Serenes Forest's Teehee Thread

[Moonspeak]

33 minutes ago, lightcosmo said:

Welcome to our (mostly) nonsense thread!

Things are well, and you?

Thanks !

I'm great thank you 🙂

3 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Oh, a newcomer? Welcome aboard if you plan to stay!

Yup 😉

Well I'm having a look around, so far I really like the feel of the forums, it's pretty chill.

What have you guys been up to ?

[Lightcosmo]

3 minutes ago, Moonspeak said:

Thanks !

I'm great thank you

You're very welcome! ❤️

[Acacia Sgt]

5 minutes ago, Moonspeak said:

Well I'm having a look around, so far I really like the feel of the forums, it's pretty chill.

What have you guys been up to ?

Well, I'm in the middle (or more like 80% now, heh) of a Skyrim playthrough, currently doing the Dawnguard DLC.

Also writing a Shadows of Valentia fanfic.

[Moonspeak]

34 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said:

Well, I'm in the middle (or more like 80% now, heh) of a Skyrim playthrough, currently doing the Dawnguard DLC.

Also writing a Shadows of Valentia fanfic.

Nice !

Never tried Skyrim, but I enjoyed the little I played from Morrowind, the system was really interesting.

Gl on your writting as well 😉

[Benice]

'Morning!

[Lightcosmo]

1 minute ago, Benice said:

'Morning!

Morning! How are you holding up?

Edit: uh, its afternoon for me though. Xd

Edited August 14, 2022 by lightcosmo

[Benice]

7 minutes ago, lightcosmo said:

How are you holding up?

I'm a tad frustrated with myself 'cause I haven't been working on my homework or my WYBO entry, even though I should be doin' both, but I'm OK otherwise! Finally getting some more shifts at work, at least.

[Acacia Sgt]

 

[Lightchao42]

Bleublanc establishes that he is the most evil Trails villain by making Class VII play Among Us. Truly sinister.

As for what else happened in Act 2 up to that point:

Spoiler

Surprisingly, Class VII actually contributes to the war effort, even if it is usually a byproduct of them trying to accomplish something else (i.e. saving Fiona and Angelica/Irina). Celdic and the Twin Dragons Bridge are freed from noble control and Marquis Rogner is now neutral, which is good.

Is Erebonia under the Noble Alliance a police state? They control the media and political dissenters are arrested with flimsy excuses, so...

It's nice to see Neithardt again, even if he can wipe out almost half of Valimar's health in one attack. Why does the Imperial Army even need us?

Previously I had the conspiracy theory that Instructor Thomas was part of the Black Workshop (which I now know made Lammy, Sammy, and the sniper rifles that Crow used in the previous game), but apparently he was just acting mysterious for fun.

It's nice that Angelica joined the party in Roer again, even if I don't think she'll be available for the rest of Act 2. That sister outfit looks pretty good on her, I will admit.

I thought Sharon "running errands for Chairman Irina" was just an excuse to get her out of the party, but it turns out she was working on her own rescue mission all along. Sadly she's staying in Roer, so she won't be joining us for the rest of the act.

Rean is depressed after being unable to save you-know-who, because he's a good boy that way.

Linde and Vivi are reunited, all is right in the world. Every ship needs more than one sexiness officer.

Towa with her hair loose, oof my heart...

I'm guessing Valimar's previous pilot was probably Emperor Dreichels. Since Dreichels was basically a Fire Emblem protagonist, does that mean we'll get Mecha Emblem in the future?

We properly meet Professor G. Schmidt, the second disciple of Professor Epstein mentioned in Sky the 3rd and the previous game. He researches what interests him and doesn't care what his inventions are used for, which is the impression I got from him when I learned he developed the Soldats, which were inspired by Ordine and Ouroboros's technology. Nonetheless he is helping us now... probably.

The next part of the game is about finding enough Zemurian ore from the shrines to make a weapon for Valimar. Personally I thought each of the shrines would have a Divine Knight in them, but this also makes sense. The alternative would be to find a whole library's worth of rare books to trade for the ore, and we obviously can't do that in one game.

 

16 hours ago, Armagon said:

Hmmm. Does sound similar. Looked it up and it's not the same VA tho.

Fortunately you can check the VAs in-game. But Bayonetta might have a new VA in Bayonetta 3, so who knows what will happen with that.

Having recruited Alexandria now, if anyone did get her as soon as possible then Chapters 3 and 4 would be a cakewalk. So you could either grind for 20 hours and get Lexy early, or play the game normally for 20 hours and go back for her.

