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GTA 6, pre orders in a few days. I know I will buy it even though not the biggest fan of the series, but you cannot deny how big a game it is. 150 gigs or more, I hope it’s not 200+ gigs please no.
Division 2, I played a few random matchmaking Escaltions today and had some of the worst groups ever, must be a weekend? Anyway people joining with all blue core builds on this mode is not the way to do things. Even my Hunter Killer all blue build with good damage is too weak for T3+ in Escalations. Believe I have seen only one good blue core build in Escalation, player had a foundry build. Player was high SHD and had this with 3/3 red/blue with all red attributes. Run went very smooth and damage was in the billions for that player so it does exist. I think I was running my Future Buff build so this did buff him quite a bit.
I remember this run from awhile back because when I first saw build I was like oh no, then took a better look at it. Made a build similar a few years ago but didn’t have full red attributes, just a few red cores on foundry.
Division 2, been pretty much running Rambolita lite build with Ongoing Directive for everything with DZ stuff. This apparently lowers the amount of resources needed when you activate modifier, any thing that adds ammo/refills. Having a bit better time farming, only up to 750+ munitions so still have 2 more boosts to go, on the 6th Journey mission right now. These will happen over time naturally if I put the right passives on. The Escalation loot has been a tad better, the reroll augment discount is soooooo much better now. Using Invisible, Contagion, Viper Bite, Spark and Flame right now.
Using assault build with Caduceus and it’s working excellent, I love this gun.
Hearthstone, video posted of Lucky Mage end game. I had 1 HP basically one hit left on me for over 10 turns, but had an infinite ice block and duplication loop going on so my opponent who was out of cards could not stop it. These types of wins are very usual with this deck, make them waste their cards and trap them in the end. Opponent figures it out and resigns match. Right at end you might notice I waste a duping minion with no cards returned, reason is I had enough Ice Blocks to win already due to card exhaustion damage. Before video starts I had already used around 3-4 ice blocks already.
Hearthstone posting the wild deck called Lucky Mage soon, my internet is real slow here in the desert and it’s hot AF as usual. A video showing me at 1 hp beating my opponent who was being harassed by a non stop dupe position.
Forza 6, got around 53 vehicles now including some barn cars which are special. This game is really good but I know it could still be better, I recently tried out the auction mode. The auction mode is sick, but be warned you can just buy cars from the dealers direct. I mention this because if you go to auction you will pay more often, so visit store check prices then visit auction to try getting a low bid on car to save money. It is fun having bidding wars with other players.
Division 2, my opinion of Season after maybe 4 hours of play in two days, it’s 4/10 I think the companions a couple seasons back were better and I hated that one. Toxic DZ really serves no purpose besides getting canisters. The DZ in D2 is played out and I have never liked it normally, only time I did like it was while leveling alts back before the resource changes happened a few seasons back. I think they should scrap the game mode except for in a survival setting, the core of it has been played out and its the worst part for the health of the game.
Here is the feeling I get in Toxic DZ, it makes me want to stay out of all DZ areas even more. I’d rather run descent. I do like the Escalations QoL changes and new outfits especially the Chunga one that makes you big in size. The new Caduceus and kneepads with 40% hazard protection are some of the best new exotics in awhile. Been hearing the new healing gear sets are doing very good, will try them out soon. I will probably just finish the season journey and get the loot unlocked and just do other non season activities, but most likely play Resident Evil, Forza 6, Hearthstone, and some other shooter games. I have such a huge collection of games so this is a good thing to have a weaker season, they all can’t be good.
The Division 2 Y8S2 Into the Dark patch fixed the previous bugs finally, the season itself has amazing outfits in the premium bundle but the activities aren’t very exciting in the Toxic dark zone aka PVE. Doing the journey, got started later in the day and on the third set of missions. Just have the Invivisible cooldown ready when calling for extraction and Hunter is simple. I still need to educate myself more on the mechanics of the canisters and look deeper into the upgraded modifiers.
Well let’s cross our fingers The Division 2 Y8S2 Into the Dark works out and doesn’t introduce more bugs. I have no interest in the incursion or any raid stuff myself, best part seems to be the Escalation discounts. Downloaded Hearthstone again, played a bit today, mainly play Wild decks. Had 5 decks from over a year ago and they were all still good even though a few showed missing cards that was false. I may post some of those decks, I know I posted a couple of them way back one called “Lucky Mage” is a roller coaster deck that wins by appearing to lose.
