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12:01 AM
I thought the Tweeter feed isn't automated anymore
 
@YiJiang It appears to have been reautomated 4 days ago
 
That's odd. Who was manning the feed before?
 
12:23 AM
@BenBrocka Mugen Souls is awesome
Now, the question is: Do I play that, or Harvest Moon?
 
12:37 AM
@YiJiang Presumably Lauren was until September. At that point, the feed went quiet for 3 months. Then a few days ago, the bot came back on.
 
Ah. I thought they handed it over to community members
 
@fbueckert I was somewhat disappointed by it.
 
@Krazer Really? Why?
 
it looks fun at first but as you play it a lot of the fun and humor seems a bit forced
there's way too much dialogue imo
 
@Krazer It doesn't taper off as you get further?
 
12:44 AM
0
A: Is it possible to limit the download bandwidth used by Steam?

KlimatikSelect a server on the other side of the country?

I don't remember Steam having multiple download servers?
 
@Krazer Do they let you skip it easy? While I love the humor and dialog in Disgaea one of my favorite features (which SO DAMN MANY other RPGs lack) is that they let you skip dialog and skill animations to speed it up
Because no matter how awesome your game is I'm not watching that damn 15 minute long cutscene 5 times
 
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Q: What happens when you deposit all collectibles?

Invader SkoodgeOn the inventory screen, if you click the gear icon, and then "Deposit All Collectibles", some stuff from your inventory will disappear. I think the idea is that it will automatically send such items to your bank without having to make a trip there. Is this true? What happens if your bank is fu...

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Q: How to get Dry Bones to stay dead?

KatieKOnce I win a battle against a Dry Bones, he collapses. But after a few minutes, he'll get back up and I'll have to fight him again. How can I kill a Dry Bones so that he stays dead?

 
You can skip most of it yes, but I felt that the exploration and progression was a bit empty
you get awarded for using advanced tactic but the basic routines work just as well
you can't skip the tutorials I think
 
@Krazer Disgaea often has some map features which pretty much force a certain degree of tactics, is MG not the same?
 
@BenBrocka MG? We're abbreviating it to MG now?
 
12:51 AM
I didn't feel that any of the battle system features add anything, it just makes it more convoluted.
The environment, animation, and textures feel a bit lacking for a PS3 game imo
the ship battle are the worst imo
you have to anticipate your enemy’s next move by their dialogue cues, it starts out okay but gets annoying
sometimes they repeat a dialogue but does another action
it's like playing rock, paper, scissors
 
@YiJiang I suggest checking your memory. Or the Settings, Connection part of your Steam client.
 
the game also feels a bit too grindy
 
@Krazer I thought you were talking about Sticker Star Saga here, at which I was going to agree. But then you said PS3 game
@Lazers Kill it with fire? Like every Paper Mario game?
 
For Mugen Souls, if you like stuff that is like Disgaea or Neptunia, you will most likely enjoy Mugen Souls.
 
Sticker Star Saga is the first Paper Mario game I've played where avoiding enemies is the best strategy (due to the lack of experience and levels, plus fighting enemies uses up your stickers)
 
12:58 AM
You could day it's Trinity Universe meets Makai Kingdom.... the entire game feels like an amalgamation of past NIS games
just feel that they recycled a bit too much into this game
the battle system is essentially Neptunia MK2 with pinball bursting thrown in
I heard they took out the minigames in the US version.. due to censorship issues.
@Powerlord the entire game felt like a big gimmick
@BenBrocka I felt like I was playing Neptunia MK2 with Disgaea-ish elements (e.g. Item World)
 
@Krazer Exactly!
 
@Powerlord even the devs admit it.
> Right. So we wondered what to do. Then the idea of using stickers came up. Originally, the plan was to use stickers here and there for solving puzzles on the overall map and so forth, but then we thought, "If we're gonna do that, then we might as well use stickers for the whole thing, including battles," and we decided to begin rethinking the game mechanics.
 
1:20 AM
I just saw on TV that they have a Words With Friends boardgame.
 
@Krazer Just watching that makes me feel dirty.
 
