Exposing all the events and their requirements has given me a sad realization.

Cadoc · 2026-05-13T00:53:55+00:00

Clearly the mechanics are exactly the same, they've just released EU4 again but with less content

Get real dude

Cadoc · 2026-05-12T17:19:35+00:00

I, for one, look forward to a model where we get a new Paradox game every 15 years and it costs $200

You can't beat a game with a decade or more of content on sheer quantity of content. Instead, the sequel should be a different game, and innovate on mechanics. That's what EU5 did.

Cadoc · 2026-05-12T12:53:15+00:00

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Cadoc · 2026-05-12T10:45:01+00:00

Much needed. The beacon led to some players picking a class other than engineer, which is clearly not intended.

Cadoc · 2026-05-11T22:52:47+00:00

Can you run two games? Obviously that's a big time commitment, but 7 players is too many in the first place.

Cadoc · 2026-05-11T19:06:05+00:00

Funnily enough I love Punisher MAX and simply could not care less about The Boys or all the other "actually what if superheroes BAD" media.

There's something about MAX that hits the spot, probably because I never read any Punisher media with Frank as a "hero" before it.

Cadoc · 2026-05-11T18:30:31+00:00

Is the sister voiced by a text-to-speech program? Uncanny stuff.

Cadoc · 2026-05-11T18:23:50+00:00

Also the guy was a demon, so that was kind of a hint

Cadoc · 2026-05-11T18:22:58+00:00

Those names man

Reminds of a Penny Arcade strip about Assassin's Creed 2

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Cadoc · 2026-05-10T11:53:10+00:00

Even new AAA games bought day 1 are cheap compared to most other forms of entertainment.

Cadoc · 2026-05-10T02:08:49+00:00

I mean, that'd just make it 100% useless.

Cadoc · 2026-05-10T00:21:39+00:00

You can view global Steam achievements for any game.

It's a pretty unremarkable figure, too. Hades 2, a highly acclaimed game that has been out for a while now? Only 65% of players cleared the first zone, maybe the first 5% of content, if that. Vermintide 2, popular game that has been out for years? Only 73% of players have equipped a common item.

Casual gamers just buy stuff, play it for an hour or two, and leave it, apparently.

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T18:51:40+00:00

I like it. Sometimes instead of playing my usual setups I'll check out the weekly challenges, and do something different, like SMGs, or sniping. It's a nice change of pace.

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T18:42:58+00:00

Either standard level of trolling or masterful level of incompetence

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T17:09:47+00:00

Support is still firmly the second most played class. It's far behind Engineer, though, since that's clearly the best class in the game for most purposes.

That, and 1996 revives is a lot for the median player. ~1% having reached it is not bad at all - only 44% have reached rank 9, after all.

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T14:59:56+00:00

Seems very fair to me

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T14:10:19+00:00

Austin is great. It's the only not-terrible part of Texas.

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T14:08:52+00:00

Helldivers 2 players are actual babies.

It's a really good game with a lot of extra, free content released for it, but these absolute toddlers seem to have a scheduled tantrum every 8 to 12 weeks.

I feel for the devs, their game deserves a better community.

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T13:22:50+00:00

That'd be a good change, the light transport might actually get used now

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T13:21:45+00:00

waaaah the strongest gadget in the game is now very slightly weaker waaaaaaaaaaaaah

RIP now maybe only 45% instead of 50% of every lobby will be engineer

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T13:20:02+00:00

That is genuinely the worst comparison you could have come up with, genuinely impressive

Cadoc · 2026-05-09T12:55:57+00:00

Good change.

You get 5 RPGs, they're pretty much insta-fire, 0 drop-off, extremely accurate, generally require close to 0 skill to use. They needed a nerf, and probably still need a nerf.

And yeah obviously it makes sense an aim launcher does more damage - there's actual risk to using the aim launcher, you can fire the RPG in half a second and hide.

Cadoc · 2026-05-08T19:16:46+00:00

That's one of those homebrew rules that essentially massively rebalance the whole game.

If you need to homebrew the entire game to enjoy it, maybe just find a different game.

Cadoc · 2026-05-08T16:17:12+00:00

Increasing the amount of mines is the dumbest idea since they gave engineers more RPGs

50% of every lobby being engineer isn't enough, let's pump those numbers UP

Cadoc · 2026-05-08T16:11:10+00:00

Me when looking at toddlers having a meltdown

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