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<title>Mech Warrior Online</title>
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The old topic, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r27538829-Mechwarrior-Online-Thread , is too old to reply to, so I figured I'd resurrect it here.

A number of us (Archivis, Jobbie, Enegystream, hopefully Antonica one of these days) have picked this up as a WoW filler (I refuse to go back to LoL), and it's fantastic.

Hawken is great for drop in/drop out action, but lacks the depth and complexity that MWO has.

Anyone else playing?  What are your favorite builds?

I recently picked up an Atlas DDC, playing with 2x UAC-5's and 3x SRM4+Artemis and it's a deadly brawler.  Just need to figure out how to squish an ECM into the build.
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<pubDate>2013-02-21 08:03:42</pubDate>
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<title>DSLR Minecraft server</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Okay ladies and gents... Here's the story... I have a friend of mine who does tech support for a server hosting company, and they give him a few free servers, one being a Minecraft server. I have the IP address for it, and right now it has some map he found on the Internet loaded on it. 

So... Should we just start a fresh (blank) map, or does anyone want to play this map and just add to it?

If anyone wants the IP address, please message me and I will give it to you. I don't want to put it out for public view, I want this to be a DSLR only server, if possible.
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<pubDate>2013-04-28 15:32:56</pubDate>
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<title>League of Legends</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Anyone here play this game at all?  I just stumbled upon it the other day and my wife and I played a few games.  Pretty good game.  It's free too.
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<pubDate>2010-07-06 08:25:00</pubDate>
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<title>Has anyone moved full time from WoW to GW2?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I've had Guild Wars 2 for about a week, and am enjoying it. Has anyone moved from World of Warcraft to Guild Wars 2? Did you return to World of Warcraft??

I'm thinking about shutting down our automatic subscriptions and moving my family to Guild Wars 2 from World of Warcraft. Allowing the characters and guilds to sit unused until sometime in the future if Blizzard makes significant improvements in the game.

I am finding it difficult to justify World of Warcraft's monthly fees when Guild Wars 2 seems to be very playable.
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<pubDate>2013-05-20 11:11:04</pubDate>
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<title>Holy hell, who else picked up Spec Ops: The Line?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Talk about a dark storyline.  Good mechanics, but the third person took some getting used to. 

But it may have well been called Heart of Darkness.
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<pubDate>2013-05-18 17:57:58</pubDate>
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<title>Recent NASCAR racing games for PC?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hi, does anyone know of any free or paid NASCAR racing games? I have EA SPORTS NASCAR Thunder 2004 and I would like to know if some company out there made a newer one because running an Win98 game on Win7 x64 can cause it to crash. I have checked out Wikipedia and found out that EA Sports made an 2005 version but then it all went towards gaming consoles after that was out.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-04-29 15:09:37</pubDate>
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<title>New Neverwinter MMO Going Open Beta April 30</title>
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<description><![CDATA[How quickly will this one be forgotten?

said by Tom's Hardware :Neverwinter MMO Goes Open Beta This Month

The time to return to Neverwinter draws near, eager adventurer. Can you taste the clash of steel and the smoke of fiery magic?

Perfect World Entertainment Inc. and Cryptic Studios said on Thursday that the long-awaited Action MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter will go into open beta on April 30, 2013. Players will get unrestricted access to the upcoming free-to-play game based in the popular Forgotten Realms city. This is a standalone game, and not part of the popular Neverwinter Nights series of games previously developed by Obsidian Entertainment and BioWare.

"On April 30, we go into Open Beta," said Cryptic Studios Executive Producer and COO, Craig Zinkievich. "That's when the world we've labored for years to build comes to life -- that's when every gamer can login and play what we've worked so hard to create. We could not be more excited."

Gamers who have already purchased the $200 Founder's Pack will have early access. Beginning 12:00 p.m. (PDT) on Friday, April 12, these customers will be able to check out the professions system as part of a newly added 60-hour Beta Weekend 4. These professions will include Leadership, Mailsmithing, Platesmithing and Leatherworking.

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<pubDate>2013-04-05 07:06:14</pubDate>
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<title>Game piracy overestimated, claims new research</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ quote:New large-scale research says that piracy is "extraordinarily prevalent" in the games industry, but accuses "potentially biased" trade organisations of potentially overestimating the problem.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/game-piracy-overestimated-claims-new-research-6408450?tag=Topslot;Slot5

Game publishers exaggerating figures to suit their agenda? STOP THE PRESSES!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-05-17 13:33:00</pubDate>
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<title>[D3] Diablo 3 Revisited</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Diablo 3 launched with mixed reviews. Currently Metacritic scores D3 with an 88 based on 86 critic reviews and 3.8 for 8,135 user reviews. Since launch, many changes have occured, most notible is the departure of Jay "Fuck That Loser" Wilson. I wanted to use this thread to cover the game as a fresh take and highlight some of the changes instead of burying them in thread such as the Gold Dupe Thread.

