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New Vegas is pretty amazing. I'd call it a must play for fans of WRPGs, honestly.

Fallout 3 and 4 might as well be the same game in my mind. 4 is more casualized, but both suffer from pretty bad Bethesda writing. Which is what I want from RPGs.

So, coming from someone who doesn't like Bethesda style open-world games--I can't recommend New Vegas enough. It's just that good.

This attitude is why your side lost. Right here. You own this.

This is partially what happens when you call literally everything "Racist, sexist, bigoted." It's really become in vogue as of late.

Everything I love is racist.
Video games are racist.
Movies are racist.
Even books are racist.
I like rap music. That makes me racist, because I'm white and that's cultural appropriation.
Cops are racist. Literally every time they shoot a black person, they are racist. Even if they are black, themselves. Even if they are defending themselves. Racist.
Schools are racist. Teachers are racist.
So is the justice system. Racist.
Our government was led by a black man for eight years. Hella racist.
Don't agree with the ideals of Islam? Racist.
But only white people can actually be racist, because someone decided to change the definition of the word to fit their argument.
Me? My family? My friends? Every nice, cordial American that I meet on a daily basis? Racist.
Donald Trump? Racist.
Hillary Clinton? Also racist like everything else, but we should just ignore that.

Semantic Satiation. "Racism" as an argument has lost its weight, because that is the default argument from the left in America in almost any situation. Here's what happens when someone who sees the world through a lens of racism and bigotry meets the common joe, who does not.

Progressive: "You are racist. Everyone you know is racist."
Common Joe Moderate: "But I'm not racist, and I'm sure my friends aren't racist, either."
Progressive: "Yes you are. You just don't know it or won't admit it."
Common Joe Moderate: "But I know myself and them better than you do, and I'm pretty sure we aren't racist."
Progressive: "But all the things you like are racist."
Common Joe Moderate: "But I like those things and I'm not racist."
Progressive: "The American people as a whole are racist."
Common Joe Moderate: "I meet American people every day. Most of them seem like normal, well-adjusted people."
Progressive: "Donald Trump is racist."
Common Joe Moderate: "But you just wrongly accused me, my family, my hobbies, and everyone around me of being racist. Why should I believe you now? Also, he seems to actually like me while you clearly do not."

In the mind of the common moderate; if everything is racist, then nothing is racist. Donald Trump is racist? So what? That word has no meaning, has no weight anymore. Running an entire presidential campaign on the basis of "my opponent is racist and sexist" is shortsighted. A lot of Americans are becoming sick of that kind of rhetoric. Is Donald Trump racist? Probably. Is The Witcher 3 racist for not having any black characters in a Polish-made game? It's a stretch, but perhaps it is, depending on your point of view--but is it really super fucking important? Maybe we should save that term for when it actually matters. If you're constantly crying wolf, people get burned out quickly.

Just my two cents, extrapolating attitudes from different people I've seen across the world wide internet. Obviously, there were many other factors at work in the election. The Democrats need to actually work at swaying the middlemen next time around, instead of trying to shame people into voting for them. It won't work anymore. It only causes blow back the other way.

The game makes it pretty clear that everything before paris is a prologue set long before the events of the rest of the game.

The new hitman is not a reboot; it is a sequel to all the previous hitman games including absolution. Throughout the series, 47 has been working for the ICA, and has done a lot of bad business. The prologue is just a flashback to when he first got discovered by the agency. As to why everyone seems ageless, well--I, uhh--hmmm--

He's a BALD KILLERCLONE. I'll just leave it at that.

I think so. Keep in mind, when you play, you should set your control scheme to "evolved". That's the one that has jump on the left bumper.

The default control scheme is more of a "classic" style that people who play a lot of console shooters are already used to. But the "evolved" scheme is objectively better, because it means you can jump/wallrun/etc. without taking your hand off the aiming stick. This will put you at an advantage over people stuck in their ways who can't adapt to a scheme like this. But since you're a blank slate it should be better for you.

I really like Northstar for Last Titan Standing. Pretty underrated. His damage is huge and since the spawns are set, you can stay safely behind your teammates and plink away (most of the time).

But he's very weak in other modes. I guess my second favorite would be Ion or Scorch. Ion with the advanced vortex shield is actually hilarious against the hordes of legion users. I've taken an opposing Ion from full health to doomed state in one reflected Legion salvo before. Shit was hilarious.

And scorch. Scorch is just fun after you get the hang of him. Using his thermite bombs and fire wall to cut off escape routes for titans who are out of position is glorious fun.

Haven't played it in a while, but when I did, most of the technical issues had already been ironed out--minus the sometimes long loading times.

You don't really NEED mods on your first playthrough, especially not gameplay mods that add things like classes and weapons to the game. It's already pretty balanced.

