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Ok so I have an old 300gb hdd (Seagate) that crashed yesterday and I’m hoping there’s a way to recover some files without paying big $$$. I’ll try to explain what happened and hopefully someone can chime in if there’s a way to fix this. It crashed while I was in Win7 64 bit. I restarted and...

You can get Win 7 down to about 500mb, but you’ll have to be willing to do a lot of tweaking. You’ll need to disable all of the special graphics options, and disable a ton of services. Obviously this involves some trial and error, and it’s very possible to bork your system. So try at your own...

I can't check right now but there should be a way to set all your people to "Passive" mode while still enabling tactics. It's a drop down list at the top right of the tactics screen. Once you set them to passive, make sure all their offensive abilities assist the controlled character. That...

Also, here’s a really cool custom tactic I found last night. 1. If enemy status = stunned, go to Tactic 3 2. Enemy (target of controlled party member) use <stun ability> 3. Enemy (target of controlled party member) use Attack. This helped a TON. Because for the longest time my guys would...

Holy Cow, my rogue is doing crazy damage. Alastair can’t pull agro, even with the threat buff… She’s assassin/dual wield specced. I almost have enough to buy that $140k dagger from the dwarf city. What’s cool about dual wield is that if one weapon gives a +damage bonus, then it affects both...

So at no point does the Win 7 Upgrade install ask for the key of your previous OS? Then I'll be able to keep my full version of XP Pro after I install Win 7 correct? I was previously told that it would consume my old key and invalidate that copy of XP forever...

Alright, so I'm going to upgrade from XP Pro to Win 7 Premium. From what I understand you can do a clean install and choose 32 bit or 64 bit. My question is, are you allowed to dual boot both 32 and 64 bit versions at the same time? If you're not allowed to, can I uninstall 64 bit then...

When I started using Win 7 RC, Netflix forced me to "upgrade" to Silverlight for instant viewing. Now I get nasty tearing in the video, and can't even change the bitrate. I hope they fix both these issues for the official Windows 7 release.

They had to rush this out the door to beat the Aion launch. While it’s a premature launch, for sure, it would have been suicide to do otherwise. The overall quality of the game is fairly decent. There are very few bugs for a game that just launched. I haven’t crashed once. No falling through...

Ok thanks, that makes sense.

Ok, so I’m pretty sure I read you can’t upgrade from XP 32 bit to Win7 64 bit. Your existing copy of XP has to already be 64 bit. However, I also read a while ago that you can transfer xp 32 bit to xp 64 bit by paying $10 and Microsoft will send you a 64 bit DVD. I’ve been searching the...

April 2008 we had GTA4 on PS3 & 360. And on the Wii we had Mario Kart (with SSB:B just a month earlier). April 2009 we had uh....

I've been meaning to ask this for a while. The thing that kind of bugs me about these tests is that it's always done with a static background. I mean everything except the number stays the same so there's not a whole lot for the monitor to process. I was wondering if you could run a movie or...

No it doesn’t. What I meant to say was that if you’re just using a Wii on your monitor then buy the Vdigi cable to save $20. However X2VGA has 2 component inputs so if you want to use a ps3 or 360 at the same time then you may want to go that direction. I also did a bit of searching and found...

X2VGA doesn't upscale the image, it just converts Component to VGA. So if you only want to use it for the Wii, then you should just buy the Vdigi VGA Cable for $40. Also you should check if your monitor supports aspect ratio, because other wise it will stretch the image from 16:9 to 16:10. I...

It uses idle CPU cycles to pal around with terrorists. :(

I feel bad sometimes. Especially when I’m only saving like 5 dollars to buy used ($54.99 instead of $59.99). Now instead of the company who worked 2~3 years making the original product, companies like Gamestop are getting all the profit. I think one way to solve this problem would be for the...

I bought a new LCD Monitor this weekend (Westinghouse L2220HW) and I started testing it out with games, DVDs, etc. Anyway, I started testing it with web video from NBC.com & Hulu.com and the first thing I noticed was that there was tearing or flicker at the top part of the screen... It was more...

It’s actually a really fun, addictive game if you approach it the right way. Stop thinking of it as an Oblivion clone. Do not play this game for the story or the voice acting. The game is basically a mix of Diablo and an offline MMORPG. I really enjoyed the skill system and the loot. One...

I don't know if there is an equivalent for ATI, but for Nvidia what I do is create a custom resolution with a custom refresh rate. I have an 8800 GT and FW900. So I created a resolution of 1600x1024 with 100hz. When you play a game just select the resolution of 1600x1024 and it will only be...

