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Getting kicked off the servers makes me a sad panda.I've had a lot of people complaining about the lag and connection issues in Defiance, especially on the Xbox 360; to them, I counsel patience. Even the best developers create new content that has some glitches in it, and this game in particular is a relatively new concept in the world of consoles.
I'm personally giving the game about a month or so to work out the connection issues, and we'll see how I feel about it from there. Although to be honest, since there aren't any subscription fees, I'll probably keep playing and just change games every time it disconnects me. Tonight's a perfect example of that; I got disconnected from the servers while working on a Hellbug event, so I went to go play League of Legends and won both of my games. All in all, a solid night, as I gained two levels in Defiance prior to getting disconnected.
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Defiance on the Xbox 360Started up Defiance on my Xbox 360 a few days ago, and I must say, despite the lag and being unable to connect 30% of the time, I am really enjoying my time in the game. The story is a lot of fun, and you get such a plethora of weapons that you may think you're back in Borderlands 2. I also really enjoy the third-person standard view, as I tend to shoot from the hip regardless of what game I play, and this allows for a bit more freedom when it comes to recoil. I'm currently wielding a modded pistol and an automatic shotgun~ You get to customize your character, who doesn't really speak aside from the few emotes the game gives you, which is totally fine by me. Got the same treatment from Master Chief back in the day, and the other characters more than make up for your silence. The multiplayer is probably one of my favorite parts, though I am pretty awful at the team deathmatches. King of the Hill, though, I'm pretty damn decent. I think it probably has to do with there being less opportunities for consistent camping, as the map is much larger and much more obstructed than those in the deathmatches. The Arkfalls are one of the largest multiplayer experiences I've ever had, as anyone who is currently logged into the game is able to join in the event. Space Debris crashes into the planet, which naturally attracts some of the less desirable elements on the planet, namely the Hellbugs. Your job, as an Arkhunter, is to break open the space debris to try and retrieve the technology located inside. You do so by allowing the smaller Hellbugs to attack the debris, opening up weak points while defending against the larger swarming ones. Eventually, you may end up fighting a gigantic monster, which you can only defeat when the fully grown Hellbug emerges from hiding within. Overall, a ton of fun, though the lag I experience during my last Arkfall was absolutely insane! I could barely move, never mind actually switch out my weapons to something with some ammo. ArkfallsHowever, the Arkfall prior to that, I had next to no lag with the same amount of people present; I suppose it just all depends on timing and luck. As such, here's my score from the event, woo! While the game is currently very laggy and glitchy when it comes to logging in and staying logged in, it is definitely a game worth checking out. One part that I'm very excited for (looking into the future) is how the players will wind up impacting the TV show, Defiance, launching April 15. I'm willing to ride out the bugs, because honestly, I haven't had this much fun in a shooter since Perfect Dark 64 (and yes, I do also play Halo; the combat here just suits me much better). Links:
Defiance: http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Defiance2.jpg Hellbug Picture 1: http://cdn0.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9669721/defiance.0_cinema_640.0.jpg Hellbug Picture 2: http://i2.cdnds.net/12/49/618x347/gaming-defiance-6.jpg Finally uploaded my PSO 2 White Day Emergency Quest video!Hooray, I finally got around to uploading my PSO 2 White Day Emergency Quest video! This one is basically just me running around to show all the different types of encounters you could have in a similar event-style emergency quest, plus the music is pretty awesome. I'm going to upload another video that shows the same quest on a harder difficulty, as the boss fights and crazyness that ensued on Hard was ridiculous, but epic. That one will most likely not feature a running audio commentary, since I want to post at least one video of each where you (and I) can enjoy the hilarious music that is playing in the background.
I do explain a little of what the Emergency Quest for this style of quest entails, as I know I was fairly confused in the beginning of playing PSO 2 (I do not use the English patch, way too paranoid for that!). Absolutely love this game to pieces! Remember, if you're interested in playing PSO 2, create your character on Ship 2, and join the English community on floors 10 and 20. You can also get pretty good with google translate, and join the Japanese players as well; that's what I've been working on lately. I feel the title sums it up pretty succinctly; with the new champion, Lissandra, launching sometime in the future, a few other champions whose lore exists close to Lissandra's are getting some new skins, and so far, they all look absolutely phenomenal. The Ice Drake Shyvana one is my favorite so far, it almost makes me want to start playing her again (I probably won't, since I am awful at melee..)! Blackfrost AniviaObviously, it's quite difficult getting to play as Lissandra on the PBE, so I chose to try out the new skins for the moment to see what the differences were, and whether they'd be worth investing in once they go live. The Anivia skin, allegedly, is the Legendary Skin for Anivia, as it apparently has a different voice as well as different skins for each of her attacks. It'll be interesting to see what other people think of it; I definitely prefer this skin over her regular one. Ice Drake ShyvanaThis skin was AMAZING! I love absolutely everything about it, or I will once they get the bugs fixed up. Currently, she still does her whole "Fire Dragon" animation about 80% of the time, which then goes into the Ice Drake once the dragon has landed; I've only seen the Ice Drake appear once when I first cast the spell to transform. However, every attack that she makes in this skin is a work of beauty, and it's just so stunning. Lissandra, the Ice WitchI made a custom game to try Lissandra out, and I do love the way she plays. I find her to be very similar (identical, almost) to the Crystal Maiden in DotA 2 in how she plays, though without the support abilities that the Crystal Maiden has. However, I really don't like her second skin (as seen below) as much as her "classic" skin. While it looks lovely, I feel that the classic skin simply suits her better, so I most likely won't be purchasing the bundle when she releases.
