Beriallord
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I'm open to the possibility that it might have been a little bit of both. Meaning most species on Earth are products entirely of evolution, but maybe something manipulated the DNA of one of our hominid ancestors that happened to have evolved normally up to that point. But even if that did happen, it would probably be impossible to prove.
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I missed out on this game, and just picked it up last week. I think its a pretty solid game. The combat is definitely more fun than in TES games. I also think the crafting system is better in this game. Find equipment with diablo style mods on them and you can salvage some of the mods to use on new gear. The only real complaint I got is every single piece of set armor, or unique weapon is complete garbage compared to anything I can create with blacksmithing. It would at least be interesting if one of the sets would actually be better than the best I could smith up without even using the best parts. None of the sets are even better than a smithed set using "greater" tier parts. It sorta takes away from part of the fun of the item hunt if I know for an absolute fact that all of the set and unique items (unless they're accessories) are going to be shop food.
I'm almost done with the main story, and this game has WAY less glitches than TES games. I've only ran into a few minor graphics glitches. I fell through the floor in one spot and glitched out, but all I had to do was walk forward, and it fixed itself and pushed me back up through the floor.
I think the graphics are really bad even for a game 2 years old. I don't even think it runs 1080p. There is no settings for resolution. I swear it feels like 720p for as cloudy as the resolution is. The graphics are bordering WoW terrible. But graphics is just an afterthought for me and not a huge factor. The game is still fun. It would be better if it used somewhat modern graphics, DX11 and full HD resolution at the very minimum.
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I tested a bunch of melee weapons in Dark Souls 2. Pretty much every weapon. And I found myself going back to the Defender Greatsword. If you got a faith build, and you lightning infuse it, its damage gets close to ultra greatsword range, but its got the same move set as a claymore. And the weapon also has a self buff when you 2h the weapon and press L2. It uses up some durability. Another thing that makes it a devastating weapon is that it does mostly lightning damage, and gets a huge boost from faith scaling. Its about 65/35 Lightning/Physical, which increases even more when buffed. To compare it with the lightning claymore and 50 faith, the lightning infused defender greatsword does about another 100 more damage than the claymore on average with the 1h R1. And the lightning claymore buffed with sunlight blade is only slightly stronger, by 15 damage over the un buffed lightning defender greatsword. Hitting people in PVP for 600-650 with a 1h R1 attack is pretty common, and killing them with a 3 hit combo. Having a weapon that does mostly lightning damage is good in PVP too, considering how high people can buff armor vs physical damage types. Its easy enough to get 1200+ slashing defense which can mitigate a 350-400 AR weapon down pretty good, but lightning will cut through them like hot butter.
The moonlight greatsword is also a good weapon, but the R1 combo for the defender greatsword is faster. I there are 2 different movesets for "greatsword" types, one of them is claymore, and the other is pursuers greatsword/moonlight greatsword type. Not counting the MLGS special attacks, I'm talking about the general speed of the swings with the R1. The claymore type moveset is superior. The MLGS special attack isn't that great in PVP, and the Defender Greatsword has a really, really good R2 poke, which can follow up and do a 2 hit combo with R2, R2. It has really crazy tracking on it, and if someone is trying to crrcle around, if the spacing is right it WILL track and hit them.
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i dont understand how they could keep messing up PvP in these Dark Souls games. it was amazing in Demons Souls (not flawless) there was a lot less lag (not no lag) and it was relatively balanced. some clear cut stronger weapons, but you could fight with near anything.
No offense, but you've got to be kidding. Anyone with a Blueblood blade and high luck could run around one-hitting half the other PvPers. Demon's Souls was just as imbalanced in PvP.
Demon's Souls always had WAY less lag. The only problem in Demon's Souls was everything did too much damage in PVP, and there were too many ways of stacking damage buffs. Damage boost for pure black character tendency, then another damage boost from foe's ring. And then ring of magical sharpness, Monk's head, and Kris Blade for spell damage. Combine that with a low HP in hollow form and oneshots are pretty common. Any PVP viable build used second chance which prevented you from being oneshotted. Warding worked for physical damage, but didn't do anything vs fire or magic damage.
