The Bridge

Chippies

16:00

@OrigamiRobot is it because no one knows what it says and you can make up your own stats for the card?

"I put down this card. It says I win"

Origami Robot

No, everyone knows what it says.

Chippies

is it even a real language?

Origami Robot

No

3ventic

It obviously says "Igor Kieryluk"

Chippies

so, no one knows what it says

Origami Robot

16:01

57 secs ago, by Origami Robot

No, everyone knows what it says.

SaintWacko

Morning, Bridge

Chippies

everyone knows that it doesn't say anything, because it's not a real language?

morning!

Panic Bomb

I haven't played Magic in years but I love (for certain definitions of the word) the really weird cards they throw in sometimes

Origami Robot

May 8 at 14:44, by Origami Robot

Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Vigilance

Other creatures you control get +2/+2.

Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.

Panic Bomb

Tim Stone

16:02

Kid's baseball is srs bsns

Chippies

@OrigamiRobot see, that's because someone told you it says that. You may just as well tell them it says "Instant win when used"

Origami Robot

Chippies

no one would know better

SaintWacko

@Frank Level 4 is the last one

Origami Robot

@Chippies No, no one told me what it does.

I read the card.

Chippies

16:03

@OrigamiRobot well, you're a robot, you have an advantage

Origami Robot

The card already existed.

Chippies

well that's cheating

Panic Bomb

Oh, what was that one...back in the day...the inner-game one

Origami Robot

For three years now

Panic Bomb

oh yeah

Origami Robot

16:06

Yes, that was the for real one

Panic Bomb

what a weird game

Wipqozn

@Sterno I agree with everyone being more like me, but don't agree that meaning others would receive blame. I don't want to lose all the attention!

@Krazer Yeah, I heard that's the point where the difficulty really ramps up.

Stack Exchange

Sterno has added Wipqozn to the list of this room's owners.

Sterno

If it's attention you want...

Origami Robot

TELL ME

SaintWacko

16:08

@OrigamiRobot That is awesome what is that

Wipqozn

also, @Krazer or @Frank

Origami Robot

@SaintWacko A pangolin

Panic Bomb

@Wipqozn I recently reactivated my account so I was excited to test this out, then I realized that I already have some 50s so I can't

Wipqozn

@Frank in case that didn't ping you. one of you should science before that bounty ends.

Panic Bomb

and I'm not in a big hurry to make a new character just to test it :(

Wipqozn

16:09

@AshleyNunn You go girl!

Origami Robot

May 8 at 14:36, by Origami Robot

This one is over $100 :(

Panic Bomb

@OrigamiRobot what

that card seems absurd

Wipqozn

@RedRiderX Oh man I love that episode. The ending was so good. "Help us Picard!" "lol no"

@PanicBomb What server are you on?

Panic Bomb

@Wipqozn excalibur

Krazer

@Wipqozn the mechanics too, at cutter's cry

Panic Bomb

16:12

Is there a minimum level to get the bonus, or does it start up as soon as you unlock the ability to switch classes?

Wipqozn

@Krazer I suspect that wasn't meant to be an edit.

Origami Robot

@PanicBomb It's one of the more powerful swords.

Panic Bomb

Holy crap

Have cards just gotten more powerful overall?

Origami Robot

Yes

Panic Bomb

Okay, that makes some sense then

Origami Robot

16:16

Panic Bomb

hahahaha

okay yeah this is painting a really entertaining picture of current MtG now

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot That's evil.

Panic Bomb

where every turn results in 5 cards being buried

Origami Robot

@FEichinger Well, Phyrexia is pretty evil.

Panic Bomb

The best part is the lowly 4B mana cost for that thing

Ben Brocka

16:18

@OrigamiRobot are cards like this tournament legal?

Yuki

@3ventic Giant Lord down, all I have left is Vendrick and Nashandra.

Origami Robot

@BenBrocka Yes

Panic Bomb

@OrigamiRobot I'm guessing this is like Leviathan where the other guy deserves to lose if you're even in a position to get it out on the table

3ventic

@Yuki I haven't progressed since the glass knight dude

Yuki

And the Skeleton Chariot, I guess, but I don't feel like backtracking.

