title: How do I counter Bloodseeker mid?

text: I've been playing Dota for at least a year and always seem to run into trouble laning mid against a _good_ Bloodseeker (one that can last-hit/deny well). Even if I try to harass him, he will STILL last-hit/deny his way through the damage and eventually reach a quick lvl 6. Not to mention I'll likely draw creep aggro. Any good advice on countering Bloodseeker mid?


title: What is the best strategy to staying alive?

text: I've been playing a lot of this game lately and I've tried many things to keep alive while trying to get crates. I've tried spamming mines, but I never manage to have more than 4 at once. My only tactic is to get as many crates as I can while shooting anything that gets in my way. While this works for the first few crates, I find myself overrun with enemies or accidentally jumping into them. Any ways to stay alive while collecting crates?


title: ZvP: Gateway aggro -> Phoenix -> Robo deathball: What went wrong?

text: **I'm a platinum zerg having trouble dealing with protoss lategame.** Previously I always did Stephano's 12:00 roach max, which worked most of the time, but now I want to learn to play standard. So now I'm at an impasse here with the protoss deathball. I just can't beat it. I think my scouting may be an issue here - I sometimes overreact or underreact. ## Replay 1: click here I sent a 10 drone scout, which saw a gateway expand, so I went 3 hatch before pool, with a 5:40 roach warren to defend timings. When I saw multiple gateways in my opponents wall, I produced roach/ling to defend, but I think I overproduced and came out behind. **How do I know how much defense is necessary to defend early-midgame gateway pressure?** And if they don't attack, and just sit with there units, how do I know when I can start droning again? Or maybe in this scenario I should just keep producing units and trickle in the drones instead. Anyways, I ended up defending my opponents gateway aggression with too many units left over, which soon became useless. I droned up my third once I dealt with the zealots. Since I saw robo units when I counterattacked, I went for an infestation pit and produced mass static defense for a transition to swarm hosts. I've seen Catz defuse the deathball this way on his stream using swarmhost/spine/spore/viper/infestor/hydra, so I tried it too. I felt my lack of APM was a large factor in my loss. If I played faster I could have a lot more static defense ready, dealt with their harass and micro'd better against feedbacks, but this is platinum and nobody knows what they're doing. I'm sure my opponent made a lot of strategic errors that I could have exploited, but I don't know where they are. APM will be developed the more I play, nothing I can do about that. **In lieu of more APM, what strategic errors did my opponent make, and how do I recognize and exploit them?** ## Replay 2: click here This game was against the same player, who went for the same opening again. Gateway expand -> zealot pressure -> phoenix -> Robo deathball. Here I tried roach/hydra into vipers, which failed miserably. Colossus just melted everything. What could I have done better? Please don't tell me I need to brush up on my mechanics, that's pretty obvious. We had similar APM and I'm sure my opponent made a lot of strategic errors too, I just need to know where they are. Thanks for your replies.


title: How do I save the pretty lady?

text: I'm having trouble in chapter five (the giant's battleground) where I come upon a tribe of ritualistic warriors. I figure that I have to draw them away, then hide in the image while they run off the cliff. Once they're all gone, I presume that I save the pretty lady. My problem is that I can't seem to draw them down the stairs. I've made a short YouTube video to better illustrate my problem: They always come as far as the stairs, but never down them. If I manage to attract all of them at once, then inevitably, one of the the brothers dies due to my lack of coordination for controlling both of them at once. I already know how to hide in the drawing at the bottom landing, so I figure that's key to passing this area, but if I do get into hiding position, the tribesmen just stand there doing nothing. What am I doing wrong?


title: Do merchants sell the same items to everyone in multiplayer?

text: When playing with my friends, what do we see when browsing the merchant's wares?


title: Is there a workaround for the Aela the Huntress gets stuck in the Underforge praying bug?

text: My elf is married to Aela and has already completed the Companion main-quest line. Afterwards, I decided to do some of the remaining Companion quests but after completing "The Totems of Hircine", Aela stays in the Underforge praying. I tell her to follow me, she agrees, only to strictly go to the totem again, and prays. Damn zealot. UPDATE: 2nd item, same old problem. This time my own workaround did not work for some reason. I hence unchecked my own answer and looking for a more specific solution if there is any.


title: How to increase city distance limit to greater than 4?

text: In Civ 5 you can't build two cities near 4 tiles, is it possible to increase this limit to 8? E.g. You can't build two cities within 8 or less tiles between. I feel in late game the continent map is so crowded with sooooo many cities, I think making cities more sparse would be more fun for me. After city area expansion max out, there would still be a gap between cities where you can pass through to hit players you don't like.


title: Where can I find the Eye of Power Scepter recipe?

text: I'm trying to find the Eye of Power Scepter recipe, and can't seem to find it. I thought it might be in Sparkfly Fen, but I have failed to find it. I'd like to get this recipe so I can complete my recipes, as it's one of a handful I don't have yet. Where do I find this recipe?


title: How can I teach a plan to my blacksmith?

text: I got a **Plan: Staff of herding** in the ACT IV. My Blacksmith is at level 4, but I tried to use it and didn't work. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/9XSCm.png) How can I do that?


title: Does followers' gear remain after switching between followers?

text: I currently have the Templar follower, kitted out nicely. He's the only follower I've used on my Wizard, so I want to experiment with the other two. If I recruit a different follower and then switch back to the Templar, will he retain the equipment he currently has or will that be lost? Do I need to remove the equipment from him now and re-equip him manually later?


title: How do I make the most of Evasion?

text: There are a number of ways to gain Evasion in Desktop Dungeons, but one class, the Rogue, has a permanent +20% evasion chance. As far as I can tell, this means that monsters have a 20% chance to miss me. Is there a way I can predict when this will occur to take full advantage of it? How can I make the most of this ability?


title: Can I conquer the world?

text: Using Embark Everywhere is there a way to wipe out all other civilizations and have dorfs take over the world? I hate those damned tree hugging elves, and those sick necrophiliac necromancer scum, and those dirty stinking goblins, and... Edit: Oh, I don't want to remove the sap suckers and the corpse abusers. I want to murder them all, permanently, in the most brutal possible way. (Is that wrong?)


title: Can I contact a Steam user without befriending them?

text: I've recently received a Steam friend request from someone I **think** I know, but I am not absolutely sure. Sadly, he has no useful information in his profile page. Is there any way I can get in touch with said user to try and figure out who they are before deciding what to do with their friend request?


title: I have battlefield 3 premium for the xbox 360 but want to use the same account on pc. Is this possible?

text: So i purchased battlefield 3 premium edition for the Xbox 360 and have a high level and a ton of stuff unlocked already and i was wondering if its possible to continue to play with that premium account on pc. Thanks!


title: Why has bunnygirl Riven not been released?

text: People want this skin and have been wanting it for a long time!


title: Results of lava plus water in Terraria?

text: What would happen if I were to channel a large pond of water into a lake of lava?


title: How do you get out of the barracks view?

text: I opened the barracks view, assigned some gear, got back to the list of peeps, and... there's no back button, Escape does nothing. Clicking outside the menu does nothing. F1 does nothing. All I can do is click on a soldier's name, and I see no way to get from that screen back to the main view, either. What am I missing?


title: I can't destroy my bed in Minecraft 1.6.4

text: I am playing on Minecraft 1.6.4 version and I can't seem to break or destroy my bed with any tools. Can someone inform me how to break a bed or if it is some weird glitch?


title: How do you decide what items to buy/what to build?

text: There are suggested items in the shop menu, but I've seen many streamers buy items other than the suggested ones. I understand that it's on a case-by-case basis, but I've also heard (from watching streams) that some items are worthless.


title: How to keep track of button order and timing in osu?

text: I started playing osu! but somehow I find it very hard to keep track of the order of buttons I have to press, especially if they overlap or some stupid animation covers the next button. Sometimes there are two different sequences, say blue and orange, and I do not know how often I have to press until the first one finishes. I get confused and try to click on orange. Is there some kind of trick or do I need to memorize the whole song? I do not know if this is relevant, but currently I play 2 and 3 star songs. I guess later on it gets even more difficult.


title: When can I play in Hardcore mode?

text: I've heard that there are some limitations on being able to create/play hardcore characters in Diablo 3. What are the parameters (if any) that need to be met to create a hardcore character? Can I jump in straight away with a hardcore character?


title: Game freezes on "Insert Disc 3" screen

text: After travelling back to disc 2 to do some shopping my game continually freezes when I try to progress back to disc 3. It goes to the insert disc screen and when I change the disc I can hear the disc spin for a few seconds but the game never loads. Is there a fix/workaround for this bug?


title: What is the name of the view in games like Diablo 3, Starcraft, and Warcraft?

text: An example from Diablo 3:![Diablo 3](http://i.stack.imgur.com/yKLRV.jpg)What is this view style called?


title: What can't I blow up with dynamite?

text: I know that Dynamite can destroy Hellstone _Bricks_ but not Hellstone Ore, and that Dynamite can destroy meteorite, ebonstone, and the suit of "uninteresting" (Stone/Dirt/Mud/Grass) blocks. Is Hellstone Ore the only dynamite proof blocks, or are there others as well? (Dungeon Bricks perhaps, or obsidian?)


title: Can I tell Steam which monitor to open a game on?

text: I have two monitors and Windows 7. Is it possible to tell Steam to open a game on my second monitor instead of the main monitor? If that's not possible through Steam itself, is there some other way for me to control what monitor a particular game starts on? Switching to windowed mode and dragging the game over isn't always an option and I'm looking for a more robust solution.


title: Is it possible to change the power of the shots by turrets?

text: In the Portal Gun mod is it possible to change the power of turrets bullets?


title: What happens if another country forms my culture's union?

text: Say I play Hanover and I'm in Prussias Sphere. Prussia then forms the North German Confederation. Will I continue playing as the NGF or does this mean Game Over?