Some of the changes are:
 Major modifications to Inferno Difficulty to include Monster Power or MP. 
 Paragon Levels to continue character progression beyond level 60.
 A new level of gem called Marquise Gems that are account bound and a major gold sink.
 Major changes to abilities and damage output.
 Item stat revamp on legendaries with more to (hopefully) come.
 New crafted recipes that guarantee at least one specific stat.
 New infernal machine and Uber boss challenge.
 Increased monster density in Acts I, II, and IV.

 Inferno difficulty can now be changed on the quest menu to best suit the player's desired challenge. MP goes from 0 to 10 and with the increase of power the health of monsters and bonus to experience and magic find are increased. This allows players to be able to fight in Inferno difficulty on 0, in order to start establishing gear until they are more comfortable on higher levels.

Players now continue to earn experience after level 60. This experience goes towards a character's Paragon Level. Paragon levels are independent of each avatar and go to 100. Upon reaching a new Paragon level, characters will receive a bonus to Magic and Gold find as well as their primary stat, capping at 300% MF and GF at 100. Characters at PL 100 will not need to wear any MF or GF gear as they are considered capped on those stats (though there are additional ways to go beyond the 300%)

There are new Marquise Gems (level 15) that are account bound. The cost to create them are 3 Radiant Star Gems (of the same color), 25 Tomes of Secret, 10 Demonic Essences and 20 million gold. The cost for removing a gem is 5 million. 

Many abilities have been buffed since release through multiple patch releases and hotfixes. There are too many to list, but overall damage has been increased for players on many abilities.

Legendary items have been a sore spot since release. Blizzard had done one revamp since and there are reports of another pass coming in 1.0.8. Items found before the legendary pass did not receive a buff, only future drops.

Recently Blizzard added additional recipes that allow players to craft very good amulets, shoulders, chest, gloves and bracers. These items guarantee at least one specific stat and have massive potential and are a very good way to get a player geared to continue demon bashing.

If you want a little more to shoot for besides the random legendary or level grinding, you can try to do infernal machine key runs. Blizzard added a new recipe that requires 3 keys dropped from 3 different named mobs across 3 acts. After using the keys to create the machine, players can challenge two of the mid-act bosses at the same time for a chance at one of 3 item drops. Once the three items are obtained, they can be used to craft a hellfire ring that is a BOA ring with high stats and 35% XP gain (usable by all levels). There is a little more to it, and additional reading is recommended. The nice thing is that the higher the MP level, the greater the chance the items and keys will drop with 100% chance at MP10.

Finally, Acts 1,2 and 4 are now viable farming locations due to the increase of monsters to bring them in line with act 3. 

There is also a dueling ground that players can go to, this is still being worked on and no additional PvP has been implemented.

With all the above changes the game feels a lot more enjoyable. I enjoy going into wave after wave of monsters instead of chasing down the two or three while my buffs wear off. Monsters no longer regen health if you die, so no more brick wall of OP affixes that make you restart your game, the difficulty is in your hands with XP, MF and GF the rewards for pushing yourself. The game still has the pay-to-win formula, and that was always going to be the case. You can argue that Blizzard made it easier or not, but it is purely optional now with many of the quality of life changes they have made. Is the game the best thing ever now? No.Is it worth another shot, especially if you haven't played since launch? Definitely.
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<pubDate>2013-05-13 14:37:06</pubDate>
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<title>City of Steam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Anyone play City of Steam, yet?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-03-22 21:26:16</pubDate>
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<title>Steam coupon for Total War Shogun 2 and Duke Nukem 3D</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,28302436</link>
<description><![CDATA[Any regulars want a 75% coupon for Total War Shogun 2 or 50% for Duke Nukem 3D on Steam? No idea what they're doing in my inventory... but figure might as well give them to someone if they need it before it expires...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-05-18 13:07:18</pubDate>
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<title>Narco Terror</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,28302048</link>
<description><![CDATA[Classic Run and Gun Arcade style Shoot'Em Up Game, via http://www.bluesnews.com/

http://www.bluesnews.com/s/141783/narco-terror-announced

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y934dF7mc6M
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<pubDate>2013-05-18 09:47:24</pubDate>
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<title>Minecraft install help...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Trying to install Minecraft 1.5.2 on my wife's PC.  Double click the installer and get an immediate error that states "Could not create Java Virtual Machine:  A fatal exception occured"

Nothing in Event Viewer about the error.  Searching online finds lots of 'fixes' but they are for when the game is installed.  In my case the game is not installed at all.  I have tried Java 6 and 7 (uninstalled - rebooted - then installed) with no success.  I have tried to use Compatibility mode and it does not help.  Java.com does not come up when I search on the error.  The Java checker on Java.com does see Java installed and working.  Java is not blocked - checked via the Java console.  I have disabled the firewall and AV to no avail.

