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Jackie, Milly, Phoebe, Ursa. Enjoy pain. 
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Jan 29, 2016 02:35
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Asriel, Realga, Stardust, Ursa
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Jan 29, 2016 02:57
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Ragnar Homsar posted:
Yeah, that's central cali. If anyone thinks he's exaggerating then I as someone who has lived in central California for a while can tell you that it snowed ONCE in the 20-odd years I've lived in my town and it was considered a freak accident, and maybe half an inch? Of course its only like an hour to get to the mountains so its not like I've never seen snow, it just isn't a part of my life like it is most peoples. Oddly enough I too have a bit of an affinty for snow levels, minus ice physics. I will vote for Realga, Asriel, Ursa, and Stardust
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Jan 29, 2016 04:10
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Madtrixr posted:Yeah, that's central cali. If anyone thinks he's exaggerating then I as someone who has lived in central California for a while can tell you that it snowed ONCE in the 20-odd years I've lived in my town and it was considered a freak accident, and maybe half an inch? Of course its only like an hour to get to the mountains so its not like I've never seen snow, it just isn't a part of my life like it is most peoples. I personally live in the Sacramento area, which Wikipedia says had its last significant snowfall in 1976--a good two decades before I was born.  But yeah, I'm no stranger to going to the mountains for snow, I just don't get it at all where I actually live.
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Jan 29, 2016 04:19
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I'm gonna vote for Tyler, Realga, Ursa, and Stardust. I think you need to have an alchemist to really get going with a Highlander, and while Ice Guard is nice against the trash mobs, I still really like Hit-Taker for damage mitigation. Also now that I actually have an idea on how to use Highlanders I really want to see more, since they were the only class that I just could not figure out the niche for (until this LP).
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Jan 29, 2016 05:22
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Can't remember who's been in the team when so going with my gut: Freyja, Nadia, Zack and Asriel. (Despite Zack being the only one among them who is half-way dressed for cold weather.)
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Jan 29, 2016 16:56
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Ragnar Homsar posted:
I can see how "3T" might be read that way, but that's not what it does. You start every fight with essentially a full-party Prevent Order that lasts for three turns. Which is particularly handy for at least one third stratum fight.
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Jan 29, 2016 18:11
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Wonderslug posted:I can see how "3T" might be read that way, but that's not what it does. You start every fight with essentially a full-party Prevent Order that lasts for three turns. I have never used Sweet and Sour Moa because I tend to stick to a pretty narrow selection of food, ha. That actually is really useful, I probably should've eaten it for Flame Demon in case the first-turn head bind didn't go off. In any case, the description's been edited. Votes are currently: quote:Ursa: 8 I'll leave votes open until this evening, at which point I'll start update 19. Rea fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2016 20:34
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Zack, Realga, Ranger, Stardust
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Jan 29, 2016 20:52
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Asriel, Jackie, Realga, Stardust Plenty of fire attacks without making you rely entirely on items for healing.
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Jan 30, 2016 02:24
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Final vote results are:quote:Asriel: 8 So there's a 3-way tie for the last 2 party slots. Through the use of random.org, the ultimate tie-breaker, the party for the first part of the 3rd Stratum shall be: Asriel, Ursa, Stardust, Realga, Jackie. Nothing too insane--phew.
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Update 19: Spider Dance  The LP's narrative technically doesn't have a protagonist, but Realga and Stardust have gotten a lot of screentime--they were in the first party, the Chimaera party, the 2nd Stratum second half party, and now the 3rd stratum first half party. Oh well, Medics and Alchemists are useful.  Here's Asriel's updated build. I maxed out Horse Slash on him--it deals less damage than a max-level Swallow Strike, but it's far more TP efficient for the early game. I also picked up a lot of Flame Grater levels, skipping the max level to save some TP.  Ursa's updated build. I maxed out Hit-Taker and Beast Roar, and started to invest in Preemptive Roar.  Realga's gotten all of one point in Overheal since we last saw her.  I rested Stardust after Flame Demon to re-allocate her skill points into Inferno Formula. She's otherwise the same.  Jackie's build here is irrelevant since she'll be taking a rest later in the update. Not pictured: upgrading everyone's equipment to the latest stuff. None of the upgrades were really notable, though.        Welcome to Ginnungagap B2F: More of the Same.   Even the drawbridges are back.   Ginnungagap's atmosphere is a pretty stark contrast to the Yggdrasil Labyrinth. It feels super claustrophobic with all of its cramped corridors and lack of big, open spaces.     Bugbear HP: 365, STR: 23, VIT: 17 Skills:
A hideous creature of Ginnungagap, carrying toxins that prevent recovery. Bugbears really aren't much to worry about. They don't deal a ton of damage, and the HP recovery debuff would be a concern if random encounters lasted for more than 2-4 turn usually.  Red Haggis HP: 994, STR: 15, VIT: 15 Skills:
Many adventurers have underestimated it by looks...and been burnt to ash for that mistake. Red Haggises are just as annoying as Haggises were. You'd best get as much mileage as possible out of the fact that they start the fight asleep, since Holy Fire can easily kill your party if you don't kill it in time.     Your occasional reminder that rare breeds can run away from fights.         White Orangutan HP: 540, STR: 24, VIT: 18 Skills:
An ape with long, steely claws and enough muscle to tear a suit of armor in half. Here is my opinion on White Orangutans, and what's special about them: I hope it was enlightening.       It's just too easy.  One tile-wide corridors as far as the eye can see. At least they're more twisty than EO1's one tile-wide corridors.          SYSTEM: You glance left, right, and then slowly upward...and see that the ceiling is covered in web. A spider hangs, watching. You resolve to be wary of the monster remaining carefully out of your reach, and progress onward.   Binding Spiders are a slightly special FOE. They completely ignore terrain, and if we get within a 4 tile-long line in front of it, it will prepare to spit web at us, which immobilizes us for a few turns. If the Binding Spider starts a fight while we're in the web, we'll start the battle fully bound. So, uh, try to avoid getting into a fight.   SYSTEM: You gaze at the web thoughtfully, and an idea occurs to you...  It doesn't matter where the Binding Spider is, burning the web on the wall will drop it into the death pit.   Never hurts to have these things.   I apologize if it seems like I'm skipping a lot, but Ginnungagap B2F really doesn't have a lot going on. None of the random encounters are really worth talking about.   This puzzle's pretty easy. Just run straight for the web strand and you'll outpace the spider.         This is another kind of simple puzzle. You just have to bait the spider here into wasting a few turns by spitting web, by standing over here and then moving away.   The wasted turns will let you cross the one tile-wide chokepoint without the spider blocking it.    Here's Preemptive Roar kicking in, before I detail the Chi You.  Chi You HP: 894, STR: 27, VIT: 22 Skills:
Few adventurers have the resolve to face this four-eyed, six-armed nemesis. Chi Yous are a pretty big step up from what we've seen in Ginnungagap B2F. They hit pretty drat hard, and head binds can seriously screw over caster classes like Medics and Alchemists. Them resisting all types of physical damage also means taking them down takes quite a while. ...Which is a problem right now, since the Binding Spider is one step away from us.   So I just bust out Issen.  Still leveling up Overheal.    Buh-bye.        I successfully trick the upper spider into wasting a few turns...   Before a random encounter screwed it up.   Leading to this.   I could still sidestep the web, thankfully.   And then I burnt the web down.   There's also a one-way shortcut here. (Ignore the wrong icon.)   The game's giving us a hint about the upcoming boss fight here.   SYSTEM: Deep in these ruins, there must dwell a monster stronger than the Basilisk you previously encountered... If you are prepared to confront a powerful enemy, than you may enter. If you are not ready, then you are free to return to town to prepare.    A nice amount of cash.   I also invest some of our excess cash (from doing the DLC money grinding quest) in the North Ward and Uptown.  I set up a new ad campaign before leaving, as well.       At this point, I grinded for a little while to get Asriel 2 levels and to get everyone better Grimoires. I also rested Jackie and reallocated her skill points heavily into Charged Fire. I unfortunately lost the footage of this due to editing screwups, but the big takeaways from this are:
        SYSTEM: But the spider awaiting you is unlike anything you have encountered on this floor. With the beautiful visage of a young woman, and a spider's body, this must be the fearsome monster Arachne. The Arachne does not attempt to pursue you, but rather looks in your direction, her lips curving into a smile. However, her silken smile is laced with certain evil. In her face, you glimpse for a moment her true wicked intent... You can confront her head-on with weapons drawn, or you can find a strand of web and set fire to it. Don't face Arachne head on. You will really, REALLY regret it.   Arachne does the same thing the Binding Spiders did, except in a 3x3 square. And yes, if she catches you while you're stuck in the web, the party starts the fight fully bound.   That's the only web you need to dodge, though.    We're immobilized for 4 steps here. Thankfully, Arachne needs to take a turn to, well, turn, so we're not in that much danger here.   Just keep eating the webs. After this one, you just need to bolt towards the web strands on the wall.     VIDEO: Boss Fight: Arachne   Burning Arachne's web immobilizes her on the field and lops off a whopping 40% of her HP. Note that you only get a preemptive on Arachne if you approach her from the back.    Arachne HP: 17000 (lowered to 10200 by burning the web), STR: 26, VIT: 25 Skills:
A spider-like monster guarding Ginnungagap with its immobilizing silkweb. Do you have head binds? Great, you've basically won the fight. If you don't, Arachne mostly comes down to a war of attrition: either you kill her after a while, or she kills you after you've run out of TP. Venomous Bite is a pain to deal with even if you have Front Guard, since the poison's enough to kill most any class after the initial hit. Poison Marsh might seem negligible at first, but after a few casts, it becomes a problem since you can't revive anyone without also healing them on the same turn, or else they'll die immediately to Poison Marsh. Silk Spit is annoying as poo poo, as I'm sure you can infer. The damage is kinda negligible, but anyone getting all of their body parts bound can seriously screw you over. Keep some Therica As on hand! Silk Spread is Silk Spit but even worse. Stinger's kind of a non-factor since it's actually less deadly than Silk Spread, and Arachne only uses it when she's about to die anyway.  Asriel needs to set up Upper Stance.  Ursa will debuff Arachne's physical damage to make her tanking job easier.  Realga still has that high-level Warrior Song that she got before Chimaera. Good thing too, since the party would not have enough damage to kill Arachne before everyone runs out of TP otherwise.  Same stuff as always for Stardust.  Jackie will activate Action Boost immediately because I'll need Supreme Bolt on Turn 3.     Decent damage.  I have Asriel turn on Immovable to lengthen Upper Stance and conserve his TP.   Standard Ursa + Realga stuff.  And Stardust will begin torching the spider.  Oh. Horse Slash is only level 10 compared to Charged Fire's level 20, yeah, but Asriel really isn't dealing that much damage. Flame Grater wouldn't be faring much better.   Now THAT'S nice. Remember that Inferno Formula is only level 16, too.  Arachne telegraphs Venomous Bite by doing this.   I have Ursa and Realga refresh buff/debuff durations. Why am I doing that, you may ask?  Because I'm going to just stun Arachne.     Ehhhh. I'm not entirely comfortable with the fact that we've only taken off half of the HP Arachne started with, and Asriel/Stardust's Force Boosts are about to run out.  Realga has nothing better to do this turn, so I have her prep Overheal.  If the fight goes on long enough for Analysis to regenerate, Stardust will probably be out of TP, so I just have her use Eschaton.  Jackie will just spam Charged Fire until she runs out of TP.     Oops. Using Eschaton was a mistake--I lost out on almost 200 damage by using it instead of Inferno Formula.   Hrm. This isn't looking that great.  Salve is usually what I use in combination with Overheal.  Stardust needs to recast Compression.  Notice how everyone's max HP is higher than normal: that's Overheal in action.     