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According to George Lucas

That's the problem right there.

[Shadowman]

I heard he comes back in part four.

Well, yeah, because I said that in this very thread.

According to George Lucas

That's the problem right there.

They may have been better writers working on Star Wars, but Lucas's word is law. It's his universe, after all, the EU writers are just guests in it.

Star Wars: The Old Republic:
Now working On Balmorra, but as my Consular. I actually have a problem with Balmorra now. It's the exact same map no matter the allegiance, but enemy levels and allied NPC locations are very different, and neither side really interacts. As opposed to Tatooine, where Republic and Imperial players can very easily run into each other, (And, in my case, have a Jedi-Sith Dance-off) but you don't get that on Balmorra, and it just kind of kills it for me.

[BeastProwl]

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
I found an AWESOME Strategy on youtube for beating armored vehicles without doing so much as shooting them. Put on your sneaking suit, and hold up the soldiers on the sides of the truck/tank, then when it turns, it will run over and kill at least one. you need to time that part just right though. Fulton mine the other three, then go hide and wait for the soldiers to regroup, then repeat said process until the captain pops up, Tranque him, then mission over, you get a free vehicle, and an S rank, like, 20 new recruits to deal with/fire/whatever else. doing this and not getting caught is extremely hard though. It takes practice, lots and lots of practice. oh, and don't try this on Helicopters...

[Shadowman]

Star Wars: The Old Republic:
Still screwing around on Balmorra, working with a Twi'lek freedom fighter who also happens to be a total asswipe. "All right, you've started talks with the guy. I've got a team ready to move in and threaten his wife and child as 'persuasion.'" "What?! No! I'm a Jedi! I can do this the non-insane way!"

Star Trek Online:
It was free, that's my excuse. Although I now have both a Star Wars MMO and a Star Trek MMO on my computer. I'm fairly certain I have to give my hard drive a wedgie now, steal its lunch money, and stuff it in a locker. NEEERRRRD!

became a captain after the old captain got kerploded in a Borg attack, which I drove off because I am awesome. Now I'm chasing a shapeshifter around on a Vulcan colony being besieged by Klingons looking for the shapeshifter. The downside is, the Federation and the Klingon Empire are at war again, and the shapeshifter had the idea of turning into a Klingon commander, then pointing at me and screaming "There he is! Get him!" The Alex Mercer Special. I'd have finished it, but server maintenance got in the way.

I got a pair of hot alien chicks as officers on my ship. The downside is, I'm not the least bit turned on by women in Star Trek.

[BeastProwl]

Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker
Stuck on Extra Op 102. That Custom's a pain in the ass. I fultoned out ALL of his soldiers, and he (The Captain) Didn't pop out! He just drove around the level for about twenty-five minutes, then I got sick of waiting, and I shot his gas tanks with the Gustav. Didn't do a damn thing. Turns out you need to do damage to that one to make the captain appear at all. And with weapons only rank 3 you get owned pretty fast.(Rank four and above would require unlocking EX OP 49, but to do that, I need to beat this one) I'm stuck in a rut. That damn thing is indestructable.

[1337W422102]

Hey, Shadowdude, are there any VR Missions in Twin Snakes? Maybe I'm just nostalgic, but I can't seem to find them on the first disc's main menu.

[BeastProwl]

I Know you asked someone else, but I can answer. the answer's no. They removed them. as to why, I don't know. Maybe Shadowman can answer that? As well as maybe give me a good way to blow up a certain 102 BTR-60 PB Custom thats been giving me a particularly nasty time as of late? The deal is, I take out all the soldiers, and the captain wont come out. I don't possess strong enough firepower to cripple it, so any sort of 3rd strategy for this?

[The Happy Locust]

The elder Scrolls: Skyrim
My new sig should tell you a few things about where I stand in this game.
Still avoiding story missions like a plague. Just reached level 29 and am following a mostly Spellsword gameplay style. After running some quests for people in Markarth including retrieving the Jarl's father's shield, I now have a 2nd home in Markarth and was declared a thane. Finished a haunted house quest by delivering a holy man to a demon. Was hoping for a way to deny the request but the mission seemed to be locked in 'evil' mode so I murdered him, gave his soul to the demon, and got a nifty mace. Currently breaking into a Thalmor fortress to save a captured whiterun citizen. the game is bugged so there is no diplomatic option. Instead, we go the old fashioned, leave no witnesses route.

