title: What should I do if a city-state requests my support?

text: I'm in a game where Catherine's empire has grown to enormous proportions and started to attack city-states. When she attacked Dublin, which I was befriended with and which I depended on for food at the time, Dublin "requested my assistance." This was a good opportunity to declare war, which I was already preparing for. So I wiped out Catherine's units in and around Dublin. I have not received any thanks for it though, on the contrary, I was accused of trespassing in Dublin and the friendship ended rather soon. I also remember supporting a city-state with unit gifts in a different game, which had zero effect as well. What _should_ I do to aid city-states in a war against other civilizations? Do I have to wipe out the entire opposing empire before my help is acknowledged?


title: Beginning The Settlers series

text: I'd like to start playing this series but since there are more than 7 episodes, which one would you suggest to start with? Generally I like complex games and I don't care about graphics much (I played tons of 4D games in the past). So if you think that Settlers 1 is the best, feel free to suggest it.


title: Flying Races Manuverability

text: I've been having a difficult time with the flying races. I managed to complete a few but races such as the Silver Surfer race and near the X-Mansion I find moving right and left difficult without veering incredibly off course or just dropping. Anyone find a specific flier easier? I've tried Iron Man, Human Torch, Phoenix Jean Grey, and Green Goblin.


title: In Zombies, run! is it possible to see the Zombie Chases?

text: I'm fairly new to the app, and I've been caught by zombies several times. I failed the mission once, and I've lost about 18+ items just by dropping them so that I don't get caught/eaten. My problem is I don't know where the zombies are coming from, so I don't know where to run. I've tried to look at my screen when a chase happens, but I can't see the chase on my screen. Is there any option that I have to enable, so that I can see the chases? Is that even possible? Do the zombies always come from behind?


title: Rainbow Six - Vegas 2 "Failed to initialize.." at multiplayer

text: I just bought the game in the bundle on Steam. After a few minutes from the successful installation I've realized it was a mistake. I just can't play multiplayer. The game throws "Failed to initialize.." at every attempt. My ports are open (at least what I've found on Google to forward); no firewall. Tried with and without UPnP. Any ideas?


title: How do you redeem the mini-Thor WoW pet that comes with the StarCraft II Collector's Edition?

text: One of the advertised extra items that comes with the Collector's Edition of _StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty_ is an "exclusive in-game _World of Warcraft_ pet" (full list). However, I didn't see anything about this inside the Collector's Edition box. How do you redeem the WoW pet? Is it something that's automatically associated with your Battle.net account when you register your SC2:CE CD key? I don't play WoW, but I'm curious. Is it possible for me to give away the pet to someone else who plays WoW, or is it permanently attached to my Battle.net account? Or am I just being blind and there actually was a code inside the box?


title: Is there a champion counter tool which takes other champions in to account?

text: All champion counter tools only takes 1v1 into account but often in games there happens to be a champion that counters you hardcore which is not on your lane. So is there a champion pick tool which looks at champion from other lanes as well as the one you are going to face against? By champion counter tools I mean like this: http://www.championselect.net/


title: Why can't I play the Xbox Live Arcade games I've bought without an internet connection?

text: A long time ago, I bought a few games from Xbox Live Arcade (Toy Soldiers and Greed Corporation). We haven't set up our internet connection yet since we moved, but I can still play them unlocked. The youngest also enjoys these games so we decided to get them on his Xbox. We went to a friends place, used the friend's Xbox which was connected to the internet and bought the games on our silver account. As long as the youngest's Xbox is connected to the internet, the games are full games and unlocked, but once I take it back home and set it up off the internet, the games revert back to trial games. Is there anyway to unlock these games on his Xbox like they are on my Xbox? I heard it might be related to the fact that originally, the silver account was on a memory card, but i transfered it to the hard drive a few months ago.


title: What features accounting for more RPG depth did Skyrim add compared to Oblivion?

text: Morrowind was a much deeper RPG experience, Oblivion went for more action and turned out being lots of eye candy but not as much to keep me interested, it felt plastic and much of the same, and with Skyrim I'm not looking simply for more, bigger and shinier Oblivion. Which RPG features that didn't make the cut from Morrowind to Oblivion does Skyrim get back, if any, and what other new ones does it add?


title: More than 1 Specialized or Professional Killstreak set

text: If you have more than 1 professional killstreak set (say one for the market gardener and one for the rocket launcher) and you have 5 or more kills, will your eyes show 2 effects? Similarly will your weapons show 2 different effects as well?


title: How Do You Get All Solar In A Single Starting Drop?

text: I purchased Awesomenauts a few days ago because of my friends recommendation and have talked about it with him quite a bit. He then told me that there is an achievement for getting all solar in a single starting drop. This seems pretty impossible and I haven't found anything on it but if this can happen how do you do it?


title: Why use slow weapons?

text: For gemming/enchanting weapons there is a clear dps advantage to faster weapons:               dps = dmgPerHit / delay       dps_gemmed = (dmgPerHit + X) / delay       dps_gemmed = dps + X / delay        where the term `X / delay` is larger for fast weapons.   Similar arguments can be made for stackable on-hit debuff such as -armor per hit or conveys dmg over time on hit. My question then is why would we ever use a slower weapon?   Do they tend to have higher base dps to compensate or maybe some other effect I'm missing (aside from aesthetics)?


title: How can I remove poop?

text: How can I remove poop that builds up on my vessel in the new game pixel piracy? My fellow crew members keep pooping and it just sits there and it's really annoying.


title: Will Blink 2 (II) prevent me from getting the achievement Mostly Flesh and Steel?

text: > **Mostly Flesh and Steel** Finish the game without purchasing any > supernatural powers or enhancements, besides Blink I've just finished the game without purchasing anything besides Blink and didn't get the achievement. Maybe because I "bought" the Blink's upgrade (Blink II) ? Or is it anything else that I should have been aware of ?


title: Can I disable permanent potion effects in minecraft?

text: I accidentally got permanent speed and jump boost on Minecraft, and its really annoying! Is there any way to disable this?


title: How to Join Games with Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.7

text: I can't find how to join games with the latest 0.7 Pocket Edition update with an iPad and iPod over wifi. I see the realm options but I get the message "there are no more open server slots right now". Local server multiplayer is switched on for both devices.


title: How to play with each other on Minecraft PE with iOS? (Minecraft Version 0.7.5)

text: I would like to play with my friend on Minecraft PE, but when we connect to the same network, I can't detect his world when he opens his world, and he can't find my world on LAN when I open my world. Does it have to do with the firewall. I went to another friends house and connected to their network and it worked! So what should I do?


title: Minecraft pe LAN not working

text: At school my brother and I can play together by the LAN on same wifi. When we came home we tried to do that we are on the same wifi but it won't show up. What do you suggest we do?


title: Minecraft Pocket Edition Multiplayer not working

text: I bought this Minecraft https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mojang.minecraftpe (v0.7.6) And since then i've been struggling with getting multiplayer to work in any way. My first attempt was to create a server from here: http://www.pocketmine.net/ which not only suffers from bad program design, but also doesn't seem to do anything with my Minecraft on the phone. I have disabled firewall completely, made sure that computer(server) and client(phone) is on the same network. At this point i decided to ditch the host a server thing, and we tried doing a regular network play between 2 phones with no success. Nothing appears in the lobby! Do they have a support section cause i can't seem to find it... My phone: Sumsung Galaxy Note 3 (my very first smartphone. Not more than a week old) Other phone: Sumsung Galaxy S3 My comp: Win7... Another thing I'd mention is that my friend (the SGS3 owner) claims to have been able to play LAN games with other friends. I have not seen this, and there's probably more to it, but if its true then there's probably something wrong with my device. (A default restrictive policy or something...)


title: Is there a non-DPS reason to favour a crossbow/hand crossbow/bow?

text: The idea of a bow in each hand barrelling into the depths of Hell has an appeal reminiscent of an old gun slinger movie, six shooter in both hands. Thus far, however, I've been lugging around a big ol' crossbow because of its superior DPS. DPS aside and bonuses provided by a particular item's affixes or suffixes (as these are pretty easy to compare) are there any other bonuses a Demon Hunter would gain that would make one of these types more favourable than the other?


title: Minecraft Modpacks vs MCPC+

text: I run a private server for my friends and I that started out simple, but has slowly been growing in plugins and mods. What started in vanilla, quickly changed to Bukkit for essentials and permissions, and then switched over to MCPC 1.4.5 so we can maintain functionality and add mods. We kept running into problems with MCPC and the ported mods, so I switched us over to the beta MCPC+ that ports bukkit plugins into vanilla+forge rather than vice-versa, and it has been much better. Eventually we started getting an interest in larger and larger mods (from Balkon's to RailCraft, to BC, to IC2) and we have derailed from the slightly modified from vanilla server. My question is, with MCPC+ becoming very stable (just in the past month), would it be better to pull the mods from the popular packs (FTB or Tekkit) or switch to their dedicated server jar and launchers and try to add the permissions/essentials pieces? I don't know because I'm not familiar with the FTB server structure and whether we'll be able to get some of the features that we've been hanging onto with the bukkit ability. There's a lot of features I'd like to hang onto: permissions, essentials, dynmap, multiverse, etc.


title: Is there a shop at the Ballads Oratory?

text: When I reached the Ballads Oratory as part of the Ballad of Bloody Bones quest my backpack was completely full, so I was delighted to see that the map showed there was a shop inside. However I talked to everyone inside and no one offered the "shop" option. Is this a bug, or is there something I need to do in order to use the Ballads Oratory shop?


title: Is there a way to tell which Stone of Barenziah is found where?

text: I'm trying to finish the "No Stone Unturned" quest and have so far found 22 of the 24 stones. Since I have yet to purchase Proudspire Manor and I haven't been in there by any other means I know where to find at least on of the two remaining stones. I picked up 9 of the stones during other quests, but have not recorded their location myself so I used the UESP list found in the accepted answer in the question Where are all the Stones of Barenziah located? (No Stone Unturned) to try and track the others. Having been to all the locations (except Proudspire Manor) on the list I am still short one stone. I expected to find it in the Thalmor Embassy but I cannot enter it. This should be fixed with patch 1.4 but I cannot find it in the Reeking Cave either. So is there a way to tell which Stone of Barenziah in your inventory is found where so I either have some closure on this? Note that I play the game on the XBox so I have no access to game data or the in-game console.