Blueblood sword wasn't a weapon that typically oneshotted people that had a decent amount in VIT. Dragon Bone Smasher with curse weapon on it could oneshot, as could a Meat Clever. Or my favorite weapon the Fatal Estoc +5, which did about 1200 damage in a backstab even with the base stats to use the weapon. Its an exceptional weapon for level 60-80 griefer. I trusted the hit boxes a whole lot better in Demon's Souls than in Dark Souls 2. When I saw someone swing at me in Demon's Souls and I'd trust what I see on my screen when it looks like they're going to whiff, and I took advantage of that opportunity to land a backstab. In Dark Souls 2 you can't even trust what you see on the screen even if it looks like the guy is gonna whiff by a large margin.
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Spells are what is OP is hell now,
Sounds like someone just had a bad PvP experience.
Spells are better in DS2, to the point where they provide enough consistency that speedrunners can use them. But I think much of the frustration comes from people not being familiar with how to deal with spell casters since they were rare in DS1 and almost nobody used magic in pvp.
In this game all you need is a Rebel's Greatshield to deal with casters if you're melee. I infused mine with dark for 100% dark, and about 90% to the other elements. But that doesn't take away from the fact they simply do too much damage.
And the quickest speed run I believe was a guy who used power stance clubs. 1h 45m or so.
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Spells are what is OP is hell now, even to a greater extent than they were in Dark Souls. The cast times for spells can be a whole lot quicker in this game, and they're also harder to avoid do to the improved tracking. All the backstab fisherman that played Dark Souls 1, have probably made hexers in Dark Souls II to oneshot people with. If great resonant soul doesn't oneshot you, it will definitely 2 shot you even with 2500 HP. Its not impossible to avoid it, but a spell that fast that can do 1500+ damage is pretty ridiculous. We're talking a spell with the speed of soul arrow that hits like a bus. That is basically = to a backstab with a very powerful weapon. WOTG in this game also does a ridiculous amount of damage. Someone oneshotted me with it in PVP, and I had 2100ish HP. It looked like they were getting ready to use great heal or something and I went in to attack to try and knock them out of it and it took all 2100 HP away. Also hexers got climax too which is just a stronger version of great resonant soul, but it uses all the souls you're carrying. Its not really that viable to use that often, but it hits for 2500+, or a guaranteed oneshot in PVP with a clean hit. Will even do about 1500 damage past a shield that only has about 50% dark block. Sunlight spear can also 1hko if they got around 1600 HP, its a little stronger than great resonant soul, just a bit slower cast, and harder to land. And soul geyser, if you can actually hit someone with it is also a oneshot. Never follow a sorcerer into a narrow corridor/bridge, because that is the perfect place to cast soul geyser, and you won't roll through all the shots. Don't give them the spacing to get that off in that situation. Way too many spells can 1hko in this game!!
And for PVE, Soul Geyser is really OP, you can oneshot lots of bosses with it. The spell is basically a shotgun of soul spears, and if all hit the same target you're looking at 3500+ damage easily. And you also got lightning spears which are the best spells for sniping targets with. You can use binoculars in this game to manually aim spells, no crosshairs but the middle of the screen is where the spells will aim at. There are a lot of very dangerous ambushes you can eliminate by looking around and sniping mobs off ledges that are going to jump down on you after you get to a certain point.
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I'm worried about a few of the changes you mentioned, but I almost can't tell if you're trolling about the second half of your post. Decreasing backstab effectiveness and decreasing invasions are some of the best things that could happen to the series, considering people used them to cheat so often. Plus, with lag considered, people backstabbed me in Dark Souls when they were standing 10 feet in front of me. Anything to decrease that is an improvement.
it's worth mentioning that no boss in Dark Souls 1 took me more than 2 attempts, except for the Bed of Chaos which took me about 18 tries because I didn't know the collapsing floor wasn't random. Most of them took me one attempt. The Capra Demon killed me twice, the Gaping Dragon killed me once, eh... Let's see... The second Asylum Demon killed me twice. I got Gwyn easily the first time, but he killed me repeatedly on NG+ since I didn't level my health or armor at all from the beginning of the game so on NG+ they were one-hit kills. Same for the Four Kings.