Division 2 bugs with the mods missing and now it’s effecting loadouts at times where you can’t even change to other loadout. Go to your mods and move a few to stash and back or delete unused one. I deleted one duplicate I never use and it helped, shit is pissing me the fuck off.
Resident Evil 4 main story completed on assisted easiest mode, a great game for sure. Playing the story and meeting characters it’s not hard to piece how the end will be. When finished a new difficulty Professional unlock, pin stripe suit for Leon, you can do a new Play through with same save but won’t get a S rank achievement. Must be brand new game for that, not sure why I would even want that. Tried the Mercenaries game mode, a horde mode get combos to extend time for most kills. Went ahead and started up Separate Ways DLC while I put RE 9 Requiem on the Xbox, that will be next or after DLC not sure, think I should finish it because controls are fresh.
Ada Wong is a huge distraction in her little sexy ass red outfit, dammit. Separate Ways is a nice change of play a tiny bit due to the grapple hook Ada has.
@UbiSoft Division 2 Xbox servers acting up for me when changing build loadouts nothing happens or pieces won’t change, hopefully just lag temporarily, might need a server restart
Division 2, a new high end survival skill build with new Augment Spec “Synthetic”, heals more than refactor for yourself only and allows more spam. This Augment Spec goes well with many damaging skill builds, also the Synthetic Spec can be slapped on top of Refactor too for even crazier self healing. You can find Augment Specs on the builds page, more soon.
At the end of Chapter 15 of RE 4, taking my time with last two chapters. What a cool game it has been will try the other two game modes soon, now I think Requiem is next. I have RE 2, 4, 7, 8, 9. Wanting to finish the two recent DLC to Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines 2, takes a few minutes to remember the controls for that game.
Division 2, Augment Specs something new I will be working on. A new update in game will soon allow us to more easily reroll and upgrade Augments, so some recommended setups are being added to the builds page.
Division 2 PTS update seems good for escalation tokens/upgrades and some enemy modifiers being changed. One thing I am scratching my head about is the recent patch to fix augment values of Anonmaly and gear mods, they are still high % and mods filling up inventory even with low count showing up. Basically the patch did NOTHING, why is nobody talking about this?
Updated The Division 2 – Refactor Oxidizer Legendary Solo Build, added why Paradox augment works so well with Oxidizer and a shotgun with tips for ammo refills.
Just say no to A.I., software/apps, self driving anything, data centers, delivery bots/drones, assistants, websites, mobile device options, supporters, and people who fund these companies publicly and privately. A list of companies is widely available on the internet and datacenter maps. I may make my own small list here soon.
There is no REAL good with A.I in the grand scheme of things, the guise is broken. Released with no plan for what it destroys says a lot.
Resident Evil 4, got stuck trying to get “Level 3 Access Card” had to lookup on the net. Would have never figured it out, plus 2 of those regenerator monsters kept stressing me. Once I found out a smg weapon and special scope was the solution all of the issues went away. Now on Chapter 15 which is second to last I think, was having ammo issues but neglected to get charms which help I think. Plus those lab monsters made me waste ammo because I was doing it wrong scope showed the weak points to kill.
Got the charms by doing the shooting range by merchant when elevator appears, doesn’t seem to be there often. You win some medallions and use them in a vending machine thing and it gives you charms, I know there is so many things like this I am still missing.
RE 4 had me hooked by around chapter 4, game is so good glad I decided to play it before newest one. Over 10 hours played in two days and I did not want to stop on the second day. I think this game resonates with more people due to it being more action and less about turning a dark corner and having something biting your head off. Total different feel from RE 2, these are games you definitely want the deluxe versions of for extra content, on sale all the time. I bought the plain versions of some and later just bought the upgrade on sale.
So if Y8S2 doesn’t hit well I will be putting some more time into Division Resurgence on PC a bit when I need that type of game play. I know I will still play Div 2 a little no matter what. I picked up Doom Dark Ages Premium because Xbox gave me a nice notification deal for $30, I have all the Doom games most are about 3/4 complete so I do play them. Played a little of the beginning and it seems ok so far, it’s what you would expect but there is a new shield charge mechanic that is not too bad.
Got a post on here where I unleash all my negativity on some games and ones that could be on the list, maybe I’ll post it soon. Basically it’s a “these games suck” post. The thing is sometimes games really piss me off and I hate em then years later they become a favorite aka Diablo 3. Shit posting is ok here, it’s my dang website 😂
I was on my 600 SHD PC account playing Div 2 this morning, did some escalations and people kept leaving at the start due to low level and my build was unique. Had to solo a bunch of runs, it is funny how this works. What’s funny is PC has it own bugs, like I couldn’t expertise my exotic weapons and PC seems to have worse servers, lots of lag on PC.
