JonCole

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    Good to play with you guys again, glad y'all made it through. If you need any help with the Outbreak Prime quest, feel free to hit me up. I've done it on all my characters so I can fill the Hunter/Warlock/Titan spot in your team as needed. If you want to take a crack at HM, I'd recommend that the group be average 385 light. A bit easier to do now that everything has been bumped up in terms of rewards, Heroic Strikes and Archon's Forge do wonders as well as Iron Banner when that rolls back around in a couple weeks.

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    I can understand that, people have been saying the same about Overwatch re: 60fps though I'm not sure if you're talking about the pace of combat or the framerate.

     

    I'm pretty content with Destiny having a slower pace of combat, it actually makes the PvP interesting in my mind. Though there is an ever rising complaint about how the primary game in PvP is gone because of stuff like the Universal Remote, max range shotguns like Party Crasher, and snipers, I feel like that really mostly applies to public games. I've been getting more and more into sweats, 3v3 games that are effectively crude forms of custom games with rules that facilitate primary weapon gunplay. All of that said, I'm really only at this place because I truly haven't stopped playing since the end of CE and I'm just at a place where I need to find new ways to enjoy the game if I do want to keep playing.

     

    Anyways, if anyone needs help completing MoT hit me up. I'm around all of the time.

     

    Edit: Oh, one last thing - if you need to gear up, Iron Banner starts tomorrow and is a good way to get end-game leveled drops. Since everyone and their mother is playing it, there tends to be a better range of skilled players so matches tend to be less sweaty.

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    For the record and I'm sorry I'm late with this, but some PSU's may have a high total wattage but not enough voltage rails to properly power everything. Basically too many things are asking for too much power and the PSU just doesn't have enough big voltage bandwidth channels to deliver that power (this is highly dumbed down, honestly I don't fully understand it because my electrical engineering courses are a little buried in the memory banks). This can usually be avoided without having to do considerable research by buying Gold/Platinum PSUs, in my experience, as they tend to not cut any corners that budget PSUs sometimes do.

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    Are you playing on a console? On the PC I'm not sure I've ever had it take longer than a minute, and it usually takes less than 30 seconds.

     

    For those on consoles, it may improve if and when the PS4 and Xbox One get cross-platform multiplayer. Blizzard has seemed open to this idea, but obviously it requires some cooperation from the manufacturers too.

     

    I'm playing on PS4. 30 second - 1 minute wait times are generally expected during daytime hours, but peak hours (like... 7pm EST - 10 EST) usually see 1-2 minute waits and weekend peak hours like last night can see 3-4 minute wait times in the worst cases. Also, fwiw I usually queue in groups at night so that may affect the times. Still something to consider when backing out mid-match, particularly considering it's kind of a pain in the ass to reform groups in this game because there is no way to pull out a full group from the round start screen.

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    I always stick it out because 1) stomps go fast, so the matches will be over soon 2) gotta get that XP, yo 3) the time to find a game is crazy, you'll spend more time requeueing than it'll take to finish a stompy match.

     

    I also generally find that I mind less when I can attribute a loss to bad rando team comp, because that's just stupidity that I can't really avoid. I get way more salty when my team has nearly perfect comp but we still don't stand a chance.

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    And not only is it not on PC, it's also not on 360 or PS3! They mentioned some sort of upgrade path, I assume that means they'll sell a console bundle with the game.

     

    It also sounds like there won't be a physical version this time.

     

    I read it as either them selling a console bundle or them allowing there to be some kind of upgrade path to 360/PS3 owners who have physical editions of the game (since only the digital versions have cross-platform licenses at the moment).

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    For capture point two of Anubis, I've found that the best strategy is putting a tank + 2x DPS on mid-lane, Hanzo/Widowmaker on right side, and Junkrat/Pharah/Reaper + support on left. Snipers on right can clear anything on that pocket left side when you grapple/climb up on the small platform there, I often clear out at least one turret/bastion/handful of Symmetra turrets from that position. Tank + DPS pulls aggro hard and hopefully absorbs/wastes enemy ults during the push. Then the left team can do serious damage while the whole team is focused on the harassing sniper and heavy hitting mid-squad.

