BrightBow
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35 minutes ago, ping said:
: "Thracia's fate depends on a unified peninsula. The verdant northern soils are the perfect cure for the famine and poverty wracking our south. We've been shunned and vilified for centuries, dismissed as ravenous hyenas... Yet what choice did we ever have? If not for our answer to this world's craving for sellswords, Thracia would never have had the funds to barely survive as we do. We've toiled in poverty long enough, Arion. It's high time Thracia carved itself a future! A future, I might add, which depends on the outcome of the game laid before us..."
When the issue is famine, it's hard not to wonder how much feeding a dragon needs compared to an ordinary horse. Sure, they are fictional creatures, but the general understanding of animals is that the bigger they are, the more food they need to sustain themselves.
I do wonder if Southern Thracia has wild dragons too or if they are all domesticated. Because it's hard to imagine they could survive down here when food is so scarce.
Of course narratively speaking it's convenient that the Thracian mercenaries have dragons, so that they can easily appear wherever the plot needs them to be. Plus, it's also just another take on the sibling dragon knights concept from FE1.
43 minutes ago, ping said:So is Hoshido vs Nohr just the worse sequel to Leonster vs Thracia? Hell, Thracia's king even kills his enemy counterpart in an ambush and kidnaps - sorry, adopts - their child afterwards.
Then uses the kid as a bomb, which seems like a waste of effort if you ask me.
Of course, if anything looks at least mere conceptually like an idea with some promise in modern Fire Emblem, it's always already been done better either pre-Elibe or in the Saga series.
No matter how badly it was done to begin with, they will rise to the challenge and somehow find a way to do it much worse.
54 minutes ago, ping said:
And finally, Blume is back, but left his Mjölnir tome somewhere. HMMMM. Instead, he's carrying the fourth Bolting tome on the map - we'll see how threatening he'll be with it.
I do appreciate how after his first defeat, he doesn't come back any stronger and instead is now a mere shadow of his former self.
Also puts the power of the divine weapons into perspective.
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The fated day has finally come. Freedom Planet 2, the sequel to the hypest video game ever made is finally on the Switch.
Over here, anyway. Seems like it's timezone based. Once the clock strikes midnight, it should be hype o'clock.Admittedly it's not quite as hype as the first one, but I suppose that would have been impossible. After all, in Freedom Planet 1 every single level was designed to feel like the final stage compared to what came before it. So you have this ridiculous hype slope that keeps reaching new highs all the way until the end credits.
Freedom Planet 2 is simply not structured like this. The sheer number of levels alone would probably have made that impossible. Instead levels are grouped into smaller arcs. It's more standard in that regard, I suppose.
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26 minutes ago, ping said:
(which I think is possible? Other than Seliph, she has 0/0 love base/growth with everybody, which makes me think that she might cannot fall in love outside of the Seliph jealousy bug, but I don't think I ever read anything to that effect.)
Sure, she can. She still gets the same 5 points when adjacent to a male character as everyone else. It just takes really long, starting all the way at 0 and no additional way to boost them.
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4 hours ago, ping said:
Out of curiosity, I checked the wiki if Ares has any convos with Leaf. Nope. And really, all Ares needs to complete his Astrea cosplay is a Paladin wife with blue hair and awful stats.
Truly the 2nd coming of the iconic trio.
4 hours ago, ping said:To her credit, Lene/Leylia acknowledges that when she promises to Ares to not run her mouth again.
I just mean that it we really need to have this cringe scenario, it would be a nice change of pace if the damsel gets to face it with her head held high.
3 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:One thing people give Gen 2 Lewyn credit for is that he doesn't mince words. He's... not quite as good at that as Thracia 776's brilliant main advisor, but he's getting there. Certainly beats Malledus.
The constant improvements of the advisor is really nice. I mean, we went from Malledus to Jagen to Levin to August until we finally arrived at nirvana with Eugen.
