Shaky Jones Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 @Saint Rubenio made a hack. F**k. I reckon a lot of serenes users are aware of this Ruben fellow. He been around the forums for while now and he loves haunting the teehee thread and spreading his unfathomably based opinions that continue to die out every waking day. He's also one of 7 New Mystery fans and Tomas fans. That earns him points in my book, even if we argue over which country is worse to live in. It's his. Silly banter aside, a few months ago, he made a rebalance to Sacred Stones, originally meant to be a simple tweak to making the gameplay something that someone past the IQ of 8 could enjoy, but then became a passion project of sorts to rewriting the game and adding several new characters and elements overall to creating a fresh new experience to the classic yellow tint game, or a pointlessly bizarre one. That's what I want to know. Did he do a good job? There's at least 100 Sacred Stones reworks nowadays, and I want to give a hack he took the lack of humility courage to create the proper respect or dunking it deserves. It will be displayed publicly, much like my profile that is also made by him. He's plagued my FE online life, which being at a point where I can say that I have that is very depressing, so I might as well thank and curse him altogether with this new LP basically entirely dedicated to the guy and the inner machinations of his mind. For those who are just interested in the rebalance, it's probably worth it. Most bugs have been fixed by now (I think), and virtually anything beats vanilla FE8's gameplay, but you can skim through the LP just to be sure. I like to think that this LP will be a very decent showcasing of the hack and the thought that went through it, given that there's a 99.776% chance that Ruben himself will be commenting throughout the LP to whine and cry over how incorrectly I'm playing his hack, unaware that he already failed in not making Gheb recruitable. If he did, I will kiss him. It's like developer commentary! Only very bitter. I fully expect him to roast the crap out of me, and I'm ready for it. As long as he's not busy of course. berwick more like badwick I consider him a funny and based online pal who actually knows what's good about this damned franchise while also hating his guts for the unlucky 1/10 gacha pulls where he gives me the absolute worst takes and units that plagued an entirely different LP. Also he's Spaniard AND French. What the hell man? Why? We bicker a lot, but we also shake hands when bickering about everyone else. He's the Garon man. I'm the bones of Garon. Yeah, fun fact right there. This LP is 50% a s**tpost. 50% review. It's also an ironman run. I hate resetting on screenshot lp's. Although if I lose my lord, I'll ask all of you to pretend it was never that in the first place, but that won't be a problem, because I'm built different. This run will be hard enough knowing that Ruben will basically have 80% jurisdiction of how this run goes. Anyways, let's see what's new: Oh boy! Surely Ruben won't let me miss them here, right? To hell with buffing enemy defense. That's one thing that sucks about Engage maddening. Enemies be stupid tanky in the late game. Thank goodness DSFE knows better. But I liiiike terribly unbalanced units! I am going to grill the beard out of you. I point and laugh at fanfiction. Don't worry. I'll judge fairly. That just included being blunt, and cynical. So Ephraim gets the voices in his head that became OC's. That'll be something to behold. Perhaps his rout will be more strategy-like with the fixed and presumably limited new characters, unless he actually made over 20 or something 27. Guess there's my answer. Well done. I wonder how many are from Ephraim route as opposed to simply joining throughout the regular campaign. I tend to mute a lot of romhacks with unique soundtracks. They're not terrible. Just....weird choices. I'm sure you'll be above that. If I hear one song from obscure 2000's anime-esque game, I'm finding your house I clap and I jump. I recognize founder of FE. Kaga good! Praise creator of the worst FE game ever! He did make Archanea though. Big W. He made Berwick though. Massive L. Yes After SoHaE, it'll be nice to experience a hack with modern benefits like these, although I'm going to assume that this game does not use the skill system Due to this hack mostly being Sacred Stones again, I will mostly just be showing gameplay. You don't need to rewatch the plot of FE8. It's a Fire Emblem. The story can only offer so much on repeat runs, or even first ones. It saves me screenshots anyways. However, when cutscenes are completely new or provide major changes to the story, I will show them off, usually in spoiler tags in case you really just want to see that for yourself. I am rereading the plot to make sure I don't miss much, but I don't remember the script word by word, so if minor changes were made, then don't expect me to notice all the details RUBEN. Just call me a blind fool and move on for missing inventible Berwick references thrown in. As for units, I will mostly show unit base changes, but only show growths if I find the changes to be drastically noticeable. Most units will likely receive minor buffs or nerfs accordingly after all, and it mostly just equates to "the game is slightly more balanced". I'll also fully display brand new units to judge Ruben for creating. Given that Ruben states in his post that he highly recommends using the mGBA nintendo pc over the other vba one, I went and purchased that model. I get to use a new pc for the first time! Now I can't tell how much of the crisp visuals come from the nintendo pc or the hack's modernization. Chances are, the visuals will be a bit blurred when uploaded to an external site to post here, but I was wowed. Off topic to the LP, but I just wanted to let Ruben know that. Thanks. Imgur doesn't accept the screenshots though, so the switching process was tedious, but hopefully worth it. For those of you who don't know, this hack seemingly has more risks of bugs on the other gba player, so keep that in mind when you choose to play the hack. It's still in testing, but it's been enough months to where a moderate amount of patching has been performed. I will of course let this LP be an elongated playtesting model for Ruben to evaluate and correct other possible bug encounters if he still cares about his newborn child. One last thing before I start gaming. Anyone who is still playing Engage, use Vander and Lindon. Or play DSFE and use Cord. That is all. Silly Stones 1: The prologue Spoiler Oh boy, here we go! Look at that stache! And is that Syrene? Very based. Come on. They call me Mr. Maniac. You don't want to know why. Point is, I'd never pick easy. Which is a good thing because I literally can't. I can go between normal and hard, but the easy option might as well be invisible. Not that it's worth complaining over. Who would download a rebalance dedicated to making the game harder just to cripple it right back down? They'd be called Mr. Moron! I'm a horrible elitist. Eh, aren't we all? Remember in 3 Houses with the Duscur paralogue where everyone still had the light skin portrait, but had a poorly done dark skin paint job on their model. Funny. That guy's new. The one on the right. I'd know because I played the intro the Sacred Stones side by side on my phone while playing this to check for any differences. See, I care. Ruben's a friend. The banter's all in good fun, until he stops liking things I like. Nothing else is new, so we'll skip to the part after I wish Valter had killed Seth and left you with Garcia as your jeigan. Without further delay, here's the game. Right off the bat, there's a female fighter sprite that Ruben placed to purposely lose to during testing. Although you're surrounded from both sides, you only need to head upwards to survive. You are trying to escape your captured castle after all, but there is a reward for going down. Whoa! Erika with stats! Wha- Bro...come on💀 Crimson javelin? What is this? The last promise? Why would his kingdom name it that? Is he proud of the blood it spilt? I can respect the 25 weight though. It keeps him from one rounding, and enemies could double him, reducing his tanking skills to not being impossible to kill. I do wish his growths were nerfed though. His bases are still busted too. I suppose this lets him keep his ability to help you in tough situations should you really need that, but it's just....it's disgusting! What is this Golden Tanuki Mario bs!? I can't help it. I feel like a rebalance has to make him lose at least 3 to basically all his stats. Vander had the perfect balance of stats for maddening. You should've made an Old Seth sprite with a broken back after Valter gaming. That's a real FE right there. A problem with both the original prologue and this one is that you either choose to let Seth solo, which is boring, or you let Erika do the fighting, which is RNG. Although very low, she can get 2 shot. I refuse to give Seth kills and will immediately bench him when possible out of pure spite, but I risk game overs from fighters. To be fair, you can chip one of them with the crimson lance, then kill with Erika, but you still get attacked by 2 fighters that can kill you if the RNG sucks. There's just not much to work with through such small spaces. Unlucky! Also, they both have halberds. Nice. I also hate Seth, Rubsterino. Thanks for making him unviable. This means that putting Seth at the front with a lance is a terrible idea, but if you think you can dodge at least one 18 hit attack, you're not really punished for throwing him with a steel sword to one round the map. Again, Erika also dies in 2 hits, so it's just a free map with a small chance of losing either unit. I appreciate the idea of the map, but there's too much going against it with both hit rates and the mountains being a boring first map location. I'm really throwing away my rapier here, but on a separate note, I like being able to hold a button to skip animations. I can use the rest of that saved time to play more Engage, now featuring Saphir, who you should also use. She already has more strength than my level 10 Lyn. Yes, attacking lance units with Erika is a bad idea. No, I will not let Seth do this part. Yes, Erika still dies in 2 hits and faces hit rates above 50%. No, I will not clarify whether I died and restarted the run to let Erika solo. A tomahawk. Good thing they're given just enough attack to not one shot Erika, unlike a certain Binding Blade boss. Weird that some early game bandit wields such tremendous weapon rank so early in the ga- Oh my sweet Lord. What are ya doing here!? It's mah boi, the Gheb Fe bard! How are ya? dead So that partially explains it. 10 more strength. 5 more speed. 10 more res. She built a bit of muscle too, no doubt something Ruben was more than happy to picture. It really does make her a better character though, so I can't judge, because I'm also imagining it now. Man, we need more Etie's and Rinkah's. I'm just that awesome. Yes, I've already depleted like, half of my rapier. Aw friggen sweet Louis! Hey Erika! I got a sword fo- Oh. And we're donion rings. Really, it should say "escape", but who cares? I will say, I was critical of this map, but it's certainly an improvement compared to the original, and after playing the first 3 real chapters I'll post about soon, it does get better. Ruben, if there's something you want me to do, feel free to ask. It's literally your game. Maybe you want me to focus more on one thing, really use a certain unit, stop bringing up the fact that your country doesn't have nukes to counter us should we go to war, that good stuff. I want this LP to be of benefit to you. As for everyone else, feel free to comment on pretty much anything, or just say "Yes Shaky Jones. I will use Saphir and Lindon". I like knowing that people are listening to me shilling my units. I'm biased for Sacred Stones, given that it was my first FE game, but boy is it impossible to get back into nowadays. Now's a great time to try out a hopefully amazing version of the visually pleasing incest game by my lovely elderly friend, Saint Rubenio the 3rd, user of Maji. Also my cat destroyed my ps3. I need something else to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punished Dayni Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 This is an S tier LP intro. 3 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: After SoHaE, it'll be nice to experience a hack with modern benefits like these, although I'm going to assume that this game does not use the skill system You would be correct. Bunch of other little tools and additions used, but not that one. 4 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Given that Ruben states in his post that he highly recommends using the mGBA nintendo pc over the other vba one, I went and purchased that model. How do you even purchase an emulator? (No, do not answer with NSO thank you) 5 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: One last thing before I start gaming. Anyone who is still playing Engage, use Vander and Lindon. Or play DSFE and use Cord. That is all. I'm using Lindon, he creeps me the fuck out 10/10 Vander sadly was benched long ago and it'll take a lot for him to catch up, especially because there's no level raising items in Engage (SoV was right all along to have them) 6 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Remember in 3 Houses with the Duscur paralogue where everyone still had the light skin portrait, but had a poorly done dark skin paint job on their model. Funny. And the battalions which were all light skinned. FFS. 8 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: now featuring Saphir, who you should also use. Do not need any reminders for that. My Boucheron may be blessed, but Saphir can use bows until I bother using a Second Seal. 12 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: A tomahawk. Good thing they're given just enough attack to not one shot Erika, unlike a certain Binding Blade boss. Weird that some early game bandit wields such tremendous weapon rank so early in the ga- I see you went for the optional boss. 12 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: This Eirika is frickin' blessed offensively so far, almost like it's this Eirika in the Emblem ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousSpeed Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 3 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: He's plagued my FE online life, which being at a point where I can say that I have that is very depressing Extremely. 3 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: It's like developer commentary! Only very bitter. I fully expect him to roast the crap out of me, and I'm ready for it. As long as he's not busy of course. "Ruben-senpai!" -Shaky 3 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Given that Ruben states in his post that he highly recommends using the mGBA nintendo pc over the other vba one, I went and purchased that model. With counterfeit bills! 3 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: One last thing before I start gaming. Anyone who is still playing Engage, use Vander and Lindon. Or play DSFE and use Cord. That is all. "You will grow numb to the pain eventually." Anyway. You play my FE6 rebalance, it's only fair you play Ruben's FE8 rebalance. I'm afraid this my contribution to the thread, though. I am a working man, and since I don't live in Spain this means I actually have to spend time and effort doing things. Keeping up with the previous screenshot LPs was a pretty big time investment so I won't be able to make in-depth responses like I did in the earlier parts of those. Hope y'all have fun, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaky Jones Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 Replies: Spoiler 2 hours ago, Punished Dayni said: This is an S tier LP intro. The Shaky Jones experience. 3 hours ago, Punished Dayni said: I'm using Lindon, he creeps me the fuck out 10/10 I don't see the problem. He's a kind old man. Let him cook. 3 hours ago, Punished Dayni said: Vander sadly was benched long ago and it'll take a lot for him to catch up, especially because there's no level raising items in Engage (SoV was right all along to have them) What a coincidence. I just replayed echoes and I hated it. L Vander bencher. You must make Lindon work to atone. 3 hours ago, Punished Dayni said: And the battalions which were all light skinned. FFS. Small indie company 3 hours ago, Punished Dayni said: Do not need any reminders for that. My Boucheron may be blessed, but Saphir can use bows until I bother using a Second Seal. Second seal into a sniper. Super bows. Covert + personal skill. Saphir gaming. 3 hours ago, Punished Dayni said: I see you went for the optional boss. It's only walking down a few turns. If the map had a time limit, there'd be more of a risk, and probably more realistic to the situation at hand. 3 hours ago, Punished Dayni said: This Eirika is frickin' blessed offensively so far, almost like it's this Eirika in the Emblem ring. Yes, Ruben Stones is canon in Engage. It's that world. 5 minutes ago, AnonymousSpeed said: Extremely. Unfortunate. 5 minutes ago, AnonymousSpeed said: "Ruben-senpai!" -Shaky That's disgusting. I'm not a filthy degenerate. I'm a holy one. 6 minutes ago, AnonymousSpeed said: "You will grow numb to the pain eventually." Pain? Nonsense. 6 minutes ago, AnonymousSpeed said: You play my FE6 rebalance, it's only fair you play Ruben's FE8 rebalance When I make a rebalance, it's over. 7 minutes ago, AnonymousSpeed said: I'm afraid this my contribution to the thread, though. I am a working man, and since I don't live in Spain this means I actually have to spend time and effort doing things. Be proud of that. Especially not living in Spain. I would be a working man by now, but I'm sadly moving houses and undergoing physical therapy (back pain and the like, which would be difficult to work under) while apparently being punished for something I probably said in this site, getting both a heart attack and a slow and long fever right next to each other. And now it's freezing where I live. Everyone staying indoors. Point is, I'm not busy per se, but things could've been better. This LP is a great way to waste time while I still have it. 16 minutes ago, AnonymousSpeed said: Hope y'all have fun, though! Big Mc'Thankies. So I missed one early game cutscene. Whoops. Honestly, it seemed to fit right in. I gaslit myself into thinking I've seen it already. That must mean the writing was pretty immersive. Well done. Supposedly there's only one other scene that's added for quite some time. I'll go ahead and show the intro scene right here: Spoiler Vigarde says nothing. Vigarde says nothing. Vigarde says something. Unlucky! Pretty neat scene, at least for one that's made to be simple and to the point. Honestly, I was surprised to load an original copy of the game and find Fado just saying "try not to die Eripoop" when he arrives. This doesn't feel like fanservice or some insanely integrated new lore. It's just a nice little scene involving a one to one talk that should've been in the base game. It adds just enough context between the past frienship that these kingdoms shared, furthering the confusion of both Fado himself, as well as Erika who will spending a good portion of the game wondering why this war is happening, something the player might've been asking more with this scene possibly making them care at all about why, but it's Fire Emblem. It's just going to be "the father died because he has to, and evil cult will ruin the world". You get 4.33 Lydia's out of 5. The third of a Lydia is what remained of her corpse in my run. And now back to our regularly scheduled program: Ruben Stones- Kidney Edition Saucy Stones 1.5 HD Remix: The actual first chapter Spoiler One archer and 2 enemies who discovered Rosado and despised their lack of estrogen. Stunning map rebalancing. I'll have to use Seth sooner or later for bit and pieces, but now isn't that time. No point chipping fighters because Erika just one rounds them. Groovy. This is nice though. Enjoy your battles while they last. Next turn, Gillaim and Franz will show up and one of them can kill the ar- Would. The bias is real. 3 more strength. 4 more skill? 2 extra defense? Bows? L Franz. W Gilliam. Your contribution to this hack is now meaningless. What is this? You some kinda Thracia fan? You gonna kill me with guides? You need a little stamina drink to function you soft little b*tch? Get outta here. You added 1 to each of his stats. Gilliam gets the fittest rizz and gear, and Franz gets a nerfed thracia reference. Most generous Ruben moment. Now this turn can be a bit spooky for chapter 1. The extra archer makes me actually use Seth. Considering the extra might that enemies have on the hack, as well as the enemies that will soon spawn behind me, I need to kill the enemies around me before the others on the left overwhelm me. Keep in mind that the archer is in range of the soldier with a decent 16 might, or at least decent for Sacred Stones standards. Erika already killed another enemy, and no one can finish off Amelia, making you need to ensure that no one but Seth is in range of 2 or more enemies, Seth's positioning prevents the soldier on the west from reaching Franz who kills the fighter. Enemies tend to have 8 strength, give or take. Not FE6 hard high, but 4 to 5 points higher than FE8 hard (the aforementioned 16 might soldier has 11 might in vanilla SS) Franz trades with him to ensure that Seth never gets the pleasure of murder again. One turn later, and Amelia got scared of her boo boo. For some reason, she didn't attack. I don't know if that's a glitch or if these enemies have Gaiden ai. I hope it's the former. Loving this early chapter. Just the right amount of things going on to keep me engaged, but not overwhelmed. Holy fuck... I don't blame you. Erika would've been actual suicide. There they are. The wyvern must be there to harass whoever is trying to abuse the fort for free heals. Just kidding. I got some fresh intel on developer commentary for this. To quote Ruben himself: "I threw a wyvern in there solely for him to show off" "Him" is Gilliam. The wyvern exists for Gilliam to penetrate. God, I wish I was the wyvern. So I won't be doing what Ruben wants. Seth is going to stay right there and man the fort. You never know if Ruben will spawn Arden from there. Over there is the dreaded Jav Cav. There's only one man who can handle him. Erika beheads more vermin and her desire to protect her brother turns on Kaga like a mindless damsel in a cage. Time to have her talk to Franz. Look! It's the thing! The Judgral thing! I played those games! I understand the inspiration! 100 outta 10! Shit! I wasted a silver lance! No! It's over... If Gilliam was working alone, he might've been in some trouble, but Engage taught me that friendship truly is magic. It's a plotpoint that's comically simple and childish, but features far less contradictions and poor writing like 3 Houses. Franz... The F will stand for f**ked if you get this again, assuming I let you get another one. With basically everyone but the wyvern dead, I end my turn, certain that the wyvern will attack Gilliam. GBA enemies are known cowards that always prioritize not getting hit. I've played enough GBAFE to know how this will turn out. Shit. Ruben, you have made an utter fool out of me. You will pay for this. While Erika and Seth patch their wounds, Gilliam will face off against the man who took dared capture Tana. He will make him pay with his blood. I would've loved to show more Gilliam gaming with Jav Cav and such, but I timed the screenshots wrong. This is Gilliam casting Jav Cav away to purgatory to atone. This is Gilliam after 2 turns of a 1 v 1. Any questions? Extremely common Gilliam W. After this, Erika and Tana head off to King Hayden to ask for shopping money. Hayden reluctantly accepts, obligated to do so for the rescue of his daughter. He offers Vanessa to sell off for extra gold, and Moulder to keep Gilliam away from the path of wrath and sin. They head off in Erika's desperate search for Ephraim, who has gone to the bathroom over 7 minutes ago, worrying Erika sick. Before they depart however, Hayden has a brief conversation with Seth. Spoiler This is said about many people who die immediately. Ever heard of The Guy? If this wasn't a stupid anime game where anything can change, I'd call you old+senile. But even in an official title, this conversation would just scream "he's alive". Cheeky little rat was gonna name this hack "Project Fado". And then they kiss. Again, I do appreciate that the style of their language and tone is very in character of the setting they're in. That should be normal, but out of every hack I've played, I don't think any of them do that, especially not TLP. "Bah, you're such an ass Kelik". No matter how it was presented though, it's always going to feel a little corny to just add in a scene that insinuates that Fado actually survived, at least to me. It didn't need to be told, but at least it gives Hayden and Seth a small extra bit of character that they really need, so I digress. I like the excuse that he's merely spouting nonsense out of desperation as a friend of Fado, yet it's also funny to think that he's just saying that so that Erika didn't have to be rewritten early on to cling onto a desperate hope of her father's survival while playing through the same early game maps. I'll give Ruben the benefit of the doubt though. I sure as hell couldn't have done better. These recent additions have been pretty well done. Sethy Stones 2: His Father's Son Spoiler Oh goodie. More units. More GARBAGE! Begone wench! I hate early game fliers. The lance can stay. I vibe with the lance/ Moulder the Shoulder. Bro an athlete. But... I forgot that his base luck is 1. That...can't be a good thing for a priest to have. Like, luck is linked with goddess icons, and druids have terrible luck. It's why Ruben loves Knoll so much. He's a Godless scientologist. A saint at one too. He's literally Moulder. This chapter is dedicated to an old war hero who is somehow only level 6. He was 4 in the original. You gave him 2 levels. That's not enough!!! He needs to be a prepromote! I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand times! Why is this "legend" a basic unit! He'd be the perfect prepromote! He can have the bad growths with high bases, and Ross could be the growth unit! It'd be the best teaching of growths and bases ever! Why won't anyone believe me!?!? 2 more speed? Cool. Still 20 percent growth though. You know what goes well with 20% growths? Being a prepromote! Do I have to make a damn hack!? Just touch him already. Except Sacred Sticks sucks. Why put Erika one space away. So you recruit them the same turn? This screenshot is painful. They're edging me. How dare they. Well done. Franz goes shopping to avoid the real world, and I've discovered the compact axe. Ruben, if you don't change the name to that, the game is no longer FE and impossible to self insert into. I'll gladly buy these though. Sounds lovely. Most of the chapter is the same, but the S in Spain stands for Satan, so he couldn't help himself. Devil axe. Vanessa proves to be useful in how awful she is. Get gorshed. As I mentioned eariler, the devil axe is Spain. The iron bow is my gun. Unlucky! I don't remember why I took this screenshot, but I hate it. You are a stain to your family name. Forde could sneeze on a napkin, and he could sell that as art that would be worth more than you. There's not much to say or show. The enemies are slightly stronger, but nothing that makes the chapter noticeably challenging, like turn 2 of chapter 1 or Jav Cav with the hammer bro. ..... You piece of shit. Hee hee hee haw! Ruben you devious bastard. This would've one rounded him, but Garcia missed last turn. My stance on him is permanently stained. Vanessa and Franz chip on the boss. They could've killed him, but they're not the ones I want to throw a Bone to. You love to see it. He has one more speed, and that's mostly it. That one point of speed is crucial though, as most enemies in this map have 7. This is also why Garcia with a slim axe is a big deal. 9+2 is just enough to double, and I tickle Ruben's beard for being so precise with the numbers. Did you really think you could kill me with those reinforcements. I'm always ready! I haven't used fliers in so long, I'll take any opportunity to rescue while the bench is being shipped. Gilliam can't die, and the fighter can't kill anyone below on his own. Sieks smiles. For those who are curious, these are the general stats of enemies. This one has a steel bow, making him technically stronger than the actual boss of the map. Not strong enough to stop Gilliam from cutting their throat. I play the chapter slower than it would realistically take, but Ross is the most nostalgic toddler I've ever had to spoon feed. Ross says: "Eat moss". It's true. I needed everyone unequipped to reach the final village before routing the enemy. After I realized that they simply gave me a pure water, the residents of that village were promptly added to the enemy rout counter, and swiftly depleted. Make a guess. How long until Ross reaches the big 10? Get it right, and you're off the list. That's it for the chapter. It was kinda fun. I loved those reinforcements, and the 2 mountain brigands being somewhat threatening do add to the difficulty of the villages. In a sense, it wasn't as hard as chapter 1, but having to use Ross does make the leniency of chapter 2 appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imuabicus der Fertige Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Spoiler 18 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: He's the Garon man. I'm the bones of Garon. Lewd. 18 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: After SoHaE, it'll be nice to experience a hack with modern benefits like these, although I'm going to assume that this game does not use the skill system from the moment i understood the weakness of my math, it disgusted me 18 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: They call me Mr. Maniac. You don't want to know why. Pipe bombs? 