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[Rahnak]

@Chomiq that's pretty cool, didn't know you could do that. But Microsoft's been doing a major push on acessibility so it doesn't surprise me too much.

I've changed my graphics settings to roughly what XSX Performance Mode is using and the framerate seems much more stable. So I'm not having many issues right now, just the ocasional bug, but nothing that ruins the experience, thankfully.

 

[GreiverBlade]

tomorrow is 11.11 ... and guess what i will be playing and what i will not be playing...

yep, playing Skyrim SE (nearing 678hrs), because i waited 5yrs to have my whole modlist from LE to SE to get ported correctly

Song of the Green by Waribiki/Merrigan is one of them (which is an Inigo level interaction/work mod, quest custom voicing by Waribiki and a lot of nice things and she even has a banter patch for Inigo ) ... i love non vegan elves ... but i hate Bethesda facegen ... (ESO has a different facegen ... hilariously ) thus i took a customizer/look change for her


she looks happy enough when i turn into beast form, she has hilarious comment and reactions (on a lot of other quest events also ) i am in a "live another life" Nord mercenary "non companion werewolf" playthrough, Solstheim Frostmoon crag origin (which explain the Bosmeri Wild Hunt armor, leg/torso/arm as i am a "all tamriel mercenary roamer" and went to Valenwood for background purpose, and the primitive Nord hood for the head, well ... i am a ... Nord...)

AND SHE SING! (well given that Waribiki is Merrigan on Youtube ... she sing quite WELL!) but man! Drunken Sailor from "The Irish Rovers" turned to Drunken Bosmer, i almost fell of my chair when she sang it ... did not expect that, (and i love the original)


and my SE is ... well also DSLR sim ... i guess


are scoped bow lore friendly? well they could ... they have glass thus ... not out of "scope" to be able to make a scoped bow ... (aka workaround for "no hud archery" )


what i will not be playing : Anniversary edition...
my opinion:
"it's not an upgrade : it's a downgrade... (i miss the "never update this game" from early STEAM build ... )
but are they joking? free for XB/PS SE owner but not for PC owner? even those who play since 2011 on LE and got SE for free and then waited 5yrs for their mods to be ported correctly and bug free because Bethsoft is unable to do things correctly? (aside stealing modding community improvement and claiming them as their own in SE ... tbf, anything aside 64bit engine was modding community's doing)
free for inferior platform regarding modding liberty ... i don't like where this is going ... Bethsoft network and creation club mod? NO FREAKING THANKS! not a fan of creativity hindering, mods monitoring and asset/data potential acquisition by them ...
just noticed what they put as incentive for buying ... 3 Creation C(crap)lub mods ... Fishing (are they joking?) survival (are they joking even more????) and new quest with saint and seducers (wait ... they can't be serious???) alongside other CC mods ... nah ... never used the creation club ... why pay for what modders do for free (which i will support, if they have a patreon or other donation platform ... mind you)

in short AE is not worth it at all for SE owner ... even at the discounted price or even for free for the PS/XB SE owner" (although console owner are hindered by modding capacity ... thus well, free AE might not be that bad for them )"

edit, made sure to backup the current exe... HECK! even did a backup of my full 102gb install! and i will edit the manifest tomorrow to show all repository to the latest ID and StateFlags to "4"... i want no unwanted mod breaking update to hinder my playthrough if it's just useless CC "gifts", if i do not pay for AE i do not want VS19 AE update.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

tomorrow is 11.11 ... and guess what i will be playing and what i will not be playing...

yep, playing SE, because i waited 5yrs to have my whole modlist from LE to SE to get ported correctly

