Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Larirawiel]

I wish MMO's that closed down got offline modes at least, nothing super in depth necessarily but just the ability to play it as a sandbox without other players offline so it's not lost forever.

They should allow private server projects. As long as those projects are non profit projects and the game was already taken down. EA did this with Warhammer Online. They tolerate the "Return of Reckoning" p-server.


Cheers

[Kolsykol]

It's always funny and weird to me to see people in FPS games that are going full '' tacticool '' especially FPS that are meant to be a bit more '' realistic '' ( not simulators but not CoD or Battlefield either ).
I like Insurgency Sandstorm a lot it's fun, but you'll have the whole team be pretty standard and easy to identify, then you always have this one guy who's running around in the desert/ cities wearing a Ghillie suit, random gasmasks for no reason, skimasks with skulls painted on them, netted masks etc all in black and their weapons with every accessory imaginable on mic being ultra serious sometimes even using military lingo they heard in a movie.

All that really ends up happening is that you shoot them by mistake because they're always running ahead of everyone and not sticking with the group, so you walk up on them and you have no idea if they're friendly or not because their absurdly overequipped appearance makes it impossible to see.
Often times they'll even look like the enemy too.

Srsly tho, if you look like this ( what r u planning to do with those shotgun shells lol? )



How am I supposed to know if you're a friend or enemy xD?
Tbh you'll look more like an enemy to me than a friend ( there's no name tags over peoples heads either ).

I mean I am not against edgy stuff, my character in FFXIV is pretty edgy lol.
But when it's a game that isn't fantasy it kinda just feels different to me especially a game that isn't super arcadey or like Fortnite.
There's just something really bizarre imo to see people in a more '' realistic '' military setting running around like this, and it also makes it just impossible to know which side you're on.

[SturmChurro]

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I don't think this is an issue at all. I've played FPS games since I was a kid, many free to play, that had various skins available, and never had any problem figuring out who the enemies are.

[Shin96]

Tera shuts down forever:
https://gameforge.com/en-GB/play/ter...d-a83f186067f8


This is also a game with so much potential.

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Wasn't that a pay to win game anyway? I played it a few years ago up to level 20-30. Never touched it after. Combat was pretty decent though.

[Fukuro]

Tera shuts down forever:
https://gameforge.com/en-GB/play/ter...d-a83f186067f8


This is also a game with so much potential.

Cheers

I had a quite fun time in Tera, until after about a year it went F2P and basically just catered to Elin fans. Elin Online would have been a better fit for most of it‘s lifetime.

[Kolsykol]

I don't think this is an issue at all. I've played FPS games since I was a kid, many free to play, that had various skins available, and never had any problem figuring out who the enemies are.

Did they have no name tags or any way to identify who was an ally tho?

Earlier today I was playing Insurgency Sandstorm and we were sticking together as a group but we had a guy like this, and when we entered a room he had runned way ahead of us and was camping it and we all just unloaded on him lol.
By default and how most people glam their characters it's usually easy to see, Security forces have more military looking gear while Insurgents have normal clothing.
But some people make their characters look totally impossible to distinguish just by looking especially quickly when you have to make a decision immediately.

[SturmChurro]

Did they have no name tags or any way to identify who was an ally tho?

Earlier today I was playing Insurgency Sandstorm and we were sticking together as a group but we had a guy like this, and when we entered a room he had runned way ahead of us and was camping it and we all just unloaded on him lol.
By default and how most people glam their characters it's usually easy to see, Security forces have more military looking gear while Insurgents have normal clothing.
But some people make their characters look totally impossible to distinguish just by looking especially quickly when you have to make a decision immediately.

You ever played a game like Rising Storm, where you can't even see the enemies often times?

[Cincierta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezDx7XDu_kM

Accolonn visits first time a wedding. And he likes it.



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I saw that. I'm sad it's going as it was one of the bigger mmos I played back in the day, but I left when it became more and more cash-shop heavy, catered to the Elin, and just started going ham on genderlocked jobs.

I still remember one time watching a friend fight a basilisk BAM in the desert area. He was fighting it solo and then suddenly the BAM turned around and ran away, hiked a 120 foot wall, circled back around, and came back behind him for no reason at all.

We were both like 'wtf did we just bear witness to?'

That was also the game where we realized the Lancer tank class could block lava.

[Caurcas]

It's always funny and weird to me to see people in FPS games that are going full '' tacticool '' especially FPS that are meant to be a bit more '' realistic '' ( not simulators but not CoD or Battlefield either ).
I like Insurgency Sandstorm a lot it's fun, but you'll have the whole team be pretty standard and easy to identify, then you always have this one guy who's running around in the desert/ cities wearing a Ghillie suit, random gasmasks for no reason, skimasks with skulls painted on them, netted masks etc all in black and their weapons with every accessory imaginable on mic being ultra serious sometimes even using military lingo they heard in a movie.

All that really ends up happening is that you shoot them by mistake because they're always running ahead of everyone and not sticking with the group, so you walk up on them and you have no idea if they're friendly or not because their absurdly overequipped appearance makes it impossible to see.
Often times they'll even look like the enemy too.

Srsly tho, if you look like this ( what r u planning to do with those shotgun shells lol? )



How am I supposed to know if you're a friend or enemy xD?
Tbh you'll look more like an enemy to me than a friend ( there's no name tags over peoples heads either ).

I mean I am not against edgy stuff, my character in FFXIV is pretty edgy lol.
But when it's a game that isn't fantasy it kinda just feels different to me especially a game that isn't super arcadey or like Fortnite.
There's just something really bizarre imo to see people in a more '' realistic '' military setting running around like this, and it also makes it just impossible to know which side you're on.

Just reminding me the French will never sell their left over stock of Famas'es to the civilian market. Pain.

[Illmaeran]

That's sad news. I'm hoping against hope that when XIV's period of active development's over they keep it running in maintenance mode. Knowing that the game's going to be around for at least 10 more years has me feeling comfortable with buying things on the mogstation and getting a few extra years' worth of use out of them would be nice.

Been really obsessing over how I missed the tiny hat event for this game. It's like a dirty mark on my account.

I'll never use 99.9% of the seasonal event stuff, or use it only incredibly infrequently, but I still have to get it just to have it while it's free in-game. I didn't get the full clown gear on either of my characters and I'm now kicking myself for not doing it. I doubt I'll ever wear it, but not having the full set is going to eat at me forever.