I'll be getting the PS3 version in about a week, I suppose I'll find out then.
I don't troll, I give my opinion, and I am a disappointed with this game. I was expecting something better than this. They took one step forward with Dark Souls, but then took 2 steps back with Dark Souls II.
The backstab mechanic wasn't the problem, it was server lag. And the lag worked in your favor as well. In a laggy game you can cream someone with dark bead or pursuers and get a oneshot kill on them.
Mobs disappearing and PVP and coop being based on "soul history" is a fact at this point.
For being a new game, getting invaded is almost non-existent. I've only been invaded once randomly, all other invasions I got were in the bell tower. They've essentially killed invasions. The soul memory combined with limited invasion items ruined the replayability of the game for a lot of people. I don't replay souls games to keep doing the story over and over again. Its boring after about the 2nd or 3rd time.
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They turned it into "casual souls". I'm seriously disappointed with the game. I've already beaten it on PS3, and I'm considering trading the game in already.
This game is NOT harder. Its considerably easier than Demons Souls and Dark Souls 1. No boss in the game took me more than 3 attempts, and I beat the vast majority of them my first try.
I'll explain why its easier:
They raised the equip burden % to mid roll to 70% burden. This means its quite easy to use a greatsword + great shield + heavy armor and still have rolling capabilities. I did exactly that. Also they give you 4 ring slots now. Ring choices used to be a hard decision, now its far less difficult.
Also there is a ring of life protection in this game, it does what the ring of sacrifice does, but you can repair it for 3000 souls. Let me explain how much 3000 souls matters toward mid game. Its basically nothing. If you die, you won't lose any souls and you'll keep human form, then all you gotta do is spend 3000 souls to repair it. You not only won't have to worry about ever losing another blood stain, but you'll always have full HP too because you'll keep human form. And with 4 ring slots, there is always room for a ring of life protection.....
Also spawns are removed from the game after you kill them about 15x. This means someone could methodically clear the entire map out of enemies just farming for drops a few spawns at a time. Eventually they have a map completely devoid of all threats. Part of the struggle in Souls games was having to fight your way back to your blood stain, and now you can just farm till they all disappear. If anything this rewards farming even more if you're looking to simply make the game easier.
Also you'll gain plenty of soul levels in this game. By the end of the game you should be around 130-150 range somewhere. And this is with maps largely intact with enemies. Its a waste of time to farm enemies for souls considering you can use an item and make the last boss respawn and farm him for a ton of souls, and he is pretty easy too.
They dumbed down PVP to make the game more appealing to casuals. They did this by implementing "soul history" - basically PVP and coop aren't based on Soul level anymore, but the gross amount of souls you've obtained in the game. Doesn't matter if you spent them, or lost them. All just to save someone's butt from being hurt by a min-maxed invader. There was already a fail safe method of preventing that - play offline.
Also there are items in the game that mitigate backstab damage. So now people can get greedy mashing R1 without serious repercussions. More appealing to the casuals. PVP is rather dull and bland now. Backstabs were a way of dispatching really terrible players quickly. I guess the good news is if you sucked at PVP in Dark Souls, you might find things a little better in DS2 because they included so many crutches for casuals to use.
There are no permanent invasion items now either. Anyone remember the red eye orb? Doesn't exist in DS2. You have to farm cracked red eye orbs now. So they basically nerfed random invasions. That was one of the most fun aspects in the previous games was randomly invading, and now they make you jump through extra hoops and limit items required to do what I had fun doing in other games. I'm not interested in joining a covenant just to invade one zone, I enjoy moving around.
