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Why Additional Weapon Slots are Bad

September 25, 2016October 25, 2016 Medic 0 Comments demoman, engineer, grenades are bad, weapon slot

I see this pop up occasionally, mostly from the same person over and over on SPUF but also on SCUD and other places as well. The idea that giving the TF2 classes an additional slot for weapons is a good thing. Or that having an additional slot would open up for more, uh, stuff. Well, here I am, stamping on that idea. Additional weapon slots are a bad idea, and today, I am telling you why. Let’s get the first obvious reason out of the way first. We have a LOT of weapons in Team Fortress 2. Medic, Engineer and… [Continue Reading]

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Overwatch’s DVa

September 24, 2016October 25, 2016 aabicus 0 Comments dva, overwatch, tank

I’ve mentioned in prior articles that Soldier 76, Junkrat, and Lucio are my three favorite characters to play, and recently I’ve been attempting to find a favorite tank so I can fill any of the four roles on a team. I never thought DVa would be the one who finally clicked with me. TV Tropes has her listed under “mechanically unusual fighter” (not linking, you can thank me later) because she seems to be playing a completely different game from the other characters. While in her meka, she has a very versatile set of abilities; her boosters give her a huge speedboost, her… [Continue Reading]

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Mod it until it dies

September 23, 2016October 25, 2016 Medic 0 Comments Fallout, left 4 dead, modding, mods, non-tf2, Saints Row, Skyrim

“Mod it until it dies” has always been one of the unofficial taglines for the Elder Scrolls series, particularly Skyrim. Bethesda games in general have a lot of freedom not in the actual games themselves, but with what you can do with the games. From the look of your character, to badass armors to menus to entire gameplay overhauls, the Bethesda game modding community almost has a mod for everything. So when Valve and Bethesda tried to make money off community modders, under the pretense that modders could also make money, we kicked up a huge fuss. Bethesda games aren’t… [Continue Reading]

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Overwatch: Low-Effort Counters to Annoying Team Builds

September 22, 2016October 25, 2016 aabicus 0 Comments bastion, overwatch, zarya

Not my snappiest title, but basically I wanted to go over some picks in Overwatch that I’ve discovered after enough times getting frustrated by silly class consistencies. These tips are mostly assuming you’re in Quickplay solo-queueing, as even in a group of two there’s usually enough cooperation on your team that natural selection should weed the silly strats out. 1. Lots of Bastions and Reinhardts. The remaining players are usually Mercy. The bastions sit in front of chokeholds, the Reinhardts stand in front of the Bastions with shields up, and it seems like nothing can even scratch them. In this situation, I switch… [Continue Reading]

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The Best Skyrim Mod Ever

September 21, 2016October 13, 2016 Medic 0 Comments fun, modding, mods, open world, Skyrim, tip

… In my opinion at least… But really, with Skyrim, there’s mods for nearly everything. You can make combat super hard, you can wear awesome armours, you can turn into different animals, improve nearly any aspect of gameplay or, even can turn the game into some sort of weird sex simulator if you so desire, you can do nearly anything with it. But there are some mods you simply cannot live without. Rather than link every single mod I mention, I recommend going to Nexus Mods and choosing yourself. Modding is a personal quest, not something you should copy because… [Continue Reading]

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The Larunda 3 Fashion Show

September 20, 2016October 13, 2016 Medic 0 Comments

I’ve been to fashion shows before. I watched my sister take part in one. But nothing has been as weird as the fashion show I saw the other day. Let’s start from the beginning. So I was messing around in Warframe. I’d just unlocked Ceres and was bitching to Davjo about how much I hate this damn Boltor gun I made. It’s so inaccurate. And slow to fire. And slow to reload. With a mediocre clip size. Yet I have to see the damn thing through to level 30 for maximum efficiency. Davjo mentioned he was going to a FashionFrame… [Continue Reading]

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Mortal Online

September 18, 2016October 13, 2016 aabicus 0 Comments criticism, mmo, review

I originally heard of Mortal Online while doing research for my upcoming nude mod article because the game comes with full-frontal birthday suits as a toggleable option. However, that wasn’t the only reason I felt like giving it an actual try; I read that the game eschews character classes, instead using Skyrim-style leveling systems for your skills. As in, your abilities increase through actually using said ability, so you organically become the sort of character you want to play. The other selling point is a very unforgiving loot system; if you die or get murdered by another player, you lose everything you’re… [Continue Reading]

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FashionFrame

September 17, 2016October 13, 2016 Medic 0 Comments cosmetics, non-tf2, warframe

I know I’ve mentioned Warframe a few times lately, but I have suddenly found myself quite addicted to it. Warframe is a genuinely beautiful game, and because of cosmetics, you see a lot of fancy people walking around. Go to any Relay (casual chat and trade area) when the Void Trader is around (an NPC who sells pricey but cool mods, cosmetics and weapons) and you’ll be astounded by the amount of fanciness you’ll see. People like to jokingly call the game FashionFrame, just because the game can be so fancy. Thing is, there’s a LOT of customisable stuff. You… [Continue Reading]

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Istaria – an MMO with Dragons

September 16, 2016October 13, 2016 Medic 0 Comments

So I’m playing yet another boring MMO. This one’s called Istaria. Even though I’ve said that I often dislike MMOs, I’m playing this one. Why? Because you get to play as a dragon. An actual dragon, not some sort of half-human half-dragon hybrid. And I can play for free up to level 15. Afterwards it’s $10 per month. Sadly, I’m not a fan of subscription-based games, so I probably won’t play past level 15. Luckily level 15 applies to separate areas – adventuring and crafting – and they are levelled up separately. Unfortunately for me, I haven’t been playing long… [Continue Reading]

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Bang! The Western-Themed Card Game

September 15, 2016April 8, 2022 aabicus 1 Comment card game, card games, Not TF2, review

Since majer63 broke the ice on talking about card games, I thought I’d take a chance to dedicate an article to one of my first gaming loves, Bang! Growing up, I had a huge circle of people at my house at any given time.We had the opposite problem of most gaming circles; we couldn’t play games limited to 2-6 players, we needed something up to 11 people could play at the same time. As one of the few games capable of handling that many people, Bang! was a mainstay in our repertoire, though it also works with as few as 3 players. Drawing… [Continue Reading]