Morning Discussion
And no "casual Friday" nonsense--a suit is needed to properly show off grease stains.
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Yeah, I don't think I've ever used anything but the area effect attacks for the Mage. I love running around with it charging up, and getting as many guys into the area as possible. Freezing people (while fucking annoying to them) is great fun, especially if you have a couple warriors/rangers to take advantage of it.
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I am addicted to the priest/ranger. It's so easy to rape faces with each of these classes. I just like how each class can really be on the front lines and they can also stand back and be safe. I just love running in with a full charged shotgun and blast people away. It also helps because it blows you back for easier escape.
I have a feeling the ranger class is going to get nerfed to hell.-
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Just based on last night they all seemed pretty balanced, I think whatever character you happen to get good with will naturally feel a little overpowered. I thought the mage was a bit overpowered for a while too, his area effect attacks can be devastating if used right. He's not very good 1 on 1 though, and really requires the support of the other classes to really shine.
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The ranger is a super stick and move class. Depending on the front lines and who is in front you can stand back and just use the arrow. If the front line is solid or you have a healer, charge in and FSU with the boomstick. I always fully charge the shotgun, run in, peg a healer and then follow up with a quick arrow shot. This usually kills them before they had any idea wtf. I then run back (or to a tower to launch arrows down) and repeat. It's easy to get top score as a ranger.
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I guess the main issue is that I haven't been able to get the lock on system down. I quickly learnt to let go of L1 and click it again while facing a direction to get a bit of a contextual lock but when there are a bunch of characters together it's a bit of a clusterfuck to select anyone in there because that right stick thing to change selection is just so awkward. I think they really need some kind of button to cycle through. I'd feel a lot more in control of the game if I could get more precise selections.
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Yeah, it seems like a pain in the ass to do this. I see no way to invite friends to the games and so we end up just putting up a game and hoping people will join. We'll have to get something organized on here first I guess, have someone put it up and give everyone the name of the host. I played a number of games with Shackers last night but there were usually just a few of us mixed in with either full servers of players or full servers of bots.
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also this is Patrick Stewart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ETHc13Pl0
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It does sound like Tom Kane. I only remember because it sounds like this character he voices in the new Clone Wars cartoon:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/File:Admiral_Yularen.jpg
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All I want to do is go home and feed my princess!!! OMNOMNOM
ill add tons more folks on psn today i was too busy playing all last night to add folks
Psn:iwannaacura
i played in some games with begawk,mrlobo and dianeofthemoon i remember.
Anyone see soccer match online?? that is pure lol blood all over -
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I spent like 6 hours playing it yesterday and was only able to connect to 4 games :( I was playing the SP thing and the gladiator arena mostly. I was also playing a few games "online" that I was hosting but no one showed up (I'm behind a NAT but other games have a man in the middle thing to allow some people to join but I guess this doesnt?)
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I understand what port forwarding is. But 80 is a weird port to have to forward to make a game work, in my experience. Forwarding port 80 will prevent me from being able to access my home server's web interface, which also listens on port 80.
For that matter, it's 2009. Why do we need to forward ports 10 years into the broadband age?
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I did a cool thing with the ice mage last night:
On one of the lava levels where there are three routes into the enemy base the one with a outpost in the middle. There is a rise and fall of lava between the two castles. Most of the time you can see the other team on the other side of the lava pool and when the lava lowers, they all rush across.
Well last night I got an ice mage and charged up the ice nova to max, and when the lava lowered I ran into the middle section and iced all the enemy team in place, it was a full charge so they were stuck until the lava came up and melted them all. ;D
the end. -
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HIJACK: 1st try at gauging interest for Fat Princess shackbattle
So, we have 58 people that replied to fry's thread yesterday. The full list is on reply. I guess it's more than enough to make a 32-player rumble of shackers carrying fat chicks from one place to another.
What would be the best date to do that? This saturday 6pm EST? Sunday 2pm EST? What do you guys think?