More hours!A most interesting thing has occurred to me in the past few weeks. I have had measured increases in my popularity in the work place in both of my jobs, though one has been more noticeable than the other. By popularity, I am referring to a sizable increase in hours based on my performance on the job during the past few weeks. Currently, I am working 5 days a week with an hourly average of 30 hours per week
I am currently a student, working on a diploma after having received my BSc. from Brock University, but I have managed to procure two jobs at this point in time. The interesting thing being that whenever a person is sick or simply unable to make it into work at either position, I appear to be the only person that they are able to call and feel confident regarding the work left behind. It's actually a quite empowering feeling. Prior to this current job as an administrative assistant, I have worked only retail positions; while they have taught me countless skills relating to customer service, I haven't counted any of them as actual careers or "adult" jobs. I do still very much enjoy staying up excruciatingly late at night, as it is the only time of day where my time is my own, which has caused some interesting situations on the job front; a good example would be today, where I finally finished up and went to sleep around 5:30 a.m., only to be woken up at 8:30 a.m. to come into work, where I would then be working until 5 p.m. However, my day would not end there; I am also scheduled at my other job from 6-9 p.m. All in all, nearly a 13 hour work day. Most likely, I'll still stay up till about 2 a.m., as I haven't had a chance to play a video game over the long Easter weekend due to familial obligations. I'll also finish putting my PSO 2 White Day video together, it's pretty much just me running around and completing the event. I may upload two versions, one with commentary and one without, as I know not everyone enjoys hearing someone ramble on for an extended length of time. The White Day event is super awesome! So excited for the new content coming out now!I managed to FRAPS the whole White Day event, but I'm too sleepy to actually put it up now, so I shall do so later :3 Definitely worth doing, though! I did manage to get my Blue Rappy fan XD
I'm hoping to get a more complete version of the event though, just for my own benefit, so hopefully I can pick that up tomorrow after work! Sleepy time! I've also finished recording a new song (I think this one's already much better than my last, I learned how to work the program a bit better now!) and I'll be working on footage for it, since I'm so awful at slide shows. Sun Goddess Karma...?http://www.leagueoflegendsskins.com/images/skins/in-game/Karma_1.jpg This Karma skin was originally my favorite one of the lot; her classic skin felt too restrictive for her personality, the Sakura Karma too over-the-top, while this one had just the right amount of flair to it. Looking at the new version, however, she seems to be more of an angry deity instead of a strong leader. I think, should Riot be able to change her appearance any, that even giving her something as simple as a flared, short skirt in the same colour family as the current Sun Goddess Karma would add some much needed colour and femininity back into the updated model. What I wish for most, however, is for her face to be less angry looking. She had a serious disposition before, this is true, but the updated Karma looks very angry in both the Sun Goddess and Sakura skins. What, negative gold generation?Cool story, really. Logged in at about 11 p.m. EST on the PBE to try out Phoenix Quinn in a custom game. All was well until about 20 minutes into the game, where I suddenly had -214783648 gold. No matter what I did (selling an item did not decrease the amount I owed) or what/who I killed, I could not accumulate any more gold. I managed to finish the game, and it does indeed display my gold earned as a ridiculously negative value I decided to try again, so this time I went into a vs AI game, and wound up with negative gold again after killing the bottom turret as Celestine Soraka, -214,783,648. Talon experienced negative gold at 15:35 approx. in game, and Zed at 19:12 noticed that his gold had also moved into the negatives. In this game, Quinn and I were the only ones who had "new" skins or characters, but Quinn did not experience these difficulties. We also noticed that killing turrets and inhibitors gave ludicrous amounts of gold, around 3,903,274,375 gold for an inhibitor, and 7,914,324,134 for the turret leading into the enemy base. Two people had normal gold generation, Quinn and Kha'Zix. Made a post about this issue here, but we'll see if anyone else notices and comments later, I suppose. On the plus side, Quinn is really fun to play as, and the new Soraka skin is pretty sweet! Celestine SorakaI think this is one of my favorite skins now, as it's so different from the rest of the champions. The only one that comes close to this one in appearance is the Justicar Syndra one. Phoenix QuinnI definitely prefer the Phoenix skin over Quinn's regular one, the colours work much more nicely with each other and Talon looks very epic, flying around.
Evelynn returns to Dominion!Hooray! I decided to start playing Dominion again, and thought I'd give Evelynn another shot, as she used to be my favorite Dominion champion before Riot changed all her abilities. The good news is, she can still be just as awesome as she used to be! Just need to figure out my build for her, and I should be good to go. I've been playing on my little account to get used to her, though tomorrow the plan is to try her out on my main account to see how things go. Working on her AD build, faster hits seem to work better for burst with Dominion, with just a hint of AP for flavour. Hopefully it all works out, and I'll be playing Evelynn in Dominion as much as I used to again soon. :) Links:
Evelyn image: http://lolwp.com/wp-content/uploads/league-of-legends-evelyn.jpg Evelynn render: http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100113183232/leagueoflegends/images/e/e6/Evelynn-Render.png Things to do in Minecraft Xbox 360: |
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