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While awaiting the arrival of your Alpha or EE invitation, what games are you using to fill the void?
Personally, I have found recently that my perception of what makes a fun game has changed so much from following the development of Pathfinder Online that a lot of games I might have turned to in the past no longer do it for me. Static quests in games like Skyrim and Elder Scrolls Online just feel flat. I've found myself turning to old standby sandbox games like Privateer but have been frustrated by the technology gap.
I tried State of Decay for a few hours but tired of the mission-based nature of its gameplay.
I've thought about going back to Wurm but the extreme grindiness has scarred me for life.
I've never been able find a decent group to hang with in EVE so have quit that several times; I can only solo so long in an MMO before it weighs on me.
I might pick up X-Com again as that has a good balance of freeform and directed play.
How about you?
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While awaiting the arrival of your Alpha or EE invitation, what games are you using to fill the void?
Personally, I have found recently that my perception of what makes a fun game has changed so much from following the development of Pathfinder Online that a lot of games I might have turned to in the past no longer do it for me.
That is amazing, this is exactly where I am now. Then again, after I have played a mmmo frantically for some time (usually for 6-9 months) I always seem to fall in this void, where absolutely no game, single player or multiplayer, can hold my interest.
These are usually the times where my hardisks are getting filled up with old and new games that I install, just hoping that one of them will fill the void, to no avail. The last game I played frantically was Everquest, one of my several returns to the game in the last 15 years.
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Paradox strategy titles, my never-ending addiction. A primary problem will be setting them aside when EE begins.
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I am busy with GMing two Pathfinder games and playing in two other Pathfinder games. Then there is the once a month Star Wars Saga Edition game. Next up is starting another once a month Pathfinder games and GMing some KOTC members through Emerald Spire (crazy though one of my GM'd games is nearly done).
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Nothing. Someone suggested Darkfall, but it is not available on Mac. Yah, I will probably game on PC (as I do not expect there will be LINUX version -- too many LINUX flavor). Still not <delete thread hijacking comment>.
So what do I try on an older Mac (August 2009) to get a feel of character PvP. I have only played kingdom level PvP and that as special tasks.
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Not playing video-games much at all over the last few years. Here's a few I've trialed over the last few years and aim to revisit more fully in the future when I have some spare dough/time and the weather is lousy:-
SpaceChem
FTL
Proteus
Towerfall
Waveform
Faraway
prison architect
rogue legacy
Unepic
Spelunky
Desktop Dungeons
Monaco
Frozen Synapse
Out There
I try to enjoy other games also (sports, board games, pub games etc). But I think with video-games becoming more interested in the mmo- space's potential over anything else. I want to fit games with a lot of other things going on, so have to be selective, and the social dynamics are the most rewarding thing (eg my sports team is fun because of the people more than anything) so the above I'd expect to pay cheaply, have a bash for a few hours and move on. I'm not looking for more from most games other than enjoying the work of some indie devs coming out with great designs and chipping in some cash to those people for producing some nice work.
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@Archanjel, have you looked into Dwarf Fortress? It's a game that takes intense patience and has a very steep learning curve, but it can be quite a rewarding experience.
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Not playing any MMOs. I usually like to focus only one one MMO at a time. However, while waiting for PFO to come out I have been slowly catching up on backlogs of single player games that I have. I finally got around to playing Mass Effect Trilogy. Just finished the 1st game and started on the 2nd one today.
On a related know, I saw a trailer for Mass Effect 4 that was revealed at E3.
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@Archanjel, have you looked into Dwarf Fortress? It's a game that takes intense patience and has a very steep learning curve, but it can be quite a rewarding experience.
Yeah Shane, I've played it but just found the interface to be a huge barrier to fun. There was clearly fun to be had but there was so much work to be done before the fun could be found, I ended up dropping it. Several times. That's another one of those games that I've gone back to more than a few times hoping for a better experience.
Wurm Online was like that for me, too. Man did they hide the fun in that game behind about four hundred thousand grindy mouse clicks. There was fun there; I could see that there was fun there. I just couldn't reach it.
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Wargame: Red Dragon.
I'm learning what its like to be on the wrong side of the skill curve, and focusing on trying to learn from every match.
Minecraft.
Don't carry more than what you strictly need.
X3 Terran Conflict.
Setting up supply lines, watching for pirates, and watching big fleets shoot other big fleets (pretty!).
XCOM: Enemy Within.
Because even though Thin Men are BS, and muton suicide charges with grenades are BS, and my squad panicking and shooting each other sucks....I love the brutally honest challenge of it. If you play smart and careful and you don't make a mistake...you just might win. Cause missing on a 95% shot still happens.
And Planetary Annihilation.
Because dropping a moon on a turtled enemy is sublimely satisfying.
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I´m in conlict with myself after my WoW-Acc frozen. Playing The Witcher 1 (a bit old, so struggle - very inclined to play 2 without finish the 1) and The Incredible Adventure of Van Helsing (no brainer HnS with a nice background).
Just reactivade my SWToR-Acc but the time in loading is killing me again... Why the hell so long loading screens?!?!?!?!
And I will start GMing a Pathfinder RPG game...
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I´m in conlict with myself after my WoW-Acc frozen. Playing The Witcher 1 (a bit old, so struggle - very inclined to play 2 without finish the 1) and The Incredible Adventure of Van Helsing (no brainer HnS with a nice background).
Just reactivade my SWToR-Acc but the time in loading is killing me again... Why the hell so long loading screens?!?!?!?!
And I will start GMing a Pathfinder RPG game...
I reinstalled SWTOR, a few days ago. Went on the Fleet, crossed a bunch of RP guys asking for my passport. So I just disconnected.
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Have always been on Dungeons & Dragons Online since 2006, with some longish breaks to try out new stuff like WAR, SWTOR, GW2, Neverwinter, and ESO recently. DDO is still my first MMO love, despite and because of it's...uniqueness.
It's detailed and fun multiclass character building is one of the things that has held me to it. You can have up to 3 D&D classes, with no more than a 20-total level split between them, allowing for hundreds of combinations (tho only a few dozen really optimized ones work at endgame ATM). Thus a Wizard 18/ Rogue 2 build can be one of the best endgame trapping builds (lotsa traps in DDO), while still maintaining top casting ability, plus that gives the character the Evasion feat for more survivability. Things like that.
The reason I mention this here is that I'm hoping the Pathfinder: Online skill development system duplicates this to truly allow some kind of "multiclassing" abilities to be developed, for more interesting characters. Beyond just adding crafting to a character, I mean.
I know I'll probably need to start my first PFO character as a Cleric, since Druids or Paladins won't be available at first. But I don't want to have to just follow a "Cleric build path" that won't allow me to add say, trapmaking skills (when available) or some social skills to round out what he can do in the gameworld.
I do have confidence that this will be possible, just ....give us more details!!! Alpha and EE are too far away right now...
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Force choke is a pretty sweet skill in SWTOR. It follows the theme of Sith skills all looking cooler than Jedi ones.
I mean, streams of lightning from Sith Sorcerers compared to the plink plink plink of pebbles from Jedi Sages?? Cmon now
But...but...Sith can't then yell, "DEATH BY COCOA PUFFS, scum!" =P
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On my laptop: EU 4, CK 2, Civ 5 are my mainstays. When I finally make it to the end of my colonial Spain game, I'm planning on playing on crossover CK2/EU4 game. My goal is to end running a colony my CK2 dynasty somehow I helped shape in a randomized New World.
On my 3DS: Etrian Odyssey: The Millennium Girl and 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors. It's my primary system for JRPGs, visual novels, and Nintendo games. Can't wait for the new Super Smash Brothers! :)
Tabletop: I'm playing in a dungeon-punk Pathfinder homebrew.
And I will start GMing a Pathfinder RPG game...
LIES!! I've been waiting for ever to unsheathe my archer, the Fumbler, but the game session never comes.
I've been playing Star Wars - The Old Republic. Despite the loading time (that I mitigated a little by installing it on a SSD), I really like the quest histories and the way they present said quests (with cut scenes and stuff).
Other than that, Dota 2 and Witcher 2 (the storytelling is amazing) occasionally.
Force choke is a pretty sweet skill in SWTOR. It follows the theme of Sith skills all looking cooler than Jedi ones.
I mean, streams of lightning from Sith Sorcerers compared to the plink plink plink of pebbles from Jedi Sages?? Cmon now
The 'big stone in the face' though is quite awesome, way better then the 'taser finger'.
The 'all lightning' theme of the sith sorcerer tires after a while.