3ventic

16:20

trying to get my faith up a bit

Origami Robot

@PanicBomb Pretty much. There are lots of decks devoted to cheating it into play early.

3ventic

I've been backtracking today quite a bit

Finished the quest line for Pate and stuff

Yuki

I've been kinda missing the questlines, mostly because I keep forgetting to summon the NPCs for boss fights.

FEichinger

@PanicBomb Yeh...

Wipqozn

@Yuki Did you beat the Ancient Dragon as well?

Yuki

16:23

@wipqozn I should probably do that... bare-handed...

Wipqozn

@Yuki There's also the Dark Lurker.

Frank

@Wipqozn I haven't played FF14 in quite some time.

Won't have time to poke at it until at least Thursday.

Wipqozn

Dark Lurker, Ancient Dragon, and Vendrick are the only bosses I have yet to beat. Vendrick is really easy, just long. You just strafe left and you avoid all his attacks.

Yuki

Yeah, I'm in the covenant right now, but I figure I can save those for after Nashandra

Origami Robot

@PanicBomb Oh, I'm assuming you don't know what "Annihilator 6" means: Whenever this creature attacks, defending player sacrifices six permanents.

3ventic

16:25

I'm also trying to beat the boss in doors of pharros

Panic Bomb

@OrigamiRobot No, I didn't. lololol

3ventic

he keeps hitting around my shield :/

and that doesn't really work for me when I have VGR level 4...

Yuki

The boss where it's actually a bunch of mobs?

Panic Bomb

I mean, it might as well say "you win the game" on that card because it seems like it's immune to almost all conventional forms of defeating it

Wipqozn

@Yuki No, there are two rat bosses. One is against just mobs, and the other is against a really huge rat.

Both are optional I believe.

Origami Robot

16:27

@PanicBomb There are still plenty.

Panic Bomb

@3ventic If you stay under him it becomes quite a bit easier

3ventic

@PanicBomb Yeah. Staying under him assumes I can get under him in the first place

Panic Bomb

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, I suppose any instant-kill ability that's not a colored spell would work

Ben Brocka

> (yes, there are currently menu options in Settings that can't be accessed without a Kinect plugged in)

wait is this true on Xbox One?

Panic Bomb

offhand I couldn't think of many but I guess creature abilities would count

FEichinger

16:28

@BenBrocka lolwut

Ben Brocka

I HATE this about Wii U. Random stuff is gamepad only

Wipqozn

also, a lot of people don't realize it but the boss against the rat mobs is actually against a specific rat in the pack. You need to kill him, not the other rats.

Origami Robot

@PanicBomb Right

Chippies

@BenBrocka possibly kinect specific options?

Ben Brocka

Like the store you can control with the buttons on the gamepad, but not the same buttons on the pro controller

> Cool, so I'm going to be able to enable Dolby Digital over HDMI without having a Kinect (I sold mine, so I got a Kinectless X1 with Titanfall for $305 net price).

Yuki

16:29

@wipqozn Soul Appease = victory.

Panic Bomb

@Wipqozn I had to look up a FAQ to realize this

Ben Brocka

It's in reference to that--that's not a kinect specific function...no idea why it wouldn't be accessible but I don't have a xb1 to check

Panic Bomb

It just seemed like I was randomly doing a bit of damage otherwise

Chippies

@BenBrocka Well that seems dumb then.

Yuki

Upgraded my Pyromancy Flame to +10!

GnomeSlice

16:32

@Yuki +15 or gtfo

Yuki

@gnome Doesn't go that high in DS2.

Chippies

@GnomeSlice doesn't it have to be enchanted to go to +15?

or something like that

whatever, afk

Ben Brocka

Congratulations to everyone with Kinect games in development.

Tweeted by jeffgerstmann on May 13, 2014 at 3:12 PM

harsh

wonder what the Kinect/no Kinect SKU ratio will be

Yuki

Also, thinking about trying out Alva's set. Seems like it's a lighter, but less tanky, version of Elite Knight armor.

Panic Bomb

@BenBrocka I think he's specifically disappointed on behalf of the people at Harmonix because he has a number of friends there

Wipqozn

16:34

@Chippies Dark Souls 2 equipment only goes up to +10.

