Punished Dayni
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*Cans shift about, groans in increasing discomfort as the realisation of all the forgetfulness dawns
I knew life was going to complicate matters the last few weeks, month really (the Christmas period was going to mean I wasn't going to get on this, not to mention I was out of the country for last week and a bit before that), but I didn't realise just how much I'd throw this aside due to it. And I know I'm going to be busier in the coming months. I think I have to call it. I'll probably be off the forums for the next while too, but I think I have one parting teehee at least.
I apologise to everyone for delaying matters.
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9 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Roshea being a magic tank, lease he has the niche.
9 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
BowGang
Becksploding ballasticians bodaciously
9 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Ouch.
I assume he doesn't say elephant.
9 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
He has a Freeze staff dude behind him, too.
Makes sense for this to be in there.
I'd be concerned if you had gotten caught out.
9 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
We clean up the rest and seize to finish.
RIP the castle there.
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28 minutes ago, King Marth 64 said:
Roy + Roy,
Roy's our boy's our Roy's our boy's our Roy.Super Mario Wonder I'd assume would be an option, but I don't know it well enough to suggest (Probably elephant form, but I can't tell what they'd use to represent other than Mario being big). But I want to mention Advance Wars, a game that got a release for the first time in 15 years after being delayed by one due to war. Considering this is a first time attempt for me to do one of these, it'll suck, especially representing the bomber.
Kanbei - Sephiroth?
(Not one of the Sephiralts has black hair, this is not helping), stats raised for a time, I feel like the Wing could represent his counters being stronger well but I'm not sure how to represent that he's expensive.Sturm - ROB with small Dark Samus minion, increased projectile damage, items dropped are firearm themed, calls on Moon Assist Trophy
Bomber - Meta Knight, plenty of bomb items dropping, including Smart, Bob-omb,
Submarine - Metal Inkling with Blue Steel gun, can get clear status regularly
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8 hours ago, Jotari said:
Honestly it's a bit strange they even made the original Black and White to begin with and didn't just stick to the one generation per hand held console format they'd established before. They could have kept things spinning without a whole lot of effort and still earned a bunch of money.
Thing is, it could argue about the DSi being different enough like the GBC to the GB to be on it's own, but it was available on the regular DS (Same with Gold/Silver).
And while I know Gen 7 wasn't released for just New 3DS, considering how performance issues were a presence on the older models that could be argued too.As for keeping the wheel spinning and leaving Gen 5 to the 3DS, it seems like BW were being worked on for a bit beforehand, even if their release was close to HGSS. So maybe they felt they could act on the DS because the 3DS specs hadn't been given and they had the time to release on the DS?
6 hours ago, Shanty Pete's 1st Mate said:Admittedly, Pokemon has always been late to the party. The original RG came out in 1996, while RB made it out of Japan in 1998. On a console that came out in 1989/90. Months before the Game Boy Color was due out. RS took about 18 months, while Diamond & Pearl came out about 30 months after the DS in North America. Likewise for X & Y. Game Freak probably don't want to get out in front of any unproven console.
There's also the prep time needed for a new set of hardware, especially for something specialised like the DS would add time on to the start of the first title to a new console. Localisation of course being another factor up to Gen 6.
6 hours ago, Acacia Sgt said:Quite unpopular, apparently. The prevailing notion from what I recall is that FX's story was much better than the main game's.
I disagree. Feels just darker and edgier and Darkness Induced Audience Apathy on me... but that's just me.
Thing is, it's funny.
SpoilerThe stakes for the story end up being completely torn down by the end, with the entire world barring the Fell Kids and the Four Winds being corrupted, so the goal has been to secure the bracelets from an uncertain foe to preserve a dead humanity, who it turns out was Rafal, who pretended to be Nil and got so into it that it conflicted with his ambitions that had been both pushed on him by Sombron and influenced by the stone Sombron had corrupted..... and in the end the answer was Nel stabs herself to break the stone that it turned out would influence Nil. When they could have removed and hidden the stone....... Or would the influence of the stone be like The One Ring? Anyways, the answer was Nel kill herself rather than the man she considered her brother, which freed him to revive her. I dunno, this didn't click for me, though I at least think the emotional threads for this are fine.
Meanwhile, just because the characters had mirror personalities didn't mean they changed sides beforehand, see Alear and Sombron being where they were but they also don't seem to have changed much in their personality. That could have been an interesting change, but alas
(alack). For a time I thought Nel might be mind controlled by Nil or whoever was running things to kill the royals, but then of course I got to see the full reveals and it makes more sense than I was expecting.An aside, both can use dragonstones after being recruited, despite Nil not being able to without the wish and Nel's base stone being broken when she died.
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So I've been playing Fell Xenologue. How unpopular is it to be bothered by the execution of it's story? I wasn't spoiler free going in admittedly, but the handling of the world, the other twist's implications for how little agency really was there all along and that ending.... well, certainly was a choice.
I will say that boss was fascinating as a fight (Frustrating too), though of course Eirika was crucial again. This has been a thing in Engage I worry about sometimes.
18 hours ago, Shanty Pete's 1st Mate said:Who's getting excited for a new game on yesterday's system? Pokemon fans notwithstanding...
Excuse me. You mean PEAK.
So peak I got White 2 day one, a feat that wouldn't be matched for 9 years.But in all seriousness, considering how the 3DS did in the first year or so of sales, it probably would have liked better first game . Now Game Freak probably could have cut out BW2 from development to get a title out sooner for 3DS, but that's not what happened there. Some of that could be driven by GF going for the established base they had for the DS games with how Unova was a bit of a sales dip (A crying shame, because again PEAK), combined with keeping to the same hardware base for the game that was a direct sequel to their previous title.
19 hours ago, Shanty Pete's 1st Mate said:To pay homage to this, Nintendo will remake and rerelease Thracia 776, but only to players who have accumulated (and are willing to spend) 10,000 Platinum coins on their "My Nintendo" account.
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Spoiler31 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:
Two benefit come to mind, first if you need to lunge to break up deadly attack stance formations, an armoured knight can better survive the maneuver, secondly if you are lunging through a wall, or some other terrain that might isolate them from the rest of the army, the tankiness could help them survive.
Makes sense, like I said, it was late when I was writing then.
18 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:For added context, this was said after tasting a Firenese flower...
Bunet: Boundary Breaker.
If this ain't his Heroes epithet we riotHim sharing his voice with Berkut really not helping here20 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Good work calling that sassy lad out before I had to.
Look, I like Fogado's general vibe.
But fair enough.
20 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Solm really is showing up the other nations with this casual solo success
Maybe they had less to deal with than Firene, much less Brodia.
So far.
20 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:This has all the vibes of Tom Bombadil tossing the one ring aside.
Tom Bombadil is a bit of a silly guy when you get down to it.
And yes, he'd do the same with the emblem rings.
21 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:...Is she thirsting for Ike?
Apparently she is married and said husband is alive (Great job with offscreen parents again IS), so I'd hope not.
Also what are the chances Ike would care for it?
He'd be far from the first emblem to not want that attention.22 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:With those entrancing star filled eyes.
Constantly awed.
23 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Silly Tetchie, cheep cheeps are fish
23 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:When this is a map full of corrupted. There really should have been a reveal like in Awakening, where them being bandits is a bit of a ruse...
Probably, it is an odd thing to reveal bandits are using Corrupted. At this point we'll only see Elusian troops, corrupted and Light corrupted (Fabrications) for the rest of the game. So why these guys are commanding them we don't know. Maybe someone in Elusia contacted them and gave them the corrupted to aid in the distraction they'll be?
24 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:...I guess all the Solmic ladies are thirsting after Ike. Now we just need Fogado to do so and round out the squad.
Checked the bond support, no luck.
Apparently Emblems have a sense of smell, according to Ike from their A convo..
26 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Honestly, I like the whole trio, so they will probably be a more permanent part of the team...although it is a little ominous to think that two of them died in my last ironman runs. Actually, I am particularly glad to finally have Timerra, as her personal's ability to debuff enemy crit rates is something I have been wishing for on multiple previous maps.
And if they don't....
Well, hopefully they'll contribute.
28 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:And we get to witness the burning of a village. Sadly I do not have the insane amount of resources need to save it.
Wait, that one can be saved?
Damm.
33 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:This Longbow sniper is the enemy I feel is most responsible for Panette's death in my last ironman. I was a bit more blaze about breaking terrain, and late into the turn had Ivy Illume staff to reveal this thing with its promoted move, and long bow range has been hiding close enough to slaughter its choice of which of flier to kill with that thing, and poor Panette was the only one that could do anything about it...and doing so led to her be eviscerated by some wolves in the fog.
Fog of War, never not a threat.
Especially since this is the closest to Thracia fog we've ever been.
