|
Harry Potter on Ice posted:Do it and post a trip report erowid style Bonus points if you reference it in your grad research. Gotta get those papers published yo
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2019 18:41
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 6, 2024 05:00 |
|
|
I cited Dragon Age 2 dialogue in my dissertation I barely even liked Dragon Age 2 I just have an obsession with citing inappropriate sources as my punk rock academia nod
|
|
#
?
Sep 12, 2019 19:40
|
|
|
I thought the game doesn’t save bases you build? Do you make a new fridge every time you log in?
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 08:05
|
|
|
The only decent use for the fridge is stockpiling cranberry relish for the xp bonus so you dont have to farm it as often. Maybe the queen meats? Even then, meh. It's just a convenience and after you actually get all your stats and perks where you need them (level 75 to 100ish?), then you dont even care about xp. Between the event that gives you 5 canned meat that never spoil (5xp) and sleeping in a bed (another 5 xp) you should be doin ok. If they actually follow through with the prestige perk system then maybe leveling will matter after 100. Sidenote: I saw a level 712 the other day on PC. Wtf...
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 08:09
|
|
|
kater posted:I thought the game doesn’t save bases you build? Do you make a new fridge every time you log in? Fallout 76 has camps that you can build and are permanent to your character unless you move it. . They are very similar to the FO4 settlements, but you can put them almost anywhere on the map.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 08:12
|
|
|
kater posted:I thought the game doesn’t save bases you build? Do you make a new fridge every time you log in? CAMPs get placed every time you login unless done other player has a CAMP there already. Then it asks you if you want to server hop, or move your CAMP for free. You can always not move it and just play without it for that session. Even if you do choose to deploy it elsewhere, it makes your camp a huge blueprint so you can, in theory, place your entire CAMP in a new location (but the ground will probably make it float or intersect or something). Our you can build your new CAMP from the parts of your old one.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 12:17
|
|
|
It wasn't always like that, either. Initially, if you logged into a server and someone's CAMP was vaguely near your spot, your entire base would get sent into storage and you would never be able to place it again. Because the base building UI is garbage and doesn't play well with the various tricks you need to do to make something decent looking.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 12:24
|
|
|
Kalessin ofSelidor posted:Bonus points if you reference it in your grad research. Gotta get those papers published yo My 'field' research and whatnot is likely going to be on the process of radicalization in online spaces (becoming a nazi via reddit / 4chan and whatnot) so I guess I can study the path some folk took from denial that the game is bad to blaming all of its problems on the subaltern or someshit. Fun thing about school is it really leaves me with so little time to actually play the game, so maybe it will continue to be a mystery. I played for maybe 15 minutes and it feels awful to swing at something in melee if I want to duck in and out of attack range. I traded blows with a lovely robot for a bit and then a level sixty guy in full american flag power armor gave me a bunch of stimpacks, which was nice. I wanted to thank him but I didn't know what the push to talk button in the game was so I just screamed "Is my mic hot??? is my mic hot??? can you hear me??? thank you!" to myself in my room.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 13:51
|
|
|
Moose-Alini posted:You know you don’t, like, HAVE to play it, yeah? 
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 14:15
|
|
|
Wrr posted:My 'field' research and whatnot is likely going to be on the process of radicalization in online spaces (becoming a nazi via reddit / 4chan and whatnot) so I guess I can study the path some folk took from denial that the game is bad to blaming all of its problems on the subaltern or someshit. If you're actually serious about this you should start and end your research project on youtube. It's all loving youtube. gently caress youtube. gently caress Susan. gently caress Google.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 14:37
|
|
|
i was made substantially more radical thanks to youtube and whoever uploaded a bunch of bootleg camcorder rips of tony hawk doing dope tricks in pasadena
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 14:43
|
|
|
Harry Potter on Ice posted:Do it and post a trip report erowid style 0:00 making my account 0:01 hear someone shouting the n-word during character creation
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 14:54
|
|
|
Wrr posted:blaming all of its problems on the subaltern or someshit. I am already interested in your research though, "radicalization through irony" is about as important an issue to tackle as any in our dead e-lives. Presteign posted:0:00 making my account And of course my favorite, as closely as I can remember it *sounds of person eating* "Ronnie can you come help me with this once you're done with dinner" "I'm playing my game" "Well let me know when you're free" ".....(quietly) gently caress you"
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 16:18
|
|
|
Is this game free and or have private servers yet
