BrightBow
-
Posts
5,163 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by BrightBow
-
-
Jean gets Pulverize now. Except unlike in Berwick Saga, it does not double attack. It triples it. Doesn't allow for a double attack. But it's not like many things will survive that first hit anyway.
It's all pretty crazy, honestly.
-
Bonacel gets the Guard skill and now has build in effective damage against cavalry.
Prody lost Good Neighbor and has a random chance to not lose weapon durability.Prody is definitely not doing so hot. Hopefully he was at least blessed with a different skill to replace Good Neighbor II.
Guard is also a lot stronger here then in Berwick Saga, considering you get to move all your units at once.
-
That new skill and it's variations that Prody and others have seems to increase attack power by 50% under specific circumstances. Just gotta figure out what those circumstances are, I suppose.
Still no clue on Jean's new skill.
Also seems you can save whenever you want. But any time you load a mid-chapter save, it lowers your score on that save.
-
I wonder why the game drops a Rusted Axe on the first map now. It's gonna be a long time until it can be dropped in a lake.
Maybe it can be dropped elsewhere now. Idk.
-
5 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:
(That's an emote in the official Dangen discord server if you were unaware)
Oh cool, that's the unused alternate portrait he has.
-
Right out of the gate way more new stuff than I expected. Bonacel got Guard now. Prody has some weird skill with a flat 30% activation rate. They also both have another skill, whatever that one does.
Troy gets a pref spear now if he talks to Zech. God knows he needed a buff, famously low tier as he is.
And he has his pride flag which just like a real pride flag causes all nearby assholes to attack the wielder. -
2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
Grandmother is so cool though. She smuggles a mop into prison so she can tidy up her own cell. Then she gives said mop to Emma and Emma cleans house with it. And then she recruits Lea! Is there anything this woman cannot do?
She also gives a massive support boost to Lea.
Not quite as high as the one Barzelphen gets from Benette, but it's still insanely beefy. -
1 minute ago, Saint Rubenio said:
To be completely fair, to get this line of dialogue you need to go up to him (presumably bringing your crotch along) and talk to him. A situation easily avoided by not going up to him and talking to him, like I do with all the royals.
But this whole affair is how you get resources.
Not like there is a convenient "collect everything" button.
-
The addition of Delta to 30xx is pretty great. Finally someone with a Megaman Zero-like playstyle.
Never been a huge fan of the way X4 and beyond handled X and Zero. One guy shots, the other slashes. That feels more like splitting a single moveset across multiple characters.
Idk, I would rather have a single character with a deeper movepool. -
13 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:
I often forget royals exist.
How? Not like they ever remove their mouth from your crotch.
In any case, considering a playable character to be "minor" doesn't make sense to me.
Unless maybe it's something like a guest unit. Like Lea's grandmother, for example. Doesn't even get a name.
-
6 minutes ago, Jotari said:
I'm looking at the Shadow a Dragon name chart now and I don't see that.
Yes, the site only lists the UK names.
Interesting that they didn't simply keep the German number names for the English translation, though. Not like anyone complains about Frieren at the Funeral using simple German verbs as character names.
-
1 hour ago, ping said:
...before Fee stabs him with yet another crit weapon.
Now his lance shall rest.
1 hour ago, ping said:
: "I won't leave your side, Lord Seliph. The thought of meeting the same fate as Lady Deirdre... It's too painful...
One might even say it would be "cringe".
1 hour ago, ping said:
: "Yeah. They say the gods took human shapes. Naga, the light god, appeared as a little girl, while the fire god Salamand was an old man.
My boi Salamander is finally back! Huzzah!
Although the way he describes him and Naga, it sounds more like Bantu and Tiki.
1 hour ago, ping said:: "With a single taste of the blood of dragons, these once humble warriors of the liberation army were reborn as the Twelve Crusaders.
Just a bit of dragon blood is all it takes to gain super powers? Did no one in Akaneia ever try that, between all the manakete the humans killed there?