34 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:ONE OF THE CRITS ACTUALLY MATTERED.
That corrupted must be tilted it got eviscerated for good reason.
36 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:RIP double crit wolf.
If this were Fates I'd be sad if you didn't capture it after that display.
But of course if it were like Fates there'd be a block on capturing corrupted, smh
38 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Merrin opens the vanguard assault with some heavy chip
Huh, I haven't managed to get to that part of the map before the duo move, so good on you.
43 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:This silly little bandit thinks he is a lord.
Lords having plundering rights was practically a thing, so I guess he'd just be an ass to everyone he was over.
His name's not Damas, I can't believe this idiot thinks he can pull this rubbish.41 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:The Queendom of "Freedom" sounds like a bit of a surveillance state...
Kinda yeah, though note the scouts are in other countries, so it's more liable for it to be espionage.
42 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Solm really anticipated a level of deceit that is simply beyond those goobers.
Maybe their scouts were assuming someone had evaded their notice and could be deceptive enough.
44 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:I guess this individuality approach to things does kind of match the freedom claims better than the surveillance and paranoia.
I suppose, though the paranoia stemming from the dead just showing up out of nowhere could make sense regardless of ideology.
45 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:But we are going to have to go back on the defense, as with Fogado distracted by us instead of holding the border, Seforia got overwhelmed by a surprise Hortensia attack. With how TeeHee feels about parents, this is going to take priority over saving the world...
Drop the border guard one time and suddenly you risk your mother's life.
Isolationist Solm will be even more total after the war.
13 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:I hate it. I hate it with a burning passion. Why don't you stay put while we get the cool mom, huh, Foggie?
There is one less unit available from Firene and Solm out of the recruited allies compared to Brodia and Elusia.
This is all the proof I need Eve and Seforia were planned recruits,
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Spoiler13 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Before we start, i give Drag Lunge in case i get into some hairy situations...or for some next level plays
Okay, so lunge on the armour. I assume there's reason to give it to an armour that I'm too tired to catch on to.
Side note, seeing the half bodies made from stretching the colours from the DS artwork be replaced with feh art is a shame.
15 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
I see no mages or Armor slayers, and his Def is sky high so it should be fine25 Def there?
Probably.
15 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Draug is assuming the wall always moves.
If he's the wall I believe it15 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:Yh you were useless. Thanks for the Energy drop!
How could he be useless, he had an energy drop.
16 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Read: I should get Jake and come here....but i don't have Caeda F
RIP.
16 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Bolt Axe incoming
Certified Matthis moment?
16 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
ayo
27 magical damage at level 4.
Nice.
17 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Some more Maria abuse
Promoted Maria will be fun I see.
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
A pic i took after booting up the game.
I feel like I've seen that manakete as an antique statue.
I assume this model was made for this remake?
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Before we start ch12, It's finally time to promote Maria
What fun!
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Not bad, but not Draug
Bench
A bow user is always welcome. Also Rally skill will help
Oh she's good. Also a magic base yay. Her first skill is basically Nohrian trust (aptly called Paladin's trust here)
Boah Digga
Of course they made Midia better than IS or Kaga ever did.Not sure how to feel about the armour bros, but Tomas and Boah at least have rallies.
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
To get 5 points
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Another 5 points
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Aura good....so good it crashes the game so i have to skip animations (game crashed with me on turn 1 before when i tried to use it lol)
I see this game took gamebreaking literally.Also, yeah Fates triangle helps prevent it being risky on this guy but oh man I worry about her hitting armours later on.
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Woah
Kingsword, but in a hack in the 2020's.
IS better being it back
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Minverva pls
Everyone else got at least decent levels, she took the hit.
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Red sisters continue being awesome. I wanna train up Maria's Axe rank for the one and only DEVIL AXE (and also bolt Axe if it's in the game)
Enemy cav: "Maria won't do physical damage, I'm fine"
Maria doing physical damage:
(And hey, least this map confirmed it was real)
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Evade his squad got it
21 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
No, you're dead
Marth had his line stolen, so he stole Dejarnira's life.
1 hour ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:It's a different hack actually that just replaces the art
Oh, so the charming edits still exist. 🙂
1 hour ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:1RN moment
I knew Engage was hybrid RN.
Spoiler22 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Getting the Dream World (or at least the Game Sync part of it) to work now a days requires some real janky incomplete software, and to setup some port forwarding on your router.
Ah well, I didn't know it was a thing at the time either.
22 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Sometimes enemy move sets can be funny like that. Kind of reminds me of the Emerald fight with Aqua Admin Matt, where his Mightyena's only way of dealing damage is Swagger.
And then there's competitive players who do whole sets of it and piss their opponents off.
I wonder will there be a bunch in the DLC that's out soon.
23 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:I did always find it odd that his motivation is about the capture of his sister's Purrloin, and not his own...
Does that change the cause of his anger? I don't think so, beyond internalising it as personal for himself. And I don't think he did that, he's vengeful and wants the theft undone regardless.
23 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:At least he doesn't leave any of us heartbroken by killing any of your 'mons. Random side note, but I much prefer triple battles to rotation battles...
I agonised on the chances of that fight going wrong, but then it ended shockingly easily.
23 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:It would be funny if you managed to luck into any of the other N pokemon...
Now, I could set up for it considering I have a cleared copy of White, but I decided against it.
(They also have 30's in their IVs, would have been worth it for that)
24 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:My Bouchy Boy...
Boucorst deserved better from me than death.
24 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:The safer strat would have been to lead with a pokemon weak to Ground moves (like your Growlithe), that way you bait the AI into using a ground move, so with the Air Balloon it is a free switch into Ogmalfred with the Intimidate debuff gone.
....And that's the exact kind of thing I should have thought of.
Though trouble in my case is that on Neutral Atk Ogmalfred didn't 1-shot the Sandslash with Earthquake. Or at least she got Tormented into using something else, so I can't fairly say that.
Not that that would have been as much of an issue if Boucorst was still around....25 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Oof, that is another of the units I promoted. Promoting my units really seems to be the kiss of death for them.
I have miscalculated.25 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Clay can sweep teams with that Excadrill if you aren't careful, so recognizing you needed to sack Merrine was a good play for the position you were in. Although recklessly losing my Bouchy Boy...
Reckless, careless, pretty apt for how Clay went.
1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:I am putting all the units killed in a linked death, in a skull mask, which also lets me show off their clothes real quick...although Vander here starts in his best outfit from the start.
Top 'fit from Vander, as is right.
1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Arena Ferox is a surprisingly good choice for the first/easiest paralogue. It is a stupidly simple map, and small map, but still one with a lot of story, and personal significance to Lucina.
Having a basic map to explain how these go is fine,
but the writers seemed to have to make sure any of them could be your first.1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Although this is an objectively stupid way to determine who should rule a country.
I mean, you addressed it later on so I don't have to,
1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:I guess this is slightly less stupid than the Khans fighting eachother, but it does seem to defeat the implied purpose of getting the "stronger" khan as leader. Although getting the khan better able to attract stronger allies is theoretically what they are going for. Still a very stupid way to decide a ruler, but we have had plenty of very stupid ways to decides rulers throughout history.
But fair enough, delegating for combat is not the same as delegating for infrastructure.
1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Another small deployment limit, but as you can all see, after the linked deaths, and with a resume of a vital crit on the last map, I have decided to let Bunet join the squad.
1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:And Bunet opens with a dodge and hit.
While TeeHee fails to dodge a 17...
....Apparently the monkey has typed hard enough that we get a viable Bunet?
1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Framme has to pickup the kill, so Ivy has to face a crit death...
But she just dodges the whole attack instead.
Least she didn't fall to the Thoron. Speking of, Rhoron this early, I clearly forgot that was just here.
1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Which is why we all build an army and trust nobody (and pretend the Jeigan can't solo like half of these game)
....Or pretend like I'm not causing disproportionate damage this run.1 hour ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Sadly true, with the risk of linked death and everything.
But those links make all of us stronger.
.....I am not sure I can keep saying that about Drauis if I don't evolve him.
I'm leaning to Espeon or Vaporeon.
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18 hours ago, Newtype06 said:
Can't believe I just lost my Gyarados
Thing is Boucorst might have taken enough from the enemy Excadril that he could have finished things off with no losses. The risk of rolling down the hill could have been prevented and that's what ticks me off about that gym-
Nick also was lost
I think Tentacruel can work, I've used it before.9 hours ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:F
I think now i pretty much have to Promote Maria now to replace my dead Axe'r - even tho i wanted to wait
Or i could use Matthis
....Wow there's really that few late game axes in SD. Discounting Dracoknights if the Whitewings still promote to that.
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Next stop, Clay!