title: How to beat Hex-Defense lvl 32 Border Patrol on hard?

text: I've almost finished the latest update for Hex Defense (which adds all levels upto 35). I beat all levels on Normal and all but one on hard, so I know the basics well. With beating I mean advancing in the levels waves far enough to get it to say 'next level' instead of 'retry level', this is somewhere around level 22. **How can I beat level 32 on hard difficulty?** Level 32 is call _Border Patrol_ and has the creep walking on the sides of the screens, where you are not allowed to place any towers. The middles has a big field where you can place the towers. The normal strategy of starting with a laser tower doesn't work (because there are no places where you can align to hit several creeps with one shot). On easy I managed to eventually place on decently upgraded rocket tower in the middle (that can hit both sides). On hard I can't get past lvl4.


title: How to get the "Better Off Dead" achievement in Plants vs. Zombies

text: The "Better Off Dead" achievement can be completed if you get a streak of 10 in "I, Zombie Endless". I understand that much. This mode is really hard and I cannot get my streak near 10 games in a row, although I cannot put my finger on my main mistakes. I am happy if I can win 7 in a row. Are there any common tactics I can apply to improve my game or are there any common mistakes I should avoid? For example I have no idea if it is always best to send single zombies, or if I should combine more than one zombie in some situations. While searching the Internet for guides I found someone claiming that the use of the "Lead Dancer" Zombie is often key - a Zombie type I usually don't like to use. Under which circumstances is it good concerning cost and value?


title: Doctor Dilemma: Michel won't join the Normandy as Ships Doctor

text: I told my old trusted doctor (Dr. Chakwas) to stay behind but didn't get prompted of gaining an asset. I then tried to recruit the younger one (Dr. Michel) and she keeps saying she has to think about it. Does she join later, or am I glitched?


title: What are 'weapon proficiencies'?

text: The _Spirit of the Master_ spirit says something about boosting 'weapon proficiencies'. What are these proficiencies, exactly? Presumably it's related to one of the weapons stats or abilities, but I'm not sure which ones. ![Weapon Proficiencies](http://i.stack.imgur.com/M7oZ2.jpg)


title: What is 'Spell Stance' and how do I activate it?

text: I just found a weapon with an ability that says I can dodge projectiles while in spell stance, but not while casting. I thought it might have been the magic pose that you get when you hold LT. However, the character Ghat has an ability where you fall slowly "while casting", and holding LT causes him to do this, so that must be 'casting'. I don't imagine they're the same thing. Unfortunately I died before I was able to test it out to find out what it meant. How do you get into spell stance? ![Dodge projectiles in spell stance \(not while casting\)](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Td4QO.jpg)


title: What are the different ways to kill your characters in Maniac Mansion?

text: Maniac Mansion was one of my favorite adventure games growing up. I found out that if I fill up the pool while someone was still in it, the character would die with a little gravestone outside the house. Are there any other ways to kill your characters in this game?


title: Is it possible to throw Kirby back into the game?

text: In Kirby's Pinball Land, if you fall down the hole at the bottom of the bottom board, you land on the plunger-type thing that you use to launch Kirby in the first place. It tells you to push A, which theoretically would launch Kirby again, but it seems that no matter how hard I try to time it, he never gets back into the game. Is it actually possible to shoot Kirby back onto the board and continue playing?


title: What do percentages mean on a BF3 server description?

text: I am a bit behind the curve, and just started playing BF3. I played BFBC2, and liked it, and enjoy what I see so far in BF3. The new server setup confuses me though. Since it appears that there are no more 'standard' servers (think BC2 or even most other games on the xbox like Halo or CoD), you can see a list of all of these 'public' shared servers, with odd descriptions. One thing I noticed a lot through them was people saying '500% on [map name]'. I was very unsure of what this meant. I was in an awesome match last night, and after dying once, I was kicked. I had no clue what for. Because I had just selected 'quick match' I was unsure of any server rules. I would like to understand what hosts are meaning by their description.


title: How to walk-jump like a pro in condition zero

text: While playing online [I am a newbie to CS-CZ online gaming], i noticed some players walking and jumping simultaneously , without decreasing their walking speed. I am amused , is there a key combination for that , or an extra installable mod . Also , is it considerable for hacking. P.S.- I am not talking about 'bunny hopping'.


title: How do I get all the achievements in Gemini Rue?

text: I know about this question, but there are several other achievements that you can beat the game without getting   * **Collect all 4 hidden notes in Center 7** - I only found 2   * **Find all three extra ammo cases** - I never found _any_!   * **Help your fellow man** - ??? Are there any others? How do you get them?


title: How do I turn Redstone into Redstone Dust in Minecraft?

text: I have 28 or so Redstones — not Redstone dust. I mined them with an iron pick. But all the things I see say how to use the dust, not the stones alone. Thanks


title: Gains from buying kyoki?

text: What do I gain from buying the two other levels of Kyoki? How many new levels? Any new features other than spinning disks? What's the diffrence between Kyoki lite and the full game what do you gain from upgrading?


title: Black Ops 2 Zombies permanent perks

text: I've seen many articles online claiming that there are permanent perks in Tranzit that can be unlocked through challenges. I've managed to earn permanent quick revive by reviving the same player 15ish times. However, there are supposedly other permanent perks that you can earn such as phd flopper, stamina-up, and one that allows you to rebuild stronger barriers. I've searched all over through Google looking for ways to get these perks. But, all I've managed to find are discussion boards talking about them with contradicting solutions for how these perks can be unlocked, or Youtube videos showing a player with the perk unlocked without any explanation of how to get it. If anyone can provide a solid testable answer listing which permanent perks can be unlocked, and explanation of how to get them it would be greatly appreciated.


title: Is there a bestiary in Castlevania: Circle of the Moon?

text: I've been playing Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (the first GBA Castlevania) for a while now and haven't noticed any sort of item or menu option that lets me view a list of defeated enemies, their stats, etc. like in other Castlevania games. Is there a bestiary, or was it not implemented in this game?


title: Has anybody seen this after starting a new Imperial Level construction?

text: Earlier today I started construction of a second Imperial Level (I had another under construction already). I just noticed that the title is different than normal. Specifically, I'm looking at why the second Imperial Level is called "Food", when it's clearly an Imperial Level (and specifically, that one is either Blast Doors or Droid Works). ![Food level where Imperial Level should be](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pD4Tv.png)


title: Is the Shotgun Attachment tactically useful in Modern Warfare 3?

text: I can't think of any reason not to just carry a shotgun as a secondary weapon with Overkill. Seems like you'd want your attachment slot for something else. Was it just added to make a long list of attachments or do some players love this attachment?


title: Where is the Dark Brotherhood?

text: In Oblivion some of my favorite quests were the Dark Brotherhood quest line. Where can I start the dark brotherhood quest line a in Skyrim?


title: Prestige Transfer after starting MW3

text: I realise that I can get prestige tokens in MW3 for having previously prestiged in MW2/BlackOps, but after playing MW3 for a while can I now go back to the earlier games and prestige in them **again** to get more prestige tokens?


title: Masuda Method - What counts as a region?

text: So the Masuda Method of breeding is simple, breed two Pokemon obtained from different regions in the world and your odds of the egg being a shiny increase. My question however is, being from the UK, will breeding one of my Pokemon with one from an American friend work? I know this may sound silly, since the UK and USA are clearly different regions of the world, however all my Japanese Pokemon have a little black box on their information screens to clearly show that they are from another region with the letters JPN on it. In some videos, I've also seen some Pokemon with a black box that shows the word FRE, which I'm assuming means it is a French Pokemon. Sadly, no such thing for any of my friends USA Pokemon. Why is this? My American friend did trade her Poke to another one of my friends in the UK, before that UK friend traded it to me. Did this change it from a USA Pokemon to a UK one or something?


title: Where can I check the happiness

text: Where can I check the happiness from my Pokemon on Pokemon White ? I Know that there is a NPC who can say it to you using some phrase. But there is other way to check it or is it the **ONLY** way to see they happiness ? I am asking this because I have a lot of Pokemons that need evolution (by happiness) and I want to know how much everyone has before I start leveling them. Regards


title: What can I do with my credits?

text: So far I've been earning a healthy wage in Alliance credits, but I'm not sure what I can do with them. All my time is spent on the battlefield on missions or kicking back in the Normandy, so there's not much opportunity for shopping, or am I missing something?


title: How do I get Matriarch Aethyta on the Presidium?

text: What do I need to do to get Matriarch Aethyta to show up on the Presidium? I do not see her there in my playthrough, and I don't know if that's because I haven't done something I need to, or I'm looking in the wrong area, or what. I know you can see her, because of this question. Does the conversation with Matriarch Aethyta go the same way if you haven't watched the video archives in the Shadow Broker base?


title: Am I stuck in the "Friends Zone"?

text: I didn't pay much attention to Liara before, now on the citadel she says she wants to "be good friends". In a real life situation that usually means romance is out of the question. Am I stuck in the "friend zone" now with Liara? Or is there a way to escape this? I am referring to the dialog option here under **Closing the Deal** http://www.gamesradar.com/mass-effect-3-romance-guide/?page=2 Instead, my options are   * Lets be friends   * Lets keep it professional


title: How can I upgrade my weapons to level 10?

text: The description of the Gunsmith achievement seems to indicate that you can upgrade your weapons to level 10. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/fz6hL.png) So far I can only upgrade my weapons to level 5, no higher upgrades are available to me. Do they appear later in the story or do I have to do something else to get them?


title: Does crouching decrease spread?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Does crouching improve accuracy with most ranged weapons? Does it reduce the spread in which any gun is fired? For example, in the case of the Heavy, does crouch firing with the minigun reduce spread? Or does it have little to no effect on where the bullets go?


title: Do mini glaciers reappear on the same spots in the next winter?

