That was surprising. I didn’t think I’d wind up using Des Moines. We had some very good matches, though. Naturally, with good matches comes good video materials, though I doubt I’ll ever get to use most of it.
I also got a match in with the Preussen, my favorite Tier 10 battleship overall. It’s not a Bismarck class ship but it definitely plays like one.
It looks like this calling job is going to be a thing anytime the normal callers for the clan aren’t around and I am. I am well and truly resigned to it, now. That means I’ve got to start investing more into the game as far as knowledge goes. Research and all that. I need to know what we’re up against in much more detail, as well as how to counter it.
The rest of this season’s going to be a bit frustrating, but I think I can manage.
Welcome to another week of the update preview. This week’s quite special since it’s something we worked on all based on your fellow players’ requests, something that should be exciting to builders and customization enthusiast.
They’re letting us build the guns, too.
It’s a simple but beautiful idea, and now I’m looking forward to 0.9.0 more than ever. I know the highlight of that update is supposed to be the multiplayer testing, but honestly, having this level of customization available on our weapons was completely unexpected. I figured they might already be pushing the envelope by letting us add accessories to not only the MASS unit, but also the individual handheld weapons they equip during missions.
Thinking about it more closely though, this might be less resource intensive since they’re working with a simpler model, and letting players define the weapon’s appearance with just the accessories. That’s opposed to how things work currently, where weapons are fairly detailed on their own, and accessories are placed on top of completed models.
I’m sure Vermillion Digital will try something similar with melee weapons at some point, but today’s preview was about the shooter weapons. Either way I’m looking forward to this.
My sleep ‘schedule‘ isn’t great for these evening posts. I might switch to doing them in the mornings since I don’t have any updates. That or maybe there’s another way to keep this from being a last minute thing. We’ll see.
Since tomorrow’s the weekly M.A.S.S. Builder news, it won’t be up until sometime in the afternoon, but that’s not a big deal. I can’t refer to the new post until it’s up, and it’s usually not up until mid-morning or around noon.
Anyway, I really don’t have anything to update the blog on, so I’ll leave things there.
It was a little too hot today. I think I spent more time trying to cool off my bedroom than anything else. Eventually the heat just took me and I crashed mid afternoon. From what I remember, I only managed to clean up the video section.
I guess I’ll just have to get back to it later tonight and tomorrow morning. Hopefully it’s cloudy tomorrow.
Clan Battles went pretty well today, though there’s nothing really sticking out for me at the moment. I’ve done way too much calling lately to focus on individual ‘epic moments’ as much. In fact I’m overdue for a short nap and just want to make sure I get my daily post in first.
I’d also like to say that I’m leaning sharply toward quicker, smaller projects that I can use to get a nice portfolio going. That videos section is in desperate need of new and varied content. I’m also gearing up to start drawing again. I can’t afford any artist but myself so I’ve got to start upskilling across the board.
