Iuniper

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

Space people don't conform to your dumb terrestrial standards anyways.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

Wasn't MEA the project of Bioware's Edmonton studio? Namely, the one that hadn't produced anything before?
The animation shortcomings were a bit of a surprise to me, given that I've been playing through DAI and the animations are really well-done. And DAI was released about 3 years ago. Perhaps they had less time to work on MEA (relative to the other ME titles). It wouldn't be the first time Bioware has pushed something out really quickly.

larger conspiracy of Bioware to employ women, gays and feminists regardless of animating ability to appease tumblr.

@Dynamo Frokane

Bioware has been super progressive since the beginning. I mean, interspecial romances, come on.

Heart of Darkness [Elder Scrolls]

Man, I need to finish playing all of the Elder Scrolls. Conrad was pretty alright though.

Endless

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Did I mess up in the CS and call Andrea a guy?

@Athinar

Tancuras is correct. There's probably a mental disconnect between "STRONK WARRIOR on the field" figure and the "could actually be a supermodel" figure off of it. Aeudla has some 'judgement issues' as well.

Mass Effect Andromeda Multiplayer

Great to hear that people here like it on the whole. I feel like Bioware has generally shifted more towards exploration and storytelling in general, while still trying to avoid some of the loot-kill pitfalls of similar games. The gunplay seems more streamlined as well. :)

If the multiplayer is similar to DAI, I expect there will be some premade characters to choose from and a bit of backstory. Which should be fun.

Mass Effect Andromeda Multiplayer

Huh, I didn't realize there was a multiplayer mode. I might be interested, though it might be better to use Discord (VOIP) should there be people who have non-Origin copies.

Not to hijack the thread, but thoughts on MEA, so far?

Video Game Music Appreciation Thread

I'm not much into JRPGs, but one of my favorite radio stations was playing orchestral interpretations (not sure if the OST is orchestral) and Wow, Beautiful (Theme of Love).

I've also been listening to a Jazz Album of Undertale songs which is super duper cool.

@Mateotis That has a really cool vibe! It reminds me of some of those old cyperpunk, neo-classic animes that have become popular again recently. Maybe 7/10?

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@Iuniper Samurai didn't pull any insane weight, they just aimed for the eyes...if you wanted to go that route. But sticking someone to the wall with an arrow is pretty wicked.

@Tancuras

Whoa, that sounds pretty wicked (and painful). I don't know much about Japanese archery, so I'll have to read up on it.

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@Virgil Haha. I've seen modern composite recurves of the high-poundage-variety, but longbows have a much better poundage range. A hundred pounder would definitely not be a lot in the middle ages, and speaking from personal experience, with the types of arrows necessary for them (insane amount of fletching, INSANELY heavy bodkin points, and tapered for better flight) you could definitely make a human explode given the right angle/distance. I know there's actually a modern English longbowman who shoots 185 or something insane like that, out in the UK. My best friend actually shoots a 110lb longbow, and it's incredibly taxing on the muscles. He can only pull about 3 arrows an end. There's basically no aiming (at least, no incredible precision, especially with moving targets) with longbows of that poundage because they will literally explode/shatter if they're kept open longer than ten or so seconds - the wood doesn't want to move. I personally shoot a 50 lb barebow (though I'd love to move up and shoot a 75lb longbow), and it's pretty excellent in terms of precision and not exploding.

Anyways, I actually misread the OP and in my head mixed up the ragtaggedness of Anthem with the opposing forces. As such, I thought that a 65 lb longbow would suffice in penetrating what little plate (great to dent with arrows! Good for concussions) and more specifically, leather armor, any opposing forces had. So thanks for pointing that out! I think that 85-90 lbs would be more appropriate, while still being realistic as to what a female elf could reasonably pull. Anything over 95 lbs would really being pushing it, I think.

Thanks for the bow-talk! I love meeting people who like weaponry.

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