In order for lower price points on the hardware, Valve will need to give OEMs a cut of software sold through a Steam Machine much like how other console-vendors make their money.

SteamOS/Linux needs more AAA titles though. The big failing point right now from a consumer pov is lack of games, even with the many games available already.

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Quoting: Al3sHow to not have heard of "meraco"? What a sad individual, I would love to have him doxxed.

No matter how terrible someone is, doxxing is not a thing that should ever be done to anyone. Don't think like this - be better.

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Dofus / Wakfu.

Well, Wakfu is Java, and Dofus is Flash/Air although the devs had the sense to stay with the last Linux-supported version of Air.

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Looking good. Making it my mission to buy at least one thing off itch a month to support creators who make the kind of stuff you likely won't find elsewhere.

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Quoting: dmantioneWell, it's a process... many developers know Unity allows near-free Linux ports.

Then why would you need an extra USD200,000? Can't be attributed to pure QA.

Best guess is they are planning to outsource the work to someone else.

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Oh, another trick that's handy: Rulers only react when you use action points. So things like Lightning Hands and free actions from weapon mods don't trigger reaction. Rangers can make two blade attacks this way - one direct one and one when the ruler reacts. Of the special weapons they give you, the pistol, axe, freeze grenade - these tools are all there to help ease up these encounters.

(Sadly in my current game I lost the axe in a regular encounter)

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Quoting: PhiladelphusHence the idea was to break out of the usual mold for experienced players, by not letting them simply cheese every fight in the same way.

Not easy, but still sort-of possible to set up traps for them, but it requires you to see the ruler before it sees you by using a concealed ranger. And even this way you pretty much only get one overwatch pewpew worth of ambush.

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Quoting: liamdaweIf it only triggered them once you reached a certain tech level, I might have actually enjoyed it.

They only start showing up after you take that mission to go investigate the cave.

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I have seen this criticism on Steam forums.

So far I have been lucky - no boss casualties yet. So far have killed the first two, with the third one at about 30% of his health. It is difficult with their boss reaction thing, but there are strategies for it. Things like Bladestorm help, so do mines, the decoy etc. It definitely helps to not start that chain until you have some decent armour and weapons researched/equipped. The specialists restoration ability is also handy since the boss tends to alternate between soldiers instead of focusing on one at a time.

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Quoting: reaVerEDIT: oh and also, gamergate found something: http://archive.is/tLs2H#selection-2587.0-2627.80 [External Link]
Seems to be a hoax up to some degree.

Gamergate "found" nothing. How the $450k was arrived at is explained by the developer themselves in the Gamasutra article, including that the amount assumes full price, and they have figures for the discounted sales in there too. Get off the GG train - they are anti-games, anti-gamer, anti-developer, anti-progress. There's no hoax or scandal here on the part of the developer.

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