SpoilerI decide to take a detour to Route 6 to pick up the Deerling at the season lab as a free event 'mon, using a repel to be safe and avoiding trainers. Merrinne joins the party (Typoed as Merrine), we get something with Serene Grace and super effective on most of the gym (Admittedly with Jump Kick), win win. I go back to Route 5, 16 and Nimbasa to grind up the new guys and get ready for the gym. It takes..... a while, let's put it like that. In that time, Juliaka evolves to a Scolipede, Daimavarre evolves to Zoroark and I eventually get everyone to 31, where I proceed to choose Ogmalfred, Diamavarre, Celena, Abelanne, Boucorst and Merrine to go through the gym. On the third trainer I get at least one Self Destruct that takes less than half of Ogmalfred's HP and she gets intimidated, so I switch out for Boucorst.... then I miss that he got Swagger'd, only to learn when he hits himself in confusion, I then take a roll of the dice, only for him to hit himself again and the Sandile proceeds to finish Boucorst off. Fuck. I beat the rest, then go to level up the rest of the gym party for the actual fight and switch in Juliaka because Larros isn't evolved and I forgot I was leaving the Baton Pass setup for endgame..... and I can't use it until after this gym. As for the grind, Ogmalfred evolves after learning Earthquake, Merrine learns Energy Ball and I eventually get the team up to level.
The strategy is mainly Ogmalfred with the Air Balloon (I've used all my proteins and Muscles Wings on her as well as Swift Wings), but because Clay leads with Intimidate, I have to use something like Hone Claws and hope he doesn't immediately use Crunch and even Torment is problematic for his Sandslash as I don't trust I outspeed his Excadrill. I also have Merrine with Jump Kick and Energy Ball, Celena with Bubblebeam (I hope not with that weakness to Rock), Diamavarre with Rock Smash and Juliaka... who will be hopeless against his Excadrill unless I can pop off enough Iron Defences to make him run out of moves. Clay briefly speaks and we start. I Misclick Earthquake and he uses Torment (Shit), so I knock his Krokorok in the red and he uses a Hyper Potion next turn as I remember to use Hone Claws. Earthquake 1-shots now, but next turn I can't use Earthquake and the Sandslash pops the balloon, next turn Earthquake doesn't 1-round and I am in real trouble as Ogmalfred gets hit with Bulldoze. Next turn I use Slash and it finishes the Sandslash, then his Excadrill comes in. Checking the stat mods, there's no way he doesn't outspeed and I lose Ogmalfred. I decide Merrine is the least risky loss on balance, so I switch her in. She takes a hit from Metal Claw, I press Jump Kick and he outspeeds her. Seeing as I lost the stat loss, I go for Ogmalfred. Earthquake finishes things off, thankfully, but two losses on this gym is a poor look. Fuck. Clay has us follow out of the gym, we meet up with Veardiy and he asks why Team Plasma are allowed hang around this town and Clay says he thinks they can change and limiting oneself to their own perspectives is a problem. Veardiy huffs at this compromise and is then convinced to follow to the PWT with the idea he can get stronger there.
Next time is PWT I guess. Merrine and Boucorst shouldn't have fallen like that.
TL;DR: Gym 5 doesn't go too well, but it is overcome.
SpoilerNew catches:
Merrine the Deerling
Losses:
Boucorst the Sandslash
Merrine the Deerling
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Ah yeah, I left it off there. Let's get back on the rails.... get it? Because Clay runs a mineahforgetit.
SpoilerAfter some Join Avenue shenaniganry (I get a Reaper Cloth out of it, which it turns out's useless unless I had Dream World available to me), we head for Route 5 and see Veardiy facing four Plasma Grunts who are in my way. Suppose I might as well help, so walk up to them and he threatens the guys after they admit they're just standing about being a nuisance and they move to surround him, of course still getting in the way so I have to deal with them. The Watchog first confuses Juliaka and then pops off a Super Fang, making things a little concerning, but at least I poisoned it so that's inevitable. Looking at it's moves it only knows Super Fang for damage so there's that, Then it puts me to sleep, so I have to go through that as it reduces my health by half each time and falls to poison after several turns and me healing because I couldn't risk hitting in confusion at low enough HP. I then have to face a Trubbish right after and considering I have only not very effective moves on Juliaka I switch in Frain, who easily wins and then the guy compliments Frain and says he bullied the Trubbish so hard too for nothing. They admit they're looking for something and then we the sad music as Veardiy recalls the time Plasma robbed his sister's Purrloin and why it's his motive, thanks us and heals the party. We move to Route 5, sell some stuff to the Gourmet Maniac and move on to fight as little as possible on the route. Which means I still have to face a triple battle with heartbreaker Charles.
Using Abelanne, Frain and Larros, I move to face him. HE says he's at full Throttle and we fight. I have Frain Force Palm the Archen, Abelanne Crunch the Sigilyph and Larros Dig the Tirtouga, which works much better than expected as Abelanne attacks before the Sigilyph, who doesn't use Air Cutter, the Archen gets paralysed and left in Defeatist and Larros doesn't get hit. Next turn they try to use Wide and Quick Guard but I don't fall for it and take out all but the Tirtouga. I do some shifting about to use turns and eventually the Tirtouga falls. He and the crowd leave and I can move onto Driftveil. After the bridge, where I try to get a Ducklett. I go for a Quick Ball and it works, saving any trouble for the new member Celena and on crossing another bridge we see two differently dressed Plasma members talking where one shoves the other and tries to be his shoulder devil, only for the white knight of the two to say N would be sad. Veardiy rushes in and punches the man in black hard enough for him to be moved 2 spaces (Reminder, Hugh is best rival) and continues to chase him and the other one explains Team Plasma fell to factionalism and asks you pop by a house the whites live in. Driftveil is where we can get Dusk Balls (Ah yiss) and some tutors are around, I do some moving about and discover I can go to Route 6 right now, but I hold off. I go around town getting what I can, hear someone say Hornswaggled and note that Driftveil has become a hotel spot with it's old storage space replaced with the PWT, which I can access yet. I decide to the Plasma house next, the guy we met earlier points us to a old man who turns out the be a sage called Rood who asks to fight us to sus us out?. With rain on, I switch Gordie after seeing it really has an effect on his damage to Frain and she takes a quarter of her health from boosted Take Down. Frain finishes the Herdier, then we see a Swoobat. Air cutter does decent damage (I do not trust a crit), but Quick Attack finishhes things fine and we win. After that Veardiy runs up after losing the other guy so he can get the exposition too (No test for him?), where Rood explains they've been taking care of the pokemon that were stolen (but not releasing them or reuniting them? Not the best look and Veardiy calls them out for what is a hollow apology for what he sees as not good enough and he leaves to fight the gym). Then Rood asks us a favour, to take care of a Zorua which I say yes to, but I suppose I can't rename it. Let's refer to N's Zorua as Diamavarre for our purposes. With that, I have a bit of training to do, so we'll cover that starting on Route 16 and the gym next times as it's late now.
TL;DR: Get two new members, take some minor risks and get to listen to more angry Veardiy. Plan is train up the new guys and have options besides Ogmalfred trained up with Earthquake.
SpoilerNew additions:
Celena the Ducklett
(Diamavarre) the Zorua
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Yeah, I have to head off today, so it'll be next week before I get back on this.
3 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Sometimes its a benefit to be a little wrong in your game knowledge, and Skill Link Minccino is a nice enough Pokemon to get.
Pleasant surprise that I didn't have to, but access to stuff like Bullet Seed and Rock Blast gives it better coverage than I anticipated.
3 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:It always did seem strange to give the player character of a Pokemon game, a love interest old enough to go on international business trips.
As someone who never bothered to follow this arc, do they actually?
Any discussion of this character has to admit that even if they're a child actor they're probably closer to 18 than not, so that's a yikes.
3 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Fairly certain you are given an Air Balloon in Clay's city somewhere.
And if it bursts?
3 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Now the luck is just taunting you, as you never get female Combee in a Nuzlock.
I will never know if that would have been guaranteed, but if it was that's unfortunate.
13 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Ah, the old Divine shock of discovering who TeeHee is.
Fogado looks quite worried here to me, like if the Divine Dragon was going to invade.
13 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:...
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...Sorry, the eyes on the Solmic siblings is just entrancing.
Ah, the secret Solm Royalty's ability to entrance people with their eyes.
We shall mourn you as appropriate.
13 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Here are the 7 I am bringing. These were tough choices, I almost brought Zelkov, but there is no terrain he can really use, and Lapis for a 20 range Astra storm, but I decide to bring my promotes, and almost promoted in the end.
This map and it's 7 slots tightens things so much, but it probably didn't help last time I hadn't promoted anyone.
13 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:and like I remembered, the sands do prevent you from cantering.
The Quicksand really traps your units huh.
13 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:so she doesn't have to face a hard hitting counter.
