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Update 36: Look What's Cooking    Dialogue merges here.  Ailments and binds are forced to wear off in 3 turns or less. Not that great of an effect since you want to cure those as soon as possible.    It is smells good indeed.  Dialogue merges here.  Created Grimoires have a number from 0 to 5 added to their level. Not that great for Grimoire grinding, and if you have the DLC Grimoire tea, this effect is completely redundant!     This food quadruples the effects of items that can inflict ailments and binds. They normally have a 40% infliction rate, so this food boosts that up to a 160% infliction rate, making them much better. That's all the food I can cook for now since I'm still missing quite a few ingredients. So it's time to climb up the Heavenly Keep some more.    Each has a numbered tag on it, indicating that they are being cared for by someone. When you look for yourself, you see a large, rainbow-colored fruit on the tree. Its skin, rather than remaining one constant color, shifts fluidly between many different hues. You wonder if you ought to try eating the strangely colored fruit...  Seems safe to eat. Reasoning that the fruit's appearance has little bearing on its taste, you pick one of the fruits. Though you wonder at this fruit which looks and feels strange, you bite into it nevertheless. When your teeth break the skin, they are met with a soft, cottony texture. And with each chew of its soft pulp, juice bursts from within, almost overflowing from your mouth! The fruit's juice is the perfect balance of sweet and sour, making you even hungrier for more...! Your eyes water at the exquisiteness of the flavor, and you devour the rainbow-colored fruit before thinking twice!  Having taken a liking to the fruit's flavor, Chloe looks around, but there is no more to be had. However, you do notice unripened fruits growing on the other saplings... You return to exploring with excitement in your hearts at the prospect of coming across the rainbow fruits again.   It seems to have been neglected for years, but it somehow manages to catch your interest. If it functions the same as before, then it will only summon a voice, and should be harmless to push. You press the button and the same voice rings out... The voice abruptly ends there and does not respond to any queries. Flavio is correct in noting that although the voice sounded indifferent, it carried a hint of deep sorrow within it. Whose voice could it be...? You cock your heads in wonder at the phenomenon as you return to exploring the castle.      As its body begins to spin, you sense something restless in the air...!    You state confidently your preference to do battle with the monsters and force your way through. Now that your course is set, you decide to experiment with heading directly for the monsters.   And here's another vending machine.  Now that we have the ingredient for it, let's try the muddy miso soup again. The image shown on the device looks to be something like soft dirt... Perhaps the Soft Floor you carry is called for... If you wish, you may insert the Soft Floor in the hole.  You produce the Soft Floor and drop it into the hole in the box. The box begins its low growling noise, which it emitted before the soup came out from the slot... After a short wait, lightly shredded chunks of the Soft Floor are gently dropped into the bowl of soup. The Soft Floor soaks up the soup and melts into a mush...  I don't know about you, but that sounds really unappetizing.Bertrand, who has the least discriminating palate of the group, takes an experimental sip of the soup. You hesitantly take a sip of the murky, gray soup... A distinct, yet soft and gentle taste washes over your tongue! On its own, the soup could have been bland, but the Soft Floor adds the perfect dash of saltiness to it. You drink sip after sip, and its texture as it gently melts in your mouth calms your mental fatigue...  Having enjoyed the soup, you return to exploring with a calmed mind.   And that's it for floor 24.   Last floor of the main game. Let's see what the townsfolk have to say as we near the end of our journey.    Here's a new bar patron in Story.    Dialogue merges here.   Now let's check out the final inn scene in the game.  As you sit there, you hear a knock at your door. Who could it be at this hour...?  Chloe is the only one who we haven't seen the bonus scene for.    And that's all of them. Now that I have more ingredients, let's do some more cooking.    Dialogue merges here.  The party recovers 3% of their max HP and 1% of their max TP at the end of the turn with this food. Terrible effect. I rate this dish 1 star out of 6. I ended up cooking enough food to unlock the next scene in Regina's subplot.   Dialogue merges here.  Dialogue merges here. This triggers new town dialogue for Cafe, but it's the same as it was in Classic.   Sounds of squishing.  Dialogue merges here.  A 10 point increase to STR is a fantastic effect. It's has a pretty massive effect on physical damage. I don't consider this to be the best stat increase food, but there are a lot of classes that benefit from this, so having this as your food of choice is generally a good idea.    Dialogue merges here.  Well a 10 point increase to TEC is pretty handy. It helps out Fafnir, War Magi, Medics, Sovereigns, and Alchemists. It's also a nice increase to defense against TEC-based attacks. But if you're using a Compression Alchemist as your primary damage dealer, you're probably better off using the food that doubles attack item damage instead.    Dialogue merges here.  Okay with that really strange restaurant skit out of the way, here's the effect. Grimoires that get created have an 80% chance of having 7 levels added to their level. Or have an 80% chance of being forced to be at level 7 or above. I'm not too sure on how it actually works. I guess this could be good if you're trying to grind out Grimoires. If you have the DLC teas, this effect is redundant.    Dialogue merges here.  Self-explanatory. It's pretty situational food, but there are a few enemies that get far more deadly when given a massive speed boost and 10% more damage with each passing turn. (Such as Mandrakes, especially if they blindside you.) Though in most cases, I prefer to eat something else.     ...It is quite hard when you cut it and does not feel like it can be eaten. ...... This is most definitely dirt! Dialogue merges here.   Dialogue merges here. The next part depends on who ate the clay. Dialogue merges here.  Increases the party's resistance to fear by 80%. Handy.   And here's the last food in the 5th Stra-what the hell is that?    Dialogue merges here. The next part depends on if you've cooked the Apple Blue Aiyu Jelly before. If you have: If you haven't: Dialogue merges here.  Dialogue merges here.  Those two dialogue options merge here. Sounds of falling, then a thud. Here's the 3rd choice, which is kind of its own separate branch.  ...Within the slimy gelatin is a crunchy texture as well as a springy texture you cannot bite through... ...In regards to the flavor, you have no capacity to describe it. It is like you ate a tender steak... or perhaps a burnt shrimp... You cannot even tell if it tastes good or bad. It is simply... incomprehensible!   All dialogue options merge here.  The party recovers 2% of their max TP for every 10 steps they take. Utter trash. Araxxor fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Aug 16, 2016 |
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Is soup with actual mud in it... a thing? Anywhere? Or did they just figure they needed to really get their mileage out of the soft floor after making it an ingredient?
