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whats rip about this lol. it's a update that lays out things to do till TD2 is out for current players to earn stuff for.

lol what. basically unplayable? i unlocked my operators with renown and i'm a casual as fuck player who only plays co op with my friends every now and again when we get the urge to play and i didn't need to grind "100s of hours to get a few operators" did you even play r6s. i barely crossed 50 hours of playtime and i have all the operators i cared about playing.

so you gonna complain about lootboxes being in the division too? since its from ubisoft? hmm? i mean like it or not but lootboxes are basically an industry standard at this point. unless its completely outlawed globally it ain't going away period. so how do we stop this from being "predatory"? making sure kids don't get to buy this type of boxes. if you're an adult or at least like 18+ you should be capable of making your own god damn decisions with your money. The devs don't need to hand hold every single player and hope they don't dump all their life savings into lootboxes. the lootboxes in the division for example is just all skins and emotes, you literally don't need it to play the game whatsoever. most of the skins that can be picked up often even look better than the ones from the boxes. you can buy keys for the boxes or simply pick up the keys from drops by playing the game. i have more keys than i know what to do with and after opening the boxes for awhile the novelty kinda wears off. sometimes i find myself thinking, i can spend my time doing better things in the game than opening those lootboxes. sure there will always be whalers in all sorts of games everywhere, but they've been a thing since forever. I would even say for the division's case the micro transactions might've even literally saved the game. player numbers were in the shithole and now its the refugee camp for destiny 2 players. i would guess that without people spending money on the game, ubisoft would've most likely told massive to just bring the game into maintenance mode after the first 2 years. But now its looking like its gonna continue strong till whatever sequel comes out. I've sunk hundreds of hours and have been there when it was the worst and quit the game after, but here i am even hoping for a paid expansion. if a game has microtransactions, fine whatever you know what you are buying into. As long as there is no P2W elements to it, its your own responsibility and pprerogative to buy things. if a game doesn't have microtransactions, even better. But hopefully the devs can hope to support the game for a good while especially for online multiplayer games with only the initial money stream.

so they are expected to just say don't buy our stuff because of increased prices? obviously they cannot control what retailer sells at. being a business they undoubtedly want to maximize profits and high demand with limited supply offers huge returns. management and shareholders probably can't give 2 shits about whats happening as long as they see the products fly off the production line as soon as they are ready and that is what exactly is happening. What benefit is it to a company like AMD to bump up production to keep up with the inflated supply. what happens if the crypto market collapses? AMD will suffer due to investing in upping production to unsustainable levels. It literally makes AMD take in all the risk you imagine yourself as a shareholder of said company and their CEO tells you during a meeting that they lost millions due to investing in increased production because of people qq-ing about retailer price gouging and then the demand fizzled out. So who is responsible then. i'm pretty sure they have proper financial teams that have gone over the potential short-term gains over the risks involved and deemed it not wise to ramp up production to unsustainable levels.

the entire article seems pretty sketch imo. "industry sources". no hard facts only hearsay. Plus they can't seem to figure out how AMD doesn't profit off retailer markups. Sure HBM2 was expensive, probably more than what they have anticipated and planned for. however they can surely still take the cost hit easily.(you don't design a card like this and only plan to make like 50 dollars in profit. How can it even cover R&D which should be a big factor. imo they probably planned to make like $200 per card?) They make money off frontier editions, vega 56 from non full functioning dies. so there is surely wiggle room in there for some loss. Maybe(we really don't know. judging from BOM cost isn't sufficient information) vega 64 is making a loss or only breaking even. Technically its bad however the vega architecture as a whole is probably still in the green. So even if vega 64 is a flop on the gaming side of things, if sales can cover the cost of their R&D then its still fine imo. Nobody seems to know anything so we should probably not jump to conclusions

yeah i don't mean that it might be a bad thing. I feel like the article talking about it being bad for investors cause of the whole X, non X thing don't really make sense. AMD pretty much hit their Q1 target from their Q4 forecast despite being a bad quarter for tech.

i seriously don't feel like the projected 1% gross margin decrease for Q2 is due to people purchasing the non x variants over the x variants. Sure savvy enthusiasts might go for the non x version for the price to performance ratio but likely the majority of common folk buying might just buy the x version cause theres an X in it. the current Q1 results have 1 month of ryzen 7 sales. Q2 will be a mix of ryzen 7 and 5. since both are cut from the same wafer wouldn't it make sense for the ryzen 5s to be significantly less profitable than the ryzen 7? ryzen 5s will likely outsell ryzen 7s heavily due to the price point, which will in turn pull the gross margin down if everything else stays the same. i can imagine that supplying console socs isn't very high margin as well, probably earning from sheer volume.

