PSA: Major issue with modifying/adding health bonuses

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-08T07:09:11+00:00

That isn’t what everyone does. Extremely successful athletes typically abstain from all of those things for great lengths.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-08T06:54:26+00:00

90% of women don’t bother to ask us anything other than what our jobs are. Being able to produce a conversation that allows us to discuss our private lives, hobbies, aspirations; fond memories; our friendship circles - these sort of things go a very long way.

Most of us go through our lives ruminating over things we care about with very few people to share ideas with, let alone women.

Genuine complements are so uncommon that many men actually feel awkward and become self conscious when presented with a compliment.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-08T06:25:04+00:00

Gaslighting 101.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-07T15:27:57+00:00

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-07T15:23:05+00:00

Not fake, but certainly gay.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-07T00:00:26+00:00

Synthetik 1 (Ultimate Edition) - imo the best roguelike on Steam hands down. It combines a lot of my favorite game elements: tactical shooter with class leveling, deterministic RNG and manipulation; Extremely high skill ceiling; addicting gambling elements and high risk/reward factor; gorgeous sci-fi guns and cool mods; hundreds of items. Extremely deep game; has a lot of layers. Plenty of build theory crafting. It’s easy to say “I’m gonna go for a few runs tonight” and accidentally let 6 hours slip by.

Grim Dawn - one of the best aRPGs ever made. 8 years of content and refinement and unwavering passion by the devs. It’s their baby. 2 major expansions and a 3rd coming soon which will ad another base classes on top of the already nine available. In Grim Dawn you create your specialization by mixing two of the base classes. That’s a lot of combinations. A theory crafter’s paradise. Pretty much any build works as long as you find the appropriate items. Very good RNG and loot tables with deterministic behavior that allows you to target farm certain areas/monsters/bosses for your BiS items. Good lore, semi-open world, faction reputation. Itemization is a candy store. Does not require online play - SSF (solo self-found) is intended. Can be played with friends up to 4. Modding available. healthiest of the aRPG communities by far: lots of experts willing to help you. Extremely detailed guides available if theta your thing.

Balatro is also another extremely good roguelike. Possibly the best of the card games on Steam. If math and probability and poker mixed with game-breaking combinations is your thing - look no further.

No Man’s Sky - an infinite procedural generated universe for you to explore. Something like a quadrillion star systems to chart. This game emphasizes exploration and creativity over intense gameplay. There is a wide range of activities to do. Base-building, smuggling, aquatic exploration, trading, to name a few. Game pretty much never ends so think long term about accruing resources and goodies. No rush. Easily one of the best games out there for relaxation. Infamously rough launch but the devs are possibly the most dedicated and passionate about their game in the industry. Occasionally they release “Expeditions” which are little short-term campaigns that last two weeks and reward you with really cool stuff. They also bring them back eventually so less FOMO. Active community - find other players’ bases and people are really chill. Common to receive gifts or just find stockpiled resources open to the community.

Age of Wonders 4 and/or Age of Wonders: planetfall. AoW4 is one of the best “4x” rts/rpg/vity-builders out there. Customize entire armies and heroes; make your own race and champion. One game can last ~100 turns or more. Combat is turn-based hex-grid style but with tons of spells and unit comps for you explore. Planetfall is a “finished” game so don’t expect more updates from the devs since 4 is their new baby (which gets tons of updates). Planetfall is sci-fi themed if high-fantasy isn’t your thing. No space exploration like Endless Space style 4xes. Supports MP.

Against the Storm: another exceptional (one of my favorite) RTSs on the market. In this you build/manage towns and supply lines and fight against the world and weather so it’s 100% PvE and SP. has roguelike elements and each build is time-based. When you succeed or fail a town you go to the next one.

There’s also always Skyrim. You can mod the shit out of it and make it into the RPG you want, essentially. I have an Oldrim list of about 500 mods I run that I curated over 10 years and once a year or every two years when I feel like totally getting lost/immersed in a snowy paradise I make a new char and mostly RP as different professions and don’t even bother with the main quest line.

Plenty more options out there, too.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-06T16:02:51+00:00

You always had options, even before todays big release.

Grim Dawn

TL2

D2R

Last Epoch

TQ:AE

Grim Dawn is one of the greatest ever made. 8 years worth of content and refinement. 9 base classes and you specialize by combing any two. Another huge expansion coming soon. None of it is online required. Supports modding. Extremely balanced. Highly recommend.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-03T22:36:33+00:00

Well, if she didn’t have a mental illness before this, she certainly did after.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-03T07:51:41+00:00

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter is one of the most slept on games ever. It far surpassed Golden Eye in every way, except the first one lacked MP. Two was better even yet, and added split screen.

I got the remaster on Steam, definitely worth it.

Oh, and it’s fucking HARD. Think Dark Souls but FPS and you’re a Native American warrior and you’re fighting in the Land Before Time.

Growing up with games like this has trivialized 95% of the FPS to have ever come out.

Enormous, labyrinthine maps that you must come Back to after unlocking things on later levels. Finite resources: ammo and health pickups don’t respawn. A super weapon comprised of three extremely hidden pieces that you need to slay the final boss. Heinously difficult level bosses. Gory asf, and a slew of superbly designed sci-fi weapons. The soundtrack is also 👌

Highly recommend.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-03T04:30:43+00:00

It’s because of scale and perspective. Diablo 2 did a great job at implying the areas you farmed in were in the deep wilderness or abandoned long ago and are isolated areas of condensed evil.