Franne with this much damage, surprising.
13 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:I simply couldn't reach this Levin Sword one in time. I needed to Astra Storm him, but TeeHee was positioned in the worst possible place they could be last turn, as they could only be warped into a desert to get closer to it. Perhaps if I had brought Lapis for the 20 range Astra Storm...
Sigh, whelp RIP the Master Seal for Alfred I guess.
Unfortunate for that person, rushing over tends to be a rush for it.
14 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Levels on the chip, but still misses that strength proc.
But you didn't Bouch.
15 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Bunet, you have just saved me a host of troubles with that crit. That puts me in a far more comfortable position
Ah yes, the rare moment of Bunet being useful.
15 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Oh thank TeeHee we only missed out on a useless elixir when the lemming died.
Least you got it.
15 hours ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Says the prince who is hundreds of miles from his castle.
In fairness, he wouldn't be but for.... well, all this.
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So, why didn't I mention Kirby earlier? I mean, probably makes more sense than the others I mentioned? Well, I'd feel like if any of them was going to be the one being used to bring the crossover together it'd be a Kirby title, enough space elements to use to justify it and all. But yeah, Kirby as animated makes the most sense, if anything I could see an impassioned director insisting on a film which changes animation styles as it goes, something caused by the villain. Who of course would be so western-inspired devil-looking that the Kirby movie would be called Satanic before it even came out.
3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:Marth: Chris Pratt
Caeda: Gal Gadot
Jagen: Harrison Ford
Malledus: Danny Devito
Medeus: Jack Black
Camus: Leonardo DiCaprio
Hardin: Nick Offerman
Minerva: Cara Delevigne
Wendell: Christopher Lee (CGI)
Wrys: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
I see itSadly, too much on the budget for the series, we'd probably end up with Chalamet as Marth if that happened-
*Is smote
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One could argue fourth with Pokemon, but that's...... complicated as an ownership structure. Moving on.
As to where I'd expect, I'd say one of three answers: Splatoon as an animated flick (Seems to me the straightforward answer for this franchise from what I know if it), Animal Crossing as a Slice of Life animated series (I'd think the most likely in terms of expected reception, but my question for it is how they'd monetise off this. It is popular enough I think it could get away with it) or Metroid as another live action film (as one of the older franchises that's always held some prestige, even as there have been difficulties getting it going in the last decade recent years have shown it still has some appeal and story wise it could work at cinematic length. Live action would probably be the pick due to them intending on keeping human proportions, as opposed to Mario).
But I want say this for the joke of it: FE, as a live action series. With a cast of primarily humanoids they're probably going to treat it like LoZ and make it live action. With a larger minor cast and a structure that befits a series more they wouldn't really make it a standalone film assuming they try to keep a similar structure. And with it's present sales position maybe they'd treat it as a lower budget show and not be worried about returns on it, see if it works out.
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On 10/30/2023 at 11:54 PM, Interdimensional Observer said:
On March 14th, 1992, Intelligent Systems released Fire Emblem Gaiden.
On December 29th, 1991, Super Robot Wars 2 was released. Its villain was this guy.:
Bian Zoldark. Seen here in his Original Generations portrayal.
Bian reminds me of Rudolf, and came into existence just a few months prior in an SRPG on the same console. Yet Bian's plot is much better thought through. That being...
- Bian realizes aliens threatening the Earth are coming, he warns the Earth government.
- Government doesn't believe Bian -until the aliens come covertly knocking. Then the corrupt selfish bureaucrats decide they will surrender humanity's freedom without a fight, and without everyone else on Earth knowing this.
- Bian is disgusted, refuses to let Earth be conquered without a fight. He spectacularly sabotages the confidential "peace talks", and announces the existence of aliens to all of humanity.
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In the same breath, Bian declares the formation of the Divine Crusaders. He welcomes all who would fight for Earth's independence from the alien menace to join him. Together, they shall overthrow the Earth government and establish a global military regime. For only united can humanity defeat the aliens.
- Bian knows there will be a few bad apples who don't truly believe in his ideals and only seek personal power will join him. For the time being, he bears with them.
- While swift and aggressive in his maneuvers, Bian did include a caveat in his plans. If there emerged those with power possibly greater than his own, he would have the Divine Crusaders pull a few punches to see if the opposition could actually defeat him. If it came to it that they fought and he lost, Bian would entrust the protection of the Earth to those who slew him.
(Mind I'm familiar with the OGverse version of events, but they're fundamentally the same as in the SRW Classicverse.)
As for Rudolf, amending his plans to be the same as Bian's doesn't sound terrible. Rudolf wants to end the rule of the gods, and vanquish the Duma Cult. He feels the need to unify Valentia to do so. Rudolf sends his son away to keep him away from a man willing to become an outward villain for the sake of the greater good. When a force just so happening to be led by his son (it could've been anyone) contests him and his Dozer proxy, Rudolf holds back a bit and lets the Sofians compete with him for the role of godslayers.
Does it sound like a terrible revision?😅
It doesn't seem like much of a deviation from what we got, though of course executing it better would allow it to actually look the part like Rudolf had a robust plan that wasn't assuming Alm would show up buffed. It does feel like the comparison differs with the setup in SRW (there technically being 4 different parties, but it's less difficult to shift things about than that statement implies) and with Rudolf determined to bring the world under a united banner it could be that he's all too willing to go ahead with the plan of conquering Zofia as it fits a might makes right mentality that they very much want to be the case with Duma getting monikers likw the War Father along with the other bits of Rigel lore we've seen in the remake.
Personally, I'd expand on the opportunism angle that SoV could have had with, say, Slayde (Seriously, have him show up with Berkut the first time then be blamed for the defeat and get shoved on guard duty, which he uses to snake his way further back to try and avoid getting involved) and show a degree of Zofian struggle internally, but that'd take a remake that altered more in the story.
18 minutes ago, gnip said:Yeah, I can definitely accept "technical limitations" as an excuse, if that's it. It would fit my experience with the game if AI was tied to classes, not individual characters, which would explain why Rudolf the Gold Knight has the same AI as Generic#149 the Gold Knight. And we talked earlier how class data seems to be pretty compressed, what with many unpromoted classes sharing their bases with monsters or enemy-only classes, so "just add an Emperor class, lmao" probably wouldn't have been a valid option.
Yeah, though with some FEs it doesn't seem like the logic of tying AI to classes hasn't gone away.
18 minutes ago, gnip said:...that is disturbingly fitting for the two.
Berkut would be a rising star in the Republican Party.
19 minutes ago, gnip said:There is still plenty time to decide who I'm going to disappoint, of course. But to be honest, considering that I never played Awakening or Fates, I'm inclined to go full Crusader Kings here. Well, maybe not full CK. Dew not being part of my initial plans isn't just based on optimisation. And I vaguely remember that it's implied that Claude and Sylvia are more closely related than would be comfortable for a romantic relationship, so I'd rather... not.
So basically, I do want to plan pairings, for either mechanic or narrative pay-off. Erinys/Claude is one that I want to do because "magic-based Pegasus Knight" sounds cool, and I can certainly be talked into a Finn pairing if there's a nice follow-up to that in Gen 2. For now, I'll just keep the suggestions (and my initial plans) in my FE.txt document, add any further opinion offered, and play Mystery before thinking too hard on it.
That is not to say that I don't welcome discussion on the topic, I just might not give my own 2ct on it.
Considering nobody said anything about Aideen, I suppose sticking to Midir/Aideen might as well do then after all. People asked for Azelle and Claude elsewhere, Pursuit is frankly oppressive to the game's meta for this stuff and Midir has specific benefits on top of that, so might as well stick with the optimal pick. Although, if you want to use Finn for that thing mentioned earlier, I won't mind.
Definitely don't go full CK. I think we all know how that'd turn out in this game.33 minutes ago, gnip said:
Into Mystery of the Emblem we go. I think I started playing this game twice, both times Book 1, and both times not getting very far into the game, as you can see. I think it's safe to assume that I was very distraught by the lack of Sheeda's #1 simp, so I couldn't stomach playing past this map.
RIP Roger.
You mention the aesthetics of this menu further down and how the transitions between maps are neat, but frankly just sitting on it and listening to the menu theme is great on it's own. I can imagine the game being told as a story in some tavern around the fire in the middle of the room or a map of Archanea with it, the teller regaling the larger than life Marth befitting how other talk of him in the future.
The closest FE has gotten to that since for me? SoV, though I'd say it more invokes a column marching with drums beating as the leave, likely to their doom. I'd wonder if whoever was on that took inspiration from this piece, but that's probably just me.
36 minutes ago, gnip said:I'd be surprised if he came close to FE11!Marth's general terribleness, though.
I'd say no.