All in all, they gave us a game that is less hardcore than the previous games.
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The delay could have something to do with them optimizing the game for consoles, and isn't PC related at all. Maybe they're having issues with the SDK for the Xbone? MS recently released a new improved SDK.
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Katana's are completely ineffective against chainmail or platemail armor. They don't deliver enough of an impact to inflict a debilitating wound through chainmail, and can't crush or pierce platemail. Besides, a katana is designed to be a slashing weapon, not a piercing one. Samurai's armor from what I gathered was made of a combination of materials, some wood, bamboo, leather, bone, and resins. Or some combination of those; basically whatever they could find. A katana was sharp enough to cut through light armor in certain areas, certainly legs & arms.
A claymore was designed to pierce armor. It had enough weight to it to penetrate chain mail, and even some thinner platemail armor. Just an example of a sword that is more effective than a katana.
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It would be absolutely impossible if humans were the only intelligent life in the universe. Sure, we're rare, probably 1 in a few billion planets has intelligent life on it, but based on the size of the universe those odds are still a frequent occurrence. We might not even be the top lifeforms in this galaxy, because there is over 100 billion stars in just this galaxy. I do think species that advanced to our level or even considerably higher level of technology are very, very few, but they're definitely out there.
SETI is trying to detect communications on radio frequencies from other life, which I means they're looking for civilizations out there of a similar technology to ours, give or take 100 years. One has to assume a civlization a few hundred years less advanced, and a few hundred years more advanced would not be using radio frequencies to communicate. Someone of lower tech for obvious reasons, and someone a few hundred years more advanced likely figured out a better/faster way. SETI is never going to find anything on the radio frequency. The odds are simply too low, they'd be looking for a lone grain of sand in all the world's beaches.
I think we've already been visited in the past. It makes sense, because planets like Earth (assuming) are exceptionally rare. And for the abundance of life and resources here, another civilization would be interested in the planet enough to at least stop and take a look before they moved onto another destination. There are plenty of remote regions on Earth they could make a base and never have contact with humans, like near the poles, and in the deepest oceans. I think the US government, and other world governments already know the answer to that question.
There is also the possibility that any "visitors" might actually be us from a few million years in the future. They've since evolved into something that is "humanoid", bodies possibly more suited for space travel.
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There isn't a single compelling reason to buy the Xbone over the PS4. To shed some light on why, lets take a look at compelling reasons to buy the previous Xbox systems:
Original X box - Superior specs to the PS2, and at the time they had some nice exclusives like Halo.
X360 - Cheaper than PS3, and it also ran a lot of the multiplatform games better.
Basically the argument to buy the PS4 over the Xbone, is the same argument that one could have made to buy the 360 over the PS3. Except to an even higher degree. Because the PS4 is a bit more powerful (closer to PS2 compared to X box).
Most reasonable people who are non-fanboys are going to see things this way.
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I think some of these conspiracy theories might be legit, but most are certainly heaps of BS. But its incredibly difficult if not impossible to know if they're legit. We do know that governments keep secrets, and occasionally there will be whistle blowers. And they do quite a good job of discrediting whistle blowers.
I think its reasonably likely the US, and other governments knows the answer to the question of "are we alone in the universe". Because there is a motive for wanting to keep such a thing secret. It would be complete disaster for world religion, and the cultural consequences couldn't be reversed. There have also been numerous whistle blowers that have came forward, just to be discredited. Some of them high ranking military officers. I also find it odd that in the beginning, the government was sorta forthcoming about information, to then decide at one point in time to deny it entirely. And I find that to be suspicious, which gives me more of a reason to suspect that they're hiding something.
I also believe they found microbial life on Mars, as well as ancient fossils of some more complex organisms, and NASA is keeping a lid on it, and discrediting information that does leak out. I've head that Mars may have had water oceans as early as 60-100m years ago, instead of the billions of years ago that was previously suspected. This would make it more likely that more complex organisms would have evolved.
