Best timesinks?

new hearthstone expansion just came out if youre into that

Grim Dawn
Rocket League
Disgaea

>>386859938
Rimworld with mods.

Warning you though, it's pretty addictive at first. You'll be hooked

get a job

factorio is p good

>>386860396
+1
factorio scratches your autistic urges, and when you're done with that (like 200 hours later), you got mods and multiplayer. It also runs on my shitty toaster. p good

factorio is cucked

Dwarf Fortress
Xenoblade Chronicles
Etrian Odyssey
Baldur's Gate
Nethack
Dota

File: 1492208069388.jpg (85KB, 640x640px) Image search: [Google]

85KB, 640x640px

>>386861081
>+1

>>386861747
>le reddit boogeyman
fuck off dude, this is 2017.

Civilization (pick your favorite)
Heroes of Might and Magic 3

If you really want to jump genres, pick up an MMO like Black Desert Online. Those are designed to be timesinks.

Does anyone have that mount & blade guide that's been posted on mount & blade threads?

>>386862772
>reddit fags trying to normalize being a reddit fag

nah brah, you have to go back

>>386859938
>86 vs. 1545
Did you win?

File: 1502085240737.png (2MB, 1920x1080px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1920x1080px

>>386859938
Darkest dungeon.

>>386862772
how about you fuck off back

>>386859938
XCOM 2: Long War

It's an incredibly comprehensive mod for an already really good strategy game. One campaign will last you well over a hundred hours, and that's not including the base game campaign (play that first if you haven't already)

>>386864417
this?
imgur.com/gallery/FMAqV

>>386862772
You have to go back

>>386865072
This

>>386865469
No, you can't find it on google. I've only seen it on /v/. It talked about not upgrading your CHA beyond 6. Or was it 8?

Warframe.

>>386859938
The Binding of Isaac.

path of exile
just hit 1888 hours, still having tons of fun

>>386867412
>1888hrs in PoE
do you you just run maps endlessly like some drone?

Paradox's strategy games if you're into that sort of stuff. Newer ones are of varying quality mostly bad compared to their older ones but they're perfect time sinks.

File: 1496148467188.png (71KB, 740x982px) Image search: [Google]

71KB, 740x982px

>spent 50 hours in civ 3 the past two weeks

Battle Brothers wiped it's ass with the shreds of my outside life for the last 2 months.
If you want some M&B hobo stage oddjobbing with randomized recruits, permadeath, turnbased hextile combat and those asshole goblin shamans, you'll probably enjoy yourself before raging at a company wipe.

>>386859938
TES

Daggerfall is a bitch to get going and get into but once your you've realized that you've been playing for 8 hours straight.

Morrowind is the same story but is a little less intimidating and I think much more immersive. Plus with some limited mods you can really fix a lot of the issues with the base game.

Oblivion can also be a time sink but is probably the most mod dependent game in the series. The base game is just terribly unbalanced in terms of level scaling that it feels broken. Plus all the caves and ruins run into issues of sameness. Still a great game though.

Skyrim of course also requires a decent amount of modding but I think is probably the best to sink time into in the series after you've modded it enough.

>>386864926
Grinding: The Game

>>386867659
nah i've been playing for years and usually play different leagues and builds to like lvl 85 which is pretty low, but i play hc and die and reroll often

what i like about poe is the build diverity and differnet leagues - fresh economy and new challenges is fun. the 3.0 update is great so it's a good time to start.

Rimworld.

>>386859938
FFXIV

File: Darkest bait.jpg (34KB, 553x585px) Image search: [Google]

34KB, 553x585px

>>386869269

>>386869269
Not anymore with the new Radiant difficulty.

>>386869551
Not bait, it truly was grind: the game before the update.

>>386859938
mount and blade 2

i havnt tried it yet, is it any good? ive been playing the shit out of the first one the past month

>>386859938
Try to get a PEN weapon in BDO. I fucking dare you

>>386869892
How can you be so out of the loop to not know Bannerlord has not been released yet, and its meme status of never going to be released akin to Half Life 3?

>>386866782
why though? is it some metagame guide that sucks the fun out of the game, or is it something that avoids serious bugs?

>>386859938
what are the best mods for warband?

>>386861081
>>386860396
Artsyle is ugly.
The idea is neat by execution fails.

>>386864417
Here have a pro guide
>starting out with winning tournaments for ez money
>level int to at least 20
>first aid and shit is the way to go to avoid loosing troops
>tactics for taking down big armies
>fuck cha at all, renown will do all the work
>skill one handed and two handed alike
>equip one handed, two handed and two shields (sandwich tactic for not getting shot in the back, walk sideways when climbing ladders in sieges)
>exclusively hire swadian recruits
>fuck archers, make em all swadian knights
>as soon as you have about 60 knights and some tactics you can just go ahead and fuck everything and everyone
and that's how you win at vanilla mbw

>>386869269
It's just like cookie clicker.

