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Subject: Gem buried in garbage (Carrier Command: Gaea Mission)
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You can always trust me with links.

Got mine on thursday from Amazon. Such a fantastic concept, buried in the craptastic pathfinding & atrocious fps segments in the single player. The fps parts, by itself, isn't a huge biggie, since you can play skirmish. BUT the pathfinding! Oh sweet holly hell, the pathfinding! I have not screamed @ a game in such a long time. Choose unit(s) - move to carrier for fuel/repair/respec - carrier is literally directly in a straight line from unit across an open beach & a straight shot through the water - proceed to watch in rage filled bewilderment as bastard pathfinding code stops said unit, backs into a tree, pauses to calculate the worst possible path & promptly proceeds to make a u turn & circle the island in the opposite direction, being destroyed by an enemy base in the process.

Yeah yeah, I know there is a pseudo workaround with the waypoint plotting but the game doesn't pause while you give overhead move orders, so taking the time to plot is a recipe for disaster in a battle. Besides, most of the time, it only takes the edge off of the prob, but doesn't eliminate it.

All that being said, tho, I am finding flashes of brilliance in this & am having a blast when it does work. Funny thing is, there was a mandatory 4mb release update. Can't imagine what that might have been, unless the pathfinding was even worse..*shudder*. Still, if BI patch the pathfinding to just a half decent working order, I will love this game fully. But as it stands now, not being able to trust your units to follow directions & move orders reliably, kills the strategy aspect completely. Here's some gameplay and introduction explanation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxJA8cPWTkQ

[Edited on 12.11.2012 10:28 PM PST]

  • 12.11.2012 10:18 PM PDT
Subject: Gem buried in garbage
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6/15/2011 11:39 PM: bobcast [2597260] issued a 3 day ban expiring on 6/18/2011 11:39 PM.
Reason: A Bungie.net Forum Moderator has banned you for violating the code of conduct and/or rules of the forum in the thread below
http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=61704535
Inappropriate. Went a little to far with the butt hole tearing.

So, what about the gem you found in garbage?

  • 12.11.2012 10:19 PM PDT
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What on Earth are you talking about?

  • 12.11.2012 10:20 PM PDT

No u


Posted by: petitminou
So, what about the gem you found in garbage?

  • 12.11.2012 10:20 PM PDT

One does not simply trolololol into Mordor.

I have no idea what you're on about.

  • 12.11.2012 10:21 PM PDT
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SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

I am totally and completely confused. Well done OP. You win the gold star.

  • 12.11.2012 10:22 PM PDT

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
-Nietzsche

I read all of that and I still have no idea what this is about.

  • 12.11.2012 10:26 PM PDT
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You can always trust me with links.

Oh, sorry everyone. I forgot to include the title, I was pent up on typing everything that I forgot, my apologies.

  • 12.11.2012 10:26 PM PDT