Ahahaha, Arachne got dicked there. The only body part that Ursa cares about is her arms.  Kinda unfortunately, Poison Marsh takes effect after Overheal goes away.  It's still nice damage, but Stardust is starting to run out of TP.  Uh-oh.  I have Ursa enable Desperation, since she will 100% die to Venomous Bite without it.  Realga'll toss Jackie an Amrita since Jackie's gonna run out of TP after this turn otherwise.    Bear in mind Ursa's taking reduced damage thanks to Hit-Taker. Asriel would've died to that if Ursa didn't tank it and Ursa herself would've died to the initial hit plus the poison...probably.  This is a huge fuckup on my part. Stardust would get a lot more out of 6 Fire Formula casts than this one Cocytus Formula.  The last turn passed uneventfully. As for this: eh, why not? Battle's either going to end in a win or a loss soon.  I really regret using Cocytus Formula--it dealt ~300 damage with 32 TP, and Fire Formula could've dealt ~500 damage over five turns.  Jackie has to switch to Fire Rounds at this point.    True Endurance nullifies all binds and ailments (aside from instant death) while it's in effect, remember.  Fire Rounds is level 5 and hitting a weakness--consider that Horse Slash is dealing barely more damage than it at level 11.   It helps, but I'm starting to get worried at this point.  Arachne's almost dead, but Stardust is completely out of TP and Jackie's about to run out after this turn.    If Salve was level 10, Asriel would've probably lived there.  Welp. I guess Ursa's gonna have to die to keep everyone else alive.  I have to use Medical Miracle, otherwise Asriel will die to Poison Marsh after being revived.      Holy poo poo, the luckiest loving Double Attack proc. Bear in mind that thing is only level 1. (If you're wondering why I had Asriel attack, it's because Upper Stance ran out.)   God that was close.  SYSTEM: You have successfully eliminated the threat in the ruins! The quest asking you to slay the monster dwelling on Ginnungagap's 2nd floor is now complete. You can choose to go back to town, or you can choose to further explore the ruins.  The room at the northeast of the Arachne room has this treasure chest in it. I'm not complaining.    SYSTEM: Perhaps later, once you have taken a new request and it becomes necessary, you may have some interest in exploring further.    Nice, nice. Sadly the Guest Troubadours from the North Ward didn't have any interesting Grimoires.  The new campaigns.  And I invested some money into Slum development before I left.      Asriel has the skills I want on him for now, and I'm gonna rest him eventually, so I'm just going for passives right now.  Putting another point into Preemptive Roar.  Another point into Overheal, too.  I'm not gonna get a lot of use out of Cocytus Formula in the 3rd Stratum, but eh.  I opt to start investing in Burst Shot at this point. Next time: we start exploring the Frozen Grounds. 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Jan 31, 2016 11:11
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Oh hey, Asriel hates those damndable spiders almost as much as I do I took that bitch on with a default story party myself...took me a few tries to look for the strand of web to burn. I WANTED to fight her without that...but that went as well as you'd think it did.
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Jan 31, 2016 16:15
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I did not find Arachne's burnable string until well after I finished the game.
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Update 20: No Penguins In Sight, Unfortunately We'll actually start exploring the 3rd Stratum today. I really don't have anything to say regarding preparations, so let's just go.      Right off the bat, we find a Chop point near the Geomagnetic Pole. It gives Glitter Apples for ingredients.     Fishman HP: 353, STR: 21, VIT: 21 Skills:
Fishmen are trash mobs that I really don't have a lot to say about.   Oh yeah, I don't think I've mentioned this about Ronin yet. Each of their stances, when maxed out, gains a 20% chance to automatically activate at the start of a battle, which also effectively gives you an extra turn of the stance as well. Leveling up the stance to 20 through Grimoires increases the auto-activate chance to 30%.  Beast Roar + Preemptive Roar makes Ursa's job during random encounters a lot easier. Look how little damage she's taking from these things.  Not much of interest happened in that fight.    Yeah, the starting part of 11F just has filler around it, aside from the Chop point. Exciting!   Shortcuts in the Frozen Grounds are little green shrubs. Again, they contrast well against the normal parts of the stratum.    Snow Ghost HP: 253, STR: 19, VIT: 16 Skills:
A manifestation of pure snow whose vitality will spike when endangered. Snow Ghosts are trash mobs normally. Do you remember those drunks at the bar who warned us about Snow Ghosts "biggefying," though? Yeah, don't leave one alone in a fight, or you'll really regret it--because you'll be fighting a 15F monster.  Forest Dragonfly HP: 422, STR: 26, VIT: 19 Skills:
A carnivorous dragonfly that adapted to harsh life in the forest. Its wings are highly prized. Forest Dragonflies are significantly more threatening than Snow Ghosts. Confusing Blitz can either kill someone from full HP outright, or leave them basically helpless. It's an especially big issue when you have a Beast, since arm binds disable Hit-Taker.       Cut is basically the most common physical damage type for player characters (Landsknechts, Dark Hunters, Troubadours, Ronin, War Magi, and Sovereigns all have innate access to it), so getting the Severed Wing isn't too hard. A mere few steps later...    War Bison HP: 919, STR: 29, VIT: 23 Skills:
A wild bull that resides in deep wood, it tramples all in its path. War Bison are an annoying combination of "very durable" and "hard hitters." 919 HP will take a while to chew through, even with Fire damage, and while you're chewing through it, you're going to have to try to keep your party members alive through Stomp. Unless someone's at 100% HP, they're very likely to get taken out by it. Asriel, especially, is at an extreme risk of dying repeatedly here.  Note that I had Ursa debuff the War Bison with Beast Roar to make it easier to deal with.   Asriel took a lot more damage than Ursa not only because he has considerably worse armor and VIT, but Ursa had Loyalty Mastery kick in. Remember: this thing's physical damage is debuffed by around 30% right now.      SYSTEM: Looking around, you see a gleaming stone like a pillar of ice atop a mound of snow. You think you may be able to grab the stone if you reach for it... SYSTEM: Asriel volunteers, and after nearly slipping a few times, manages to grab the stone.  Adularia is a Mine item we can't get until 12F.   SYSTEM: Jackie speaks up, raising their agreement, and points to the south.   