Lightcosmo
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After I seen this I was excited to see what more they had on it. Hope they add to the extras post game.
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2 hours ago, DragonFlames said:
Yeah, that is exactly it. I'm not too big on the whole social media stuff, so this forum is most likely the only place you'll find me on the internet.
I'll try to come up with a solution to this somehow, though.I know how this feels. Anyway, completing the extras in XC2 is very tedious, to be sure. But I'm still on it!
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3 hours ago, DragonFlames said:
In other news, my quest for the Platinum trophy in MegaNep VII has come to a screeching halt due to the hardest part in the entire game: finding every hidden treasure. Getting 10+ consecutive Symbol Attacks off without failure and without any enemy spotting you in-between (which is something you need to do in order to unlock some of them) is harder than it looks, it turns out.
Really? I dont remember this being too difficult. Getting the treasure... that was a pain, indeed. Some of them are well hidden in towns, that's where I missed some.
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2 minutes ago, Diovani Bressan said:
Oh, ok.
Voting Gauntlets grant some bonus multipliers to the one that is behind, so this character can catch up.
It started in the 3rd VG, because they didn't want it to happen again:
Ouch... that's pretty bad. But if it happens, then the character ahead deserved it, I think.
Just now, Tybrosion said:Yup, they do. And it’s pretty much all because salty sore losers couldn’t handle watching Lucina and Camilla destroy their teams in the first two gauntlets (neither of which had this multiplier shit).
Oh and if anyone cares, I’m with Camilla now after Ike’s expected defeat.
Oh, I can understand this, people are always salty after losing, what's changed? It's too bad people take it so seriously, though.
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2 minutes ago, Diovani Bressan said:
Hello! Are you a new player in FEH?
Nope, we've talked on previous VG topics! I just don't read much on it and wasn't too sure on how it worked.
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Do behind units always get multipliers to catch up in points? If so, that's not really fair, is it?
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Awww, I couldn't be upset if that were the case. But that's sad to hear, anyway. It could have been much worse, and it's not that difficult to get everything back in XC2 either way.
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On 8/28/2019 at 8:19 AM, DragonFlames said:
Ah, that explains it. I was in the mid-50s when I got to the final boss and I didn't have enough room for Half AP alongside all the status immunities I had equipped at the time. I can see why that skill is so desirable, though.
I'm also currently playing a second Black Eagles - Edelgard route run with the added challenge that horses, pegasi and wyverns are banned and I most definitely will NOT be recruiting anyone, not even from the church or faculty (which I did in my other playthroughs).
I'm also still trying to get the Platinum trophy for MegaNep VII. Currently on an NG+ trying to max out the investment stuff. Holy crap, I love that game...
It does make battles go by quicker as well, meaning more levels! Honestly leveling is easy if you use the Slime room to do so.
Have fun with that run, i'm sure that'll be interesting!
Also: I finished XC2 again, and out of all the areas to explore, I realized that Mor Ardain is easily my least favorite. There isn't any beautiful scenery, places to explore, just a lot of bare ground and factory styled buildings. Uraya and Tantal are easily my favorites, the former is gorgeous to look at, and for Tantal, I think they captured the whole "mountain" theme really well. And the exploration in Tantal is fun as well, since it's so big. Tantal's theme is one of my favorites to listen too. Lastly doing extra stuff right now again, yay.
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I don't see why not, sure it's nice to have, but in my case, it never got any use, so I wouldn't say it "ruins" anything. It's just nice for players that are starting out, or just aren't that great at strategy, and that's considering i'm one of those who aren't great at FE.
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20 hours ago, DragonFlames said:
The thing about Half AP is, by the end of the game, I could only get it on Noire and Blanc and they already had other skills I found ultimately more useful (status immunities and straight up stat boosts).
Oh, really? I had it on pretty much everybody. I was level 70 when I completed the game, I think? Using six cost AP moves for three is amazing, for damage and speed. Although I agree status immunities are useful as well, but those only cost 7-10.
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7 hours ago, Armagon said:
Well also Torna plays a bit differently than Xenoblade 2, so i see it as more of "it's a different game" kind of deal. Even if the two battle systems are 90% similar.
Maybe, it just seems like it was set up like that, though.
19 hours ago, DragonFlames said:So, I finished the main story of Super Neptunia RPG earlier. As always, here are my thoughts on the game, as spoiler-free as I can possibly make it.
