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What can I find in the uncommon and rare item packs?
I'm getting destroyed in multiplayer and I'm trying to decide whether or not I should buy some of the cheap 5000 credit packs just so I can hopefully get some new weapons, or if I should save up for one of the rare packs and hope I get something…
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What are all the ways to increase readiness?
What are all the ways to increase the readiness factor for the war with the Reapers?
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What attributes makes a game a Roguelike?
I always assumed that a roguelike was a nethack-esque game with ascii graphics, but apparently there is more to it than that. Note that I never actually played nethack and all I know about it is that is an rpg.
So what makes a game a roguelike?
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Do Guitar Hero peripherals work with Rock Band and vice versa?
I own the Guitar Hero instruments. Can I buy a Rock Band game and use the instruments from Guitar Hero to play the game? And vice versa?
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How can the PS3 do so much with so little RAM and VRAM?
If you look at the hardware specs of the PS3 (on Wikipedia, for example), you will notice that the system has 256MB RAM and 256MB VRAM.
What is going on here? Is it the processor or is it something more that I'm missing? In my opinion, this is way…
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How to disable hardcore in Minecraft?
My girlfriend accidentally enabled hardcore mode in Minecraft, dooming herself to experience the ultimate frustration sooner or later on her first playthrough. Is there any (presumably non-legitimate) way to disable it?
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Draugr Wight Lord disarmed me, can't find my weapon
So I was fighting the Draugr Wight Lord at Silverdrift Lair, and he used the Disarm shout on me and made me drop my Elven Bow. I didn't notice at the time because I switched to a sword right after that, but now that the fight is over I've searched…
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How to stop Steam trying to read from a non-existent drive?
I used to run Steam on an external drive mapped as the I: drive, and then I got a new computer and transferred my games to a secondary internal drive mapped as the D: drive. The external drive no longer works and has been disconnected.
I'm trying to…
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How can I tunnel through water?
I'm trying to figure out how tunnel, both horizontally and vertically, through large bodies of water — preferably a method which can be used early in the game and which can be done with on-hand materials rather than a lot of setup.
In earlier…
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Is it possible to disarm or remotely trigger Runes?
So, part of being an effective thief is being able to disarm or circumvent various automated defense mechanisms. Y'know, traps.
Tripwires are easy, and the kind that are wired up to doors aren't much tougher, assuming the wire's on the side of the…
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Why do I get accosted for taking photos of a war memorial?
I received the quest "Classic Inspiration" from Michael Angelo and was told to take photos of various landmarks around the Mojave Wasteland. Being the talented courier that I am, I've taken photos of all kinds of landmarks - but for some reason when…
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Fallout 4 chemistry workstation - background image used for reflections
I've only noticed this today: when the chemical station appeared in the grey-backed loading screen, there appeared to be a transparent image used on the inside of the Florence flask (the big round one at the corner of the worktable).
I managed to…
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How do I examine the Crime Scene during the "Blood on Ice" quest in Skyrim?
I am trying to solve the "Blood on the ice"-quest and am told to examine the crime scene. But I cannot find any trigger to activate or object to collect.
What am I supposed to find/do here?
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Can your computer/Steam account get hacked by redeeming a Steam wallet code sent to you by another user?
Another Steam user gave me a Steam wallet code. Can my PC/Steam account get hacked by redeeming that code?
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Do gemstones have a purpose in Skyrim?
Do gemstones such as emeralds, amethysts etc have any purpose in Skyrim other than being sold for gold?
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