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STEAM | December 2016 - Winter (Sale) Is Coming Dec 22nd

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Sendou

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CIV 6 "The Winter Update"

[NEW]

Added Earth map (Standard size)
Added “Alert” action for units
Put a unit to sleep until they spot an enemy unit
Scenario setup menu
Jump into Scenarios more easily within the Single Player menu. This only shows up when a single player scenario is available and enabled (as can be found in both of the new DLCs!)
Added new replay option to Wonder completion movies
[GAMEPLAY UPDATES]

Religious units may now Fortify Until Healed
Coastal Raids can now pillage districts in addition to the buildings within
Great Admirals are no longer allowed to spawn on wonders in water tiles (ex. Huey, Great Lighthouse) so they cannot become stranded in lakes
[BALANCE CHANGES]

Cities can no longer receive yields from more than one regional building per type; they take the highest (ex. production from multiple Factories)
Cities can no longer receive amenities from more than one regional building per type; they take the highest (ex. amenities from multiple Stadiums)
Decreased production costs of Wonders progressively
From the Industrial era (about -10%) to the Atomic era (about -40%).
Decreased production costs of all Space Race Projects by 40%.
Increased research costs of Technologies and Civics progressively
From the Industrial era (about +5%) to the Information era (about +20%).
Increased Faith from Mission
Increased Culture from Chateau
Lowered the minimum unit upgrade cost
Improved clarity on Warmongering penalties associated with taking a civ’s final city
Most Civilization unique districts now require population to construct (like normal districts)
Spaceport district no longer requires population to construct
[AI TUNING]

Improved AI Deal negotiations and analysis
Improved AI handling of Promises; including that they are more likely to agree if they like you, and also will consider how trustworthy a civ is by whether they’ve kept previous promises
Improved tactical handling of Great Admirals and Great Generals
Improved AI interest in Terracotta Army
Improved handling of leaf techs
Improved building of Forts
Improved resource grabbing in late game
Improved Last Viking King agenda’s analysis for who is in bottom percentage of navies
Improved handling of several complaint or kudo messages from AI
Rebalanced Catherine’s evaluation of the ‘no spying’ Promise
AI will not try to convert unconvertible cities
[BUG FIXES]

Fixed several unique buildings that weren’t getting their yields increased by various game effects (ex. Policies)
Fixed an issue that allowed the Goddess of the Harvest pantheon bonus to stack
Fixed it so loading screens now show the correct text and play matching VO
Fixed an issue that blocked certain relationship-based diplomatic actions
Fixed an issue where incomplete Encampment districts were able to attack
Fixed an issue where you could declare war on friends or allies by moving units
Fixed an issue where AI could declare war on a civ with whom they were already at war
Fixed an issue that caused a Multiplayer lobby to require joining players to have Additional Content that wasn’t actually needed
Fixed a bug that caused Apostles to run out of promotions
Fixed a bug where gaining policy slots mid-turn could block progression
Fixed issues caused by trading lots of Great Works at the same time
Fixed an issue where turn timers weren’t loading correctly from a save
Fixed an issue where Rome’s roads would connect to too many adjacent roads
Fixed issue where civs could get another civ’s exclusive agenda
Fixed multiple links to the Civilopedia
Fixed issue that could cause menu music to play twice and overlap itself
Fixed an issue that could cause private MP games to become public
Fixed multiple text & grammatical issues
Fixed multiple crashes
[VISUALS]

Added new art for National Parks
Updated Mines for several eras
Updated Swordsman
Improved city fading during combat
[MULTIPLAYER]

Hallowed Ground scenario is no playable on huge maps
VO now plays correctly when loading a save
[UI]

Resource Report now correctly shows resources from several sources:
Great People abilities
Diplomatic Deals
Checkboxes for toggle yields and grid now stay in sync with hotkeys
Improved differentiation in Government Lens hex colors
Added Defeat icon to the End Game Results screen
[AUDIO]

Added sound effect for Quick Save hotkey
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aaaaaand first DLC

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https://civilization.com/news/entries#civilization-vi-winter-2016-update-now-live
 
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Vibranium

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Got all the endings in the RE7 demo. That save theme preorder bonus for PSN is so nice. The design for the Moulded is great, I don't miss zombies that much here. Crimson Heads though... I would jump for joy if they were in RE2make.

I bet Jack Baker would destroy Jake. Nemesis or Birkin would be a toss-up though.
 
Jawmuncher

Jawmuncher

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Vibranium said:
Got all the endings in the RE7 demo. That save theme preorder bonus for PSN is so nice. The design for the Moulded is great, I don't miss zombies that much here. Crimson Heads though... I would jump for joy if they were in RE2make.
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I hope Crimson Heads don't come back. I know i'm the minority, but I hate them. Not even a "Oh they're so scary, or so tough" I just dislike them as a mechanic. Since it pushes you to run past zombies rather than fight, or start to get way to particular on managing the fuel and lighter. It's the main reason I still prefer the original RE to REmake.
 
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Vibranium

Banned
Jawmuncher said:
I hope Crimson Heads don't come back. I know i'm the minority, but I hate them. Not even a "Oh they're so scary, or so tough" I just dislike them as a mechanic. Since it pushes you to run past zombies rather than fight, or start to get way to particular on managing the fuel and lighter. It's the main reason I still prefer the original RE to REmake.
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I liked the running/lighter experience, but I totally understand others hating them. They won't come back, I'm pretty sure.

And yes, I am a nerd.
 
