DragonFlames

I love that name for it. I would, if PS2 emulation wasn't more fickle than the current weather (as in, it's warm one half of the day, the other half it almost feels like it's freezing).

Fine enough, I guess. My current slump has little to do with Conquest, however. I'm just using it as an excuse to vent a little.

I also have my second attempt at Conquest Hard still unfinished. I'm currently mainly playing Samurai Warriors 5, I have gotten Death End Re;Quest and Ys Origin on sale recently, both of which I'm planning on playing fairly soon, and I have gone back to messing around in Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth and Megadimension Neptunia VII periodically. That should tell you how motivated I am to go back to it. As in, the farther it stays away from me, the better.

Now imagine this kind of mindset when you're already not enjoying the game because of characters and story you don't like, as well as the gameplay not being enough to salvage that kinda garbage, and you're already frustrated because of it, and you have me way back when I played this on Hard Mode. Your feelings on Takumi's About As Fun As Dragging Your Balls Through Broken Glass Castle match my feelings on the entirety of Conquest starting from Chapter 17 all the way until the endgame of it perfectly. It legit made me want to die sometimes. I did not have save states, so I had to replay everything every time I made even the slightest mistake. I did it for the questionable bragging rights of being able to say "I beat Conquest on Hard". It was not worth it. And yes, Draggy rants about Conquest again, what else is new? Just want people to understand where I'm coming from, I guess. And Ruben's comments made me feel oddly relieved that I am not the only one this game instills such feelings into, though I do feel bad for Ruben for having those experiences in the first place. But yeah, I guess that is why I brought it up again. Sorry. Have a cool song instead: *sigh*

Dunno, never tried it, haha I did try the Tomefaire variant before, though, and it was pretty okay to use. Don't get used to it. I mean, I gotta give credit where it's due. I can say the same about Hana, Kaze, Hisame, Nyx, Mozu, Velouria, and Ignatius. Those are all Fates characters I legitimately like. I would not be surprised. Oh god, don't remind me. XD Lianshi in WO3U and DW8XL was straight up unusable for me. Empires and WO4 kinda fixed her, but her duck-hook blades were kind of unwieldy, as well. She's probably the Wu character I've played the least across all games I have she appeared in, with Sun Quan or Xiaoqiao being the ones I used the most... especially in DW8Empires and WO4. Sun Quan's Flame Blade is only surpassed by Arnice's Warriors All-Stars moveset for most fun sword moveset in Musou games for me. And Xiaoqiao's Dual Fans are really fun to play around with, as well. Not to mention deceptively effective.

I think it affects magical weapons, too, but I'm not sure. I don't know how much truth there is to it, but there are stories that Kicho (or Noh, as she is more commonly known) tried to murder Nobunaga Oda in actual history, per her father's instructions. I think it was something along the lines of her father telling her to kill him if he turns out to be the fool people touted him as (Nobunaga Oda was called the "Fool of Owari" before he soundly trounced Yoshimoto Imagawa at Okehazama while vastly outnumbered). This game made it a thing, with her trying to kill him, but failing, leading to the screenshot above.

Orochi would. Kind of. I think. You're better off using Orochi, probably. Rhajat can be hilarious for My Castle stuff, though. With Sakura as her mom, she can get both Counter and Countermagic (they stack, btw, when someone attacks you with magic from up close), along with Miracle. And then if you get her an S-support with Hisame, she can also get Vantage. Slap Tomefaire on there (or Vengeance, when playing Rev and you have Ophelia), and she's a good troll unit, when peeps try to actually fight you. The hilarity comes in when you realize that this setup allows Sakura to do the same, if you give her an A+ support with Hana (Vantage, Miracle, Counter, Countermagic, I mean. It would lock her out of Vengeance on Rev, but who cares. Leo can keep his grubby abusive scumbag hands off her). Requires grinding, sure, but it's funny. Mitama good --- Bows in Samurai Warriors 5 are actually based. Never thought I'd call bows in a Musou game based (except Ina in Samurai Warriors 4 and Warriors Orochi 4), but... here we are. The SW5 bow moveset is essentially Ina's SW4 moveset, but on steroids. It's glorious. Also, oh my "When I look at you like this, I recognize your true beauty", he says to his wife... after said wife tried to murder him. Hm. Also, what the fuck translators? It should be "Wenn ich dich so ansehe". "Ansehen" is the infinitive form and is thus used incorrectly in this sentence. Friggin' hell.