This are some that I've been wasted more than 10 hours on these month
Viktor Vran
Enter The Gungeon
Death Road to Canada
Euro Truck Simulator 2 if you're into comfy stuff
Space Pirates and Zombies
Cortex Command
Master of Orion
Rain World

>>386860396
I find watching people play that shit instead of playing it myself oddly relaxing.
I had insomnia problems but once I've started watching factorio let's plays I drop dead in less than 15 minutes.

>>386870010
oh. because i just tried warband for the first time a month ago, and i just a saw i guess a mock-up of a bannerlord cover like yesterday on /v/

>>386870239
Should I try to be a jack of all traits or specialize? Which skills and stats should I avoid?

>>386870831
>I've been wasted
I've wasted*

I can never play a game for more than 50 hours before getting bored and moving on to the next. Most of the time it happens even earlier. I might get back to the game after a couple of months, but not always, even if I liked the game.
I do the same thing with relationships as well
What the fuck's wrong with me

File: solo.png (2MB, 1646x786px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1646x786px

>>386870239
>leveling int
>but not cha

What is wrong with you?
Here's something I did with a STR/Cha build
All my duders died before we even hit the 200 mark

>Win Tourneys
>Pump the fuck out of STR
>Win Tourneys
>Pump the fuck out of Ironflesh/Power Strike
>Win Tourneys
>Git Gear
>Win Tourneys
>Vassal with someone
>Take part in sieges
>Find a good spot to get kills like cake OR be a good boy, and go kill the archers first
>suddenly level 30
>should have 20+ str, 20+cha
>if companions are right, heals should be fine
>+200 Army Size, Leader is badass
>Break off from vassalized kingdom
>Proceed to conquer the world

>>386870943
>whats wrong with me
the human condition

i was having this problem for months, but mount and blade has solved that for the time being

>>386870161
1257 for huge sandbox
Fires of War for ancient Greece
Gekokujo for Japan
Novus Aetas for native feeling

>>386871036
How many hit points is enough do you think?

File: JHK0TXm.gif (157KB, 700x540px) Image search: [Google]

157KB, 700x540px

>get 4 friends
>get Rainbow Six: Siege

GL HF

>>386871143
thanks. im still having a lot of fun with native, should i wait til i get burned out on it to mod the shit out of the game, or will i just burn myself out of the game completely if i dont implement some mods before then?

File: 1501535612094.jpg (71KB, 474x497px) Image search: [Google]

71KB, 474x497px

>>386871258
90+

With good enough armor, you'll be practically invincible if you're smart

>>386870878
Well I mostly go for trainer to a certain level, tactics should at least be 6 or 8 in endgame, fuck construction get a npc for construction, prisoner handling is pretty useless since u can still capture Lords and normal soldiers aren't worth shit. For midgame money's looting and maybe 2 points of inventory management since burning enemy villages is a ez way to get money once you got a decent army and is slightly faster than grinding tournament wins. Blocking is another early thing to get also some points iron skin and strike power. Most of the other skills you can just assign as it fits your playstyle, this is just my way of plowing through the game and I've already captured the entire map multiple times with my own faction. It gets more complicated when mods are involved but in vanilla violence is the way to go

>>386871036
>levels strength
You can also stop being a scrub
Proficiency will do all the work
>not having two handed at 200
Also fuck those cha points since its only good for bigger army which you also get from renown so you can save yourselv these points

File: 1502046851823.jpg (22KB, 400x290px) Image search: [Google]

22KB, 400x290px

>want to start my own kingdom
>dont want to betray my king

>>386871479
I've heard something about having persuasion beyond 6 is useless, that true?

>>386871356
mid-late game is where it gets tedious. If you have a handle of the basics down and know your way around the interface and such go ahead and mod, most are easy to do and you can switch between them from the loader.

>>386871972
Yes. Persuasion is something I never really level. Pathfinding can also come in kinda handy

>>386871739
Two-handed was at 402 after that battle which was won by my strength alone

But the Leadership skill, which you get from Charisma, there is a 5% reduction to the payment of your troops, and varying from mod to mod, each point of leadership gives +5 - +10 troops, on top of Charisma's +1 every point.

Therefore, if you have say, 30 Charisma, you will have a bonus of 80 - 130 troops, and will have to pay 50% less, meaning your army may now be double the size as before for half the cost.

This also gives you the ability to have the Prisoner Management skill, which can get you enough prisoners to sell that it will be able to sustain your entire army for at least a week for every battle you fight.

