Community MetaSteam | February 2022 - Good night, and good luck, Lowly Tarnished

[Kyougar]

Didn't play that much of Vampire Survivors, so I am no expert, but I totally recommend getting the bible item every time. I once upgraded it and I also had an item that increased projectile speed ( tho I am not sure if it affects bible speed) and monsters literally couldn't touch me because everything was pushed away by the bible. All I did was stand in place for like 10 minutes.

Didn't have the bible in that level 70 run, had:

• the base lance
• arcane shot
• cross boomerang
• lightning ring
• axe
• the passive that extend pickuprange
• spinach
• the duration book
• the + projectile book
• and finally the invulnerability orb

With that setup most mobs didn't even get to me because they were killed far away and after level 50 I basically had a projectile in every direction.
I picked up the XP when I was invulnerable
fun fact: when you maxed out your skills, you get +30 health or +25 gold every level

 

[Stallion Free]

Removed Life is Strange and BTS original copies from my Steam account so I only have the remasters now. Gotta keep the collection clean.

 

[Avern]

Didn't play that much of Vampire Survivors, so I am no expert, but I totally recommend getting the bible item every time. I once upgraded it and I also had an item that increased projectile speed ( tho I am not sure if it affects bible speed) and monsters literally couldn't touch me because everything was pushed away by the bible. All I did was stand in place for like 10 minutes.

This!

Right now, I think the strongest setup is King's Bible + Spellbinder + Magic Wand + Empty Tome. The super-version of the King's Bible is comically OP, and since the Magic Wand always targets the closest enemies (e.g. anyone who made it past the ring), it's all but guaranteed to push them back out.

I think Iselda might be the strongest character right now, because the bonus exp helps smooth over difficulty spikes and she starts with the Magic Wand. Her exp boost might stop helping in the late game, but none of the current content is dangerous enough for that to matter if you get the Bible+Wand setup going.

 

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Removed Life is Strange and BTS original copies from my Steam account so I only have the remasters now. Gotta keep the collection clean.

I really don't like the LiS remaster character designs. Sure, the facial animations are better but Kate looks dead, not sad. They gave Max more pronounced makeup, made Warren less dorky and generally the painterly quality to it all has been lost. Not really a clear upgrade from my perspective.

 

[Cacher]

I really don't like the LiS remaster character designs. Sure, the facial animations are better but Kate looks dead, not sad. They gave Max more pronounced makeup, made Warren less dorky and generally the painterly quality to it all has been lost. Not really a clear upgrade from my perspective.

Same. I don't like the new look as well. The new makeup of Max is beyond weird compared with the original.

 

[Panda Pedinte]

Elden Ring month...!
I hope it performs at least about the same as Sekiro.




Did some googling and I was thinking of Primal. I should play it one of these days.

That's a game I've never heard about before! I missed so many games from that era as I didn't had a console and neither a gaming PC during that generation.

 

[Deku]

Someone at reddit made a graph showing how big Activision Blizzard is compared to other studios that Microsoft owns by number of employees. It's insane that only King is bigger than entire XBox Game Studios

Source

 

[thekeats1999]

This!

Right now, I think the strongest setup is King's Bible + Spellbinder + Magic Wand + Empty Tome. The super-version of the King's Bible is comically OP, and since the Magic Wand always targets the closest enemies (e.g. anyone who made it past the ring), it's all but guaranteed to push them back out.

I think Iselda might be the strongest character right now, because the bonus exp helps smooth over difficulty spikes and she starts with the Magic Wand. Her exp boost might stop helping in the late game, but none of the current content is dangerous enough for that to matter if you get the Bible+Wand setup going.

I quite like Mordecai, an extra projectile every 20 levels, capped at 3. It means I no longer bother with the wristband that gives you an extra projectile.

But yeah the combo of Bible/Missiles is quite powerful.

 

[Le Pertti]

Someone at reddit made a graph showing how big Activision Blizzard is compared to other studios that Microsoft owns by number of employees. It's insane that only King is bigger than entire XBox Game Studios

Source

That’s craaaazy! Had no idea.

 

[PhaZZe]

Thanks Mor for the amazing thread!

 

[Vantr]

Thanks for the thread Mor.

This month looks packed. Elden Ring, TWWH 3, DL2, Lost Ark and Steam Deck for those of you lucky enough. I'm 100% getting Elden Ring but on the fence for Lost Ark since I think it might be a bit grindy and lack of OCE servers.