Let's start off with the good stuff. The environments in this game are gorgeous, as is the music. Each piece fits the location you are in perfectly and the backgrounds are just absolutely beautiful, some of the best I've seen in a video game. The artstyle in general does not disappoint. Even if the characters moving like paper marionettes takes a bit to get used to, but the colorful cast of characters is surprisingly expressive regardless. I noted this in my initial impressions already, but Noire has a new voice actress in the English VO, whom some may know as Eleanor from Tales of Berseria and/or Bernadetta from Fire Emblem Three Houses. She does a great job at portraying Noire's character, and I vastly prefer her new voice over her previous one, even if her previous one was amazing in its own right (at least in Re;Birth 3 and MegaNep VII). The voice acting in general is really, really good, at least for the main characters (except Vert, strangely enough) and villains.
The humor in this game is also top-notch as per usual, but it appeared a lot more subdued and less wacky, which I didn't mind a whole lot, even if the overall tone of the game is a lot lighter than, MegaNep VII. On the flipside, Blanc is the funniest character in this game by a very wide margin, which I found positively refreshing, because in previous outings, she didn't really stand out much. Her "mind council" had me in tears, as did her line "What are you? A Goddess or a politician?" when Neptune gave a super vague answer to someone's challenge to a fight; Neptune's line was something along the lines of "There may be a chance of a possibility that I may or may not reconsider your offer", which is already hilarious in itself.
Speaking of Blanc, this game being on the Switch feels like a meta joke in and of itself, because the game is filled to the brim with references to older Nintendo games, with the most prominent ones being Mario, Pokémon, and Metroid. There is even a Splatoon reference in there, with an octopus boss that prompts Vert to go "Splat attack!" and Blanc to remark "We won this turf war!" (which Noire promptly lampshades). It also sprays colored ink around and feels the need to announce that it is indeed an octopus. They also kept several older gags like Neptune singing the Final Fantasy victory jingle when she wins a battle or levels up.
As far as the gameplay is concerned, the platforming is surprisingly fun (except for one level that is thankfully very short), even for someone who normally sucks at those kinds of games and gets frustrated easily. The controls feel very responsive and there is little delay between inputs, making even more precise platforming quite simple. The difficulty in the game isn't THAT high in general, so it's a sit-down-and-feel-good kind of game, which I like. Though I was a little taken aback by a game titled "RPG" suddenly introducing platforming to me. Sure, Neptunia always (?) had a jumping mechanic in its mainline games, but those never really went into full-on platforming territory like this game does. I also like the way learning new skills and abilities works. It's similar to Tales of Vesperia in that both skills and abilities are tied to weapons and equipment and you can use them so long as you have the relevant equipment on. As you fight, you gain Skill Points, which allows you to "master" the skills on a weapon/equipment piece, which allows you to use it whenever. A very cool system that I wouldn't mind to see returning in the future, because it allows for some minor customization.Which brings me to the not-so-pleasant stuff. There are a few new characters introduced in this game and... they aren't exactly what I would call memorable or great. The best one of them is Filyn, and even she doesn't live up to the likes of Gold Third, the Seven Sages, Arfoire, the Makers, or even the CFW gang. Not to mention she looks like a loli-version of Noire with magenta-colored hair. The new playable character, Chrome, is also not that great. She'd be fine in any other game, but in a Neptunia game, I don't think the brooding loner type fits very well, especially if it's not parodied in some way like S-Sha was. Some of her interactions with Filyn are hilarious, though I'd say Plutia, Uzume, Umio, and the adult version of Neptune are more memorable as far as new main character-y additions go. And I swear she and Catherine from Three Houses have the same voice (which isn't a bad thing, just thought I'd point it out). IF and Compa are also just side characters in this game and they're about as useful as a screen-door on a submarine. They're basically just there for the hell of it. And the "worst" sin this game commits is that Uni, Nepgear, Rom, and Ram are completely absent. There isn't even a passing mention of them. For me, who absolutely likes the CPU Candidates, at least one of them even more than her older sister, this is a bit of a minus point, but I can understand the decision to exclude them and they wouldn't have fit very well within the game's plot, which I theorize to be a continuation of Re;Birth 1 due to the Console Wars from that game being referenced multiple times and (Spoilers for the true ending of Re;Birth 1)
Chrome somewhat resembling Arfoire's original human form from that game's True Ending
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There are also some framerate hiccups whenever there is a lot going on on the screen (even if it is just periodically scrolling text), which is especially noticeable during particularly effect-heavy battles.