3 hours ago, Moonspeak said:

Teehee 😜

Sup !

How are you guys doing ?

Welcome, teehee.

[Venger_06]

I'm just posting Chizuru to be able to locate this later

On 8/13/2022 at 1:32 PM, Benice said:

And Like A Dragon, since LJ spoils one of its major plot points

Damn

Wait, didn't you play LJ before it?

23 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

F

Well, we'll see. I didn't uplod my saves, so I'll have to think on it when I get back to the city.

Alistair so powerful that he rises from the dead to spite you

23 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Why? Can I be evil in it?

No, it's more what IO said.

15 hours ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Flipping through all my Tales memories, he is basically the only playable old man this long JRPG franchise (Xillia was the 13th mainline installment- "XIII"ia, it's now up to 16 entries) has ever had.

On a unrelated note, I just found out that I can import the US version save from P2:IS to EP, so a Persona replay is in my plans.

3 hours ago, Moonspeak said:

Mmm...

I may be a bit late but...

Teehee 😜

Sup !

How are you guys doing ?

Welcome to Teehee, newcomer!

18 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said:

Previously I had the conspiracy theory that Instructor Thomas was part of the Black Workshop (which I now know made Lammy, Sammy, and the sniper rifles that Crow used in the previous game), but apparently he was just acting mysterious for fun.

19 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said:

It's nice that Angelica joined the party in Roer again, even if I don't think she'll be available for the rest of Act 2. That sister outfit looks pretty good on her, I will admit.

She will be available again in Act 2. And yes, Sister Angelica is hot.

21 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said:

Towa with her hair loose, oof my heart...

21 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said:

Since Dreichels was basically a Fire Emblem protagonist, does that mean we'll get Mecha Emblem in the future?

CS4😉

[Benice]

1 minute ago, Newtype06 said:

Wait, didn't you play LJ before it?

Oops... If I did, I was not correct. LJ will not ruin LAD in my opinion, but it's definitely better if you play LJ afterwards instead. Unfortunately, the allusion to the spoiler's also right in the first, like, 15 minutes of the game too.

[Saint Rubenio]

Went with my dad to a mineral fair.

It was a fun sunday.

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Gentlemanly old man who isn't evil and doesn't die in a JRPG?

Rowen from Tales of Xillia, and his redesign in the direct sequel Tales of Xillia 2. Age 62, he was once a general known as "Ilbert the Conductor" for the way he brilliantly ordered troops on the battlefield. He retired, buried his reputation, and became a butler instead, until the events of Xillia 1 forced him out of it. Gameplay-wise, he is the dedicated offensive mage of the six heroes.

Flipping through all my Tales memories, he is basically the only playable old man this long JRPG franchise (Xillia was the 13th mainline installment- "XIII"ia, it's now up to 16 entries) has ever had.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Well I mean, if he's the only one in a whole series, that's godawful, but hey. Small victories.

4 hours ago, Moonspeak said:

Mmm...

I may be a bit late but...

Teehee 😜

Sup !

How are you guys doing ?

Hello! Doing just fine, and you?

2 hours ago, Moonspeak said:

What have you guys been up to ?

I've been playing FE1. It's a lot more enjoyable than I ever expected.

14 minutes ago, Newtype06 said:

Alistair so powerful that he rises from the dead to spite you

Fuck you Alistair. I'll go through Darkspawn Chronicles to kill you again.

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No, it's more what IO said.

Ah, so what you wanted was for me to get into a beloved game, not like it and then watch me get into arguments with people again.

Is there a limit to your evil?

14 minutes ago, Newtype06 said:

CS4😉

Ah, I see there isn't.

Edited August 14, 2022 by Saint Rubenio

[Lightcosmo]

42 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said:

Bleublanc establishes that he is the most evil Trails villain by making Class VII play Among Us. Truly sinister.

Did you get the answer right?

[Acacia Sgt]

Old men in JRPG´s?

Don't get your hopes up, they're not high-tier...

[Saint Rubenio]

Just now, Acacia Sgt said:

Old men in JRPG´s?

 

I seem to remember you sharing at least the one with the mace before. Other one looks kinda like an old Camus with Hauteclere instead of Gradivus. And a suitcase, for some reason. What's this game again? I'm thinking the one gacha with the cats you've shared occassionally... Another Eden, was it?

Just now, Acacia Sgt said:

they're not high-tier

[Acacia Sgt]

Just now, Saint Rubenio said:

I seem to remember you sharing at least the one with the mace before. Other one looks kinda like an old Camus with Hauteclere instead of Gradivus. And a suitcase, for some reason. What's this game again? I'm thinking the one gacha with the cats you've shared occassionally... Another Eden, was it?