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For Vampire Survivors I pretty much have a strategy that works out most of the time. For characters I think everyone might be sleeping on Porta (Lightning Ring). Porta starts with 90% cooldown reduction which doesn't go away until you level up, so what I do is stay in one spot and dodge the mobs/exp for a minute. After that you run and collect EXP which gives you a pretty strong early game. Iselda is always a good pick because of EXP gain. Arca is good because of his talent. Mordecai feels like a bait. Extra projectiles sound amazing but I think you need a strong early game and the bone isn't the greatest weapon.

After that it's pretty much planning out my inventory slots and trying to get the upgraded versions of the Bible, Bird, Magic Wand, Axe/Fire Wand. The upgraded bird is hard to get and makes you have a weak early game but if you get it your late game is pretty much secure.

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Is anyone playing Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel? As a yugi-boomer who played back when the anime was on with Yugi and his crew there was are way too many new mechanics. WHAT IS A PENDULUM? I ended up making a Sky Strikers (Mecha waifus) deck and played ranked until I got a good grasp of all the new mechanics (except pendulum). Game is enjoyable but not sure how many decks I can make with the F2P gems they give out. Might look at making a Dragonmaid deck next or a Gren Maju meme deck.

 

[Li Kao]

Best thread is back for another month !

 

[fspm]

Look up at the sky... it burns...

This trailer was the only good thing about dark souls 2

 

[MomoVideo]

This trailer was the only good thing about dark souls 2

Blasphemy! Dark Souls 2 is a good game

 

[Deku]

Shouldn't there be a counter to the next Choice bundle appear when be showing? I don't see any

 

[Kyougar]

I will be disappointed of the March thread isn't called "all hands on Deck"

 

[pinson]

Thanks for the thread!

 

[gabbo]

Someone at reddit made a graph showing how big Activision Blizzard is compared to other studios that Microsoft owns by number of employees. It's insane that only King is bigger than entire XBox Game Studios

Source

I didn't realize Blizzard required such a big staff.
I'd like to see how it stands to the non-game sections of Microsoft as well, but that might occur in time, if the FTC gives it the green light

 

[Le Pertti]

I will be disappointed of the March thread isn't called "all hands on Deck"

Or more correctly, "a few hands on deck".

 

[Kyougar]

I didn't realize Blizzard required such a big staff.
I'd like to see how it stands to the non-game sections of Microsoft as well, but that might occur in time, if the FTC gives it the green light

maybe customer service is included in this? When my guildmate worked as a GM (glorified customer service) they were hundreds of people just for WoW

 

[Nabs]

Some Yacht Club announcements incoming (A little more than 5 hrs from this post).

They're claiming a "Megaton Announcement"

hope it's an nft platformer.

 

[Ascheroth]

Shouldn't there be a counter to the next Choice bundle appear when be showing? I don't see any

I think they removed it a while ago, or put it somewhere so obscure I have been unable to find it.
According to their FAQ unlock time is in an hour though.

 

[manchego obfuscator]

Some Yacht Club announcements incoming (A little more than 5 hrs from this post).

They're claiming a "Megaton Announcement"

hope it's an nft platformer.

iirc they were hiring for a 3D project a while back, maybe it'll be revealed here

 

[Arc]

 

[AHA-Lambda]

 

[fokkusu]

Thanks for the new thread!

Thinking should I pre-order Elden Ring or not

 

[Kyougar]

Atlus buying Larian Studios, making Baldur's Gate Playstation/Switch Exclusive.
Nintendo is buying Paradox, making it Switch exclusive
You heard it here first.

 

[manchego obfuscator]

If Microsoft makes any kind of major Japanese acquisition, it will unleash absolute chaos

if Tencent or NetEase does it, there will still be chaos albeit not to the same degree

Sony doing it would be the least entertaining option

 

[Nabs]

Borderlands 3 and Borderlands 3: Directors Cut Humble Choice.

also featuring Before We Leave, Just Die Already, Black Book, Everhood, Per Aspera, and Calico

 

[Ascheroth]

 

[madjoki]

Good if you don't have BL3, at least.

 

[Deku]

What does directors cut include?

 

[Nabs]

I went to skip and they gave me $4 off.

What does directors cut include?

"Borderlands 3 gets even bigger with the Director's Cut add-on, featuring a raid boss encounter, additional story missions, behind-the-scenes extras, and three sets of themed collectibles! "

It's got so many negative steam reviews:

 

[fokkusu]

Skip $4 off now or should I take a gamble, wait for week or two and perhaps they will give whole shabam $6

 

[manchego obfuscator]

better than the last few bundles but probably gonna pass, I think Paradise Lost is the only game there that more than mildly interests me

 

[mssq]

Bleh. I just bought and finished BL3 and Everhood like a month ago. I would easily recommend Everhood but skip BL3. it's really unfunny and never shuts up.

