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Lazers

14:00

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Q: Artist Colony - General extraction error

I just downloaded artist colony and installed it. When I tried to open the game, it says General extraction error location es1. How do I fix this?

artist-colony

Sterno

@MartinSojka It was a design decision rather that oversight. They wanted to keep pressure up on the geoscape level by making you choose which areas you'd let go to rot in those situations. But I agree, I would have liked the original better

StrixVaria

@SaintWacko Oh yeah it also killed my sniper with a grenade thing.

Well, it didn't kill the sniper.

She was bleeding out, and I had just used my last medkit the turn before.

And I couldn't finish the level fast enough.

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria Ooh, that sucks. I just realized, I'm not sure I have any snipers

I think they may have both gotten killed :(

Sterno

You guys should briefly dip your toe into classic. Feel the difference. Cry a little. Then go back and trounce Normal. :)

StrixVaria

I've lost 100% of the snipers I've brought on the last 2 missions.

Sterno

14:03

Have you guys seen anything survive a car explosion?

I never see a damage number. Just death.

StrixVaria

Actually, I have a fun story from that same sniper killed by the Cyberdisc, on the same mission.

A chrysalid jumped up like 30 feet standing highjump to land next to her on the ledge, and smacked her in the face.

She panicked, and shot the chrysalid in the face, killing it.

So I was really hoping she'd make it out alive.

SaintWacko

oh, crap. One of my rookies missed with his plasma rifle and vaporised the cover of my heavy -.-

no, wait, not my heavy

another rookie

who promptly got shot in the face by a Muton

RIP, rookie

StrixVaria

I color the army of people once they get nicknames.

They're color-coded by class.

Martin Sojka

@Sterno Meh. What's the point in having a "classic" mode when you can't build up your bases and air fleet like ... well, in the classic?

StrixVaria

All I've seen mutons do so far is suppression fire.

agent86

14:07

@StrixVaria I do the same. black for snipers, red for support (medics), green for heavies, and yellow for assault.

otherwise I can't easily tell them apart in the tactical combat

StrixVaria

@agent86 Red for assault, yellow for snipers, white for support, and purple for heavies.

I need to pick a better color for heavies, though. Purple doesn't stand out enough.

Martin Sojka

@StrixVaria Pink?

StrixVaria

@MartinSojka Not exactly the color of carnage.

Sterno

@MartinSojka Because it's not wimpy mode!

agent86

I mainly tried to pick colors that were distinct and required few clicks to get to

Martin Sojka

14:09

@StrixVaria Ever heard the term "pink mist"?

agent86

I haven't really standardized yet, I'm still kind of flailing a bit

StrixVaria

@Sterno I am nervous to try Classic after reading that list of differences.

fbueckert

Hot pink for rookies?

Sterno

It's not pink! It's light red!

agent86

I crashed a third UFO last night, and ran my first "terror" mission w/chrysalids

fbueckert

14:09

To make sure you know not to panic when they inevitably die?

Sterno

@StrixVaria I really didn't realize how big the gap was until reading that.

StrixVaria

I just took out the alien base or whatever and the entire world is at 2 panic or less now :D

agent86

can you stun and capture chrysalids and the zombies they create?

I didn't seem to be able to last night

StrixVaria

I also have like 5 satellites up.

agent86

but maybe I have to hurt them more?

Martin Sojka

14:10

@agent86 If it's anything like the original ... yes (you can even stun cyberdiscs), but you don't really want to.

agent86

well, I'm playing on easy, so I like to stun first and ask questions later.

I find it a bit weird that I have one containment unit but I can stun as many aliens as I want

I assume it gets kind of crowded after a while

Martin Sojka

The base building seems to be simplified a lot ...

agent86

yeah, it's really simplistic

honestly, I feel like this is a better console game than PC game

I feel more "civilization:revolution" than "civilization 5" after playing it a bit

I can really feel the console control concessions

Sterno

@agent86 Particularly having to hit every hotkey twice to "confirm" your action

StrixVaria

@MartinSojka The base building is crappy and annoying.

Everything else is awesome.