Speaking of which, I have heard tales of this game having several glaring performance and stability issues, which is worrying if true.

Nice, nice! Congratulations on that one! I see! That is great to hear, as usually, these "you have to be near death to use this" classes/skills aren't things that I find too useful because the risk is often not worth the reward, but in this case, it appears to be that it is, at least early on! Almost makes me wish this class had a skill to heal itself, like 7th Dragon III does with the Rune Knight, as Brave Blade is... stupidly overpowered, even if it does shave off a large percentage of your HP... which you can easily restore using Drain Sword. In some fights, you can have your Rune Knight do naught but spam Brave Blade and Drain Sword in this order, and you'll have won before most enemies (even bosses) ever had a chance to do much to you. It's insane. I see! That does sound very useful! The lower luck, as you said, should not be too much of a dealbreaker, as these games usually offer ways to remedy it. A Luck-increasing accessory should do the trick nicely! That almost makes me think of the very useful Random Disease skill from the War Magus, which I always found rather nice to use in EO2U, as you can bypass the process of uncovering which ailments a particular enemy or boss is susceptible to, even if the random nature of it can sometimes be a double-edged sword if you'd rather apply a specific ailment on something. Ronin moment. XD I definitely want to replay any of the Etrian Odyssey games I own, too! Mostly V and Nexus, however, as there are still some team combinations I have not yet played around with. And then, there is still III that I need to get back to. But that is what an extensive backlog does to you, I suppose, haha! So-so, I'd say. Nothing to worry over, though, just the usual! ^^ I pride myself on my honesty, though! I actually watched that episode today, where Takeru meets Angemon for the first time. I enjoyed the combined Adventure/Frontier plot reference, and Velgremon's appearance in it, I will admit. But I have seen too little of Angemon himself to make a judgement at this point. I will say, though, the series itself had some really good episodes since the Eyesmon "arc". I also liked the anime debut of NeoDevimon, whom I only knew from V-Tamer 01 previously. The thing looked creepy as hell. How very unfortunate. Oh, nice! If there are some news on a new game or something, that would be pretty neat, I think! Being the not-so-secret Nepgear fanboy that I am, I approve! Also, this game has the distinction of being one of three that made me actually cry. Well, one specific route in it, but still!

That's true.

You should! The first season is fun(ny)! I see! Man, that really sucks, that it doesn't exactly work that way.

Oh gods, that does sound awful! And there is no lock-on option, either? You just have to deal with getting attacked from off-screen?

Do you know if there is any reason for the camera misbehaving like that? Like, does it get stuck on something in the background, for instance? Or is it just the camera being a douche? Damnit, I didn't mean to actually kill Shrimpy! Resurrect, Shrimpy! Kobayashi! It does sure as heck feel that way sometimes, though, heh. *sniff* The turns have tabled!

I refuse! I don't deserve to be loved! Replace camera with RNG, and it would still be very true. It's understandable, getting upset/frustrated at a loss that is out of your own control. Who knows? Mwa-hahaha!

Sorry that happened to you! I agree, a crappy camera can really ruin your day.

This is perfect!

Ah-ha! Freedom~!

Desperate times call for desperate measures! And I love this bout of accidental self-awareness this series displayed with that line. Now if only they made strides to change that, but alas...

I'm actively trying to make people hate me... what the hell, me? XD

This >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Lost in tho(ugh)ts all alone Hehe, now ya see it! It perfectly describes Trails of Cold Steel's """"""""storytelling""""""""".

Fate Extra > Fate Stay Night Elizabeth Bathrory (the Fate version) is a fun character! There, now Shrimpy will give up on chasing me! XD

Crap! Um, uh...

Exactly! None shall catch me! Though... all of these are pictures from some of my favorite games, so... yeah. XD

Hmm... I really tried not to do it, buuuut... You leave me no choice! 's okay! xD

That was in reference to me strongly disliking both those things. xD That is ironic, considering you attempted to send people there the most. "He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.", as a certain philosopher once said. Ayy! Yeah, I agree! It's one of the new evolution songs, and while my heart still beats for the classics, I can't deny that this one is pretty hype!