2 hours ago, ping said:Since I just acknowledged a good thing about Fates, I think I'll balance it out by saying that, thus far, I'd still take the non-character that is Seliph over the actively detriment that is Corrin. At least Deirdre didn't pen a letter to Julia that she's secretly the daughter of Deirdre's good friend and non-relative (and Julia's combination of Holy Bloods is, er, divine intervention, stop asking questions already).
If you actually commit to the incest, I can at least respect it.
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12 hours ago, ping said:
: "Ahhh... Ish... tore..."
Well, as I said last update - Liza is not particularly tanky.
That's why you immediately change classes after hitting level 20.
12 hours ago, ping said:
: "I want you to show these rebel pigs just what it is that the Empire can do!"
Just don't do anything stupid, like attacking melee units at 1 range.
12 hours ago, ping said:
: "There you are, girlie! How dare you embarrass me like that the other day. It's about time I thanked you properly."
: "Oh? And what exactly're you gonna do about it? I see right through you! The moment Ares is nowhere in sight, you think it's okay to act all tough again, you vile louse! Don't even think about coming any closer. I don't need Ares around to stop you!"
: "Of all the nerve... You little wench! Throw her in the dungeon! You'll have plenty of time to think about what you've done there!"
: "Ahh! No... Ares..."
Considering this scene starts with Leen being all "Yeah, I suppose this is about what I'd expect from you", it feels awkward for her to lose her composure so quickly.
12 hours ago, ping said:
: "T-this can't be... Jabarro! How could you know his foul intent, yet let your tongue lie still before me?!"
You were there when Bramsel had his guards assault Leen. Jabarro probably doesn't know anything that you yourself aren't already aware of. Or do you think Bramsel and Jabarro had a personal chat about his revenge phantasies?
12 hours ago, ping said:
Bramsel is dangerous if you don't pay attention, but he's also stationary and locked to 1-range.
A very appropriate low level, which is always nice to see.
Well, he has a higher level than Harold at least. So he is only the 2nd weakest boss in this generation.
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Considering that FE3 didn't have the ability to skip dialog yet, I wonder if maybe the dialog in this game is so brief because the devs themselves were not sure if this was a feature that they would be able to implement. Not to mention what the exact limits of saving would be.
I mean, if this was like FE3 and you couldn't skip dialog and maybe couldn't even save between castles... novel-length dialog in the style of Tear Ring Saga might have been not exactly ideal if you end up having to reload once or twice.
Mid-chapter dialog was also pretty much a non-factor in FE3. But it's most certainly a thing here.
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Adel looks a bit too much like Wang Fire for my taste, though.
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Perfection.
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29 minutes ago, ping said:
Oh, that makes sense. Telling a 16yo that he's really grown over the last however long Shanan has been awol doesn't need to be "nevermind"ed away, but telling somebody that they're just like their parent is something I avoid with my younger relatives.
He would be at least 18, what with having been born by the time of chapter 3 and the 17 year time skip.
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Interesting how standard shields seem to have a whooping 20 durability.
I mean, TRS shields were only 4 or less. Berwick Saga shields were not much better, and most would break after the 6th hit.
This also puts them at a durability where they are a good fit for Tallan's new and improved repair skills.
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1 minute ago, Saint Rubenio said:
Welp.
My bad for being charitable with gen 2, I guess.
Assuming Lene would be just as much of a tool as her mother is not being charitable with gen 2.
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2 hours ago, ping said:
: "Really? It's really, really you?! Wow! Oh my gosh, this is incredible!"
: "Er..."
: "No, really, I've heard all the stories about you! All of them! I've been a huge fan of yourse for so long, but I never thought I'd actually meet you! But you're here! You're really here talking to me right now! It's like all my dreams've come true!"
: "...Yeah, I think I get the idea. My sword, please."
Somehow I get the feeling that I am not missing out by not playing Engage.
Frankly, even as a kid I found Lyn's obsession with the self-insert to be just painful to endure. And now that mr. Watanabe Generico is literally a deity, IS doesn't even need to pretend that everyone is worshipping him because of actual merit.
