title: Flashpoints to start for fresh lvl 50's

text: Soon our guild will get together the first 4-man group of lvl 50 characters. What order would be be good to run the Flashpoints and nightmare Flashpoints in?


title: Do fruit trees only ever drop fruit, even if there was no fruit to be picked that day?

text: I have read a few places that this is the case but I just want to clarify that this is not only for days where there is fruit on the tree. Day 1: Pear tree has 3 pears on it. I pick the pears. Obviously I can shake it a million more times and I will get nothing else. Day 2: The same tree. There are no pears to pick because I picked them on Day 1. Is this still guaranteed to give me nothing?


title: What do the red names in King of Fighter XIII signify?

text: In King of Fighters XIII some characters have their names displayed in red instead of the standard white. What does this signify?


title: What amount is needed to construct the World Congress projects?

text: Does anyone know the total amount needed for each project? This would help in determining not to over allocate to these projects. Example: If world's fair needed 6000 points, then I know 3001 (>50%) gets me first place 2000 (>33%) can get me first but guarantees 2nd In the case of World's fair I may want 2nd, one free social policy right away, especially if my culture is low, because of 100% of pathetic is pathetic.


title: How can I get these NPCs to appear again?

text: I seem to have a bug where various quest NPCs have disappeared from the city they are supposed to be in. For example, if I look on the map for Maven Black- Briar (because I have a quest leading to her), it says she's directly in the middle of Riften. If I follow my compass though, it leads me out of the city and tries to make me jump over the city walls or something to get to her. This also happened to me with Carlotta in Whiterun. How can I begin trying to resolve this bug? e: I'm playing on the PC and I have all the DLC.


title: Bioshock Infinite Vigor Vending Machine

text: I'm just at the part where Booker and the girl walk through a tear and Booker is suddenly a martyr for the vox. I've been passing by veni vedi vigor machines for quite a while now, but the only upgrades they have are two devils kiss and one bucking bronco. I only want to upgrade my crow and shock jockey...but I'm just not seeing the upgrades in these machines? What's the deal?


title: How do I tell which faction a pandaren player belongs to?

text: In Mists of Pandaria, both factions can choose the Pandaren race. How can I tell if a Pandaren player is horde or alliance?


title: How can I upgrade my units with the Ikanda

text: I didn't get at all how to use the Ikanda by the in game pedia. In this page, it says "[units] have access to the special upgrade path when built in a city with an Ikanda". Is it the only way to receive the Ikanda's bonuses, by creating military units within the city with the Ikanda? It also says, "if you manage to acquire all three promotions of the chain, you will get a very nice army!". How do I "manage to acquire" the promotions? Thanks.


title: Where does attack helicopter's rockets land?

text: Some people say it is the "I" sign, others say it is the "crosshair" and some say it is somewhere in the middle. It would be good to clear this issue up once and for all. Please don't just write "I" or crosshair with no explanation. I am sure there are lots of guys out there with this question in their minds. So for the community to be sure, you need to provide a very solid proof or justification.


title: How do you mute another player?

text: In the current Beta I cannot seem to find a way to mute annoying people that are using the in game voice communication. In the previous versions of counter-strike (source) you could bring up a player list by hitting escape and selecting that player and hitting the Mute player button. However, I cannot find this button currently. Is there a menu that I haven't found yet or does it just not exist?


title: How exactly does the ranking system work?

text: The ranking system in this game is a bit weird, and confusing. There are Ranking Points (RP). If you check your status, it will tell you how many RP you have, and how many of them you need for "Next Rank". However, after doing few side missions, your RP sometimes gets stuck and doing missions won't add RP to you anymore. Then you have to beat the primary mission (one marked with red exclamation mark), and from what I noticed winning primary missions is what actually increases your rank and unlocks new rank missions. How exactly does this all work? If winning primary missions is what increases your rank, what are "Rank Points" for? Are rank points there to unlock the primary mission once you get enough of them (hence they're capped until you beat it)?


title: How much will damage increase after perfect reload, and will it increase elemental damage?

text: When you're reloading your weapon, if you hit reload on the green area it will be "perfect reload" and your ammo will start to glow. One of the Tribute Games staff members said that perfect reload will give you a small damage boost. What i want to know is how small that boost actually is, and does it only increases POW of the weapon or elemental damage as well?


title: USF4 Matchups with M Bison

text: What is M. Bison'a best and worst matchup in Ultra Street Fighter 4? I'm not sure which character I go against gives that I easily fall under pressure. Does anyone know?


title: What's the most effective way to boost frame rate in Quake 3 and derivates?

text: What set of options and console commands help the most in improving frames per seconds in id Tech 3 games (that is, Quake 3 and derivates)?


title: Is there any way to turn off the boot beep when starting a PS3?

text: When you turn on a Playstation 3 it makes a short high pitched noise. I've already tried looking around to see if there was anyway I could switch this sound off. Is is possible to disable this sound?


title: Why does Vulture close for no reason?

text: I recently downloaded Vulture for Mac OS X (from the site http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture). It seemed to download fine; however, I can't start a game. When I open it, it gives me the usual "What is your name?" prompt, but when I type a name and click "Enter," Vulture closes instantly. (My OS is version 10.7.5, if that makes a difference.)


title: is campaign bonus based on lowest used difficulty?

text: This is about the guaranteed legendary and reapers fear we get for completing act 1-4 and act 5. Will it be based on the lowest difficulty used during the campaign or the difficulty at completing the last quest? I wanna farm for reapers wraps, so the question is should I do the campaign on normal and kill Diablo and Matheal on torment 2? Or play the entire campaign at torment 2?


title: How to divide items in the inventory?

text: Sometimes you have multiple items stacked on the inventory, for example four energy bars, and you want throw only one in your apartment. It is possible on the xbox version to split stacked items in your inventory? I already know you can sell the items individually.


title: How do I defeat the marmota?

text: The question is pretty much at the title. How do I defeat the Marmota in chapter 18 of Valkyria Chronicles?   I can't get near it with my tanks, it destroys any unit that approaches it. I was about to give up when I decided to give it one last try. ![marmota](http://i.stack.imgur.com/D3LDn.png)


title: Are there any missable item in the Undead Asylum?

text: I finished the _Undead Asylum_ tonight, but was unable to open the door behind the first _Undead Soldier_. It was locked and I didn't find the key, and I think there is an item behind this door, as I saw an unreachable item at the top of a broken staircase. So, what is this item? Is it a unique item? Where is the key to open this door? Can I come back later to the _Undead Asylum_?


title: Players cannot open chests or doors

text: I am making a Dayz server, and right before we were about to open, my friend noticed that players could not open chests. It works for op. I have tried adding essentials.build to pex, but still nothing. I uninstalled Myz, still nothing. Can someone help me? Plugin List:   Builder   Citizens   Clear Lag   EasyItemRename   ecoCreature   Essentials   Factions   Modifyworld   Monster_Apocalypse   Multiverse-Core   Multiverse-Portals   NoCheatPlus   PermissionsEx   PluginMetrics   SignEdit   SignRanksPlus   SwornGuns   Updater   Vault   WorldEdit   WorldGuard


title: How can I have Leliana disarm traps?

text: In some battles, I'm getting stuck in traps while Leliana attacks the enemies. How can I ask her to prioritize disarming traps? Or do I need to switch control to her? (I'm playing a mage, so I'm unable to disarm them myself) If it matters, I'm on PS3.


title: How do I get Susano-o?

text: I have just started Chapter 4 and already have gotten all the other Summons apart from Deus Ex and Susano-o. reading Mephilia's notes D's Journal i can guess Deus Ex is where the Earth Crystal is (the tower that used to be the Earth Temple) and Susano-o is somewhere on the crescent island at the top right. i took Grandship there but i can't find any place to enter, i even dropped the smaller airship into the water and sailed around the center island. I did try looking at the small islands around crescent island but i can't see anything apart from a small obelisk like object south of the island in the Florem area which i can't enter So how to i get Susano-o? do i need to get all the other summon's first before it's possible for me to get Susano-o? or is the start of Chapter 4 too early? (since i won't be able to get Deus Ex until much later)


title: Minecraft Command Blocks Help - Selecting previous target in a second command block

text: I'm trying to make a system that prevents players from using certain items: In one command block I have the following command "clear @a diamond_sword" executing constantly through a clock. Off the side of that command block I have a redstone comparator to catch the output and emit a signal if the command is executed successfully (it managed to clear a Diamond Sword from a player's inventory). That comparator is supposed to trigger another command block who uses "/tell" to send a message to that player who had his Diamond Sword removed a message like "You are not allowed to use Diamond Swords". My question is what command can I use in the second command block to send that message only to the players who have Diamond Swords cleared off their inventory? "/tell @p ..." doesn't work as it merely selects the nearest player, "/tell @r ..." will target a random player and "/tell @a ..." will message everyone. How can I make it so it targets the last target of the previous command block (the one with the /clear command)? Thanks.


title: Why can't I power up my drone system?

text: I just started my first game with the Torus and I don't understand why I can't power up my drone system (which seems to be the only way to deal damage). ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/s6j9S.jpg) I would expect that I could simply click on the drone system symbol and it would be powered up. But nothing happens. What am I missing here?


title: What's the most efficient way to replace old locomotives in OpenTTD

text: I have a bunch of trains transporting coal back and forth and I wanted to know what's the most effective way to replace a locomotive when it expires. Right now I tell it to stop at the depot, sell it, buy the new one, and tell it to go again (by telling it to stop at the depot for maintenance if necessary). It is a bit painful if you have 10 trains to replace. Is there a better way to do it?


title: Is there a point to collecting coins in Super Mario Galaxy 2?

text: Is there a further benefit to gathering coins in Super Mario Galaxy 2 beyond getting an extra life for every 100 coins you gather? I know that in at least one level, you need coins to convince a Luma to transform, but that only takes the coins you gather in that level into account, not your total coin count throughout the game.