While the music in general is great, the battle themes are a little on the "meh" side of things, especially when compared to the level themes and especially especially when compared to (to me) greatness like "Dancing Girl", "Will be Venus", "Encounter of Destiny", or "Yellow Heart's Theme".
The absolute worst part of this game, however, is the battle system. By the end of the game, I avoided a lot of fights, because it just wasn't fun anymore. Gist is, there is an AP bar that fills up and each attack uses a certain number of AP, meaning you can't exactly spam your attacks. In a party of four people, that means one person will attack while the others just stand by and watch things happen, because the damn thing takes so damn long to fill up that it turns most battles into a boring slog. Due to the slow bar-filling rate, any attack that uses more than 3 or 4 segments is essentially useless, too. The only exception is when the enemy is weak to an element you currently have. THEN you get bonus segments for every attack and you can just spam the attack button until the enemy is dead. In turn, this means battles against enemies that don't have elemental weaknesses will be absolute nightmares. Enemies in general tend to become quite damage-spongy, too.I could agree with alot of this, although I never noticed any framerates drops, but I played the PS4 version, so who knows. As for the bate system, I actually enjoyed it. It was a different idea to me, and working as a team to fight was pretty neat. I do agree the bar charges a little slow. but with half AP equipped, it's not that bad. Also agree that enemies tank a little too much.
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10 hours ago, Armagon said:
I doubt there's any use for it anyway. The mainline games had an arena mode with some ridiculously high level enemies so the 999 cap made sense but i don't think Super Neptunia RPG has it.
What?
I think i get what you're saying. But the reason Mythra (in gameplay) is weaker in Torna is because Blades and Drivers are weaker in that game than they are in Xenoblade 2. It's because the balance is different. Torna doesn't have too much in the way of customization, in fact, it's probably the Xenoblade game with the weakest customization. Xenoblade 2, has a lot of customization so you can make some really busted builds. As a result, Mythra is "stronger" in that game than she is in Torna.
Though i suppose you could also look at is as "Blades in Xenoblade 2 have more customization because the fighting style used in that game brings out their true potential".
Okay, I guess that does sound pretty pointless as far as level caps go.
What I mean is, in Torna, Mythra's Lightspeed Flurry is 60% at max, in 2, it's 100% at max, I was curious if this was done on purpose to fit the story more of Addam not being the right driver for her, like Jin says. And I don't think this would be a balance change because Jin's abilities are... totally broken, which would make sense as he's the strongest blade and Mythra acknowledges this. If it is setup on purpose, that's good attention to details. I would argue Jin is better than any 2 Blade that isn't Corvin, and he doesn't count since he's DLC.
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47 minutes ago, Armagon said:
It's a Neptunia game so the level cap is probably something ridiculous. 999 is my guess.
Ouch, that's a level cap... i'm not going to try and make.
I'm playing Xenoblade 2, Torna, again. Playing through, I appreciate how much more I like the games combat, than Xenoblade 2 originally. I really enjoy the strategies you can use in battle because of the switching mechanic alone. Are Addam and Mythra intentionally bad at working with eachother because he isn't the "right" driver for her? Their synergy just seems so poor compared to Rex/Mythra, maybe it's just me. Or is it because that's showing that in 2, she grows as a character while with Lora and Co, and therefore is a better fighter in 2? I mean this from a gameplay POV, obviously.
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58 minutes ago, DragonFlames said:
Alright, gotcha!
Getting lost is certainly something I've been doing a lot, but I'm getting better at it, I think. It does have its advantages though: getting lost means more battles, which means more EXP, which means stronger characters.I was the same way when I was lost, then I over leveled which made things easy. I've mentioned this before, but I like the simplicity of the battle system. Also I have no idea what the level cap is! I got to like, 108 or so?
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On 8/23/2019 at 2:05 AM, DragonFlames said:
Ah, I see, so it's on the shorter side.
Thanks!This was also after I completed the game, then I started collecting, etc, so it's longer if you count going through the game as well. As someone before mentioned, yeah the guidance is pretty bad at times, but there was only one time I couldn't figure out where to go, so it isn't like, terrible.
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11 hours ago, joshcja said:
Wait. The FE4 subforum discusses anything but mapsize? This is bloody pandemonium, cats and dogs living together, madness. That would be like the FE7 board taking a day off from discussing how viable Nino is.
Given the long, long walls of text you're using to say the equivilant of "plz no bully" it's fair to say that... nobody here is angry, you just don't get the joke.
To break this down into very simple terms...
The Fates forum is entirely composed of bored shiptoasters and Levant is a meme.