Yeah, I like WAR and hope it succeeds, but even I know the game is dying. However, please, please don’t compare it to AoC... I think WAR can make a come back but they’re going to have to wait until the holiday season is over and hope that people get bored with WOTLK sooner than later. We get...

Yeah if you're not playing with friends (in the same room), you're not really going to have lots of fun. In the same way that single player smash brothers would get boring after 30 minutes or so... Anyway I just started doing level editing and it's pretty fucking awesome. I was making these...

Even if things get way better, the game will never recover. That’s the thing about MMO’s is no one wants that “sinking ship” feeling. So the second anyone spots a small ice burg they abandon ship in the thousands and go back to what they feel is safe (WoW). And you can’t blame them really. No...

Ok so I finally got into T4 over the weekend. And man, what the hell is wrong with people???? Why would anyone in their right mind queue up for Serpent’s Passage when we have Reikland Hills as an option? In Serpent’s Passage you only get 2 points per kill. The game ALWAYS lasts the entire 15...

It’s funny you should say this. I currently have a 31 Archmage and it feels like I’m playing in God Mode. I think on average I die once every two scenarios. Yet you’re saying melee classes need to be nerfed? Dude, have you even tried playing a melee class? Yeah go ahead, try to kill someone with...

The reason CRPGs aren’t “popular” anymore is because you can’t buy them anymore. There hasn’t been a single game in the last six years to even come close to the overall depth of Baldur’s Gate 2 or Fallout. What’s happening right now is the vicious cycle. As gamers get older they have less...

The thing I hate about MMORPGs is that I can’t seem to play them casually. It’s always all or nothing. I have about 4 or 5 new games that I’ve barely touched and have no desire to play so long as my WAR account is active. As far as the game goes, I’m still having fun I guess. I think the...

I apologize for making the above insult and I’ve taken it down. That being said, would you agree that experience gained in a scenario shouldn’t be based just on damage done? It also shouldn’t be based on healing done, or on damage soaked up by tanks, or any specific thing. How do you measure the...

(Deleted because it was a personal insult and wasn’t necessary)

Anyone here made it to end game yet? Is there anything to do? If all I have to look forward to is more scenario grinding then I think I’m done. At least the Battlegrounds in WoW were somewhat fun. I enjoyed AV because there were multiple ways to win the battle. You could grind materials and...

For each Tier, there's usually only one scenario that people actually queue up for. For Tier 1 it's Nordland (Empire vs Chaos). It sucks but I don't see it changing any time soon, if ever, unless they change the other scenarios to give more exp/renown...

Yeah, I was doing some number crunching last night with my Archmage. Sorry I don’t have the exact numbers with me so this is off the top of my head. Naked I had 220 Int (+40 DPS) and with gear I had 530 Int (+100 DPS). You have to understand that our DoTs are instant cast, but since the...

Unless I’m mistaken, experience is earned by damage done and then is divided by the whole group. I’ll try to give a simple example involving a tank, a healer and a wizard. So let’s say the tank does his job and puts on a shield, protecting the “squishies” and soaking up huge amounts of...

Also I wanted to talk about something that is really pissing me off in scenarios. It seems that almost every Bright Wizard (or whatever destruction version is called) will disband from the group and go get tons of solo kills. What happens is because they have massive AE damage they then get a...

My Archmage is level 23 now. Man this class is OP as hell. I think the nerf bat may be coming soon. I get top 5 damage every single match. We have 4 instant cast DoTs and one channeling DoT. One is a life tap, one reduces your targets healing by 50%. I think Archmages have the highest “on the...

Oh, it exists all right. You just don't really start to notice it till your mid/late 20s. Anyway, back to the topic. Scenarios are the meat and potatoes of the game. If you can’t get in scenarios then my best advice is to reroll on a more populated server. While the PVE in this game isn’t...

I was having a lot of fun with scenarios until I got into Tier 3 (level 20 to 31). The only scenario people queue up for is Tor Anroc. For those of you that haven’t played it I’ll try to explain. It’s just like the dwarf vs greenskin Tier 2 scenario except one major difference. The entire area...

Ok thanks. Four is a pretty good amount, allowing a lot of different strategies.

Quick question: Can you ever equip more than one Career Tactic at once? It seems kind of odd that you get so many and can only equip one at a time...

For those who have ordered through Direct2Drive, have you received your retail key yet? It's Thursday already and I have only received the Beta Key and Head Start Key... Is there something I need to do to get a retail key?