title: Ni No Kuni Bounty Hunt 130

text: What is my best plan of attack here? I have been running in circles healing Swaine and Esther while throwing Frostbite at the main enemy. I seem to run out of mana or get killed too soon for this to work though. The only tip I found online was use Medals of Impunity. Any other help?


title: How do I beat the Draugr Wight Lord at the end of Soljund's Sinkhole?

text: I'm running a totally vanilla character in Skyrim: Nord, half-casting (destruction), half-bashing (one-handed sword specialty), heavy armor. I was on my way to Karstholm on the Blades quest and ran into Soljund's Sinkhole. I ran through it pretty easily solo, but got my butt handed to me by the Draugr Wight Lord at the end. After several more solo attempts, drinking all sorts potions and whatnot, I gave up and ran past him, only to get my butt handed to me by the blood dragon waiting outside. So, after reading this question, I headed back to town and picked up a companion (Lydia, from the Dragonsreach quests). I thought I'd give another shot at the draugr before going after the blood dragon. She didn't help much at all, or maybe I just don't know how to let her tank. Any tips on how to beat this guy? Are there switches that turn off the automagic fireball shooting thingy? Are there especially effective attacks/spells/shouts that work?


title: What is the rating on different suits of armor in SS13?

text: There is a wide variety of different types of armor to protect from damage in SS13, from basic body armor to the HoS's Trenchcoat to hardsuits to spacesuits and even no suits at all. If I'm looking for the maximum amount of defense against assault, what armor should I grab first? Is there a particular rate at which armor absorbs damage? Does a firesuit offer more protection from burns than it does blunt damage?


title: How fast does Corruption/Crimson spread?

text: So I was wandering the surface looking for easy caves to explore and BAM, Crimson biome. Now that I've discovered it, I'm a little worried about the area immediately to the left of it, since there are some nice caves I was planning to explore later on. I haven't defeated Eye of Cthulhu yet, so I don't yet have the sunflowers to stop the spread of Crimson. How much time (In-game and real time) do I have to stop the Crimson from spreading? How fast will it spread across a normal biome?


title: What's the difference between a public and a private slot?

text: When I set up an internet-connected game of Dead Island, I'm allowed to specify how many public and private slots I want to have available. What distinguishes them? Ideally, I want only my Steam Friends to be able to connect to my games; will setting all my slots to private do this?


title: How do I get past level 8?

text: Does anyone have any idea on how to get past level 8 in QUBE Adventures? It's unbelievably hard, I must be missing something.


title: Can I still get the Pacifist achievement if an NPC accidentally commits suicide?

text: Here I am playing on the hardest setting and trying to get the pacifist achievement also. I _just_ finished the "Black Hawk Down" scene when you arrive back in Hengsha. After 5 MILLION retries I finally downed all the enemies non-lethally, and got the robot without any "collateral damage" or accidental kills. But...there's one guy who shoots a barrel that he's standing next to right at the beginning of my save. Here's the question: Does that guy count against my no kill record? Am I disqualified from the Pacifist achievement because of something the computer did? Would it be "safer" to just reload from an earlier point?


title: Bronze Stars vs. Power Stars

text: In Super Mario Galaxy 2, if you use the Cosmic Guide to finish a level, you are informed that you will receive a "Bronze Star" instead of a "Power Star". I assumed that meant that it wouldn't increase your total Star count, however, when I finished the level in question (Flip Swap Galaxy's Think Before You Shake level) using the Cosmic Guide (and thereby getting the Bronze Star), my Star count still went up. Is there a benefit to getting the Power Stars over the Bronze Stars? Or can I essentially get the game to play itself (when available) with no real detriment?


In my Whiterun house, the bottom floor is full of chests and storage areas, and my Alchemy table has a satchel for me to keep ingredients in. I just bought a Solitude house and fully upgraded it, and I'm really surprised at the lack of storage space. There's no alchemy satchel that I can see, and there don't appear to be ANY chests on the bottom floor, so storing alchemy/enchanting reagents is going to be a pain in the ass. Am I missing something? Where's the most efficient place to store my items in Proudspire Manor?


title: Should I just give up or should I kill myself?

text: I'm a big fan of Rogue, so of course I picked up Desktop Dungeons and got into it. I've got a couple victories under my belt, and (of course) a couple losses as well. One thing I'm wondering is about those losses. Once I've gotten to a point in a dungeon where I know that I'm not going to be able to beat the boss, what should I do? As in, is there any difference? There's some kind of a score that's calculated when the game is over, but does that score mean anything? Most importantly though, is there some particular way that I can turn a total loss into less of a loss? Should I charge the final boss and die gloriously?   Or (as I suspect) is it all a waste of time and should I just hit that `Retire` button as soon as I know I won't win?


title: How do I save replays to a folder within Multiplayer in SC2

text: I've been watching some replays on Day9 TV (which I highly recommend for any players looking for indepth explanations of strategies) and I noticed he has replays saved in folders within "Multiplayer". It's quite easy to create a folder, but I can't figure out how to save a replay to that folder, or to move a saved replay into a new folder. Amazingly, Google hasn't shed much like on this. So, how do I save replays into a folder, or move saved replays?


title: How to prevent snail poo?

text: When a station grows large enough, beaming snail poo into the recycler becomes a tedious full-time job, since the scuzzers don't care about it. Letting it sit on the floor is not an option, since the floor gets quite littered then. So I'm asking for either a:   * strategy to prevent snails from pooing, preferably without turning them unhappy   * modification to the sandbox files that turn it off   * modification which decreases the snail visitor count


title: What are decals for in Starcraft 2?

text: What are the Decals in the rewards section used for?


title: Anyone know the tools/process used by Starcraft 2 commentators to create the screen recordings of games?

text: I tried FRAPS which makes great (albeit HUGE) avi files however there tends to be random times (ever 3-6 minutes or so) that the audio will skip/blup or the whole video will freeze for a second or two during playback. I was thinking about maybe going into windowed mode and using CamStudio but it only had the option to record windows sound OR mic, input not both. The idea is to capture both voice over as well as game sound, and in the end be able to convert to a good quality YouTube video. Quality is the concern, for an example of good quality see: http://www.youtube.com/huskystarcraft. EDIT: Yeah it could be my system causing the hiccups in FRAPS.. Thinkpad T510, i7 2.67ghz, 4GB of RAM, with this card: http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-Quadro-NVS-3100M.24738.0.html


title: Is there a way to increase the resolution for Diablo II past what the game allows?

text: I believe that currently Diablo 2 only supports 800x600 resolution (though it may have gone up to 1024x768). Is anyone aware of a hack, mod, etc. which allows for increasing the resolution? I'm aware that this is probably against the rules for Battle.NET, so before anyone warns me of that know that I don't plan to use it competitively; I play mostly with friends over LAN.


title: How to set yourself alight for an infinite amount of time

text: How do you set yourself alight for an infinite amount of time? I've tried all the conditions and the closest I've come is condition 22, which only makes your character complain about fire for a split second, but it doesn't set you alight.


title: Why did this NPC think Elizabeth was someone named Annabelle?

text: Be careful, there are deep spoilers in the spoiler sections here. There is a part in Battleship Bay, as you're heading through the turnstile to the ticket stand, at the moment: > Right before the section where you choose whether to pull your gun on the > ticketer or not where an NPC mistakes you for someone named "Annabelle". Elizabeth also exclaims, "Well, that was odd". Is there a meaning to this? I've already finished the game, so I'm particularly wondering if: > This NPC has mistaken her for someone else in a different universe where she > wasn't sold to Lutece. I'm assuming the significance is that she is > mistaking her for Anna, which would still be her name if she grew up as > Booker's daughter. Why did this lady mistake her for someone named Annabelle?


title: Can I disable the attack animations?

text: I'm planning to buy Ni No Kuni on my PS3. I've played the demo from the PSN Store, but there's one thing that I don't like too much that seems present in most RPGs: the attack animations. After 20+ hours playing the game, it's very boring for me to watch the attack animations before every fight, as well as the fanfare played at the end of fights. Is it possible to disable the attack animations in Ni No Kuni?


title: Are all Wii WiiWare and Virtual Console games available on Wii U eShop?

text: Does the Wii U eShop contain all the WiiWare and Virtual Console games from Wii Shop Channel? Are there any such Wii games known to be specifically not compatible with the Wii U (e.g. with regard to System Transfer)?


title: WorldEditChanging everyother block

text: In WorldEdit, if i have a line of blocks for a minecart track and I wanted to change every 7th block to a redstone block, what would be the command?


title: EQ2 ToV wizard cast order

text: I've been looking online for a wizard spell rotation but it seems all the info is out of date, does anyone know how to max DPS for ToV / has a guide? Thanks


title: Soldiers stuck as wounded?

text: In my barracks there are some soldiers that just say "wounded" without "(x days)", some of them have been like that for weeks without any change. How can i get them back? is this a bug or something that i'm missing?


title: How long do crashed UFO's last?

text: I shot down a UFO, but a few of my "must have" soldiers are recovering from wounds. I would like to send them in 4 days, or 2 if I had to. Will the crash site disappear or otherwise go bad if I wait too long? If so, how long is too long?


title: When are Bone Charms found during a mission determined?

text: There are a total of 45 unique Bone Charms in **Dishonored** , but far fewer of them are found in any given play though. This is because each charm found is _randomly_ selected from the complete list. What stinks though, is that Bone Charms usefulness varies _wildly_. Some, like the .5 second chokehold are massive boosts. Others, like Albino, seem to be totally useless. If I were an... ahem- _Dishonorable_ gamer, and interested in savescumming for better Bone Charms, from what point would I have to reload? Is it determined at Mission Start, at entry to the 'zone' where the Charm is located, when it's picked up, or at some other point?