SYSTEM: It is not facing in your direction, and does not seem to have noticed your presence. You may proceed with caution to stay out of its line of sight, or you may simply dispatch it to remove the obstacle. Fighting an Ambush Wolf is a great idea if you've got a death wish. Ambush Wolves stay put when you haven't aggroed them, and turn every few steps. Their vision is roughly a cone shape around them, meaning you can aggro them when you're not in their direct line of sight. If you aggro a wolf, it will chase you until you leave its invisible aggro zone, at which point it will walk back to its original spot, turn to where it was when you aggroed it, and reset its turn counter.   Oh yeah, there's another Chop point here, with Forest Tea for its ingredient.  gently caress.   Remember gathering ambushes from the original EO2? They're...well, kinda back. They're not nearly as common as they were in EO2, and the encounters aren't specifically set to be as mean as possible, but it's still a guaranteed blindside.  Here's how much Stomp hurts without a physical attack debuff, by the way.    If you're wondering why I broke Issen out a few turns in, it's because Asriel and Ursa kept dying to Stomp, and Stardust and Jackie weren't killing the War Bison quickly enough.   Can I please stop running into these things, game?!   Ambush Wolves are easy to get a preemptive on, but I still wouldn't recommend fighting them now.   SYSTEM: You can rest here and admire the snowman, or ignore it and plow onward. SYSTEM: You decide to rest your weary feet and admire the snowman for a while. The sight is so incongrously adorable that it naturally soothes your soul.  The entire party recovers 30 TP from saying yes. If you say no, you get into a fight. A fight I'm pretty sure you get blindsided by. SYSTEM: Well-rested from your short break, you leave the area in a much improved mood.       Just showing that Ambush Wolf vision is a cone, rather than a direct line. And yes, the cone is not completely obstructed by walls.   Since there's a shortcut back to where we just were, I take this chance to go back to Lagaard and rest up.              This is a really awkward spot. It's entirely possible to get yourself caught in a loop of aggroing the wolf on the bot, running away from its aggro zone, and aggroing the wolf on the top.     Like that.       This spot'll be important for two quests after we finish 11F.   Running in front of this Ambush Wolf isn't a great idea, since you need to go just to its right in order to get out of this room.   Much better.   SYSTEM: To your surprise, you find that this room's floor is covered in ice!   SYSTEM: You tentatively touch the icy floor before you... It seems thick enough for you to walk upon without breaking. You need only shed your anxieties and take the first step. You extend one tentative foot to see if the ice is walkable...  You'll forgive the open chest and time difference, I had to record this after the fact due to my laptop being worse than normal and causing the 3DS viewer to drop 10 frames off the end of the sliding.   SYSTEM: It is only due to the fallen snow there that you do not injure yourself from the rumble you take falling into the grass. This may present a problem... Once you step onto the ice, you lose control of your momentum until you run into something. A certain amount of trial and error will be necessary to figure out which path to advance to your goal. It may be best to look around carefully first to find the best way forward before proceeding. Ice tiles will send you in whatever direction you walked onto them until you hit a solid obstacle. You can't move or change direction at all while sliding. Thankfully, there's no random encounters while on ice tiles, so we're free to just slide as much as we want until we reach the stairs.   SYSTEM: It's hard to tell the exact number against the snow, but there seem to be at least ten. The snow creatures have not spotted your presence yet... You may have a chance to strike first, though it's also an opportunity to leave quietly. SYSTEM: As you begin your charge, the snow underfoot melts, revealing another snow creature! SYSTEM: This must be their nest! Dozens of monsters, all alike, appear around you. SYSTEM: You are grievously outnumbered, and completely surrounded with no chance of escape!  SYSTEM: The snow monsters clump up into a single area and begin to combine into one! Its size grows larger by the second, eventually developing into a gargantuan monster! The moment while it's still combining may be your only chance to escape from here! SYSTEM: You screw up your courage and face the gigantic monster! Failing to anticipate your resistance, the conglomeration of snow demons stops moving. SYSTEM: You wait tensely for it to make the first move, but the giant monster suddenly begins to panic! You hear countless piping voices from its hulking frame, as if quarreling with one another. Sensing an opportunity, you take your weapons and charge at the brute!    Snow Swarm HP: 2800, STR: 30, VIT: 23 Skills:
A swarm of Snow Ghosts. If they would just act as a unit, they would be unstoppable! The Snow Swarm is a modified version of a 15F enemy. In fact, they're a modified version of what the Snow Ghosts "biggify" into! This thing can take a while to kill, and can put serious hurt on your party if it casts Hailstorm. Even a high-level Ice Wall won't help, since Hailstorm is random-target and Ice Wall only works once per character for a given turn. Also note that my choices there led to a preemptive attack. If you make the wrong choices (namely, choosing to run instead of fight), you get blindsided instead!   In a moronic decision, I didn't just have Stardust burn the thing down with Compressed Inferno Formulas. I underestimated how much HP this thing has.    Bleh. The Snow Swarm's basically a mini-FOE, and I should've treated it as one. I could've probably killed it by now if I just had Stardust throw Compressed Inferno Formulas at it.  The Snow Swarm has FOE resistance to instant death, but I decided to take the gamble anyway.  Oh yeah, sometimes the Snow Swarm does nothing.  drat.  Okay, Issen helped. Instant death would've been nice, but the damage wasn't nothing.     Fighting the Snow Swarm is important if you're going for 100% completion, since it's not a missable event fight, and is recorded in the Monstrous Codex as a result.  SYSTEM: You pick up the stones, which you assume are the remains of the fused beast, before making your exit.    Now that the Snow Swarm's taken care of, let's get back to the ice puzzle. It's fairly simple--the room's full of small outcroppings like the one we're bumped into that you just either slide into the corner of or the jutting-out part to go somewhere.  Oh yeah, if there's solid ground on the path you're sliding, it'll stop your slide.   And from that small patch, we can get at the treasure chest. Again, hard to go wrong with free Amritas!   There's also a handy shortcut back to the Geomagnetic Pole room.   And so, we're (mostly) done with 11F.     