jimnms wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 19:26:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 17:14:
Because you need a pad to start a heist. And they aren't cheap. This way you can start with one and be the leader if you wish - otherwise, have fun with the grind.

I was reading about the heists yesterday. Besides a pad, I thought it said you have to be at a certain level too (12 I think?). I caved and pre-ordered from GMG last week when they sent me a 27% off coupon. I was going to do it the week before with a 25% off coupon, but I goofed when converting GMT to local and the coupon expired 2 minutes before I was checking out. I didn't get anything else for the pre-order, unless you don't get it until the game releases, but I already have the GTA Complete pack on Steam (the one with GTA1 through SA).

I'm in the Blues News crew on Rockstar Social club, I hope to see people getting together on it.

We will be there.

xXBatmanXx wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 17:14:
Because you need a pad to start a heist. And they aren't cheap. This way you can start with one and be the leader if you wish - otherwise, have fun with the grind.

I was reading about the heists yesterday. Besides a pad, I thought it said you have to be at a certain level too (12 I think?). I caved and pre-ordered from GMG last week when they sent me a 27% off coupon. I was going to do it the week before with a 25% off coupon, but I goofed when converting GMT to local and the coupon expired 2 minutes before I was checking out. I didn't get anything else for the pre-order, unless you don't get it until the game releases, but I already have the GTA Complete pack on Steam (the one with GTA1 through SA).

I'm in the Blues News crew on Rockstar Social club, I hope to see people getting together on it.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 16:21:

Cutter wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 14:43:
It's PoE. Just cope with it already.

Od Nua is scary. I can only explore it a bit at a time before I have to go sit in the corner and cry like a little girl.

I will break you. -Ivan Drago

Od Nua is pretty beautiful once you start getting a few levels down...this game in general is gorgeous. I think I'm addicted to the Sneaking/Danger is Near music at this point too.

The only question I have is: should one attempt to totally finish the Endless Dungeon, fund the Stronghold completely, then continue the story? I am feeling the classic mega-Act 2 BG2 syndrome, where you can do about 75% of the game's content before even getting very far along in the main quest. My guys are all 6-7ish, and I haven't even gone to Defiance Bay yet.

Also, Ciphers are ridiculous...got the Cipher NPC around level 5-6ish, complete beast. Wizards also start getting a lot better at 6+, but my Rogue has still done about 80% of the team's total damage so far.

I got down to level 5 missing one person in my group and level 4-5 or so. I got stomped by a Drake down there and haven't been back for a bit.

Rhett wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 17:41:

xXBatmanXx wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 17:14:

JohnBirshire wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 13:15:
The Steam pre-order bonus for GTAV is absolutely worthless. Why would I want a money cheat as my pre-order bonus? Should have included some actual content or cosmetic items.

Because you need a pad to start a heist. And they aren't cheap. This way you can start with one and be the leader if you wish - otherwise, have fun with the grind.

Money isn't too fun to grind out (neither are levels) so I would be thankful for this. In SP, though, wouldn't worry about it. You get a lot of money from in-game heists and stuff, and also the stock market, so money is a non-issue there.

Also, they're making it so you can carry over PS3/X360 (and maybe new consoles too?) progress to PC, which is awesome.

The money will help early on in SP with buying weapons and all attachments, etc. Still not a big deal, the game scales nicely. I don't think I am going to bring over either profile from the consoles - just start fresh.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 16:21:
My guys are all 6-7ish, and I haven't even gone to Defiance Bay yet.

just saw this.. and im having a similar problem but not nearly this bad... basically they said at the end of the main story you should be about 8th level.. and remember it doesnt scale, so... also i think the game has a hard level cap at 12

sounds like you skipped right over to endgame content - which i think is what the endless dungeon is designed to be for the most part, aside from the top few levels

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 16:21:
Also, Ciphers are ridiculous...got the Cipher NPC around level 5-6ish, complete beast. Wizards also start getting a lot better at 6+, but my Rogue has still done about 80% of the team's total damage so far.

yeh my main guy is a cipher and he is pretty much unstoppable.. i still use the 1st level charm spell all the time: on drakes, shades, spectres.. everything and anything and it almost always works and thats not even to mention the 2nd level "mind blades" thing.. since i get at least 2 of those right off the top, it flies through everything and basically kills it.. and then it keeps regen-ing throughout combat, and hes full again for next combat, etc. ..

compared to other classes its kinda ridiculous - since the cipher is beast mode all the way... it also seems to be the most "logical" type of class for the type of "chosen one" scenario they got going on in the main story, so i wonder if there is some internal favoritism or something

xXBatmanXx wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 17:14:

JohnBirshire wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 13:15:
The Steam pre-order bonus for GTAV is absolutely worthless. Why would I want a money cheat as my pre-order bonus? Should have included some actual content or cosmetic items.