2 hours ago, ping said:So it seems that that portrait is used for female generals that their lieges are romantically involved with? Although I don't know if Aida's previous relationship with Arvis is actually established in Genealogy.
It's not.
2 hours ago, ping said:In all other regards, Ishtore is the more powerful foe, though. A fair bit more bulky, with slightly higher Mag, a more powerful tome for hand-to-hand combat, and of course, Bolting. Oh, and as a War Mage, he has access to the Adept skill, which gives him a chance to randomly kill anybody who he doesn't one-shot to begin with (which, right now, would be Leif, Patty, Nanna, and Lester, although he'd need to use Thoron against the latter two).
Huh, I suppose he could use Continue. Maybe they figured the chance of that happening is neglectable, given the tome's massive weight. Unless they actually did code something in to prevent Continue from triggering for those weapons.
1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:For the record, and in case you needed more proof that I have never, ever led you astray - As I recall (someone yell at me if I'm wrong), Lene's personality is exactly the same as Sylvia. Had you married the latter, you would've had to endure that again. Instead you get actually kind of badass dancer. No need to thank me.
Uh, no it isn't. Lene's and Leylea share the same dialog, barring their exclusive scenes.
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Freedom Planet 2... Vestaria Saga I+... So close, yet so far.
Jamulan got some buffs. Multichance (?) and Axe Guard are whatever, but it seems he now also gets a skill that makes all his attacks against armored enemies deal effective damage. Nice to see that it looks like the K-man managed to implement even more genuinely interesting skills.
The remaining skill also seems to be new. Wish I could read the descriptive text.Also chapter 19 now has both battle preps and the ability to take items from Zade's side. Interesting to see even Eddard listed here.
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38 minutes ago, Jotari said:
I'm pretty sure Leinster only has an armoury, even if the enemy takes it and you turn it into a proper blue castle. Can you genuinely return warp all three of Leif's gang to Seliph and mess up the continuity?
It doesn't mess up anything. You are not expected to hold Lenster, with Nanna suggesting you should retreat to the nearby church instead.
And Leaf already has Celice as a Talk listed. -
Btw, did you notice that it plays the FE1 player phase theme if you wait in the arena lobby for like 30 seconds?
And the arena battle theme theme is also the version from FE1. It lacks the additional instruments that the FE3 version overlaid.It's nice that they used the FE1 versions instead of the FE3 ones. In particular I find the FE1 version of the player phase theme to be much more pleasant.
2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:...To be fair, Ishtore isn't particularly ugly. He could kiiiinda pass off as a playable.
I suppose he does have that Deen hair.
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53 minutes ago, ping said:
: "I've misplaced my Book of Fenrir... My men are scouring the shrine to find it, but so far it has yet to emerge..."
Pfff...
I wonder if this will become a trend.
53 minutes ago, ping said:I like how the Magic Ring immediately gives Patty a higher Mag than Str stat. Not great for arenaing, of course, but here's to hoping that stealing from range will make us all rich. For the arena... Hey, the Miracle Sword (and Bargain Band to borrow rings for free, maybe) might still give Patty a good shot.
The thing with the Sleep Sword is that it actually works in the arena. Sure, it would be too expensive to chip down armors with it, but the status actually remains even after you cancel the battle.
Which means that after inflicting sleep, you can simply cancel the battle and continue the fight with a different weapon.Technically you could have done this the entire time. A battle is only truly reset once you either lose or leave the arena. Until then the enemy fighters won't recover the health they lost.
But there was no real way to take advantage of that until now.
53 minutes ago, ping said:On Leif's end of the long and winding road, the enemies start a bit further away than from Shanan and Patty. Hopefully, they can push out a bit and kills some Brigands - and hopefully, Fee can fly over and help them in the endeavour - but if necessary, the choke point in front of Leonster seems perfectly safe for Finn to block, with Nanna providing healing as needed. I can see how a magic sword would've come in handy for Leaf here, too.
I'm afraid the deflector shields will be quite operational when your Fee arrives.
Besides, you want your sole flier to help out in the desert. You are on the clock there.
