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Reply to Epic President: “The Money’s On Console” in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="ZehDon" reply="69" id="2629895"] Present me a PC that can run Crysis at maximum settings for less than $300.00 and I'll conceed the point. [/quote] Present me Crysis running on the Xbox. Crysis 2 will run on Consoles with an engine that hss been improved. Console games usually run at 720p without the fancy stuff like AA and so on. http://www.guru3d.com/article/ati-radeon-hd-4670-review/9 With an ATI 4670 Crysis runs at medium setti

Reply to Question to Brad regarding DD marketshare in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="Nesrie" reply="57" id="2630380"] All Steam seemed to do was sell new releases and most releases within the last year or two at full retail price while on the B&M retailers put new releases on sale.[/quote] First thing is that during that time DD was just a niche. Although being able to provide games at a cheaper price, Steam for example did not. Prices at steam (and probably other DD providers) were almost always higher as in retail. Launch prices still are. Thin

Reply to Best spell in the game? in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="LORD-ORION" reply="3" id="2613425"]Best: Ground Spike, all around one of the best team skills. You were none specific if the usefulness of the DG factored into the evaluation of the skill. eg: If UB had ground spikes, people would fall over into a fetal position and be premanently traumatized. If QoT had an interrupt and wasn't so horrible late game people would claim it is imba because of how sick DMG can get from being under the effect of spikes III/IV when you are b

Reply to Star Ruler in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="Whiskey144" reply="35" id="2599595"] Probably because almost everybody has a screen with a minimum resolution of 1024x768.[/quote] I think that was true until it became completely viable to use non expensive lcd tvs as monitors. You can put your PC, a wireless mouse and keyboard into your living room and enjoy a console feeling while having the advantages of the PC (mouse and keyboard ^^).

Reply to Star Ruler in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

Looks interesting. But why do smaller Devs seem to always have a minimum resolution of 1024*768? I'm probably not the only one playing on a hd ready tv (1280*720 non interlaced; I just prefer a large screen over more detail on a tiny screen ;)) as these are just dirt cheap nowadays.

Reply to What's up with Reviews today? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

It isn't about what system you use. You could argue that a 100% system does not really make much sense as it is more or less not possible to rate the fun of a game this concise. A maximum of 5 Stars might be insufficient as you don't make a difference between really great games and great games. The reason that nowadays games get such high scores has to do with a) publisher and b) customers. There are some publishers who do pressure magazines, reviewers into giving good scores

Reply to Deep Space 9 or Babylon 5 in Everything Else Demigod Forums

B5. This is one of the first series that had a complex storyline written over several episodes with characters who had to make realistic choices (with consequences). The main storyline was told in every episode even if the focus was on a side plot (and from time to time there were some dumb side plots; but usually the main storyline saved these episodes a bit). Without B5 there probably wouldn't be series like BSG (or even Dexter) who focus on a larger plot and consequences. DS9 on

Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="205" id="2542806"]Something like pancreatic or colon cancer always metastasizes, and the US spanks Europe on those too. [/quote] And Europe spanks the US in other areas. Health care is a complex system and one system might excel in specific areas and loose in others. Generally I'd say that overall quality of health care would be similar throughout western states as training of doctors, use of treatments, use of technology etc. are more or less the sam

Reply to Where does the US's obsession with the free market come from? in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Cind3rs" reply="172" id="2535366"]Well said. Capitalism is CLOSEST, though not matching, a human being's nature. Positive reinforcement, punishment. Socialism is only an ideal, imho. If given the chance, people will be lazy. [/quote] This is an ideological statement not really reflecting reality based upon neoclassical assumptions. Looking at reality this usually is not the case as countries like scandinavean ones would show. In contrast

Reply to Advice on new Laptop needed, thank you in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

Thanks. :) With notebook graphics chips it's a bit harder to tell which are really better. For desktops the 4670 is up to 50% faster than the 4650. You have to take in mind that desktop chips usually are faster than their notebook counterparts (ATI being more close to the desktop version as Nvidia afaik). The 4870 currently would be top of the line (and those chips do take a lot of power, if you need some battery life, mid range chips would be better). You might have a look at

Reply to Advice on new Laptop needed, thank you in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

You might try this site: www.notebooksbilliger.de http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/advanced_search_result.php?quick=1&x=0&y=15&keywords=Notebooks+mit+Grafikkarte+ATI+Mobility+Radeon+HD+4670+ (Radeon 4670 chip) http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/advanced_search_result.php?quick=1&x=9&y=12&keywords=Notebooks+mit+Grafikkarte+NVIDIA+GeForce+GTS+250M+ (GeForce 250m chip) http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/advanced_search_result.php?quick=1&x=15&

Reply to Advice on new Laptop needed, thank you in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

In your price range I'd try to look out for a notebook with either a Geforce 9800m, 250m or Radeon 4670. These should be comparable in speed (higher number are better of course). The processor does not matter that as almost any dualcore processor is more than fast enough. Anything with more than 2 GHz should be fine (most gaming notebooks are bottlenecked by their graphics card, processor is ultra fast but the game slows down as the graphics chip is not nearly as fast compared to the

Reply to Rated M and AO Games, Will we be seeing more as digital distribution becomes more popular? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

[quote who="Charvel1" reply="31" id="2445197"] I'm not saying that the USA is not conservative or that there are no conservative values in America. You totally passed over my point. The OP said that the USA seems to be more conservative than MOST other countries in the VIDEO GAMES MARKET. I was saying that's just absolutely not true. Please tell me of a (non-porn) game that sold in other countries but never sold here in the USA. [/quote] AFAIK mass effect was sold cut