38 minutes ago, gnip said:His bases and growths are unchanged, unless I missed something, and they are still bad. He does at least have a passable Spd growth, but there's just a bunch of issues, with the obvious starting point being his low movement. He also lost access to swords, and while he'd be unable to double with an Iron Sword anyway, thanks to the increased doubling threshold, but this makes it all the less likely that he'll be able to grow out of his awful Spd base in a timely fashion. His terrible Lck is also relevant now - FE3 finally gifts us with crit mitigation, so DOGA is more susceptible to crits than most.
It's a shame that this game leaves so few lance options because of how dismounting works, but I guess it's a case for armours. If only they made a stronger case, but at least Lorenz is still a thing here.
40 minutes ago, gnip said:
Holy hell, how could I forget to mention this? We can trade items now! Trade items! Back and forth!
We need What's this?, but for someone shocked that FE actually plays halfway decently.
41 minutes ago, gnip said:Instead, I was feeding kills to Gordon and DOGA, although the latter disqualified himself by opening with a +Skl only level-up for his debut. And he'd be a fourth Knight Crest user, of course.
RIP Doga
41 minutes ago, gnip said:
Gordon, meanwhile, opened with a +Spd level, clearly showing that the stars are favouring him. He then got a second, worse level near the end of the fight, but I'm still going to try and commit to good ol' Gaggles.
Gordin, default archer guy gets a good stat.
42 minutes ago, gnip said:
: "Oh, you're the prince of Aritia! It#s like a dream to be able to see you... This... this Vulnerary is a small gift from me. Please accept it."
Ruben wept.
As do I.
42 minutes ago, gnip said:Very disappointed that he didn't walk up to Gazzak and slap him.
Imagine if that happened in any game.
We'd be cheering so loud.
43 minutes ago, gnip said:
...but DOGA then manages to set up an Iron Bow kill for Gordon. There, the worse level-up.
Better than nothing.
2 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:Genealogy has the strongest villagers. In other games, bandits disintegrate villages in a blink, the defiant and enduring wills of Jugdrali citizens allow them to hold out for a whole nine turns.
Jugdral Villages are also insane compared to castles, one wrong guy touches them and they collapse. 😛
2 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:So many stat ups -but none of them are Str/Def. The Caeda conundrum.😄
Isn't some of that because the level ups are kinda split so you really roll for one or the other at a time?
Or have I misunderstood that?
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So, I disappear for a few days and Gaiden is finished. Oh well, guess I make a reply big enough I'll put it in spoilers and just presume things have been calm in comments while I was out.
SpoilerOn 10/28/2023 at 11:34 AM, gnip said:
So, back to Alm. The next three fights are... something, to a large part because it counts as the Necrodragons attacking Alm, not the other way around.
Yeah, I feel like this could have been avoided, but we're here now and might as well get dragged over.
On 10/28/2023 at 11:34 AM, gnip said:
And then Teeta is dead.
Like, turn 1, no counterplay available, she just happens to be in range of a Necrodragon who one-rounds her. Thank you S. Kaga, very cool.
That looks about right. Thanks preset deployment, very cool and fuck you.
On 10/28/2023 at 11:34 AM, gnip said:So then, back to the real protagonist. (I'm talking about Ryuto, obviously)
Well obviously.
On 10/28/2023 at 11:34 AM, gnip said:
It does help to, again, use FEWoD to split your troops correctly. Specifically, send all the high-Move characters to the northeast, that is to say, Claire, the horsies (including Cliff), and of course Mr Speed, Force. They will engage the group of enemies north of the broken bridge. No idea if you can "open" this bridge similar to FE1, by moving somebody to the northern part of it, but I assume it's just an obstacle to encourage you to actually use both your groups, and that can at least be crossed very slowly by foot units.
You would assume rightly,
On 10/29/2023 at 7:00 PM, gnip said:
The next map definitely is one of the maps of all time. Not quite sure what adjective to pick. It looks very silly, once again, but I'll give it that it appears more purposeful than other silly maps: If you try to just push upwards, you'll be at a terrain disadvantage, as well as in range of four Bow Knights and two Wizards.
....Did this map seriously just be so stupid large for no reason that SoV cut out 25% of it when the remake came around?
On 10/29/2023 at 7:00 PM, gnip said:And even though it's technically not the best option to give the rightmost enemies a target that they can shoot without eating a counter, overwhelming Force obviously has to be deployed.
Force applied, enemy died. Simple.
On 10/29/2023 at 7:00 PM, gnip said:After the fight, another Necrodragon group appears - 13 of them this time. Certainly one way to discourage grinding at the Hidden Shrine, assuming they do move from the crater.
I'd suspect no, seeing as I've never seen any indicator of the reinforcements moving backwards, but I could be very wrong there: I got to see it in SoV with some brigands chasing back after me going back to Greith's map.
On 10/30/2023 at 6:20 AM, Shaky Jones said:Biraku fans weep.
Hardin will die before Book I ends, calling it now.
On 10/30/2023 at 7:22 PM, gnip said:After that, Rudolf goes into coward AI, which I also wouldn't have expected, considering he's currently committing suicide by offspring. Feels like one of those narrative details that Kaga would include.
I mean, it's the NES and they're still getting used to coding anything in this series,
On 10/30/2023 at 7:22 PM, gnip said:"Apart from some nephew or something. Wonder what the boy is up to these days."
Probably listened to Rinea and is currently living cottagecore conservative fantasies as we speak.
On 10/30/2023 at 7:22 PM, gnip said:I'll give the plan a 7.76 on a scale between 1 and Corrin. It does have the same nature of plunging the continent into war, presumably killing thousands of people, while relying on many things going exactly right that aren't under your control at all. I also don't quite understand why Rudolf couldn't have attempted to kill Doma himself, so... yeah, I'm not quite on board with this reveal.
Maybe he suspected that he'd be immediately stabbed in the back by the Duma Faithful if he moved even slightly to do that.
Now, of course none of this would be explained here and I'm pretty sure it isn't in SoV beyond "Mila kept it in her skull because she didn't want her brother to die"
On 10/30/2023 at 7:22 PM, gnip said:I decided to distribute the three epic Cavs over the three Mars games, if you recall, so that's why Biraku is obligatory in Book 1. And I think Dayni specifically requested him in that incarnation, too.
Yes. Yes I did.
On 10/30/2023 at 7:22 PM, gnip said:Canon is a bourgeois concept, anyway.
The proletariat must embrace death of the author and free interpretation of the workOn 10/30/2023 at 7:22 PM, gnip said:
Occasionally (and randomly, I think), after entering a new screen, this pop-up turns up, in which a few characters on Celica's team lose a few hit points - 4 HP for Kamui and 3 HP for Dean this time, to give you an idea of the magnitude. I wonder if this can actually kill characters, or if Celica will just be accompanied by a bunch of characters with 1 HP if you keep losing your way. I didn't see Celica lose any HP, so it seems that it isn't possible to get a game over by dawdling.
I'm pretty sure Celica can show up, I feel like I saw her get hit.
But yeah, take too long and they'll all be gone. And guess who's closer to the bigles?
On 10/30/2023 at 7:22 PM, gnip said:
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Commander Badass and his two underlings. How nice. Manly Guys doing Manly Things was a fun webcomic, although I lost track of it at some point and never got back into it. I still name my Magikarps Mr Fish, though.
From what I know it's dead at this stage.
Also, SoV changing things meant you don't get to face these three before the final map, such a shame.
On 10/30/2023 at 7:22 PM, gnip said:
Some of us about IS 😛
9 hours ago, gnip said:
Despite my hope, which was fueled by neither Jedah nor Doma having the Messiah spell listed in their stat page, they both summon additional Bigles constantly. Ugh.
Yep, go fuck yourself they said, because a loving god wouldn't summon big eyeballs all the time
or give us Hexing Rod, ANANKOS9 hours ago, gnip said:
Interestingly, Doma moves to attack - but attacks from melee range, even though he has a ranged option. The main site even cites 1-8 range, but that never comes up in this particular fight.
Also, Doma looks pretty lovecraftian, I have to say. Hard to tell what's what in his battle sprite, honestly.
Man, I remember in the pre-SoV days when people insisted that there was no way Duma was a dragon and was truly a god, tentacle monster of the deep and all.
I mean, I can see the draconic elements here, but it feels less contiguous than SoV. More of a slimy mess kept up well past the point it should have been.
9 hours ago, gnip said:
Because Rudolf was a man with a genius plan?
Oh.
9 hours ago, gnip said:But then Doma's death quote doesn't suggest any retreat as such - more that he has been asleep this whole time, given that their slumber should never again be disturbed...
I feel like they say slumber too in SoV, and there it feels more like they died.
But this could be part of that presumption of them being more like gods originally and tied directly to the land at that. And yes, they do put themselves into Valentia in SoV, but it could have felt more like that, especially Duma.