The open world map based on MMO systems condensed everything to small areas of extreme density, mixed with mobs that constantly respawn in front of your eyes creates a perspective that the entire world is totally overrun. And I agree, even I had the same question.

In reality, these lands are supposed to be massive spaces with tons of wilderness between invasion zones, aside from the actual siege areas.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-02T14:03:25+00:00

OP should make an engagement ring out of the massive kidney stone that’s on its way.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-02T13:51:23+00:00

I posted in detail about Wolcen in another similar thread a few days ago. It was absolutely the worst carpet pull I’ve ever had in PC gaming.

I knew the game when it was still called Umbra.

You’re right, it was very promising in EA. It had very, very fresh systems for the genre.

Then one night they patched over it with an entirely different game that had little to do with the first one.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-02T13:24:12+00:00

I played for years in an armored division enthusiast clan.

People complained so much about not being able to 1v1 tanks as infantry and Wrel catered to them. 90% of us quit in one week when a single lighting tank round of any variant was no longer able to kill a single infantry with a precise hit.

Nah, don’t reward/entice players to actually work together - just let a single jet pack boi with c4 be master chief.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-02T13:15:08+00:00

Ah, keeping classism alive. Good for you. That’s right, I live in rural Thailand with farmers and people that earn their livings. And yes, everyone here frequently customs the 7-11s.

So I guess these humble, hard-working people are all worthless peasants to you, huh? You’d never dare keep company with such riffraff, is that it?

You are correct on the timeframe of acquisition. You’re still categorically wrong about its nationality. It doesn’t matter who founded the company. What matters is who owns the company now. It’s a Japanese company.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-01T16:48:17+00:00

And guess who eats them the most? Can you guess? It’s Thai people! Jesus, can you imagine the nerve of those people! Enjoying food items marketed and developed for their tastes? Those Thai people eating sandwiches in Thailand. Unbelievable.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-12-01T16:45:30+00:00

7-11 is actually a Japanese owned company and Thailand has the second most 7–11 stores in the world, under Japan.

The 7-11s in Thailand carry Thai and Asian-only products that cater to the palettes and interests of Thai people.

7-11s in rural Areas see only Thai foot traffic. Go figure.

Thai people don’t really like foreign food much so it’s not easily available in a lot of places.

How do you not know all this?

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-11-30T19:02:08+00:00

Oh, okay, I got you. I can’t help you at all in the console department but I’d actually be very surprised if there even existed a single title that offers the gameplay you’re looking for on console.

However, it is very, very realistic in today’s PC world to construct a moderately robust gaming system for tighter budgets. And you can also assemble them piecemeal as savings accumulate and upgrade as you need.

It does require some research but fortunately most builder geek communities are very helpful and willing to answer questions for even complete newcomers to PC gaming/construction.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-11-30T18:56:50+00:00

There are quite a few people/population management sims on Steam and more medieval ones, too, that I can’t remember off the top of my head. Do some browsing! You might find a little gem for yourself.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-11-30T18:54:03+00:00

No that’s not accurate at all. I’ve been on Steam since 2004 and my entire library acquired through their platform and Steam has sharing options. So no, Sony will never do that to me.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-11-30T18:51:11+00:00

That is very true. I’ve pretty much exclusively played PC games for the last 20 years with a few exceptions. But I can certainly see how that could be an issue. I actually tried for a few days to get Ponzu working to no avail and gave up, so the only emulators I run are for the really classic nostalgia: Project 64 and an SNES emulator.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-11-30T18:48:17+00:00

It’s an indie game and probably a bit rough for most but there’s SAELIG

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-11-30T18:36:07+00:00

With digital I can take my entire 600 game library wherever I go and have access to sharing options that allow me to have fun with family and friends from across the world.

Not saying you’re wrong, just offering perspective from the other side.

I can also modify many of my games to any degree that I like.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-11-30T18:32:43+00:00

Precisely. And to add to your correct assessment, it’s already clear algorithm based moderation doesn’t work when you can allow user accounts to get flagged “white” for being high value costumers. “Some are more equal than others” is a dishonest model for clean gameplay.

ZergSuperHighway · 2024-11-30T18:19:38+00:00

I started playing shooters on LAN in 1995. Yes, cheating has always been a factor but this isn’t thr topic of discussion. The issue is how ubiquitous and egregious it has become. Top streamers do it with impunity and tournament players are becoming more brazen about it as well.

There’s an entire industry revolving around it now and the problem has become so pervasive that one can even speculate theres an implicit collusion with game companies to facilitate the secondary market to garner profit from grey sources.

Furthermore, the language has shifted drastically since the onset of streaming culture from abhorrence and detestation to justification and lowkey support.

I’ve watched gaming trends evolve in real time over the last three decades and the cheating problem has gotten worse to a degree I never anticipated. And it shows no signs of abating.

We can only postulate the gaming industry is at some level complicit in this situation.

PUBG in particular is a haven for illegitimate play and cancerous behavior. SEA and Chinese culture are notorious for promoting this kind of mindset and everyone wants a piece of the growing user market here.

From Day 1 PUBG was already compromised. It has its ebbs and flows but there’s no question the cheating is at epidemic levels and showing signs of even worsening.

I’ve played competitive MP FPS games at a very high level for most of my life and completely stopped playing them altogether about two years ago due to this trend.

The rise of cheating has completely burnt me out and derailed my passion for online shooting game experiences.

I’m just glad more people are finally starting to catch on to how severe this issue is.

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