Sauron
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Just now, Flojomojo said:
There seem to be about a half dozen threads like this, each in a different section of the forum. Albert already explained himself in the big thread, where there are almost 500 responses last I looked.
Of all of them — and for some perverse reason, I’ve read them all — this is the most “downer” of all of them, and seems to represent about 10% of the people talking.
Why worry about the loss of community before it happens? Wouldn’t you rather contribute to making the site what you want it to be, leading by example? The people are the same, so what difference does corporate sponsorship make?
I agree with this wholeheartedly. I completely understand many of the concerns that people have brought up. In fact, I've brought up a few myself in this very thread. There's no need to be "doom and gloom" about this until we see a clear-cut reason to be, and with the promises that Al and @TrogdarRobusto have made to us, I don't see an appropriate reason. And I think many of the long-time members of the community who know Al well have faith in him and trust that he will continue to do what is best for the community. You can count me as one of them.
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I bought one a while back when Atari had a big sale on them, but haven't opened it up yet. I keep meaning to get around to it, but honestly I haven't decided what I really want to use it for as yet. Once I figure that out, I'll probably set it up and give it a try.
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BTW, you should put a news item up on the front page about this.
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I think an important question that many of us are forgetting is....does this mean that you won't have to spend the bulk of your time putting carts together by hand?
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1 minute ago, x=usr(1536) said:
There is also one additional point that I feel needs to be mentioned, and it's a sensitive one. None of this should be construed as antagonism; it's concern.
Many of us have been subscribers because we want to contribute financially towards the upkeep of the site. People also purchase items from the store in part because it's a way to support further hardware and software development.
On a purely personal (but related) note, I do not wish to give my money to Atari, SA at this time. Will there be a separation of revenue streams between Atari, SA and AtariAge?
If Atari, SA will be contributing towards the financial upkeep of the site, how does this reshape the traditional subscriber benefits?
Again, not asking this to be antagonistic, and I realise that the details of financial agreements may not be 100% open to inspection. That's clearly understood. But addressing how subscribers and customers may be affected would be appreciated.
I would imagine subscriptions would contribute towards the operation of the site, as before. This site has never been free to run.
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This news is mind-blowing. Really, I heard the rumors, but didn't expect it to be true. It does not come without its share of concerns, though, and I think the primary question on my mind is, what will happen to the AtariAge site should this iteration of Atari fold?
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I think I've figured it out. When Jag_Mag makes his weekly announcement of leaving the forum, he actually means he's only leaving for a day or two and then will come back like a bad case of herpes. There's no other explanation as to why he'd do this over and over again.
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1 hour ago, jgkspsx said:
No, I don’t. I know why. There’s only room for one meatball on top of this hill of spaghetti.
People like you might as well write "I AM INSECURE" on your forehead with a permanent marker. It's essentially saying the same thing as your disrespectful posts towards those working on this game.
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I just woke up to find the junk mail in my inbox about this. Looked cool at first, but I found the compatibility list and noticed an awful lot of untested or incompatible games. Reading through this thread explains why that's the case. Oh well, I guess we're probably never gonna get the one thing we all want (2600 console with 100% compatibility with old and new games, SD card support, HDMI, etc.). That said, I don't find the price too unreasonable considering this is an official product, but I'll be sitting it out in hopes of a future rev that provides what it's currently missing.
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I played the first Pikmin a long time ago and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately that's the only one I've played. I still have it (on both the GC and Wii), but I'm tempted to pick up the others for the Switch.
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3 hours ago, Tempest said:
Easiest way to tell would be to get an online map that shows all the wells and look at your in-game map to see which you're missing. I don't think there's any ultimate prize for finding them all though.
Yeah, I simply don't see any payoff that would be worth the effort, outside of just being a completionist. In fact, I've probably done just about every armor upgrade that is worth doing, so I'll probably just finish up the main quest pretty soon.
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I finished up every quest except for the one where I have to find and report every well, as I really don't know which ones I'm missing. Oh well (no pun intended). The main quest is on it's last bit, where I have to drop down into the depths under Hyrule Castle, but I've been holding off on completing it. Guess I just gotta try to finish upgrading armor as much as possible.