9 hours ago, gnip said:
We are past NES FE.
This nightmare of a thousand years is at it's end /s9 hours ago, gnip said:Maybe a generous rating, but I don't want to label this game as just "bad".
I would not have blamed you, I personally would not want to go back to it after playing, but for some reason despite it's issues I've played SoV 5 (4?) times, which is kinda high for me with the games I have physically (and yes, we count route splits separately for this).
9 hours ago, gnip said:For Jugdral, only Dayni has made requests thus far, way back on the first page: Pairing Aideen and Midir in Genealogy, and partying with Marty in Thracia.
I will ask what we currently have picked for Genealogy, just to make sure I stick with my earlier call or change my mind.
7 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:I dunno, the fierce expression seems enough in line with Wally if you ask me. No need to make him appear older and more gentle.
Plus it's the NES, that's a basic ass design that could have easily been expanded upon but retaining the personality in the expression while incorporating Walhart in the armour design and accents.
7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:Genealogy is, like Gaiden, a game with very little flexibility. Less, in fact, since there's no such thing as villagers.
But there are villagers!
Sure, they're NPCs, but they're in the game.
5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said:Damn it, why is NESFE so complicated for my brain to wrap its head around? I usually have no problem shilling old games.
Because it sucks on a basic technical level that wouldn't be resolved until MotE.
3 hours ago, Jotari said:For Genealogy I suggest an authentic no shipping run. Which is not a substitutes run. It's the authentic blind experience of making no effort to pair at all. Let these digital sluts reproduce with whomever they feel inclined to without that guiding hand of the player. I am certain you will still get some pairings happening naturally.
AKA: leave them to their own devices and somehow get Ayra/Claude
1 hour ago, Shanty Pete's 1st Mate said:Laylea and Sharlow aren't necessarily better than the kids they're replacing, but they do net you exclusive items (the Barrier Blade and the Berserk Staff, respectively), so that's pretty cool.
That's just it, they're the only ones with exclusive items and I don't get why. Did Kaga expect to kill the girl who he said was taking after fashion trends of the time?
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SpoilerOn 10/30/2023 at 12:24 AM, Newtype06 said:
Smashing a rock to cross route 111 (RIP desert encounter) we find a Geodude, who I nickname Rocky
Can you at least trade him up to Golem? Bold is a bit unfortunate, but the wall potential (if only physical) combined with sacrifice option is there.
On 10/30/2023 at 12:24 AM, Newtype06 said:I access the Fiery Path first to try to guarantee an encounter, and I end up only coming out with a Grimer, nicknamed Mukbang
I mean, it's got some alright defences, but you could get better in there.
On 10/30/2023 at 12:24 AM, Newtype06 said:
Numel's alright I suppose, but this being AS probably doesn't help.
On 10/30/2023 at 12:24 AM, Newtype06 said:On route 113 I have another Ralts moment and get a Skarmory. Ikaros was the hardest to capture so far, breaking almost 10 pokeballs
From my experience Skarmory's always a bitch to catch. But hey, it's got some effort and what luck for an encounter, I'd say pretty useful for the run.
On 10/30/2023 at 12:24 AM, Newtype06 said:Altria the Swablu is next on the team, captured as we head to Meteor Falls to save Professor Cozmo. Brendan helps us beat Team Aqua, tanking all of the enemies' attacks.
....Only for you to get Altaria with Mega potential too. Sheesh.
And that nature, pretty good all in all.
(Did you lose an encounter between 114 as well?)
On 10/30/2023 at 12:24 AM, Newtype06 said:Anyway, we crossed the Jagged Pass to the south where we added René the Machop to the team, picking up the items thanks to the Acro Bike and arriving in Lavaridge.
RIP, another trade evo, but Machamp would have ggod potential for Norman and has potential in E4.
On 10/30/2023 at 12:24 AM, Newtype06 said:There we got an egg from an old lady, which after a looooooooooooong time hatched into Linda the Wynaut. Fun Fact: you can't use the bike inside the pokemon center, but you can use it inside the hot springs.
Wynaut I suppose.
(You'd think the bike would get stuck in the water)
On 10/30/2023 at 12:24 AM, Newtype06 said:Finishing all this, time for the Gym. Flannery was even easier than Wattson and fell to Theresa's Bulldoze. Here's the "team" that beat her.
Never do Monograss Emerald, this is a bitch to prep for. I also see you had planned for Guts Swellow if need be and evolved Rocky (:)) shame Dennis's level was not enough for Tentacruel. All too easy for Gyarados in the end
(can't even get one in BW2 before postgame, they knew)19 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:We are all set to continue, right?
I should think so, but I'm going to be honest I probably don't touch it for at least the next 2 if not 3 weeks depending on how things go.
20 minutes ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:Also are my Pokelists here complete?Mine is, from what I can see.
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Let's actually fight Elesa now.
SpoilerOn route 5, I get another demonstration of why Audino is a punching bag that hits back on Gordie (He lives, but Secret Power is effectively 100 BP. That ain't nothing), trigger one of the phonecalls from Yancy, pop back into Lostlorn Forest and do some more grinding, decide to fight the Combee that I expected to be male, only for it to be female (wow), Ogmalfred learns Rock Slide, making the Emolga hopefully irrelevant, during my grinding I get a second call from Yancy heading back out and Gordie learns Flame Burst, before we head back to the gym. I have Boucorst take on the first gym trainer and Ogmalfred the other two, which they do with no issue, before we have the big reveal of Elesa at centre stage. Side note, the notes in this track that they have of people singing are definitely sampled, as they're also in TWEWY, specifically the pig battle theme. So that's a neat little bit. The grinding took a while, but now it's time. Elesa starts with Emolga, Ogmalfred takes 20 damage from a crit Pursuit, while Rock Slide doesn't 1-shot, which of course means she heals the Emolga. Ogmalfred then Slashes and Rock Slides to finish it, while the Flaaffy does damage with Take Down and I miss Rock Slide because I'm stupid and picked the wrong move. I heal Ogmalfred, then raise her Atk with Hone Claws for a few turns while the Flaaffy keeps using Take Down, which requires me to heal again because it's persistent. I then use Dig, which does the job, before Elesa brings in her ace. She outspeeds and uses Flame Charge, while Ogmalfred goes for Dig. This works just fine, Ogmalfred 1-shots with Dig and gets a level, which I choose not to evolve. Elesa gives the badge and Volt Switch, Alearth gets put on the screen, Elesa follows after we leave and I go to the centre after doing some can buying (I get some free cans too).
TL;DR: Boucorst doesn't need to lift a claw, a mole takes over the catwalk.
Good thing I got it done now because I wouldn't be able to update over this weekend.
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Let's get back on with getting to Elesa, shall we?
SpoilerFor a few days, I have some other stuff on my mind so the most I do is Join Avenue stuff, but I decide to pop by Route 5 to see what happens and Bianca shows up to give Fly (nice, but I'll have to wait for Driftveil Bridge for anything to use it with), then explains hidden grottos, brings us to one and then lets us decide if we want to face the Minccino that's waiting for us. Said Minccino will have Skill Link, which makes multi-hit moves hit the full amount. This is useful with moves it can learn and is a good option for bulky opponents. So I go for it. I get it down to yellow health but Drauis gets encored and I don't want to risk crits so switch in Abelanne. She misses Hypnosis 3 times in a row before the Minccino puts her to sleep first try so I say screw it, throw a ball and it's first try. Larros the Minccino joins in the box, I take advantage of the food maniac to sell some Castelia cones for 20 times what I paid for them (This is why they're worth getting daily) and move on to Lostlorn Forest, where we have another grotto with a more significant possible ally. I pop on a repel but get ambushed by a trainer who seems to have perfect senses, get jumpscared by a Zoroark after it gave me a TM, then find the Grotto. If it doesn't have Heracross now, I can't get it again as I'd have too fight what's there first, but so be it.
First time I check, I find a Great Ball. Second time, I find a hidden mulch. Third is a Pokeball. Fourth is another mulch and at this point I realise it's going to be a while before anything happens. Then a Repel shows up, a Super Repel, a Hyper Potion, before we finally get an encounter...... which will be Combee. So that sucks, guess I go back to the grass. Apparently it's even less likely to be female (5%) than usual, which is a sick joke after over an hour of this. After walking in the grass, we face that breeder again, because apparently he also repeats encounters. What the hell? After fighting the guy again, Boucorst evolves into Sandslash. Then I take a step and get our encounter, a Venipede. Gordie is below half health because of the last fight. I switch in Frain, get it paralysed with Force Palm, then catch first try and name the Venipede Juliaka. I get out of the woods, then have a thought on what party I want against Elesa. Boucorst and Ogmalfred are the best bets I have, with her whole party having Volt Switch that makes sense and risking Pursuit from all but the Flaffy doesn't help either if it comes to that. The Zebstrika also knows Flame Charge, making Frain and Juliaka too risky to use, so Frain and Gordie get benched for the moment as I bring out the new recruits to get training on the trainers I hadn't faced yet on prior routes, going as far back as Castelia City.