Ben Brocka

I forgot they had a Kinect game

Frank

@BenBrocka It will take some time for that to try to balance out.

Lazers

0

Q: How Long Does It Take For All Champions To Rotate Through "Free To Play"?

Given the selection of free-to-play champions changes regularly, how long does it take for all champions to rotate the list? An important piece of information I don't know is whether or not a champ can be free again before all other champs have been free.

league-of-legends

Ben Brocka

Harmonix can't catch a break between this and the Amplitude kickstarter not taking off too much (considering the high goal)

Panic Bomb

@BenBrocka You'd be forgiven for thinking that because Fantasia has been radio-silence since last E3 basically

but apparently it's coming out this year

Yuki

16:37

I know I've missed a couple Fire Seeds, so I'm wondering if there's enough left to upgrade the Dark Pyromancy Flame.

Panic Bomb

But yeah:

Oh, great. Super great.

Tweeted by johntdrake on May 13, 2014 at 3:25 PM

Yuki

To +10, that is.

Also thinking about getting the Throne Watcher's chest armor, seems like it'd be a nice look.

Panic Bomb

It sounds like developers didn't hear about this ahead of time, which sucks.

SaintWacko

@PanicBomb What's going on?

Ben Brocka

@PanicBomb I'm not sure I'd take it so hard personally...if you're releasing THIS year, you're mostly targeting the audience that already has the box and kinect, and that's around 4 million I think

SaintWacko

16:38

I missed something

Panic Bomb

MS is releasing a Kinectless XB1

SaintWacko

Ooh

Ben Brocka

Kinectless Xbox one, $400

Panic Bomb

which leaves developers who are making Kinect-only games in the lurch

Frank

aka. Actually competing with Sony, instead of trailing behind.

Ben Brocka

16:39

Well then. We WERE interested in doing a Kinect game.

Tweeted by PTibz on May 13, 2014 at 4:06 PM

Wonder if that's in reference to an Octodad port (they were open to the idea but would have needed an exception from MS) or something new

FEichinger

@BenBrocka Well, you know, you're press. You could ask.

Panic Bomb

Other news you probably missed this morning: Australia abolished all of their game funding programs. So much for saving that industry.

Tweeted by deliciousbees on May 13, 2014 at 4:35 PM

Lazers

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Q: Can legitimised bastards be heirs?

I'm the petty king of Munster. I have a daughter by my ex-wife and my new wife isn't very fertile. I gave a courtier a good tumble, she gave me a son, and I legitimised him. I was expecting the legitimate bastard to then become the heir - however, my daughter is still the heir. I'd really lik...

crusader-kings-2

StrixVaria

@Sterno Still just sounds like an RP platform. Which would be fine, I guess. It's just writing with restrictions, which tends to make interesting writing.

Ben Brocka

@PanicBomb it lasted all of what, 1 year?

StrixVaria

16:44

I'd like to try it out at some point.

SaintWacko

@PanicBomb The government was giving money to game devs?

Ben Brocka

and I like that they announced it as a "savings of $10m" as if it was always totally useless

Yuki

@panic Given the government's general disposition towards gaming, I'm not surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised.

Arperum

IIRC Belgium also gives some money to game development. I should figure out how that system works, and then use it to start making my own game.

StrixVaria

@PanicBomb Australia's government hates gamers so much.

They also have restrictions on what games can be sold.

All games have to be rated, and if it's refused a rating, it can't be sold.

That happens a lot to really big title games.

Ben Brocka

16:49

@StrixVaria Didn't they also not have an adult-ish rating for years, instead just banning everything that would hit that category?

StrixVaria

@BenBrocka I think it's still that way. "Adult" games are refused a rating.

FEichinger

@StrixVaria Many regions have mandatory ratings, though.

@BenBrocka They have an R-18, but don't actually use it.

Yuki

@strix Yeah, for a former penal colony, they're surprisingly moralistic about this stuff.

StrixVaria

@FEichinger Based on the news concentration regarding Australia vs. other countries, I'd guess it's worse there.