Resident Evil 4, finally playing a RE game and got to chapter 3 go me, when I first started the intro just throws you into a town with a ton of enemies and it wasn’t very nice. Now about 3 hours later I can tell it is in fact fun even for me.
Division 2, made a build with three level 1 Anomaly augments, had like 30% skill damage healing, build has +3 skill tier (2 1.5 skill prototypes) with some skill damage rolls. It was decent and healed better than refactor, damage wise it was very mediocre. Been wanting to make a new skill/weapon damage build, so far none have been very good at anything. Impetus chest full red seemed like a good idea, but so far it’s just not doing that good. Think a AOK red build is my next farm with even better AOK than Rambolita build has and try new weapons. I am so stuck using the same weapons all the time.
Another build I would like to try again but with newer prototypes is a reflective shield build. I used to rock a build like this before Hunter killer tank build and another with foundry. If you have never tried Artificer Hive with a shield it can be pretty fun for a bit even though I try to not use shields often.
Lots of players are very skeptical about the new Division 2 DZ based season coming up, I am definitely one of them. If this doesn’t go well I think it will be a major blow to the game, mainly due to cheaters in that part of the game. Apparently even in the PVE part people are showing off the usual glitches which end up affecting your game session aka lag, not good.
Division 2, played on PC for awhile today after downloading a huge 40 gig update, haven’t played on that account in like 3 years. My character was like 570 SHD, went in with build I had on it way back and it did pretty good. Ran open world 5 directives and some high levels joined wondering how I was never dying and running the events so fast. The build was Murakami skill and weapon damage based with a few repair skill rolls on some pieces, even back then I was making a hybrid build skill/weapon/heals. After playing it I was like dang this thing smokes, but then corrosive shell makes stuff way easier. Was around 630 SHD after a couple hours of play I think.
Cool thing was I have some very old outfits my Xbox account doesn’t have due to only being for sale with credits bundles.
I hope the next season in Division 2 is good, I was gonna try out the PTS the other day but didn’t feel like downloading that huge file on PC. Dark zone changes are new with PVE rotation but that and vendor rewards might not be enough for me. If I’m gonna PVP I’d rather play Battlefield 6 since they have a mix mode with bots and actual players if you want to play the casual modes, *raises hand*.
Forza 6 has been pretty fun and a nice change of pace but I have not found any real hook to it yet, mostly do solo events so that might be why. I’ve done a lot of events, found cars, barn cars that are super awesome usually, then collected a bunch of reward stuff out in the world. That is probably the best thing about the game is you are never stuck doing things, you can just drive any of your cars and goof around in the huge map. Stuff keeps unlocking as I gain more reputation in the game by doing events. Some days my connection disconnects often and I’m stuck doing solo events though that really doesn’t matter, it’s still nice to see people in the world driving around.
Looks like BF6 and Warframe might be my go to games when multiplayer action is wanted. Haven’t played Diablo 4 in weeks, I did have lots of fun in it too but looks like I just wanted to play new campaign and try out warlock which is mediocre at best. Mine is still sitting around in Torment 1, I’ve grinded that game to hell and back so not really anything fomo going on for me.
Division 2, grinded softcore Rambolita with Ongoing Directive build to 10k SHD all in the open world 5 directives, 700 SHD in the past few days. The memory of all the spawn points, getting pissed at other players for calling in reinforcements too early, dying a ton. Corrosive Shell might be my favorite NEW global, highlights enemies, mass AOE, rate of fire buff are all great at a little bit of distance. Ambush and Corrosive Shell are winners in my book.
Balder’s Gate 3, yeap this game is not for me at all. Gave it around 4 tries and multiple difficulties, I do not even have any interest in learning the story or what all the items are even for. If you play this without ever getting into a dungeons and dragons type game you won’t know anything. Honestly I cannot even see how anyone likes the game on a console/pc, a board game would be better for this. I knew after getting around four hours into the story and got to the fourth big fight the feeling of “not this crap again” came over me and that was it. Honestly playing the game felt like looking up something on google going to a link and being bombarded with google ads all over when you just need a little info.
Oh well, I did finally finish Battlefield 6 campaign, it was good fun but story was very weak and predictable double cross type stuff.