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Suggestions & Concerns / Re: Tapatalk forum app
« on: July 05, 2014, 12:43:37 PM »
I have no idea what kind d of problems exist on a mobile browser for you.  I use opera mobile on this forum constantly and have no problems or difficulties. 

Supes, why is smaller bad?  Can't you just zoom in?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« on: July 04, 2014, 04:50:33 AM »
I havent played much of Eve due to how demanding it is, but from what I have played and what I have read about it: it seems like an amazing MMO. The immersion alone is a selling point for me.
That's part of why I don't like it.
It's so immersive it's more like a second life than a fun adventure. 

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« on: July 04, 2014, 04:37:26 AM »
Main stories are counter intuitive to an MMO with the goal being "get the player to play for a long time", yes. However, I think there is demand for story and no one has figured out how to make a good story without it being an episodic adventure. I think they think because all games have one they would fail without it. I'd like a rich gameworld with lots of lore where you're not the main character or integral to the main story of the game. It would be cool to see the world changing around you without any sort of input from yourself, but that would be impossible for an mmo.

I am a little drunk.
Most war MMOs work that way.  You're a solider and you just fight.
EVE is like that too.
Fantasy style MMOs, however, demand story.  The key is to make the story vague and unending enough that while you don't "save the day" you do at least help.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« on: July 04, 2014, 04:00:06 AM »
It seems to me that they could have easily just had the story be "You just escaped from the afterlife/Oblivion/whatever along with a whole bunch of other souls.  You and your fellow souls are now the only ones who can enter Oblivion and stop whatever plot is afoot."

Then just have raids be "you've slowed down the Daedra and bought Tamriel a little more time."

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« on: July 03, 2014, 02:25:51 PM »
That's not what Skyrim and Oblivion did.  They leveled the enemies alongside the player.
*reads up on it*
Yeah OK. Didn't notice it I guess.

This can't work in an MMO, though, unless you instance level ranges. 

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3
« on: July 03, 2014, 02:23:55 PM »
Only when he got into the Avatar state, which is basically an "I win" mode.

Except for, you know, that time the it almost resulted in his death. Pretty far from an "i win" mode.
Yes. If you catch the Avatar unaware of your attack then he will be hit. 

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3
« on: July 03, 2014, 02:03:33 PM »
Aang only ever beat 1 powerful fire bender and did some stuff afterwards.
Yeah, but Aang was only 13 (give or take his 100 year nap) when he beat that older, more experienced and powerful fire bender.  Aang was also bound and determined not to kill Ozai, which only made the challenge that much greater.
Only when he got into the Avatar state, which is basically an "I win" mode.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Attack of the Giant Rats!
« on: July 03, 2014, 11:34:58 AM »
Rats as big as cows that also outnumber humans 2:1 would be an unsustainable population, as they would be eating more than we would instead of small rats living off our scraps.

They would probably be eating humans.

OP article looks legit.

Too bad the Brits aren't allowed to have guns then. Americans wouldn't put up with giant rats carrying off their children.
Yet we elect them.

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Technology & Information / Re: looking for a new wireless router
« on: July 03, 2014, 10:14:58 AM »
Lord Dave, I forgot to ask... What is your normal internet speed wired in compared to the wireless signal?
Wired is somewhere between 15-20 down and about 1 up.

Just did wireless on my phone: 12 down, 1.3 up.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« on: July 03, 2014, 10:11:20 AM »
So then what happens if you roll a Nord?  Do you NOT start in Skyrim?

Well, I am playing as a Nord.  Everyone in the Ebonheart Pact starts in Morrowind, just like the other two factions have their own single starting points.  Honestly, it's kind of justified in that you simply wash up there after escaping from Coldharbour.

Oh right, I forgot this is the "escape from being dead" stuff.
Still, even WoW had each city surrounded by low level areas.  And as a level one you could technically make it to most allied starting cities. 

And its not like Skyrim is small.  Its easy enough to divide each area into easy, medium, hard. (Like skyrim and oblivion did). Just means that you would travel between the countries often.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« on: July 03, 2014, 01:48:25 AM »
I can't stand the way that the quests/activities/enemies of similar levels are all lumped together in the same zones.  You're supposed to toughen yourself up in the noob zone, and then you can move on to the next zone that has slightly higher-level content, and once you're powerful enough you move on to yet another zone, and so on.  It's ridiculous.  I'm already sick of Morrowind, but I can't go to Skyrim because I'll get slaughtered by the enemies along the way.  And even if I did make it there, I wouldn't be able to do anything because all the content there would be high-level.  Apparently everything and everyone in Skyrim is just way more powerful than everything and everyone in Morrowind.  Bet you didn't realize that while playing their respective games.

So then what happens if you roll a Nord?  Do you NOT start in Skyrim?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« on: July 01, 2014, 06:15:36 PM »
Quest markers are an invaluable addition to any RPG.  Yes its more "real" to not have them but since you can't ask for directions or ask for more specific directions or clarification then it turns into a game of geographical hide an seek.

Imagine if you were told to go to a location you'd never been to before and all you had was "its on the northern side of the cliffs.  You'll know it from the rock that looks like a wolf if you look at it just the right way". It would SUCK!
And its not like you can ask him questions like " is it closer to the bridge or the town?".

So OK they put a giant mark on the map.  Great... So now you have to make sure to look at the map all the time to figure out if you're going the right way.  But unlike real maps, game maps may not be visible while walking. 

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3
« on: July 01, 2014, 11:06:55 AM »
Do you guys watch My Little Pony as well?
I saw the pilot but it was a little too sappy for me.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3
« on: June 30, 2014, 07:27:22 PM »
Watch season 1 and 2 you grubs, they're great.
Is it on Netflix?

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: The Elder Scrolls Online
« on: June 30, 2014, 07:26:45 PM »
That's enough.  This thread is about TESO.  I am a Nord dragonknight.  Discuss.
Fuck a dark elf.

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Technology & Information / Re: looking for a new wireless router
« on: June 30, 2014, 02:40:21 AM »
That seems really reliable. Pretty good speed too. You say the signal goes up to 50feet? Have you had experience with many people streaming things at the same time? Any hiccups or connection issues?
I did not say "up to 50ft." I said "50ft past my front door", which is probably a good 30-40 ft from where it's at: On the second floor.

It's got damn good signal.
Also, I can play an MMO, stream netflix on my phone, AND my wife can stream Hulu without any problems what so ever. 

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Technology & Information / Re: looking for a new wireless router
« on: June 30, 2014, 01:08:55 AM »
I've got a linksys EA3500

It's got gigabit ports, guest login, and the signal seems good.  I can reach it from about 50 feet outside my front door, though two walls(one is brick) and a floor.

I've got it mounted to my wall with double sided tape.  I love it.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3
« on: June 30, 2014, 12:28:09 AM »
I've been intrigued by the series, but never interested enough to watch it. Isn't it a sequel to The Last Airbender?

I guess it's a sequel in that it's set after TLA. TLA isn't required viewing though.
Yes.  Yes it is.
Because it was awesome.

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Arts & Entertainment / Re: Korra season 3
« on: June 29, 2014, 11:56:46 PM »
I've never seen an episode.

I want to but haven't gotten around to it.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Attack of the Giant Rats!
« on: June 29, 2014, 12:43:55 PM »
So England now has dire rats?

Pfft.  They only have 5 HP. 

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