1 hour ago, ping said:: "It certainly wouldn't be easy, I think. Even if you had every last dragon fighting together, they'd still need Naga's power. This, of course, means that if we're to win today, we'll need the surviving heir to Saint Heim. In other words, one of Deirdre's three children. Of those three, you didn't inherit the full breadth of Naga's blood, and it's pretty obvious that Julius didn't. Actually, I only recently learned who it is. The inheritor of Naga's power is Julius' twin sister... Princess Julia."
"Recently"? Could you not sense the "aura of Naga" in all the years taking care of her?
And if you didn't know, what else was so special about her that back then you felt compelled to take care of her personally? Surely there was no lack of war orphans you encountered during your travels, who also were in dire need of a caretaker.
1 hour ago, ping said:So, here's the next target. For now, not a very diverse group of enemies: Hilda with a bunch of Barons, and a gaggle of Sleep Loptyrians led by your average Fenrir Dark Bishop.
Finally a whole army where everyone has Great Shield.
1 hour ago, ping said:...all three Loptyr dudes on the castles have had the same lines. Hm.
Well, at least now his lance can rest.
1 hour ago, ping said:
_
I suppose I do prefer the angry face over... well, other depictions of possession.
1 hour ago, ping said:Mr Final Boss grabbed a Meteor tome to make sure he can harrass any approaching unit, and the Nihil skill to make sure he can't be cheesed.
I do like that he tabs a little into the Fala side of his heritage for the final battle.
1 hour ago, ping said:And his girlfriend grabbed a trio of Falcon Knights, Triangle Attack inclusive. They have minor Forseti blood, represented by a capped Spd stat.
You would think that they have the Delta Attacke, but I can't say I've ever seen them try to set it up. Unlike the mage trio, they don't seem to prioritize attacking foes in melee.
1 hour ago, ping said:I forgot to make a screenshot of Ishtar herself, but she received quite significant buffs compared to last chapter. HP from 50 to 70 and Def from 10 to 18 means that she's a lot more difficult to one-round, especially considering her incredible Spd and therefore avoid. Apart from that, her stats didn't go up as much, but "that" is a pretty big thing to be apart from.
Well, not like her offensive stats had much room to grow in the first place.
1 hour ago, ping said:Finally, the Deadlords. I neither speak Latin nor know a ton about biology, but I assume they're all named after scientific species names?
They are named after the numbers 1 to 12, but in German.
1 hour ago, ping said:This convo would've gotten Johalvier +3 Str, but he's already at the (rather disappointing, tbh) cap of 26.
Yeah, but what can you do? Axe users are more associated with speed than strength.
1 hour ago, ping said:I don't suppose we'll comment on the detail that Quan's grand vision is surprisingly close to Travant's.
If it helps, I believe I can faintly hear August scream "bullshit!" from the distance.
25 minutes ago, Jotari said:Edit: Now that I think about it it was probably Shadow Dragon's replacement units responsible for these names and not Awakening's reuse of the Dead Lords
Shadow Dragon reversed that and used the numbers 1 to 10 in Japanese instead.
I suppose Ichi is not that bad of a name for a generic.
-
40 minutes ago, ping said:
: "She awaits her end in the dungeon... You there! Bring us Princess Julia!"
Weren't you supposed to have killed her ages ago? How hard can that be?
41 minutes ago, ping said:
: "Oho! So you do still remember! I can hardly believe seven long years have passed since you slipped away."
7 years ago. So it's not like Ishtar's boyfriend turning evil is a recent thing.
46 minutes ago, ping said:: "I am the heir of Loptyr's kin, and the inheritor of his limitless power. This world belongs rightfully to me. And you, Julia? You are the heiress to the power of Naga, my eternal foe. I cannot allow you to live any longer!"
58 minutes ago, ping said:...with the force sent against Chalphy being significantly stronger. Although the generic Great Knights don't have the greatest accuracy, so I think I should be able to set up some reliable interception. But Brian himself is of yet another caliber, with Helswath raising his defenses to pretty ridiculous levels.