And I don't mean Scrabble.
 
@Powerlord pls elaborate
 
@Krazer Words with Friends is a cheesy Facebook Scrabble clone.
It now has a boardgame.
 
@Powerlord sold by the same company that owns scrabble
 
1:25 AM
@Powerlord I was under the impression WwF was Scrabble
 
@Krazer It's not quite the same
The board pattern is different
 
@fbueckert three syllables is too long to type
 
@BenBrocka So abbreviate to MS. :P
 
@BenBrocka Metal Gear isn't even the same type of game as Disgaea.
 
@fbueckert Oh, oops, must have mistyped
You should know what I mean. How dare you all not read my mind
@Krazer Oh lawd
 
1:29 AM
@BenBrocka Because it's funner twitting you about typos? :P
 
Also if that gets censored how did record of agarest war get published in the US? That game is...weird
 
Anyone here played Quantum Conundrum? I'm stuck.
 
@fbueckert I played it for a bit on my PS3 but I didn't get far
 
@fbueckert yes, I beat it
 
@murgatroid99 I'm stuck on the first level after activating all three generators.
 
1:36 AM
try throwing something, then immediately slowing down time and jumping on it
 
I'm not sure how to get past the giant pool of acid and the lasers.
 
I don't actually remember the level, but that usually works
 
I did that; the lasers kill me every time.
 
what powers do you have?
 
All of 'em.
 
1:37 AM
@fbueckert have you tried using gravity reversal to fly above the lasers?
 
is that the one where you need to switch the bird to the heavy pedestal and use the armored boxes to jump across once they land in front of the laser?
 
@murgatroid99 ...Forgot about that power. Derp.
 
@AshleyNunn Forgetting something in that Dry Bones question?
Such as that you can kill Dry Bones permanently using Mario's fire attacks?
At least you could in the previous Paper Mario games.
 
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Q: Why won't it let me challenge the next Sim to a chess match?

animusonMy Sim is a child with level 10 in the Logic skill and the Chess Legend lifetime wish. When I use the phone, it gives me the option to call and invite over the next Sim for a chess match, like expected. However, once that Sim gets to the house, it doesn't actually let me challenge them to a match...

 
2:04 AM
Ok, Quantun Conundrum complete.
 
@fbueckert nice
 
@murgatroid99 Wasn't too slow to finish, once I got past that single hurdle.
 
@fbueckert You mean the one room or the entire game?
 
@Powerlord The rest of the game.
It's roughly ~6 hours, not rushing.
 
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A: In Minecraft, how much damage does fire do?

murgatroid99Once you are set on fire by a flame and you step out of it, if you are not wearing armor you take 3.5 hearts of damage at a rate of .5 per second and then you stop burning. If you are instead set on fire by lava, you take 7 hearts of damage. I tested this by setting myself on fire at every diffic...

> I tested this by setting myself on fire
I love science
 
2:10 AM
@BenBrocka that sentence has gotten me more votes than just about anything else on this site
@BenBrocka just wondering, did you find that question again from looking at the Twitter account? It is 10 months old
 
@murgatroid99 yes actually. Well, from the meta post about it, since I heard it stopped working
 
@BenBrocka I thought it was that because I took the same path to that question yesterday
 
Yeah, a certain muppet bumped it to the top of meta
 
user15026
@powerlord it is entirely possible. In my current experience I haven't killed them but my acquisition of fire stickers has been relatively minimal. So I just haven't had a chance to try it.
 
user15026
It's entirely possible my answer is wrong. That's perfectly fine by me. It's admittedly based on my experience.
 
2:22 AM
@AshleyNunn Fire Flowers are all over the place in world 1... 1-5 even has a shop that sells them
 
user15026
@Powerlord That doesn't mean I have them come Dry Bones encounters. Like I said, the answer might be complete shit.
 
user15026
But it's what I have got right now, based on my gameplay. You can test it and post another answer.
 
@AshleyNunn No Gaming account
 
user15026
@Powerlord Make one? Or try it, and tell someone else to post it? I have no idea. I just worked with that I knew, and posted an answer as best I could, and since no one else seemingly knows right now if anything does or doesn't work, well, I see no problem with what I posted.
 
