Friday: Its' the end of the week as we know it...

[sandman2575]

No, I'm with you guys. There are not nearly enough games on sale this time that fall in the "$15 and under" sweet spot -- at least, among games I might be interested in and don't already own...

[Phantom]

I'll be playing BRITANNIA - nice to be out of Fortress Europe :-)

[Anguille]

Looks like i am to play some Horizon after all  :D:

Horizon release version 1.0.2.147 - Summer Update
23 JUIN   - RAF
June 23, 2016
v1.0.2.147

We have a quick Summer update from feedback gathered that we hope will improve the game experience for new and veteran players.

* The penalty for exceeding Command Points for the player has been reduced on Very Easy/Easy difficulty settings
* The AI aggressiveness toward the player has been reduced on Very Easy/Easy/Normal

* Research speed beyond level 5 now scales based on the Quantity of Stars in the game (Galaxy size)
* The base chance to hit with missile weapons has been increased
* Stealth Device will no longer function when a ship's power generators are destroyed
* Winning the Galactic Council vote now requires a simple majority (51% instead of the previous 60%)

[Anguille]

Maybe some Master of Orion too...EA5 is downloading now.

[Huw the Poo]

Never mind.

[jamus34]

Tonight for me is a couple of rounds of Heroes of the Storm and then game #2 of HoI4

[Kushan]

After a couple of crazy weeks at work, then being sick the end of last week and through last weekend, this weekend I plan to finally catch up on some gaming, along with catching up on some work around the house.

I have a new CMANO scenario in the works. Main idea behind the scenario is to test USAF fighters vs various opponents. Player controls a fighter wing in a strike on an industrial target. The catch is I'm going to let the player choose both their forces and the OpFors. Right now I have two options for Blue Force, USAF Legacy Fighters (F-15/F-16) and a near future option (F-22/F-35). The three possible OpFors are based on Iran (Outdated crap), Russia (modern air defense and fighters) and China (same as Russia). Eventually I plan to expand on it, and add options to have more OpFor and player controlled options. Let the player control a Russian fighter regiment against US AD for example or explore how USAF legacy fighters fare against Eurofighters and Rafales, etc.

In other gaming, Still trying to get into Hearts of Iron IV. I've loved everything Paradox has done since Crusader Kings 2 but this one just isn't clicking with me. Probably going to shelve it for a bit and go back to some Stellaris with the new beta patch.

Diablo 3 and/or Elite will probably take up some of my time as well. With some luck I might even find some time to finally get around to reading the rules for Falling Sky. I'm off the first week of July and really hope to finalyl be able to get Falling Sky on the table.

[Nefaro]

I'm on the fence on Clockwork Empires, but will give it some time if I pick it up this weekend.

Isn't that still in a very unfinished & clunky alpha state?

[Huw the Poo]

I'll be playing BRITANNIA - nice to be out of Fortress Europe :-)

Do we really have to put up with this retarded drivel in a gaming forum?

[bob48]

Steady now gents, lets not get over excited and say stuff we may regret.

[Gusington]

Phantom is new with all of 8 posts. As Bawb says, take it easy.

[Huw the Poo]

My question was serious though: are the moderators happy with that kind of crap being posted in gaming forums?  I thought we had a politics forum for it.

[Jarhead0331]

Huw...I understand that the Brexit issue is very important to some of you guys, and you may be passionate about it, but the comment was clearly said in jest and there is so much off topic banter in the gaming forums, it would not really be fair to come down on someone for what appears to have been an innocent comment. I think you're taking this a little too severely. We will monitor the situation and make sure everyone is respectful.

[Sir Slash]

I thought it was very witty. And I got it, which isn't always the case.

[OJsDad]

Except for talking about what plans you have for the weekend, I didn't think there was any real topic to the weekly Friday thread.