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Well, frak. That didn't work. Sorry, guys.
Priorities would be getting someone airborn in sector 6 (which is where that horde of raiders is moving next.) and taking out that basestar before it can launch more hordes.
Let me guess. We're in a hurry.
Inara ,'Serenity'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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Kalshane - Jan 15, 2010 3:14:20 pm PST #5324 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Laga - Jan 15, 2010 3:37:37 pm PST #5325 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'm ready to launch but let's get Helo firing first.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jan 15, 2010 4:11:34 pm PST #5326 of 26134
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
Pete or anyone: Can I get a review of Borderlands? I'm looking for a co-op RPG, and Borderlands gets high marks...but it looks like it's more post-apocalyptic than fantasy, right?
Aside from the wrapper, what's the co-op gameplay like? It it point-and-click-and-kill? Or is there more to it?
Borderlands is actually on a backwater colonized planet, but the vibe is totally post-apocalyptic. It's really not an RPG though, it's an FPS (First Person Shooter for you viewers just tuning in) with leveling and a procedural engine that generates (apparently) millions of variant guns.
The best description I've heard of it is that it's a current-gen version of Diablo.
Being an FPS, there's obviously way more to dealing with enemies than point and click. And boy, once you've got a decent gun you can expect limbs to be blown off and some people exploded into a cloud of giblets.
The co-op (up to 4 players) is fun but can get a bit frantic as the enemies scale to the amount of players. I think I prefer playing solo or with 1 other player.
It is also crack. Oh god, I can't even imagine how much time I've put into it. I'm addicted.
omnis_audis - Jan 15, 2010 5:12:17 pm PST #5327 of 26134
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
BSG
With the raiders close to the mothership, now might be a good use for the first nuke. Especially with that nasty after taste this crisis card has.
Kalshane - Jan 15, 2010 5:12:53 pm PST #5328 of 26134
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
So the first two character-concepts the players in the D&D "3.75" game I'm starting this spring have given me are a ninja/wu jen bastard son of royalty out to gain power and leverage to make a claim on the throne and a cleric/monk the player says is going to be like a cross between Buddha and Kung Fu Panda.
It should be an interesting campaign.
billytea - Jan 15, 2010 5:15:47 pm PST #5329 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
BSG
End-of-turn summary:
Round 3.2 - Helo
Locations and Hands
Apollo: Sickbay; 7 card(s)
Helo: Weapons Control; 6 card(s)
Zarek: Communications; 3 card(s)
Adama: FTL Control; 7 card(s)
Boomer: Hangar Deck; 4 card(s)
Sectors
Sector 1: 1 Basestar(s), 5 Raider(s)
Sector 2: 1 Heavy Raider(s)
Sector 3: Empty
Sector 4: Civilians A
Sector 5: 1 RSV(s), Civilians B
Sector 6: 1 RSV(s), Civilians C
Resources
Fuel: 6
Food: 8
Morale: 8
Population: 12
Viper Reserves: 6
Damaged Vipers: 0
Raptors: 3
Boarding Party: 0
Other
Nukes: 2
Jump Track: 2 (Red)
Distance Travelled: 2
Galactica Damage: 0
NoiseDesign - Jan 15, 2010 5:35:03 pm PST #5330 of 26134
Our wings are not tired
It is true. This might be a good time to take the nuclear option. What kind of die roll is needed to take out the basestar and the raiders?
billytea - Jan 15, 2010 5:45:39 pm PST #5331 of 26134
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That would be an eight-sided die roll, Admiral. t /helpful A 7+ destroys the basestar and three raiders.
Laga - Jan 15, 2010 7:27:16 pm PST #5332 of 26134
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I can help with a die roll.
Volans - Jan 16, 2010 6:29:20 am PST #5333 of 26134
move out and draw fire
The best description I've heard of it is that it's a current-gen version of Diablo.
So the variant guns are things like "Brilliant Plasma Gun of the Bear?"