It's killing me not being able to play this game while waiting for my computer to return from repairs. Been spending my downtime watching strategy videos. Here's a bunch of tips I've picked up and am noting here to share with others.
If you see an enemy in the distance press the Q key to spot them. Doing so give you 10 points and marks them with a red icon and on the minimap.
When exiting a tank you'll leave in the direction the turret is facing. So if you want to leave behind the tank to repair while getting shelled, point the turret towards the back before exiting.
The engineer EOD bot can be used to capture and defend MCOM points in Rush. It can also run over enemies or torch them.
The SOFLAM is a Recon gadget that laser designates ships and vehicles, which your teammates can then fire at without anti-flare distractions. You can also use it remotely to survey the land or spot enemies.
You can kill someone with the engi repair tool.
You can drive a tank over/through water.
You cannot cook grenades but you can aim them after pulling the pin. Press the grenade button, and aim while holding down left mouse.
Aiming a laser at people's eyes will slightly blind them. Flashlights are far more blinding.
You can disable enemy C4 by picking it up.
Tanks are most vulnerable from the back, and somewhat from the side. Front has the most armor.
When flying, your warning sound will beep when being tracked, make a solid sound when locked onto, and then beep faster when being shot upon. Listen, and deploy flares during the third stage.
Landing a sniper shot isn't always a one-hit-kill when not striking on the head.
Using the Javelin, lock onto your targets head on but fire the rocket upwards into the air for maximum success.
Spawning on your own radio beacon will destroy it. If you place the beacon outside, spawning players will parachute down to it. Placed inside, players will simply spawn on top of it.
You can hurtle while zoomed in.
Mortar has an alternate fire which tosses smoke. They have independent reloads, so be sure to alternate between them.
The Tow and Kornet launcher missiles can be guided with your mouse once fired.
Apparently FedEx damaged my computer during shipment and sent it back to Dell. They've since run out of supply in their refurbished department. So I gave up on Dell and decided to build a computer from CyberPowerPC. It was $810 after $75 shipping.
Asus USB-N13 802.11b/g/n USB 2.0 300Mbps Wireless USB Adapter
Media Bay
24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive
Video
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1GB 16X PCIe
Power
600 Watts - XtremeGear Power Supply - SLI/CrossFireX Ready
OS
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Operating System DVD
Warranty
3 Year
This ended up as a better deal than the Dell so it all worked out in the end. Should have it shipped on Nov. 8th. In the meantime I'm shopping for a new mouse, 24" flatscreen monitor, and new office chair because my current one is uncomfortable.
Decided I'm going to keep my current laptop. It's more than I need for something that won't be used for gaming but I don't think I'll get too much for it on ebay. Figured it's nice not always being confined to my office when doing work.
We just launched a new website for Dresser Wayne promoting their Fusion Forecourt System products. Dresser Waynes is a global GE energy business that specializes in fuel dispenser equipment.
31.4 hrs played. I wouldn't recommend this game to friends. On medium difficulty I found it unchallenging and the gameplay got stale real fast. My character specialized in combat and hacking. With this I could pretty much get into any room I wanted to and blast my way past any resistance. I think they placed an emphasis on stealth, so if you opt for a run and gun playthrough it's ridiculously imbalanced. The AI was horrible too...a sniper rifle and shotgun is all you really need to clear a room. Pick off enemies at a distance, and once they're alerted wait for them to round a corner before pumping a shell in their chest. After a while I just wanted the game to be over with and felt no compelling drive to continue playing.
There were hardly any vendors so my inventory was inundated with junk that I never used and I was rich at the end of the game. The upgrade system was ill conceived and half the upgrades were useless. Although the augmentation that allowed your player to see through walls was pretty cool.
The game suffers from major stuttering on even decent computers. This was likely due to how they loaded environmental textures progressively. Once you've explored a bit the stuttering subsides a bit. It never used to be as bad, but people were complaining about long load times so they released a patch that minimized load times but introduced the stuttering. In certain places like the streets of Detroit it was unbearable.
Boss battles were a joke, too. With the typhoon upgrade all you had to do was walk next to them and fire of 1-2 volleys and they're dead.
If I get bored I may go back and play through the game one day on the hardest difficulty using stealth only, just to see if I can get the remainder of the achievements. The game attaches itself to Steam once installed so sadly I can't resell it. It's not a game worth keeping.
Time to upgrade the computer for today's generation of games, mainly in anticipation of Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Diablo 3, Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm, and the new Batman. I bought this refurbished Dell for $800 after taxes.
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Operating System DVD
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Operating System DVD
Still debating if I want to sell my current laptop or not. I bought it in July '08 and it has served me well throughout the years, despite be spilling an entire beer on it. But it's reaching its limit for today's games and constantly suffers from overheating. I've burned through 2 video cards already and this one is one its way out. It has a blu ray reader/burner which I never used.
This movie is flawless. Magneto is such a badass in it. When watching the video below be sure to move your cursor off it so the control bar hides to reveal the captions.
Blizzard just launched the game guide for D3. It's not complete but right now you can view all classes and their respective rune affects. It also has a skill calculator which you can use to set your build order and link to.
This is my 2nd all-time most anticipated game behind StarCraft 2. Same company. Blizzard makes exceptional games.
I'll be tweaking the above up until the launch of the game. Planning out character builds is so much fun for me. I'm still reminded of the time when 8 of us friends who used to LAN party together with Diablo2 went out to eat and planned an all-Paladin party. Each of us picked different skills to concentrate on and we rushed home to try it out. We were a force to be reckoned with.
Just discovered this: Open any YouTube video, switch the quality to 1080p to introduce loading delays, and when the loading circle shows hold down an arrow key.
