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[Sidereal Wraith]

13 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:

True.
There is legit a skit where they give him a rigged coin with two heads and he still somehow managed to not get heads. It's friggin' hilarious.

 

[Armagon]

15 minutes ago, lightcosmo said:

I dunno, Torna might still be my favorite. 

As i was listenting to Time to Battle (that's what Future Connected's battle theme is called according to the JP site. Not to be confused with Time to Fight), i was thinking "this and Battle (Torna) are pretty even" and then Time to Battle's vocals kicked in. That's what sealed the deal for me.

15 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:

There is legit a skit where they give him a rigged coin with two heads and he still somehow managed to not get heads. It's friggin' hilarious.

His bad luck caused him to alter the laws of reality and create something which is not possible.

[Acacia Sgt]

Got curious and looked that up. Was expecting the "it landed on its side" gag... but what it really was still hilarious.

And what, with the last one does "broken head" still not count as getting heads?

[Lightcosmo]

33 minutes ago, Armagon said:

As i was listenting to Time to Battle (that's what Future Connected's battle theme is called according to the JP site. Not to be confused with Time to Fight), i was thinking "this and Battle (Torna) are pretty even" and then Time to Battle's vocals kicked in. That's what sealed the deal for me.

I really like the whole "upbeat" tune Torna has to it, personally.

[Armagon]

3 minutes ago, lightcosmo said:

I really like the whole "upbeat" tune Torna has to it, personally.

They're both pretty upbeat. Just saying.

[DragonFlames]

1 hour ago, Wraith said:

 

This is a great poem!

1 hour ago, Armagon said:

His bad luck caused him to alter the laws of reality and create something which is not possible.

Eizen is the guy who would get base Strength Dimitri in Azure Moon endgame.

54 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Got curious and looked that up. Was expecting the "it landed on its side" gag... but what it really was still hilarious.

And what, with the last one does "broken head" still not count as getting heads?

Apparently it doesn't.
It is one of my favorite skits in the game, just because of how ridiculous it is.

And to everybody who doesn't know what we are talking about:

Stuff like this is the reason I love the Berseria crew so much.

[Interdimensional Observer]

Holding off on Future Connected's OST until I get the game, which probably won't be for months. I won't double-dip so readily, and someone would appreciate having something to buy for me come the special days of the year.

 

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Reiji crashed the scene in very heroic fashion, as in "everyone was about to have their souls drained" heroism. And after a tough boss fight alongside a soul-harvesting harpy, Saya ditched the main villains of Aggraddheim for the heroes, not as a friend, but in a temporary alliance. Aggraddheim summoned her, and never truly trusted her nor embraced her into their forces, they only wanted to steal the technology she had intended for her own evil schemes. 

The main villains are making some sense now. Steal souls to be fed into the giant tree called Weltbaum at the center of their world in another dimension, and investigate and collect anything capable of interdimensional travel. The end result of this is unclear. The leader of Aggraddheim looks to be borrowing someone's body from OG2, and I ain't happy about it.

 

With the ten-eleven warriors of the Endless Frontier gathered together alongside ten supporting allies, I hopped into Practice Mode for 20 minutes or so. Everyone gets 6 different Skills, excluding Specials & Overdrives, and you have 5 slots to fit those Skills into for your normal attacking routine. I tried my best without being overly analytical to make the most juggle-friendly attack sets I could. Because it's in going for the longest possible stream of hits without the enemy ever touching the ground for even a fraction of a second, that EF's gameplay becomes exciting. And longer air combos do help win battles better by reducing the number of hits that get blocked, the chance of a Forced Evasion trigger, and COM regeneration. I don't remember if EF1 gave you three sets for Skills you can swap between (and mess within even mid-fight), but it's appreciated either way.

I hadn't messed with some characters setups for a while, and some I hadn't touched at all. My thoughts ranged from mostly satisfied with Reiji's and Suzuka's lineups, to Kaguya's, AxAl's, and KOS-MOS's- which needed work. There is nothing wrong with repeating the same Skill several times in a routine, and because you have to level up before all Skills become available, it is inevitable at the beginning of the game. But because I wanted to maximize the flashiness over boring optimization, I had no one use the same Skill twice, incentivized with a minor 10% COM cost reduction for doing so.