Most certainly on another level than his brothers.
-
31 minutes ago, ping said:
_
Man, with jumps like that, Celice could attack Berwick Saga wyvern with 0 range attacks.
40 minutes ago, ping said:
: "At long last... Seliph. I must commend your courage, boy. But courage cannot save you now. Not since your dear departed father have I seen such a pathetic worm... My flames shall purge you from this world!"
"Daddy screamed reeeeeeeeal good before he died."
34 minutes ago, ping said:
"Bless Levin" indeed. Crew Shanan and Oifey, I suppose.
Although Oifey has it coming for his Arden erasure.
35 minutes ago, ping said:
: "...Y-yes, Mother. I understand. Oh! I've defeated Emperor Arvis! At long last, Father has been avenged!"
36 minutes ago, ping said:
: "Listen, Seliph. You must stay humble, no matter what. Remember, your power alone was not what put an end to Arvis..."
You also had a really cool sword.
37 minutes ago, ping said:Not a huge fan of this scene, to be honest. Very heavy-handed. Seliph's story has a bit of a theme going that he's standing on his parents' shoulders - game-mechanically in the form of inheritance, but he also benefits from Sigurd's reputation and the personal friendships he had forged. Most directly Shanan and Oifey, but there's also Fee who is moved to help Seliph by Erin's stories about Sigurd. I liked that better when there was more subtlety about it.
Well, it's only a secret scene anyway. Deidre didn't even offer a golden axe or anything.
-
2 hours ago, ping said:
Julius takes the field, and he's obviously quite the terror. The Loptyr tome seems like one of the weaker legendary weapons at first glance, only providing a measly +5 Res, but it also carries the same effect that Medeus had in FE1 and FE3, halving any incoming attack's power.
I would imagine that it only has that +5 res to protect Julius from status staffs. But of course as already stated, having more than 30 res means that status swords will work 100% of the time, so he is in fact very vulnerable to status.
2 hours ago, ping said:
: "A terrifying man, that Prince Julius is... Just a single glance into those eyes of his and you're gone... You lose yourself. So many of my friends and others my age've been all left for Belhalla to serve him. I've heard nothing from any of 'em since..."
At least there is a basis in lore that everyone always sucks up to the avatar, no matter how heinous they are.
2 hours ago, ping said:
: "None of yeh come even close t'being strong enough t'fight Prince Julius. Hate t'say it, but sometimes, yeh need t'make sacrifices if yeh wanna keep goin'..."
Eh, Julius is perfectly killable here. Because unlike next map, he doesn't have Nihil yet. So crits can punch through his defenses just fine. In fact, Julius will drop the Leg Ring if it wasn't passed down.
Ishtar would also drop her Life Ring. So funnily enough, under very specific circumstances you could actually have a bit of a Arran/Samson situation here.
2 hours ago, ping said:
Arvis himself doesn't have Julius's strength-halving trick or Wrath one-shot potential, but his raw numbers are even stronger than those of his son. He also has the Nihil skill (in addition to the usual Pavise, as well as Charm and five leadership stars), so he doesn't brook any bullshit from the player's side, either. Just a bunch of big numbers, even one-shotting a decent share of our characters.
Funnily enough he has 3 less base strength compared to his NPC version. I guess that's what age does to you.
Well, time for some revenging.
-
17 minutes ago, Jotari said:
Thinking about it, portraits could be the very reason why we don't see her. The number of enemies they redesigned for the second generation sits at just 1 with Alvis.
Let's not forget Travant.
-
20 minutes ago, ping said:
[+3 HP --> Lana; +100 love points]
Gotta push those cousin romances, I suppose.
Although since their mothers were identical twin sisters, biologically it's less cousins and more half siblings.