Song of the Green by Waribiki/Merrigan is one of them (which is an Inigo level interaction/work mod, quest custom voicing by Waribiki and a lot of nice things and she even has a banter patch for Inigo ) ... i love non vegan elves ... but i hate Bethesda facegen ... (ESO has a different facegen ... hilariously ) thus i took a customizer/look change for her
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she looks happy enough when i turn into beast form, she has hilarious comment and reactions (on a lot of other quest events also ) i am in a "live another life" Nord mercenary "non companion werewolf" playthrough, Solstheim Frostmoon crag origin (which explain the Bosmeri Wild Hunt armor, leg/torso/arm as i am a "all tamriel mercenary roamer" and went to Valenwood for background purpose, and the primitive Nord hood for the head, well ... i am a ... Nord...)
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AND SHE SING! (well given that Waribiki is Merrigan on Youtube ... she sing quite WELL!) but man! Drunken Sailor from "The Irish Rovers" turned to Drunken Bosmer, i almost fell of my chair when she sang it ... did not expect that, (and i love the original)
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and my SE is ... well also DSLR sim ... i guess
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are scoped bow lore firendly? well they could ... they have glass thus ... not out of "scope" to be able to make a scoped bow ... (aka workaround for "no hud archery" )
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what i will not be playing : Anniversary edition...
my opinion:
"it's not an upgrade : it's a standalone just like SE was to LE ...
but are they joking? free for XB/PS SE owner but not for PC owner? even those who play since 2011 on LE and got SE for free and then waited 5yrs for their mods to be ported correctly and bug free because Bethsoft is unable to do things correctly? (aside stealing modding community improvement and claiming them as their own in SE ... tbf, anything aside 64bit engine was modding community's doing)
free for inferior platform regarding modding liberty ... i don't like where this is going ... Bethsoft network and creation club mod? NO FREAKING THANKS! not a fan of creativity hindering, mods monitoring and asset/data potential acquisition by them ...
just noticed what they put as incentive for buying ... 3 Creation C(crap)lub mods ... Fishing (are they joking?) survival (are they joking even more????) and new quest with saint and seducers (wait ... they can't be serious???) alongside other CC mods ... nah ... never used the creation club ... why pay for what modders do for free (which i will support, if they have a patreon or other donation platform ... mind you)

in short AE is not worth it at all for SE owner ... even at the discounted price or even for free for the PS/XB SE owner" (although console owner are hindered by modding capacity ... thus well, free AE might not be that bad for them )

That looks very nice. love the bow.

 

[GreiverBlade]

That looks very nice. love the bow.

nightingale scoped bow is beautiful indeed (the other one in the scoped argument is the nordic assault shortbow) i am quite proud of my SE graphics hehe

 

[Chomiq]

@Chomiq that's pretty cool, didn't know you could do that. But Microsoft's been doing a major push on acessibility so it doesn't surprise me too much.

I've changed my graphics settings to roughly what XSX Performance Mode is using and the framerate seems much more stable. So I'm not having many issues right now, just the ocasional bug, but nothing that ruins the experience, thankfully.

I need to tinker with my settings too, 1060 was fine for FH4 but here it's dipping into 60's.

 

[EntropyZ]

Unwinding after long hours at work, back in Final Fantasy XIV and preparing for "Endwalker" expansion. It's going to be something for sure.

 

[Space Lynx]

Unwinding after long hours at work, back in Final Fantasy XIV and preparing for "Endwalker" expansion. It's going to be something for sure.

yep, I am super excited. but as you can see by my signature, still trying to get some older gpu so I can run it properly...

 

[Deleted member 24505]

nightingale scoped bow is beautiful indeed (the other one in the scoped argument is the nordic assault shortbow) i am quite proud of my SE graphics hehe

I have SE is yours running some mod/s?

 

[Sithaer]

Think about the game you're playing or your favorite, do you feel addicted?

Nope, did not get addicted to any game in the past few years since I mainly play single player games for like 2-4 hours/day at most and on some days I barely play anything.
Tho if you ask me this question ~6+ months later I might have a different answer since I do plan on giving a proper go with Lost Ark and in the past I did have a tendency to get borderline addicted to MMOs so we will see if that happens again. 'Most likely not since I simply wont have the same ammount of time to play as 5-8 years ago'

 

[GreiverBlade]

I have SE is yours running some mod/s?

i am an old school believer of


in LE i had 255 mods on all my runs except the first run (around 1100hrs on STEAM, in fact i had way more since i also ran a "non Steam" install due to various reasons ) which only had facegen fixes... did not want to get my eyes gouged by an Altmer/Bosmer chin ...