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I think its supposed to be another pun? Black been soup is occasionally called Mud Soup due to its coloration and occasionally thicker consistency.
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Update 37: Overlord I'll be covering this quest first. Not because it has any content exclusive to Story, but because Ragnar Homsar lost the footage involving this quest. So if you have a Beast, you can get the first part of the quest done. If not, there's an alternate solution.   For the record, she's not asking for an ingredient. Once you've taken on her request, Nightmares will drop something after you fight them. I proceed to kill one.  Indeed, she asked that you bring back some neck meat for her from this very monster. As you try to cut it, however, you see that rigor mortis has stiffened the flesh around its neck, making it hard to slice through. You refuse to give up, redoubling your efforts, and in the end, you manage to acquire a sizable cut of meat.  You're not sure how much Mercian would enjoy meat this tough, but you can trade this for an animal that can track scents...  Now let's report back.     The puppy pokes out of your backpack curiously. You have it sniff the scarf received from Cass, and wait patiently. The puppy is apparently well-trained—it shows no sign of surprise, but sniffs deeply and peers around the area. After a moment, as if it has reached a conclusion, the puppy yips and faces directly east. The puppy must have found the Guildmaster's scent. Her lost possession must be somewhere on this floor! You can search for the item she dropped, or you can ignore the clue for now and proceed with your exploration.   This is the room you need to go to. You deduce that the Guildmaster's lost item must be in this room. You decide to move further into the room, ready to begin your search in earnest.   If there is a Luminous Bird here, you won't be able to search this nest. You'll have to kill it or lure it away. Soon enough, the puppy reappears with a fist-sized brooch in its mouth. It seems split into two parts: a face and a back. By clipping them together, you could hold together a mantle or some garment. This must be the brooch that the Guildmaster lost!  All that remains is to bring this to the Guildmaster when convenient.     And that's all for playing cleanup. Back to your regularly scheduled Story mode content.   Here's the last vending machine in this Stratum.  Let's try the srimuang tom yum goong. When you press the protrusion and the box makes its deep rumbling noise, a paper container of warm soup emerges. Just as before, the picture changes to display the name of an ingredient, and a slot to insert said ingredient opens up. The image shown on the device looks to be a strange, purple, gelatinous substance... Unfortunately, you are carrying no such ingredient. Without ingredients, the soup is a tad simple, but you decide to enjoy the warm, aromatic soup nonetheless. Though the soup lacks ingredients, its distinct, spicy-sour flavor causes power to well within you!  You finish drinking the soup and return to exploring with lightened hearts. But what if we did have that ingredient? The image shown on the device looks to be a strange, purple, gelatinous substance... Perhaps the Purple Gel you carry is called for... If you wish, you may insert the Purple Gel in the hole.  You produce the Purple Gel and drop it into the hole in the box. The box begins its low growling noise, which it emitted before the soup came out from the slot... After a short wait, precisely sized cubes of the gelatin are gently dropped into the soup. The gelatinous substance slowly melts in the warm broth, changing its color to a vibrant purple!  Uhh...It does look eerie at first blush, but you've noticed something more important... Ever since the gelatinous cubes were dropped in, the aroma wafting from the soup has only intensified! Your instinct tells you that this soup will be delicious! And in deference to that instinct, you take a sip of the soup. You bite into the gelationous substance and taste the sour flavor of lemons and the spiciness of chili peppers all at once. This senses-defying taste cannot be explained by logic... It is heavenly on your tongue! You devour the soup without wasting any time commenting to each other on it!  Having enjoyed the delicious soup, you return to exploring with renewed vigor.   One portion of it has countless fine holes embedded near a faintly glowing plate. The shining plate features an unfamiliar script, beneath which are two circular patterns: one red, one blue. Between the two circles is the slowly blinking emblem of what appears to be a hand. You may try touching a circle, or touch neither of them and leave instead.  Once a day, this machine will heavily increase the encounter rate or eliminate them for a short while, depending on the color you choose. The colors are a hint to their effects, because they match the colors on the encounter radar for when you aren't getting into a battle for a long while, or about get into one. I decide to touch the blue one. You touch the blue circle on the right, and hear a strange noise as a mist sprays out at you from the wall! You back away in surprise at the wall's sudden action, but you feel no pain when the mist contacts your skin. As you reel at the powerfully pungent Bertrand seems to notice something and looks around skeptically. It seems that the mist has the welcome effect of drive monsters away from you... When you glance back at the wall where the mist originated, you notice that the panel's illumination has grown dim. You suspect it will require time before it can be used again... You leisurely return to exploring the castle halls, filled now with fewer monsters than before.   You think back to your teachings at the Midgard Library, but you cannot recall anything that applies here. Still, if this is indeed a language, then it must follow some pattern. If you can grasp that pattern, you may be able to decipher the writing...  Might as well investigate. You begin checking to see if this script has anything in common with your own, such as letterform frequency and distribution. Another EOU reference. Though deciphering the script utterly absorbs you for a while, the sound of heavy breathing jars you back to reality.  Flavio trails off there and looks towards you. If Flavio is the closest one at hand, then... who does the heavy breathing belong to? You slowly look behind you and lock gazes with monsters whose murderous intent is plain to see! The monsters let loose a furious roar as they charge at you! You curse yourself for letting your guard down in this castle, but for now you must draw your weapons and fight!   Oh you have got to be kidding me!   What you saw there was pretty much a guaranteed game over. No party can survive a blindside against that encounter! (Unless you're not playing on Expert or are really overleveled.) It's probably the biggest (and only) dick move Atlus has pulled in this entire game.   Good thing I came prepared! What you saw happen was the Survivalist's Risk Perception passive taking effect. What it does is it gives the user a chance to nullify a blindside if one happens. It even stacks with other instances of the skill (Not necessary if you're using a level 20 version.) It even works on scripted blindsides as well! Man that really would have been a handy ability to have for the original game.  I'm not dealing with this normally! So long!     You managed to fend off the horde of monsters... but one of them stumbles back to its feet! But the monster that righted itself does not attack; rather, it stands on its front legs and lets loose a loud howl. Its cry is impossibly loud--you can feel the force of the sound from here! But after the monster's howl is done, it collapses back to the floor and does not move again.  