The Fighting TTLGers present: Arma 3 (a TTLG Coop Saturdays spin-off) - by Thirith
Thirith on 5/12/2018 at 14:51
I definitely think it might be worth checking out Warlords mode, but whether it's fun or not, I cannot say. Some of these procedurally generated missions can feel extremely random and they sometimes rely on spamming the player group with infinite enemy spawns; on the other hand, a lot of the designed missions have buggy scripting or they've been screwed up by one of the many updates to the game. I'm thinking we'll check out Warlords at one of the missions to see if it's fun or if it's too much of a Bohemia Interactive meat grinder (which their proc-gen missions to date usually are).
Anyway, looking forward to catching up with you on the battlefield on 8/12!
PigLick on 5/12/2018 at 14:59
an interactive meat grinder is the best meat grinder
Thirith on 8/12/2018 at 17:56
Today's game started late, due to me not having kept my
Arma server install up to date (my apologies...), but we - that is, henke, Malf, Piglick (for about half of it) and myself - then had a good four-player mission on Altis. For once we weren't constantly defending ourselves against unfair, omniscient AI but on top of the mission; it wasn't without challenge, but it was fun feeling that the game wasn't a PTSD sim, which it can sometimes feel like.
Thanks to everyone for joining the game - I'll run another session on 22 December, just before Christmas, for anyone who's around. Over and out!
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The next Arma 3 coop session:
Date: Sat, 22 December 2018
Time: 3-6pm UK timeAs always, I'll be online a bit before 3pm to set up the server and check who's on Steam.
Thirith on 22/12/2018 at 17:55
Thanks to henke and Malf for a silly pre-Christmas session. We got killed horribly and quickly in the first mission, then triumphed in the second, and went completely off the rails after that. My favourite moment? Zooming around an airfield trying to kill henke in an invisible jet and Malf in an invisible tank. They saw me flying around in an invisible helicopter, apparently.
It's been a fun year of
Arma sessions. The game is still janky as hell and the user missions can be brilliant, horribly or broken beyond repair by the latest round of updates, but when the game works and when you've got a bunch of people working together but without taking themselves too seriously? It's magic.
P.S.: Gotta say, sometimes I really like how atmospheric this game can be. Other times it's visually mediocre and sometimes even stunningly ugly, but there are moments that are quite gorgeous.
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https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/963106730277065866/D83A10ED042F2DE935995EF9FB672D0C5A283696/
Tony_Tarantula on 23/12/2018 at 19:00
Bah. Bad timing.
So...a lot's been going on. My old laptop couldn't handle Arma 3. I've gotten a new on that can. I've also been dealing with some massive crap in other areas of my life related to work that has led to me cutting out almost all recreation except meeting my warmachine group (which I only made time for because I needed to keep at least one non-networking source of social interaction open).
All that shit's sorted out. New job, new laptop, and ready to go. Can someone add me on Steam?
Thirith on 8/1/2019 at 14:09
A new year, a new war - but not quite yet. Since I don't know yet which (if any) Saturdays in January I'm actually around, my suggestion is to get back in the invisible jet cockpit in early February. Don't shoot anyone in the meantime! ... unless you really, really want to.
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The next Arma 3 coop session:
Date: Sat, 2 February 2019
Time: 3-6pm UK timeAs always, I'll be online a bit before 3pm to set up the server and check who's on Steam.
Tony_Tarantula on 13/1/2019 at 15:30
Do need anything more than just the base game? Do I need to clear out my massive goat porn stash to make room for DLC?
PigLick on 13/1/2019 at 15:50
Pretty sure we play with Apex dlc, could be wrong though
Thirith on 13/1/2019 at 15:57
Thanks for mentioning Apex, Piglick.
All the instructions are in the top post, Tony.
Tony_Tarantula on 2/2/2019 at 14:17
Can't make it today, have something going on that requires most of my attention.