title: How does the Empire's Power Relays work?

text: The tutorial mentioned that the Empire team's Power Relays operated by Line of Sight. Does that mean that so long as there isn't anything between the two relays, I can make them any distance apart from each other? Does that mean that the structures that team makes have to be in sight too, or just in range of a Relay?


title: How do the Resources work?

text: I understand that capturing and holding the points give your Commander more resources, but how much is each node worth? Should I worry about controlling the Tertiary nodes if I can find them or just run towards the massive fight at the Primary? At what point should I surrender the Primary to protect my other nodes?


title: How does rewarded money work (pay grade, day rate, offshore account, ...)?

text: I'm having a hard time understanding how money works in Payday 2, it was way more simple in the first opus. In a mission's preview, you can find different amounts of money:   * pay grade (which seems to be some sort of gauge)    * day rate   * contract pay   * something that looks like potential bonuses (in yellow, on the right side of the amounts)   * the _payday_ which looks like the total of all that ![Mission description and its different amounts](http://i.stack.imgur.com/csj8B.jpg) Once the mission is complete, you get a debriefing screen with two sections: ![Mission debriefing and its rewards](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ur67V.jpg) The _day rate_ and _contract pay_ don't differ from the first screen, even if I have no idea of what it is exactly. Then there are the _bag loot items_ (if looted all the bags during the mission) and more I-have-no-idea-what-it-is stuff like the _instant cash_ , the _offshore account_.   And, finally, the only amount that is revelant to me, the _spending cash_ (in green) which is what you actually get in your wallet after the mission. In addition to all that, my friend and I are receiving different rewards at the end of each mission (I always receive a few thousands more than he does): we checked and we don't have skills that impact missions rewards... I just have a few more levels. Sooooo... Any idea what are all these stuff and how the final _instant cash_ is calculated ?


title: What happens if I choose one Mii or another when linking my 3DS to the Miiverse?

text: I just finished updating my 3DS to the new 7.0.0-13 update, which adds the Miiverse to the 3DS and _finally_ combines the funds of both Wii U and 3DS e-shops. Right now, my 3DS is giving me the choice between two Miis to represent my person on the Miiverse:   * [3DS Mii]: `Personal Mii for this [3DS] system`   * [Wii U Mii]: `The Mii currently linked to this Nintendo Network ID` I guess, if I choose the 3DS Mii, my Mii will change on my Wii U as well, due to the Miiverse being an integral part of the Wii U. But what if I choose the Wii U's Mii? Will my Streetpass Mii change? Will I lose saves? I found a fairly interesting piece of info on this site, the site's comment section to be specific. > **HaNks** said: #73 > > there is an oversight with the update, i just lost my wii sports club save. > you need to overwrite either your NNID or 3ds system mii. > > the problem is both of these miis potentially have save game data linked to > them. i know of various 3ds titles that have this, so i didn't want to > overwrite that one. i booted up my wii U and bang my profile was wiped. > there will be more people losing mii-linked save game data after doing this. > > **HaNks** said: #80 > > @sleepinglion only if you chose to replace your existing NNID mii with your > 3ds system one, which was the first option. mine were both the same with the > same name, but clearly save games linked to them differentiate, at least on > the wii U side. Unfortunately, this only describes what could happen if you choose to replace your existing Mii with your 3DS' Mii, but not what could happen if you choose to keep your existing Miiverse Mii. I'm especially worried about how Streetpass and Miiverse coexist, since I don't want to use the same Mii on both.


title: Are players who go AFK automatically penalised?

text: In League of Legends, there are a lot of people who rage and cry about their teammates. This usually results in 1 of 2 things. Either they rage-quit the match, or they go "afk" at base. I'm aware of the 5 minute leave timer, where a player who's inactive for 5 minutes gets kicked and marked as a leaver if they don't return. What about people who say they'll afk at base, but make sure they don't get autokicked by staying in to chat or by moving their mouse? Is there some kind of check for that, and are they penalised (besides being reported for being afk)?


title: What champions are able to splitpush/backdoor well mid-to-late game?

text: I recently read this advice: > you may want to try learning a champion that can splitpush/backdoor very > well mid/late game. This can in all likelihood allow you to carry out of > bronze. but I don't know which champions this is talking about. Which champions are able to do this?


title: How to get the Valefor Hat MapleStory as a Night Walker?

text: I am a Night Walker level 13 in MapleStory. Can I get the hat? If I can, what quests do I need to do? And please explain in detail, because I just started playing MapleStory. I also know that as a Night Walker it's possible to get the hat without scissors of karma, but I don't know how.


title: If I delete an existing chunk with MC Edit in my pre-1.8 save, will the new landscape in 1.8 line up with it?

text: As Omokoii's answer to this question suggests, you can use MC Edit to delete existing chunks in an old save so that, once 1.8 is out, those chunks will be generated anew, and they should respect the new version's additional landscape and other world-building features, like villages and the new biome. However, Ullallulloo pointed out that random seeds will generate different worlds in 1.8 than they used to, so deleted chunks will not be recreated exactly as they were. Does that mean that new chunks will not line up seamlessly with old chunks? Just how abrupt will the transition from the old landscape to the new landscape be?


title: What is ezic gift?

text: I just got a gift of a thousand credits in the game, which is listed as _EZIC GIFT_ in the end of day screen. The ability to uncheck it seems to indicate that something negative will come out of it. ![End of day 11 -screen. A strange man brought money. Uncheck to burn it.](http://i.stack.imgur.com/T9fZ9.png) What is it and what are its effects?


title: Adding foreground blur to ENBSeries DoF in Skyrim

text: I'm playing Skyrim with ENBSeries' DoF (Depth of Field) enabled. I see some people having a foreground blur effect on their DoF and I really want that effect too. How do I add such an effect to my DoF?


title: Starting Areas changed in WoW Cataclysm

text: Rolled a new Undead Rogue post-Cataclysm and was surprised by the phasing and the linear progression of the story. I haven't played WoW in years and this is a nice addition IMO. Tried to roll a blood-elf and a draenei to check out if there's any of the same phasing and quests but haven't found any so far. What other races were changed in the same way as the Undead? If you could, can you tell me what the general plot of the quests are? The Forsaken quests seem centered on Sylvanas vs the Worgen.


title: Can I safely save on heat and food?

text: Too save on living costs I have been alternating the first couple of days of the game between not paying for food and not paying for heating. My family members are cold one day and hungry the next, Are there any long term, more serious consequences for following this strategy?


title: Is the first immigrant of a day always allowed to enter the country?

text: I've noticed after the first few days into a game that every first immigrant of a day has valid papers and can be approved too enter the country. Does the game always give you an immigrant with valid papers as the first person to pass by your booth on any given day?


title: Why won't a Stealth Bomber fire on cities anymore?

text: My stealth bomber won't fire on an enemy. It fired in the previous turn and now it won't attack my enemy's city. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is?


title: I can't run this XNA-based game

text: I'm trying to run this XNA-based game on my Windows 7 32-bit laptop and it just won't run. No error messages, nothing. If I have the Task Manager open I see the process being executed for a few seconds and disappear.   * Clicking on the game file gives no result.    * I have installed the XNA Frawemork latest version.    * I have tried using the game installer, it installs but the game still won't run, whilst on another computer (Windows 7 32-bit laptop as well), the game runs fine without even needing to install.


title: Effective use of Sentry in Starcraft 2

text: I find my self following other players and pushing with few zealots/stalkers/1-2 sentries, and enabling the shield once attacking. But i'm not sure I'm fully taking advantage of this unit. Should I let it be between the zealots and stalkers? Should it be in the back - so it won't die... etc. In early game push, how should I best use it?


title: Is there a chart showing all unit upgrade paths in Civilization 5?

text: Is there a chart showing the upgrade paths for the units? Something like warrior->spearman->pikeman... for all of the units.


title: Where should I train my Pokemon party?

text: I want to train my Pokémon to level 60 to defeat the Elite 4 in Pokémon Pearl. This is my party:   * Lv. 54 Torterra   * Lv. 52 Palkia   * Lv. 44 Staraptor   * Lv. 45 Electabuzz   * Lv. 47 Rapidash   * Lv. 45 Tentacruel I already started training Electabuzz on route 223. where is the best place to train my Pokémon?


title: How do I get the "Get Lost" achievement in Solar 2?

text: I've tried running around randomly as an asteroid and a planet, and I've also just tried going on and on and on for miles across the universe, but I haven't been able to unlock the "Get Lost" achievement in the steam release of Solar 2. Any ideas?


> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Square Enix Soundtracks Where can I get the Final Fantasy soundtracks? Especially the **Final Fantasy 10** songs. Also I want to have sound tracks of Metal Gear Solid, Prince of Persia, FF Dissidia.


title: Does this method count as planting?

text: In **Animal Crossing: New Leaf** , you can get the _Backyard Gardener_ badge by planting **100** plants. There are two ways to drop a plant(more specifically a flower) to the ground: by dragging the flower icon to the floor, and by touching the flower icon and selecting _plant_. Does the first method count as planting, or do I need to manually press _plant_ in the inventory? Because to me, that's basically "tossing" the plant to the ground.


title: Where is the second part of the Fighter's guild questline?

text: (For Aldmeri Dominion) I just finished the first "chunk" of quests at Buraniim Isle in Auridon and I can't find where the journey continues. The guildmaster said that she'll "see me down the riverline" but I don't know where that would be. Edit: Letting everyone know that, even though I am level 43, the fighter's guild "runner" came to meet me in Reaper's March anyways, to continue the questline. Just took time and eventually she just showed up. I wonder if this will happen now that I'm in coldharbor though... Edit2: It actually did happen in Coldharbor, and also in the first veteran zone. I've now completed the FG questline.


title: How can I enter the dome of a Biolab?

text: Biolabs have control points within the top dome as well as on the ground _(small sattelite bases a few hundred meters away)_. How can I get into the top part of the base to capture these points? The only entrance seems to be at the bottom, but it's closed with shields. I can't pass when the base belongs to an enemy faction. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/NhksX.jpg)


title: What use do the spearmen have in Settlers 3?

text: The spearmen are just somewhat weaker swordsmen with a bit more range - but does the range justify the power disadvantage at any point?


title: Where can I replenish my tank ammo?

text: I ran out of tank ammo. Where can I replenish it?


title: Will followers drown?

text: If you have Waterbreathing, but your follower does not, will they follow you into deep water and stay down long enough to drown themselves? I may play-test this myself in the next few days, but I was wondering if anyone else might already know the answer. In any case, I figured it would be good to have this question here for anyone else that might be interested.


title: What is available for vintage game download on Wii?

text: After purchasing some Nintendo credits, what can be bought online? MarioKart DS and GCN? Yoshi's island DS? Can you buy tracks for Mario Kart Wii too? Thanks


title: Can I increase the 50 save limit?

text: Unfortunately, the PC version of Mass Effect 3 has a limit of 50 saves ( **again** ). Once more, I've hit the limit. Is there any solution to this for this game? Yes, moving out saves is possible, as the solution to the linked question for ME2 stated, but it's not ideal. Is there any setting, buried in Coalesced.bin somewhere perhaps, that will allow you to increase the number of allowed saves? Or am I stuck manually moving my saves out again?


title: Is there any advantage to the PIMP-Boy 3 Billion?

text: I just got a PIMP-Boy 3 Billion. Aside from the fact that it looks a little cooler, if really gaudy, is there any advantage to using it instead of my old PIP-Boy 3000, or vice versa?


title: What to do about a scratched copy of Black Ops?

text: So I bought Black Ops on the midnight release date. It was all working fine then it started freezing up while loading certain maps. I took out the disc and there is a perfect circle around the outer edge of the disc(which is clearly scratches). Now I tried installing the game onto my harddrive but it always comes up with a can not read disc error. Has anyone else had this problem? I've never had any problems with this xbox scratching discs before, only with this game. Also something that may help. My friend has a copy of Black Ops also. I could install that copy onto my harddrive, but I think it wouldn't let both of us play at the same time using that copy? Is there any way I can use the disc ID off of my scratched disc, but play it off of my harddrive from my friend's disc?


title: How do I guarantee a succesful outcome of the Rannoch: Admiral Koris mission?

text: I've reached a point near the end where I have a chance to speak with him. What do I need to make sure I do and/or what dialogue choices should I take to ensure that Admiral Koris survives during this mission? He's apparently trying to hold off a wave of geth. My current dialogue options are "We're coming" or "Hold them off." I'm _assuming_ that telling him we're coming to support him is the preferred choice here, but I want to make sure he doesn't die. Which choice leads me to success here?


title: Does the e-shop version of Link's Awakening have the Color Dungeon?

text: The first time I played Link's Awakening, I played the DX version for Game Boy Color, which had the "Color Dungeon", which awards you with a choice of one of two different stat-boosting tunics if you finish it. Does the version of Link's Awakening that you can get on the Nintendo e-Shop have this dungeon?


title: What is the best mission type to bring a rookie on?

text: In XCOM: Enemy Unknown, what is the best mission type to use to level up rookies? I prefer to play where I am constantly leveling up my rookies, but it definitely seems like there are certain mission types that are less volatile towards rookies than others. Thoughts?


title: How to enable GFWL overlay on Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012?

text: I have Batman: Arkham City through Steam on Windows Server 2012, but unfortunately I cannot get the GWFL overlay when playing. That means that although the game works perfectly, it does not save my progress (and unbelievably, it doesn't even notify about this). From searching online I understand it's a common problem that also applies to Windows 8, for example see:   * http://community.batmanarkhamcity.com/forums/showthread.php/18955-Games-for-Windows-Live-doesn-t-appear-upon-game-launch-and-I-cannot-save-my-progress   * http://community.batmanarkhamcity.com/forums/showthread.php/21141-Games-for-Windows-Live-and-Windows-8-PRO   * http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2318449 How can I solve it?


Each of my employees can level up individually at the end of a brew; ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Mz0QO.png) I have been queuing up multiple brews and selling them one after another while skipping this screen. Do I lose experience by completing another brew without assigning the last level up? Do employees continue to gain experience while waiting for the points from the previous level up to be assigned?


title: What are the new guns in the Torgue DLC?

text: I'm vaguely familiar with the Torgue legendaries from the main game (Flakker, Nukem and such) but casually glancing at the legendaries in the Torgue vending machines I've never quite noticed which are the new ones. Unlike the Pirate's Booty DLC the new weapons seem to blend in with the old one (new guns were either pink or "cursed" blue guns with little in between) So far I've found an Expansive Kitten and Moxxie's Slow Hand (a quest reward and a rare drop IIRC) but I'm not sure what the other new guns are. A google search doesn't really yield helpful results. So what are the new guns in Mister Torgue's Campaign of Carnage?


title: Where are the hahne-kedar arms in Mass Effect 3?

text: I played through the entire game and was unable to find them, I checked after every mission I did. The only thing I can assume is that it may require the Hanar Diplomat mission, as that is the only one I didn't do (not my choice.. the bug happened to me). Where are them? I'd also like to add that I thought it made sense that this mission needed to be completed because I have read that the guide says you buy them at the hanar store.


title: What does a stat over 100 mean?

text: I have a unit with 85 aim, if I give them a light plasma rifle with a scope that would be +20. What would an aim of 105 mean? Is there a reason to ever go over 100 on any stat except Hit Points?


title: Is there a tutorial in ANNO 2070?

text: Well I just got the game, and so far, I'm completely stumped. I click on the campaign quickstart button on the menu, and I was promptly thrown into the game with little to no explanation what-so-ever on how to play! Is there some sort of tutorial I'm missing here?


My cabin just doesn't feel the same without my little space hamster friend to keep me company. I've heard that if you bought the space hamster in Mass Effect 2 and import your save into Mass Effect 3, the little guy can be found running around the Normandy somewhere. It sounds too good to be true. **How do I get my lost space hamster back?** Sub-questions:   * If I didn't import my save from Mass Effect 2, is there still a way to get the space hamster in Mass Effect 3?   * Does he need to be taken care of like my fish?   * Does having the space hamster change anything in this game (i.e. give rewards, change the story slightly, etc.)?


title: Is there a way to reset all my stats?

text: And I mean all stats. Including unlocks, dogtags etc. And I want to do this without re-buying the game.


title: How to reset only the young drivers test mode in F1 2012?

text: Is it possible to only reset the Young Drivers Test mode in F1 2012 (PS3)?


title: Dumb Guards Attack Me for No Reason

text: I swear I didn't do anything. The Guards of Whiterun attack me for no reason. I don't know why. I don't have any bounty. Can anyone help me? This has happened in Solitude the first time I went there, but the guards stopped attacking me. Oh yeah, I'm not a Vampire


title: "come back later" error from Steam when trying to play Skyrim

text: When I try to play Skyrim, I get an error from Steam saying that the game is not available at the moment, and I should try again later. What's going on, and how can I solve this?


title: What is a viable combination for a Plasma Dragon?

text: I am looking into the different dragons to get a water and lightning combination in an attempt to produce the new Plasma Dragon for my park. What is a good combination of dragons to breed that will result in a quick turn around to try and optimize my chances of obtaining this breed of dragon? (I am currently trying water and storm dragons, but not much luck as of yet, hence my question.) How do I breed a Plasma Dragon?


title: How do you breed a Butterfly dragon?

text: So a new limited time dragon has been added to DragonVale, namely the Butterfly dragon. I see this is a tri-combination dragon using Air, Lightning and Fire. With the last few dragons however simply matching these elements has proven to not be effective. What is a good combination of dragons to produce this type of dragon?


title: Can't pass through the Moonson boss fight?

text: When I have Moonson at 10% I can jump on the pyramid he throws at me but then how can I duck the tank? I have seen solutions to cut through the tank but how does it work? I have tried every key but Jack isn't cutting through the tank? I'm using the PC version.


title: Stuck on "Checking for updates..." when installing World of Warcraft?

text: I have recently been demanded to return to World of Warcraft, to take part in a reform of my old guild, so I am trying to reinstall World of Warcraft. I have downloaded the installer with no problems and run it as administrator, however it simply hangs at "Checking for updates..." as per below; ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/i9mhx.png) I have left this installer for a period of time and it has not timed out, it simply just sits there doing nothing. While I was investigating a similar issue for Diablo 3 (which got several steps further than this issue), I have already completely cleaned the World of Warcraft agent from my machine, and rebooted multiple times in an attempt to get this installation process to progress. I did some additional googling and found a post on a blue tracker which simply advises to perform all of the steps I have already run through.


title: What can the Pyro return to sender using the compression blast?

text: What exactly can the Pyro’s compression blast affect? I’ve reflected rockets back at soldiers, but I’ve had very sketchy luck trying to bounce other things back at enemy players.


title: How do the game's stealth and detection mechanics work?

text: I would like to dispatch enemies stealthily whenever possible, and I have these questions to further that goal:   * Any _tips and tricks_ on staying hidden? What are _efficient ways of killing enemies stealthily_?  How do enemies detect the player character?   * Do the _sounds_ you make matter? Does walking slower or crouch-walking help?    * How do _sight and light levels_ work? Can you sneak behind enemies? Hide behind objects? Hide in dark places? Being on a different level (a floor up or down)? (Do enemies look up or down?)  _Once you're spotted_ , is trying to stay hidden (by turning the lights off, crouch walking, etc.) effective, or will the enemies instantly and constantly know where you are?   * Do enemies get alerted if you kill one of them, or come across upon a dead body of a person you killed?   * Do enemies have different _"levels" of alertness_?   * How do humans or mutants differ when it comes to player detection? Any enemies with unique behavior when it comes to player detection?    * How does _difficulty_ change the stealth or detection mechanics?