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Pretty much all of the Recharged games I've played have been good. I've probably spent the most time playing Yar's, Gravitar, and Centipede (although these have all been on the Switch). One of these days I'll actually hook up my VCS and try some gaming on it.
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The CatBox was always something I wanted to get for the Jag. Shame how it ended up with many people not getting their units. I wonder how many are actually floating around out there.
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I learned how to hunt and peck pretty well thanks to getting started on computers pretty young, but learning touch typing in 9th grade made me much more efficient. Like some of the others, I had to learn on a typewriter, since my small school didn't have enough computers to accommodate my entire class.
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I miss those brochures. I had all of the above along with a smaller life-sized Portfolio one that was pretty neat. Would be interesting to see some of those prices from the price list.
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3 hours ago, Tempest said:
I never thought to do that either. I'll have to try that because not every Lynel has a rock or cliff you can climb up (they will find you if there's a slope). The easiest Lynel to do this on is the one in the tropical area by where the pirate ship is. He's down in a valley with steep cliffs. There's another one in a swap near that area with tall fat trees that you can snipe from.
That one on Faron is a Silver Lynel, which is the toughest one in the game, not counting the ones with rock armor down in the chasms. Sniping from far away is probably the best strategy with those, as they tend to carry two-handed weapons and do a spin attack that's nearly impossible to dodge if you're up close. I'll have to try that and see how well it works for me.
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3 hours ago, Tempest said:
I've been farming Lynels but guts are few and far between. I've gotten pretty good at getting to high ground and pummeling them with a savage lynel bow with bones from those desert zombies that I had a stockpile of since they add 40 damage. I'm running low on them though so I'm going to have to switch to something else.
It never even occurred to me to try that. Lynels are still the toughest monsters in the game, same as from BotW. However, you should be able to beat them easily if you know how to fight them properly. One common strategy is to hit them in the face with an arrow, which will stun them, and then mount their back and wail on them with your strongest weapon until they shake you off. One nice thing about this is that the weapon you use DOES NOT wear down when hitting them while mounted. I think this only works with a one-handed weapon. I usually keep a pretty strong weapon in my inventory just for this purpose, and only use it to hit Lynels when I'm mounted on them, and switch it out with another when I'm not. If you're having trouble with getting face hits on them, the ol' keese eyeball arrow trick helps a lot.
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11 hours ago, Tempest said:
Yeah I need to get down to the depths and get some real weapons instead of this rusted crap I have before I try that. I have a Savage Lynel Bow but I save that for emergencies because it's awesome.
Is it worth using shock/flame/frost proof armor when fightning them or should I go with my highest defense armor?
That armor can help, although if you become adept at quickly hitting their heads and wailing on them when they're down, it won't really matter which armor you use. I've found that increasing damage output is the best option when fighting strong monsters like the gleeox. Really though, you shouldn't back away from farming some Lynels, their bows are simply second to none, and having them helps immensely in taking down any gleeox quickly. White and silver lynels also have awesome shields, plus they both drop Savage Lynel Bows, which are the strongest bows you'll find in the game. It'll take some getting used to fighting them, though.
BTW I managed to finish up all of the shrines last night and now have the Aspect of the Hero armor. It's certainly going to take some time to get it upgraded fully. And just when I thought I would go ahead and finish up the main quest...
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51 minutes ago, Tempest said:
I think figuring out which shrines I was missing took longer than doing the actual shrines! There's no record of which ones you've visited other than a map icon which makes it impossible to cross check a list by name. It's quite an oversight.
so how do you take down gleeox? He always flies up in the air and there's no good way to get up to him.
Using keese or aerocuda eyeballs attached to arrows helps a lot, as well as using the multi-shot bows dropped by Lynels. When you've got a gleeox down to about 1/3 or less HP, they'll change up the attack pattern and fly waaaay up, which means the method you use to get high enough to hit them will depend on which type you're fighting. Fire gleeoxes will shoot down a massive fireball that will burn any surface hot enough to cause an updraft, which you can then ride up high enough to hit them. Ice gleeoxes will shoot down ice shards that you can get on top of and then use recall on to ride up into the sky. Electric gleeoxes shoot down bolts of lightning that will then open up fissures in the ground that have updrafts. If you happen to be fighting the King Gleeox, he will use a combination of all three types of attacks. They're pretty easy once you've figured out the attack patterns, and if you're using strong weapons as well as Savage Lynel Bows, you'll beat them pretty quickly.