     

    The times I've won on that point have been mega close and have really required every person being on point. I've been defeated on defense by similar strategies, and earlier today got wrecked by a team that had a really good forward Symmetra teleporter and switched to all Genji/Reaper/Tracer as soon as cap point 1 was complete then they rush capped the cap 2.

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    Silicon Valley has started its third season and it's quite the corker so far. I'm loving it.

     

    I just burned through the past two seasons and love it. It's weird because I feel like it's made for me specifically, some nerd who cares way too much about the startup industry and knows a lot of the jargon they're using for no good reason. Do you have this kind of background as well? I vaguely wonder what the appeal would be for someone who doesn't have that familiarity with the industry. Not to say I assume you don't have it, I'm just curious if the humor gets past that specificity. I do like pretty much all the comedians who work on that show in a more broad standup context, so I assume the show does have some level of broad appeal.

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    I think it matters that Elliot takes it seriously, and that shakes out a few different ways. 

     

    Also, I don't think anybody is really watching it, but I'm loving 12 Monkeys. It has the same hallmarks of the "kind of hokey at first" but overachieving shows that wind up being personal favorites. (Terminator: TSCC, Continuum, Fringe)

     

    I love all of those personal favorites and I was vaguely interested in 12 Monkeys, thanks for this. Definitely going to check it out ASAP.

     

    Did you ever watch that last season of Continuum? I was kind of afraid that it had completely gone off the rails with the indeterminate moratorium and the total insane cliffhanger of the previous season.

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    I've never stopped, personally, except for maybe a short break the first two weeks The Division came out. I'm loving the April update, just hit level 335 on my main through the help of Iron Banner and some good Trials luck. I've mostly stayed active all this time with my clan, so he's my obligatory invitation to join that if anyone is looking to get back into the game regularly. To get into slightly more background on what Vasari is saying, many of the end-game activities reward maximum 335 loot (Hard Mode King's Fall Raid, Challenge of Elders, Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, Exotic Engram decoding, Shaxx weekly bounty, Nightfall). All of these activities grant loot based on a range of 1-5 levels over your current light level, so if you're 310 and do the raid, all of your drops will be 311-315. Beyond that, the rate at which you get reputation for pretty much all factions has increased and the 3/week free sterling treasures have a chance to give you reputation boosters which give you enhanced rep gain for a limited period of time. Faction packages can grant up to 330 light level gear, which is a great reason to continue the more mundane grinds of bounties, regular activities (strike playlist, 6v6 pvp, etc).

     

    All of this stuff together has really tightened the game loop and gives way more rewards on a much more regular basis. Add some other elements, like the fact that they've added some new exotics to the game, revived some old year one weapons like Shadow Price and Longbow Synthesis for the nostalgic masses, etc and you get a much more pleased fanbase. It seems like with every big update to the game including this one, it's even more appropriate to say "this is a good time to get (back) into the game".

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    There's definitely a bit of a nice ecosystem going on at Humble, most of the recent Humble Bundles have a 10% coupon for the Humble Monthly that I believe can be applied for current subscribers on the next month's charge. So basically, you buy a bundle, you save 10% on the monthly, which in turn saves you 10% at the store. Few different bundles every month, so you could potentially save 10% on that monthly continuously unless I'm just reading the terms incorrectly.

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    1. Fallout 4 - I already know that this will probably be one of my most played games in 2016 and the time I've spent with it thus far has been so excellent. 

    Destiny: The Taken King - This expansion/game has a reputation for taking Destiny and making it a game that is recommendable to everyone, which is entirely true. The changes to the story make it more replayable than ever and the changes to the multiplayer meta make it far more competitive and interesting than the relatively stale HoW MP.

    Until Dawn - Such a unique game with excellent motion capture, a fun teen horror theme, etc. Plus, a perfect couch co-op game to play with a friend or spouse.

    Bloodborne - The first Souls-type game that really roped me in right from the beginning and it deserves no shortage of credit for that. 

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 - Same old COD multiplayer, but it's consistently my most liked FPS multiplayer so it practically gets on my list by obligation.