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CoffeeJunkie, do games w Corporate greed is killing RuneScape

I quit probably 11 years ago. IIRC they did some dumb stuff to cap trades, and I played out most of everything that was very cool & interesting, and they kept adding new stupid skills that I had absolutely no interest in doing. Like the hunting/trapping skill. But then they’d release sick new quests, with good rewards/perks, but to do them you’d have to extensively train up that yucky, boring, dumb “skill” that you would never use otherwise. If not for that quest.

They turned my play into work, and took the fun out of it, and eventually I was like why am I paying these people so I can grind away hours on dumb stuff that I don’t even like?? So I quit.

Buttflapper,

You know it’s so funny about the hunting skill that was really controversial? The people who actually did the skill did not enjoy it at all It was extremely tedious and frustrating, myself included. One of the worst skills and I’ve had no interest in doing it since. But it is by far the most botted skill in the game, pretty much everyone that I came across two years ago doing that skill when I still played, they were all bots. Like every single one of them. You could even mess them up just for fun by putting boxes around them so that you captured stuff and they would basically error out because the spot wasn’t working

CoffeeJunkie,

That is truly hilarious. Idk if I’d stoop to that, maybe I would, because fuck 'em. But I’d be a relatively “active” bot, if that makes sense. Just leave it run on a secondary screen, check it often. Maybe while surfing the web, or reading a book. I’d be there! But all this clicking & clacking, running around, tedious AF. Screw that, man. I’m not your monkey. I felt it was just disrespectful of our time, and I guess I wasn’t alone in thinking that.

Botting is dangerous, though, especially when you’ve got a powerful character worth a damn. I had a really good character, I wouldn’t ever want him getting banned. I put in too many good hours to get a ban.

AFallingAnvil, do gaming w Can anyone help me identify this Xbox controller?
@AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca avatar

Are you sure it isn’t a custom designed one? It took 15 seconds to mock up basically the same thing here: …xbox.com/…/xbox-wireless-controller

Even the text is in the same place by default so I think this was just someone’s custom order

Lojcs, (edited )

That website was really tempting… until I remembered that these run on AA batteries and don’t have gyro or a touchpad. M$ really selling an 85$ controller without the features of the 50$ ps5 controller

Edit: apparently dualsense are 75$ now?? Wtf. and apparently they’ve never been 50$? Just discard my comment

thingsiplay,

that these run on AA batteries

Its actually a plus for me. I don’t want to use proprietary batteries and rather use standard AA sized (rechargable) batteries. They can be charged with any battery charger, you can have multiple of them and each pair lasts much longer than any builtin battery. I agree on the other parts for missing gyro and price though.

theskyisfalling,

Yeh this one cost me £4 and came with a recharchable battery pack. I’ve always used my controller wired (playing on PC) but now maybe I’ll try wireless!

thingsiplay,

If latency was an issue for you, I can assure that its not even for competitive gaming. I played years with friends Fighting games in a competitive manner (offline) and since 360 days it was wireless. And in general with modern controller and batteries, a pair lasts for me at least a week if no longer, when I play at least 5 hours per day. Can’t beat that! Replacement is also cheap. Good if you don’t want to rely on original batteries in the future.

theskyisfalling,

Nah I’ve never had issues with latency and don’t play anything competitive I’ve always just prefered wired to be honest. My favourite controllers were the wired 360 controllers that got rid of the massive bump at the back and were a really nice weight. I wish they did an official modern wired only version.

Megaman_EXE,

100%! I love controllers that use AA’s. So much easier to replace the batteries. I’m dreading the day I need to go hunt down replacement batteries for things like my DS, 3ds, Playstation controllers, etc. It’s probably not hard to find replacements. But it requires more work than just whipping out some rechargeable AA’s and calling it a day lol

Rai,

I think I paid 40USD for both of my Dualsense controllers, but both on a heady sale.

Megaman_EXE,

Yeah I was also surprised to hear ps5 controllers went up in price. It made me sad

theskyisfalling, (edited )

Thank you for the info, I just presumed it wasn’t custom as it looked too well done and I wasn’t aware of this service. Thanks so much for the reply!

AFallingAnvil,
@AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca avatar

Happy to help!

unmagical, do gaming w Can anyone help me identify this Xbox controller?

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Probably just used the design labs. It is a previous generation controller though.

theskyisfalling,

Yeh, it is unfortunstely a micro USB controller but it cost me £4 with a recharable battery pack inside so I’m not gonna complain at all. Just didn’t know where it had come from! Thanks for the reply :)

shnizmuffin, do gaming w Can anyone help me identify this Xbox controller?
@shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol avatar

All of these mods were (are?) available to people willing to fork over extra cash to have their own controllers made via Xbox Design Lab.

theskyisfalling,

Cheers man for the reply. Yeh it seems like this is the case I just didn’t know that it was a thing.