title: Are there additional benefits to fielding max-rank soldiers?

text: One of my soldiers is rapidly approaching Colonel, the highest rank. Once he gets there, is there any incentive to keep bringing him for missions, apart from the obvious advantage of having a strong soldier on the field, i.e. will the additional kills advance him in any way?


title: Can I see a video replay of my run in Jetpack Joyride?

text: I have just run 8616 metres in Jetpack Joyride, however I didn't record the run as I did not know I was going to get that score. Is there any way to instant reply my run so I can record and save it to my PC? ![](http://s24.postimg.org/vbohm6w11/Screenshot_15.png)


title: My nemeses are rampaging the countryside. Does it matter?

text: I've got a whole lot of nemeses running looking angry and apparently blowing fire at the citizens of Norende, or some such. ![Image showing nemeses on the Norende map](http://i.stack.imgur.com/sRZQA.jpg) In the 4 days they've been running rampant, I haven't seen any specific negative consequences of ignoring them. Shops are getting destroyed, my citizen count doesn't go down, and they don't seem to be blocking the path to things I want to build. Are they just misunderstood creatures that want to be left alone, and won't bother me if I don't bother them?


title: Team Fortress 2 Sounds

text: So I have a folder of weapon sounds from Team Fortress 2. Is there an easy way to match between the sounds and a weapon? Some are straightforward (such as wrench_hit_world) but others aren't clear.


title: Can Vegans eat Jewelry?

text: I am a Vegan. Would it break the conduct if I eat jewelry? The Vegan conduct states that I can eat: >   * food rations, cram rations, K-rations, C-rations and lembas wafers >   * melons, oranges, carrots, pears, apples, bananas, kelp, eucalyptus, > garlic, wolfsbane, and user-defined fruit >   * the corpse of any monster (or a tin of its 'meat') represented by `b`, > `j`, or `F`. >   * tins of spinach > There is no mention of metal/wood. Additionally, the pages on eating jewelry, amulets, and rings don't say anything about the Vegan conduct.


title: Capturing all of N's Pokemon

text: Playing through my game of White2, I encountered a Pokemon which I thought was shiny due to the way it appeared in the wild. When I caught it, there was a note that "it appears to have a different trainer ID" or something to that effect. When I looked at it, it said the OT was "N". So that leads to the following questions:   1. How many Pokemon have the OT tag of "N"?   2. Where can I catch them all?   3. Can you catch his legendary dragon?   4. Do you receive anything for capturing them all?   5. Do the captured pokemon gain the normal experience boost as traded pokemon?   6. If I accidentally make them faint, can they be encountered again?


title: How do I pick up a weapon to open the door?

text: I have completed the first playthrough of Borderlands 2 and have opted to do the second playthrough. The problem is that at a certain point where Claptrap gets his eye back, and you have to take a weapon to open the door, it seems my level is one level shy of being able to pick up this door opening weapon. I am not sure I can go back and keep my place. Is there a fix for this? Do I have to start over or something?


title: How do I access the mini fort in Borderlands 2 Southern Shelf?

text: In the Southern Shelf area there is a mini "fort" for lack of a better term next to the small bandit town (near the first Handsome Jack audio recording). Inside the bandit town there is a drawbridge that is up and a sign that says "scram". Drum music can be heard around this area. It appears to be the only way to access the adjacent "fort", but I can't figure out how to make the bridge drop so I can cross. I also can't find any reference to this area anywhere on the internet.


title: Can I change unit response language in Starcraft 2?

text: Is there a way to change the unit responses from English to say....Korean? The Korean voices just sound honestly _way_ better.


title: How does the Monster Power bonus experience work with the normal experience bonus?

text: According to this chart the Monster Power levels give a bonus to experience. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/75FGw.jpg) There is also experience of fighting monsters of a higher level than you. Which experience bonus gets applied first or is it cumulative?


title: Nothing happens when trying to download a Steam demo

text: Sometimes, when I try to install a newly-released game demo on Steam, clicking the "Download Demo" button in the store page, from the built-in Steam browser, just does nothing - the only thing which is happening is the the mouse cursor momentarily changes from a link pointer to a regular arrow. If I go to the store page from outside Steam and click the "download demo" button, it correctly prompts me to open Steam - but then it does nothing as well. This has happened for me more than once, with more than one demo; but other demos download, install and run just fine. Can anyone provide a solution? OS is Windows 7 64 bit.


title: How do I build lengthwise multi-platform stations?

text: In OpenTTD, it's possible to build multi-platform train stations side-by-side (pictured below as _Parnpool Mines_ ), and they would work as expected, allowing two trains to load/unload at that station at the same time. However, sometimes due to space constraints it would be more desirable to to build the two platforms lengthwise as shown below in _Parnpool West_. The signal-station combination pictured below, however, does not work, and I have not found one that does. ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xMPfq.png)


title: Do the Illusive Man's eyes mean anything?

text: Throughout 2 and now beginning 3, I've wondered what is up with the Illusive Man's eyes and why they are so unique. Is there an explanation by the series end that tells us why his eyes are so weird looking whether it be from biotic power which gained him his status and started the Cerberus group or maybe cybernetic infusion since it seems the Cerberus operatives are going under these changes/Shepard was infused with cybernetics when revived, or is this just an aesthetic feature added to emphasize his character?


title: Latest injustice update won't install

text: My 1.08 version of injustice won't install on my ps3. It just beeps and reboots the console. There's plenty of memory and it wouldn't install after the latest system update which it made me do before I could do the injustice one. My other games work fine. Don't know what else to try?


title: What is the purpose of the Legacy Artifact?

text: Vulgrim sells an item called the Legacy Artifact, worth 25000 Gilt. I purchased it, only to find that it is a level 40 (effectively unusable) talisman with no effects. Am I missing something? _Note:_ This item is only available with the Argul's Tomb DLC pack installed.


title: How long does a criminal need to be detained before reforming?

text: In Tropico 4 I have arrested a number of criminals and my prison is full but there are still criminals on the lose. I'm wondering how long they have to stay in prison before becoming reformed members of society and freeing a cell for other criminals?


title: What are the best stats you can roll/reroll for each class?

text: What are the best stats you can roll/re-roll for each class? I know the basics, which stats are primary and secondary, but what's the whole picture?               Class       Primary  Secondary     Augurer     WIS      LCK     Barbarian   STR      CON     Bladesinger DEX      STR     Cleric      WIS      INT     Druid       WIS      CON     Fathomer    DEX      INT     Mage        INT      WIS     Nephandi    INT      DEX     Paladin     STR      WIS     Ranger      STR      WIS     Thief       DEX      CHA     Vampire     DEX      INT     Warrior     STR      DEX


title: Can I apply the CoH: Going Rogue retail code after the Freedom patch and still get the benefits?

text: Can I apply a retail code to an account that already has a retail code applied? I only applied this code from COH GR AFTER Freedom was launched. Do I still get the same benefits as a VIP, the costume pieces, powersets and reward tokens?


title: Green Fret Button sometimes "lets go"

text: This has been happening a while, and though I can handle the situation sometimes, I eventually forget that it is going to happen, and then it does... What happens is that while holding down the green fret, it will sometimes behave like I have let go of the button. This is very annoying when playing chords. If I press really hard with my forefinger, then I can usually not make it happen, but even then, it is hit or miss. None of the other frets behave this way. I have taken off the button and made sure that the switch looks okay, and to me it seems like the little rubbery knob inside is worn a little, so the button-bottom may not be pressing it down at all times onto the switch (or it slips out from under the bottom of the button, which is my guess). So, in lieu of actually going and purchasing a new guitar controller somewhere online, can anyone think of a simple solution to make that knob like new? I really like this guitar....


title: Which unit to build first?

text: Which first unit to build in Civilization IV immediately at the beginning? Go for Settler always, or it depends? If there are resources around is better to build a worker or boat and wait to reach population 2 at least? If it is a matter, I usually play huge maps at difficulty prince. An example: ![alt text](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zGQse.jpg)


title: Special ending in Eversion

text: How do I get the special ending in the Steam version of Eversion? I looked all over the last level, but I can't find a way to trigger it.


title: XCOM: Enemy unknown - detached nations

text: When panic level reaches the top in XCOM-adherent nations, they choose to leave the program, as it is notified by the Council. My question is: it is possible to have them re-enter the XCOM program again during the story?


title: How do you relocate NPCs in Terraria Mobile?

text: I can't find any button to relocate NPCs in Mobile Terraria. Can someone tell me where the button is?


title: How can I free City States and accomplish a Diplomatic Victory?

text: I'm Venice on one continent, making good money at around musketmen are available. The Ottomans went nuts and went on a rampage, taking England and Russia, and started to absorb the City States that I've allied with. Suleiman invited me to war with the Zulus, but I refused; and predictably, I'm the world leader, with the Forbidden palace, so I have influence that way. What I wanted to accomplish is to liberate those Civilizations and City States to become my allies. The concern is this is right around the age where the Ottomans are pretty strong militarily (Janissaries and replacement Lancers). He's leading the pack in terms of soldiers, while I'm building up mine (and hitting the unit cap at the moment, but then I'm purchasing units, so the cap matters less). How can I put pressure on him before going full out war? Some things I've thought of:   * Let the Ottomans and Zulus fight, and join the Zulus? (AIs are not known for naval warfare)   * Bribe Ottomans into war with the Zulus, get them to fight, which would make him a known warmongerer, making subsequent actions against him easier?   * Embargo Ottomans (done that)   * Embargo Luxuries, making his life harder without as much luxuries   * Hit him where his forces aren't ready - he's on the west side of his continent going for a CS rampage. I could probably use my Frigates to free Novogrod rather quickly.