For KOS-MOS, my primary attack set is:

1. S-SAULT
2. VALKYRIE II
3. DRAGON TOOTH
4. Storm Waltz
5. Phoenix Strike

I left G-SHOT out of this, many many hits is good, but not the lack of air and sluggishness of initial activation. At best, I'd swap S-SAULT for it as my opener. I wish I could use only DRAGON TOOTH because it's amazing, but at a 25% COM cost and a universal unbuffed COM cap of 100%, I couldn't use it more than four times in a single attack sequence normally.

 

Got the Nacht back after a real bruising from it (and Axel got a memory headache, no surprise). Constantly casts Valor on itself and often Swift, for a combination of 1.5x damage and moving to the very top of the next turn's order. Sounds like a recipe for OHKO festas, and it is. If I kept shooting down the Einst minions Alteisen kept summoning, I could mitigate its crazy damage output with Haken's "Canfield" Special- Alert for everyone at the cost of 30% F Gauge, I can regenerate that via everyone else attacking in a single turn.

After Nacht came Alady's perennial Shura foe again, Resplendent Note Hamelin, who as his name suggests is one of those magical brainwashing flutists. When he was about to run off after a very tough fight, MOMO politely and quietly spoke up:

Spoiler

What was missed between screenshots was her using a fishing rod with some big yellow-orange lure on it aimed directly at Hamelin.

 

Nobody has any real idea what she just did. And Hamelin leaves.

 

The Ozmagoth, a glove created to smash those black crystals rapidly infesting this world. Hamelin stole it earlier, but now the heroes finally have it. Hamelin was entirely unaware MOMO fished it off of him.

 

Magical girl powers explained. So MOMO has Xenosaga's "thief" skill, and that Reiji and Xiaomu don't know says it she might not have used the fishing pole when she fought paired with Shion in Namco x Capcom. It would not surprise me in the history of JRPG thieving skills that it was more useful in this one scene than in the entirety of Xenosaga.

 

Right after this, Captain Anne the mermaid volunteered to follow the Archon Alady had been pursuing, it had fled into an underwater tunnel right before the Hamelin battle. But then earthquakes started to happen and everyone feared the worst for Anne. So,

She had no reason to be sorry, the underwater cave was collapsing, Anne would've become fishcakes if MOMO hadn't tossed her a lifeline.

MOMO saves the day, twice in one sitting. Impressive little lady. 

 

Edited May 24, 2020 by Interdimensional Observer

[Lightcosmo]

1 hour ago, Armagon said:

They're both pretty upbeat. Just saying.

I suppose that's fair. 

On a side note:

73 hours of playtime, and this is where I'm at so far.

[DragonFlames]

Who even are these Blades? I've never seen those before (well, aside from Mythra, obviously).

[Lightcosmo]

45 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:

Who even are these Blades? I've never seen those before (well, aside from Mythra, obviously).

DLC blades, Corvin is my main right now, and is completely busted. The other, who isnt nearly awesome as Corvin, has decent use as a healer, while dealing Great damage as well. Corvin is a broken tank blade, boasting crazy offence as well.

Edited May 24, 2020 by lightcosmo

[Armagon]

You know, i wasn't expecting Godzilla vs Megalon to be dethroned after one movie but Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla managed to do just that. It's not as dumb fun but it's still very good regardless. And because my Top 5 has changed quite a bit in a short period of time, here is my new Top 5 Godzilla movies:

5. King of the Monsters (2019)

4. vs Biollante (1989)

3. vs Destoroyah (1995)

2. vs Megalon (1973)

1. vs MechaGodzilla (1974)

3 hours ago, DragonFlames said:

Eizen is the guy who would get base Strength Dimitri in Azure Moon endgame.

He actually does look a lot like post-timeskip Dimitri now that i think about it. The version without the eyepatch.

Also lmao. "It's not cheating. It's hard work and dedication".

3 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Magical girl powers explained. So MOMO has Xenosaga's "thief" skill,

I forgot about this but excused in the fact that MOMO's magical girl abilities are an Episode I thing only.

2 hours ago, DragonFlames said:

Who even are these Blades? I've never seen those before (well, aside from Mythra, obviously).