 

[Mona]

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[Deku]

Skip $4 off now or should I take a gamble, wait for week or two and perhaps they will give whole shabam $6

Do you still get 4 dollar off if you try to pause?

I went to skip and they gave me $4 off.



"Borderlands 3 gets even bigger with the Director's Cut add-on, featuring a raid boss encounter, additional story missions, behind-the-scenes extras, and three sets of themed collectibles! "

It's got so many negative steam reviews:

Seems like a crap dlc

 

[toxicitizen]

Lmao Borderlands 3. Hard pass... Guess that's truly it for Humble Choice then. I'd say it was fun while it lasted but let's be honest. It has been mostly shit for the past year or so. Also losing that 20% discount means I'm just less likely to use the Humble store at all now. Wonder how this is gonna work out for them lol.

 

[fokkusu]

Do you still get 4 dollar off if you try to pause?

I would believe so, it was given probably every time I skipped month in the past.

 

[Kal1m3r0]

Wonder how this is gonna work out for them lol.

Narrator voice: "It won't".

Black Book seems nice tho

 

[Ascheroth]

Decisions, decisions.
Taken at face value this looks pretty good for Borderlands 3, Black Book and Everhood. Taking a closer look at Borderlands 3 though, it's the base game and none of the bundles on the Steam page are "complete your collection", so if you end up liking it you'll have to buy the entire Ultimate edition or whatever it is called again anyways, so meh. I also don't think I enjoy Borderlands anymore, so double meh.

Not sure if worth it for the other 2 games. I guess I'll cancel and see if they'll give me a 6$ coupon or something. I'll need to cancel now anyway, cause the "grandfather" dollar price is now more expensive than the new € price, lmao.

 

[ExistentialThought]

Thank you for the thread Mor!!!

Still in my busy season of work until probably end of February and possibly early March...

Part of me wants to start looking casually for a new job, but there are a lot of reasons that is probably not worth it for at least another year or year and a half.

 

[Ge0force]

Thanks for the great thread Mor!

On my wishlist for this month:

• Total War Warhammer III
• Elden Ring
• Dying Light 2
• Steam Deck

I'll probably only buy Warhammer 3 this month, the rest is for the next steam sale.

Humble Choice is hard pass for me. I'm getting nauseous while playing games made by Randy Pitchford.

Edit: so I actually lost my 20% discount by pausing a month. Well, f*ck you too Humble!

I also noticed I'm still subscribed to the classic membership at $12, while the new plan is €9.99. Why haven't they moved me to the new plan automatically?

 

[kio]

I will be disappointed of the March thread isn't called "all hands on Deck"

I was thinking of something along the lines of "Send Deck Pics"

 

[「Echo」]

Why when Uplay (or whatever it's called these days) decides to update, I have to give it UAC permission 4 separate times?? I just wanna play Siege.

Steam never bothers me with that stuff, even when it updates....

 

[Digoman]

I know it's a little thing, but I'm kind of bothered that Humble removed the "Manage your plan" option that was directly on the Bundle page and now you have to make the additional click on "Settings" in the user menu.

Sure doesn't inspire a lot of confidence if one of the steps on your revamp plan is "hide the option to stop paying"

 

[Ascheroth]

Oh they offered 4$ discount again
So it's 8$, which I'm fine with for the games I'm interested in, but which also means I'll keep staying on the classic plan which is now more expensive than the regular € price, but it's cheaper this time

How much are the pause discounts in € usually? I'm guessing 2 or 3?

 

[Deku]

Oh they offered 4$ discount again
So it's 8$, which I'm fine with for the games I'm interested in, but which also means I'll keep staying on the classic plan which is now more expensive than the regular € price, but it's cheaper this time

How much are the pause discounts in € usually? I'm guessing 2 or 3?

Did you buy last month's bundle or did you pause? Reading on steamgift.com I see that someone wasn't offered any discount when trying to pause

 

[Line]

I know it's a little thing, but I'm kind of bothered that Humble removed the "Manage your plan" option that was directly on the Bundle page and now you have to make the additional click on "Settings" in the user menu.

Sure doesn't inspire a lot of confidence if one of the steps on your revamp plan is "hide the option to stop paying"

Was just going to say that.
Asked on Discord to even know where to go, I thought my humble page didn't load fully.

That's shady AS FUCK.