Even as you speak to Bertrand, you hear the loud clashing of what sounds to be multiple monsters not far off...! The newly arrived horde of monsters gets you in their sights and glares at you with naked hostility! You are forced to take up weapons once more and strike down the marauders!  Thankfully this encounter isn't a blindside, but chances are that you took quite a beating from the 4 Nightmares if you somehow survived it. Yeah, the odds are stacked against you if you had no idea what this event entailed. Anyways, I beat down these things easily.  You turn back to the wall alongside Flavio, but... Indeed, the hieroglyphs engraved in the wall were damaged during the heated battle and are no longer distinguishable! You feel a crushing weight of futility at the sight, and pick up a few remnants of the wall before going on your way.  I guess that's a good prize? I dunno. To take our minds off of that failure, here's the last audio only conversation that plays in this Stratum:   The voice that has spoken to you all this time... Could the Overlord be ready past this point with a final trial for you? The party seems uneasy at what might await you... Open this door only when you are fully prepared for the consequences!                      If Overlord has anything else planned for our party, we're ready for it.   Enshrined in the hall's center is a strangely shaped object..  A giant upside down egg? As you look up at the egg-shaped object, the mysterious voice chimes in once again...   To your surprise, the Overlord's voice speaks not in your mind, but from the object your guild is gazing at! Questions for the voice rush into your mind, and you choose one to ask first...  There is no denying that the voice stems from the object before you. This unearthly object in the center of the hall is truly the Overlord, it would seem... As you digest this odd revelation, the master of the castle addresses you again.  Just goes to show you that you can never trust an Overlord.   Overlord Level: 60 HP: 6000 STR: 58 TEC: 48 VIT: 50 AGI: 37 LUC: 50 Skills:
Disable resistances: This fight against Overlord isn't really a boss fight, so much as it is a specs check. If you're having trouble with this guy, you are not going to like what's coming up soon. Here's his attack pattern.
     The only piece of advice I'll give is to avoid using Force at all in this fight if possible.   Well, that's unlucky.  MACV is a status move, and if you're wondering why I didn't bother with Prevent Order...  It's because Barrier is FAR better once Chloe has enough skill points to put into that and War Lore Mastery. What it does is it gives a chance for the entire party to nullify any ailments, binds, and debuffs. Except once Barrier is at level 20, and War Lore Mastery is at level 15, the activation rate will always be at 100%. Sound familiar? Yeah, it's a slightly weaker version of Fairy's Robe (Can't block Instant Death and there's a cap on how many times it can block something.) effectively making it so there's no reason to use that Force Break outside of a handful of situations. If you're bringing the Story party to the post-game, you pretty much need that skill to survive.      Sentinel Guard is a pretty special skill. It sets the party's defenses to the user's for the current turn, and reduces the damage of all incoming attacks on top of that. However, it comes at the cost of disabling all the user's defensive shield skills for one turn. So it's a bit situational however, it's the only skill in the Protector's skillset that can defend against Almighty attacks! And since Overlord only does direct attacks every other turn, this skill is perfect for this fight.  Really, Flavio?  At least Ailing Slash still deals respectable base damage.      And thanks to Sentinel Guard, the party barely took any damage.  Knight is the only person in the party that has pure elemental attacks, and he can only use those while Transformed, so everyone is forced to hold off on this turn.  Resuming beatdown.     That fight could have gone better, but oh well.  As you struggle to answer that question, the dignified voice echoes once again. https://fat.gfycat.com/BlankPreciousGlassfrog.webm   Overlord Level: 60 HP: 27000 STR: 59 TEC: 48 VIT: 50 AGI: 39 LUC: 53 Skills:
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     Just setting up here.  ...Aaaaand the difficulty of this fight just dropped considerably.  Screwed up the timing on that screenshot there, but that's a lot of damage.  By the way, I hope you weren't enjoying the final boss theme.     This is going to be painful. For Overlord, that is.    Nope.     A decent chunk of damage.  Oh joy, summons. Killer Satellite Level: 60 HP: 1700 STR: 58 TEC: 45 VIT: 45 AGI: 41 LUC: 48 Skills:
Disable resistances: Take out these nuisances quick unless you want the turns where Overlord uses elemental attacks to become even more painful.   Since Flavio dodged an attack, he can now use Hazy Arrow. If you're trying to get the most out of that skill, stick Flavio (or your Survivalist if you're playing Classic) in the front row so they'll be targeted more often and can dodge more attacks that way. They're durable enough that they can survive a few hits, anyway.  Might as well whittle down that Killer Satellite, but I'm honestly not too concerned about it.  Flavio has a much better bow and more AGI, so his damage output is closer to Chloe's now.  Please keep attacking Flavio.       Overlord is essentially a training dummy for this party.  And let's keep Transform going.   Great, another summon. Overlord Core Level: 60 HP: 2800 STR: 59 TEC: 48 VIT: 50 AGI: 39 LUC: 53 Damage resistances: Disable resistances: The Overlord Core is just a timer. All it really does is slow the fight down. If you don't kill it before Overlord uses Dance, say hello to the Game Over screen.    The Overlord is completely helpless. All because the party decided to eat some shaved ice before the fight.    Impending doom approaches...  Since the blind wore off, I turn on Flavio's Force Boost so he can keep throwing out Hazy Arrows.  Same with Chloe. Overlord doesn't have much HP left at this point.  Fortunately, all Overlord will do at this point is spam Dazzling Sunlight for a few turns.   Why not? Arianna has nothing better to do this turn, anyway.   I probably could have left the Overlord Core around, but I didn't want to risk anything.   And Knight prepares to rev up the pain train.  Nope.  Yeah, that's not gonna save you.    Overlord doesn't have that much HP left. I don't know if this will manage to kill him, but if not...   I have backup plans.      And down he goes! I'll be honest, his first form put up way more of a fight than he did. Never underestimate the power of deserts, kids.  And I even got an extra copy of his drop as insult to injury. Now in Classic mode, this is where the game would end. Story mode has a bit more to go through.  You hear only the Overlord's voice from the collapsed form before you.   With those last words, the so-called Ruler of Heaven dissipates into motes of light... Within you begins to stir the power that the Overlord had been researching. The power to destroy the Calamity... You rise up to slay the Calamity, cause of so much tragedy throughout history!  You firmly voice your determination to the rest of your guild. The energy from your guildmates lifts your spirits as always. You have one final task: to descend back to earth from this heavenly keep and put an end to the long strife!   Hey, stairs!  However, you have a more important task right now: defeat the dread Calamity! Return to town for now, and when you are ready, head to the depths of Ginnungagap! Yeah, no going to the post-game just yet. For now, the Calamity must be dealt with.