53 minutes ago, ping said:
No Return Ring. Guess we are not crossing the plot walls this time.
Unless the game decided to place it into the storage, which would be some bad luck. Don't remember if Lenster allows you to access the storage.
53 minutes ago, ping said:Wolfen outspeeds, which also means that Julia doesn't double him, and because Wolfen also one-shots, she'd have to dodge him at least three times - probably more often, since her own effective hit rate through Pavise is only 55%. Julia would need 5 HP procs to avoid being one-shot, so she might be able to improve her odds by reaching that threshold. To outspeed, she'd need +3 Spd, which seems less likely with her 30% growth.
Actually Pavise won't trigger against Nosferatu ever.
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49 minutes ago, Shanty Pete's 1st Mate said:
> Story relevance
> Existing as a unit
> Not causing a game over upon dying
"Pick two of three."
Well, there is Levin.
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2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
It's like Kaga decided to balance the choice by making the obviously worse unit be the obviously better character.
...I mean, it's not a terrible concept. Kinda dig it.
Not to mention, if you talk to Johan's soldiers while they are yellow, they tell you that for all his simping, he treats his own underlings terrible.
Just a real charmer, that guy.
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2 minutes ago, Lightchao42 said:
I was hoping for Arzette to have an I.M. Meen lookalike as a boss, but apparently Arzette is old enough to avoid not-Meen's ire so he's just an NPC instead. Now I just need to know if there are any Hotel Mario references...
There might just be.
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2 hours ago, Saint Rubenio said:
I know who you reference here, Kaga just did it again in BWS. Musta really loved that guy. Or... maybe not, considering his minor boss naming schemes also include nazi higher-ups.
Only Reese could fight Jagdstaffel 11 and the Ringwraiths at the same time and survive.
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This is a new portrait too. As is the support partner listed.
I guess if there are dragon knight bosses on the map now, this means the Norden will now be a more active threat.
Gonna need something to make up for the carpet being much more manageable now, I suppose.
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1 hour ago, ping said:
It's interesting that Johan seems to be considered a pretty bad character - if you compare him to Lex, he joins at a much higher base level, with appropriately increased stats (generally slightly lower than Lv.12 Lex except for +2 Str for Johan) and gen 2's Brave Axe is available more quickly than Lex's. Johan even has better growths than Lex across the board (except for Lck, oh no!). Not sure if this is just a general sign of power creep for Seliph's army, or if gen 2 is also less kind to axe users than gen 1 (most of the time) was.
Well, you've just seen Oifey die in 3 hits.
There is also Elite.
1 hour ago, ping said:Honestly, the rationale behind those two being mutually exclusive isn't much better than the Arran/Samson situation in Akaneia...
No need to take a little comic relief fratricide so seriously.
...seriously, what were they thinking?
Also worth noting that since you did Lex/Ayra, this means that the brothers are Lakche's cousins.
1 hour ago, ping said:
: "You are capable of wielding magic, yes? That's truly impressive. I'm almost envious!"
: "My mother was a talented war-mage... But I've still got a lot to learn myself."
Unlike his father, who was just some rando.
1 hour ago, ping said:Lewyn: "By the way, I'm calling the shots now."
Seliph: "ok"August learned from the best.
1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:I feel like they just had to sort of force it for the sake of the Arran/Samson, because Johan's response to Johalvier's recruitment is totally inline with his characterization while the opposite is wildly out-of-character. I mean, Johalvier's recruitment barely spends a couple lines on the crush, while Johan might as well not have a character outside of it.
Same if you make them fight Dannan here. Johalvier makes no mention of Lakche and lets his distaste for his dad's governing known, while Julian does... well, his thing.
1 hour ago, Saint Rubenio said:Very slick way to avoid having to program two different cutscenes based on which brother betrays.
Probably not the best phrasing the translation could have picked.
I mean, you can just kill both. -
It's nice to know that Arzette is not the only one who struggles to maneuver the library.
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I would say that's unlikely, considering that the old translation was also talking about decapitations.
Keep in mind, the village right there also gives you the Thief Ring.