title: cant get to multiplayer on pe 8.1

text: I have read that on the game menu it will show "server is visible". Mine does not. How do I add that on to the menu? My daughter and I have the same version of pe and are connected to the same wifi. We would like to get in to each others worlds. Help!


title: How can I disable bloom?

text: I tried looking in the Mass Effect 3 Configuration utility, but there was no option for disabling bloom there. Is there perhaps a setting in a config file somewhere on the PC version that I need to change in order to reduce/eliminate bloom that is actually functional? I know that the first Mass Effect had an option in the config file, but it didn't actually _do_ anything ingame.


title: Which PS1 Memory Cards work on a PS2 Slim

text: So I've got a few PS1 memory cards and games that I want to play on my PS2 slim, but despite several years of searching, I have yet to find a memory card that my PS2 will manage (mostly I just need to clear out the crap the previous owners left on it). Is there some trick, or rule that I'm not aware of that I need to be able to save these?


title: Notice the map and chat

text: Is there any way I can not forget seeing the chat and the minimap while I play? I mean, I look at them but when I focus on farming or when I try to kill an enemy under turret I completely forget about the map and the chat and I'm very vulnerable for that time to gangs and everything. Is there anything I can do to remember to look at those two often while I play?


title: Has anyone managed to start the Imperial event yet?

text: I got the following message from the Emperor when I started my TDS. Except this message and the fact that there are now red banners in my lift lobby, there is no other sign that this event had even started. I checked the App Store and there is no new updates for TDS too. Has anyone else managed to get this event started yet? ![Emperor message](http://i.stack.imgur.com/VMrsO.png)


title: How to show low level quest markers in Everquest 2?

text: I know it must be somewhere in the menu options, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Help!


title: What is the effect of the DLC campaigns on multiplayer?

text: I read somewhere that the Zerg and Protoss campaigns will be add-ons to be bought separately. Will I need to buy the upcoming starcraft 2 expansions to be able to play online? Or are they just expansions to the campaign? What if they introduce new units? Will they force everyone to update to continue playing multiplayer?


One online shop offers two Wii balance boards as a package, but I found information on wiki that two balance boards cannot be used at the same time. So, is there a reason why they offer two Wii balance boards in a package? Are there any multiplayer games for the Wii balance board? **Can multiple Wii balance boards be used at the same time?**


title: GTA IV on Core i3

text: Is Core i3 530/540 enough to run GTA IV smoothly? What is the range of fps that I can expect? The graphics card is probably immaterial, since I already have MSI 5770 Hawk which will pretty easily churn the voxels. I have been getting conflicting results in many places - http://www.behardware.com/articles/780-12/intel-core-i5-and-core-i3.html (says 26 fps) http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-desktop-cpu-charts-update-1/GTA- IV-1.0.3,1402.html (says 56 fps!) I have GTA IV fully upgraded, i.e. version **1.0.7.0**. I currently have AMD Athlon 4000+, where I get 10-20 fps (when I am in the outside environment).


title: Why is StarCraft 2 divided by regions?

text: I live in Argentina, but I love to get all my stuff (be it games, tv series, movies, etc) in English. Battle.net will only let me select one region, which by default is Latin America, that has only Spanish and Portuguese (not to mention that I only get to play with users in the same region). What is the logic behind this? Is there a way to play in any region and in any language? (legally of course)


title: How can I stop Skyrim from downloading mods I'm no longer subscribed to?

text: Every time I open Skyrim the launcher downloads mods that I previously subscribed to and gives me a message that says, "Synchronization complete. Some mods that were unsubcribed were subscribed to and loaded". For all of these mods, I have (a) checked that I'm not subscribed to that mod on the Steam Workshop and (b) checked I don't have the mod file in my skyrim data folder. I can delete _everything_ in the Data Files tab, unsubcribe from everything at the same time, go to the website and check I am subscribed to nothing, and the next time I open Skyrim it redownloads all the mods I don't want.


title: Difference between "Batman: Arkham Asylum" on PS3 and XBox 360

text: What differences are there between "Batman: Arkham Asylum" on PS3 and XBox 360?


title: Do you have to do the events to get through the game?

text: There are many events in the game that give you EP that you can use to enhance your characters. Is it necessary to do them or can you get through the game (in terms of combat abilities and survival) without them just fine? I ask because I have no interest in spending more time with Prototype 1 than necessary to understand the story and events to be able to move on to the second title of the game.


title: How to join a game as observer in StarCraft 2?

text: Is there an option to join your friends and observe the game from within (as in a replay only live) while they play? It used to be possible in SC1, is there a trick to it in SC2?


title: What specific effect(s) does the borderlands 2 weapon modifier "increases weapon stability" have on a gun?

text: I want to know the actual effect that the 'increases weapon stability' modifier, which appears to come from a Grip or pistol gunstock, has on a guns performance. Does it just reduce pre-shot scope sway? Does it reduce recoil while shooting? Does it increase the speed a gun regains its accuracy after firing? Does it have any impact on hip-fire performance? Etc. Is it one, some or all of the above, or something else entirely? Very curious to know, and i appreciate any and all insight


title: Why would I ever want to make cookies?

text: When I can make bread for practically the same amount of wheat? Minecraft 1.4 is out now, which includes Cookies. 2 wheat and the extremely rare cocoa beans makes a stack of 8 cookies, healing .5 hearts each. On the other hand, 3 wheat produces one bread that heals 2.5 hearts. Given that a stack of cookies heals less than a stack of bread, why would I ever want to bake cookies in the first place, especially given the extremely limited quality of cocoa beans (I've found a grand total of _one_ dungeon so far). Heck, if cows are around, I can even turn the 3 wheat for bread into a cake, which has an even greater total health recovery over cookies. So what's the point of cookies at all?


title: What factors are behind the recent increase in 2-D video games?

text: I've noticed that recently there are considerably more 2-D games, especially of classic titles. Mario, DK, Kirby, and others for Nintendo, and no doubt other games for other platforms as well. What factors contributed to this increase of 2-D games in today's market?


title: Why does Pac-Man not like to eat eyes?

text: I know Pac-Man has no real story, but I always found it weird how he doesn't eat the ghosts' eyes. Is there some technical reason why he doesn't, or is this just an oversight?


title: Do you get extra sticker book pages?

text: Maybe I'm being impatient, but are you able to get additional pages for your sticker book? I'm not very far in but I'm really overburdened with stickers.


title: Why can't I seem to connect to a Minecraft server through Remobo?

text: I'm using Remobo to connect to a server but when I try to connect in Minecraft it'll just time out.


title: Which resource spawns where?

text: I am aware in general sense what kind of items I can find in towns, containers, red creatures, animals, piles etc.. What I want to know is where exactly in the map to these spawn and what are their spawn density? Some 100 m2 place has 4 resource spawns. Another 20 m2 place has 8 resource spawns. I want to find the dense spawn spots. Basically I am looking for a map like this, which indicates, **exactly** where an item spawns its yield amount and what it is. http://dayzdb.com/map/chernarusplus


title: How do I play Borderlands via Hamachi?

text: How to play Borderlands via Hamachi? What do I have to click?


title: How Do I Turn My Mic Off Ingame?

text: I just got Plants Versus Zombie Garden Warfare for the PC and absolutely love it accept for one thing, your microphone is turned on by default so every one can hear you! I searched the settings for a way to turn this off but there is nothing. I know you can mute other players but that doesn't turn my microphone off. I want to know if there is a way to stop everyone being able to hear me. Thanks in advance.


title: What is the difference between the USB ports on the front/back of the XBox 360?

text: I just got my Kinect this week and the instructions are adamant that the Kinect has to be plugged into the USB ports on the BACK of the device. It included a cable so I could re-route my wireless network device to the USB port on the front to free up the port. Does anyone here know what the difference between the back and front USB ports are on an Xbox 360, and why the Kinect can't be plugged into one of the ports on the front? Also, is it possible to use a cheap USB hub to have the network card AND the Kinect plugged into the back of the XBox so I don't have an ugly cable wrapping around to the front and using up one of the controller ports?


title: What is the best talent tree for a Warlock when I want high damage output?

text: I just started getting back into WoW and I decided to play a Worgen Warlock. It has been about a year since I last played so much has changed and I have the Cataclysm expansion also. I was wondering if all of the changes the classes what the best talent tree would be if I want high damage output but also want to survive in long fights. Right now I am affliction spec. I like it but I wish I could hit a little harder because I tend to forget to refresh my curses and banes. I was thinking demonology but I just wanted to get some input from people that might actually have a clue. Also on side note, do I ever recapture Gilneas? Or once I fail in the level 1-15 time is it lost as a city forever?


title: Countering MMM + Vikings as Protoss?

text: I was in a match on Blistering Sands versus a Terran that was going MMM. I naturally built Colossi, and to counter he got Vikings. Granted, in that match I was really bad on letting my opponent have intel (he owned both watch towers from about 6 minutes in), but I'm not sure what to do. Do you simply attack before he gets many Vikings? Or is there a Protoss unit that can down them effectively? I had at least as many Stalkers as he had Vikings but they couldn't protect my Colossi enough so that they would survive. (Maybe that's just my bad micro though :P)


title: How to purge a corridor of spiders?

text: I've blocked off a corridor with a spider spawner in an abandoned mine with some stone. Then I loitered far too long outside. The sounds from inside suggest breaking the stone is a guaranteed suicide. I'm looking for good, sure-fire way to purge the corridor for good. I have some TNT saved up, not a lot. I have access to lava. I have enough iron and gold, just a few diamonds though. Plenty of Redstone too and various goodies, I haven't been to Nether though. I though of using a piston to push a long line of TNT in, that's just 12 blocks though and I'm really not sure how long the corridor is. I tried lava in creative mode but getting it all flooded without spiders escaping may be hard. The entrance is blocked with block of wood pillars, not the fencepost ones, so I can't even look inside safely. Any good ideas?