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There are greater repercussions than simple economic disadvantages that could come out of this, like making a war with Russia. I think its pretty safe to say that options for war are already off the table. If the US pushes any sort of economic sanctions, or freezing of assets, then the Russians will cut off the pipelines leading to Europe, and turn around and sell it to the Chinese instead. This would put a squeeze on oil prices, and they'll skyrocket, which Russia happens to be a major exporter of. Whatever billions in assets get frozen, they'll easily make that back from the rising oil prices. The Russians win in any scenario except for all out war, in which everyone loses. Its checkmate already and the Russians have already won the geopolitical game. The US, NATO, and the UN isn't gonna do anything but talk.
And by the way, if you wanna invest in oil futures, now is the time to buy. Prices are only going north the longer this conflict escalates.
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My SSD lasted me roughly 2 1/2 years. Its an Adata 64GB. I used it exclusively as a caching device on a Z68 board. I believe using an SSD as a main drive would be much harder on it.
Had a BSOD come up one day, and I researched the error, and it was attributed to caching. Disabled acceleration and it never happened again.
They're known for not lasting as long as HDDs. So before you buy an SSD, know that they're going to fail on you quicker. Although they are going to get better as time goes on. The SSD I had was when the technology was still sorta new to consumers.
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Most people know the PS4 has a better GPU & Ram, but most don't know the PS4's CPU is also more powerful. Not by a considerable margin though.
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Well, the specs for a lot of future PC games are going to be tied to and limited by the power of these console systems. Which means any PC that wasn't totally budget that was built in 2011 or later, will probably be running the multiplat PC ports at mid to high settings for the next 4 years. If you got a PC that beats the PS4 and Xbone, you'll have a PC good enough to play the PC ports of a lot of games, and they'll probably look/run better as well.
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You said $2000 is max, but I'm going to assume you don't want to spend more than you really need to.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Xw7U
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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($219.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($40.98 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($134.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M4 64GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($86.30 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($57.26 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($324.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($114.98 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($16.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1208.44
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Future time travel is more likely to be possible than time travel into the past. If time dilation turns out to be true, you could travel into the future using advanced space traversing technology. The only problem is that if traveling into the past turns out to be impossible, then travel into the future will be a one way ticket. You gotta love the universe for having some kind of rule for each of mankind's optimistic ideas.
Yeah, time slows down the closer you get to the speed of light. So if you go to the nearest star traveling 99% of light speed, the time it takes to get there according to you might be only a few days, but years have passed for people on Earth. A trip a few light years one way, you could burn up 10+ years of Earth time just by traveling a long distance at near light speed. Of course, this poses a serious problem for anyone thinking of traveling at those speeds. Should they have family members or loved ones on Earth who will age much quicker than they will.
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I would choose the past. Like 3000-5000BC. I would be very interested to see how they constructed the pyramids in Egypt. Another timeline that would interest me is 800-1100AD, particularly the Viking era. I'm extremely curious as to how/why they lived the way they did. Like what drove them to brave the seas the way they did, and go out into the complete unknown? What drove them to attack and raid others, when they had plenty of resources and knowledge to live fairly comfortably (relative to that time period) in Northern Europe? I can't think of many examples where a people seemingly live life by the extreme, without it being a true necessity.
Based on current trends; the future really doesn't interest me that much. I would avoid visiting the future simply based on the possibility that I would lose ALL hope for humanity based on what I'd see there. I don't want to see WW3 and its aftermath, as well as governments becoming increasingly tyrannical. Seeing WW3, and nations that used to be free turned into police states, I would absolutely lose all hope for the future of humanity.
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Looks like the gap between systems is really huge. Its almost unbelieable. The PS4 version is 1080p, compared to 720p on the Xbone. And the PS4 version clearly has better textures, AA, and shaders as well.
