Titanfall

So, I got Titanfall for the X-Bone. It is the most fun I have had in a FPS....ever. Literally ever. If you like playing online first person shooters, this is probably the game for you. It doesnt have a single player mode, so beware if that is what you are into. What it does have are:

Titans: Who doesnt want to fuck shit up in a giant robot? There are basically three different types of titans which are balanced (Atlas), Tanky (Ogre), and fast (Stryder). They all have advantages and disadvantages. I almost always use the Ogre because I like getting up close and personal. Punching shit in a titan is super fun and effective. You can splatter a pilot, or do massive damage to the Titan itself. In case you are wondering, it is called Titanfall because when your Titan is ready, they shoot it down to you from space. If you aim it correctly, it one shots opposing Titans if it lands on top of it. You can ride around in your titan and fuck shit up, or you can set it to guard an area while you still run around and shoot shit.

Parkour!: You can run on walls, and jet pack jump. If you are decent, you can get to any place on the map pretty much. You can also wall hang to get the drop on people. You do not take fall damage. Literally none.
You can run sideways on a wall, double jump off and start running on another. You can jump out a window, jet jump backwards, and hang on the wall waiting for whoever was chasing you to come out. There are just so many possibilities.

Yeehaw Cowboy: There are some other very fun things in Titanfall, and that includes the ability to Rodeo. Basically, you can jump on an enemy Titan, pull off some armor plating, and start blasting it's insides. Most of the time, the pilot will stop and get out to shoot you off. If they don't you are going to take them out with the quickness.  A couple of other things I love are the melee attacks. If you attack from the front, you do a kick like Chuck Norris. My wife giggled uncontrollably watching me run around and kicking dudes to death like 10 times in a row. If you attack them from behind, it is even more fun. You grab hold of their head and twist it around completely. If you are on the receiving end, the last thing you see before respawn is the face of your murderer.

Overall, I fucking love this game. Absolutely a blast to play. If anyone else is playing it on Xboxone and wants to join me, my battletag is Bigjuicyhog52.

D3: Now with non-cookie cutter builds!

One of my absolute favorite things about this new version of D3 is that you dont have to go with a cookie cutter build. You get pieces of gear that have specific kinds of damage or specific skill damage increase (like lightning damage increased or whirlwind damage increased etc.)

This leads to you figuring out new and fun builds that you would not play before. I am actually enjoying my Wizard a ton doing a frosty and archon build. If you like a skill or skills, you can make them work with you, especially with the right gear.

Another good example is on my Barb. I picked up an Odyn Son (Mjolnir) during a run and decided to give it a shot. It gives me like 22 percent extra lightning damage and has a chance to spawn lightning bolts that do a nice amount of damage. My sheet dps went down by about 30k by equipping in, but it doesnt take into account the elemental damage stuff. I was melting through mobs using cleave with the lightning rune and whirlwind with the lightning rune. It is something different I may not have tried if not for the new patch.
In other news, I played some double Wizard torment 1 with Bearness and had quite a lot of fun. Two of them combined is super OP. Frost orb is explody goodness. We also both leveled at the same time essentially while running through sunken temple quests. He still has about 40 paragon levels on me though.

D3: More Leveling Goodness

Last night was yet another night of Diablo leveling goodness. Kev and I started out on the adventure to finish leveling his mage. I decided so that I would get Paragon XP as well, I would do Torment 1 with level 60 mobs. Kev was 50 at that time.

We ended up running through most of act two, and he hit 60 just before Zoltan Kulle. After that, we decided to give his Witch Doctor some love (who was being woefully neglected still sitting at level 1). Well, it went pretty well.

We set it on Expert difficulty, and away we went. By the time we finished act one in a little over and hour, his witch dr was level 29.

I really love the new leveling process. It really makes it so much faster and enjoyable. The loot is a million times better as well. I really think that loot 2.0 will actually be a big improvement for Hardcore as well. I only have one hardcore character and it is only at 17. The fact that they are one and done doesnt really sit that well with me.

I am guessing that there will be more Diablo in my future tonight.

In other gaming news, I finished Hearthstone should be coming out of Beta soon, so you will need to get our Golden Mekkatorque soon if you want it.

D3: Quick and Easy Leveling

Diablo 3 is currently the flavor of the day. Yesterday I did not really do any Paragon leveling, but I did help my buddy level up his Wizard. We played for maybe a couple of hours total and he went from about 25 to 49. Leveling is now incredibly easy and fast.

What I found amazing is how difficult Torment 6 was even at level 49. I was never in danger of dieing on my Barbarian, but the mobs hit hard enough to take a decent chunk of life, and the rare mobs really took forever to kill. I can only imagine the insanity of it at level 60.