title: Replaying Adventure Mode in Plants vs Zombies

text: I recently completed Adventure Mode in Plants vs Zombies for the iPhone. Are there any special rewards for completing it multiple times? I noticed that when I started Adventure Mode again I had to use three plants chosen by Crazy Dave. Are these plants chosen at random or are they tailored for each specific level?


title: How do I play Trackmania Nations Forever via Hamachi?

text: How to play Trackmania Nations via Hamachi? What do I have to click? **Update** : The hamachi network is established, but the participants do not see any local created server.


title: Are consumables lost in the tavern?

text: If I use a consumable item, like the "Holy Hand Grenade", while in the tavern, is the item considered used? I'd like to test out some of my consumable items, but I want to avoid wasting them.


title: How to conquer counties with very low supply and many troops?

text: Then playing as Russian or Polish you often encounter Romuva or Suomenusko that have a 0.05 supply modifier in their counties for invading organized religions. Their troops are much more numerous thant he troops that their counties can supply. How to conquer such counties?


title: What is this new room in the tavern?

text: While the tavern in Eternity is very familiar, there is one room that is new. ![New Room](http://i.stack.imgur.com/iHG67.png) What is this place? Is there anything special to do here?


title: What are the differences between Easy, Normal, and Hard in The Last of Us?

text: What are the differences between Easy, Normal, and Hard modes? Note: please avoid spoilers!


title: How do I mod Baldur's Gate 1 (GOG edition) with the widescreen mod?

text: I recently purchased Baldur's Gate 1 from GOG.com and would like to install the widescreen mod. I've looked all over the internet and can not find a decent tutorial on how to do it. Has anyone out there done this before and if so, how do I do it? I downloaded the widescreen mod and ran the script (on Windows XP) and was given a windows DOS screen with the error:               ERROR: Unable to find DIALOG.TLK in: dialog.tlk          Please run this program in your Infinity Engine game directory.           FATAL ERROR: Failure("Unable to find DIALOG.TLK")          Please ENTER to exit.      I also placed the script in the `C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII` directory where the dialog.tlk file is and got the exact same error. Anyone able to do this successfully? I am running Windows XP and using GOG's version of Baldur's Gate 1. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.


title: At what part of the vehicle should I aim my LAT / HAT / tank shell?

text: I'm not sure where to aim my weapon when shooting at armor vehicles in Project Reality. I mean, I realize that the front armor is the strongest while the (rarely accessible) underside armor is pretty weak. However, I'm not sure between the rest. Should I aim for the side armor, the tracks, the turret, the back side, the top, etc.? And if there's no uniform armor behavior between different armored vehicles, is there anywhere I could find a guide for this basic "where to aim" question?


title: Controlling the RPG

text: How does one control the RPG (Launcher) in multiplayer? For me it seems to always go a little too high or straight into the floor, whereas my opponents seem to find my face pretty consistently. Is there a trick to this?


title: How to do a speed boost?

text: I've seen youtube videos and people do boost to improve their velocity. How can I do that on the OS X version? There is special button combo to do it?


title: Dwarves freaking out on the walls during zombie invasion

text: After an unfortunate series of events, I have a problem that I can't seem to solve. The current circumstances:   * My fort is walled in.   * The outside is swarming with zombies.   * There are two zombies within the walls, one of them a very dangerous mule foal.   * Half of my surviving dwarves are running around on the wallsin panic because of the zombies. I'd really like these dwarves to get down and run inside (through the blood- stained stairs), but they aren't, despite the civilian burrow I placed underground. How can I solve this problem? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8GxPK.png) The teal `Ñ` are zombies, and the white `Ñ` on the wall is a harmless ghost. `<` `>` are up- and down-stairs, respectively.


title: What are the "???" secret/unidentified skills?

text: The skills list has 17 secret/locked/unidentified skills towards its end listed as "???"/"? ? ?". They are available under certain conditions:   * Get 800 kills with grenades   * Get 1,500 kills with handguns   * Get 1,000 kills with shotguns   * Get 800 kills with Magnums   * Get 1,000 kills with sniper rifles   * Get 1,500 kills with machine pistols   * Get 1,500 kills with assault rifles   * Get 800 kills with grenade launchers   * Get 800 kills with crossbows   * Unlocked after all campaigns have been completed (x8) What are these skills? And is there any way to track progress towards unlocking them? ![unidentified skills](http://i.stack.imgur.com/OkXlD.png)


title: How do I chain if the Pokemon I want isn't on a route with any grass?

text: I'm trying to catch a shiny Skitty on Route 4 (the only place to catch one) via the chaining method. The problem is that the chaining method requires you to use the Poke Radar which doesn't seem to work with flowers (flowers seem to act almost exactly like grass in X/Y), and Route 4 just so happens to have no grass at all. So, how can I chain if the Poke Radar doesn't work in flowers?


title: How to remove zombie dwarves from Dwarf Therapist?

text: After trying to fight off a zombie dingo with my melee militia, I've got a lot of zombies walking around outside my fortress. (Who'd have known it was contagious?) For some reason, Dwarf Therapists lists zombie dwarves. Is there a way to remove them from the list, or sort the list by zombieness? It's kind of hard to get an overview of the fortress right now.


title: What does this ending scenario mean?

text: One of the ME3 endings involved > killing Shepard and thus gain control of Reapers. If Shepard is dead, how > can s/he control the Reapers?


title: How do you kill the dragon in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep when it keeps regenerating health?

text: This DLC is the worst in terms of gameplay balance. I really like the concept behind Tiny Tina role playing a game with the vault hunters, however I am annoyed that the DLC is so frustratingly hard at times. I'm level 52 Zer0 playing solo in TVHM and am trying to enter the Dragon Keep where you have to battle the Handsome Dragon (also level 52) on a bridge with Roland. Whenever we get its health down to about 25% remaining, it flies away out of sight and regenerates its health. How are you supposed to kill this thing?


title: Dwarf Fortress sound

text: Every time I start the game the sound is at 255/255. Is there any way to make it start at a different level?


title: Would using Fury / Arms armor while running in Protection spec improve my warrior's solo dps?

text: I'd like to create a secondary set of armor to use while soloing that improves my DPS without requiring me to switch specs. Some of the protection spells require dodge or parry to proc, and I know dodge / parry also increases my critical strike chance due to Riposte, but I'm still curious if I could improve my DPS by replacing dodge or parry with Critical Strike or Haste anyway?


title: How much will I have to download if I change languages?

text: I'm a little short on bandwidth this month, and I'm thinking from switching my language from French to English. Of what I know about multilingual games, I'll have to redownload the files of the language I chose. So big are these files? And if I switch back to french, will I have to redownload the french files, or will the game have kept the french files somewhere?


title: Belethor disappeared

text: So for some reason Belethor seems to have disappeared. Whenever I go to his shop, it is locked up tight. However, when I see his assistant, he always invites me to come by the shop, so I don't think I killed him. I know there was a dragon attack in the city, but I only saw guards dead. Either way, I thought that store owners were among the NPCs that could not get killed. Is there some reason I am missing as to where he could have gone? This is also before the Civil War storyline (I haven't joined a faction yet).


title: How to change the resolution?

text: I have started playing this game and I noticed that the default resolution is 1280x800 (16:10). My monitor is 1920x1200, and I would like to run the game at that resolution, but the highest available resolution in the game options is 1600x1200 (16:10) which looks incredibly bad. Does anyone know how I can enable the options to allow the game to run at my monitors native resolution?


title: Are Rivers and Aquifers guaranteed to come together in Dwarf Fortress?

text: I've been interested in Dwarf Fortress, so I decided to start playing with it. It has a reputation for being quite difficult, so I decided to find a tutorial. **Every** tutorial I found reccomended to start by a river, and not to start by a aquifier. So, I started the game, generated my world, and what do I find? Every single area with a river, also has an aquifier. Are these tied together? If it helps, I am running the latest version.


title: What is the cow level and how do I get there?

text: I've heard that after all of the rumors surrounding a "cow level" in the original diablo (which never actually existed), an actual cow level was put into Diablo 2. What exactly do I have to do to reach this cow level? When I get there, what will I find?


title: Jarvis/ADA virus drop chances

text: I have yet to obtain a single virus from my usual farming, which is mainly L7/8 portal popups of my faction. Apart from the generally low probability of getting one, are the chances skewed depending on the portal faction & level etc.? If there are any variations, I'd like to try maximizing my chance to get these items.   * Do green portals have higher chance of giving Jarvis virus among the 2 types (& vice versa)?   * Does the chance of a virus drop decrease when farming opposite faction portals (similar to resos or XMP), stay same (like keys) or perhaps increase?


title: Can any weapons in Civilization III hurt all units on a square?

text: Are there any weapons (except nukes) that can deal damage to all enemy units placed on the same map square?


title: Viewing stats (such as critical chance) in Kingdoms of Amalur

text: I'm enjoying my first play-through of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. I'm playing as a Rogue, and am getting pretty obsessive about my critical chance and critical damage (using gear, lorestones, and sustained effects). Is there a way to view my damage statistics? I'm mainly concerned with critical chance and critical damage, but wouldn't mind seeing resistances (such as fire, ice, etc), and any others.


title: How to get a full party?

text: I am looking for good ways to get a full party in public games. A full party is important because I heard that rare drops drop more often when you have a full 4 player party. What quests on what difficulties would be a good place to start to get all 3 players needed to get the wanted full party?


title: Is there any point to collecting paintings?

text: Is there any value to spending money on paintings in _Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood_? Some of the paintings are quite expensive (e.g. Raphael's _Self Portrait_ ) but judging from the bank records they don't appear to pay any dividends.


title: What are the best defensive strategies in NBA 2K11?

