BrightBow Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Well, at the rate the war is going currently... 6 months maybe? I most certainly won't give Navaron more then a year. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Wait... 2000 DENARII FOR A BAG!?!?!?!? Of all things!? And that's the selling price - these things go for FOUR GRAND when you buy 'em! Jesus! Bagman must be proud of his legacy... he clearly struck gold, back in his day! I suppose it is fairly consistent with the price for furniture. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Take these rusty, useless-- I mean, top-notch ballista bolts, and this nigh-broken-- I mean, brand-new shield. Toodles! Btw, you do know that Halfman doesn't actually pay more then any other merchant, right? There is no reason to use him unless you actually want an item back eventually. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It seems Reese is keeping himself busy even offscreen. I like it, shows that not all missions are mere excuses to fight off an army three times the size of ours. Can't exactly agree for this particular case. Considering the longterm significance of Warrenheit's duchy, it would be good to actually meet the man and his troops. Just for that location to leave a stronger expression, considering all the other stuff that is going on in that world. I mean, even before this chapter intro is over we are already getting this huge plot dump about the apostle and the church. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Who knows who can really be trusted in this day and age... Don't you agree, Duke Roswick? I suppose the guy who offers you shelter in his city might be a good start. And offers you his throne room. I mean, this must be Roswick's throne, right? Considering this isn't the capital. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: One damn stupid form of teamwork. Not gonna lie, Lebough, I don't believe this plan is good. In fact, I think it's outright terrible. Why needlessly complicate everything like this? Surely if they loved each other as brothers they would still see the mission through? In fact, if they truly are so competitive, they might go out of their way to screw with one another - which might compromise the whole mission! Reason we are loosing the war Nr. 7822. Guess the Raze Church doesn't have a monopoly on incompetence. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...oh. That sort. I love how Clifford carries a Paladin Shield with him even though he is not a Paladin. Because his level is just so high that the class restriction doesn't affect him. Welcome to chapter 3, folks. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I get Faye but Kramer too? Guess the priests aren't going to be the only ones who'll die in 2 hits. Hope you don't stretch yourself too thin here. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Wait, what did you think had happened to me...? I guess this avoidance of using the R word is a thing in Japan entertainment media too. Considering this scene kind of relies on that fact. Of course when I try to speculate about why that phenomena exists... well, I rarely come to a conclusion that leads me to think a fake-out like this would be all that funny. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: And what do you mean, it wasn't serious?! My friendship with Cecily is at stake! Bwahahahahahahah... hoo, boy. She's lucky to be so innocent... And to think she is actually the straight man in her relationship with Cecily. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I'm sure they can. Now do they know how to do it while wearing metal armor? That's the more interesting question. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I would, but the client is the duke! I wouldn't dare ask that of a man like him... Roswick is, like, the sweetest grandpa. I doubt he would make much of a fuss over the delay. Maybe he refers to the fact that the poor man has to put up with so much bullcrap that he doesn't want to cause him any more trouble. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's a burn, all right... Arina, I'll take care of the spill. You go soak your hand in the well out back, got it? That must be quite the culture shock for some people. I mean, if you are an employer, aren't you supposed to just fire your workers if their inability to put themselves up by the bootstraps interferes with their ability to make you a profit? Crazy. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Finding a job here ain't easy. Her father went off to find work abroad, but he never came back. See? Just hire one of those desperate people as a replacement. They probably wouldn't dare to act up too. Clearly that girl took her job for granted. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Heck yeah! Fuck that! I-I-I mean... d-don't fuck that! I, uh... oh, for Christ's sake, we cannot fail this sidequest... Yeah. Makes all future visit to the Kingfisher Pavilion super awkward. And I should know. I failed it the first two times I did this chapter. Having to wait for turn 20 (when the main objective will be long over by then) is not exactly intuitive. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hahahahahahahah! That's not even the same people in the background! How long have they been standing there!? Details like this are just the best. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You know, If anyone ever made a Kaga bingo card, I have the feeling this chapter alone would already have won it. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: No, I'm from... a small country to the far east. I heard Navaron had an extensive library, so I traveled here. "A small country to the far east?" Now I didn't manage to google a convenient world map of Berwick. But from what I recall from the one in-game, there isn't a whole lot of "east" to the east of Navaron. If you're trying to hide that you're from the empire (which is of course perfectly reasonable during war times), you should have put some thought into your cover story. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: But that's absurd! In situations like this it's good to remember that Reese is so far the only one of the Sinnon knights and their associates who has actually meet Volcens. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's so sad, the poor girl... Children her age should be able to run about freely, without care... Two years ago, a local fisherman found her washed up on the shores of the bay. He brought her here and we nursed her back to health as best we could... But her sight never did return. I wonder what could have resulted in a child washing up on the sho... oh... ohhhhhhhhh...ohhhhh noooooooooooo... Well, I suppose that class name wasn't just window dressing for his skills on water. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: (They're quite the unusual pair. I wonder... Does he work as a mercenary to afford treatment for her eyes?) Or because it gives him a government sanctioned way to beat down people and take all of their belongings (which IS an ability he has). But maybe it's both. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Prepping time! Ward gets a plain horse. It's a bit better than the thin one. Ward would lose that one in no time. I'm not so sure. I mean, the damage a horse receives is the same as it's rider. And Ward is practically unkillable, so his horse would similarly take very little damage. Still, on this map it's probably better to be save then sorry. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ruby gets the Imperial spear. Never tried getting much use out of those. I mean, 40% accuracy? 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Axel tosses his bad axe (because I can't give it to Halfmann due to it being blue), grabs a francisca and a new iron axe from the store, and hands over the muscle brace to Faye, who needs the strength more. He's been carrying that thing around since chapter 2's main mission. Didn't even equip it. Aren't I just a genius? Btw, throwing weapons can be combined just like arrows can. Well, besides that arrows can be stacked up to 80 while throwing weapons can't go above the 6 they start with. But it's still rather handy. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's all over! Quite the long text update this time, but I'd like to think it's been enjoyable. Mostly 'cause I love this game's text. Anyway, next time, we have to escort green units. They will obey our commands and behave in a way that does not severely inconvenience us. Absolutely nothing will go wrong. Believe it! Till then, as always, you know where to find me for the next update. Fare thee well, readers! Next time on Berwick Saga: Spoiler Edited April 18, 2020 by BrightBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hawkwing Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hicks. That is all. Ah, yes. Veld. One of the weakest final bosses in Fire Emblem to the point he can be captured. Also, those are some cool battle animations, but why did he attack six times? On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: In other news, I have started Mystery of the Emblem! About time, I know. As somebody who considers the DS remakes to be some of FE's best titles, I've always been curious about this game. The interface, the hardware limitations and the fact that, like, 75% of my Archanean favorites are absent from this game always kept me from trying it out, though. Until now, that is. A reasonable person would've jumped right to book 2, but you should know by now that I'm not reasonable. I've started with book 1. As always, I'll probably comment on my experience in these little intros. So far I've played around half of book 1, and I'm enjoying it! It's a chill game. Wouldn't call it my favorite, or better than FE11 for that matter, but there are things that I'm enjoying, and I wish had been kept in 11. Like Wendell being imprisoned in chapter 6. It never made any sense for him to be aiding the bad guys. Also, dragons are so much fun. Bantu's actually good in this game, it's quite the sight to behold. Some of my other best units are Julian, Marth and Roshea. Coming from the remakes, I cannot believe I just said that. I remember playing Mystery of the Emblem a few years ago back when an online emulator site still worked. The game was pretty fun, even if I got bored with it around Chapter 10 and never got farther. As cool as it was to have both you and the enemy to be fairly even in strength, it eventually fell into a repetitious "attack the enemy, they attack you, retreat to heal, replace unit, repeat until level is complete". Shadow Dragon kinda has the same thing now that I think about it, but quality of life improvements make it less noticeable. There were still several unique things about the Mystery of the Emblem I liked. Dismounting allowed Pegasus riders to fight in the range of archers at the cost of their signature mobility, and indoor maps gave the choice of whether or not you'd like your cavaliers to participate even though they won't have their horses. I'm surprised that the transformation mechanic in this game wasn't repeated considering how neat the idea is, and part of me wishes that Shadow Dragon didn't have the weapon triangle, as Ogma and Navarre were easier and more fun to use in Mystery than in Shadow Dragon. Also, I accidentally killed Darros my first time playing Shadow Dragon since I didn't know he was a new unit, I killed Navarre during my first run of Mystery of the Emblem because I thought he was an optional boss instead of a recruitable unit, I keep forgetting that Matthias doesn't appear in the same chapter as Hardin and crew, and agree that Wendell being locked up with Rickard made more sense. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: By the way! You know that myth that FE6 was the first FE to feature blood? Wrong! It's hidden away in the game's intro and overshadowed by the awful engrish, but Kaga Did It First! Huh, the more you know. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I just beat it the other day, actually. I'm pretty proud of my run, I managed to keep both of my starting characters alive. I also picked up a pig. That's right, a literal pig that worked as a teammate. He also made it. The bad news? I found myself (that is, the character I made after myself) along the way. And then I died. A pig made it to Canada. But I didn't. Goddamnit... You have the oddest luck. Makes me curious what a non Fire Emblem (esque) Saint Rubenio Let's Play would look like. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: That's you answer to everything, isn't it? At least admit that "gravy-givers" is a pretty hilarious way of referring to... well, you know what. I prefer "the damned organ" the rare times I must refer to it. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It's a serious story, but it has more humor than, say, the prior KagaSagas. Yeah, more than TRS. I was expecting that to be the case. Although hearing the game has more humor that TRS is rather impressive, even if I can see how. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Honestly, paid cosmetics in general are quite smelly. It just screams low effort in most cases. I can understand why they're there in free games that don't want to have a "pay-to-win" model but can't rely on advertisements to pay the bills. That's really the only situation I can think of. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It has some animations, yes. They're quite solid as well, for the most part. The only one that I'd say is "bad" is the lance one. You know the awesome charging animation I've shared in the past? With animations off it's... worse. A charging animations sounds pretty simple to pull off from the world map, so I wonder how they screwed that up. Unless you mean bad as in "less impressive than it should be". On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Well, the story is definitely a lot more solid than the other games I've played. It also doesn't have alternate routes at any point, so I won't have to use the side story to justify that. As you said, I considered dropping it, and there definitely will be less of that than in the prior LPs. Howver, I've come up with a couple ideas that will perhaps make for an entertaining little plot. I see. Kind of sad to see it won't be as extensive, but I understand why that is the case, and I'm curious on how it will play out regardless! On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hahahahah... don't worry, there'll be plenty of time for you to get lost. I sure hope not. The lack of college classes and work should hopefully mean that less things will distract me this time around. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hmmmm... There. Well, looks like it is radiant and clear that Reese has eyes filled with determination and virtue. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: The last one I played was Alan Wake. And, well... Alan's not exactly an action hero. Heh heh heh, well that's an expectation subversion. I remember being interested in Alan Wake due to it being one of the few horror games rated T, meaning it didn't rely on gore for scares. Resident Evil 4 got me in the mood for trying out horror games (game itself isn't that scary, honestly, but it is pretty tense and uses survival horror game tropes pretty well), so I might pick it up sometime. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: He's been doing it since Thracia! Really? That's neat. Wish the rest of Fire Emblem kept that little habit. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: You are really bad at remembering fiction. With love. Eh, depends on the work in question. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: This repairs just about anything. Think the hammerne staff, only it's an item instead of a staff. Common weapons require less Repairstone uses than expensive ones. It does not repair orbs or arrow packs, though, which is sad. Neat, though do you know how many uses a weapon will take up before repairing it? On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Then there's this, atop the hill. Bolts are ballista ammo. The old bolts are a lot weaker than the most standard type of bolt, but they could still put a mean dent on our units if they reach... This. Yeah... turns out the supply carrier isn't the only time limit we'll face. We let this bastard be supplied with ammo, and he'll become the mightiest enemy on the map. Best be quick about it. Enemies trading ammo with each other is such a simple yet effective way of shaking things up in gameplay. Also, the imperial porter with the old bolts, does he have a mustache, facial scars, or really weird cheeks? I have a hard time telling what some of those lines are. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: If I'd lost Axel at some point, this map would've become rather difficult, but since we have him, he can just swim across the river. Although, it looks more like he climbed up the raised bridge half and jumped onto the other one. Either way, Axel is my favorite superhero. I was going to say it looked like he jumped between the raised bridge, but it seems you beat me too it. For once, Three Houses pointless zoomed in view may have been interesting to use. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: You son of a bitch, you've got to be kidding me... Already!? Good thing he didn't have time to set it up... his arrows are weaker than the other guy's, so this wouldn't have been so bad, but still. Kaga, you evil sonnuva...! Teaching early on that the game will pull this trick, I see. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hamilton might be the "boss", but this guy's far tougher. He's the first knight we'll encounter, and he serves to teach a very important lesson: knights in this game? Scary stuff, real scary stuff. Look at that. 26 defense, just like that. Even Ward would have an extremely difficult time taking down this guy, let alone the scrubs we've brought along. In the future, it'll be important to resort to mages to bring down knights. In this case, however... I suppose we'll have to rely on him failing to use the shield. I remember reading somewhere that only knights can use large shields, and it seems like "150D Ellipses" Derrick is no exception. This games knights don't sound all that different from regular Fire Emblem knights, but given Berwicks track record, I'm betting facing them is much different in practice. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Ah! He has summoned the darkness from the deepest pits of Hell! Arthur writhes in despair and agony as he is consumed by the indomitable blackness, his entire body withering away into nothingness and D'oh he missed. Both how I wouldn't mind the occasional dark magic spell looking like and a joke that I laughed at. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Equip back your stuff and heal. Might seem like a waste, but I do not want to risk him getting crippled. The RNGoddess will get as few chances as I can give her. You hear me!? I ain't losing to you this time around...! This time around Adel was a causality sometime in the past, I take it? On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: We are the good guys Atlantean citizen! They can gather resources without having to go back to the town center or a resource building! Attack! I kid, but that's the first thing they reminded me of. It's been a while since I've played Age of Mythology, but it was one of the few RTS games I was good at and Atlanteans were my favorite civilization, even if they were admittedly a bit overpowered. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hmmm... well, that's just perfect, isn't it? This game loves making sure you're only one point off from finishing off the enemy, isn't it? On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Despite the guy's apparent loyalty to the Empire of Raze, we can still waltz right in and buy Imperial gear for ourselves. I wonder how Arthur managed that... Maybe it's because he's technically a mercenary, and thus on a different day he could (theoretically) fight for Raze? That's the only reason I can think of. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...... Also, it took me a second reading to realize what "or_is_it_really" referred to. I originally thought it was just an imperial potter that wanted to get out of there as soon as possible with his wares. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...HOLMEEEEEEEEE-- I MEAN SHERLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK! Yet another quote that makes me curious what it sounds like without context. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: That wouldn't have killed her, but it would have placed me in a downright terrible situation. This dodge might've very well have saved Sherlock and/or Christine's life And your death counter is still blank! Aside from Kain and Indiana Jones. Amazing what a units survival can hinge on sometimes. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Derrick has passed up on the opportunity to attack the very vulnerable Sherlock. What gives, miniboss? Why aren't you minibossing? Am I fooling anyone? Is it worth keeping up the charade? Not really, no. Blame Derrick being a member tag for that. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...Well, I just managed to get Ruby's shield level higher than her weapon levels. Pretty sure at this point the only thing that could keep her from promoting is death. But that's not possible, I mean, when has anyone ever died in my LPs? Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh How I wish that wasn't sarcasm. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: You see, ballistae cover only a limited area in front of them. If they want to fire in any other direction, they've got to spend a turn turning. There's six different positions. For some reason enemy ballistae turn gradually, but it's possible to turn to any position in one turn. Of course, none of this solves the problem that the two hexes closest to the ballista are a blind spot. The thing is a sitting duck right now. Neat way of handling ballistae. Even if we're seeing that the empire is not the best at using them strategically. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Right on. Your days are numbered, noseman. Why does Axel have a 47% chance to miss hitting a mostly immobile piece of siege machinery? Does noseman with small mustache just lift the ballistae out of the way? On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh-- Pfffffft! The ballista, trying to reach Axel, turned to point to the north. As a result, it literally has no attack range now. Hah! Hilarious. Clearly, noseman is new at his job. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh. Well, okay. Bye, miniboss! ..... .... . .. ..... .... (I think that's how his speech pattern works in this translation, right?) On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Fun fact: I didn't end up writing a reply when this update first released due to searching through Order of the Stick to find one of the jokes about retirement, realized it didn't work, and then ended up spending the next two hours rereading the story. The rest of the time my younger brother either needed my laptop for school stuff, or we played Ultimate Chicken Horse together. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: "Close to retirement", you say? Mayhap you should've asked to be let off early, 'cause clearly your old age is already showing! Old age-- why, you...?! Insolent buffoon! I'll show you to respect your elders! On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Whew... you really do need that retirement... those feeble swings could never scratch my armor. Heck, I doubt you could strike down a toddler like that! Enough words! Fight me with honor, Berwick mongrel! On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hah... that the best you can do? Just surrender, geezer. There's no way you're winning. Heathens... I won't stand down... the torture you'd put me through... I refuse to experience it! I'd rather die than be held captive by the likes of you...! Torture? Who do you think we are? Raze? That's you guys, man. ...GRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!! To bad provoke can't level up, because Elbert's insulting skills just did. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...I am sorry. I got carried away... If only I hadn't gone so far, perhaps you would've... ...damnit... And it ended on a sad note. Curse you, RNG capture. On 4/15/2020 at 4:49 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...(Oh, curse it all, I'm gonna puke)... Good lord I was not expecting that! How much time did he have to clear out the blood and guts and all that? *** Later than expected, but I wanted to make sure I had some time to spare, considering how easily I go overboard with combat updates. Interesting to see that our enemies aren't generically evil, especially compared to the court we're a part of. It's been a while since I've played/watched a good "grey morality" game, and this might scratch that itch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightBow Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 9 minutes ago, Hawkwing said: Neat, though do you know how many uses a weapon will take up before repairing it? Yes, it does actually. Also worth pointing out that the cost does not only depend on the weapon itself but also on the strain it already took. So it's generally a good idea to repair unique weapons as soon as they enter green durability to avoid any chance that the weapon might break. These kind of weapons do actually keep existing as broken weapons, so you could still repair them after they break. But once a weapon is broken, it doesn't matter if it broke at green durability or at red durability. Now it's a 0% durability weapon and you need to pay accordingly. So if you let it break at green durability and then repair it, you've more or less wasted half the charges that the Repair Stone needs for it's job. Btw, the game is also nice enough that if the Stone does not have enough charges for a full repair, it will still repair the weapon for as far as it can with the charges available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwing Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 13 hours ago, BrightBow said: Yes, it does actually. Also worth pointing out that the cost does not only depend on the weapon itself but also on the strain it already took. So it's generally a good idea to repair unique weapons as soon as they enter green durability to avoid any chance that the weapon might break. These kind of weapons do actually keep existing as broken weapons, so you could still repair them after they break. But once a weapon is broken, it doesn't matter if it broke at green durability or at red durability. Now it's a 0% durability weapon and you need to pay accordingly. So if you let it break at green durability and then repair it, you've more or less wasted half the charges that the Repair Stone needs for it's job. Btw, the game is also nice enough that if the Stone does not have enough charges for a full repair, it will still repair the weapon for as far as it can with the charges available. I see. Sounds like a pretty good system. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...no, but seriously, can we talk about how there are people out there proudly claiming to have had Annette murder her father? 'Cause I've seen plenty, more than one or two, that's for sure. I know leaving his family was a shitty thing to do, but it's not like he did it out of any evil intent, laziness or hatred for them. Guy was suffering even more than his family, and was clearly not thinking straight. If anything he needed a psychologist and a hug. They're probably the same people that try to make Three Houses a black-and-white conflict despite aiming for moral grey. I consider them a vocal minority, though it still scratches my head that this is how some people react when Fire Emblem provides a more morally ambiguous conflict considering that's what fans have been asking for for a while (even though some of the previous game have had elements of grey morality to ranging degrees). On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, old kids movies. In many ways, viable for all ages. A childhood with 'em is a great childhood. Meanwhile here is Saint Rubenio, whose whole childhood was comprised entirely of this. Frankly, it could've been worse. I rewatched it a year ago and loved every second of it like I was 10 years old again. And... I'm about to rewatch it again now. Again, could've been worse. Could've been modern kids shows. Euuurgh... There are good and bad kid shows in every era of television. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Considering this game has around 15 chapters, and each one has 3 fights, you have around 36 battles left if the game doesn't pull any tricks. It's going to be a while, Reese. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: How did it go? Quite well, it seems. Everyone came back in one piece. Thank goodness... I was rather anxious about them. That'll be all for them today. Let them enjoy a well-deserved rest. Very good, milord. I'll let them know. I'm curious how this sce- On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: So that was pretty nice, but what if somebody died? Does this scene change? Took the words out of my mouth. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: However, I regret to inform you that there were some casualties... ...That'll be all for today. Let those who returned enjoy a well-deserved rest. ...Yes, milord. I'll let them know. ...... Jikes... Doesn't change much, but it does in the places that matter. Good thing that never happened, right? More or less took the words out of my mouth. Again. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: You can order this list by the price of the items, it's pretty handy. Our most valuable thing is, predictably, the Repairstone, but I'm not selling th-- Wait... 2000 DENARII FOR A BAG!?!?!?!? Of all things!? And that's the selling price - these things go for FOUR GRAND when you buy 'em! Jesus! Bagman must be proud of his legacy... he clearly struck gold, back in his day! Hahahaha! I remember that joke! Bagman's legacy will never die! On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It seems Reese is keeping himself busy even offscreen. I like it, shows that not all missions are mere excuses to fight off an army three times the size of ours. Pretty neat to see that characters aren't idle inbetween missions, although I can also see it leading to Fire Emblem's long standing issue of telling instead of showing. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Y-Your Majesty, if I may interject, if Myuhen were to fall, the Highlands and Lowlands would be overrun... The Empire's primary force would advance to Narvia's doorstep, but we are still woefully unprepared. And now with rumors of strange disturbances arising in Bornia to our south, I fear for the worst... Oh yeah, that's a major plot point they've just casually dropped in this conversation. Don't worry, though - they'll elaborate soon enough. Is there anything casually dropped in the middle of a conversations that doesn't end up becoming a major plot point later on in Berwick? On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: your own daughter is the wife of Duke Warrenheit, is that not so? Are there no lengths to which you will not sink to save your own kin? What? On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Truly, it has become so difficult to find competent help in these trying times... It was said that you and Duke Reed of Bornia were the backbone of the Berwick League's forces. But now, you both have revealed your true colors! What?!?! On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: What's more, scouts are reporting disturbing movements of troops along their border with Narvia. What do you suppose it all could mean, Duke Roswick? After all, the two of you have been quite close friends for many years, is that not the case? What?!?!?! On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: With Bornia, Narvia, and the Lowland Duchies' forces combined, would their power not rival even His Majesty's? Perhaps these duchies have already conspired to defect to the Empire when the time is ripe... Who knows who can really be trusted in this day and age... Don't you agree, Duke Roswick? WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?! On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: And yet, perhaps these times call for anticipating the unthinkable... Roswick, dispatch a messenger to Myuhen at once. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, and if you are wondering, no. We aren't going to be sent as reinforcements instead. That is not what our main mission of the chapter will be about. Duke Warrenheit's being left for dead alongside his soldiers and the entire front line, and there's nothing we can do to prevent it. Wonderful. Part of this game will have us deal being conquered and fighting back, won't it? I just hope these bastards get a taste full of karma when that happens. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, God... Reese, can you please stop being like that every time you meet someone important? Like, c'mon. I know he's important, but look at his office! It looks like my living room! And he looks like his clothes are less expensive than yours! You've got a nice living room, then. Looks like a section of a library in there. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: No, no, I am in no position to give orders to you, Lord Reese. What I'm asking for is a favor. Also, nice name change for the pic. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Indeed, you are correct. After St. Aramgraz's death, Eltana went on to become our kingdom. The teachings of St. Aramgraz were the foundation upon which the holy Church of Veria was built. His granddaughter, St. Valemtia, succeeded him and became known as the first Apostle of Veria. After her death, the city of Eltana was renamed Valemtine in her honor. Kaga did "renaming something after a previous hero" first. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Write this incident down somewhere. It's going to be important much later on. Actually, scratch that. Don't write anything down. I'll remind you when the time comes. Hmmmmmmmm...... I see several interesting directions this plot point can take. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: That's how this entire war with the Raze Empire began... The assassination of Apostle Silpha. Yes, that terrible tragedy of fourteen years ago... Only her newborn child, Sanacia, survived. Over these past years, I have done everything in my power as Archbishop to keep her safe. As the only surviving member of the line of the Apostle, she is the Church's last hope. As such, we have kept her existence hidden from the world at large, lest she be targeted again. Barely old enough to be playable, which I imagine she will be at some point of the game. Wonder if the apostles power will have any gameplay effects... Definitely something to keep a secret. Who knows what anyone in the court of clowns would do with that information... On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...Which they might learn about at some point in the game. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Not only that, but Demias Forest has become overrun with a great number of despicable bandits. Though it seems the bandits got there first. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: At the moment, she remains safely in the hands of her personal knight Who will either be playable, an NPC, or dead sometime in the story. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: For safety purposes, the Apostle only corresponds with certain trusted priests serving under me. Therefore, I will be dispatching three of them to deliver the message. What I am asking you to do, Lord Reese, is escort these three priests to the Temple in Demias Forest. ...we get to escort green units through a bandit map. That could potentially be a pain, but as long as these three dudes are trustworthy and competent... How painful this next chapter will be depends entirely on whether or not these three priests are moved by the player or the computer. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: They are all high-ranking priests, and they are eager to show each other up at every opportunity. But that means that they'll compete against each other, so they'll see their mission through no matter what. I suppose that's one form of teamwork... One damn stupid form of teamwork. Not gonna lie, Lebough, I don't believe this plan is good. In fact, I think it's outright terrible. Why needlessly complicate everything like this? Surely if they loved each other as brothers they would still see the mission through? In fact, if they truly are so competitive, they might go out of their way to screw with one another - which might compromise the whole mission! I... get where Lebough is coming from. He cares more about the mission being completed than how it is accomplished, and competition helps ensure that at least one of them gets it done. Yet at the same time, this sounds like too delicate a matter to leave in the hands of people who might not be above sabotaging each other to be the "winner" so to speak. I could see Lebough using this as a secret test of character to see how each man handles the situation, but again, this mission might be a little too important to pull that trick. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Sigh... It does make for a really fun map, don't get me wrong, but... as far as this game's story goes, this is a rather weak moment. Like, there's no reason why Lebough couldn't have sent more reliable people. Unless those three are literally the only people he has serving under him. Which is sad for entirely different reasons. I'm leaning that those are the only three people he can see being able to pull the mission off. Which is sad, but desperate times call for desperate measure, I suppose. Although how credible that view is is dependent on how strong the church is revealed to be later on in the story. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Letter-reading music. Nice letter-reading music. And I see the world of Berwick has fancy cards that have flowers in them. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: That reminds me, Father has set aside twenty thousand denarii TWENTY THOUSAND DENARII!?!!?!?! How much money can this guy spare?!?!? Then again, considering how Volcens usually is, perhaps he believes his son needs all the help he can get. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: With all of my love, Lynette. Is this Reese's mother or sibling or love-interest that hasn't been brought up yet? The name doesn't seem familiar. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: - The Lance skill is kinda like Adel's Pitchfork, in that it allows Clifford to use a rare weapon type: lances. Keep in mind, what we usually refer to as "lances" in FE is called "spears" here. Lances are a special type of spear. Think jousting lances. You cannot counterattack with one equipped, and it is impossible to retaliate against them as well. You also cannot use them if you aren't on horseback. This makes them useless to defend. I actually remember the distinction between spears and lances being made in a video discussing how authentic the weapon triangle is in real life. The only reason I can think of for why Fire emblem doesn't have them is that mounted units don't need any more unique bonuses. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: In summary, Clifford is a unit that is even stronger than the Endgame Beard, can be deployed in any mission, and if normal weapons don't suffice, he has an exclusive weapon type that destroys everything. All of this, from chapter 3 onwards. I can see why he was once called a great knight.... On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: His downsides? His fee's egregiously high, and in theory, he's probably the most difficult unit in the game to permanently recruit. Whereas most units just need to have high happiness, maybe watch an event or two, Clifford requires that you both recruit AND promote Ruby. Y'know, the unit that's notorious for being awful? ...And why he doesn't just snap the game in half. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Think of him as the Sierra of this LP. Hilariously broken, for sure, but fuck I cannot resist. I'm gonna use him. Sparingly, but I will use him. Also, there are a couple... uh, let's say "situations" in this mission where I'll need him. I am intrigued at what "situations" Clifford will be required for. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...why don't I like where this is headed? Because too many media like to talk about this subject without naming it, for some stupid reason. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Kaga, I swear to God. Kaga, I swear to God! My mirror... Shh, hush now... It's all going to be-- The music changes to this here. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Normally these kind of joke are hit or miss for me, but I won't lie; this one got a good laugh out of me. I love it when this stupid trope is subverted. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I would've gone back looking for it, but it tumbled over the bluffs and into Demias Lake below... It probably got swept away, and I don't know how to swim... *sniff* Sounds like a job for Axel! The Best Swimmer in all of LazberiaTM! On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Auguste Rodin was a French sculpture who appears to have had some influence on modern sculpture. That's legit all I could find about the name. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I cannot make promises, however. I will be going there on a mission. Ergh... Ward, begging your pardon... weren't we supposed to be keeping this confidential? To be fair, Ward didn't specify what. For all anyone knows, this is a typical "eliminate the bandits" mission. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Rodin is a master hunter, so he'll likely be hiding in the forest on the lookout for game. He may be hard to spot unless you get very close to his position. In other words, he has the Hide skill. Check. Gameplay-Story iItegration. Gotta love when a game does it right. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Well, aren't you just the spitting image of a certain somebody. Is this Holmes descendant? On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: This isn't what Mother would want you to do! If you become a murderer, the Goddess may never forgive you for it! And she has a similar hair color to Katri... Can they turn into dragons? Please, tell me they can turn into dragons. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Little fights break out pretty often among her and her brothers. They're seven kids in all. How many confirmed siblings did Holmes have? I want to know how many similarities there are between him and his bootleg. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Oddly, these two comments work well together. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: HELL FUCKING NO ARINA!!! WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING THIS SIDEQUEST SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN!!! On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Just look at the craftsmanship! The perfect sheen of the glaze... The smooth, erotic curves...! In today's Berwick Saga LP update, man gets turned on by vase. Well, I was most certainly not expecting that today. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: And look at this ancient sword! I won it from a Silk Road trader when traveling in the Far East. When I grasp it and close my eyes... Yes, it's as if I was truly there! Wait, the world of Berwick has a Silk Road? Are there any pseudo-eastern countries that the game hasn't mentioned yet? Also, Orient is a historical name for "East". The more you know. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I believe you said you were going to get right to the point? Ah, yes, how scatterbrained of me... This guy, man. He came out of nowhere, but I'm so glad it did. It was outside the games budget, for sure, but the only thing that is missing is voice acting. I can only imagine how much of a field day a voice actor could have with this guy. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: That shouldn't be so difficult, should it? Just go to the nearest garbage bin, pick up the bag, and there you go. Church of Raze. I laughed out loud for a solid minute when I first read that. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: What I seek after right now is one of their coveted orbs of unholy magic... They call it "Darkmend." How very... unusual... It is precisely because it is unusual that I must have it! The forbidden... The taboo...! The ordinary people of this world could never comprehend the passion that compels me so! ...Why do I have the feeling this will backfire on him tremendously, somehow? On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Some of you may've noticed this girl just standing to the side throughout the entire scene at Erzheimer's home. Allow me to introduce her properly to you. Like most of Berwick's NPCs, I am expecting her to have some importance in a sidequest later down the line. Kind of curious what servant archetype she'll fall under. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...? Either this is an edit or an actual portrait of Ward. Either way, it's simple yet awesome. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: That's a name that'll be relevant much, much later. Don't bother trying to remember it. Count Piers... Does he, perchance, own a harbor? And does he love counting the number of piers on said harbor? I'm sorry, but that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the name. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Perhaps Lord Reese believes it to be mere filial affection, but Lady Lynette is quite enamored with him. Ah, yes. Japan's favorite trope: incest-except-not-because-they're-technically-not-brother-and-sister! We sidestepped it in the last LP by having Shigen hook up with Sierra and Julia with Garo. This time, though? We cannot avoid it. Well, I learned what "filial" means today. I can only hope that the game focuses more on the political aspect of this plot than the other thing. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: This is Almuth, one of my favorite characters in the game. I take it he'll be one of the first mages you get? On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It's history! I'm told that it's odd, but I find the ancient world much more interesting than the modern day. I don't find it odd at all! Mostly because I agree with you. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Not dull, exactly, but it's nothing without the history that led to it. And he's quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Didn't seem so "absurd" to Hamilton and his men... all of whom died at the hands of our merciless soldiers, I might add. Alas, this game decided that RNG capture was a good idea. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Look, Kaga did Byleth first! And his suit doesn't make me want to pluck my eyes out! I know we can only see his collar, but what a collar it is. Almuth even has blue hair and hangs out at the library. Now all that's needed is for him to wield a 2 range sword, gain green hair and eyes, and be a silent protagonist. Also, this game has a lot of cool looking collars. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: ...Ahahahahahahahahahah! Oh, wow! She actually found it! Turns out, the sin of Gluttony was Reese all along. Who would've known? What a twist! Though if he's the one in charge of deciding the army's meals, maybe we should have seen it coming. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Few times do I find such a clear-cut favorite as in Axel's case. Considering how many characters I absolutely love in this game, that's saying quite something. Probably helps that I lost him in my first run, so I was doubly invested in his arc the second time around. I hope I get to show it in this LP. A simple, yet effective story. I can see why he's one of your favorites. Hopefully Kaga has learned from last time and we don't have to take a lot of convoluted steps to continue this event. On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Lastly, I bought a vulnerary for everyone. While I did that, I noticed this has appeared at Lendel's shop. This item saved my ass once in my first run. Perhaps it'll do it again. I won't buy it just yet, but perhaps I shall in the future. Huh, interesting stone. Are there any other items that give statuses/skills like this? On 4/18/2020 at 8:27 AM, Saint Rubenio said: It's all over! Quite the long text update this time, but I'd like to think it's been enjoyable. Mostly 'cause I love this game's text. Anyway, next time, we have to escort green units. They will obey our commands and behave in a way that does not severely inconvenience us. Absolutely nothing will go wrong. Believe it! Till then, as always, you know where to find me for the next update. Fare thee well, readers! You tell me! I think I spent longer on this update than the combat one! The next mission has the potential to go several different directions, and I'm curious which one it will take! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 21 minutes ago, Hawkwing said: I... get where Lebough is coming from. He cares more about the mission being completed than how it is accomplished, and competition helps ensure that at least one of them gets it done. Yet at the same time, this sounds like too delicate a matter to leave in the hands of people who might not be above sabotaging each other to be the "winner" so to speak. I could see Lebough using this as a secret test of character to see how each man handles the situation, but again, this mission might be a little too important to pull that trick. Kind of reminds me of an earlier Suicide Squad that appeared in DC's Star-Spangled War Stories. They were a pair of soldiers that hated each other's guts, but were assigned to work as a team to stop the Japanese setting up a base on an island in the pacific where dinosaurs inexplicably survived. It formed an unusual dynamic, as both would go above and beyond to protect the other... solely because they wanted to settle the score their way once the war was over. While the pair didn't stick around, the name for them certainly did... eventually reaching it's most famous incarnation in the 1980s. You know, the one with villains being conscripted as a government task force. Issue 14 of Secret Origins (the series from the 1980s for clarification) went so far as tying the two (and the other Suicide Squad which was a government task force composed of four survivors of various incidents which was around shortly after the other stopped) together as one continued program that merely changed methods over the decades. 34 minutes ago, Hawkwing said: and be a silent protagonist. I think he failed that the moment he introduced himself and was not named Reese or Ward. Anyway, seeing as I'm replying to you, I think I'll throw in a video that popped up in my youtube recommendations for some reason. I'm guessing you can work out why you popped into mind for that. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benice Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Basically Berwick Saga: I won't go into details lest I spoil the LP, but there is an enemy who has a fancy horse and can OHKO my level 11 Dean in chapter 6's main mission. And the enemy Gunners...Oh god, things got crazy pretty fast. One of them did about 18 damage to Ward. WARD. I never expected my first game over to be Ward instead of Reese. (If Reese never dies, does it mean that it's a no-Reeset run?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethin Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I'm a little late, but as promised, here are the official artists's drawings! There are sketches of Czene & Kramer and full drawings of Faye and Sylvis's chest. Spoiler On 4/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Speak of the devil, chapter 3 opens up with him. Music. As requested, I have delivered the supplies to Myuhen Castle. The game doesn't indicate it at all here, but rather than a one-month timeskip as you might expect, it's been four months since Chapter 2. Between then and now, we've been doing various odd jobs for the duchy and the League, the most recent being the delivery of supplies to Duke Warrenheit. We arrived in Navaron in June 618, Chapter 2 was July 618, and now it's about November 618. From now, each chapter is one month until Chapter 8 (abt. April 619). It should be noted that Duke Warrenheit (first name Mikhail) is the Duke of the Lowland Duchy, but right now, he happens to be leading the front lines in the Highland Duchy. The Duke of the Highlands is never seen or named in-game. In some planning documents, he was named Arnesto (Ānesuto), but this is actually the prototype for Duke Warrenheit, as Arnesto was Roswick's son-in-law (et cetera). On 4/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, Saint Rubenio said: That's how this entire war with the Raze Empire began... The assassination of Apostle Silpha. Yes, that terrible tragedy of fourteen years ago... Only her newborn child, Sanacia, survived. Fun fact, this is my attempt to make the Apostle's name sound less similar to Sanaki. Her Japanese name is Sanākia. On 4/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, Saint Rubenio said: And look at this ancient sword! I won it from a Silk Road trader when traveling in the Far East. When I grasp it and close my eyes... Yes, it's as if I was truly there! This is a bit of flourish on my part, working in some of the backstory Kaga wrote on his blog. The Old Empire was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake, and it fell completely when it was conquered by "brave warriors" from the east, who adopted parts of the shattered Old Empire's culture. These warriors later founded the Raze Empire. What Erzheimer says here in the Japanese version is that he is "twirling lightly" like a brave (sword)fighter from the east. On 4/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Allow me to explain. Two years ago, Serenia's Duke Louvet was betrayed and murdered. Louvet (Rūvetto) is the name given to the late Duke of Serenia on Kaga's blog. He is not named in-game in the Japanese version. On 4/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Sure do! Once more, Axel's abilities prove invaluable. Not sure how he's going to find a mirror in a lake, but... I was going to object that it's made of ivory, which floats, but I checked--and with a density of 1.70-1.93 g/mL, ivory definitely does not float; that's just ivory soap. So yeah, that lake must be clear as crystal if Axel's supposed to find it sunken at the bottom... On 4/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Maybe then, when I've uncovered that ancient history, I'll be able to help the modern world in some way. (Having just watched Princess Mononoke recently, Almuth here greatly reminded me of Ashitaka.) On 4/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, Saint Rubenio said: I feel that there may be unexpected depth in this line, knowing that Ciel is blind. Saying "the sun will be setting soon" to a kid when telling them to come inside is normal, but here, it might actually be that Ciel needs to be told it because she can't tell. (The game never goes into detail what sort of blindness she has--if all she sees is black, or if she can distinguish light and dark--just that she's blind.) On 4/18/2020 at 9:27 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, do pardon me. I am called Erzheimer. Pleased to meet you! Or as the game's code calls you, "ArusHimmer." The same code that calls Reese "Lease," Sylvis "Shilwis," and Adel "Kein." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Part 13 - Copyright infringement. TearRing Saga Series: Berwick Saga: Spoiler On 4/18/2020 at 5:32 PM, The Roger The Paladin said: Given I've had him one rounded by Garcia of all people (this required a crit of course), it's not that hard to see. That and the fact Lyon (possessed or not) stole the show out from under him. Question is whether or not that counts given it was technically him in control half the time. I mean, the good part about Lyon was Lyon himself. It's why I like Ephraim Lyon better. Eirika Lyon suffers from coming across as too much of a "generic possesed dude", whereas Ephraim Lyon appears to mantain more of his own agency. Fomortiis is... yeah, probably the worst final boss overall. We tend to only consider difficulty, but when we take everything into account, he has an unmemorable design, uninspired music, a bad role in the story, a downright lame map that is mindless and no fun at all, and, of course, low difficulty. Everyone else at least has one of these. Heck, Veld has both a cool map and an amazing soundtrack. Fomortiis has nothing. Depends how long it goes. With that defense stat, Raphael isn't going to be worn down anytime soon. But if it were won in a burst, I could see him losing due to the fact his strength stat wasn't half as impressive (don't get me wrong, it was still high, it's just while his defense would have let him survive while the elites were boosting Nemesis... he'd have been in a stalemate, unable to do damage to breach the defense boost the villain had from his minions). I mean, Hicks was capped in everything. Raphael benefits from being in a game with inflated-ass stats, but Hicks was the most powerful being in the context of his game. ...Ah, I'm sorry. I cannot root for anyone but my man Hicks. To be honest, I think I had more fun ruining the Death Knight's box trap with Gilbert being the only one in his range when the mage died. Mostly because he deserved the ultimate "F you" for that. Edelgard's stats post transformation, at least offensively... are surprisingly lacklustre. Guess it's to make up for the range. When I finally got over the final map chests and finished Azure Moon (mainly because I wanted to try Maddening but didn't want to go through the monastery grind again), I just... kinda bruteforced the map. I ran up through the eastern corridor, killed as little as possible, and then swarmed Edelgard. It could potentially have been a tough challenge due to the enemy's power, but in practice, it was really easy because of divine pulse and the bad map design. Kinda like the entirety of Three Houses in hard difficulty. But I'll take that over Maddening. Maddening is bad, period. Or... you know, either of them. I mean, Annette literally is relieved that Gilbert survived the Gronder field battle in Verdant Wind, mourns him in Silver Snow, and doesn't want to fight him in Crimson Flower going off the base conversations. Even if Gilbert was just glad his daughter was fine (which wouldn't be a stretch), Annette sure as hell would have PTSD. Oh yeah, absolutely. It's truly ironic: By killing Gilbert with Annette, his haters spare him of any further suffering, while traumatizing his daughter for life and potentially plunging her into the same deep depression her father was sunk in. I thought Bernadetta was pretty flat-chested. Hah! You think that matters? Lots of people out there love that shit. Protecc-or-die, amirite...? Not that it matters... I'm the type who tries to keep everyone alive. Even the ones I openly dislike (looking at Peri in Fates). Ah... I am afraid I am not quite so noble. I must admit, I... felt a certain satisfaction in zooming past her room every single time. When she left her room after Jeralt's death, I picked the meaner of the two options. Then I murdered her in cold blood at Gronder. I would never be this evil to a person like Bernadetta in real life, but... I don't know, something about how much of an awful, one-dimensional character she is, how everyone defends her because she's got a backstory (news flash, doesn't change the fact that every one of her C supports is the same) while bashing Gilbert who is, like, 10 times deeper as a character, just... made my blood boil. And since I'm not the kind of person who enjoys an internet argument, I directed that frustration at her. Probably more the fault of the game and the support system (which I've come to dislike since I discovered the way KagaSaga handles things), but killing Bernadetta was still deeply satisfying. It was my personal middle finger to everybody. Well.. it had to end somewhere. Kind of reminds me of all the trouble my grandmother had because of her uncle being named Adolf. Which I guess is better than Padolf, because at least it was obvious it wasn't the infamous one. Ahahah... oh, boy. I'm so sorry for your grandmother's uncle. It's still a taboo name now, I cannot imagine back then... What a shame, too. Adolf is a perfectly fine name. As is the mustache. Too bad they are associated with... well, him. Sounds like the kind of bastard-thing he'd do. It'd also mean that Volcens was neglecting dealing with said batallion all that time. Which sounds like the Volcens-thing he'd do. He's Volcens. Very Volcens. Really my entire career with Ganondorf is basically "get too close to the edge and you die in a painfully stupid way". Reveal hidden contents Ahahahahah... preying on the enemy's clumsiness. Love it. What even was that, though? The game just decided "nah, fam, you ain't gonna die, the grapple's going to end inches from the blast line". There's some irony to the fact one of my previous songs was "I am the Law" (which parodied the song of the same name). Does feel good to be vindicated given the last time it was pointed out that I explain everything it was assumed I was being condescendiing to the person in question's intelligence because she was a woman.... as opposed to the fact I do long-winded spiels at the best of times. Yeah, it definitely is in your nature. Which is fine. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Definitely fits with the theory that's how he was able to supply an infinite amount of money to bet on coin-flips. He got the bag market moving. Truly the greatest capitalist hero. It's almost like Volcens is trying to lose the war. Or at least those two are trying to guide him to it. Well, it's a decent hypothesis. Well, mirrors are more wholesome than milk. Don't mention the milk, please. That was close enough as it is. Honestly, can't be that hard as long as it's intact... and it's not full of crocodiles, bullsharks or hippos. This isn't Africa is it? Nah. Well, it makes sense to work with fur when it Snows. Pfffft... I should never have told you the fun fact about his name. I cursed the poor man to be punned... Volcens loving something that comes from killing an animal? How surprising. Hwahahahahahahah... poor guy, c'mon. He probably doesn't even know it comes from killing an animal, he's so stupid. Or that the bandits aren't very picky about their victims. Sheesh... Perhaps it's a bloodline thing... I love how we're assuming the entire TRS cast's bloodlines are still intact after, like, hundreds of years and a cataclysm that nearly erased humanity. Eugen's bloodline definitely survived all that, though. There's no way a simple natural disaster would end Eugen and his resuscitatory powers. He'd just tell himself to get up or else. Surely that has to be a mistake. He's got to mean "exotic" doesn't he? Please tell me it's a mistake and we don't have the man who's fetish is pottery. I think it makes sense, I've seen art be described as so before. Artsy people are weird like that. I don't think he's literally gonna bone the vase. Or at least I hope he won't. I may be something of a collector myself... but I'm not half-way to this man's level. I don't nearly have the insanity. Oh, you haven't seen anything yet... And so we have the key difference in collection methods. I search until I can find an item I have use for (usually comics or video games) for the lowest price I can get them for. He just throws out a random (high) amount of money and asks some guy to acquire it. For me the fun is the hunt as much as enjoying the spoils. For him... he gets a middleman to do it. I guess that's the difference between being a budget collector and an uber-rich collector who has no other concerns. Well, there's the whole Di-masqui ordeal that he described to Ward at the atelier. It seems he has travelled in the past. Either that or he's full of shit. In any case, it's painfully obvious that he's rich enough that he doesn't need to care about anything other than his collection. Hell, it happened in Ghost Rider too.. and that was American. Mind, Johnny Blaze was kind of only adopted by Crash Simpson after his parents died and he'd known Roxanne before that... but technically it fits. Sort of. Japan is invading the world with anime tropes. Soon enough we will all be weaboos. Not to mention every time I look at Volcens. Ahahahahaha... jeez, I wasn't expecting you of all people to be the one to embrace the Volcens hatred so much. But, give it time. There'll come a time when everyone will be clamoring for his blood. Either his own, or his advisors'. Or all of 'em! Of course. What a twist. Heheheheheh... Well... that adds new layers to Axel. All of them positive. Axel is a pretty awesome character. And we're only just getting started on his arc. I... I seriously pray I won't lose him. I mean, heck, I pray I won't lose anyone. There's like, two characters in this game I don't care for, and one of them I'm not even using! Clear-cut. Was that deliberate? Uh... let's say it was, so I look good. This reminds me of how Marianne's got the backwards version of this skill where she heals if she's next to a mounted unit. Blue hair too. Could this be Kaga's notes at work? Noting I think the original makes more sense. I seriously hope one day, someone raids the IntSys HQ and uncovers the truth about Kaga's Notes. Do they truly exist? Are they a myth? Did Kaga even leave IntSys at all? On 4/18/2020 at 7:24 PM, Benice said: Reveal hidden contents According to Emblemwiki's promotion requirements: And I didn't recall viewing Girl and Horse No. 2, but I most certainly got 1. Well, she's almost at level 5 for me, so I guess we'll see soon! At least is seems (for now) that I've been spared playing chapter 3 again! Thanks! Fairly certain "after map 4" means you just have to wait until map 4 is over. Maybe the sidequests need to be done too? I don't know, keep going. If you seized the one map, you should be in the clear, I'm fairly certain. Oof. I just used Mr. Bymranger, sword bloke with blue hair who Reveal hidden contents saves Faye's arse a million times Ergh... actually, that's not Mr. Bymranger. He is a Ranger, but... and Faye, who was at 42 sword skill at level eight. She's been the MVP of my run. You know, for how much of a "bad unit" reputation she has, this is the second time I hear someone tell me that she's the MVP of their run. I shoulda hired that knight, but I needed to spend a few thousand of giving Adel the best food possible. No I'm not biased towards him what do you mean it's not like I try to give him every kill possible. Ahahahahahahahah... good ol' Adel and his inability to promote. Not that he needs to, stats don't matter and Vantage is there to stay. It's Canas but canon! Yes! Axel's pretty great in every way; he's somehow better than Dean for me, and Dean's been amazing. And he's more interesting thus far. It'll stay that way. Dean is, sadly, one of the very few characters in this game that does not live up to his potential. As a character, anyway. Meanwhile, Axel is the best character in the game. Axel for Prez 2020! He'll keep the FISHY business out of the government! All state matters will go swimmingly with him as the head! I wonder how many characters are going to have french words for names? So far we've got two, I think. (Lumiere and Ciel, which is Light and Sky.) Perhaps a few more. There are enough named characters in this game that we might be seeing some more frenchies. ...hopefully no more Arthurs or Thomases, though... On 4/18/2020 at 8:09 PM, BrightBow said: Well, at the rate the war is going currently... 6 months maybe? I most certainly won't give Navaron more then a year.With Volcens as the leader, you're probably being generous. I suppose it is fairly consistent with the price for furniture.Ah, yes, furniture. The perfect gauge for this world's economy. Btw, you do know that Halfman doesn't actually pay more then any other merchant, right? There is no reason to use him unless you actually want an item back eventually.I do, but I find the joke to be funny, so I will keep doing it. See how ridiculous his inventory looks by the end of the game. Can't exactly agree for this particular case. Considering the longterm significance of Warrenheit's duchy, it would be good to actually meet the man and his troops. Just for that location to leave a stronger expression, considering all the other stuff that is going on in that world. I mean, even before this chapter intro is over we are already getting this huge plot dump about the apostle and the church.Oh, I do agree with you here. I'm just happy they took the time to show not all missions involve combat, but meeting Warrenheit would definitely have been cool. I suppose the guy who offers you shelter in his city might be a good start. And offers you his throne room. I mean, this must be Roswick's throne, right? Considering this isn't the capital....oh my God, you're completely right! I never realized, but yeah, it totally has to be Roswick's throne. He let Volcens park his sorry butt on HIS chair, and the guy repays him by taking Herman and Padolf's advice over his own. Reason we are loosing the war Nr. 7822. Guess the Raze Church doesn't have a monopoly on incompetence.Disaad was more of an exception, I'm afraid. I love how Clifford carries a Paladin Shield with him even though he is not a Paladin. Because his level is just so high that the class restriction doesn't affect him. Welcome to chapter 3, folks.What...? What are you talking about? ...oh my goodness. There totally is a class restriction on the thing. I never even knew, because of Clifford. I get Faye but Kramer too? Guess the priests aren't going to be the only ones who'll die in 2 hits. Hope you don't stretch yourself too thin here.Hey, I've got a plan. A brilliant plan. As always. I guess this avoidance of using the R word is a thing in Japan entertainment media too. Considering this scene kind of relies on that fact. Of course when I try to speculate about why that phenomena exists... well, I rarely come to a conclusion that leads me to think a fake-out like this would be all that funny.After the milk, I'd chalk it up to Kaga trying to be a dickhead more than a funnyman. And to think she is actually the straight man in her relationship with Cecily.I mean, Cecily's a trainwreck. This one's just naive. I'm sure they can. Now do they know how to do it while wearing metal armor? That's the more interesting question.That doesn't explain why Faye, Kramer, Sylvis, and really anyone not wearing armor and not named Axel can't swim. Maybe he refers to the fact that the poor man has to put up with so much bullcrap that he doesn't want to cause him any more trouble.Might be, might be. Though that implies that Volcens's shenanigans are infamous enough that the common folk knows about them. That must be quite the culture shock for some people. I mean, if you are an employer, aren't you supposed to just fire your workers if their inability to put themselves up by the bootstraps interferes with their ability to make you a profit? Crazy.Marybelle's a poor businesswoman. But a good woman. See? Just hire one of those desperate people as a replacement. They probably wouldn't dare to act up too. Clearly that girl took her job for granted.How dare she be upset about the fact that her brother's going to die a bloody death while fighting for brigands. Yeah. Makes all future visit to the Kingfisher Pavilion super awkward. And I should know. I failed it the first two times I did this chapter. Having to wait for turn 20 (when the main objective will be long over by then) is not exactly intuitive.Oh man... Thankfully I know to take my time, but if Christine dies then it's over. Oof... Well, I've been doing well so far. I can do it! Details like this are just the best.They definitely took full advantage of the visuals. You know, If anyone ever made a Kaga bingo card, I have the feeling this chapter alone would already have won it.Really, so far all it's missing is an underaged dancer girl. "A small country to the far east?" Now I didn't manage to google a convenient world map of Berwick. But from what I recall from the one in-game, there isn't a whole lot of "east" to the east of Navaron. Well, there's Leia, Pesil and Ishs... all of which have been taken over by now, but he could've been from there. If you're trying to hide that you're from the empire (which is of course perfectly reasonable during war times), you should have put some thought into your cover story.Sheesh, don't jump to conclusions like that! He's a good guy, so he ought to be from the good guy country! In situations like this it's good to remember that Reese is so far the only one of the Sinnon knights and their associates who has actually meet Volcens.Yeah... I wonder what could have resulted in a child washing up on the sho... oh... ohhhhhhhhh...ohhhhh noooooooooooo... Well, I suppose that class name wasn't just window dressing for his skills on water.Come now. Let's not be overly hasty. There's no reason to assume such things. Or because it gives him a government sanctioned way to beat down people and take all of their belongings (which IS an ability he has). But maybe it's both....... ...good point, but he's still my favorite character. I'm not so sure. I mean, the damage a horse receives is the same as it's rider. And Ward is practically unkillable, so his horse would similarly take very little damage. Still, on this map it's probably better to be save then sorry.Well I just want a big horse for the big man, okay? Jeez... Never tried getting much use out of those. I mean, 40% accuracy?Better than nothing. Btw, throwing weapons can be combined just like arrows can. Well, besides that arrows can be stacked up to 80 while throwing weapons can't go above the 6 they start with. But it's still rather handy.Okay, thanks for the tip. Next time on Berwick Saga: Reveal hidden contents Bwahahahaahahahahahahah... thanks for the song, Hoelun. Very fitting. On 4/18/2020 at 10:27 PM, eclipse said: Ah, yes, we can't have young ladies outranking the main character! Sienna. ...Then again, I think I prefer him when he's not behaving like an android. So yeah, probably best that they don't outrank him. On 4/19/2020 at 1:09 AM, Hawkwing said: Ah, yes. Veld. One of the weakest final bosses in Fire Emblem to the point he can be captured. Funnily enough, earlier in the game he uses Stone on a unit that is right next to him. But then he can't do it in the final confrontation. Marvelous. Also, those are some cool battle animations, but why did he attack six times? The Kingmaker is a brave weapon, he doubles Veld, and he also procced Adept. I remember playing Mystery of the Emblem a few years ago back when an online emulator site still worked. The game was pretty fun, even if I got bored with it around Chapter 10 and never got farther. As cool as it was to have both you and the enemy to be fairly even in strength, it eventually fell into a repetitious "attack the enemy, they attack you, retreat to heal, replace unit, repeat until level is complete". Shadow Dragon kinda has the same thing now that I think about it, but quality of life improvements make it less noticeable. There were still several unique things about the Mystery of the Emblem I liked. Dismounting allowed Pegasus riders to fight in the range of archers at the cost of their signature mobility, and indoor maps gave the choice of whether or not you'd like your cavaliers to participate even though they won't have their horses. I'm surprised that the transformation mechanic in this game wasn't repeated considering how neat the idea is, and part of me wishes that Shadow Dragon didn't have the weapon triangle, as Ogma and Navarre were easier and more fun to use in Mystery than in Shadow Dragon. That more or less how I'm feeling about it. Frankly, the low difficulty's kinda killing it for me. The only reason I would put it above FE9 is Archanea bias, because otherwise so far it's the same shit. Of course, I started with book 1, which everyone says is crap, so I probably am to blame for this. Also, I accidentally killed Darros my first time playing Shadow Dragon since I didn't know he was a new unit, I killed Navarre during my first run of Mystery of the Emblem because I thought he was an optional boss instead of a recruitable unit, I keep forgetting that Matthias doesn't appear in the same chapter as Hardin and crew, and agree that Wendell being locked up with Rickard made more sense. Honestly, I'm kinda happy that they removed the chapters they did. Chapter 4 was tedious and the ballista chapter was not fun (even if it was pretty unique). I'm just surprised they removed the sable knights chapter before the Tiki one. That's such an important confrontation, and they just cut it. Also, Wrys. Why would they cut Wrys? Huh, the more you know. Right? I was surprised as well! It's dragon blood, but definitely blood! You have the oddest luck. Makes me curious what a non Fire Emblem (esque) Saint Rubenio Let's Play would look like. Probably about as miserable as the average Saint Rubenio Let's Play. I prefer "the damned organ" the rare times I must refer to it. That is a very... uh, "you" way of referring to it. No offense. I was expecting that to be the case. Although hearing the game has more humor that TRS is rather impressive, even if I can see how. There's literally a scene where a drunk knight and a thief berate each other for mispronouncing a word. And then she kicks the crap out of the thief. I can understand why they're there in free games that don't want to have a "pay-to-win" model but can't rely on advertisements to pay the bills. That's really the only situation I can think of. It's... forgivable there. Somewhat. In paid games? To hell with that nonsense, there's no need for it. A charging animations sounds pretty simple to pull off from the world map, so I wonder how they screwed that up. Basically, the unit's sprite moves across the enemy's sprite rapidly, and then instantly warps back to their starting position. Unless you mean bad as in "less impressive than it should be". It's... underwhelming, compared to the glorious animation they have. I see. Kind of sad to see it won't be as extensive, but I understand why that is the case, and I'm curious on how it will play out regardless! All right then, hope I don't disappoint. I sure hope not. The lack of college classes and work should hopefully mean that less things will distract me this time around. Let's hope ofr the best. Well, looks like it is radiant and clear that Reese has eyes filled with determination and virtue. Haha he looks dorky Heh heh heh, well that's an expectation subversion. Oh, believe you me, I laughed my ass off when that moment happened. He looks so sure of himself for just a second, and then he goes "plop". The look on his face is hilarious, he's so embarrassed even though noone was looking. I remember being interested in Alan Wake due to it being one of the few horror games rated T, meaning it didn't rely on gore for scares. Resident Evil 4 got me in the mood for trying out horror games (game itself isn't that scary, honestly, but it is pretty tense and uses survival horror game tropes pretty well), so I might pick it up sometime. It is not a horror game. It won't scare you, but it does have a pretty good atmosphere. I would call it an action thriller more than a horror game. It has an intriguing story, and the gameplay, while repetitive, is based around a couple mechanics that I dig. I wouldn't call it a great game, but it's a fun diversion if you go into it with the right mindset. Also, the animations are the funniest shit. Alan's hilariously inept at anything physical. Like, seriously, he can only run for 15 seconds and then he's beat. If he tries to start spriting from a standing position, he throws himself onto the ground and kinda flops around for a bit before he starts running. And his jumping is just a work of art. Really? That's neat. Wish the rest of Fire Emblem kept that little habit. Reason KagaSaga is superior to FE #64252603486380941 Eh, depends on the work in question. I suppose so. Neat, though do you know how many uses a weapon will take up before repairing it? Brightbow explained this better than I could've. Enemies trading ammo with each other is such a simple yet effective way of shaking things up in gameplay. Indeed, it always surprises me when it happens. Also, the imperial porter with the old bolts, does he have a mustache, facial scars, or really weird cheeks? I have a hard time telling what some of those lines are. I think his mouth is just weird. I was going to say it looked like he jumped between the raised bridge, but it seems you beat me too it. For once, Three Houses pointless zoomed in view may have been interesting to use. It would also have been far beyond Kaga's budget. I mean, it was beyond IntSys's budget! Teaching early on that the game will pull this trick, I see. With the guy's placement, it's quite likely that you'll run into him by mistake. So yeah, good work, Kaga. I remember reading somewhere that only knights can use large shields, and it seems like "150D Ellipses" Derrick is no exception. Oh my God even the oblivious cinnamon roll knows about him... This games knights don't sound all that different from regular Fire Emblem knights, but given Berwicks track record, I'm betting facing them is much different in practice. The difference is that FE knights tend to only have just enough defense that one unit cannot kill them. But then you can just use two units, or effective weapons, or mages... In this game, knights are so absurdly tanky that physical units could never hope to down them. You more or less require magic or some very specific physical weapons. I mean, hell, look at Derrick. He's nothing more than a generic knight, and he's got 26 defense. 