GnomeSlice

14:18

Sword of the Stars Complete Collection is 75% off for a while, if anyone's interested.

agent86

the other part that drives me nuts is that everyone's skills are on different hotkeys - for example, overwatch. I want overwatch to be one key for everyone - not a different key depending on class.

other than that, I'm wholeheartedly impressed with it

it's damn fun, and tense as hell

Sterno

@agent86 Yeah. I burn run & gun a lot by accident thinking that I'm smacking "2" for overwatch

StrixVaria

I still haven't used any number keys for selecting abilities ever.

If I want to fire, I press space. If I want to do something else, I click the icon.

SaintWacko

Whoaaaa

Sterno

Really surprising they didn't catch that one. So simple, too... just make the first 3 hotkeys always the same (shoot, overwatch, take cover)

I didn't know you could press space to fire. Sweet.

SaintWacko

14:21

Colonel level skill for Support is +4 to medikit healing

Sterno

But I also hate CLICKING TWICE.

SaintWacko

@Sterno Yeah, that bugs me too

@Sterno I actually like that

@Sterno For clicking it doesn't make sense

But I like it for keyboard presses

Sterno

So in Normal, they just give you officer training school, and you could pretty much immediately buy up to squad size 6 if you wanted?

agent86

@Sterno yeah, space will toggle you down to the hotkeys, and you can move left and right too

you can also confirm almost everything with space

it's essentially the "A" button

SaintWacko

Gyah, titan armor is expensive

fbueckert

14:25

@GnomeSlice And is MUCH better than it's travesty of a sequel.

SaintWacko

$150 and 35 alloy

@Sterno No, you have to have a soldier at Captain rank to buy Squad Size 2

and Corporal rank for Squad Size 1

GnomeSlice

You know what would be great.

A Babylon 5 4X game.

StrixVaria

@SaintWacko I finally got enough engineers to build a plasma rifle and then didn't have enough cash.

So frustrating.

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria :(

I haven't built any of those yet

spent all my alloy on Titan Armor

4 of them

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Space Empires 5.

user15026

14:29

@GnomeSlice That would be awesome, yes.

SaintWacko

DUDE

fbueckert

Almost guaranteed, there's a Babylon 5 ship set.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert what

SaintWacko

Edit: Nevermind, that was just my support class

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Space Empires V is crazy moddable. One of the things you can mod in are your own ship designs.

GnomeSlice

14:30

@fbueckert Huh, looks like there is.

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice I'm not so sure. B5 was a lot about a very small amount of very determined people convincing most others that their insane rambling was actually true and should be acted upon.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Did I call that or what?

GnomeSlice

@MartinSojka There was also a lot of big space battles.

user15026

@MartinSojka Hm, I never thought it about that. It was really more about the interpersonal stuff.

Martin Sojka

Yes, but they weren't the focus of the show.

user15026

14:31

@GnomeSlice I suppose, but I don't think that was....yeah what @MartinSojka said.

GnomeSlice

The space battles were SICK though.

SaintWacko

My force consists of two colonels, two majors, and two captains

GnomeSlice

And all of the races in the alliance

So many races to interact with

would be AWESOME

SaintWacko

A sniper, two heavies, and two assaults

user15026

@GnomeSlice Yeah. but a lot of those didn't really fight with each other (with some exceptions)

fbueckert

14:32

@GnomeSlice Play Space Empires. You will waste SO much time.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert I already waste a lot of time as it is...

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice I liked the one in "Severed Dreams" the most ... in particular because the conclusion was not reached by one side annihilating the other.

GnomeSlice

Incidentally, I don't think I've ever actually played a 4x game.

@MartinSojka I don't remember the names of the episodes, which one was that?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice You should

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Well, there WAS... but the link is dead.

bah

internet, y u no like babylon 5

fbueckert

14:34

@GnomeSlice Oh, it's probably kicking around somewhere. Just gotta spend some time searching.

user15026

@MartinSojka Sheridan's speech in that episode was awesome.

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice The one where the human captain of the fleet tasked with reconquering B5 says to the just-arriving Minbari/Ranger fleet under Delenn "Do not force us to engage your ship." and she answers "Why not? Only one human captain has ever survived battle with a Minbari fleet. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else."

user15026

@MartinSojka I was just going to quote that.

GnomeSlice

@MartinSojka Eheehee, I remember that one.

I'm trying to remember what the 'who are you, what do you want' guy's name was.