Because you need a pad to start a heist. And they aren't cheap. This way you can start with one and be the leader if you wish - otherwise, have fun with the grind.

Money isn't too fun to grind out (neither are levels) so I would be thankful for this. In SP, though, wouldn't worry about it. You get a lot of money from in-game heists and stuff, and also the stock market, so money is a non-issue there.

Also, they're making it so you can carry over PS3/X360 (and maybe new consoles too?) progress to PC, which is awesome.

Arma3 is great, as for gta5 lolz

JohnBirshire wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 13:15:
The Steam pre-order bonus for GTAV is absolutely worthless. Why would I want a money cheat as my pre-order bonus? Should have included some actual content or cosmetic items.

Because you need a pad to start a heist. And they aren't cheap. This way you can start with one and be the leader if you wish - otherwise, have fun with the grind.

So ARMA 3 + DLC is $37 this week, $30 by itself. Totally worth it. The DLC pack alone is $24, including two $16 DLCs in it. Great game. I own two copies, myself (for Breaking Point, to have seperate characters). Over 1000 hours in it.

Cutter wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 14:43:
It's PoE. Just cope with it already.

Od Nua is scary. I can only explore it a bit at a time before I have to go sit in the corner and cry like a little girl.

I will break you. -Ivan Drago

Od Nua is pretty beautiful once you start getting a few levels down...this game in general is gorgeous. I think I'm addicted to the Sneaking/Danger is Near music at this point too.

The only question I have is: should one attempt to totally finish the Endless Dungeon, fund the Stronghold completely, then continue the story? I am feeling the classic mega-Act 2 BG2 syndrome, where you can do about 75% of the game's content before even getting very far along in the main quest. My guys are all 6-7ish, and I haven't even gone to Defiance Bay yet.

Also, Ciphers are ridiculous...got the Cipher NPC around level 5-6ish, complete beast. Wizards also start getting a lot better at 6+, but my Rogue has still done about 80% of the team's total damage so far.

PoE & ARMA 3 Nice!!!

Cutter wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 14:43:
Od Nua is scary. I can only explore it a bit at a time before I have to go sit in the corner and cry like a little girl.

Hahahaha.

Go Skylines and Eternity!

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 14:24:
PoEt >> PoE!

Path of Exile = PoE

Pillars of Eternity = PoEt.

Yeah, but I don't give a fuck about exile.

It's PoE. Just cope with it already.

Od Nua is scary. I can only explore it a bit at a time before I have to go sit in the corner and cry like a little girl.

PoEt >> PoE!

Path of Exile = PoE

Pillars of Eternity = PoEt.

Also, there seem to be several annoying UI/interface errors in PoEt, along with the somewhat major Double Click bug.

Chanters seem to be able to get bugged, and will stop singing randomly in combat, even if they aren't hit/interrupted by enemies.

I'm not sure of the cause yet, but it seems to be something related to Swapping them in and out of the party at an Inn, if their Chant Mode is turned on.

9 bestselling games?

Where have I seen this before?
15 Commandments.

JohnBirshire wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 13:15:
The Steam pre-order bonus for GTAV is absolutely worthless. Why would I want a money cheat as my pre-order bonus? Should have included some actual content or cosmetic items.

Everyone already has it on console why would they want to start all over from the start when they buy it a second time Right? Right?

JohnBirshire wrote on Mar 29, 2015, 13:15:
The Steam pre-order bonus for GTAV is absolutely worthless. Why would I want a money cheat as my pre-order bonus? Should have included some actual content or cosmetic items.

GMG / Steam both had get a free copy of GTA vice city with pre-order, Rockstar had a 'select from these titles' list to choose from with their pre-order, in addition to the pre-order money bonus if you pre-ordered in Jan/Feb.

Game $ = in game items and content anyways. Apartment, garages, clothes, masks, cars and planes.