CitizenCope
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Ugh that sounds horrible.
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Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning |OT| An Enemy-Pounding Funfest
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Ugh that sounds horrible.
I am horrible at the lockpicking mini game, can anyone give any pointers?
I wish I could move the thing at the top slower with the left stick, it just goes so fast that by the time I see my lockpick shaking I do not have time to react before the lockpick breaks. And the second I try to ease up on the left stick the the thing on the top goes all the way back to the beginning.
I wish I could move the thing at the top slower with the left stick, it just goes so fast that by the time I see my lockpick shaking I do not have time to react before the lockpick breaks. And the second I try to ease up on the left stick the the thing on the top goes all the way back to the beginning.
H3rTz DoNuT
Member
Feel sorry for you mate
I'm afraid that something like that will happen to me one day and that's why I always backup my saves .The gears will start to slow down before the lockpick vibrates, so if you see that then make a minor adjustment. The 'correct' angle won't change so there's no issue in letting the progress reset.
edit: that's on a console, is the game any different on PC?
What's more frustrating on PC that they totally ignore the controller deadzone during the minigame, so letting go of the stick is only a 50/50 that the slider stops at all.
Move the stick down and then slowly slide it to the right.
You still need fast reflexes but you can sometimes get enough time to let off the stick in time.
I *finally* figured out the crafting system in this game. I love how synergistic the crafting disciplines are
About 25 hours in and I'm addicted to this game! I love the style, I love the combat and the story so far is pretty good. It's not perfect by any means but I still love everything about it.
I'm doing a pure mage build and it's working great for me so far. Element Fury is probably my favorite spell, looks cool and is really fun to use on a group of mobs. I was mostly using shakrams but I'm getting a bit bored of them.
Even on Hard the game is a bit easy though, the only boss that gave me trouble was the House of Ballads one, since then I had no real troubles as long as I'm not doing stupid things. I haven't crafted a single piece of equipment yet btw, just using what I found. Thankfully combat is still fun enough and the story has me hooked so it's not too much of an issue.
I have a lot of trouble with dispelling though, don't know if it's due to some lag on my part, but I feel like I have to click before the circle goes on the glyph to get it activated. I have zero trouble lockpicking even the hardest locks though, thus I haven't invested a single point in that skill.
I'm doing a pure mage build and it's working great for me so far. Element Fury is probably my favorite spell, looks cool and is really fun to use on a group of mobs. I was mostly using shakrams but I'm getting a bit bored of them.
Even on Hard the game is a bit easy though, the only boss that gave me trouble was the House of Ballads one, since then I had no real troubles as long as I'm not doing stupid things. I haven't crafted a single piece of equipment yet btw, just using what I found. Thankfully combat is still fun enough and the story has me hooked so it's not too much of an issue.
I have a lot of trouble with dispelling though, don't know if it's due to some lag on my part, but I feel like I have to click before the circle goes on the glyph to get it activated. I have zero trouble lockpicking even the hardest locks though, thus I haven't invested a single point in that skill.
I can't even get average locks yet >.<
Just wasted four lockpicks on this chest, arg. I will get you one day!
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Same. I like it being close so you can see your character and enemies and combat more up close
CartridgeBlower
Member
Are there any holdups with installing it on 360 like Skyrim, or is it all good?
Hrm, finished dling the game through steam. Time to give the widescreen fixer a chance and see how it works.
But, first, I need to build my character. I'm torn between a rogue/stealth character and a battle mage. I want to make a mage that gets into the thick of combat and cracks some heads, but can teleport around and stuff.
But, first, I need to build my character. I'm torn between a rogue/stealth character and a battle mage. I want to make a mage that gets into the thick of combat and cracks some heads, but can teleport around and stuff.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
You will have enough points to make hybrids and still get deep into the skill trees (assuming you also do a lot of side quests, and you should because many of them are really meaty and good) so I would suggest a Mage/Rogue hybrid.