>>386871036
+4 to essential party skills like path finding and surgery are game changers though. Leadership is good, but nothing else about charisma is good (inb4 moneymaking, tourneys do it much better.) I also don't see the +1 party size per point of CHA to matter that much when you could be capping all your skills and raising your HP with INT/STR. It's all up to preference.

Last module I played I tried turning all my companions into trainer bots, even ones that are supposed to be fighters or archers, and I rank up all my soldiers every night up to the mid tier then every couple of days to the high tier. It was broken as hell. I don't think companions offer much as a fighting force aside from playing dressup. By the time you get them to the same level as a Huscarl or something you could have trained 500 Huscarls.

>>386871739
>You can also stop being a scrub
>says that while recommending the most anti-scrub build to a fucking new player.
Autistic idiots like you should be gased, it's not like you will ever learn how to interact with other human beings.

>>386872449
Double the size for the same cost

>>386866782
k then I'm curious about it too
>>386870239
wow sounds like a lot of watching swadian knight kill everyone, but it's true they will kill everything, even in sieges...on default settings. I'd recommend leaving the INT skill to companions though, unless you hate fighting and don't care.

>>386871036
I agree with pump str and recommend learning to shoot people with power draw and horse archery. You're the only one in the world(in native) that can actually get good at this so you might as well.

I really want to point out that only on the default settings will you be winning tournaments as a freash char and you should make sure to put ironskin and power strike up in the char creation. I also really like starting a s a female noble with wanderlust for the level 4 riding. Then I can crank str skill for a bit and have good riding.

I feel charisma/leadership isn't that good and also feel int skills are just 'okay' and better for companions. I especially avoid any skills about money, including prisoner management and looting. For me there's only a small window of the game where money is an issue.

>>386872562
There's only one solution
>git gud

>>386872449
Well I mostly pay for my troops by burning villages. There are various ways to best this game. I was just explaining the "brute force" one

>>386872631
It's often posted on mount & blade threads on /v/ if you start a mount & blade thread maybe someone will post it.

>>386859938
pokemon

My first playthrough I went Swadian knights without knowing they're fucking broken. Kinda sucks the fun out of the game. Any other viable 100% unit compositions? A wave of arrows straight out of 300 sounds nice, but I would imagine 20 Swadian Knights would destroy 1,000 archers.

>>386872826
Pretty much, you should learn to git gud at human interactions instead of posting nonsensical shit. Oh, wait, you can't.

>>386873079
mamluks

>>386873095
Yeah and because you are so good at social interaction your only comeback is trying to mock me

>>386872449
The wage reduction is kind of weird. At 10 skill you do not get 50% off all your troop wages, it has diminishing returns or something.

>garrisoned troops only cost 50%
>leadership 10 in theory should cut costs by 50%
>still pay like 66% of the wages

>>386860074
Grim Dawn's great but is really short.

>>386860226
Yes Mr. Boomer sir

File: 1499872834341m.jpg (58KB, 1024x576px) Image search: [Google]

58KB, 1024x576px

Unironicly warframe
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bRgLfsy2n0w
Its also free so what do you have to lose?

>>386873407
it probably works like this
if the weekly wage is 20, for example, -5% is 19. at 19, -5% would 18.1 or something. so its probably not -5% from the original amount each time, but rather -5% from the last level

>>386873323
>don't mock me, please ;_;
>your comeback at mah git god shitposting should have been a university paper level reply!
Man, you are right, autistic people like you shouldn't be mocked, sorry.

File: 1502166383061.png (51KB, 585x470px) Image search: [Google]

51KB, 585x470px

>>386871883
>start own kingdom
>everybody declares war on you
>don't want own kingdom anymore

>>386871883
>talk to king
>ask for release from vassalage

i havnt done that yet myself, but he couldnt get too pissed off, right?

>>386873079
archers and infantry, put them on a hill and hold position, have archer hold fire till enemy is reasonable close, have infantry in front of archers. If enemy isn't charging ride up to them alone a fuck them up until they charge after you.

If you mean viable as in charge and win then no, non-heavy calv armies need more handling.

>>386873753
It could at least be a decent shitpost

>>386871739
The fastest, non-tournament/non-dyeworks way to make money is selling prisoners.

>>386859938
Slime Rancher

>>386871883
>>386873761
>swear fealty and recieve a fief
>it immediately gets looted
>the second it recovers somebody loots it again

>>386873786
you can do that, it deteriorates your relationship with the king a little bit. you also lose all your land.
I don't remember if you can leave and keep your land.

>>386873792
This does sound nice. For RP purposes I'd like to recruit from one faction, so does Rhodok have decent infantry? 20-30 sharpshooters and a frontline of infantry sounds pretty fun.

>>386874443
Not him, but Rhodok Sergeants are great infantry. They can take on Cav well while your sharpshooters pick off infantry.