SYSTEM: He must be a member of the guard corps that you heard about at the Grand Duchy, one still searching for the Snow Bloom. You approach the guard to speak with him.   SYSTEM: The guard cuts his speech short there and looks away timidly before continuing. SYSTEM: The guard falls silent there, and gazes at you before continuing. SYSTEM: The pitiful soldier stands there hugging his own body from the cold and fear. It falls to you to investigate the ice-covered forest and find the Snow Blooms.  Always fun to come back to a finished ad campaign.  Not as much as last time, but still nice.  The North Ward campaign brought in this Protector, who has a passive I actually kind of want. Yeah, you can find other Fafnirs while Grimoire Trading. It's kind of strange and arguably runs directly counter to the plot since there should only ever be one Fafnir (note: should), but whatever. For the record, Fafnirs are just random events, and aren't tied to any particular ward in the town. Grimoire Trade Beasts follow the same rule.   Anyway, I swap out a max-level trash monster Grimoire for the Protector's level 9 Aegis, which is a passive that gives its owner a chance to survive a mortal hit once per fight at 1 HP. I'm sure it doesn't take a lot of thought to put together that I put this on Ursa. Beasts do have Deadly Resolve, which does the same thing, but it takes 20 skill points total in two passives to max out, something I'd rather put off till later.  Anyway, I set up new ad campaigns to appeal to the Gunners Bureau in the South Ward and the War Lore Study Society in the West Ward.  Let's take care of 12F dialogue. I unlocked nothing from selling our stuff at Sitoth, by the way.  Abigail's up next. I've already mentioned the postgame 6th Stratum a bunch of times, so make of that what you will. Until then, here's a fun game: try to imagine what the upcoming strata will look like.  Moving over to Regina.  Cass is always fun to talk to.   Marion's not as fun to talk to as Cass, but still.   And last on the dialogue list, Dubois.  There's no new bar patrons this time, so... No. No, that's the wrong quest. Take it down. We're not even close to being able to take that on.  Much better. This is the first non-grinding DLC quest we can take on.   Yep. Hot springs. I'll let Fetus show you what that entails in Story mode since it's different there, and you can probably guess what it'll entail if you've ever played a Persona game. For Classic, it's pretty much just your average quest. Under maintenance: Fun fact: the original EO2's US subtitle was "Heroes of Lagaard." I think the Japanese subtitle was closer to "The Grail of Kings," which we'll see later on, but don't quote me on that.   Playing Cupid I: Celestine is an uncommon Mine item that we can get on 12F. It'll be no trouble for the Byeahs to get. Art imitating life:  The quest wants us to unlock Red Helms, which we've already done.      Yet another point in Preemptive Roar.  Overheal can now boost someone to 175% of their normal HP.  Still holding off on the last Inferno Formula upgrade so Stardust can conserve her TP during Labyrinth exploration.  Another point in Burst Shot. It'll be worth using eventually, I swear. Next time: hauling rocks, followed by Amazing, Mystical, Magical, Loved-By-Giant-Toads, Rejuvenating Hot Springs! (Only two of those adjectives are truthful.) Rea fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Feb 6, 2016 |
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It's a good thing samurai in this series have flaming blood.
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gently caress the ambush wolves. Things were stupidly annoying even after they had the blue aura on the minimap...
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An ambushing toad that pesters wayfarers. Its throat bulges when excited. The Gentle Toad is honestly kind of a boring boss. Its damage output isn't that bad, but it doesn't really have that much stuff you need to really worry about, aside from the Hydro Jump spam. If you have a Protector, you basically get 3 free turns. If you don't, and can't end the fight very quickly...ahaha, oh man, sucks to be you. I didn't attempt for the conditional drop in this fight since my only sources of Bash damage are autoattacks from Ursa, Realga, and Stardust, and I'm on an extremely strict time limit here, but I will want the Bikini Armor sometime before the end of the postgame.  Asriel needs to set up Upper Stance.  Neither the Gentle Toad's attacks nor Heavy Jump hurt that hard, so I'll just have Ursa make them borderline-laughable.  Still getting good mileage out of that Warrior Song Grimoire.  If you couldn't predict Stardust setting up Compression, I dunno what to tell you.  Jackie turns on Action Boost immediately since I need as much damage as possible as quickly as possible.      Yeah, like I said, Beast Roar really makes Gentle Toad's damage even more manageable. Even our back line could survive that.    I probably should upgrade Jackie's gun soon, but she's still dishing out decent damage.  Asriel will just spam Horse Slash until Upper Stance runs out.  Ursa can definitely withstand anything the Gentle Toad can throw at us right now.  While Realga negates any damage Ursa takes.  Here comes the Inferno Formula spam.    It's better than what Asriel was putting out vs. Arachne, since I finally upgraded his katana, but it's still less than ideal compared to Stardust and Jackie.  Hit-Taker + Beast Roar = heavily reduced physical damage. How's that for advanced-level theoretical spatial time anomaly-related calculus?  Alchemists are seriously a really good class. They deal very, very nice damage throughout the entire game thanks to Compression.   The Gentle Toad nullifies stuns, but Supreme Bolt is still free damage comparable to an Action Boosted Charged Fire, so eh. I forgot about the stun nullification, though, which means I had Ursa waste a turn not doing any tanking! Go me.  Realga has nothing to do this turn, so I'll just have her prep Overheal instead.     Hopefully Realga can get Salve off before the Gentle Toad acts.  Phew.        Ahaha, ha... Always make sure you have some Therica As and Bs, folks.  Ooh, here's a fun bug I discovered doing my 5 Medics run. If a Medic gets panicked (and maybe petrified, too, but I'm not sure) on the turn they cast a healing skill combined with Overheal, the Overheal bonus HP doesn't get properly cleaned up on the turn the Medic is panicked. This only lasts for 1 turn, but we still get a much beefier party. It's obviously really hard to exploit this bug normally, since single-target ailments are few and far between amongst bosses, and getting one to target your Medic is purely random chance.  And here's an even more fun bug tied to that previous one. Overheal and Desperation normally don't stack, but if the Overheal bug takes effect, Desperation works off of the lingering bonus HP, meaning your Beast gets 525% of their normal HP for one turn. We now have a mega-tank for one turn. Pretty good.     Oops. Forgot to recast Compression.   