title: Taking Down Helicopters

text: With the M72 Law, when I look lock onto an attack helicopter and fire, the helicopter makes an evasive maneuver and I miss. It seems like the best way to take down a helicopter is just to line it up without the scope and fire, is that the best way. I've had some success with this. Are there any other tips for taking down a chopper?


title: What does it take to unlock the Deceiver trait?

text: I'm trying to get my disease to stay under the radar as much as possible, and would like to leverage the Deceiver trait to do so. However it would seem I need to achieve some mark before I am even allowed to unlock it. What's the mark?


title: How many times can I feed as a Vampire?

text: I was wondering if I turned into a vampire in Skyrim, how many times can I feed in order to turn myself back to stage 1? I am under the assumption that NPCs don't respawn, so there must be a hard limit to the number of times I can feed on them to turn myself back to stage 1.


title: How can I protect myself against being thrown off the islands?

text: Oh gravity, thou art a heartless bitch achievement; floating islands, in a game where many spells can throw you across the whole screen; there are some sadistic developers working on Magicka, for sure. I'm at the end of chapter 6, fighting against successive groups of mages, and mostly getting myself voted off the island, in a very direct and painful way. Are there any way of protecting myself against being thrown across the screen and off the island, except throwing everyone else off first?


title: Mass Effect 3 - Best ending after missing some time sensitive missions

text: I just missed some time sensitive missions, but I guess I'm doing well with the other assets:   * Collector's base intact   * Rachni Queen saved   * Genophage cured   * Council saved The missions that I didn't complete are the ones I should've done before the Priority: Tuchanka part of the game. Should I go back (lose around 5 hours of game) or can I keep on moving forward and compensate these lost points through Galaxy readiness on the multiplayer mode? Thanks!


title: Why are my villagers not using my Storage Barn?

text: I have a small village consisting of just a few houses, a storage barn, a stockpile, a 100% full storage cart, a blacksmith and a woodcutter in the centre, and a gatherer, a forester, a hunter, a herbalist and a couple of houses in the nearby forest. For some reason, my villagers are barely my storage barn. They are leaving their food in baskets on the road outside the barn, despite the barn being only 12% full. Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is?


title: How exactly do you do a Sonic Drift in the 3D daytime segments?

text: Drifting in the daytime levels of Sonic Unleashed seems either really clumsy1 or just plain hard. Even on the drifting course in Mazuri, it's astoundingly difficult to do it correctly (i.e. without falling off the track). I can't figure out if it's because I drift (press the shoulder button) too early, drift too late, turn too sharply or too little, or all of them combined. At the risk of this being too broad a question, what tips, control-wise and timing-wise, should I keep in mind in order to pull off a successful and skillful Sonic Drift? 1 Apparently they refined the drifting controls for the modern Acts in Sonic Generations, as it's considerably easier to drift properly in Generations than in Unleashed. But your mileage may vary.


title: What is the reward for reaching the highest rank?

text: I've already unlocked all three bonus songs. What is the reward for reaching the rank above Five Star Commander (and what is that rank called)?


title: Will any mobs spawn in my barn?

text: Will any mobs spawn in my barn? nothing has yet but there is lots of light ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZqIBK.png) There is most of the torches and the chicken just came in and the other was spawned by a egg Here is another view ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3ifrT.png) So there is a lot of torches and light. Will anything spawn?


title: During a riot, what do prisoners have to get to to steal guns?

text: From Alpha 17 if prisoners decide to have a little riot, the most dangerous prisoners will target your armoury and attempt to arm themselves with shotguns and the like. I'd like to know a bit more about the mechanics of this (ideally without triggering an armed riot!). In order to arm themselves, do they have to just reach a tile designated as an armoury or do they have to reach a gun rack? I'm interested because I need to know if the following design is safe: ![My design of prison architect armoury](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nd6L2.png) As you can see I have an isolation corridor and an internal armoury. Unfortunately the 3*3 space assigned is not enough for my three guard lockers, equipment rack and table plus space for the three guards to rest. In order to solve this, I considered designating the outside corridor as armoury too and place the required table and lockers there, leaving only the gun racks sheltered in the inner room. That's entirely redundant, however, if the prisoners can just break in and arm themselves without going near a gun rack. What's the mechanic here, do they have to touch a gun rack to get guns or is being in the armoury enough?


title: How does one enter women's restroom?

text: On the Crew Deck of Normandy, we have the restrooms. Throughout the game thus far, I have been able enter men's restroom, but never women's (no hologrammatic lock on it). How do I enter women's? Is it openable at all at certain point in the game? I play a male Shepherd if that makes any difference. I am not a pervert or anything. Just curious about what's in that room. :-)


title: Starting a love interest in Mass Effect 2 from a Mass Effect 1 save file

text: I may have skipped a point or convo or something. But I currently have a (female) Shepard file from Mass Effect 1 and I'm playing Mass Effect 2. In the original Mass Effect, the Shepard's love interest was Liara T'Soni. However, I'd like to move on to another possible love interest in Kelly Chambers. (Wanted to see the dance scene.) But something is, wrong, I think. I talked with Kelly and told her she can feed my fish when I'm away and even had the dinner scene. But, I can't go further than that. I know I'm supposed to be able to call her to the loft. but that's not showing up in the file. Did I skip a dialogue somewhere?


title: How do armor, resistances and missile/melee damage reduction interact?

text: How do damage reduction from armor, damage reduction from resistances, and missile/melee damage reduction interact? For example, let's say I have   * X armor which translates to x% damage reduction from enemies at my level   * Y fire resistance which translates to y% damage reduction from fire from enemies at my level   * 2.00% missile damage reduction. What happens if I'm being shot by a missile which is supposed to inflict 100 points of fire damage?


title: Does Block and Dodge chance stack?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do armor, resistances and missile/melee damage reduction interact? To clarrify, say I have 20% block and 16.7% dodge, does that add up to 36.7% of what I guess would be called "absorbing" damage?


title: Damage resolution order

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do armor, resistances and missile/melee damage reduction interact? _The above question covers armor, resistances and DR (melee/ranged, or inherent monk/barb 30% DR). These are multiplicative and commutative (they resolve one after the other with no intervening steps, so order between them is moot). To clarify, I am asking for a complete view which includes where in the stack various skills and/or passives are applied._ How is incoming damage on a character resolved in the game considering various factors such as armor, resistances, class skills, damage reflection, shield block etc.? This significantly affects the utility of certain defensive abilities and when they proc, and I am interested in the big picture to understand the interplay between the various components. **Why is the order important?** It determines the amount of damage that is absorbed/redirected by the various character skills. For e.g. Force Armor would have stopped working completely post-hotfix if it resolved prior to armor/resists mitigation, as the initial incoming damage from Inferno mobs can easily be more than 2x of typical wizard hp (not using a low hp build). _Note: I am including an answer to indicate my current knowledge, but hope to get a more comprehensive post with all the various factors included._


title: How much protection do the various shields give

text: With the new levels of shields available as of 3 June 2013, is there an indication of how much protection each shield will give a portal? Similarly, do they contribute to the XM drain on the attacker in any way? For info on the new buffed shields, check out decodeingress: > Brandon Badger published on 31st of May that Portal Shields feel stronger > now. But there is a catch, only new obtained portal shields are stronger. If > you farmed those shields in last few months they have same stats as old > shields. Only new farmed shields have new stats: > > Old shields: Common +6 Rare +8 Very Rare +10 > > New shields: Common +10 Rare +20 Very Rare +30


title: How is environmental damage calculated?

text: Is it a flat number in a given difficulty and zone, or does it scale with player level and damage (DPS)?


title: What is a good way to determine if you should focus targets in team fights or go for a killing the closest person strat?

text: Your team really needs to be on the same page with stuff like this but when is it the right call to do one or the other?


title: Official CS 1.6 Scripting Reference

text: I have been trying to find official scripting reference by valve. Googling didnt help me. Is it removed? is there any alternate website?


title: World of Warcraft Official Armory Updates

text: I was wondering how often and when the data on the Armory gets updated? Does it only update once you log out or a certain time of day? Also, could this tool be used to view other people's characters (to see the gear, gems and talents)? Thanks in advance*


title: None of them is running?

text: I recently downloaded 18 wheels of steel pedal to metal but when I run the game on win 8 it shows following errors![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/sJkZY.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EbKT1.png) Please help me as I was not able to get anything helpful on google


title: Can I give a portal key to another player in Ingress?

text: If I have a duplicate key in my inventory, can I give it to another player?


title: What is the criteria for "killed X creatures with one blow"?

text: I seem to occasionally get the "killed X creatures with one blow" bonus, even though I decidedly did not kill X creatures with a single shot. It sometimes happened to me when using "channeled" skills (such as rapid fire) and sometimes even using multiple regular attacks. What is the exact condition for receiving the bonus? And if it's really "X creatures killed under Y seconds", then what is Y?


title: How long does it take to revert a dragon using the Fountain of Youth?

text: Because I apparently don't have better things to do, I've started to revert some of my dragons to babies using the Fountain of Youth. I was surprised that it wasn't an instant action, and actually takes time like breeding or egg incubation. So my question is - is the "revert" time for transforming an adult into a baby the same as breed/incubation time, or is it based on something else?


title: What is the Tear of the Land?

text: I'm trying to solve the puzzle at level 9, where you need to place one item on each of the four slots. The Tear of the Land is the only one I can't figure out. What is it?


title: Is there anyway to track which awards have been earned per level?

text: I'm attempting to finish some of the achievements that require particular awards to be earned on all the levels. Is there anyway to track how close I am to earning a particular achievement?


title: What's the fastest way to get a new silver sword?

text: I've just begun the first chapter of the game, but I find myself... lacking. I stabbed something big and mean with my Silver Sword as part of the Prologue, and now I'm stuck in a catch-22. As a Witcher, most of my income comes from killing nasty things - and most of those nasty things die much faster when hit with a silver sword. However, I am short a key ingredient to forge a new one. I have no silver ore. The shopkeeper will sell me some, for ~200 orens a pop (I have around 150 currently), or I can go find some. The Witcher Wikia notes that "some bandits" carry some, but isn't specific at all about how to encounter these bandits. What's the fastest way to get enough money to buy the ore, or what's the fastest way to acquire the ore without having to kill monsters?