FEichinger

@StrixVaria Oh, definitely. But part of it is lazy publishers blaming the government when the government actually doesn't do anything oh-so-oppressive.

Ben Brocka

16:52

I'm not the biggest fan of the ESRB (they're fairly archaic and hard to work with for indies) but they definitely seem to be one of the least offensive systems out there

Frank

Ooh, preorders have begun on Homeworld:Remastered.

Yuki

@ben The biggest problem with the ESRB, in my opinion, is the lack of parental awareness. Parents complain constantly about violence in video games adversely affecting their children, but it seems like few notice the ESRB rating.

Ben Brocka

I can't see how they DON'T notice it

Panic Bomb

I think the fact that many retailers won't sell M-rated games to minors helps a bit

Ben Brocka

They're on every single case, front and back

Yuki

16:56

Yeah, that's what's really disturbing.

Blem

►

Yuki

@panic The problem is when the child convinces the parent to get the game and they don't even listen to the clerk telling them about the rating.

Ben Brocka

@PanicBomb and basically no one sells Adults Only games. Though that sort of means if you have a game that's probably AO (and it's easy to guess), there's no real point in going to the ESRB at all since you'll be working with distributors that don't care about ESRB

Unless Steam allows AO--they don't, do they?

Panic Bomb

@Yuki Yeah, but I mean, if the parent wants to ignore the conspicuous box rating as well as the clerk saying "hey this game is violent," I'm not sure what more could even be done

Ben Brocka

I guess Amazon might sell them

Jason Berkan

16:58

There are too many parents who spend absolutely no time learning what it is their kids are playing / doing / reading / watching.

Panic Bomb

I think realistically almost no games get rated AO because those games don't even bother submitting for ESRB rating

Because the retailers that require ESRB ratings to stock product generally won't sell AO games categorically

Ben Brocka

Exactly

FEichinger

@Yuki You assume clerks actually tell them "hey this game is violent".

Origami Robot

I have no idea what my kids are playing / doing / reading / watching because I can't see into alternate universes.

Yuki

@fei That was an assumption I gave him to work with.

FEichinger

16:59

@Yuki Fixed.

Panic Bomb

In my experience that usually happens at game-specific chains, but at big-box stores I wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't happen

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot We'll just have to assume that the alternate universe Paper Bots are doing a decent job raising their kids.

FEichinger

@PanicBomb I know of quite a few people who used to work at game-specific store chains and were under constant threat of losing their job if they would, gasp, advise against a purchase.

Panic Bomb

When I have kids they're going to sit in a featureless room until they're age 18 so they can't be corrupted

2

Yuki

When I have kids- nope, never mind, not gonna happen.

Frank

17:05

@PanicBomb Your kids will kill you for sheer stimulation factor when they're 5.

Origami Robot

@StrixVaria @Frank 2.0.5 is live

StrixVaria

Patch Notes

Frank

@StrixVaria I was just gonna ask for those. Thanks.

StrixVaria

> Gold Find on items will now stack multiplicatively with the Gold Find bonus provided from game difficulty

yesssssssss

It made no sense before.

Origami Robot

> It is no longer possible for the same affix to be randomly selected as the replacement for both of your new rolls

Finally

Frank

17:07

@StrixVaria Awesome.

Origami Robot

> +% Damage on weapons will now correctly apply to all +% elemental types of damage instead of just Physical

Frank

Wow, massive Crusader changes

Origami Robot

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

StrixVaria

> Tyrael will now chat about his poor eating habits with less frequency

BEST CHANGE

@Frank Haven't gotten there, but I'm not surprised. Crusader was ass.

Origami Robot

I'm going bottom up

This might be dumb

Frank

17:08

> Fists of Thunder

Skill Rune - Bounding Light
Damage type changed from Lightning to Holy
Skill Rune - Lightning Flash
Has been removed
Skill Rune - Quickening
Damage type changed from Lightning to Physical
Skill Rune - Wind Blast
New Skill Rune: Replaces Lightning Flash
Every third hit Freezes enemies for 1 second
Deals Cold damage

Welp. There goes my main damage dealer.

No more lightning rune for FoT.