(I'm suspicious that this may be a LevAlt)
I'm sorry, where's the joke, exactly? All I see is you three being downright rude. You sound pretty angry to me. Your last line... ah, you couldn't be farther off, obviously it's you trying to justify your attitude toward me.
11 hours ago, De Geso said:I'm not upset. Getting upset over Levant is a fool's game. I'm also not trying to change his views - but when someone outright denies facts, they are to be either refuted, mocked or ignored, and refutation has run its course.
I don't think you even needed to write out your second paragraph.
Using one FE game as a frame of reference to another has been done for a long time (among Japanese fans, probably since FE2 came out). You serious?
Again, why are you here to defend Levant if you know nothing about Fates nor the situation you're inserting yourself into? What is to be gained by you doing this? Your post history shows you are probably not an alt (unless you are that insane and dedicated), so what is it? Are you the fun police?
Sure, the three of you arent upset, let's just look at the latest posts and see what they say.
He doesnt agree with you, and you and everyone else make way to big a deal over it.
Paragraph 2, my point was saying a miss happens in FE is absurd, it's going to happen, obviously. I was saying you were right on that end, so I'm not sure what your saying, really.
I'm not defending anyone, also, again, you think I'm an alt like the others, so you really are ganging up on people, shocking! I'm not, in case you were curious, go look in the FE4 threads where I clearly debate with him about it, or would that be too much? You have fun making fun of people... that's just sad.
7 hours ago, starburst said:I thought the same after my last message and pre-emptively hid his messages. Ha!
He is not? Shit! Too late, mate. Too late. 🙃
Here's another follower, what a surprise. Just fuel the fire here, thank you. Coincidence that you all say the same thing? I doubt it. But im not about to sink to your level, thankfully.
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1 hour ago, De Geso said:
Why are you getting involved in this when you have no idea about the situation you're looking at?
Levant (Shadow Mir) has been doing this for years, lightcosmo. Since Fates first came out he has been outright ignoring proven facts and irrefutable data in favor of "well one time I missed a 78 that I shouldn't have gone for so Niles is bad." "One time Arthur took a 5% crit and I had to reset so Arthur is the worst unit in the game." He is either an idiot to such a degree that he truly believes these things (read: poor tactics) make a unit bad, or he is a troll. Tell me, which one do you think would interject with their opinion about the subject every single time it's brought up, even in other boards that have nothing to do with Fates?
But I'll let you see for yourself - use Fates as a frame of reference in another thread (for example: "Three Houses has some good offensive units but nothing as crazy as Fates Berserkers") and if it's a thread he would have read normally he will likely quote you about how he needs to be frank that Berserkers aren't very good, and he'll specifically name Arthur and Charlotte - and that will be all there is to his post.
We've tried giving him a chance for a long time. It just isn't worth it.
As I stated before, I've argued with him before in the FE4 thread, this isn't unknown to me. He's one of the few that says in every FE4 thread: "the maps are large which makes the game terrible" every time the game is brought up, but I certainly didn't use statements like the one bolded, I actually tried to have a reasonable conversation to get my point across, not just throw insults back and forth like kids, what does that accomplish? You aren't going to change his views, obviously, so why get so upset over it?
As far as luck goes... this is Fire Emblem, what else can you expect? Getting angry about it is silly, since it's going to happen eventually, and I agree that it doesn't make something terrible, cause gosh, even Sigurd can miss, it certainly doesn't make him awful. But I think there's a better way to prove a point than name-calling.
Cognitive bias certainly is a problem here. I don't know much about Fates, and I can say I've missed a fair amount of times in clutch situations too but that's what you get for playing Fire Emblem, really. How does Fates relate to Three Houses, they aren't the same game, and don't have the same mechanics?
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9 minutes ago, starburst said:
He, he, he. Exactly!
The thing is that you are missing the context. Check the message history and you will easily see the pattern.
A one-liner is enough here because every single argument with him ends the same way: talking to a wall.
I did not use the word “trolling” in a strict sense. If that is what troubles you.
Everyone is entitled to have strong opinions about everything. Yet when every single thing that comes out of your mouth is negative and critical, you cannot expect everyone else to deal with you or your issues.
Anyway, if you want discuss anything about Conquest, I will gladly do it.
I've had discussions with him before, I understand he comes off as aggressive, obviously. But that doesn't mean his opinion doesn't matter. Not everyone is the same, just cause i'm mellow doesn't mean everyone is.
A one liner doesn't really tell me why i'm wrong on what I said, though. He disagreed with no reason why, what am I supposed to say?