@Powerlord outrageous
 
2:33 AM
@BenBrocka You have to know the past to know why that is
 
2:57 AM
@AshleyNunn Dry Bones are immune to fire in this game
But they only have 13 HP
 
3:33 AM
Geez
I was going to install The Force Unleashed and finally get around to playing it, but it's 30gb o.0
 
@SaintWacko It's all that physics, man...
X-Plane 8 requires 70 GB...
 
4:22 AM
@Krazer Wow
 
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Q: Does the 'Sight' attachment improve the car weapons or the cars' stats?

galacticninjaThe 'Sight' attachment puts a laser pointer in your car that is visible while racing. I reckon this is to help the player target straight-firing weapons. Aside from that, what does the 'Sight' attachment do? Does it improve the car weapons or the cars' stats in another way?

 
4:56 AM
0
Q: For each weapon, what are the improvements when you 'level up' or upgrade them?

galacticninjaFor each weapon, what are the improvements when you 'level up' or upgrade them?

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Q: How to avoid 6GB download after restoring current TF2 backup on another PC?

Augustus ThooI have a current copy of TF2 on Steam in my main PC. I have successfully moved copies of Steam games to my other PC. But with TF2, Steam is performing a 6GB download (6.5GB / 12.5GB). It is as if the backup didn't totally save the current image of TF2. The backup size is about 10GB. Did anyone e...

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Q: What are some defences against mobs and others?

SuperSpyIm having a problem of when I come home from mining (a VERY rare "activity" I do) I find that my house has been destroyed by the town guards (their quite childish) and I end up Killing them. Because of this , I end up hiding in my secret mine (you have to pay taxes on what you pull out of you min...

 
@Lazers What the fuck?
 
5:29 AM
0
Q: Can I replace a steward in Hearthfire?

Michael EdenfieldWithout really thinking about it, I've employed Lydia as my steward in Lakeview; but now I don't have a housecarl in Breezehome anymore. I'd like to fire her and replace her with some other follower and let her head back home. (I know that I don't need a housecarl in every house but it's bugging...

 
5:59 AM
0
Q: do tasered aliens wake up?

ShaderachIn the original X-Com your little foreign buddy could wake up and run off during the mission. Does this happen in the new one? Or are they out cold for the rest of the mission regardless of duration?

 
 
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7:02 AM
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Q: At what point does a question about game hardware become off topic?

Jason SperskeI recently posted this question (and answer) about connecting a 5 1/4" floppy drive to a computer and was directed to post this question to Super User where it has clearly been accepted as on topic. The relationship to this question being about games is obviously a personal one (the disks I'm lo...

 
7:32 AM
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Q: Any way to convert old Angband save files to the current version?

Steve HinerI recently started playing Angband again after running across my old 3.5" floppy disks with my old saved player files on them. I like the newer Windows version of Angband (3.4.1 I think) but I've found that it won't open my saved games from 2.7.9. It tells me the file is corrupt. Is there any...

 
 
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8:35 AM
yay, 12 hours of sleep and I still feel sleepy
 
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Q: in skyrim, why wont the iron ore viens respawn?

nathan baxterI usualy have a good habit of returning to mines to mine iron ore. But lately Ive noticed that every single iron ore vien that I have mined is not repawning when it should. Why arent the iron ore viens respawning and how can I fix this?

 
wtb mod to delete this user
 
8:51 AM
It's at -9 and not deleted, someone is not flagging as offensive
 
Already did flag as offensive
 
9:08 AM
0
Q: Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link - Does it contain Spoilers?

TobyThe DLC "The Missing Link" takes place in between the storyline of the main game. In my playthrough from the main game I am not that far (atm I am the second time in Detroit after Montreal). What I want to know is, if I should play the DLC in between my main playthrough. Meaning, when Jensen ge...

