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[Culise]

Started playing Outpost 2, which I haven't picked up in a while.  Going with the Plymouth campaign on hard, the first missions were a mad dash of escapes just ahead of multiple nasty volcanic eruptions as our escape route took us along a major fault between two continental plates that were reactivating in spite of the tectonic death of the world millennia before humanity ever arrived.  A brief mission into the original colony of our Edenite counterparts revealed the reason: they lost control of a terraforming bug (now termed the Blight) which they designed to break apart a wide variety of organic molecules for water, carbon dioxide, and oxygen...apparently forgetting that this also includes humans. When this literally blew up in their faces, Eden was destroyed and the bug set free into the wild, penetrating deep enough into the crust to (somehow) begin restarting the old tectonic processes that caused the destruction of Plymouth. 

Seguing into this mission, the colony is now under threat by volcanoes, Blight, and the remnant of Eden that escaped the destruction of their mother colony who have begun launching spoiler raids to keep us busy.  At the close of the mission, with Blight surging forward into the colony with the dawn and Eden forces smashing through my static defenses, I was left with a frantic scramble to load the last of the essential construction modules for my next base and the metal I would need to construct everything there.  Simultaneously, I also withdrew my mobile forces from all engagements against Eden to cover the withdrawal of my evacuation transports and to keep them intact as I finished the last vehicles of what would be an expeditionary force aimed at rebuilding the technology needed to get off this now-doomed planet.  As Eden broke through to attack my now-abandoned mines and the Blight surged into the western side of my base, the last of my cargo trucks finished loading and departed, and that lovely Mission Accomplished filled the screen. 

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Outpost 2

[Tiruin]

I really love the UI 'ease of lifestyle' updates Tangledeep just ran. Now I can be a swordswoman AND equip my bow to shoot down baddies as they come near! Hooray for being a viking-esque soul-powered archer!

And then I realized that the first 15 levels is just the 'newbie' area, but it doesn't matter because I've banked nice things for this run! Now if only I got things I had combat masteries for.

Still, seeing this as a great success because of how awesomely far I've gotten \o/

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Tangledeep!

Spoiler: Also I kinda need help with Rise of Nations question here, like from Akura! :B (click to show/hide)

[spoiler]Rise of Nations. US vs a random AI which turned out to be the Lakota.

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I'm wondering how people managed to play the US vs Russia campaign or somesuch in the campaign--it bugs out and refuses to play for me!

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[Akura]

I hadn't played it on the version I have, so I loaded it up just now. It did bug out. If you're getting an issue where you can hear the voiceover narration but the screen doesn't change, try pressing Escape a couple of times. That worked for me.


EDIT: In one battle, I shot down an enemy plane with the main cannon of an M10 Wolverine - a cannon meant for punching tank armor. I would have used my machine gun, but an earlier airstrike took out most of my tank crew as well as damaged the turret drives.

In the next battle, I came out bad from a dogfight having part of my wing ripped off and leaking oil. My plane was therefore banking left and the engine was about to die. Still made it back to the airfield for a perfect landing. Since I don't know how(or if at all possible) to repair a landed plane, I bailed giving the other guy kill credit.

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War Thunder.

[MCreeper]

Do they still show "players online" counter? How much people are playing this now?

[Draignean]

Finally got a good run as the Silent on Slay the Spire. Took out the Time Eater with a will placed catalyst+corpse explosion combo, though it was still a hairy fight. It's difficult to slow-play the Time-Eater, since blocking eventually makes it stronger, and it's difficult to blitz it with the silent, since the Silent's ability to blitz is generally dependent on playing EVERYTHING.

Still, feels good.

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Slay the Spire

[Madman198237]

Since I don't know how(or if at all possible) to repair a landed plane, I bailed giving the other guy kill credit.

You have to have the appropriate skills for the crew of the vehicle you're hoping to repair.

Hm, my own latest own?

Moria, T.A. 2980 (or so). The Dwarves of Khazad-dum have retaken Western Khazad-dum. They are few in number, however, and with the hastily-levied but very well-equipped defenders, there are but 780 soldiers within reach of the West-gate of Moria. The Orcs of the Misty Mountains have sent four thousand to retake the West-gate and send the Dwarves running into the eastern halls once more. Four thousand goblins and their Uruk Taskmasters march up to the gate, and batter it down. One and half thousand dead goblins later, the Defenders are steadily being pushed back from the "V" they made to trap the enemy as they pushed through the gate, the Dwarven lines are thinning. Half of them, perhaps, are dead, and many more are injured.

And then the Dragonslayers make the charge. A hundred Dwarves clad in plate, wielding great axes and tower shields, smash the Goblin right flank. With two general's units pushing back the Goblin left, the enemy is slowly encircled, as the flanks, which were never dislodged from their positions beside the gate, meet. Two and half thousand orcs, trapped in a circle of angry Dwarves. To finish it off, the Reclaimers of Khazad-dum, a Mithril-protected two-handed axe unit, push through the Dwarven center to engage the Goblins, and they rout. But there is nowhere to go.

Four thousand marched under the Mountain.

Fewer than thirty would escape.