18 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Crimson javelin? What is this? The last promise? Why would his kingdom name it that? Is he proud of the blood it spilt? I can respect the 25 weight though. color coded knights, por/rd in shambles gets knighted: lmao u slow as fuck now 18 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Also, they both have halberds. Nice. I also hate Seth, Rubsterino. Thanks for making him unviable. what weapon variety does to a mf 18 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Rinkah's. say no to waste of paint, u could snort it instead 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Vigarde says nothing. Shoulda used Struggle instead of Splash. 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I hate early game fliers. Can I offer you a unit that deals no damage, takes a lot of damge and might carry big loads? 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Most of the chapter is the same, but the S in Spain stands for Satan, so he couldn't help himself. Devil axe. New inquisition lore just dropped. 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Not strong enough to stop Gilliam from cutting their throat. With a Bow no less. 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Ross says: "Eat moss". It's true. Papa Popeye be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 @Shaky Jones started a LP of my hack. Fuck. Intro Spoiler 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I reckon a lot of serenes users are aware of this Ruben fellow. He been around the forums for while now and he loves haunting the teehee thread and spreading his unfathomably based opinions that continue to die out every waking day. He's also one of 7 New Mystery fans and Tomas fans. That earns him points in my book I really don't think I'm that well known, but it's nice of you to say. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: even if we argue over which country is worse to live in. It's his. I can't hear you over the sound of silence. Because there are no gunshots here. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I fully expect him to roast the crap out of me, and I'm ready for it. As long as he's not busy of course. berwick more like badwick I'll make some time. I gotta be here so I can make this face whenever you react to some of my more evil moments. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I consider him a funny and based online pal who actually knows what's good about this damned franchise while also hating his guts for the unlucky 1/10 gacha pulls where he gives me the absolute worst takes and units that plagued an entirely different LP. Also he's Spaniard AND French. What the hell man? Why? Aww, thanks. Love you too, Shakespeare. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Surely Ruben won't let me miss them here, right? Requirements are the survival of characters in both cases, so unless you miss those... You have a guide, in case you feel like checking it out out of FOMO. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: But I liiiike terribly unbalanced units! This is a first timer's completely aimless hack. There are bound to still be. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: If I hear one song from obscure 2000's anime-esque game, I'm finding your house Divine lightning, Shakes? 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I am rereading the plot to make sure I don't miss much, but I don't remember the script word by word, so if minor changes were made, then don't expect me to notice all the details RUBEN. Just call me a blind fool and move on for missing inventible Berwick references thrown in. There is at least one reference you will get. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Now I can't tell how much of the crisp visuals come from the nintendo pc or the hack's modernization Considering I did practically nothing to the overall visuals, there's your answer. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Anyone who is still playing Engage, use Vander and Lindon. Or play DSFE and use Cord. That is all. Agreed on both accounts. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Remember in 3 Houses with the Duscur paralogue where everyone still had the light skin portrait, but had a poorly done dark skin paint job on their model. Funny. I don't care what you say. Ismaire and Tethys are way hotter like this and that's final. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: That guy's new. The one on the right. You are correct, Shakes. I wanted to expand on the Carcino lore a bit, by giving it a tiny bit of lore, as opposed to vanilla, where it gets no lore. Thus came this guy to be. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Nothing else is new You fail, Shakes. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: A problem with both the original prologue and this one is that you either choose to let Seth solo, which is boring, or you let Erika do the fighting, which is RNG. Although very low, she can get 2 shot. I refuse to give Seth kills and will immediately bench him when possible out of pure spite, but I risk game overs from fighters. To be fair, you can chip one of them with the crimson lance, then kill with Erika, but you still get attacked by 2 fighters that can kill you if the RNG sucks. There's just not much to work with through such small spaces. So here's a fun story. Originally, I removed Seth's steel sword, so he would face way-too-high chances of death here. The idea was that you'd send Seth east to fight the soldiers while Eirika kept the fighters at bay. Many months later, after the hack came out, someone in FEUniverse asked why Seth's steel sword, which he still used in the Valter battle, disappeared later. Having completely forgotten my initial reason for removing it, I threw it back at him. And now the prologue is ruined. Welp. 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: So that partially explains it. 10 more strength. 5 more speed. 10 more res. She built a bit of muscle too, no doubt something Ruben was more than happy to picture. It really does make her a better character though, so I can't judge, because I'm also imagining it now. Man, we need more Etie's and Rinkah's. Eirika really needed to not be crap. Now she isn't. Enjoy! 20 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Ruben, if there's something you want me to do, feel free to ask. It's literally your game. Maybe you want me to focus more on one thing, really use a certain unit, stop bringing up the fact that your country doesn't have nukes to counter us should we go to war, that good stuff. I want this LP to be of benefit to you. I will be sure to let you know. 21 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: And we're donion rings. Really, it should say "escape", but who cares? I will say, I was critical of this map, but it's certainly an improvement compared to the original, and after playing the first 3 real chapters I'll post about soon, it does get better. I mean, to be fair, the original map was three enemies to serve as a tutorial on how to move and pick options on a menu. It'd be pretty damn hard to be worse than that. 11 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Pretty neat scene, at least for one that's made to be simple and to the point. Honestly, I was surprised to load an original copy of the game and find Fado just saying "try not to die Eripoop" when he arrives. This doesn't feel like fanservice or some insanely integrated new lore. It's just a nice little scene involving a one to one talk that should've been in the base game. It adds just enough context between the past frienship that these kingdoms shared, furthering the confusion of both Fado himself, as well as Erika who will spending a good portion of the game wondering why this war is happening, something the player might've been asking more with this scene possibly making them care at all about why, but it's Fire Emblem. It's just going to be "the father died because he has to, and evil cult will ruin the world". You get 4.33 Lydia's out of 5. That's super high praise. Wow. Thank you so much. 11 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: The third of a Lydia is what remained of her corpse in my run. You just had to injest some Shakyjonesness in there, did you. Still thank you. Chapter 1 Spoiler 11 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Would. The bias is real. 3 more strength. 4 more skill? 2 extra defense? Bows? No less bias than he needs. Gilliam was already super suspect in vanilla, and vanilla enemies are about as powerful as wet toilet paper fluttering into the ocean due to a slight breeze. In this hack he really needed an edge or he would've sucked massively. Buffing knight movement to 5 is the most boring knight fix imaginable, so I decided to give them bows so that the range would help them to reach things. That, and no movement penalties from terrain, for the most part. That's the knight class skill. A bunch of units had their "skills" modified, but as you correctly guessed, there's no SkillSys. I just moved the vanilla skills around and added a couple of skills that didn't require much necromancy on the ROM. Do check the class descriptions, you never know when you'll find something new. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: You added 1 to each of his stats. Gilliam gets the fittest rizz and gear, and Franz gets a nerfed thracia reference. Most generous Ruben moment. He's a cavalier. I balanced all cavalry under the assumption that cavalry = top tier because movement, so they need to be very mundane to compensate. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Loving this early chapter. Just the right amount of things going on to keep me engaged, but not overwhelmed. Glad you enjoyed it! 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: There they are. The wyvern must be there to harass whoever is trying to abuse the fort for free heals. Just kidding. I got some fresh intel on developer commentary for this. To quote Ruben himself: "I threw a wyvern in there solely for him to show off" "Him" is Gilliam. The wyvern exists for Gilliam to penetrate. God, I wish I was the wyvern. I can confirm this. Well, not the last part, that's for you to look into your own heart and decide. But yes, that guy exists so that, if you haven't realized Gilliam can shoot things by now, you go "oohhhh he shoots things now." Smart game design!(?) 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Look! It's the thing! The Judgral thing! I played those games! I understand the inspiration! 100 outta 10! Kaga/Garon 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Shit. Ruben, you have made an utter fool out of me. You will pay for this. How is this my fault, exactly? 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Extremely common Gilliam W. I can't believe you will kill Fomortiis with Gilliam. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Again, I do appreciate that the style of their language and tone is very in character of the setting they're in. That should be normal, but out of every hack I've played, I don't think any of them do that, especially not TLP. "Bah, you're such an ass Kelik". No matter how it was presented though, it's always going to feel a little corny to just add in a scene that insinuates that Fado actually survived, at least to me. It didn't need to be told, but at least it gives Hayden and Seth a small extra bit of character that they really need, so I digress. I like the excuse that he's merely spouting nonsense out of desperation as a friend of Fado, yet it's also funny to think that he's just saying that so that Erika didn't have to be rewritten early on to cling onto a desperate hope of her father's survival while playing through the same early game maps. I'll give Ruben the benefit of the doubt though. I sure as hell couldn't have done better. These recent additions have been pretty well done. Yes, truth be told, this scene was rather superfluous, but I figured Hayden could use the extra time. Glad it doesn't feel too extra, at least. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Oh goodie. More units. More GARBAGE! Begone wench! I hate early game fliers. Pros tell me she's the best unit in the game not named Seth or Franz. I will never understand what's with the hard-on for units whose only use is to ferry other units around. Outside of hardcore LTC runs, that's just not all taht. But hey, they're the experts, they know best, so clearly she needs no buffs! Fuck peggies! ...I did give her some skill. Just so her hitrates aren't as woefully terrible early on. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Moulder the Shoulder. Bro an athlete. But... I forgot that his base luck is 1. That...can't be a good thing for a priest to have. Like, luck is linked with goddess icons, and druids have terrible luck. It's why Ruben loves Knoll so much. He's a Godless scientologist. A saint at one too. He's literally Moulder. You can immediately tell Moulder got some favoritism because he has a new portrait, for absolutely no reason beyond I like his beta portrait. I even considered just using his beta portrait, but the face was pretty weird. Someone in Teehee suggested I give vanilla Moulder the beta outfit, and the rest is history. I still got one use out of the weird beta Moulder face, though. More on that later. You can also immediately tell Moulder got some favoritism because he's in the title screen. More evidence of Moulder getting some favoritism will continue to appear as the hack continues. Look, Moulder's just epic, you cannot blame me. Chapter 2 Spoiler 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: This chapter is dedicated to an old war hero who is somehow only level 6. He was 4 in the original. You gave him 2 levels. That's not enough!!! He needs to be a prepromote! I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand times! Why is this "legend" a basic unit! He'd be the perfect prepromote! He can have the bad growths with high bases, and Ross could be the growth unit! It'd be the best teaching of growths and bases ever! Why won't anyone believe me!?!? 2 more speed? Cool. Still 20 percent growth though. You know what goes well with 20% growths? Being a prepromote! Do I have to make a damn hack!? Garcia is already pretty amazing in the hack, to the point where some have told me I may have overtuned him a bit. Why wouldn't he be unpromoted? Man's rusty, he hasn't fought in years, aside from pummeling logs in half. I know you want your big manly hero already, but I'm sorry, you're gonna have to work toward it. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Well done. I changed Garcia's palette because having him be blue fighter 2 because he has two pixels of blue on his portrait was just dumb. Did you even realize there is blue on his vanilla portrait? Honestly, I feel brown suits him better. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Franz goes shopping to avoid the real world, and I've discovered the compact axe. Ruben, if you don't change the name to that, the game is no longer FE and impossible to self insert into. I'll gladly buy these though. Sounds lovely. I do think I like compact axe a bit better. Perhaps if I amass a good number of fixes, I'll include that. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Vanessa proves to be useful in how awful she is. Come now, who else could have Jeiganed that for Ross? She's useful! 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: There's not much to say or show. The enemies are slightly stronger, but nothing that makes the chapter noticeably challenging, like turn 2 of chapter 1 or Jav Cav with the hammer bro. ..... You piece of shit. Hee hee hee haw! Ruben you devious bastard. The big grin on my face when I read this. Oh, this is gonna be fun. I can already think of four or five moments I look forward to watching you react to. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: He has one more speed, and that's mostly it. That one point of speed is crucial though, as most enemies in this map have 7. This is also why Garcia with a slim axe is a big deal. 9+2 is just enough to double, and I tickle Ruben's beard for being so precise with the numbers. ...Oh wow, that sure turned out neat and tidy. Huh. I mean, all according to my calculations. Jokes aside, it's been a long time since I did these early chapters, but while I'm pretty sure Garcia with a slim axe was completely accidental, I believe I may have done this on purpose. Probably learned the hard way that vanilla Ross just died lol 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Sieks smiles. Sieks was dull. Gilliam? Gilliam is I cannot come up with anything, but I'm sure we'll get there some time. We'll have all game, seeing how you're definitely using him forever. 12 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: That's it for the chapter. It was kinda fun. I loved those reinforcements, and the 2 mountain brigands being somewhat threatening do add to the difficulty of the villages. In a sense, it wasn't as hard as chapter 1, but having to use Ross does make the leniency of chapter 2 appreciated. Here's hoping you continue to have such good impressions. 20 hours ago, Punished Dayni said: This is an S tier LP intro. I agree. 16 hours ago, AnonymousSpeed said: You play my FE6 rebalance, it's only fair you play Ruben's FE8 rebalance. I'm afraid this my contribution to the thread, though. I am a working man, and since I don't live in Spain this means I actually have to spend time and effort doing things. Keeping up with the previous screenshot LPs was a pretty big time investment so I won't be able to make in-depth responses like I did in the earlier parts of those. Hope y'all have fun, though! Thanks for swinging by, Speedy. Regular responses to LPs like these can be rather time consuming, so I understand your decision. 3 hours ago, Imuabicus said: New inquisition lore just dropped. Nobody expects the Spanish devil axe brigand. 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Shaky Jones Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) Replies: Spoiler 14 hours ago, Imuabicus said: from the moment i understood the weakness of my math, it disgusted me L + 4*2 + self hatred + elementary my dear Watson. 14 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Pipe bombs? It was pipe bombs. 14 hours ago, Imuabicus said: gets knighted: lmao u slow as fuck now Mf bestowed upon him a brick. 14 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Shoulda used Struggle instead of Splash. Cope: May leave the enemy confused 14 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Can I offer you a unit that deals no damage, takes a lot of damge and might carry big loads? I will take on the big loads myself. Gladly so. 14 hours ago, Imuabicus said: With a Bow no less. The brigand tried to dodge, but when he leaned to the side, the arrow's tip slashed through the front of his neck. As he fell and tumbled down the mountain, Gilliam approaches the wounded sinner and takes another arrow, further slitting his throat. Fun fact right there. Can't believe Ruben animated all that. 14 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Papa Popeye be proud. Yummers. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: @Shaky Jones started a LP of my hack. Fuck. The feeling is mutual 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I really don't think I'm that well known, but it's nice of you to say. If we gaslight everyone into thinking you're the guy, then they'll take your takes more seriously. Work with me here! 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I can't hear you over the sound of silence. Because there are no gunshots here. Yes, only stabs and heat stroke fatalities. Love your ability to self defend. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I'll make some time. I gotta be here so I can make this face whenever you react to some of my more evil moments. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Divine lightning, Shakes? I'm a Last Promise apologist through and through, but I would shove Blazer in a locker once. Fair's fair. Fuggin One Piece cameo, get outta heeere. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Considering I did practically nothing to the overall visuals, there's your answer. Can't believe you made mGBA all by yourself for this hack. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I don't care what you say. Ismaire and Tethys are way hotter like this and that's final. So that's what it was about? Hotness? I should stop giving you any credit. At least you actually made it consistent. 3H just half assed it, and not even for the battalions. Bravo Koei! 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You are correct, Shakes. I wanted to expand on the Carcino lore a bit, by giving it a tiny bit of lore, as opposed to vanilla, where it gets no lore. Thus came this guy to be. Don't tell me he's British. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You fail, Shakes. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: So here's a fun story. Originally, I removed Seth's steel sword, so he would face way-too-high chances of death here. The idea was that you'd send Seth east to fight the soldiers while Eirika kept the fighters at bay. Many months later, after the hack came out, someone in FEUniverse asked why Seth's steel sword, which he still used in the Valter battle, disappeared later. Having completely forgotten my initial reason for removing it, I threw it back at him. And now the prologue is ruined. Welp. You fail, Ruben. You were bested by Valter. Unlucky. It's fine though. I would've had Erika solo regardless. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Eirika really needed to not be crap. Now she isn't. Enjoy! When the lord is supposed to be inexperienced with fighting, but can slaughter the entire continent blindfolded. Let's be real. Ephraim and Erika were basically Alm and Celica 2, only Erika doesn't use magic, so she sucked. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I mean, to be fair, the original map was three enemies to serve as a tutorial on how to move and pick options on a menu. It'd be pretty damn hard to be worse than that. FE8: "Holy Crap, Our Franchise Blew Up!" 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's super high praise. Wow. Thank you so much. You can pay me back by coming over and playing New Vegas together. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: No less bias than he needs. Gilliam was already super suspect in vanilla, and vanilla enemies are about as powerful as wet toilet paper fluttering into the ocean due to a slight breeze. In this hack he really needed an edge or he would've sucked massively. Buffing knight movement to 5 is the most boring knight fix imaginable, so I decided to give them bows so that the range would help them to reach things. That, and no movement penalties from terrain, for the most part. That's the knight class skill. A bunch of units had their "skills" modified, but as you correctly guessed, there's no SkillSys. I just moved the vanilla skills around and added a couple of skills that didn't require much necromancy on the ROM. Do check the class descriptions, you never know when you'll find something new. How dare you imply that Gilliam sucks? 