[Shadowman]

Finished a haunted house quest by delivering a holy man to a demon. Was hoping for a way to deny the request but the mission seemed to be locked in 'evil' mode so I murdered him, gave his soul to the demon, and got a nifty mace.

Molag Bal, Daedric Prince of Domination, aka the King of Rape. To be fair, though, not all of the Daedric Princes are a-holes.

Also, if you ever see a guy called "Sam Guevenne" in a bar or tavern, by the Nine, do that man's quest.

[BeastProwl]

Peacewalker
Finally beat the 102 BTR-60 PB Custom. Relatively easily actually, and I captured it to boot! All I really did was lay out supplies, go gung ho on everything with the highest grade explosives in my arsenal, and I got it down to two bars, and all the soldiers were dead, so the captain finally popped out, and I shot him in the head. -37 Heroism, and a C RANK. At least I beat it, and unlocked more EX OPS, but now, I have another problem, that goes by the name "Raider"

This thing is the most powerful thing I have ever had to confront. Fighting ZEKE and Peacewalker both at ONCE seems easy stacked up next to this thing! I need to beat it to unlock a mission were I can get S Rank R&D Guys, so I can lvl up my weapons and gear, that way, **** like this won't be so difficult! The highest ranking weapon I have is 3 stars, and that's because my R&D Is WAY Behind, my intel is pretty high up there though. I can farm A ranks, but that's a pretty tall order, considering I need to do it in one of the harder "Perfect Stealth" Missions, and I need to go out of my way to find the ONE guy who's A ranked. I feel like I'm grinding at this point...

[1337W422102]

Borderlands [PC]:
Reached Level 42 in the Underdome, of all places. Finished a Challenge worth 20,000 XP in Hell-Burbia. Unfortunately, one of the Waves had the low-gravity mutator and skags. You know how monsters infight ala DOOM in the Underdome, and how skags have leap attacks?

Well, a skag lept out of the damn map, so I couldn't progress. Eff emm elle.

At least it gave me a chance to explore/get a good look at the map in low gravity.

[Shadowman]

Borderlands [PC]:
Reached Level 42 in the Underdome, of all places. Finished a Challenge worth 20,000 XP in Hell-Burbia. Unfortunately, one of the Waves had the low-gravity mutator and skags. You know how monsters infight ala DOOM in the Underdome, and how skags have leap attacks?

Well, a skag lept out of the damn map, so I couldn't progress. Eff emm elle.

At least it gave me a chance to explore/get a good look at the map in low gravity.

Me and a friend of mine were doing one of the Larger challenges, and one of the enemies, while clearly still on the compass, was nowhere to be seen. Same situation.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim:
BEA--no, we've been over this. It doesn't end that easily. Completed the main story. Kind of unsatisfying, actually, but then Oblivion was the same way. Don't get me wrong, the Climax of both games were great, but the aftermath just kind of fizzles. "Yeah! I just saved the freaking world like a boss!" "Yep, great job. Well, see you around."

In any case, now I have unlimited access to Odahviing, my own personal dragon. Who is invincible, can't hurt friendlies, won't be attacked by friendlies for any reason, and will not leave until all enemies present are dead. The ONLY drawback is that he can only be used outdoors.

I decided to continue with the Civil War storyline, since I only did a few missions. (Imperial side; if I didn't ditch the Empire after the Oblivion Crisis, I'm not going to now) First thing I had to do: The Battle of Whiterun, Empire vs. Stormcloaks. I decided, just for giggles, that that would be Odahviing's debut for the good guys. Screw being a trump card, he's my signature weapon now.

[BeastProwl]

Peacewalker
Found a place to farm A-S Rank R&D Guys. Whipping customs left and right!

[1337W422102]

Metroid Prime [GameCube]:
Went back to Norfa-- Magmoor with the Wave Beam, got another Energy Tank courtesy of that "power up these three coloured doors" room," went back to the Overworld. Detected some kind of meteorological fluctuation. Saved at the gunship; time to investigate.

[SlyTF1]

Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning:
I got to a dungeon and killed a bunch of monsters so far...and got my Mass Effect armor. The game would be a lot of fun, if I didn't have a crap load of other stuff to do. Can't wait until the weekend...