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Divide and Conquer 2.0 submod, Third Age: Total War mod, Medieval 2

[Akura]

Since I don't know how(or if at all possible) to repair a landed plane, I bailed giving the other guy kill credit.

You have to have the appropriate skills for the crew of the vehicle you're hoping to repair.

I meant as in what key to press to repair on the ground. I only have Rank I planes, and all my crews have RII-III repair skill.

Do they still show "players online" counter? How much people are playing this now?

I still regularly see tens of thousands on the in-game counter, with thousands of matches going on.

[Madman198237]

There is no key, if your plane is repairable it will automatically start as soon as your plane is parked. Usually your plane will be repairable, but if it's too damaged [landing without gear is a common culprit, and engine damage seems to make it very hard to repair] there should be a message in the bottom of the screen telling you so.

[Teneb]

Spoiler: Topdecking lethal is not luck, it's making a deck that will ensure I always have a big, nice chance of doing just that. (click to show/hide)

The Elder Scrolls: Legends

[karhell]

Going back up to the ramparts of the Lost Bastille from McDuff's workshop, I was waiting with a fire arrow nocked to try and catch a Jailor with an explosive barrel. He doesn't move. Simultaneously, someone invades me and comes running straight down the walkway. I shoot as they pass the barrel, hoping to soften them up a bit before getting inevitably annihilated (I suck at PvP). The blast threw the invader clean off the wall. The whole invasion lasted all of five seconds.

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Dark Souls 2 SotfS. Easiest invasion so far ^^

[Yoink]

Ahahahaha I've barely even played Dark Souls, but that is freaking amazing!

[Draignean]

The current Slay the Spire daily is amazing. Got the Speedrunner (finish in under 20 minutes), Flawless (Take no damage in a boss fight), and You Are Nothing To Me (Kill a boss before they get a turn) achievements. Mindblast wrecks shop.

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Slay The Spire

[Dunamisdeos]

Total War: Warhammer

Won 3 heroic victories in a row as The Empire. In attacking the Vampire Counts I failed to take things like attrition in their territory into account. Also, their territory expanded *way* father north that I initially saw or expected. This led to about 3 times the military resistance instead of the easy stomp I was expecting.

First, I laid siege to their capital, since it had nothing but it's garrison. They showed up with two 20-stacks and I had to retreat. I made it safely back to my territory, and they extended one of their 20 stacks to pursue. Ha, my units are mid/end game, they have nothing but low-end zombies and skeletons, even if I took a turn of attrition..

I went after them the next turn, only to find that they had ambush reinforcements in the form of a 20-stack of grave guards, bats, and black knights. This was the first heroic victory. After that, his THIRD army arrived out of the fog of war and attacked my reinforcement army's position just outside Fort Oberstyre, outnumbering me 2:1. I won that one as well, but was too injured at any position to push forward and siege. They retreated to the Templehov area.

Realizing that I had to stop them RIGHT NOW or they would just rebuild their forces (and likely into higher-tier units) I sieged Templehov with my severely damaged reinforcements to stop them from interfering while I fought a heroic victory siege to take Castle Drakenhof. That cut off their ability to recruit high-end units, and they sued for peace the turn after (we burned them all instead).

Anyway I feel like Sun Tzu.

[Akura]

Defeated Black Bean, the game's brutal bonus boss from (literal?) hell - and I still had two shortcakes(full HP heal) left. The run up to the battle is going across a skeletal dragon used as a bridge across lava; part of it collapses and a fall will not only force you to start crossing again but also deals 10HP(5 from the lava, 5 from the fall) of damage. This time I cleared it in one go.

He teleports all over the place, splits into copies that attack independently, and a number of his attacks are near-impossible to dodge. Worst of these attacks is called Neo Galaxy(he starts calling his attacks in the second half of the battle), which causes a series of explosions to chase the player, followed by a huge explosion that hits you for 50HP(with a 25% damage reduction hat, 39 with a 50% reduction hat) and can only be avoided by abusing the specific timing of the invulnerability frames of one of your special attacks. I managed to dodge that once.

Most guides suggest various Lv.5 hats - which require 999 Junk to upgrade(each), the level with the most Junk drops is around 60-70 - and the upgraded drill - which requires finding 11 medals hidden throughout the game(I've found two). I did it with the normal drill and a Lv.4 Vampire Kit hat which looks adorable on Parin by the way. While the Lv.5 Vampire hat heals on any attack that hits compared to all the previous levels which heal on critical hits, it's not that important(and not worth the grind) since most hits are criticals anyway.

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Gurumin 3D: A Monstrous Adventure.

[Jopax]

Managed to 6-link my almost perfectly rolled Belly of the Beast (increasing its value about ten times), five minutes from that a random mob drops an Exalt on me, further enriching me. But that's mostly RNG, what's really ownage brag worthy is the build itself, 6 attacks per second, each of which spawns 33 molten orbs, each of which poisons anything it hits. And poison stacks, along with some passives and ascendancy bonuses that stacking goes to stupid levels. Like, punch a boss down to half hp and the rest will just melt away within seconds. It also chugs my PC every time I use the attack since so much shit goes off at once

Path of Exile