text: I would like to know what are the best defensive strategies to take on nba 2k11. Playing zones, man on man, double team traps, etc; or is it best to switch defenses through the game.


title: When to use Fury?

text: I just got Skyrim today and I am confused by an ability. I am playing as a high elf mage and I have got the Fury skill but cannot figure out when I would use it. Can anyone explain to me when and why this spell is useful?


title: Different spawning on a radio beacon behaviors

text: There are two different behaviors when you spawn on radio beacon: you either spawn right on it, or you parachute from above it's position. What does that depend on?


title: What's the best way to solo elites?

text: I'm playing a Powertech spec'd bounty hunter which is currently at level 13. My problem lies in the fact that whenever elites enemies close, my guy drops immediately (3 or four hits max). And not elites at the same level either, so far even four levels below me are downing me if they get close. I don't have a lot experience with MMOs, never been interested in WOW. SO basically, what do I need to do to make my bounty hunter a survivable class? I get so very tired of waiting on the med bot to respawn.


title: Are the Wii U eshop and the 3DS eshop cross compatible?

text: On steam, I have a single ID. No matter which system I'm on, my games follow me. I get the game on my Windows Desktop and I can then download it and play it on my SteamPC (assuming it's compatible with both systems). Or on my Mac (likewise). If I own a Wii U and a 3DS, are the consoles joined by a single Nintendo ID? If I buy Super Mario Bros 3 on the Wii U, can I play it on my 3DS? I know you can pay to upgrade a Wii Console game to a Wii U for a "nominal" fee. But I don't see any mentions about Wii U and 3DS cross compatibility and account inter-twinings.


title: Does Dead Space have many jumpscares?

text: Does Dead Space have a lot of jumpscares?


title: Any viable PvP build which uses 1gas in the early game?

text: Novadays, PvP in general starts with 2 gases and some kind of early pressure using 2 gateways + stargate or robo. Is there any viable build which is base on 1 gas and allows earlier expansion? Thank you


I just bought the first Assassin's Creed on Steam. The game plays fine, but the voices are difficult to make out. Is there a way to turn on subtitles in the PC version of Assassin's Creed?


title: How do I cancel the current build in space engineers

text: I'm new to Space Engineers so apologies if this is a numpty question, but I've managed to enter a build mode for a part, and it's ghosting in front of me all the time as I move around, as shown below. ![Space Engineers Ghosted Build](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8gQmL.jpg) I've no intention or desire to build this object right now, so I'd like to stop it from showing in front of me all the time so I can get on with what I'm trying to do. Can anyone suggest what I need to do to make it disappear?


title: Are there build orders for 2v2 that benefit trading minerals/gas on a specific time in Starcraft 2?

text: I play 2v2 games on ladder. I am Terran and my friend is Zerg. Currently we use generic 1v1 build orders, but from my time as Warcraft 3 2v2 player I know there were certain tactics that benefited the team by trading resources at specific timings. A very common tactic with Undead and Nightelf was to go Fiends and Huntresses. The Undead gives the Nightelf player about 40-60 Wood as soon as he starts his Altar. This way he gathers just enough wood to create the Ziggurat on time (without delay), as Gold was the limiting factor, and the Huntress Hall gets created a bit faster (about 10 seconds) which is a huge deal. Afterwards the wood gets swaped back, so the Undead player could tech on time. My question is: Is there some strategy for Terran and Zerg that also benefits from such resource trades in Starcraft 2?


title: How do I heal in a mana-efficient way as a Smite Discipline Priest?

text: I'm an 85 Discipline Priest healer specced like so. With this spec I am having fun with the tradeoff between Smite and Penance, and am having a blast in normal dungeons. My group of friends recently became eligible for Heroics, and now I'm finding things a little tougher! In particular, we went up against Grand Vizier Ertan in The Vortex Pinnacle, and I was swiftly informed that current playstyle just ain't gonna cut it. On our best attempt I ran out of mana when the boss was about 50% health, after which we ran, whimpering, to regular Grim Batol. Regardless of other factors like gear, strategy, or whatever, I'd basically like to know: How _should_ I be healing for maximum mana efficiency, especially when faced with lots of AoE damage? Here are the approximate guidelines I've been going by thus far:   * I like Penance.   * 1 Power Word: Shield up at a time seems good due to Rapture.   * Surely Prayer of Healing (especially with Inner Focus) and Prayer of Mending are great since everyone's taking damage.   * Throw in a Smite now and again so I can pop Archangel.   * Power Infusion seems good, preferably on me Here's what I haven't been using much but I don't know if that's bad:   * Heal - Penance seems strictly better except for the cooldown, which Smite helps with   * Flash Heal and Binding Heal appear to be majorly inefficient   * Greater Heal doesn't seem like much help for an AoE fight What spells (like Archangel or Penance) and buffs (like Grace) should I attempt to optimize for maximum mana efficiency? How should I be healing in a world where I run out of mana? **Worded in another way:** We definitely have gear problems, strategy problems, and DPS problems, but that's not what I'm asking about. **I want to make sure I'm healing well** to get us a wee bit closer to tackling this tough content!


title: How does one make an Animal mob spawner?

text: I would like to know what necessary steps must be taken to successfully complete a spawner that spawns non-aggressive mobs such as, cows, chickens, sheep, and swine.


title: How to restore TF2 item server connection?

text: Occasionally I will get a message from TF2 about being unable to connect to the item server, and I will be stuck with a pure stock loadout. What is strange is everyone else on the same server will have all of their items. How can I restore the item server connection? It must be a problem on my end - if the item server were down, everyone else should be using stock loadouts with no hats as well. Note: I know about the `heartbeat` console command. That is for servers, not clients and does nothing for me.


title: How can I change my screen name?

text: My screen name in Watch_Dogs is incredibly unimaginative and doesn't match my screen name anywhere else in any of my other games. It also includes my real name, which I don't really want. How can I change it? For what it's worth, I don't even know where it came from. I _think_ it's my uPlay username, which I set years and years ago with the first Assassins Creed that used it.


title: Satchels are not giving journals

text: I would like to know why sometimes I find a satchel (like the Hunter's Satchel), and even though I haven't collected all of them (i.e. I might have missed one on the way), it only provides me with Gold. I double-check by clicking `ALT` and I'm sure I'm not missing it. Is this a bug or is it built in, and why? Thanks in advance for your help.


title: How do I choose the resonators to deploy?

text: As you level up, there are several different levels of resonators in inventory. I don't want to always deploy the highest level reso and run out of them quickly - how should I determine when to save or use them?


title: Journals missed even though I'm thorough

text: I would like to know why I miss some journals/satchels. I am very thorough when I search through my map and I'm often surprised to see that after I pick up Journal 1, I then pick up Journal 10. To make matters worse, if I then find another of the same satchel, it gives me Gold instead of Journal 2 (or any other I missed). Any explanation would be appreciated.


title: Advantage of using Low Grade Fuel compared to Wood

text: Is there an advantage to using _Low grade fuel_ compared to _Wood_ in Rust? Does it burn longer/shorter, faster/slower etc.


title: What is the purpose of "playing shop" with the little girl on the island in Animal Crossing New Leaf?

text: When you visit the island in _Animal Crossing New Leaf_ there is a little turtle girl sitting on a rug by the door who asks you to bring her fruits, plants etc. so you can play "shop". When you bring her anything, she will buy them from you for a very small number of bells. Is there any reward or benefit for playing along with her?


title: Where would I find such Mario stage snapshots?

text: I'm a fan of Mario games. I see people posting such of these snapshots and I love them so much. I can see the whole landscape of the level. I want to have more of them. My question is how can we get such ones? **Edit** Would be lovely if we know how to print such snapshots from the game, e.g. SNES emulation. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/juJ6W.png)


title: How to get Ingress portal ownership duration?

text: I wanted to know whether I can see a list of all my currently owned portals in Ingress, and I found this. So there's no way. But is there a way to know how long has a portal has been under ownership? For instance, I own a portal and I have its key too, then is there a way to know how long have I owned it? P.S. This is for the Guardian badge.


title: Civilization 5 crashes often during play

text: Civilization 5 crashes repeatedly on my system. I can play for 10 minutes but then the system will crash. I am playing Civilization 5 gods and kings (from the Gold Edition / Steam install). Here is my system. Here is my dxdialog and other info: http://pastebin.com/kcT1xJKY And then my civ 5 configuration http://pastebin.com/7T8YbfHq http://steamcommunity.com/app/8930/discussions/1/666826166384694500/ I also found a lot of people are having the same problem. I don't really see a good solution in there. http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?123668-Gods-and-Kings-keeps-crashing I found this, there doesn't seem to be a solution (overheating and civ 5): http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Civilization_V#Overheating


title: How do I get a really good defense on Clash Of Clans?

text: When ever I get attacked I always lose 20 trophies. One night I lost 50 trophies due to a bad defense. Can anyone help me with this?


title: Clan.cfg is needed in Counter strike global offensive or not?

text: I wanted to know whether there are needed of any cfgs(configuration) like live.cfg, knife.cfg, clan.cfg and other kinds of cfg needed for counter strike global offensive or not?. In counter strike 1.6 we need those kinds of cfgs in order to play clan but as I'm a newbie in CS GO so I want to know about it. Any help would be much appreciated... :)


title: What is this boot-like thing buried in the first desert level?

text: I've just gotten to the desert levels in Castle Crashers yesterday. In the very first level, you get to pick up a shovel which you can use to dig up various things buried in the sand (marked by small black Xs on the floor). One of the things I managed to dig up looked sort of like a black boot with green laces (I'd describe it better, but I have no idea what it is, exactly. It's more than possible that it isn't a boot at all, perhaps a some sort of armor?). Once I walked over it to pick it up it simply disappeared with no apparent effect. So my question is, what is the purpose of this mysterious item?