title: What's the cooldown on Geralt's Medallion?

text: I'll admit it - sometimes I touch myself. My Witcher medallion, I mean. Afterwards, there's this orange glow that surrounds nearby items. However, sometimes when I touch it, nothing happens. This is disappointing to no end. Sometimes I resort to rapidly touching my... medallion in the hopes that something will happen, but this seems counter-productive. The loading screens seem to indicate that there's a cooldown on Geralt's medallion's power, but how long is it? Is there any indication when it's ready for use again?


title: Camera height bug

text: I have been searching all over the internet with no result. When I log in to my character, the camera height is normal and the camera points to my head, but when I mount and dismount, the camera is now lower than before and points to my legs. This is really annoying. Is there such a tool or addon that could fix that? I have checked all the settings and NO, it is not the camera bobbing or max distance and it is not an issue of just one server. I think it started with Cataclysm. Illustrative video.


title: What determines the weather in Minecraft?

text: I'm in an area full of snow, does that mean it will only snow, or is there a possibility of rain? Is an area with ice or snow guaranteed to have snow fall? If not, what decides what weather the area has? Is there a way to tell what weather you will get in an area without having to wait and see? EDIT: So, going by the accepted answer, this shouldn't be happening? ![Raining on the snow](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8ZwQL.png) ![Rain on snow](http://i.stack.imgur.com/52iVE.jpg) Clearly, it can rain on areas that were covered by snow.


title: What makes a "legendary" legendary?

text: For the most part, we see that the single most powerful monster cards in Hearthstone are legendaries e.g. Ysera, Jaraxxus, Ragnaros. However there are some exceptions such as Finkle Einhorn and other cards such as Nat Pagle which are worse than some class specific cards such as mana tide totem which gives a guaranteed card next turn as opposed to a 50% chance.


title: How do you reset saved multiplayer progress in Portal 2?

text: Multiplayer progress in Portal 2 is saved to Steam Cloud: Is progress in the coop campaign in Portal 2 saved? How do you reset your progress to zero and experience the game from scratch with someone who has not played it yet?


title: Minecraft versions in Feed the Beast

text: I've heard various things about the Minecraft version Feed the Beast runs. Some people say it runs 1.5.1, others say it runs 1.4.7. Others still say it _supports the features_ of 1.4.7, as if to imply it's actually an older version with mods that emulate the new features of 1.4.7 (not excluding all the mods' other features, of course). Can anyone clarify which version FTB actually runs? If it is indeed 1.4.7 or later, how is that achieved? IndustrialCraft, RedPower, and perhaps other included mods do not support those newer MC versions, as far as I can tell. So how would FTB make that version work? I realize that there are multiple modpacks under the FTB banner. But a lot of them seem to include some combination of the big, popular mods like IndustrialCraft and Redpower. These are the ones I'm speaking of. On a related note, if I wanted to install a lot of the mods in FTB, but _not_ actually use FTB, would you recommend a particular Minecraft version? I.e. is there a certain lowest-common-denominator version of MC that's recommended for compatibility with all the big mods in FTB?


title: Do the story mode dialogue choices make a difference later in the game?

text: In the story mode of Etrian Odyssey Untold, at various points in the game you get to choose what the protagonist Highlander will say to other party members and NPCs. Obviously this unlocks different conversation options, but does it have any other effect on either the story or the gameplay later on in the game? In other words, are the conversations significant?


title: Counter-Strike Global Offensive stuck on updating at 100 percent

text: My CS:GO gets stuck on 100 percent when its updating. When I click on the game to play it pops up the box that shows the estimated amount of wait time till I can play the game. The estimated amount of wait time shown is "0 seconds left." I have tried re-installing steam, but I still get the same issue. I have never had this issue with any other game before and this is the first time I've had this issue with CS:GO as I was able to play until I was prompted to update the game.


title: Why won't my rover drive on Duna?

text: I just landed my first rover on Duna, but it doesn't want to drive around! This same design zips around Kerbin like a tiny science race car, but just slowly slides down the very gentle hill it's parked on now that it's actually arrived at its destination. I have plenty of power in the batteries and solar panels to keep them topped up. None of the wheels are damaged (the alt-menu boxes all say status nominal). I've got a probe core to operate the thing, and I can see the steering actuate when I tap on the keys. I've made sure the brakes are off, since I've been fiddling with them to keep still to save the game (you can't save while moving). I tried the stuff in this answer with no success either. Any other ideas?


title: What does Black Ops 2 season pass include?

text: Does it come with both revolution and uprising map packs? Or do I have to purchase each season pass separately? Are revolution maps still available? I know nuketown is in the regular multiplayer rotation, what about the other 3?


title: Torchlight 2 - How powerful is a weapon, exactly?

text: There seem to be too many competing statistics for me to measure how strong a weapon is in this game. First there's the weapon's claimed DPS in the inventory screen. For the shotgonne I'm looking at right now, this is 128. Then there's the DPS on the arcane statistics screen. That's 173 for this weapon. Then there's the weapon range on the character screen. That's 196-287 physical and 29-29 magical. Trying to compare this weapon to two pistols is a nightmare. Ignoring the splash damage effect, which of these numbers is a truest representation of the strength of a weapon? I'm assuming one of the DPSes since they take into account weapon speed. Is the arcane statistics screen different because it takes into account buffs? It's really confusing and making it hard to weigh up weapons accurately.


title: Are purchased gathering missions usable more than once?

text: I recently bought a Treasure Hunting mission from the Auction House. When I used it, I noticed the name of a new mission with a little unlocked lock appear next to it in my Treasure Hunt mission list. However, once that mission was done, it doesn't appear in my list any more. Is that mission only doable once, or is there some sort of limit (time or # of missions) before it reappears in my list? I ask because the loot from said mission was much better than normal.


title: Do the different skills on the skill tree add to each other?

text: In the bounty hunter: powertech skill tree, the skill puncture lets rail shot ignore up to 60% of your opponents armour and the skill superheated rail let you ignore 30% of your oppenents armour. So does the combination of these two skills mean that you are ignoring 90% of your opponents armour with each shot? or does the game calculate the values some other way?


title: Do I need to start a new game for each scenario?

text: I finished up the first scenario, "The Rise of Africa," and at the end, the tutorial tooltip says I can either keep looking at stats or exit to the menu. I assumed that my saves for each scenario would all be in one save, however, that doesn't seem to be the case. When I load up the save that I made during the Africa scenario, it just puts me back at the end of it again. Do I start a fresh game for every scenario?


title: How do I get the second Sun Stone in level 2-4?

text: I have tried this level 4 times over now and I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the second Sun Stone in level 2-4. I think it might have something to do with the Ninja ability, but I am not sure. How do I get this Sun Stone?


title: Why aren't my guide and other dead NPCs respawning in Terraria?

text: I am currently in hard mode and during a blood moon, several of my NPCs including my guide and my healer died. it's been several in game "days" now and they have yet to respawn. Is there a way to check why they aren't respawning? Is there a list of reasons for the NPCs to not respawn? _**Edit in reponse to lunbok's answer:_** **1\. They don't have appropriate housing** \- There is an in-game housing query function (changes your cursor into a ?) that lets you click on your house to see if it is still a suitable house and I clicked in every room in my house and they are all listed as "This housing is suitable" or "This housing is already occupied". **2\. Their spawn conditions aren't met anymore.** \- This doesn't explain why my guide isn't respawning since they don't need a condition to respawn (other than having a suitable housing which the point above already prove isn't the problem). **3\. There's a goblin invasion going on.** \- Do the invasions last that long? It has been about two reals days and a lot more in-game "days" now. As far as I can tell there shouldn't be an invasion going on.


title: How can I make money with 99 fletching?

text: I have 99 fletching and magic, how can I make money using these skill? I always lost money when training these skills, so how can I make money using only these skills?


title: What are the various SW:TOR servers named after?

text: In WoW, Blizzard named their servers after prominent characters or groups. I had expected that SW:TOR would be the same way. Now, I'm no starwars neophyte, but I don't recognize half the terms that make up the server list. "Space Slug"? "Naddist Rebels"? "Bondar Crystal"? "Veela"? (Trying to Google that last one got me a list of Harry Potter references...) Is there a generic solution to figure out what my server is named after? Where is Bioware getting these names?


title: Anno 2070 Deep Ocean Expansion cannot advance researchers to geniues

text: Anno 2070, continuous game, Deep Ocean expansion is present (i.e. I have build functional food factories, I have the thermal power station available to me). I have over 5,000 researchers who have all their needs satisfied yet they are not advancing to the Genius level. I have no Geniuses at all. What am I missing? Also, before someone points out that my question is a duplicate of Why won't my Researchers advance further in sandbox mode? let me tell you that it's not a duplicate. My question is about Anno 2070 with the Deep Ocean Expansion which does have a 3rd Tech tier, see Geniuses' Residences. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6xKOD.png) This is the tax rate, they are euphoric, but I can't seem to lower the tax rate further into the dark green, it just snaps back to where it is now. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/JHX9x.png) All the needs say that they are 100% satisfied. **UPDATE:** Something is definitely not right. I don't have access to the Immunity Drug Manufacturers either, even though I have more than enough Researchers to unlock it.


title: Attack Vs Triage Adrenals; (Force Power + Debuff vs Raw Power)

text: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/AlTPT.jpg) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6ti6Z.jpg) When looking at questions like Power vs. Force Power and What effect do the lesser character stats have?, everyone seems to indicate that Power and Force Power have the exact same effect. If that's true, why does one have a 50% damage dealt reduction, and one does not? Doesn't that make the Triage Adrenal terrible?


title: How do you zoom out?

text: Is there any way to zoom out the camera in DotA 2? I've found my ideal aspect ratio - and holy crap, is the resolution terrible if you're not on the right one! Even with the right ratio, I feel like I can't quite see enough of the screen, especially in the vertical direction. Any tips?


title: Best End-Game Guns and Character Setup?

