PuckJunkie475,767 (255,357)

Thanks! Fortunately I had such a fun group to do these with. I'm lucky like that, I suppose. Had a great one for Diablo III too. ;-)

Ha! Everything just fell in place here lately. I better knock on some wood now. Might have just jinxed myself!

Woot! Nice one to knock out. :-)

I almost bought this one today. I love funny adventure games. I am not sure if I like British humor though.

I don't enjoy British humor nearly as much as other types, but they did well in this game.

Even if I was a Halo fan I don't think I could bring myself to start that monster of a title

Just wanted to let you know that someone hacked into your account 2 days ago and posted that you won't be starting 200+ hr games. What a jerk!!

I know, right? I was going to wait to start this until the official one, but couldn't pass up that opportunity to snag the hardest ones.

Then again, the host may not be able to get to me, so it'll be a win-win either way. I get nearly impossible achievements or postpone my dive in % until later. Heh.

To be fair, Halo MCC is a compilation of 5 (maybe 6?) games. And, if I snag these LASO achievements in a matter of minutes, that estimate probably drops. :)

In AoE, as far as I know, that 200+ estimate remains accurate since I don't know of a way to speed through the game. Of course, you could purchase loot with real $$$...

To be fair, it's not 200h of gameplay. I'm literally just waiting for 2 weeks now to complete it.

According to Xbox, I've played 118 hrs 42 mins in only 3 weeks. I LOVE to siege castles, so I'm attacking often. Heh. Currently, it takes 40+ minutes to train my army.

So, my actual playtime might slow down some. Playing this helps get through the work day.

Oddly enough, I'm more worried about 10 successful defends rather than 2000 crowns. I make enough enemies, so I should get attacked more later down the line.

Yeah, I purposefully waited in ages where I was stacked against the competition for attacks. Age 4-5 should be your best opportunity for that.

Age 6+ will start introducing the ram rush, which is extremely hard to defend against.

Oops. Better wait where I'm at then. I just entered into Age 6 over the weekend. I do feel like I'm better prepared though than in other Ages.

Hopefully the placement of my traps will help with the ram rush you speak of.

I'll definitely follow your advice (somewhat) and sit in Age 6 until I get the defend achievement. If needed, hopefully I can take advantage of the replays and improve.

Feel free to take a sneak peek at my layout. My fire and engineering traps are covering the southwest corner. I feel most attacks are from there.

6 isn't bad for the ram rush. It'll pick up in 7, and is almost exclusively used in 8+.

Good luck.

Be forewarned on Halo:MCC - the matchmaking is pure crap as I've been trying to get matches but haven't been able to get one for a few weeks

But on the AoE:CS - you might want to try Battle Ages on the One - think of it as a lite version of AoE. Only reason it is a long completion is due to the waiting

Think it could be your NAT, chief? I have heard of Battle Ages. I might look into it once I wrap up AoE. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

I had thought that too but I have no issues with any other games. Only thing preventing me from getting my alphabet challenge all in HaloMCC.

Hm. I'm not too sure then. Ever dabble with the matchmaking settings? I know I've changed regions in other games and forgot that I had.

I need to check my Teredo Tunneling settings - if that doesn't work then I'll open up all the ports to see if that helps But I'm not the only 1 who's had issues recently

Oh, I believe you. It's a shame about the matchmaking. I'm sure it'll get resolved eventually.

Well I fixed it, it was my NAT and Teredo settings - knocked out 60% of the achievement requirements last night with little issues - should complete Z tonight

So disregard what I said about matchmaking, I should be able to get into Gears 2 games now as well - the other game I've had issues with