text: I haven't had the chance to live through summer yet, but I wonder if the locations marked with mini glacier icons on map will still point to them come next winter. There are pengulls who are marked on map too, and they don't necessarily reappear in the same place, so I'd like to know if it's also a random spawn for mini glaciers.


title: Next update in X days?

text: I just bought the Giants expansion and it rekindled my interest in Don't Starve. When I first started playing when the base game first came out, I either didn't notice it or it wasn't there, but there is a notification at the bottom left of the screen that says "Next Update in X days." Where can I see what is in these updates and does the icon (for example the hand holding the "drumstick") matter or have any relevance to what the update contains?


title: Does the game end?

text: I know there is a "Day" counter at the top right in-game (as well as seasons), but I am wondering if this can go on indefinitely or is there an "end" to the game? For example, when you hit day 100 (day 1,000? day 10,000?), does the game end? Do you win? Does it continue? Any information would be helpful, thanks!


title: Do my people need a job in order to pay taxes?

text: My city in Dragons of Atlantis has steadily been growing and I now have a population of 12000. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/2Gate.jpg) But because I don't have a huge army yet and my resource buildings only provide labor to about 3000 of them, I have about an idle population of 9000. Now I'm wondering, **does creating more jobs (thus reducing the unemployment) help raise my hourly gold income rate or is this just based on the raw population?**


title: Audio icon in FIFA 12 match?

text: Today I played a guy who intentionally created an audio icon on the top right of the screen in match to distract my view. Anyone know what it is and how to turn it off ? It's really annoying.


title: Can the Realm Reborn launcher pause/resume the game download?

text: I just purchased Realm Reborn. It seems like the launcher is trying to download around 9GB. When it had around 50MB, I decided to cancel it and then restart it just to make sure that it was able to resume - because my internet connection is not quite stable. It seems to me like the download begun at 0MB, rather than 50MB as expected. Does this mean that the downloader can't pause/resume? I'm afraid that my connection will probably have a little downtime at least once during those 9GB. Reading around the web, I think I saw something about that the game is divided in 5 parts, and when it is done with one it will not have to download it again.


title: Patch 1.5.0 Arcade and new portrait frame - how to get that?

text: I have just discovered that Patch 1.5.0 Arcade introduced a new epic portrait frame for "chosen" players. How to obtain that? **Regular frame:** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/l7S60.png) **Epic frame:** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/gwlDo.png)


title: How can I be a more effective ganker and initiatior as Rammus?

text: How can I play Rammus better in competitive play? I realize that's a really broad question, so I'll get more specific. When I was first playing League of Legends I discovered that Rammus is a ridiculously effective noob stomper; I easily won a dozen games in a row with him in the level 10-20 range. Once I got to higher levels and espeically ranked games, though, I ran into problems.   1. I die way too easily early game. Rammus has pretty low MR without his W or any items, and has no real escape mechanism unless you have flash off cooldown. I often go to gank and end up dying just as we get the kill. How can I avoid these deaths and gank more effectively?   2. I feel like I have essentially no utility unless I can taunt the other team's carry in a team fight. Yes, I can initiate with Powerball but often times that just leads to my death when the enemy carries are too well protected. How can I initiate in team fights more effectively?


title: Is there anyway to make the AI defend or evade?

text: I'm finding the special attacks from bosses to be very difficult to deal with since the AI doesn't seem smart enough to actually block or evade these attacks. I can manage against a single-target special by switching to the AI and forcing them to block, but special attacks which hit the entire party seem to be impossible to deal with. I have a hard time believing there is no way for me to defend my party against these attacks, which leads me to believe I'm doing something wrong. Is there some way to force the AI to block or evade?


title: Minecraft Keeps crashing when fullscreened on server

text: In single player Minecraft, I like to get the full experience and I hit `F11` to go full screen as soon as I log in. But unfortunately when I did this on multi-player the game crashed unless I waited at least half a minute after joining. And with the recent update single player now emulates a server, so the crashing happens on single player too! Is there any way to stop this happening?


title: What happened to the "deleter" in Metroid: Other M?

text: I finished _Metroid: Other M_ (I know, my first mistake) but the story line about the "deleter" never really resolved. Does anyone knew what happened to that guy?


title: Where did this dragon skeleton come from?

text: When I left a cave, there was a dragon skeleton sitting right in front of me. **I didn't kill it and it wasn't there when I went in the cave.** It was already empty and decomposed. Can NPCs fight (or do anything for that matter) while I am in a different zone? **What happens to a dragon's soul if it is kill by an NPC? Do I have a time limit to collect the soul?**


title: Blademail damage return by owned or summoned units

text: For example lycan. His summoned wolves attack a target with active blademail, Who will have the impact of the return damage, Lycan or the wolves?


title: How do I get into the room with the star above it?

text: In Vegetable Valley, above the room where you fight the tree boss, there is a door with a Star above it (it is circled in yellow in the picture below). For me, this room is all boarded up. How do I get inside? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/hTUvZ.png)


title: How do I persuade the guards at Northwatch Keep to let me rescue Thorald Gray-Mane during "Missing In Action"?

text: During the quest "Missing In Action", I tried to take a peaceful resolution to rescuing Thorald Gray-Mane and decided to persuade the guards at Northwatch Keep to let him go rather than rush in and kill them all. Unfortunately, when I got there, things got...complicated. There's no easy way into the Keep and the guards won't let me in without an order from the Imperial Guard. Does this mean I have to join the Imperial Guard to rescue him? Or is there some other way to persuade these guards?


title: Is it worth upgrading my companion's gear in Skyrim?

text: Just getting started with companions. Should I be evaluating their gear and transferring upgrade items to them to improve their performance?


title: What are the ??? gems for?

text: Every now and then, instead of getting a weapon gem over SpotPass, Palutena sends over a ??? gem instead. They can't be converted into weapons, they can't be fused, and selling them provides a measly 5 hearts. If I had to guess, these gems represent locked weapons (e.g. Zodiac weapons) and will reveal their "true forms" once said weapons are unlocked. Is this it, or something else entirely?


title: What are the Diablo 3 Hardcaps?

text: **What are the Diablo 3 Hardcaps?** I am having trouble finding official posts or people that have tested these values. Please provide the source of your information as well. Thanks


What is the best strategy when using the Ghost Armor? It is expensive, but is it best to create a "Predator-like" squad that can possibly dominate the game. Due to the fact that the stealth ability shuts down at the end of the turn, I was not sure how effective this armor can be other than spying (spotting) enemies.


title: How do the bow-related Archery skill perks affect crossbows?

text: I noticed* that some of the Archery skill perks are bow-specific or bow- related, based on their descriptions. I would like to know how they affect crossbows.   * Does the 'Quick Shot ' archery perk ( _can draw a bow 30% faster_ ) affect crossbows? Does it make the crossbow reload speed faster?    * What about 'Hunter's Discipline' and 'Power Shot'? They are described as " _recover twice as many arrows from dead bodies_ " and " _arrows stagger all but the largest opponents 50% of the time_ ", respectively - do these perks affect crossbow bolts too?   * These perks don't seem to affect crossbows (based on their description), but do they have any gameplay effect on the crossbows: Ranger ( _able to move faster with a drawn bow_ ) and Steady Hand ( _zooming in with a bow slows time by 25%/50%_ )?    * I know. I'm late to the party and just started Dawnguard.


title: Do I lose quest items in jail?

text: I need to go to jail in solitude but I don't want to lose my quest items. Do they get taken or do I get them back?


title: Why did my squad die in the final push by Hammer to the beam in the ending of Mass Effect 3?

text: In the final push at the end of Mass Effect, my squad was crushed by a flaming flying Mako instead of being airlifted out and witnessing a teary goodbye between Kaiden and my Shep (I romanced him and brought him along to the final push). Instead, a Mako crushes them, and I can see my squad's names (Liara and Kaiden) up on the wall when Garrus puts my name up instead of Kaiden, most likely because a flying Mako squished him. I've never seen this happen to my squad before in all my playthroughs of the game, the only difference being this one was on my computer instead of my XBox. I did some searching before asking here, and to my surprise there was nothing. I know that ME fans would not overlook this, so now I'm very confused. If it helps, I have the Extended Cut.


title: Is anything outside the solarsystem where Kerbin resides?

text: So, I wanted to recreate the Voyager and see how far into space I could launch a probe. As it stands now I've gotten past the highest orbit of the outermost planet (Eelo) and when I quit the game just now the probe was about 150 billion meters (atleast I think it was meters) from the sun. Can I get out of the solarsystem? Is there anything outside it? I can't scroll out anymore now.


title: What to do with the Naughty and Nice Winter Crates?

text: Last year in Team Fortress 2, there was a random occurrence that you would get a Naughty or Nice Winter crate, which you could unlock with a specific key for that. This year, I have almost a full page of mixed naughty and nice crates, and I did get all of them this year, but noticed that in the shop there was no key for those crates. Are the keys available later or is it just an ordinary key that you buy?


title: What effect do monster companions have on target time?

text: The target time of a battle is determined in part by your party's strength, but you can have up to three monster companions in your paradigm pack. How does the composition of your paradigm pack affect the party's overall strength for the purposes of determining target time?


title: How do I get to the desert?

text: I know I need the Angler Key from the desert, but beyond that, I am stumped. I haven't even figured out how to get to the desert, much less the key. Ulira has told me the desert is in the southeast of the island, but I can't really figure out how to get there.


title: Can the opening animation sequence be bypassed?

text: In most of the Lego franchise games (that I have played and remember) you can skip through the opening introduction animation reasonably quickly, so at most you have to see only 10 seconds of the introduction. In Lego Lord of the Rings for example I could skip the introduction by hitting Space then Numpad 5 (based on my control mappings). However in Lego Marvel Super Heroes there is a starting sequence that is over a minute long which I cannot find a way to skip by any of the keys I have tried (Enter, Space, Escape, Numpad 1-6 which is where I have my controls mapped for most actions, plus half of the keyboard that I have mashed in trying). Is there a key (combination) that I am yet to find that will allow me to skip the opening sequence, or as an alternative is there a file in the installation directory that, like with some games, I can swap for an empty file that will mean the opening animation will not play?