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Have any of you played fan games? Because I've been playing a very special one, an 8-bit conversion of Mega Man 7:

Rockman 7 Famicom (PC)
Because I've already played with the original (kinda), this one went fast. The Wily stages aren't too tricky this time around, though I had real trouble with Bass & Treble. Right now, I'm in a lot of trouble. Not because of Wily Machine no. 7, but its Wily Capsule! Inafune wasn't kidding with "making this really hard".

[Shadowman]

Star Wars: The Old Republic:
Finished Balmorra for the Republic, got my own jerk-ass sniper Twi'lek (Voiced by Troy Baker!) for it. Next up: Quesh. Unrelated, but my Consular's fling with the scientist was short; his AI girlfriend found out and started electrifying his bed at random intervals until he agreed to break it off. That was fun.

Meanwhile, my Inquisitor now has her very own cult. They are currently collecting money so that she can get solid gold robes. I am so happy I didn't make that up; she just said "Bring me presents! I want to wear solid gold robes." Then, bam, everyone was dead-set on getting those robes. Mostly because she had just blown up a sizable portion of Nar Shaddaa and then killed a ton of people with Force Lightning just to prove a point. Seriously, Sith Lords are fun.

[The Happy Locust]

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Knocking out more side quests. Finished clearing out Northwatch keep. pretty sure this won't come back to bite me. Coincidentally, got attacked by a disciple of Boethiah. He's dead but I've got another quest to play with.
In Markarth, went exploring in the Dwemer ruins. The Falmer didn't like that, but I turned on all the Dwemer robots and left them to figure things out.

Oh, and in response to the comment about Sam Guinevere, completed said mission. what a night that was.

[The Happy Locust]

"And on the 3rd day, he had nachos. And on the 4th, he posted..."

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Still running side quests. Traveled to Volskygg, took down Volsung and found a dragon shout. Have run pretty much every mission in Markarth so headed north. Found Dragon Bridge and then moved on to Solitude. Acted as walking advertisement for a clothing shop, witnessed an execution,and got missions in the area. Went to a cave and found a group of necromancers performing a forbidden ritual. Killed them and interrupted the ritual.
Was approached by an Argonian to cause a shipwreck by taking out a lighthouse. Sounds fun. :twised:

[1337W422102]

Decided to quit doddling and preordered Xenoblade Chronicles today. It comes out the day after my birthday, so that's nice. Nicer than the fact that I have a big-ass paper due on my birthday, anyway.

No More Heroes [Wiiiiiiiiiiiiii]:
>Travis gears up for battle
>puts on animu t-shirt
>lovingly caresses weeaboo poster
>breaks fourth and says, complete with subtitles, "MOE~"
I laughed so damn hard. It's little touches like this that make this game so, SO good. And yes, I did buy the system specifically for this title. Suda 51 is my homeboy. This is, without a doubt, the greatest Star Wars game of this whole damn generation.

Right, progress. Just got booted out of Sylvia's limo. Time to go do some odd jobs to earn me some pound-dollars. Gotta make dem quickbucks.

[Shadowman]

And yes, I did buy the system specifically for this title.

Buying a Wii specifically for No More Heroes? Yeah, that makes sense.

Star Trek Online:
Went back in time, and met Bones and Scotty. Hit level 17, now I'm trying to stop a series of Klingon genetic experiments, trying to make some kind of Klingon KHAAAAAAN! KHAAAAAAN!

[1337W422102]

And yes, I did buy the system specifically for this title.

Buying a Wii specifically for No More Heroes? Yeah, that makes sense.

Thrift stores FTW and/or it fell off the back of a truck.

[The Happy Locust]

And yes, I did buy the system specifically for this title.

Buying a Wii specifically for No More Heroes? Yeah, that makes sense.

Thrift stores FTW and/or it fell off the back of a truck.

And there may or may not be an unconscious sales clerk tied up in alley near where said truck was last reported seen.

[1337W422102]

And yes, I did buy the system specifically for this title.

Buying a Wii specifically for No More Heroes? Yeah, that makes sense.

Thrift stores FTW and/or it fell off the back of a truck.

And there may or may not be an unconscious sales clerk tied up in alley near where said truck was last reported seen.

In that case, brofist for the assist.

[Shadowman]

Star Trek Online:
Finished the Klingon story arc, now moving on to the Romulans. Hit the rank of commander and got a new ship; it's a heavy cruiser, but I went all-out with the customizations, and it only barely resembles a ship with the typical Federation aesthetic. I named it the USS Vode An because I am a smart ass.