So sadly due to no screenshot feature on PS3 (38 studios ) I had to take some snaps with my camera.
Level 16 warden (Might/Finesse), Great Sword main, Bow secondary. The bows has become pretty damn awesome as i've gained more abilities, Arrow storm is kind of situational because of how long it takes to wind up, but it's been a pretty useful upgrade. Have a feeling multishot will be very useful once I can grab that.
) I had to take some snaps with my camera.
Level 16 warden (Might/Finesse), Great Sword main, Bow secondary. The bows has become pretty damn awesome as i've gained more abilities, Arrow storm is kind of situational because of how long it takes to wind up, but it's been a pretty useful upgrade. Have a feeling multishot will be very useful once I can grab that.
There is supposed to be stuff you can only do after the main quest is completed
Well:
Canneroc House, the Mine in Detyre, the house in Adessa, Seawatch Castle, and the house in Rathir
H3rTz DoNuT
Member
I got it installed and it works great. From what I've heard you might get freeze from time to time when it runs from DVD, but don't quote me on that, just heard it
bluedeviltron
Member
That's just how GAF likes it. You can never have too much FOVs.So, here's what that FOV "fixer" did for me. I set it to 90 at 1920x1080 resolution. Pretty nasty.
DanielJr82
Member
Finished the first Warsworn main quest and one board quest. Got the
* as a reward for finishing it, am I going to get the
from finishing other Warsworn story quests or are they hidden somewhere for me to find right now?
I'm debating if I should continue the main story line quest or keep exploring the Warsworn faction.
*Don't know if those are considered spoilers, playing it safe anyway.
Stern Helm
rest of the Stern set
I'm debating if I should continue the main story line quest or keep exploring the Warsworn faction.
*Don't know if those are considered spoilers, playing it safe anyway.
No origin issues here
CartridgeBlower
Member
Hate to ask this but...is there an achievement for beating the game on Hard?
Yeah there is. You need to start the game on hard and not change the difficulty to get it.
Baconsammy
Banned
There is.
XANDER CAGE
Member
The game recommends you install, I'm fairly sure.
Hawk269
Member
Since I have both the PC and the 360 versions of the game, I decided to try something. I took my Level 5 Character that has the ME3 armor and decided to just make a run to the big castle looking city on the world map. As I progressed, I was attacked by enemies, some I would run from as I started my journey...as I got closer to my destination, I decided to stop and fight some enemies here and there, playing on hard mind you.
When I first started, I left town with 10 health potions, did not activate any other buffs or anything else. In my travel to get to this city I fought 8 different mobs on the way, the last being right outside of the citys entrance area. Even on hard, my Level 5 character was able to easily destroy the mobs I came across. I only used 3 of the 10 health potions I brought with me.
Now, I am not sure how exactly this game works as far as scalling to the characters level, but I would think that the farther away from the starting town, the harder stuff should be. I also read that it is in the dungeons in these farther areas is where the challenge really is.
I know the team is already looking into the difficulty thing and i dont mean to bring this up as another example, but more to understand the games mechanics. I was actually shocked on how easy it was for me to make it as far as I did and only use 3 potions...I was really expecting to get 1 shot killed half-way there, but made my way pretty easily.
When I first started, I left town with 10 health potions, did not activate any other buffs or anything else. In my travel to get to this city I fought 8 different mobs on the way, the last being right outside of the citys entrance area. Even on hard, my Level 5 character was able to easily destroy the mobs I came across. I only used 3 of the 10 health potions I brought with me.
Now, I am not sure how exactly this game works as far as scalling to the characters level, but I would think that the farther away from the starting town, the harder stuff should be. I also read that it is in the dungeons in these farther areas is where the challenge really is.
I know the team is already looking into the difficulty thing and i dont mean to bring this up as another example, but more to understand the games mechanics. I was actually shocked on how easy it was for me to make it as far as I did and only use 3 potions...I was really expecting to get 1 shot killed half-way there, but made my way pretty easily.