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: He's a cavalier. I balanced all cavalry under the assumption that cavalry = top tier because movement, so they need to be very mundane to compensate. Le le le le le! overrated class le le le le le- I understand the changes, but I disapprove of the message. Next you're going to say Bors is unviable in FE6 hard. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: How is this my fault, exactly? Anything that occurs within your hack falls under your jurisdiction. It's the law baby. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I can't believe you will kill Fomortiis with Gilliam. You're saying not a single one of your OC's will be better than ol Gilliam? Le sad. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yes, truth be told, this scene was rather superfluous, but I figured Hayden could use the extra time. Glad it doesn't feel too extra, at least. That's more or less the message. A little bit extra, but the positives would either outdo the negatives, or balance it out to keep everything as is. Then again, most Sacred Stones fans would be content with just a makeout scene with Ephraim and Lyon. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Pros tell me she's the best unit in the game not named Seth or Franz. I will never understand what's with the hard-on for units whose only use is to ferry other units around. Outside of hardcore LTC runs, that's just not all taht. But hey, they're the experts, they know best, so clearly she needs no buffs! Fuck peggies! You know what? Nerf her. Do it. She's suuuch an S tier as is, right!? Look at those idiots calling her bad. What fools amirite? Let me put Cord at D tier! I need to return to Feeler. He keeps me happy. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You can immediately tell Moulder got some favoritism because he has a new portrait, for absolutely no reason beyond I like his beta portrait. I even considered just using his beta portrait, but the face was pretty weird. Someone in Teehee suggested I give vanilla Moulder the beta outfit, and the rest is history. I still got one use out of the weird beta Moulder face, though. More on that later. Yes, and in classic Ruben fashion, you didn't buff his luck. I know that you left Knoll as is with that. Damn you and your science! 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Garcia is already pretty amazing in the hack, to the point where some have told me I may have overtuned him a bit. Why wouldn't he be unpromoted? Man's rusty, he hasn't fought in years, aside from pummeling logs in half. I know you want your big manly hero already, but I'm sorry, you're gonna have to work toward it. Everyone gets rusty, and they're still prepromotes! It just means their bases have dropped, and mostly growths, because the older have lost their growth ages that come in your 20's. The prepromote aspect displays your past experience! It's classic FE implication! Garcia's support with Gilliam is even more shilling like he saved the world or something. lvl 6 is like, every American shooting neighbors that got too close to their yard. How am I the ONLY one who thinks that he should be a prepromote narratively speaking!? I swear this is the most obvious thing you could do! The Ross! He wants to be a WARRIOR like his dad. So make him a warrior! Now people can't all just pick hero. Grrrr. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I do think I like compact axe a bit better. Perhaps if I amass a good number of fixes, I'll include that. Yay. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Oh, this is gonna be fun. I can already think of four or five moments I look forward to watching you react to. You already saw my reaction to that information on Discord, but know that I will prevail. You shall not defeat Shaky Jones, the Cord Connoisseur, Mr Maniac himself. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...Oh wow, that sure turned out neat and tidy. Huh. I mean, all according to my calculations. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Sieks was dull. Gilliam? Gilliam is I cannot come up with anything, but I'm sure we'll get there some time. We'll have all game, seeing how you're definitely using him forever. If he dies, I'm ending your Berwick run. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Here's hoping you continue to have such good impressions. Given your take on FE gameplay, I trust that I won't be disappointed. Sure, I do wish it was even harder, but most people would hate my kind of map design. It'd all be Fuga's Wild Ride with FE12 lunatic stats. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: On 3/3/2023 at 2:31 PM, Punished Dayni said: This is an S tier LP intro. I agree. Extremely common Shaky Jones W 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Thanks for swinging by, Speedy. Regular responses to LPs like these can be rather time consuming, so I understand your decision Wish him a big McThankies. 10 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Nobody expects the Spanish devil axe brigand. I expect a bullet will suffice. Stealing Stones 3: They Should've Killed Colm Spoiler Damn. You took away his lances. I literally bought 2 irons and javelins for nothing. As if Seth will be needing them. Gilliam's bow is far cooler than a jav. I suppose I could stick to buying in the overworld to ensure this doesn't happen, but the elitist in me only wants to resort to doing that if I'm given 3 Trachina's in a row. Anyways, it's time to show that thief why they call me the Tunnel Snake. Turn 1: Ah yes! I can kill Cath! Again! 2 cavs are added in, moderately stronger than the rest of the stage. They're cavs though, so it's more or less free Erika xp. New lore was added into Ruben Stones. Colm steals crack for Neimi, and she is drastically quicker under its effect. Her strength growth is the same, but she received a massive speed buff, both in growths and bases (she has 9 over 6 speed and a 20% growth buff). Her mental maturity has not grown at all. Neimi isn't normally the kind of character I'd care at all about, but she's one of 2 archers in the game. Yes, I have Gilliam, but for those who've seen my other LP's, you know that there is no such thing as too many bows. Seth destroyed a wall. Erika destroyed his stomach. Just enough to 2 shot, but will he land his shot, or is the enemy straight? Damn. Bro got the whole squad coming up his yard. Turn 2: Strongest Vanessa moment. I can't be bothered to tell if he's different. Is he different? Who cares? He's a filthy rat. You abuse his cowardly crimes to benefit a worthy cause, then gut him. If he didn't start out green, I would've killed him. Only good use of a silver weapon. I do be loving the compact axe. It doesn't have any more hit than an iron though. A little unfortunate, given the main appeal of slims in most games, but the +2 skill technically gives you 4 hit, which is a weird number. Keep this up, and we'll re-enact Raiden punching Armstrong. Who wants to be Raiden? Fuck Turn 3: They have various reavers, but none hurt the sword. Ruben is yelling at you to use Erika. Please, test out the buffed Erika! LTC'ers groan at leaving her behind. I'll never get tired of GBA armors wielding bows. Of course I used the Four Kings bow armor lass. She was fun. You wanna know why this works? It's a DSFE thing. Now play New Mystery and use General Matthis. This is not a joke. He will be cracked. Colm cannot approach any chest. I'll be back... I land a 64 through the sheer power of misogyny. After killing the thief, Seth moves in to watch his jet, killing the nearby unarmed healer to show the enemies why they call him the crimson knight. I would say common Erika L, but this one seems promising. I still remember those months ago where Ruben wouldn't stop posting an angry Erika sprite in teehee. Very Ruben. Now draw her with abs. How is he doubling at base? You actually made him busted. One rounding. Ross got some work to do. I got some work to do. You got some water that needs drinking. Hydrate. Now. Turn 4: He aint the boulder. He the Olympian athlete. One of the cavs drops an iron blade. That's a terrible gift. That brings me back. They called me Bright Lance. I was very bright with a lance. They couldn't stop me from lancing around. So it's the blessed weapons of SoV. What a coincidence. So that's what he meant. Clever insertion. Ross time. Seth's knighting proves useful once more in how terribly his king nerfed his arsenal. The hell are these levels? Try to do better next time Ruben. Turn 5: Second chance. Shadowkiller sounds comical. Beacon bow, I'm not sure what beacon is referencing in terms of monsters. Is it the light of a beacon that burns through monsters? Like a radiant bow? Honestly, if the monster weapon gimmick wasn't so blatant, I would've assumed that this was a magic bow. Guess you've replaced whatever you normally get with moster killers, but I don't remember what those were, so I'll live in ignorant bliss at what the 1% stole from me and enjoy what I already have. Turn 6: Surely I won't miss. Golly gee wilikers. Here's a great story. I posted on a discord server (do not try at home) about being done with the travesty that is Echoes. Naturally, at least one person talks about loving the game. This eventually leads to someone saying "At least we can all agree on one thing. Axe units are awesome", something the server generally agrees on. But they say this during the conversation of the one game that has NO FIGHTERS OR AXE UNITS. That's it. I win! Echoes is terrible. You cannot refute me. Is there a blessed axe? No. No Hauteclere for you. They call me The House. I always win. Turn 7: 7 turns. Wasn't planning on showing turns this time around, but somehow I feel guilty just spending 5 turns off camera walking and heal spamming. Besides, playing faster just proves how unessarcy Vanessa is. Gilliam and Ross still work. Checkmate, you frail sh- Nothing really changes for the cutscene, but you do see this. IS trying to have more than 2 dark skinned characters in one game (impossible). How did you not put reinforcements where Colm spawns 2 turns later? I was so certain that you'd try to punish me for lingering around the top for too long or something. Ya know, people tryna chase Colm from where he spawned. Camp near the swordreaver guy until someone else reaches them, then they appear behind to Kaga you. Considering how the thief doesn't really move until provoked, I do feel that this chapter could've been made harder through reinforcements or something. Adding 6 more enemies off the bat might've been tedious, but it did feel a tad disappointing compared to 1 and 2's change. Ch 3 seems like a chapter that would introduce the idea of it normally, being a fort and all. It doesn't help that Garcia can apparently destroy most enemies inside the room with the thief, and Seth is still Seth. I do like the swordreaver inclusion though. The fact that Neimi one rounds makes it a perfect instance of her needing to protect his sorry ass, and the implication that Colm ordinarily was going to solo this place with that guy basically being the first person he'd face off against after taking one chest. There's gotta be a deep message in there somewhere. I won't bother supporting them to find out though. These posts are very short in comparison to my typical LP's. This lets me post more frequently, and hopefully lets Ruben respond without taking up too much of his time. He's got some triangles to strategy or something. Can't get enough of some apple loli. Something worth noting is the music change. For the prologue and first chapter, the map theme is Friendship (I believe Ephraim's overworld map theme), and for chapters 2 and 3, it plays For The Commander, a song from Binding Blade. Ruben clearly hates happy early game music. Good. I do too. It is admittedly odd hearing a song that you know is from a different FE game, especially one that's supposed to play much later in a noticeably older game as far as audio sampling goes. I do prefer hearing it over the main game's early music, but now I'm in the mood to replay FE6. Crap. Edited March 5, 2023 by Shaky Jones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Spoiler 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: If we gaslight everyone into thinking you're the guy, then they'll take your takes more seriously. Work with me here! You are right. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Yes, only stabs and heat stroke fatalities. Love your ability to self defend. I like how you bring up heat strokes. What, do you Burgerlanders open fire on the sun when it gets too hot? 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: So that's what it was about? Hotness? No, but it was a side effect. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I should stop giving you any credit. As if you could. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: When the lord is supposed to be inexperienced with fighting, but can slaughter the entire continent blindfolded. She's a fast learner, or something. Look, are you really the one that's going to whine about Eirika not being dead weight? 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I understand the changes, but I disapprove of the message. Next you're going to say Bors is unviable in FE6 hard. It's one thing what my heart says, it's another what my mind understands. I had to follow some manner of logical thought, or else the only changes would've been to make Seth unrecruitable and to replace Vanessa with Syrene. Besides, my thought process resulted in Gilliam buffs, what are you complaining about? 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Everyone gets rusty, and they're still prepromotes! It just means their bases have dropped, and mostly growths, because the older have lost their growth ages that come in your 20's. The prepromote aspect displays your past experience! It's classic FE implication! Garcia's support with Gilliam is even more shilling like he saved the world or something. lvl 6 is like, every American shooting neighbors that got too close to their yard. How am I the ONLY one who thinks that he should be a prepromote narratively speaking!? I swear this is the most obvious thing you could do! The Ross! He wants to be a WARRIOR like his dad. So make him a warrior! Now people can't all just pick hero. Grrrr. Two prepromotes would've been too much. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Given your take on FE gameplay, I trust that I won't be disappointed. I mean, having takes on gameplay and making good gameplay aren't one and the same, but thanks for the vote of confidence. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Damn. You took away his lances. So I did. Fuck cavs. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: New lore was added into Ruben Stones. Colm steals crack for Neimi, and she is drastically quicker under its effect. Her strength growth is the same, but she received a massive speed buff, both in growths and bases (she has 9 over 6 speed and a 20% growth buff). Her mental maturity has not grown at all. Neimi isn't normally the kind of character I'd care at all about, but she's one of 2 archers in the game. Yes, I have Gilliam, but for those who've seen my other LP's, you know that there is no such thing as too many bows. Ah, Neimi. One of like, four units that managed to be really unironically bad in a game almost as easy as Path of Radiance. I am one of those people that believes archers are fine, they just need big stats to compensate for their complete lack of close quarters combat. So now the archers have big stats. Wait till you see Innes. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I can't be bothered to tell if he's different. Is he different? I do believe I did... something to him. I don't remember what. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I do be loving the compact axe. It doesn't have any more hit than an iron though. A little unfortunate, given the main appeal of slims in most games, but the +2 skill technically gives you 4 hit, which is a weird number. It doesn't? That certainly is weird. Must've forgotten to up it. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Keep this up, and we'll re-enact Raiden punching Armstrong. Who wants to be Raiden? You lol 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Now play New Mystery and use General Matthis. This is not a joke. He will be cracked. Can confirm. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I would say common Erika L, but this one seems promising. I still remember those months ago where Ruben wouldn't stop posting an angry Erika sprite in teehee. Very Ruben. Now draw her with abs. When you get her to cap strength. ...this is as good a time as any to bring up that I like how you consistently misspell her name. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: He aint the boulder. He the Olympian athlete. Younger Wendell. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: One of the cavs drops an iron blade. That's a terrible gift. You can give it to Franz so he can get doubled. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: The hell are these levels? Try to do better next time Ruben. No, I will not give anyone Karel's growth rates. Or, if I do, it'll be a shaman that gets them. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Sooooo he's officially benched? 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Shadowkiller sounds comical. Beacon bow, I'm not sure what beacon is referencing in terms of monsters. Is it the light of a beacon that burns through monsters? Like a radiant bow? Honestly, if the monster weapon gimmick wasn't so blatant, I would've assumed that this was a magic bow. Guess you've replaced whatever you normally get with moster killers, but I don't remember what those were, so I'll live in ignorant bliss at what the 1% stole from me and enjoy what I already have. The monster killers are all unused* vanilla weapons. Unused with an asterisk because they were technically obtainable... at a one-time promotional event taking place in Japan back in 2004. What I'm getting at is, I did not pick the names. Blame IntSys. As for the original items: Iron weapons, a javelin and handaxe. Pffft. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: IS trying to have more than 2 dark skinned characters in one game (impossible). Hey, they did succeed at having four dark skinned characters in Engage. Then everyone else in Solm is white for... some reason, because the entire population of generics are all black. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: How did you not put reinforcements where Colm spawns 2 turns later? I was so certain that you'd try to punish me for lingering around the top for too long or something. Ya know, people tryna chase Colm from where he spawned. Camp near the swordreaver guy until someone else reaches them, then they appear behind to Kaga you. Considering how the thief doesn't really move until provoked, I do feel that this chapter could've been made harder through reinforcements or something. Adding 6 more enemies off the bat might've been tedious, but it did feel a tad disappointing compared to 1 and 2's change. Ch 3 seems like a chapter that would introduce the idea of it normally, being a fort and all. It doesn't help that Garcia can apparently destroy most enemies inside the room with the thief, and Seth is still Seth. Didn't really have many ideas for this map, aside from changing the horrible loot. Seriously, four uses of the lockpick are more valuable than that shit... Otherwise I mostly just added those cavs for a little bit of extra action going on. It's still probably the chapter I spent the least time on in the entire game, all in all. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I do like the swordreaver inclusion though. The fact that Neimi one rounds makes it a perfect instance of her needing to protect his sorry ass, and the implication that Colm ordinarily was going to solo this place with that guy basically being the first person he'd face off against after taking one chest. There's gotta be a deep message in there somewhere. I won't bother supporting them to find out though. Good, because vanilla supports are unchanged lol Anyway, yeah, that's kinda funny. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: These posts are very short in comparison to my typical LP's. This lets me post more frequently, and hopefully lets Ruben respond without taking up too much of his time. He's got some triangles to strategy or something. Well, not yet, I'm waiting for a sale and-- 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Can't get enough of some apple loli. You son of a bitch. Where even is the apple? 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Something worth noting is the music change. For the prologue and first chapter, the map theme is Friendship (I believe Ephraim's overworld map theme), and for chapters 2 and 3, it plays For The Commander, a song from Binding Blade. Ruben clearly hates happy early game music. Good. I do too. I can confirm that I do. I generally enjoy Sacred Stones's soundtrack, but the earlygame theme? Nails on a chalkboard. Even as far as happy earlygame music standards goes, this one is WAY too happy. You're murdering people and watching regular folks suffer greatly from Grado's warmongering, and then the music feels like it belongs in a modern FE game as the theme that plays for supports between energetic lolis. Bleh. 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: now I'm in the mood to replay FE6. Crap. No, you're playing my hack now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imuabicus der Fertige Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Spoiler 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: L + 4*2 + self hatred + elementary my dear Watson. no u Spoiler 4 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Mf bestowed upon him a brick. IS boutta introduce the Rockslinger, Empire Earth did it first 5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: The brigand tried to dodge, but when he leaned to the side, the arrow's tip slashed through the front of his neck. As he fell and tumbled down the mountain, Gilliam approaches the wounded sinner and takes another arrow, further slitting his throat. Fun fact right there. Can't believe Ruben animated all that. I headcanoned he used the bowstring like a whip. 5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: You got some water that needs drinking. Hydrate. Now. Spaniards got that -50% water intake perk. 5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: But does it come with spare batteries? 5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: That one is a torch. 19 minutes ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...this is as good a time as any to bring up that I like how you consistently misspell her name. ERIKAAAA, ..... i´m not gonna link that song. I´d like to remain unwarned and unbanned. This is just Gilliams isekai story, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ping Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 I don't really have anything substantial to say, but I'll be following along. Neimi Good, or maybe mine was just blessed. Genuinely an excellent boss killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaky Jones Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 Replies: Spoiler 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I like how you bring up heat strokes. What, do you Burgerlanders open fire on the sun when it gets too hot? A convenient side effect of warning shots. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: She's a fast learner, or something. Look, are you really the one that's going to whine about Erika not being dead weight? Someone has to be the dipshit bickering about the little things, and I'm the one LP'ing. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's one thing what my heart says, it's another what my mind understands. I had to follow some manner of logical thought, or else the only changes would've been to make Seth unrecruitable and to replace Vanessa with Syrene. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Two prepromotes would've been too much. Kill Seth kill Seth kill Seth kill Seth ki- 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I mean, having takes on gameplay and making good gameplay aren't one and the same, but thanks for the vote of confidence. We'll see won't we? 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I am one of those people that believes archers are fine, they just need big stats to compensate for their complete lack of close quarters combat Kaga laughs and claps. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You lol 🥵 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...this is as good a time as any to bring up that I like how you consistently misspell Erika's name. I have no idea what you're talking about 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You can give it to Franz so he can get doubled. Wow you hate cavs. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: No, I will not give anyone Karel's growth rates. Or, if I do, it'll be a shaman that gets them. I don't want better growths. I want you to give me better level ups. I know you're holding back rn. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: The monster killers are all unused* vanilla weapons. Unused with an asterisk because they were technically obtainable... at a one-time promotional event taking place in Japan back in 2004. What I'm getting at is, I did not pick the names. Blame IntSys. So they're sorta like the Emblem weapons of FE7. Gotcha. That sucks. I want to blame you for things. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: As for the original items: Iron weapons, a javelin and handaxe. Pffft. I'm sure there are people who'd value 1-2 range far more. Then they can have 11 javs over 10. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Hey, they did succeed at having four dark skinned characters in Engage. Then everyone else in Solm is white for... some reason, because the entire population of generics are all black. Don't blame them at IS. They're easily frightened. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Didn't really have many ideas for this map, aside from changing the horrible loot. Seriously, four uses of the lockpick are more valuable than that shit... Otherwise I mostly just added those cavs for a little bit of extra action going on. It's still probably the chapter I spent the least time on in the entire game, all in all. Fair enough. Personally, I still like the of the reinforcements on the stairs Colm appear on after a few turns. Maybe 2 axe units and a separate thief in the center (on the stair tile). Ya know, maybe tryna take the stuff before Colm does, but obviously late from how presumably nimble Colm is. If you wanna be a d**k, one or both brigands could also have swordreavers. Just use Gilliam. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You son of a bitch. Where even is the apple? Probably in your room, you freak. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I can confirm that I do. I generally enjoy Sacred Stones's soundtrack, but the earlygame theme? Nails on a chalkboard. Even as far as happy earlygame music standards goes, this one is WAY too happy. You're murdering people and watching regular folks suffer greatly from Grado's warmongering, and then the music feels like it belongs in a modern FE game as the theme that plays for supports between energetic lolis. Bleh. I'm not going to say there's no place for happy music in FE, but it's rare where I like it. It's especially bad when done in late game maps, but it is sorta comical how "tutorial" the song sounds in FE8. It almost just breaks me out of any immersion picturing the land of Magvel and just think "I'm playing the early game made for babies". Thracia's early music is made well enough to both be somewhat uplifting, but not, what's the word..."condescending"? That's what music like SS prologue sounds to me. 6 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: No, you're playing my hack now. Make an FE6 one. 6 hours ago, Imuabicus said: no u literally me 6 hours ago, Imuabicus said: I headcanoned he used the bowstring like a whip. There'll be plenty of time for that. 6 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Spaniards got that -50% water intake perk. I got that Sneering Imperialist perk 6 hours ago, Imuabicus said: But does it come with spare batteries? No. 6 hours ago, Imuabicus said: That one is a torch. That's another thing Ruben. We actually just shoot our shadows. The tiny bit of muzzle light is our flashlight. 6 hours ago, Imuabicus said: i´m not gonna link that song. I´d like to remain unwarned and unbanned. After my last LP, I'm amazed that I'm still here. 6 hours ago, Imuabicus said: This is just Gilliams isekai story, huh? What!? How could he die? 3 hours ago, ping said: I don't really have anything substantial to say, but I'll be following along. The only thing you should feel the need to add is "Wow. General Matthis sounds awesome. I think I'll give New Mystery another go." 3 hours ago, ping said: Neimi Good, or maybe mine was just blessed. Genuinely an excellent boss killer. Is this about the hack or are you just shilling the crybaby? Stinky Stones 4: Resident Evil 9 Spoiler I forget that Artur has his own battle animation before the chapter starts, which is really depressing when it just shows how mid he is. Dude literally needs to crit on his 2nd hit just to not glook bad on a cutscene. Now he looks like a femboy on that horse, for better or worse. Does this become Holy Knight? I'll say that the reason he might not call it that is because it's a 3 Houses reference, then he'll counter it by saying it's a Tear Ring/Berwick reference. I'm not sure if I'll use him. Never been a huge fan of him, but he is somewhat changed. I'd prefer not to, but maybe Ruben really wants to see if he crashes the game when he does something oddly specific like use fortify with animations on when promoted (if he gets staves instead of anima). As much as I'd like to insta-bench Seth, Franz must be taught a lesson, and Colm is completely unnecessary here. At least Seth has his crimson lance. Literally me. Enemies seem to now average at 11 strength, sometimes 10 or 12. Speed is either 6 or 7 on most cases. Some zombies now start with fetid claws instead of it being only on the boss in this chapter. This gives enemies like this one a heavy 21 might for chapter 4 standards, but their AS is significantly reduced, making them easy 2 range kills given their awful defense and dodge. Damn. Wish they had 2 less HP. Neimi was already very buffed. I thought she had 5 strength in the hack. No it's 7. That's 3 extra might. Admittedly, I love using bad archers and making their bases great, but a strong Neimi is nice to see. My clouded perception of archers makes any upgrade seem ridiculously strong in comparison to my standard gameplay experiences. Exact damage. It's almost like this was intentional. It wasn't. 50 50 Neimi wall. You're welcome ping. That ball seems more like science than holy light. Unsurprising. Turn 2: Instead of 3 skeletons, it's 2 skeletons and an eyeball. The map actually starts with one less eyeball than vanilla, so I guess it was just late to the party this time around. 19 might is quite something for iron users. Just my type. The skeleton part, not the might. I'm more of a 27. That number can kill Vanessa. But you know what I hate? They're using a lance, but they hold a sword! The sprite is ruined! It irks me so. Once again, Vanessa's inability to kill anything gives Ross another W. This will be a repeating theme this lesson. Wait a minute... Ah hell nah bruh they throwing undead shuriken's who tf gave em that necrojitsu It's not that big of a deal The moster slayers only have 15 uses, but this is the one time I actually need it. While the literal crybaby sweeps, virgin Pandreo heads to town. Oh no. Damn it Ruben. Fuck yaself. It's the funny! Clap and laugh! When the hell am I gonna use this!? It's an ironman! When I get an axe unit I hate? That's really rare. Exact damage to not kill. Perfect. No don't crit! Turn 3: When crossing the black line (under the bridge/branch) 4 zoms show up. Now it's 3. Is Ruben going easy on me? You shouldn't have. Really, don't. You insult me. I shall slap you with a glove and challenge you to Mario Party 2. They also have vulns. Whether that's exclusive to the patch or always there, I don't recall, but nobody ever remembers to make Colm steal them even when available, so who cares? A crimson eye? Consider me timbers shivered. Nevermind. The fourth enemy is this cheeky eyesore. Very devious addition. This could be a sticky situation. Kind of odd seeing another eye spawn immediately after the previous one in the same tile in a completely separate spawn req all on its own. I almost thought he just flew from below until I checked again. He must've known the timing would hurt me in particular. If she misses, I'll rescue her, and drop her right off the Grand Canyon, without her peg. Titania's going down the wood chipper, where my copy of PoR goes. Wow. Amazing. More speed. Now she still can't double. Somehow, I'm in a situation where I actually have to use Seth with a silver lance to avoid death. Unfortunate Seth W. If you try to use an iron lance, you will deal 19 out of 20, a massive "fuck you" that forces you to use a silver, or risk a very heavy counter. I love it. except you can just use his steel sword for an easy kill regardless, or get a lucky strength up, which doesn't even require much luck given how good his growths still are. EXCEPT NOT ANY MORE! That's right! Ruben JUST made an extra patch like, 3 hours ago, basically removing the steel sword, and that's it. I shall take ALL the credit. You're welcome. My dm's are always open to you. Everyone else has to pay. You can still just...get one level up, but we can't have everything. Trust me, I tried. He will not budge yet. I want him to fall off as much as the rest of you. Minus 1 base strength, 20 strength growth, anything really. His speed and defense are mostly balanced for the extra difficulty, but his strength is still ridiculous, and 1 single point can really make a difference here. Problem with minus 1 base strength though would be that Artur would no longer one shot without taking counter. Ruben even shilled my LP within that update. Love you too. Now just don't let the mods see this. Please download and give his hack a try if you're in the mood to play anything resembling Sacred Stones again. Unless his hack becomes terrible by the end. Then boo him. Maybe you can help me badger him into making the hack the perfect game with more skeletons and a dead Vanessa. Perhaps give his hack thread a follow to stay updated on when he adds more patches so you can let me guys know how he's trying to screw me over. If anyone that isn't Seth tried going in, they'd die. Gilliam gaming enthusiasts weep this day. While I coulda ran to not let Seth have anything, everything fell to place just right with this tactic, and I couldn't resist the slightly aggressive strats. Besides, I'm sure the zombers behind would've just cornered me, and things might've been even harder. Having Vanessa kill from the brigde that blocks more zomberinos from getting in helps a lot, but the fetid claw almost kills her, meaning you either gotta finish everyone else off, or protect her on top, in this case with Moulder who healed Seth prior (he would've died otherwise). Really good turn. I want to believe that Ruben set this up intentionally, even though the proc is determined by the player in a sense. I suppose slower players can just breathe easy, while moderate to cocaine addicted players receive what naturally befits their style. Hell, because drugs are bad. Yes, I spouted words words words, but turns like these are what I live for. Best map to play through so far. Really fun for what are technically minor switches to a fixed map. The reason I need Moulder to block is because his fellow saint is a false prophet. Zombinos either have rotten claws with low might but 1-2 range, or 1 ranged fetids that hit hard. Ranged units like archers and mages tend to be better suited for fetids, while close ranged soldiers fare off easily against rottens, on player phase at least. The frequent number of 1-2 range zombies make enemy phasing not quite as easy, given how many will attack without counter, and those who can counter either won't double, or take too much damage to handle more than 1 at a time. The extra range also makes a few enemies now overlap. The map, despite being mostly the same, felt very different to play throguh. These are the kinds of major changes that can occur when making any kind of long term change to something in any hack or game. Give a tome 20 crit and the ability to cut through all defense, and you have unfair BS no matter how you implement it. You also get average FE7 IQ design. Aw sweet. Seth doesn't double with silvers. Now his kingdom's gift is worthless. They must really hate him. How based. Turn 4: After a heal, she goes for a rare Vanessa W. Trust me, I would've loved to leave her fate to RNG without the heal, but you lose all items on lost units germanely, and I'm stingy with my slim. Gilliam banishes a Twitter user. Good thing this hack doesn't feature hard reverse. I wouldn't be able to say no. They call me Griss. Artur rescues Father Moulder and Garcia honors the family the name. Truly, the Estévez lineage shall prove themselves courageous and fearless this day. He played college ball ya know? 😐 Right. I forget that Ruben is a Lilina simp. Unfortunate! Lute's bases (mostly magic and speed) were bumped quite high altogether, especially considering that she was left at level one. Her magic growth is a touch higher, but she actually lost 10% of her speed growth, making her the slow but hard hitting frail mage. Given than enemies hit a lot harder in the hack, she pretty much is just Lilina 2, but with much, much higher base speed. I don't know if I'll use her. I should use mages, but based mages are hard to come by. Lute's nostalgic, but very popular, and a woman. You got any bearded mages, or do I wait until Moulder promotes? No, I'm not too fond of Saleh. I swear, don't just tell me to use Knoll. I will nuke Spain and render the geneva convention null and void. Vanessa's 5 damage comes in clutch for Garcia's equally contributing 26. Turn 5: Excellent. After rescuing and dropping Ross, Gilliam finishes off the reinzombments mostly by himself and I prepare for the last few turns. They're actually pretty easy. Turn 6: He's gonna Mould! Excellent. Where is your health? I can't wait to get a pirate who can walk on water...if I'm a loser! It's time for Nidhogg Ross Spoiler Actually, that can be hard. Outside of FE6, you can only have one S, meaning that it's very possible to reach S axe when you promote and just be locked out permanently. Disgusting. Won't stop me from trying, even if I have to resort to last minute boss abuse. Turn 7: L'arachel showed up, said the n word, then ran while laughing maniacally. I can't show that. Turn 8: I could kill with Ross, but he already gets 50 xp per kill. A free level up isn't as signifcant on him. You? Defeat him? Laughable. oh nonononono! Get out! Get, the fu-fu-fuck, outta my sight! This chapter uses the regular soundtrack. Good for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ping Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: The only thing you should feel the need to add is "Wow. General Matthis sounds awesome. I think I'll give New Mystery another go." Why would I use General Matthis when Warrior Yubello is right there? 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Is this about the hack or are you just shilling the crybaby? In my run, she one-rounded incel swordguy with Colm providing support bonuses, but still. You tell me. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Or let her tell you herself, that's fine, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imuabicus der Fertige Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Spoiler 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Kill Seth kill Seth kill Seth kill Seth ki- 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Wow you hate cavs. paladins promote to shish kebap 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I got that Sneering Imperialist perk Sneering Imperialist*, cuz the ogs are european except the Balkan we don´t talk about the Balkan but it involves pipe bombs, so you´d feel right at home 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: That's another thing Ruben. We actually just shoot our shadows. The tiny bit of muzzle light is our flashlight. but I thought no full auto in the building? it costs 400 000$ to light up this room for 12 seconds also texas winter lifehack 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: What!? How could he die? who said he died, your lack of faith is disturbing He punched Lesser G in the face and yelled: Send it 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Now he looks like a femboy on that horse, for better or worse. I know a Bad Dragon ad when I see one. 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Literally me. 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Just my type. The skeleton part, not the might. Rattled. 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: The animation better extend the hand in a bitchslap. zoooooooooooom bap *Ow* 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Damn it Ruben. Spaniards 🤝 Satan peacefully relocating infidels to the afterlife, inshallah Also, isn´t that part just straight up the dialog from SD chapter... 4? 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Wow. Amazing. More speed. Now she still can't double. Vanessa used Bulk Up. It was useless! 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: but you lose all items on lost units germanely do I dare? Yes I do. Spoiler 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: He played college ball ya know? breaking ankles, always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 Spoiler 16 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Kill Seth kill Seth kill Seth kill Seth ki- Do it yourself. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I have no idea what you're talking about Cheeky little skelington. Imma start calling you Shaky James. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Wow you hate cavs. Indeed. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I don't want better growths. I want you to give me better level ups. I know you're holding back rn. Payback for Lydia. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Probably in your room, you freak. No I'm legit curious, where'd you get the apple from? There's no apple there at all. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I'm not going to say there's no place for happy music in FE, but it's rare where I like it. It's especially bad when done in late game maps, but it is sorta comical how "tutorial" the song sounds in FE8. It almost just breaks me out of any immersion picturing the land of Magvel and just think "I'm playing the early game made for babies". Thracia's early music is made well enough to both be somewhat uplifting, but not, what's the word..."condescending"? That's what music like SS prologue sounds to me. You put it into words better than I could, yes. Happy music isn't bad exactly, but FE8's earlygame theme doesn't fit a war game in the slightest. It's not even like FE8's earlygame is lighthearted at all. The game sort of glosses over it, but a lot of fucked up shit happens in the early chapters, and the ultra jolly music ill suits it. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: That's another thing Ruben. We actually just shoot our shadows. The tiny bit of muzzle light is our flashlight. From 'Murica, I believe it. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I forget that Artur has his own battle animation before the chapter starts, which is really depressing when it just shows how mid he is. Dude literally needs to crit on his 2nd hit just to not glook bad on a cutscene. Now he looks like a femboy on that horse, for better or worse. I hadn't the faintest idea what to do with him, so I ended up throwing caution to the wind and redesigning him entirely. Plus, I wanted to limit the amount of bishops in the game. So now he has a pony. Isn't that amazing. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I'd prefer not to, but maybe Ruben really wants to see if he crashes the game when he does something oddly specific like use fortify with animations on when promoted (if he gets staves instead of anima). Nah, I know he works all right. Use him if you feel like it. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: That ball seems more like science than holy light. Unsurprising. I didn't even make the animation. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Wait a minute... Ah hell nah bruh they throwing undead shuriken's who tf gave em that necrojitsu I did this way later in the hack. It took people playing it and going "hey Ruben chapter 4 is horrible" for me to realize the ramifications of such a simple change. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: The map, despite being mostly the same, felt very different to play throguh. These are the kinds of major changes that can occur when making any kind of long term change to something in any hack or game. Yep, exactly this. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Fuck yaself. It's the funny! Clap and laugh! When the hell am I gonna use this!? It's an ironman! When I get an axe unit I hate? That's really rare. I mean, there's a girl that uses axes. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: If anyone that isn't Seth tried going in, they'd die. Gilliam gaming enthusiasts weep this day. While I coulda ran to not let Seth have anything, everything fell to place just right with this tactic, and I couldn't resist the slightly aggressive strats. Besides, I'm sure the zombers behind would've just cornered me, and things might've been even harder. Having Vanessa kill from the brigde that blocks more zomberinos from getting in helps a lot, but the fetid claw almost kills her, meaning you either gotta finish everyone else off, or protect her on top, in this case with Moulder who healed Seth prior (he would've died otherwise). Really good turn. I want to believe that Ruben set this up intentionally, even though the proc is determined by the player in a sense. I suppose slower players can just breathe easy, while moderate to cocaine addicted players receive what naturally befits their style. Hell, because drugs are bad. Yes, I spouted words words words, but turns like these are what I live for. Best map to play through so far. Really fun for what are technically minor switches to a fixed map. Yeah, I mostly intended the eyes as a bit of a curveball to force the player to handle the eastern end of the map with care. This kind of situation is exactly what I had hoped to generate. Glad it worked out! 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: He played college ball ya know? If he was a prepromote he wouldn't have leveled up yet. And then you would've missed out on this. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Right. I forget that Ruben is a Lilina simp. Unfortunate! Lute's bases (mostly magic and speed) were bumped quite high altogether, especially considering that she was left at level one. Her magic growth is a touch higher, but she actually lost 10% of her speed growth, making her the slow but hard hitting frail mage. Given than enemies hit a lot harder in the hack, she pretty much is just Lilina 2, but with much, much higher base speed. I don't know if I'll use her. I should use mages, but based mages are hard to come by. Lute's nostalgic, but very popular, and a woman. Lilina is a fun unit. Here's Purple Lilina. Walina. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: You got any bearded mages, or do I wait until Moulder promotes? No, I'm not too fond of Saleh. You know, despite my fondness for beards, I believe there's only one bearded magician. Huh. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I swear, don't just tell me to use Knoll. I will nuke Spain and render the geneva convention null and void. Okay. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: He's gonna Mould! Woo! The kinda level you love to see on Boulder. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I can't wait to get a pirate who can walk on water...if I'm a loser! It's time for Nidhogg Ross Hide contents Actually, that can be hard. Outside of FE6, you can only have one S, meaning that it's very possible to reach S axe when you promote and just be locked out permanently. Disgusting. Won't stop me from trying, even if I have to resort to last minute boss abuse. Already told you on PMs, but the hack allows for multiple S ranks. I, too, hate that dumb restriction. 15 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: You? Defeat him? Laughable. Fun fact: The volume levels on that line are kinda fucked, so for the longest time, I thought he said "You? Defeat me? Laugh!". I thought it was the silliest line, as a result. 16 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: This chapter uses the regular soundtrack. Good for you. It doesn't. This map in vanilla uses the very happy tune. Yeah, the map full of zombies. This one is such a better fit that I cannot blame you for not realizing, honestly. 6 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Also, isn´t that part just straight up the dialog from SD chapter... 4? Pretty much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaky Jones Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: 18 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: This chapter uses the regular soundtrack. Good for you. It doesn't. This map in vanilla uses the very happy tune. Yeah, the map full of zombies. This one is such a better fit that I cannot blame you for not realizing, honestly. What!? Again!? This is ridiculous. How did I already mess up again!? This is actual gaslighting. Like, I actually remember this chapter having that song. I swear, I've played this game more than once. I'm going to sound like a bad source of advice at this rate, but after hearing it in game once, it's hard to believe that it wasn't what was used. Crap. Now Ruben gets to toot his horn once more. I hate that. In other news, I am now playing on version 1.15. The game can't just delete the steel sword, so... Goodbye. The 270 will get me that vuln that was stolen from me. He'll be rotting in hell for that. Replies: Spoiler 10 hours ago, ping said: Why would I use General Matthis when Warrior Cord is right there? You can use both. 10 hours ago, ping said: In my run, she one-rounded incel swordguy with Colm providing support bonuses, but still. You tell me. He's relatable to so many FE fans, and dying to a Fire Emblem girl only gets them more jealous. I'll make sure that Neimi does things, but never more than Gilliam. Real gamer right there. 10 hours ago, ping said: Or let her tell you herself, that's fine, too. Colm gonna need protecting from her. 8 hours ago, Imuabicus said: paladins promote to shish kebap Most sane Bunet fan. 8 hours ago, Imuabicus said: except the Balkan we don´t talk about the Balkan but it involves pipe bombs, so you´d feel right at home 9 hours ago, Imuabicus said: it costs 400 000$ to light up this room for 12 seconds average LA rent 9 hours ago, Imuabicus said: also texas winter lifehack Texas is a lifehack for that no state taxes. 9 hours ago, Imuabicus said: He punched Lesser G in the face and yelled: Send it who tf is Lesser G? I just get Resident Evil on google. I think GIlliam's armor could protect him from them goons. 9 hours ago, Imuabicus said: I know a Bad Dragon ad when I see one. vine boom thud sound effect 9 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Spaniards 🤝 Satan True! 9 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Also, isn´t that part just straight up the dialog from SD chapter... 4? Chapter 3, but yes, the idea is the same. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Do it yourself. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Cheeky little skelington. Imma start calling you Shaky James. They call me James Sunderland. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Payback for Lydia I win you lose 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: No I'm legit curious, where'd you get the apple from? There's no apple there at all. Way to dodge the accusation pal. Just checked real quick. I coulda sworn she was holding an apple, but I guess it's a circus ball or something. What do you want me to call her? Blonde bitch? Pissoloser? Ruben's waifu? 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You put it into words better than I could, yes. Happy music isn't bad exactly, but FE8's earlygame theme doesn't fit a war game in the slightest. It's not even like FE8's earlygame is lighthearted at all. The game sort of glosses over it, but a lot of fucked up shit happens in the early chapters, and the ultra jolly music ill suits it. You even added rain for what I can only assume is added sorrow. It's not even like FE7, where 50% of dialogue is friendship and trying to make the player simp for Lyn or something. The focus is the tragedy of Grado's betrayal to your country, and all hell breaking lose with both the murders of kings as well as the monsters plaguing the world and terrorizing innocents (unlucky spider food gottem). Erika mostly talks to Seth about wanting to make changes to everything that was once a beautiful landscape that she traveled with close friends now facing the ravages of war and cult creatures, but she's very hesitant to do most things given her soft nature in comparison to Ephraim, who she is very worried for. The early dialogue does not start off simple or kind. It literally begins with you running and trying to find a place to seek refuge while even more things go wrong. It's not like Fates or Engage where half of your early time is spent learning of the world around you for the first time and meeting new friends that follow you throughout your journey. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I didn't even make the animation. Make one where he throws the Bible at the enemy. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I did this way later in the hack. It took people playing it and going "hey Ruben chapter 4 is horrible" for me to realize the ramifications of such a simple change. Then all those complaints just vanished, like you cracked the code. Was chapter 4 just still too easy for them or something? I suppose it was still too "regular" otherwise. Zombies can be very generic enemies without that. Or are you saying that they called it horrible after the changes and you grinned, knowing that you truly fixed it. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I mean, there's a girl that uses axes. Wha- I used Pannete! I'm not THAT much of a gamer. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Yeah, I mostly intended the eyes as a bit of a curveball to force the player to handle the eastern end of the map with care. This kind of situation is exactly what I had hoped to generate. Glad it worked out! 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Already told you on PMs, but the hack allows for multiple S ranks. I, too, hate that dumb restriction. I didn't ask for a change because I assumed that stuff was hard coded in the engine or something. I don't know how editing works, but with how hard you said implementing skills are, I assumed something like that couldn't be changed and needed the FE6 engine or something. Glad I was wrong! 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fun fact: The volume levels on that line are kinda fucked, so for the longest time, I thought he said "You? Defeat me? Laugh!". I thought it was the silliest line, as a result. Fun fact: Age-related hearing loss, also called presbycusis, comes on gradually as a person grows older. Most commonly, it arises from changes in the inner ear as we age, but it can also result from changes in the middle ear, or from complex changes along the nerve pathways from the ear to the brain. This information was taken from National Institutes of Health, and it is encouraged to check websites such as these as you age to help adjust and seek for ways or even products to reduce the severity of the damages. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: If he was a prepromote he wouldn't have leveled up yet. And then you would've missed out on this. Aw fuck you man. I'll take a fell off Garcia for the context of a lore-accurate Garcia. You're trolling with me! At least tell me that my idea makes sense and is somewhat interesting! At LEAST tell me that prepromote Garcia fits in with trainee Ross and would be a badass prepromote warriors. HOW THE HELL AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO TALKS ABOUT THIS!? It sounds so obvious! Like it works perfectly and lvl 4 vanilla Garcia is so weird for what he's supposed to be! Why am I the only one! Are you all crazy!? WHHHYYY!?!? 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Lilina is a fun unit. Here's Purple Lilina. Walina. Well now I can't like her. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You know, despite my fondness for beards, I believe there's only one bearded magician. Huh. Late or soon? Secrete Stones 5: Enter The Beast Spoiler This one had a lot of words words words, filling the screenshots a lot more than I hoped it would for an early chapter. Next time, I'll either skim through the text or just show less regular gameplay, for these familiar chapters at least. You really don't even need to look at anything to assume that I just Gilliam'd them. My laptop files are still traumatized from the nightmare that was chapter 17 and chapter 20 of SoHaE. It's a miracle I even finished that LP... Grado Soldier: "Wait, aren't you the prince of Jehanna?" Josuha: "What gives you that idea, big shot?" GS: "You're black. You're the only people like that". Jousha: "You're racist." GS: "You're dead." Joshua: "Fuck." No. Check Twitter. FE6 moment. Weird seeing soldiers have more strength than fighters. Soldiers in the hack are somewhat like FE6 goombas. Terrible in speed and defense, but they pack a lot of punch. Think of them as a British thief. They sneak up and stab you real bad, but you shoot them once. Most enemies on the map have an average of 11 might and 8 speed. As of this chapter, chances are that Erika has reached at least 12 speed given her really high base speed, but not many others would realistically double. Neimi has an incredible growth, but you'd have to own a bodypillow of her to have killed enough with her to double already. Don't forget Ross exists. Slims can help a few units double. Soldiers are easy targets that many can 1RKO, but often hit harder than most. Average is 19 total might. The wyverns also have a normal 8 speed, but a chunky 10 defense. This is the part where he shills Gilliam again. New unit. Her luck was buffed by 4, making me question whether leaving Moulder at 1 is a troll or an insinuation that he's a fallen angel. Also why the fuck did you make her defense 0? Come on man. You saw the 19 might enemies and thought "You aint from Spain if you ain't done this before!" and then pull the plug on her already dying defense support. Actual new mystery fan. You just can't resist healer one shot, JUST to make Moulder look better. Surprisingly, I don't hate her. I know, not the Shaky Jones experience. It's probably the bias since she was my first healer ever. Don't worry, she did die on my FE8 ironman about 2 and a half years ago. That and Tethys. That can't be a coincidence. Holy mommy What a first impression. You win this one Ruben. Seth can jeigan for once and Erika hasn't tasted blood in a good while. Goombas do get doubled, but given the reinforcement that's about to spawn, I'll take this L of a W. Erika can easily double by now, but her ability to kill depends on how much time you dedicated whispering tales of all the ways Ephraim could die in Erika's sleep. What's up boy? Didn't I kill you? This design is familiar...Ruben did you shill this on Teehee or is he from something. Nice design, but I swear I've seen this man already. I wish this line in particular had voice acting. But hey! Problem solved. Unlucky! L+timbers shivered+you defend hoshido Silly brigand boy. In this context, it sounds better to say "if it would be better to die", given your weak mindset. Anyways, good luck with the suicide thing. Turn 2: Get it? It's the units from Bazba's chapter, the name he said 5 seconds ago. This is a subtle hint to start the map over because you're a pathetic ant who listens to everyone saying archers are bad and benched Neimi and chose Franz over Colm. How clever. Shit. Now I'm imagining her sounding like Bernadetta. Harold: "....." Real (she's going to kill him) A miserable little pile of three houses. Yeehaw. A bit skipped, but he tells her that it's perfectly fine for her to kill him. Le unforgivable sins and all that. Imagine if her boyfriend was Giliam. Or Seth. You'll probably die, but at least you want that. Okay Arran. His boss has a battle axe to stand out. What an odd weapon in the actual game. It's basically just the axe on Dozla. Another FE7 JP item that was brought to FE8 like the wind sword. Ruben's first attempt at making me a husbando. A tale as old as time, but she only debuted 2 years ago. Balanced strength and speed. I am getting sick of these low luck units. I'm still getting my bones wet and I already have to face 2% crits. Defense is alright, but nothing to brag about. It's mainly his HP that's a little smaller than you'd presume. He does barely survive 2 hits from most enemies. Convenient, but the crit chance does exist. Damn it. 25 luck? At least low base luck can signify how unlucky! he was for having his home destroyed (but then half the cast would have 2 luck), but this is ridiculous. Can't he be lucky to have this redemption arc? I'm going to have enough trouble with Ruben's inevitable self insert as is. 35 defense is decent, and 45 res is funny, but his strength is mid. Speed's okay. Overall, he's mostly balanced around the board. It's really just the low luck that gets on my nerves. At least give him enough base to not immediately risk crits. He's a sweet boy though. I like him. Not admire, but there's a charm. I won't rate immediately like I did in the last LP, but I'll guess that he's a 9 in the body department, with that stern look holding his grizzled beard that'd feel great to feel, and his brigand build. That's an important trait for many FE fans, so there shouldn't be any complaints with my mentioning this. Great Lord above, please nerf this man. Ruben refuses to apply common sense, clouded by the spinning Tethys copter. Could've had a cooler last line, but ya dun did it. Gilliam spoon feeds Ross. How adorable. Garcia is not being a great father. After killing some of the soldiers approaching from the north, I swap to a compact axe. Wait, it's called a compact axe now. Yes! I kiss your hand Ruben. All is right again. Yes, it's another feature added with the loss of Seth's steel sword. You're welcome. That's a lot of paizanos. It's like a bite size fe6 chapter 7 with those wyverns, only your bows actually have hit rate. Yes, Gilliam is solo'ing the left side. Great way to grind his bow rank. Watch me only use the short bow the entire time. Turn 3: Good news. There aren't too many baddies to fiddle all things considered, but I only have 1 archer over here. I'm sure I'll manage. Seth+Lilina. Unrelated, but it's odd that Lute can romance Kyle in particular. They tend to vibe well together for some reason. Good for her. What you two got? What? Fuck off. Renault says: Most runs don't last that long. You'll be far greater soon enough. Or if you know, you were a PRREPROMOTE!!! In case you haven't figured it out, this conversation is "big guy rejects other big guy on who's bigger" 5000. I swear, this is at least 20 supports throughout the series. It almost feels verbatim, but that could just be repetitive supports beaten into me. Their actual support is similar to an extent, but not identical. After the make out scene, Garcia accepts that he still needs to try reliving his old days of glory for the sake of you guys reading this. More accuracy. Nice nice. Que? [image that says "speed increased" You've gotta be squiddin me! Well no friggin wonder people tell you he's too busted Rubout! What is this!? I'll take it, but damn. I like the idea that he's going through more effort to uphold himself as a great example based on those who look upon him with respect and honor based off his supposed glory days of 5 level ups, because his son wasn't enough motivation. Whether you like it or not, this is Fire Emblem. This right here. LTC'ers weep. I can't get over his name being Harold. Truly, a name of all time. If you wanted to, you could end the future of an entire nation right here. In the JP version, Joshua just attacks Natasha, so you basically had to bait him with Seth. I don't know if he only ignores her here, or all women. Like, does he not see Erika or Lute as girls? He'll just gut Neimi with no guilt? How based. My boy doubles at last. Well done. Turn 4: It rolled heads and she died. Unlucky. I wish. Imagine that actually being a 50/50 chance of just fucking losing your healer. I got the towns. I forget about the dab. Now I wish Ruben drew Feeler dabbing on Trachina. It doesn't deal magical damage. At least not at range. It's heavily nerfed too, hence why it was terrible on Franz. Thing did barely any damage, never doubled, and had pretty bad hit. Combine that with him being locked out of lances, and Franz has more or less been nerfed to a soft baby face. Turn 5: Saar mah balls. Engage fans squel. Good Lord... Saucy Lord... Rescue strats to let Ross get more kills. I need that fighter. Skill issue begone. Turn 8: I can't afford to end the map yet. I must prolong things. It's turn 8 because I needed to distract him with a wall while Gilliam reached a wall and Ross reached the boss. The amount of double digits is staggering. Turn 9: What the? Get back you cu- Dude ran. Like a bubble blowing double baby. I blocked him with Seth and Garcia, and that was too much for him. At least it lets me kill the brigands, but I was fine enough reaching the town regardless. I remember hearing of Ruben trying to implement this. Did that go smooth? There she is. Applaud. Now let's take her torch and le- Seth! What the hell!? You can't just steal her viability! She needs that! That's probably one of her most valuable gear. You disgrace of a man. I'm hoarding this until endgame. There it is. It's no Four Kings short bow, but I'll take some for sure. Turn 10: Bro backed himself into a corner. Big mistake. I know that I intentionally wanted to hold him off, but vuln healing boss ai is just tedious. I'd rather just deal with him chasing me, since a boss running to munch of goldfish crackers is both pathetic and an annoying time waster. An efficient player would've just had Vanessa or a horse reach the top town early anyways. I supposed since most enemies deal 19 might, I'd give him +2 just to stand out more, but not enough to OHKO your frail units. Turn 11: Rare Ross L, but we made it. I can't not use him. Lindon level. Ruben wants the player to have an army of generals and warriors. Pretty similar to the original. It's mainly the stats themselves that made things rougher, that and the wyverns. The mini boss can be tough, but having his ally be recruitable does make things easier. The reinforcements are as is in the og and were very easy to remove. Probably because the game gives you more than enough time to save all the villages. Chapter 4 was definitely a better experience, but this chapter was still a fun ride, and we got a new unit who had a nice moment. Bad guy wanting to be good is nothing new, but touching for a brigand. ch5 plays that one Binding Blade song again. On a separate note, I did wish to mention earlier that Artur probably also needs more luck. At least this new unit could face off against 1 ranged units with a hand axe or just deal heard hitting finishers, but Artur joins in a map full of 1-2 range zombies that can crit him and even the eyeballs can kill that way, something the game was tutorial-ing him as being effective against with his res and such. Aren't most holy people lucky anyways? Just a minor complaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Spoiler 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Goodbye. The 270 will get me that vuln that was stolen from me. He'll be rotting in hell for that. Boo should've thrown away, that 270 gold is cheating. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: This guy your self insert now? 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Yes, I see he is. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Just checked real quick. I coulda sworn she was holding an apple, but I guess it's a circus ball or something. What do you want me to call her? Blonde bitch? Pissoloser? Ruben's waifu? You call her and then never speak of her again. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: You even added rain for what I can only assume is added sorrow. Eyup. Rain is cool, you see. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: It's not even like FE7, where 50% of dialogue is friendship and trying to make the player simp for Lyn or something. The focus is the tragedy of Grado's betrayal to your country, and all hell breaking lose with both the murders of kings as well as the monsters plaguing the world and terrorizing innocents (unlucky spider food gottem). Erika mostly talks to Seth about wanting to make changes to everything that was once a beautiful landscape that she traveled with close friends now facing the ravages of war and cult creatures, but she's very hesitant to do most things given her soft nature in comparison to Ephraim, who she is very worried for. The early dialogue does not start off simple or kind. It literally begins with you running and trying to find a place to seek refuge while even more things go wrong. It's not like Fates or Engage where half of your early time is spent learning of the world around you for the first time and meeting new friends that follow you throughout your journey. At the very least, the funny spider map has the fog music, due to the presence of fog. It's pretty dumb everywhere else, though. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Then all those complaints just vanished, like you cracked the code. Was chapter 4 just still too easy for them or something? I suppose it was still too "regular" otherwise. Zombies can be very generic enemies without that. Or are you saying that they called it horrible after the changes and you grinned, knowing that you truly fixed it. Every zombie having 1-2 range made the map hell. That's why I gave some of them the fetid claw. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Wha- I used Pannete! I'm not THAT much of a gamer. In that case, use it to get Gilliam S axes faster. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Fun fact: Age-related hearing loss, also called presbycusis, comes on gradually as a person grows older. Most commonly, it arises from changes in the inner ear as we age, but it can also result from changes in the middle ear, or from complex changes along the nerve pathways from the ear to the brain. This information was taken from National Institutes of Health, and it is encouraged to check websites such as these as you age to help adjust and seek for ways or even products to reduce the severity of the damages. Fun fact: You asshole. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Aw fuck you man. I'll take a fell off Garcia for the context of a lore-accurate Garcia. You're trolling with me! At least tell me that my idea makes sense and is somewhat interesting! At LEAST tell me that prepromote Garcia fits in with trainee Ross and would be a badass prepromote warriors. HOW THE HELL AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO TALKS ABOUT THIS!? It sounds so obvious! Like it works perfectly and lvl 4 vanilla Garcia is so weird for what he's supposed to be! Why am I the only one! Are you all crazy!? WHHHYYY!?!? Cry me a river. Use a seal on Garcia. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: New unit. Her luck was buffed by 4, making me question whether leaving Moulder at 1 is a troll or an insinuation that he's a fallen angel. Also why the fuck did you make her defense 0? Come on man. You saw the 19 might enemies and thought "You aint from Spain if you ain't done this before!" and then pull the plug on her already dying defense support. Actual new mystery fan. You just can't resist healer one shot, JUST to make Moulder look better. She's supposed to be big offenses, tiny defenses. This translates into her dying in one shot to enemies and having no offensive capabilities because healer. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Surprisingly, I don't hate her. I know, not the Shaky Jones experience. It's probably the bias since she was my first healer ever. Don't worry, she did die on my FE8 ironman about 2 and a half years ago. That and Tethys. That can't be a coincidence. You're right, that is surprising. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Holy mommy Told you so. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: What a first impression. You win this one Ruben. I literally only changed one thing, the loot and dialogue are the same. But, to be fair, it is a pretty massive improvement, isn't it? 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: This design is familiar...Ruben did you shill this on Teehee or is he from something. Nice design, but I swear I've seen this man already. This is actually not a portrait I made. You can tell because it's too well made. It's an unused brigand mug in the game files. I stumbled into it while making this chapter and went "hey I could make this into a character!", and then I did. You may have seen it in hacks before, it's common knowledge. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I wish this line in particular had voice acting. Even without it you can just see the sarcasm lol 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Get it? It's the units from Bazba's chapter, the name he said 5 seconds ago. That, and his bio namedrops the same village Neimi and Colm were from. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: This is a subtle hint to start the map over because you're a pathetic ant who listens to everyone saying archers are bad and benched Neimi and chose Franz over Colm. How clever. Good work, Shakes. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Ruben's first attempt at making me a husbando. Did it work? 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Damn it. 25 luck? At least low base luck can signify how unlucky! he was for having his home destroyed (but then half the cast would have 2 luck), but this is ridiculous. Can't he be lucky to have this redemption arc? I'll admit, I didn't realize there were so many low luck units early on. Artur, at least, could probably stand to be changed. I didn't modify his vanilla value, but it doesn't quite work in the hack. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I'm going to have enough trouble with Ruben's inevitable self insert as is. What even are you talking about now? If I did have a self insert, he'd be a throwaway boss. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Great Lord above, please nerf this man. Ruben refuses to apply common sense, clouded by the spinning Tethys copter. Saw the video, did you. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: After killing some of the soldiers approaching from the north, I swap to a compact axe. Wait, it's called a compact axe now. Yes! I kiss your hand Ruben. All is right again. Yes, it's another feature added with the loss of Seth's steel sword. You're welcome. I did like the name better, so why not? 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: That's a lot of paizanos. It's like a bite size fe6 chapter 7 with those wyverns, only your bows actually have hit rate. Paisanos* And yes, I did kinda turn this into bootleg FE6 chapter 7, didn't I. Only it's not hell on earth like that one is. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: In case you haven't figured it out, this conversation is "big guy rejects other big guy on who's bigger" 5000. I swear, this is at least 20 supports throughout the series. It almost feels verbatim, but that could just be repetitive supports beaten into me. Their actual support is similar to an extent, but not identical. I'll be honest, I didn't even remember these two had a support. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Well no friggin wonder people tell you he's too busted Rubout! Actually I just remembered, someone in FEUniverse asked me in PMs to make Garcia even MORE powerful because it was fitting for his character. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I like the idea that he's going through more effort to uphold himself as a great example based on those who look upon him with respect and honor based off his supposed glory days of 5 level ups, because his son wasn't enough motivation. Definitely a little overtuned. I guess I felt he had to compensate for his shitty-ass speed somehow. Speed is the most important stat, after all, and his is very, very weak. He's kinda like Dieck in the hack, a super strong unit with a speed weakness that makes them peter out somewhat as the game goes on... In theory. Ruben!Garcia probably has better staying potential. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Whether you like it or not, this is Fire Emblem. This right here. Good luck reaching Dad lolololol 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I can't get over his name being Harold. Truly, a name of all time. Arthur Fates was also Harold in Japan, before Treehouse decided to change his name to a completely different one that had already been used twice in the series for... some reason I cannot comprehend. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I don't know if he only ignores her here, or all women. Only Natie. Vanilla behavior as well. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I forget about the dab. Now I wish Ruben drew Feeler dabbing on Trachina. You earn it, and then we'll see. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: It doesn't deal magical damage. At least not at range. It's heavily nerfed too, hence why it was terrible on Franz. Thing did barely any damage, never doubled, and had pretty bad hit. It's supposed to be the sword equivalent of the javelin/hand axe, but without requiring extra animations for every sword class. So I just reworked the light brand and hoped people would get the message fast enough. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Combine that with him being locked out of lances, and Franz has more or less been nerfed to a soft baby face. Oh yes, Franz got nerfed to shit. He deserved it. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Good Lord... Saucy Lord... Yeah, I didn't really hold back on the numbers, as you can see. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: The amount of double digits is staggering. See, this is the real reason he never promoted. He didn't need to. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I remember hearing of Ruben trying to implement this. Did that go smooth? No, but I got there eventually. I don't believe these are obtainable anywhere outside of shops, either. I probably should give it to someone, to be honest. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Seth! What the hell!? You can't just steal her viability! She needs that! That's probably one of her most valuable gear. You disgrace of a man. I'm hoarding this until endgame. +5 growths really isn't as amazing as it might initially seem, so there you go. Free tome. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Ruben wants the player to have an army of generals and warriors. Ruben says fuck class-specific promo items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imuabicus der Fertige Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 (edited) Spoiler 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I like the pain in it´s eyes. Kinda like Bantu in your other LP. 