while i agree that when it comes to ITX, its usually for the prosumers, its not exactly true that ITX builds costs more. conversely, you are likely to spend less. when you compare a good ITX case to a good ATX one, most of the time the ATX costs more. you can argue that there are cheap ATX cases no doubt, but thats not exactly fair is it? there are also cheap ITX cases. motherboards don't exactly cost alot more than their equal counterparts. not an earth shattering amount anyway. PSUs are pretty much equal as well. if comparing something like a sfx600w gold from silverstone to a evga 600w gold one. cooling solutions are likely to cost less for ITX instead since you are space constrained and won't be able to fit something like a top end air cooler or 240 aio. similarly, thermal constrains may even push you to selecting lower tdp components or even avoid oc-ing all together. of course i don't have exact prices, all these just off the top of my head. in the end this argument is a moot point if you aren't comparing as equal as possible as ATX has alot more cheaper varieties so yes in that sense ATX is cheaper or rather it is possible for ATX to be cheaper.

I play the division and the dx12 patch brought my 380 nitro from 45fps to 55-60fps give or take at the same settings. While I had to reset my OC since the latest drivers doesn't sit well with multi monitors. Noticeably better with a lot less dips/stutters.

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recall might also be related to the reboot loops plaguing many sets of devices across multiple regions

So my Acer S7-392 just died on me. (Refuses to turn on regardless of what i do, battery reset etc) Now i'm considering a new laptop while i send my S7 for warranty. (Will probably re-purpose it after i get it back for something else or sell it all together) After my experience with an ultrabook I don't really wish to go back to the 15w sku processors. Namely the U part. Even though the i7-4510U in my S7 is plenty fast, it chugs along when i'm doing lots of things. So i'm pretty much limited to something with a 4core sku and at the same time i don't wish for bulky gaming laptops since i won't be using it for gaming. Here is where the Thinkpad T460P comes in, 4core sku selection with an optional 940mx. (the 940mx seems nice for some lan gaming, added bonus) I'm looking to get some thoughts on this particular model mainly with regards to its thermals. The specs i'm currently looking into is i7-6820hq (the 6820 is cheaper than the 6700 and i don't know why) 16gb 2133mhz 512gb ssd (possible 256gb nvme ssd instead) 940mx 1440p IPS screen? (maybe or just the 1080p IPS might do. i'm not that sure yet) So depending on the configuration it should set me back around 1950-2250ish SGD before tax (about 1400 - 1650 USD equivalent) Now, for those with experience with the T460P, how does its thermals look like at normal workloads? I've seen reviews around saying it gets pretty hot in synthetics for the 6700hq but i'm more concerned on typical workloads. The 6820hq part just kind of worries me. Also, is the dock worth trying out? I do plug in external display/keyboard/mice etc all the time when i'm at my desk and the convenience to plonk it in after getting home from work seems nice.

the enthusiast market isn't where the money is at. mainstream i.e 970/390 and lower is where the bulk of the market is. why launch a flagship card that would more than likely make up the minority of their margin when you can lead your launch with what makes you actual money. So it makes sense to launch the more mainstream class cards first that will more than likely go into prebuilts and laptops. We should also take the word "mainstream" with a pinch of salt nowadays. AMD seems to be pushing VR to be mainstream and a 970/390 class card is like the minimum. Extrapolating from that and it would say that the "new mainstream" would likely be above 970/390 in performance