TIME TILL DEATH: 3  Okay, it's almost dead. Phew. I can probably end this fight before the Hydro Jump spam comes out.  I'll not make the same mistake twice.        TIME TILL DEATH: 2 I didn't want to use three images to show it, but Ursa got completely bound by Hug there.   TIME TILL DEATH: 1  Welp. It's either we kill it or it kills us now.  I can't even use True Endurance to be safe since Ursa's completely bound.    TIME TILL DEATH: 0    Fate Averted! The Gentle Toad's turn was gonna come right after that. Holy poo poo that was close.  SYSTEM: As you sigh in exhaustion, you slowly become aware of a warm, inviting breeze in the air.  SYSTEM: With you so tired and weary, the steam looks appealing indeed, rising off the water's surface into the frigid air... SYSTEM: Nonchalantly excusing it as necessary warmth and relief of exhaustion, you cast off your wet clothes and enter the springs. SYSTEM: The hot water warms your bodies, and the contrast of the cold outside air against your heated faces is truly wonderful. You decide to spend some time resting in this warm bliss...    The entire party gets a pointless full HP/TP heal from the hot springs. And no, you can't use the hot springs like the recovery basins from EO1/EOU--the spring just turns back into a patch of ice after you've turned the quest in, and you can't interact with the spring after getting the heal. SYSTEM: You have completed the request to dig up a hot spring in the forest. You should head back to the bar when you have time, and report your success.      I legitimately could not care less about the Analysis Scopes, but the Return Flutes are very, very nice. The EXP reward's also fairly huge.   LEVELING UP PASSIVES EXCITING AMAZING FANTASTIC WOW  Another small boost to Salve.  I'll start putting points in Thor Formula at this point.  Hey, look, another Burst Shot level.  And lastly, here's what the Toad's normal drop unlocks. Next time: the hunt for the Snow Blooms begins. Rea fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Jun 13, 2016 |
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A hot spring episode where someone almost confesses due to being licked by a giant monster toad that distresses the mascot bear character. There's probably an anime of this. I feel like Persona 4 probably has most of that somewhere.
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:A hot spring episode where someone almost confesses due to being licked by a giant monster toad that distresses the mascot bear character. I tried to avoid having anime seep into the update, I really did, but I had to think of something to "top" Panicked Stardust spewing John Galt nonsense. It's also scientifically proven that you cannot separate hot springs and anime. (Fun semi-unrelated fact: the initial draft for this update included the "boss fight" just being a solo Ursa beating the poo poo out of the Gentle Toad on Picnic but I scrapped that because the in-game text didn't give me enough room to justify that. All the strikethroughs in the world wouldn't have helped.)
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Ragnar Homsar posted:(Fun semi-unrelated fact: the initial draft for this update included the "boss fight" just being a solo Ursa beating the poo poo out of the Gentle Toad on Picnic but I scrapped that because the in-game text didn't give me enough room to justify that. All the strikethroughs in the world wouldn't have helped.) I don't think you need justification for something like that, frankly.
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The Art of Etrian Odyssey II: Part 2 Guess what time it is? That's right, it's artbook time! With a different theme from last time, though--this time, we'll be doing the Story party and most of the NPCs! Exhilarating, no?    Fafnir battle portrait art. We haven't seen the gold-accented version yet, but feel free to speculate (to yourself) what it's for!    Fafnir design concepts, including the Black Guardian for comparison to Fafnir's advanced Transform art. His hand-in-front-of-face pose on the second page makes me think of Owain from Fire Emblem Awakening.       Fafnir CG and intro movie sketches. I'm almost certain these weren't drawn by Yuji Himukai, but rather someone at Madhouse, who Atlus contracted the CG/movie stuff to.  Arianna battle portrait art.  Arianna reference pose (with panties sketch removed), glove sketch, and neutral dialogue expression sketch.      Arianna expressions. Fun fact, Arianna has the most expressions out of any character in Story mode--over double the amount that Flavio, Bertrand, and Chloe each get. I'm particularly fond of the center-right expression of the second page.  Child Arianna expressions. I guess Sovereigns are born with those weird inverse pupils. If you've been paying close attention, you'll have noticed that all of the Sovereign portraits plus Arianna have that weird thing going on where their pupils are white.     Arianna CG and intro movie sketches.  Flavio battle portrait art. Am I crazy or is Flavio not actually pulling on his bowstring in his battle art?  Flavio sketches. Flavio's design kinda stands out compared to his class's normal portraits since he has fairly heavy, warm clothing on, while Survivalists (especially the female portraits) have very light-looking clothing on. His design actually borrows more from EO4 Snipers than EO1/2 Survivalists--namely the goggles and the metal chestplate thing.   Flavio portraits.     Flavio CG and intro movie sketches.  Chloe battle portrait art. I really don't know what's going with her pose, to tell you the truth.  Chloe sketches. Chloe's War Edge is considerably shorter than what the normal War Magi portraits use.   Chloe portraits.    Chloe CG and intro movie sketches. I dunno why, but Chloe's shoes look like Arthur from EOU's Alchemist Palm to me. I think it's the weird screw things along with the green part.  Bertrand battle portrait art.  Bertrand sketches. You can see what Bertrand's armor looks like here. Much like how Flavio borrows from EO4 Snipers, Bertrand's armor has more in common with EO4 Fortresses than EO1/2 Protectors.   Bertrand portraits.     Bertrand CG and intro movie sketches.   Story party plus Artelinde and Wilhelm intro movie reference poses, along with weapon sketches.  Child Fafnir and Arianna sketches, plus...pfffffffffffahahahaha. Sorry, gimme a moment... Alright, yeah, REALLY early Transform sketches. I'm really glad none of these saw the light of day, they look utterly ridiculous. I think it's a combination of the eyes and color schemes. Shigeo Komori (EO2U director) notes (provided from the English pre-order mini-artbook): quote:When we first started brainstorming for this game, I told Yuji Himukai, "This time, the main character should transform!" He came back to me with a sketch that looked like an American super hero transformation! It's cool and all, but not what I had in mind...so I had to give it a pass.  