25 minutes ago, ping said:
: "Mm, of course. I don't think there's a single corner of Chalphy which I don't recall fondly... Lord Sigurd and Lady Ethlyn... Noish, Alec, and all of my other peers among the young knights of Chalphy..."
You guys didn't deserve Arden.
-
1 hour ago, ping said:
Way to take a stand, Ishtar.
I get it, she's probably dead as a doornail if Julius at any point decides that he doesn't love her anymore, and she presumably knows that, but she seems distinctly unfazed by the prospect of more dead children than the castle can hold.
To be fair to her, if you talk 4 times to someone of the opposite gender, you are legally obligated to marry them and treat whatever heinous acts they commit as harmless quirky behavior.
1 hour ago, ping said:: "Heh... The shock stripped you of your memory all those years ago, did it? Perfect. Now, come!"
Kaga did it first.
Although here the point of the amnesia seems more to be about keeping the resurrection of Lopto from overtaking the story until now.
1 hour ago, ping said:I'm loathe to say this, but Deirdre's abduction was much more well-written. For Deirdre, there was at least some set-up - it's established that Manfroy is looking for her, and Deirdre's feeling of dread (which Julia shares) comes back in dramatic irony when her acting on it (running after Sigurd because she felt impeding doom if they came apart) allows Manfroy to kidnap her without anybody's notice. Julia's abduction... just happens.
Doesn't exactly help that Julia is way more powerful than Deidre. I mean, Deidre cannot even change classes even if she does get to level 20. Julia is in a whole different league. It feels absurd that he can just take her without any meaningful resistance.
But the worst part is that unlike Deidre, Manfroy doesn't actually need Julia for anything. He already has his dark god. If he can kidnap her, then he can also just kill her.
-
40 minutes ago, ping said:
In the north, John Constipatius CIXX. is even tankier than Judah, even before taking his Shield Ring into account. He's also really fast, since Tornado, like all the non-Forseti wind spells, only has a weight of 2. This is important, since he also has the Pursuit skill, and 18 AS actually doubles a lot of units on our team.
In order to be able to use Tornado, he also has Holsety blood. Or Holced blood, in order to be consistent with the official translation of Sety.
Not sure how that fits into the lore.
-
16 hours ago, ping said:
: "Feh... I see you've found out at last. Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time before this day came. It's true. Quan did indeed sire you, but what difference does that make now? It doesn't change that it is I who raised you."
I didn't even give you an exploding sword or anything.
16 hours ago, ping said:Anyway - Travant is great in this scene. Might be the first time he shows a certain moral greyness, with how his adoption of Altena has been framed as just an act to use her innate power. But here, he recognises the writing on the wall: Seliph's army is going to win, and with Travant being a famously traitorous and backstabby (even though that's a bit of an informed attribute, in my opinion), not to mention the killer of Leif's parents and abductor of his sister... Travant's chances to negotiate a peace with Seliph seem slim at best. So, instead, he hands over his crown to Arion, who does not carry any of that baggage, with what I see as a pretty clear implied recommendation to make peace with Leonster, and then he goes off to get himself killed with his honour intact because warrior codes are weird like that.
Don't think warrior codes have much to do with that. Pride, maybe. But above else I would say he is just done with life at this point.
After decades he is still stuck in the Southern end of the peninsula.
Not only that, his worst fear has finally become realized. The girl he raised for 17 years has finally found out that what he did to her biological parents and now looks at him with the eyes of her mother and sees in him nothing but a murderer.
I would imagine he saw his two kids as a symbol of a united Thracia. Now they have instead cause a repeat of the tragedy of the Gae Borg and are if anything a symbol of it's ongoing divide.Point is, his reign was a complete failure. For all his plotting and scheming he has nothing to show for but the corpses of the good people who died in his wake.
16 hours ago, ping said:What an idiot. Seriously, I don't understand how Arion hears Travant say "But we don't need to be hated by their kind..." and concludes that Travant wants him to keep fighting. Seems to me like a very clear suggestion to make peace. What a pure, unadulterated Camüh - down to the cool beardman contrasting his idiocy. I just hope that he feels differently about Altena than Camüh about Nyna.
