To be honest, it is hard for me to write an accurate battle report about this match as we got lost in the excitement of our victory. It was a hard, fast and of course a really busy battle. But what does one expect when you play 10 vs. 10. We COW’s got support of some BIA players to fill up our ranks for this night of mayhem.

The first map was a custom map which in my opinion (and most of the people on Teamspeak) wasn’t the right map for us. After much complaining and download issues we entered a world of chaos. The map was filled with short streets, tall buildings, mortars on the bridge and a bunch of COW’s and BIA players who had no freaking clue where the flags were. While the first round ended with a tie the second round we felt the pushing power of TLO. Their MG had a firm hold of the bridge and I think I actually hear some people curse at The Fordster when his/her rounds found a way into our body’s. Then by a twist of fate we were able to turn the flow and ended this map of doom with a 1 to 1 score. Yes, we were happy but it wasn’t over yet.

Round 2!

Okay, this should be better. A map that we know, and so does TLO. We felt it in the beginning when they took a win, followed by another win. Yes, we were a bit frustrated. But quickly we took back one cap, and then a second. Yes, it was a tie again but that didn’t stop the COW’s and BIA players. In the last few minutes we took an one cap head start. The mood was set. We were cheerful, we were happy, we had to play one more round. While we cheered each other on in the hope to keep this head start we rushed into the game. And there it was, 45 seconds FULL CAP. It happened in a flash and we weren’t even playing on flash. 1 to 0 for the COW/BIA Crew. We had to keep this up and in the end won that round with 3 to 0.

End score of the war: COW/BIA 7 and TLO 3.

Thanks to TLO for a fun war and thanks to Strom, Freekill, Nicce and Enstad for the support, the laughter and the teamkills.

Did you know:

• That [COW]Teamkiller isn’t the only teamkiller in the game,
• That Strom can only kill Avalon when he is on the same team and behind him with a pistol,
• That Akane is also known as Operation Human Shield,
• That when a grenade lays on the ground smoking people still stand on it,
• That Dreamer is capable of killing the enemy, teammates and himself with a bazooka,
• That Enstad kills a teammate who is about to cap a flag and then responds with a dull “sorry”,
• That Koetje hoped someone would clean the server of the gun shells, blood and dead bodies but ended up doing it self,
• That we had a fun time and are certainly up to do this over again soon!

Source

One of the main features of the title is the realistic ballistics, involving factors such as bullet drop, wind strength, and the effect of holding one’s breath when attempting a shot. Sniping gameplay is from a first person scope view, whereas movement and use of all other weapons is in third person view.

A major difference from the first game is the introduction of a controversial ‘X-Ray Kill Cam’, which activates when the player makes a particularly extreme shot. The view then follows the path of the bullet in slow motion before slowing further as it reaches its target, whereupon the target’s body is rendered as an anatomical cutaway to show the bullet’s passage through the body and the damage it causes to organs and bones. And I got to admit, it is awesome! Shooting an enemy soldier and then seeing how your bullet enters his eye socket in the X-Ray Kill Cam is just total satisfaction. It makes you even try to make cleaner, precise shots just for the Kill Cam.

Other elements include being able to mark enemy fighters to highlight their position along with target information, and a white-outlined figure which marks the point where enemy soldiers last spotted the player so that players can make their escape.

All in all it is a nice shooter. It has realism, good game-play and the third-person controls is not as bad as with other shooters (Yea, I am looking at you Lead and Gold!). The down part is the demo, only one map and even after playing it 2 times you still haven’t filled a whole hour of game-time. Of course it is just a demo, but still. Will I get the game? Not sure yet, but I did enjoy playing the demo.

Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Avalon. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no [COW] has gone before.

Yes ladies and gentlemen. It is time to jump in your space suit. Strap your self tight in your space ship and set course out there. Mr. Sulu, set course to the tittie bar!

I started playing this game a few months back, took a small break and now playing again. This is Black Prophecy, a free 3D real-time combat space massively multiplayer online game. The game is set in the 26th century, where mankind has expanded across the galaxy yet only few of its colonies are controlled by humans. Two main factions dominate space: the cybernetically enhanced humans the Tyi and the biogenetically perfected humans the Genides. On their quest for territorial domination they enter the territory of an ancient alien race called the Restorers, who exhibit a destructive behaviour to other civilizations. The player is asked to join one of these two dominant races of humans to uncover the mystery of the Restorers and grant the survival of the human species.