Story party hair and color scheme concepts. Translations are taken from the English pre-order mini-artbook. Sorry the font's a standard boring sans serif font, but I don't have any of those fancy comic book fonts laying around. WHY DIDN'T THEY STICK WITH MULLET BERTRAND. HE'S BEAUTIFUL. Komori comments: quote:In contrast, Arianna came back adorable, and exactly as I imagined. We were discussing whether or not she should cut her hair as an event in the game...so here are some of the designs for her with short hair.  REALLY early Chloe concepts, along with three characters who were completely scrapped. Komori: quote:At first, Himukai suggested we make the War Magus a girl from the Midgard Library who loves Arthur. I thought that was a nice idea, but then Chloe developed into the girl she is now. Sorry, Arthur... Phew. Let's move onto the NPCs and call it a day, shall we?  Hanna (Hannah) and Quona (Kuona). I dunno why Quona went from looking neutral/happy in sketches to constantly worried in her final art. I also don't know what half the stuff in her design is for--a hat with 4 buttons? A zipper with a star-shaped hole in it? Whatever those things strapped to her arms are?  Abigail (Eclair) and Cass (Antonio). Cass is my favorite bartender in EO--part of it is his dialogue (even if he rambles a lot), and part of it is his visual design.  Marion and the guards. We haven't seen Marion without her helmet yet (in fact, we won't see that until the postgame), but oh well. I like how the guard sketch implies that Medic 2 apparently took up a side job as a guard.  Regina plus expressions. I kinda like the blue apron with white boots color scheme more than her final colors.  Hrothgar and Wulfgar (Kurogane). RIP. It's never mentioned in EO2 or EO2U at all, but Hrothgar's family is renowned for being dragon slayers. You only learn about it in EO3, where Hrothgar's sister, named Wealh, shows up in a postgame quest and is murdered by a dragon, shortly followed by your party taking revenge for her. Call me crazy, but I'd rather die fighting a dragon than Chimaera. And yes, both Hrothgar and Wealh's armors have that crest on them.
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Ragnar Homsar posted:Snow Swarm Itty bitty typo. Did not realize there were two updates.
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Update 22: This Ice Ain't Nice Alright, let's finally take care of 12F. Much like 11F, I have nothing to say about preparations, so let's just get straight into it.     12F in the original EO2 had a massive central area filled with a bunch of ice tiles. Evidently Atlus didn't think that idea was worth re-treading, since 12F in EO2U is pretty much B21F from EO3 (the first floor of Cyclopean Haunt)--tons of narrow corridors with slippery tiles all over.   SYSTEM: But as fearsome as the monster's outward appearance is, it is fast asleep and shows no sign of moving. SYSTEM: You let out a sigh of relief and banish your worries before leaving the monster to its sleep. Oh yeah, here's the other primary gimmick of 12F. Hell Dragons will be sitting around in certain places on the floor, sometimes blocking your way, sometimes not. During the day, they'll be asleep (and yes, starting a fight with them whie they're sleeping in the Labyrinth does make them start the fight asleep). During the night, they'll be patrolling a linear path back and forth. Fighting a Hell Dragon at this point (even while it's asleep), by the way, is a really terrible idea.   We'll be reaching that small area much later in the floor.   SYSTEM: Sunlight shines down through the crystal...it somewhat resembles a budding flower. SYSTEM: If you come back once the sun has set, the resemblance may grow even stronger... The game will let you know where a Snow Bloom spot is during the day, but you'll have to check them at night to actually get the things.      Sleipnir HP: 474, STR: 29, VIT: 22 Skills:
An eight-legged horse that gallops over its target at great speeds. Another uninteresting enemy. Trample hits kinda hard, but as long as it doesn't hit the same non-Ursa person more than once, we'll be fine.      The Fishman died without much of a fight.     We'll be able to get that treasure once night rolls around.    Claw Beetle HP: 459, STR: 26, VIT: 24 Skills:
A large insect with a hard shell that deflects bullets and swords. Claw Beetles are kind of annoying to take down without elemental damage. That's really all there is to them. If you're using an Axe Landsknecht, you should definitely go for the conditional drop, since the Tabarzin is very nice.   I really can't overstate how great Stardust is at just deleting random encounters. She killed both of the Snow Ghosts in one shot and hurt the Claw Beetle for over half its HP.            Another Snow Bloom spot.      Snow Lizard HP: 276, STR: 20, VIT: 18 Skills:
A lizard with an affinity for ice. It tries to chill its prey with its breath. Snow Lizards aren't that bad on their own, but much like the Flame Lizards from the 2nd Stratum, multiple Freezing Breaths can actually put some really serious hurt on your party if you're not prepared.    Realga and Ursa took considerably less damage because they were defending. You can also kinda see how TEC factors into the elemental damage formula going by how much damage Asriel, Ursa and Jackie (very low, low and low-ish TEC, respectively) took compared to Realga (high-ish TEC, high-ish VIT) and Stardust (high TEC).  Like I said, one Lizard on its own isn't that bad, but multiples mean that Freezing Breath damage starts to stack up.   Flame Grater is an Upper Stance skill that deals Cut+Fire damage to one row of enemies. Yeah, it still requires Upper Stance be set up, but it lets Asriel contribute a bit more to random encounters.   Only one more Snow Bloom location left to find.    The Chop point here gives Petit Onions for its ingredient.      If you didn't learn your lesson the first two times, you can let the squirrel steal another Ariadne Thread from your pack.     SYSTEM: You enter and are met with a cheerful voice ringing out.  SYSTEM: The woman who makes her presence known with those words is Artelinde. She gazes at you, as if searching for something. SYSTEM: The woman glances over her shoulder as she speaks before looking back to you. SYSTEM: With that, the woman casually blocks your path--intentionally, you suspect. It seems you have no choice to turn back for now.   At least there's a shortcuts back to the stairs here. I'm not headed back to town yet, though, since there's only a little bit of the floor left to map.       And this is the last Snow Bloom spot.  Yeah, the game just kinda goes from perfect daylight to night within the span of a few seconds when the clock ticks from 6 PM to 7 PM. However, since it's now nighttime, we can go get the Snow Blooms!   Right after I pick up trash from the Labyrinth floor.   SYSTEM: Could this be the Snow Bloom that Minister Dubois asked you to retrieve? The flower blooms alone in the frigid night air... SYSTEM: You reach out to pluck the flower blooming quietly in the snow... Taking the icy, sublime flower in hand, you leave the area.     Nothing interesting happens as I backtrack to the Snow Bloom spots.   