in SE 249 plugins actives, 68 lights at the present moment (meaning 181/255 effective plugins, if i did understand correctly how ESPL works )

main list is comprised of
the obvious: XP32 skeleton, FNIS, Expressive facial animation male/female, Conditional expression, CBP/CBPC (immersion breaking if it's not jiggling(tm) i use a soft setting, nothing exaggerated)alternate start with extension, SkyUI and obviously SKSE64
the fixes: USEEP, SSE parallax shader fix 1.0, SSE Engine Fix (2 part one is Vortex/NMM/MO2 compliant, the second is manual DLL copy )no silly physics damage (i hate when my follower hit a rock with their little toes, keel over and die ... )SMIM SE 2-08.
the beauty: Total Character Makeover 1.2, improved eyes of Skyrim SSE 1.6, Expressive Face Gen Morphs SE, Apachii hairs/KS hairdos SSE/SMP (normal and HDT for the ladies npc/follower)
the landscape beauty: JK's Skyrim all in one (cities and villages overhaul) Lanterns of Skyrim, Realistic water two SE V3.1.0 (and patches when needed), water in wells (Mesh only no ESP needed) and Vivid weather.
the immersion: camping lite, Skytest, immersive weapon/armor/interactions, immersive citizen AI overhaul, scoped bows, Bosmeri cuisine (mmhhh nothing like a good cooked human meat brochette to go with a Bloodfroth...), Dine with follower V1.3, immersive HUD (although i play with no hud shown at all aside the stamina bar) Reproccer reborn.

various NPC/monster/world object improvement (4k textures, better meshes, diverse dragon et caetera)

The Followers: i tend to test a lot of followers, but i have my 3 staples followers mods and one "all in one" Inigo V2.4C SE M'Rissi's Tails Of Troubles SE v1.7 (Fluffy's M'rissi replacer), Song of the Green v1.3 (Auri replacer from SMAFFS) and Interesting NPCs SE for the all in one (also Onean and Neisa from PandeaWork/Morika well ... starting from an artwork and making a full custom voice/scripted follower is always something impressive ... ) i was never one for having a follower but after Inigo ... i started to take a liking to full custom with interesting quest and more interactions than your bog basic vanilla followers, the work done on a single of these 5 followers easily top the devs work on the whole lot of vanilla NPC's in Skyrim (exaggerating i know i know ... )

main screen : forest fantasy with falling leaves ... (i am a sucker for that kind of thing, even tho you only see it once when starting a run/session )
modified it myself with a change of song ... easy as pie, thanks to Skyrim Audio Converter (wave to XVM) and Waribiki putting a link to download SotG songs
it's the "Song of the Green" Auri sing in the game when doing her quest (well she can sing whenever i want after completing it, also) first part of the song only, to keep it short but still offer a preview

 

[Deleted member 67555]

this will be good for when i am in my 40's and beyond. older i get more slow i need. lol

What? Lol
Why wouldn't you be able to twitch as fast in your 40's and beyond?
I hope you younging's know most of the people beating you in MP are old.

Just takes a little Aspercreme, a small amount of that tape you see athletes use and maybe a wrist support.

 

[Deleted member 202104]

Just takes a little Aspercreme, a small amount of that tape you see athletes use and maybe a wrist support.

And coffee... Lots of coffee.

 

[WhiteNoise]

this will be good for when i am in my 40's and beyond. older i get more slow i need. lol

Hey now! Us 40 somethings are just as fast as ever....Or at least we like to believe so, Hand-eye isn't what it used to be, that's for sure...I'm 49 next month.. /sigh

 

[mama]

Age is no barrier. Just to about to kick off Guardians of the Galaxy...