text: What is the ideal character setup and which weapons should each character use before end game **of the first play through**? I figure with multiple times through the game you can probably just amass a full compliment of golden guns, but I'm probably only going through the game a single time...


title: How can you hotkey items in DotA 2?

text: I'd like to be able to activate items (ideally) with the keyboard numbers, but 1-6 are reserved for unit groups, correct? I assume those cannot be assigned to items.


title: What is the best place to grind experience?

text: What locations are the best to farm for experience? I'm looking for those only _after_ starting the World of Ruin and before end-game boss fights.


title: How is Lord DeRosso immortal?

text: If you explore Vampire Castle, you'll ultimately learn that Lord DeRosso gained his immortality while burning in his own castle's flames - when some dark voice offered him power everlasting. During the final battle, Lord DeRosso makes an appearance: before sacrificing himself against Lord Ouroboros, he recites the same words as the dark voice - then he fuses with Ouroboros' core. But, this still doesn't quite explain Lord DeRosso's immortality - nor is it very clear why did he recite those words (obviously he's the dark voice his past self heard, but I still don't see the point). So, what exactly makes Lord DeRosso immortal?


title: Where can I find and tame Chichu?

text: I've read that the Chichu monster type makes one of the best `COM` classes in the game. Where are they located so that I can tame them? And about what level do I need to be to stand a chance of taking them out with 4 or 5 stars?


title: What are the earliest areas that will still provide decent XP for a level 45?

text: I'm currently having some problems with Belial on Nightmare, and I've decided I need to farm a bit to gain another level before tackling him again (and either get some new upgrades to drop, or farm enough gold while leveling to buy something good off the AH). I'm looking to clear up some achievements while I'm doing it, so I'm considering farming some of the earliest areas of Act II, or possibly even late Act I, until I gain my level. However, I would like to ensure that the monsters I am killing are the appropriate level for my character, and avoid going too far back and fighting mobs that aren't earning me some decent XP. What is the earliest area that I can fight monsters as a level 45 while still making progress towards level 46?


title: Tool for knowing what to set auction prices to

text: Economies differ and if you're new to the auction house, it can be overwhelming. Lately when I want to sell something, I have to see if anyone else is selling it also and figure out what the average price is so I can put up an item with a reasonable price. If no one has the item up, I have to resort to googling and other tactics. Is there a tool which just tells you when you're creating auctions what it sells best at or something similar? Any kind of add-on that is easy to use and not cumbersome?


title: Do Inner control fields give you more AP?

text: I was playing this morning and one of the control fields I created **within another control field** gave me more than 2k AP. Does this give you more AP? Or might have I created 2 control fields with one link? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pPxMD.png)


title: Luxury tiles are 6 tiles apart: grow one big city or two modest ones?

text: When laying out the board tiles Civilization V has an uncanny knack of placing the luxury resources exactly six tiles apart. Should I drop one city in the exact middle between them and grow it to work both, or create two cities - one for each luxury? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/eiuGY.png)


title: Best way to play as low level in the city full of enemy?

text: i just started to play ingress. In my town, there are 14 portals and 12 are maintained by Enlightened. I am Resistance and there is no way to fight against them, I was trying to destroy resonators, but with no luck. Resistance is here at a disadvantage. What is best way to get portals, destroy resonators of level 3 and more, when I am level 1 or 2? Do I have any chance? What is the best strategy?


title: How to find a secret case within a case?

text: Some major cases in the iOS game _Another Case Solved_ have a question mark attached to them, and they say > There is a secret case to be found during this investigation How are those secret cases found? The cases which have secret cases to be found inside them are: Valued Vinyl, Disappearing Daughter, Tedious Testament and Jittery Judge. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/OxkCs.png)


title: What's the easiest way to share a good hero build?

text: I've developed a few good loadouts for my Witch Doctor, and I'd like to somehow show them off. I think perhaps I could help other players, or perhaps learn of new ways to exploit my abilities to the fullest. How can I go about getting a succinct, shareable version of my hero's build, including my gear and chosen skills? I've considered taking a few screenshots and trying to composite them, but perhaps there's some easier view or tool I could use to capture my character.


title: how can I stop fizz from dancing around so much?

text: Fizz drives me insane he jumps around the hits me then jumps around some more then siks his stupid shark on me and boom I'm dead.....Is there a way to avoid this champion, stop him from doing his lil dance or a sure way to counter him?


title: To be successful in solo queue you must act like your team does not know what they are doing?

text: I hear a lot of pro LoL streamers say that to be successful in ranked solo queue you have to "Act like your team has no idea what they are doing." What exactly do they mean with this? How can imagining this benefit you?


title: What qualifies as a "precision loadout weapon"?

text: Several challenges have asked for kills with "precision loadout weapons"? What weapons qualify and do you need to start with them? ![To Be Precise](http://i.stack.imgur.com/r3sV7.png)


title: Is there a way to bypass the Steam region lock?

text: I want to check out a game but when I view it from Steam, it says: "This item is currently unavailable in your region" Is there a way to go around this limitation? Not simply by using a proxy to view the website but to actually get the game and play it?


title: When blitzcrank uses his rocket grab wile a champion recalls/teleports what happens?

text: if a champion is teleporting or recalling what happens to blitz rocket grab? Does the grab negate the teleport/recall, or would the champion still teleport/recall? I guess this could be asked about Shen's ult and twisted fate as well.


title: What determines your jump height?

text: The jump button appears to be unrelated to the height of the jump. Beat (the first character) appears to have two jumps: short and huge backflip. Are there other kinds of jumps or is this dichotomy accurate? What determines the height of the jump? Is it related to when Beat says "Yeah!" or "Nice!"? Is it related to the score or current combo? Is it related to the length of time grinding or boosting before jumping? Does this change between characters? Not knowing this complicates my path-planning. Specifically, when attempting a large combo in the tutorial my second or third short jump button presses on the large rail result in a Method Back Flip or Flying Kite. How can I predict when this will happen?


title: Does the shiny encounter rate ever reset?

text: Pretty much just what the title says, does the shiny rate reset? If it does, what are the factors that make it reset? Does my 1 in "X" chance of encounter begin from the start of the game, or every time I power off/on my DS and reload my saved game? I haven't been able to find any evidence that explains this, so I was hoping to find out here for an experiment that I would like to try.


title: What is the flute music for when in the frontier?

text: I often run around in the frontier and at seemingly random spots I hear a native american flute play. Often I look around to try to see if there is something around me to look for but I don't see anything. What is this flute- toot for?


title: How can I tell if a used Xbox 360 is in good condition before buying it?

text: I'm picking up a used Xbox 360. It isn't expensive and the seller has agreed to let me try it out first. To test it out, here's some things I'm trying to get answered:   * Is it banned from Xbox Live?   * Is the DVD drive in good condition? How do I check whether this particular Xbox has been banned? Are there any other things that I should check?


title: In the Mortal Kombat series, what is the origin of the "toasty" guy?

text: What is the origin of this, is there a background story? From Mortal Kombat 2 there has been a guy that on chance pops out of the bottom right hand screen saying "toasty" whenever scoring a good upper cut. Note: I realise that the toasty chance in the older MK games were to fight special hidden characters. I'm looking for how the toasty guy came about to be in the game and why he says "toasty". +1 to anyone that includes visuals in their answers.


title: Are there any methods to get fast exp in Construction, Prayer, and Thieving without a high money cost?

text: Construction, Prayer, and Thieving skills usually take a long time to level up. Is there an easy, fast, and cheap way to level these skill up? By the way my levels in those are Construction:49, Prayer:32, and Thieving:43.


title: Can you still get gold skulltulas from soil after planting a magic bean?

text: I didn't realize that some (most? all?) soil has golden skulltulas hidden if you drop bugs in there. I've already planted magic beans in a bunch of places. If I've planted a magic bean in a place where a golden skulltula can be found, would I still be able to get that skulltula or is it lost forever?


title: Does the Lover stone stack with the spouse rested bonus?

text: When I activate the Lover stone, the bonus says: > Those under the sign of The Lover always feel a Lover's Comfort. (All skills > improve faster.) This is similar to the bonus you get from sleeping with your spouse (lover's comfort). Do these affects stack, despite their similar names?


title: Half-Life 2D - How do I install it?

text: I have heard through the grapevines that there is a secret Half-Life 2D game that was released back before Half-Life 2 was officially available, that can still be installed onto Steam by entering "steam://install/92" into your steam client. However, I can't seem to make Steam accept this url - when I try to enter it as written, it just bounces me back to the cure and I can't figure out how to get this game in any other way. How do I install Half-Life 2D?


title: Is there any decent R.U.S.E. free strategy guide?

text: I haven't been able to find a decent free guide on Google.


title: What do I have to do to hit Death with a pumpkin?

text: I cannot seem to figure out how to hit Death with the pumpkins on the Lovegood's Lunacy board of _LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7_. Anyone know what I might be doing wrong? I can pick them up, spin them and throw them but they don't get near the grimm. They're all really weak throws. I'm playing on the Wii.


title: Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 -- under Windows 7 64-bit?

text: This is the best baseball game I ever played. I could not get it to run under Windows XP (even in Win 95 mode, Win 98 mode, Win 2000 mode, etc.). I'm considering upgrading my current computer (Win XP Pro) to one running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Will I be able to get it to run Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001 if I set up a virtual machine? Can you recommend any really good VM software? Has anyone gotten this to run under Windows 7? Are there alternatives to a VM? Any ideas? Thank you!


title: How long do enemies stay cautious?

text: So I screwed up and alerted the guards. They came looking for me and fortunately I am a master of hiding, so they didn't find me. Now when this happens, guards' status changes from hunting to cautious. It, however, stays on cautious and their icons on the minimap show orange. How long do enemies/guards stay in this status? When is it safe to go about my business without them being alert of my presence?


title: What is the maximum Summoner level in League of Legends?

text: I just wanted to know what the max level you can get your profile up to. I'm a new player and I have no idea what it is.


title: Untrusted lvl 10 - why is everything recognized as 'empty'?

text: The map.getObjectTypeAt function returns 'empty' at a robot location, why is this? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/XdoLr.png)


title: Where did the Reapers come from?