title: How to position as an ADC before a team fight if my team is scattered?

text: I think that I have a pretty good positioning as an ADC. I stay behind my front line and in team fights I deal DPS staying as safe as possible. However there are some weird situation: a team fight is about to start (e.g. around an objective like Drake) and the team is scattered all around the objective: I have a Zed at the Blue, a Fiddle hiding in a bush over the wall of Blue, a Wukong coming from lane (side) and a supp Morgana moving randomly poking at the drake pit. I think that is terribly positioning from my team, but some games you get that kind of a team or just sometimes objectives are being forced by the other team catching us with our pants down. So when the dices are rolled this way where should I position?


title: Encouraging Technophilia

text: So, EDI has a body. And Joker's interest is... well he's interested. And, in the couple of discussions I've had with EDI so far, she doesn't seem to be opposed. But I love to play the matchmaker and see new love blossom (and I do really want to see this ridiculousness), so how do I make sure that the two are united in human-robot love? Is there any conversations that I need to make sure I don't miss along the way? Would there be any way, heaven forbid, for me to accidentally CPU-clock-block, as it were?


title: Where's Irune and the book of Plenix?

text: I need to get the Book of Plenix from Irune, but I'm not even sure if that's a person in the Citadel or a planet in the galaxy. Where do I find Irune?


title: May I have your card, Madam?

text: I've just started playing the Witcher. After a romantic encounter with Triss during the tutorial, I received a "card" showing a picture of her. Now when I view her entry in my journal, there is a heart and an option to "view card". I'm guessing other characters have cards as well. Are there multiple cards per character? Are they all related to getting said character into bed, a rather twisted adult game of "gotta catch em all"? And is there any point to collecting said cards other than to ogle them?


title: When a player is revived, do they get their buffed health back?

text: When an injured player takes cover to heal, their health only refills up to the next pip marker - usually if you're covering for health this means your health was very low, and so you heal to no buffs (until a Medic comes along and re-buffs your health for you). But, when a Medic revives an incapacitated player, do they return with unbuffed health, or with any additional pips intact?


title: How can I extinguish myself?

text: My SpEn had the pleasure of killing Azrael and part of his escort. However, this involved sticky flames, that burned off all of my scrolls and shattered a few potions. Luckily, my +2 robe of fire resistance helped survive me the experience. I do grieve the scrolls however, and it doesn't help that part of the escort was a mottled dragon, which now attached me sticky flames of its own. How can I put sticky flames off myself?


title: what's the point in growing up "good" and "bad"?

text: When your sim grows up a balloon appears and it gives you a score. However I fail to figure out what are the consequences of such score on the gameplay. The only growing-up score which seems important is the one assigned from adult to elder age, as it has a direct impact on the lifespan left. Are there any other effects?


title: What was up with Zant's final appearance?

text: After delivering the final blow to the final boss of Twilight Princess, you get a cutscene. > It has Zant appear and do his neck-snap thing, which seems to finish > Ganondorf off. The thing I find odd about this is that Zant was killed > rather messily by Midna in the dungeon prior to Hyrule Castle, leaving not > all that much left of him. But how could Zant appear after that? I have read that the whole link between him and "his god" was based on some story from Japanese mythology where a human and a supernatural being (yokai or oni, I'm not sure), where if one is dead the other can revive the first, but by seeing the events prior to that cutscene he severs the bond. But I saw this explanation only once, and I cannot find this anywhere else. Has there ever been a definitive explanation of this from an official source, or have we been left in the dark by Nintendo?


title: Does my follower's enchanted weapon need to be refilled?

text: If I give an enchanted weapon to my follower, will I need to periodically refill it using a soul gem? If so, is there any indication of when it has been drained, and is there any easy way of refilling it other than taking it, equipping it, refilling and then returning?


title: As a jungler when should I push the lane after a gank?

text: I'm getting fairly confidant in ganking abilities as a jungler. However, sometimes I don't know what I should do following a gank. This is what I typically do now for early/mid game ganks:   1. Both my team mate and enemy laner are dead/recalled: I clear current wave then head back into jungle.    2. Enemy laner is dead/recalled, team mate is alive: I will leave and let my laner farm (I don't usually tax the lane as some players get angry and I don't play junglers that require expensive builds).    3. My team mate is dead/recalled and the enemy laner remains: I stay around to protect the tower and not let exp go to waste until team mate returns.  This makes sense to me but I'm wondering if this is ideal in the general sense. Certain circumstances can change priorities but is this a good start?


title: Why did two Black Mushrooms spawn in my game?

text: While playing Diablo 3, my Wizard found a Black Mushroom on her first run- through of the Cathedral. I was totally stoked, of course, but then when I was playing with my Monk, another Black Mushroom spawned on his run-through. At first I was excited, but then I was just really confused. Since you only ever need one Black Mushroom, and can't really get rid of one, why did two spawn? Is this a bug, or is there some purpose to it? I've included a screenshot of my Stash as evidence. ![Two Black Mushrooms in my Stash](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Bn7hn.jpg)


title: When can criminals be witnessed?

text: Under what circumstances can Enforcers witness Criminals? I know about the handcuff icon, but it does not always appear. Sometimes I see people mugging and ram-raiding, and I can only witness them once they've handed their loot in to their contact.


title: How to learn 4v4?

text: I play mostly 4v4 games (as random with random people) and I'm stuck in the gold league with 765 wins. I'm looking for any guides or tips, how to progress in 4v4. Progamers usually stream only 1v1 games and the majority of tutorials are dedicated to 1v1 as well. Are there any tutorials focused on teamplay?


title: Paralyze and Grand Healing and Guardian Circle question

text: 1) Will the Paralyze skill work on most enemies? I'm probably going to get it anyways because it sounds like fun. 2) Does Grand Healing heal myself? What about enemies? I've read about it healing allies that turn into enemies because of some action I do. 3) Is Guardian Circle a channeling spell like the master level lightning spell?


title: Can I get a replay from a saved game?

text: Can I get a replay in Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne from a saved game? If so, how?


title: Is tower/creep strength based on number of players?

text: For the standard 5v5, if someone disconnects does their tower/creep stats change? I saw it mentioned on a forum that the tower/creeps get stronger if someone leaves.


title: Fallout New Vegas..where did my stuff go?

text: I just finished the Zion expansion on Xbox 360. I started this several months ago and I can't remember where my stuff went that I had before starting it. I seem to remember it was confiscated. Any ideas?


title: What's up with RF Online? Can't even register on the website

text: What's up with the game? I just found the link and wanted to try it out. However, I can't even register. It throws different (non-sense) error messages. The emails won't arrive, and once when I successfully registered it won't let me in. Has the game been shut down?


title: What's the point of Assignments?

text: I really don't see the point in completing the assignments anymore, since the amount of coins they award is less than they cost to create. And, supply officers are almost useless--yes, they may save time to create ONE item, but you need 40-90 items per assignment, so what's one more hour when you'll spend 89 hours anyway?! I guess my question is, do the rewards for the assignments improve to make it worthwhile? So far they seem lame.


title: How can I get the equipment in Quest 28 "No Turning Back"?

text: In this quest, I found the item store in the west village, but I have not found a way to get from the village to the castle before I run out of time. And even if I could, whenever I get to the village I never have enough money to buy the equipment. What to I have to do to both buy the equipment and defeat the boss without running out of time?


title: Can I play investigations after the relevant assassination?

text: I returned to the assassins bureau and then completed my assigned assassination before I had completed all the available investigations in the area. Is there any way to play the investigations that I missed?


title: Effects of using black separation crystal?

text: What are the actual consequences of using this item? Item description states 'beware fickle use of this item'.


title: Is PvP matchmaking done by Soul Level or Soul Memory in Dark Souls 2

text: What the title says. I'm wandering because I saw a guy with Soul Greatsword while doing pvp at SL 40 and while it is (probably...) possible to get it at SL 40, it seems unlikely :) Thanks.


title: Keeping XCOM active while doing other things on the computer

text: Is it possible to keep the clock moving when xcom is windowed and not the active window? I kind of want to use it as a wall paper on one of my monitors while I work on the other that way I can do other things while xcom is running. I know this can be done with virtual machines but I was wondering if there is a simpler way.


title: How do the customized world settings work?

text: In Minecraft 14w17a, the Customized world type got added. It is based on Wedge, but the settings are different. How do they work?


title: Are all PS Vita games downloadable?

text: I'm looking at the PS Vita to play some games. I usually play handheld games on my iPhone 5. So here are some questions:   1. Are all the PS Vita games available for download from Sony's website, a la iOS games from the Apple App Store? For example, I see that the game "Persona 4 Golden" is available on Amazon as a physical media game card (?). However, I also see that it's available on Sony's website as a download. If all the games are indeed downloadable (like the iOS App Store), why would I ever need to buy physical media?   2. What is the role of the extra memory card for the PS Vita? Is this where the downloaded games are stored? If I buy a 4GB card and later buy a 32 GB card, will I be able to move games from the smaller card to the larger card?


title: What makes plants bloom?

text: The latest patch for Terraria added in a bunch of new plants (and their seeds) for use in alchemy. I'd like to make a sustainable farm for these new plants, but I'm having trouble determining when the plants are in bloom. What are the conditions underwhich the new plants will "bloom", and produce seeds on harvest? An ideal answer would have a picture of each plant in bloom contrasted with a picture of a plant _not_ in bloom.


title: Stacking player on mobs

text: Is there a way to stack a player on a mob such as a bat, and then have the player able to control the bat? Like moving up and down? Or is this just not possible yet in vanilla minecraft? Here is what I already know how to do:               /summon <entity> ~ ~ ~ {riding:{id:<entity>}}      Also, how could I make it so when the player wants to get off, they can get off?