The Tyi
The Tyi (abbreviation for Tactical Yeomen Inhabitants, pronounced “tie”) are a race of cybernetically enhanced superhumans, with great strength and endurance, both physically and mentally. They are resistant to radiation, have redundant circulatory systems as well as backup organs, speak all languages and are true multitaskers. They also gather and process data at a somewhat increased rate.

The Genides
The Genides are a race of genetically perfected humans, designed to be able to better resist the unusual and partially hostile environments in space and on the colony planets. They require very little sleep, heal wounds quickly and can communicate telepathically. In addition, most of them are resistant to disease and epidemics, think faster, can detect ultra- and infra-sounds and have a long life expectancy.

The game is action-oriented, focusing on player versus player (PvP) and player versus environment (PvE) combat and missions. You can form a team and participate in team missions, which typically have an increased difficulty and better rewards compared to the solo missions.

If you are being destroyed, your ship leave no wrecks and is instantly resurrected. You retain all the items that were in the ship’s inventory before death. The only death penalty is a stacking debuff to some of the ship’s stats, which lasts for 5 minutes.

As in every MMO you gain experience for completing various missions. With enough experience you gain a level and each new level adds 3 or 5 points which can be used to increase the stats of your choice. Each stat determines the maximum level of equipment a player can use. For example, a level 10 mechanical stat allows the use of any mechanical weapons up to level 10. The points can also be allocated in tactics stat, which allows players to perform various combat maneuvers, such as U-turn and speed boost.

A notable aspect of the game is the modular ship design, where players are able to acquire different modules (cockpits, wings, engines) of different levels in order to customize their ships in many ways. Most of the modules can also be modified, increasing some of their stats.

The game also features an award and medal system, similar to an achievements system, where players can earn medals and awards for performing specific tasks.

All in all it is a fun game to play. It offers the features you see in most MMO´s but it gives the freedom of flying around in space and killing everything in your path. In the beginning one can feels pretty lost but the fun starts when you play together with friends and communicate while playing.

This is Falcon 1-X, I got your six. Radar picked up enemy fighters. Switching to long-range weapons, waiting for lock!

Day of Defeat: Source is a good looking game with nice textures, ragdoll and a few other things. And even tho it is actually a pretty graphic game, it runs on the mid range computers out there (Sorry, not on an old Commandor). The game itself a team-based first-person shooter set in World War II where you can play as the United States Army, or the German Wehrmacht. Each side offers six playable classes with each their own benefits. The reality of the game makes it so that players can’t take much damage, so jumping of a building DOES kill you. And then their are the single bullet kills, forcing you to make use of covers if you don’t want to die.

The weapons in the game have realistic limits. A machine gun must be deployed to maintain accurate fire or to be reloaded, rocket launchers must be shouldered when you want to aim or fire, a sniper rifle is more accurate when used with the scope and you can better “cook” your grenade before throwing to make sure your opponent wont have time to throw it back.

As far as sound, the weapons sound great — accurate, with details like the clink noise of an M1 Garand reaching the end of its clip, and the chinking of a Kar 98 reload. Every weapon sounds distinct.

But lets start at the beginning. The G13 offers game-changing comfort and control. The design conforms to the shape of your hand for comfort during long gaming sessions. Other futures of the G13 is the LCD display which keeps you up to date. You can set it up to show the time, RSS feeds, if you have any mail or even in-game information. The 24 buttons can be programmed to any key and/or macro, giving the user more power over their game and you can even change the keys while gaming.

The G13 has actually more then 24 buttons and with some smart coding you can get even more out of this advanced gameboard. The M1, M2 and M3 key’s allow you to switch between key layouts. For example you can make a whole layout under M1 for your infantry but under M2 a layout for when you take control of a jet in BF3. An other key is to turn the light on and off. No not the light in your room but on the G13. You are able to set the background color of your G13 (meaning the color of the key symbols and screen) to any color you like. And even make it possible that when you switch between M1, M2 and M3 the color also changes.