26! That's more than Ward has! Ward! Both how I wouldn't mind the occasional dark magic spell looking like and a joke that I laughed at. Hahah, good. This time around Adel was a causality sometime in the past, I take it? Oh no, I meant it more in a general sense, that I refuse to lose to the RNGoddess again. As I've lost so many times in the past. Atlantean citizen! They can gather resources without having to go back to the town center or a resource building! Attack! I kid, but that's the first thing they reminded me of. It's been a while since I've played Age of Mythology, but it was one of the few RTS games I was good at and Atlanteans were my favorite civilization, even if they were admittedly a bit overpowered. Hurray, a game I don't know! My favorite topic of conversation. This game loves making sure you're only one point off from finishing off the enemy, isn't it? It does, but it was good in this case, as I only wanted to capture. ...not that it worked, of course, but... Maybe it's because he's technically a mercenary, and thus on a different day he could (theoretically) fight for Raze? That's the only reason I can think of. Well... Also, it took me a second reading to realize what "or_is_it_really" referred to. I originally thought it was just an imperial potter that wanted to get out of there as soon as possible with his wares. Pffft... c'mon, didn't you recognize the hair? You're so oblivious! My favorite cinnamon roll! Yet another quote that makes me curious what it sounds like without context. I probably sound insane. And your death counter is still blank! Aside from Kain and Indiana Jones. Amazing what a units survival can hinge on sometimes. Yeah... Not really, no. Blame Derrick being a member tag for that. I love how, out of everyone in this game, Derrick is the most famous person. It's not even so surprising, either. Ironically enough, in a series filled with unique people, giving you a literal generic becomes the most unique thing you can do. It's the reason he's the Japanese fanbase's favorite character. Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh How I wish that wasn't sarcasm. Not as much as I do. Not as much as I do... Neat way of handling ballistae. Even if we're seeing that the empire is not the best at using them strategically. Well, they're trying their best, given the circumstances. Why does Axel have a 47% chance to miss hitting a mostly immobile piece of siege machinery? Does noseman with small mustache just lift the ballistae out of the way? Actually, he just... dodges. Attacks are aimed at the shooter, not the ballista. Clearly, noseman is new at his job. Hey, you'd also panic if you saw some random pirate dude kicking everybody's ass while slowly making his way to you. ..... .... . .. ..... .... (I think that's how his speech pattern works in this translation, right?) Yeah, letters are replaced by dots. What is he saying? Fun fact: I didn't end up writing a reply when this update first released due to searching through Order of the Stick to find one of the jokes about retirement, realized it didn't work, and then ended up spending the next two hours rereading the story. The rest of the time my younger brother either needed my laptop for school stuff, or we played Ultimate Chicken Horse together. Excellent. And then I ninja'd you. To bad provoke can't level up, because Elbert's insulting skills just did. Right when I didn't need them to. And it ended on a sad note. Curse you, RNG capture. Sorry, Hamilton... Good lord I was not expecting that! Hahahahahah! And here I was worried that using the same joke twice wouldn't work so well... How much time did he have to clear out the blood and guts and all that? I'm more worried about the fact that he janked the helmet off of Hamilton's cold, dead head. *** Later than expected, but I wanted to make sure I had some time to spare, considering how easily I go overboard with combat updates. Interesting to see that our enemies aren't generically evil, especially compared to the court we're a part of. It's been a while since I've played/watched a good "grey morality" game, and this might scratch that itch. Well, I can only hope it does a good enough job of it. On 4/19/2020 at 1:35 AM, BrightBow said: Yes, it does actually. Also worth pointing out that the cost does not only depend on the weapon itself but also on the strain it already took. So it's generally a good idea to repair unique weapons as soon as they enter green durability to avoid any chance that the weapon might break. These kind of weapons do actually keep existing as broken weapons, so you could still repair them after they break. But once a weapon is broken, it doesn't matter if it broke at green durability or at red durability. Now it's a 0% durability weapon and you need to pay accordingly. So if you let it break at green durability and then repair it, you've more or less wasted half the charges that the Repair Stone needs for it's job. Btw, the game is also nice enough that if the Stone does not have enough charges for a full repair, it will still repair the weapon for as far as it can with the charges available. A good summary. Couldn't have said it better myself. I mean, you probably know more about this game than I do. And are better at it. But, details. On 4/19/2020 at 3:33 PM, Hawkwing said: I see. Sounds like a pretty good system. The repairstone works well, yes. Unlike Hammerne, you don't feel so bad when repairing something cheaper, because the stone isn't consumed as much. They're probably the same people that try to make Three Houses a black-and-white conflict despite aiming for moral grey. I consider them a vocal minority, though it still scratches my head that this is how some people react when Fire Emblem provides a more morally ambiguous conflict considering that's what fans have been asking for for a while (even though some of the previous game have had elements of grey morality to ranging degrees). The Edel/Dim drama. Now that is proof that Three Houses united our fanbase. We just moved our wars to a smaller scale. There are good and bad kid shows in every era of television. I agree. Honestly, I don't even know why I said that. Haven't watch TV in years. What do I know about modern kid shows? I am quite the expert of elitism, though. Considering this game has around 15 chapters, and each one has 3 fights, you have around 36 battles left if the game doesn't pull any tricks. It's going to be a while, Reese. A bit less, the last chapters start having less battles. Then again, the chapters that are lost there are regained because four characters have their own paralogues that can show up at any time, so... The way things are going, if we don't lose any of them, we'll see at least three of those paralogues. The fourth one might be a bit tougher to get, since I haven't been using the unit as much. I'm curious how this sce- Took the words out of my mouth. Heheh, I am one step ahead! More or less took the words out of my mouth. Again. Two steps ahead! Hahahaha! I remember that joke! Bagman's legacy will never die! Bagman and Footballman were the most important people of their generation. Well, not counting Eugen, because counting Eugen would be unfair. Pretty neat to see that characters aren't idle inbetween missions, although I can also see it leading to Fire Emblem's long standing issue of telling instead of showing. Oh yeah, as Brightbow said, meeting Warrenheit would've been cool. Is there anything casually dropped in the middle of a conversations that doesn't end up becoming a major plot point later on in Berwick? Well, uh... What? What?!?! What?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?! The Volcens experience. Yes. Yes we are. Whether it's my fault or theirs remains to be seen. Part of this game will have us deal being conquered and fighting back, won't it? I just hope these bastards get a taste full of karma when that happens. Ahahahahah... well, we'll... we'll see. You've got a nice living room, then. Looks like a section of a library in there. Well, I bet Lebough reads more than I do. I loved reading when I was a kid, but I've lost the habit. Mostly after high school and their shitty forced reads kinda killed the whole concept for me. I hope one day I can get back to it, though. Also, nice name change for the pic. Thanks! Kaga did "renaming something after a previous hero" first. What was the second, out of curiousity? Hmmmmmmmm...... I see several interesting directions this plot point can take. I can only hope you are pleasantly surprised. Barely old enough to be playable, which I imagine she will be at some point of the game. Wonder if the apostles power will have any gameplay effects... Hmmm... Definitely something to keep a secret. Who knows what anyone in the court of clowns would do with that information... It... It may surprise you. Unpleasantly so, this time. ...Which they might learn about at some point in the game. Ahah... oh, boy. Though it seems the bandits got there first. That they did. Though there may be a few surprises down the road yet. Who will either be playable, an NPC, or dead sometime in the story. Yes, you've just described three of the four states a character can be in. The fourth one being offscreen. How painful this next chapter will be depends entirely on whether or not these three priests are moved by the player or the computer. More on that in a minute. I... get where Lebough is coming from. He cares more about the mission being completed than how it is accomplished, and competition helps ensure that at least one of them gets it done. Yet at the same time, this sounds like too delicate a matter to leave in the hands of people who might not be above sabotaging each other to be the "winner" so to speak. I could see Lebough using this as a secret test of character to see how each man handles the situation, but again, this mission might be a little too important to pull that trick. Well, I guess it's true that hating each other means they won't be sacrificing themselves for the others, compromising the mission, but still... I'm leaning that those are the only three people he can see being able to pull the mission off. Which is sad, but desperate times call for desperate measure, I suppose. Although how credible that view is is dependent on how strong the church is revealed to be later on in the story. That makes sense, actually. The church... isn't in the best position at the moment. And not just because Volcens doesn't listen to them. Nice letter-reading music. And I see the world of Berwick has fancy cards that have flowers in them. At least those are the ones Lynette favors. How much money can this guy spare?!?!? Lots. And I'm glad for it. Then again, considering how Volcens usually is, perhaps he believes his son needs all the help he can get. Bernstol probably knows Volcens, so that isn't so far-fetched. Is this Reese's mother or sibling or love-interest that hasn't been brought up yet? The name doesn't seem familiar. I guess you forgot to remove this question, 'cause the game answered it for me. I actually remember the distinction between spears and lances being made in a video discussing how authentic the weapon triangle is in real life. The only reason I can think of for why Fire emblem doesn't have them is that mounted units don't need any more unique bonuses. Seeing how much damage Clifford can do, I'm almost glad these aren't a thing in FE. They'd be even worse there. I can see why he was once called a great knight.... If he's this great now, with his brain half-drowned in booze, what kind of stats did he have back in his prime? Heck, come to think about it, Ward's old. What kinda stats did he have when he was Reese's age? A fight between them would be quite the sight, that is for certain. Alas, they're both good guys. Ergh, kinda, in Clifford's case. ...And why he doesn't just snap the game in half. The combat flow also helps to keep him from snapping the game in half. Although I'd be lying if I claimed that he doesn't make one's life so much easier. I am intrigued at what "situations" Clifford will be required for. You'll see. Because too many media like to talk about this subject without naming it, for some stupid reason. It's just like how you can show the worst kind of gore, but a tit is illegal: double standards. It's 'kay so long as you don't name them, because children are stupid! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Normally these kind of joke are hit or miss for me, but I won't lie; this one got a good laugh out of me. I love it when this stupid trope is subverted. Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Sounds like a job for Axel! The Best Swimmer in all of LazberiaTM! Fun fact: if Axel is dead, this sidequest does not happen. Mostly because it'd be impossible to get the mirror. Auguste Rodin was a French sculpture who appears to have had some influence on modern sculpture. That's legit all I could find about the name. That's... random. Probably a coincidence. To be fair, Ward didn't specify what. For all anyone knows, this is a typical "eliminate the bandits" mission. That much is true, and it does seem like the brigand problem of Demias is common knowledge. Gameplay-Story iItegration. Gotta love when a game does it right. Heheh, indeed! Is this Holmes descendant? Could very well be, he's stupid enough. And she has a similar hair color to Katri... Can they turn into dragons? Please, tell me they can turn into dragons. Ergh... no. Sorry. How many confirmed siblings did Holmes have? I want to know how many similarities there are between him and his bootleg. None that I remember, actually. Fairly certain he and Runan were single children both. Oddly, these two comments work well together. Yeah... HELL FUCKING NO ARINA!!! WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING THIS SIDEQUEST SO THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN!!! Now's when Christine dies. ...I shudder to even think of the possibility... Well, I was most certainly not expecting that today. Try not to think too hard about it. Or you'll go from calling it "that damned organ" to "that goshdarned organ". Wait, the world of Berwick has a Silk Road? Are there any pseudo-eastern countries that the game hasn't mentioned yet? Uh... fairly certain this is about all we'll get on the matter. Also, Orient is a historical name for "East". The more you know. I suppose it's less commonly used in english, but in spanish it's employed quite often. It was outside the games budget, for sure, but the only thing that is missing is voice acting. I can only imagine how much of a field day a voice actor could have with this guy. Imagine voicing Volcens, though. I've always imagined Herman with a similar voice to Frollo, but what kinda voice would Volcens have, I wonder? I laughed out loud for a solid minute when I first read that. Why, thank you! Appreciate it, as always. ...Why do I have the feeling this will backfire on him tremendously, somehow? Perhaps, perhaps. Like most of Berwick's NPCs, I am expecting her to have some importance in a sidequest later down the line. Kind of curious what servant archetype she'll fall under. We shall find out, shan't we? Either this is an edit or an actual portrait of Ward. Either way, it's simple yet awesome. Well, the fact that you can't tell is a victory for me! Yes, it's an edit. Czene's wink is also an edit. Count Piers... Does he, perchance, own a harbor? And does he love counting the number of piers on said harbor? I'm sorry, but that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the name. Piers is a completely normal name, come now! Well, I learned what "filial" means today. You were probably expecting something worse. I can only hope that the game focuses more on the political aspect of this plot than the other thing. Eh... sure, so do I. I take it he'll be one of the first mages you get? Maybe. Or maybe not. I'm running out of ways to be vague, please stop trying to predict things. I don't find it odd at all! Mostly because I agree with you. And he's quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. I'm not surprised. I thought this kinda character would resonate with you. Alas, this game decided that RNG capture was a good idea. Yeah... one of its few flaws. Not sure how I would've done it, but definitely not so luck-based. Almuth even has blue hair and hangs out at the library. Now all that's needed is for him to wield a 2 range sword, gain green hair and eyes, and be a silent protagonist. Also have no personality. Also, this game has a lot of cool looking collars. My favorite one is Herman's. Hence why I wear it. Herman's a dickhead, somebody less assholish had to redeem the collar. What a twist! Though if he's the one in charge of deciding the army's meals, maybe we should have seen it coming. He does invite part of his army to the best restaurant in the town for no reason. Speaking of, I forgot to visit the restaurant before the mission. Oh, well. I can still use it to buy happiness for my units, at least. A simple, yet effective story. I can see why he's one of your favorites. And we haven't even seen the most impactful parts of their story. Hopefully Kaga has learned from last time and we don't have to take a lot of convoluted steps to continue this event. Oh, no. The problem is that, like all of BWS's arcs, it doesn't happen instantly. It's not like supports, which you unlock in three chapters and that's it. I'll have to keep him alive half the game to reach the best part, and the whole game to get a satisfying resolution of his arc. Not sure if I am up to the task, but... I will do my best. Huh, interesting stone. Are there any other items that give statuses/skills like this? Well, there is a stone that allows you to escape the map, even if it isn't an escape map. Handy if you find yourself in a sticky situation. You tell me! I think I spent longer on this update than the combat one! The next mission has the potential to go several different directions, and I'm curious which one it will take! One you probably don't expect. On 4/19/2020 at 4:10 PM, The Roger The Paladin said: Kind of reminds me of an earlier Suicide Squad that appeared in DC's Star-Spangled War Stories. They were a pair of soldiers that hated each other's guts, but were assigned to work as a team to stop the Japanese setting up a base on an island in the pacific where dinosaurs inexplicably survived. It formed an unusual dynamic, as both would go above and beyond to protect the other... solely because they wanted to settle the score their way once the war was over. While the pair didn't stick around, the name for them certainly did... eventually reaching it's most famous incarnation in the 1980s. You know, the one with villains being conscripted as a government task force. Issue 14 of Secret Origins (the series from the 1980s for clarification) went so far as tying the two (and the other Suicide Squad which was a government task force composed of four survivors of various incidents which was around shortly after the other stopped) together as one continued program that merely changed methods over the decades. Those're the origins of the Suicide Squad? Huh. I think he failed that the moment he introduced himself and was not named Reese or Ward. Probably so. Anyway, seeing as I'm replying to you, I think I'll throw in a video that popped up in my youtube recommendations for some reason. I'm guessing you can work out why you popped into mind for that. Reveal hidden contents Hahahahahahah... yes, injokes! Confuse the new readers even more! On 4/20/2020 at 5:12 AM, Benice said: Basically Berwick Saga: Ahahahahahahah... well, that is, if you never visit the atelier. The atelier is how you keep up with the enemy. I won't go into details lest I spoil the LP, but there is an enemy who has a fancy horse and can OHKO my level 11 Dean in chapter 6's main mission. And the enemy Gunners...Oh god, things got crazy pretty fast. One of them did about 18 damage to Ward. WARD. I never expected my first game over to be Ward instead of Reese. (If Reese never dies, does it mean that it's a no-Reeset run?) You let the endgame beard die?! Henceforth you're my leest favorite person in the warld. On 4/20/2020 at 11:50 AM, Aethin said: I'm a little late, but as promised, here are the official artists's drawings! There are sketches of Czene & Kramer and full drawings of Faye and Sylvis's chest. Reveal hidden contents Ah yes, my favorite character in the game, Sylvis's chest. I'd seen the first two in your blog. I wish the Czene one had been made into an actual drawing, that's so cool. The game doesn't indicate it at all here, but rather than a one-month timeskip as you might expect, it's been four months since Chapter 2. Between then and now, we've been doing various odd jobs for the duchy and the League, the most recent being the delivery of supplies to Duke Warrenheit. We arrived in Navaron in June 618, Chapter 2 was July 618, and now it's about November 618. From now, each chapter is one month until Chapter 8 (abt. April 619). Oh, I see. How curious. This game is so fickle sometimes... It should be noted that Duke Warrenheit (first name Mikhail) is the Duke of the Lowland Duchy, but right now, he happens to be leading the front lines in the Highland Duchy. The Duke of the Highlands is never seen or named in-game. In some planning documents, he was named Arnesto (Ānesuto), but this is actually the prototype for Duke Warrenheit, as Arnesto was Roswick's son-in-law (et cetera). Maybe the Highlands' duke was murdered in battle? Maybe went down alongside Mordias and his company. Fun fact, this is my attempt to make the Apostle's name sound less similar to Sanaki. Her Japanese name is Sanākia. Oh God, Sanakia?! You've got to be kidding me... This is a bit of flourish on my part, working in some of the backstory Kaga wrote on his blog. The Old Empire was almost completely destroyed in an earthquake, and it fell completely when it was conquered by "brave warriors" from the east, who adopted parts of the shattered Old Empire's culture. These warriors later founded the Raze Empire. What Erzheimer says here in the Japanese version is that he is "twirling lightly" like a brave (sword)fighter from the east. I understand. A good improvement, in my opinion. Louvet (Rūvetto) is the name given to the late Duke of Serenia on Kaga's blog. He is not named in-game in the Japanese version. Rūvetto almost seems like it could be reasonably stretched to Ruben. I die in Berwick Saga. There we go, that's all I wanted to say. I was going to object that it's made of ivory, which floats, but I checked--and with a density of 1.70-1.93 g/mL, ivory definitely does not float; that's just ivory soap. So yeah, that lake must be clear as crystal if Axel's supposed to find it sunken at the bottom... Well, he is the best swimmer this side of Lazberia... (Having just watched Princess Mononoke recently, Almuth here greatly reminded me of Ashitaka.) I just love the fact that the bad guy's Valery. That damned crook...! I feel that there may be unexpected depth in this line, knowing that Ciel is blind. Saying "the sun will be setting soon" to a kid when telling them to come inside is normal, but here, it might actually be that Ciel needs to be told it because she can't tell. (The game never goes into detail what sort of blindness she has--if all she sees is black, or if she can distinguish light and dark--just that she's blind.) Oh whoa, I hadn't thought about it, but you're right... Or as the game's code calls you, "ArusHimmer." The same code that calls Reese "Lease," Sylvis "Shilwis," and Adel "Kein." I've mentioned the Adel/Kein thing before, because it frankly baffles me. I can't help but wonder if the programmers were feeling cheeky that day and did it on purpose, because that is far too perfect to be a coincidence. Also, don't forget Shirock. Honestly, all of the code names are hilarious. Delick? Claimer? Shellpa? Rozzwork? Author? ...on second thought, maybe it would've been better to keep that last one as Author. It may be the dumbest name in the world, but at least there aren't like six of them. Lazberia Chronicle: Chapter 174: Spoiler Before we start, I'd like to elaborate on the matter of exclusive weapons that Brightbow brought up. As you can see, Clifford's paladin shield is exclusive to paladins. So why can Clifford use it properly? Well, as you can also see, it has a rank. Exclusive weapons with ranks work kinda like Excalibur and Aura in the DS games: Merric and Linde, respectively, could use them from the start, but anyone could do it if their rank was high enough. Of course, level 20 is far too high for most people, but Clifford is overpowered, so he has no problems. By contrast, Reese's Perseid has no rank. That means that, no matter what, he is the only person who could ever use it. Lesson time is over. It's time for the cartography. And music! No, seriously, I swear, it'll change next main mission. The team is this. Sherlock and Izerna will sit this one out. Izerna isn't needed on this map, for reasons we'll discover soon. This is the map. There are three roads to the temple. Each priest will take one. We'll have to split up so we can protect them all. They'll also move at full speed, which isn't saying much considering they've only got 3 move, but if you waste enough time fighting enemies it could prove troublesome. Still, if it comes to that, it's easy to make them slow down by blocking their path with units. The middle route is by far the most dangerous, as it's within a stone's throw of that keep in the middle of the map, which will start spawning pirates before long. The other two routes are mostly safe as long as you have a couple units to clear the way. The tactics points for this map are as follows: you get 3 if all three priests survive, 2 if one dies, and 1 if only one of 'em makes it. All three of them die, and it's resetting time. Take note of the fact that there's a building along each of the roads. The three priests will enter their respective buildings, and each one does a special thing. Meet Sakhalin and Orbel, two of the priests. The third one, Grimm, will interject in a second. They'll be explaining the same thing that I did before. The southern road is much safer. Let us make a compromise. We can go north, on the road passing through the valley. Her Eminence is in danger! We must not tarry any longer than is absolutely necessary! We must prioritize our own safety first if we want to save her. What point is there in coming at all if we cannot make it to her alive? Cease this pointless bickering! We must make a decision! Finally, someone said it! Obviously, the northern road is best, as it is moderately quick and safe. ...Never mind, he's still refusing to take any other decision than his own. Do you not agree, Lord Reese? ...I do not know the region well. I leave the decision to you three. Reese, that was the worst thing you could've said. They're obviously never reaching an agreement! You've always been like that, trying to steal all the attention for yourself... I still haven't forgotten what you pulled back in the day! Oh, not this again... You're never going to let me live that down, are you? Ahahahahahahah... okay, this line was good, I'll give them that. What are you two arguing about now? We don't have time for this! If you two are going to stay here and yell each other's ears off, I'll just go on ahead! Short-tempered as always, I see. Don't count on me to save your skin when you get attacked by thieves! See, Lebough? See? This is exactly what I was talking about. Lord Reese, I will be taking the northern road through the valley. It's the only logical choice to make. I'm not going anywhere with Grimm, the stubborn fool... He hasn't changed a single bit since the old days! Do what you want! I don't care! It's none of my business if you get yourself killed on the way! I'd rather do this job by myself, anyway! Aha! So you admit it! Finally showing your true colors, eh? (If I can get there first, Her Eminence will surely look upon me favorably...) Or a golden opportunity to get murdered. Your path is the most dangerous one. But that's not going to stop you - any of you, for that matter - from rushing full speed ahead, without waiting for your bodyguards that your lives depend on, hmm? Sakhalin, Grimm, I'm heading off. Come along if you wish. W-Why, you--! Curse you both...! Well, that's it. They're off. Merely considering what's in the buildings, Grimm is the one to prioritize. What he'll give us by reaching that church is far too good. Sakhalin's also pretty important, but unlike Grimm, it's not because he gets us anything amazing, but rather because of what we'd lose if he kicked the bucket. Orbel... frankly, Orbel can die, he doesn't get you much. I suppose that's why he has the hardest path. Still, I'll definitely try to save all of them. It seems that if we want to protect all three of them, we will have to split up into groups... It's regrettable, but if these old men won't listen to reason, then we will just have to manage. Listen to reason? You two didn't even try! I mean, hell, Ward, you didn't even speak once during that whole argument! I doubt it would've worked, but you could've at least tried to convince them to go together! For now, we ought to focus on protecting them from any bandits prowling about. That mirror's gotta be around here somewhere... A mirror? What, like a hand mirror? Yeah. Whatddya need a mirror for? You're not winnin' any awards for that ugly mug o' yours. Nah, man. That girl from before dropped it. It was a real nice one, too... All pretty and shiny. You know the kind, yeah? I dunno, maybe? More important, why're you settlin' for a mirror when you coulda caught the girl, huh? Hey, I did all I could! If that damn old man hadn't been there, I definitely would've... Dammit, where'd that mirror go...? Just forget about it, man. If it fell in the lake, there's no getting it back now. That's not for you two to decide. All right. We need to get at least one (preferably all three) of the priests to reach the temple on the upper right corner. Afterwards, Reese will have to enter it as well. All three of the priests are equipped with heal orbs. Grimm and Sakhalin both have Miracle, which will grant 'em a chance to survive if I get too sloppy. Still, best not let the situation reach that point. Orbel does not have Miracle, but he has a miracle charm! Returning from TRS, this handy item will save him from a deadly hit and then break. Pretty sure it works throughout an entire round of combat, so that's neat. On the other hand, you can't just fill your inventory with miracle charms and call it a day - they've got to be equipped for them to work, and only people who can equip accessories can use them, so our knights are outta luck. Also, Sakhalin is armed with an anima orb, for a reason that we'll discover later on. Maybe. Let us begin. Elbert, draw the first blood. Take note of the factions. All three priests are green. The yellow one is Rodin, hidden somewhere in the map. I know the overall area where he is. It might be handy to have Czene go there and use Watchful to find him, but usually, it's enough to pay attention and see if you can catch him moving around the forests. Yes, of course. Very nice, thank you. This does not bode well for the rest of this, does it... There goes priest number 1. Also, hidden asshole number 1. I caught this one on the map because, since it's the start of the chapter, I was prepared for him. Don't get used to this. For fuck's sake, there goes the thin horse. Oh, come now... already? Well, actually, he missed. It's just difficult to convey these things on the world map. It wouldn't be, if I waited for the little window up there to show the "Orbel dodged the attack!" message. But I am impatient, and also bad at my job. So it's hard. Fine then. Christine gets to walk. Not to worry. Esteban shows up in turn 20. Yes, 20. The game demands that you wait for him. What a bother... The two pirates from the intro approach the coast. Keep in mind that they don't lose any movement at all from the lake. Adel and Leon will lead the charge north. These guys are the main threat to Grimm's life. They'll be firing at him from the hill. It's best to climb up there and say hello before he makes it to the valley. Nearly down. That might just be a nice kill for Czene. Oh, please... Clifford will entertain himself with the enemies across the bridge. Priest number 2 begins the journey. I'm tempted to send Ward with him, so he can guard him if anything happens. I cannot stress it enough, what awaits in that church is far too valuable to lose. Good, Leon. Keep it up, and that old coot will be safe. As I said, Ward is going up. This will not last, for reasons that I will explain next turn. If you're curious, here are the stats of the thieves. I don't think I like the Mug. Steal can only be used without moving, so it's worse on the enemies. Funny how, in the hands of the player, it's the complete opposite. Anyway, die. Piss... Piss! Bahah! Sure, you tried, folk. Czene will go north as well. Axel needs to go to the lake, so I might as well have her do the searching up north. Or something. Frankly, I care more about getting her kills. That is far sloppier than I'd like. But let's try it. It is worth a shot. See, I told you. We could try to set up a capture, but he only has a bad bow and arrows, and as a bandit, he cannot be ransomed. There's no reason to do it. And so, he d-- he does live. Because Reese missed. Thanks, Reese. Appreeseate it. Sakhalin could barely move, because girls are standing on his path and he's too socially awkward to ask them to move. The boss is also on the move. If you go back to the map, you'll see he starts near the big manor overthere. He'll make his way to the temple, and then I'm pretty sure he'll remain stationary there. Or at least I don't remember ever seeing him moving. He has a blade that's too high-level for him, and Battle Cry. I think he's overcompensating for something. Fine by me, just means he'll have an extra chance to whiff his shots. Frankly, the only reason I've brought Kramer along is that I have yet to deploy him. He's one of the units with a paralogue that I mentioned in the replies, but he requires level and happiness to unlock it. The others are Faye, Ruby and Sylvis. Hmm... well, it could work. Not bad. Could've been worse. Turn's done. Didn't catch the blue cursor, but there's an event at the manor. Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to... Garbage bag 2! That's right, there are exactly two garbage bag portraits in the entire game. They've used both for bosses now. I wonder what they'll do next... surely not just reuse the sprites, I mean, that's preposterous! Also, Almachus. The Church of Raze has four cardinals that are second only to the Pope in terms of power and influence. Almachus is the first one we'll meet. Each time, the Witch of Veria has escaped our grasp due to the meddling of a Verian knight... "Witch of Veria" is how the Razites refer to the Verian Apostle. I like it, it at least tries to pretend that this wasn't ripped off from/by Tellius. I hesitate to point fingers at either side. It's true that FE9 came out before BWS, but then again, there's an unused sprite of Elincia in the TRS files, and Begnion is barely developed before FE10... and then there's the whole matter of the notes, of course. That accursed Shining Knight... I'd never imagined that any of them had survived their king's purges... Wait, "their" king? Volcens...! I can only reason that we must act directly if we are to capture the Witch of Veria with any certainty. I cannot allow that. We must keep ourselves hidden until His Holiness orders otherwise. But Cardinal Almachus, if we simply leave that knight to her own designs, could it not end disastrously for us? Suddenly, a villain! Garbage Bag Maximus! This one is so garbage-bagish, you can't even see their face! Oh, Master Chaos...! Almachus... Surely you have better things to be doing than dawdling about here? Bornia requires your attention. Due to your negligence, their troops have yet to make their move. ...well, looks like we've just discovered why the Bornians are acting up... Chaos, you may be His Holiness's personal knight, but I am still a cardinal of the Church. You will never address me in such an impudent manner again! Won't I? And how exactly do you plan on stopping me? Almachus loses his nerve and steps back. Whoever this Chaos is, he or she certainly commands some wondrous power. ...I have already made arrangements with regards to Bornia. Everything will be taken care of. The Bornian duke is already caught in our trap. He is a dead man walking. By the end of next month, the invasion of Narvia will begin. The duke's son Vester is investigating the army for rumors of spies, I hear. What will you do about him? As I said, all has been accounted for. You needn't worry about Bornia. You say so, but I do not know what might happen should you fail... It could end very poorly for you. Do not concern yourself with the little witch hiding in the temple. Return to Bornia and do your job. ...As you wish. I will oversee operations in Bornia. I leave the rest of this to you. Aaaand he's gone. Hmph... Pompous fool... Y-Yes, Master Chaos! How can I be of service? There appear to be a platoon of knights escorting three heretic priests to the temple. I have instructed the bandits to guard all roads to the temple. However, if trained knights were to interfere, I cannot guarantee... Then you will deal with these interlopers yourself. B-But Master Chaos, that will mean leaving this building undefended... N-No, Master Chaos! Forgive me for suggesting something so absurd... You will go immediately! Kill every last one of those heretics! Yes... Thy bidding will be done... Even the Pope will one day bow to the enormity of my power, and this world will be mine to rule...! Chaos and Fermat exit the building. Fermat will move toward us, but Chaos will stay put. I will reclaim with my own hands what you stole from Father! So, uh... yeah. Look familiar? This is even more blatant than the Apostle stuff. Faye's character arc? It's more or less Ike's character arc. Chaos? The Black Knight. The divine blade Chaos spoke of? It's Alondite. It even has a Ragnell-like twin that is the only blade that can harm Chaos - which is, of course, Faye's personal legendary. The biggest difference is that, since Faye is not the main character, her arc is more compressed than Ike's. But other than that? The similarities are ridiculously obvious in this case. Still, don't worry. Faye and Chaos do have their own unique things, even if they're similar to their FE counterparts. And besides, everyone loves Ike, enough to completely ignore the fact that his game is a snoozefest. I can't see why you wouldn't like these two. Who are in a better game. Is everyone mad at me yet? Anyway, Faye isn't going to be taking shit from this monster. Chaos isn't invincible, and can in fact be killed here (mostly by abusing Dean's Vengeful skill), which changes a few things down the line. But I'll be doing it the intended way. Fermat is a generic Raze Priest with a droppable Darkmend (!) and the swarm spell. Swarm isn't a siege tome in this game. It has 1-3 range, and has a chance to poison its victim. It's... not nearly as nasty as Scylla can be. Still, magic in general hits like a truck, so we'd best be wary. Okay, with that done, let's continue. Another day, another batch of enemies dumb enough to attack Adel. Uhhh! Cinematic. Oh-- Orbel! C'mon, give me a minute! Can't you see the enemies are all alive? Thank goodness this one was more interested on healing the wounds he took from Reese. Ah! Grimm! Notice how he stepped back a few pixels? That means he dodged. Thank God... Ward is successful this time. He hit twice with a lower hitrate than when he was using the longspear. Eh, not gonna judge. What matters is that we are winner. And with that, he rushes east. Why? Because it was at around this time that it hit me that Rodin's on the eastern side of the map. Sending Ward west would be highly inconvenient. Reese takes a single point of damage. As punishment for giving his liege a scratch, Elbert will proceed to skewer him through the skull. Or he'll fail. That is fine too. Elbert retreats to the nearest forest, while the pirates come ashore. Sylvis will replace Ward as Grimm's prepromoted bodyguard. But first, that was some damn fine Jeiganing. She stole the arrows. Great. More crap for Halfmann. As soon as they're able, I'll have Adel and Leon move to lure that fighter in. If I do things right, we should be able to handle the archers before Grimm gets too close. Fermat is on the move! Not entirely sure where he'll go. I've seen him go both ways. I suppose it depends on where the closest unit is. Ah, it was worth a shot. A thief on a horse... ah, this bastard will regret the day he crossed paths with me! Suffer-- --Oh whoa! Pffffft...! Did he just uppercut the guy with his sword? It wasn't even a crit or anything, that's his standard sword swing! Okay, moving on. Clifford'll be acting as Benner in the first chapter (only the enemy doesn't have the Leen Meen Creet Macheen Reese to use against him), while Kramer approaches from behind to get some much-needed experience. Okay, this is starting to annoy me. Can anyone hit that damned thief? And quick! Look, Adel's using a pitchfork! Seriously wish they'd given it a special animation. It does have a special, "crunchier" hit sound, but you can't hear that, of course. Anyway, that's another kill for Czene. Agvan has almost made it to the temple. Finally! Thank you, Faye. That was the worst mistake of your life. Or not, because he's the swiftest generic brigand. It's turn 3! Mwahahahahah... you should not have moved there to heal, pal! Nooooooooooooooooo c'mon! You've been hitting with lower hitrates than this, Axel! Please...! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! That is the price of greed...! It's what I get for trying to get Czene more kills! Eyyyy there's what I was talking about. The old bastards may hate each other, but other than that they're great. See? They're healing me! Thanks for making Izerna entirely redundant in this map. Their heals are also better than Izerna's, hilariously enough. Only problem is, they won't stop to heal anyone. If you want them to patch one of your units up, you must place them at the end of the priest's movement range. Well, either that or you can block them with other units. Oh, come now... this is what happens when you miss a critical hit, Axel! You see!? I mean, he dodged, but still. Be more careful! Grimm's at 12 HP now. Okay, no matter. He's still a ways from the reaper's scythe... For some reason, I was a dumbass and decided to risk this failing miserably rather than wasting Carnehau (did I say it right? I don't think so...) uses. It worked in my favor, but what was I thinking...? We're getting there. We've a lot of time to get her kills, but I'd rather do it now, before the going gets tougher. If you're wondering, no, Clifford isn't preemptively dodging. He just has a neurotic horse. That frame is part of his idle animation. Not even kidding. I can't get over the uppercut, seriously. I'd like to call upon the thread's swordfighting experts, and ask them to explain to me what kind of swordsman uppercuts with his sword. Because my theory, as somebody who knows little about the matter, is that he's still drunk off his ass. All the bandits in the vicinity have charged Clifford. The reason why, that is beyond me. Hoo, boy... This isn't good, but perhaps Reese will get one of his signature crits...? Well, it was a hit. I can get behind this. I would like to send Faye west to meet Chaos, but with the amount of heat in this area, I'm going to need all hands on deck. Still, it's worth noting that Sakhalin will make a beeline for the manor, even if Chaos is still there. He'll put himself right next to them so Chaos can shank him more comfortably. Better remove them before that happens. The good thing about Czene's presence (and her Watchful skill, of course) is that it allows me to confirm that there aren't any more thieves near Grimm. Not that I needed her to confirm that, we haven't been attacked by one since we massacred them all in turn 2. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that Grimm is in the clear so long as I can kill those two archers up ahead. The fighter will go down soon as he moves to axe Adel a question, because Leon will then swoop in and catch him by surprise. If he moves, of course. Doesn't seem to be feeling like it so far. Guess he'll move last to potentially force me to waste Leon's turn, because I'm lucky like that. Orbel... Orbel will have to do some dodgetanking. He seems to be doing good so far. Please keep it up. Sylvis follows her group. Reese, no! Reese, yes. That is fine. Besides, he drew the heat away from Orbel. That is good in and of itself. The axemen's health is decreasing fast, but all three are still alive... Well, I suppose Rodin can wait a turn more. Or two, if this continues. C'mon, Christine. Make Daddy Beard proud. That's what I like t'see! We've got a bossman, folks. Hey there, Sakhie. Please, give us a minute. We'll have the road clear for you in a sec. Comin' through! Pffff... oh, you're one weak bastard. With only daggers, this guy is simply useless. I almost feel bad for him. Thus, we'll first deal with this guy. Twiglimbs overthere can live for a few minutes more, for all I care. Ah, finally! It almost required Leon's turn to get this guy moving. Thankfully, we have a move to spare, so he'll do his thing after Adel does his own. Awesome! That's an injury. Perhaps we'll be lucky and he'll be crippled? He's got one of those battle saws I've talked about before. Never mind. Leon the EXP Thief strikes again. They call him Leon the Coin Thief, too! C'mon, Reese. Don't fail me! There we go! That'll be a level for him. That's pretty awesome! Without WpSkill thresholds to reach and rather shaky bases, Reese benefits the most from standard gains. Good job! Full speed ahead! I hope they don't take that long, but if needed be, he can aid Adel and Leon against the archers next turn. A job well done, the brigand on horseback proudly retreats to the forest. Congratulations, man. Another 20 turns and you might even kill him. Holy shit, Orbel. He's dodgier than my units! Good thing, too. Out of the three, he's the one that needs to stay healthy the most. For... reasons. Okay, Adel can finish him off after Leon is done. Nope, fuck that! Leon wants the experience more! Can I ask that you at least get something good? Bad, Leon. Bad. I appreciate the HP, but... bleh. Blah. Son of a blitch. ...oh, please... and since Leon blasted that guy away, Adel cannot contribute this turn. Urgh... Instead, he gets to take an arrow to the gut. Quite the arrow, too! His might may not be much to write home about, but poison in this game can be rather nasty. It's still just chip damage, but unlike the GBA's 1-3 chip damage, we're talking something like 1-7 damage. Maybe even more. I cannot find any precise data about it, but trust me, I've seen some pretty awful HP losses from poison. Fermat has come to the edge of his hill. No doubt to scream insults at us from the other side of the lake. Heathens! Damnable heretics! You will all suffer the wrath of Raze! All infidels will be vanquished! ...Lord Reese, did you hear something? No, I cannot say I have... Leon? Did you hear anything-- Wh-Whoa, whoa, whoa...! Argh! Phew... what is it, Lord Reese? You nearly made me lose my footing...! Oh, my apologies. By order of Master Chaos, you shall all bleed and die! Die! Dieeeeeee! Do you hear me!? Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! That's going to buy us a bit of time before Grimm gets to the dangerous zone. Let's also block Sakhalin a bit, because Faye's really far. All right, now. Kramer-- Clifford, do your signature uppercut. Fellow dropped his horse. It's a bad one, but a horse is a horse. A thief hid in this tile. I caught him, though. Hah! Too slow, dunderhead. Let's see how long it takes me to forget about him. Axel jumps into the lake. When he starts fighting the enemy pirate, a port appears out of nowhere to support them. I guess that's the truth about Axel: he wasn't a great swimmer after all, he's just great at building bridges real fast. As are... all the other pirates in the game... Run, Faye, run! Don't let the old man reach the evil cloak before you! Oh, boy. The crying has started. It was worth a shot. But enough games. Let us go. Units advance. Jesus, 7 damage...! D'awww... okay then, Reese isn't gonna help. Sheesh, another hit... Adel's going to need healing real soon. I said Adel, but that is cool too, don't get me wrong. Avenge yourself, Adel! And then hurry to grandpa Grimm, 'cause you're in a dire need of medical help. Sylvis, you may scout ahead. There's nothing right now, but something could show up at any time. I tried killing this guy with Ward's most accurate blade, but it didn't do any good. Okay, I think Adel just needs to move back a bit and Grimm will do the rest. Since Ward could not Jeigan, Kramer does everything himself. No, this does not make him better than Ward. Hah! I like that frame. She looks so silly, running after the old guy. Bwahahahahahah... this is real funny now, but it won't be so funny if he makes it to Chaos before her. Hmmm... I doubt we'll be so lucky, but if Axel could put himself on top of the fort, it'd be sweet. Blocking those reinforcements would remove the greatest threats to Orbel's life. That was the turn. Oh, Adel doesn't even need to move! Excellent, then we just need to move with enough people for Grimm to act. Perhaps one move from here? Either way, that's the move. A good work, Kramer. No dice. Oh, well. It's not like Adel needs to move too urgently. Also, notice the keep is empty. I've no way to easily screenshot it, but there's also a sparkle on top of it that appears occassionally. As I've explained before, that means it can be searched. I could go after the mirror, too, but I think it's more important to block the reinforcements. All right, the race against Faye was real funny, but you need to slow down. Not even just because of Chaos, at this rate you'll make it to the bandits before us. And you may be armed, but you forgot to equip that hellfire orb, so it'll do you no good. Orbel's in a bit of an unfortunate position, because Reese and Elbert both need two turns to cross the shallows. So does he, so he'll take a long time to get through. Notice Fermat has wandered dangerously close to them. Dangerously for him, I mean. Oh, by the way, I hadn't pointed it out this turn, but Adel lost 5 more HP. Yeah... poison in this game is still not the biggest threat, but it can be tricky if not handled correctly. All right, made it! Let's see what's in this place. Well, we've got an awesome background and an enemy, for starters. Come now... It's like I'm looking at a mirror! Well, eventually it ended the only way it could've. Awesome! More accuracy. His growth is as shaky as Adel and Elbert's spear growths, so that's nice. Then again, his standard stat growths are surprisingly high. 40% HP, strength and speed. That is a lot, for this game. 0% defense, sadly. Defense and WpSkill aside, his are like, the best or second-best growths in the entire playable cast. See why I don't bother copying the growths? A spare iron axe, cool! The accuracy on these things makes them pretty handy to have, even if they're worse than battle saws. This is also pretty awesome. Right, that's been taken care of. Notice the spark in the middle of the lake? I just happened to catch a shot of the mirror. Excellent. Thanks, Grimm. He may top Adel off next turn. Faye's race continues while Sylvis leads the western charge. Ah! Piece of trash, I knew it! A hidden enemy! Ahahahahah... ah, but who cares. His accuracy was bad and his damage, worse! He's so dead. Oh, man... Why can't you and your horse swim, Reese? This is like a puddle! Ahhhh, now that is more like it! I guess even garbage bags deserve this theme...? Rease... pleese... Oh, egads! One of these buffoons! Oh, no... you son of a-- escort missions, everyone! Lebough's genius plan at work! Guess we'll finally get to watch Guard in action. Sahkalin could probably take a hit, but I'd rather not risk it. You! Bow down before your betters! And now she's your even-better! Czene is heading toward that little cave overthere. See if you can guess why that is. Jeez, lots of weaklings throwing themselves at death today! It's... quite lucky, actually, that we haven't gotten critted yet. That would've been awkward. Death by critical thief. Oh, man... so slow...! Pah. Outclassed! Orbel's made it to the humble house. Let's see what this is all about. Welcome, Father... Rest as long as you like. Come, let me brew you some tea... I had heard that this area was ransacked by bandits... How is it that you are unscathed? Ergh... a better question is, why was Teresa just hanging out here? It's an infamously dangerous area, apparently devoid of all human life aside from Razites and brigands, and yet there she was. Heck, Bluck called it "the Demias neighborhood". What gives? Oh, yeah? Oh, well go ahead, then. Explain. ...That explained nothing, pal. Unless you folks are just fond of crossdressing as old ladies to attract innocent people so you may reveal your true colors five seconds into the charade. Then... that still doesn't explain anything. I guess Teresa's just irresponsible. I like how Orbel looks around before expressing his shock. It's like he's thinking "what? That doesn't make sense, no priest of Raze could possibly live in a house as nice as this! They're all savages!" Those bandits outside? They're loyal men of the Raze Church now that we've... persuaded them. ...I see. They wouldn't target a large building like the temple by themselves... It only makes sense that it was done on someone else's orders... I also like how the faction with the invincible swordsman employs generic earlygame bandits to hunt down the vital individual. Then again, Lebough sent some old farts who can't work as a team alongside the batallion with less than a hundred troops to retrieve the vital individual. Maybe the Apostle just isn't as important as she's made out to be. However, you will not find me such an easy target! Oh, shut up, you. You look like a deflated football, and you aren't even armed. What exactly do you intend to do? Then your suffering will be slow and painful! You and your accursed Witch of Veria will burn! He lets out a demonic shriek and T-poses to assert dominance over Orbel. Oh boy. It's dark magic time...! ...a butterfly? Oooohhh but that's so pretty! That's so cute! How is this "unholy" magic? Look at that spectacle! Such beautiful vistas...! HOLY SHIT THEY TOOK TWO THIRDS OF HIS HEALTH First you kill him, then you ask him who he is? With each word, you make less and less sense-- Oh hey, a woman. How fare thee, fair maiden? Your sword is slightly crooked at the tip. Just... pointing that out. Nice earrings, though! No, wait, it's a fancy tiara... Eh...? 32 HP? She's bigger than all my cavaliers! Okay, fancy flourishes. I dig her cape, it's pretty amazing, but MOTHERFUCKING BLISTERING BARNACLES I think I'm love. Again. ...not sure which I love more, though: her, or her name. Jesus, that's the most amazing name I've ever seen. Solemn music after the ass-kicking. Haah, haah, haah... That was too close for comfort... Wait, that emblem--you're a... a Shining Knight?! Well, he sure recovered fast. Can't say I blame him, though. That slash healed my very soul. Indeed. My name is Paramythis. Father Lebough ordered me to protect the Apostle in secret. Astonishing... I had thought that all of the Order's knights had been purged by Mordias during the Rebellion! Oh, turns out they reveal it right here. Huh. Thought they'd take a bit longer. What terrible days those were, fifteen years back... Just as the civil war was drawing to a close, the Apostle was murdered... Then we lost her husband Sir Denimud and all his knights... They reveal it very heavy-handedly, I might add. Ohohohohoooooooh, damn! Jesus fucking christ, blistering bollocks. That line must've been HELL to translate, eh, Aethin? Fuck, such clunky exposition... thank goodness it comes from that woman. That helps make it bearable. Ergh, for me. Those of you out there with more maturity than a 12 year old edgelord are outta luck. Mordias was forced to silence the Knights or admit his guilt. Soooo yeah. Volcens's father murdered the head of his Church for reasons yet unknown, and to protect the secret, he murdered one of the strongest orders of knights in Veria. And then he framed the Empire for it and started the war. Wow. Volcens doesn't look so bad now, does he? Back then, I was still only a page, but Father Lebough took me into his care and saved me from the pruges. Since then, I have hidden among the other sisters at the Apostle's temple. I see... It must have been terrible, having to hide yourself in that way... Yet I can see that you have not let hardship dull your skill in battle! Truly, you are a Shining Knight! I am indebted to you, fellow servant of the Apostle. You have my eternal gratitude. Be that as it may... Why have you come to this place, might I ask? Well, someone's moody. Is it because he interrupted your expositioning to thank you? Have you not heard of this from the Archbishop as well? The Apostle has made it clear that she does not desire to go to the city of Navaron. I, too, wish for Her Eminence to stay at a safe distance from the king. Oh, all right, she's moody because Volcens. I can understand that. I usually am moody as well when Volcens. We have made this quite clear to the Archbishop multiple times. But milady, the sorcerers of Raze are en route to this temple, and you could not possibly defeat them alone! Horseshit! Didn't you see her handle the one that was kicking your ass? She's awesome! Please, you must flee to Navaron as quickly as possible! I understand this. However, there are other issues. OH MY GOD! ABORT, ABORT! ABORT THE MISSION! GO BACK HOME, SHE'S BETTER OFF WITH THE BRIGANDS! But the Apostle is a mere child. Consider the position she would be placed in should that occur! WE'RE THE BAD GUYS! WE'RE THE BAD GUYS! WE'RE BRINGING THAT POOR GIRL TO VOLCENS IN A SILVER PLATTER! THE SON OF HER PARENTS'S MURDERER, NO LESS! Hey, how come they never denounced him if they knew he was behind it all? Did they only find out after he died? I believe the Archbishop has also given that matter much thought. I cannot imagine he would cooperate with the king in consecrating such a union. Dame Paramythis, please lend us your strength and assistance. We will not abandon the Apostle. Noooooooooooo stay here and join us! Please, I need you with me-- I mean, with us! What will you do? With my advanced age, I cannot possibly keep up with you, milady. I shall return to the Sinon Knights. Please give my best to the Apostle. I will. Be careful on your way. Paramythis doesn't stick around, sadly. Also, Orbel keeps the wounds he took from Igos's attack. I'm not sure if he can die against him. Maybe that's why he has the miracle charm. Still, miracle charm or no, it'd be best to give the enemy as few chances as possible. Die! Eh! How nice. Ah! Ah! That's not nice! Jesus! And keep in mind swarm can poison... Well, I guess we get to see another animation, at least. Never mind, it's the butterflies again. What...? She was... but... she was hit by the sparkles...! She was practically showered by 'em! You can't just sidestep at the very end of the animation and call it a dodge! Okay, Czene made it to the hilltop. Adel and Leon will follow her and act as her bodyguards. And Jeigans. Get your arse to the frontlines, Kramer. Didn't pay you to lollygag. This was my attempt at capturing Ward replacing Sakhalin in the world map. If you reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally squint your eyes, you might just be able to see it. I can't. Anyway, as you can see, his defense was reduced, but not his shield defense. Thanks, Ward. Thanks for getting more WpSkill procs than all the people who need them. On the bright side, Faye is finally catching up. Just about, but I think she can overtake Sakhalin before they reach the manor. Thanks, Grimm! Now, hurry onwards. Get to that church, post-haste! Axel is still keeping watch over the keep. As soon as reinforcements stop coming out (I can tell because the camera zooms in on the place where reinforcements would come out, even if they can't do it), I'll have Axel retrieve the mirror. ...Wait... I can't see the sparkle... what the hell? Wa... but... it was there last turn! What happened...? Did I lose it? Have I failed the sidequest, just like that!? I don't remember anything like this, and Serenes says nothing about it either! I guess that's our first failed sidequest... oh, well. Seriously though, I don't remember this at all! What happened, did it just roll under a rock? Maybe Volcens happened to be swimming down there and decided to snatch the mirror to spite Reese... Ah! Handy. Piss... however, that's why I sent the two cavvies up there. Look, Fermat, my friend. You've been alive long enough. Don't you think it's about time you gave dying a shot? Ahhh, good man, good man. Good boy. And now, onto the forest for higher avoid. For all the good it did. Oh-- whoa, whoa, slow down, Fittipaldi! Where the hell do you think you're going? Wait up! Thaaaaat's better. Jesus, are you determined to get into the range of as many enemies as you can, or what? Anyhow. I think this is the first time since map 1 that Elbert's used anything other than a spear. I don't like it, that spear level isn't gonna raise itself, but I need the accuracy. All right, another garbage bag in the... garbage bin. I wonder how full it'll be by the end of the game. You were... unable to retaliate against close-quarters attacks. You were never going to live. Erzheimer's going to love this. I just hope he doesn't find this one "erotic"... Ward, the babysitter. Of babies that are at least 10 years older than him. Christine has the same shitty movement as Reese and Elbert. So yeah, that's two turns in the shallows. She's also attacked on her way through, but she can handle herself. I stand corrected. Come to me, you! Czene hungers for more experience. Oh, how nice of you! Or maybe he's just trying to level up. We all know that this is the best way to level up healers, after all. Kramer makes himself useful. I'd like to try and give the kill to Faye, but she's on a tight schedule, I'm afraid. Meanwhile, up north, the archer takes the bait. Oh please... ...never mind, he can reach with his horse. ... ...WHAT?! How'd the horse make it up here? Turns out it can climb cliffs, but not with Adel on top! Maybe it's Adel's fault. He's real clumsy and would fall off, so the horse climbs ahead and waits for him up top. In any case, boom. Let's give the good knife a shot. Bleh... Sylvis continues to lead the way. She's lost all of her company at this point, but let's face it; she does not need them. Kramer! Come now, that was ridiculous! Focus! Keep going, Grimm. Just a few steps further, and then you'll be set. I think. Not sure if he has to survive the whole chapter for the thing to happen. I'm going to try and get him to the temple alive regardless, of course. As for Faye, she gets to partake in the combat while she races to the manor. She fares... acceptably. Yeah, yeah, keep crying. I'll deal with you in a minute. You know, I kinda wish blocking reinforcements was like in Into The Breach, where units take damage from it. Sure, it'd be less convenient for the player, but it'd add to the difficulty and the strategy. In any case. That's not a crit, it's her doubling animation. When she crits, she tosses the knife into the air. Otherwise, she just twirls it around in her hand. Not bad. I am fairly certain we can get her a level today. Cock! Can you all stop getting hit by these subpar hitrates? Oh, doggone it, Sak-- huh!? Wait! Ah-HAH! I saw him! Rodin just moved to that tile. I've got him in my sights, but let's not be hasty. Sakhalin still needs protection. No reason to hurry; we'll handle him after the enemies are gone. Speaking of, this is a bit awkward. So long as Ward has to protect the priest, Kramer is the only one who can fight these idiots. Faye obviously can't afford to waste so much time. Oh my God, can you stop? You don't need any of this! Let the others have it! All of his WpSkill growths are 30% (except for spear which is 40%) and yet he's getting more today than both Adel and Elbert - who both absolutely need it, may I remind you! Perfect. Next turn will be it. As for you- oooohhhh pretty! Finally caught a good frame of that! Oh, my goodness... that is so shit, Christine! In a scale from 1 to 10, it is shitten! Also, Orbel can't move. Hah. Dang it! Good. Excellent! And now Elbert may finish the job. Another crap horse? Sure! Let me just put this in the bag... no, I don't know why a horse takes up the same inventory space as a tiny orb. Let's move in closer. Nice, he made it! In the church, we find one of the few scenes in this game without a background. Also, a portrait-less person! I pondered deeply on how to handle these situations. I've decided to use a neutral portrait for all of them. I pray that my solution is to your satisfaction. ...You can't go another step, can you? Very well. Let's rest at this church. I have to keep going... We have to mend the schism the Pope has wrought on our Church... That means first freeing our brothers, but if I succumb before I can even do that... You need only resist for a short while longer. Once we reach Navaron, I believe that the Verian Archbishop may be able to free you from the curse. It will never work... Even an archbishop wouldn't have the power to undo Pope Urbanus's magic... Oh! Razites! But that doesn't make sense, that guy's not wearing a garbage bag, and his flesh isn't bleach-white! And they don't seem like they're the bad guys! Wait, someone's coming... Stay here and hide for a moment! Not sure if I've linked it at any point, but this is also the theme that plays in the temple in Narvia. ...I suppose not. Perhaps I'll make myself some tea to ease the soreness of my journey... O-- HOLY SHIT HE APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE, RUN GRIMM RUN IT'S A TRAP! A TRAP! An... absolutely beautiful... trap... Hm? Who are you...? Have you forgotten me already? It is I, Owen, your old disciple! All jokes aside, though, he's very much not a trap. But he is absurdly good-looking. What has it been, ten years? I have been away on a mission to the people of the frontier for a long time, but now I am finally returning home. I am happy to see that you are doing as well as ever, Father. Forgive me for not remembering you. I'm afraid I am beginning to forget names and faces in my old age... To where are you headed, Owen? Surely you are beginning to see why I considered this event to be so important. Paramythis kicking a garbage bag's butt was heartwarming, but this will net us a tangible reward. Oho? You would willingly volunteer to be an accomplice to those violent men? I know battle is frowned upon, but I truly believe that the League's cause is one worth fighting for. I intend to use the payment I receive in order to help the needy. Now that is an admirable goal. You make me proud, my old disciple. Thank you, Father. If it isn't too much trouble, could I ask you to put in a good word for me? Of course, my boy! Of course! Leave it to me! This is why I'm not sure if Grimm needs to survive or not. Well, with any luck, I won't find out! Also, you say that, but if he ever has to interact with the other two oldbags, I doubt being your disciple will make his life "much easier". Quite the contrary, in fact. Ha ha ha! You are too kind, Father. Okay, turn 10! Making good progress. Oh, there's a handy little tidbit about the church: in this game, forts and seize tiles don't heal you. As far as I'm aware, churches are the only buildings that will do it. On the flipside, 30% health from a single turn of waiting at a church is an extraordinary amount of healing. Heck, I'm pretty sure it'd heal more than Izerna would, if the unit's HP is high enough! All right, now-- oh? The mirror! It's back! Orbel's still a bit too close for my liking, but I'm not risking it. I'll take the mirror now that I still can. Notice that this is not a search tile. Not that it matters, Axel is the only one who could reach it at this point. More like "smack in the middle" of it. How'd you even see it, Axel? Bah, whatever. Here it is. Sidequest #1 fulfilled, after all. Ward continues doing his job. Run as much as you want. Your deathwish won't be granted, I'm afraid. Rodin's moved overhere. Up here, there's not much to do until Christine gets to Agvan and undoes his crying. I could go get Rodin right now, but there really is no reason to rush. Instead, I may have Kramer whiff his shot. Oh, God... this animation is great. If she's going to dodge, when the camera pans to her, she's already running, and when the weapon's about to hit her, she vanishes... ...and reappears next to her target. That is the good thing about having a ton of speed - you can counter handaxes. And miss. I am fine with this outcome. Still, though. I hate to lose the experience, but you need to go. Oh, my-- goodness gracious, really?! He keeps proccing all of his 30% growths! Why!? Why him and not the two scrubs!? Anyway, I made him Canto to the tile Rodin's standing on. Obviously Ward can't go there, but the point is that he's been uncovered! He looks like Savat if he let himself go. He's less impressive than Sylvis, but he does have this excellent weapon that I wish were mine. Bad arrows, tho. Tsk, tsk. How do you intend to hunt an antelope with that kinda ammo? Okay, Chaos. I could have Faye attack them and try to claim her revenge right now, but I mean, that'd be so stupid. With her stats, she could never hope to harm them. Chaos is, like, strong enough to murder the Endgame Beard. The Endgame Beard! It would be such a dumb move to have her attack them. Never in a million years would I do it! Also, what. Who are you, girl? ...What do you want? You're a thief and a traitor... And I will make you pay for what you did to Father! Return his swords to me at once! Ah, I see.... You must be Cowen's daughter... How adorable... Regardless, the swords are mine. I am the only one worthy of wielding the Divine Twins! If you think you can take them from me, go ahead and try! It seems that reasoning with you was pointless after all... Have at you, then! ...Faye, you couldn't be this-- Oh, okay. Sure. Good idea. This totally isn't going to end badly. Anyway, she whacks 'em a bunch of times. Hmph, is that really all you can do? My attacks aren't working...? What on earth... Let us end this. There will be no escape for you. Oh man. Aaaand there she goes. What did you expect, Faye? They were so much better than you! I wonder who kicked this guy/gal(guyal?)'s ass so hard that he/she would go this far to ensure he/she never went through it again. Oh, lordie! A new person! Edgy looking person, too. Very well, I will go and-- You... Have we met before? I do not believe so, Master. I was only recently hired as one of your mercenaries. I see... I will take my leave, then. Finish this girl off for me. Make sure that she bleeds out. As you command, Master... Well, well. Someone's about as gullible as they're powerful. ...... I'll have to patch up these wounds with an herbal poultice for now... One of the priests should be able to heal her later... This is why it's so important that Sakhalin makes it safely to the manor. If he doesn't, Faye dies. Anyway, did you see how that guy saved Faye? Well, here's a fun fact: this doesn't just apply to this scripted "death". If Faye dies at any point (yes, including before now -- in my first run I lost her in chapter 2), Faramir will arrive and rescue her. She'll be crippled the rest of the chapter, but essentially, she's playing on casual mode. This wouldn't normally be so amazing, but in an Ironman run like this, it means that Faye is mostly safe to use. ...again, not in this case, though. Chaos wrecked her so hard, that without Sakhalin's help she will perish. Best make sure he does not do the same on his way there, eh? Okay, so let's see what we can find here. Hopefully not an enemy. She's not Axel. Son of a gun... They fight, and she damn nearly kills him. Goddamnit, one crit would've done it...! At least we didn't lose the item. I'm not entirely sure how this works, but I imagine the rewards are only lost if the searcher loses the fight. Also, the Carnwenhau is green now. Bleh... bluh. All right, folks. Let's go back to the road, now that Czene is holding the cave. Jeez...! Two pirates? Goodness... Ack! Orbel!! Thank goodness for Axel. You gotta move, old fart! Ah! Damnit! Not you...! Kramer, shoot Kramer! Aha! Can you see the leaves? Well, even if you can't, I could. There he is. Now that the coast is mostly clear, I think I should be able to have Ward talk to him next turn. Did you think you'd only find a frail old man? No luck, pal. Die! Christine moves closer to the boss. Thanks! Appreciate it. These two have made it to the road. Not sure what I can have them do at this point, though. The map's almost over. ...Well, that is, until I decided that it was a good idea to have Czene leave the cave to hide in some woods. Okay, past me. Whatever you say. Okay. Next turn I should be able to start working on the boss. ... I'm sorry, what? ... WHAT!?!?! NO! NO, THAT'S BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS GUY EVER MOVING! I'VE PLAYED THROUGH THIS MAP TWICE BEFORE AND HE NEVER MOVED!! HE NEVER MOOOOOVED!!! Unless... Oh, God, ARE YOU TELLING ME I WAS SO CAREFUL IN MY PREVIOUS RUNS, THAT I ENDED UP ASSUMING THAT HE DOES NOT MOVE BECAUSE I NEVER SAW HIM DOING IT? OH, C'MON, and he moves at the start of the map... how could I not... I... I...! IDIOT! IDIOT, I'M AN IDIOT! A FUCKING IDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!! Wait...! His weapon! He's too underleveled for his weapon! HE CAN'T USE HIS WEAPON WELL! THERE'S A CHANCE HIS WEAPON MIGHT FAIL...! NO! DON'T DO IT! STOP, PLEASE! FAIL! C'MON, YOU'VE GOTTA FAIL FOR ME! PLEASE, I'M BEGGING YOU... JUST THIS ONCE, YOU GOTTA FAVOR ME, RNGODDESS...! PLEASE! PLEASE, I'M ON MY KNEES, SEE?! I BESEECH YOU! DON'T KILL HER! KILL KRAMER! KRAMEEEEEER! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! To be continued. 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Pengaius Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 57 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said: I can't get over the uppercut, seriously. I'd like to call upon the thread's swordfighting experts, and ask them to explain to me what kind of swordsman uppercuts with his sword. Because my theory, as somebody who knows little about the matter, is that he's still drunk off his ass. It's most likely a charging cavalry slash. It's easier to aim an upward swipe than a downward one whilst moving on a horse. Slashing down may have more force, but it would probably pitch you off your steed. Y'know in all those olde medieval movies, when the evil soldiers ride into town and make upward slashes on the fleeing townsfolk, same principle. Some power is lost but it's more than made up for in speed. Also, cmon death, cmon death. Although I doubt you'd mess up like this so early on, you aren't that stupid Rube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Perhaps the mirror's chance of appearing is random per turn? As in, if you don't see the sparkle, you can't get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightBow Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: How dare she be upset about the fact that her brother's going to die a bloody death while fighting for brigands. I so hope it came across that I was being sarcastic. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: The team is this. Sherlock and Izerna will sit this one out. Izerna isn't needed on this map, for reasons we'll discover soon. I still like to deploy her to keep Orbel healthy. There just doesn't seem to be a way to prevent him to getting exposed to attacks, so it adds some extra safety. Btw, did you know that when Izerna promotes, she gets a unique orb that allows her to cure crippling? Has 12 charges too, so it's pretty neat. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah. Whatddya need a mirror for? You're not winnin' any awards for that ugly mug o' yours. Dude, you two look like the exact same guy from different angles. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: The boss is also on the move. If you go back to the map, you'll see he starts near the big manor overthere. He'll make his way to the temple, and then I'm pretty sure he'll remain stationary there. Or at least I don't remember ever seeing him moving. Well, I do very much remember him moving. This is not gonna end well. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: "Witch of Veria" is how the Razites refer to the Verian Apostle. I like it, it at least tries to pretend that this wasn't ripped off from/by Tellius. I hesitate to point fingers at either side. It's true that FE9 came out before BWS, but then again, there's an unused sprite of Elincia in the TRS files, and Begnion is barely developed before FE10... and then there's the whole matter of the notes, of course. Berwick Saga was released only one month after Path of Radiance. There is just no way they could have copied anything. I think this backs up my theory that IS and Kaga were just independently executing concepts that were discussed when Kaga was still with the company. ...something I admittedly started thinking because those story elements actually made sense in Tear Ring Saga. So I concluded that if IS actually had copied from Tear Ring Saga, then Nergal's wife being a dragon wouldn't just be a random piece of trivia that has nothing to do with the character's actions and motivations. I feel similar about the Black Knight actually. His relationship with Ike not only has nothing to do with the story's themes, but goes actively against them. One of the themes is the classic "cycle of revenge" thing, yet Ike is happily indulging his own desire for revenge and does in fact find peace once he believed he defeated and killed the Black Knight. But I haven't actually beaten Berwick yet, so I don't know yet how that plotline ends up in Berwick. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Maybe this is just Volcens in robes. Because clearly he is neither particularly bright, nor reasonable. "Am I not here?" Dude, how the hell is he supposed to know you plan to actually stay? You hadn't announced your intent yet. In fact, you DID announce your intent. And it was to take care of the Shining Knight. So excuse him he wasn't aware you intent to do some house sitting. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: So you are looking at this Ringwraith-looking motherducker and are thinking: "Yeah, I can take him." Good luck with that, Faye. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I can't get over the uppercut, seriously. I'd like to call upon the thread's swordfighting experts, and ask them to explain to me what kind of swordsman uppercuts with his sword. Because my theory, as somebody who knows little about the matter, is that he's still drunk off his ass. "You are JUST like mah daughter. *hick* She also always *hick* ...goes down after just one blow.*hick* Man, why does everything have to spin? It makes my head hurt. *hick*" 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fellow dropped his horse. It's a bad one, but a horse is a horse. That's 1000 denarii right there. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: However, you will not find me such an easy target! I guess he is referring to the fact that he is hard to hit. I mean, he did have to dodge a lot of attacks to get here in one piece. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: OH MY GOD! ABORT, ABORT! ABORT THE MISSION! GO BACK HOME, SHE'S BETTER OFF WITH THE BRIGANDS! I guess that's where Maeda got the idea to put Sanaki into a wedding dress. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah, yeah, keep crying. I'll deal with you in a minute. I wonder what happened to the bandit that normally moves in front of the boss to prevent the player from disabling the boss' charge with 1 range weapons. You must have killed him, but my impression was that he starts of too far ahead to make that all that feasible. Considering at the start it's all hands on deck to keep Orbel alive. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Axel is still keeping watch over the keep. As soon as reinforcements stop coming out (I can tell because the camera zooms in on the place where reinforcements would come out, even if they can't do it), I'll have Axel retrieve the mirror. ...Wait... I can't see the sparkle... what the hell? The mirror can only be found during certain turns. I believe there are 3 periods during which you can grab it. Afterwards it's just gone. I guess the idea is that people can't find it unless the light of the sun reflects on it? And maybe it's cloudy during certain turns? I don't know. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I have to keep going... We have to mend the schism the Pope has wrought on our Church... That means first freeing our brothers, but if I succumb before I can even do that... Do not want!. From all the possible portraits, why did it have to be this creep? God, those eyes... 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Guy literally falls for a grandparent scam. Surely those are the most qualified people the church had to offer. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It seems that reasoning with you was pointless after all... Have at you, then! Faye, while you can't beat most people, if someone has afterimages during their idle animation, you most definitely can't beat them. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: My attacks aren't working...? What on earth... Honestly, this isn't much less damage then you usually do. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Aaaand there she goes. What did you expect, Faye? They were so much better than you! Faye got roflstomped so hard, Faramir is gonna have to dig her out of the ground first. 19 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ... I'm sorry, what? Well... I sure hope there will at least be something left of her that can be put into a coffin. Too bad that Arina probably won't be able to attend the funeral since she will be busy with her new side job. Man, and Elbert was worried that Ward was the one going to die before Christine could make peace with him. This is so unfortunate. If only she had survived at least for this map so she can finish this side quest. Edited April 22, 2020 by BrightBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger016 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Finally, Chapter 3, one of my favorite maps. There is just so much to do, feels like it could be broken into two different maps. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Their heals are also better than Izerna's, hilariously enough. Only problem is, they won't stop to heal anyone. If you want them to patch one of your units up, you must place them at the end of the priest's movement range. Well, either that or you can block them with other units. They do stop to heal you as long as your injured unit is on their path, even if they are only one step away. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: The boss is also on the move. If you go back to the map, you'll see he starts near the big manor overthere. He'll make his way to the temple, and then I'm pretty sure he'll remain stationary there. Or at least I don't remember ever seeing him moving. Yeah, I have some bad news for you... 