The screenshot topic

[Jolt]

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Beautiful map of Distant Worlds.

[Martok]

@pev: Nice-looking game so far! I wish you luck in restoring the Empire.

Question: Is that the Persians in red? And are they often that big?



@Jolt: A beautiful screenie indeed. You've gotta love just how big these maps can get.

By the way, did you download the new patch yet? I did so late last night, and it's already done wonders in improving my economy.

[Jolt]

I must confess I don't have the game. I just saw that screenie in a random preview and I was awed. Since this forum also has a thread and interest on Distant Worlds, I decided to post the screenie. :)

[pevergreen]

@pev: Nice-looking game so far! I wish you luck in restoring the Empire.

Question: Is that the Persians in red? And are they often that big?

Just for you:

Map of the world at 1447

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Vassals and I

A bit of story:

The empire and its vassals were beseiged by the Austrians, the Bohemians and Wurzberg. United in war, they came down from the north and north west. All was well, the tides were being half held back, until Castille, Savoy, Aragon and multiple other nations all attacked, including the Golden Horde.
The golden horde made peace after gobbling up a vassal of mine, after 15 years or so, Austria and Bohemia attacked each other, and I managed to make peace with them, not gaining, but not losing anything. The wars continued in northern italy though, and ended with two more countries becoming my vassals. I indirectly own most of italy.

Current status of the world.

Castille have most of Iberia, and northern africa, along with Portugal. France controls modern day france, england has nearly got complete control over Ireland. The 'lukes are beset by rebels.

The red is the Timurids. Up north Novgorod is doing well.

Poland and Lithuania, plus some minor states have declared war on me (including Hungary, which is two provinces and both being sieged.
The pinkish colour is poland, the purple is Lithuania. The greenish colour is the newly formed Croatia, which is about to become the even newer vassal of the Empire. To the left of Poland is Bohemia, and the white below them is Austria.

I'm going to take a little break from this one, and try to form the HRE or Germany or something from a one province country.

[pevergreen]

Myself, playing Castille in a multiplayer game, with my friend as France. We're both pretty bad at the game.

Its 1444.

[seireikhaan]

Is Ethiopia in the midst of conquering Egypt?

[pevergreen]

It looks like they are. I can't see them in game yet though. Playing a few more hours tonight I think.


1463: Killed and annexed the Huron. Will be going further south. Inflation at about 5%, making ~150 a year with all the coastal american provinces being colonies, bar one.

[Veho Nex]

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Free MW2 weekend. Im 1337 pr0 at this game.
Nuke ftw:

Another where I was 2 kills away from nuke:

And one from yesterday evening:

[A Nerd]

Your stats there are quite impressive! Do you ever say this to your defeated enemies, or perhaps just to yourself if in a more humble mood:
'Mess with the best, die like the rest.' Just curious.

[Veho Nex]

Usually I just get accused of hacking. You know some level 30 non prestige is going 30 and 10 or 40 and 10. So I kinda just troll around saying I'll turn off my hax maybe next round.

[Hooahguy]

wow VN, impressive. for MW2. now lets see you play BC2.
*wants to go back to BC2, then remembers his dad took away his laptop*

[A Nerd]

Ha ha! You should flaunt your skill. Your obviously a good player. When others accuse you of cheating and rush you to make a point of it, it is oh so satisfying to cut them down on a level field! :)

[Veho Nex]

Ha ha! You should flaunt your skill. Your obviously a good player. When others accuse you of cheating and rush you to make a point of it, it is oh so satisfying to cut them down on a level field! :)

Heh, maybe I should. Kinda depressed free weekend it ending tomorrow.

wow VN, impressive. for MW2. now lets see you play BC2.
*wants to go back to BC2, then remembers his dad took away his laptop*

:( VN's score inf BC2 10-40 VN's score in MW 40-10
I just cant get good at the BF games while for some reason and CoD game comes naturally to me.

[Charge]

That's mine HTTT campaign. As you see I'm doing well as France, 1487, ranked 1st in both military/economy (in EU).
Brits were beaten recently in what, 4th war with them=), now after when I was able to make an invasion they did not stand a chance..
The only disgust is diplomacy leveled down to almost no use. Castillian pope got me outlawed two times, after capturing burgundian cities (they were as strong as me at some point) I got a lot of "badboy" fame, had to apply one law, that decreases pope's role, and now I have good relations only with 5 countries, which I set free from the Britain's rule...
The fun thing is, for about 20 years or so I havent a CB against England, and finally swedes get them outlawed! Immediate invasion afterwards..