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rtcn63

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Jawmuncher said:
I hope Crimson Heads don't come back. I know i'm the minority, but I hate them. Not even a "Oh they're so scary, or so tough" I just dislike them as a mechanic. Since it pushes you to run past zombies rather than fight, or start to get way to particular on managing the fuel and lighter. It's the main reason I still prefer the original RE to REmake.
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Something we agree on. I like the concept of Crimson Heads, but in practice, they're more like those old-school "hard-as-fuck-early-on" mechanics meant to prevent game renters from finishing them in a few days. Since once you get the shotgun and some shells, they're much less of a threat. It's early-game where you're scrounging for handgun bullets and health and trying to figure your way around (initial playthrough) where they're a genuine worry. Plus the whole being replaced by
hunters
for the most part later on...

Vibranium said:
I liked the running/lighter experience, but I totally understand you hating them. They won't come back, I'm pretty sure.

And yes, I am a nerd.
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In case you're not playing along, look at the dress above you.
 
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Vibranium

Banned
rtcn63 said:
Something we agree on. I like the concept of Crimson Heads, but in practice, they're more like those old-school "hard-as-fuck-early-on" mechanics meant to prevent game renters from finishing them in a few days. Since once you get the shotgun and some shells, they're much less of a threat. It's early-game where you're scrounging for handgun bullets and health where they're a genuine worry. Plus the whole being replaced by
hunters
for the most part later on...



In case you're not playing along, look at the dress above you.
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Whoops didn't see that post lol.

Yeah, I guess the mechanic worked for the time but in hindsight it's not something that should be repeated. Maybe Mikami's team can bring it to The Evil Within 2 instead, hahaha.
 
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rtcn63

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Vibranium said:
Whoops didn't see that post lol.

Yeah, I guess the mechanic worked for the time but in hindsight it's not something that should be repeated. Maybe Mikami's team can bring it to The Evil Within 2, hahaha!
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The first time I watched someone play TEW, I was under the assumption that you had to burn bodies or the enemies would just keep coming back. Don't think I'm alone in that, either.
 
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Vibranium

Banned
rtcn63 said:
The first time I watched someone play TEW, I was under the assumption that you had to burn bodies or the enemies would just keep coming back. Don't think I'm alone in that, either.
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Yeah lots of people thought that, myself included. It's just a faster way of killing the Haunted when they're down. A few corpses will get up too.
 
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septicore

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Rhaknar said:
Darkest Dungeon adding a new mode that speeds up certain aspects of the game and should cut campagin time in half (which sounds scary at first, but we are talking about from 80-90 hours to 40-50 so...yeah).Might be of interest to some people that have held of playing it

I loved the game but its grindy as fuck, so this might be a good thing. Certainly something I would use in a eventual second playthrough.

"A lot of what causes people to put down the game has to do with how much rebuilding is required should you experience a party wipe of max level heroes with all your best trinkets," Red Hook said. "We want loss to still feel meaningful, but for this mode we will look at helping that rebuilding process more than normal."

can confirm >_>
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Thank goodness for that, I started the game back in January but never finished it and just forgot about it.

Might try to get back into once the new update for that new mode is out.
 
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Chance Hale

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Just went back to Shadow Warrior 2 after not playing since launch and none of my weapons have much ammo and everything kills me in a few hits and takes so much damage. Wish they hadn't made it a Borderlands esqe loot game.
 
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Tapejara

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Chance Hale said:
Just went back to Shadow Warrior 2 after not playing since launch and none of my weapons have much ammo and everything kills me in a few hits and takes so much damage. Wish they hadn't made it a Borderlands esqe loot game.
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Yeah, I know a lot of people really loved Shadow Warrior 2, but I was really disappointed by the shift in direction. The story/writing was pretty disappointing as well.
 
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Nzyme32

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Anyone planning on playing Hitman with the Steam Controller - I uploaded a binding set that fixes any problems mouse + gamepad combo had. Works wonderfully imo. Put simply, Run is now its keyboard binding, and the combinations of buttons that don't work out when that key is pressed are autocorrected by a mode shift that is activated at the same time. As long as you can live with buttom prompts flickering between m&k or gamepad till you stop using the mouse or sprint, your all good. This wouldn't even be necessary if Squenix / IO didn't aribitrarily fuck up certain combinations of button presses. Not seen anything like this before, but at the same time they were nice enough to get mouse and gamepad working together, which is all that was needed to let users set it up right

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Speaking of:

GAMEPUMP - any clues as to what the first/any games will be?

Groupees - any good bundles to spend these silly coins on?

Yogscast Bundle - man oh man it's trash. oh well.

Anything i've missed?
 
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Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
Tektonic said:
Speaking of:

GAMEPUMP - any clues as to what the first/any games will be?
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Game 1: WayForward's Lit; not clear if it's the WiiWare original or the poopy mobile version.
After that: A catalogue of a publisher's games rescued from bankruptcy court, purportedly.

Groupees - any good bundles to spend these silly coins on?
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I have literally $18 in coins so obviously from my perspective no.
 
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Annubis

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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided -67%



No idea if this is a better or equal deal to upcoming winter sale =/
The fatalist in me says it might be worst later because it's a 2 week discount instead of 2 days.
 
Bboy AJ

Bboy AJ

My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Let's go already, Steam sale. It's annoying it starts on a Thursday. Should have been Tuesday.
 
MulderYuffie

MulderYuffie

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I'm hyped I kinda want to focus on games I really want instead of just game count which if I don't hit it tomorrow with the Wednesday Indie Gala i'm gonna hit 5,500 Thursday.
 
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