Panic Bomb

These massive changes make me feel less bad about waiting for the PS4 version

Maybe the class design will actually be hammered out by then

Origami Robot

> Skill Rune - Blazing Fists

    Damage type changed from Physical to Fire

Yusssssssssssss

StrixVaria

> In addition we are removing the movement speed penalty on Heavenly Strength

WHAT HOLY SHIT YES

CC @Yuki

Frank

Although, Way of the Hundred Fists now has a lightning skill, so I might switch that.

Origami Robot

@Frank I was about to suggest this

I don't remember what that rune normally does

Yuki

17:11

@strix WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO SUCH EXCITE

StrixVaria

> To keep Crusader damage competitive we are buffing most of the Crusader's damage abilities across the board. While a few skills have come down slightly in damage, the vast majority are being increased, some by a large margin.

Frank

> Puzzle Ring

The goblins have been scouring Sanctuary for better loot to drop:
Legendary drop chance doubled
Rare items dropped will now always have six affixes
The counter for picking up normal-quality items will now persist through death, act transitions, and un-equipping the item
It still will not persist across game sessions
The goblin will now play a sound when its counter reaches max and it drops an item

StrixVaria

This is the second time that they've done this.

Frank

That right there can answer our Puzzle ring question.

StrixVaria

They significantly buffed a ton of Crusader skills, and then it was still underpowered.

Yuki

17:12

I might pick up D3 again when I get internets back.

StrixVaria

I'm worried about WD changes but I'm not that far yet.

Origami Robot

Skill Rune - Explosive Light

Weapon damage increased from 731% to 830%
Damage type changed from Holy to Fire

:O

Maybe worth using now

Yuki

@ori what skill is that?

Frank

> Kadala

Can now drop Torment only Legendary items
Will now always give you weapon types that your character can equip with an emphasis on class specific weapon types
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue causing Kadala to sometimes give common quality Crusader Shields

There we go.

Origami Robot

@Yuki Wave of Light

Frank

17:14

> Blacksmith

Legendary crafted recipes no longer require specific Common armors or weapons and instead now require Common crafting materials

\o/

No more white items!

SaintWacko

@Frank Oh, finally

Frank

Which means I can salvage my entire page in my stash with white items.

> Jeweler

Sovereign Rings and Amulets now require Marquise gems instead of Imperial gems

StrixVaria

@Frank Same.

Frank

Awesome. Time to roll a crapton of amulets.

Yuki

\[T]/ Praise the Sun!

StrixVaria

17:15

Crusader sounds way better.

> Haunt and Locust Swarm are being changed to make the damage more consistent. The difference between getting a Critical Hit or not made these abilities too unpredictable. This is particularly important when the player has the option of reapplying the Damage over Time effect.

Frank

> Champions and Rares can no longer spawn with four of the following monster affixes and the frequency at which they can spawn with three has been reduced

Arcane Enchanted
Desecrator
Fire Chains
Frozen
Frozen Pulse
Molten
Mortar
Orbiter
Plagued
Poison Enchanted
Wormhole

StrixVaria

Not sure if like.

Frank

\o/

Finally! No more melee murderers!

Panic Bomb

@Frank lol

Frank

@PanicBomb Damage patches like that are the leading cause of melee deaths.

StrixVaria

17:17

I could get really high DPS if I got lucky crits with my DoTs, but then I had to rely on lucky crits and it was really hard to tell if it crit.

Panic Bomb

Hardcore players everywhere are heard crying for joy

StrixVaria

Now I don't have to worry about any of that, but my maximum potential DPS is decreased.

Yuki

This patch... \[T]/

StrixVaria

> Haunt Jump distance increased to 70 yards

YES

Frank

Nothing about tiered rifts or such.

Hmm.

StrixVaria

17:18

That's the next big patch (i.e. 2.1)

This is a "small" patch.

Yuki

Are they nerfing anything? Or is this just a happy patch all around?

SaintWacko

daaaaaamn

StrixVaria

> Spirit Walk
Now allows you to walk through obstacles created by the Waller monster affix

WHAT

HOLY SHIT

SaintWacko

These crusader changes

Looks like I'm getting back on D3 tonight

I just want to go home and play it now

Arperum

> Magic Weapon

Skill Rune - Force Weapon
Knockback effect has been removed

That's one minor thing I could find.