As Lightcosmo pointed out, they are Crossette and Corvin, two of the six DLC Blades. Crosette has a fireworks theme going on and she's a pretty decent Fire Bitball Blade. She's also a Pyra fan and dislikes Mythra. Corvin's personality is.......light novel swordsman. And in true light novel fashion, he is incredibly busted. His Lv.2 Special can remove Enrage from enemies, having a 100% chance to do so at it's max level. He is also an evasion God, which is why Morag is his best Driver.
 

Edited May 25, 2020 by Armagon
It was actually the Lv.2 Special

[Interdimensional Observer]

Crossette's greatest use is coming very early. A Rare Blade healer when it's Rex and Nia 1hr into the game in Gormott? Yes yes yes! When you have a full coterie of Rare Blades she is nothing special, but an earlygame boost when you have no other Rares at all is very powerful. Given to Nia, you can readily string Fire-Fire-Fire Blade Combos with Pyra.

Corvin is probably in the top tier of Blades from a practical perspective. Why?

• He heals everyone for a percentage of the damage dealt by his level 1 Special, this is nifty. I used to cheese my way to getting my most desired of BLADEs. And if you don't care about Blade Combos too much, it's sort of spammable and can keep your characters alive fairly well.
• Corvin's level 2 special is one of a kind, it's the only thing that negates the Enrage 💢 buff enemies go into once they lose some HP (usually half of their max). Baddies aren't programmed to reapply Enrage, so Corvin can steal their thunder with a minimum 50% success rate and never give it back. I was reliant on that sometimes, since Enraged bosses could wipe me out very quickly, forcing me either to: prep a lengthy Chain Attack to obliterate them from half-alive to zero in a single burst, or have Corvin smack the enemy behaved with his feathery scarf. Which of these two is easier and less of a gamble do you think?
• Corvin's level 3 Special applies the Decoy buff to everyone, it negates the damage received from the next few hits entirely. Not as good as in XCX's Ghostwalker/Ghost Factory, Decoy is nifty nonetheless, and Corvin is the only one who can do it.
• And on top of all this, he's a Light Blade, although the DLC adds two Light Blades in addition to Corvin, the base game has only Mythra and the Rarest Blade of All for Light (and Poppi, but Light element cores are very rare for her). Considering one of those two other DLC Light Blades can't be used in the main story, and the other comes a little late, while Corvin's an early and effort-free pickup in Argentum (but I saved him for Morag), he is the only starlight in the sky not Mythra.
• Although he requires a separate WP investment for leveling his Arts despite being a Chroma Katana in all but name, Corvin does get a tiny bonus out of it. One of his Arts has Smash added to it, and thats beneficial for Driver Combos.
• Oh yeah, his passive boosts are awesome too. Get his in-battle Affinity to max and you get at least 90% more damage with him and 15% more Evade too. If you have a high Crit rate with him, you can fill the Party Gauge very fast with Corvin as well. And every time you evade an attack with him, his Arts recharge a little. Dodging is a cinch with Corvin, because he provides his Driver with an Agility stat boost simply for being equipped.

Corvin's package is flawless and semi-unique, and he's guaranteed from the start as long as you bought the DLC. Not quite Pay to Win, he won't brainlessly kill the difficulty by simply existing, yet that doesn't detract from his greatness.

Edited May 25, 2020 by Interdimensional Observer

[Shrimpica]

I sure love waking up at 3 am

<.<

6 hours ago, Armagon said:

Xenoblade Defenitive has completely leaked now.

Ninty and leaks, name a better duo.

6 hours ago, Armagon said:

Out of context Armagon

Did you get R34'd?

3 hours ago, DragonFlames said:

Stuff like this is the reason I love the Berseria crew so much.

👌

Berseria crew is amazing. Velvet is also one of the few emo edgy characters i love.

I usually hate those hehe.

[Lightcosmo]

Yeah, that's exactly why Corvin is my main, he's so clutch, even with half of his affinity chart done. Using his evasion abilities against 

Spoiler

Elma

Is a godsend. Like, wow.

[Armagon]

13 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Corvin's level 2 special is one of a kind, it's the only thing that negates the Enrage 💢 buff enemies go into once they lose some HP (usually half of their max). Baddies aren't programmed to reapply Enrage, so Corvin can steal their thunder with a minimum 50% success rate and never give it back.

