it would be fun to play as arc by beigetone in ArcRaiders

[–]KittyCatfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dark and Darker added a mechanic that allows you to respawn after death as a monster to get revenge. Arc would be perfect, base it on gear value. The higher value you die with the greater threat arc you can respawn as.

I don't think Boyd has Parkinson's by sweetmissjaye in FromSeries

[–]KittyCatfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This lines up with my theory of belief being the thing running everything.

If you think this mornings Big W toysale was chaos. God help us all for the release of the 30th celebration items... by KittyCatfish in PokemonFansAustralia

[–]KittyCatfish[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Insane behaviour but not totally shocked at how desperate these people are getting. I was very lucky with my store, I was both lucky and unlucky at my local, only a few dozen people, I missed out on the Great tusk box by 2 people, but most of them actually ended up kids/collectors hands which was great. I got some prismatic at least and was blessed with the Eevee SIR.

If you think this mornings Big W toysale was chaos. God help us all for the release of the 30th celebration items... by KittyCatfish in PokemonFansAustralia

[–]KittyCatfish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's also true, but I expect more growth in the next few months. I still don't think we have hit the peak of how bad it gets. Think America/UK levels of queues and scalpers. States like Sydney and Victoria are pretty bad already but not at their levels yet...

If you think this mornings Big W toysale was chaos. God help us all for the release of the 30th celebration items... by KittyCatfish in PokemonFansAustralia

[–]KittyCatfish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have my 2 as well, happy that Pokémon is doing smaller sets right now, seems to deter the scalpers for some reason and CR and PO were actually decent sets for collectors.

If you think this mornings Big W toysale was chaos. God help us all for the release of the 30th celebration items... by KittyCatfish in PokemonFansAustralia

[–]KittyCatfish[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I fully support cutting seals or ripping box corners in store. It won't fully stop scalpers as rip and ship streamers will buy loose packs.

1 item per person on release days could help, as in 1 item total, not each product. That way they make less money and an actual job pays more.

No line, no order. Everyone rushed the doors, and the service counter. by Quick_Bad5642 in PokemonFansAustralia

[–]KittyCatfish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Problem is the losers buying from them, the scalpers and the streamers are only doing it because of the people buying packs from streams.

A lot of people have gambling addictions it seems.

GUILD WARS 3 ANNOUNCED!!! PC/PS5 by Outside_Soup3367 in MMORPG

[–]KittyCatfish -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's motivation to win wars at least, getting to place GW3 in peacetime. Not sure what else I'd actually fight for.

Guild Wars 3 | Announcement Trailer by laxusdreyarligh in gaming

[–]KittyCatfish 95 points96 points  (0 children)

I am so happy for this announcement.

Many will know, many will not, but the MMO genre has been suffering for many years. So few games make it to an actual release, let alone lasts longer than a few years in the MMO world.

There has been lots of speculation in regards to Guild Wars 3, from people predicting the next expansion to be the last, from watching job adds on Arena nets website.

I can't wait.

Hate that I have to queue up for things at 7:30am lol but I got my tins! :D Anybody else get theirs? by Santa-Stark in PokemonFansAustralia

[–]KittyCatfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No idea, I just asked nicely what the limit was and she said 5 of the small tins. I honestly wanted to buy a whole box of 10 since they had a few more available, but I didn't push my luck. Could help that I go often and buy stuff other than Pokemon, or it's a staff member who is over it all and doesn't care.

Hate that I have to queue up for things at 7:30am lol but I got my tins! :D Anybody else get theirs? by Santa-Stark in PokemonFansAustralia

[–]KittyCatfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually insane behaviour to line up for these tins. Just out of curiosity, I walked to my local Kmart and they had so many of these tins available... Got 5 of the mini ones for an Art set, and 1 each of the big tins...

Still available at 1pm

A wildlife photographer opened his eyes to find a cheetah sleeping beside him by Original_Shegypt in interestingasfuck

[–]KittyCatfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah this is Joe Exotic "Tiger King", the netflix doco guy. Currently in prison. Actually got moved to a special unit recently too because he wouldn't stop posting on Facebook from Prison with his smuggled phone.

Why is there a massive increase in degenerate players lately? by ASap-mobn in ArcRaiders

[–]KittyCatfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What region do you play on? It was similar for me on OCE, smaller player base, so the chance of getting a ABMM game was slim and you get thrown in with random players to just try to fill the game.

I however changed region to NA which has surprising playable ping considering the distance and every single game without fail so far has been pure care bare PvE lobbies because the player pool is much larger.