 

[seth1911]

Did look around if ill buy a AAA Game for PS4 or xbox:

CoD V have again sbmm, hmmm na i dont waste my money
Horizon 5, hmm it isnt that great

Ill take this year BF 2042 and (LS 22)

LS 22 Platinum Trophy would be for sure a very funny thing like in 17 and 19

 

[GreiverBlade]

what i will not be playing : Anniversary edition...
my opinion:
"it's not an upgrade : it's a downgrade... (i miss the "never update this game" from early STEAM build ... )
but are they joking? free for XB/PS SE owner but not for PC owner? even those who play since 2011 on LE and got SE for free and then waited 5yrs for their mods to be ported correctly and bug free because Bethsoft is unable to do things correctly? (aside stealing modding community improvement and claiming them as their own in SE ... tbf, anything aside 64bit engine was modding community's doing)
free for inferior platform regarding modding liberty ... i don't like where this is going ... Bethsoft network and creation club mod? NO FREAKING THANKS! not a fan of creativity hindering, mods monitoring and asset/data potential acquisition by them ...
just noticed what they put as incentive for buying ... 3 Creation C(crap)lub mods ... Fishing (are they joking?) survival (are they joking even more????) and new quest with saint and seducers (wait ... they can't be serious???) alongside other CC mods ... nah ... never used the creation club ... why pay for what modders do for free (which i will support, if they have a patreon or other donation platform ... mind you)

in short AE is not worth it at all for SE owner ... even at the discounted price or even for free for the PS/XB SE owner" (although console owner are hindered by modding capacity ... thus well, free AE might not be that bad for them )"

edit, made sure to backup the current exe... HECK! even did a backup of my full 102gb install! and i will edit the manifest tomorrow to show all repository to the latest ID and StateFlags to "4"... i want no unwanted mod breaking update to hinder my playthrough if it's just useless CC "gifts", if i do not pay for AE i do not want VS19 AE update.

well, it worked i can still play SE non-AE atm and that's what i intend to do until SKSE and mods that need more work are updated ...


need to do so on each "updates" but Skyrim is not one of those games that has an update a day and literally force you to DL 10-50gb a day (i uninstalled a few game that did so ... and some were not even online ) alternatively i can update it ... check on it and then if not working use the backup folder to launch using SKSE64Launcher ...it did launch no issues without triggering the update set "on launch" in steam ... then redirect target and starting folder in Vortex ...

ahah ... i did count at least 6 idle chatter line Werewolf related

 

[Vayra86]

Basically, someone that is really good at the game, that enjoys bashing newbs.

Only in our current snowflake world would this be considered a problem. Even virtually, and when only emotions can get hurt, we do our damnest best to avoid failure - NOT by getting better, but by fleeing from everyone who could present us that mirror...

Honestly, isn't this just the world as it should be? Get good or get eaten. The thing is, you just need a private server option alongside that so you can always play with buddies. But in the open internet, why would it not be reasonable to find people who are much better? People need those reality checks, it keeps them from narcissism.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

Only in our current snowflake world would this be considered a problem. Even virtually, and when only emotions can get hurt, we do our damnest best to avoid failure - NOT by getting better, but by fleeing from everyone who could present us that mirror...

Honestly, isn't this just the world as it should be? Get good or get eaten. The thing is, you just need a private server option alongside that so you can always play with buddies. But in the open internet, why would it not be reasonable to find people who are much better? People need those reality checks, it keeps them from narcissism.

That is perhaps the most cynical way possible to look at it. These are games; they're supposed to be fun. One doesn't have fun or develop skills as a noob when one hops into a match only to get immediately and repeatedly headshotted by an elite player who's slumming it for the lulz. Heck, even single player games have a difficulty curve.

 

[Splinterdog]

Although I just signed up for Game Pass in its £1 for 3 months deal, which means I can play Forza Horizon 5 for a while, out of the 100 odd other games available, I have most of the good ones on other platforms, including the EA ones, so Microsoft need to add more games.
I was always curious about NFS Payback, so I gave it a shot. It's one of the more story driven arcadey racers with some pretty lame characters and cheesy dialogue, but the racing is fun and that's about all.
I don't need wannabe characters/gangsters impeding on the racing experience, which is why Grid is such such a good series and if you can forget the silly avatars in Forza, it's one the best.

 

[Vayra86]

That is perhaps the most cynical way possible to look at it. These are games; they're supposed to be fun. One doesn't have fun or develop skills as a noob when one hops into a match only to get immediately and repeatedly headshotted by an elite player who's slumming it for the lulz. Heck, even single player games have a difficulty curve.

Its not cynical at all. Its a reality check.