To be fair, this example isn't the average, but is in fact one of the most extreme cases in differences in visuals between the systems. But regardless of the extremes, the PS4 versions of most multiplatfor games are going to look better and/or run at better FPS. And the difference is going to be a bit larger than it was between PS3 and 360.
I can't see any convincing reason to buy the XBone over the PS4 when its $100 more.
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When I'm talking about people stopping when there is a "yield" sign up, this means they should have been able to merge into traffic instead of coming to a complete stop. There are situations where you don't have a choice but to stop when there is a yield sign, like when traffic is backed up and its bumper to bumper, but under normal circumstances yield simply means you don't have the right of way, and must yield if necessary to traffic in the other lane. The problem is people coming to a complete stop when its not necessary. If they do that, I'll lay on my horn to give them some courage.
Another thing that irks me, and this is a collective stupidity on the part of several moronic brains working in unison for a combined cluster :pinch:, is people not making use of multiple turning lanes. There is a mall I go to sometimes, and traffic is always backed up because people refuse to spread the traffic out in both turning lanes, but instead just back up one of them to the point where it cuts off access to the other turning lane. The civil engineers put 2 lanes turning left for a reason..... Like? So traffic can spread out and not back up as easily? Instead, these idiots want to herd up like cattle. People just don't like to seem to use multiple turning lanes. I've been known to pass 20 cars lined up in one turning lane, to get to the one that doesn't have a single car sitting in it. I don't know if people just don't like using their brain when they're driving, or that they like waiting an extra cycle or 2 at the stop light before they can turn *sarcasm*.
Also, anyone who is scared driving behind the wheel doesn't need to be driving at all. Fearlessness should be a requirement for driving on the road. If I have to wait because someone is scared, then *lays on horn*
If I was to base my faith in humanity around my observations about people's driving skills on the road, it would essentially be zero.
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That defeats the purpose, the whole idea of having ps2 in true HD emulated properly intrigues me. Unlike the ps3 60gb and 40-20 they and upscaling only, this time around they are going for Crystal clarity.
To have "true HD" they'd have to remake all those PS2 games and have higher resolution textures. Otherwise its only being upscaled, because those games weren't created to be run in HD. Also, with the PS4, the emulator would also have to apply a good amount of AA, or the games will still look like crud.
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I recommend getting a Cooler Master Hyper 212+ or 212+ Evo for a CPU cooler. It will run you no more than $30. Its the best CPU cooler you can get for anywhere near that price range. A 212+ is good enough to OC my I5 2500k to 4.7ghz (1.326 Vcore). For a $30 cooler, you can't beat it.
Also, SSDs aren't that huge of a deal. I just had my SSD go bad on me and it was a royal pain in the ass to recover my data after my SSD failed. It lasted about 2 1/2 years, which is common for an SSD. SSDs don't last as long as mechanical hard drives, which I normally get 5 years minimum out of. So if you get an SSD, know the risks, and know that it will likely be the first thing in your PC that goes bad, or needs replacing. And I was only using my SSD as a caching device, and I don't think it did as many writes as if I would have used it as a primary drive. So that likely means you can expect to get even less mileage out of an SSD used as a primary drive.
Also you can save a few bucks by getting the Z87 extreme 4 motherboard, instead of the extreme 6. Unless there is a really good reason you need the extreme 6.
For gaming - 1600mhz ram is fine. Don't overpay for faster ram, because the cost to performance increase simply isn't worth it. And you want to generally get the best GPU you can possibly get for your budget, with CPU being a close secondary.
Here is what I came up with:
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2Nfg5
CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($357.86 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($26.97 @ Newegg)
Total: $1047.76$1047.76 without the OS. Also you forgot to include a PSU, but I included one. I think you can get a better deal on an OS than what is listed. And for single monitor @ 1080p resolution, you don't need more than 2gbs of Vram.
The HAF 912 is a really good case for the price. Cooler master cases in general got nice air flow, even for the lower priced models.
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You're forgetting about other variables like rock slides, or earthquakes that can take a whole side off a mountain in an instant. Also glacial erosion.