He is such a dumbass, it's impressive.
I suppose we needed someone to keep leading the Thracian forces. If killing Trabant really did end the fighting, it would feel a lot more like the big climactic showdown with one of the hero killers from Gen 1 that the devs clearly don't want it to be.
But this is just not a great way to do this.
-
Uhh, free new character. Glorious.
-
Definitely Arthur. It's ridiculously condescending of him to lie to his family because he decided that he is the only one who can bear the "horrible" truth that his father who everyone believed to be dead is actually still alive.
And what, you think your mom doesn't on some level recognize when you lie in her face so brazenly? That's gonna turn into gaslighting very quickly, you know?
Seriously, get your head out of your ass, Arthur. It's not good for your back. -
3 hours ago, ping said:: "I've no interest in any more excuses! Don't you dare belittle me, Altena. You are a warrior beyond compare, and you and Arion embody my will beyond these walls. I expect no less than for you to do your duty! And what do I find instead? You've ignored my orders, left an entire platoon to the slaughter, and strolled home as if nothing ever happened! I've never been more disappointed..."
I can't believe Altena did not do the thing she explicitly refused to do. Who could have seen that coming?
I suppose with this kind of leadership skills I can see how Freege managed to snatch Northern Thracia away from Travant.
3 hours ago, ping said:
Arione is a weird fellow. He probably thinks he is mending the issues between Altena and Travant, but if anything he is making them worse.
Trying to convince Travant that Altena does not actually mean the things she explicitly says is just asking for more family trouble down the line.Idk, maybe he bumped his head falling from a dragon or something.
3 hours ago, ping said:
Honestly, how dense can you be?
Especially in the old translation, where Travant said that he gets the sense that Ethlyn speaks to Altena from the grave.
3 hours ago, ping said:: "The point of a battle comes from how you conduct yourself in it, Seliph."
Why do I have the feeling this was a really awkward line to translate?
3 hours ago, ping said:
Oh don't you go all Arione on me, Oifey.
Maybe this exchange is meant as a deliberate parallel to the Travant Trio. But if so, I can't say I find it particular meaningful.
3 hours ago, ping said:
Look Fin, Celice already commented on the sad eyes of the female dragonknight. We can't have both of them doing the same Marth impression back to back.
3 hours ago, ping said:And coming from the south will be Altena with nine generic Dracoknights. This time, we *will* have to be careful about her attacking range.
Technically Dragon Riders. Altena is the only Dragon Knight among them.
3 hours ago, ping said:The northwest corner of the map is... interesting. Six villages right next to each other, threatened by a single Brigand, who in turn is protected by three Heroes - all with identical stats, except that the other two use Flame Swords as their 1-2 option.
The one time you get to see a female Forrester outside of Radney.
I guess those are the civilians taking up arms themselves, mentioned in the prologue.
3 hours ago, ping said:"Eh, maybe she banged Axel. Alex? Alfons? Some unimportant scrub. Far less handsome than I. Not like you're cousins with the crown prince or anything." - Lewyn, probably
Levin in 760 trying to get Briggid to tell him who the father of her kids is, just in case he needs to pass that information down decades later.
-
12 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:
...I never played Command, but I will give it points for giving everyone their own personal air/space fighters instead of identical Arwings and Wolfens. Style matters in sci-fi.
I would say the credit here very much belongs to Starfox 2. As do most things about Command that at least conceptually seem like a good idea.
Serenes Forest's Teehee Thread
in Forum Games
Posted
Oh wow, Matagroth is even sillier now. He carries a large shield for an effective 26 defense. Wearing down shields is also not really a feasible strategy. They just have way too much durability. And it's not depleted if the attack wouldn't have dealt any damage anyway.
Still, I got plenty of new tools too. So maybe this will actually turn out to be easier than before.