title: What is the maximum resolution of Recettear: An Item's Shop Tale?

text: I bought `Recettear: An Item's Shop Tale` on Steam but I can set at maximum resolution of 1280x960. Is it possible set an higher resolution in some way?


title: Is Feral Warwick skin bigger?

text: I have purchased Feral Warwick skin at the last discount. When I select it, Warwick looks bigger to my eye. Is it because of colors or is Warwick actually bigger? Most important of all, if it is bigger am I easier to target?


title: Is there any way I can find out my town's ranking?

text: Is there a website or tool which allows me to see my town in Die2Nite ranked with other towns in respect to some criteria?


title: How does HQ work in Black Ops?

text: I'm unsure how to be effective in HQ games, how exactly does that mode work?


title: Is it possible to play multiplayer against the dark tribe?

text: The available multiplayer modes for two players are either eradicating each other or gaining the most resources within one hour. Kind of boring after a while... Is it possible to play co-op against the dark-tribe instead? Maybe simply the campain sharing the same people?


title: In Guitar Hero: World Tour, what does the string between slider notes mean?

text: In Guitar Hero: World Tour, I've noticed there are two different kinds of notes that are designed to be used specifically with the slider touch pad on the guitar. Both types of notes are hollow-ish see-through, but sometimes there is kind of a purple string attaching strings of notes together and sometimes not. What's the string for?


title: Is there any way to find the base prices for goods in Patrician III?

text: I'm just wondering if there is a list somewhere of the base prices used for the goods in Patrician III, so I know what to set as reasonable auto-buy/sell rates for goods. As I play the game, it seems to me that prices are calculated on some kind of curve about a 'base' price which is where there are "ample" supplies - scarcity below this 'ample' value would increase the price to a limit, and abundance would decrease the price. I want to set my auto-buy prices at just below this 'base' value to ensure that I'm getting a good deal, and auto-sell prices at just above this 'base' value to prevent flooding the market. I've found the wiki, which has a list of 'highest and lowest' from watching fluctuations in gameplay, but can't figure out the base values from them.


title: Playstation Vita hardware specs

text: Do you know which are the full hardware specs of Playstation Vita? Are that specs already frozen and officially available?


title: Carrying too many items to hold Magic Powder

text: I traded my shovel for the boomerang in _links awakening_ , then I bought another shovel from the store. Long story short, I have too many items and no longer can carry magic powder, so the final boss is now impossible for me to beat. Is there anyway I can fix this?


title: What is the most productive combination of powers to use in Quickplay+ mode?

text: Once you've unlocked all eight warriors in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, you have their second-level powers available to you during Quickplay+ mode, and you can use any two powers when playing a song (but only for the specific challenge that permits it). Which two powers produce the most stars for a given song? If it depends on the song, the skill level of the player, the instrument, or any combination, that's good to know, and if there's one pair that trumps all the rest, I'd like to know that as well. Powers available:   * Axel, Resurrector+ (5 ankhs to resurrect you, unused ankhs become bonus stars)   * Casey, Streak Guardian+ (2 shields guard your streak, long streaks earn bonus stars)   * Judy, Crowd Hyper+ (Rock Meter starts maxed, overflow meter to earn bonus stars)   * Johnny, Speed Freak+ (2x minimum multiplier that rises quickly, stay over 3x to earn bonus stars)   * Lars, Multiplier Extender+ (max multiplier is 6x)   * Pandora, Star Power Nova+ (Star Power multiplier is 6x)   * Echo, Star Power Generator+ (get 10% Star Power for every 10-note streak)   * Austin, Star Power Amplifier+ (Star Power earned from phrases is 4x normal amount)


title: Question regarding first complex

text: Okay, I finally got my first 3.5 Million Euro in the game after starting as bankrupt assasin. Now I want to invest them wisely. ## My Plan:   * Ranch M 275.000€    * Cahoona Press M 880.000€    * Mosquito Rocket Factory 603.000€    * 3x Complex Parts 780.000€    * Renting a TL Peanuts    * Total: 2.538.000€ So far so good, can buy a trader afterwards and still have some money left. I planned on building it in "Line of Energy" (hopefully I translated it correctly), so I can add a E-Cell Factory later since it is 2.6 Million for that one alone. Can anyone recommend that approach? How far/close from/to each other do I have to build the factories in order to make them a complex? Thanks for any input. > edit: I did it how I wrote it here, thanks for all help. As reference for other people that seek help: The complex ran fine with 2 Commercial Agents from the Bonus Package. That is Trade Command Software Mk2. I was continuing Missions and earning from that factory. As soon as I could, I added a Solar Power Plant. From that date on, the complex ran fine with 1 Commercial Agent, while the AI brought me crystals and ore +. Turning 1 off is recommended, since it costs you less then. After that, I added even more and my complex consists now of the following:   * 4x Ranch M    * 1x Cahoona Press M    * 1x Cahoona Press L   * 1x Solar Power Plant    * 3x Mosquito Factory    * 2x Shied Factory 1MJ Works quite well :).


title: Where is the "terrain.png" file located in Linux?

text: I have tried to search for it in my `home` directory and my `.minecraft` directory without any success. `find / -name terrain.png` also outputs nothing.


title: How to discover the passwords for the Sonic Generations secret trophy room?

text: There is a secret trophy room in Sonic Generations. > Hold down Select or Back button while inside the Collection Room. Once inside the trophy room, trophies are unlocked by inputting 6-digit codes. How can players discover such codes by their own? I'm not interested in a list of the codes. I know I can search the web and find such list, but doing so spoils all the fun. What I want to know is how can I discover such codes by myself. Does the game give some hints about the codes? Did SEGA release hints somewhere outside the game?


title: How do you show FPS and ping in GW2?

text: I know for the original _Guild Wars_ , there was a switch/option `-perfs` that displays FPS and ping in the upper-right corner. Does _Guild Wars 2_ have a similar option?


title: Rock, Paper Scissors with Cecilia

text: I just used my pyramid to teleport me into Cecilia's room, where she's calmly bathing. I've noticed her high skills in argument, and now am wondering: Is it even possible to win the argument? If so, anything special happens?


title: Can I use German save games with a UK import game for the PS2?

text: I've been playing the German translation of Final Fantasy 12 on a German PS2 for some time now, but the horrible translations have really made the story somewhat incomprehensible... Now I wanted to try and buy a UK Import version and was wondering if I could continue my saves from where I left off? I remember the PSP allowed me to start a German save and then just overwrite it with an English version, but I'm not sure about the PS2...


title: Do natural structures generate above 128 blocks?

text: We are running a Minecraft server (bukkit) with new version 1.2. The height limit was doubled in the release, but I can't find any natural structures that use the new space above 128 blocks. I found some jungle trees and mountains that are 122 blocks height, but nothing above 128. Does the map generator generate natural structures higher than the old 128 block limit? **Edit:** A source for your answer would be nice. (The code of the part of the generator that limits the height, or a seed to proof structures above 128 blocks)


title: Using XMP bursters on Portals

text: I am playing ingress. In my current area two of the three portals are owned by the enemy. I have been able to "hack" these portals but it will not allow me to use my XMP bursters. I am only a first day player at level one, but I have lvl 1 and 2 xmp bursters. why cant I use them on these portals?


title: How do I change my appearance in Battlefield 3?

text: I purchased the Specact DLC, but can seem to only change my player's camouflage. I've seen various masks and helmets in other matches. Do I have the ability to change these for my player?


title: Why do pro gamers use two pairs of headphones?

text: Why do they use two pairs of headphones? If I didn't know how professional they are, I would say it's cheating (someone could tell what the opponent is doing by watching the big screen). But obviously during such prestigious tournaments the reason must be different. Are they listening to coach or referee perhaps? ![Person playing games](http://i.stack.imgur.com/VbGle.jpg)


title: 2fort: Sentry at the intel, or at the spawn?

text: Playing as an engineer on TF2's 2fort, what is the best location for my sentry?   * Hayroom spawn? One sentry can cover the grate, battlements and courtyard (every path to intel is blocked), and you can repair it easily using the spawn's resupply.   * Intel itself? Every path to the intel is blocked. This way, when the enemy dies, he has to walk the entire road again - at the hayroom they spent less time walking and will be faster back to your sentry. I know plenty of other fun spots to put a sentry, but only these two spots come to mind to defend every single path to the intel. Or are there more?


title: When playing Support, at what time should I run Clairvoyance and when should I run Heal?

text: I don't mind playing support, I actually enjoy it most of the times. My question then is, in saying that one of my Summoner spells is already Flash for both situations, when should I use Clairvoyance and when should I use Heal?


title: Should I trade for a Machine Gun on hard mode?

text: I'm not sure which weapon to choose, the Spur or the Machine Gun. I've checked all over the place and the opinions are differing for the weapon of choice in Cave Story (Hard Mode) I know that Machine Gun gives the extra range, but should I stick with MG or Spur? Which is more effective against bosses? Concurrently I am in the Sand Zone, and still in the process of getting the dogs for Jenka, which means I can still trade the Polar Star for the MG.


title: Does Magikarp's Splash move really never deal any damage?

text: I am rather certain that I once had a Magikarp in my party and when it used its Splash attack on an enemy, it actually did do some damage. But it never happended again after that and all accounts that I have read so far always state that the Splash move is utterly useless. Since I did not play very many different editions of Pokémon, it must have happened on one of the Red/Blue/Yellow, Gold/Silver/Crystal editions or the White edition (however, playing White isn't all that long ago so I don't think it was there). Did I dream all this or can anyone confirm my experience?


title: How do I update LWJGL on 1.7.4 without a bin folder?

