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miki_sei
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No. 22629 Posted: Jul 23 2010, 09:58:18 [quick quote] [quote]

I'd be up for another round in the near future, but I'm busy today and Saturday. So maybe Sunday, I dunno. Haven't seen my work schedule.

XT knows what's up. Screw playing with anonymous dudes. I'd rather play games the old-fashioned way: with my friends that I actually know.
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eckstee
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No. 22631 Posted: Jul 23 2010, 17:07:58 [quick quote] [quote]

I found the console command that disables the two player requirement (asw_ignore_need_two_player_requirement 1) and tried soloing the first level just for lulz. Got a few more achievements and some XP as byproduct.

I almost made it to the room where you download the flight data. Almost. Died in the hallway just before it. On Normal.

Want to make Offline Practice a ton better? Use this console command: asw_show_all_singleplayer_maps 1
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Mr. Universe
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No. 22635 Posted: Jul 23 2010, 22:56:41 [quick quote] [quote]

As soon as my computer gets back....

In other news, my 360 red ringed on me today. *Sigh*
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No. 22636 Posted: Jul 23 2010, 23:52:22 [quick quote] [quote]

Stephen and I 2-manned the entire campaign in easymoodo. It's a lot more difficult, but still entirely possible.

I was Tech and he was Special Weapons. We tried Tech/Medic a few times but it just didn't work out.
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Nodarg
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No. 22658 Posted: Jul 24 2010, 23:09:20 [quick quote] [quote]

Has anyone tried any of the more punishing difficulties yet? If not, we should get a group together and try it out. =P
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Burt
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No. 22660 Posted: Jul 25 2010, 01:42:19 [quick quote] [quote]

SUDDEN SURPRISE BAIL lol </3

We were starting to do pretty well too.

Just had to take away Peaches' shotgun.

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miki_sei
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No. 22661 Posted: Jul 25 2010, 01:46:22 [quick quote] [quote]

Original post by Nodarg
Has anyone tried any of the more punishing difficulties yet? If not, we should get a group together and try it out. =P


Monday afternoon, same 1-4pm timeslot? Does that work for everyone?

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No. 22664 Posted: Jul 25 2010, 02:06:32 [quick quote] [quote]

Level 27 (max) get!

I can promote my account, which takes it back to level 1 and re-locks everything, but puts a star next to my name. lol

I think I'll hold off on that until I get a few more weapon-based kill achievements. At the very least, all the non-class-specific ones (mainly those that require weapons that are unlocked later, as I have all the early ones). Then I'll have to not play Tech for a while. Which means one of you gets to hack things instead. Technically I don't yet have the computer hacking achievement (just the wire hacking one), but that one's a lot harder as there isn't any visible measure of a fast hack for those that I can tell.

L and Peaches joined in at the end of one of my Landing Bay solo runs.

Also, the tesla cannon was nerfed. It doesn't deal decent damage anymore, and uses way more ammo (but the clip size is doubled). Only useful for getting the no friendly fire achievement, and for gathering things up to grenade them.
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No. 22767 Posted: Jul 29 2010, 09:03:56 [quick quote] [quote]

Promoted again, and I'm back to level 15. There's only three promotions, so next one is the last one. It's all optional anyway, it just gives you a little badge next to your level in the briefing. The first one, as shown here, is grey. The second one is blue, and the third one is red/grey.

Kind of an old screenshot (from working towards my second promotion), but check that mission completion time.
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No. 22768 Posted: Jul 29 2010, 09:05:54 [quick quote] [quote]

This just happened today. If you look closely, you can see that an alien fell off of the level and is standing on the red crate below.

In other news, got Will through the first three levels on Easy difficulty. Deima Surface Bridge went better than I thought it would. I'm hurtin' not having the chainsaw unlocked though, gotta get back to level 23...
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miki_sei
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No. 22772 Posted: Jul 29 2010, 10:23:32 [quick quote] [quote]

Hope someone's online today, I may be up for some alien hunting.
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Mr. Universe
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No. 22778 Posted: Jul 29 2010, 16:22:08 [quick quote] [quote]

As XT said, I've got Alien Swarm up and running. Looking to play any time I can.
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No. 22787 Posted: Jul 31 2010, 06:19:04 [quick quote] [quote]

I still need the last Tech achievement, Security Expert. It can only be progressed by activating the nuke in Timor Station, and I need to do it nine more times. Who's up for it?

I wish they'd patch the game to make the three- and four-column computer hacking count for the achievement too, since the only five-column hack is the aforementioned Timor Station hack.
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Rahno Ehk
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No. 22791 Posted: Jul 31 2010, 12:23:30 [quick quote] [quote]

I soloed Timor Station SO MANY TIMES to get that Achievement. And it shows, Tech with Flamer and ASG is statistically my favorite loadout.

At this point I have the Speed Runs, Insane Campaign, Outstanding Execution, and Short Controlled Bursts left.
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No. 22801 Posted: Aug 2 2010, 03:10:08 [quick quote] [quote]

Ugh, how do you kill one shieldbug solo, let alone the pack of them you encounter after the biomass in Timor Station? When their shields are up, you can't damage them, and it's impossible to get behind them...

I've sorely needed to take the personal heal kit (and then use the one at the biomass as well). It seems like there are some spots where you can't avoid taking damage, and there are infinite spawns if you try to play it safe and go slowly. I was trying to figure out how to use the assault jets to jump over to where the siege enemies are at the bridge you have to rotate, but I just kept dying while attempting it.
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