Have you gotten the expansion? I am really annoyed the special unit for the ethiopians share the same sounds as the female villagers. Otherwise it is good.
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yea i got the expansion right when it came out. havent played ethiopians much. and never really have the sound on.
A Steam sale for exploration games is going on right now, looks like it's going till the 1st
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Oh wow another steam sale
Added a bunch of stuff on it to my wishlist. As good as buying and not playing, but I get to keep my money.
OK, so planetbase is momentarily addicting, but you sort of run into a wall on limited expansion (non-terraformable mountains blocking you in) with no tunneling through, down, or building towers. You also cannot build on top of hills or mountains. As a result, a growing base becomes increasingly difficult to remodel when you unlock improved or new building types. Unlocking the second and third world types is a pain, as you're required to meat goals such as a population of 100 to 300 (a base will strain with a population of 50 if you don't look up wide open area planet coordinates on Google).
AI is fairly primitive, and you have to manually set manufacturing and activity based on what's immediately needed, rather than the game doing it automatically, and gets old fast. Shipments would be nice if you could specifically order supplies (esp. processed metal) rather than getting endless shipments of random starch. You can save before the shipment and reload if you don't get the one you want, but who wants to be doing that every 5 minutes?
Still being updated. Worth the sale price I paid for a few days of entertainment, though. Moving on, will check back later.
world 1
AI is fairly primitive, and you have to manually set manufacturing and activity based on what's immediately needed, rather than the game doing it automatically, and gets old fast. Shipments would be nice if you could specifically order supplies (esp. processed metal) rather than getting endless shipments of random starch. You can save before the shipment and reload if you don't get the one you want, but who wants to be doing that every 5 minutes?
Still being updated. Worth the sale price I paid for a few days of entertainment, though. Moving on, will check back later.
world 1
I don't know much about the game but it sounds like a futuristic version of Banished
Banished is more complicated and difficult. Planetbase is pretty early development, and there isn't much to it. When you spread out towards the 300 mark, you'll probably have multiple copies of the same sort of setup all linked up. Three worlds have three different types of challenges, which will influence what you build by a small amount.
- Make sure the workers and engineers have access to any building they can do stuff in.
- Attach a lab to bio-domes for botanists to synthesize meat in.
- Attach a lab to sick bays for medics to make medikits in.
- Control centers by airlocks for armed guards, weapons distribution, and engineer consoles (put other engineer buildings near this). Consider bottlenecking a but towards the airlocks for intruders.
- Control centers further into the base for weapons distribution and worker consoles (put worker buildings near this).
- Robotics facility somewhere near airlocks (for automated robot repair; driller bots get damaged fast), and near where engineers work.
- Mines near airlocks for driller bot access.
- Landing pad/spaceports near airlocks.
- At least two airlocks per landing pad. Eventually three airlocks for loading/offloading if you plan to sustain yourself through a lot of trading.
- Dorm and sick bay near airlocks for visitors and rescue events.
- Cabins, food, and recreation near working areas.
- Storage facilities near airlocks and working areas.
- Prioritize metal mining and processing, because that stuff is expensive and doesn't ship in as often as stuff like food and medical supplies.
- People are pretty easy to keep happy early on. Don't go overboard on non-essentials.
- Meteors are a pain in the ass. You need good telescope coverage and a laser to keep them off your base. In addition, you need engineers manning their consoles in the control rooms to monitor space through the telescopes. You're going to need lots of engineer colonists early on, because large buildings in bigger bases are particularly vulnerable. They can also keep your invaluable robots in shape.
May look like a bit, but it's easy to master.
- Make sure the workers and engineers have access to any building they can do stuff in.
- Attach a lab to bio-domes for botanists to synthesize meat in.
- Attach a lab to sick bays for medics to make medikits in.
- Control centers by airlocks for armed guards, weapons distribution, and engineer consoles (put other engineer buildings near this). Consider bottlenecking a but towards the airlocks for intruders.
- Control centers further into the base for weapons distribution and worker consoles (put worker buildings near this).
- Robotics facility somewhere near airlocks (for automated robot repair; driller bots get damaged fast), and near where engineers work.
- Mines near airlocks for driller bot access.
- Landing pad/spaceports near airlocks.
- At least two airlocks per landing pad. Eventually three airlocks for loading/offloading if you plan to sustain yourself through a lot of trading.
- Dorm and sick bay near airlocks for visitors and rescue events.
- Cabins, food, and recreation near working areas.
- Storage facilities near airlocks and working areas.
- Prioritize metal mining and processing, because that stuff is expensive and doesn't ship in as often as stuff like food and medical supplies.