Bolded: Now I agree with this, it's not ideal to be so negative, but that applies to all parties, not just him. I guess what i'm trying to say is, shouldn't people want to have fun discussing it, not want to tear their hair out trying to convince someone else?
Discussing Conquest... Personally, I am not a fan of fates, so I never bother. I could throw ideas out, but they don't mean much as I don't particularly care about the game. Also, last time I've played Vanilla Fates... gosh, who knows.
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7 minutes ago, Alastor15243 said:
That's not the part you bolded last time. You bolded the "he seems to genuinely believe what he does, and very strongly", which I said in defense of him, in response to people saying he says what he does to get a rise out of people and not because he really believes it. And then you reply as if I'm criticizing him for having a strong opinion, saying I need to have more respect for other people's opinions. And, keep in mind, you say this after he spent several pages rudely talking down to anyone who disagreed with him without actually providing any real arguments for why what anyone else was saying was wrong.
Tell me what this sounds like, because to me, it doesn't sound like your "defending" him at all.
On 8/21/2019 at 10:58 AM, Alastor15243 said:Don't tell me you still don't think guard stance is useful.
He could be right, he could be wrong, I don't care at this point. Being rude doesn't go one way is more on point here, what makes it "right", for those others to say what they do? Because they "know better"?
On 8/21/2019 at 1:48 PM, joshcja said:I don't see guard stance as a reason to guard stance. Levant-2019
At this point I'm becoming increasingly certain Levant is still on ch7. Holding a tea party. Because combat with the units available is something he's never done. Which is genuinely impressive in terms of turn count.
This is clearly an insult, obviously. I don't think there's a reason for this kind of attitude, that's all i'm saying here, I don't care who does it. It's an opinion! Why bother with something like this?
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Just now, Alastor15243 said:
Then why did you reply to me and quote me as if I was criticizing him for believing strongly?
I'm not sure how this was implied:
11 hours ago, Alastor15243 said:He seems to genuinely believe what he does, and very strongly. I just can't for the life of me figure out why.
But in this context, it sounds like criticizing someone. Like he's 100% wrong and you had to punctuate that fact. That's what I gathered, anyway.
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Just now, Alastor15243 said:
I wasn't the one calling him a troll. What I said was in defense of him from that accusation.
I get that, I meant stuff like this:
11 hours ago, starburst said:You are wasting your time; he is just trolling you. That is what he does.
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33 minutes ago, Alastor15243 said:
I know. It wasn't a criticism.
I didn't say it was, just wondering why it's such a huge deal, is all. A lot of people seem to take an opinion very seriously, when it's usually just that. Again, i'm not saying he's right or wrong, since I sure don't know. Just that people should give him a chance before calling him out on trolling and such.
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23 minutes ago, joshcja said:
Yes.
This response is so useful, maybe next time, you might actually contribute something! Don't give me that one-liner like what your saying is justified. What makes you "right" on all accounts anyways? He can believe what he wants, no need to be so rude about it. Also, I never said he was right or wrong, just that believing in something isn't a bad thing.
21 minutes ago, Alastor15243 said:No, what I meant was that he wasn't being a troll, but was genuine, even if I can't fathom why he believes the way he was.
Everybody is like this, it's not really a unique case here. I don't understand why people can hate FE4 so much, but hey, that's their beliefs who am I to stop them?
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10 hours ago, Alastor15243 said:
I had a very similar encounter with him around two years ago on the subject of guard stance where he did exactly that after I explained to him how guard stance triples your survivability. But I don't think he's trolling. He seems to genuinely believe what he does, and very strongly. I just can't for the life of me figure out why.
Is this actually wrong? Maybe in some arguments, yes, but is it really a negative thing to believe strongly in something? Everyone believes something different,
10 hours ago, starburst said:You are wasting your time; he is just trolling you. That is what he does. You can describe to him a completely reproducible approach, step by step, and he will still deny it through some convoluted argument that is basically reduced to his feelings and bias towards it.
"You can describe all colours to a blind man, but an obstinate/ fool one cannot see the blue in the sky." (I do not know the saying in English but, hopefully, you get the idea.)I think this is most debates, I could be wrong though. I mean, just take a look at the FE4 boards... Is trying to argue a point really trolling?
Not that I agree or disagree with either side, or defend either side, just thought it was a fair point, is all.
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition!!!
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Wait, they're doing voices over? That's both exciting and a bit disappointing. I think they nailed most of them perfectly, everyone felt very fitting for their roles.