Going to be doing some World of Warships of course. Try out Mech Warrior Online. Got a new laptop last week, so might try and get into Vicky 2 finally on that.
Lookee here! Tuna finally starts a FRIDAY thread. 'Bout time, my friend! And a great song, too :)
I have a Civ IV game I am going to get to. Started out seven civ's on a standard Pangaea with Domination the only VC. Two civ's have been eliminated, Holy Rome and the Ottomans. My Spaniards are severely outnumbered by the leader, Asoka, in troops and land area. However, Hammurabi just declared war on me and I think I can gain some ground at his expense. We'll see.
I bought Tron 2.0 and the Wing Commander I/II package last night over on GOG. Tried them both, they're both fun. I'd forgotten how labor-intensive (so to speak) games are from that bygone era, in that you have to either have the manual memorized or have it open in front of you while you play. I've tried the first mission in WC1 twice now - the first time an asteroid destroyed me (oops), the second time I made it back to the Tiger's Claw but ran into it while trying to figure out how the hell to dock, and my wingman died (not sure but I think she knocked herself silly against the carrier and blew up, lol). Will try a third time now that I know the proper keystrokes.
Also have an article on the Royal Fusiliers Museum to try to put together, as well as a buttload of board games I need to try to play.
Working on my new secret AAR project, which will be substantially different than anything I've done before (and yet similar! ^-^ Which is like being like what I've done before but different, except different!)
No doubt World of Warshiping somewhat. It'll be a long, long time before Tier 5. But I have plans. I am beginning to suspect I am never going to like doing anything other than cruisers, tho.
Hopefully helping Tuna (et al?) on trying out Mechwarrior Online. I've got things to do, this morning, so pretend I -- punned a haiku here?
Hopefully playing some more mp Scourge of War: Waterloo.
As much as I love ARK: Survival Evolved, I just don't think I've got the right mp group for my interests. I don't want it to be a game about how best to prank other groups. I may just play it sp.
Command Ops 2 keeps calling to me. I'm more-or-less holding off for now only because I'd rather start on the "Foothills of the Gods" and/or "Cauldron" missions (which feature the earliest war missions available in the system so far), and consequently I want to get my codes there ported over to Steam first. Several key bugs have been recently stomped, though, and that's good.
XCOM2: Long War 2 (and possibly some Long War 1 on my business computer) is likely at some point.
I killed 7 ships for y'all tonight.
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Rise of Flight and Day of Infamy are my go-to games for the time I've got left before leaving and being gone until later this year. Really smitten with those two games at the moment.
Holy Rome and the Ottomans will be the name of my future band.
I will continue playing Sniper Elite II and Battle Academy 2. The waypoint saves in Sniper Elite really piss me off but other than that the game good enough to keep me coming back.
No games but a lot of reading and chores.
Good song choice Tuna. Back at HoI4 England with the 'Together for Victory' DLC.
Good choice of song Tuna.
As for me, I have off until Sunday 8am.
So between debating what to get with my coupon from Slitherine. Either it is Polaris Sector, or Pike and Shot (or even Sengoku?).
I'll be playing Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom - building the city of Yin. (Shang Dynasty)
Stellaris - Got the updated New Horizons Mod and I am very impressed with it. I've also been playing with the Alpha Mod.
With whatever gaming time I get I'm thinking some EU4 / Vicky2 action interspersed with some Witcher 3 / Tales of Zestiria.
I'm playing Stellaris but finding it a little grindy. I'm probably doing something wrong or just getting too micro on the planet development, but it seems to be slow so far. First game playing, and I like the various mechanics, but I'm just kinda waiting for something to happen and nothing's happening.
I can't even figure out good guys versus bad guys. I miss the Distant Worlds "Bugs and Angry Lizards versus Mammals and Benevolent Amphibians" archetypes...
Whenever I tire of that, I'll probably kick off my first real game of Sovereignty.
And, of course, playing Soda Dungeon with my young son. He LOVES that game, and it's new for both of us. Looking to gear up our first party of 3 Ruffians and 2 Soda Junkies. I'd love to have a Conscript or two in my party, but beggars can't be choosers and since they're the ones doing the fighting for me, I have to take whatever riff-raff walks into my and my son's Soda Bar...
Advanced Tactics Gold for me...fooling around with the unit creation tool, with auto-supply from their HQ. I just wished the AI didn't cheat so much.
They so vastly outproduce me, wars quickly become WWI static line trenches, with crazy high unit totals.
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Quote from: FarAway Sooner on March 03, 2017, 02:21:32 PM
I'm playing Stellaris but finding it a little grindy. I'm probably doing something wrong or just getting too micro on the planet development, but it seems to be slow so far. First game playing, and I like the various mechanics, but I'm just kinda waiting for something to happen and nothing's happening.
Stellaris sounds good -- and maybe some Flight sims
Bleh. I will never, ever understand the Rolling Stones' appeal; bunch of ugly b******* with no talent. They are my Nickelback. :buck2:
I plan to devote this weekend to fantasy grand-strategy, with
Warhammer Total War (Bretonnia campaign) and
Sovereignty (Brogen Hur campaign) on my plate. Maybe a little BOTF as well (Klingons!), but overall am in more of a Tolkien-esque mood than sci-fi mood right now.
WHAT
Having finally finished Pillars of Eternity-- The White March, I will now return to the world of Skyrim to kill a dragon or two and find my lost dog/companion. He's probably VERY hungry by now.
Some WOW time with Jason and Tuna last night. Between errands, the weekend shaping up as some serious time on Rome II (some of the mechanics of that sucker still escape me) and more WOW.
First post in a while due to some personal stuff, but back at it.
Welcome back.