Yes, Another Eden. And yeah, it's a F2P with Gacha... but it honestly plays more like a regular JRPG with a gacha system tucked in.

Just now, Saint Rubenio said:

Well, like I said, it's F2P...

[ping]

I AM BECOME TOOTHPASTE!!

[Sidereal Wraith]

1 hour ago, Newtype06 said:

Welcome to Teehee, newcomer!

😉

 

[Interdimensional Observer]

1 hour ago, Newtype06 said:

 

1. Phantasia
2. Destiny
3. Eternia
4. Destiny 2
5. Symphonia
6. Rebirth
7. Legendia
8. Abyss
   1. Tales of the Tempest released in 2006, the year after Abyss and before Innocence, should be Tales 9. Except Namco decided to invent the term "escort" to describe Tales spinoffs and relegated Tempest to that category. Tempest (Japan-only BTW) was so badly received that it might have been downgraded from "mothership" status for no reason other than being a bad game.
   2. Oddly, Symphonia's sequel is considered escort, but Xillia 2 is mothership? Which means Arise is actually Tales 17. I mean yeah, Dawn of the New World has a lot of recycling of locations and doesn't feel like a full-budget Tales, and I haven't played Xillia 2 either, but something feels wrong here, like there should be a universal rule for direct sequels.
9. Innocence
10. Vesperia
11. Hearts
12. Graces
13. Xillia

Unlike a certain other JRPG franchise's thirteenth installment, Xillia wasn't badly received. Not usually regarded as the greatest Tales by any means, yet not a disgrace upon the franchise either. Milla, as the first female Tales main protagonist (although unlike Berseria's Velvet, she has to split the spotlight with a guy), seems quite popular, and I do love the concept behind her, as well as her characterization. If only there was a mod that turned her into "Milo" and left Jude's well-handled attraction untouched. That would be 👌.

1 hour ago, Newtype06 said:

On a unrelated note, I just found out that I can import the US version save from P2:IS to EP, so a Persona replay is in my plans.

Good luck with that! May Persona 2's second half not disappoint nor retroactively ruin the first for you!

And if you intend to start with Persona 1, sweet mercy upon thee! (Don't forget the Snow Queen Quest either.)

 

38 minutes ago, ping said:

I AM BECOME TOOTHPASTE!!

Early Italian unification underway? And I see you've seized Avignon, not a bad idea if you were looking to quash the Papal States 100%.

...How did the Grand Duchy of Lithuania get to be so big? Whatever happened to the Commonwealth?

 

1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:

Went with my dad to a mineral fair.

It was a fun sunday.

I hope it rocked. It wasn't boring was it? 

Geology is kinda cool.

1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:

I've been playing FE1. It's a lot more enjoyable than I ever expected.

Same. The way I've heard it described, FE1 sounds like virtual osteoporosis to me. And yet you really haven't expressed frustration at this dried up relic, even though IIRC your option of No-Wrys Emblem is rather low, and that's a little younger.

 

5 hours ago, Moonspeak said:

Sup !

How are you guys doing ?

Helloooooo!😃

Welcome to the best part of SF. A completely sane and relaxed general chat topic of madness. We all have our interests and whatnot here, and we freely muse about them without ripping each other limb from limb as you will often find elsewhere on the interwebs, all petty insults are meant in good humor here.

[Saint Rubenio]

For reasons beyond my understanding, Jeorge is not called George. He's called Georges. He's multiple people.

It's also just long enough that the "unit took EXP" text can't fit in one line, leading to the dot being down there, all bad and ugly.

This translation is the gift that keeps on giving, I swear. Between the Ye Olde Spanish that among other things absolutely refuses to use the regular "but" everyone uses nowadays, "pero", and instead opts for the medieval "mas" ("more" is "más". Notice the difference?); the hilarious redneck speech pattern for some characters, the sheer boldness and elitism of the name translations, goddess icons being named "efig. iñosa", iñosa not being a word that exists as far as I can tell; the manual translation which is 100% unironically awesome... this is just wonderful. Half the reason I'm enjoying FE1 is this absolute masterpiece of a translation. I gotta make a fireemblemwod account and thank the guy if I manage to finish the game.

Fuck IntSys's official localization. They can keep it for all I care. This is the real way to play this game.

11 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

I hope it rocked. It wasn't boring was it? 

Geology is kinda cool.

Throwing puns like these at me without warning... You truly are a stone-hearted person, aren't you?