title: What happens when you use a name tag on a strange weapon?

text: If I use a name tag on a strange weapon in Team Fortress 2, does it keep the kill count and name changes? So that it becomes "strange description"+"name" Or does the name tag over write the name changing properties so that it will always be what you name it? So that it is always "name"


title: Is there any means by which I can generate and/or download a Witcher 1 Save file for import into The Witcher 2?

text: So, I'm _finally_ getting around to playing The Witcher 2. (Yeah, yeah, I know, late to the party...). I've played the original Witcher, multiple times, and loved it. I had save files, that I was eagerly waiting to import. And then... I got a new computer. I thought I had moved my save files over, but it turns out, I had tossed an empty folder named The Witcher with an empty subfolder named Saves onto my external HDD. Stupid mistake. Very stupid mistake. Point is, I'd like to find a Witcher 1 save file suitable for importing. An ideal solution would be if there's some way to generate one with some key decisions made (I recall CDPR saying something about a web-based 'save generator at one point early in development, but I don't know if anything came of it?), or a database of them online (think, something like Mass Effect Saves). Barring that, if you have some save files with varying endgame choices (killed/spared monsters, Triss/Shani etc.) and paths (Order/Neutral/Scoia'tel), feel free to hit me up in Chat - I'll happily host the file and let you link it for an accepted answer if there's no better solution. If we get a bunch of people sending saves to me, a nice orderly CW answer could be a _great_ resource.


title: Does Ashley ever apologize or can I tell her I don't trust her?

text: I hated how Ashley distrusted Shepard (despite me blowing up the collector base), but after she got injured I forgave her (she just almost died, I felt bad). But then she pulls out a gun on me! I was very disappointed that I couldn't voice this when she wanted to comeback to the Normandy, it just seemed that both answers (whether to allow her back or not) were more of because of her talents; I couldn't say "You're great but I can't trust you to take my orders so go to Hacket." So I guess my question is: Is there ever a time in the game where she apologizes for pulling a gun on me, or ever a time where I can tell her I can't trust her anymore? (I know it's a game but part of the reason I love BioWare games is because it addresses these real world concerns, or at least it usually does.)


title: What can I destroy with my arrows?

text: I want to build an archery range in Minecraft. I want to have targets pop up in different places like an FPS tutorial. I need some way to detect whether the arrows hit the targets or not. What can I change by the impact of an arrow?


title: How do crossbow traps work?

text: What kind of attack does a weapon trap with only crossbows use? Does it use bolts, and if so, which ones? Or does it only use the melee bash attack?


title: Can I add numerical building health to the corner HUD?

text: I already know how to add a number to the target ID box so I can point at teammates and buildings to find out exactly how much health they have. But I can't find a way to do it for the Engineer's HUD so I can read the health of buildings without having to point at them. I can find the file that controls the relevant panels but can't find how to access the health value that the regular bar display uses (i.e. tried parameters such as `%health%` but it doesn't work).


title: Is honesty the best policy?

text: In the first 30 minutes of the game we learn that our character is a convict (though he never done it, he only said he'd done it so they'd call of the monkey tattooist), shoot a cop in the head with his shotgun, kill a strange girl's babysitter with a hammer and whisk the girl away with a couple of farmhands. Normally this would be antisocial behavior, but zombie apocalypses tend to change the rules slightly. So far I've been replying to the NPCs' many questions with candor, but the game saying "X will remember that" seems a little ominous. How open should I be about my many suspicious activities? I'm mainly interested in avoiding grievous bodily harm or death being visited upon my character and his pet NPCs. Are there particular facts that have disastrous consequences if revealed, or will things work out all right if I keep being honest?


title: How to find the rhythm of the attack?

text: In TW1, I remember, I could somehow time my attacks so that when the blows had a certain rhythm the following hits were more and more devastating. Is there a method of timing my sword attacks, so that I can reach a deadly combo?


title: How can I increase Terraria's default resolution?

text: I'd like to increase the default resolution because it's very small. There's nothing in the options menu, and I checked the folders where it is installed and didn't find any sort of options.ini file that I could hand edit. Is there any way to do this? I run a dual monitor setup and at the current resolution, it makes my second monitor practically useless.


title: How can I deal with the "floppiness" of tall rockets?

text: I just tried to build a rather tall rocket which also uses several Quad- Couplers to add more engines, and as you can see in the screenshot below this thing is rather floppy and unstable: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/W0ii3.png) It also doesn't fly far due to these problems. I tried adding struts, but at the critical points between stages I can't seem to add any as the Quad- Couplers are wider than the fuel tanks. How can I build tall rockets that don't flop around so much and that are actually spaceworthy? I'm both interested in this specific case, but also on general guidelines for this.


title: Artifact in bones pile?

text: I died. A lot. As a lawful valkyrie. So, I've been trying to #dip for Excalibur, and haven't had any success yet. One of the Gnomish Mines levels was a bones level for me, and I found a cursed sword named Excalibur. Is this the artifact, or am I still able to #dip for the real Excalibur? I don't want to waste a holy water on a boring old sword if it isn't an artifact...


title: Is it a good idea to put on yellow dragon scale mail and go to town with a rubber chicken?

text: I haven't yet gotten yellow dragon scale and may not understand how it works. Does it make you immune to turning to stone from cockatrices? If so, would an ascension kit with other sources of reflection and magic resistance and a plan to use cockatrice corpses as weapons be a potentially good strategy?


title: How to Scale GUI in Cube World?

text: I have had Cube World for a while now and I am wondering if there is a way to scale the GUI outside of the game. I realize Wollay will be adding this soon, but it gets really annoying seeing chat where my crafting should be. I have gone in to the location I installed Cube World, and it has a file: GUI.plx   I'm guessing I could modify the file in some way to scale the GUI, but I will need a program allowing me to get in the file. If I can't do it that way, is there any other way?


title: Is there a hotkey to loot everything in a container?

text: If you open a container to loot it, the mouse cursor is often far away from the "Take all" button. Is there a hotkey to loot everything in a container, or any other fast way to do that?


title: How can I move my progress from one machine to another on Chrome Angry Birds?

text: I'm playing Google Chrome Birds http://chrome.angrybirds.com/ and how can I move my progress to one computer to another without playing all the levels again?


title: Storing items inside the crafting windows for extra carrying space?

text: Just before I stopped play last night, I noticed that I could place items in to a crafting window - of a tinkers set, anvil, etc - and that if I then closed that window the items were still there next time I open it (which was almost immediately, I didn't text extensively). Does that mean I a store a small number of items inside my crafting tools for some kind of sneaky extra backpack space? And is it safe to do so? Or will the items disappear on a save, or something nasty like that?


title: What belongs in a museum?

text: The second level Archaeology skill "It Belongs In A Museum" reads: > Send an artifact to the giant, secret scary government room full of boxes, > and gain experience equal to its value. but I can't seem to do anything with it. I've tried using the spell on anything that would seem to be an artifact and most things that wouldn't: monuments with flavor text, any items I've found, monsters, etc. but nothing happens. So what constitutes an artifact?


title: Why does the bitzen in my elevator have a '?' on it?

text: Usually when a Bitzen is in the elevator, it has an exclamation mark notification with a floor they want to be dropped off on. But I have noticed some of them joining with a '?' and then they tell you which floor they want to be dropped off on **after** you click on the elevator. Why the question mark notification? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/FJLGN.png)


title: What are these codes on game covers?

text: I'm organizing a large number of console video games and I was wondering what these codes on game covers stand for and what is the purpose to have them? ![Codes on Package](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5kBUK.png)


title: How much does Town Hall Level 9+ reduce the loot from opponents?

text: I noticed that the game tells me that upgrading my Town Hall to level 9 will reduce the loot obtainable from TH level 8 and below. How much is this decrease? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/cE8fo.png)


title: How to abort a siege assault without breaking the siege?

text: When besieging an enemy castle, it is often beneficial to initiate combat, use up all ammunition that the attacking archers can carry, and retreat - repeating the action turn after turn, until the enemy is weakened enough to make scaling the walls easy or at least feasible. When this is attempted in-game, retreating after the bombardment has been completed forces the besieging army to break siege and walk a few squares away on the campaign map. Until recently, I assumed it to be impossible to harass and retreat without breaking siege. However, a few months ago I read that it is possible to do it, either in Medieval 2 or a mod of the game. In which Total War games is it possible to orderly withdraw as the besieger without breaking the siege on the campaign map, and if there is a game that allows the maneuver, how to execute it?


title: Blizzard Download: This download is not authorized

text: I'm on Windows 7. When I download Starcraft Anthology from the website and try to install it on my computer I get the error "This download is not Authorized" followed by "There was a problem authenticating your download. Please go to http://www.blizzard.com/account/ to start a new download." I've tried Safe mode, and running it as administrator, and both at the same time. I tried downloading it in Safe Mode with Networking on Internet Explorer. I have tried redownloading the downloader. There's a timestamp encryption on it, so you can only use it the day you download it. I have tried downloading it to a different folder. Both running the file from another folder, other than where it is currently, and extracting it to another folder than the one specified. I tried deleting the following registry key:               HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Downloader\       I get the error "This download is not Authorized" followed by "There was a problem authenticating your download. Please go to http://www.blizzard.com/account/ to start a new download." Googled references: Battle.net Forum -Diablo 3 Not authorized   Battle.net Forum - Starcraft 2 Beta   Battle.net Forum - Diablo 2   Battle.net Forum - Starcraft 2   Battle.net Forum - Warcraft 3 + Addon   Battle.net Forum --Starcraft Anthology   Starcraft EU - Mac Support   GamerTechTv - Blizzard Download issue   WoW Blue - Error 3.3.3 not authorized


title: When I see the search warning, does it mean I am host?