BUT, I would say that there are some minor mods that improve the UI/return some of the options from Enemy Unknown. Here's a list of all the mods I used on my first playthrough, if you want to check them out.

• Expanded Callsigns and Nicknames: Basically as advertised. Adds a ton of new procedural nicknames for your characters. A nice flavor mod.
• SWR Not Created Equal: Adds the "Not Created Equal" modifier from the first game. Basically, your soldiers won't all start with the same stats. I like it because it makes my guys seem more unique.
• SWR Hidden Potential: Same as above, but with the "Hidden Potential" modifier. Makes it so that soldiers grow stats at different rates, instead of each class having set stats at certain ranks.
• Evac All: Simple quality of life addition. Allows you to evacuate all your troops at once instead of having to click the button 6 times.
• Overwatch All/Others: Same as above, but with overwatch.
• Gotcha (Flank Preview Evolved): A very useful tool that allows you to see if your soldiers will be flanking enemies after their move. Some might consider this cheating; I consider it essential information. The flanking algorithms can sometimes be pretty ambiguous, and if you plan on playing on Ironman, it seems like vital information you should definitely have.
• Free Reload: Not what it sounds like. Basically, you can find gun mods in the game, and some of them give you a certain number of free reloads per mission. All this does is show you if you actually have free reloads available.
• Show Enemies on Mission Planning: Another QoL change. Simply adds information from the Geoscape into the mission planning screen, stopping you from having to memorize obnoxiously.
• Clean Cinematic: Basically, when the game cuts into the ground-level, "cinematic" views sometimes, it displays the results of the attack in text boxes before the attack even begins. This mod delays those messages until the cinematic scene is over, making them a little more tense like they were designed to be.
• Blackmarket Usage: Stops you from selling important materials by letting you know what those materials can be used for on the buy/sell screen. That way, you don't sell all of your corpses before realizing that you actually need them for a research project. Additionally, you'll know what actually is safe to sell. A very useful tool to cut down on possible frustration.

So there's a good mix of mods that won't obfuscate the fun or challenge of the game. Check them out if you're inclined, and Good luck, Commander.

I don't vote, but if I did, I would vote for Trump. Just to say "fuck you" to the established order of things--which I despise.

But let's get real. For all the fearmongering going on from BOTH sides, nothing will change. Trump isn't going to destroy America overnight. Hillary sure as hell isn't going to save it.

No, this election has set a new high for petty demagoguery from everyone involved--the politicians, the people following them (for some reason), and the meme machines on the internet. But at the end of the day, very little will have happened, and America will continue its slow-but-steady decline into mediocrity.

I'll echo the sentiment about women's public restrooms being consistently more dirty.

That said, it's the only real discrepancy I see in my day-to-day. I'm a total slob myself, so I don't have much room to talk.

I don't know what rank you are, but one of the simple ways to improve your winrate is to start following the metagame in terms of team composition.

Right now the standard strategy is having 2 Attack heroes, 2 Tanks (Reinhardt +1), and 2 Supports (Lucio +1). Defense heroes are pretty worthless, I wouldn't even bother playing them in competitive if your goal is to win. If your goal is to win, then I suggest filling in whatever your team needs from the above comp. Yes, you will spend a lot of time playing supports and tanks. No, you cannot control your teammate's hero choices so you'll have to make do with what you can. Composition is a big deal and usually the team with the better one wins.

Another way to gain rank is by communicating with your team. I don't know what platform you're playing on, but on PC a lot of people actually seem open to talking once you get the ball rolling. Stick to simple things like calling out enemy flankers, and maybe throw a, "Hey, (x hero) isn't working here, maybe we should think about a change" if you're feeling bold.

Here's a short list of heroes that are the best at each role if you have trouble choosing who to play:

• Attack: Attacking heroes seem to be fairly balanced, with Mcree topping the group in damage and range. Weakest is Pharah, if only because a good Mcree hard counters her while she's hovering.
• Tanks: Reinhardt seems to be a must on most maps, but every other hero here can serve as an effective off-tank depending on your comp. Roadhog is great for securing pickoffs, D.va is great at disrupting the enemy's backlines, and zarya is great at keeping teammates alive and comboing ults. Winston is... well Winston is pretty much just a worse D.va right now, unfortunately.
• Supports: Lucio is a must, all the time. Zenyatta is also a must, most of the time. These two are the supporting duo of the meta right now. Ana can sometimes be a worthwhile substitute for Zen, but she's also harder to play. Mercy is very weak compared to these three; they made her ult charge more slowly and now she's underwhelming. Symettra is situational by design--use her on the first point or not at all.

Hope this helps. I also get some ungodly losing streaks in this game for some reason. Sometimes you just have to power through.