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16 minutes ago, Tempest said:
Yeah that must have been it, I must have accidentally gotten a scale the first time without knowing it and then couldn't get the claw.
I hit all the shrines and got my Aspect of Hero which sounds cool but is going to be a bitch to upgrade. I might just stick with the fierce deity armor.
Well that's one thing I haven't done yet, actually. I've definitely gotten most of the shrines, but I'm going to have to really dig to find any that I'm currently missing. I just looked up the upgrade requirements for that armor, and yes, upgrading it to max is going to take a LOT of work. Some of the upgrade materials are ones that are among the most powerful fuses with weapons, so I'll have to hold off on using them. Time to go hunt down some more gleeoxes (ugh).
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On 7/20/2023 at 8:42 AM, Tempest said:
Im still in explore mode so I practically live in the climbing armor so that's why I was trying to max it out. Fierce Deity is next on my list, but I can't seem to get dragon claws no matter where on the foot of the dragon I shoot. Arrows just seem to bounce off.
Keep in mind that with each dragon, you can only take a piece of it once every ten real-world minutes (not counting the horn shards you can just pick up on the back). If you're trying to farm claws, make sure you aren't hitting any other part of the dragon before trying to hit the claw.
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17 hours ago, Tempest said:
What hard to come by materials should I be saving for armor upgrades and which ones should I use/sell? I've got a ton of silver bobkin/moblin/captain construct IV/etc. parts that I've never done anything with because I'm afraid that some armor upgrade is going to need them. Same with all the gems I'm hording. My Link is starting to look like Smaug at this point with all the treasure he's carrying.
Swift Violets are going to be the death of me. Each bit of climbing armor needs 20 to max it out and I only found them in one place and only 5 at a time.
That depends entirely on which armor you're trying to focus on upgrading. Some sets, like the Hylian armor, were extremely easy to upgrade to four stars, which I was able to do pretty early on. Others, like the Flamebreaker set, seem impossible to upgrade to max unless you just spend ungodly amounts of time hanging around certain areas in Eldin. Personally, my favorite set has turned out to be the Fierce Deity armor, as it's attack bonus fully upgrade lets you deal out insane levels of damage with each hit, and upgrading it to max wasn't very difficult. The Miner's Armor is something you'll definitely want to upgrade as quickly as you can, as the full glow effect will be helpful when exploring dark areas in the chasms. The Rubber Armor will be a must later on in the main quest, so finding it early and upgrading it as quickly as you can would be a good idea. Also, for some sets like the Climber's Armor, you don't really need to upgrade it fully in order to take advantage of its special effect. Just getting all three pieces upgraded to two stars will do it, and will be fine if you just want to use it for climbing and not fighting. Anyways, here's a list of all of the armor in the game and the materials needed for upgrades.
Oh, as far as Swift Violets are concerned, you can buy them at the general store in Zora's Domain (yes, they're a pain to farm, so it's worth buying out the stock every day if you don't want to spend a whole week collecting enough).
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Damn, this is really sad news to hear. Jimmy Hotz was a pretty big deal in the music industry, even though a lot of people hadn't ever really heard of him. The guy was obviously very gifted and extremely intelligent. The world is a little worse off with him no longer in it. I think a lot of us are grateful towards what he contributed to both the Atari scene and to music in general. and I personally am grateful to hear that you and others were able to preserve some of what he left behind.
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I understand all of that, believe me. I've invested way too much time into this site and into the Atari community as a whole to not have my own concerns, which like I said before, I voiced earlier in this thread. I guess the eternal optimist in me prefers to view this through a positive lens rather than through a negative one. This is especially true when it comes to the alternatives that Albert mentioned. And honestly, considering the possible alternative outcomes, this was probably the best possible one, when you look at it all through a realistic sense.