Another little bit of embarrassment (or maybe it is just that the new loot system is so much better). I brought my Wizard to kill stuff for my buddy. While looking through the yellow drops to give him upgrades, I actually found two upgrades for my level 60. This is level  40ish stuff by the way.

The new loot system is so far above the old loot system that old shit that was once ok at level 60 is not even as good as something you may get at level 40. My wizard is really the one I currently need to get a bit more gear on. Maybe Kev and I will do some Torment with my Wizard and whatever toon he decides to bring. My wizard is only anout 85k dps and 200k toughness, so he could really use the upgrades.

D3: Help me Deckard Wan Kenobi...you're my only hope.

Having played quite a bit of the new patch of D3, I have concluded that this is the best that game has been since release. You feel like you can actually make progress. In a couple of days of playing, I have gained about 5 paragon levels. Those levels would have probably taken me weeks before.


I am currently mostly running my Barbarian through the game on Torment 1. I have tried out some of my other toons in Torment with mixed results. My Witch Doctor who has somewhat low paper DPS did somewhat well. My Hunter who has good DPS kept getting his ass kicked by elites.

It seems like the current flavor of the month is Wizard. I haven’t played mine, but the current version must be significantly powerful.

The whirlwind Barbarian is not quite what it once was. Fury generation kind of sucks currently, which can be a problem when dealing with some elites. Rend with the healing rune works really well in tandem with the Whirlwind that gives your fury for each enemy you hit.

The best thing that Jay Wilson ever did for the Diablo franchise was leave. The game is so much better currently. I am actually looking forward to the expansion and leveling the fancy new crusader.

I also wanted to throw in a PSA about preordering. If you order even the standard digital download you will get the Demon Hunter for Heroes of the Storm when it comes out. You will also get the Imperius wings, which are the most awesome looking thing ever.

If it has been a while since you played D3, give it another shot. The game is much different, and much better.

Wut I am bin doing!

Hello there fellow bloggers…..if there are any still out there that read my little blog. I have been absent for a while as I have not been able to post from work where is where I always did my posting. However, I have figured out a way to do this, and should be blogging a bit more regularly.


So, one thing that I have been up to….is not WoW. I unsubbed, then subbed, then unsubbed again. I am just not feeling it right now. You can only get so many toons to max level before it really starts to make your eyes bleed.

Things I have been playing are Hearthstone and with the new patch being released, I will probably be playing quite a bit more Diablo 3. The changes in Diablo 3 look like they are going to make the game more fun again. I will probably be playing a decent chunk today.

For those of you who do not know what Hearthstone is, it is a Blizzard CCG that you play online. It is kinda like Magic the Gathering only set in the Warcraft universe. It is a great amount of fun if you are into that type of thing and has several fun options for play modes. In ranked I am currently at rank 10, which is not great, but is decent considering the fact that I don’t have a single legendary card.\

One other new development is that my wife bought me the first console I have gotten since the WII. She got me the XBOX one so that I can play Titanfall with my friends when it comes out. I got Madden 25 for some sports goodness as well.

If you like shooters, and have not seen what Titanfall is about, check it out on youtube. It is amazing. I got to play some of the beta on my buddy’s XBOX1 and that pretty much sealed the deal for me.

So basically, I am playing all kinds of games currently…..just not WoW.

Day Z Standalone

Hello there! Long time no post!

Well, I used to post at work, but unfortunately, there was something weird with the browser that caused it to show up in a giant block of text. Not good!

Then, the website got blocked. Dang it!

I am back! Well, I dont know how often I will post, but here is one about the Day Z standalone, which is currently in alpha and can be purchased on steam.

I have played a decent amount over the last few days, and so far, I like it better than the mod. Things are a bit more scarce, but it makes the items you find that much more important.

I have yet to be killed by another player as I generally avoid them as much as I can. I did group up with some folks from reddit, and ran around until I apparently died of starvation.  They must have patched the food and drink because I am not getting constantly spammed to eat and drink now.

I myself have died several times at the hands of zombies. If you have anything less than an axe, they are quite difficult to kill. I did finally get a fire axe, and I have not died since.

I have also killed two people I must confess. The first was a guy who was in the firehouse in Elektro searching a body. I was taking no chances and axed him some questions. Axed him. Axed. He asked "Why man????" over coms and I felt kind of bad.

The next guy I found running around actually asked for me to kill him for whatever reason. Maybe he did not care for his spawn point or something.

So far, I have been mostly hitting up small towns for supplies. I have plent of food and drink, and ever a med kit. Things are looking decent.

So far so good. Obviously, it is in alpha and has a lot of things they are going to need to iron out. Overall, it is a good start though.