btsync. keeps all my files between my pc and laptop synced no problem

its nothing comprehensive yes. nothing like poe. but to say it's not a skill tree? why? however at least the skill tree allows for variation in play style. (a medic focused style, dps, tanky etc) on top of the fact that the skills tie into your gear pretty heavily. in the cbt and obt you could barely do any of it. you simply aimed for the yellow items in the safe room in the dz and thats about it. i rocked the pahkan+purple m1a during the obt most of the time with the heal+sticky bomb. now i find myself gravitating towards the shield and sidearm heavily. on top of that, if you play solo you need to balance all 3 which is difficult to do. also, i didn't say that it's different. so please don't say i said that. i simply mentioned that the content available is only around 10% of its entirety. Now there is abilities, talents and also perks. Everything you get from unlocking your 3 main wings. Plus, along with unlocking those 3 wings you get access to more functions in the game, like the armory, re rolling your weapon stats etc. Also you finally could up your filter level and craft stuff. So yeah you could get a gist of how the game would play out from the cbt + obt. the game mechanics can't exactly change fundamentally. So yes it feels like it will be a grind, doing the same things over and over. the game just came out, there's still the end game content to look forward to. i'm also curious. do you own the game? have you played it? if you have, did you at least put a decent amount of time into it? or did you base this via the cbt/obt? or maybe you didn't even play the game and simply watched or read about it. have you tried soloing in the dz? its tough, you can get picked on by groups. its exciting, knowing you can get shot by any group you come by.(because its 2v1, 3v1, 4v1 etc people tend to pick on you.) however, you can say that it promotes group play and that going solo is stupid since there is matchmaking. i beg to differ, its an rpg type game. i've dropped a 4 man rogue group back in the obt alone by myself. why? not because i'm some godtier player, but because they were poorly geared. end of story. going solo is a perfectly fine way to play, it increases the difficulty since the enemies don't scale to 1 person in the dz unlike in the pve area. they have also increased the difficulty in the dz so you should go try it. solo in the dz. See how you fare. If you feel like just dropping dead the moment a group of rogues try to kill you and have no qualms about it then i guess yeah its takes some of the challenge away. making sure you can put up a fight when its 2v1 or 3v1 or even 4v1, now thats a lot more difficult. Of course i'm not some mlg player. so maybe i'm just a scrub who can't play. This is just based on my own experience. But if you did buy the game and didn't find it fun, i'm sorry you don't find it worth your money. Things i find fun: Going around doing the missions and side missions and what not. looking for the collectibles along the way. finding the next better gear for my character Being able to jump in with my friends and mess around in the dz. Be it collecting loot or rogue hunting etc. Solo-ing in the dz, knowing that i'm alone and don't have anyone to depend on. group and solo play style varies and personally it keeps it fresh, switching back and forth. Spending hours in the dz just doing it over and over and over. why? i don't know why, i just like it. it appeals to me. Maybe it stemmed from me playing an mmorpg for 8 years that had no quest system or goal in place and just simply played to gear and level up. Just to reiterate. YES, the gameplay is repetitive. don't need to say its boring over and over again. I myself don't know how long i will be playing this. but then, spending 40usd on a decent game imo and playing for a solid 2-3 months? i'd say not too bad. who knows i might play longer. So now, did you find in any way why the game is bad? boring to you is one thing. does the game have anything game breaking in any way that made it shit? graphics are still really good, despite the downgrades, runs pretty well still. (you could say you got cheated, fair enough) the ai could be better, but they seemed to have remedied it at the moment with greater numbers. player collision is something i already noticed in the cbt when my friends boxed me in, but imo its not that big a deal since you can always log out and log back in. ( i believe ubisoft has also clarified that you can simply keep moving towards the player for ~3s for the physics to kick in and go past the guy, i have yet to encounter any of these trolls yet so i can't be 100% sure) bullet sponge enemies, well i guess what did you expect from an rpg type game. you can't exactly have r6s 1 shot headshot model here. ( Yes it will undoubtedly turn some people off, so if you belong to this group, yeah it's probably better to stay away) is the tom clancy name justifiable? yeah well you could say they were tied down by their own name. it does limit what they can do. so yeah the genre is kinda iffy, but then again many are able to look past that, or at least once you sit down and play you get used to it. hackers in the cbt. i definitely noticed this, however i have yet to see this in the full release, the devs know about it during the beta so i'm assuming they have counter measures in place. i did notice graphical glitches a few times they are rare though and nothing major, however it might be due to my setup. after my win10 install, things haven't been all smooth so i'm more inclined to think its me. Did you fall for the hype train? well this has got to be the biggest factor, all hyped up and got disappointed with what you saw. Sorry if you fell for the hype train. Am i defending the devs/ marketing team for hyping the game up? no not really. However if you yourself keep hyping for a game that isn't out yet then i guess some of the fault lies with yourself. all in all, its no perfect 10/10 game. its alright for most, good for some. it does have it's cons still in the end. In the end, my point stands, if you don't find the game fun, or simply just can't see it, it's obviously not meant for you. don't like it, don't buy it, simple. Perfectly justifiable, vote with your wallet. I played the cbt + obt, liked it. Bought it before launch, will do it again. if you do know of certain things that make the game totally bad, do tell. sorry for the long post, nothing personal. i just don't want people to jump on the hate train just cause its ubisoft and its cool to hate on ubisoft.