By using profiles you can set a different profile for each of your games. It even gives the option that it loads the right profile when you load up a game. This way when you start playing your favorite battlefield game you don’t have to worry that your soldier tries to shoot fireballs out of his hands. It is also possible to change a profile while playing a game by using the LCD screen.

All in all I find this a nice tool for gaming. If you don’t game a lot it probably isn’t worth it. Are you a more die-hard gamer or playing loads of MMORPG’s then you will probably like this toy!

The following items make up this awesome outfit.

• Shirt; Rich Purple Silk Shirt Tailoring
• Chest; Eldr’naan Jerkin
• Belt; Eldr’naan Belt
• Legs; Eldr’naan Pants
• Boots; Blood Waders Quest reward, Darkcloud Grimtotem, Thousand Needles
• Hat; Green Tinted Goggles Engineering
• Shoulders; Eldr’naan Shoulderpads
• Bracers; Vital Bracelets
• Gloves; Delaris’ Gloves Quest reward, Break the Unbreakable, Felwood
• Staff; Whelp Keeper’s Staff Quest reward, Done Nothing Wrong, Burning Steppes

The Eldr’naan set is a level 68 green set that is a random world drop. You’ll want to farm in Outlands if you’re looking for these particular pieces and keep an eye on the Auction House for any green pieces that may be up for sale.

The boots, staff, and gloves can all be found via low-level questing as quest rewards. Cataclysm added a whole new selection of low-level quest reward items.

Don’t forget your local crafters as the goggles pictured above are the Green Tinted Goggles created by engineers. Unlike many of the engineering items, these are not soulbound. They are, however, cloth gear.

I am often thinking what my mage should look like when she reaches a higher level, certainly with the use of transmogrification function you often think about being different then the rest. Or maybe it is the fact that you can finally play dress up without loosing your gear stats and don’t have to wear the same outfit till that next item drops. (Not forgetting looking like a clown cause of the different colors and style of gear which doesn’t mix together!)

Anyway, to make a long story short. It is time to dress up my mage! (tho first i need to grind the items)

Here are a few gear sets I had in my mind to start with. I was thinking of going for a bright, clean look.

The Battle Ready Priest:

While browsing online, searching for any good ideas I found the following set.

This set is mostly build around a recolored version of the Absolution Regalia (priest tier 6). As head item we use Cowl of Benevolence. This is a boss drop in Black Temple. The shoulders are Amice of Brilliant Light also a boss drop in Black Temple. For the back we don’t need a transmog, don’t forget to turn cloak display off. The chest Gossamer Robe is a random world drop, obtained through the Auction House or farming (level 45 to 50 rare or elite mobs). An other option could be the Garments of Temperance, which drop off Gurtogg Bloodboil in Black Temple. Garments of Temperance are a recolor of the Vestments of Absolution (the original tier 6 robe for priests) that matches Cowl of Benevolence and Amice of Brilliant Light. The wrist wont need a transmog either as the gloves will cover them up. The hands are Gloves of Unfailing Faith, again a boss drop in Black Temple. For something more subtle, you could try a pair of gloves that display under the cuffs of your robe instead of on top of them (like Zaetar’s Gloves, The Witch Doctor’s Wraps, or Heroes’ Gloves of Faith). The waist is the Unyielding Girdle tailoring belt. The pattern for this belt is a random world drop from The Burning Crusade that requires eight Primal Mooncloth, 16 Primal Earth, and one Primal Nether to make. The legs don’t need any transmogging, the robe will hide them. Feet Sanguine Sandals a random world drop, obtained through the Auction House or by mucking about at lvl 20. Despite being a green item, these boots seem to be quite a common drop when leveling. Main-hand weapon is the Silvermoon War-Mace, also a random dungeon drop, obtained through the Auction House or farming (level 63 to 71 elite mobs in TBC dungeons). If you can not wield a mace their are also other options like the Heavy Copper Longsword, a silver-hued, one-handed sword. Off-hand weapon is the Sanguine Star again a random world drop, obtained through the Auction House or farming (level 25 to 32 mobs). This may be one of the hardest items to find, since there aren’t any specific places to farm it from and the stats on it won’t necessarily prompt the average player to post it on the Auction House.

Non the less has he reached level 5. And as expected this wasn’t so hard to do yet. The problem with a low level char is that you don’t have much HP, and mostly after every fight you are at 20% or so. It takes around let me see, 1 second for you to get to full HP again? Yea, it ain’t that hard yet.