text: Where did the Reapers come from, they are a species of machine, so how did they come to be? Were they built, or like the transformers, who just "grow"?


title: Are weapon parts in specific boxes?

text: I originally thought that all the weapon parts were in specific grey metal crates, the ones that require a small QTE to open. However, I just received a handgun part from a normal salvage box. Are weapon parts all in specific crates that I have to look for, or are some of them received from opening a certain number of small salvage boxes?


title: Can I cure the Genophage without losing a Salarian?

text: I've just finished the mission: "The Shroud" which involves distributing the Krogan Genophage cure. Unfortunately, this mission ended with the loss of Salarian life > \-- one of my favorite Mass Effect characters, Mordin Solus. Is there a way to complete this mission that doesn't involve the death of our Salarian friends?


title: Is it possible to save both Mordin and Wrex in the second Tuchanka Mission?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Can I cure the Genophage without losing a Salarian? During the second Tuchanka mission in Mass Effect 3, you can choose whether to cure the genophage, or sabotage it. If you cure it, Mordin dies in an explosion. If you sabotage it, you are forced to kill Mordin to do so. However, you can save Mordin if both Wrex isn't alive and you destroyed Maleon's data in ME2. Additionally, if you don't cure the genophage and Wrex is alive, you are forced to kill him when he finds out that the cure was fake. Is it possible to come out of this mission having both Mordin and Wrex alive? Please note that I saved Maleon's data in ME2.


title: AP Carry Tristana vs. AD Carry Tristana

text: Tristana has some really amazing ratios on her abilities (0.8 W, 1.0 E, 1.5 R) but she has a really good ASP steroid and her cooldowns aren't very good, aside from her ultimate which is a 60 second colldown. However, cooldowns can be solved by buying items like Morello's Evil Tome and Deathfire Grasp or Boots of Lucidity. Tristana has the greatest Attack Range at level 18, but she can jump pretty much just as far... I feel that AP Tristana is an effective Assassin style champion while AD Tristana is more focused for harassing or sustained damage in a team fight.. AD Tristamat (Tristana + Tiamats) can clear minion waves super fast and can be used for pushing lanes late game or keeping enemies out of the base in a losing game, or for killing enemies who stay very close together quickly.. Currently, I watch what my team needs, AP or AD, then choose my build at the last moment to pick up where we're weakest.


title: Is it wise to trust Aria T'Loak?

text: I encountered Aria in the bar on the Citadel, and she offered to lend her influence over the criminal/mercenary gangs if I was willing to solve a few problems for each gang or its leader. I'm playing a full Paragon run though, so I'm trying not to be _overtly_ evil. Is it wise to trust Aria? Should I be encouraging and aiding these criminal organizations? How much are they worth as far as War Assets are concerned if I help them? Will I run into trouble later on as a result?


title: Does Mass Effect 3 feature a violence or language filter option?

text: From what I've heard and seen, there is a decent amount of violence and language in this game. I'm referring to things like headshots bursting in a spray of alien blood and some off-color words uttered casually in dialog. **Is there an option to tone down these occurrences for those who do not wish to experience them or those with younger children?**


title: Is there a way to speed up the smeltery's smelting process?

text: The smeltery smelts stuff... slowly... Is there a means to speed up the smelting process of my smeltery?


title: Why are my Citizens and peasants stuck in their status?

text: I have Peasants as well as Citizens and both groups have all needs fulfilled. I have fast forwarded the game quite a while, but both groups refuse to rise in status. The advance permits on the market building are unlocked too. **How can I make them rise their status?**


title: What will travel across regional connections?

text: For each of the regional connection types (road, rail, water, air):   * What services can be shared?   * What resources can be traded/consumed?   * What types of sims will travel, and what causes them to want to travel?   * What buildings need to be plopped to allow travel?


title: How can I switch my attack button on League of Legends?

text: I am using a MacBook Pro to play League of Legends. As you may or may not know, the MacBooks **do not** feature two mouse buttons, but instead a central one. I want to know if I can switch my attack trigger from a click to a key. Is this possible


title: How to get the good ending

text: I've heard rumors about needing additional war assets to get the _good_ ending even if I made all the right choices in my playthrough. What do I have to do to get the _good_ ending?


title: I am stuck in a tent in Skyrim. How can I get out?

text: My character got stuck in a tent in one dungeon. I was doing some quest in some dungeon, I saw a monster in a tent, I went to kill the monster, I killed it but in the process I accidentally went in the tent. When I tried to get out of the tent, I discovered that my hero cant move past its entrance. I tried to Whirlwind out of the tent, but without any success. There was a bed in the tent, so I went to sleep (hoping that it will fix the glitch) but things get worse - my save was overridden and my 3 last saves now are in the tent (stuck). I'm not outdoors, and I cannot fast travel from there. I can't only load my hero from a previous save (which is 5 levels lower). Is there a cheat for going through walls, or any other kind of getting out of the tent?


title: Why Is Fortify Smithing Doing Nothing?

text: I am playing Skyrim on my 360 and I have both Smithing and Enchanting at level 100 and Alchemy somewhere around level 50. To create some daedra armour I created a fortify smithing potion (67%) and fortify smithing apparel (falmer helmet, ring, necklace and gloves each at 21%) and I also have Krosis. Yet when I go to create my daedra armour the stats dont increase from where they are when I dont wear these items or drink the potion (for example the daedric armour stays at armour = 50). Does anyone know why this is and how I can fix it?


title: Half-Life on Steam plays audio from CD while loading

text: Half-life (steam version) starts playing audio CD in my CD-ROM when game is loading and mostly stops it after game is loaded, but sometimes it plays forever. Is there a setting to prevent it playing it at all?


title: Stock sorting options?

text: Is there a way to view the stocks screen that's not just a list of what you have? Maybe be able to search my stocks for specific items?


title: I messed up a child's skills; can I reskill him without loading a previous savegame?

text: According to Serenes Forest, children inherit the one skill from each parent that is equipped by the parent and is listed in the last position of their skill list. The child inherits those skills the moment one begins the chapter in which he/she is recruited. I had paired up Donny with Lissa and just started the chapter, in which Owain is recruited and - stupidly - forgot to reorder Donny's and Lissa's skills beforehand, resulting in Owain _not_ inheriting Donny's Aptitude and inheriting Healtouch from his mother which is useless for a non-healer. Even worse: I noticed my blunder only **_after_** I had saved in battle- preparation mode right before beginning battle.   Unsurprisingly, reordering the parents' skills during battle-preparation is already too late. **Is it possible to reskill the child, without having to restart a new game?**


title: How do I give another player a vehicle without using exploits in Grand Theft Auto 5?

text: We have a crew with a number of cashed up higher level players, and a bunch of destitute beginners. To help the beginners along we'd like to give them some of our (modified) crew vehicles. When I Googled how to do this I could only find people recommending using an exploit to transfer (duplicate?) vehicles. I'm trying to keep clean and not use exploits so is there a proper way to do this?


title: Can I permanently give another player a weapon in Grand Theft Auto 5?

text: We've got a crew with some higher level players and quite a few beginners. When we're doing co-op missions we want the beginners to have access to higher level weaponry as often they only have pistols or micro SMGs. If I wanted to give another crew member my modified SMG how does that work? I know I can drop the weapon/ ammo but when they pick it up how long do they have it for? Do they get the weapon permanently? Or does it disappear when they die/ at the end of the mission? And if it does disappear do I get it back? I'm happy to give out weaponry to less fortunate crew members but I don't want to give away $100k in weapons if it's just going to mysteriously disappear.


title: How do I beat the seahorses?

text: In the sea level, I do ok until I reach the seahorses. They fire projectiles but never attack, and never go away. How do I kill them?


title: What items in Skyrim's Bandolier mod grant the most carrying capacity?

text: My current game of Skyrim has been augmented with the Bandolier mod – a mod that allows you to craft leather pouches, bags, and belts that increase your carrying capacity. Items appear to be equipped by body region, but I am having trouble figuring out which items go where and what items are or not mutually exclusive. So my question is somewhat twofold: which Bandolier items can be worn together at once, and of them which combination provides the biggest carry bonus?


title: What is the answer to this riddle?

text: In an ancient forest grows a very   old tree, on which live the most   intelligent animals in this world.   It is said that this tree has 60   roots, 360 branches and 2160 leaves.   How many marks can you find on its   trunk?


title: About the "tic-tac-toe squirrel challenge"

text: Squirrel plays tic-tac-toe at expert level and is a formidable player. Has anyone managed to win? Tried following this: http://www.wikihow.com/Win-at-Tic-Tac-Toe but its always a draw.


title: What do lollipops do?

text: I have got some lollypops and planted them. but what do they do apart from growing more? can you use them for something later in the game?


title: Is stutter-step considered a bug?

text: Many Blizzard games allow to cancel animations, so units can move farther while shooting. Warcraft (DOTA) and Starcraft are good examples where you can invest APM to make your units more effective. I found this video where some guy demonstrates this for the Demon Hunter. It seems very effective and you can move farther than "normal" kiting where you wait for the animation to finish. Is this also considered a bug, like the higher DPS with clicking? Should I bother to learn how to do this or will they fix it? I mean it is a bit unfair as melee characters do not have this option.


title: Will old editions of Blood Bowl be able to play with people who has Chaos Edition?

text: I have the Legendary version of the game and I know some who have a league where they play Chaos Edition, I would like to know if I have to upgrade my edition to play with them or if I can play with my edition and just not have access to the new teams. So if you have the Original, Dark Elves or Legendary version of the game can you then play with a person who has the Chaos Edition of the game?


title: Who are The Dwarves of the Pink Galley?

text: > The dwarves of The Pink Galley now know a few facts about eagle training. This message appeared after the Dwarven caravan (from The Rim of Perplexing) had left. Just before, I had trained an eagle from wild to semi-wild. Who are the dwarves of The Pink Galley, and who told them about my eagle?


title: How do I know how many planks I have?