text: In the newest release of MW3 on XBox, and presumably all platforms, I get the message "Warning: Searching for DLC is taking some time. Do you wish to continue?" Does this mean I am host? I see the message, but at least one other person in my party does not, and I'm trying to figure out why. I often struggle with lag, so if it is an indicator of host, that would be awesome.


title: Do certain weapons do more damage to shields/barriers/armour?

text: In Mass Effect 2, some weapons did more damage to a certain type of defence (shields, barriers or armour). Is the same true in Mass Effect 3?


title: ZvP How to Defeat FFE?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to counter Protoss' fast expand as zerg? Lately I have had trouble while playing Zerg defeating a Forge Fast Expander. The trouble is that I can't break his walls quickly or easily. I have tried searching for strategies online about breaking a FFE however no good results appeared. I did beat one by using a Nydus canal but the player wasn't quick enough to respond and surely could have defeated it if given a few extra seconds. **So what are some good strategies to defeating a Forge Fast Expander as Zerg?**


title: Do NPCs Throw Parties in The Sims 3?

text: In The Sims 3, you can throw parties and invite people over the phone. Do you ever get invitations from other Sims? Or is the player the only one who can throw parties?


title: Change language in Fifa '08

text: I'd like to change the language of the commentators in Fifa '08. Is there any way to do this? The language was set when I first launched the game, but I don't know how to change it now.


title: How important are the pixel shader and vertex shader version on a video card?

text: I have a video card that has version 4.1 and the game recommends 5.0, but says at minimum 3.0... How will these two aspects of the video card impact the overall performance of the game? Will there be any noticeable effect at all or will I just have to scale down the graphics?


title: How can I track and return to sidequests not marked on the map?

text: I've finished the main story, and most of the sidequests that are marked on the map. However, certain tasks - Maude's bounty hunter missions in particular, but I'm sure there's others - don't show up on the map and are therefore more difficult to track. Also, for one reason or another, it seems I've lost (though I don't recall deleting) all the e-mails and/or text messages related to these quests. How can I look up my current progress on the quest, and figure out where I need to start again? Can this be done entirely in-game, or will I have to resort to looking up walkthroughs to obtain details that were lost in the texts/e-mails?


title: Can I craft Sapphire Staff in Terraria on Android?

text: According to Wiki, the Sapphire Staff is crafted upon Iron Anvil. I possess many silver bars and sufficient amount of sapphires. I still can't see the desired item in the crafting list.


title: Buying games from Steam in foreign store?

text: I have noticed recently that Steam has different stores for different countries. These stores generally have different prices for certain games. Is there anything wrong with me logging into the US store for example if I'm in Europe and paying less for a game? Does this violate the Terms of Service? Would Steam close your account for such behaviour?


title: Are save games shared between games bought on Games on Demand and DVD?

text: If I buy a title on disc through retail and later buy the same title through Games on Demand (XBOX Live), will the save games carry over? I'm thinking about _Earth Defence Force 2017_ in particular.


title: Do Spectator Controls work while replaying a LOLReplay file?

text: League Replays is by far the most famous replaying system for League of Legends, it has a nice set of controls like fast forwarding, slow motion and the imbued controls on the spectator mode are far more intuitive to use and more useful in my opinion. Will a match recorded as a spectator using LOL Recorder enable the very same spectator controls as if on a Live Game when replayed later on?


title: Where are the side-quests located?

text: Some of the side quests are located out of town, in specific areas, like The Marooned Mariner in The Ship Graveyard (Act 1) or Deal with the Bandits in The Wester Forest (Act 2). Thereby it's possible to cross the area without spotting these quests, if you don't discover the whole map. So what are the locations of all the side quests ?


title: How can I run the original Diablo 1 in windowed mode?

text: I have Windows XP in a VM within OS X Lion, but I'd like to run _Diablo_ in its own window for when I put Parallels in Coherence mode. I can't resize the window once it resets the resolution to 640x480 and goes full-screen. Is it possible to run it in a window within Windows without another VM? Adding the usual windowed mode flags (`-w`, `-win`, `-window`, `-windowed`) to the shortcut's target field doesn't work (though `-w` works with _D2_ ). (Is there another established method for windowing old, stubborn programs like _D1_?)


title: How Does Materia Level?

text: Can someone explain to me how materia gains levels in Final Fantasy 7?


title: Black Ops 2 freezes when attempting to play Zombies multiplayer

text: When i try to play zombies multiplayer it freezes on a black screen when the match starts. I've been looking online for hours for an answer but no luck.


title: Reset Password, but my new password won't work

text: I have a mojang account, but when I went to log in it refused my password, so I went to change it. Afterwards, I tried to log in with my new password and the system refused it, even though I am pretty sure the new password was the same as the old one. Two week later, I tried the same thing again (twice), and each time it refused my password. What does this mean?


title: How can you solve this momentum puzzle?

text: I am in the 1976 version of the Aperture facility and I am stuck on this one momentum challenge. When you first enter it looks like this: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/YwArE.jpg) You are supposed to launch yourself from here ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/aoDFf.jpg) To that staircase ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/eNL8D.jpg) But the problem is that there are no portal surfaces on the ground anywhere around here and you cant use gels. If you know how to solve this please let me know. Thanks!


title: Buying used copy of GTA V

text: I'm about to buy a used copy of GTA V off of Craigslist. As long as I have the discs, I can still play it, right? Just checking that this isn't a scam somehow. I haven't played any 360 games in a long time.


title: What to do with excess Culture?

text: (BNW)Granted, I understand it's exceptionally difficult to adopt every social policy and ideological tenant _before_ achieving any other victory condition... but I actually managed to do it by accident and kept a game running solely for meta-purposes. Technically speaking, one could force a world ideology through the world congress and adopt all new tenants for both of the ideologies they _didn't_ choose, but even after that, there appears to be no recurring way of spending amassed culture, unless I've overlooked something completely and would feel like a total moron


title: How do you use 'Plots of Land'?

text: How does one use the plots of land in bloons tower defense 5? The ones like "rifle range" where you have to purchase them with monkey money, and it will help you upgrade a specific type of tower. Do they act like banana farms in game, where they are one shot items that give a temporary boost, or are they permanent?


title: Can the Ratchet and Clank "Burn Ring" Appear in today's games

text: there's a cheat/glitch in the first Ratchet and Clank game where you can glitch up one of the races so your onfoot and positioning yourself under a bunch of creates so they're off screen and using a soundwave weapon (can not remember it's name), thank to how the creates re-spawn during the race you can build up the bolts to by the Rhino and turn all your weapons to gold ones. the drawback is that if you do it for too long you can "burn" this ring into the disk which can make the game unstable or even unreadble given that, what's the likely hood of something similar to happen in today's games, the glitch in Ratchet and Clank was fixed up in PAL copies and the HD Re-release would have that fix but i'm more thinking in terms of something like these examples example 1: > in an RPG, being back and forwards in a small location to get random > encounters to grind exp, even going so far as to have a controller or macro > repeatedly press the confirm button so just the basic move is performed example 2: > Having the game in a pause screen or menu where the game is effectively > paused


title: Do runes override the base effect?

text: If I use punish and I use a rune with it, do I still get the 15% increased block rate or does the rune perk replace that? For instance, if I use Celerity, do I get 15% block rate increase _and_ 15% attack speed increase or just the AS increase?


title: Copied Better_Combat.dzip into CookedPC, but no effect

text: As described on the Help page, the .dzip should be copied into CookedPC. I did that, but the Quen Sign still has a duration of 30s when I load my savegame. Any way to check if the mod das been loaded correctly?


title: How to make a Minecraft Server exit automatically when it crashes

text: I am setting up a custom modded server and am running into an issue. During all the block id related crashes, the server jar will still be running even though it crashed. I would like it to quit when it crashes, so I can reboot it easier. Preferably this would be some option I could stick in my startup script which is               \#\!/bin/bash       cd "$(dirname "$0")"       exec java -Xmx1G -Xms1G -jar forge.jar nogui      Thanks in advance


title: What are some rules of thumb for train lengths?

text: Obviously the optimum train length will change depending on what trains are available, the cargo types, and maybe even how hilly the land is. But what train lengths should a beginner pick for some common scenarios if he/she doesn't want to do lots of math to calculate the best size? * * * The ideal answer would address common scenarios such as:   * A passenger line with early train technology.   * A freight line with early train technology.   * What changes when you get to electric trains and beyond? As well as intuitive ways to extend those rules of thumb to different scenarios and general guidelines about train length to consider when building a large rail network.


title: In what way is the game different (or the same) when you play in 'Hero Mode'?

text: So the game actually has a `Hero Mode` which is unlocked when you beat the game. What are the changes that I can expect when playing in `Hero Mode`? What remains?


title: Is it possible to make more than one Pokémon save file?

text: Is there a way to get a second save file in the game Pokemon Y? I got the game for Christmas and want to share the game with my brother, but I can't without deleting my save file because there is only one save file available. I've heard some things about having a second SD card to do it, would it be possible with multiple SD Cards? If so, any tips on how to get a second one? How do I install it?


title: What are the various enemy types in Guild Wars 2?

text: There is a daily achievement called Daily Kill Variety. I'm curious if there is a list anywhere of what the different enemy types are and what enemies belong to each type. Today I killed a Ram, a Moose, and a Doe and I only gained 1 toward this achievement (starting from 0 for the day). Clearly these are all the same type.


title: How can I change the browser home page in Steam?

text: Every time I open up the browser from within a game in Steam, I am taken to Google. I would much rather this site be the home page of the Steam web browser. I can't seem to figure out how to change it, however. How do I set the home page of the Steam web browser?


title: Is there an explanation for Talbot's abilities?

text: In Uncharted 3, Talbot (Katherine Marlowe's main henchman) appears to have supernatural powers. He suffers no ill-effects after being shot by Cutter, and can jump incredibly high. Is there ever any explanation for these powers?


title: How do I obtain more Golden Keys for Golden Chest(s)?

