edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Dystopian Wars is much more fun than Firestorm Armada, in my opinion. I think they went overboard on limiting fights and bombers, which makes carriers an odd choice except for activation spam... plus the ways the decided to differentiate the factions make things annoying. DW I think they did a lot better with. I like competitive players, I am one. Tournaments can be a lot of fun, honestly, but even in pick up games I am looking for a match that has some back and forth challenge to it. Someone screw-balling around makes me feel like I'm beating on a baby seal kinda thing, and that's no fun for anyone. But yeah, the hypercompetitive thing gets very, very annoying. And GW definitely has a great deal to answer for this. At the beginning of Mk. II I would have disagreed with you about PP, Dust, but after playing it for nearly a year... by the end of it, I agree. Watching things go back to status quo once the first expansion books came out was more than frustrating. ---------- Post added at 12:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:28 PM ---------- Good post crusher. I too am a small skirmish only player these days and hope Malifaux never gets vehicles or other things that start stretching the point costs to bigger and bigger games. I just wasn't sold on the minis of Deadzone, but could easily see myself user Infinity ones as proxies. ---------- Post added at 05:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:24 PM ---------- I just realised I also have Levi and a mechanical attendant to paint. Even so I wonder if I can get all my Malifaux minis done in time for Gencon. It would be a stretch due to limited painting time at the moment but maybe the deadline is what I need. My biggest thing that kept me off Deadzone was the quality of the Dreadball pieces. The concept seemed interesting, I liked a lot of the concept art, and skirmish games are always fun. Might be a good idea to have that as a timeline! Then you won't feel guilty about getting more Malifaux. :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Exactly. A fresh batch. And as they take a while to get here it gives me a break. ---------- Post added at 05:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:32 PM ---------- I'm off, have a great weekend everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 (waves) Have a good weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 You're off? Noooooooooooooooooooooo Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Huh. Watching The Dark Knight, just saw something I never noticed before. Joker steals the sawed-off shotgun from the mob banker at the beginning of the movie, then actually brings it along with him in another scene. ---------- Post added at 12:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:37 PM ---------- By the way, Mako, did you see DMFA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Heh, yeah, it made me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Oddly enough, I hadn't ever noticed that about Abel, lol. I was in stitches when I saw it, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd.Cohen Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Are any of you guys into fighting games? Like Street Fighter or Marvel vs. Capcom 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Super Smash Brothers! \o/ *grin* Honestly, I could never figure out combo systems, and people yelled at me for winning with the basic moves, lol. What do you play, Redd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd.Cohen Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I'm heavily into Persona 4 Arena. I'm asking because EVO (the world's largest fighting game tournament) is starting today, so after work, David and I are going to watch it! There's a lot of people who signed up for the SSM:B tournament as well. You should check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I was really excited about hearing that Brawl got into the EVO, actually. Might watch the livestream if I've got time. Haven't heard of Persona 4 Arena, what's it for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd.Cohen Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 It's a collaboration between Arc System Works (creators behind Guilty Gear and BlazBlue) and Atlus. It's a 2D fighter like Guilty Gear or MVC 2, but invokes a lot of simpler fighting methods (no focus dash cancel stuff thank god). It's one of the very few games I'm really invested in and is my favorite to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I...have no idea what you mean. What's a focus dash cancel stuff? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Let you know about the DW army on wednesday when it ends Dust *grin* I played Iron and Blood on my PS1, that counts as a fighting game right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I too play SSB, but my tactic is usually spending the entire match trying to eat people and then jump off cliffs with them in my mouth. Kirby is the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Even if you don't get that fleet, Monkey, still would recommend grabbing the starter set. Or, at least get a demo to give you an idea of the rules. ---------- Post added at 01:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:17 PM ---------- I too play SSB, but my tactic is usually spending the entire match trying to eat people and then jump off cliffs with them in my mouth. Kirby is the best Heh, I've started playing a little bit more lately, some of the Star Wars group play so we've gotten it going some. I've been having a lot of fun with Zelda/Sheik against human opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd.Cohen Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Focus dash cancel means to cancel a move in the middle of the move. For example, a FDC for Captain Falcon would be to charge a Falcon Punch, but before the animation completes, you stop the Falcon Punch. This cause the opponent to Shield Bubble real quick, but while he does that, you grab and throw him really fast. It's kind of like juking someone and tricking them to do something you want to in a game. ---------- Post added at 12:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:20 PM ---------- Simply put, FDC is just canceling the animation of an attack so you 'cause your opponent to do a certain move, then you take advantage of the situation and punish them with a fast counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Ah, okay. That makes sense, Redd. Yeah, I can see how that would be annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd.Cohen Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 It's really cool, David taught me everything he knows about fighting games and it was very useful when developing the game design behind Showdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 When they do that is when you smack your opponent with the controller, right? ---------- Post added at 06:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:24 PM ---------- It's really cool, David taught me everything he knows about fighting games and it was very useful when developing the game design behind Showdown. Oh, so that's where the ducking, weaving, and weaselling came from! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd.Cohen Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 No Mako, what you do is FDC in real-life by pretending to hit your opponent, but quickly stopping. This causes your opponent to flinch like a baby, then while he is flinched in real life, you Falcon Punch him in game really fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Teases, both of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Monkey Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I tend to just wiggle the joystick and mash the buttons a lot, this leads me to about a 5% success rate. Which is considerably higher then my miniature games success rate so I am happy *grin* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mako Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 I've been doing it all wrong then - I go for some huge in game combo, then when they're focussed on trying to counter it, clip them round the head, and while they recover A-button them to bits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redd.Cohen Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 When they do that is when you smack your opponent with the controller, right? ---------- Post added at 06:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:24 PM ---------- Oh, so that's where the ducking, weaving, and weaselling came from! Exactly! When David and I design games, we often try to take really cool ideas we learned from video games and create a cool spin on it for the tabletop. That being said, we play A LOT of games (tabletop and video games alike) for fun, but mostly to study the mechanics. We will go through like 1-2 dozen different games a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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