Lazers

17:22

0

Q: How do I initiate the DLC missions in Saints Row 4?

So, I've purchased and downloaded the Season Pass, which includes "ENTER THE DOMINATRIX" and "How The Saints Saved Christmas". How do I actually access the content? I can't find a mission marker for these on the ship or in the world, and none of the menus in the game refer to these DLC packs. I k...

saints-row-4 sr4-saints-save-christmas

Arperum

Teleport got nerfed too.

user15026

@toxicfrog Nice answer to a question I hated! :P

StrixVaria

> Elite kill messages will now also appear in single player games

Very nice.

SaintWacko

@Arperum nerfed?

Wtf

How could it be nerfed any further?

badp

on cast, target wears a dunce hat

StrixVaria

17:24

I wouldn't say Teleport got nerfed.

It got reworked.

Every rune but Wormhole got buffed.

SaintWacko

Hm, yeah

I wish they'd just remove the cooldown

I miss D2 teleport

Arperum

@StrixVaria Or I remember incorrectly, or fracture got nerfed too.

StrixVaria

Now I don't know whether to try out my Crusader again or just keep using my WD.

Mad Scientist

When will 2.0.5 be released in EU?

StrixVaria

Is it not simultaneous (or close)?

badp

17:26

Region gating is mandatory

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria Actually, quite a few other runes got nerfed

Fracture, Calamity, Safe Passage

Arperum

That's four out of five runes...

Frank

@SaintWacko No more Factorio? :P

StrixVaria

Reversal go buffed! That was my favorite Teleport rune anyway.

SaintWacko

@Frank We'll see. I'll definitely be playing Factorio during the day :P

StrixVaria

17:28

I still don't consider it a Teleport nerf, because the cooldown is shorter for all the runes.

It's a shorter cooldown with scaled down effects, so you get to do things more often but each thing you do isn't as impactful.

Except Reversal, which is just amazing now.

badp

Make a steam backup of SR3

Launch SR3

SaintWacko

> It is no longer possible for the same affix to be randomly selected as the replacement for both of your new rolls

Thank goodness

badp

Steam decides to validate the game and download 13 MB of... stuff

wat.

SaintWacko

> Fixed an issue that could cause lag for clan members when a large amount of Legendary items were identified via the Book of Cain

Hehe

Origami Robot

The black damage bug fix is my favorite

Chippies

17:41

@StrixVaria my crusader's build is ruined completely

every single skill got nerfed or redesigned

Lazers

0

Q: How do I create a guild in Wildstar?

How does someone create a Guild in Wildstar? What are the requirements? Where do I go? Do I need currency? Do I need people to sign a charter? Any other details?

wildstar

StrixVaria

@Chippies Luckily you have a lot of options for a new build :/

Chippies

@StrixVaria I guess, I find it hard to tell from just the patch notes and I haven't logged on yet to see what my options are

doubt I'll be able to match my build though, it was pretty good

> Spirit Walk
> Now allows you to walk through obstacles created by the Waller monster affix

YES!

as a WD, walls were annoying

Origami Robot

Ugh, I don't have my old phone with my authenticator

Can someone tell me what the base damage on my offhand is?

StrixVaria

us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/OrigamiRobot-1358/hero/2457044

Chippies

17:51

@StrixVaria I was just about to link that

Origami Robot

Nope, change isn't reflected on my profile yet.

Yuki

Why is that starred?

SaintWacko

Arperum

@SaintWacko That's just mean. He's overreacting though.

Yuki

I always thought Yoshi was some kind of weird mutated iguana (or some other lizard), but not a dinosaur.

Panic Bomb

17:57

@Yuki the world of Super Mario World is called Dinosaur Land

Origami Robot

@Yuki Dinosaurs are lizards!

Sterno

I never understand why the "I troll a person, and they get mad at me for it" things are supposed to be funny.

user15026

@Sterno Me neither. It makes me feel bad for the person that got trolled, because like this guy was just trying to, well, do business.

Origami Robot

@AshleyNunn I would think this if I wasn't under the assumption it's fake.

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