text: I opened the Golden Chest in Sanctuary with the Golden Key I got with my pre- order bonus. I noticed that it ate my key, threw some loot at me, and then the chest didn't go away. I tried to open it again and it said I couldn't "afford" it and then displayed that I have no more Golden keys, which leads me to believe you can get more of them. If I can, how do I go about doing so?


title: How do you defeat the first spider in Limbo?

text: How do you get past the spider in Limbo that is behind the tree trunk?


title: Where to find the violin for Agatha's Song in Vault 92?

text: I have explored all of Vault 92 running in circles yet I am unable to locate the violin. Where to find it?


title: How should I set up my network and port forwarding to be able to host Halo PC multiplayer games?

text: I've never been able to host a public multiplayer game in Halo PC - whenever I try to, it never appears in the games list and other players can't connect to my game, even by inputting a direct IP. I think this is related to my network and port forwarding. When I start a public internet game, I see a local IP in the IP box. This tells me that some ports aren't being forwarded. **What ports do I need to forward to be able to host such games?** Also, the IP box isn't modifyable. After I forward the necessary ports, **how do I change the local IP that is currently in the box to my public IP?**


title: Can I go back to the rest of the level once I beat Mom?

text: Am I really leaving behind everything on the Depths 2 after I enter the boss room? I had left behind a blood donation machine and a full health pill and everything else!


title: Are there any defences against bomb weapons?

text: In terms of defending against damage from enemy ships:   * Shields counter laser and beam weapons (which includes all anti-ship drones).   * Defence drones shoot down missiles (plus lasers for the Mk II). Are there any "hard" counters against bomb weapons such as those above? I think that evasion counters everything except beams (i.e. I've seen bombs `MISS` and explode in space), but am I missing anything more proactive?


title: What settings need to be configured on my firewall/router to support XBOX Live connections?

text: What network and firewall settings are required to connect to XBOX Live through my home network? I had everything set up correctly and working but had to reset my router after a firmware upgrade and lost all my settings. Oh, and I also need the settings to enable it to work as a Media extender.


title: Alien Swarm: is the armor useless?

text: I was told in an online game not to use armor in Alien Swarm. Is it really useless, and if not, when is it useful?


title: Does the Angler NPC have spawn requirements?

text: According to the Angler page on the official wiki, this NPC can be found _sleeping in the sand of an Ocean biome_. Are there any other specific requirements to find him, i.e. hard mode or the like? I searched both ocean biomes in my world, and I didn't run into this new character. Is encountering him, like most other things in this game, simply random?


title: Diablo 3 Follower max level?

text: So far i am in Inferno Difficulty, and I happen to have all my Followers at Level 59. Thing is, are there any level 60 Followers? (And if so, how do i do it?) Its getting frustrating not being able to equip lvl 60 gear on them because they're stuck at 59.


title: How do I get rodeo kills?

text: I'm at Gen 6 so I need to get 50 rodeo kills to move on to the next generation. However, despite destroying Titan after Titan while rolling the Spitfire LMG with the Slammer upgrade, I'm not getting any credit. It seems connected to when I doom a Titan, the kill log will say the weapon was **[Spitfire LMG]** , not **[Rodeo]**. I don't quite get what counts as a "rodeo" kill if not dooming it while rodeo'd (or is that just it; doom ≠ kill?).


title: What can affect a player's speed in Halo 3 multiplayer?

text: Why is it sometimes in Halo 3 multiplayer one character will move slower than the others or two characters will move slower than a third. What things affect speed? Does damage slow you down?


title: Villagers disappeared

text: I have noticed, after a lot of world exploration, that villagers in my world have disappeared. There are only empty villages. I have my custom mod pack installed on Minecraft 1.6.4 server and client. Also I'm using mcpc and Essentials plugin on my server. What can be the reason of villagers disappearing? What of the mods can have the configuration option to despawn villagers?


title: What is the penalty for running out of HP in Monster Manor?

text: In Monster Manor (a.k.a. StreetPass Mansion), what are the consequences of running out of HP? Do you have to start the game over, or do you lose some amount of progress, or what? So far I've only seen one serious fight and I'm on the fourth floor, but I don't know how cautious I should be.


title: Subscribe to be emailed about Steam games being on sale at 50%+ discount?

text: Is there any way to subscribe to receive emails about Steam games offered at 50% or higher discount?


title: Best stats and professions for Paladins

text: I have a Paladin that I played when 'Wrath of the Lich King' was still the latest patch (3.5.5), but never played with him since. A lot has changed in terms of how they work and how to achieve maximum DPS. My question is, considering these changes, is Strength still the best stat to stack (for Retribution PvE Paladin)? Regardless of that, which other stats are a good idea to stack? Also, is Jewelcrafting and Enchanting a good choice for my Blood Elf Paladin?


title: Why were my Microsoft points taken away and my money refunded?

text: I recently bought 1500 points from Microsoft with my credit card. I had 440 before, so then I was at 1940. I then spent 1600 on some DLC, bringing it down to 340. As usual, there was a charge on my card for X amount of money, but today when I checked my bank balance I found that Microsoft gave me back exactly this amount. Then I went to my Live account and found out that I have 0 points left. Surely, 340 points isn't worth that amount of money, and I don't know why Microsoft would take my points away and refund me. Has anyone had this kind of situation happen to them before? Why could this have happened?


title: Why am I not getting the full health regeneration bonus from my follower?

text: I'm in nightmare and I decided the Templar's second tier skill **Loyalty** is better than the alternative, so I retrained him. The description claims it will provide 75 health/sec, but every time I'm hurt I can clearly see I'm only gaining ~52 health/sec... and that's with _my_ health gain as well! Why am I not gaining 75+ health/sec?


title: How to capture the last point in Junction?

text: Some areas in TF2 are just horrid to attack. Two come to mind: Egypt, fourth point and Junction, last point. This question is about the latter. There are five ways to approach the point from and they all suck. Let's take a look at the map from top-bottom: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/x3NoM.png) Please forgive my greek. You can:   1. Approach from point **B** , going straight **down the stairs.** This path sucks because:      * Point **α** is a great spy area to shut down your big pushes     * Sentries built on point **β** , as well as enemies covering that corner, have the height advantage on you as you approach the point and the railings become an effective shield from most explosives.     * Point **γ** is a very popular and hidden spot for dispensers and, if neglected (a successful uber would probably push straight for **C**!) allows the red engineers to quickly redeploy **β**.     * Red can effectively push through these stairs en-masse and shut down everything an engineer can build in the room **η**. Should they succeed, Red can pour all the way down to the Blu spawn; yes, this does open a small window of opportunity for overextension, but back-capping point **C** (12 seconds at ×1, 8 at ×2) is quite the feat.   2. Approach from point **B** , but **through the window** ("B/C flank") facing straight from the point. This is an effective solution to snipe sentries built on point **δ** , but it still sucks because:      * It is very easy for pyros to detonator-jump on point **ε** and negate ubers.     * Corridor **ζ** is very very easy to spam.     * While you are on level with point **β** , the railing is still in the way.   3. From point **A** , go all the way down the corridor to **C** to **the farthest door**. This approach sucks for all the reasons approach #1 sucks, but even more as the stairs to **C** are upwards making it even harder to attack sentries in point **θ** (the mirror position of **β** ), as well as making it super easy to rain spam down the corridor.   4. From point **A** go straight to **C** through the **nearest door**. This sucks like #3 except without the stairs and without obvious ways for engineers to support their team on the way through. I've tried building on **A** , but this requires teammates to either crouch jump over point the point's railings or walk all the way around it. Neither works well.   5. This is a little bit obscure: set up shop on the corridor between **B** and **A** (" **A/C flank** ") and attack from there. It's got an obvious place for a teleporter and a dispenser (what about the sentry though?) and the angled approach can make edging sentries on **θ** slightly more easier, but also opens up from pyro flanks. Additionally a spy can easily use path 4 backwards to sap all your stuff, a process that's harder for a nest on path 1. So, all the options for Blu suck and as a result all games seem to end on a score of 2-2. Or is it just the server I frequent? What is the key to break down Junction?


title: Why are mammoths so much harder to kill than dragons?

text: In Skyrim, I noticed that it is much much harder to kill a mammoth than it is to kill a dragon. Why is this? Am I just bad at Skyrim, or is it like this for everyone?


title: What should I do to mitigate heavy spell damage?

text: I keep running into encounters where the spell casters kill me. In particular frost spells seem to be the worst. It's not fun getting 1-shot from 300 hp by a spell. I haven't done anything to protect myself against spells, compared to the herculean efforts I put into armor. What should I do?


title: How much does time matter in Might and Magic VII?

text: I have some subtle aversion to 'wasting time' in games. For example, in Might & Magic 7, I'd much rather go through an entire cave in one go, without ever resting for 8 hours, but using potions instead to keep my party going. Is that a wise choice? Does time passing affect the game in any way, besides things that depend on which day it is (e.g. stables schedules) and which month it is (e.g. bounties)? For example, the rumor is, once I become the lord of the castle, that the new lords will only last a few months... so if I just spend a year doing nothing but getting trashed at the local taverns, will the game punish me in any way? EDIT: I especially suspect something is up given all the peasants that I can hire that reduce travel time...


title: How do I join the Dark Brotherhood?

text: In Oblivion, you simply have to kill 2 or three people and then are contacted by the Dark Brotherhood in your sleep. In Skyrim, I have killed lots of people, but I can't seem to find the Dark Brotherhood and I haven't been contacted. Is there a different way you join in Skyrim?


title: How do I check the reason for my being banned in Battle.net?

text: I've been banned from the Battle.net servers. A pop-up window said 'The detail has been sent to your registered e-mail address', but I've got nothing. **How do I check the reason for my being banned?**


title: In what areas will being on a PvP server make a difference?

text: In Star Wars: The Old Republic, while characters from both sides will visit the same planets, they generally do so at different level brackets and visit different areas in those worlds. For example, playing on a PvE server I haven't come across any players of the other faction just doing my world quests -- only if I go out of my way to explore planets will I occasionally catch a glimpse an 'enemy' player. I'm curious if this is a result of "phasing", and so such things don't happen on PvP servers, or if it is just how the wolrds are designed... and if the latter, then how much difference does being on a PvP server actually make?


title: Can endermen enter your house when you sleep?

text: Since they can move blocks, imagine that endermen made a hole in your wall so monsters can now get in and disturb your sleep. Could that be possible ?