text: I just downloaded Minecraft 1.7.4 I am having the sticking keys problem, where in game, I just keep running backwards and stuff and can't stop. To stop this, I need to update the LWJGL. But when I look up how to update this, I only get answers involving the bin folder in .minecraft. The newer versions of Minecraft don't contain bin folders, so I don't know what to do. All I want to do is play Minecraft without it glitching up on me. If someone could please explain to me how to update my LWJGL on the new version, that would be wonderful. I am using Windows 7.


title: Best farm route in Act 2

text: I want to farm Act 2 Inferno but I think my farm route is not that fast enough. I can finish my run in about 40 mins. My route:   1. Choose the Kill Zoltun Kulle quest   2. TP to Black Canyon Mines - at least 2 elites and/goblin   3. TP to Road to Alacarnus - at least 1 elite near the caged prisoners   4. TP to Zoltun Kulle base - there are 3 maps there but I skip the middle one because there are few elites there.    5. Kill Zoltun Kulle   6. End The maps Storm Halls and Undead Halls (not sure about the name) are very big but I only encounter 3 - 4 elites there. I want to look for maps that have a high density of elites (with respect to the size of the map) I tried the 2 caves in Desolate Sands but Desolate Sands is very big and I think I'm just wasting time exploring the map and looking for the caves. Any ideas?


title: How I get my friendly monsters to do my work for me?

text: There is an option to ask monsters in your barn to do work for you in the fields and stuff, but every time I ask my monsters, I get a notice saying they don't like me enough to do it. How do I get them to do the work?


title: How can I get the monsters to like me?

text: I have been feeding monsters stuff as I see them, but I can't seem to get them to like me enough to want to live in my barn. Does each monster type like a certain thing? Or what else am I missing to get these monsters to want to come live at my house?


title: Does the shovel do anything?

text: We all know about tools like the **Woodcutter's Axe** , **Pickaxe** , and so on, but I'm wondering if the **Shovel** does anything. You find them all over the place, and you can pick them up, but they don't apparently have any use case. You might dismiss this entirely, except that a non-player character (NPC) named **Bor** in the **Gloombound Mine** sometimes says to you: > I'm here to mine, Outlander. So unless you want to dig, get out. With that in mind, I get the feeling that the shovel has some sort of actual use. Of course, it's possible that **Bor** is simply saying that you might end up digging your own grave, if you don't get out of the way. Side note: Shovel has value of **3** and a weight of **4**.


title: Is it possible to see the other players races once I am in the game in Starcraft 2?

text: I often play 2v2 or 3v3 games. Usually it takes quite long until everybody is ready and I can checkout their races. But sometimes I forget to look or the game loads very fast and I do not know what my opponents are. Sometimes my ally knows or the opponents are decent enough to tell me their races. Is it somehow possible to checkout the opponents race inside a game? I mean the information is no secret as the load screens reveals them and it is not possible to switch during the game. This is not directly related, but is it possible to query the opponents favorite (most played) race during a game.


title: Can I bypass the new launcher?

text: For 1.6.1, there's a new launcher. Unfortunately, I find myself sitting at the launcher for just long enough to get rather annoyed before I'm allowed to click the 'play' button. I usually launch the launcher from Steam; is there some way to point directly to the version I want to play and only use the launcher when I'm doing something odd?


title: How do you lower the water in the lighthouse area and main warp room?

text: I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas or if they knew how to lower the water in those areas, I know you can and I know you have to. I just don't know how. Soooo yeah, if anyone can help me, then thanks.


title: Battlefield 3 crashes only when flying

text: My Battlefield 3 on PC only seems to crash (BF3.exe isnt responding, etc) when I am flying in a Jet during combat. I have no idea why this is.... I currently have 6970 x 2 in Crossfire, stable OS: Windows 7 x64, 12GB RAM, i7 @ 3.8ghz with a 1200watt psu. I have tried both the newest drivers for my video cards and the beta drivers: both do not fix this. My battlefield is up to date and so is my OS. I have tried reinstalling the game, to no avail. I am able to watch my temperatures of my CPU, GPU, etc on my left monitor while playing and everything seems okay. It only crashes when I am flying a jet: Majority of the time on Kharg Island. Any ideas / input? EDIT: I read on some other forums that DICE isn't too friendly with pre Overclocked video cards. So I also tried down clocking ( QQ ) both of my cards and I still get random BF3 crashes. Only in the jet.


title: Stuck on Cutscene in Dishonored - What Can I Do?

text: **My Problem** So, today I got the game Dishonored on Steam and I've been trying it out. Unfortunately, I can't get past the first five minutes or so of the game because I get stuck on the conversation with the little girl Emily. After she's done talking, she just kind of stops, stands still and stares at me. Forever. I can look around and see other people moving in the vicinity, and I can open the menu. However, If I try to load any games or go back to the main menu or anything, it loads for an indefinitely long time. I also get indefinitely long loads when trying to play things from the "Missions" section. These last 15+ minutes - at that point I figured they weren't going anywhere, considering that loading the actual game only takes a few seconds. The prior cutscene with the boat works fine. **Unusual Circumstances/Potential Causes** I'm running this on Linux (specifically Fedora 20) with Wine (specifically version 1.7.8). I don't _think_ the problem is with Wine; as I'm running both Steam and Dishonored in terminals I'm not getting any error messages or warnings at the point I get stuck. It's not really characteristic of most of the Wine issues I've had in any case. It's also very uncharacteristic of a graphics issue (I am using the open source drivers though which have only recently started working for me for games). Additionally, the game is rated very highly for Wine compatibility and no-one mentions similar issues, you can see the appdb page here. Both are vague possibilities, though. **What I've Discovered** I've found instances of similar problems, most notably this YouTube video. I've found comments about the same issue to the effect it goes away when you leave the area. However, I am obviously not capable of blinking around as the game has just started. I am getting pretty frustrated with this as I've spent several hours in the game and researching the issue without ever progressing beyond the first five minutes. What, if anything, can be done about this? Thank you for any assistance. **EDIT** : After resetting basically everything (new Wineprefix, new Steam install, new download and install of Dishonored) I got it to work...for a few hours. Most of the original issues returned after restarting the game, though I haven't tested the cutscene itself since I'm past that point now. I will add the additional comment that Steam does part of the "first time set up" every time I start the game, reinstalling DirectX and the VCRUN redistributable.


title: Neverwinter Nights 2 multiple hakpack problem

text: I've been playing around with hakpacks for NWN 2 recently. I first downloaded and installed Kaedrin's PrC pack, and it worked great. Yippy skippy. But when I downloaded and installed the Races of Faerun hakpack, the two hakpacks conflicted, because you have to use the dialogue.tlk from both of them to get them to work, but they won't play nicely because they have the same file name and need to be in the same directory. Does anyone know how to have both hakpacks installed AND working?


title: Is there a public wiki or group discussing the backstory and or codes?

text: Whenever I come across some Ingress related site, it tends to be a one off blog entry, a shared doc that's on one topic, or a wiki that's totally un- fleshed out and apparently dead [I'm talking about ingresswiki.org here]. Is there a better site or wiki that is cataloging the backstory, the media, the way to decode each passcode from the media, and or strategies and end-game theories? Outside of asking, and hearing about closed forums and such I haven't found anything that seems more comprehensive than having 2 people working on it.


title: What is the meaning of the three kinds of penetration?

text: In a Tank Characteristics, it says "Average Penetration 45/49/22 (in mm)". The same applies to damage, where it uses this split into three formats. This is how much armor (in mm) it could penetrate, but why are there three numbers?


title: Why do Mighty Blow and Massacre not always give experience point bonuses?

text: I've noticed that sometimes I'll get notices that I achieved a Massacre or a Mighty Blow, but without the bonus experience that normally goes with it. What causes me to miss out? I know it is typically only a small bonus, but every bit helps on the road to Inferno....


title: How much health does my Mystic Ally have?

text: I cannot see the exact amount of heath my Mystic Ally has. I tried having it take damage to see if it would show a health bar (similar to monster's health), but this did nothing. How do I know how much health he has? Does it ever increase? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/9gYXb.jpg)


title: How is follower DPS calculated?

text: When I equip my follower with a weapon his DPS value changes. But his DPS value is far lower than the weapon's DPS. How is the follower's DPS determined? Is it only some percentage of their weapon's DPS?


title: What is the point of Nephalem Rifts?

text: I don't mean this in a subjective way. So far, my experience with Rifts has been fun, and I would keep doing them solely for that reason. What I mean, specifically, is what advantage do you get from playing Nephalem Rifts that wouldn't be available in other content? Is the drop rate better? Are there some items that can only drop here? Is there some other kind of specific reward for doing Nephalem Rifts?


title: How to backup and restore your local Minecraft files?

text: I have a general problem with my Windows 8 PC that requires I wipe and reinstall Windows. What is the correct procedure for backing up my minecraft saves and mods and then restoring them on a clean Windows 8 again?


title: Does the AI have a mechanism to know somebody engineered a war against it?

text: Let me summarise a game so far for you: playing Morocco King Continent It was very peaceful continent on my side. Everyone shook hands and there were no wars, a lot of research agreement and stuff. Venice is mostly friendly with me. We made a lot of Declaration of Friendships from time to time. The only red incident was when my spy was caught once, from this point onwards I didn't spy on him again. It was very peaceful continent on my side. There were no wars, until I create one, No maybe two. Somehow in Modern era everyone in my continent tried to convince me to join a war against Venice. I declined them all but was interested in funding a proxy war. **I bribed Korea and Austria, Venice's border to declare war against it and pretend to be innocent.** (rather cheap) Several turns later, **Venice who use to have Declaration of Friendship with me seemed to find out and suddenly _denounced_ me**. He was right to do so but I wonder how he found out about my scheming?


Winning 100 matches to earn the Elite AI Romp seems like a difficult achievement to earn: not only because of the time involved, but because of the skill of Elite AI opponents. What is a strategy to earn the Elite AI Romp achievement?