This is especially useful in Challenge Mode when used in combination with Shulk's Monado Purge (this one is the Lv.1 Special iirc). Corvin negates Enrage, Shulk negates Elemental Awakening, and that's important because an enemy having both of those things active is basically a death sentence (Torna's Unique Monsters are quite challenging because of this).

5 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

Did you get R34'd?

So basically, there's a XenoblaDE clip floating around of Fiora walking in swimsuit gear, with the player focusing the camera on her ass because people are horny. I told my friend that there was gonna be a spike increase in Xenoblade 1 porn and then I followed it up with what i said in the screenshot.

[Shrimpica]

Just now, Armagon said:

So basically, there's a XenoblaDE clip floating around of Fiora walking in swimsuit gear, with the player focusing the camera on her ass because people are horny. I told my friend that there was gonna be a spike increase in Xenoblade 1 porn and then I followed it up with what i said in the screenshot.

So a normal day on the internet then xD

[Lightchao42]

Since I obtained the Supreme Sword of Light quicker than I expected, I'll do more in Dragon Quest XI before I face the final final boss. To whit...

Spoiler

I went through the Sage's Trial in the hopes of finding the remaining materials for the Supreme Sword of Light, but it turns out there were easier ways to get them. I got the sword after defeating Unfathomable Anger, but I haven't upgraded it so it's equal in power to the Super Sword of Light. But now Light can dual wield two Swords of Light, which is neat.

I recently went through the Luminary's Trial with the expectation of only collecting the loot (mainly the outfits of Erdwin, Serenica, and Drustan) and coming back later to fight Sheer Decadence and All-Consuming Greed, but I defeated two Vicious Metal King Slimes along the way so now I feel more confident fighting them before I leave.

Once I do that, I'll finish rebuilding Cobblestone and then go off to fight Calasmos. My party members are all around level 65 so I should be able to defeat him.

Once I finish DQXI, the only things left on my checklist for Final Fantasy VII are defeating Ultimate Weapon and Sephiroth. When I'm done with that (and done watching Xenosaga), I'll need something else to distract me until I get Xenoblade. Maybe I can get to some of the Godzilla films I never watched...

[Shrimpica]

I am hungry

 

[MisterIceTeaPeach]

test

Woohoo, I can post again.

All my posts have been not shown yesterday for some strange reason.

 

I have decided to become a bit more creative: I'm gonna write support conversations in Fire Emblem style between Musse and Lysithea because I think I see some similarities between these two. It's been about a half decade since I've done like this the last time, so it's about time!.

Edited May 25, 2020 by Falcom Knight

[Benice]

20 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

I am hungry

 

Have a mango

[Shrimpica]

32 minutes ago, Benice said:

Have a mango

already finished all of them

50 minutes ago, Falcom Knight said:

I have decided to become a bit more creative: I'm gonna write support conversations in Fire Emblem style between Musse and Lysithea

That would be super cool :3

[Benice]

18 minutes ago, Shrimperor said:

already finished all of them

Then you have lived a successful life.

[WeAreNewcastle1053]

I COME BACK TO STEAL MY WIN

[DragonFlames]

We won, we won! W-I-N!

8 hours ago, lightcosmo said:

DLC blades, Corvin is my main right now, and is completely busted. The other, who isnt nearly awesome as Corvin, has decent use as a healer, while dealing Great damage as well. Corvin is a broken tank blade, boasting crazy offence as well.

I see, so they're DLC.
I don't have all the Blades unlocked yet, so I assumed these were just the exact ones I don't have.

7 hours ago, Armagon said:

He actually does look a lot like post-timeskip Dimitri now that i think about it. The version without the eyepatch.

Now that you mentioned it, I can't unsee it.

7 hours ago, Shrimperor said:

Berseria crew is amazing. Velvet is also one of the few emo edgy characters i love.
I usually hate those hehe.

Velvet is an example of how to do such a character/protagonist well.
So well that she's one of my favorite protagonists. XD

[Lightcosmo]

3 hours ago, DragonFlames said:

I see, so they're DLC.
I don't have all the Blades unlocked yet, so I assumed these were just the exact ones I don't have.

Yes, although I suppose I should apologise, as it probably sounds like i'm trying to sell the DLC blades. I'm not trying to convince you to buy them or anything, either.

And hopefully that didn't spoil too much?