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: who tf is Lesser G? Gilliam: The Real G Lesser G: Spoiler 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: vine boom thud sound effect u rly think i click that link? hell naw 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Holy mommy Saint Rubenios type is slightly burnt Irish huh. Thatcher almost approves. 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Gilliam spoon feeds Ross. hmmm, bullying for comically large spoon to be added? 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I don't know if he only ignores her here, or all women. Like, does he not see Erika or Lute as girls? if it holds a weapon it´s a man - Joshua 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Saucy Lord... mozugaming 9 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Bro backed himself into a corner. Big mistake. can´t run by the gilliam Edited March 7, 2023 by Imuabicus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaky Jones Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 Replies: Spoiler 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Boo should've thrown away, that 270 gold is cheating. You know what else is cheating? That piece of shit thief whole stole my hard earned vuln. Yes, I considered throwing it away, but in an ideal world, we'd stop polluting, but I suppose at least half of Spain wouldn't know of air quality enough to care. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You call her and then never speak of her again. I get it. She's yours and no one else's. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: At the very least, the funny spider map has the fog music, due to the presence of fog. It's pretty dumb everywhere else, though. Praise Fates for no fog. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Every zombie having 1-2 range made the map hell. That's why I gave some of them the fetid claw. Artur would actually just be garbage. Anyways, skill issue. They're bad at FE. I win. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Fun fact: You asshole. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You're right, that is surprising. Rare Shaky Equality 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Told you so. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I literally only changed one thing, the loot and dialogue are the same. But, to be fair, it is a pretty massive improvement, isn't it? I'm aware. But it doesn't help my desire to look for something to put on a cross. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's an unused brigand mug in the game files. I stumbled into it while making this chapter and went "hey I could make this into a character!", and then I did. You may have seen it in hacks before, it's common knowledge. Plagiarist Rubenio. Unbelievable. You lose 7 points. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: What even are you talking about now? If I did have a self insert, he'd be a throwaway boss. I don't believe you. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Actually I just remembered, someone in FEUniverse asked me in PMs to make Garcia even MORE powerful because it was fitting for his character. Who the hell in IS thought to make this guy with most of his character being a famed warrior start as a level 4 fighter. It's like he was made to be a midgame unit, but they needed an early game fighter, so they threw him in without any of thought of how ANGRY people like me would get! It's so dumb! At least I'm not alone in wanting to make him strong. They really did Garcia dirty. He'd practically have to be shoved several chapters later to work, actually being a decent prepromote with low growths, and Ross being an actual Est, but that probably would be changing too much for romhack standards. I'm just ranting about IS design rn. You can't just make him super powerful now in chapter 2, unless you did my GENIUS idea of Valter killing Seth and having you use Garcia as your strong Jeigan, Dagdar style. Thracia 2, baby! 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Good luck reaching Dad lolololol Oh he will. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Arthur Fates was also Harold in Japan, before Treehouse decided to change his name to a completely different one that had already been used twice in the series for... some reason I cannot comprehend. Because Harold is a dogshit name. I'd bully the hell out of someone named Harold. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: You earn it, and then we'll see. Don't bother. I'll have too many other Ruben Stones specific requests by the end of this. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: It's supposed to be the sword equivalent of the javelin/hand axe, but without requiring extra animations for every sword class. So I just reworked the light brand and hoped people would get the message fast enough. It's no wind edge. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: See, this is the real reason he never promoted. He didn't need to. Bad game balance. You fail. At this rate, he'd almost be better off having prepromote status to balance him. More HP and attack probably, but baby xp gains, basically mini Bartre. Move the Seth convo later on to where a player still using Garcia can help keep him from falling off. Not actually saying you should do this. Just throwing entertaining concepts, because fucking anything is better than the garbage vanilla FE8 did with him. If only Seth didn't exist... I'm really gonna have to learn how to make hacks just to show you fucks how Garcia SHOULD be. Knowing me, my hack would be so hard that you'd NEED 2 prepromotes to survive. 1 hour ago, Imuabicus said: I like the pain in it´s eyes. Kinda like Bantu in your other LP. He certainly caused pain in many's eyes. 1 hour ago, Imuabicus said: Gilliam: The Real G Lesser G: Who the fuck are you talking about! 1 hour ago, Imuabicus said: u rly think i click that link? hell naw Unlucky. 1 hour ago, Imuabicus said: if it holds a weapon it´s a man - Joshua Unimaginably based. Sibling Stones 5x: Me and The Boiz Spoiler Female Big Boss. Imma call you Big Bertha. Millennials and their whining, amirite? So ungrateful for what we passed to them. Now give me your rent money. Ah, Ruben didn't need to add a self insert. Zonta does that already. I specifically remember at least one FE Tuber who always ranted about this. I don't remember who (hopefully nobody with a terrible past) but I'm getting memories brought back here. Ephraim doubles with his personal. Forde can't reach, and Kyle's useless. The other deals 12 damage, so I must Orson. Roadrunner lookin ass His stats are relatively similar to his og counterpart, with +1 to a few stats, much like Franz. I like Forde though. He looks like a chad version of Franz. He's also a painter. My best friend likes to draw. It's a lot of porn though. The Cain and Abel that don't actually join Erika. This makes them boring, but they're boring in a chad way. I'm biased towards Ephraim and co. okay? We can't all be perfect. You'd think his strength and spd would be swapped. All Ruben did was add one con. I'd probably add 2 strength at the cost of upping his level by 2 or so (probably +1 or 2 HP as well for that sake). Once again, Sacred Stones is terrible at integrating narrative characterization onto their gameplay counterparts, much like 3 Houses making the infamous Ashen Demon a lvl 1 merc, or 3 Houses making characters with crests virtually identical in might with those without them, or 3 Houses making crest weapons about as strong as silver weapons, or 3 Houses having Rhea asking you about the Sword of the creator's power when it's early game stats are terrible, or 3 Houses when- Annoyingly, Forde is the only person with an accurate weapon, aside from the Reagan Leif, or Orson's silver sword. Ruben HATES the idea of cavs using more than one weapon type, meaning that characters like Kyle LOSE their iron sword, and Forde his steel sword, making your army just lance users. Kyle is given an axe reaver to make up for the lack of axe killers, but every other weapon you hold or can obtain (killer lance) will only have 70 hit, making hit rates not very reliable, and you only have so much to have generally good hit rate. It's not the worst thing because you do technically have 3 total good hit weapons, and Orson kills most things, but it's very annoying to me that I either feed to the overpowered DDLC fan or waste Ephraim's prf to not game over from unlucky misses without trading the iron lance, something I wasn't bothered to do for this chapter given my very limited unit slots to fight enemies with. Everyone having steel lances sucks. Sorry for the rant. Didn't know how to complain throughout the post, so I squeezed it all in here. Point is, I was having some trouble with accuracy. I'm always right and Ruben is dumb, so I'm not going to listen to him. Me with every post. Harriet zooms down, so I must retreat. It's a convenient time for lunch break, and I could always enter through the newly cracked wall. I can't not like him. Holy based. Can't see her die if you die first. Ephraim says that he'd do the same, not knowing that Erika is currently stronger than him. And then he fucking kills her This is a blatant subtle hint that you need El (Edelgard) to stay alive and blue to keep this unit, because she made defending fictional waifu bait under a false perception of progression her online personality. Amazing introduction. I like archers, but I cringe at her character so far. Something tells me she's the quirky type. Shame on you Ruben. At least now Engage provided perfect examples of what to and not to do when creating FE girls. Saphir Jade good. Hortensia Yunaka bad. The amount of rage of depraved fans writing their supposedly deep supports sustains me. She's the gimmicky type in the sense that she goes all out in one stat. Unfortunately, her starting weapons once again hinder the strategy of this map from, you guessed it, shaky hit rate. Although a powerful bow, the killer bow does not have great hit on her, and her other weapon is a steel bow that weighs her down, also having the same low hit. Because this map has no healers, you often find many attacks from her not worth performing from fear of missing. You only have so many second chances with limited units and vulns, and there's a good number of enemies with 1-2 range. Because you only have one jav, Harriet becomes a good source of baiting out ranged enemies, but then she'll be injured for the next player phase, meaning you probably won't give her the kill because you'll die if you miss, and sometimes she'll miss the first attack on enemy phase. Yes, 76 hit isn't actually bad, but in most FE moments, your misses are made up by your 12 unit options and variety of weapons. This fixed low man puzzle map hurts you when you only have so many certain hitters. Really, since the steel bow and killer bow have the same might and hit, she really should've just had an iron bow. Steels are a good alternative if you can use them for a finishing blow that irons couldn't do, and can hopefully afford to perform a plan B if it misses, but you have almost JUST steels or hit rate equivalents. One of the replies will now say "lmao skill issue", and I weep and contemplate taking down IntSys with me. I can't say much about her as a unit. This map feels like it did her dirty, especially with the first enemy she fights capable of one rounding her. My hatred for fictional girls only increases each day. How whimsical. In a sense, fighters are now a joke to deal with, basically the only viable kills that archer girl can get with such an easy setup. Somewhat interesting, but the map almost felt even more dull at times. Nearly every enemy just moving only when you get in there range didn't help either. Made things less stressful, but very boring. Not many funnies to say. This chapter just kinda sucked. More lances for your units, but it's just a steel lance with rng rolls. How dare you promote gambling? I know that this is just what normally drops, but I choose to be salty about it. It's helpful, but I think I'd prefer slim weapons or something. Limited elixies can make it more challenging to decide when to use them and how many enemies are worth pulling. Maybe even a talisman to use for the dark mages This archer hits hard. In fact, he and the dark mage do exact damage to 2RKO Forde. What a piece of- Not counting the tile that Harriet's on, this is the only somewhat safe spot that you can hit the wall from, if you're too impatient to wait 3 turns to break the wall. Ruben, what are you doing? We'll never shill bow units like this. Oh my f-.... There is an incredibly annoying noise that won't stop chirping about in my house! This post sucks. Today sucks. Harriet sucks. I am having a bad time. Everything is out to ruin my day, including Ruben. Turn 7: I don't even feel happy about this. I feel a bit happy about this. At least they deal horrible damage, but her never exceeding 80 hit is getting on my nerves. A vital piece of information informed to Ephraim by Harriet revolves around the boss. He suffers from a lack of having object permanence. You can just run right past him, and he'll forget that you're still in the castle when you exit the main hall. People like these are hilarious to prank. The 1 Hp. Do I cheer for free spoonfeed or hiss in Ruben's DM's again for causing more inconvenience. If it wasn't for the new units. I'd have been tempted to LTC the map. The throne's right there. Congratulations, but my preconception of you has locked you into my "I don't like you very much" list. Unfortunate. Spoiler Ah damn. I just noticed your name has 2 t's. That's dumb. I ain't going back to edit your name. Your name is just Harry now. My preconception of you has locked you in "I know we couldn't skype tonight but...that's alright!". This one can get 1RKO'd. Either some are just made to be like this for 50/50 Forde W's, or it's just rng and I boo Ruben for not being precise for such a drastic change to how the battle outcome changes for one stat. Forde dies if he attacks the solider there, so I must wait a few spaces away. This changes absolutely nothing. There's no pacing. I hate this chapter. I should note that there probably wasn't much Ruben could do to fix this, but I honestly can't find much to praise here. It's harder by default, but I'm not just going to praise that every single time. It's a general fix that was always a given. If anything, I dislike the lance locked cav in this setting. I knew I liked yas for a reason! Christmas cav trope can be gaiden fodder, but they're the good ones. Big Bertha can attack you from a distance for 0 damage. The real issue is the dark mage inside the throne room using gameshark to hurt you from inside the walls. Nothing will stop me from using bow units, even if she's no Fritz. Big Bertha weeps. She surrenders the will of common sense and follows Harry. She finna tell you to buy 3 Hopes. Dialogue was 30% funny, 70% battle against my intrusive thoughts Somewhat bad health/defense for a fighter, terrible strength, but great speed. If she was the Cord/Lot, Harry should've been the Wade (fighter), and Dorcas can be the prepromoted Bartre. Lot doesn't actually have a good speed growth, but my Lot's are always fast. I like her eyepatch. Might use her for that alone. Personality unknown. Better than Harry. That tells me nothing. Also, how dare you? The hatchet. That's like, Ross's thing! He worked sweat and tears with that farming tool. She can't just steal it! Killer axe is cool though. These enemy examples really could've been better. Just one more strength and it'd be a great display of her combat utility. We made it this far. Your room is like 6 people. We're evenly matched. Real threat. Stats are very similar. Moved from throne. Con drastically buffed. Instead of 5 speed, he has 10. None of the new units are close to him. How sad. Time for generic Ephraim kill. Forde carried hard this map. Is this really the basic female fighter crit, or did Ruben actually put this much bias to the eyepatch girl? I'm doing this for Big Bertha. #Elainesweep Hopefully she stops getting 2 shot. I could seize now, but I'm so close to another level up, and this map's turn count is beyond salvageable. Conundrum. I like axe units that can double, but I love strength. Please do not become an infantry Vanessa. You look like a badass. Just get me out of this boring map already. You, go away. How unfortunate that they're a pair. I'd love to kill Harry. Honestly, your cavs carried far more. later... Shaky Jones has run out of things to say. I'll bring up that I completely lost track of turn counts, so I didn't bother this time. The end count was 19. Sad. Screw this chapter. Hard to make a decent post of it when nothing happens. It's walk, attack, vuln, wait, over and over on repeat with no interesting gimmick or enemy design. There were bits of pieces of enemies doing exact kill damage, but that means nothing in this style of this map. It just means you play slower, and playing fast with steel lance emblem would've gotten me killed with my luck. Boring to play. Boring to make post of. Boo chapter. Here's to hoping this is just a rare ruben stones L. Ruben said his hack has no fog. Chapter 6 has to be a major improvement. I'll get fighter Ross! Yeah, a lot of it is the vanilla game's fault and he did add the cracked wall, but most changes didn't feel like they helped me like it much. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imuabicus der Fertige Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Spoiler 5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Who the fuck are you talking about! so funny thing: i deleted an image i deemed to inappropriate fo SF and it took with it all the others anyway Lesser G: Spoiler Look how happy he is Gilliam can´t beat him no more! 5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Because Harold is a dogshit name. I'd bully the hell out of someone named Harold. do it you won´t: Spoiler even has a chad chin 5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Unlucky. Like Harold. 5 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: My best friend likes to draw. It's a lot of porn though. money is money 6 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: much like 3 Houses making the infamous Ashen Demon a lvl 1 merc, or 3 Houses making characters with crests virtually identical in might with those without them, or 3 Houses making crest weapons about as strong as silver weapons, or 3 Houses having Rhea asking you about the Sword of the creator's power when it's early game stats are terrible, or 3 Houses when- yeah but, protecc boi checkmate gamers 6 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: and I could always enter through the newly cracked wall budget is tight, 5/5 review pls 6 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: bahahaha, keepin it in the family, Habsburg would be proud. 6 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: My hatred for fictional girls only increases each day. Joshua and Ephraim approve. Bertha looks like she would have split Harriets skull the second she said C´mon girl. Wouldn´t that be a fun way of recruitment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 Spoiler 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: You know what else is cheating? That piece of shit thief whole stole my hard earned vuln. Yes, I considered throwing it away, but in an ideal world, we'd stop polluting, but I suppose at least half of Spain wouldn't know of air quality enough to care. Quite true, we aren't nearly the experts on air quality that second-biggest-pollution-producer-in-the-world Burgerland is. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I get it. She's yours and no one else's. Good conversation. I will now answer with something completely irrelevant. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I'm aware. But it doesn't help my desire to look for something to put on a cross. The flesh is weak, Shakes. The proverbial flesh, I know you have no flesh. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Plagiarist Rubenio. Unbelievable. You lose 7 points. The game is literally a butchering of an existing game. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Who the hell in IS thought to make this guy with most of his character being a famed warrior start as a level 4 fighter. It's like he was made to be a midgame unit, but they needed an early game fighter, so they threw him in without any of thought of how ANGRY people like me would get! It's so dumb! At least I'm not alone in wanting to make him strong. They really did Garcia dirty. He'd practically have to be shoved several chapters later to work, actually being a decent prepromote with low growths, and Ross being an actual Est, but that probably would be changing too much for romhack standards. I'm just ranting about IS design rn. You can't just make him super powerful now in chapter 2, unless you did my GENIUS idea of Valter killing Seth and having you use Garcia as your strong Jeigan, Dagdar style. Thracia 2, baby! 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: At this rate, he'd almost be better off having prepromote status to balance him. More HP and attack probably, but baby xp gains, basically mini Bartre. Move the Seth convo later on to where a player still using Garcia can help keep him from falling off. Not actually saying you should do this. Just throwing entertaining concepts, because fucking anything is better than the garbage vanilla FE8 did with him. If only Seth didn't exist... I mean, you make a fair point, but... eh. We'll see. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Female Big Boss. Imma call you Big Bertha. I will accept this. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Ah, Ruben didn't need to add a self insert. Zonta does that already. You also have a self-insert, Shakespeare. It's Vigarde, because you are dead inside. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: My best friend likes to draw. Eyyy that's cool! 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: It's a lot of porn though. ...Oh. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Annoyingly, Forde is the only person with an accurate weapon, aside from the Reagan Leif, or Orson's silver sword. Ruben HATES the idea of cavs using more than one weapon type, meaning that characters like Kyle LOSE their iron sword, and Forde his steel sword, making your army just lance users. Kyle is given an axe reaver to make up for the lack of axe killers, but every other weapon you hold or can obtain (killer lance) will only have 70 hit, making hit rates not very reliable, and you only have so much to have generally good hit rate. It's not the worst thing because you do technically have 3 total good hit weapons, and Orson kills most things, but it's very annoying to me that I either feed to the overpowered DDLC fan or waste Ephraim's prf to not game over from unlucky misses without trading the iron lance, something I wasn't bothered to do for this chapter given my very limited unit slots to fight enemies with. Everyone having steel lances sucks. Sorry for the rant. Didn't know how to complain throughout the post, so I squeezed it all in here. Point is, I was having some trouble with accuracy. F Yes, I perhaps did not think this through as much as I should have. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: This is a blatant subtle hint that you need El (Edelgard) to stay alive and blue to keep this unit, because she made defending fictional waifu bait under a false perception of progression her online personality. That's a lot of words 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Amazing introduction. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: These enemy examples really could've been better. Just one more strength and it'd be a great display of her combat utility. ...Oof. That's an L on my part. I guess the C support helps? 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I like archers, but I cringe at her character so far. Something tells me she's the quirky type. Shame on you Ruben. At least now Engage provided perfect examples of what to and not to do when creating FE girls. Saphir Jade good. Hortensia Yunaka bad. The amount of rage of depraved fans writing their supposedly deep supports sustains me. Well, forgive me for trying to have some variety. They can't all be buff mommies, now can they. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: My hatred for fictional girls only increases each day. What else is new? 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: How whimsical. If it were two big burly men you'd be writing two paragraphs about how based I am. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Congratulations, but my preconception of you has locked you into my "I don't like you very much" list. Unfortunate. You literally reacted to her first lines with self-identification. Anyway, too bad, for reasons you'll discover. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: This one can get 1RKO'd. Either some are just made to be like this for 50/50 Forde W's, or it's just rng and I boo Ruben for not being precise for such a drastic change to how the battle outcome changes for one stat. Enemy stats fluctuate and they are automatically set by the class bases and growths. Unless you want me to carefully curate the entire statsheet of every enemy in the game, in which case I'd still be doing chapter 7 today. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I should note that there probably wasn't much Ruben could do to fix this, but I honestly can't find much to praise here. It's harder by default, but I'm not just going to praise that every single time. It's a general fix that was always a given. If anything, I dislike the lance locked cav in this setting. Honestly, I probably should've locked Forde to swords. But I wanted these two to have lances. For... probably no reason other than to make them better than Franz by default. ...Maybe I should've just thrown caution to the wind and given Forde bows or something silly like that. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I knew I liked yas for a reason! Christmas cav trope can be gaiden fodder, but they're the good ones. Hey, something good outta this, at least. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Dialogue was 30% funny, 70% battle against my intrusive thoughts You that horny for the eyepatch girl? My... 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: I like her eyepatch. Might use her for that alone. Eyepatches make everything better, I agree. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: That tells me nothing. It tells you four key facts: She uses axes. She works as a mercenary. She is reserved. She is not aloof. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Is this really the basic female fighter crit, or did Ruben actually put this much bias to the eyepatch girl? Originally every female fighter had these Tellius-style fighter animations. Someone complained about the lack of consistency, so I gave the generics more classic GBA fighter-like animations. But they didn't fit her, so I let her keep the old ones. Sooooo yes, technically she has personal animations, so she does enjoy a fair amount of bias. Cry me a river. She's not even close to being the unit that enjoyed the most bias from me. You'll see who it is when you get them. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Conundrum. I like axe units that can double, but I love strength. Please do not become an infantry Vanessa. You look like a badass. Her strength growth is fine. Defenses are her real weakness, but she should become pretty strong, offense-wise. I did intend her as a hero, flavor wise - her design and stats ill suit warrior - but we both know what you're gonna do, and honestly, Warrior probably does her performance more favors. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: How unfortunate that they're a pair. I'd love to kill Harry. That's too bad for you, because they're Pent and Louise. Or Roger and Mel, if you wanna be elitisty. 7 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Yeah, a lot of it is the vanilla game's fault and he did add the cracked wall, but most changes didn't feel like they helped me like it much. Sorry. It's okay. I never pretended I made a perfect hack. Shit happens. Now die. 1 hour ago, Imuabicus said: do it you won´t: Hide contents even has a chad chin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imuabicus der Fertige Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: The superior vesion. 3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: 10 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: Dialogue was 30% funny, 70% battle against my intrusive thoughts You that horny for the eyepatch girl? My... what´s under the eyepatch - buncha bones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaky Jones Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 Replies: Spoiler 2 hours ago, Imuabicus said: so funny thing: i deleted an image i deemed to inappropriate fo SF and it took with it all the others Unlucky! 2 hours ago, Imuabicus said: so funny thing: i deleted an image i deemed to inappropriate fo SF and it took with it all the others Oh my goodness gracious 2 hours ago, Imuabicus said: do it you won´t: Hide contents Fuck I will do what I must. 2 hours ago, Imuabicus said: bahahaha, keepin it in the family, Habsburg would be proud. So would Kaga. 2 hours ago, Imuabicus said: Bertha looks like she would have split Harriets skull the second she said C´mon girl. Wouldn´t that be a fun way of recruitment? Sacred Stones in an ideal world. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: Quite true, we aren't nearly the experts on air quality that second-biggest-pollution-producer-in-the-world Burgerland is. shushushush. Focus on your own country's problems man. How insensitive... 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: Good conversation. I will now answer with something completely irrelevant. Lindon fans when an old man crits for the 100th time 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: You? Call me old? Laughable. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: You also have a self-insert, Shakespeare. It's Vigarde, because you are dead inside. True! 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: Eyyy that's cool! 8 hours ago, Shaky Jones said: It's a lot of porn though. ...Oh. What's the problem? 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: That's a lot of words I learned from the best. 40 second Fire Emblem meme video "187 replies". Yes, the joke is that they're 3 Houses fans again. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: ...Oof. That's an L on my part. I guess the C support helps? FE6 fans having the entire support bonus system surgically attached to their brain. I wouldn't know what affinities give what stats, and I reckon many wouldn't want to look that up every time. We look based on funny text on screen. Not the point, but easy solution would just be +1 strength, given that most people in this game now have at least 8 strength. Neimi has 7 at level 1, so Big Bertha having 8 at 4 is kind of sad when you think about it. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: Well, forgive me for trying to have some variety. They can't all be buff mommies, now can they. Why not!? 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: If it were two big burly men you'd be writing two paragraphs about how based I am. And you didn't? Why not!? 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: You literally reacted to her first lines with self-identification. Anyway, too bad, for reasons you'll discover. Making something good out of the bad. Terrible people have had good ideas before. This is the part where Immuabicus lists 500 different possible people, either video game devs or historical figures, arguably one and the same. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: Enemy stats fluctuate and they are automatically set by the class bases and growths. Unless you want me to carefully curate the entire statsheet of every enemy in the game, in which case I'd still be doing chapter 7 today. Knowing me, I would want to have personal control over every enemy. But Spaniards don't have passion for most ethical things, so I don't blame you. It's not a big deal here. You could see it as having some enemies be setups and others be free enemy phase kills. Either that or you reduce the soldier HP base by 1, but I'm not sure if that'd affect any other early chapter. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: Honestly, I probably should've locked Forde to swords. But I wanted these two to have lances. For... probably no reason other than to make them better than Franz by default. ...Maybe I should've just thrown caution to the wind and given Forde bows or something silly like that. Then Harry would look pretty shit, wouldn't she? I do see Forde as more of a sword guy. I'm personally used to having him frequently use sword in FE8 myself with some lances, and Kyle the more rough lance with axes user as a great knight, because I like pissing off move supremacists. Really, with most hacks and stuff that split horse weapons, you'd expect one of each. Franz with swords as you've already established, Forde with lances, and Kyle with axes. Or you could have Franz be lances, and Forde sword, because the sound of that title rings my ding. Odd that it's 1 sword, and 2 lances, especially since Ephraim should probably be valuing the weapon triangle a little more with his 4 man conquest. But Franz should suck though. What a tough situation... Lance Forde with axereaver instead of Kyle, and Kyle maybe an axe cav with maybe a swordreaver? This would probably involve a lot of 5x tweaking, but would make for a more interesting puzzle map methinks. Swordreaver isn't really necessary on Kyle though since you could just fight mercs with Ephraim, iron lance Forde, or Orson. It's more of a gimmick thing you could throw if 5x was turned into some extreme player phase gimmick map where you tried to do as much as you can while taking as little damage as possible, but that is asking for a lot. I noticed that Kyle has 10 con with a max of 86 hit. His weapons both weigh him down and they have 70 hit. An iron axe, while weaker in might, have 10 weight exactly and 75 hit. This technically makes him more accurate, and he can double the enemy soldiers while having the triangle attack advantage, making his hit over 90 instead of 75 ish. The minus 2 might wouldn't change anything in the grand scheme of things, and he'd actually have a useful weapon triangle advantage, given that a good portion of the map are soldiers. By the time you get Big Bertha, you've mostly destroyed the map. The javelin can be carried by either Orson or Ephraim, not that it matters much since you can trade it. Just replace one of the many steel lances to not have your inventory cluttered. Hell, you could go funny mode and have a 2nd crimson Jav on Orson, him being Ephraim's personal Seth for 5 seconds. At least you gave that thing 100 hit, so it's a safe, but very risky way to bait enemy archers and mages with your limited healing. Maybe if you can't code it to have 2 prf owners, just call it the Obsidian javelin, representing the black lie of Orson's false loyalty, while also seemingly representing his obsidian like defense in order to survive all these dangerous encounters with Ephraim. I understand if all these changes is a lot, but we can keep discussing it in greater detail if you like, like what to do for the Ephraim squad units or just 5x or something at all. I tend to make separate saves each chapter so I can go back to certain ones to remember stats and enemies if the screenshots don't do enough for tweaking recommendations. Rn it's just 5x and 5 though. If you wanted to full on nerf Orson, he could lose 2 speed and 1 strength, as that would prevent him from doubling, and his silver sword will usually not be enough to kill anyone (his silver sword can often double AND one round fighters). Alternatively, you could be funny and give him one MORE speed if you actually do the jav idea, as enemies have either 7 or 8, and his speed is 11, so his ability to double is inconsistent. Obviously, I prefer not doubling so his silver sword chips more than kills instantly, but you do the map the way you want it done. 1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said: You that horny for the eyepatch girl? My... 22 hours ago, Imuabicus said: On 3/8/2023 at 8:17 AM, Saint Rubenio said: On 3/8/2023 at 12:35 AM, Shaky Jones said: Dialogue was 30% funny, 70% battle against my intrusive thoughts Expand You that horny for the eyepatch girl? My... what´s under the eyepatch - buncha bones Yummers. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Originally every female fighter had these Tellius-style fighter animations. Someone complained about the lack of consistency, so I gave the generics more classic GBA fighter-like animations. But they didn't fit her, so I let her keep the old ones. Sooooo yes, technically she has personal animations, so she does enjoy a fair amount of bias. Cry me a river. She's not even close to being the unit that enjoyed the most bias from me. You'll see who it is when you get them. I won't cry a river like I do for your terrible Garcia takes. She deserves enough bias. 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: I did intend her as a hero, flavor wise - her design and stats ill suit warrior - but we both know what you're gonna do, and honestly, Warrior probably does her performance more favors. Make a bet everyone. How many warriors will I have by the end of this game? 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Now die. Glock 19 vs rocks 2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said: Shit, I'm dead. Spunky Stones 6: Rated E for Child Fatality Spoiler Oh right. This was a thing. Ordinarily, this requires beating the game through both routes, but that must've been removed here. Not that it really matters though. Super trainee and journeyman, while funny in concept, prevent you from accessing many features that their class branches offer them. Ross can't get bows like this. Fighter it is. If I use Ewan, he's usually the best at his super class. He gains access to anima, light, and dark magic all at once. Why does this one not move? What is he hiding? This is more or less most of the map, now unfogged! It looks very cluttered, but the optional objective strives to prevent the player from turtling. In vanilla FE8, this means nothing because you get an orion's bolt, and very few people use Neimi. In here however, you get a master seal. This mean nothing because you still get to let a child die in a video game. I'll be different this time though. I have my Fallout 1 and 2 mods for that. You can't see my entire squad, but I've finally chosen to bench Seth. As much as I'd love to bench Vanessa, someone has to fly to the family in need. I don't have enough dedicated units by now to justify benching units I personally hate yet. I'm sure that will change very soon. I would bring Moulder, but Ruben begs otherwise, so Natasha is summoned forth instead, for now. You really don't need 2 healers for this map. Colm doesn't matter anymore. Fuck Franz. Turn 1: Schmovin Turn 2: Ping squeals and dances. So I got the Ross Garcia support for extra hit and damn, that was a pretty good C support. I guess this game is usually beloved for its characters, one of the first games to do that for the franchise. Then Tellius kept that streak going. Then DSFE happened. Unlucky! Gameplay chads win again. Then Awakening kicked all of us in the balls. Unfortunately, Ross dies there, so he must be rescued, as must Lute. Gilliam's lance will carry. Turn 3: Congrats. All you need to do is hope that I don't get a magic user within the next 2 chapters, and you might stay in the team. This shine guy's a bit of a pp. He crits everyone, and apparently Garcia is the least likely to get crit'd. Another common Garcia W in this hack. #Gilliamsweep This is getting ridiculous. Tough turn, but the terrain saves me. Only one person has room to hit Neimi, and Gilliam needs no explanation on survivability. This is one of those turns that make the earlier cluster vibe go from looking like crappy Gaiden map moment to practically half of the maps in Engage. I like it. Technically, almost every enemy moves when aggro'd on their own, so if you really don't care for the village, you could make this map a joke to play through. Ruben would pretend his America claims have weight if I fail this though. The bloom kaboom saves Natasha from getting within 2 enemies' range. Garcia is in range of 3 guys. The enemies in turn 3 were surrounded in ranges of many others, but spread enough to where you could have some control over how many get pulled and where to if you're careful enough. Good turn. This could be an instance where I'm giving credit to the void, as a lot of the map is technically left intact, with minor position changes for like 2 enemies and a few added magic baddies in the distance, but the combination of increased strength with no fog while trying to save green units from impending doom shows how Sacred Stones loves to fumble great things in their possession. 2 magic. Well at least my 2 range locked weapon got one person. Turn 4: One of these days, there's going to be a bolting enemy. I just know it. Luck!? Yippie! Bro squattin Couldn't you call an FE6 ironman an iron blade? That has to be a Youtube LP title. Just photoshop Roy with an iron blade or something. Easy crappy jokes. The Quickster The benefits of being based. Your horseslayer means nothing. Turn 5: How the dingus can her peg carry him? He is a mountain climber. He climbs up a whole ass mountain, jumps down to kill an archer, then climbs back up, all in one turn. Neimi, if you don't get HP, you're going to become the most stressful part about this run. Turn 6: Father and son. How touching. Not to offend Rosado fans. I'm sure he'll come back one day. I see where this is going. We chilling. Turn 7: Good news. The family is safe. Bad news, he just took like, 9 poison damage. What the hell? Ya love to see it. You're banned. Turn 8: Uh oh. He's gonna need a vuln. Well there's the bubble. Indication that they talk didn't feel very obvious. If you didn't bring her at all, you wouldn't have much of a clue. Can't reach him this turn. Hope Neimi doesn't kill. L+no eyes+Dream chin Turn 9: 11 damage!? I've seen hacks up the poision, but what's the rng here? Imagine losing a unit because you saw it do 5, expecting it to at least remain in single digit. Have some consistency! I think the Four Kings hack always made it 10 flat, but I don't exactly recall. Ruben and AnonymousSpeed Unfortunate Ruben vents through a comically incompetent Sacred Stones boss. I'm saving this screenshot Society NPC becomes self aware: The talk Hey man, good for you! You still have to die though. How do commoners get their hands on these? Words Words Words Spoiler A conversation that needs no commentary. The expressions tell it all. At this point, you might as well enslave the guy. 5 stages of grief Common Arachnophobe L. I don't fear them. I fear roaches, and moths. Fuck moths. "The things I do in the name of the Goddess..." ......Ruben... DON'T GBA animation. Somehow more complex than 3H. If it wasn't obvious, here's the first two joke companions. Very out of place for sad stones words on screen fans, but hilarious to the average Garon fan. Me when Ruben likes one thing I like. this was more or less our first interactions on teehee. Tomas gaming. We're not sidekicks though. Even if they called me Spider Jones once. Here's a hint: It involved a lot of eggs. This is just a PG comedy duo movie This was the dumbest thing I've seen all year. I love it. New flesh. Hurray. You now obtain a spider unit. They only level up to 10 before auto promoting, much like a trainee. Immersion Arachnophobia will be the reason FE8 never gets a remake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Rubenio Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Spoiler 1 minute ago, Shaky Jones said: Lindon fans when an old man crits for the 100th time I can't believe you discerned the secret message I intended to convey. 3 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: What's the problem? Did I say there was one? 4 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Not the point, but easy solution would just be +1 strength, given that most people in this game now have at least 8 strength. Neimi has 7 at level 1, so Big Bertha having 8 at 4 is kind of sad when you think about it. Fair point. I will consider it. 4 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: And you didn't? Why not!? Hold that thought for a while. 5 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Really, with most hacks and stuff that split horse weapons, you'd expect one of each. Franz with swords as you've already established, Forde with lances, and Kyle with axes. Or you could have Franz be lances, and Forde sword, because the sound of that title rings my ding. Odd that it's 1 sword, and 2 lances, especially since Ephraim should probably be valuing the weapon triangle a little more with his 4 man conquest. But Franz should suck though. What a tough situation... See, this looks like the perfect balance, but there is one problem. You'll get there. 5 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Maybe if you can't code it to have 2 prf owners, just call it the Obsidian javelin, representing the black lie of Orson's false loyalty, while also seemingly representing his obsidian like defense in order to survive all these dangerous encounters with Ephraim. Hey that's a pretty cool idea. 22 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: I understand if all these changes is a lot, but we can keep discussing it in greater detail if you like, like what to do for the Ephraim squad units or just 5x or something at all. I tend to make separate saves each chapter so I can go back to certain ones to remember stats and enemies if the screenshots don't do enough for tweaking recommendations. No no, I appreciate the feedback. I cannot guarantee it will all be implemented, but it's nice to hear such thoughtful words. Plus, I dig what you say about saves. I might ask you to send 'em to me, when you wrap up the run. Around 2/3rds of the saves I created during my development run broke for various reasons. I even have a save the fucking kills the computer. You load it, and five seconds later the game bugs out so massively that the emulator starts eating up memory and slowing the computer down to a crawl. And I have a pretty beefy gaming PC, so that's saying something, believe me. Luckily I was able to crawl my way to the task manager and stop the process before it blue-screened me. 6 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: I won't cry a river like I do for your terrible Garcia takes. She deserves enough bias. Hah! Fair enough. Hey wait a moment, she's literally monochrome Lydia, how come you're so much more into this one? 6 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Make a bet everyone. How many warriors will I have by the end of this game? All of them. 6 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Oh right. This was a thing. Ordinarily, this requires beating the game through both routes, but that must've been removed here. Not that it really matters though. Super trainee and journeyman, while funny in concept, prevent you from accessing many features that their class branches offer them. Ross can't get bows like this. I tweaked them a little. Now they are pretty much completely worthless until tier 3, when they become really funny. So basically, doubled down on the joke classes concept. Not something that's immediately obvious, though, so I can't blame you for going a regular route. 7 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Fighter it is. Normally I'd go "haha classic Shaky, making him fighter instead of the obviously superior choice of pirate", but to be fair, he's really only best as a pirate in vanilla because he has no competition outside of Nine Speed Dozla. Harold exists in Ruben Stones, so... 7 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: If I use Ewan, he's usually the best at his super class. He gains access to anima, light, and dark magic all at once. Yeah, things might not be quite the same here. Besides, that's wrong lol. Access to all magics is completely useless compared to the sheer hilarity that summoner offers. 8 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Why does this one not move? What is he hiding? He's making a nuisance of himself to prevent you from getting the fort too easily. That's also why he has a slim lance. 8 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: This shine guy's a bit of a pp. He crits everyone, and apparently Garcia is the least likely to get crit'd. Another common Garcia W in this hack. #Gilliamsweep The Gilliam and Garcia show, so far. You can call it, GG. 9 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: This could be an instance where I'm giving credit to the void, as a lot of the map is technically left intact, with minor position changes for like 2 enemies and a few added magic baddies in the distance, but the combination of increased strength with no fog while trying to save green units from impending doom shows how Sacred Stones loves to fumble great things in their possession. Truth be told, I always found Sacred Stones's map design to be pretty solid, duds like 5x notwithstanding. Really, the piss-poor enemy quality was always the bigger issue. 10 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Bro squattin Myrmidon frames are always such a funny thing. 10 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Yeah bad village is still bad. Though in fairness, poison is kind of awful here, so you might want to have this. 11 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: He is a mountain climber. He climbs up a whole ass mountain, jumps down to kill an archer, then climbs back up, all in one turn. You know how the brigand animation has the guy jump? It represents him jumping down the mountain, landing axe-first on the enemy's head. They never stood a chance. 11 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Neimi, if you don't get HP, you're going to become the most stressful part about this run. Archers aren't supposed to get hit. Skill issue? 12 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Good news. The family is safe. Bad news, he just took like, 9 poison damage. What the hell? I love how instead of doing the normal thing and sending Vanessa to risk death to stall for time, you just got the slow knight there in time. ...Oh yeah, I made poison dangerous. Bad time to mention it for the first time? 12 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Ya love to see it. Hoho! 13 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Well there's the bubble. Indication that they talk didn't feel very obvious. If you didn't bring her at all, you wouldn't have much of a clue. I probably should add a little scene at the start where she goes "oh my I must go into this map, totally not because I can talk to the boss." The recruitment is meant to be totally random, it's part of the joke, but random does not necessarily have to mean obscure. 13 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: L+no eyes+Dream chin Come now, don't be mean to Novala. He's great. 14 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: 11 damage!? I've seen hacks up the poision, but what's the rng here? Imagine losing a unit because you saw it do 5, expecting it to at least remain in single digit. Have some consistency! I think the Four Kings hack always made it 10 flat, but I don't exactly recall. See, Berwick Saga handles it like this, more or less, and Berwick Saga is Berwick Saga, so I mimic it exactly. 15 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Ruben vents through a comically incompetent Sacred Stones boss. I will only say that I loved writing this idiot's dialogue. You'll get nothing more out of me. 15 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: I'm saving this screenshot Figures 16 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: ......Ruben... DON'T Heh........ 16 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: If it wasn't obvious, here's the first two joke companions. Very out of place for sad stones words on screen fans, but hilarious to the average Garon fan. Look, I will make no excuses. I fucking loved this whole stupidity. And, if the posts on the hack's threads are anything to go by, so did most people playing the hack. Novala and Melville consistently got the most appreciation out of the new characters. Well, "new", but Novala had like, zero character in the original, so he might as well be new. 19 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Me when Ruben likes one thing I like. this was more or less our first interactions on teehee. Tomas gaming. The good ol' days of Tomas gaming. Still fondly remember those. You didn't know how to properly post images back then, you kept on sticking the image link right next to the image until I asked what you hoped to achieve by it. Good times, good times. 