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 17:00
|
|
|
sharknado slashfic posted:Is this game free and or have private servers yet No but it is discounted so heavily it is basically the cost of lunch at this point. Dr. Quarex posted:I am already interested in your research though, "radicalization through irony" is about as important an issue to tackle as any in our dead e-lives. I didn't even really think I had an area for research until I vaguely mentioned the concept to the program director and he told me to go for it. I'm nowhere near ready for the real work to be done (literally less than a month into the program) but I suspect that irony would fit into a stage of preparation, that is, getting the noggin to a state where nazi (or white supremacist or whatever) ideas won't be rejected outright. Also it works as a real good smokescreen to casual observers. Pryor on Fire posted:If you're actually serious about this you should start and end your research project on youtube. It's all loving youtube. gently caress youtube. gently caress Susan. gently caress Google. My main spots to look at are going to be 4/8chan, Reddit, YouTube, and SA. YouTube is too obvious to not include, I have first hand knowledge of being young and impressionable on 4chan (thankfully I did not become a Nazi), 8chan is literally where manifestos of shooters are being posted, Reddit is also pretty obvious in my mind, and SA is notable for not really manufacturing fascists the same way the other areas do. I think. I might be wrong there, but that's what the research is going to be for. Facebook & Twitter likely should be included but. . . .I don't have infinite time and I'm thinking more about the Too Online Youth rather than the brain-rotted boomers, who were already lost to Fox News. Maybe in two years I'll have something to share, and maybe in two years we can gasp in awe at how Bethesda turned Fallout 76 around and turned it into the Citizen Kane of Video Games.  To get this back to the game and away from myself tho: That opening speech huh? Got rid of Ron Perlman and pivoted away from sad reflection on the errors of humanity and went for straight-laced actual propaganda huh?
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 18:19
|
|
|
sharknado slashfic posted:Is this game free and or have private servers yet I bought a copy of the game for $5 off of someone in SA Mart. The other copy came with my One X, and that system was $50 off to get rid of that bundle. So I basically paid -$45.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 18:41
|
|
|
If anything SA manufactures socialists. LF did it’s job of re-educating libertarians well.
|
|
#
?
Sep 13, 2019 20:33
|
|
|
Wrr posted:To get this back to the game and away from myself tho: That opening speech huh? Got rid of Ron Perlman and pivoted away from sad reflection on the errors of humanity and went for straight-laced actual propaganda huh? ron perlman does the intro though?
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2019 00:13
|
|
|
lmao this is the first hit when i checked to see if fallout 76 lets you respec your character 
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2019 00:20
|
|
|
Is the combat fixed to the point that it's fun and enemies dont tpose at you while there's huge lag between shooting and registering in a hitbox?
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2019 02:46
|
|
|
I've never had the damage lag, but when my wife was playing tonight she had a scorched guy stuck in one of those poses they do on the map that mimics the green petrified corpses. Just sliding around after her with no animation.
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2019 03:57
|
|
|
FairGame posted:Is the combat fixed to the point that it's fun and enemies dont tpose at you while there's huge lag between shooting and registering in a hitbox? I've not had any hit detection lag lately but occasionally a ghoul will forget to stand up and instead slide across the ground at me. Scorched will often times forget they have heads until they 'activate'. Pretty standard level Bethesda jank. The game actually lacks a lot of the memorable silly janks from Bethesda games passed
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2019 05:56
|
|
|
ASenileAnimal posted:lmao this is the first hit when i checked to see if fallout 76 lets you respec your character 
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2019 10:44
|
|
|
I picked 76 up on massive sale a month or two ago and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Found a park ranger outfit 20 minutes out of the vault so I've been running around as Evil Ranger Smith, murdering weird cows with an axe. Still haven't felt the slightest urge to buy atoms though
|
|
#
?
Sep 14, 2019 16:25
|
|
|
Wrr posted:... and pivoted away from sad reflection on the errors of humanity and went for straight-laced actual propaganda huh? A lot of people noted this early on. Bethesda has been slowly shifting from satire of political propaganda to fully unironic political propaganda. Dalris Othaine posted:I picked 76 up on massive sale a month or two ago and enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Found a park ranger outfit 20 minutes out of the vault so I've been running around as Evil Ranger Smith, murdering weird cows with an axe. That's what I did too. Being a murder ranger is pretty awesome. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 00:29
|
|
|
The game is overall pretty ok, better than fo4. They just going over too much with the freemium company they bought to run the game and try to turn it into something like other huge always online games.