There was a scene I really liked in that one.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Who are you - that was Kosh. What do you want - MOrden.

user15026

14:37

Basically, Vorlons and Shadows.

SaintWacko

Oh ffs

user15026

I still love the scene where Vir waves at Morden's head - he said he would, and he did. SO awesome.

GnomeSlice

docs.google.com/document/d/…

SaintWacko

I was trying to capture a berserker and my assault colonel did an automatic reaction shot and killed it

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn Not Kosh.

The guy he met in Z'hadum

SaintWacko

14:38

DAMNIT

user15026

@GnomeSlice Fair enough :)

SaintWacko

Then she got critted twice in a row and died

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn The guy from this scene: docs.google.com/document/d/…

Argh... it was a girl's name.

BoltClock

When deleting a Steam game's local files, does it take the entire folder and throw it + all user mods and added files away?

Or does it delete only the game's own files and not touch files I added myself

GnomeSlice

@BoltClock arqade/ask

BoltClock

14:40

@GnomeSlice cool

GnomeSlice

@BoltClock :P

user15026

@GnomeSlice Lorien - he says it right in that doc you linked

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn THAT'S IT

He did? I read it again, must have missed it.

I liked that scene so much I wrote it down.

BoltClock

Also I got me a Strange Homewrecker and the damn thing only counts player kills

Also I just discovered that maybe my graphics card isn't so bad after all

GnomeSlice

@BoltClock That sounds really awesome. You can see how many people you killed with it.

BoltClock

14:42

@GnomeSlice Truly revolutionary

GnomeSlice

@BoltClock That doesn't seem cool to you?

@AshleyNunn Oh did I spell it wrong.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Not if you're playing MvM

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Men vs Machines?

I have that on my iPod touch.

It sucks.

Well, it sucks because they aren't updating it.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Have you played TF2 AT ALL?

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert A bit, my internet can't really handle it.

Not in a while.

wtf why does it keep adding me as a viewer to my google doc

There's 9 of me viewing it now.

user15026

14:44

@GnomeSlice Yeah, I just looked it up. Basically, he asks Sheridan the Vorlon question (who are you), the shadow question (what do you want), emperor turhan's question (Why are you here), and the Technomage's question (where are you going), which is why I thought you were talking about Kosh and Morden

GnomeSlice

10, now.

@AshleyNunn Oh man... I didn't get the vorlon and shadow thing out of that. Or the other questions. Gah, that's so awesome.

fbueckert

@BoltClock I did a fast search of our Steam questions, and it doesn't look like that one's been asked yet.

Would definitely be useful!

GnomeSlice

Who's Turhan, again?

@fbueckert We should bet on whether or not it actually IS there.

Because site search is useless.

BoltClock

@fbueckert Great, I'll post one

user15026

@GnomeSlice The Centauri emperor who died on B5

user15026

14:46

He was emperor before Cartagia

agent86

@BoltClock from previous experiences, your mods stay. I've tested this with skyrim and fallout:nv, so it may be game dependent.

GnomeSlice

I need to watch B5 again.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Me too :)

SaintWacko

I need to try for a team of heavies

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn I think one of the things I liked the most about it was that it was so character-driven.

user15026

14:51

@GnomeSlice I loved that things at the beginning mattered even to the end

GnomeSlice

Ergh, I feel really weird playing X-blades. She looks like a child.

FAE

Good afternoon all.

Grace Note

Good afternoon, FAE

Ronan Forman

@FAE Hey hey.

user15026

@FAE Hello :D

FAE

14:56

I hate it when people in my apartment start drilling in the walls while I'm still sleeping.

user15026

@FAE Yeah I can see how that is annoying

FAE

@AshleyNunn Pretty much all buildings here are built from stone/concrete rather than wood, so the sound travels quite far and quite loudly. x-X

user15026

@FAE Blergh. Earplugs?

FAE

@AshleyNunn Problem there is I can't predict when it'll happen and I don't like sleeping with earplugs under normal circumstances because I sleep really really deeply and I'm afraid I won't be woken up by stuff then.

I've had people dump ice on me, water on me, hit me with a riding crop, pull my mattress out from under me, have had fire alarms go off, and I've slept through them all.

user15026

@FAE That's fair.

user15026

15:01

@FAE Man, I sleep like that too. XD Although there has never been riding crops involved in waking me.