>>386874314
>Capture a town or castle
>Request that you own the fief
>King denies you
>Give him the finger
>You now own land AND are your own king

>>386870239
The real pro strat is to just cheat yourself tons of levels and money otherwise the game is just a brutal grind of unfair bullshit. The AI doesn't have to put up with any of the bullshit the PC does, and has magical knowledge of the entire world map at any given time.

>>386859938
I can lose track of days playing this.
Yet, I've never fully conquered Calradia.

>>386862772
Fuck you

>>386862772
He didn't even say rcddit lel
You have to go back, though.

>>386869892

Are u retarded?

>>386874061
I think the best is to just kick ass SOLO and sell the loot. You get more stuff, money and renown and get competent at handling your char. If you haven't tried it you'll be surprised, you really do get way more stuff soling 30 raiders then if you take them with a party.

Dyeworks isn't really a 'make money' it's an investment that will pay off in the long game and give you a baseline to how many troops you can afford.

Tournaments in native are quick easy money to gear up your char but you need to be on default settings or have played a lot to be able to win them right away.

>>386864145
Homm 3
>my niggur

>>386866782
>going for that little amount of cha, thus leadership
Kek. I hope you enjoy grinding renown early and mid game, because you'll need it.

Should i play underrail if I haven't played games of that genre before?

>>386874443
i'm him
>>386874584
I agree with this.
One little perk with rhodoks is that the sergeants armor will sometimes spawn in the colors of your banner. Not effecting combat but really fun. rhodoks are probably the best at holding a position and slaughtering everyone as they try to climb a kill. I like that they look very organized and militant, at least in their high tiers.

>>386875001
yes

>>386870010
why is that? has it been delayed a bunch? because it looks like theres plenty of gameplay vids available, so it seems like its far along in development

Dota 2

File: 1488170948970.png (70KB, 382x397px) Image search: [Google]

70KB, 382x397px

Skyrim with mods

>>386859938
fallout new vegas

>>386875440
>trying to dig sumeria
>the vulture is just a bumrush swordsman that gets shit on by axemen anyway despite Gilgamesh still being able to build swordsmen for some redundant reason or other
I still don't even

>>386870239
>cavalry
>ever
enjoy getting dicked on by my line of sharpshooters and marksmen behind my line of huscarls on top of a hill you swadian dog

File: 1467335127856.jpg (13KB, 199x253px) Image search: [Google]

13KB, 199x253px

>purposefully letting allied castles and cities get taken so you have more chances to receive them after you immediately take them back

who /devilish/ here?

>>386859938
As a fresh character, is it possible to beat 1000+ troops on your own?

>>386878312
No an arrow or 2 will kill you. You need some basic skill proficiency ranged and a armored horse and some you armor to be able to fight large groups well.
Then you could fight until you run out arrows and retriet and repeat and eventually solo 1000 dudes, assuming you don't fuck up and ride into a pile of guys and get crushed. You can even hoard arrows in inventory and kite guys away a ride back to box and refill arrows.

But tis isn't something you do as a freash char, need skills, levels and gear, other wise can shoot anything and die to anything.

File: 1479014978587.png (938KB, 960x1200px) Image search: [Google]

938KB, 960x1200px

>>386859938
Dragon Quest series

File: 1486566303827.jpg (146KB, 1400x1246px) Image search: [Google]

146KB, 1400x1246px

>>386859938
Subnautica
Kenshi (Mount & Blade but more RPG and building)
Space Station 13

>>386878312
i barely managed to take on 5 bandits by myself with sword and board at level 10 or so. but its my first playthrough, so i probably spec'd pretty badly

>>386871143
Shit taste.
1257 is okay
FoW is unfinished and dead
Gekokujo (use Gekonewer instead) is really bland, but good if you want something vanilla like
Nova Aetas is a buggy mess, you should wait for an update

I'd rather play Prophesy of Pendor, The Last Days or Viking Conquest. The SE Asia mod is also decent. There's also a shitload of people playing the two ASOIAF mods, but /mbg/ tend to dislike them (mainly because they hate GoT and the mod authors).

>>386871739
>>386872826
>>386873323
>>386874032
You're a living proof that vaccines cause autism. Good job, son

>>386880326
any good weapon packs i can add to native? ive seen a few, but in comments they all seem to have problems

>>386880326
Been trying bot GOT mods but AOIAF fucking takes forever to load each town because of how it displays the town model....and I have to go to a lot of fucking towns to gear up because char starts with shit.

ACOK was going okaybut then it froze while I was trying to do a quest...... well if mods freeze up while doing their special content I might as well just play native.
I did like the bring own gear melee tournaments in ACOK though.

>>386881316
check /mbg/, never felt the need for a weapon pack