- People are pretty easy to keep happy early on. Don't go overboard on non-essentials.
- Meteors are a pain in the ass. You need good telescope coverage and a laser to keep them off your base. In addition, you need engineers manning their consoles in the control rooms to monitor space through the telescopes. You're going to need lots of engineer colonists early on, because large buildings in bigger bases are particularly vulnerable. They can also keep your invaluable robots in shape.
May look like a bit, but it's easy to master.
Armored Warfare …
What to say? As more of the "wonderful" WoT community trickles in, I'm starting to see more stupid team killing and intentional throwing of the match. It doesn't matter if it's PvP or PvE, if the timer is running out and someone is in the cap circle with a second to spare, they will leave it to farm one last chunk of 400 damage, and then it's a loss or draw.
Besides one or two premiums (MBT-70, Taifun II), I have all the tier 6's unlocked, plus a tier 8 artillery, and am working through the Challenger 1 (tier 8's unlocked and tier 7's played for WoT). But when I am, on the last game before the daily triple resets, turning my gun to execute (for cowardice, of course), a Bradley who abandons a forty-second-remaining capture with only fifty seconds left on the clock, it's already at that critical point where I don't feel like renewing the premium time.
So done with new tank "MMO's" until they add (a good) one with infantry.
What to say? As more of the "wonderful" WoT community trickles in, I'm starting to see more stupid team killing and intentional throwing of the match. It doesn't matter if it's PvP or PvE, if the timer is running out and someone is in the cap circle with a second to spare, they will leave it to farm one last chunk of 400 damage, and then it's a loss or draw.
Besides one or two premiums (MBT-70, Taifun II), I have all the tier 6's unlocked, plus a tier 8 artillery, and am working through the Challenger 1 (tier 8's unlocked and tier 7's played for WoT). But when I am, on the last game before the daily triple resets, turning my gun to execute (for cowardice, of course), a Bradley who abandons a forty-second-remaining capture with only fifty seconds left on the clock, it's already at that critical point where I don't feel like renewing the premium time.
So done with new tank "MMO's" until they add (a good) one with infantry.
Poor players will take a great concept and make it awful in a hurry, that's why I stopped playing both.
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The fact that they're not taking certain laggy maps out of circulation in Armored Warfare may have a bit to do with it. There's no reason why a 2600K/16GB RAM/GTX 980 should stutter on a small map where it's fine on larger maps with equal numbers of trees.
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And I really don't have the patience to sit through my queue to get cards for another stupid badgeSuperJail Warden wrote:
Oh wow another steam sale
GTA V on sale for $35
I picked up the Great White bundle on Funstockdigital.co.uk for $37
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I'm a bit annoyed they can't do flash sales anymore.
Now I regret buying the british in coh 2 so soon.... Oh well, impossibles creatures for 6 bucks i miss that game and can't seem to find my copy of it.SuperJail Warden wrote:
And I really don't have the patience to sit through my queue to get cards for another stupid badgeSuperJail Warden wrote:
Oh wow another steam sale
The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.
i dont regret getting the british on release but i havent played them since the us finally got a pershing
Still fricken playing alot of coh 2 just to get a wardrop of him. Thankfully this existsRTHKI wrote:
i dont regret getting the british on release but i havent played them since the us finally got a pershing
The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.
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Am I wrong for not looking forward to VR gaming? I don't see the appeal of wearing the things on my head and moving around.
Agreed.SuperJail Warden wrote:
Am I wrong for not looking forward to VR gaming? I don't see the appeal of wearing the things on my head and moving around.
Plus this "first generation" will probably be shit and be superseded even faster than tech normally does.
what if you had a fleshlight and some VR porn? Imagine your favorite asian pornstar in POV mode while an automatic arm slides a fleshlight over your little penis. Don't pretend you wouldn't like it.SuperJail Warden wrote:
Am I wrong for not looking forward to VR gaming? I don't see the appeal of wearing the things on my head and moving around.
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Most porn stars also escort on the side. There are probably a few Asian ones just a few clicks away. I might do that if the cop thing doesn't pan out. I think I would deserve it.
Do it even if the cop thing pans out. It's probably necessary to be a part of the blue shield anyway. Think of it as getting jumped into the gang. Either you fuck a prostitute or kill an unarmed black man.
Anyone play Rainbow Six Siege yet? I need some feedback.
Anyone play Rainbow Six Siege yet? I need some feedback.
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R6 looks good but it is difficult to stomach spending $60 on something that will have a quarter of the userbase in a year.
it was $45 on the steam sale.