The basic spells are easy to use for now. You have Sinister Strike as a main attack and build up combo points. Then at level 3 we get Eviscerate, an attack which can use the combo points. Level 5 brings us our third spell, and even tho it isn’t a spell for battle it helps you sneak around. Yes, we get stealthy with Stealth!

As for the rest, it is still pretty easy to go Ironman. Haven’t feel the urge to use potions or other consumables. And as for gear, all the items at the moment are white and grey anyway. Tho their is one thing I am doing which is technically not allowed. I am using add-ons. Not guide or rotation helpers but more for the layout of my frames and button bars. In my opinion this should be allowed. All the add-ons that would or could me help level in some way are not installed or turned off.

And then all of a sudden it is over. The doorbell ran and the puppet master left his puppet alone for a few minutes in a hostile area. For some strange reason this little dwarf couldn’t handle 3 mobs bashing in his head so that is it. He is dead and the challenge is over. Maybe better luck next time

Don’t get me wrong. I think the game is awesome and like playing it a lot. It is just that sometimes you want your fellow team mates to just … WORK TOGETHER! And that brings us to the first point.

6. Work as a team!

Guess what? You get points when you work together! You probably didn’t know that yet but it is true. If you are playing assault you have that Defibrillator kit for a reason. And it isn’t to shock your enemy cause that doesn’t work in Battlefield 3. That medic box which you probably switched for a nube tube is also handy in fights. When your team/squad has taken cover to hold of the enemy throw it down and you get some points. Same goes for ammo crates. You get the points, we get the bullets. Fair trade if you ask me!

5. Camping, it is part of the game!

“OMFG, CAMPER! YOU SUX”, “DUDE, YOU NEED A TENT?!?”, “Y U SIT STILL LIKE A !@#$, Y U NO MOVE AROUND!”. Guess what people, IT IS PART OF THE GAME!

You don’t think in real life they run around in circles with their guns ready and shooting clip after clip. No, they were waiting for the enemy to show their head and BAM, headshot. You know what else that means? No wasting ammo and not getting killed! In my honest opinion it is even a valid tactic. And when you are shot by a camper? Well, at least you know where he/she/it is when you respawn.

4. Save the planet, Carpool!

Yea, you are in a large conquest map. You died, you want to go to the action asap, you can only spawn at your base. You jump in the last jeep standing. Pedal to the metal and their you go. In the mean time 3 other players need to walk a long freaking way. Congrats, your team mates hate your ass!

It aint hard people. Wait like 20 seconds or so for people to get in, even 10 seconds work. It is the idea that counts. And look around, it is so annoying for a player that is running to a car and you drive of with it. Be the better men and give your fellow players a lift. You would do the same for a hot woman!

3. Rockets are for taking out tanks!

“Oh look mommy, I got a rocket launcher. Let’s shoot people with it! Hey look, a tank! Oh no, no more rockets!” Well, that sucks doesn’t it?! Guess what, if you didn’t shoot that soldier with a rocket like the noob you are you at least had some ammo left. This is Battlefield, not unreal tournament! At least try to kill soldiers with normal guns and not with RPG. Specially on team death-match and squad death-match servers. It is SO annoying!

2. Learn 2 Play (Your class)!

This is so simple, and yet so often people still manage to screw it up. Even better, this works just as with working as a team. Their are 4 diffrent classes you can use in the game. And guess what, these classes have their own function in game. This also means it is much better for your team that as an assault you are in the middle of the battle, reviving and healing your team mates. That sniper camping on a mountain doesn’t need much help. Support, do what your class say’s, SUPPORT. I know you want to level that PDW but that big gun with 100 bullets will help us way more with capping the flag.

 1. Flashlight!

Come on, I mean seriously. A laser dot making your screen go red? Yea, I can dig that, even when it is day. But COME ON!! You are outside, someone aims his tactical light in your face and you are blind. As if the outside light didn’t blind me already (also an annoying thing).

I think these thingies are still overpowered and I hate them. Yes, I hate them more then that I hate Justin Bieber, and that is alot (well, actually I hate beaver face more but you get the point). And I am happy with servers that kick/ban players that use one.