I can use the same file and install on my machine...

Her machine:

AMD Athlon II
2 gigs of ram
XP Pro, 32 bit SP 3 (99.9% of updates installed)
nVidia GT 610 video card

The game works perfectly fine on a 6-7 year old machine with less ram and onboard video (and 32 bit XP) and a P4 CPU.

My machine is just as old as my wife's - built them together - but I have a better CPU, 8 gigs of ram, nVidia 670, and 64 bit Win 7 Pro.
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<pubDate>2013-05-16 13:27:53</pubDate>
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<title>Layoffs at Trion</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,28300766</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/17/trion-hit-by-massive-layoffs?abthid=5196a12fe01c35bd5a000027

 quote:Layoffs have hit Trion Worlds. IGN sources suggest that well over half the company has been let go, with some suggesting numbers as high as 80%. (Update: Trion tells us these numbers are "exaggerated," and we've reached out for more information regarding the extent of the layoffs.)

The San Diego studio -- where development of MMO Defiance took place -- is said to have been hit the hardest. A source suggests that employees are being escorted out of the building and that senior leaders from various Trion teams may not receive severance due to "undelivered services."  (Update: A Trion representative calls both of these claims "100% false.") Another source tells us the layoffs were at all studios, "mostly Defiance support staff and dev staff" and that "team members and team leads for teams responsible for multiple projects, not just Defiance specific, have been laid off." In other words, "teams that provide game generic responsibilities and services have been let go."


I think it's early yet to tell what is really going on.

I did read Trion is shutting down it's Korean Rift servers, after they went free to play. Trion says there was a lot of competition in that market from Diablo 3 and Blade and Soul.

I dunno if the claims of 1 million players in Defiance is true or not. Mainly because if you purchased the game and registered an account. Are they counting all accounts, or just active ones?

Also, some say layoffs are typically normal after a launch of a game. Because maintenance takes fewer people then developing.
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<pubDate>2013-05-17 18:28:08</pubDate>
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<title>Mass Effect 3:Geth Pulse Rifle Replica only 500 made</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,28300638</link>
<description><![CDATA[http://biowarestore.com/geth-pulse-rifle-replica-deposit.html

 quote:Masterfully sculpted and painted by the artisans at TriForce, the Geth Pulse Rifle Full-Scale Replica is the most authentic representation of this weapon available on the market. It is hand-finished and hand-painted to precision quality. Intricately crafted and cast in polystone, it measures 33 inches in length, weighs 20 pounds, and features working LED effects.

Limited Edition of 500 pieces worldwide.


Deposit of 200 bucks, total price 750 Bucks.
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<pubDate>2013-05-17 17:35:46</pubDate>
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<title>Official Guild Wars 2 Thread</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ [att=1] 
http://www.guildwars2.com/en/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPROkIV-Ssc

Guild Wars 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to ArenaNet&#146;s flagship title.  Due to launch sometime in 2012, GW2 aims to fix a lot of what&#146;s &#147;wrong&#148; in the MMO world. With reworked combat mechanics, a focus on Dynamic Events, voiced quest dialog, several new professions, fan-favorite races, and the massive open world of Tyria, Guild Wars 2 is on track to be far more epic in scope than the original&#133; while still retaining the F2P business model.  The reliance on a holy trinity of class-roles is gone too, with every profession in GW2 being able to take on several roles, including that of a healer.  On top of it all, there will also be several unique forms of PVP for the competitive gamer: from match-made contests that any gamer will be familiar with to massive World vs. World vs. World wars that pitch entire servers against one another.  ArenaNet hopes there will be something for everyone in Guild Wars 2.

FEATURES

Dynamic Events | Aimed at making questing more interesting than killing ten rats, Dynamic Events are area-wide quests that scale based on the amount of people participating and can set in motion a chain reaction that spans an entire zone.  Players will always have something new and exciting to do when they log in, from stopping a band of invading centaurs, to hunting down a massive ice wyrm with the Nords.

Unique Combat Mechanics | Each profession has both weapons and spells to use, and each weapon has its own skills as well.  Players will be able to blend their skills to create powerful interactions (fire arrows throw a wall of fire to create flaming arrows), and every class is capable of being a healer, ensuring that you&#146;re never waiting around for a &#147;priest&#148; to complete content.