Juliaka evolves to Whirlipede clearing the Battle Company and gets Iron Defence, a good time for noting that Baton Pass and Agility are in it's level up moveset (If it could learn Work Up we had a nigh perfect baton passer there.... but it learns Swords Dance 😈..... which like U-Turn is BP locked. I might just call for a cheat and trade over to my White Save for these TMs.), crawl through Route 4 and go back to Relic Castle (Abelanne 2-shots the Sigilyph, which is enough to survive it using Psybeam twice), get the TMs on the routes mentioned, get back to Nimbasa and get the celeb's xtransciever, take a ferris wheel ride where I get to hear someone talk about their perspiration, clear Elesa's old gym, fight in the stadia, do some grinding in Lostlorn Woods (confirming Drauis can evolve, I just don't want to yet) and go back to face Ingo and Emmet. This fight goes fine, I take a detour to Anville Town, which gets me a free Rare Candy and I get back to grinding.
TL;DR: Get myself above 6 pokemon, get some evolutions, I do a lot of not fighting the gym. Hopefully I can get myself into position for that in the morning, I won't be able to the next few days.
It's interesting to note my next two encounters are pretty much set (Ducklett is 100% encounter nd Driftveil has a guaranteed Zorua), but those are pretty much it until after the PWT (Surf isn't before then). Clay will be interesting based on what I have.
Spoiler1 hour ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:honestly might still use for the really good pair up bonuses
He must guard Tiki.
1 hour ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:i don't mind it honestly, however Lunge + 10 MoV is kinda....???
12 range Lunge hit is hilarious.
Good thing they don't have spy yumis or Ballista range.1 hour ago, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:>next chapter full of Ballista
....Fair.
Will Fates Ballista be used? Or will it be more like SD? If it's the former, flying Maria seems like it can still work.
(Also, How did I miss the enemy pair up-unpairing?)
Spoiler17 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:RIP, the Sandile line is rather solid, especially with both its possible abilities being fantastic.
I know, losing them is a shame as I could have used it for sure
18 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. It could be a lot worse really, as this is the first games where Sandshrew has an actual levelup movepool
It'll be a while before it gets going, so Excadril will do for Clay (I may be hoping to avoid evolving it against Elesa).
18 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:Now that is a fantastic encounter, especially once it evolves. It also makes me think we will see some Air Balloon Excadrill strats for Clay.
Well, that depends on if I have an Air Balloon, or if she survives to then.
19 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:That would be another encounter put off til after the gym. Hopefully you have enough fire power for Elesa.
Ogmalfred and Boucorst may be plenty once they have enough levels, but . And of course I got the chance to anyways because the hidden grotto tutorial isn't locked to after the gym.
19 minutes ago, Eltosian Kadath said:If you are having dead encounters effect species clause, that is probably a good move to better control shaking grass encounters, although Audino is a better pokemon than people generally expect
Fair enough criticism, there's good reasons to consider using Audino, though Gen 6 does give it a mega to argue for as well.
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17 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:
Generic sages and Halcyon definitely got beards in SoV, they're just shorter, well-trimmed beards, got nothin' on Nomah's wild mane.
I was on about glasses there, but yes, few can match Nomah's beard game.
On 10/25/2023 at 7:04 AM, Shaky Jones said:Wait, Alm can use bows?
Me playing Gaiden.
37 minutes ago, gnip said:
Also take a look at poor decapitated Hark. He loses his head if the tile he's standing on is in the uppermost tile row.
Hark! A hallow'een headless hearld!
38 minutes ago, gnip said:The next fight is a bit silly.
Yeeah, Duma's tower is silly.
39 minutes ago, gnip said:(Honestly, it didn't have to be an epic fight of will between the two, but I still found the interactions between Celica and Jedah in Echoes very frustrating. Here the serious Celica, there the saturday morning cartoon villain Jedah, very transparently manipulative and dishonest, but Celica must be stupid so that Alm can rescue a princess. Something Something Female FE Protagonists)
And here's the thing: I get some reasoning for her choosing to listen to Jedah.
In the context of how silly it's presented and how things pan out I will not argue here today.
40 minutes ago, gnip said:
The boss fight: Very dramatic. Cliff turned out kinda strong.
Yes, fuck you Jerome.
24 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:I love how dumb it is. Zeke's just a better Meißen that joins earlier and has growths. It's so fucking stupid. #JusticeForMeißen.
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58 minutes ago, gnip said:
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As a result, there really is a bit of praying to RNGeesus involved, and he showeth mercy, even adding a point of Spd to Valbo.
BLESSED VALBO
58 minutes ago, gnip said:However, he allegedly has access to an "Earthquake" spell, which hits everybody on the field for massive, but non-lethal, damage. However (spoiler warning), he's not going to get around to using it in this fight, so I don't even know if it also hurts his own soldiers or not.
Pretty sure enemies aren't affected.
58 minutes ago, gnip said:
...seventeen of that seems a bit unreasonable, especially when your main anti-monster squad is supposed to eat Death spells to make any progress on the boss.
58 minutes ago, gnip said:
Because otherwise, even without the "round 4, 8, 12... Arghh, Judah's spell" silliness - 28 Def means that literally none of our phyiscal attackers can do more than scratch damage, while our magical powerhouse Atlas can deal two points of damage with his Fire spell.
Finally, the enemy successfully conspires to prevent you from doing the funni.
And I hate it because no Dracoshield for you.
58 minutes ago, gnip said:Maybe the Silver Bow for Alm, although I did enjoy Leo being kinda useful again.
Is Leo going up the tower? Because if not, just give it to Alm.
58 minutes ago, gnip said:A truly devestating loss for a sage. If you don't have a beard, how will people know you're smart? There's no glasses in the setting, I don't think.
Not in Kaga's world, though I recalled Halcyon having some in SoV he does not and it looks like none of the generics do either?
58 minutes ago, gnip said:My suspicion is that the Japanese message has the angle "Inventory full, so the treasure was put back in the chest in order to reclaim space", the translator didn't know the context of the string of words, and so they interpreted it the wrong way.
I expect it's something like that, but I don't know the original text, so shrug is all I can do.
54 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:You know, it's hitting me that I don't remember this map. The others I have some memories of, at least, but this one... I'm drawing a blank here. I don't think I've ever seen this before in my life, even though I definitely have because I've played Echoes all the way to the final chapter.
Well, I certainly do, I had to stare at it for an hour this year.
And it's in Awakening.
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1 hour ago, Alph said:
So using his brain he takes the long sword off the armor boss guy, and the game converts it back to a master sword.
Galzus is a master smith, this is the only explanation for this madness.
Thracia is truly a unique game.
1 hour ago, Alph said:Then using his brain again he makes his way down to the map's armory shop and purchases an iron axe for himself ant continued pursing my units
Did the Iron Axe turn into a Master Axe? I'd be bricking it if I was in that position.
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The correlation is true in my case, but that makes sense given Pokemon itself was big, there's close enough of relations through shared publishers and console releases and the emulation scene would have been pretty significant for both, partly due to ease of access. I'll say I'm more enthused about Pokemon right now than I had been the last few years though.
As someone at the right age for Pokemon back in the late 90's, I was into it during much of the early peak. Then it kinda waned here before 3rd Gen and I skipped the GBA at the time. So I wouldn't have seen FE much at the time it was relevant (not to mention it was less so in Europe Vs. America at the time). It'd take me getting into Pokemon again with the DS, getting into nuzlocking early on and in that fanbase learning about FE before I'd actually play anything in FE, which took years overall.
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Apologies, I took way too long getting back on to this, partly because I was unsure which routes to sacrifice, but I might as well get on with it.