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Funny, that's what caught my attention too :D

FAE

@AshleyNunn Was a friend of mine. I vaguely remember rolling over and telling her it wasn't exactly incentive to wake quickly.

user15026

@FAE Yeah, that would have been my answer too.... ;) I would have faked sleep.

FAE

But yeah, sleeping through dorm building fire alarms isn't really... good.

I partially wonder if it has to do with the fact that I grew up with a lot of dogs, so I always felt safe sleeping deeply. If anything were to happen, they'd bark and I'd wake up.

user15026

@FAE No. when I did that in my house, my mom dragged me out of bed by an arm, and I woke up more from the burn of carpet burn.

GnomeSlice

15:02

WTF, my Air Buccaneers launcher crashes as soon as I try to run it.

FAE

@AshleyNunn Owwww. Not fond of burning pain, m'self.

user15026

@FAE Me neither. Which is why I woke up - it was uncomfortable pain.

GnomeSlice

If I run the game itself directly, it works, but the launcher is busted...

Aaand it crashed.

I really need to stop playing stuff that's in-development.

BoltClock

@agent86 I guess I should specify what I'm uninstalling in case it's game-dependent

Lazers

2

Q: What penalties do reaction shots receive?

I was looking through the Sniper skill tree and saw this skill: Opportunist: Eliminates the Aim penalty on reaction shots, and allows reaction shots to cause critical hits. Until reading that, I didn't even realize that reaction shots had an aim penalty and couldn't cause crits. What kind...

xcom-enemy-unknown

0

Q: How do I capture a drone?

One of the enemies in the game is a small floating four-pronged claw. Despite my best efforts, I do not seem to be able to use the Arc Thrower against one. Is it possible to capture a drone? If so, what do I require to do so?

xcom-enemy-unknown

0

Q: What bonuses do you receive for being elevated?

Reading through the Sniper skill tree, I saw the following: Damn Good Ground: Confers +10 Aim and +10 Defense against enemies at lower elevation, in addition to the usual elevation bonuses. What are the default bonuses you receive for being elevated? Is it just Aim normally, or does it gi...

xcom-enemy-unknown

0

Q: Does "Delete Local Content..." also delete mods and other third-party files?

I'm about to uninstall and reinstall a Steam game. Unfortunately, while I have mods and other user files mixed within the game's own folder, the game files themselves take up a ton of space so I'd rather not have to back up all its contents before uninstalling. Will the "Delete Local Content..."...

steam

GnomeSlice

15:06

..Invalid game version.

FAE

@AshleyNunn I'm really awesome at sleep itself, it's the transition between sleeping and waking I suck at, both falling asleep and waking up.

GnomeSlice

Well, shit, how do I update it if I can't use the launcher...

user15026

@FAE I rock at sleeping, I suck at falling asleep. I can wake pretty well if I set up my routines.

FAE

@AshleyNunn Waking goes better for me the same way if I do that, but I'm really bad at maintaining them.

user15026

I learned that if I don't maintain them, I dont do anything. If my wake up goes wrong, it means my whole day doesn't work.

FAE

15:10

@AshleyNunn Yeah, I know how that goes. Lacking current school/employment as proper external incentive at the moment makes things harder. :(

user15026

@FAE I can see how it would - school is a big motivator for me to keep my routines as best I can.

FAE

@AshleyNunn I don't have enough time to try to get a job before my vacation. :/ Hopefully can maybe get one after.

user15026

@FAE I will think good job getting thoughts in your general direction

FAE

@AshleyNunn Hehe, thanks.

fredley

Grace Note

15:23

The Dreamcast looks so sad

FAE

@GraceNote Wow, it does.

user15026

What's the one in the lower left corner?

FAE

@AshleyNunn PSone

user15026

@FAE Ah, the round face bit was confusing.

FAE

user15026

15:32

@FAE Weeeeird.

user15026

Yet awesome.

FAE

@AshleyNunn Yeah, I never had one myself, but my cousins did. They used it in the car, it was handy for that.

user15026

@FAE I can imagine!

user15026

How is it that I stabbed myself on the fork in my bag three times this morning but now that I want to eat with it it is nowhere to be found?