I had the same issue, what you have to do is basically cut your resolution in half (if not more) since it won't actually affect the resolution but will remove the fisheye crap. It's pretty damn weird :O
toastyToast
Member
can someone take a screeny of the ME armor?
I can't wear it ;_;
I can't wear it ;_;
How did you get the mass effect armor? i played the demo and beat it multiple times, still nothing.
Think it's been mentioned before but, on Dungeons
can't wait to see whatelse they have up their sleeve.
I just got to this cave with fish swimming around in the ceiling (coilsbane), and all it's an awesome effect. There is a ton of great little touches, and varitey in locations in Reckoning.
I played KoA for the first time for about an hour earlier and then left for a minute and came back and the game made me log into my EA account again? I have a pretty complex password that I didn't memorize. What the fuck is this shit? Am I living in 1995 again? Have I entered a timewarp here?
I haven't experienced that. There is animation cancelling, depending on where you are in your actual attack chain.
Each weapon has a different chain. The weaker weapons are longer (the daggers, for instance, are a 6 chain attack), and the bigger weapons are much shorter. Up until you reach the power move of each attack chain (the power move is the one that imparts any status effects, etc.) you can cancel out of it with a dodge/roll/block. Once you reach that power move, you are committed to the action and cannot stop. At any point in the attack chain you can always cancel up to a magic attack/ability, but in doing so, you lock yourself into that attack. Once you've done that, you've paid a mana cost and are going to go through with the attack/animation.
MushroomSamba
Member
About that quest to create 3 staves...
one of them breaks down into a purple piece that has like 100 base damage. That's way better than my current weps, but how good is that for the long run? I don't really have many good components to support it at the moment, so I was thinking about hanging on to it to craft later.
toastyToast
Member
no idea
I finished the demo and found shephard's armor along with an extra helmet and a pretty sweet set of chakrams in the delivery box.
There should have been a code for the armor in the game box if you bought it new. For the PC version you just get it automatically since it is tied to the registration code.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Just got my first broken quest. Very frustrating when it happens at the last step of a chain. Under Watch, if anyone has had a similar problem.
Which one and where?
It's a bit weird but try returning for the turn-in after
finishing the other questline involving her
XANDER CAGE
Member
Under Watch, in Adessa.
Extra Sauce
Member
That sucks man. I always thought the common "single auto-save" system of modern games was absolutely retarded. All it takes is one freeze or power outage to ruin countless hours of progress.
How hard would it be to design your game to alternate between two auto-saves, so that when the main one is corrupted, there is a backup one to fall back onto.
I agree that the two auto-save system is better (something I played recently does this, maybe Skyrim), but his entire HDD seems to have failed, so it really wouldn't have helped him.
QisTopTier
XisBannedTier
It had nothing to do with a single auto save. ALL HIS HARD DRIVES DATA IS GONE. aka he got royaly FUCKED. D:
I never trust auto save systems though if I can I always manual save once every 30 minutes.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
This game is so awesome it will probably end up as one of the most pleasant surprises of the generation for me. I expected it to be pretty good, but not THIS good. It just hits all the right notes.
Also, I really didn't care for the art style when I first saw some footage from the game, but after seeing more and more, and playing it myself, I'm actually loving it. The pop-in on the 360 can be pretty significant at times, and it's not a technical marvel, but damn, sometimes the visuals are just stunning. All of the vibrant colors of the environments really pop, and are such a nice change of pace from from the 90% grey-and-brown Skyrim, and the rest of the mostly-colorless 360 catalog.
Also, I really didn't care for the art style when I first saw some footage from the game, but after seeing more and more, and playing it myself, I'm actually loving it. The pop-in on the 360 can be pretty significant at times, and it's not a technical marvel, but damn, sometimes the visuals are just stunning. All of the vibrant colors of the environments really pop, and are such a nice change of pace from from the 90% grey-and-brown Skyrim, and the rest of the mostly-colorless 360 catalog.