SpoilerI decide to sack Route 4, which sadly means no Level 25 Braviary, but first off is a meeting with a man with strange choices in hair accessories, who proceeds to say Gordie is a very confident pup, mulls over if there's some secret other way to get power from Pokemon, says he Colress then heads off to meet us up ahead. I manage to phase through one of the passing NPCs as I leave (They're supposed to move aside, so that's neat), I end up charging into a backpacker who fights me and I risk putting Drauis in danger by switching him in to get more money as he had the amulet coin but I avoid getting into trouble there. This of course reducing the experience I can get for any new guys, I admonish myself before going to catch something I can't use. Of course, I get Sandile, so that's unfortunate, I'd have rathered anything else be lost. It's also level 14, so I can't risk hitting it when all my team is 10 levels above it. A great ball works first try at least, so say aloha to Jean-Wrys, benched Sandile. A shame, considering he has Rock Tomb. Job done, I take a step back to go for Drilbur in Relic Passage, because frankly this seems the most obvious pick for long term ground types. Picking up some Super Repels because that's an option now, I head for the passage, go for some the items in the lower area and get a Drilbur to show up. Abelanne puts it to sleep, but it breaks out of the ball twice and I try to confuse it, hoping it takes some damage, which it does. Third time's the charm, so we catch Ogmalfred the Drilbur (Here's hoping she doesn't take after the Engage half of herself), who I go to grind for a moment so she can learn Dig. After that though, I face the trainers in Relic passage to give Ogmalfred more exp and get some cash, she 1-shots with crit digs, we move on to find a bunch of Crustle and in front of them Colress, who proceeds to force them to wake up and leave, he comments that people power is needed for Pokemon to realise their potential then forces us into a fight. I have a easy time with Ogmalfred, who one-shots the Klink and two shots the magnemite with Mud Slap despite her low Special Atk. He compliments out prowess, gives me a Protein I use on Ogmalfred (What, she wants to get strong), pretty much tells us he doesn't believe N was real and leaves.
I skip past everything in the ruins, heading for the Desert Resort to get my next catch. Trying to lower the risk of Darumaka, I go for inside the main part, risk Ogmalfred dying to Cleffa if she'd hit with Magical Leaf, then run in the sand until the repel expires. Next step? I get a Sandshrew, another one that if I were to enforce legacy would be banned and I would want to do that so much. If I'd kept the repel on I could have rigged it too, bugger. Alas, Boucorst joins the party, to be a last resort. After another fight where I risk Ogmalfred, I put her at the back and start wailing with the others for the moment and give Boucorst the Exp Share. I find a Fire Stone, which while nice for Gordie is way too soon to be using it. I also see Ogmalfred really ain't fast yet when she gets outsped by a Magby before she digs, takes two thirds off her health and only gets away with it because she oneshot on the dig. But barring scares, there isn't much to worry about in the area. So while going through this, I theorise on the plan for my next capture, which has to be benched.
SpoilerI discount the Relic Castle, because Volcarona is too powerful to not go for. Lostlorn Forest is also an option, but there's a fair amount of possible options and some would be very useful even for the next two gyms, though Skyla would be rough for most of them (On top of that, the hidden grotto doesn't unlock until after the gym, so I could wait and chance a Heracross, which I can't get otherwise). Routes 16 and 5 share the same pokemon, but Route 5 does have a hidden Grotto and I can increase my chances of whatever I get being random by trying for Audino, so with that in mind I decide to got for Route 16 next.
It's also in this theorising I realise while Whimsicott is S tier, Lilligant has real potential especially with Quiver Dance and while evolving earlier would lose Leaf Storm, for sweeping purposes Giga Drain would be near enough on it's own, just a shame it's movepool isn't broader but Dream Eater is viable for it too, so that trade on Route 4 won't happen.
Game Freak sort out your shit with hating Grass type already.Oh yeah, one of the backpackers caused absolute alarm when she nearly killed Ogmalfred with a Sandshrew hitting 8 Magnitude, jeez I need a special fighter yesterday. After that surprise I decide to start getting those other captures and moving on, we'll go back to Relic castle later for the items because I'd like to see if I have something for Sigilyph- Or I can see if the TM's in the northern part and get that at least. It's not sadly, so I'll have to wait on the Sigilyph. But I get a Heart Scale, face a trainer and move on passing through Route 4. I soon reach Join Avenue, which I kinda liked at the time, though it's a feature that probably should have been more akin to Entralink in terms of interacting with other players. Anyways, the guy who owns it decides he can't manage the joint, so he pressgangs you into managing it, I say YOOOOOO to him and he decides it's a good idea (hey, it's about what I expect from management consultancy as a profession) and he leaves you assistants, who tell you to ask someone to open up a shop (I feel like I'm in an MLM) and the first thing we get's a dojo. After giving recommendations I move on to Nimbasa, then keep walking to Route 16. I avoid some trainers and try to get some shaking grass. When I do I get a level 24 Audino who can do some damage, but I get it down to Yellow health and asleep quickly, catch it first try and add Alcastor to the team, before benching her and leaving the route and calling time on progress for the moment.
TL;DR: Get past the random Sand route in Unova, sort out the dead encounters, still leave the substantial stuff to later
Team:
SpoilerTeam:
Abelanne the Watchog
Frain the Lucario
Gordie the Growlithe
Drauis the Eevee
Ogmalfred the Drilbur
Boucorst the Sandshrew
Benched due to route deaths:
Jean-Wrys the Sandile
Alcastor the Audino
Dead:
Vanden
SpoilerOn 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
....benched
RIP
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
So to optimise Wendell, you use all the mages.
Reinhardt's smile is very accurate.
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Evasion tank counts as defence, i guess XD
Reminder that he has now a higher Speed than Marth if we don't take Dancing Blade into consideration LmaoDraug was the Speedy armour for a reason.
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
Now that's more like itGordin 5-Points hits it on the mark!
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
"Now that Caeda is dead, can you love me?"
"Who?"
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
bruh
This is why Hardin becomes a villain in the future.
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
I save myself the pain of walking through all the terrain...Hopefully i don't regret this later lolThey made her an ally in the hack lol.
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
He has lunge, because of course he doesIt's Fates engine, of course it would use Lunge.
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:And...the boss broke his weapons. We can't continue abusing, so let's finish
You got a lot of time at least.
On 10/22/2023 at 2:53 AM, Shrimpy -Limited Edition- said:
😄
>Flying Maria
LESSGO
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On 10/20/2023 at 6:14 PM, Integrity said:
0.5: The Resolve of Ryunosuke Naruhodo
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles might be in my top ten favorite games ever made, let alone being the best Ace Attorney has been.That every case before it got several paragraphs and you give one for this? Oh you tease.
On 10/20/2023 at 6:14 PM, Integrity said:Fun movie, though, and made the bizarre move of making Gumshoe into a tremendously hot twink.
I'm sorry what.
On 10/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Integrity said:There's been some decent shakeups, unit-wise - most notably, that cannon ships can no longer engage seaborne targets
Damm, RIP Cannon ships.
On 10/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Integrity said:The frog, finally, is a medium-cost medium-bulk medium-damage unit with the ability to pull a unit within three spaces one tile towards it, friendly or enemy, which includes dragging land units into the water and boats onto the land if you're clever.
Utility Frogmen.
No notes.
On 10/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Integrity said:On top of this, sea and land melee units can mutually fight each other while on hybrid terrain like beaches or rivers, which makes the sea gameplay feel significantly more integrated than any other game of its ilk I've played before. It's weird to have the sea be anything besides a gimmick you reluctantly have to engage with or ignore depending on the map, so hats off to Wargroove 2 for pulling it off and making a very satisfying tactical gamescape.
Okay, happy to hear about a degree of integration that I'd say Advance Wars never got to, it always felt like Sea was it's on domain with few interactions even with aerial combat.
On 10/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Integrity said:It's a map set that's obviously put together by a veteran team who know better what they're doing and have the knowledge to do more daring concepts, and they stick the landing.
It's funny to say that, there's a different studio behind development for this game (Robotality, AMA here) who asked to make this game and got clearance from Chucklefish, so it feels to me like people who were willing to take those directions got a good deal of input this time around, to seemingly good results.
On 10/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Integrity said:Arcade, in particular, was essentially just five consecutive skirmish maps where you're at a harsher and harsher disadvantage going in for each run.
Can confirm the gremiln was able to clear this on the lowest difficulty with no experience for the genre by spamming Golems, so yeah, I'd say they weren't that tight.On 10/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Integrity said:Essentially, in Conquest, you select a commander from a list of three with a permanent (for the run) buff to the army, and then you select an initial laydown of units. You then go through a Slay the Spire type roguelite branching map towards a boss fight, where each fight is a small, fixed-laydown, no-recruitment duel, and where all damage and losses you take remain.
Okay, now I'm not sure how to feel about the rougelite as a gaming concept, so I''d have to try it to see where I stood, but this does seem like it's fine setup to me.
On 10/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Integrity said:There's one more for getting all S-ranks, which are largely divorced from turncount (unlike the first) and entirely based on finishing the side-objectives.
My non-LTC ass:
On 10/21/2023 at 7:15 PM, Integrity said:I guess I really don't have any excuse not to go back to Engage now, eh.
Be prepared to either laugh or die of cringe.
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To think I had all this stuff I wanted to post coming back to Teehee, only for it to all slide to the side. I suppose it can wait, but I felt I had to post something, even if it's a little trolly before I disappear for a while.
Teehee folks.