SaintWacko

:O

Just did a critical on a berserker for 15 damage

with a plasma sniper rifle

StrixVaria

15:35

@SaintWacko Haven't seen a berserker yet.

I wish I knew how far into the game I am.

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria They're fun

badp

@FAE The fuck is this. The fuck is that?

ps1 portable?

FAE

@badp Soooorta-ish? It was like a mini PS1.

PlayStation (console)

PSone |CPU=MIPS R3000A-family R3051 @ 33.8688 MHz |connection=PlayStation Link Cable |media=CD-ROM (black CD) |Input=PlayStation Controller, Dual Analog ControllerDualShock |storage=Memory card |Discontinued=March 23, 2006 |units sold=102.49 million |topgame=Gran Turismo, 10.85 million shipped (as of April 30, 2008) |successor=PlayStation 2 }} The or PS1}} is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, . The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. In 2000, a re-...

Lazers

3

Q: How do I effectively combat a cyberdisc?

Currently, I am battling three cyberdiscs on a terror mission. Cyberdiscs appear to have very powerful weaponry and they shift into different forms. What gear and abilities are best used to combat cyberdiscs? Are there any particular squad tactics I should be using when engaging one?(For examp...

xcom-enemy-unknown

agent86

@BoltClock well, darn. I don't know about TF2. if I was at my desk, I'd put some custom maps in there and remove it and see. My inclination is to believe steam won't delete a file that it didn't create, but I've no idea offhand.

Krazer

15:39

@FAE Here's the PS3 version

badp

@BoltClock you, uh, have TF2 mods?

FAE

@Krazer Wow, I did not know that existed.

user15026

@Krazer nifty.

user15026

Roller Angels is the worst DSiware side scroller thing ever.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Beastie Bay is just like Pokemon!

user15026

15:49

@fbueckert It is like classic pokemon, before they added all the other stuff that makes my head very confused.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Except it has resource management, too.

user15026

@fbueckert I don't think it would be a Kairogame otherwise :P

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn I'm finding it quite fun, even the free version.

It helps that I don't have a data plan, so I don't see ads, anyways.

user15026

@fbueckert I find I can really ignore the ads. :P

user15026

And since that is the only thing you really pay for, I don't think it is that big of a deal

fbueckert

15:52

@AshleyNunn I'm glad it's just ad-driven, and not micro-transactions.

user15026

@fbueckert Yeah, I can handle the ads much more than the microtrans

agent86

fear my bleetee

user15026

@agent86 POUTINATAR

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn My team is level ~8, but I find enemies hit quite hard, so I have to heal up after each expidition.

Sterno

WTB Research Tree diagram for XCOM

agent86

15:54

@Sterno same

user15026

@fbueckert I hate the Droplet enemies. They tend to kill me.

agent86

I've almost asked that as a question, but it seems a bit big for the site

fbueckert

@agent86 Dammit. Now I want a BLT.

Sterno

@agent86 Ditto.

Just had it typed up, and then I was like "nah..."

user15026

@fbueckert OMG. I have bacon in my house, and awesome potato scallion bread. I think it is BLT for dinner. (Or chicken salad, I have chicken that needs to be used)

Sterno

15:56

Honestly, it'd probably be an okay fit, but it would just sit there unanswered until some other site puts one up. Then people would just link it :P

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn So make it a BCLT!

@AshleyNunn I've got one of the droplets doing stuff around my island. I just finished rescuing everyone on that first island with tourists.

user15026

@fbueckert Oh. Oh man. That would be pretty epic.

user15026

@fbueckert I haven't caught one yet. I plan to.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn My cave is up to level 8, so it makes a good farming spot.

agent86

@Sterno yeah. really, this game needs a much larger manual, imho.

user15026

15:58

@fbueckert Oh, I can imagine!

JQAn

@StrixVaria you here? You were randomly selected for the DG code -- are you ok with me sending it to the email you have set on your profile?

user15026

Okay. Work and responsibility time now.

JQAn

Sorry @John, I only have the one :(

StrixVaria

@JQAn Awesome!

Yeah that e-mail will be fine :D

Thanks a lot!

JQAn

@StrixVaria no problem, I hope you enjoy it :)

fbueckert

16:01

@StrixVaria That's a great game!

