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Rawnu
05 Dec 2024, 8:59pm
What sucks for me is that I have not much time the next two days, family business, actually a nice one this time, so no real complaints – but: I have real FOMO at the moment, even though it looks like your usual invasion fare aka most systems will be cleared by Saturday morning and we can start bombing the Titan.
Kasumi Goto
06 Dec 2024, 5:58am
Yeah, after this Thursday's turnout, I think that it's actually not going to be the case that they'll all be dead by Saturday morning. 'Just' two or three of the twelve might be cleared, if that. What I can't say is if any of them will survive an entire week depending on just how many players get in on this (or how many of them fight in the invasions which can actually progress as opposed to fighting the Titan's forces directly in Sol, which I'm sure is fun with capital ship CZs and whatnot but has no meaningful impact on war progression, and then there's the Guardian melter field which basically means you use gauss with the immunity mod or the human peashooters).
Rawnu
06 Dec 2024, 6:45am
Kasumi Goto.. depending on just how many players get in on this (or how many of them fight in the invasions which can actually progress as opposed to fighting the Titan's forces directly in Sol, which I'm sure is fun with capital ship CZs and whatnot but has no meaningful impact on war progression...


I was wondering about this yesterday evening, when DCOH had 49% of CMDRs in Sol. But this morning that number was down to 20%, highest number was in Procyon (33%), so maybe herd effects will kick in and people flock to those systems with highest CMDR numbers which should speed things up. But still, 20% in Sol is big and this might prolong this battle long enough until the next server tick.
Thinder
06 Dec 2024, 11:29am
Rawnuso maybe herd effects will kick in and people flock to those systems with highest CMDR numbers which should speed things up.

Take your time, I'm re-engineering my AX ships and need time to get and exchange the materials for it and Synthesis...

One of the reasons people are slow to come to the Thargoid fight is that there is a fair proportion of players news to the game or the type of fight.

To a bounty hunter, Thargoid fight can be a culture shock, you need first to understand how it works and that nearly nothing from fits to engagement tactics translates from one to the other...

Last edit: 06 Dec 2024, 11:58am
Rawnu
09 Dec 2024, 12:43pm
Just out of curiosity: is anyone of you playing Starfield? The sub here is pretty empty and there's not much frequency in people posting.
Artie
09 Dec 2024, 12:51pm
RawnuJust out of curiosity: is anyone of you playing Starfield? The sub here is pretty empty and there's not much frequency in people posting.

Yes, I still do sometimes and there is quite a lot of people using Inara for Starfield. The behavior of Starfield players here is just different than for Elite, so it looks less active.
Meowers
09 Dec 2024, 2:18pm
RawnuJust out of curiosity: is anyone of you playing Starfield? The sub here is pretty empty and there's not much frequency in people posting.
I guess they're busy actually playing the game, not goofing around forums or writing unhealthy amounts of fanfics.

But, yeah, on a serious note: it seems like Starfield just attracts people of some different kind.
Kasumi Goto
09 Dec 2024, 2:49pm
Meowers
I guess they're busy actually playing the game, not goofing around forums or writing unhealthy amounts of fanfics.

Hey! I just played the game yesterday!

But I still want detailed character customization, Frontier. Not that I've got any particular irrational reasons to ask for the feature.
Rawnu
today, 11:00am
DA: Veilguard is on sale (after what, a month after release?) for 39 EUR instead of 60. Has anyone of you played it?
Artie
today, 11:24am
RawnuDA: Veilguard is on sale (after what, a month after release?) for 39 EUR instead of 60. Has anyone of you played it?

I did. The gameplay is OK, combat is fun but should be shorter a bit, the story is alright, some characters and dialogues are good, some quite terrible, music is professional but bland, graphics are better than expected and the stylization doesn't feel that bad as it may look from the trailers. The highlights are the best hair I've seen on game characters so far and fantastic quite long finale of the game. It's not a bad game, but I liked the writing, characters, general feel, etc. of the Inquisition better.
Rawnu
today, 1:19pm
Artie
RawnuDA: Veilguard is on sale (after what, a month after release?) for 39 EUR instead of 60. Has anyone of you played it?


I did. The gameplay is OK, combat is fun but should be shorter a bit, the story is alright, some characters and dialogues are good, some quite terrible, music is professional but bland, graphics are better than expected and the stylization doesn't feel that bad as it may look from the trailers. The highlights are the best hair I've seen on game characters so far and fantastic quite long finale of the game. It's not a bad game, but I liked the writing, characters, general feel, etc. of the Inquisition better.


Hmm, thanks a lot! I loved DA:I, spend so much time in that game. I just wonder if its worth 39 EUR or if I should wait a few more months. Then again it's Christmas and I have to play something else than ED
Artie
today, 2:10pm
Rawnu
Hmm, thanks a lot! I loved DA:I, spend so much time in that game. I just wonder if its worth 39 EUR or if I should wait a few more months. Then again it's Christmas and I have to play something else than ED

Hmmm... it's hard to say, depends what you expect. Take the Veilguard as a light, action RPG made for a wide audience - it's relatively simplified, uncomplicated, characters are straightforward and simple, dialogues are in a rank "avoid personal dramas, do not insult anybody, write it so even teenagers will understand" and so on. I would say it's not bad for 40 EUR, if you expect a "popcorn RPG" game and nothing more. I had fun with it, but there are certainly better RPGs.

Last edit: 12 Dec 2024, 2:16pm

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