Reply to What makes a good 4x space game economy model? in PC Gaming Demigod Forums

I still am waiting for an 4x game that can rival MOO2. Imo it`s economic system was even better than Civs one (at least lategame). I yesterday bought Gal Civ 2 to give a try again because I still remember not liking the system that much after I tried it a few years ago. After reading the article I maybe should have bought SotS instead (both were low prize) but than I would have missed on the diplomacy features... IMHO the way you have to manage your planets in MOO2 is just superior to

Reply to Devs please examine: SP tournament: Normal is too easy, Hard is far too hard in Demigod Demigod Forums

So far I think winning a hard tournament isn't that hard as you'll be able to get usually around 100 favor times even when your team is loosing. As long as your team will win at least half the games you'll still win the tournament. Key is killing the enemy DGs as fast as possible. Get the best gear possible and when you'll manage to kill the AI fast enough your team mates won't die that often and keep leveling up. One thing I noticed in my last game though is that long games can be fr

Reply to What is the design rationale behind drops? in Demigod Demigod Forums

In my opinion potions are a way to encourage a more aggressive playstyle. Demigod already is quite defensive with it's number 1 rule "don't die". Half on HPs? Better retreat even if you might get a kill. The chance of getting a potion can be an incentive to finish a fight even if you'll lose lots of hitpoints and enemy demigods are near as the potion might enable you to continue fighting, to retreat without getting killed or to let of some high mana spells that you otherwise would not have th

Reply to Give me a hint about the TB! in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

I was thinking about playing a frost TB just because of his comments that are the best in the game. One thing i was wondering: Does he really say "Freeze douchebag" or do I just understand it wrong every time? :D (wouldnt really fit to the setting). So far I'm having quite a lot of fun with going full burst damage. Going Fireball, Rain of Ice and 1 point in both novas til lvl 10. Deep freeze til lvl 15 and then getting Biting Chill, Frost Nova max and Fire Nova max. At lvl 16 th

Reply to Doubles -- what's the big deal? in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Obscenitor" reply="67" id="2330368"]I'm super bored so I wanted to point out that there are some abilities which have a unique force multiplier effect when doubled with themselves. Snipe is a good example, but ground Spikes is probably the best one. Let's say we have a level 10 Sedna with just Nimoth's boosting her armor. She'll be at 1328 armor, which is 34% mitigation, aka she takes 66% damage from autoattacks. If we hit her with one rank 4 Ground Spikes sh

CL when Skype is running in Demigod Connectivity Help Demigod Forums

Hi, could it be that running skype might result in CLs (as skype is constantely using your connection this might be possible)? I did have quite a lot of CLs and so far I thought, I would get them as soon as my flatmate would be connected to the network as I never get any when he is not connected. No matter what he was doing (watching youtube, playing WoW or Arma2) I always got CLs. I never got them when his comp was not connected to the network. Today I decided to start Skype (I usual

Reply to Citadel destruction exploit? in Demigod Demigod Forums

This wasn't ment to seriously. :) But in the end QoT does have low base damage and no skills to enhance it. The easiest way to get damage up is using minions. Compared to minion damage weapon damage alone could just not explain the damage increase after spikes when running around with full minions.

Reply to Citadel destruction exploit? in Demigod Demigod Forums

[quote who="Obscenitor" reply="12" id="2319428"]You might think that getting in there to at least bite would make a difference, but of course minion damage isn't even affected by armor (though I do realize the snare helps). It's like the minons were intentionally designed to be as simplistic as possible. [/quote] AFAIK minion damages minion damage is affected by armor. Just try a Minion QoT with Spike and without Spike against a low armor Demigod and you'll notice a huge differen

Reply to QoT offensive build? Lategame? in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

Well I'm usually playing random teams and the problem should only arise when the teams are pretty evened out. If you are playing against a beginner only team, the game would end at around level 10, same goes with a skilled pre-made team against a random team. In the end it's about what strategy might be the best depending on the circumstances past level 11 (at least for me strategy til then is relatively fixed, but after that point it's completely open). I would call myself a

Reply to QoT offensive build? Lategame? in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

Thanks for the replys. I might try out getting speed items (but I think sacrificing idols might not be worth it. All lvl 4 idols cost around 8k and probably would dish out more damage than a single mageslayer). Problem might be that I will do less damage than my opponent and will die quickly if I spend my money on items like mageslayer and ahskandor. I just had the chance to try out Goddess of Thorns in a game that went til lvl 20 together with Armor of Vengeance and Bulwark of Ages w

Reply to QoT offensive build? Lategame? in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

[quote who="Tukulis" reply="1" id="2307844"] I might also recommend that you forgo getting the tier 4 idols (just stick with tier 1) and save your money for the artifact of your choice. -- Tukulis[/quote] Tier 4 idols are quite crucial if you want to maximise you mid game damage. With ring of divine might tier 4 priests do almost 90 damage each and siege demolisher do about 80 damage which amounts to 340 damage. A complete army should do almost 700

QoT offensive build? Lategame? in Demigod Strategies Demigod Forums

Hi I played a lot with QoT and usually going after an offensive build. I'm not a pro player, still doing mistakes, but having lots of fun with it. The thinking behind this build is doing as much damage as possible as early as possible. Here is where ground spikes and minions come in. Ground spikes reduces enemy defense while QoT does not do much damage. Therefore it is important to get as much conventional damage as possible. This can be achieved by minions (shamblers and idols). Basi