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Sea of Thieves Season 8 Is the Best Update Ever

November 26, 2022November 24, 2022 Medic 0 Comments guardians of fortune, pve, pvp, sea of thieves, servants of the flame

In the Sea of Thieves, there’s always been a bit of a struggle between people who want PvE and people who want PvP. In previous seasons, this has mostly been random. You can’t tell if someone wants a fight until you’re already in one. While the Battle Flag and playing as Reaper’s Bones emissaries is one way to show that you want to fight, you can’t guarantee that anyone wants to fight you back. Season 8 flips this all on its head. Finally, there is now a way to get a guaranteed fight with someone else who also wants a… [Continue Reading]

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Destiny 2’s Shotguns Make Me Sad

April 14, 2022April 10, 2022 Medic 0 Comments destiny, destiny 2, pve, shotgun

I don’t know why, but shotgun weapons in many video games are all over the damn place. There are a ton of tropes surrounding video game shotguns, and most of them are pretty bad. This annoys me because I want to like shotguns, but I simply can’t. And Destiny 2’s shotguns basically fill a ton of tropes. Before I even start though, I don’t play much PvP in Destiny 2, so PvP players can safely ignore this article. After all, there are far fewer enemies in Crucible, Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris, and everyone is as mobile and as… [Continue Reading]

Vome is literally the only thing that stops everything from being red all the time.

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Balancing and Being Overpowered in a PvE Game

July 1, 2021June 24, 2021 Medic 0 Comments balance, game design, pve, ramble, rant

One argument that comes up a lot in PvE games is how do you balance them? After all, you’re fighting AI, so balance should be easier, right? After all, there’s no human players around to bother you. You can’t hurt the feelings of AI characters and NPCs. They’re not alive, so they don’t care how badly they get their asses kicked by us. A common argument is that it’s just PvE stuff, so balance doesn’t matter. We can be overpowered all we like, nothing can stop us. But in all honestly, this argument just doesn’t hold up. There needs to… [Continue Reading]

The 5 next best Pokemom to use against Team Rocket

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The 5 next best Team Rocket counters in Pokemon GO

June 26, 2021June 19, 2021 Medic 0 Comments battle, giovanni, grunt, pokemon go, pve, team rocket, team rocket grunt

A while ago, aabicus went over the the 5 best Team Rocket counters in Pokemon GO. His list was very strong for the grunts back then. However, we’ve received more Pokemon over time, and some Grunts have changed. Aabicus’s list is still a great setup that can beat any team you come across. But there are other Pokemon worth considering. Specifically, the ones in this list! Machamp Machamp is great. Sure, you can use Lucario or that other guy. But Machamp is simply too easy to get, power up and give a second move to. Sure, you can give Riolu… [Continue Reading]

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The Best Team Rocket Grunt

March 17, 2021March 13, 2021 Medic 0 Comments grunt, pokemon go, pve, team go rocket, team rocket, team rocket go

Team Rocket Grunts come in a bunch of different forms. Generally, they are male or female and have Pokemon based on their type. You can generally guess what Pokemon they’ll have based on the line or pun they spout when you challenge them. When you defeat a grunt, they’ll scurry off and leave one of their Pokemon behind. Grunts seem to change on a regular basis. Well, I say that, the grunts themselves stay the same. No matter what Pokemon they have, they’ll spew the same old puns and one-liners. And they’ll always abandon one of their Pokemon at the… [Continue Reading]

Pokemon with second moves - Swampert, Altaria, Machamp, Melmetal, Lucario

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Pokemon You Should Definitely Give Second Moves To

December 13, 2020December 7, 2020 Medic 0 Comments charge move, moves, pokemon go, pve, pvp, raids, team rocket

Second Charge Moves have always been expensive in Pokemon Go. For a hefty chunk of stardust and a ton of candy, you can give your Pokemon a second Charge Move, opening up their available attacks and giving them more leeway. The problem is, aside from a handful of Pokemon, doing so costs a huge amount of stardust and don’t really offer much in return. Most of the time, second moves only really have a use in PvP, and are useless in PvE raids, Team Rocket fights and gyms. That being said, some Pokemon do really well with second moves. Or… [Continue Reading]

The Gold Medal for defeating 1000 Team Go Rocket members

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1000 Team Rocket Fights Later…

September 22, 2020September 15, 2020 Medic 2 Comments battle, grunt, pokemon go, pve, team rocket

In July of 2019, Team GO Rocket appeared in Pokemon Go, attacking Pokestops and stealing items. While Team GO Rocket hasn’t had much effect on daily gameplay, it’s always been a thing. There’s even a multitude of medals to get, all related to Team GO Rocket. The problem is that, because they’re basically a side task, you can safely ignore Team Go Rocket and their myriad of grunts. Me though? I wanted to get the gold medal for defeating grunts. On September 15th 2020, I finally got that gold medal. 1000 grunts defeated. Seems like a long time I mean,… [Continue Reading]

Medic and a bunch of Pokemon face a massive Tyranitar

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Medic’s Thoughts on Remote Raid Invites in Pokemon Go

August 20, 2020August 13, 2020 Medic 0 Comments pokemon go, pve, raid, raids, remote raid, remote raid pass

You know what’s weird? Despite the ability to remotely invite people to raids being out for a while… I received my first raid invite only yesterday. Most of the time, it’s me who’s at the raid location, trying to invite other people. So, finally, I actually got to see what a remote raid via an invite felt like. It’s… good and bad. I’ll discuss both. The Good The best thing by far is that you can do raids nearly anywhere. As long as someone is at the raid, they can invite up to 5 other people. I’ve been invited to… [Continue Reading]

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FortniteBR: Actually an alright game despite questionable meta

August 7, 2018August 6, 2018 Davjo_ 0 Comments battle royale, coop mode, Fortnite, pve, video game

Surprising for sure, given it’s mainstream reputation as a game for kids and all… Wait… when was the last time I actually did an article here?.. Oh, right, two years… Anyway, I’ve been playing quite a bit of Fortnite as of late (a little too much, if I may admit), and it happens that I actually really enjoy both Save the World and Battle Royale, but today we’re gonna talk about the latter… You guys are aware that Fortnite did have a PvE mode though, right? A lot of people don’t seem to know that. Being Free to Play, it… [Continue Reading]

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Sven Coop – A 2017 Review

June 11, 2017September 10, 2017 aabicus 1 Comment half life, mod, pve, review, sven coop

Yesterday I realized that I’m never playing the original Half-Life again. It’s one of my favorite single-player games of all time, and I have hundreds of hours in in from various playthroughs. It was the first game I ever tried to mod (to varying degrees of success, though none of my attempts were ever released to the internet) and its artstyle and gameplay will forever hold a special place in my heart. But I just installed Sven Coop and discovered that it contains the original Half-Life playable in multiplayer! Completely for free, you can go enjoy Half-Life 1 right now! Apparently Sven… [Continue Reading]