I'm curious, what will that china monster become in the end

[Kekvit Irae]

The loading screen of Simplz Zoo is pretty damn creepy. The eyes of the animals stare into the very depths of your soul!

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.../simplzWTF.jpg (language warning)

[Hooahguy]

:( VN's score inf BC2 10-40 VN's score in MW 40-10
I just cant get good at the BF games while for some reason and CoD game comes naturally to me.

maybe because the BF games require teamwork?

[Veho Nex]

maybe because the BF games require teamwork?

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA HA...






Ha....

hahaha.

BF games and Team work barely go into the same sentence. What I've noticed is either everyone is sniping with a sniper rifle or the M60 on hard core, oooorrrr everyone is n00b t00bin or m60ing it up on regular. The only satisfaction I get out of BC2 is flying the black hawk while one of my buddies on vent is pointing out targets and telling my which way to bank. The servers seem so laggy though, I get tired of putting a clip into a guy and walking away only to find out that I supposedly died in that fight.

[Hooahguy]

then you clearly arent playing it right. duh.
*smacks forehead*

[pevergreen]

then you clearly arent playing it right. duh.
*smacks forehead*

Pretty sure what he is saying is true.

At least the worst BF2142 had was the...ummm, forgotten its name...ah yes, the Voss.

And that was only slightly overpowered. Everything else was balanced.

[Hooahguy]

well, idk what you people you are talking about. maybe its because you are on a bad server?
sure, there are people who just go around and shooting things, like another COD game.
maybe join a clan, with people who care about winning the game and not getting a higher score. when i play with my clan, we always use tactics. fire and meneuver. covering fire. play as a frickin team. i love it. in BF2142 had the same things. lone wolves will hate the game, naturally. do you notice how the team which does use tacics, or at least one squad of the team, always wins against a team which its members just run around for the score.
oh btw the m60 has been nerfed, or will be in the future, as DICE devs said.

i will relate one fun match i had on the map with the lighthouse.
we were defending the last mcom station. after we repelled the initial assault, my squad, being covered by another squad, ran up to the lighthouse, went inside, and began firing at attackers below us. it wasnt long until we won.
see what tactics can do?

also, putting a full clip in an enemy is somewhat realistic. also depends on if they are using ceramic armor. modern vests can withstand quite a lot of bullets. in Afghanistan, there are reports of US soldiers getting hit in the stomach with AK-47 rounds and getting right back up, unhurt.

about BF2142, the voss wasnt unbalanced. the only people who cry about it were the ones who didnt know how to fight it. my krylov always beat the voss, any day of the week.

summary:
if you want the BF experience you need to play with a squad that actually cares about winning. not hard to find, just round them together, using the built in VOIP and start from there. have one medic for covering fire and health, an engi for heavy support, and the rest assault.
boom, there you go, a perfect squad, and the only way to get the experience.

[Kekvit Irae]

ITT: butthurt MW2 players who are too busy with the Commando perk to know what actual teamwork is.

:)

[Veho Nex]

I dont do commando. Danger close Pro + Scavanger Pro + Steady Aim Pro + UMP red dot + .44 mag FMJ

I win... Always.

[Jolt]

well, idk what you people you are talking about. maybe its because you are on a bad server?
sure, there are people who just go around and shooting things, like another COD game.
maybe join a clan, with people who care about winning the game and not getting a higher score. when i play with my clan, we always use tactics. fire and meneuver. covering fire. play as a frickin team. i love it. in BF2142 had the same things. lone wolves will hate the game, naturally. do you notice how the team which does use tacics, or at least one squad of the team, always wins against a team which its members just run around for the score.
oh btw the m60 has been nerfed, or will be in the future, as DICE devs said.

i will relate one fun match i had on the map with the lighthouse.
we were defending the last mcom station. after we repelled the initial assault, my squad, being covered by another squad, ran up to the lighthouse, went inside, and began firing at attackers below us. it wasnt long until we won.
see what tactics can do?

also, putting a full clip in an enemy is somewhat realistic. also depends on if they are using ceramic armor. modern vests can withstand quite a lot of bullets. in Afghanistan, there are reports of US soldiers getting hit in the stomach with AK-47 rounds and getting right back up, unhurt.

about BF2142, the voss wasnt unbalanced. the only people who cry about it were the ones who didnt know how to fight it. my krylov always beat the voss, any day of the week.

summary:
if you want the BF experience you need to play with a squad that actually cares about winning. not hard to find, just round them together, using the built in VOIP and start from there. have one medic for covering fire and health, an engi for heavy support, and the rest assault.
boom, there you go, a perfect squad, and the only way to get the experience.

