I'm glad your going to be getting back into this to be honest I was kind of worried about you.(sorry if that sounds weird but its the truth)
And now I'm here on these forums most days. Though not over the past couple weeks or so, because of IRL derpage. I hate this time of year, I really do.... At least over the weekend I think I can get back to testing now. I've not been too useful yet in this one as a result.
I'm glad your going to be getting back into this to be honest I was kind of worried about you.(sorry if that sounds weird but its the truth)
And now I'm here on these forums most days. Though not over the past couple weeks or so, because of IRL derpage. I hate this time of year, I really do.... At least over the weekend I think I can get back to testing now. I've not been too useful yet in this one as a result.
I'm sorry if I sound intrusive but what exactly is wrong with your arm? also I've heard binding of Isaac is pretty good and I've been sorta meaning to get into it but I haven't really mainly because I don't have the time for it at the moment between my current testing ftl and hearthstone.(although I'm kind of losing interest in it at the moment in till at least the face bullshit ends and fun decks start being used again)I'm glad your going to be getting back into this to be honest I was kind of worried about you.(sorry if that sounds weird but its the truth)
And now I'm here on these forums most days. Though not over the past couple weeks or so, because of IRL derpage. I hate this time of year, I really do.... At least over the weekend I think I can get back to testing now. I've not been too useful yet in this one as a result.
Yeah, it wasnt anything major keeping me away. Well, it IS majorly annoying, at least. It's the time of year when my pain level is at it's highest (yay, time for more super strong painkillers, ugh) and I cant do mouse-based gaming much at all when my arm is flared up. I try to avoid doing too much typing when that's going on too. But it's better currently (for now).
.....also I was being distracted by Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, because that game is a freaking addiction.
I'm sorry if I sound intrusive but what exactly is wrong with your arm? also I've heard binding of Isaac is pretty good and I've been sorta meaning to get into it but I haven't really mainly because I don't have the time for it at the moment between my current testing ftl and hearthstone.(although I'm kind of losing interest in it at the moment in till at least the face bullshit ends and fun decks start being used again)I'm glad your going to be getting back into this to be honest I was kind of worried about you.(sorry if that sounds weird but its the truth)
And now I'm here on these forums most days. Though not over the past couple weeks or so, because of IRL derpage. I hate this time of year, I really do.... At least over the weekend I think I can get back to testing now. I've not been too useful yet in this one as a result.
Yeah, it wasnt anything major keeping me away. Well, it IS majorly annoying, at least. It's the time of year when my pain level is at it's highest (yay, time for more super strong painkillers, ugh) and I cant do mouse-based gaming much at all when my arm is flared up. I try to avoid doing too much typing when that's going on too. But it's better currently (for now).
.....also I was being distracted by Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, because that game is a freaking addiction.
1 my mother years ago had sciatica she literally couldn't go any were without a walking stick and she was 45 or 46 roughly!(ill edit this when I find out the proper age from her) so if what you've got is really like that then Christ that sucks(she doesn't have it any more after a surgeon got rid of the disk that was causing the problem but she got diabetes from the adrenaline shots she had to be on YAY!)(ill edit this when I find out the proper age from her) 2 I've seen my friend play and it definitely interests me its just that well 1 bla bla bla no time bla bla bla 2 I don't know if it'll run well enough on my laptop for me(I don't think theirs a demo will have to check that) the vague ness doesn't bother me in the slightest its better than woody in don't starve telling me shock horror that a box is boxy.I'm sorry if I sound intrusive but what exactly is wrong with your arm? also I've heard binding of Isaac is pretty good and I've been sorta meaning to get into it but I haven't really mainly because I don't have the time for it at the moment between my current testing ftl and hearthstone.(although I'm kind of losing interest in it at the moment in till at least the face bullshit ends and fun decks start being used again)I'm glad your going to be getting back into this to be honest I was kind of worried about you.(sorry if that sounds weird but its the truth)
And now I'm here on these forums most days. Though not over the past couple weeks or so, because of IRL derpage. I hate this time of year, I really do.... At least over the weekend I think I can get back to testing now. I've not been too useful yet in this one as a result.