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: He has a blade that's too high-level for him, and Battle Cry. I think he's overcompensating for something. Fine by me, just means he'll have an extra chance to whiff his shots. Probably just in case one of the priests reaches him before you. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: All the bandits in the vicinity have charged Clifford. The reason why, that is beyond me. Ward in the previous map and now Clifford, looks like they hate OP units. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Paramythis doesn't stick around, sadly. Also, Orbel keeps the wounds he took from Igos's attack. I'm not sure if he can die against him. Maybe that's why he has the miracle charm. Yes, he can die if you use up the miracle charm before reaching this event. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: What...? She was... but... she was hit by the sparkles...! She was practically showered by 'em! You can't just sidestep at the very end of the animation and call it a dodge! She was holding her breath, real hard. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Wa... but... it was there last turn! What happened...? Did I lose it? Have I failed the sidequest, just like that!? I don't remember anything like this, and Serenes says nothing about it either! It happened to me too on my run, I obviously restarted in fear of losing it. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You know, I kinda wish blocking reinforcements was like in Into The Breach, where units take damage from it. Sure, it'd be less convenient for the player, but it'd add to the difficulty and the strategy. No thanks, I am blocking reinforcements to get the heat off a bit, not to get a heart attack every time the defender takes damage from the other enemies... 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I've got him in my sights, but let's not be hasty. Sakhalin still needs protection. No reason to hurry; we'll handle him after the enemies are gone. You know, you could provoke one of the enemies with Clifford instead of keeping him there. 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Anyway, did you see how that guy saved Faye? Well, here's a fun fact: this doesn't just apply to this scripted "death". If Faye dies at any point (yes, including before now -- in my first run I lost her in chapter 2), Faramir will arrive and rescue her. She'll be crippled the rest of the chapter, but essentially, she's playing on casual mode. This wouldn't normally be so amazing, but in an Ironman run like this, it means that Faye is mostly safe to use. Really? You mean I was just wasting my time each time I restarted because she died... 5 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: NO! NO, THAT'S BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS GUY EVER MOVING! I'VE PLAYED THROUGH THIS MAP TWICE BEFORE AND HE NEVER MOVED!! HE NEVER MOOOOOVED!!! Unless... Oh, God, ARE YOU TELLING ME I WAS SO CAREFUL IN MY PREVIOUS RUNS, THAT I ENDED UP ASSUMING THAT HE DOES NOT MOVE BECAUSE I NEVER SAW HIM DOING IT? OH, C'MON, and he moves at the start of the map... how could I not... I... I...! How did you manage that previously is the real question, he moved each time I went in his range... Looks like this is going to be our first death of the LP, do remember to provoke him with Elbert first in case he misses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fomortiis is... yeah, probably the worst final boss overall. We tend to only consider difficulty, but when we take everything into account, he has an unmemorable design, uninspired music, a bad role in the story, a downright lame map that is mindless and no fun at all, and, of course, low difficulty. Everyone else at least has one of these. Heck, Veld has both a cool map and an amazing soundtrack. Fomortiis has nothing. You missed the most important thing for a villain. Motivation. Formortiis is a generic demon, and his motivations match. Whereas the Fire Dragon in FE7 lashes out in confusion in an attempt to survive at being plucked from it's realm, whereas Medeus has a backstory, Formortiis lacks anything. While making an enemy's motivation the fact they're simply a demon bent on destruction and/or domination is often adequate, it's never, under any circumstance the optimal story-telling route. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ahahah... oh, boy. I'm so sorry for your grandmother's uncle. It's still a taboo name now, I cannot imagine back then... What a shame, too. Adolf is a perfectly fine name. As is the mustache. Too bad they are associated with... well, him. It could be worse. He could have went through childhood with it right after WWII, instead of being an adult by the time Hitler was in power. That said, my grandmother was still getting jokes about it well after the guy had died. I mean literally until the month she did. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ahahahahah... preying on the enemy's clumsiness. Love it. What even was that, though? The game just decided "nah, fam, you ain't gonna die, the grapple's going to end inches from the blast line". You can mash out of the Ganoncide (just like Ridley's side b. But Bowser's... you can forget it). I like to exploit this. Basically, if someone panics and does it, then I use it as a chance to up-b onto them (or occassionally into their own up b's hit box). Then I do a second up b and I'm fine. Only works if a)the opponent knows they can mash out AND b) the opponent does so either because it's their only chance of surviving or they're panicked. Mind there's a different Pseudo-cide method I discovered back when I was first practicing Ganondorf with CPUs before going online. It went something like this. Spoiler 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I seriously hope one day, someone raids the IntSys HQ and uncovers the truth about Kaga's Notes. Do they truly exist? Are they a myth? Did Kaga even leave IntSys at all? Plot twist. The entire building... the whole damn thing, has scrawlings on the walls with Kaga's ideas. He'd just write them everywhere. The real reason he left was because they threatened to clean them off. But his leaving guaranteed they couldn't without losing those ideas. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I would never be this evil to a person like Bernadetta in real life There's actually a bit of an irony to the Bernadetta brigade in that if you pay attention... her father beat her into this submissive timid thing because he believed it'd make her a more attractive wife to others. Look at the people who love the character. It's clear, that on some twisted level it works. In some ways, I can't help but feel the father wins a sort of pyhrric victory every time someone finds that behavior endearing. Which actually makes the character sadder to me. Even her popularity is a loss in some ways. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: What was the second, out of curiousity? Valentia was renamed "Valm" by the time of Awakening. You know, Alm with a V thrown on. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I've always imagined Herman with a similar voice to Frollo, but what kinda voice would Volcens have, I wonder? I imagine an extremely pompous, whiny voice. Actually, I've got the perfect one. Spoiler While I was looking for songs to parody, I came across one from a movie called Babes in Toyland (1997). Not posting which song, because it'd give away the plan. But I will post that Barnaby is definitely pompous and whiny enough. Probably dickish enough as well. (don't know how far the parallels go because only have seen one song from the whole thing). Ironic though because.. the idea didn't even involve Volcens. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I was going to object that it's made of ivory, which floats, but I checked--and with a density of 1.70-1.93 g/mL, ivory definitely does not float; that's just ivory soap. So yeah, that lake must be clear as crystal if Axel's supposed to find it sunken at the bottom... Well, he is the best swimmer this side of Lazberia... Also, it's honestly not that bad in murky water from my experience. It's more like being in fog once you're below the surface. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You've always been like that, trying to steal all the attention for yourself... I still haven't forgotten what you pulled back in the day! Oh, not this again... You're never going to let me live that down, are you? Definitely reminding me of that old Suicide Squad from Star Spangled. Now if there were only dinosaurs... 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: If you're wondering, no, Clifford isn't preemptively dodging. He just has a neurotic horse. That frame is part of his idle animation. Not even kidding. It's just afraid of getting slapped. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Axel jumps into the lake. When he starts fighting the enemy pirate, a port appears out of nowhere to support them. I guess that's the truth about Axel: he wasn't a great swimmer after all, he's just great at building bridges real fast. As are... all the other pirates in the game... It's a SupPort skill. It allows a wharf to apPier wherever he's fighting. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fellow dropped his horse. It's a bad one, but a horse is a horse. A horse is a horse, Of course of course. And no one can carry a horse of course. That is of course, unless that horse is so thin it's nearly dead. (yes, I just knocked off the Mister Ed theme) 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, shut up, you. You look like a deflated football, and you aren't even armed. What exactly do you intend to do? So, he's also related to Footballman? Damn. Maybe, looking at Grimm, it's a contest of which one is the true successor to their ancestor's legacy between these two. Spoiler, it's neither. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Soooo yeah. Volcens's father murdered the head of his Church for reasons yet unknown, and to protect the secret, he murdered one of the strongest orders of knights in Veria. And then he framed the Empire for it and started the war. Wow. Volcens doesn't look so bad now, does he? I don't know. Feel like this is more "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree". But this only makes me further question the sides being taken. The empire is really gonna have to do something atrocious now to make it even. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: OH MY GOD! ABORT, ABORT! ABORT THE MISSION! GO BACK HOME, SHE'S BETTER OFF WITH THE BRIGANDS! But the Apostle is a mere child. Consider the position she would be placed in should that occur! "The apostle is a mere child". So Volcens takes on levels of grotesquery I thought ended with Slaver. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I guess that's our first failed sidequest... oh, well. Seriously though, I don't remember this at all! What happened, did it just roll under a rock? Maybe Volcens happened to be swimming down there and decided to snatch the mirror to spite Reese... Perhaps it washed away? 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You were... unable to retaliate against close-quarters attacks. You were never going to live. Another brilliant strategist I see. Well, he's been reFermatted. The trash is taken out. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: More like "smack in the middle" of it. How'd you even see it, Axel? Well it was shining. Maybe it's only visible when the sun bounces off it just right? Or perhaps one of Disaad's underwater lights was there with the intent of making a second fake lava lake. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: This is why it's so important that Sakhalin makes it safely to the manor. If he doesn't, Faye dies. Anyway, did you see how that guy saved Faye? Well, here's a fun fact: this doesn't just apply to this scripted "death". If Faye dies at any point (yes, including before now -- in my first run I lost her in chapter 2), Faramir will arrive and rescue her. She'll be crippled the rest of the chapter, but essentially, she's playing on casual mode. This wouldn't normally be so amazing, but in an Ironman run like this, it means that Faye is mostly safe to use. ...again, not in this case, though. Chaos wrecked her so hard, that without Sakhalin's help she will perish. Best make sure he does not do the same on his way there, eh? So most of the time she can't be Fayetally wounded, but just this once... her immunity Fayels. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: At least we didn't lose the item. I'm not entirely sure how this works, but I imagine the rewards are only lost if the searcher loses the fight. Does the eye of Balor shoot lasers like in mythology? I can't see it. 11 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Wait...! His weapon! He's too underleveled for his weapon! HE CAN'T USE HIS WEAPON WELL! THERE'S A CHANCE HIS WEAPON MIGHT FAIL...! Oh dear lord. A dyslexic knock-off of James Rolfe unleashes a scathing review on Berwick's archers. What a cliff-hanger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benice Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fairly certain "after map 4" means you just have to wait until map 4 is over. Maybe the sidequests need to be done too? I don't know, keep going. If you seized the one map, you should be in the clear, I'm fairly certain Thank you for your advice. Maybe in 12 years when I actually can finish chapter 6's main mission I'll find out. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You know, for how much of a "bad unit" reputation she has, this is the second time I hear someone tell me that she's the MVP of their run. She's making it really hard to justify using Czene because if Czene's not the second most cursed unit I've ever had. Level 5, procced hp twice and knife skill thrice. That's it. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ergh... actually, that's not Mr. Bymranger. He is a Ranger, but... Aheheheheh...I knew that... ALSO I BROKE THE FRICKIN BRYMRANGER ON ITS FIRST HIT AT GREEN! Speaking of which, every time I see Sherpa, I think of the Tintin character. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fomortiis is... yeah, probably the worst final boss overall. We tend to only consider difficulty, but when we take everything into account, he has an unmemorable design, uninspired music, a bad role in the story, a downright lame map that is mindless and no fun at all, and, of course, low difficulty. Everyone else at least has one of these. Heck, Veld has both a cool map and an amazing soundtrack. Fomortiis has nothing. He has the distinction of being able to be killed by a unit who is far and wide known as impossible to use...Although I'm not sure that's a good thing? 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ahahahahahahah... well, that is, if you never visit the atelier. The atelier is how you keep up with the enemy. Except the furniture man stiffed me so I can't afford the Atelier. Art: Hope basically doesn't even show up on the wall! I DEMAND A FULL REFUND! I'm excellent at planning ahead. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You let the endgame beard die?! Henceforth you're my leest favorite person in the warld. Uhh...Uhh...It gets...Worse...Sylvis...I'm sorry, but Enid's too dumb and has to survive... 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ahahahahahahahah... good ol' Adel and his inability to promote. Not that he needs to, stats don't matter and Vantage is there to stay. He's actually got higher spear skill than Leon, who has three more levels than him. He's probably going to promote! Ruby on the other hand...Having 3 S shield skill at level 4 is inexcusable, young lady. Also, Izerna is going to be my first unit to promote. (Light skill is 29, level 9.) I question my decisions making. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Also, don't forget Shirock. Oh no...Now I want to see Ward fight Calculus with an umbrella... 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, come now... already? Well, actually, he missed. It's just difficult to convey these things on the world map. It wouldn't be, if I waited for the little window up there to show the "Orbel dodged the attack!" message. But I am impatient, and also bad at my job. So it's hard. Orbel got critted by a pickpocket in my run. Also, wow, you kept all three priests alive! Grimm got poisoned and died the turn he would have entered the church, Orbel made it to the house where there's a trap but subsequently got Garbage bagged and Sakhalin didn't have any problems. (That moment when you're watching a Reubenio LP for strategy tips.) 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You must be Cowen's daughter. Cowen is Lowen's son confirmed. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: So, uh... yeah. Look familiar? This is even more blatant than the Apostle stuff. Faye's character arc? It's more or less Ike's character arc. Chaos? The Black Knight. The divine blade Chaos spoke of? It's Alondite. It even has a Ragnell-like twin that is the only blade that can harm Chaos - which is, of course, Faye's personal legendary. The biggest difference is that, since Faye is not the main character, her arc is more compressed than Ike's. But other than that? The similarities are ridiculously obvious in this case. Does that mean that Faye might be a Fayek? It's okay, Faye. Ike isn't a cool as you. 16 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: WHAT!?!?! NO! NO, THAT'S BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS GUY EVER MOVING! I'VE PLAYED THROUGH THIS MAP TWICE BEFORE AND HE NEVER MOVED!! HE NEVER MOOOOOVED!!! Unless... Oh, God, ARE YOU TELLING ME I WAS SO CAREFUL IN MY PREVIOUS RUNS, THAT I ENDED UP ASSUMING THAT HE DOES NOT MOVE BECAUSE I NEVER SAW HIM DOING IT? OH, C'MON, and he moves at the start of the map... how could I not... I... I...! IDIOT! IDIOT, I'M AN IDIOT! A FUCKING IDIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!! He got me too. At least Dean had a miracle charm. The one time his weapon failed was on Ward, who was basically invincible anyways. You can do it, Christine! He'll miss out on basically every citizen request if you die! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwing Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/19/2020 at 10:10 AM, The Roger The Paladin said: Kind of reminds me of an earlier Suicide Squad that appeared in DC's Star-Spangled War Stories. They were a pair of soldiers that hated each other's guts, but were assigned to work as a team to stop the Japanese setting up a base on an island in the pacific where dinosaurs inexplicably survived. It formed an unusual dynamic, as both would go above and beyond to protect the other... solely because they wanted to settle the score their way once the war was over. While the pair didn't stick around, the name for them certainly did... eventually reaching it's most famous incarnation in the 1980s. You know, the one with villains being conscripted as a government task force. Issue 14 of Secret Origins (the series from the 1980s for clarification) went so far as tying the two (and the other Suicide Squad which was a government task force composed of four survivors of various incidents which was around shortly after the other stopped) together as one continued program that merely changed methods over the decades. Huh, sounds like a pretty interesting set-up for a story. Didn't realize that was the origin of the group. On 4/19/2020 at 10:10 AM, The Roger The Paladin said: I think he failed that the moment he introduced himself and was not named Reese or Ward. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Also have no personality. Honestly, I would have gone on with the joke, but I realized that there were several things about Byleth that Almuth was unlikely to share. Unless IS copied a lot more from Berwick Saga than we know about. On 4/19/2020 at 10:10 AM, The Roger The Paladin said: Anyway, seeing as I'm replying to you, I think I'll throw in a video that popped up in my youtube recommendations for some reason. I'm guessing you can work out why you popped into mind for that. Hide contents Oh, ha ha and here I was worried it would be a Mortal Kombat video or something along those lines. Funnily enough, I actually don't really care that much for the meme, but I really like that avatar picture (and comic) for some reason. Don't know why, I just do. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Funnily enough, earlier in the game he uses Stone on a unit that is right next to him. But then he can't do it in the final confrontation. Marvelous. Maybe it was to prevent softlocking if Veld turned every unit that attacked him into stone? Though I don't know enough about Thracia 776 to know if the game ever puts the player in that kind of situation, or heck, if stone even works that way in gameplay. *Checking the website later* Okay, so stone is a thing in the game, and it seems that not even restore can fix it. I'm assuming Veld doesn't have it at melee range to prevent him from being trapped by petrified units. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: The Kingmaker is a brave weapon, he doubles Veld, and he also procced Adept. Ah, that makes sense. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: That is a very... uh, "you" way of referring to it. No offense. Thank you On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Basically, the unit's sprite moves across the enemy's sprite rapidly, and then instantly warps back to their starting position. Ah, yeah, I can see how that could be considered lackluster. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: It is not a horror game. It won't scare you, but it does have a pretty good atmosphere. I would call it an action thriller more than a horror game. It has an intriguing story, and the gameplay, while repetitive, is based around a couple mechanics that I dig. I wouldn't call it a great game, but it's a fun diversion if you go into it with the right mindset. I see. I'll have to remember that if I decided to check the game out. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh my God even the oblivious cinnamon roll knows about him... I may not know a ton about Berwick Saga, but I have heard bits and pieces about its unique mechanics here and there. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: The difference is that FE knights tend to only have just enough defense that one unit cannot kill them. But then you can just use two units, or effective weapons, or mages... In this game, knights are so absurdly tanky that physical units could never hope to down them. You more or less require magic or some very specific physical weapons. I mean, hell, look at Derrick. He's nothing more than a generic knight, and he's got 26 defense. 26! That's more than Ward has! Ward! A simple change with drastic consequences, I see. Yet the environment happens to screw them over on the player side of things, it seems. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Pffft... c'mon, didn't you recognize the hair? You're so oblivious! My favorite cinnamon roll! Given this games habit of giving some of the generics more unique portraits, I thought it was just another case of it. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Actually, he just... dodges. Attacks are aimed at the shooter, not the ballista. I see. Still, while I know that trying to break siege equipment with any weapon is a good way to damage it, I'm surprised that they still don't try to incapacitate it in some way. Unless the game allows you to use enemy ballistas. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah, letters are replaced by dots. What is he saying? Spoiler Screw this I am going home I don't know how periods, commas, or apostrophes are handled yet. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Excellent. And then I ninja'd you. Honestly, I'm so used to being ninja'd in other topics that it's a running gag by this point. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: I'm more worried about the fact that he janked the helmet off of Hamilton's cold, dead head. Well, looting bodies is a video game trope that is so common that I am honestly surprised isn't deconstructed more. The only game I recall that did so was Knights of the Old Republic 2, where one of the characters comments on you looting a dead body, and even then that only happens at the beginning of the game. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Well, I bet Lebough reads more than I do. I loved reading when I was a kid, but I've lost the habit. Mostly after high school and their shitty forced reads kinda killed the whole concept for me. I hope one day I can get back to it, though. I wouldn't say I've lost my love of reading, but it's been a while since I've read a full book. I was the kid in school that always brought a book and read it whenever I completed my work or before class started. Then college came along and I learned pretty quickly that the moment I completed one assignment was a good time to work on another one, so I ended up not having much free time for casual reading. Been trying to reignite that habit thanks to the quarantine. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: What was the second, out of curiousity? Valentia was renamed to "Valm" after Alm in Awakening. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Yes, you've just described three of the four states a character can be in. The fourth one being offscreen. I like to bet on many horses. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: I guess you forgot to remove this question, 'cause the game answered it for me. Nah, I just try to have my reply be close to my original reaction to the update. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Seeing how much damage Clifford can do, I'm almost glad these aren't a thing in FE. They'd be even worse there. Yeah. Honestly, I'm torn on how I want mounted units to be balanced. On the one hand, they're a little too well-rounded and versatile, and and while I think their high movement is a little oversold, they can still do wonders with it. Yet on the other hand, Fire Emblem is one of the few series where I've been able to take advantage of cavaliers. Other games give them some common disadvantages that I have a difficult time working around. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: It's just like how you can show the worst kind of gore, but a tit is illegal: double standards. It's 'kay so long as you don't name them, because children are stupid! I think that's because violence has numerous varied ways it can be applied, from cartoony to grounded to disturbing to over-the-top and everything in between, while sexual content is more or less the same every time, just with a different (and thin) coat of paint. Now I do have my critiques about how lenient several ratings boards are regarding violent content, as well as how the issue of desensitization goes largely ignored. Yet I disagree heavily with the sentiment that because someone can stand a graphic decapitation, they are also fine with the F word being spouted every few sentences or watching explicit sex scenes. They are different subject matters that can be applied well or poorly in their own ways. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: You were probably expecting something worse. I was prepared for something worse, at any rate. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Maybe. Or maybe not. I'm running out of ways to be vague, please stop trying to predict things. Sorry, but the game is setting up so many intriguing plot threads that I can't help but wonder where they will lead. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah... one of its few flaws. Not sure how I would've done it, but definitely not so luck-based. I don't know how it works in Thracia, so I can't comment on the handling there. It was okay in Fates, albeit with a flawed execution due to how only one unit in each route had a capture skill, and if they died or were RNG screwed, then you may as well forget the whole mechanic exists. I like the idea of it being like normal combat with some penalties, as well as you getting the enemies equipment and being able to sell the captured unit back or recruit them as cannon fodder. I just don't know the hard numbers that prevent it from being over- or under- powered. *** And all the thank you's and you're welcomes. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Before we start, I'd like to elaborate on the matter of exclusive weapons that Brightbow brought up. As you can see, Clifford's paladin shield is exclusive to paladins. So why can Clifford use it properly? Well, as you can also see, it has a rank. Exclusive weapons with ranks work kinda like Excalibur and Aura in the DS games: Merric and Linde, respectively, could use them from the start, but anyone could do it if their rank was high enough. Of course, level 20 is far too high for most people, but Clifford is overpowered, so he has no problems. So Kaga did one of my favorite handlings of exclusive weapons first, it seems. I would say that I wish Fire Emblem did that more often, but honestly, each Fire Emblem game ranges in how impactful the legendary weapons actually are in gameplay. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: This is the map. There are three roads to the temple. Each priest will take one. We'll have to split up so we can protect them all. They'll also move at full speed, which isn't saying much considering they've only got 3 move, but if you waste enough time fighting enemies it could prove troublesome. Still, if it comes to that, it's easy to make them slow down by blocking their path with units. The middle route is by far the most dangerous, as it's within a stone's throw of that keep in the middle of the map, which will start spawning pirates before long. The other two routes are mostly safe as long as you have a couple units to clear the way. This reminds me of a tower defense map, except there are no towers, you want the three units to get to the end, and... uh... Still, you have to defend things. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: The southern road is much safer. Let us make a compromise. We can go north, on the road passing through the valley. Her Eminence is in danger! We must not tarry any longer than is absolutely necessary! You got pretty creative with naming the portraits, I see. I wonder if any of these characters will be reoccurring if they survive. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Short-tempered as always, I see. Don't count on me to save your skin when you get attacked by thieves! See, Lebough? See? This is exactly what I was talking about. I suppose Lebough cares more about the message being delivered than about these fools survival. Too bad a simple letter probably wouldn't suffice. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: It would most certainly be nice if Reese's offscreen army would actually help on this level, wouldn't it? On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: For fuck's sake, there goes the thin horse. So, visually, did the horse just disappear? There's no animation of them dramatically falling over like in Mount and Blade? On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: The boss is also on the move. If you go back to the map, you'll see he starts near the big manor overthere. He'll make his way to the temple, and then I'm pretty sure he'll remain stationary there. Or at least I don't remember ever seeing him moving. Foreshadowing in hindsight, though I got the impression that this boss might surprise us even the first time I read through this. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Almachus loses his nerve and steps back. Whoever this Chaos is, he or she certainly commands some wondrous power. They're certainly powerful enough to get away with wearing all black and having the name of a 90's anti-hero... On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Even the Pope will one day bow to the enormity of my power, and this world will be mine to rule...! ...Though that might also because they seem to lack knowledge of subtly. Also, nice callback with the portrait name. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: So, uh... yeah. Look familiar? This is even more blatant than the Apostle stuff. Faye's character arc? It's more or less Ike's character arc. Chaos? The Black Knight. The divine blade Chaos spoke of? It's Alondite. It even has a Ragnell-like twin that is the only blade that can harm Chaos - which is, of course, Faye's personal legendary. The biggest difference is that, since Faye is not the main character, her arc is more compressed than Ike's. But other than that? The similarities are ridiculously obvious in this case. I can see why you called her female Ike now. Still, I don't know much about the Tellius games, so It'll be neat to see the similarities and contrasts between the two games. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Anyway, Faye isn't going to be taking shit from this monster. Chaos isn't invincible, and can in fact be killed here (mostly by abusing Dean's Vengeful skill), which changes a few things down the line. But I'll be doing it the intended way. Is this the boss that you mentioned back in the last LP that you aren't supposed to defeat but it was still possible to do so and the story adjusted for their absence? If that's the case, mind sharing the when, where, and what said changes are? On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Eyyyy there's what I was talking about. The old bastards may hate each other, but other than that they're great. See? They're healing me! Thanks for making Izerna entirely redundant in this map. Escortees that actually do something! They help make their mission more bearable. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: If you're wondering, no, Clifford isn't preemptively dodging. He just has a neurotic horse. That frame is part of his idle animation. Not even kidding. I suppose his horse is as wild as he is. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: I can't get over the uppercut, seriously. I'd like to call upon the thread's swordfighting experts, and ask them to explain to me what kind of swordsman uppercuts with his sword. Because my theory, as somebody who knows little about the matter, is that he's still drunk off his ass. I'm no expert, but I do know that it is one angle you can strike with a sword. I'm not certain if there is any advantage to attacking that way, other than striking low after feinting high. On horseback, I imagine it's an exaggerated underhand swing, which I think Mount & Blade has as an animation of? Been a while sine I last played. Personally, I got the impression that Clifford it attempting to preform Super Smash Bros Ike's version of Aether, but keeps forgetting he's on a horse so he can't do the spinning jump. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Axel jumps into the lake. When he starts fighting the enemy pirate, a port appears out of nowhere to support them. I guess that's the truth about Axel: he wasn't a great swimmer after all, he's just great at building bridges real fast. As are... all the other pirates in the game... Maybe they fight on that raft thing from the Soul Calibur games? On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Right, that's been taken care of. Notice the spark in the middle of the lake? I just happened to catch a shot of the mirror. Huh, neat. Does the game reuse that little effect or is it only for this sidequest? On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, no... you son of a-- escort missions, everyone! Lebough's genius plan at work! One of my least favorite gameplay tropes, to the point I'm happy when an escort mission is bearable. Crimson Skies is the only game I'd say where they were actually fun. Largely because your escortee was armed enough to fend for themselves but wasn't strong enough to solo the mission, so the player still had a job to do. And because they tended to be Zepplins, you could land on/in them and take control of their weapons, making the task easier while still remaining fun. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: I also like how the faction with the invincible swordsman employs generic earlygame bandits to hunt down the vital individual. Then again, Lebough sent some old farts who can't work as a team alongside the batallion with less than a hundred troops to retrieve the vital individual. Maybe the Apostle just isn't as important as she's made out to be. Watsonian: Those three fools were the most reliable messengers Lebough has, and Reese's group is the only military force he can trust right now. Chaos wants to save uses on his cool sword while being too prideful to use a different one. Doylist: The game wanted the player to be present for this level and for it to remain completable while keeping Chaos's defeat optional. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Oooohhh but that's so pretty! That's so cute! How is this "unholy" magic? Look at that spectacle! Such beautiful vistas...! HOLY SHIT THEY TOOK TWO THIRDS OF HIS HEALTH Maybe it was a moth? Definitely one of the more unique choices of animal for a dark magic spell. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: I think I'm love. Again. ...not sure which I love more, though: her, or her name. Jesus, that's the most amazing name I've ever seen. I take it this is the knight that guard the apostle. Now all that remains to be seen is whether she'll be playable at some point. Also, Paramythis was one of the few times that a google search showed Berwick Saga pictures first. Meaning I don't know the meaning of the name. The next best thing was "Paramythia" which was a Greek town that means "comforter". On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Soooo yeah. Volcens's father murdered the head of his Church for reasons yet unknown, and to protect the secret, he murdered one of the strongest orders of knights in Veria. And then he framed the Empire for it and started the war. Wow. Volcens doesn't look so bad now, does he? I mean... I could see that plan working in another series. If the rest of the army was strong enough to conquer the empire. And/or if you swapped the order of those steps a bit. Alas, Volcens father died as another dog of war, and now the kingdom is paying for his betrayal. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Horseshit! Didn't you see her handle the one that was kicking your ass? She's awesome! You've also said that Ward is endgame ready yet doesn't snap the game in half. She would kick butt, but I don't believe this game is friendly towards letting a single unit solo anything. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: OH MY GOD! ABORT, ABORT! ABORT THE MISSION! GO BACK HOME, SHE'S BETTER OFF WITH THE BRIGANDS! But the Apostle is a mere child. Consider the position she would be placed in should that occur! Does Volcens even know of her age? Or existence? Not that it's likely to change things, but it might. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: WE'RE THE BAD GUYS! WE'RE THE BAD GUYS! WE'RE BRINGING THAT POOR GIRL TO VOLCENS IN A SILVER PLATTER! THE SON OF HER PARENTS'S MURDERER, NO LESS! Hey, how come they never denounced him if they knew he was behind it all? Did they only find out after he died? Maybe it would dampen morale at a time they can't afford it? Not that Volcens is doing anything to improve it, mind, but knowing that we're fighting a war because the former king wanted to hide his own backstabbing and eliminated some of their best knights in the process would kill whatever was left. Aside from the church wearing all black and having someone literally named "Chaos" among their ranks, we haven't really seen a ton of evil from the empire, have we? On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Well, I guess we get to see another animation, at least. The flowing cloak of these guys is pretty cool. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Wa... but... it was there last turn! What happened...? Did I lose it? Have I failed the sidequest, just like that!? I don't remember anything like this, and Serenes says nothing about it either! I was legit worried that you might have failed the sidequest first time I read this, though I also had the feeling that it would shine again later. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: ...never mind, he can reach with his horse. ... ...WHAT?! How'd the horse make it up here? Turns out it can climb cliffs, but not with Adel on top! Maybe it's Adel's fault. He's real clumsy and would fall off, so the horse climbs ahead and waits for him up top. That or Adel throws the horse to the top of the cliff and then climbs up himself. Or maybe Adel's horse came from Skyrim. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: You know, I kinda wish blocking reinforcements was like in Into The Breach, where units take damage from it. Sure, it'd be less convenient for the player, but it'd add to the difficulty and the strategy. Into The Breach also had the ability for mechs to repair themselves, as well as the ability to push enemies on top of reinforcements to damage them that way. And a lighter implementation of permadeath, especially when compared to Fire Emblem. Not to say it couldn't work, but I think it would be best in a game that had a plethora of ways to heal, such as Echoes. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: As for you- oooohhhh pretty! Finally caught a good frame of that! Accuracy in the world of Berwick Saga is so atrocious that the ability to aim looks like a magical spell. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: ...You can't go another step, can you? Very well. Let's rest at this church. Is it odd that this guy of all characters reminded me of Byleth? Must be the grey cloak and similarly colored hair. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: I have to keep going... We have to mend the schism the Pope has wrought on our Church... That means first freeing our brothers, but if I succumb before I can even do that... I am afraid to ask whether this is an edit or an actual portrait in the game. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Have you forgotten me already? It is I, Owen, your old disciple! All jokes aside, though, he's very much not a trap. But he is absurdly good-looking. I... think IS did this first? I'm trying to remember if there was any character in the previous Let's Play that fell into this category. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: More like "smack in the middle" of it. How'd you even see it, Axel? Maybe he has the "adventure game protagonist can see important items" ability that, well, adventure game protagonists have. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, God... this animation is great. If she's going to dodge, when the camera pans to her, she's already running, and when the weapon's about to hit her, she vanishes... ...and reappears next to her target. That is the good thing about having a ton of speed - you can counter handaxes. I see Kaga did dynamic dodges first. It took a long while, but I'm glad IS eventually stole this. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Obviously Ward can't go there, but the point is that he's been uncovered! He looks like Savat if he let himself go It could be that his name is one letter off from "Robin" or that he's an archer or that I've been watching a longplay of Conquests of the Longbow, but this guy reminds me of Robin Hood for some reason. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: He's less impressive than Sylvis, but he does have this excellent weapon that I wish were mine. Bad arrows, tho. Tsk, tsk. How do you intend to hunt an antelope with that kinda ammo? Apollyon is an angel of the bottomless pit in the Book of Revelations. I have no idea why a bow is named after it. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: It would be such a dumb move to have her attack them. Never in a million years would I do it! Wait, is that the same dude from the intro? On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Also, what. Guess Chaos didn't get a unique theme, unlike the Black Knight. Maybe, anyway. This game has a big soundtrack. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh man. Aaaand there she goes. What did you expect, Faye? They were so much better than you! I don't know if it's an effect of the screenshots or if that's how it appears in-game, but I love how Chaos moves. It makes them look otherworldly. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Again... so who... On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: I wonder who kicked this guy/gal(guyal?)'s ass so hard that he/she would go this far to ensure he/she never went through it again. Not how I would have worded it, but yeah. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Well, well. Someone's about as gullible as they're powerful. Chaos manages to be both a frighteningly powerful and hilariously cheesy bad guy. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: Anyway, did you see how that guy saved Faye? Well, here's a fun fact: this doesn't just apply to this scripted "death". If Faye dies at any point (yes, including before now -- in my first run I lost her in chapter 2), Faramir will arrive and rescue her. She'll be crippled the rest of the chapter, but essentially, she's playing on casual mode. This wouldn't normally be so amazing, but in an Ironman run like this, it means that Faye is mostly safe to use. Considering Shigen had the Dullahan, and now Faye essentially has casual mode, something tells me that Kaga had the odd idea of only giving only a single unit a way to not actually die when their HP reaches zero. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: ...I don't remember this guy having a 100% chance to hit the first time I read the update. On 4/21/2020 at 6:34 PM, Saint Rubenio said: To be continued. You already know the results, so this melodramatic ranting makes me incredibly suspicious. Especially given your odd luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 8:34 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Erzheimer's going to love this. I just hope he doesn't find this one "erotic"... If he does we can give him a Vase-sectomy. (I literally thought of that one in the night and I wasn't missing my chance). 6 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Huh, sounds like a pretty interesting set-up for a story. Didn't realize that was the origin of the group. Back when the movie came out they reprinted those stories (I mean both the Star-Spangled War stories ones and the one's with Rick Flag's Suicide Squad. Mind Flag would later be in charge of keeping the villain Squad in line in the 80's series after half his old task force got wiped out in an incident involving a yeti in Action Comics, and Flag's father Rick Flag Sr. was retroactively made the mission control for the wartime team) in a fancy volume. The "Silver Age Suicide Squad Omnibus". Mind it's a bit on the pricey side and likely out of print by now. The stories set in the war are also in the old "Showcase Presents: The War that Time Forgot" volume with a much cheaper price, though in black and white. Catch being that whole Showcase Presents line has been out of print for the last 8 years. 6 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Oh, ha ha and here I was worried it would be a Mortal Kombat video or something along those lines. Funnily enough, I actually don't really care that much for the meme, but I really like that avatar picture (and comic) for some reason. Don't know why, I just do. I just like animals doing things. Also congregating at the trampoline venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benice Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 2:54 AM, The Roger The Paladin said: So most of the time she can't be Fayetally wounded, but just this once... her immunity Fayels. It's her Fayet to survive. The game Fayeks her death to misLeed the player. 7 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: he does we can give him a Vase-sectomy. (I literally thought of that one in the night and I wasn't missing my chance GGYAYAGGAYAGGAYGAGAYAGAGGYGHGHHAGAGHAGAHHAGXZZXXHSBXX0Z0ZXPZPZPXPOXXPZ SANITY COME BACK NOOO 13 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Apollyon is an angel of the bottomless pit in the Book of Revelations. I have no idea why a bow is named after it. Probably supposed to sound like Apollo. And unless I misunderstood, I think it's a country since I'm pretty sure Reubenio' girlfriend is from there. (Sylvis) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Part 14 - Copyright infringement, part 2. 😄 Spoiler On 4/22/2020 at 1:47 AM, Pengaius said: Oh, no! Not you! Not in this update, of all updates! I can see you coming from a mile away...! It's most likely a charging cavalry slash. It's easier to aim an upward swipe than a downward one whilst moving on a horse. Slashing down may have more force, but it would probably pitch you off your steed. Y'know in all those olde medieval movies, when the evil soldiers ride into town and make upward slashes on the fleeing townsfolk, same principle. Some power is lost but it's more than made up for in speed. But... he stops charging right before reaching the enemy! He stops, faces the enemy and then breaks at least four laws of physics to uppercut the enemy with the sword! Also, cmon death, cmon death. You bastard, you had to resurface for that... To wish misery upon me! Butterman...! BUTTERMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!! Although I doubt you'd mess up like this so early on, you aren't that stupid Rube. You sorely underestimate me. I lost someone in chapter 3 of Binding Blade. Chapter three! Don't you remember? And to be honest, I was expecting to draw first blood around this point. Not like this, though! A simple misconception's gonna murder Christine. Unless I get lucky. Which I will, I mean, when have I not gotten lucky with one of these things? On 4/22/2020 at 4:58 AM, eclipse said: Perhaps the mirror's chance of appearing is random per turn? As in, if you don't see the sparkle, you can't get it? That's what Brightbow said, anyway. I'm just glad I managed to nab it in the end. On 4/22/2020 at 5:45 AM, BrightBow said: I so hope it came across that I was being sarcastic.Absolutely. I was just playing along. I still like to deploy her to keep Orbel healthy. There just doesn't seem to be a way to prevent him to getting exposed to attacks, so it adds some extra safety. That probably would've been a good idea in this ironman run where I cannot reset. But I am not known for my good ideas, am I? Btw, did you know that when Izerna promotes, she gets a unique orb that allows her to cure crippling? Has 12 charges too, so it's pretty neat....Okay, maybe she is worth using after all, but... Dude, you two look like the exact same guy from different angles.Berwick Saga, where everyone looks like the same 7-8 guys. Well, I do very much remember him moving. This is not gonna end well.I still can't believe I didn't know that. How did that even happen...? Berwick Saga was released only one month after Path of Radiance. There is just no way they could have copied anything. Oh, it was released a month after PoR! I was convinced it was a month after RD. That definitely changes everything. I think this backs up my theory that IS and Kaga were just independently executing concepts that were discussed when Kaga was still with the company. ...something I admittedly started thinking because those story elements actually made sense in Tear Ring Saga. So I concluded that if IS actually had copied from Tear Ring Saga, then Nergal's wife being a dragon wouldn't just be a random piece of trivia that has nothing to do with the character's actions and motivations. I mean, FE7 in general is IntSys's worse TRS. That much is undeniable. I feel similar about the Black Knight actually. His relationship with Ike not only has nothing to do with the story's themes, but goes actively against them. One of the themes is the classic "cycle of revenge" thing, yet Ike is happily indulging his own desire for revenge and does in fact find peace once he believed he defeated and killed the Black Knight. But I haven't actually beaten Berwick yet, so I don't know yet how that plotline ends up in Berwick.Well, it ends, let me tell you that much. Whether it will or not in my run, that's up to me. And we know how unreliable I am. Maybe this is just Volcens in robes. Because clearly he is neither particularly bright, nor reasonable. "Am I not here?" Dude, how the hell is he supposed to know you plan to actually stay? You hadn't announced your intent yet. In fact, you DID announce your intent. And it was to take care of the Shining Knight. So excuse him he wasn't aware you intent to do some house sitting. Chaos being Volcens would be the most hilarious plottwist. So you are looking at this Ringwraith-looking motherducker and are thinking: "Yeah, I can take him." Good luck with that, Faye.Faye just thinks so highly of herself. Kinda like a certain tactician who was so sure he could make it without deaths for at least a while longer. "You are JUST like mah daughter. *hick* She also always *hick* ...goes down after just one blow.*hick* Man, why does everything have to spin? It makes my head hurt. *hick*"Bwahahahahah... goddamnit, I hate that this made me laugh. That's 1000 denarii right there.Every little bit helps! I guess he is referring to the fact that he is hard to hit. I mean, he did have to dodge a lot of attacks to get here in one piece. It took a scripted battle to harm him. What a trooper. I guess that's where Maeda got the idea to but Sanaki into a wedding dress.Oh, Jesus... I wonder what happened to the bandit that normally moves in front of the boss to prevent the player from disabling the boss' charge with 1 range weapons. You must have killed him, but my impression was that he starts of too far ahead to make that all that feasible. Considering at the start it's all hands on deck to keep Orbel alive.I... I have no idea, a lot of things happened that I wasn't expecting that day. The mirror can only be found during certain turns. I believe there are 3 periods during which you can grab it. Afterwards it's just gone. I guess the idea is that people can't find it unless the light of the sun reflects on it? And maybe it's cloudy during certain turns? I don't know.Whoa, three periods? I must've nabbed it at the last moment! Do not want!. From all the possible portraits, why did it have to be this creep? God, those eyes...Heheheheheh... ah, exactly as I had planned it... that's a victory for me, in the midst of all the terrible defeats I suffered last update... Guy literally falls for a grandparent scam. Surely those are the most qualified people the church had to offer.To be fair, he probably can't see very well under his eyebrows. Faye, while you can't beat most people, if someone has afterimages during their idle animation, you most definitely can't beat them.Dean could beat 'em. Your point? Honestly, this isn't much less damage then you usually do.Hey, don't be so hard on her! She's... trying. Faye got roflstomped so hard, Faramir is gonna have to dig her out of the ground first....yeah... trying... Well... I sure hope there will at least be something left of her that can be put into a coffin. Goddamnit, stop it! Stop jinxing it! His weapon's gonna fail, you'll see! Too bad that Arina probably won't be able to attend the funeral since she will be busy with her new side job. ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STOP IT! I FEEL BAD ENOUGH AS IT IS! AND HE MIGHT FAIL, HE WILL FAIL, YOU'LL SEE! YOU'LL EAT THESE WORDS...! Man, and Elbert was worried that Ward was the one going to die before Christine could make peace with him. I'm begging you, please stop... This is so unfortunate. If only she had survived at least for this map so she can finish this side quest. STOP! SHUT UP ALREADY! WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS oh right I murdered her by being an incompetent asshole. Right, right... Well, Agvan's weapon might still fail. Yeah... It's not like the RNG hates me, or anything. On 4/22/2020 at 6:24 AM, ranger016 said: Finally, Chapter 3, one of my favorite maps. There is just so much to do, feels like it could be broken into two different maps. I like it also. They do stop to heal you as long as your injured unit is on their path, even if they are only one step away. I didn't think they did. Nifty. Yeah, I have some bad news for you... Oh, not you too...! Probably just in case one of the priests reaches him before you. Or one of your own units, if you're stupid enough. Ward in the previous map and now Clifford, looks like they hate OP units. A most dangerous hatred. For the haters, that is. Yes, he can die if you use up the miracle charm before reaching this event. Huh. Interesting. She was holding her breath, real hard. That makes sense. It happened to me too on my run, I obviously restarted in fear of losing it. If only I had that luxury. No thanks, I am blocking reinforcements to get the heat off a bit, not to get a heart attack every time the defender takes damage from the other enemies... Well, I suppose that is true, but you know I love to be in pain. Or at least I think I must. Why would I do this to myself four times otherwise? You know, you could provoke one of the enemies with Clifford instead of keeping him there. Well, he was waiting for someone to arrive. Because I didn't know when he showed up. Berwick Saga expert, ladies and gentlemen. Don't know shit about the game. All I know is I love it. Really? You mean I was just wasting my time each time I restarted because she died... Eeeeeyup. Well, to be fair, you lose her for the entire chapter, so it might still be worthwhile to reset her deaths. Spoiler Also, if Faramir is dead you're outta luck. How did you manage that previously is the real question, he moved each time I went in his range... I... I have no idea. All I know is that I was so sure that he didn't move, until he did. Looks like this is going to be our first death of the LP, do remember to provoke him with Elbert first in case he misses. No! Why must all of you be so negative!? She's not going to die, you'll see! She won't, she won't die...! She can't, I have been a good boy! I've sacrificed all the children in my area to the RNGoddess! Surely now she must favor me...! On 4/22/2020 at 11:54 AM, The Roger The Paladin said: You missed the most important thing for a villain. Motivation. Formortiis is a generic demon, and his motivations match. Whereas the Fire Dragon in FE7 lashes out in confusion in an attempt to survive at being plucked from it's realm, whereas Medeus has a backstory, Formortiis lacks anything. While making an enemy's motivation the fact they're simply a demon bent on destruction and/or domination is often adequate, it's never, under any circumstance the optimal story-telling route. I was including that in "bad role in the story", but yeah. Definitely. Fomortiis just fails in every level, and he's unfortunate enough to be surrounded by pretty awesome villains, to boot. Fomortiis in something like Shadow Dragon wouldn't even have stood out so much, but when he's surrounded by the likes of Lyon, Orson, Caellach and Valter... It could be worse. He could have went through childhood with it right after WWII, instead of being an adult by the time Hitler was in power. That said, my grandmother was still getting jokes about it well after the guy had died. I mean literally until the month she did. Jikes... way to not let the guy live it down. Or die it down! You can mash out of the Ganoncide (just like Ridley's side b. But Bowser's... you can forget it). I like to exploit this. Basically, if someone panics and does it, then I use it as a chance to up-b onto them (or occassionally into their own up b's hit box). Then I do a second up b and I'm fine. Only works if a)the opponent knows they can mash out AND b) the opponent does so either because it's their only chance of surviving or they're panicked. Ah, I see. I don't know, whenever I play smash I mostly use moves until the enemy dies. I also can't play online because nintendo's online service is a bad joke. Same reason I'm hesitating to return to Mario Maker, really. The new update is awesome and world maker looks like it could increase my enjoyment of the game tenfold, but forking over 20 euros for the worst online service available is just... no. It may be cheap, but I don't want to support such terrible practices as putting up a paywall without doing anything to improve the service first, or holding cloud saves hostage. Mind there's a different Pseudo-cide method I discovered back when I was first practicing Ganondorf with CPUs before going online. It went something like this. Hide contents How... interesting. Also I probably couldn't pull that off. Plot twist. The entire building... the whole damn thing, has scrawlings on the walls with Kaga's ideas. He'd just write them everywhere. The real reason he left was because they threatened to clean them off. But his leaving guaranteed they couldn't without losing those ideas. It was his ultimate revenge. Those who dare to defy the lord Kaga will be swiftly punished! There's actually a bit of an irony to the Bernadetta brigade in that if you pay attention... her father beat her into this submissive timid thing because he believed it'd make her a more attractive wife to others. Look at the people who love the character. It's clear, that on some twisted level it works. In some ways, I can't help but feel the father wins a sort of pyhrric victory every time someone finds that behavior endearing. Which actually makes the character sadder to me. Even her popularity is a loss in some ways. All those people clamoring for the blood of Bernadetta's father, without realizing... the moment they go that far, he wins. You may've just improved her character slightly for me. Because fuck me if that isn't absolutely hilarious. All of her diehard fans are part of her problem. Amazing. Valentia was renamed "Valm" by the time of Awakening. You know, Alm with a V thrown on. Ain't that a woozy. I imagine an extremely pompous, whiny voice. Actually, I've got the perfect one. Hide contents While I was looking for songs to parody, I came across one from a movie called Babes in Toyland (1997). Not posting which song, because it'd give away the plan. But I will post that Barnaby is definitely pompous and whiny enough. Probably dickish enough as well. (don't know how far the parallels go because only have seen one song from the whole thing). Ironic though because.. the idea didn't even involve Volcens. Mmmm... nah, I don't see it. Too old-sounding. Volcens looks quite young, 30 at most. That sounds like it might fit Padolf nicely, though. Also, it's honestly not that bad in murky water from my experience. It's more like being in fog once you're below the surface. Why in the world do you have experience diving in murky water? Definitely reminding me of that old Suicide Squad from Star Spangled. Now if there were only dinosaurs... Well, Chaos and Faye both seem to be about as bright as of a dinosaur. As am I. Goddamnit, why wasn't I more careful around the boss...! It's just afraid of getting slapped. Hahahahahahahahah! Fucking hell, I love all of these abuse jokes with Clifford, but I hate them at the same time. It's a SupPort skill. It allows a wharf to apPier wherever he's fighting. Okay, now you're starting to lose your mind. A horse is a horse, Of course of course. And no one can carry a horse of course. That is of course, unless that horse is so thin it's nearly dead. (yes, I just knocked off the Mister Ed theme) I must have you committed. I think I'll call the Organization of the Severely Sick. So, he's also related to Footballman? Damn. Maybe, looking at Grimm, it's a contest of which one is the true successor to their ancestor's legacy between these two. Spoiler, it's neither. They both failed to realize one thing: to truly succeed Footballman, you need his signature line. That makes Lendel closer to either of them. Of course, Lendel doesn't look nearly as handsome as Footballman... I don't know. Feel like this is more "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree". But this only makes me further question the sides being taken. The empire is really gonna have to do something atrocious now to make it even. Ah, not to worry. "The apostle is a mere child". So Volcens takes on levels of grotesquery I thought ended with Slaver. To be entirely fair with the guy, they're just assuming he would do it. A fair assumption, given that he's Volcens, but an assumption nonetheless. Perhaps it washed away? And then came back? Another brilliant strategist I see. Well, he's been reFermatted. The trash is taken out. You don't even need a bag to put this trash in - they come in one already! How nice of 'em. Well it was shining. Maybe it's only visible when the sun bounces off it just right? Or perhaps one of Disaad's underwater lights was there with the intent of making a second fake lava lake. Pffft... I still find it hilarious that, out of all the Imperials we've met so far, the only commander I've been able to spare is Disaad. The guy who was literally poisoning children. So most of the time she can't be Fayetally wounded, but just this once... her immunity Fayels. Yes, that is a good, uh, summary. It does its job acceptablee. Does the eye of Balor shoot lasers like in mythology? I can't see it. No, I am afraid it does not shoot lasers. Oh dear lord. A dyslexic knock-off of James Rolfe unleashes a scathing review on Berwick's archers. What a cliff-hanger. Not to worry. His weapon will fail him, you'll see. I mean, when has the RNG ever gone against me? On 4/22/2020 at 5:33 PM, Benice said: Thank you for your advice. Maybe in 12 years when I actually can finish chapter 6's main mission I'll find out. Hahahah... okay, good luck with that. Come back to the thread in 12 years and post how it went. She's making it really hard to justify using Czene because if Czene's not the second most cursed unit I've ever had. Level 5, procced hp twice and knife skill thrice. That's it. I mean, that's my Czene so far too. Aheheheheh...I knew that... No you didn't! For shame! ALSO I BROKE THE FRICKIN BRYMRANGER ON ITS FIRST HIT AT GREEN! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Speaking of which, every time I see Sherpa, I think of the Tintin character. You mean, the one that's literally a sherpa? 'Cause I can't see the Haddock connection, I'm sorry. Haddock's more like, Ward on a really bad day. He has the distinction of being able to be killed by a unit who is far and wide known as impossible to use...Although I'm not sure that's a good thing? To be fair, that's all the bosses. I mean, I once one-shot Camus with Matthis, killed Zephiel with Wendy, killed the final boss of The Last Promise with Logan, captured Veld in one round with Hicks... the list goes on. Fomortiis is probably a little more difficult than Idoun and Veld, but... that's about it, and he loses to them in every other aspect. Except the furniture man stiffed me so I can't afford the Atelier. Art: Hope basically doesn't even show up on the wall! I DEMAND A FULL REFUND! Why... why would you get art: hope?! The only semi-worthwhile furniture is art: revival! Also, the tapestries, but those cost five livers and an eye. I'm excellent at planning ahead. You are, I see. Very me-levels of planning. Uhh...Uhh...It gets...Worse...Sylvis...I'm sorry, but Enid's too dumb and has to survive... Sylvis!??!?!!?!? You...! He's actually got higher spear skill than Leon, who has three more levels than him. He's probably going to promote! Ruby on the other hand...Having 3 S shield skill at level 4 is inexcusable, young lady. I'm happy for you! Adel's difficult to get there. Do let me know if he manages it. As for Ruby, she's levelling her WpSkills quite fast for me! I expect death will be the only thing that could possibly get between her and her promotion. Also, Izerna is going to be my first unit to promote. (Light skill is 29, level 9.) I question my decisions making. Ergh... well, you'll get that orb Brightbow mentioned, the one that cures crippling. That's something? Oh no...Now I want to see Ward fight Calculus with an umbrella... Jesus Christ, Calculus... I still don't understand where they got that name. In french he was Tournesol. Tornasol in spanish. In these languages, it means both "sunflower" and "litmus", which fits him like a glove, I believe. The words are also exotic enough that they actually sound like they could be names. This begs the question - why not call him Professor Litmus in english? The double meaning would've been lost, but it sounds a lot more like a name than friggin' Calculus! Orbel got critted by a pickpocket in my run. I was fearing that happening to anyone the whole chapter. Also, wow, you kept all three priests alive! Thanks. I am quite proud. Well, I made one slight misstep. Nothing much, it'll just cost me a ton of stuff. Grimm got poisoned and died the turn he would have entered the church, Orbel made it to the house where there's a trap but subsequently got Garbage bagged and Sakhalin didn't have any problems. (That moment when you're watching a Reubenio LP for strategy tips.) The only tips you'll get outta me are the tips on how NOT to do things. 'Cause when you go back and take a look at it again, I was extremely lucky with Orbel. I handled Sakhalin and Grimm well, but Orbel's survival was dumb luck, and that's it. Cowen is Lowen's son confirmed. He cowered in fear when Chaos came to steal his swords. Does that mean that Faye might be a Fayek? More like Ike's Fike. I know, it's a stretch. Best I could come up with. Anyway, yeah, by all probability Ike is the one that is a stolen asset. Though, to be fair, he's the main character, so he has more than Faye. Whether more means better in this case, I leave up to the reader's discretion. Mostly because talking shit about Ike would get my head put on a stick. And I think my head looks best when it's accompanied by my shoulders. It's okay, Faye. Ike isn't a cool as you. ...yes, I completely agree. He got me too. At least Dean had a miracle charm. The one time his weapon failed was on Ward, who was basically invincible anyways. Let's hope things go well this time! You can do it, Christine! He'll miss out on basically every citizen request if you die! Uh... no, actually, it's just like, three. Which is enough to make me cry, but... 17 hours ago, Hawkwing said: Huh, sounds like a pretty interesting set-up for a story. Didn't realize that was the origin of the group. Neither did I. Then again, my introduction to Suicide Squad was that one movie that is considered to be pretty shitty. Or at least it has a shitty Joker. Honestly, I would have gone on with the joke, but I realized that there were several things about Byleth that Almuth was unlikely to share. Unless IS copied a lot more from Berwick Saga than we know about. Well, they copied the entire monastery off of Berwick Saga. And it was worse than Narvia, to boot. Oh, ha ha and here I was worried it would be a Mortal Kombat video or something along those lines. Funnily enough, I actually don't really care that much for the meme, but I really like that avatar picture (and comic) for some reason. Don't know why, I just do. I get you. Trampoline foxes are great. They don't give two fox about what others think about them! Maybe it was to prevent softlocking if Veld turned every unit that attacked him into stone? Though I don't know enough about Thracia 776 to know if the game ever puts the player in that kind of situation, or heck, if stone even works that way in gameplay. *Checking the website later* Okay, so stone is a thing in the game, and it seems that not even restore can fix it. I'm assuming Veld doesn't have it at melee range to prevent him from being trapped by petrified units. Probably so, but then why doesn't he at least start with jormungand equipped, so he can retaliate? He'd still die miserably to Ced, but... it'd be something, at least! Ah, that makes sense. Right? Thank you Uh, you're welcome. You damnedorganhead. Ah, yeah, I can see how that could be considered lackluster. Definitely more than the actual animation. I see. I'll have to remember that if I decided to check the game out. Please, do. I may not know a ton about Berwick Saga, but I have heard bits and pieces about its unique mechanics here and there. And Derrick. No wonder, though. He's extremely popular among the fanbase (which, surprisingly enough, does exist in Japan). A simple change with drastic consequences, I see. Yet the environment happens to screw them over on the player side of things, it seems. Yeah, knights don't really translate well into player units. They're better as brick walls for the player to deal with. Still, if the game gives me a knight (which is a total mystery for all of you who haven't played the game), we'll see how bad they really are. Given this games habit of giving some of the generics more unique portraits, I thought it was just another case of it. Hmmm... well, still... I see. Still, while I know that trying to break siege equipment with any weapon is a good way to damage it, I'm surprised that they still don't try to incapacitate it in some way. Unless the game allows you to use enemy ballistas. Nope, it doesn't. But... Reveal hidden contents Screw this I am going home I don't know how periods, commas, or apostrophes are handled yet. Fairly certain commas remain commas, but every other character becomes a dot. Periods are already dots, so they don't matter. Honestly, I'm so used to being ninja'd in other topics that it's a running gag by this point. You even call yourself a "forum ninja" in your rank, despite the fact that it's the complete opposite! Well, looting bodies is a video game trope that is so common that I am honestly surprised isn't deconstructed more. The only game I recall that did so was Knights of the Old Republic 2, where one of the characters comments on you looting a dead body, and even then that only happens at the beginning of the game. Flashbacks to Sasha committing war crimes. I love how I accidentally made Kaga do the Mio Honda meme first. My Sasha was the exact same principle, a year before it popped up! ...by the way, I have to admit, memes aside, I unironically like the song. I wouldn't say I've lost my love of reading, but it's been a while since I've read a full book. I was the kid in school that always brought a book and read it whenever I completed my work or before class started. Then college came along and I learned pretty quickly that the moment I completed one assignment was a good time to work on another one, so I ended up not having much free time for casual reading. Been trying to reignite that habit thanks to the quarantine. For some reason, I can stand reading bibles in videogames, but books have been harder for me as of late. One of these days, one of these days... Valentia was renamed to "Valm" after Alm in Awakening. Yes, I've been told. No doubt something else they extracted from Kaga's Notes. Is there anything they didn't take from there? ...Camilla, perhaps. No, wait... ...uhhhhh Peri? Yeah, I think it's Peri. I like to bet on many horses. I can see that. "Low risk, low reward" is the name of your game. Nah, I just try to have my reply be close to my original reaction to the update. That's cool. Yeah. Honestly, I'm torn on how I want mounted units to be balanced. On the one hand, they're a little too well-rounded and versatile, and and while I think their high movement is a little oversold, they can still do wonders with it. Yet on the other hand, Fire Emblem is one of the few series where I've been able to take advantage of cavaliers. Other games give them some common disadvantages that I have a difficult time working around. They're definitely too good in FE. Cavaliers need to be underpowered, because if they aren't, they can do anything infantry can do before infantry gets there. Cliffs and other such rough terrain in this game limit their reach, though. I mean, you saw how much time Reese, Elbert and Christine took to cross two tiles of shallows? Any light infantry, not just Axel, would've made it through in one move. Again, good ways to handle cavaliers, but knights get royally screwed by association. I think that's because violence has numerous varied ways it can be applied, from cartoony to grounded to disturbing to over-the-top and everything in between, while sexual content is more or less the same every time, just with a different (and thin) coat of paint. That much is true, but it's still kinda silly when the most horrible violence cannot beat the flashing of a tit for one second. Now I do have my critiques about how lenient several ratings boards are regarding violent content, as well as how the issue of desensitization goes largely ignored. Yet I disagree heavily with the sentiment that because someone can stand a graphic decapitation, they are also fine with the F word being spouted every few sentences or watching explicit sex scenes. They are different subject matters that can be applied well or poorly in their own ways. I think the best solution is for parents to be careful what their kids watch. Not limit them too much, but nothing too heavy either. I was prepared for something worse, at any rate. Always be. You never know, after the milk. Sorry, but the game is setting up so many intriguing plot threads that I can't help but wonder where they will lead. I'll consider that a compliment for the game. Which, being one of my favorite games of all time (yes, already), is something I truly do appreciate. I don't know how it works in Thracia, so I can't comment on the handling there. It was okay in Fates, albeit with a flawed execution due to how only one unit in each route had a capture skill, and if they died or were RNG screwed, then you may as well forget the whole mechanic exists. I like the idea of it being like normal combat with some penalties, as well as you getting the enemies equipment and being able to sell the captured unit back or recruit them as cannon fodder. I just don't know the hard numbers that prevent it from being over- or under- powered. The problem is that Thracia was designed around the fact that you could only get gear by capturing most of the time. In Berwick Saga, money management is much bigger than in FE because there's just so much stuff to spend it on in Navaron. Thracia capturing would be absolutely overpowered, as it'd completely remove the need to buy weaponry. *** And all the thank you's and you're welcomes. I shall drop all the "I see"s and the "I understand"s here as well! So Kaga did one of my favorite handlings of exclusive weapons first, it seems. I would say that I wish Fire Emblem did that more often, but honestly, each Fire Emblem game ranges in how impactful the legendary weapons actually are in gameplay. Thinking back to FE6, where they've 20 uses but are required for the good ending... This reminds me of a tower defense map, except there are no towers, you want the three units to get to the end, and... uh... Still, you have to defend things. Well... I'll give you that. Come to think about it, this map's kinda like reverse tower defense. Tower offense! You got pretty creative with naming the portraits, I see. Hahah, thanks. I tried. Incidentally, I like how you've strategically sidestepped acknowledging the name I gave to Paramythis's portrait. Frankly, I kinda regret not just naming it Paramythis. 