For real team-work games, try Team Fortress 2 (I would also say Enemy Territory, but that is way beyond it's prime, and the only fun I get out of it is pubbing.)

[Ferret]

You have to admit they messed up the balancing in BC2, sub machine guns are more accurate than assault rifles and seem to have the same power. And the M60 is just ridiculous.

[Hooahguy]

You have to admit they messed up the balancing in BC2, sub machine guns are more accurate than assault rifles and seem to have the same power. And the M60 is just ridiculous.

thats why they are being nerfed.

[Veho Nex]

3 weeks and I havent seen anything let alone a hot fix for some of the MP lag issues.

Anyways the last of the free weekend score shots for MW2.

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For those of you who notice the player Gold3n in most of these screen shots he is my older brother, he owns the game, and plays a bit every night. It makes me sad to know I could beat his rear end any day of the week. Unless its Tuesday... For some reason I cant game for nothing on a Tuesday.

[pevergreen]

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about BF2142, the voss wasnt unbalanced. the only people who cry about it were the ones who didnt know how to fight it. my krylov always beat the voss, any day of the week.

Your evidence is you, my evidence is the former tournament (2142AF) which at its prime consisted of ~130 playing members. Chief among those agreed with me that the voss was overpowered.

Their credentials?

SLI-Fire: Total played time 2122:12:17 (h:m:s)
Reformat: Total played time 1129:12:33
Kyp-Z-Durron Total played time 916:02:45

(on the topic that we arent really talking about but is still there, of noobs who only use one item set etc, check out these stats from BF2142 belonging to SLI:
Tank
26107 Kills
1699 Death
15.37 K/D Ratio
5136 Destroyed
2886 Roadkills
555:12:25 Time
He is GOOD with a tank.)

And those 3 were just some of them

Back to why I'm posting here:

This was Castille in 1463.



This is Spain in 1529



Fun things to note: England no longer exists, scotland peacefully annexed them. If you look closely, you'll realise half of southern England is Spanish.

[Martok]

Fun things to note: England no longer exists, scotland peacefully annexed them. If you look closely, you'll realise half of southern England is Spanish.

It appears to be more than half, from the looks of it. How'd you pull that off, anyway? A diplo-annex like what Scotland did, or was it through more forceful means?

[Hooahguy]

Your evidence is you, my evidence is the former tournament (2142AF) which at its prime consisted of ~130 playing members. Chief among those agreed with me that the voss was overpowered.

Their credentials?

SLI-Fire: Total played time 2122:12:17 (h:m:s)
Reformat: Total played time 1129:12:33
Kyp-Z-Durron Total played time 916:02:45

means little. everyone has their own playing style. i, and im a total n00b, did better with the krylov than the voss.
i had a 2.99 kdr with the krylov, a 1.16 with the voss.

can we stop talking about BF2142? the more i talk about it the more i miss it.

btw i could also bring my own people who agree that the voss isnt overpowered.

[pevergreen]

It appears to be more than half, from the looks of it. How'd you pull that off, anyway? A diplo-annex like what Scotland did, or was it through more forceful means?

It was wonderous.

I was bored, and had about 5 years before I got core on Barcelona, allowing me to form spain, so I check what i had, and sent my spanish armies up. (I have a North, East, South and West defence army, 12k men each) and ferryed them into Kent (which was scottish) From there, had England excommunicated and lo and behold, 48 thousand Iberians beat about 12 thousand British. Wales had been released so they sent two thousand in, but i quickly went through them. Got as much as I could in the peace deal, was going to wait until scotland war'd them again (which they had already done just after I got peace, they took one more province) so i could annex, but they peacfully annexed.So I left my new british armies (north and south, 12k men each ) and prepared for my African campaign, by raising another 36 thousand men.