If this generates enough interest, I'll try to organize this match. If your name is not on the list, just reply with your id and I'll add it to a final list on an excel file at google docs.-
LIST OF IDS SO FAR
PSN id | Shack id
Bamii | Bamii
Begawkiness | Begawkiness
BigCooter | matchu
Boxelder | Boxelder
brickmatt | brickmatt
bunchafunk | lonepie
ChibiJosh | ChibiJosh
ClamClub | Borzoi
Cookblaze | cookblaze
Cornchak | cornchak
cosmicspot | prime8
Cosmos_Man | Cosmos_Man
CountOnIt | dissembler
CousinRocky | cousinrocky
darkius006 | Darky_06
DianeOfTheMoon | DianeOfTheMoon
DM_7 | DM_7
DollHands | [fry]
ebu0 | ebu0
Entity2 | Entity
FISTBUMP | dopeman
Fraggerock | bozer
FreakyNipps | freakynipples69
GameDreamer | Legolas5
Grendel2 | grendel
Grumbeld | Grumbeld
H4KUJ1N | Haku-Jin
Iazu | Iazu
iwannaacura | Iwannaacura
Jookieman | pigvomit
jtucc | lakren
kainen1 | kainen1
kgargs | kgargs
KoolAidMan | Serpico74
leftshift | TPSReport
LoioshdeTaltos | LoioshDwaggie
Mansmells | Mansmells
maulla | maulla
MisterLobo | MrLobo
mojorisen1117 | mojorisen1117
MrFinK | Mr.Finkster
Nandu666 | nandu666
Nitrium | Nitrium
OmahaMH | Omaha
pancake_humper | pancake humper
Pelt_Hunter | f1kt1t1ous
PointlesS76 | PointlesS76
ProtoKick | ProtoPunch
Quickoats | Horseshorses
Rahooo | Gojirah
SaillorofFortune | Sailor of Fortune
sharpie | sharpie
stratedge | stratedge
taronish | taronish
TastyWheat | TastyWheat
vege-zombie | Poooks
VincentGrayon | Vincent Grayson
Washburne | Washburne-
Google Docs link with updated IDs
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArO4aFM0vCipdFhwTVJpeFlQOVBwd1FkaF9mcTNBMnc&hl=en -
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My fucking sad admission............
I haven't turned the PS3 on in 3 to 5 weeks, because I did my tax in the loungeroom and it was 4 years worth, it was a huge huge huge job and while I got it done, there's still boxes, paperwork, rubbish and fuck knows what EVERYWHERE in the lounge, computer equipment etc.
I haven't sat in my couch in over a month, I can't be fucked cleaning it, I don't think I'll get to use the PS3 for another few weeks due to this. -
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I did it by building the catapult, then getting 3 helpers to come with me to the enemy castle. Then you just grab the princess, jump over the battlements and jump into the pipe in the top middle of the map. You just gotta run her home and hope that there's not a bunch of enemies waiting next to the lava crossings.
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i still don't have any coherent strategy in this game, things just seem overall chaotic, and characters die pretty easily.
Also not sure how aiming works exactly, does your character need to face an enemy to fire at him? What if you face multiple enemies, which one gets hit?
Oh, also don't know the exact mechanics of the worker, and building upgrades. Guess I'll get gamefaqs later.-
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As a worker if you walk over to an item like the hat machines or doors or springs, you can see a little icon above it showing a brown number that is the amount of wood it needs to upgrade, and a gray number showing the amount of metal. You collect wood and metal by going out into the field, hitting it with your axe, and carrying it to the nearest tower or upgrade station. All collected wood goes into a common pool of resources for the team. Once there are enough resources to upgrade the item you wish to upgrade, you go over to it and it will have a green arrow pointing at it. You then hold L1 to target it and start hitting it with your axe/saw until the little dial that pops up is full.
If you see little green saw markers in the level you can usually just build those too. -
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It's not as bad as it seems. I've started to notice distince phases in combat with better teams:
Phase 1: Chaotic Build: Large number of workers grabbing wood and stone and trying to build level 2 buildings and get all the siege equipment made.
Phase 2: Tower Attack/Defense: Groups of attackers move in steady swarms, working to take over towers and push the enemy back.
Phase 3: Castle Attack: The more coordinated group begins making steady attacks upon the castle and its defenders. The princess gets picked up more and more frequently and may even get dragged out of the castle a few times.
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Has anyone tried using the invite option ala Street Fighter 4?
When you wanted to play a friend in SF4 ps3, you had to go back into the console (ps3 button) then go to their profile on the right, hit triangle, and it gave you the option to invite. I will test this later if I can. Be much easier to get shack games going. -
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