I’ve bought coloured buttons and modded my own controllers before but it was the text on the bottom that was throwing me as it has been professionally added! I didn’t know that design lab was a thing :)

Malgas, do gaming w Can anyone help me identify this Xbox controller?

but it seems too good quality to be custom work and is definitely an official controller.

Custom official controllers are a thing.

theskyisfalling,

I knew custom controllers were a thing but honestly the quality looked too good that I presumed it wasn’t a custom one. Thank you for the reply though! Solves that mystery :D

bastionntb, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 20th

Deep rock galactic, kingdom two crowns with the wife, and a dead cells run here and there!

Renacles, do games w Corporate greed is killing RuneScape

I quit when they announced the membership increase a few months ago.

I’ve been logging on for the new updates since my membership lasts until next month but they have all been pretty much terrible since.

It really saddens me to see the game go down this path.

Buttflapper,

Don’t worry, there will be better times ahead friend. Maybe not for this game, but I’m sure that someone will be inspired by the joy that the game brought them and create something similar. Games like Valheim arose this way, and the original dev (Gower) is creating another game with no microtransactions in it at all. Just sucks that this has to keep happening repeatedly with every game

Renacles,

I’m just glad I came back for the Elder God Wars year, that was some of the best RuneScape content we’ve ever gotten.

hexagon527, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 20th

been playing Callisto Protocol since i got it free from the Epic Store a little while back. I’m really enjoying it.

ConstableJelly,

So close to great. I wish more developers were making environmentally detailed, high production value, single player linear games like Callisto Protocol. Just that little bit better executed to round out the total package.

Hydra_Fk, do gaming w Can anyone help me identify this Xbox controller?

Did the game dark souls have a combo release?

theskyisfalling,

Not that I knew of and apparently it is a custom made one as per the other responses. Til

Poopfeast420, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 20th
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More Diablo 4, after finally getting over my cold. Playing through the campaign was super boring (being sick and miserable didn’t help). All that time is also basically wasted, and you just want it to be over as fast as possible, to actually start progressing your character. Future seasons might be better, since you can skip the campaign, but a bunch of stuff only unlocks after you hit max level anyway, so who knows. The expansion increased the difficulty of the game, added some more difficulty options and did a stat squish, but I don’t think I’m a big fan. Until yesterday, it felt like I was just treading water, not making much progress. Then I managed to unlock Torment 3 difficulty, change my build a bit and get good enough gear, started blasting through enemies, and had more fun. So, while I’m not bored out of my skull anymore, I think I’ll just finish the season journey and battle pass, and then take another break from the game.

Gerudo, do gaming w Can anyone help me identify this Xbox controller?

It’s a design lab custom build. You can get your gamer tag or short phrase etched on it, hense the YOU DIED

theskyisfalling,

Cheers for the reply! Looks like it is custom after all :D

Vinny_93, do gaming w Favourite puzzle platformers?

If you haven’t tried them, give Ori a go. I finished Ori and the Blind Forest, it was amazing. Then I went on to Ori and the Will of the Wisps which builds on the first one. So in the first one you’ll be unlocking stuff and in the second one you can still do all those things and some extra stuff you’ll have to select according to the situation.

Beware though, some of the things they expect you to do can be challenging.

Play on PC if your monitor supports HDR, otherwise Switch’ll do fine.

scala, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 20th

After playing Space Marine 2 getting bored of that in 8 hours after finishing the extremely short story and all the post story content. Moved onto throne and Liberty just for the game to be heavy pay 2 win and also full of bots. Back to the good ol EverQuest - Quarm server.

Cavemanfreak, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of October 20th

I got back into Path of Exile a month ago, and that’s still going on. Last time I didn’t do more than finishing the campaign, but this time I’m well into end game and it’s great!

I’ve also started playing Siege Survival: Gloria Victis this weekend. You play as a couple of characters in a city that’s under siege. During the day you need to create supplies for the soldiers in your bastion, and during the nights you’ve got to sneak around the city and gather materials, or scout behind the enemey lines to get Intel for the next siege attack. It’s actually really fun!

SnotFlickerman, do gaming w [Official Art] Tourniquet Promo Art - Tomb Raider
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Tomb Raider 2013 really didn’t have to go that hard, but god damn it, it did.

ThirdWorldOrder,

It was much more fun for me than the originals. Back then it was just about seeing how clear I could render the boobs on my voodoo 3Dfx. Teenager things

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