Aside from this irritating encounter. A short time later, though...     SYSTEM: You recall it being fast asleep when you last saw it, but now it's placidly stomping about on the path. It would seem the dragon is active at this time of day... You commit that fact to memory as you resume exploring the snowy forest. Like I mentioned before, the Hell Dragons become active at night, and patrol linear paths back and forth. A few of them block off paths, but they don't make parts of the floor unexplorable.   Petrify Gas has a really low chance to petrify every enemy in a battle. You may think this is kind of a random treasure, but the Hell Dragons' conditional drop actually requires that you petrify them. Aside from monster Grimoires, the only ways we can do that are Petrify Gases and the Scorpion skill for Sword Dark Hunters. The latter is not an option with how I've built Freyja, and it's really finicky anyway. I'll have to come back to 12F later with Sophie and just keep restarting the game until I finally petrify one of the Hell Dragons.   I wandered around aimlessly for a bit before I realized I actually had all four Snow Blooms. Back to town we go!  Oh man that's a lot of stuff to take care of. Let's go turn in the mission, first.      Truly!? Minister Dubois, do they wait in the antechamber still? I would express my gratitude to them in person! Stay. As the Duke's daughter, I must thank those who risk their lives to save my father!  Meet Gradriel. Her name and character design (save for a modified hairstyle and a hairclip styled after the seal of High Lagaard) are borrowed from the main character of Princess Crown, an Atlus-developed Sega Saturn ARPG from 1997, of which I know absolutely nothing about since it was never released outside of Japan.      We now have a purpose to our exploration of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth: saving the Duke of High Lagaard. It's not something that'll really come up again until later, but it's there. Let's go take care of those other things before we finish that last bit of 12F.  drat.  Hopefully this'll fare better.      I use some of our surplus money to just make random upgrades to the town.     Cut Talismans reduce the amount of damage Cut attacks deal to the holder by 25%. I personally consider it worthless. On the other hand, EXP is never worthless!  Passives. Yep.  I really want Protection Vow, so I have Ursa put a point into Protect.  Another point into Salve.  Thor Formula levels. Very interesting, yep.  Burst Shot levels are interesting too.    Selling off the materials from exploring.   SYSTEM: The black-haired witch Artelinde is still waiting here.  SYSTEM: Her enthusiasm is halfhearted, as she wears a dark and rather melancholy expression. She continues in a low voice... SYSTEM: The impish woman smiles sadly upon hearing your response. SYSTEM: She looks up to the heavens from the snowy forest and continues her speech. SYSTEM: Artelinde catches a snowflake falling from the sky and gazes at it in her hand. SYSTEM: The black-haired witch quietly mutters the last sentence before turning her back on you.  Eh, I'm sure those're just empty threats. What the hell could be in this frozen wasteland that Artelinde would want us to not go near?   SYSTEM: It is a very large block of ice, bigger than any within your party. You give it a hard knock and a hard sound issues from within, indicating that it is solid indeed. While checking the block of ice, Asriel notices something else and points at the ground. SYSTEM: This block of ice is itself on the same icy ground you've slid across so many times thus far. From the look of it, the block is not completely moored to the ice on the ground. If you push the block with all your might, you may be able to mov eit. You may test this conjecture by pushing this block of ice here... SYSTEM: You stand in front of the giant block of ice and push with all your strength to force it down the icy path!  SYSTEM: It would appear that the block of ice can be pushed across the icy ground to the other size. Using this shoulda llow you to reach heretofore inaccessible areas. You keep it in mind as you once again return to your investigation of the Labyrinth.   For the record, ice blocks start showing up on the map once we check or push one. They follow the same rules about sliding on ice that we do, except that we can't push them onto solid ground. They also act as solid obstacles, and will stop us if we slide into one on ice. For example, we can't push the ice block to the right (relative to the map)...   But we can push it to the left, which gives us access to that treasure chest we saw a bit ago.   Which has a very nice treasure in it.   Once ice block push later, and we're done with 12F.   Let's just head back to town.  Let's start the end by checking in on Hanna.  Moving on to Abigail.  I unlocked nothing new, so let's just move on.  Over to Cass.  We'll check on the quests after we talk to everyone.  And last on the list is Dubois.  13F quests. Playing Cupid II: We'll find Take points on 13F. To the bitter end: Just out of reach: The quest's reward is 8000 en, by the way.  The only new patron is the Dulcet-voiced caster. And that's all for now. Next time: probably not 13F, but instead catching up on various conditional drops and other miscellaneous things. Fun times for all, basically. 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Oh hey, we've also reached the 3rd floor of the 3rd Stratum. That means it's new party time! Insert your favorite celebratory noises here. I will issue this warning, however: there is an extra boss before the 3rd Stratum boss, and it is either incredibly easy or incredibly nightmarish depending on the party. I don't want to spoil too much, but there are two big things to consider:
If I deem the voted-upon party insufficient for fighting that extra boss, I will reshuffle people around, but only if I get a party that is absolute trash for that fight, and only for that fight. I'm probably going to regret this, but I'm not doing the one-character per category thing. Four votes per person. Please make this fight easy. I beg of you.
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Ragnar Homsar posted:Please make this fight easy. I beg of you. No. Nadia, Milly, Realga, and Rheine.
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Ragnar Homsar posted:Please make this fight easy. I beg of you. I've been waiting for this moment. Colette, Tyler, Rheine, Nadia.
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I repeat my vote from last time. Zack, Tyler, Asriel and Ranger.
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You goons get off on making our LPer suffer don't you? Phobe, Stardust, Realga, Colette
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Rheine, Jackie, Sophie, Phoebe Every time I see Realga's name, I immediately think of Final Fantasy spells. Blueberry Pancakes fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Feb 7, 2016 |
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