I'll give it a shot for that price. Everyone is saying what it reminds them of. Well, it reminds me of Heroes of Might & Magic: Dark Messiah.

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Quoting: TheRiddickWhat is it at now? $300 or 1000 worth of DLC. I just can't justify the massive price of the complete package, I do have base game and a few dlc however (they were bundled)

It's a la carte. Do most people go to a theatre to watch one movie, or buy a package to watch every movie that comes out? Very normal to just get what you want.

I'm most excited about the new co-op mode. It may sound simplistic, like the co-op mod for RimWorld, but it's still a good time. I can't imagine FIVE people managing the same empire, but 2 or maybe 3 should work well enough.

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I haven't given it a fair shake. I played one session by myself once. I didn't figure out what I was supposed to do or the point of anything. I guess it's a game I have to read or watch a guide first. :(

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Quoting: 14You guys' comments don't make me want to dip my toes into this game despite it becoming interesting again (haven't purchased yet). Why are the review stats so amazing if it's frustrating? Is it the MMO players that like endgame grinding for specific loot drops? Because that's not me.

The reason is simple, because most of the reviews are written after few hours in the game, at which time it's awesome experience and real fun. The frustration starts later.

Good to know. I read that as: worth playing for a while after a sale, but not gonna love it long time.

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Ah, this is fun speculation.

When someone says Linux Systems Engineer, it can be so vague sometimes. A lot of times, it's a role I could fill. But then they say "Optimize engine and game code." That means developer, and not something I can do professionally. Ah, sigh. It was a fun fantasy for 2 minutes.

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Hogwarts Legacy, huh. My PS5 has not been seeing action for a couple months. Partly to blame are all the games that will run well enough on my Linux desktop. Elden Ring and Hogwarts Legacy are two games that I am so far unwilling to risk relying on Proton, however my resilience is slowly eroding I think. My PS5 friends don't play games with me anymore, so it's just for single-player games, which already are secondary to co-op games in my preference. The thought of selling my PS5 for more PC money has been coming to mind lately. It was difficult to obtain though....

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Quoting: AvikarrTo be honest, Flatpak is awesome, but in the same time I hate it :P It updates almost every day, especially "org.Freedesktop.Platform", and files for nvidia driver etc. And it is aroud 400-800Mb every time. Daaamn. It's so frustrating, because I have to use the internet which has limited data usage. I know, I don't have to update this, but...

So, uh, change your notification settings? Make it only check weekly or bi-weekly.

Of course, I'm the guy that has 0 email notifications enabled at work. Why? I'll check it when I have a good moment to switch cognitive context, which is often enough. I also have all system update notifications disabled at home because I'm so addicted to routine, you can guarantee I'll keep it updated on a regular cadence.

You do you... just a tip.

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Quoting: elmapul

Quoting: ArdjeThese days any windows server release still can not do network wise what any linux system could already do 25 years ago.

can you be more specific?
it lack support for some api/protocol?

E.g Linux can out of the box perform much more advanced routing than dedicated enterprise routers, now the performance might not be the same since Linux have to use the cpu and the routers uses dedicated hw but this one area where Windows isn't even close.

I can confirm I know of one or more Azure platform-as-a-service that used to be backed by Windows technologies (like IIS) that switched to Linux based technologies.

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My knee jerk reaction to the article title was "shame on them," however their community responses are reasonable. It's not a released client for one. They also clearly said they do not want to punish Wine users, which is perfect lingo to address what people are thinking.

I will say that they should hire a logging consultant. There are logging systems (Graylog, Elastic Search, DataDog, and others) that allow you to omit processing (read: save CPU and memory resources) of filtered logs. My point is I would hope a log filter in a good logging system would have been just as easy or easier than releasing a game client that blocks particular operating systems.

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You guys' comments don't make me want to dip my toes into this game despite it becoming interesting again (haven't purchased yet). Why are the review stats so amazing if it's frustrating? Is it the MMO players that like endgame grinding for specific loot drops? Because that's not me.

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