What you describe used to be the norm in multiplayer environments and it didnt stop it from growing. Until mainstream picked it up. Casual entered and redefined the values.

There is a serious downside to all the technologies we deploy to place groups of people in different boxes. This isnt unique to gaming; think of the search bubble. Social media algorithms and profiling, its everywhere.

And the results are not beneficial at all. People get a distorted view on reality. Its fun, until you realize you are living in an environment that is built to suit your comfort zone, and only works to reinforce that further, making you drift away from anything different, better or worse than yourself. Its self confirmation bias. And its not realistic. It also kills competitive value both in and outside of gaming.

And there are different ways to manage this. I completely see a more flexible form of matchmaking where we get options to define difficulty, just as we do in single player. And perhaps even different points for trying higher difficulties.

 

[the54thvoid]

Its not cynical at all. Its a reality check.

What you describe used to be the norm in multiplayer environments and it didnt stop it from growing. Until mainstream picked it up. Casual entered and redefined the values.

There is a serious downside to all the technologies we deploy to place groups of people in different boxes. This isnt unique to gaming; think of the search bubble. Social media algorithms and profiling, its everywhere.

And the results are not beneficial at all. People get a distorted view on reality. Its fun, until you realize you are living in an environment that is built to suit your comfort zone, and only works to reinforce that further, making you drift away from anything different, better or worse than yourself. Its self confirmation bias. And its not realistic. It also kills competitive value both in and outside of gaming.

And there are different ways to manage this. I completely see a more flexible form of matchmaking where we get options to define difficulty, just as we do in single player. And perhaps even different points for trying higher difficulties.

That's why I've reverted to playing some single-player. I've never had lightning reflexes and ageing doesn't help. That, and I'm not competitive enough to play 5 hours a day.

Anyway, this thread's about what you're playing, not some pseudo-freudian analysis of not being happy about losing. These are games we're talking about. Esports people ought to play in their own arenas. You don't bring your 5-a-side mates to play AC Milan.

I'm busy swinging my axe in AC Valhalla (where I might dabble in difficulty switching to kill some people way harder than me.) Loving the escapism.

 

[GreiverBlade]

That's why I've reverted to playing some single-player. I've never had lightning reflexes and ageing doesn't help. That, and I'm not competitive enough to play 5 hours a day.

Anyway, this thread's about what you're playing, not some pseudo-freudian analysis of not being happy about losing. These are games we're talking about. Esports people ought to play in their own arenas. You don't bring your 5-a-side mates to play AC Milan.

I'm busy swinging my axe in AC Valhalla (where I might dabble in difficulty switching to kill some people way harder than me.) Loving the escapism.

i am also more of a single player game ... aside some casual mmo's, although i had my time in toxic pvp games, namely WoT and WoWs because of my passion for armored and naval warfare, and tried a bit of WT for more "realisme", well ... i ignored the chat ... i only focused on having fun, and i had fun i have one mindset, if i did good did not do any major F'up, there is nothing that anyone could write that would affect me.

i got called name on that game (whooohoo rhyming! ) but i am 1st by dmg 3rd by XP (well, only one kill ... but that just mean that i am a team player and i share my preys )

aye ... lot of prems ... only paid for the Primo Victoria Strv81 tbf got a lot of free during my time on the game, mostly anniversary/xmas event like the Super Hellcat, T-50-2 and Super Chaffee, some also via the bond shop (which is why i have my trusty Kranvagn for that, i am ashamed, more than 5yrs and "only" one tier X ), some via marathon events, like the 50TP Prototype and the Progetto 46 and a lot via the xmas lootbox, which, in majority, were gifted by some of my old clan teammate, who unfortunately stopped playing... well i stopped too now, although posting that one is kinda tempting me to go back for a few rounds getting called name in a game ... am i masochistic?

other more nervous games mostly shooter or moba (multiplayer online battle arena, not mobile arena) .... well, i dropped Overwatch due to my lack of interest in other than co-op pve matches, in LoL i still play from time to time with friends ...


right now, playing "editing the manifest" for Skyrim SE, second time (they got a "micropatch" of 768mb it seems after the main AE 3.3gb update) and then launching my pure untouched perfect modded run and continuing to RP my mercenary that did not meet Alduin and did not get called by the bearded shouter of High Hrothgar

 

[Vayra86]

Loving the escapism.