text: In order to get the _Worse than Ghosts and Goblins_ achievements, I need to collect exactly 9 of the strange planks. My plan is to skip all of the ones from one of the acts while collecting all of them from the others. I usually don't play the entire single-player game in one sitting and there's a possibility that I may have chosen to skip the planks from a previous act or maybe I intended to do this on the last act, but I just can't remember and I may have accidentally missed a plank somewhere anyways. I don't want to have to start over because I screwed this up again so it would be a great benefit to know how many strange planks I have collected before I do the last act. **Is there a way to check how many planks I have? Maybe by inspecting the save file or through something in the interface that I missed?**


title: Which Green Lantern unlocks the "Not Your Normal Green Lantern" achievement?

text: I'm looking at the achievements for Scribblenauts Unmasked (on Steam, if that makes a difference), and there are a series of "Not Your Normal [Hero name here]" achievements. For all of the rest of the achievements, the first time I selected an alternate of that character it popped. However, the Green Lantern one isn't doing so. Is there a special/secret to unlocking this particular achievement? Or is the game just bugged? EDIT: For every other character that has that achievement, when you enter, say, "Wonder Woman" into the notebook, you are greeted by a list like this: ![List of Scribblenauts Unmasked Wonder Womans](http://i.stack.imgur.com/AnMON.png) And as soon as you select a character without the "(regular)" after their name, the achievement pops. For Green Lantern, you are instead greeted by this: ![List of Scribblenauts Unmasked Green Lanterns](http://i.stack.imgur.com/vVdym.png) (Note the lack of "Page 1 of n" message) And picking any of these ones doesn't seem to pop the achievement, presumably because they are not "alternate" Green Lanterns.


title: Is it possible to finish the Bank Heist without the wire cutters

text: I decided to do the Bank Heist mission while still in Chapter 1, so the wire cutters are not available yet. In the vault there is a puzzle to access the final loot. I think I have figured out how to do it but it seems that I need the wire cutters to > disable the dart trap pressure plates to be able to do it fast enough. Is it possible to beat it without the wire cutters or did they really do something as silly as letting me attempt the mission before I had all the tools I needed to complete the job?


title: What is an effective way of acquiring the Demolition Derby achievement?

text: This challenge requires you to get a chain of destroying 50 breakable objects. So far in the game, I have not been able to find any area that has that many objects close together. Is there a particular area that you find is good for getting this achievement? Any other tips?


title: Error turning on PS4: "Cannot access system storage"

text: There are reports of PS4s not working out of the box with the following error: > ## Safe Mode > > Cannot start the PS4.   >  Cannot access system storage.   >  Press the power button for 1 second (until the system beeps) to turn off > the PS4.   >  (CE-34335-8) Is there something I can try to fix this myself before returning the PS4 or sending it in to Sony?


title: How do the aiming options work?

text: When I'm shooting I notice that when I first aim I will typically lock onto a target. Locking onto consecutive targets after that (keeping aim pressed) is intermittent, sometimes it will hop to the next person, other times it will drift into thin air and I will have to manually aim. I looked in the options and noticed three settings: Auto, Manual and Traditional (I think). I'm using the default (Traditional) but having only ever played previous GTA's on the PC (always manual) I don't really know what Traditional means. Auto-aim appears obvious, and I'd like to avoid using that if I can, but I'd like to know the techniques for using Traditional.


title: What can I do with the snacks collected from NPCs?

text: In _GTA V_ , if I kill NPCs as well as money they sometimes drop snacks as well. What can I do with the snack that I collect? Sell it? So far I’ve not found any use for it, or can’t see any use for it.


title: What does the Spare Parts mod do?

text: In warframe there is a mod for sentinels (I can't remember whether it was rare or uncommon, or whether I got it from nightmare mode or not) called "spare parts", and its description goes along the lines of "+X drop rate" (I don't remember what number it is, and it increases when it is upgraded). I have seen people requesting that their team have fully upgraded spare parts, but I don't understand exactly what drop rate means. (I use a deth cube, if it matters) Does it increase the chance of enemies killed by the modded sentinel dropping mods/materials at all, does it increase the chance of those enemies to drop rarer mods and materials, or does it increase the rate/rarity of drops from the sentinel when _it_ is destroyed? I wasn't aware that sentinels did drop pickups when they broke, but because the mod is named "spare parts", it makes me think that the sentinel itself will have more drops, plus it is applied to the sentinel itself, not whatever weapon it uses. Also, does the mod affect your own weapons too, meaning that any kills you get with your sword/pistol/rifle also have increased drops? I haven't seen any drop rate mods for any other gear, so it would make sense to make the only drop rate modifier be universal. And if so, does the effect also apply to your entire team, and if a teammate's sentinel also has the mod, will it stack (ex: you have +5 drop rate + friend has +2.5 drop rate = team has +7.5 drop rate)?


title: Is XMP blast falloff linear or quadratic?

text: In the initial game docs, it was stated that the blast pattern from XMP attacks was linear, yet the accepted best attack pattern was to blow them right on top of a resonator before moving to the next one. More recently, a number of people have done the math and decided it would be more efficient, given a linear falloff, to just blow from the center of the portal. This advice has turned up in my local area and it looks like it's surfaced on reddit and elsewhere. It seems there is circumstantial and experiential evidence that the falloff is actually some sort of quadratic equation, and that this might be a recent change. The current field guide doesn't seem to give any indication of how this works. Is there any confirmed (either from Niantic or documented experimentation) evidence for a quadratic falloff formula? Am I correct in understanding that an optimum attack sequence (all other factors being equal) would be 'blow from the center' for a linear model if the answer is no and a positional 1-3-5-7 or similar alternating 'stand on the resonator' technique if the answer is yes?


title: Does my follower gain carry weight bonuses?

text: If Lydia equips a pair of boots that are enchanted to give a +40 carry weight, does she receive the bonus?


title: What do I get from a skill being Legendary?

text: I recently got my Blacksmithing skill to 100. Now in the skills menu I can press space to make it Legendary, which will put it back to a skill level of 15 and reset my perks. I am wondering: What benefit is there from making a skill Legendary apart from being able to level up the skill more thus having infinite levels?


title: Why are my trees in Minecraft not growing?

text: I'm trying to grow trees underground, and they are not growing?? I have other underground spawning locations, and they grow fine. The depth here is 17. Could that matter? Ceiling is 8 blocks up. Very confused. Note: narrowness of the area is not the problem, see photo below. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/7zspG.png) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/qdB9q.png)


title: How do I prevent new villager trades from spawning?

text: When making a custom adventure map, usually you only want the trades you programmed into a villager to show up. By default, however, the game will try to spawn new trades when the last one is made. The classic way I'm seeing in tutorials to prevent new trades is to make the last trade untradeable; however, with the release of 1.7, a lot of the old item IDs that were unobtainable have been removed from the game altogether, and following the tutorial I have crashes the game when the trade interface is scrolled to the last trade. So there's two parts to this question:   1. Is there a better way to prevent new trades with the 1.7 mechanics? Or with the snapshots of 1.8 mechanics?   2. If not, what is a safe data ID to use to prevent the last trade from being a real trade as of 1.7?


title: Was I a bad Hero by taking so long to catch up with Zelda?

text: So, Zelda fell through the clouds and like a good young Hero I rushed after her to save her. I ran through the forest in desperation searching and dowsing for her. I found a Kikwi who said she was with him, but she ran off to the "very dangerous" Forest Temple. Annoyed, I rushed after her... only to reach the end of the Forest Temple to find she has ran away _again_ , to the _even more_ dangerous Earth Temple. So, I set off for the Eldin Volcano area. But, to be honest, by this point I am quite frustrated with Zelda. She clearly doesn't need my help! And there's all this Questing to be done! There's bugs to be collected and treasures to be found! So many Pieces of Hearts to collect and things to buy in Beedle's Airshop! People in Skyloft need my help! People who _don't run away from me when I am trying to help them!_ So, after I had done all the Questing I could, I finally reached the Earth Spring where I found Zelda, perfectly safe might I add, and some tall, annoying, bitter woman. This... person... had the gall to tell me I was _late!_ Late! And she said I should be ashamed of myself for taking so long. I know she's right, I was supposed to be going after Zelda... but, Questing! Rupees! Treasures! Bugs! Crystals! Potions! Upgrades! If I actually rescued Zelda she'd just want to settle down, probably start a family, _booo-ring!_ Questing is so much more _fun!_ Was I a bad Hero by waiting so long to reach Zelda? Do you always get chastised for being too slow, or did I actually hit some time threshold which changed the storyline?


title: How do you purchase a premium car in GTA Online?

text: At which level is it possible to purchase premium cars, and how can I do so?


title: What does a certain VariableTrigger look like for a specific event?

text: I use EssentialsEco as my economy plugin in Minecraft, with VariableTriggers I need to make a Sign that a player clicks (/vtc), when they click this sign, a script is run that tests the player to see if that player has $100, if they do, then it runs more script that runs the command: /pex promote . If not, it says to the player "You need (amountneeded) to buy this". How would I write the script and/or do this?


title: What are the tiers of the ores in Terraria?

text: As new player of Terraria, I'm lost with all the ores that are in game. So, what are the tiers of the ores? I don't know for example if gold is better than iron (for example in Minecraft iron is much better than gold)


title: What zerg units counter Archons after patch 1.3.3

text: The title says it all. Vs zerg opponents, protoss will grab Templar tech as a little stepping stone, and just 2 base mass archon/zealot. I've only run across it a few times, and in 2v2, but each time left me spinning. They never gave me trouble before, but with the post-1.3.3 range, and in these configurations where each opponent has 6 or more of them, it gets really hairy for poor bio mass zerg. I would like the answer to submit the strongest zerg unit mix vs. Archon/Zealot. I would prefer an answer that does not rely heavily on micromanagement, as I am trying to determine a unit mix more than a tactical approach. For instance, dont say something like "mutas are the answer, but only if you keep them spread out". Also, please avoid the standard "Dont let them get so many of those units" non-answer.


title: Phrases for describing earning experience points and gaining levels in gaming?

text: What are the common phrases/terminology for describing the act of earning experiences and building up levels during a game (probably more so in a RPG context)? Somehow I think 'farming' is a related word, but am not sure if it is accurate. Any suggestion is welcome!