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Update 38: The Penultimate Peril          Some nice rewards.          Now we can open this door.   And head on down to the bottom of Ginnungagap.    The instant you step into this space, you sense an incomprehensible presence. Something ominous is lurking in the depths of this place. It is no mere hunch, but a certifiable fact, as every instinct within you screams of danger.  You look at your guildmates' faces, each in turn, to see where they stand. Each one is filled with determination, resolve, and trust in you.  Now that you all stand as one, you begin your journey into the depths of the blue-stained ruins. There are 2 audio only conversations that can play down here. Here's the first one:    What appears to be a gigantic eye is visible through the crack, and what's more, it is fixed on you. But it shows no sign of coming closer, and is seemingly content on keeping a close watch on your movements. It is unsettling to know you are being watched in this way, but you must do something in order to proceed.  The choice you make here doesn't matter. But let's try approaching it.      Repeat 3 times. Let's get out of that hallway.  This time it fails to grab us.      You look in the direction Arianna indicates.  Having noticed a powerful enemy afoot, you consider the best way to proceed from here.   Hmm, that FOE happens to be in the path of an eye. I wonder...         You make a note to keep track of both the eyes in the walls and the movements of the blue monsters as you go. Once those FOEs get grabbed, you can get a preemptive on them and they start off the battle fully bound, so that can make them much easier to take down. The Story party has nothing new to say until we reach the end of the floor, so here's the 2nd audio only conversation that can play here: Oh, and entering this floor opened up some new town dialogue, so let's go check that out.         Now that we've heard all those words of encouragement, it's time to take down the Calamity.   Interesting thing about this little hallway here.   It's the very same one Knight traveled down when he had to meet with the Black Guardian both times. There are no encounters in here either. It's just a set piece. ...That means he was placed in front of the final boss' room at the very beginning of the game. Huh.                      Whatever the Calamity has in store, we're ready for it.
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The End   You can say with certainty that the great Calamity, cause of so many sorrows, awaits you beyond here... All that you need in order to open this door is a firmly set resolve.   Your will is already firm. You turn back toward your guildmates, with whom you have shared so much. The woman stands by your side, as do your other guildmates... You do not know whether you can win against the Calamity, or what the future has in store even if you do. But it is that uncertainty that allows for the possibility of hope.  Your resolve is made and your hearts have come together. Then, there is no need to hesitate any longer. Now, open the door and face the great Calamity that lurks in these ruins! Music stops.   The atmosphere here is markedly different from elsewhere in the ruins. The tension is palpable simply standing here... Chloe glances around, confused. You admit to seeing nothing unusual in the area either.   You sense a powerfully evil presence, far worse than even the most dreadful of monsters you've yet encountered!      Before you writhes the so-called Calamity, a creature vastly more horrific and terrible than your previous opponents. Its appearance is so monstrous that your hands cannot help but tremble as they grip your weapons. Merely seeing the Calamity's eyes blink as they stare hungrily at you instills an instinctive desire to flee. But you neither step back, nor lower your weapons. No matter what unearthly power it may possess, you have the strength to fight against it. The guildmates who stand at your side will support you through any and all adversity! You give a battle cry and point your weapon at the Calamity, and your companions take up their arms without hesitation. The battle to break the chains of sorrow that have gone on these many centuries has begun!  And so begins the fight with the final boss of Story mode, the Lagaardian Yggdrasil Core!    Interesting thing to note, Classic mode actually has different music for this fight. Yes the whole Calamity plot is in there. Read Ragnar Homsar's LP to find out how it's handled there.   What you're seeing in action is Cell Membrane. What it does is cancel the effects of anything that targets the user, whether it's harmful or helpful. So we can't touch it, but annoyingly enough, the Yggdrasil Core is still considered a valid target for random target moves.  The only thing we can attack are these Core Irae, which there are 2 of. Core Irae Level: 62 HP: 2500 STR: 55 TEC: 36 VIT: 60 AGI: 40 LUC: 52 Skills:
Disable resistances: EOU veterans, do those skill names sound familiar? They should, because those are also the skills the Etrian Yggdrasil Core had! Okay, EO2U's skills weren't translated the same way as EOU's version. Also they have significantly different powers and effects, given that the Etrian version is a post-game boss. Still, it's a nice callback. Anyway, the Irae are weak to elemental attacks. The annoying thing about them is that both of the Irae must be killed within one turn of each other, otherwise the Yggdrasil Core will revive the dead one back to full HP. Oh and here's the attack pattern for the Yggdrasil Core's first phase:
     Setting up, like always.   Ha ha, nice!    Okay, both of the Irae should be able to be taken out next turn.  I'm not breaking out Transform yet, because there is a lot more to this fight.  I can have Flavio nuke down an Irae pretty hard since he dodged an attack last turn.  Since Poison Dust will be used this turn, I have Chloe break out Barrier.  Link Order II is the only true AOE the Story party has. It should clear out both of the Irae in case something goes wrong.  One down!   Not happening.  WHAT!?     Fortunately, that was just a minor setback.   Next targets that have to be taken down are the Core Odia. Core Odium Level: 62 HP: 4000 STR: 50 TEC: 55 VIT: 42 AGI: 30 LUC: 52 Skills:
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  Blinding one of them will make Bertrand's job so much easier.  Oh come on!  This is gonna hurt.  Okay good, it only attacked 2 times.    Okay I'm just going to warn you about something. What I'm about to do here? Don't do it! I make a massive mistake here.  You actually want to save Transform for the 3rd or 4th phase. Using it before then is way too early!  You want to know what other mistake I made?  Forgetting that the Yggdrasil Core uses Calamity Eyes here!   Oh, he's one of the worst possible targets to get hit with that!  Bertrand ended up getting fully bound.    Which canceled the effects of the wall he set up, and caused my party to take the hits from both Odia.  I know Thunder Wave will have most of its hits absorbed by the Cell Membrane.  However, I only needed one of those waves to hit each Odium, so Delayed Chase would hit both at the same time.   Now the Core itself is open for attack! Yggdrasil Core Level: 62 HP: 25000 STR: 55 TEC: 40 VIT: 40 AGI: 35 LUC: 55 Skills:
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   Flavio, please!   Yeah, no. I remembered how your attack pattern goes this time!     And I immediately caused it to move onto phase 4, how about that?  I really mistimed that Transform.   Normally I don't break out the War Heal skills in a fight, but things are not going as planned.    Doing this so I can apply an AOE Attack Order to the party.  ...Oh no.   Guess what I forgot to do?      ...In all honesty, this was not the best use of Accelerate. I was panicking and way too desperate to take out the Core Irae so I wouldn't have to deal with both those and the Core Odia at the same time.  Everyone aside from Knight is starting to run low on TP.    ...You know, if I just targeted the living Irae with that, I would be getting myself into a much better position.  Using Akashic Nova now would be putting the finishing touches on my own grave, so I opted to do something else.  Namely, canceling Knight's Force Boost early.  Crap, that was not enough to kill it!  Okay, how much HP did that Irae even have left?  ...ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?  Okay, so Force Reset ends the user's Force Boost Early, but refunds some of their Force. Now I'm using Force Charge in a desperate attempt to get Transform back up.  I'm utterly at a loss as for what to do here, so I have Arianna cast this skill. If someone dies from an attack, they have a decent chance of immediately being revived. It's a fantastic safety net for the post-game.  And this is Root Cyclone in action. Once the Yggdrasil Core brings back the Core Irae in phase 4, they'll cast this every other turn. So taking them out quickly is even more important.  Great, Yggdrasil Core got to phase 5 before I could finish off the Irae. Now I have to deal with both the Irae and the Odia at the same time!  Rub it in, why don't you? When the Odia are borught back, their attack pattern changes.
 Screw this. It'll suck not having the nearly guaranteed evasion to get more Hazy Arrows with, but I can't take the risk of having to deal with everything at the same time.  Also sucks to lose out on Guaranteed Ailing Slashes, but my party really isn't in a good position right now.   Okay, that got rid of one of the Irae.  And Knight got rid of the other Irae, resulting it to... shrink and disappear. Yeah from a technical standpoint, this fight wasn't made all that well. There's actually a noticeable amount of slowdown throughout the entire fight. Might be because of how complex the Yggdrasil Core's model is? I dunno.   Desperate times call for desperate measures.    Come on, just a little more!    Okay, now all that's left is the core itself!  And it looks like the tables have turned!   Flavio. I just need one Blind at this point!   And it just hit me that I'm in the final phase where it starts spamming Armageddon. I'm running out of time here.    Holy cow, finally! And just in the nick of time!    Phew! That Blind just bought me a few more turns.   But I'll only need one.    Okay, there were several mishaps along the way, but the Yggdrasil Core is down!  For the record, the results screen music is still playing here.   Music cuts out, and the screen starts shaking. A claw comes out and knocks the party out.    You find yourself collapsed on the ground with no clear memory of what happened. Though as you struggle to think back, the memory returns...    You quickly get to your feet and look around. Your guildmates are scattered and fallen, as if dead. None among them are moving, and only one face is turned toward you, meeting your eye.  The woman pleads at you with her eyes, concerned for your safety. As Flavio, Bertrand, and even Chloe do not stir from unconsciousness, only Arianna calls to you desperately... With that, Arianna drags herself towards the Calamity. You can see that she means to save her guildmates by offering herself as a decoy. Music cuts out. As you shout to the woman, her face crumples, with tears welling in her eyes. The woman hangs her head and repeats her apology, again and again. Tears stream down the woman's face throughout her heart-wrenching speech. You struggle to find something you can do to ease her pain... As you search for an answer, you find yourself naturally approaching her. And as Arianna continues to weep for your sake, you gently offer her your hand.  https://gfycat.com/BlindEvenBubblefish.webm The woman takes your hand and looks directly into your eyes. It is then that you remember clearly... You are the Guardian, chosen by the Lady of the Mark. And as such, there is a task left to you. As a Guardian, you must protect the woman before you. Sensing your resolve, the woman squeezes her hand, wrapped around yours, tighter. The tears from the woman's eyes fall upon your hand, held in hers. A calescent heat begins to erupt from within you... Arianna's voice, the warmth of her hand, and the tears she shed kindle something deep within you. https://gfycat.com/PowerlessAromaticAustrianpinscher.webm  https://gfycat.com/ScientificUnhealthyAsiaticlesserfreshwaterclam.webm The woman's surprise is your first sign that you have changed into an entirely new form. This is the power you gained from the Ruler of Heaven... a powerful force that courses through your entire body. With this power, you are certain that you can slay the Calamity! You have no intention of sacrificing yourself here; you have utter faith that you will return victorious. You smile to the woman and gently squeeze her hand, asking her to wait for you.     With the power of the Grail, Knight becomes something inhuman.  But the Core cannot be attacked with the Irae and Odia in the way.       Try as the Yggdrasil Core might, it cannot defeat Knight.       There is nothing defending the Core now.       For the record, the credits are the same as in Classic mode. If you want to know about the people who were involved in making this remake, watch this video.        