19 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: This was the dumbest thing I've seen all year. I love it. I think that was most people's reaction, yes. Frankly, and at risk of sounding conceited, I will not deny it: I am proud of this crap. 20 minutes ago, Shaky Jones said: Immersion Hey, gotta be polite. I really was sorry. In some way. Not enough not to make it, but enough to apologize! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ping Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Spoiler 1 hour ago, Shaky Jones said: Ping squeals and dances. -- Fun fact: It's my fault that this chapter is now a Rout map instead of Kill Boss. I had Harold peakwalkingly distract the spider and they both survived the epic missfest, which made this dialogue RUIN MY IMMERSION, so Ruben changed the victory condition in order to, quote, maintain that Kaga-grade gameplay-story integration, end-quote. -- I also yelled at Ruben a bit about the upcoming map, first that it's too hard/luck-based and then that it's too easy. So, you're welcome or I'm sorry, although I'm not sure if Ruben made more adjustments since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaky Jones Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) Replies: Spoiler On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I can't believe you discerned the secret message I intended to convey. I fiddled the riddle. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Did I say there was one? No, I'd never judge your side hustle. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hold that thought for a while. Literally no excuse. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: See, this looks like the perfect balance, but there is one problem. You'll get there. What a shame. I like the axe kyle idea. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hey that's a pretty cool idea. I like to think that I know a thing or 2 about overly intricate FE map ideas. I remember diving deep into FE12's statistics to help out another guy on dm's. That was fun. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: No no, I appreciate the feedback. I cannot guarantee it will all be implemented, but it's nice to hear such thoughtful words. Plus, I dig what you say about saves. I might ask you to send 'em to me, when you wrap up the run. Around 2/3rds of the saves I created during my development run broke for various reasons. I have no idea how to send save, so I really hope it doesn't come to that. But I will do what I can. For now, feel free to ask reminders for certain stuff regarding recent chapters, before I forget it entirely. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hah! Fair enough. Hey wait a moment, she's literally monochrome Lydia, how come you're so much more into this one? 1. Monochrome is epic. 2. Lydia is a cringe Skyrim companion name 3. Lydia is joined alongside the worst character ever 4. Black hair is normal. Purple hair is fatherless. 5. Big fucking Bertha On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I tweaked them a little. Now they are pretty much completely worthless until tier 3, when they become really funny. So basically, doubled down on the joke classes concept. Not something that's immediately obvious, though, so I can't blame you for going a regular route. I really need that bow ross. Unless tier 3 Ross became Formortis himself. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Normally I'd go "haha classic Shaky, making him fighter instead of the obviously superior choice of pirate", but to be fair, he's really only best as a pirate in vanilla because he has no competition outside of Nine Speed Dozla. Harold exists in Ruben Stones, so... What matters is warrior Ross. Many would go fighter for hero. I imagine even in your hack, the average player won't go warrior. But they should. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Besides, that's wrong lol. Access to all magics is completely useless compared to the sheer hilarity that summoner offers. Summoners make you no better than a morph fan. Disgusting. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Truth be told, I always found Sacred Stones's map design to be pretty solid boat map On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Archers aren't supposed to get hit. Skill issue? You piece of shit. This never stopped Warren from being a mega sniper tank. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I love how instead of doing the normal thing and sending Vanessa to risk death to stall for time, you just got the slow knight there in time. It's the most optimal strat. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: I probably should add a little scene at the start where she goes "oh my I must go into this map, totally not because I can talk to the boss." The recruitment is meant to be totally random, it's part of the joke, but random does not necessarily have to mean obscure. Yeah I reckon you should add something. Considering how widely "beloved" you say your funny oc's are to players, it would suck to miss them and a chapter just because you chose to bring Moulder instead. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: See, Berwick Saga handles it like this, more or less, and Berwick Saga is Berwick Saga, so I mimic it exactly. Badwick. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Look, I will make no excuses. I fucking loved this whole stupidity. And, if the posts on the hack's threads are anything to go by, so did most people playing the hack. Novala and Melville consistently got the most appreciation out of the new characters. Well, "new", but Novala had like, zero character in the original, so he might as well be new. It's not a Fire Emblem game without a quirky cast that utterly destroys the tone of the main plotline. Novala was pretty gold writing, I'll give you that. The best kind of stupid. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: The good ol' days of Tomas gaming. Still fondly remember those. You didn't know how to properly post images back then, you kept on sticking the image link right next to the image until I asked what you hoped to achieve by it. Good times, good times. I did an entire ass Shadow Dragon LP, and not one damn person told me about fixing the screenshots. So embarrassing. They were the good ol days though. I just knew you as the Matthis guy who liked posting Luigi agreeing with opinions, something you struggled with because of some cold steel or something. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Frankly, and at risk of sounding conceited, I will not deny it: I am proud of this crap. There's a lot of things you should be proud of. There's a lot of things you shouldn't be proud of. This is both of them. On 3/9/2023 at 10:33 AM, Saint Rubenio said: Hey, gotta be polite. I really was sorry. In some way. Not enough not to make it, but enough to apologize! Ruben wouldn't want to scare others, but I won't hesitate to offend by saying how tf can you be scared of some gba graphic comical relief spider boy? This ain't Resident Evil. Nature's gonna take you out before a spider ever will. You clinging on to them peanut allergy dudes for protection? Just stop being scared bro. 23 hours ago, ping said: Fun fact: It's my fault that this chapter is now a Rout map instead of Kill Boss. I had Harold peakwalkingly distract the spider and they both survived the epic missfest, which made this dialogue RUIN MY IMMERSION, so Ruben changed the victory condition in order to, quote, maintain that Kaga-grade gameplay-story integration, end-quote. Ruben! You just can't stop ruining our immersions! Kaga is ashamed of you. Hopefully, my playstyle will also result in map changes, in ways that make it hell for everyone else. 23 hours ago, ping said: I also yelled at Ruben a bit about the upcoming map, first that it's too hard/luck-based and then that it's too easy. So, you're welcome or I'm sorry, although I'm not sure if Ruben made more adjustments since then. Good news Ruben! I won't bully you this chapter. It's all gonna be ping's fault! Hope you're ready. Stupid Stones 6x: 💀 Spoiler No Novala November: Spoiler While Seth and Erika discuss their next move to prank Ephraim, Nerdvala urges them to follow his plan to assault a mostly unguarded facility. Seth thinks its cringe. Erika pities him. She also pities herself. I dote on what my people can provide for me. A government cares for its people purely for the tax money and capitalistic benefits they can exploit. If you don't beat him with Erika, your run isn't canon. Yes, I am having fun with these screenshots. This is what Novala begged for. This is why he pleaded for an alternative route that might not even be remotely helpful to her main goal. Guilt trip/gaslighting/horny egotist. Average discord user. The spider is here too. The spider must've given it away. The two come to a consensus. Erika's fucking stupid. Fun fact: This is the one time that her face is fixed to show shame. The bit is ruined now because I made it 65% of frames with her and Novalentia. Actual redditor. He alludes to a special individual their prison is locking up, assuming that we're here for them, but no. This is just to appease to Novala's fetish that no one else will ever fufill. Uh oh .......... Erika is done with this shit. Turn 1: Well this explains a lot. That's a lot of enemies to surround your frail ass lord with. Well, they probably don't move. That's how most maps of these kind go. The ones in front of me will, and that's a tad problematic given that they overlap with the mage and fighter. I could see this being a problem. Kaga dammit...more 0 luck emblem. Fuckin scientologist Ruben... Oh. Well this one's quite goofy and silly, isn't he? He hits like a truck, but is slower than a Gilliam with not much odds of getting much faster. They need a lot of levels to stop having low luck. Good that they have a chance out of it, but being locked to 1 range makes things a little tedious, as they'd have to exclusively be player phasing finishers for quite some time. I can appreciate the gimmick vibe on such a gimmicky mechanic. They are a monster, so having 0 luck makes sense given everyone who doesn't follow you and agree with everything you say and do being dirty sinners. I wonder how he'll turn out for me. Unlike Lute, he's fast, but not that strong. Wait a minute. This is just Trachina 2! NOOOOOOOO!!! Get me outta here! I won't do this again! No! Seriously though, he's not that bad. At least doesn't show up halfway in the game with 4 con! Most enemies have no res, so he could do some decent one rounding. I ran out of hand axes. Hatchet will suffice. Yeah, there's no store for gaidens, so lmao unlucky skill issue. As much as I'd like to end that archer, the horse laughs at me. Back to this nonsense. Don't hit this guy. If you miss, you're screwed. The spider would get destroyed the mage, and Erika will likely not survive both a mage and an armor. If you do hit, or just reset because you're normal, Erika could kill the armor with the rapier, but if you get hit back, you either rescue with the spider, or you hope that the axe unit misses. I love rng so much! I'll play it safe given the ironman setting I put myself in and just kill the armor. I have over 90 hit. That's basically 98 or something in true hit. You're fucking kidding me. Well I'm fucked now, aren't I? So Erika at least got the armor kill with no counter. Attacking this guy wouldn't do much, and again, the mage fries the bug alive. I need it to swap Erika's rapier out so she doesn't risk killing both the axe and him for a kill on her. I was going to consider rescuing her with the bug in assumption that the enemies don't move, but Melville would be heavily injured with a double, possibly crit'd. Blocking the right zone doesn't work. The archer and fighter kill him, and getting out of that range puts me at mage range. Damn. Oh well, I think I could take on the fighter at least without too much worry. Hey! Off to an amazing start! Eh? AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! He got killed by a crit! On his first battle ever! That 125 luck growth really proved its worth. Well I got great news for you arachnophobes. Team B sweeps easily. Team A however... Turn 2: I'm fucking screwed. No seriously. What do I do? No seriously! What do I do? No, seriously! What do I do!? They really all move? All of them? The archr too? This is bs! How the hell could 3 units possibly take all of this one, or in this case, 2! You really made a rescue/defend people map where the units in trouble are a very frail lord with game over status, a mage with terrible bulk, and a creature with no luck? Even on paper, that sounds horrible! That's like New mystery 6x bad! Ping what is wrong with you!? Well now the only thing I CAN do is just pray. Erika hopefully dodges the axes. And Novala? You reap what you sow man. Yep. ..... Congratulations Lute! You're hired again! But back to the serious discussion of those new units... Great units! Loved em. Hope you guys liked this display of some of the first new cast of Ruben Stones for Erika's rout! Their addition to Sacred Stones was truly something to behold, and they their contributions to this journey of an LP be something to remember. lol I got 0 time with the fan faves, or the Ruben faves probably. Turn 3: Their deaths allowed for the perfect distraction for Erika. Honestly, this was hilarious to experience. I wasn't even mad. I was flabbergasted, but giggling the whole time. Imagine, Novala had this whole plan to get back at his bullies while looking superiors to Erika's army, gaining a brand new unique companion to follow his quest for greatness after so much new dialogue and a redemption arc arises from Natasha and Erika's kindness, and they both die instantly. That's something out of a comic right there! That's funny! This must be why people do ironmans. I still can't believe my first official casualties were the brand new units that lasted up to 2 turns. It's just a bad day for Erika. She probably didn't even care to walk past their corpse. She's done with this shit. Ross really needs an angelic robe, but he's doing fantastic otherwise. Damn. The objective is to kill the boss. Hypothetically, you could just kill him immediately. He doesn't move, so no 2 range enemy near him could hurt you. But what is that crit my guy? A 1-2 range promoted boss that crits? This is just getting unfair, not to mention the rewards you'd be missing by doing this. At least you technically have a semi option with Neimi rescue Lute kill or something, but it does feel odd to have a map designed around the boss being technically easy to reach past a wall you realistically shouldn't be able to phase through, and I'd prefer actually having the top half be...you know, fair? Can you do that ping? How do we know these aren't just criminals pretending to be innocents? Oh it's that thing. I know what that is, unless ping changed it. It lowers your level, almost like a second seal from Awakening, but without the cool part of actually reclassing to something else. Oh thanks, I really needed to miss more with Novala. I didn't check, but please tell me you changed the luna stats. Turn 4: Wha- What the hell is this!? Already!? I haven't even left the room yet! Ping you have a lot of explaining to do! Why would you spawn enemies now? You'd only have at most 3 units if you're lucky, probably still fighting off the first ones. You don't have enough to actually fend them off! You'd probably need a downtime to heal up or rescue drop, but this is just a barrage of testicle twists! I can understand resetting if turn 1 goes wrong, but this would really push your limit as it goes! Spider boy could only take so many beatings, and he'd have to steer clear of the mage while still taking heavy beating given its lack of good defense. This is just terrible map design, no matter how I look at it. Usually in FE, maps like these have the enemies surrounding you be noticeably weaker than everyone else. Even Engage does this a lot, mostly through enemies attacking green units only using compacts with lower levels (like with small Anna), and very few enemies could hurt them for a while, but eventually, they get overwhelmed and killed because you took too long (Jade vs armorslayer after several turns of solo'ing). Even FE7 has weak enemies go against recruitable units properly, they throw the worst enemies at Nino to make her look passable, then she runs into Ursula because you were a bit too spooked of the dark to save her in time. Then again, that map also has Jaffar whose survival is literal rng, so FE7 is almost never a good source of note taking. By default, a player like me would look at this map and naturally assume, the enemies must only move if provoked, preventing me from simply rushing out on my own. After all, the goal is to hold out until Seth's team arrives. Maybe after several turns, the 4+ enemy waves spawn to more or less end you for being a terrible Kaga self insert of saving the damsel in distress (thanks for making Erika Celica 2 here btw ping. Really great addition). This is the standard FE design that I am used to. It's decent design, although sometimes executed poorly, like with several New Mystery maps on any difficulty past normal (Navarre only has to fight a few thiefs, but he dies extremely quickly so you almost definitely need rescue or the best draco Kris already). There's nothing you can do here though. No reclassing. No rescue staff. No clever guaranteed strats to hold off the enemy. It's literally just: "Here's 3 frail units. Here's 20 enemies. Good luck." I don't think I need to explain why this map doesn't work. Enemies could just have low strength for once and maybe even use slims (although hopefully not fast enough with it to no longer double, shouldn't be a problem with soldiers) to not hurt much. You could defend this by saying that they don't really need to send strong units to get you when you seemingly were alone. They say in the cutscene (not that I showed it) that security outside is very lax. They aren't expecting company. It's just you 3. Everyone thinks very little of Novala, and the spider is forgettable in tiny Orson's eyes, so it's really just Erika. She might be formidable, but not durable. Once several turns pass, he'd become aware of intruder and THEN summon his whole army to get you after realizing you somehow lived (you could summon 1 to 2 enemies every now and again against Erika until the huge squad on turn 8 or something). Another way to help could also be to have a lancereaver drop at some point in either 6 or just be the first armor's weapon in 6x that drops, so Erika could have a defense against lance users, hopefully dodging them. Main problem is that that weapon would be long term, so you might not want to player to own that for the early game if the rest of the game isn't designed with that in mind, so I understand not doing it. You're probably just meant to use Novala. Again, the obvious issue is just the bombardment of enemies rushing units that clearly can't handle them. The closest you have to an enemy phase unit is the spider, but they aren't tanky. 2 hits, and their HP is 2. They only have vulns. It'd take 3 turns to fully recover, and by then, you're dead. Then you get crit'd. Why would you want to tank with a unit who has 0 luck? This is literally the worst setting you could put a 1 range locked 0 luck unit in. I don't feel like I sucked and deserved the loss of the units here. Even if I didn't get crit'd on turn 1, I'd be overwhelmed. Not much would actually change. In fact, since I'm writing this after I cleared the chapter, I went back and tried to see how else I can overcome the enemy for curiosity's sake. Turns out I cant. I just cant. I have to lose someone. More often than not, even with rng abuse to make my units not miss, I will eventually be overwhelmed and killed. Erika and Novala do not survive more than 2 hits, and sometimes even Melvilla. If I rescue with the spider, I lose. I can't fight back, and dropping Erika afterwards gets her killed. 2 range units get the better of her most times. I cannot kill all the enemies and find time to use vulns. I'd have to literally never get hit on turn 1 and 2 completely to stand a chance. If there is a solution that doesn't require rng, it sure is extremely hard to find. In other words, this map would suck even without the ironman setting I put myself in, so i wouldn't go blaming myself for doing a run the chapter wasn't considering or something (I personally believe an ironman is a great way to test the balance and design of how well the map and its difficulty is handled, not to be a kaga shill rn but ironman made games tend to be better games). I guess you probably did it eventually ping, but you can't do this to me like that. We both use Marcus! I deserve better. Shame on you ping. Make your maps better. Your lower team is meant to run for the top, but even if you got your upper team out immediately, you'd have no reason to split your army. Your team is going to escape altogether either left or right, so your lower squad will just want to pick the side they're running towards. There's not much to say about the rest of the gameplay. Enemies are fairly competent, but pretty easy to one round as of right now. Something I'll gladly take given the fact that I need to play fast, but a lot of the enemies are stationary armors just meant to stall. It's annoying in the context of how screwed Erika is, but I guess that's the point. Other than that, it's a little bland imo. The first turn was great. Loved the enemy spread, but it gets dull quickly when it's mainly just running upwards and killing the stationary armors with the option to provoke some of the fliers close to the boss, but the ai for everyone on the lower half is predictable. They move when in range. Something done to either let you be fast and be in danger, or be safe at the risk of the top. Really though, you need to at least aggro the horses so they don't go after Erika when it's her turn. I get it, but something about the map feels meh, I guess it's the lack of enemies in the halls. It's just one horse each, and stationary armors. The halls are long enough to take several turns going through. You either then kill the boss in the center or try saving the prisoners for a reward. I'll talk more on this later, but this map was just not very fun to play through even ignoring ping's travesties. Arg, this is all I can do. Lute... Turn 5: Well, now I'm being attacked here too. This would be fine, but I was going to have the right team head back left. I have no reason to stay there. Really bad timing given that everyone there is frail. I guess you call this being punished, but nobody got punished more than Novala. I'm about to get racist! Gilliam! What is happening? My luck is going terribly now. As if the Melville incident wasn't enough. Turn 6+7: (I got these confwused I'm sowwy) At least I can always rely on you. At least this part is kind of cool. They're all chasing Erika while Gilliam tells her to get back. He's gonna chew ass and kick gum. You know what's not cool? MORE ENEMIES! They just spawned again! Turn 4 and 6! You're kidding. It's every even turn? Please tell me this stops soon... How the hell would Novala and Melville survive this long!? As much as I wished I could've killed the archer that turn with Ross, it was safer to rescue drop Erika after killing an armor (or was it a fighter). The archer hates her for that. Making slow but steady progress. Turn 8: Oh my FUCKING HELL! Stoooop! stop! Enough! So many reinforcements! This is getting annoying. This isn't an escape map. I don't run back down and leave. Everyone's just trying to rescue the green units. This makes that slow and annoying, even if I enjoy the xp. The Erika with abs art is going to be great, isn't that right Ruben? Turn 9: This the 3rd time this pattern keeps up. 4 on top even, 2 on bottom odd. 4 on top even. 2 bullets to the head. Let my people pass. Lute just can't reach the other side. Ah, at least it's not too hard. It's more pattern based. Great xp for her. Garcia mostly chips. It's hard to see, but I've been getting a lot of crits. Neimi, Gilliam. I've just been struggling to screenshot them because no animations. We might've lost Novala, but I'll shill this man until I die. by default Turn 10: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I THOUGHT IT WAS 3! 3 WAVES!!! IT'S ALWAY'S 3! WHY 4!?!? IT NEVER EEENDS! Are they endless? Is this infinite xp? Crack my back and stab my flab! I was having fun for a bit, but I am getting pissed by how often I have to do the same strats with the same units. It's slow and just killing units as I trog to the green units. I'm stating to run out of vulns though, so I suppose I can't keep this up forever, given that I didn't have time to buy more. Turn 11: The horses have gotten pretty easy to manage. Turn 12: That's it. I've had it. I don't care. I need this boss dead. Aw friggen sweet. There you go. There's the Gilliam I know and kiss. Last vuln. Please donate to my patreon so I can buy more. Turn 13: Holy based. There's just one issue... Turn 14: They're fucking spawning together, in a row. IN A ROW!! Because turns 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 weren't bad enough. NOW IT'S EVERY TURN, INCLUDING THE LOWER REINFORCEMENTS! Why does this small ass prison have endless reinforcements!? Give me more time! Spawn them on turn 8 and beyond! Imagine trying to do this with Erika and co staying on the top the entire time! This is so fucking annoying! I hate being spammed at. Yes, you can consider this "beat the map already", but this feels more like average fe7 reinforcement moment, especially when I take so long just reaching upwards now and I still don't forgive the terrible design of trying to even escape this portion with the CONSTANT spamming PING! but on the bright side... Funny number! HAHHAHAHAHAHA! I kick my feet up in the air and burst into tears! I'm losing my mind. Thank you Ross....thank you. I-I really...I needed this. You're a good man. Thanks. Fuck you. Man....stfu. This part doesn't need to be clarified. It's corny to be said duirng the boss dialogue and very out of place for the rest of the game. The player can just find out he lives in the post chapter words words words. I wag my finger at you, Ping. Holy Cannoli! AT LAST! Fuck this chapter. Fuck you Ping. Just kidding. This is your first time, and I get the general idea of what you were doing. Everything you did, there were reasons for it. They're just crappy ones. Poor Ruben. His map utterly ruined by Ping. I don't feel like sharing the post chapter screenshots right now. Maybe later. Think of this as time to reflect on the loss of our dearly beloved. Novala, and his pet, Melvin Doo. Edited March 10, 2023 by Shaky Jones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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