Yup, that's me! Also, I forgot to mention in my original comment but this free-fly coincides with Intergalactic Aerospace Expo, in-universe space ship expo. This means you can rent and try A LOT of ships, completely for free. Available ships change every two days with all of them returning during the finale (Nov. 30th - Dec. 3rd).
Good luck and have fun!
Well, you're in luck! Another free-fly just started and will be available until Dec. 3rd, I believe. Perfect time to try again.
Small package deliveries were temporarily removed due to technical reasons (incompatibility with reworked server architecture). They might have been restored with this week's patch though I'm not sure as I haven't checked on that yet.
There's a smaller alternative about moving packages in a single space station but that's a bit less interesting than being sent to different locations. Other than that, there are cargo missions - they come in different sizes and volumes so perhaps they could fit your play style?
Phantom Liberty has an option for an accelerated start, dropping you right after the Voodoo Boys quest line. It might not be an ideal solution since it makes certain choices for you but it does skip some of the early stuff.
It's understandable - they came out swinging with three great games, each better received than the previous one. Combine it with other companies flailing and failing or not doing much to grab the attention away from CDPR and we have a perfect environment to get swept into the frenzy. Heck, I loved all their previous titles and was ready to break my usual stance on pre-orders until the delays started to make me question the state of things.
Even then, I feel like I was one of the lucky ones as my post 2.0 time with the game feels more buggy than my legacy experience - not to a game breaking degree mind you but it's definitely noticeable.
I'm curious if they'll try to make the next Cyberpunk into what they hoped to achieve with this one or if they'll decide on a more reasonable scope instead. My heart hopes for the former but my mind expects the latter. Either way, I'll be ready and waiting with way too many expectations (half of which will probably have no basis in reality anyway).
Cyberpunk's wasted potential is one of my biggest disappointments since I started playing games. I love it, way more than I ever expected in fact, but the "what could've been" is a real downer even now. It doesn't stop me from enjoying the game though - I spent over 200 hours in Night City already and will most likely go way over 300 with my current playthrough.
If you like the base game I'm pretty sure you'll like Phantom Liberty. It has a bit of a different vibe in its story but it's a really excellent expansion with tons of content. Some of the boss fights might've been a little over tuned and I'm not a fan of a single event but other than that I don't have much negative to say about it. It's well worth the asking price.
Seems a bit better though it might have to do with the fact there are less people there at the moment. Should be safe to visit at least.
Didn't have a chance to visit Nyx yet but here's my experience with 4.4 so far:
A rough start to say the least. Hopefully not an indicator of what to expect until 4.5.
Edit: got to run around Levski a bit. It's definitely better than on PTU server though I'm not sure if it's because of lower player count there or technical improvements, porbabpy a little bit of both.
Plenty of bugs though - flickering area lights, gaps in atmosphere popping up in random places. It was ruahed, no doubt about it.
My game just crashed again and greeted me with a new patch, perhaps it'll fix some of what I've mentioned here.
I'm a bit mixed on this one as I'm interested in the backstory but I'm not really feeling the mind reading device. This might sound like a silly complaint for a series with mutated humans and mechanical beasts which destoryed the world but it simply doesn't fit for me. I'm not exactly sure why.
"It feels a little too magical for a sci-fi world" would be my first guess. I need to stew on it a bit, I guess.
Oh right, I heard about the Linux situation - it's unfortunate. I never actually played 4 so most of my info comes from osmosis pretty much. The last thing I heard about it was that some modes on the PC version are still active however that was a year or so ago and things might have changed by now.
The thing is, I didn't even think about the official servers when I asked this question. My mind automatically went to PC version with potential unofficial ones, which now that I think about it might not even be a thing for Bf4.
I had a bit of a tangent explaining my reasoning towards the series but it's honestly not that important in the grand scheme of things. I had fun and the minutiae of "why this much and not more" would simply end up as me rambling.
Is Bf4 one of the games that didn't manage to stay alive long term? I know Bf2 and some other titles (Bf3, I think?) are still played but I don't do much multiplayer these days so I'm not really up to date with what's still available.
You have to get in first. I thought I'd check out the new additions but got a warm welcome of an hour long login queue instead, quit and went back to doing other stuff. I hope you'll have a better experience than I did.
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To name few of the changes:
There's more, obviously, but that's some of the things that came to mind.