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Same. The way I've heard it described, FE1 sounds like virtual osteoporosis to me. And yet you really haven't expressed frustration at this dried up relic, even though IIRC your option of No-Wrys Emblem is rather low, and that's a little younger.

Little frustration as of yet. I don't know if I can go "this is better and I recommend it to everyone over the other one" but if I were to speak purely about my personal experience so far... Sure, FE3 has a horrible UI while FE1 has no UI, but with the manual in hand... Honestly, call me mad, but I prefer it.

Switching over to the manual and looking for the right weapon so I can read the statistics feels right somehow, and doing the maths isn't as obnoxious as trying to decipher FE3's terribly disorganized battle forecasts, not to mention I save myself a number of extra clicks - which are appreciated when the forecast is actually good, but in FE3 it just gets in the way.

Plus, the game is more challenging than FE3 book 1. FE3 book 1 was a completely mindless slog until I dropped it. In this one, however, there are a number of scary enemy classes, and player HP and defense are low in general, enough that I don't dare to just throw them at enemies - in fact, when I tried that with Jeigan yesterday night, assuming he'd be powerful enough, he just died because his lance got him doubled. It's not Conquest or anything, but it's important to be alert, which is enough to make it more fun than Book 1 ever was.

Then there's the game speed. Yeah, this game is slow, no two ways around it. It's not any slower than FE3 book 1 though. They're equally slow, I'd say. With emulator speed-up, this isn't a problem for either of them, but still. Not even this is something book 1 can claim. It's more of a problem for PoR, merely because Dolphin is a more taxing emulator and speed-up requires a beefier computer to be truly effective - not the case when I first played it, unfortunately. I know it's unfair to hold this against it.

And of course, Riff is here. That helps lololololol

Edited August 14, 2022 by Saint Rubenio

[Shrimpica]

Writing XBC3 thoughts is hard..

anyway

[Benice]

6 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said:

He's called Georges. He's multiple people.

The precursor to non-binary Tomas in FE11

 

[Saint Rubenio]

A group of pirates has massacred Julian. I don't know what the avoid formula is in this game, but it has to be extremely low, because he was very fast and yet every one of these dumb handaxe pirates had hitrates against him.

Welp. Guess it's Ricardo time, then. And also Rena is fucked come Book 2. Oof. Book 2 not canon to the FE1 continuity?

16 minutes ago, Benice said:

The precursor to non-binary Tomas in FE11

 

They're so forgettable they forgot what their gender was, set it to a generic value and then forgot to go back and fix it.

Honestly? Very Tomas.

[ping]

6 minutes ago, Interdimensional Observer said:

Early Italian unification underway? And I see you've seized Avignon, not a bad idea if you were looking to quash the Papal States 100%.

...How did the Grand Duchy of Lithuania get to be so big? Whatever happened to the Commonwealth?

The plan is late French reformation There's one France achievement that I haven't gotten yet, which requires spreading La Révolution to ten countries. But playing a whole campaign as France from 1444 until the Age of Revolution (1710) is a bit of a slog, since you're probably the strongest in the world by 1500 (maybe sans China, but the Ming tend to mingsplode at some point) and without a challenger by 1600. So instead, I started as ya boie Savoie, who has an easy (and unique to them) option to either swap to French culture or remain Piedmonese.

For now, Old France is my dear friend, though. They got a di Savoie on their throne, so I hope I get an opportunity to claim their throne some time during the 16th century, but for now, they're being helpful. You might have noticed some big and scary Ottomans to my east, and I plan to have France help me out a bit with that. I have around 50k troops right now, France is at 70k-ish, Mr. Otto Man is somewhere between 130k and 140k. All that said, Italian unification is still on the menu, just without a "Form Italy" button to press. I can get a Claim Throne casus belli on Naples whenever I want and I'm just waiting for my current ruler to die first, since personal unions break free upon ruler death if they don't like you enough.

Avignon fell to Provence at some point and I'm not quite sure why. Very helpful because the Pope was another earlygame friend because it's quite annoying if you're catholic and he isn't. I swapped to Protestantism though, partly because most of the bonuses from Catholicism basically go kaputt when you go revolutionary, and partly so that I can conquer Rome without penalties .

Lithuania starts (almost) that big In fact, the Ottos conquered a handful of their southernmost provinces. I believe they're still under a Polish personal union (which is scripted to form most of the time very early in the game), but they haven't quite reached the necessary tech to click the "unite the PLC" button in order to fully integrate Lithuania. Shouldn't be too long, though - it's the same tech that I needed for the Toothpaste button.

[Shrimpica]