Yeah, it wasnt anything major keeping me away. Well, it IS majorly annoying, at least. It's the time of year when my pain level is at it's highest (yay, time for more super strong painkillers, ugh) and I cant do mouse-based gaming much at all when my arm is flared up. I try to avoid doing too much typing when that's going on too. But it's better currently (for now).
.....also I was being distracted by Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, because that game is a freaking addiction.
It's nerve pain, mostly. Which is very annoying as it's hard to tell where it's even actually at. For example, you could have a nasty pain in your hand, but trying to deal with that doesnt do a thing, because the ACTUAL spot it's from is up in your shoulder. That sort of thing. If you've ever heard of someone having sciatica problems (some sort of nerve very low in the spine), which can cause horrible shooting pains down your leg... enough to stop you from walking just because it hurts that freaking much (had that one too, for awhile), it's kinda like that.
And along with that is tendon pain and related issues. Too much of certain motions causes my right arm to flare up, in a similar way to how carpal tunnel works, kinda. It's alot better than it used to be... there was a period of about a year where I didn't use the mouse for gaming AT ALL because it'd get bad immediately, and I ended up using the controller to control the keyboard and mouse inputs for many games (such as Minecraft, which I got so used to that if I now play it with the keyboard and mouse, I fall off of cliffs over and over or uncoordinated things like that) during that time. But I've had physical therapy for some time now, so many things are alot better. That, and pain pills, cyclobenzaprine and Tramadol.
Buuuuuut, because argh, I've also got a bit of arthritis and such around my neck/shoulder (which then contributes to the flare-up; and I'm still young, by the way, shouldnt be even close to having that, but there it is. Feh), and the other issues there, the weather around here at this time of year, because of the barometric whatsits going bonkers (it storms often here), means that I get the pain really easily right now. Cant do much about it aside from complain about the bloody weather. Or at least that's the basics of how it works; my therapist understands alot more and explained in detail, none of which I understood, haha.
So yeah, it was kinda unpleasant over the last month so I havent done much of the mouse stuff, which is kinda annoying.
Now as for Binding of Isaac, yeah, it's freaking fantastic. I consider it one of the best games, period. And I never say something like that lightly. Uses alot of ideas taken from the very first Legend of Zelda, and the levels play out like the dungeons in that game, except that it's pretty much also a roguelike, as everything is randomly generated. And kinda like some of Arcen's games it blends another genre into this, as you're shooting things (usually) and dodging stuff, while also doing classic Zelda-ish stuff like using bombs/keys/whatever. Though what really gets me about it is how the item synergies work out. There's no other game I can compare this to, because I"ve never seen another one manage this. You'd have to see it for yourself to get an idea as to what I mean, but it's one of the things that makes the game amazing. That there's 450+ different items (items mostly meaning things similar to the important things you'd find in Zelda, like the bow or whatever, things on that level, but there's other types too) and that the vast majority of them can interact with nearly all of the others just does so much cool and crazy stuff.
I could ramble on and on about it, but suffice it to say, I highly recommend it. Specifically Rebirth; the original game is great and all, but Rebirth is soooooooooooo much better. I was really surprised at just how much better it ended up being. The amount of content in it is just staggering. The wiki for the game says that it has a good 500+ hours of gameplay in it, and that's pretty accurate (and like with AI War you get players that'll just keep going even beyond that).
My only problem with it: you *need* that wiki site. The game likes to not actually explain what the items do. It'll give you a single sentence about it whenever you pick one up, which sometimes is obvious as to what it means, like "tears and DMG up" from a couple of simple stat-raising items, or you might get cryptic weirdness such as "tastes like burning" from a particular trinket (the match stick). A huge part of succeeding in the game is all about making the right decisions (like choosing to take a particular item, or leave it) and it's hard to do that, or even fully use things effectively, when you have no details on just how they work.