Many thanks.
Quote from: Hancock on March 04, 2017, 11:42:47 AM
Some WOW time with Jason and Tuna last night. Between errands, the weekend shaping up as some serious time on Rome II (some of the mechanics of that sucker still escape me) and more WOW.
First post in a while due to some personal stuff, but back at it.
Mastering the campaign side of the Total War series has always primarily been about three things:
A) Keeping Unrest in newly conquered cities under control while still expanding at a somewhat steady pace.
B) Improving long-term income and troop quality by slowly improving & upgrading your settlements while, at the same time, keeping Squalor to a minimum.
C) Getting as many Non-Aggression Pacts, quickly followed by Trade Agreements for same, with some neighboring or nearby powerhouse factions. Get this done as early as possible.
Do not let too many nearby foreign factions remain "neutral" because their friendliness
always drops at a continuous pace. Even faster if you're expanding militarily. They will all inevitably declare war on you, at some point, unless you have some kind of an Alliance, or at least a Trade Agreement. i.e. Don't get too gang-banged too early.
I bought a case of varied Australian independant shiraz, a duck to roast and a new overwatch season.
Weekend set booooi.
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Quote from: Nefaro on March 04, 2017, 06:58:48 PM
Mastering the campaign side of the Total War series has always primarily been about three things:
A) Keeping Unrest in newly conquered cities under control while still expanding at a somewhat steady pace.
B) Improving long-term income and troop quality by slowly improving & upgrading your settlements while, at the same time, keeping Squalor to a minimum.
C) Getting as many Non-Aggression Pacts, quickly followed by Trade Agreements for same, with some neighboring or nearby powerhouse factions. Get this done as early as possible. Do not let too many nearby foreign factions remain "neutral" because their friendliness always drops at a continuous pace. Even faster if you're expanding militarily. They will all inevitably declare war on you, at some point, unless you have some kind of an Alliance, or at least a Trade Agreement. i.e. Don't get too gang-banged too early.
All of that for sure. The balance is tough to maintain, particularly where you can develop only one tech at a time. I also find some weird inconsistencies in what I would think would be logical progressions. Example: Italia province is happy as hell at 100 and growing. Yet, I miscalculated on the building strategy as I have a severe food shortage to the point where I'm losing fighting men in huge chunks. Don't know what the happy civvies are high on, but probably not weed...........
Quote from: Gusington on March 03, 2017, 11:01:08 PM
WHAT
What indeed. Still, there are lots of iconic performers I don't get, so each to their own I guess.
^Forgive him Father, for he has sinned...against the Rock 'n' Roll Church.
Hoo-boy. Got my ass handed to me by the Skullsmasherz. :-[ I gotta remember that Bretonnia's heavy cav really doesn't fare that well on rocky/hilly terrain...
My Brogen Hur campaign is going better. Nothing special yet; right now, just developing my lands and making treaties with the Human realms around me. Planning to move against Cragenwaste in the not-too-distant future.
Quote from: Gusington on March 05, 2017, 06:42:47 PM
^Forgive him Father, for he has sinned...against the Rock 'n' Roll Church.
Funny, that's what I'd say regarding the 'Stones. ::) I find them an abomination to music.
WTF BRAH?? If I were stranded on a desert island with only one album I would be perfectly fine with that album being Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964 - 1971. Granted that's really two albums but you know what I am saying.
Quote from: Gusington on March 06, 2017, 02:15:11 PM
WTF BRAH?? If I were stranded on a desert island with only one album I would be perfectly fine with that album being Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964 - 1971. Granted that's really two albums but you know what I am saying.
Exile on Main Street (where this song came from) is one of my all time favorites.. also a double album. Allman Brothers Eat a Peach might make that list too.. I love Mountain Jam, all 33 plus minutes of it!!! Berry Oakley was an awesome bass player!
^You're speaking my language now.
And one more because this is one of the nastiest guitar riffs in the history of rock-n-roll
^^That has almost made up for Martok's sin against decency. Almost. >:(
Quote from: MetalDog on March 06, 2017, 11:39:13 PM
And one more because this is one of the nastiest guitar riffs in the history of rock-n-roll
The solo is top notch too, the Mick Taylor years were the golden years.
Thank you all for bringing musical sanity back to this thread.
Quote from: MetalDog on March 06, 2017, 11:39:13 PM
And one more because this is one of the nastiest guitar riffs in the history of rock-n-roll
I will concede some of the guitar work is...less than horrible. But Jagger's voice is like nails on a chalkboard; hearing it sends me to the edge of a homicidal rage. :pullhair:
^burn the heretic!!!
Martok how do you feel about The Moody Blues?
Quote from: Gusington on March 07, 2017, 08:43:41 PM
Martok how do you feel about The Moody Blues?
Choose your answer carefully...
Waiting...
Quote from: Gusington on March 07, 2017, 08:43:41 PM
Martok how do you feel about The Moody Blues?
Moody Blues are just fine. I won't claim they're my favorite band, but neither do I feel the need to change the station when one of their songs comes on the radio.
I enjoy the Allman Brothers too, incidentally. :)
Ok then
Whew! That was close! :hide:
Skin of his teeth!
Quote from: Gusington on March 09, 2017, 09:41:17 AM
Skin of his teeth!
If my teeth has skin, then I have bigger problems than the fact of the Rolling Stones' existence. :P
On to better music:
Quote from: Martok on March 09, 2017, 01:30:18 PM
Quote from: Gusington on March 09, 2017, 09:41:17 AM
Skin of his teeth!
If my teeth has skin, then I have bigger problems than the fact of the Rolling Stones' existence. :P
On to better music:
Stevie Ray, best concert I ever missed!