So ends Story mode, and with that, the Story mode LP is finished. Thank you to everyone who read this. I decided to start up this LP as what was intended to be a little side project. Originally I wanted to show off how to tackle a specific boss fight with the Story mode party as bonus content for the EO2U LP (For the record, we haven't seen it yet) but the idea grew into something bigger. Seeing as how Ragnar Homsar wasn't covering Story mode in his LP, I thought I might try my hand at it. I thought it might be a good way to try dipping my toes at doing normal screenshot LPs. (At the time of this writing, I've only done narrative LPs.) And I'm glad I did it, it was a good experience. As for my thoughts on the game, I think this remake did a good job ironing out the kinks the original game had. The original game made a bunch of dumb game design decisions, and was pretty much riddled with bugs. Now despite that, I personally think both EO2 and EO2U are games worth checking out, but EO2 is pretty unfriendly to new players, and the balance in that game is quite frankly, the worst in the series. I'd probably say both EO2 and EO3 compete for that title. I wouldn't blame you if don't want to go through it after playing a bit of it. The Story mode in this game? Much better than EOU's Story mode. If you're expecting EOU's Story mode to be at least on par with this one, I hate to disappoint you, but it's actually pretty bad and really bland. Only touch Classic mode if you ever decide to pick up EOU. Now as for my future plans for this LP, there is actually a bit more to cover, despite the fact that Knight got catapulted off to Arm-whoops, almost gave away too much there. But there's not really much to cover when it comes to the post-game, unfortunately. There aren't any events in the 6th Stratum, and as for town dialogue, there really isn't that much new dialogue in there. Probably like 1 or 2. Also I'm not gonna be covering bosses gameplay wise. I only did that with the boss fights in Story so people could get an idea of how to utilize the Story party properly, and how to play to their strengths. And frankly, I've shown off all I've wanted, so gameplay-wise, my job is done. However, there are more cutscenes with the Story party (For one thing, we haven't seen any of the 6th Stratum restaurant skits yet) that I will show off. But until then...   https://gfycat.com/FoolhardyPettyArcticwolf.webm  https://gfycat.com/AbleSplendidAbyssiniancat.webm Araxxor fucked around with this message at 11:27 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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  I'll be 100% honest, I don't think anyone really cares about these intro bits, so I'll just sum up classes from here on out. Hexers are the disable class--they focus on inflicting binds and ailments while having access to a few debuffs and some really situational-yet-still-useless skills. They're fantastic not just for the variety of methods they have for disabling enemies, but also because of their Force Boost and Force Break, which triple the chance of binds/ailments landing, and force all disables to last one extra turn, respectively. Stats Level 1 HP: 26 TP: 48 STR: 4 TEC: 8 VIT: 5 AGI: 6 LUC: 10 Level 50 HP: 187 TP: 334 STR: 16 TEC: 33 VIT: 19 AGI: 29 LUC: 39 Level 99 HP: 445 TP: 623 STR: 30 TEC: 62 VIT: 36 AGI: 57 LUC: 74 Innate equipment choices: Innate armor choices: Common passives: HP Up, TP Up, Curb ATK Up, Curb DEF Up, Chop Hexers have an abundance of TP and LUC, decent TEC, above-average AGI, and crappy everything else. The only stat they really care about is LUC, since that's what's considered for inflicting ailments. Curse Mastery Requirements: None  Required to learn curse skills. Passively increases the base infliction chances of curse skills. Sapping Curse Requirements: Curse Mastery level 1 Body parts used: Head  Reduces all enemies' physical/elemental attack for a set number of turns. Has a 150% speed modifier at all levels. I don't really think a lot of attack debuffs/defense buffs, mostly because they don't do a ton relative to the amount of skill points you have to put into them, and they really suck at lower levels. You're investing 10 skill points (1 for the mastery, 9 to max out the skill) to reduce damage by a mere 20%, and then using a Grimoire slot to reduce by 30%. Frailty Curse Requirements: Curse Mastery level 1 Body parts used: Head  Reduces all enemies' physical/elemental defense for a set number of turns. Has a 150% speed modifier at all levels. Basically an all-party attack buff that doesn't use up a buff slot. Not really of much use if you already have a Troubadour or Sovereign, but if your Hexer runs out of things to do, there's worse things they could do than buff up your party's damage just a little more. Weakening Curse Requirements: Sapping Curse level 5, Frailty Curse level 5 Body parts used: Head  Reduces all enemies' resistance to ailments/binds for a set amount of turns. Seems to be bugged, and either has a minuscule effect, or not effect at all. Has a 150% speed modifier at all levels. Probably bugged. Pass. Blinding/Madness Curse Requirements: Curse Mastery level 3 Body parts used: Head  Attempts to inflict blind/panic on one row of enemies. Has an 80% speed modifier at all levels. Blind is traditionally looked down upon as an ailment that doesn't do much. Honestly, though, given how few enemies resist blind and the fact that barely any of them are immune, it's an easy way to take the sting out of almost any monster. Just be careful that you're not dealing with something that has increased base accuracy on skills. Panic is obviously a fantastic ailment since it's effectively a silence. Accordingly, quite a few enemies resist panic more than other ailments (although few outright nullify it), but if you can land it, you get at least two turns to do whatever you want. Venom Curse Requirements: Curse Mastery level 3 Body parts used: Head  Attempts to inflict poison on one row of enemies. Has an 80% speed modifier at all levels. Great for clearing out random encounters for a good portion of the game, mostly because almost no enemies resist or nullify poison. In boss fights, kind of eh after Chimaera. Torpor/Corrupt Curse Requirements: Blinding Curse level 2, Venom Curse level 2 (Torpor Curse); Venom Curse level 2, Madness Curse level 2 (Corrupt Curse) Body parts used: Head  Attempts to inflict sleep/curse on one row of enemies. Has an 80% speed modifier at all levels. Sleep is a fantastic ailment for random encounters once you hit the late/postgame, since it deprives enemies of, at the minimum, one turn, and amplifies damage dealt by your physical attackers. Curse, on the other hand, sucks a ton. Its only use is cheese strats and getting conditional drops that require it. Cranial/Abdomen/Immobile Curse Requirements: Curse Mastery level 5 Body parts used: Head  Attempts to bind one enemy's head/arms/legs. Has an 80% speed modifier at all levels. Maxing out ALL of the bind curses takes a hell of a lot of skill points (5 for the mastery + 9 to get each of them to 10 = 32 total), but it's very worth it if you're partnering a Hexer with a Dark Hunter. If you're not, maxing out Cranial and Abdomen Curse is generally pretty worth it, while Immobile Curse can generally be ignored. Evil Eye Requirements: Curse Mastery level 10 Body parts used: Head  Attempts to inflict fear on one row of enemies. Has an 