StrixVaria

@fbueckert Better than Anomaly Warzone Earth, I hope.

fbueckert

@StrixVaria Hey, you have to give it points for trying something new!

StrixVaria

Not all innovation is good innovation.

Sterno

Hrm. There's an XCOM bug where newly recruited soldiers on higher difficulties don't take the HP penalty

so your best strategy is to buy new soldiers after the starting missing, and ditch all your starting guys

2 hp difference

and, apparently, slightly better aim

njallam

@fbueckert Do you still have that Airmech Steam key?

fbueckert

16:09

@njallam I do

njallam

@fbueckert can haz?

fbueckert

@njallam You can haz. I forgot to send it yesterday, sorry.

Will do when I get home.

njallam

@fbueckert That's OK. Thanks

SaintWacko

Oh, shit

that was awesome

A thin man dropped in right next to my assault trooper

fbueckert

@SaintWacko And ate a facefull of shotgun?

SaintWacko

16:11

which triggered his reaction shot, and he blew it out of the air before it even hit the ground

Lazers

1

Q: Does doing tasks 'more fully' grant additional XP?

For example, clearing out the Reaper infection within the geth consensus grants +75 XP in the first round. If I diligently clear up every little glowing yellow block, will I be granted more XP?

mass-effect-3

2

Q: What do the Muton abilities do?

Mutons are large green troops that tend to carry plasma rifles and grenades. Often I see them use two abilities. Intimidate and Blood Call. What are the effects of Intimidate and Blood Call?

xcom-enemy-unknown

SaintWacko

Man, I wish I could have recorded that

StrixVaria

@SaintWacko Did he get poisoned from being too close?

Poison is so annoying.

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria No, he's wearing Titan armor

immune to poison and fire

StrixVaria

Need Titan armor now.

MadMAxJr

16:15

I just got the ability to use the plasma rifles I've been picking up. The aim bonus is very nice.

badp

turns out people rage quit en masse from expert missions as well

StrixVaria

@MadMAxJr I haven't captured any aliens so I don't have any plasma weapons to use until I build them myself :(

MadMAxJr

I try to let my assaults capture anything that presents an opportunity. I don't know if capturing more than one has any benefit.

StrixVaria

@MadMAxJr You get the weapons.

If you kill the alien, their weapons explode and you just get fragments.

I started putting arc throwers back on my assaults recently, but I haven't had a chance to use one.

MadMAxJr

Do you ever get any additional research benefit from capturing more specimens?

My first Muton encounter did not go well. "Huh. 3 big green guys. Wonder what they do." Grenade flies out into my cover. Four wounded, cover obliterated. Plasma fire picks off my heavy and my sniper. Esc > Quit to Desktop

SaintWacko

16:21

@MadMAxJr I have one guy with a light plasma rifle and a SCOPE who gets 100% accuracy on just about anything

MadMAxJr

I've gotta work on capturing a Chryssalid. I'm not sure if a zombie can be captured.

Sterno

I need to work on surviving decently until the first council report.

Doing that is a victory in itself.

MadMAxJr

I have to remind myself that the currency is not a dollar value and that I'm not putting Sectoid corpses for a dollar into a grey market vending machine.

SaintWacko

@MadMAxJr Chrysalids can't be captured

@MadMAxJr I keep forgetting that and thinking "What the hell? This piece of incredibly advanced armor based on alien technology costs $150?"

MadMAxJr

Dear aliens, send more small UFOs, I need your alloys badly.

Dear aliens, having some trouble installing Windows 8 on your nav computer. Do you have a tech support line?

SaintWacko

16:42

@MadMAxJr So much this. They finally landed a large scout UFO, which gave me enough alloy to outfit the other two members of my squad with Titan armor

I'm about to build a Firestorm and arm it with an EMP cannon, though, so I shouldn't have any more trouble with taking down UFOs

aand getting ready to build a satellite nexus as soon as I get more money

MadMAxJr

I decked everyone out in carapace and lasers before I found out salvaged plasma rifles are way better.

fbueckert

@SaintWacko My squad in UFO got outfitted with collapsible weaponry. The stuff's a beast to carry around, but it makes up for it by outright murdering anything it can shoot.