Tenzarin fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Sep 15, 2019 |
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 00:34
|
|
|
So I played it again last night after being mostly on a break. I think they’re really moving in a good direction. Like in a few patch cycles I could probably say it’s good for more than getting a fix or indulging in stockholm syndrome after the fix is satisfied. Like I would say my biggest complaint is the respec system, but hell they originally planned on having none so I’m optimistic for it to get revamped. The event system seemed to be a fun and good change. Bought the fridge and roboscrounger on a whim since I had tons of challenge atoms built up. (Quick PSA for new folks, playing the game while giving minimal shits about challenges can still get you plenty of atoms; don’t buy atoms unless you have literally nothing better to throw away money at or are impatient) Biggest complaints about the fridge and roboscavver are 1) there really should be an attainable non-atom version even if maybe there is a restriction like you can’t have as many in a camp and 2) ffs the current versions are definitely not worth being atom-only. The fridge having only 15 slots is annoying. Sure you can build like 10 but still that’s pretty lame if they expect people to potentially spend irl money. There should at least be something like a limit of 3 for the robohobo, not just 1. Hell, quest-attainable non-atom versions I could see having those kind of caps but pretty lame if they think their cash shop has a chance to make people want to spend money vs challenge freebies.
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 02:22
|
|
|
are there npcs in the game yet
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 03:27
|
|
|
Berke Negri posted:are there npcs in the game yet
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 04:32
|
|
|
Kalessin ofSelidor posted:(Quick PSA for new folks, playing the game while giving minimal shits about challenges can still get you plenty of atoms; don’t buy atoms unless you have literally nothing better to throw away money at or are impatient) note that they replaced some of the atom rewards with items, and today's challenges are more of a hassle than they used to be
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 05:06
|
|
|
Rinkles posted:note that they replaced some of the atom rewards with items, and today's challenges are more of a hassle than they used to be Most of the daily challenges are dumb poo poo like 'build chairs' or 'eat some crap' for 10 Toddcoins a pop. Weeklies can go all over the place, though, and the one that rewards a unique legendary tends to take some time and has to be done in survival
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 05:50
|
|
|
Tenzarin posted:The game is overall pretty ok, better than fo4. They just going over too much with the freemium company they bought to run the game and try to turn it into something like other huge always online games. I'm not sure what exactly makes 76 better than FO4. Not only does 4 look better, play better and has a better story but you can also mod 4.
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 06:28
|
|
|
How hosed up is your mmo when Adds Questgivers is your big new feature and players are hooting and hollerin over it
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 09:01
|
|
|
Todd sitting back in his executive chair looking over fallout 76, "They are gonna wish they had Preston Garvey now!". Then he laughs menacingly.
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 09:52
|
|
|
SwitchbladeKult posted:I'm not sure what exactly makes 76 better than FO4. Not only does 4 look better, play better and has a better story but you can also mod 4. I can't even imagine that 76 is good, Fallout 4 barely functions without mods at the best of time, have they really managed to fix all of 76's thousands of bugs? Have they really?
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 10:20
|
|
|
Tenzarin posted:Todd sitting back in his executive chair looking over fallout 76, "They are gonna wish they had Preston Garvey now!". Then he laughs menacingly. true, Preston was my bestie
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 10:23
|
|
|
Personality-less Preston and his equally lame militia were the least of Fallout 4's problems
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 11:09
|
|
|
Wait, I'm curious, I've seen someone here saying that Fallout 4 has a better story than 76... is 76's story really that bad? From what I've seen, it seemed a solid exercise in worldbuilding, if a bit harmstrung by the decision to not have any human NPC alive on the map and insert as many references to past games and factions as possible.
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 12:20
|
|
|
Rinkles posted:note that they replaced some of the atom rewards with items, and today's challenges are more of a hassle than they used to be Today's daily challenges are easy though. Kill a deathclaw on Deathclaw Island, kill a chicken, claim a workshop are the three I did last night. 10 atom each.
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 12:32
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 6, 2024 05:00 |
|
|
Fair Bear Maiden posted:Wait, I'm curious, I've seen someone here saying that Fallout 4 has a better story than 76... is 76's story really that bad? From what I've seen, it seemed a solid exercise in worldbuilding, if a bit harmstrung by the decision to not have any human NPC alive on the map and insert as many references to past games and factions as possible. Fallout 4's story is dogshit and the stories told in 76 are much better and more emotionally impactful than SHAUN but people are committed to the bit
|
|
#
?
Sep 15, 2019 13:22
|
|