Does the silver axe break in Animal Crossing New Leaf? I don't know if the silver axe breaks


title: How does one "kick" cards?

text: I'm new to magic the gathering in general, and I've just started playing it on steam. I keep seeing references to "kicked" cards. How does that work?


title: How can I leave General chat?

text: I typed `/help` and read every command, and came across the `/chat` command. According to the info, `/chat leave General` should make me leave the channel, but it doesn't. How can I leave the General chat (but still have access to the other rooms, like LookingForGroup)?


title: Will Battlefield 3 shortcuts level you up?

text: If you buy it when you start, will you go from Level 1 to a high(er) level? I don't want to buy it, but I just wanna know.


title: How to use Perks?

text: In Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Nintendo DS, I have some perks that I have unlocked for online play. But the problem is, I don't know how to use them! Can someone explain to me how to use perks?


title: Notification about status of the population on BF2 server

text: Is there a way to monitor a dedicated Battlefield 2 server that would ping via cell-phone text message, e-mail, Twitter, FaceBook or otherwise communicate that there are players on the server? Preferably, something that can be adjusted to be triggered by a certain amount of players (minimum of four, for instance). This is needed for a community of players to be more aware of the server status without wasting time loading a game, sitting on the server waiting for people to show up, or checking GameTracker or similar services repeatedly. If that matters, it is for Forgotten Hope 2 mod — fairly popular in Europe, but with very fragmented North and South American player base, and we would like to see if there is tool to keep people informed and increase attendance at least couple of nights a week. Note: I do not need particular software recommendation, but rather generic explanation of how can it be accomplished (perhaps, exampled with how other games dealt with the issue).


title: What are the requirements to be shown in the battlelog leaderboard?

text: Recently I've been viewing the leaderboards and I saw that this guy has the highest **K/D Ratio** ( _ **64.76_** ). But then I've found another guy whose ratio is even better( ** _477.25!!!_** ). So I've got that question: what are the requirements to get to the leaderboards? Do you have to have a minimum of some amount of deaths or do they just ignore people with some crazy stats?


title: What's the projectile distance to damage ratio?

text: Can someone clarify once and for all how projectile damage relates to distance traveled?


title: How do prerequisites for promotions work?

text: I have trouble understanding how promotion prerequisites work. Civilopedia lists Accuracy I and Barrage I as being prerequisites for Volley, Cover and Siege. However, all my trebuchets only needed Barrage I to access Volley and Cover I (I chose Volley). Now that one of them is ready to receive another promotion, only Cover I is available, Siege is not. So I simply don't understand how the whole thing works.


title: How can I disable battle cycling of other civs in Civilization 5?

text: This question has nothing to do with the actual "animations." It more has to do with the camera pan during battle. In a multiplayer game, I'm stuck watching my friend's battles. If during that sequence I click to do something for my turn, the camera immediately jumps back over to another battle. Likewise if we are both doing battle, the camera jumps back and forth while we are completing our own battles. In order to avoid, I have to just wait for them to be done before I make my moves. It's a very frustrating experience. Thanks for your help.


title: How do I pick up these lock picks?

text: Without getting into anything too spoilerific, I've made it to a point in the game that I am trying to find a tear in the Columbia Bank. Convieniently, I've also already found the code book I need for the encrypted message near the back of the bank, so the spoils are practically handed to me! As I'm looting the stash, I noticed a lockpick's bag at the back of the desk. ![Lockpicks in the Vox stash](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zCcdh.jpg) I try to grab it, and nothing happens. I try to grab it from all sorts of angles until I give up and decide it's just part of the scenery. On my way back out, I discover another bag. ![Lockpicks on the way out](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6ipCA.jpg) Again, more lockpicks that I want so badly to shove in my pockets, but the game seems to prefer to taunt me with them as scenery. That would have been the end of it as I was planning on moving on, until Elizabeth opened her big mouth and pointed each of them out so I could go pick up those lockpicks! ![Lockpicks that glow!](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PlMKS.jpg) Obviously these picks are meant to be picked up after all! For some reason, I don't seem to be able to do so. Is the game bugged or perhaps some kind of evil, twisted trolling? **How do I pick up all those lockpicks?!**


title: Can I hit the dragon with towers while he's flying around the castle?

text: In reference to the Summit map: Playing solo and rushing back and forth from repairing my defenses to manning the appropriate ballistae is a bit more hectic than I'd like, but playing with friends increases the health of the dragon to such high levels that the battle is more of a long drawn-out war of tedium than it is fun and rewarding. As the apprentice, I generally wind up running around from tower to tower repairing rather than engaging the dragon, making the process even more arduous. Is there any way I can place towers around the outside edge of the castle to shorten the length of the battle? If I build some apprentice towers on the edge of the castle, facing outward, will they hit the dragon as he flies past? Does it depend on range? Does it depend on missile speed?


title: What is the difference between the brock and wolf potions?

text: What's the difference between the brock and wolf potions? They're both described as increasing critical effect chance for the same attributes but brock costs more and also has a negative effect. Wolf has no negative effects. It seems as if brock is redundant?


title: Does the Mechromancer's gun damage bonus from anarchy apply to elemental damage?

text: Anarchy stacks give a bonus to "gun damage". Does this bonus also apply to the elemental effects of a gun while Anarchy stacks are active?


title: Tank always overruns me as Jake

text: I'm constantly getting overrun by the tank in Chapter 3 after I fall through the floor and the tank smashes the door. It doesn't give me time to react at all, I tried going forward according to the camera angle ("S" key) and forward according to the player's perspective ("W" key), while sprinting (holding "space") and without trying to sprint. I found that this was a common problem and tried playing in offline mode as this page suggests, however I see no difference and keep dying all the time. Am I doing something I'm not supposed to?, it looks like when Jake starts running I'm 1mm away from the tank, which to me is just stupid game design.


title: Why can't I purchase more of the same weapon?

text: So I bought Fable: The Lost Chapters on Steam during the year-end sale. However, I can't seem to purchase multiple of the same type of weapon - for weapons I've already purchased, the entry on the vendor list is grayed out. The vendors _do_ have sufficient inventory for me to buy the item. I'm trying to maintain a bit of a theme here; is there any way for me to be able make these purchases?


title: What is that "Dream Card" you get from Ysera?

text: Ysera is a legendary monster with 9 mana cost 4 attack and 12 HP that has an effect which states: "At the end of your turn, draw a dream card". What exactly is that "dream card"?


title: Are the waves on survival completely endless?

text: I'm wondering if there is a limit to the number of waves in MW3's survival mode. I found this spot in terminal where if you sit cozily, you cant be shot at but you can shoot everyone else. After about an hour I reached wave 60 but made a mistake and died. So is there be a limit? Is there an end situation like "you won, help has arrived"?


title: How do you make a backup of save games and patches?

text: I'm getting a new motherboard which means I have to reinstall my OS, how would I do that but not have to remove my games? Is there anyway I can back up the games? For example, I don't want to lose my save progress in Skyrim or have to download all of the Battlefield patches again.


title: What are the worthwhile rewards from doing the faction challenges?

text: Every faction in Assassin's Creed: Revelations appears to have a few sets of challenges associated with them. Under some of them it appears there is a reward for completing an entire set. However, I'm having a tough time determining which rewards are actually useful. For instance, one of the bomb maker challenges gives me bomb ingredients at my hideouts, but I have no idea how many ingredients, how fast they respawn, and if they are "rare" or "common" variants. Is there a list of the challenge rewards, and approximately how useful they end up being? I'd rather not farm a bunch of these challenges if they make very little difference to the game. However, if having one of these rewards early makes certain missions or facets of the game simpler, I'd like to prioritize it.


title: Does it matter how healthy I am?

text: After beating the main game, I have unlocked _School mode_.   The purpose of _School mode_ is to... > build backups for Monokuma. When I collect materials or clean the school, I lose health. Through resting, I recover health. Once my health reaches 0, I can't act for 3 days, so I obviously can't afford to _not_ pay attention to my health; however, does my health affect my collecting or cleaning efficiency?   So in other words; is there a reason for me to rest, even if I'm still healthy?


title: How much time will I need to invest to get the multiplayer achievements?

text: I am totally new to any Assassin's Creed multiplayer, but I noticed that there are a set of multiplayer achievements in AC:Revelations. I have to use a one- time code in order to get my copy to play online, and I probably would only be playing it for the achievements. I've looked at the list of achievements, and I can't tell how difficult or rare some of these are. Can someone give me an idea as to how long I'd have to play before I was able to get all these achievements? Are there any that are particularly rare or difficult that I'd have to be extraordinarily lucky/skilled in order to get? For reference, there is a list of achievements on this page. It's for the Xbox 360 version, but usually the Playstation Trophies are similar, if not the same. The multiplayer achievements have "Multiplayer" after their description.


title: How can I disable the revive utility pop up?

text: Recently when I die, the Revive Utility automatically pops up on the screen for purchase. How do I turn this pop up off? My kids are using all my coins!


title: How fast is the SkyRanger?

text: It's the end of the month near the start of a ironman classic game and I have 2 satellites to launch. A terror mission has just come up & one of the sites is currently at max terror; if I have time to get there, complete the mission and get back I can lower the panic and deploy my satellite to a more profitable location. How fast is the Skyranger - I have less than 20 hours to get the mission done?