 
9:30 AM
Deus Ex (CBS Films, 2014) (announced)
 
@pixel That'll be 20 gold, please
 
mmh
good morning to do too
more seriously though
somebody is making a movie out of Deus Ex Human Revolution
Wikipedia takes that next step towards annoying
The banners weren't enough, now they ask for a donation with a 'pay with paypal' link on every page
 
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Q: MAGIC LAUncher error logging in

user37841Hello i log in and then it says " error connecting to servers " i see the log and it says MagicLauncher 1.0.0 java.home: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7 java.runtime.name: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment java.runtime.version: 1.7.0_09-b05 os.name: Windows 7 os.version: 6.1 os.arch: amd64 sun.arch.dat...

 
9:46 AM
Whooops I guess I destroyed an user too quickly for once
or they deleted themselves
I dunno
 
maybe somebody else did it?
maybe you were in fact, too slow?
I didn't do very well with grinding yesterday
I only got 5 levels and then fell asleep
I should probably see if GW2 runs on my work PC at some point
 
@badp Mod abuse
 
10:17 AM
@fredley it's a life style
 
10:37 AM
What were they thinking!?
This is suppose to be the cover art for Bioshock Infinite. Ugh.
 
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Q: What exactly defines a champ who "falls off late"

TobyThere are some champions which are commonly known to "fall off late game", such as Lee Sin. But what is it exactly, what defines if a Champion "falls off" or not? Or to be more precise, what (for example) makes Lee Sin less useful compared to other champs in Lategame?

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Q: Does the Interceptor has an advantage over the Deliverator?

galacticninjaThe car, Interceptor, is unlocked after the Deliverator. In all the other cases, the car unlocked after the previous one is better overall or has a max stat that is better than the previous. However, all of the Interceptor's stats are either equal or less than the Deliverator's. The Interceptor ...

 
10:54 AM
@YiJiang I bet someone will complain about a burning flag that looks like the US one
 
@MadScientist My first impression was "ooh, they're burning the US flag"
 
I think that is the American flag, albeit from an alternative universe
 
@YiJiang Looking forward to the 'murican response
 
wonderful topic of conversation in the office today
half of the office are on the whole "equal rights are bullshit" conversation
and the other half are talking about donkey punching
I am just going to fall asleep at my desk and pretend I'm not here
 
11:17 AM
how can I destroy radio #1340
it's just so... beautiful
 
How did you destroy #1 through #1339?
 
@MartinSojka I didn't
 
@badp Ah, so you're just a copy cat. :)
 
"and then, mm... and then, mm... and then'm'never lettin'go and mm..."
 
11:45 AM
0
Q: Assassin's Creed 3 lag

0x49D1Its know issue that AC3 lags on some systems, even on above averages. Does anyone know how to fix that? May be some patch or driver fixes..

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Q: How does crafting XP relate to actual XP?

pixelThis question deals with how much crafting experience you gain from crafting various items but how does the crafting experience translate into actual experience? I have noticed that levelling up crafting disciplines that you have previously put no effort into (and thus start at crafting level 1)...

 
12:15 PM
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Q: What is a "critical success" in crafting?

pixelReading through the page on the Guild Wars 2 wiki regarding crafting experience it makes mention to a 'Critical Success': A critical success in crafting can either grant an experience bonus or refund some of the materials used but does not add to the value or stats of the item crafted. What...

 
12:38 PM
 
Pah. When I bake cake, it's always delicious. Ask my co-workers, they are eating one right now. :)
 
@MartinSojka did you put hash in it
 
@pixel I don't need to. :)
 
well then, it's not as good as it would have been had you put hash in it
 
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Q: What is the purpose of Soul Remains?

DerpI've been playing Demon's souls again recently and I'm at Shrine of Storms (4th pillar clockwise). It seems that Soul Remains has a high drop rate amongst the Skeleton enemies. Looking at the description Attracts those who are hungry for Souls, chucked a few here and there but can't really seem ...

 
12:50 PM
@pixel That would require me to warn them beforehand (same as with any other mind-altering substance; that's why they don't have alcohol or caffeine in them either), which would make me feel obliged to provide a non-drugged alternative for those who don't appreciate it, which is more work on my part. Also, it would mean I could only serve it past the working hours (again, same as with some other drugs like alcohol). In short - too much work to bother.
 
who said anything about telling them
 
My morals.
 
look at the situation differently, it's an experiment for you as to how many people even notice
 
To do proper science he'd then need a control group of people with un-hash-ed cake.
 