'Cause hot damn, that name is good. I wonder if any of these characters will be reoccurring if they survive. Well... I don't think they are, no. Sadly. I would've liked to see them again. I suppose Lebough cares more about the message being delivered than about these fools survival. Too bad a simple letter probably wouldn't suffice. It's implied by the scene with Paramythis that they've already sent multiple letters, and it didn't do any good because the Apostle refuses to go anywhere near Volcens. They're sending these dudes in person so they can try to convince her. It would most certainly be nice if Reese's offscreen army would actually help on this level, wouldn't it? It would always be nice if they helped. But getting nearly a hundred troops would be overpowered. So, visually, did the horse just disappear? There's no animation of them dramatically falling over like in Mount and Blade? Sadly, there isn't. Elbert's sprite fades out, and then reappears without the horse. Foreshadowing in hindsight, though I got the impression that this boss might surprise us even the first time I read through this. I should've gotten it, too... They're certainly powerful enough to get away with wearing all black and having the name of a 90's anti-hero... ...Though that might also because they seem to lack knowledge of subtly. Hahahahahah... friggin' Chaos, man. I like to think they just randomly stop to proclaim their invincibility and ambitions twice or thrice a day. That's how proud they are. Also, nice callback with the portrait name. Well, it was obvious. I can see why you called her female Ike now. Still, I don't know much about the Tellius games, so It'll be neat to see the similarities and contrasts between the two games. There are a lot, let me tell you that much. Is this the boss that you mentioned back in the last LP that you aren't supposed to defeat but it was still possible to do so and the story adjusted for their absence? Indeed! I'll show it off. If that's the case, mind sharing the when, where, and what said changes are? There's one change in this very map, that I'll show at the end as a bonus. The event changes mostly affect Volo, of all people, as he only gets a real arc if that happens. Sadly, Faye's arc has to end here for it to happen, and I like Faye better, so... yeah. Escortees that actually do something! They help make their mission more bearable. Yeah, it's really nice that they heal their escorts. Even if their AI is kinda suicidal, at least you don't have to retreat to heal with them there. I suppose his horse is as wild as he is. Maybe it's drunk, too. I'm no expert, but I do know that it is one angle you can strike with a sword. I'm not certain if there is any advantage to attacking that way, other than striking low after feinting high. On horseback, I imagine it's an exaggerated underhand swing, which I think Mount & Blade has as an animation of? Been a while sine I last played. I think it does, yes, but as I told Butterman, he stops dead in his tracks before uppercutting. Personally, I got the impression that Clifford it attempting to preform Super Smash Bros Ike's version of Aether, but keeps forgetting he's on a horse so he can't do the spinning jump. Considering how he swings his lance... that might just be it. Maybe they fight on that raft thing from the Soul Calibur games? I have no idea what you're talking about, so... maybe? Huh, neat. Does the game reuse that little effect or is it only for this sidequest? It's the effect for every single searchable tile in the game. It's just tough to screenshot, since it happens so fast. Easy for me to see, but hard to catch. One of my least favorite gameplay tropes, to the point I'm happy when an escort mission is bearable. Crimson Skies is the only game I'd say where they were actually fun. Largely because your escortee was armed enough to fend for themselves but wasn't strong enough to solo the mission, so the player still had a job to do. And because they tended to be Zepplins, you could land on/in them and take control of their weapons, making the task easier while still remaining fun. At least the three priests have the decency to heal you. They aren't complete liabilities. Watsonian: Those three fools were the most reliable messengers Lebough has, and Reese's group is the only military force he can trust right now. Chaos wants to save uses on his cool sword while being too prideful to use a different one. Doylist: The game wanted the player to be present for this level and for it to remain completable while keeping Chaos's defeat optional. Hwahahahah... yes, that is basically it. Maybe it was a moth? Definitely one of the more unique choices of animal for a dark magic spell. As always, magic in KagaSaga is beautiful. Magic was honestly the biggest loss when Vestaria turned out to be a low-budget indie. I can totally ignore the graphics when the game underneath them is as good as Vestaria is, but I'll admit, I missed TRS and BWS magic. I take it this is the knight that guard the apostle. Eyup. Now all that remains to be seen is whether she'll be playable at some point. Perhaps, perhaps. Also, Paramythis was one of the few times that a google search showed Berwick Saga pictures first. Meaning I don't know the meaning of the name. Czene also does that. As does, hilariously enough, Volcens. I do know the meaning of Volcens, though. It's the name given to a crater on the moon. Going further back, he's a character in Virgil's Aeneid, a lieutenant of Turnus who got murdered trying to bring him reinforcements. For some reason, he has an extremely short wikipedia article, but only in french...? The next best thing was "Paramythia" which was a Greek town that means "comforter". That's probably it, considering she's the "comforter" of the Apostle, in a way. I mean... I could see that plan working in another series. If the rest of the army was strong enough to conquer the empire. And/or if you swapped the order of those steps a bit. It's still pretty fucked up... Alas, Volcens father died as another dog of war, and now the kingdom is paying for his betrayal. Yep. That is the backstory of Berwick Saga. Mordias was even worse than his son, somehow. You've also said that Ward is endgame ready yet doesn't snap the game in half. She would kick butt, but I don't believe this game is friendly towards letting a single unit solo anything. That much is true. Does Volcens even know of her age? Or existence? Not that it's likely to change things, but it might. As I said in another reply above, they're just assuming he'll do that. A fair guess, but it's still a guess. Maybe it would dampen morale at a time they can't afford it? Not that Volcens is doing anything to improve it, mind, but knowing that we're fighting a war because the former king wanted to hide his own backstabbing and eliminated some of their best knights in the process would kill whatever was left. Yes, of course. That makes sense. Aside from the church wearing all black and having someone literally named "Chaos" among their ranks, we haven't really seen a ton of evil from the empire, have we? Not really, no - but we might. The flowing cloak of these guys is pretty cool. Yeah, they're quite the stylish garbage bags. I was legit worried that you might have failed the sidequest first time I read this, though I also had the feeling that it would shine again later. Thankfully it did. Now I am worried about failing the other sidequest... That or Adel throws the horse to the top of the cliff and then climbs up himself. Or maybe Adel's horse came from Skyrim. That first guess is definitely a lot more flattering for Adel than mine. Into The Breach also had the ability for mechs to repair themselves, as well as the ability to push enemies on top of reinforcements to damage them that way. And a lighter implementation of permadeath, especially when compared to Fire Emblem. Not to say it couldn't work, but I think it would be best in a game that had a plethora of ways to heal, such as Echoes. Perhaps you couldn't die from blocking reinforcements, just be hurt? That'd make it so you have to defend the blocker, and it'd give characters with Hide like Axel and Sylvis extra utility. Accuracy in the world of Berwick Saga is so atrocious that the ability to aim looks like a magical spell. At least they no longer fire their arrows backwards... Is it odd that this guy of all characters reminded me of Byleth? Must be the grey cloak and similarly colored hair. He does kinda look like him, but other than that, the similarities are coincidental. I am afraid to ask whether this is an edit or an actual portrait in the game. It's in the game. It's also in a map that hinges on Christine's survival. So there's that. I... think IS did this first? I'm trying to remember if there was any character in the previous Let's Play that fell into this category. There's Lucius, who is also a femenine-looking monk in FE7. The difference is that his female looks are brought up constantly for laughs. Owen's appearance is never even a slight part of his character. In fact, I'd wager he'll go in ways that you probably won't be expecting. If I can show it off, that is. We know me, when it comes to keeping people alive, I am unreliable at best. He has minor similarities to Salem and Saul as well, but the main thing about him is something that I don't recall in FE. Maybe he has the "adventure game protagonist can see important items" ability that, well, adventure game protagonists have. Could be, could be. I see Kaga did dynamic dodges first. Sometimes, yes! It took a long while, but I'm glad IS eventually stole this. They did? In Three Houses I saw lots of people dodging fireballs by stepping backwards... which resulted in the fireball going straight through them. It could be that his name is one letter off from "Robin" or that he's an archer or that I've been watching a longplay of Conquests of the Longbow, but this guy reminds me of Robin Hood for some reason. Well, there are a few similarities. Apollyon is an angel of the bottomless pit in the Book of Revelations. I have no idea why a bow is named after it. Because Kaga Japan loves its nonsensical biblical references. Wait, is that the same dude from the intro? Heheheheh... congratulations, you noticed. Indeed, a lot of the intro's segments are stuff that happens in the story of the game. The segment you're referring to is Chaos crippling and stealing the divine blades from Faye's father, an event that will be described later on in this update. Guess Chaos didn't get a unique theme, unlike the Black Knight. Maybe, anyway. This game has a big soundtrack. Well, at least right now, he uses the standard boss theme. I don't know if it's an effect of the screenshots or if that's how it appears in-game, but I love how Chaos moves. It makes them look otherworldly. Oh yeah, and I didn't even catch the way they move closer to the unit they're fighting. Let me try to go back to one of the map saves and see if I can catch it... There! Chaos is MissingNo. Again... so who... Fun fact: that line was going to be changed to a more generic "I am invincible!" in the next update of the translation, but I brought up how interesting the implications of the old one are, so Aethin decided to keep it, since it doesn't really contradict anything else in the game. What I'm trying to say is, I am a very important person. Not how I would have worded it, but yeah. I still cannot understand what enjoyment you get out of my stuff. I swear like a sailor, have nothing introspective or witty to say, can't properly show off the game because I always lose half of everything, I'm too bad to call my LPs walkthroughs... what selling point remains? The gore? Chaos manages to be both a frighteningly powerful and hilariously cheesy bad guy. Hahah, yeah. That's Chaos for ya. Considering Shigen had the Dullahan, and now Faye essentially has casual mode, something tells me that Kaga had the odd idea of only giving only a single unit a way to not actually die when their HP reaches zero. He does seem to have a fondness for it. There's a similar case in Vestaria, but it only applies if the unit in question dies before she is recruited. And then she gets Plum'd and only returns much later in a completely different class. ...I don't remember this guy having a 100% chance to hit the first time I read the update. Yes, that was the battle cry. Still not a pure 100 due to the weapon's failure chance. You already know the results, so this melodramatic ranting makes me incredibly suspicious. Especially given your odd luck. Hey! How dare you try to understand the inner machinations of my mind? They're an enigma! 11 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: If he does we can give him a Vase-sectomy. (I literally thought of that one in the night and I wasn't missing my chance). Oh, jesus... poor guy, c'mon. Don't kinkshame him just because he likes... uh, vases! Back when the movie came out they reprinted those stories (I mean both the Star-Spangled War stories ones and the one's with Rick Flag's Suicide Squad. Mind Flag would later be in charge of keeping the villain Squad in line in the 80's series after half his old task force got wiped out in an incident involving a yeti in Action Comics, and Flag's father Rick Flag Sr. was retroactively made the mission control for the wartime team) in a fancy volume. The "Silver Age Suicide Squad Omnibus". Mind it's a bit on the pricey side and likely out of print by now. The stories set in the war are also in the old "Showcase Presents: The War that Time Forgot" volume with a much cheaper price, though in black and white. Catch being that whole Showcase Presents line has been out of print for the last 8 years. Huh. That's... about all I got. Huh. I just like animals doing things. Also congregating at the trampoline venue. Animals doing things is nice, yes. As are trampolines. Been ages since I last got on one. A shame... 3 hours ago, Benice said: It's her Fayet to survive. The game Fayeks her death to misLeed the player. Puns. The true protagonists of my threads. GGYAYAGGAYAGGAYGAGAYAGAGGYGHGHHAGAGHAGAHHAGXZZXXHSBXX0Z0ZXPZPZPXPOXXPZ SANITY COME BACK NOOO You know, I expected a lot of different opinions when Erzheimer was introduced, but "the vase pervert" was not one of them. Probably supposed to sound like Apollo. Why... why would Kaga want that, though? And unless I misunderstood, I think it's a country since I'm pretty sure Reubenio' girlfriend is from there. Why do you keep misspelling my name? I'm not Reuben, I'm Ruben! Reuben sounds like a DeviantArt OC! Look everyone, my original character, Saint Reubenio! Do not steal! (Sylvis) Also, Sylvis is not my girlfriend. I am filthy elitist scum, that means I scoff at the whole concept of waifus. Only casuals and normies who like modern FE have waifus. My only waifu is good map design. ...... ...Disregard the names of Sylvis and Paramythis's portraits. Also all the times I've thirsted over Sylvis. Also also all the times I've thirsted over basically every strong woman in every FE I've LPed. I didn't do any of that, my editor did. He's fond of putting things like that into my updates, sometimes. Thinks he's reeeeal funny. EDIT: Ruben from the editing room here. I can confirm, I'm his editor and I did it. Goddamnit, you idiot! Don't just type "Ruben from the editing room" in front of the sentence! Make up some sort of fake name! EDIT: Uh... Reuben from the editing room here! Yes, I'm the one who has all the weird waifus, not Ruben. That better? ...Sigh... 😧 Spoiler No... ...... I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOOL ENOUGH TO DO ANOTHER LP! Her blood is on my hands... all that blood...! Why won't I improve!? WHY WON'T I LEARN!? I SHOULD'VE QUIT AFTER ARCHANEA...! I SHOULD'VE DIED IN ARCHANEA! No, wait, I did... in fact, I think in some way or another, I've killed myself off in every single one of my LPs. Go figure. So there you go! I hope you're happy, everyone. I was having so much fun, explaining mechanics that I half-understood and pretending to be a remotely decent player for once. But nope, can't have good things, gotta go back to the good ol' Saint Rubenio routine. I can't win! I never can win! What have we lost!? Everything, that's what! A good unit! A not-so-good unit! Arina's physical integrity! Three citizen requests! A whole fucking map! Elbert's character arc-- That's right! I was so excited to show that off, it's pretty amazing. Kaga gave permadeath the middle finger and actually made the arcs of two characters proceed at unison. After every one of her citizen requests, Christine would have scenes with Elbert that furthered both their characters. But fuck that! Fuck that, because I am the most incompetent person to have been shat upon this planet! I swear, the day I lose Axel is the day I stop doing LPs. I know I've said this before, and I probably won't do it this time around either, but... oh, God, why-- Christine, why'd it have to be you...!? Why couldn't I try approaching with Reese!? At least I could've laughed THAT off...! I don't even know anymore. Orbel needs protection. The bossman's power is gone, so at least he's not going to kill anyone else. Unless I screw everything up - which might happen. I am the world's most pathetic tactician, after all... Another hidden enemy. Fantastic. Kill Sylvis too, won't you? Ruin all of my dreams and hopes. Excellent, two archers! How is it possible to be so bad that you lose control of the situation this fast!? I hope you're all enjoying yourselves! Aaahhh, not today, you asshole... I swear, if he's crippled and I'm forced to capture him... Good, perfect. I get to avenge-- NO! OLD BASTARD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? YOU CAN'T HEAL THE CORPSE, STAND THE FUCK BACK BEFORE YOU JOIN HER!! Reese, I swear to Christ, if you miss and Orbel dies as well, I'm going to be so mad. I'm mad. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH I'M SO FUCKING MAD! NOW IT FAILED! NOW! HE SHANKED CHRISTINE JUST FINE, BUT NOPE, GOTTA FAIL NOW RATHER THAN THEN! AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, IT DIDN'T EVEN DO ANY FUCKING GOOD, BECAUSE REESE IS SHIT! SHIT! YOU HEAR ME?! YOU ARE WORSE THAN ROY-- Okay, maybe not, but... but... ...I want to die. There, that's all there's to it. Blast... he is swift for a brigand...! Lord Reese. E-Elbert?! Let me have a shot at him. Elbert, be caref-- Out of my way... ...... ...die, parasite. That was in no way satisfying. Even the fact that he poked Agvan's dick to death (contrary to what the death edit may imply) is not satisfying. And you just had to miss the spear level. Of course. Make me feel even more miserable about the fact that I got your lover, Ward's daughter, killed horribly by a brigand. A gold coin. Wonderful. Y-You killed the boss...! What kinda monster are you?! ...you are all going to die. Not one of you is going to survive. Not one... A-Ahhh...! D-dieee...! At least he's doing well in combat. Must be the bloodthirst. He has just lost the woman he liked, after all. Oh, for Christ's sake, more enemies... after all that, Orbel's gonna die, you'll see. If you're wondering why I had Axel retreat, it's because, well... I was spooked. Imagine losing my favorite character on top of everything else. A repeat of FE6 is the last thing I want to remember Berwick Saga by. At least it seems Faye's going to be saved. That's something. A sucky swordswoman instead of the badass crossbowwoman. I suppose I've Sylvis still, but... ...oh God, I might lose Sylvis as well at some point... what am I saying-- Everyone can die, except for-- VOLO!? ...I SWEAR, IF I LOSE AXEL AND SYLVIS, I'M DEPLOYING VOLO JUST SO I CAN WATCH HIM BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED! AAAAAAAAAAAACK I am very angry. Anyway. Leon dodged the attack. Why did I even bother to have these two return to the road. They'll have to double back now... Okay, let's fulfill request #2, at least. Now that Ward... still doesn't know... his daughter is dead... To find me in the forest like this... You're quite extraordinary... N-Not particularly... I just happened to find you. I take it you are indeed-- Aye, I'm Rodin. What can I do for you? A leatherworker named Nieves asked me to find you, and-- Yeah, yeah. Here's the antelope skin. Ah, yes, that's precisely-- Good timing, then. That one's still nice and fresh. Rodin's main character trait, as you can see, is that he has no manners. A bit too fresh, I'd say... There are still chunks of meat on it, and... Why would Rodin skin the thing himself? I thought that was Nieves's thing... is this you-- Oh, that's my arrow. Anyways, take that skin to Nieves as soon as you can so he can tan it properly. I've got to get back to hunting. 'Scuse me... Hahahahahahahahahyourdaughtersdeadhahahahahahahahahahahah... That was a fun scene. There we go, the antelope's ours. Now all we need to do is get it back to Navaron. And hopefully not lose more people along the way. By the way, Rodin's disappeared from the map. He's so fast, it's as though he vanished into thin air. Mostly because that's exactly what he did. These two are both aiming down at Adel and Leon. Even though the first one uncovered Czene. Well, I won't ask. Maybe they just have a lower chance to hit her. That's why the first boss suicided on the Endgame Beard, after all. 1% more chance to hit. Ritchens, you bastard... I'm never forgiving you...! I'll just kill. EDIT: Ruben from the proofreading room here. I'm reading this and I have... absolutely no idea what I was trying to say here. So yeah. I'll just kill. All right, it's time! Goodness me, what a terrible wound! Let's get you healed up... Ah... Urghhh... It's obviously Faye, but she doesn't have a portrait here. I'll take all the chances to use that portait that I can get. Especially now that we've lost the map where he appears in person... A shame, too. He's a real delight of a man. Oh, and you're still conscious! Very good, very good... Based on your garb, you must be a warrior from the Orient, yes? Why are you here? What happened? It was nothing serious... Simply an accident due to my own negligence. That'll never stick. Faye, you nearly got torn in half. What kind of "accident" results in that? Hmph, that was no accident... Are you unwilling to tell me the truth because I am a Verian priest? No, that is not it... Then please, let me help you. As a priest, my duty is to heal both physically and spiritually. Two years ago, the temple was attacked, and the divine blades kept there were stolen from us. My father was said to be unparalleled in swordsmanship throughout the whole of Izmil... But now, he is crippled, and he can hardly walk anymore, let alone grasp a sword. My father felt responsible for the swords' theft, and he tried to pursue the attacker... Naturally, I could not let him do such a thing in his condition. I see... And so you took up your father's duty in his stead. Yes, it has been a half-year since I departed my homeland, and I have made ends meet as a mercenary. I understand... But how did you become injured? Today, I finally found the one who had stolen the divine blades... But I could not win. I was not strong enough... What divine blades are these? You said your father was their guardian, correct? However, we have little knowledge of their actual history aside from that... Using the Divine Twins as weapons has been forbidden since olden times. For centuries, no one had laid a hand on them, save for cleaning. Ah, Vritra and Vajra... I did not know they still existed! Our ancestors passed down that they were artifacts of great power used during the era of the ancients... Do your traditions speak of them? What do they say? It defends its wielder? So our legends say. One who wields Vajra would be nigh impossible to defeat. The sword's magic surrounds them with an enchantment that protects them from danger. Ah... That's it! That is exactly what happened! Chaos was wielding Vajra, and I could not even make a scratch... Sir Priest, what else do your legends say regarding our sword Vajra? Can it be overcome? You would likely need another sword blessed with divine power, like its twin, Vritra. As I said last update, these are obviously Ragnell and Alondite. I wonder why IntSys decided to steal this particular subplot from Kaga's Notes and make it into the main character's arc of two of their games. If it were to clash against Vajra, their wielders would likely be able to stand on equal footing... Then I must find Vritra... You must also hone your skills. Like, a ton. As it stands, there's no way you're going to beat Chaos, even with the Vritra. I understand. Thank you very much, Sir Priest! Awesome! A free miracle charm! The sad thing is that this thing is stuck in Faye's inventory. You know, the girl who plays in casual mode? She needs the muscle brace more, but that means I can save it up for when she's recruited, and take it from her then. All righty, Czene level time! Please, cure my depression. Christine is dead. Hoo... those three bastards cannot make it to the temple soon enough. Orbel won't even make it at all if we can't kill that one pirate! Nooo! What!? Reese! REEEEEEEEESEEEEEEEEEEEE! THAT GUY'S GONNA KILL ORBEL!! Oh, thank God... Grimm distracted the enemies long enough to save his hated enemy. Who will make it to the temple first. What a kind soul you are, Grimm. Exemplary! Now that is what I like to see. All that I have to do is kill this one, then. Ah, a Sylvis level! I know I've said countless times that stats don't matter. But... it's just so sad...! You... I'm gonna stop ya! Prepare to follow your girlie friend to Hell!! ...animals... Good work, Elbert. I don't even know what I was doing at this point. All I know is that I was angry. Oh, no... not this again! You guys really need to stop getting in the range of all the enemies... Okay, finally, a kill for Adel that Leon didn't steal. Yes! Excellent, Adel! That is neat. Now that Orbel is mostly in the clear, we can have Axel come up here and search that house. There's another one near the bottom right corner of the map. We'll get to that one later. Wait-- aaagh...! Mer... cy...! No mercy for you! Die! It's funny, back when they were in danger it felt as though they were moving at a thousand kilometers per hour. But now that they're this close to the goal, it's as if their pace has become glacial all of sudden. Anyway, Sakhalin heals Kramer. Doggone it... thankfully, I know just the way to protect him from this final threat. Oh! If it isn't a new guy! That is cool. You may've noticed Clifford's just chilling down there. He's not there for this guy, let me tell you that much. But it's a nice bonus. Hwahah! Fallen for my trap! Oho! Exquisitely done. Seriously, Orbel? Seriously? Well, no matter. Ey, if it isn't Czene's next kill! Axel, brace for impact. Oh, never mind, there was nobody waiting in that house. Antitoxin? Bit late, to be honest. I'll probably give this to Halfmann. Oh my gosh darned it! Leon! Well, that is good, at least. Oh, look! Ruben finally remembered to take a screenshot of this! Looks kinda wonky when it's not moving. Pom! Well, in this guy's defense, there was nobody else to attack. Clifford, could you please get a grip? O-Okay, okay! Jeez, calm down! I asked you to get a grip, not to show off! What kind of a way to swing a spear is that? Elbert charges forward to take on the oncoming pirates. He fails miserably. Ward's made it back to the team! Nobody tell him about his daughter until after the battle! After failing yet again, Reese retreats to cover Grimm's behind. Pirate conga line! Turn 15! First things first, gotta heal Leon so as not to lose two people in one day. I mean, three. Anyway, a really cool setting in this game is that you can set it up so that the cursor is automatically placed on the unit with the lowest HP at the start of every player move. Certainly more useful than on the lord, that much is for sure. Ah, always a relief to see this window. Elbert will vent his sorrow on these pirates. The first priest is out! Once the others make it, I'll move Reese next to the gate so he can seize quickly. It could come in handy, if everything goes south. Doesn't mean you'll get off easy, though! Suffer the wrath of the goddess of bows! And crossbows. Perhaps I'll feed him to Elbert. With Christine's death, he's the only one around that could really use the kills. ...... She shot him to 6 HP. Not one, not two, six. No maim. And he was crippled. ...you sure know how to win a man's heart, sweetheart. Aww, man... Whoa, Elbert! Calm down, man! There's a perfectly nice capture for you right there. Why go for the normal enemy? I know your girlfriend's dead, but that's no reason to forego all strategy! ...you... you're the one... who sent her to her death? Mm? What do you mean? I'm not-- I made a mistake! I didn't know he'd move. What do you want me to do now? Load the save? I can't do that! ...you mean to tell me... you could bring her back, but won't... Stop looking at me like that! I'd love to do it, but I'm ironmanning the game! Can't you understand that?! ...... There's nothing you can do to me! I am in a higher plane of existance than you...! I'll deal with you later. Watch your back, tactician. ...how is it that I always end up being hunted by a member of my party? That's what I'd like to know. Most of us self-inserts usually don't go through as much trouble as you. Quite the contrary, actually... Ack! Get outta here! You're the last person I need to see right now! All right, all right... I'd thought by now you would've forgiven me... Never! I never will forgive you! Or those horsemans of yours! My hatred shall transcend my very lifetime...! ...... See? This is what happens when you overextend. You take a single point of damage. ...On second thought, keep at it. I intend to feed this kill to either Adel or Czene. Of course, the one time they decide to go for Leon instead of Adel, it's to keep him from getting any experience. Leon the EXP Thief strikes again. All righty, Reese. You get to capture. A battle saw, finally! Axel will love this. Grimm will enter the temple this turn. Sakhalin should follow suit, and then we can end the map if we want. But we don't want. Some interesting things happen in turn 20. Eh...? What...? Hah! So much for their mutual hatred! Hahahah! Grimm, you old bastard. You took some bad wounds back there, you incompetent imbecile. I don't know why I'd do this for you, but there. Have some healing. Maybe if we had all gone through the northern road as I said, the Sinon Knights wouldn't have had to split up and would've done a better job of protecting us! You speak as if you had paid any mind to my suggestion! If you had, you would've seen that the southern road was by far the best choice! You always think you're right. It's just like thirty-seven years ago... Oh, my goodness-- Why won't you just keel over and die already, so I won't have to hear about that again!? I'm in a pretty good mood right now, I'll have you know. I met my old disciple earlier, and he's a great man now. I don't need you to come here and ruin my day! "He"...? You only ever had three disciples, Grimm - two were females and the third one was with King Mordias the day he fell to the Imperial ambush! This so-called "disciple" of yours has deceived you! Pah! Do you think I wouldn't remember one of my disciples? It's you that's forgetting things, Sakhalin! You're going senile, you rickety buffoon! Hmph... suit yourself, then. But when this man clocks you on the head and steals everything valuable you have, don't come crying to me! Damn you, Sakhalin...! Clifford kills the fighter that had been accosting him. I missed the damned popup yet again...! Okay, Axel. Get back to the lake. There's one more searchable house on the other side of the map. Hopefully you can reach it. Come the next turn, Reese hurries to the temple. I want him to be ready to seize at a moment's notice. The pirates and Elbert continue duking it out. C'mon, Sakhalin. Just a bit further, and those tactics points will be mine. D'oh! Dodge something, Elbert, please! Help him, Ward. Oh, puh'lease... Reinforcements are on their way. For the time being, Ward parks his horse right overthere. And here are the reinforcements! They're packing flashbangs! The flashbang granted Faye the advantage. She was thus able to hit. Ergh, only once, though. Pathetic! You lot should just pack up, go back home and rethink your lives! I mean, even Kramer's holding his own against you! Axel continues going heading south. You know, considering all three of them are supposed to hate each other, it feels like there's not much animosity toward Orbel. The hatred seems to be more between Grimm and Sakhalin, while Orbel's just... kinda there. I can only wonder what the heck happened thirty-seven years ago... Anyway, somehow I managed to catch the one frame where it's not clear whether or not the guy dodged. I think he got hit by Adel, but don't take my word for it. An enemy fighter is heading towards Clifford. Why would you...? Czene wears down the archer Adel hurt earlier with his pilum. And that's another turn gone by. Hmmm... enemy horsemen. That could be bad, but I think they'll head for Clifford as well. Anyway, another Czene kill. Awesome! That is great. Not sure if they were droppable or if she stole them, but thanks either way. Not a great idea. As I explained two updates ago, Clifford's Shieldfaire is a passive that gives him increased shield rate. However, one neat thing the game does is that the skill "activates" if the attack would've connected if it wasn't there. I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself properly. Suffice to say, Berwick Saga good. FE bad. Well, you did arrive last, but let's not dwell on that. The important thing is that they all made it. If only I hadn't committed the one friggin' blunder...! I suppose it's time that I made my way there as well. No it's not, Reese. We have things to do before you go to the temple. Things like getting hit and having to heal instead of getting kills. See, that's the way to do it. And that. But that goes without saying. Anything Ward does is the way to do it. Whoa! 11 damage...! Again, it's like I just took the same image and flipped it! Kramer finally gets his first level. Oh, man... Cool, another francisca! I have enough franciscas, thanks. No need for you to throw another one my way. You know the drill, the bros jeigan for the desk dweller. Hmmm... might as well try. All the other enemies have moved. This is safe. Kablooie! Ahahah! I'm glad I can rely on you, Axel. The time for your demise has come. Tremble in fear as Clifford's horse... uh, goes fuckin' apeshit. Wow, wow, wow! That is a crit, ladies and gentlemen. You can tell because he's actually using his spear properly, as opposed to spinning it over his head. A coin! Yes! Oh, man, the hitrate...! Never mind, Sylvis is amazing. WHAT!? WHAAAAAAAAAT!?!? THE OTHER ONE I COULD SORT OF UNDERSTAND, HE WAS INJURED AND EVERYTHING - BUT THIS ONE!? NO INJURIES, NO MAIMING, NOT ENOUGH DAMAGE TO BE LEFT AT 1 HP! NO NOTHING! AND SHE STILL CRIPPLED HIM LIKE IT'S NO BIG DEAL! Oh my God, Sylvis...! Please, stop doing this to me... before I become your equivalent of a Camilla fanboy...! Or worse, before I start singing about you into a fireplace... Anyway. Czene kills. ...You've got to be kidding me... Okay, actually, it wasn't a green break. Yellow is still annoying, but at least it's not green. But yeah. We've lost this thing. Last run it lasted me the whole game. Now it lasted me two maps. Amazing. I'm gonna have to consider forging her a good knife at the atelier if I want to keep her fighting... I don't want this dickhead to be prowling about freely, though, so Adel steals the kill from Czene. More free cash. Amazing! Axel's going to try and flee closer to the forest. He can hide there if things get rough. I want him to go east and search the last house, but... I'm also deathly afraid of him dying to these pirates...! One of the horsemen is heading north. Fine by me. Faye captures the pirate crippled by Sylvis. All that hard work, and she seeks no reward... well, aside from the 1k fee. But I'll pay that gladly. I would give her anything she asked for. Anything... A-Anyway, items. If only we could ransom these guys. But these axes aren't bad. This again. I'll be entirely forthcoming with you: so long as he does not get hit, I am fine with him missing forever. Let's try to block this guy. Keep him stuck there. Sylvis hides in the forest. Mostly because I don't have much for her to do right now. D'ooargh! That's more damage than I'd like...! Ahahah! Yes! I knew I could count on you, Axel! ...OH GOD HE WAS ATTACKED BY TWO OF THEM, MAYBE HE COULD'VE DIED RIGHT THERE! NOOOO...! He's fine, but he will need help. No less than the Endgame Beard himself. Oh, please... now I can't even trap 'em as I planned! ...I don't like that. I do not like that. Except I do, for one reason I'll explain later. Oh, God, and Axel can't even hide in a forest... To be honest, if I had checked their damage I probably would've found that he didn't die in two hits, but I was legit panicking at this point. After Christine's death, I was determined not to take even the slightest risk. So, it's back to hiding for Axel. Never mind, there's also this. I was right to panic. That would've finished him if he had stayed there. Well, that's just perfect to train Czene, but... ...Hahahahahah! As if! As if I'd risk that! Call me paranoid, but nope. I refuse. Once both enemies have moved, then I'll try it. This is the nimbus axe guy. Notice how he doesn't have magical damage? That's because he's too underleveled for the weapon. If he was high enough, he'd be doing the extra 6 points of hurt. Leon... One of these days. One of these days, I swear, I'll catch his full crit animation. It just goes so fast, and I'm never ready for it! Eyyyy wonderful! Now that is a genial move. I don't know what you expected to happen. Okay, Ward. Protect the road alongside Axel. Ahah! Sadly, she's still unequipped since the good knife broke, so she cannot retaliate. At any rate, this is the opportunity I was waiting for. See? See!? This is what I was worried about! Good job, still. I'm fairly certain this one hasn't gone after Czene because he has a plain 0% chance against her. Can't think of any other reason why he'd go after Vantageman instead. Oho! A crit! You can kinda see some of the full animation in the afterimages he's left behind. Doggone it... Yeeeey another missed popup! I don't think I need to show anything more than this, do I? That one guy below Elbert has done nothing but wait in that little forest the whole time he's been here. Doesn't have any special items either. I don't know what's up with him. Let's see if we can bring him closer. Wow, everyone's in a critty mood today! Maybe someone told him about his daughter... ...welp! It's official, folks! Ward is my RNG-blessed unit. Ward. Popups! Gotta miss 'em all! Aha! It-- ...Did not work, actually. What the hell is up with that guy's AI? Well, whatever. What a fool. Pfhah! Laughable! Ah, finally! This is why Clifford has been waiting there all map. This is one of the bounty targets, if you remember. Agvan was, too. But this guy's worth more. Well, look who it is. He whom I cannot recruit. R-Right, I don't need to feel guilty... I'm just taking a little bit out of their already deep pockets... Esteban is the worst archer in the game. That does not mean he's bad. While his bases are nothing to write home about, he's by far the best user of daggers in the game, with 5 base strength. He's also quite skilled with a bow, which is handy, since he needs 30 bow level to promote. It'd probably be harder to reach 15 unit level, frankly. His skillset is this: - Huntsman does what it says there. It's a passive, not a proc skill; it's always in effect. Not the most amazing thing, but it can be situationally useful. - Hide, we know well. - Camouflage grants him increased avoid from terrain. This one... overlaps with Hide, since most terrain will just make him invisible, which wastes the avoid bonus. - Scotopic grants him increased vision in FoW. He's the only unit who can see beyond the usual 3 hexes. No torches, either. And I can't get him... All in all, he's not nearly as impressive as Sylvis and doesn't have Sherlock's potential or Christine's affinity with crossbows. He's still a good enough unit, just a notch worse than the other archers the game has. He does get a personal bow later on that's absurdly powerful, but... it's a devil bow. With his low bulk, it's essentially a (50 - bow level) chance to get murdered. Also, I can't get him. That's another slight problem with him, in the context of this run. Garos is an entirely different beast. At first glance, he seems like just a tougher thief. He's got good strength, amazing accuracy, Counter and the skill that hides his stats (hence why I had Clifford wait for him next to his spawn point). However... Yeah. This thing makes assassins some of the scariest enemies in the game. All assassins come with this little thing. Remember that crit damage bypasses all defenses. Not that it matters, in this case - knife damage already bypasses everything by itself. 