Same here and that's why I game too. Its good to make the distinction though and expecting the same vibe and success in escapism in multiplayer, perhaps, is not entirely realistic. Trying to make it so... is maybe trying to make the unreal come true? Karma peeks around the corner there though But its an interesting dilemma, there is no perfect way to do it. Hence my suggestion at bottom of last post. Refining matchmaking, I can definitely see that happening.

Back on to gaming as you correctly noted

I caved and bought even more Total War DLC. The Yvresse campaign is... well. Torture ? The new units are proper stuff though. Still not feature complete with TW Warhammer 2 but I don't really intend to. Beastmen, neh. Some of these packs... neh. Its pretty awesome the way CA deploys the DLC for this game. Full freedom of choice, no pressure, if you don't like the style of certain factions, just skip.

Can't wait for WH3 In the meantime, I resort to somewhat easier High Elves to play rather than this split-domain Yvresse crap The Everqueen of Avelorn. She's funny. 'Hi, I'm the mother of harmony and nature, and peace is what I strive for, and everything not High Elf is in my way to achieve peace'. So she goes travelling the world speaking of unity and love, while slaughtering thousands. I love it. Her voice lines get a whole new meaning when you play her. Even on your own High Elf homestead its quite alright to just destroy everyone instead of waiting for confederating.

Her mechanic reinforces the crusade for peace quite well. Any invader holding a region on Ulthuan kills your income, public order, etc. So even if some pesky kin are in the way, those invaders just gotta go

 

[kapone32]

Same here and that's why I game too. Its good to make the distinction though and expecting the same vibe and success in escapism in multiplayer, perhaps, is not entirely realistic. Trying to make it so... is maybe trying to make the unreal come true? Karma peeks around the corner there though But its an interesting dilemma, there is no perfect way to do it. Hence my suggestion at bottom of last post. Refining matchmaking, I can definitely see that happening.

Back on to gaming as you correctly noted

I caved and bought even more Total War DLC. The Yvresse campaign is... well. Torture ? The new units are proper stuff though. Still not feature complete with TW Warhammer 2 but I don't really intend to. Beastmen, neh. Some of these packs... neh. Its pretty awesome the way CA deploys the DLC for this game. Full freedom of choice, no pressure, if you don't like the style of certain factions, just skip.

Can't wait for WH3 In the meantime, I resort to somewhat easier High Elves to play rather than this split-domain Yvresse crap The Everqueen of Avelorn. She's funny. 'Hi, I'm the mother of harmony and nature, and peace is what I strive for, and everything not High Elf is in my way to achieve peace'. So she goes travelling the world speaking of unity and love, while slaughtering thousands. I love it. Her voice lines get a whole new meaning when you play her. Even on your own High Elf homestead its quite alright to just destroy everyone instead of waiting for confederating.

Her mechanic reinforces the crusade for peace quite well. Any invader holding a region on Ulthuan kills your income, public order, etc. So even if some pesky kin are in the way, those invaders just gotta go

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Wait until you have Caledor and have enemies on all sides with limited settlements to gain. Avelorn is nice because you can have Treemen in your High elf army. The Sisters of Twilight are pretty good for the Wood Elves, once you get the Elf Witch Queen with serious magic!

Unfortunately I have been so influenced by Warhammer that 3 Kingdoms and even Troy have not gotten the attention they should warrant but magic is so much fun to use that, the lack thereof makes those Games seem a little bland.

I am so hyped for Warhammer 3 that it is already in my Steam library. The Gameplay videos thay have been released so far have done nothing to wane my enthusiasm for the Game. The expansion of the build mechanic in Games like Rome looks pretty cool too. An army of Ogres seems interesting for a choice to fight against Demons!

There are current Mods that allow you to play as another High Elf lord starting around where Teclis starts.

 

[Vayra86]

There are current Mods that allow you to play as another High Elf lord starting around where Teclis starts.

Nice, because it does get boring on Ulthuan and Teclis.. is Teclis. Thanks for that one, def gonna check it out.