Again, my morals prohibit me from drugging people without warning them about it.
 
12:51 PM
So he's back at the point where he needs to make two cakes.
 
@badp true I guess
 
Sadly no science can be made without sacrifice
 
the sacrifice here, is telling them that it contains hash
@MartinSojka It is not like you created a cake with rohipnol on it
 
If you told me before this converation a cake contained hash, I'd be like, "what, an hash sign? Actual ash from a cigarette? I don't smoke and I prefer Python thank you."
 
@badp tumbleweed
 
12:54 PM
(yay chiasms)
and boo to Chrome for not knowing what a chiasm is.
 
tonight I am aiming to get to level 70
 
from level?
 
it's only 7 levels away
63
 
"only"
is levelling up so fast?
 
@badp on saturday I got 15 levels
it was actually 16 or 17, but I can't remember
 
12:56 PM
Yeah well, I'd assume the dinging would slow down considerably later on
 
my brain was fried after spending that long sat at a pc playing a game
 
Like, I needed five or six hours in borderlands to ding from 42 to 43
 
I got 3 levels yesterday and then went back to bed
I'm still getting approximately 1 level per hour
and that's with leveling with zones that I'm getting scaled down in
level 62-63 I got just from walking around tagging stuff
specifically running past mobs, not caring of their presence
 
"tagging"?
 
yeah the points of interest, vistas, cutting down trees, etc
waypoints
 
12:58 PM
as in wandering aimlessly? I see you're also degenerating to this point then :P
 
the things you can do by running up to them or through them
it wasn't aimlessly
I started by walking around the outside of the zones
and then walking around the inside of the zones
and then picking up anything I'd missed
 
@pixel Not much of a difference. I checked, and the chemical and physical properties of flunitrazepam would make it possible to bake (it doesn't dissolve in water, but that just means you have to mechanically work it into the dough), but still I'd feel obliged to warn my co-workers about it all the same.
 
@MartinSojka you just permanently ruined hash cake forever.
 
@pixel One of my cousins studies biochemistry. Compared to her stories, hash cakes are rather tame.
 
IOO instead of 100
 
1:04 PM
Well, I admit I do hit 0 instead of O sometimes ...
... which is why I don't use those for passwords.
 
MENTAL NOTE TO SELF: @MartinSojka doesn't use numbers that could be deemed as letters using 'leet speak' and vice versa! Time to crack some passwords
 
@pixel ... I do use Cyrillic, Katakana and Hiragana characters if the sites let me, though. :)
 
I just use p4ssw0rd!!! for everything
 
Speaking of passwords, I logged into my SOE account after over a year again. Of course, in the meantime they got hacked and I had to change it ... according to some new rules which wouldn't even allow the characters used in the old one. Way to miss the point, Sony.
 
I can proudly say I've never tolerated a single Sony product
I don't even use legitimate details for Planetside
and playstations are poor
only reason Sony even succeeded in the console market in the first place was Nintendo was largely asleep during the period of the PS launch, and Sega had just died
 
1:14 PM
Oh, they don't have any legitimate details about me either. Aside from the mail address, this one is obviously legit (and also only used with their service and no-where else).
 
Sony will never be a games company, they just use gaming hardware to push the "next big thing" in media
and the success of the consoles is very much dependant on the success of whatever format they're trying to push this time around
first one was CD ROM
second one was DVD
third one was BluRay
there is a reason they wanted the PS3 to last a decade
 
Dear Wikipedia, Making your site harder to use unless I give you money is pretty not cool.
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I would rather them have I big flashing ad at the top that I can scroll down past.
 
We will never use adverts on Wikipedia, so here is an advert!
 
We keep our site ad free by making it more intrusive than ads!
 
Just to make it really annoying, if you move your mouse anywhere near it we will assume you want to give us money!
 