80% speed modifier at all levels. Fear is a slightly special ailment. I don't have a lot to say about enemy resistances to it on the whole, but what I can say is that while fear is a chance for an enemy to not act, it also lets you control enemies through the three skills listed below. Shielding Word Requirements: Evil Eye level 1 Body parts used: Head  Targets one enemy. If that enemy is afflicted with fear, it will protect the party from a set number of instances of damage for one turn. Does nothing if the target is not afflicted with fear. Costs 5 TP at all levels. The worst of the fear-controlling skills, especially since it does absolutely nothing in boss fights. I miss the first Evil Eye control skill in EOU, where it both guaranteed an enemy wouldn't act, and amplified all damage to them for one turn. Conflict Word Requirements: Evil Eye level 5 Body parts used: Head  Targets all enemies. If an enemy is afflicted with fear, they will attack another random enemy in the battle. If the enemy is alone, it will attack itself once. The damage is based on the enemy's stats, and does not have a damage type. Does nothing if an enemy is not afflicted with fear. Solidly mediocre. Doesn't do a ton if it's just one enemy, and doesn't even do much more if there's more than one enemy. Suicide Word Requirements: Evil Eye level 10 Body parts used: Head  Targets one enemy. If the enemy is afflicted with fear, the target will attack itself a set amount of times on that turn. The damage is based on the enemy's stats, and does not have a damage type. Does nothing if the target is not afflicted with fear. The best of the fear-controlling skills, mostly because it does more damage than the others. It was considerably better in EOU, where enemy HP totals were quite a bit lower, with the damage staying about the same as it is here. Still, if you're relying on fear, it's in your best interests to drop some points in Suicide Word. Sacrifice Requirements: HP Up level 5 Body parts used: Head  Instantly kills one party member. The instant death bypasses all resistance checks--the only way to block it is Fairy Robe. Deals ranged TEC-based Almighty to all enemies. The damage is multiplied by the percentage of the party member's maximum HP they had before death. Also attempts to transfer any ailments and binds the party member had at death to all enemies. Has a 50% speed modifier at all levels, and does not check for accuracy. One of the most niche skills in the entire game. Good luck making any use of it if you're not doing some ridiculous strategy focused around it! Reincarnate Requirements: Sacrifice level 5 Body parts used: Head  Attempts to revive all dead party members. Inflicts fear on revived party members. Has an 80% speed modifier at all levels. A multi-target revive is not worth it both being unreliable and inflicting fear on revived party members. Pass. Life Trade Requirements: HP Up level 10 Body parts used: Head  Deals ranged TEC-based Almighty damage to all enemies. Heals the party for 25% of the damage dealt. The damage is the base damage multiplied by the party's current average percentage of their maximum HP. Barbaric March and Transform do not count for changing this multiplier. Has an 80% speed modifier at all levels. Will always miss if the party is at greater than or equal to 100% maximum HP--otherwise, does not check for accuracy. Again, a really niche skill, especially if your party has one specific person (a Beast, namely) tanking damage. Chained Benefit Requirements: Curb ATK Up level 10 Body parts used: Head  Binds the user's arms and legs. On the next turn, increases the chance of the user inflicting ailments and binds. Has no speed modifier at all levels. I'd say Chained Benefit is good, but the leg bind is a serious strike against it. Disables are things you want going as soon as possible, and leg binds seriously hinder that. All it takes to negate that, however, is a Leg Guard, meaning that it'll only bind your Hexer's arms, which is so irrelevant it's almost funny. Creeping Curse Force Boost Triples the base chances of ailment/bind inflicting skills. Pauses duration of debuffs on enemies. One of the most powerful Force Boosts in the entire game. Tripling the base chance of landing disables means even enemies with 25% resistances to a given disable are pretty likely to be hit by it. Black Mist Force Break Body parts used: Head Forces all ailments/binds on enemies at cast time to last one more turn. A powerful Force Break that comes at the cost of losing Creeping Curse for the rest of the fight.
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Ragnar Homsar posted:I'll be 100% honest, I don't think anyone really cares about these intro bits, so I'll just sum up classes from here on out.  I always thought Reincarnate was useful for Story Mode for the all-party revive, but I never really used it. Actually, I enjoy how EOU2 seems to give more utility or buffs to most classes, like Overheal for the Medic and Sacrifice for the Hexer. Granted, I guess some of them don't do all that much, but it's still something, and that's cool.
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BlackPersona posted:Actually, I really enjoyed seeing how the classes evolved from the first EO all the way to this one. But if you don't want to write them all up anymore, that's fine too It's mostly I've been busy with other games and then suddenly realized that we're all of a few bosses between now and the end of the LP and I still had a whopping 4 classes that needed their writeups. Chalk it up to bad planning on my part.
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I was actually also wondering where they'd gotten to, so it's good to see them again.
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Ah Hexers. They're no longer the most broken class in the series like in EO2, but they're in a good place. Especially when they were pretty much the worst class in EO1. I love running ailment strategies when I play EO games, so I was glad when EO4 finally made them good.
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Off goes Knight to be an end boss somewhere else. I'm almost sure of it.
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Honestly, with the glorious gold-trimmed armour redesign I get the feeling he'll just grab himself a role in a toku show somewhere.
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I leave SA (read as: forgot to check SA) for a measly two weeks and Fetus already beat Story mode It's super late for me to say this but I think White Noble is the way you're supposed to deal with Berserk Cry in Story Mode (I got a surprising amount of mileage out of this skill in certain battles) Otherwise, congrats on clowning bosses that I struggled with on my first run through this game, though it look like you had trouble with the Core like I did except not really 'cause I lost way more times.