Personal Story | At character creation, players will set up their personal biography for their hero, which will inform their entire story throughout the scope of GW2, maximizing replay value and ensuring that your character feels like a character, and not just an avatar with shiny armor.

WvWvW PVP | A part of the Endgame, we don&#146;t know much about WvWvW PVP yet, other than the fact that it will allow hundreds of players from three different servers to compete against one another in a massive battle with siege weapons and destructible environments for some pretty extreme server-wide bonuses that are bestowed upon the winner.

Free to Play | Guild Wars 2 will continue the tradition of its forebear by being completely free beyond the retail purchase of the game.  There will be an Item Shop in the game, but ArenaNet insists that it will only be for cosmetic and convenience items, never for anything that would give one player a competitive edge.

PROFESSIONS

Warrior | Your sword and board master, the Warrior prefers to be in the thick of battle.

Ranger | The ranged specialist capable of splitting an ant in two from three hundred yards away.

Necromancer | Master of the undead and dark arts, you do not want to tick the Necromancer off.

Elementalist | The magical architect of fire, air, earth, and water.  Basically, a raging pyro with a few other tricks as well.  But come on&#133; fire.

Guardian | This profession is hell-bent on protecting his mates, and he does it through causing pain to his enemies as well as warding his allies.

Thief | Fancy yourself a spry little pickpocket? Or do you just want to get all stabby on someone? This may be the class for you.

Engineer | Guns, traps, bombs&#133; more guns. The engineer is all about the mechanics (literally) of battle.

Mesmer | A fan favorite, the Mesmer&#146;s skills involve the manipulation and destruction of its enemies&#146; minds.  He will make you think you&#146;re on fire while you fight mirror images of him and watch him teleport across the battlefield in the blink of an eye.

RACES

Asura | Little, genius, and damned cute, the Asura are technological marvels with an passion for technology.

Charr | Primal, tribal, and obsessed with warring as a part of their main existence, the Charr are new allies to the people of Tyria&#133; but ferocious ones at that.

Norn - These massive 9-foot tall Northerners value the spirits of nature more than anything else.

Sylvari | The Sylvari are a young botanical plant-like race, whose inquisitive nature has brought them to the forefront of the conflict in Tyria.

Human | The most widespread and influential race in Tyria, the Humans must work with all of the other races to ensure the safety and survival of Tyria.
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<title>[GW2] Official DSLR Guild: Aftershock (SHOK) Info</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Guild name: Aftershock (SHOK)
Server:  Jade Quarry
GM:  Krisnatharok.8392
Site:  http://dslr.enjin.com/

If you plan to play GW2, consider joining the Official (semi un-official!) GW2 guild.  We're almost all veteran MMO players who are previous hardcore, current casuals.  If that fits your play style, then check us out.
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<pubDate>2012-08-19 16:45:27</pubDate>
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<title>Counter Strike: Global Offensive Free Weekend</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,28297924</link>
<description><![CDATA[CS:GS is Free Play this weekend!

http://store.steampowered.com/news/10621/

It's also 50% off, http://store.steampowered.com/app/730/ until Monday!]]></description>
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<pubDate>2013-05-16 21:23:06</pubDate>
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<title>Metro: Last Light</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,28290770</link>
<description><![CDATA[I haven't been around the forums in some time, atleast the last week, so I haven't been able to just jump in to contribute(if anyone even calls it that... most prob call my forum replies(or "contributions") anything but! :)) any thoughts to threads here on the forums as of late.

I really try to make time throughout my busy-ass days to just get on to read some of the more interesting conversations or sometimes to offer my small thoughts, reflections or correspondences on a few things that interest me currently. But lately, I've just been swamped. Really busy at work. And on those really really special days, lucky me, work can almost make me feel like i'm outmatched or in over my head. So, if you can imagine, coming here just to catch up w/everyone works as a good stress reliever for me. Most of the time, anyways. ;) Just j/k...

So enough of that shit and onto the good stuff!... Who here has finally gotten to playing Metro: Last Light? I just got home and I stumbled on a package I got in the mail today. Finally!! It's Metro: Last Light. I haven't even been home for 10 minutes yet! And the most crucial choice in those 10 minutes I've made is just install that shit RIGHT NOW! :) I really appreciate & LOVE days like these. I have that brand new game I've been waiting years for... just sitting there.. patiently waiting, just for me, for when I get home.

What do you guys think of Metro: Last Light so far? Reviews have mostly been solid from what I've read so far. So what do you guys think of the game with the time you've had with it thus far?

I just finished installation and I'm looking at the main menu. First things first though... video settings.
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<pubDate>2013-05-14 18:38:57</pubDate>
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