1:23 PM
Speaking of PlanetSide, PlanetSide 2 is surprisingly fun for something this silly.
 
Take research/aimless browsing to the next level! Now with random page up/down simulation!
 
I only tried out most of the infantry classes though. :)
 
"When I founded Wikipedia, I could have made it into a for-profit company with advertising banners, but decided to do something different. BIG FLASHING ADVERTS. Still, it's better than me pulling a sad face like during our last fundraiser, no?" - Jimmy Wales, Founder of Hell
 
Are you hardcore enough to use Wikipedia?
I have to pause this rant on Wikipedia and ignoring of @MartinSojka in order to go to work.
 
@OrigamiRobot lol, work
@MartinSojka re: Planetside 2, I downloaded beta, didn't play it, uninstalled beta, which broke and wouldn't uninstall, installed Planetside 2 retail via steam, still haven't played it
I actually have a number of games outstanding on my 'owned by not played' list right now
I have Borderlands 2 + 2 DLC for it
Torchlight 2
Planetside 2
Cities in Motion I haven't really played properly
Mass Effect 3: Omega
Fallout 3 I downloaded and never played
 
I am trying to work out what I am looking at
 
Two guys not following proper work security protocols and one of them getting fried as a result.
 
@pixel That is what happens when a lot of electricity arcs through the air.
 
@OrigamiRobot thanks, I had started reading on Wikipedia
but my ADD kicked in
 
Plus Wikipedia's poor usability now.
 
1:37 PM
so I went 'Arc Flash' -> 'Electric Arc' -> 'Trinitrotoluene' -> 'Nitroglycerin'
so figured I had got off topic
 
@OrigamiRobot ouch. The half minute of darkness afterwards didn't help.
 
eh, the topic is explosions.
 
if you hadn't interrupted me, I could have ended up my My Little Pony or something similar within 30 minutes
 
@OrigamiRobot I'm not clicking that link
so much of my life is wasted on tvtropes/wikipedia
I hate you all
 
1:39 PM
@pixel It's ok, I promise
 
you do it on purpose
@OrigamiRobot I clicked it, read it, and closed it
I am not following any of those links!
 
"copper expands 67,000 times when vaporized (same as TNT)"
I can now sleep happy dreams forever
knowing that all electronics in my house can potentially explode like TNT
Thank you, YouTube comments
 
@badp your fault for reading a youtube comment and taking it seriously, without external verification
you don't see me running around going YEAH BIEBER IS GREAT
 
@pixel I... don't think this is the kind of video that makes people go "lolz"
 
@badp I am not laughing, but you're a little naive if you think nobody on the internet would
 
1:42 PM
@pixel I'm at page 3 and no lolz to be found
 
@badp Diamond is worse. The problem is getting it to vaporise in the first place ...
 
I am thinking that the guy stood next to that when it happened can't have done very well
 
He looks unharmed at 1:15
...
physically
 
uh
at 1:15 that's not the person I was talking about
 
Oh.
I don't see a third person
 
1:44 PM
erm
what about the first person?
you know, the one stood just there in front of it
 
Well, you can see his corpse, or parts of it, at the opposite side of the corridor at 1:18 I think.
Y'know, the other source of sparks a second later? in the back?
Yeah.
 
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Q: How does spell cooldown system works?

ChrisHateZI used spells few times with my necromancer in a fight and now i can't use them anymore. There is no cooldown time indication whatsoever, and even thought a good amount of time has passed after that i still couldn't use spells with him. Later i noticed that if i use rest button the spells become ...

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Q: How are working the laser pods?

AntoI'm not sure to understand how are working the laser pods, and more especially their culture/farming system. It looks like you can only have one laser pod per defense tree you own at a time: once the laser pod has been produced, the defense tree it came from won't be able to grow a new seed into...

 
@Lazers Is that even a valid sentence?
 
@YiJiang One of its legs is both the same.
 
It's probably coming from someone who's language doesn't have verbs splitting around the place; likely a strongly agglutinative one.
Well, "Belgium" according to his profile. So I guess not that strongly agglutinative after all. :)
 

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