4 times out of 5, you'll be looking at a bare minimum of 11 damage from these fuckers. Worst case scenario, you'll take a whopping 27. A lot of my units, like Reese, Faye, Kramer, Sylvis... stand a chance to get murdered in just one hit. Even Clifford could potentially be two-shot by Garos. He's still by far and away the best unit I've got to kill this guy, though. ...then there's the problem that he does not one-shot Garos. With just a bit of charge damage he could pull it off. Besides, I most definitely do not want to give this guy the chance to attack twice, so I'll wait and see what he does. His AI is rather unpredictable, but I'm hoping he tries to move elsewhere. While we wait for Garos to do something, the others continue fending for themselves. Ward moves closer to the horseman. No chance! Sylvis hides so they don't go after her. Mostly because she couldn't retaliate if they did. Oh-- bahahahahah! All these horsemen, man. Truly pathetic! ...Scratch that... thank fuck she didn't get hit...! Actually, you know all those weak-ass archers? I checked them all, expecting them to have this, but nope. Only this one. I'm pretty sure at least one of the others had an arrow that kills horses, though. Just, instakill the horses if it connects. That's really scary. But as you can see, arrows of all sorts exist in this game. Anyway, Elbert jeiganing. Well, I think that's a kill for Kramer. There we go. Seriously, people need to stop making this mistake. And this one! Leon was right there, you buffoon! See? OAAAAARRRGH!! Pffffffffffffffffffffhwahahahahahahahahahahaha! Amazing! There we go. Unarmed guy is blocking the reinforcements. I am winner! This is looking to be a good opportunity for Axel to swim across the lake. Perhaps he could kill that one guy that's just... waiting. Seriously, what the hell is up with him? EDIT: Ruben from the proofreading room here. Again. It only took like, three days, but I finally understand what's "up" with that guy. it's not one guy. All of them just wait in the forest before continuing forward to Elbert. I'm dumb. Forgive me. I would edit all those comments out, but I am spanish. I have paella to eat and bullfighting to watch before my siesta. Uh, well past midnight, yeah. Oh, excellent! That's perfect. Thanks, Garos. I can no longer see the battle stats due to Obfuscation, but we know for a fact this is a kill. Since he's no longer in the forest, it's also going to be a more reliable kill than before. Wonderful! Music. That's a pretty badass line. In fact, you know what? I say the same to you! Dieeeee!! No! NOOOAAAAARGH!! Okay, okay, okay... don't panic. Everyone else on the map is safe. I can heal him first thing next turn, and then we could try again in two turns... Okay, I think Axel is in range of three enemies, but no matter, he can take them... ... ...... ...that is so much bullshit-- HE MORPHED THROUGH THE CAVE WALL TO BYPASS HIS PAL. HOW UNFAIR IS THAT. Uhhh... okay, so I can... this guy kills Leon, but if I heal him first of all... no, but then Garos could murder Clifford... I've seen him attack before - heck, in my second run, I saw him flee and then attack the very next turn! I can't risk that... I... WHAT THE HELL DO I DO!??! THIS SO SO FUCKED...! ...... Y'know what? Fuck it. Fuck the last house, fuck the bounty, fuck everything. I'm outta here. What a goddamned disaster that was... JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, WHAT A FAILURE OF A MAP! I FAILED, I FUCKING FAILED IN EVERYTHING! I COULDN'T GET ESTEBAN, I LOST CHRISTINE, I COULDN'T KILL GAROS, I COULDN'T EVEN SEARCH THAT LAST HOUSE! WHAT EVEN WAS THERE, I CANNOT REMEMBER! Shhhhitttt... thank goodness it's over... ooouuugh... It is as the Archbishop says. As long as we remain here in the temple, you are in grave danger. But Paramythis...! I understand your reservations. But the Archbishop and Quescria will both be there to protect you. Paramythis... I'm scared... of him... Hah! Poor Volcens... that's gotta sting. Your Eminence, why do you hate His Majesty so? He is not his father. I cannot put it into words well... Every time I have met him, I have sensed this terrible rage... Oh? You've met Volcens? And multiple times, too? How come? I thought you were supposed to be in hiding... why would a supposedly average cleric meet the king? The king who can't be arsed to leave his thr-- sorry, Roswick's throne room most of the time, mind! I don't know what it is, but it calls to me, and I feel powerless to resist... And so I... I'm terrified of him... ...I will consult with Madam Quescria. We shall keep your presence in Navaron hidden from the king. We will enter the city in secret. You will not have to go to the palace or meet with His Majesty. Paramythis... I'm sorry... I'm always causing you trouble... Do not worry, Your Eminence. You bear a heavy responsibility for the entire Church of Veria. If you wish to remain hidden among the clerics for now, then who am I to stop you? I wonder if this scene would've played out differently if we hadn't met Paramythis earlier. I don't feel like playing that hellish chapter again just to get Orbel killed, so can somebody who knows tell me? Thank you for your cooperation. I feel honored to have the chance to meet a Shining Knight in person! No, it is I who is honored! I never once dreamed I would meet the son of General Bernstol. I owe him an unrepayable debt. I'm... not sure what she's talking about, actually. I can't remember it ever being brought up again. Still, it's nice to know that Dad is a cool person. Not that we didn't know that already, I mean, he gave us TWENTY THOUSAND DENARII!!!!!!! I pray that Mother Veria's protection be upon you, Lord Reese. You are too kind. I trust we can leave the rest of the matter in your capable hands? Yes, I will escort her to Navaron. I am sorry that the Apostle could not meet with you directly... Archbishop Lebough informed me of her complex circumstances. My apologies... No, it's quite all right. Now then, do excuse me, milady. Phew... I'm so glad that's done... I utterly failed this time around. Our losses were inmense, but at least we accomplished the mission. Next time, we'll get some more text. Hopefully nobody will die, then. Until then, I pray that you fare well. Better than poor Christine did, at the very least... ...God, why am I so terrible at these games... Death count: Christine Esteban* Unavailable Capture count: 0 Reset count: 0 Current perfect streak: Nope Best perfect streak: 6 maps BONUS: We've seen what happens when Chaos and Faye speak, but... What if Faye dies before she can speak to them? Well, for starters, Faramir does not show up. This makes me wonder if Faye just loses her inmortality during this one map, scripted death or no. Also, Chaos randomly decides that they should just leave the map. Sure, whatever you want. Note that the following event happens if Chaos dies, as well. What matters is that, when Sakhalin makes it to the manor, Faye isn't bleeding out in it and Chaos isn't present. So you just need either one of them to kick the bucket before he gets there. Then, when he reaches it, this happens. I've never seen this scene before, so we'll discover it together. Gehehe... We've already gone too far to stop now, little lady! All you oughta be sayin' now is "Yes, please!" like a good girl! ...I think I prefered the other event...! Goddess, save me... Eh? Whaddya want? Butt out, old-timer! Three evil men and one poor girl... Even if heaven may one day forgive you, this old-timer never will! Holy shit, he's badass! But how's he gonna back up his words-- Oh, right... so that is why he's got that hellfire orb... Heh, whatever you say, pops. What's a dried-up old man like you gonna do? Just sit tight and don't bother us while we do our work. This is a delicate situation, y'know? I don't want you distractin' us... Hold your tongue, foul beast! In the name of the Goddess, I will strike you all down! Fine, let's get this over with... Gimme your best shot, pops! Whoa...! He's an absolute badass! Who would've thought he had it in him... seriously, this scene has just cemented him as my favorite of the three priests. What an absolute unit. Down in one shot. My hat is off to you, Sakhalin. We gotta get outta here! Dammit, old man! We'll get you for this! Will you, now? Come and try me! A-All right, you win! I give up, just please spare me from your magic...! And off they go. That was one hell of a show, Sakhalin. Congratulations! Music change. Are you all right, miss? Y-Yes, thanks to you... Thank you so much, Father. What is a young lady like yourself doing all alone in such a dangerous place like this? Is it anything that I would be able to help you with? ...I came here from Turon with some bodyguards. I am traveling to meet with someone in Navaron. But those men... they turned on me once we made it here... How unfortunate, that the very men you asked to protect you betrayed your trust... May I ask who this person is that you are going to meet? Ah, I see. So that's why Volo gets a character arc if this happens. Now I'm kinda curious... perhaps another run. Because of my bodyguards, I have gone far off-course, but I intend to continue on to Navaron now. Is that so? How serendipitous! Seren-- pffft, what? What a funny word. I must write it down so I may use it myself... That is where my companions and I intend to return, as well. Please remain here for a short time, and I will come back for you once we make our way back to Navaron. Really?! Thank you so much! That was really neat. A shame that Faye's arc is so important, because that seems like it could be quite interesting. Still, we got to watch Sakhalin being an absolute boss, and I think that'll suffice for me. Holy shit, that was amazing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanes Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 So uh.... yeah... I feel really behind on this LP, sorry about that Ruben. Buuuut atleast I will do something, you asked all the way back in part 3 or 4 about which hack it was that I was thinking about that had Berwick Saga music. That happens to be the FE hack "Justice & Pride" and it has Knight's pride, here's the original and the GBA MIDI transcription. Original Spoiler GBA MIDI Spoiler I probably won't respond to any of th eold replies, but I may tune in from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightBow Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Whoa, three periods? I must've nabbed it at the last moment! You must have gotten it during the second period. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Dean could beat 'em. Your point? Yeah, but Faye isn't Dean. She isn't even Kramer. She is basically Izerna with a sword. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO STOP IT! I FEEL BAD ENOUGH AS IT IS! AND HE MIGHT FAIL, HE WILL FAIL, YOU'LL SEE! YOU'LL EAT THESE WORDS...! I would have loved to be wrong here. Besides all the stuff we are gonna miss, I was also looking forward towards making jokes about how Ward only knows Christine as the "blue haired girl who hangs out with Elbert". I guess now I can only make jokes about Ward only knowing Christine as the "blue haired girl who hung out with Elbert". I did actually check the math beforehand. Shamshir is rank 12. Boss is level 10. Makes for a 10% chance of failure. Would have been great if I had been wrong, but if I was, I would still be right in like 9 times as many alternate realities. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Well... First death and this one can't even be blamed on Volcens. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ward, sometimes it can be good to be inpatient. For example instead of patiently tumbling through the forest so that a rich duke can dress himself in the fur of rare animals, you could have used the time to instead protect your daughter from mortal peril. Or at least comfort her during her final moments, so she wouldn't have to spend her final moments all alone bleeding out in the dirt. Heck, Rodin did actually save Teresa. Imagine he would have spend that time chatting with some random guy he meet. Then the corpses of two daughters would now be decomposing around this lake. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Goodness me, what a terrible wound! Let's get you healed up... Man, if any more maiden blood is shed in this area, it's probably enough to wake up a dark dragon or something. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's obviously Faye, but she doesn't have a portrait here. I'll take all the chances to use that portait that I can get. Especially now that we've lost the map where he appears in person... A shame, too. He's a real delight of a man. Well, I can most certainly do without that guy fondling Christine and commenting about her "child-birthing hips". But that's just me. I suppose that's the one bright side of this whole mess. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Then please, let me help you. As a priest, my duty is to heal both physically and spiritually. Sakhalin is quite lucky. Being the only one who has events that give him a chance to be more but just a suicidal imbecile. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Would have been great if the goddess had blessed Faye with something else besides courage. I don't see her going Éowyn on that Ringwraith any time soon. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Eh...? What...? Hah! So much for their mutual hatred! Hahahah! Oh wow. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: WHAT!? WHAAAAAAAAAT!?!? THE OTHER ONE I COULD SORT OF UNDERSTAND, HE WAS INJURED AND EVERYTHING - BUT THIS ONE!? NO INJURIES, NO MAIMING, NOT ENOUGH DAMAGE TO BE LEFT AT 1 HP! NO NOTHING! AND SHE STILL CRIPPLED HIM LIKE IT'S NO BIG DEAL! A warrior of Appolonia singing a requiem for her bow sister. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, finally! This is why Clifford has been waiting there all map. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! This is really not a good idea. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Esteban is the worst archer in the game. That does not mean he's bad. While his bases are nothing to write home about, he's by far the best user of daggers in the game, with 5 base strength. He's also quite skilled with a bow, which is handy, since he needs 30 bow level to promote. It'd probably be harder to reach 15 unit level, frankly. I'm not sure I can subscribe to him being the best with daggers. His growth is complete garbage. Few characters even have a weapon growth this low. And it's not like his base is any better. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: NOOOAAAAARGH!! Good thing he wasn't crippled, at least. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Your Eminence, why do you hate His Majesty so? He is not his father. Imagine you are such a piece of shit that someone compares Volcens favorably to you. 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Gehehe... We've already gone too far to stop now, little lady! All you oughta be sayin' now is "Yes, please!" like a good girl! ... ... ...GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Dammit Kaga, can you stop with this David Cage bullshit for just a few scenes? 4 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: He's an absolute badass! Who would've thought he had it in him... seriously, this scene has just cemented him as my favorite of the three priests. What an absolute unit. Sakhalin be like: Spoiler Edited April 24, 2020 by BrightBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Dark, angsty guy with the pure-hearted maiden? Totally haven't seen that trope before. Nope, not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I still can't believe I didn't know that. How did that even happen...? Lilina.png 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Chaos being Volcens would be the most hilarious plottwist. Chaos still reigns when you take the reins. 7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Ah, I see. I don't know, whenever I play smash I mostly use moves until the enemy dies. I also can't play online because nintendo's online service is a bad joke. Same reason I'm hesitating to return to Mario Maker, really. The new update is awesome and world maker looks like it could increase my enjoyment of the game tenfold, but forking over 20 euros for the worst online service available is just... no. It may be cheap, but I don't want to support such terrible practices as putting up a paywall without doing anything to improve the service first, or holding cloud saves hostage. Mine ran out right before my father began working from home due to COVID-19, so I didn't bother renewing, because I knew the internet here's gonna be lousy while that's going. So I see where you're coming from. 7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: How... interesting. Also I probably couldn't pull that off. I'm just unfortunate enough that when I do pull it off online, it results in the opponent disconnecting. Which means no video for the match. Not that I've done it more than 3 times. It's the strangest mood whiplash, because I go from laughing like a madman at the knowledge they most likely disconnected deliberately, to regret that I don't have a video of one of the strangest counterplays I've ever invented, to laughing like a madman when I think about someone rage-quitting over it. 7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Why in the world do you have experience diving in murky water? There's a creek that runs through on my grandparent's property (that said unless it's been raining it's kind of cut off at either end). Depending on how much sediment comes loose from the banks, it can become rather murky. Makes for an interesting private spot for canoeing and occasionally swimming. Only problem is, people sure as hell love trying to sneak in. The other day my brother copped a moron who tried to argue that he couldn't own a creek, which is patently untrue here. 7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Okay, now you're starting to lose your mind. Only now? When I start the puns about piers and ports? 7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I must have you committed. I think I'll call the Organization of the Severely Sick. When you realize the plot twist. The Organization of the Severely Sick is made up of the mentally ill, as opposed to be dedicated to dealing with them. 7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hahahahahahahahah! Fucking hell, I love all of these abuse jokes with Clifford, but I hate them at the same time. Kind of makes you want to jump off a Cliff. 7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: They both failed to realize one thing: to truly succeed Footballman, you need his signature line. That makes Lendel closer to either of them. Of course, Lendel doesn't look nearly as handsome as Footballman... I see you're aware of the plot twist I implied. 7 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: To be fair, that's all the bosses. I mean, I once one-shot Camus with Matthis, killed Zephiel with Wendy, killed the final boss of The Last Promise with Logan, captured Veld in one round with Hicks... the list goes on. Fomortiis is probably a little more difficult than Idoun and Veld, but... that's about it, and he loses to them in every other aspect. Also I seem to remember Arran killing Medeus, and Marcus killing Murdock. Also while checking I was right on that last one I came across Pengauis' first post in your LP's. On 6/10/2018 at 11:26 AM, Pengaius said: So to summarise the craziness of this LP so far and your discernibly different reaction On 6/11/2018 at 1:12 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, hey, new reader. That's always nice, even if your debut in the thread is a reference that I am, as always, not getting. Even so, that picture has just the right amount of laziness and badassery to be in perfect balance. Kudos to you, you did well! How times have changed. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I know, it's a stretch. Best I could come up with. Anyway, yeah, by all probability Ike is the one that is a stolen asset. Though, to be fair, he's the main character, so he has more than Faye. Whether more means better in this case, I leave up to the reader's discretion. Mostly because talking shit about Ike would get my head put on a stick. And I think my head looks best when it's accompanied by my shoulders. While Ike may be one of four characters I have in Elite Smash, I'll note that he loses to Faye on grounds I cannot pun his name as easily. Every other time I look at a word which contains or sounds lIke his name, I end up realizing it's a slur against a minority (or bIke, which is ironically used as a slur against promiscous women). Which is ironic given the character is literally the epitome of tolerance of other cultures, and hardly the type to go for the Third RIke approach (hopefully neither of our heads wind up on a pIke for that). I guess there's "NIKe," but then I'd get sued for copyright. Point is I keep strIkeing out every time I try and I don't know why. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I have no idea what you're talking about, so... maybe? Oh boy. Some of the fights in Soul Calibur just happen to take place on this raft that's floating around whichever body of water. Mostly because the game has a ring out mechanic and by being a raft instead of a conventional platform it means there's no walls for a player to get into an advantage state, It doesn't make a ton of sense for a raft to be randomly floating around a castle moat with two people having a sword fight on board... but here we are. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Animals doing things is nice, yes. As are trampolines. Been ages since I last got on one. A shame... I was literally fishing for an excuse to link to a thing my brother showed me. Relating to Trampoline Venues. Whatever that may entail. https://www.pedestrian.tv/coronavirus/trampoline-venue-scott-morrison-memes/ I don't know what the hell it means either. But I find the quote way funnier than I should. That said, a look at the statistics shows that ceasing congregation at trampoline venues is a surefire way to stop COVID-19. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Why do you keep misspelling my name? I'm not Reuben, I'm Ruben! Reuben sounds like a DeviantArt OC! Look everyone, my original character, Saint Reubenio! Do not steal! They're getting you confused with a sandwich again. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: What have we lost!? Everything, that's what! A good unit! A not-so-good unit! Arina's physical integrity! Three citizen requests! A whole fucking map! Elbert's character arc-- That's right! I was so excited to show that off, it's pretty amazing. Kaga gave permadeath the middle finger and actually made the arcs of two characters proceed at unison. After every one of her citizen requests, Christine would have scenes with Elbert that furthered both their characters I'm really going to miss the Elbert one. Especially if it costs the advancement of his provoke ability. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Wait-- aaagh...! Mer... cy...! No mercy for you! Die! Asking for mercy after mocking Christine's death? This guy just won the Berwick edition of the Darwin Awards. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: All right, all right... I'd thought by now you would've forgiven me... Never! I never will forgive you! Or those horsemans of yours! My hatred shall transcend my very lifetime...! To be fair I can related. My blind dog's diabetes first made itself known after he got into a bag of pretzels. I'll never forgive pretzels either.... even if you know, genetic diabetes and completely coincidental. 8 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Eh...? What...? Hah! So much for their mutual hatred! Hahahah! Grimm, you old bastard. You took some bad wounds back there, you incompetent imbecile. I don't know why I'd do this for you, but there. Have some healing. Maybe if we had all gone through the northern road as I said, the Sinon Knights wouldn't have had to split up and would've done a better job of protecting us! You speak as if you had paid any mind to my suggestion! If you had, you would've seen that the southern road was by far the best choice! You always think you're right. It's just like thirty-seven years ago... Oh, my goodness-- Why won't you just keel over and die already, so I won't have to hear about that again!? I'm in a pretty good mood right now, I'll have you know. I met my old disciple earlier, and he's a great man now. I don't need you to come here and ruin my day! "He"...? You only ever had three disciples, Grimm - two were females and the third one was with King Mordias the day he fell to the Imperial ambush! This so-called "disciple" of yours has deceived you! Pah! Do you think I wouldn't remember one of my disciples? It's you that's forgetting things, Sakhalin! You're going senile, you rickety buffoon! Hmph... suit yourself, then. But when this man clocks you on the head and steals everything valuable you have, don't come crying to me! Damn you, Sakhalin...! Star Spangled Suicide Squad, Berwick Edition. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Wow, wow, wow! That is a crit, ladies and gentlemen. You can tell because he's actually using his spear properly, as opposed to spinning it over his head. Well, I'm just glad that he reserves this kind of slap for the enemy. (I'm going to hell) 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh my God, Sylvis...! Please, stop doing this to me... before I become your equivalent of a Camilla fanboy...! Or worse, before I start singing about you into a fireplace... You could send her the old Frollo Valentine card I made. Which I still haven't used. Go figure. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...You've got to be kidding me... Well, I don't even have an original pun for this unfortunate situation. An unfortunate Czened off to be sure. 9 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: What is this, Bizarro world? A priest saying "Hellfire" before stopping men forcing themselves on a woman? 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Hawkwing Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 So out of sheer curiosity, I googled the names of both this and your previous lets play titles to see if anything else popped up, and long story short, found these: And a potential spoiler for a later level of Berwick Saga: Spoiler On 4/23/2020 at 4:09 AM, The Roger The Paladin said: I just like animals doing things. Also congregating at the trampoline venue. I've seen you use that phrase elsewhere before. Is it a reference to something, out of curi- 12 hours ago, The Roger The Paladin said: I was literally fishing for an excuse to link to a thing my brother showed me. Relating to Trampoline Venues. Whatever that may entail. https://www.pedestrian.tv/coronavirus/trampoline-venue-scott-morrison-memes/ I don't know what the hell it means either. But I find the quote way funnier than I should. That said, a look at the statistics shows that ceasing congregation at trampoline venues is a surefire way to stop COVID-19. ...Well, then. I wasn't expecting to read that today, but okay. Though considering how "essential" businesses sounds good on paper, but a good letter can get anything to be considered one in practice, which ends up doing jack shit at preventing the spread of the virus, I suppose I really shouldn't be surprised at the wording of politicians. At least this is better than the governor of my state causing confusion over whether or not you can buy or sell fruit and vegetable plants and seeds while marijuana can be purchased without question. Normally, I don't give a crap about what politicians pull out of their ass, but mistakes like these just lead to the spreading of the disease and potential deaths. I'll just be glad when this whole things is over. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Chaos being Volcens would be the most hilarious plottwist. It would certainly bring his character up a few notches, and might even be a better explain of why we're loosing. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I get you. Trampoline foxes are great. They don't give two fox about what others think about them! 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Uh, you're welcome. You damnedorganhead. Fasteriskck you. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Nope, it doesn't. But... But... we might get Berwicks version of Tom?!?! Speaking of which, does this game have tanks? 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You even call yourself a "forum ninja" in your rank, despite the fact that it's the complete opposite! I mean "forum ninja" in the sense that I only appear when I have something to say, write precisely in the topics I want, and then vanish until something interesting appears again. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: For some reason, I can stand reading bibles in videogames, but books have been harder for me as of late. One of these days, one of these days... Depends on the game and what mood I'm in. Sometimes I can read an in-game book no sweat, while other times I try to skim it and hope I get another chance to review it later because I just want to get back to the gameplay. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yes, I've been told. No doubt something else they extracted from Kaga's Notes. Is there anything they didn't take from there? ...Camilla, perhaps. No, wait... ...uhhhhh Peri? Yeah, I think it's Peri. One could argue that Peri was an attempt to recapture what made Henry so great while failing to realize why he became so popular in the first place. Like most of Fates attempts to ride on Awakenings coattails. Also, what do you mean by "No, wait..."? 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I think the best solution is for parents to be careful what their kids watch. Not limit them too much, but nothing too heavy either. I very much agree. I'm glad my parents raised me that way; It instilled the habit of researching a product before buying it. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Well... I'll give you that. Come to think about it, this map's kinda like reverse tower defense. Tower offense! Strange that I've only seen one game put a twist on the genre where the player is the attacker in a tower defense game, and that was a web game called "Villainous". 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Incidentally, I like how you've strategically sidestepped acknowledging the name I gave to Paramythis's portrait. Frankly, I kinda regret not just naming it Paramythis. 'Cause hot damn, that name is good. Really? I guess I was curious about her actual name that I forgot to look at what you put. I have no idea why you want her to break your bones. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Well... I don't think they are, no. Sadly. I would've liked to see them again. A shame, but considering this level has around 7 different outcomes, I can see the difficulty in writing around such minor characters. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Considering how he swings his lance... that might just be it. Considering that attack is one of my favorite moves in Super Smash Bros, I don't blame Clifford in the slightest for trying to replicate it. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yep. That is the backstory of Berwick Saga. Mordias was even worse than his son, somehow. Gaiden Kaga: Mwahahahahahaha! I'll make the biggest a-hole of the game not only dead before the game begins, but be was the king of the "heroic" nation! Berwick Kaga: Hold my milk 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Perhaps you couldn't die from blocking reinforcements, just be hurt? That'd make it so you have to defend the blocker, and it'd give characters with Hide like Axel and Sylvis extra utility. Considering how much I hate reinforcements in general, I'll take anything that would make them less of a pain, not more of one. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: At least they no longer fire their arrows backwards... The paradox of Kagasaga: Archers rock but they suck at actual archery. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: They did? In Three Houses I saw lots of people dodging fireballs by stepping backwards... which resulted in the fireball going straight through them. I was referring to Echoes. Y'know, the game that I've said before has my favorite (3D) animation of all the Fire Emblem games? 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh yeah, and I didn't even catch the way they move closer to the unit they're fighting. Let me try to go back to one of the map saves and see if I can catch it... There! Chaos is MissingNo. Awesome. I think the Black Knight may have Chaos beat in terms of design, but in animation quality there's no contest. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I still cannot understand what enjoyment you get out of my stuff. I swear like a sailor, have nothing introspective or witty to say, can't properly show off the game because I always lose half of everything, I'm too bad to call my LPs walkthroughs... what selling point remains? The gore? I can skim over the swearing, you provide a different perspective on characters, story, and mechanics, the pendulum of your luck is a wonder to see, it's encouragement to truck through ironman runs of my own, Fire Emblem isn't a series where walkthroughs are all that useful (though advice most certainly is, for the most part), and I'm learning about a game I've never played before. The gore is a neat gimmick that I hope Fire Emblem steals adopts someday. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Animals doing things is nice, yes. As are trampolines. Been ages since I last got on one. A shame... Meanwhile, I'd snap my back if I tried to jump on one. At least they're still fun to watch. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: No... ...... I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOOL ENOUGH TO DO ANOTHER LP! Her blood is on my hands... all that blood...! Why won't I improve!? WHY WON'T I LEARN!? I SHOULD'VE QUIT AFTER ARCHANEA...! I SHOULD'VE DIED IN ARCHANEA! No, wait, I did... in fact, I think in some way or another, I've killed myself off in every single one of my LPs. Go figure. Well, I suppose I was wrong. I'll go prepare for a Saint Rubenio rant update now. Also, I have an idea for a meme, but I'd be mean-spirited if I made it now. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: What have we lost!? Everything, that's what! A good unit! A not-so-good unit! Arina's physical integrity! Three citizen requests! A whole fucking map! Elbert's character arc-- That's right! I was so excited to show that off, it's pretty amazing. Kaga gave permadeath the middle finger and actually made the arcs of two characters proceed at unison. After every one of her citizen requests, Christine would have scenes with Elbert that furthered both their characters. But fuck that! Fuck that, because I am the most incompetent person to have been shat upon this planet! That's bigger than I intended it to be... Also, I'm surprised that the last time I made a gif was back in October, which I never ended up sharing for some reason: Spoiler The context without actually giving the context: Why you should be cautious about giving a warp staff to someone who hasn't used magic in years. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...die, parasite. At least this update has some pretty badass lines from Elbert. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah, yeah. Here's the antelope skin. Ah, yes, that's precisely-- Good timing, then. That one's still nice and fresh. Rodin's main character trait, as you can see, is that he has no manners. I don't get the impression that he'll be playable, but he seems like a fun reoccurring side character. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I'll just kill. EDIT: Ruben from the proofreading room here. I'm reading this and I have... absolutely no idea what I was trying to say here. So yeah. I'll just kill. You'll just kill every last one of them, I take it? 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That'll never stick. Faye, you nearly got torn in half. What kind of "accident" results in that? I've taken machining classes. Those things can and will kill you quickly and messily if you're not careful. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Imhullu... 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: And Starlight. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: As I said last update, these are obviously Ragnell and Alondite. I wonder why IntSys decided to steal this particular subplot from Kaga's Notes and make it into the main character's arc of two of their game Or those two swords. Maybe Kaga and IS were both interested at another go of the idea. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: O-Okay, okay! Jeez, calm down! I asked you to get a grip, not to show off! What kind of a way to swing a spear is that? Seems like Clifford went to the "spin your lance to crit" school of thought. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Eh...? What...? Hah! So much for their mutual hatred! Hahahah! Grimm, you old bastard. You took some bad wounds back there, you incompetent imbecile. I don't know why I'd do this for you, but there. Have some healing. Maybe if we had all gone through the northern road as I said, the Sinon Knights wouldn't have had to split up and would've done a better job of protecting us! You speak as if you had paid any mind to my suggestion! If you had, you would've seen that the southern road was by far the best choice! You always think you're right. It's just like thirty-seven years ago... Oh, my goodness-- Why won't you just keel over and die already, so I won't have to hear about that again!? I'm in a pretty good mood right now, I'll have you know. I met my old disciple earlier, and he's a great man now. I don't need you to come here and ruin my day! "He"...? You only ever had three disciples, Grimm - two were females and the third one was with King Mordias the day he fell to the Imperial ambush! This so-called "disciple" of yours has deceived you! Pah! Do you think I wouldn't remember one of my disciples? It's you that's forgetting things, Sakhalin! You're going senile, you rickety buffoon! Hmph... suit yourself, then. But when this man clocks you on the head and steals everything valuable you have, don't come crying to me! Damn you, Sakhalin...! Hahahahahaha... man. Part of me really wishes that Fire Emblem stopped biting off more than they can chew in the writing department, but another part of me wishes that the series had moments like these all the time. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Wow, wow, wow! That is a crit, ladies and gentlemen. You can tell because he's actually using his spear properly, as opposed to spinning it over his head. Wait... he uses his spear properly when critting, but his normal attack he spins with it... ...That is one heck of a subversion. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah. This thing makes assassins some of the scariest enemies in the game. All assassins come with this little thing. Remember that crit damage bypasses all defenses. Not that it matters, in this case - knife damage already bypasses everything by itself. 4 times out of 5, you'll be looking at a bare minimum of 11 damage from these fuckers. Worst case scenario, you'll take a whopping 27. Dang! So what's the best strategy for dealing with assassins, then? 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...Scratch that... thank fuck she didn't get hit...! Actually, you know all those weak-ass archers? I checked them all, expecting them to have this, but nope. Only this one. I'm pretty sure at least one of the others had an arrow that kills horses, though. Just, instakill the horses if it connects. That's really scary. But as you can see, arrows of all sorts exist in this game. I was waiting to see what unique arrows the game would have, and I don't think I'll be disappointed. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's a pretty badass line. I have to agree, that is an awesome line I think I might steal that sometime, actually. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Your Eminence, why do you hate His Majesty so? He is not his father. I cannot put it into words well... Every time I have met him, I have sensed this terrible rage... Oh? You've met Volcens? And multiple times, too? How come? I thought you were supposed to be in hiding... why would a supposedly average cleric meet the king? The king who can't be arsed to leave his thr-- sorry, Roswick's throne room most of the time, mind! I don't know what it is, but it calls to me, and I feel powerless to resist... And so I... I'm terrified of him... ...So... uh... does the world of Berwick Saga have demon possession? I want to know if she's just talking about his personality or something worse. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Well, for starters, Faramir does not show up. This makes me wonder if Faye just loses her inmortality during this one map, scripted death or no. Also, Chaos randomly decides that they should just leave the map. Sure, whatever you want. Whelp. There goes my epic confrontation with the protagonist so I can show them my awesome invincibility. I'll be going home now. Call me when I can do something badass in the plot again. 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Gehehe... We've already gone too far to stop now, little lady! All you oughta be sayin' now is "Yes, please!" like a good girl! ...I think I prefered the other event...! So did I! 21 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Whoa...! He's an absolute badass! Who would've thought he had it in him... seriously, this scene has just cemented him as my favorite of the three priests. What an absolute unit. I agree heavily with what this scene did for Sakhalin. Also, while a bit random, I was listening this the first time I saw the scene as well as while writing the reply, and I have to say, I can't get it out of my head that this is Sakhalin's theme now. (Was in the mood to play an adventure game, and realized I started but hadn't finished Gabriel Knight a few years ago. Guess you can add another game to the list) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Roger The Paladin Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Hawkwing said: One could argue that Peri was an attempt to recapture what made Henry so great while failing to realize why he became so popular in the first place. Like most of Fates attempts to ride on Awakenings coattails. I thought Peri was just Fire Emblem Harley Quinn. I mean new 52 era Harley Quinn with the two-tone hair, odd complexion, and doubly screwy personality to make up for the fact they tried to lean away from the one thing she was known for. Namely being the Joker's gun moll. Which is ironic given her actual first appearance in the comics she breaks out of Arkham after having apparently been left there since her initial capture now that she wasn't his "seduced employee that serves as a get out of jail free card because someone on the inside with security clearance", and then he ends up trying to kill her multiple times. And yet she still falls for an insincere apology during her revenge attempt. Pretty much text-book abusive relationship. 20 minutes ago, Hawkwing said: Though considering how "essential" businesses sounds good on paper, but a good letter can get anything to be considered one in practice, which ends up doing jack shit at preventing the spread of the virus, I suppose I really shouldn't be surprised at the wording of politicians. At least this is better than the governor of my state causing confusion over whether or not you can buy or sell fruit and vegetable plants and seeds while marijuana can be purchased without question. Normally, I don't give a crap about what politicians pull out of their ass, but mistakes like these just lead to the spreading of the disease and potential deaths. I'll just be glad when this whole things is over. For me, it's not incredibly bad. I've found locally (ie the area I'm allowed to travel in without permits), there's been less than 50 cases total. Which is to say... I'm probably not in much danger. That said, the fact my brother's pups (the first of which was bought to keep the blind dog company after the older dog died, and the second of which was bought to help the other one work off energy so he wasn't constantly trying to play with the blind dog, who is pretty much 14 at this point) were on the trampoline. Resulting in a photo of them with the quote attached. Which lead to me questioning what the hell that meant. I'm still not honestly sure, but I know I like quoting it. The whole virus is just a pain to be honest. I'm just wondering how easy it'll be to vaccinate against, given from a historic perspective, we've never actually had a vaccine against a coronavirus. Mind, given the typical coronavirus is going to cause something like viral bronchitis (the ironically named human coronavirus, which at the time was the only one known to affect humans), there's never been motivation to. And necessity is the mother of invention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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