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Sean (wisely) always looked out for #1. Had his head not been kersploded (get over spoilers, the game has been out for 9 months), I have a feeling the freedom from Dutch's scheming would have been enticing enough on it's own.

Private Lobbies. It solves so many issues it's not even funny. There could be leagues build around private matches, opening up an entirely new avenue for the fandom, but R* insists on having the service be hosted.

Lucky bastard. I still have the disconnect issue with the error message from R*. It had been fixed for awhile, but it reared it's ugly head again with this last update.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Playable Charles teaching Jack the things John never had a chance to. And a buddy should be able to join your story mode session to play as Jack (or you join theirs) host is always Charles. You're welcome, R*

Hmmmm... Try to get on a stream only to inevitably get disconnected, or pack for Hawaii. Tough call.

For the same reason my wife doesn't like it when I finish "missions" too fast.

Oh, I didn't take it that far. I was more... creative in how I handled it.

It could be worse... my son was mad at me for taking his devices away a few weeks ago, so when I wasn't home, he uninstalled every. single. game. And I had a 2TB external drive that was wiped clean too.

Built these in December after finding old butcher block countertop at my in-laws just laying in a pile of scrap. First time welding, but had a great teacher, and did all the work myself.

Oh no, it was definitely intentional

I do the exact same thing with Arthur, minus the jacket. The Tuxedo Pants, White shirt, black tie, black vest, and Nevada Gambler Hat. When I want to look like a hot mess, I play my RDO character, who (last time I checked) looked like an opium-addled iron-worker from Saint Denis.

I still am, bro. No regrets here. I'm back! It's a long, non-Division related story, and very, very boring, but things have started to work themselves out and I anticipate being back to my obnoxious self in the near future.

Something else. Bet you can't guess, lol.

49 hours down, and I JUST hit L30 last night, with 5-8 missions to go (unless I'm missing something). And that's just to start progression through Endgame and World Tiers. Then there's the and the Tidal Basin Raid drops on Friday.

Blasphemy! The story is engrossing and part of a rich tapestry when woven together with both it's predecessor and ancillary media. I love that they leave breadcrumbs and trails for folks to follow the smaller parts of the narrative if they so choose. It's a nice counter-point to Dutch's oft-repeated calls for faith and pipe dreams of "having a plan". I'm just now getting into the endgame, and cover/tactics are absolutely necessary for survival--really, they're the game's core mechanic. I solo most of the content (though that may change if it gets too much harder), and the days of walking someone down with a shotgun or standing out of cover with a sniper rifle are a thing of the past--even in the jump from TD1 to TD2. The enemy AI balance between skill deployment, tactics, flanking, and reliance on teamwork are amazing. I've only slept for six hours in the past two days combined. Much like RDO (when I can manage to stay on for more than ten minutes at a time), it quickly devolves into "just one more mission/bounty/checkpoint/stronghold...." like an oblivious alcoholic telling themselves, "I can quit any time I want to..."

It's literally everything I wanted it to be. I've eschewed food, sleep, AND alcohol to play it. I get maybe an hour or so a day on it, give or take, so I haven't even hit Level 30 yet. At some point I'll get back into Red Dead, but it's incredibly deflating to try and sign into the servers and getting disconnected before the game even finishes loading. I'd be more likely to play RDRO if I had more time to do it, but I'm spread pretty thin right now, and TD2 is functionally and technically further along than RDO, so that's where I spend my time right now. At some point, I'll need a break or a palette cleanser, and RDO will be there for me, but for now, TD2 satisfies that "itch" when I pick up a controller, and it's going to be some time until that changes for me, personally. According to Ubisoft Club, I'm 38 hours into the campaign, and I'd estimate that I'm only about 75% of the way through it. The level cap is 30, and I'm on 25, with three sections of the map undiscovered, not including Dark Zones. I'm one of those rabid completionists, though, so I'm doing ALL the side missions and peripheral activities instead of blowing through the main story missions. I'd be willing to bet that you could, if so inclined, finish the campaign in 15-20 hours, but I'll easily blow through 40 hours before I hit the endgame. There's so much to do, and it's damn fun doing it, too. Everything I loved about the first one has been improved upon and it's a blast. It's also a looter-shooter, so the idea of the campaign is more of a preamble to the loot hunt when you get to endgame, honestly. To be fair, the campaign story isn't as deep or involved as it was in the first one, and they didn't do as good a job this time as they did on TD1 fleshing everything out--it's very discombobulated--but I have a feeling they'll tie it together with the free DLC packs in year 1. Word. And the frustrating part is, those are ususally the folks crabbing about not having anything to do, which is probably why WT5 comes out Monday. I've been making that assumption for almost 15 years, and just recently learned the actual meaning. So don't feel bad. You can, in a way. There are plenty of semi-auto rifles in the game, as well as specialized ammunition caches that can be picked up throughout the open world. There's nothing more satisfying than picking up 30 incendiary rounds and watching enemies burn.

I suppose it just goes to show you how unaware some folks are of the actual game mechanics, and how they're intended to function. Besides, everyone knows that you wait for people to come out of the mission cutscene and put a round in the back of their dome before they can defend themselves.

What?! Bro, do you even internet? Disproportionate outrage over ideas and concept is cyberspace's bread and butter!

Is it just me, or do they seem to be actively trying to make it worse, as opposed to better? At this point, I'd almost rather have the launch version of Beta back, with some minor tweaks to the blips on the mini map, and that's it.

I have to shake my head at the "updates to character creator" portion. Because so many of us want to lose our progress just to take advantage of those new updates, lol.

This made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

It's been everything I've wanted it to be, and so much more. Do not regret paying for the extras at all. I'm only about 15 hours in or so, so I've only begun to scratch the surface, but it feels good, man.