...and I'll stop rambling here, I've derailed it quite a bit at this point I think. Though, this forum, somewhat par for the course, hah.
I'm pretty much the casual Isaac player: Play a round or two and then stop for some days. A friend of me played it until he got everything (or almost everything, cannot remember) but the game never could me get into playing more than I want. The feeling of loosing everything because you stepped into a messy room wih overpowered enemies and you still having your basic tears... again is too strong for me. That's when I simply have to stop the game, playing soemthing less aweful to me.
I know Rogue likes are meant to be hard and random but I think Isaac is a bit over the top and it all comes down to your luck of "what do I get this time".
since this topics been derailed I may as well do so even more what books are you guys reading at the moment? personally I just started watershipdown.(insert name of author here later)That's a good, but depressing, one. Loved it as a kid and also the movie, even though it scared the beegeezus out of me.
since this topics been derailed I may as well do so even more what books are you guys reading at the moment? personally I just started watershipdown.(insert name of author here later)
I'm currently readingI figured as much apart from paradise that one isn't obvious I've never read war and peace or neuromancer I've been meaning to take a look into neuromancer I've seen quite a few times in water stones but at the moment I've got to much on hand to get that after I've finished water ship down I intend to start reading room before this I was reading look who's back which was very interesting I would absolutely recommend so long as you understand narrative disanensence properly.
From Paradise to Golgatha (Keyes)
Neuromancer (Gibson)
War and Peace (Tolstoi)
How Apollo Flew To The Moon (Woods)
Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students (Curtis)
Raufmahrtsysteme (Messerschmid & Fasoulas)
And a few others that I haven't actively read in the past week.
War and Peace I find highly overrated.Neuromancer, on the other hand, is excellent.
The others are educational.
I figured as much apart from paradise that one isn't obvious I've never read war and peace or neuromancer I've been meaning to take a look into neuromancer I've seen quite a few times in water stones but at the moment I've got to much on hand to get that after I've finished water ship down I intend to start reading room before this I was reading look who's back which was very interesting I would absolutely recommend so long as you understand narrative disanensence properly.
AI War has micro elements?
Or maybe I'm not quite understanding your definition of that.
This game is going to be the direct opposite of StarCraftTotally agree.
Maybe I'll fire up theWhen I first read this sentence, I thought you'll eat your dog. Poor dog. Sorry.doggamebeforeafter I have my meal here.
maneuvring things around just to show my rock, papers or scissors each time, a chore.This kind of micro far from needed at 7/7. It's more a question of hacking and K-upgrading ships to generally counter the AI's ship types. I often look at what it has when I want to upgrade my turrets. Lightning turret MkIV (+tachyon) against the stealth master, for instance.
maneuvring things around just to show my rock, papers or scissors each time, a chore.This kind of micro far from needed at 7/7. It's more a question of hacking and K-upgrading ships to generally counter the AI's ship types. I often look at what it has when I want to upgrade my turrets. Lightning turret MkIV (+tachyon) against the stealth master, for instance.
Oh, yeah, and that. Guard Posts hit hard when they have their hull bonus. But as they are immobile, it sounds less micro to select the right kind of ships (one click on the right-hand panel) and attack the static target. And fleet ships with the hull bonus can wreak the GPost faster.maneuvring things around just to show my rock, papers or scissors each time, a chore.This kind of micro far from needed at 7/7. It's more a question of hacking and K-upgrading ships to generally counter the AI's ship types. I often look at what it has when I want to upgrade my turrets. Lightning turret MkIV (+tachyon) against the stealth master, for instance.
Well, it happened more than a few times that I lost my ships to some towers which one shot the ships, since I forgot to first use some other ships, before their enthusiasm to jump to their death (autoattack) reached its target.