Lazers

3

Q: What does steam do?

When excavating and building structures, some tiles have 'steam'. This causes the excavation to be more expensive. What other effects does it have?

xcom-enemy-unknown

SaintWacko

@MadMAxJr Yeah, but you can use lasers long before plasma

I'm about to go assault the alien base :)

KBKarma

0

Q: How Steam can help me in my gaming and my clan's activities

How Steam is helpful to my clan and how it can be helpful for me.

steam

:'(

fbueckert

16:52

@KBKarma Not constructive!

KBKarma

Didn't post.

Hence the ":'("

fbueckert

Or more like, Not a Real Question

KBKarma

And I can't downvote. ;_;

fbueckert

@KBKarma No worries. We got this.

KBKarma

Hence why I posted it here. Thank you. :')

fbueckert

16:55

@KBKarma Much appreciated for telling us about it.

Sterno

Which tech gives you carapace armor?

KBKarma

@fbueckert No worries. I like this site too much.

GnomeSlice

WTF MAGICKA, 319 MB UPDATE

KBKarma

@GnomeSlice ... Wait, why?

GnomeSlice

@KBKarma I have no idea.

Bah, I'm going to have to redownload Air Buccaneers entirely, I think

KBKarma

16:57

Dang. I'll check the release notes tomorrow or later tonight.

GnomeSlice

I can't update it without the launcher, and the launcher crashes immediately.

KBKarma

Sucks. I need to get that.

/me looks at backlog

... After finishing some other stuff.

GnomeSlice

@KBKarma Air Buccaneers? You've heard of it?

KBKarma

Hells yes.

GnomeSlice

Awesome.

KBKarma

16:58

I remember it when it was a MSU mod.

*an

GnomeSlice

I've been meaning to play it, I got it in a build-a-bundle from Gamersgate.

KBKarma

It's fun. At least, the mod was. This looks to be more of the same.

GnomeSlice

@KBKarma Also, hi, don't think we've met before.

KBKarma

Nope; new as of a few days ago.

GnomeSlice

Awesome!

What sort of games do you like?

KBKarma

17:00

FPS, RPG, adventure, strategy. I'm competent at all but the last.

GnomeSlice

@KBKarma You should check out Metal Drift if you're into teambased sci-fi type stuff.

KBKarma

I still need to activate my Planetside 2 beta key. And play more Tribes Ascend.

GnomeSlice

Oh sick! The tiny and big sequel has a prototype out!

@KBKarma Are you on Steam? You should join the Arqade Steam group. =]

KBKarma

I am on Steam. And I should join the Arqade Steam group. =]

:P

Cool, will do. I've got an RPG to go to tonight, so probably tomorrow after work.

... Or whenever I turn on the Steam app.

GnomeSlice

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Q: Community Promotion Ads - 2012

Alright. We may have horribly failed to actually do a half-based Community Ads system last year. Well, this year, since we start in December to work on the actual year. Since it's more of a biseasonal thing. BUT ANYWAY... we may have failed to do half-based... ...and we're going to continue to f...

discussion community-ads

@KBKarma There's a link in there somewhere to the steam group.

Sterno

17:07

KBKarma

Right, back to work. ttyl!

Lazers

2

Q: What difference will the more skillful (1 star or 2 star) crew members make compared to a non-skilled one in FTL?

I checked out all tooltips in the game and their official website. Since FTL did not come with a manual I have no clue here. I know that they have something to do with recharge rates and percentages but I can't find anything specific about it.

ftl-faster-than-light

Ronan Forman

17:42

@RedRiderX When are you free to play UHC again?

RedRiderX

@RonanForman I doubt I'll be able to play this Saturday.

Sunday might work.

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX What about next week, I'm just getting an idea of when.

RedRiderX

@RonanForman I think next Saturday would work.

Ronan Forman

@RedRiderX Cool, I'll let you know when I have a day.

BoltClock

Degreaser + Flare crit on enemy Pyros is hard

SaintWacko

17:55

@Sterno It's called carapace armor. It's pretty early... I think you research Alien Materials and it unlocks

@Sterno Chryssalids were way worse in the original XCOM

BoltClock

@KBKarma I've seen that user on SO... his posts have all been pretty unintelligible so far

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