, but I think it was a fairly good game overall.