Buddhazilla

The real thread starts here. I got Dark Souls 2 because DS1 (dsfix) wasn't working on my computer. I am now faced with the Pursuer as my first major roadblock.

So if you missed it, there's gonna be a genji skin promotion for playing 15 of any match type with friends (including vs. AI) in HotS. The skin's pretty rad and the "challenge" starts on the 15th.

holy shit that blue theme remix

Since it's coming in just a little over a month, I figured it's a good time to make a thread for this. First off, something that really shakes up the old formula: skills are gone. It's all SPECIAL and perks now, and now perks are strictly locked behind having a sufficient SPECIAL value. Here's a chart of all the level-up perks, which should clear up some confusion on how it works. Most of what would be skills now have their own governing perks with multiple stages, like hacking, sneak, and gun proficiencies. There are also perks you can find in the environment like before, and now you can gain permanent perks from magazines like Grognak the Barbarian, which used to temporarily boost their respective skill. Boosting SPECIAL stats is no longer handled through Intense Training, but now you can boost stats any time you wish by putting a perk point into the respective stat to unlock the next perk tier for that stat. There is no longer a level cap and IIRC you'd need to be level 137 275 or something to have all the perks and SPECIAL stats maxed out. You also only start with 28 SPECIAL points instead of 35+5, so boosting those stats is now greatly encouraged and almost enforced. However, gun proficiency is handled WAY differently now. The stat that boosts the weapon you use now depends no longer on if it's a gun or energy weapon, but which class of weapon it is. Agility boosts pistols and automatic rifles, Perception boosts single-shot rifles and explosives (which are handled differently now? not sure), and Strength governs unarmed, melee, heavy weapons, AND shotguns. Higher levels of weapon proficiency perks (which you get by putting in more perk points) can unlock side perks within it. For example, putting multiple perk points into pistol handling (Gunslinger) will grant you a passive chance to disarm enemies on hit, or instantly cripple limbs. As for the difference between guns and energy weapons, there are now perks that govern how well you can modify each type of weapon in the Intelligence perks. There's also melee and armor modding perks in Strength. It seems to me most dialogue options that would have been skill checks are now just SPECIAL checks (for example, speech checks are now just Charisma checks); and perk checks like Gun Nut (modding guns), Science! (changed to modding energy weapons), and Lady Killer/Widowmaker still exist. All the perks we know exist for sure are on the Wiki. I have my own theories about the perks not covered on that page, if any of you would like to know. I refer to them by stat and rank, so for instance hacking would be INT4. TL;DR INT isn't overpowered any more, and PER is no longer a dump stat simply because of the awesome perks under its governance.

I think the crux of this is in the ability to shut them down. You can snipe down a pharah easily if she's ulting, same for a junkrat if you can find him or a reaper with a few good shots, but genji is really hard to pin down dashing around everywhere.

Maybe consider one of those walking simulators to get them used to FPS controls on a PC. Langeskov is free, as always.

Golett/Golurk had the typing first but I rather like the sandcastle guy too.

I've been super into The Adventure Zone lately, even got my boyfriend into it, though it only updates every other Thursday. 3 brothers and their dad bumble through a custom D&D campaign (yes it's a comedy podcast). I've also gotten into 99% Invisible which is about design in all aspects of the word, really well-produced and entertaining.

I think the real disappointment is that it was permadeath and procedurally generated rather than a fine-tuned experience.

yeah the sombra hunt has been going on since pre-release, now they're doing ARG stuff

looks like they're throwing out megas altogether, and I kinda get why

never not use pompadour and smiling face

oh shit son it's almost time for monster hunter generations

Best mom.

I haven't had the chance to try, but it sounds like it could make tracer really hard to kill or otherwise pin down, given the damage buff/resistance plus speed. Still, it's probably better used on a less squishy offense or a tank.

Ana's pretty dang fun. I've heard about some decent 1 on 1 potential as long as you're not fighting a tank, otherwise just tranq and run away. Also, tranq does not stop any ongoing ults like primal rage or tactical visor, so be warned. Let tranqs run out for their full duration if possible on them. Excited to finally give zen another shot, I stopped playing the PTR so I wouldn't make too much progress.

hey nerds add me Buddhazilla#1998

Blizzard shoves its frosty cock up Gearbox's gearbox.

holy hell bayonetta is fun I once racked up 68% damage on a single combo

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate