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Title: No time for Friday
Post by: Tripoli on October 01, 2021, 12:11:53 PM
It's 1215 CST, and no Friday thread!  So this song is appropriate   :)



BoC work and my Flashpoint  AAR.  Plus, publishing the quarterly images and description packages for CMO.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Gusington on October 01, 2021, 12:37:40 PM
Diablo II Resurrected, Outlast 2 and perhaps some Witcher (the original), Enhanced Edition. My Total War: Warhammer II campaign as Chaos ended ignominiously.

Considered buying Days Gone on sale but did not pull the trigger. Now I see Greedfall on sale and may get that. Also looking forward to next week's release of Age of Darkness: Final Stand.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Pete Dero on October 01, 2021, 12:43:14 PM
Mechwarrior 5 Mercenaries
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: devoncop on October 01, 2021, 01:38:24 PM
Having thrown caution to the wind and after a few fine single malts decided to enter 5 categories in the new season of the Slitherine Digital League in Field of Glory 2 and Field of Glory 2 Medieval I now have 40 MP battles to complete in the next ten weeks :idiot2:

Guess what I am playing ?  :)
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Toonces on October 01, 2021, 01:46:11 PM
Going to spend a bit more time with War on the Sea with the Tokyo Express mod, and fire up BMS Falcon for the first time in like years and see if I can figure out how to play it.  If it starts to annoy me (which it likely will) I might just boot up Strike Fighters 2: Vietnam and get some F-4 and A-6 time under my belt.  And Wings over Flanders Fields.  In fact, WoFF is probably what I'll end up playing.  Biplanes are pretty easy to learn systems-wise.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: W8taminute on October 01, 2021, 02:07:36 PM
Just picked up New World the other day.  That game is a time sink on a massive scale.  Doubt I'll play much else but if I do it will probably be a little of Heroes & Generals and possibly some Enlisted
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Sigwolf on October 01, 2021, 02:24:30 PM
Starship Troopers Terran Command demo, Star Trek Elite Force, LnL Tactical Digital and MSFS on the slate this weekend.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: solops on October 01, 2021, 02:32:54 PM
Old World, the Civ killer.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Geezer on October 01, 2021, 04:16:35 PM
New World for me too.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Gusington on October 01, 2021, 04:21:13 PM
Can New World be played solo without being bothered by 1000s of online idiots?
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Geezer on October 01, 2021, 06:16:48 PM
You can do the quests and crafting solo.  There are a handful of dungeons but AFAIK those can't be soloed.  The endgame appears to revolve around territorial PvP and I'm guessing that would not go well solo, but I have no idea at this point.  It looks like there is enough content to get many hours of enjoyment without interacting with others but at some point you'd run up against the PvP barrier and probably have to call it a game at that point, unless you wanted to make a new character and start over of course.   ;)
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: al_infierno on October 01, 2021, 08:06:23 PM
I'm pretty sure Gus's idea of "not being bothered by online idiots" means a solo session with no other players  :P

AFAIK, it's an MMO so no solo servers.

This weekend I'm continuing a Crusader Kings 3 binge for the most part.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Dammit Carl! on October 01, 2021, 08:19:13 PM
Wowed the wife's relatives with a range of Mexican cuisine (thanks, Internet!) I'm back in the grind-suck that is the World of .... family (am fond of the games, mind you) until I wander off elsewhere.

Not going to plan for too much as Lord knows what else will come down the pike this weekend.

Chiliaquiles, anyone?


Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Gusington on October 01, 2021, 08:43:20 PM
Are you some kind of Renaissance man?

Thanks Geezer/al...I will stay away from New World and just wait for Old World to be released on Steam.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Dammit Carl! on October 01, 2021, 08:58:00 PM
Quote from: Gusington on October 01, 2021, 08:43:20 PM
Are you some kind of Renaissance man?

Yes.  Now give me money, and hit "like," and subscribe to my hot takes and whatnot.

-only $7.99 for the first inspirational tape ("A," side only - "B," side is bootleg Dirty South twisted & screwed tracks from such artists like: Boozy C, Lil Peeny Pump, and Mayor McSkweeze)
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Gusington on October 01, 2021, 09:40:42 PM
7.98 take it or leave it
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Sir Slash on October 01, 2021, 09:49:41 PM
Making Rome great again in Rome 2 TW with the DEI Mod. Rome's Latrines weren't built in a day. Have a great first weekend of October Grogs.  O0
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Destraex on October 02, 2021, 04:12:59 AM
World of Warships
DCS World
Iron Harvest
Starship Troopers Demo
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Jarhead0331 on October 02, 2021, 07:10:13 AM
Building my new cockpit with the new HOTAS. It's coming along. Hopefully get to finish tonight.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: MengJiao on October 02, 2021, 06:10:28 PM
Quote from: Destraex on October 02, 2021, 04:12:59 AM
World of Warships
DCS World
Iron Harvest
Starship Troopers Demo

World of Warships
Enlisted
Board games
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Destraex on October 02, 2021, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 02, 2021, 07:10:13 AM
Building my new cockpit with the new HOTAS. It's coming along. Hopefully get to finish tonight.
Why build a cockpit when you have a VR headset?
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Jarhead0331 on October 02, 2021, 07:51:06 PM
Quote from: Destraex on October 02, 2021, 07:17:27 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on October 02, 2021, 07:10:13 AM
Building my new cockpit with the new HOTAS. It's coming along. Hopefully get to finish tonight.
Why build a cockpit when you have a VR headset?

Read through the DCS thread. The in-depth discussion is in there. TLDR; one has nothing to do with the other. I use peripheral devices in VR, so I still need a chair and controllers.
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: W8taminute on October 04, 2021, 12:28:25 PM
Quote from: Gusington on October 01, 2021, 04:21:13 PM
Can New World be played solo without being bothered by 1000s of online idiots?

You can definitely play solo in this MMO.  In fact the only way to have anyone attack you is to enable a setting in your character profile that makes you vulnerable to PVP combat.  If you leave that setting off, no one can harm you. 

Yes some of the areas are very tough nuts to crack solo, but if you grind your levels high enough you can solo any dungeon.  In fact there is usually a lot of other players in those dungeons who are killing off the bad guys anyway so all you have to do is run fast and pickup treasure chests before the ai bots respawn. 

New World is an increadible experience, even as a solo player like myself. 
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Gusington on October 04, 2021, 02:53:19 PM
^Thanks W8! Just the info I was looking for. How far along are you in New World?
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: W8taminute on October 04, 2021, 03:39:42 PM
^I've got around 10 or so hours into it and I'm at level 18.  I've got quite a lot of food and raw materials stashed away as well as a decent collection of clothing and armor. 

Story wise I'm maybe 5% into the game but there is so much to do, including all kinds of side quests, that I'm in no big rush.  I predict this will be the kind of game that will still be played off and on even after the honeymoon phase is over. 
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: al_infierno on October 04, 2021, 04:09:17 PM
Crusader Kings advice or Shakespeare?  You decide!  :2funny:

Get an heir and a spare; celibate from there
Two is one, one is none
When the hurly burly's done
When the battle's lost and won

(stole this from a Reddit exchange but it was too good not to share.)
Title: Re: No time for Friday
Post by: Gusington on October 04, 2021, 04:12:31 PM
Can't it be both?