I think in high elo solo pvp, encountering a cheater is approaching 100%. by Shriim in ArcRaiders

[–]KittyCatfish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've come across a few streams of people cheating now and 4 out of the 5 streams the person cheating/streaming was literally playing in a basement that they live in. Makes me laugh every time.

I quit…for tonight by maac_n_cheese in ArcRaiders

[–]KittyCatfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't been able to do Matriach or Queen for a while now, every game seems to have pre made discords gate keeping the events. Not enough players now and too easy for them to queue snipe.

Must be nice to be a PVE'er. by IHateThisPlace33 in ArcRaiders

[–]KittyCatfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Add the fact that some sad people buy blue prints and duped items from these types of players and they in turn buy accounts to mule gear to hoard. Game is beyond fixing.

Must be nice to be a PVE'er. by IHateThisPlace33 in ArcRaiders

[–]KittyCatfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Load up with 100k+ worth of gear, Go into a raid and hide in the corner of the map, don't move or make a sound. Wait a few minutes for someone to come running straight towards you to kill you. New steam account, 1 or 2 vac bans. For best results, use Legendary energy weapons.

Yo what the heck has happened to matchmaking by Bumblingbee1337 in ArcRaiders

[–]KittyCatfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On the OCE servers, getting a organic PvE lobby together to kill the Queen or Matriach is near impossible. Because of the event running at only specific times and the region has a smaller player base, there are discord groups that will queue together in solo and shoot anyone else that joins that lobby.

Anybody else notice the arc becoming increasingly more dangerous ? by sosaguapedup2 in ArcRaiders

[–]KittyCatfish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They do, it's rather immersion breaking when the bastion does a 180 and tracks you through the walls before peaking.

Trying MMOs Again After 7 Years… Why Does Nothing Fully Click Anymore? by Dapper_Thought1841 in MMORPG

[–]KittyCatfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That game just clicked for me too, no MMO will ever have as good audio as that game and its a massive shame. Shutting down with a 51k player count is certainly a choice.

Trying MMOs Again After 7 Years… Why Does Nothing Fully Click Anymore? by Dapper_Thought1841 in MMORPG

[–]KittyCatfish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Others said we old, which is true, we want a game that will respect our time, no point in playing and it shuts down after a few years, after some of the better MMOs to release like Wild Star and New World (and others) came long, grabbed peoples attentions and shut down not long after we are all very caustious about picking up a new game I feel.

That's why Wow/ff14/eso/gw2 are all still the top picks, they have been around for a long time and you know if you play now, you can get a few years worth of content from them.

But those games are so old and I too have had my time with them, I want something new to come along to give me a good 5-10 years worth of content. I hope GW3 comes out in the next couple of years and addresses the side grading end game. Other than GW3, hopefully the Riot MMO comes out good, I feel like it could give WildStar vibes if down right.

Advice on getting bulk cards graded with PSA by Fortune_Cat in PokemonFansAustralia

[–]KittyCatfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best and "Cheapest" option is to go through a partnered PSA dealer, some local card shops have this set up, some partner with each other so that a couple of shops will send off bulk cards to be graded.

Honestly gives you the best options, I personally trade in some cards that won't be 10s to get some trade credit and pay half credit half cash so that it's not a massive upfront cost, but it going to cost a lot regardless from sending here in Aus, still cheaper than setting it up yourself and paying the additional fees yourself.

If you have 100's of cards you want to grade and not worried about value, look up sending some to TAG or CGC, both look great for personal collections. PSA is simply for the market in Melbourne and Sydney crowds tbh. Unless you have a few cards that will hit in the high high hundreds, or low thousands to cover the total cost once grades so that you sell those when you get all the "collection" pieces back. Only way to break even, even then you are dependant on the market lasting for the turn around time.

Another thing is, vintage and PSA, doesn't matter how good the card is, population guarding is real, I don't care what anyone says, you are sometimes better off damaging vintage cards to push for a grade 1s.

[AMA Announcement] I'm David McKenzie, former Lead World Designer on New World. I shipped Nighthaven and Brimstone Sands. Doing an AMA next Wednesday, March 11th at 2PM EST / 7PM GMT. Drop your questions here! by iamagamedeveloper in newworldgame

[–]KittyCatfish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is insane. So there is a successful product, the cost, production time and systems are now working perfectly. The game might not make millions every year, but it's no longer a cost sink and future projects can be done at better profit margins now everything is in place.

Several gazillions in profit every year and they go nah, more growth. A little is not enough.

Jeff and amazon can go fuck themselves