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Efe posted:I leave SA (read as: forgot to check SA) for a measly two weeks and Fetus already beat Story mode White Noble is one way to do it, but it only wipes 1 buff and debuff at a time. I opted for Unihorns because it wipes all buffs and debuffs on the party, and I wanted to squeeze as much damage as possible out of everyone through Attack Order. The game also gives you a Clearance Grimoire to make use of on the 21st floor, which also wipes all buffs and debuffs.
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Oh, I forgot to mention - thanks for the Story Mode LP, Dr. Fetus! It managed to make me pick the game up for myself, and I haven't regretted my decision yet.
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Congrats on finishing, Dr. Fetus! Which bosses would you say were the hardest to deal with on Story Mode? Also, does Stratum 6 have any differences? Oh, since there were a ton of updates last page I'll just restate that right before the Blizzard King fight in Update 65 on Classic, a few lines are missing (something along the lines of knuckles whitening on weapons and charging into battle??).
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Booky posted:Congrats on finishing, Dr. Fetus! Which bosses would you say were the hardest to deal with on Story Mode? Also, does Stratum 6 have any differences? Scylla, by far. Despite the relatively smooth attempt I posted in the LP, that was like the last attempt out of 6. At most, the other bosses took me 1 or 2 tries to beat. Yes I had trouble with the Core, but I only took 1 try to beat it in the end. Scylla just has too much going on in that fight, not to mention she's fought at the point where Knight isn't all that great. He can't spam his waves since the tentacles would get in the way, and he doesn't have enough SP to invest in his amazing skills. The Story party also isn't that great at dealing with everything she can throw at them. Stratum 6 has some differences, but not many. At that point they essentially become a Classic mode party. There are only a few town dialogues that are different, and the only quests that are significantly different in terms of writing are the DLC quests. There are absolutely no events in there for some odd reason, so there's nothing to show off as well. I'll probably just sit on the rest of the Story mode updates until Ragnar finishes off the post-game and DLC stuff so I don't overtake him, and because I don't intend on showing off any more boss fights. I'll mainly show off the cutscenes, which there aren't much of.
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Booky posted:Oh, since there were a ton of updates last page I'll just restate that right before the Blizzard King fight in Update 65 on Classic, a few lines are missing (something along the lines of knuckles whitening on weapons and charging into battle??). Blehhhhhhhhhhh. I'll go fix that in a bit. 28F took me two weeks to record because that floor is such a slog, but I have the full raw footage video ready now. It is an hour and 30 minutes long. Prepare for pain. On another topic, I'm sure at least one person remembers how I basically said I'd be doing either EO4 or EOU after I finished this LP. Well, uh, my plans have changed: 
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Having made quite a bit of progress in the 6th Stratum, I misremembered the whole town dialogue thing. There are lots of new ones, it's just that the story party rarely pipes up for them. Still probably stuffing all that into one update or so, as there's not much left to show off with the Story party.
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Ragnar Homsar posted:Blehhhhhhhhhhh. I'll go fix that in a bit. You are a crazy person. And I love you for it because I'm far too broke to buy EO5 on release.
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Well nevermind, I can't seem to find an English release date online. Has one been announced and how late are we European gamers going to get the game?
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Omobono posted:
He told me that it was indeed a translation LP with help from Clarste. Localization has pretty much been confirmed, since Streetpassing someone who's playing the Japanese version gets you the English name, Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond the Legends. We just don't know when it's coming out. Probably sometime after Persona 5.
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You say "help" but it's more akin to "Clarste does all the actual translation while I make minor edits and try to keep things semi-consistent with what Atlus USA does."
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That does remind me, how are you and Clarste handling FOE names? For anyone not in the know, FOE names were much different in the Japanese versions. From the EO megathread: Clarste posted:Which brings me to another point: apparently the Japanese names of FOEs in both this and previous EO games were really really weird. Like, the general theme is that they were named by someone who has no idea what anything is and was probably panicked at the time. Using EOU2 as an example, the Raptors were called "Rushing Attackers" and the Vampire Bats were called "Giant Flying Rats that Sniff You Out". Blue Gels were called "Sticky Lumps that Shoot Cold Air".
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We're keeping the literal translations for those, mostly because I can't even begin to guess what the final names for stuff like a pudding named "One Submerged in Luxury" that has high heel-shaped tendrils would be.
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There's... another reason they're described as submerged in luxury. I didn't even know what it was when I translated that name. We'll likely have to deal with things like that on a case by case basis.
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Ragnar Homsar posted:We're keeping the literal translations for those, mostly because I can't even begin to guess what the final names for stuff like a pudding named "One Submerged in Luxury" that has high heel-shaped tendrils would be. 'Fabulous Ooze.'
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Spunky Slime with Deadly Legs
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Ragnar Homsar posted:We're keeping the literal translations for those, mostly because I can't even begin to guess what the final names for stuff like a pudding named "One Submerged in Luxury" that has high heel-shaped tendrils would be. "Sugar Mama."
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Hire me and I will turn your LP's FOE names into the 4Kids gag dub of FOE names to give a unique flavor between the actual names of the English and the rushed descriptions of the Japanese. There is no downside.
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alcharagia posted:Hire me and I will turn your LP's FOE names into the 4Kids gag dub of FOE names to give a unique flavor between the actual names of the English and the rushed descriptions of the Japanese. There is no downside. I can't see any problems with this logic!
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So, uh, hi. You might've realized this already, but I've gone basically the entire month of August with only one update. This is pretty abnormal compared to my average update rate for the LP, and I feel like explaining why: I'm genuinely not looking forward to the rest of the postgame. I enjoy EO2U as a whole, but the postgame is uninteresting at best and incredibly frustrating at worst. There's exactly one boss left that I consider kind of enjoyable, and the rest are just trash. This is compounded by the fact that the three bits of end-postgame DLC are absolute trash, with one of them (the DLC superboss) being widely considered the worst, most bullshit boss in the entire series. All of this has been actively weighing on me and it's affected my morale for making new updates when I could be doing other things. As such, I've decided: I will be skipping the three DLCs that I mentioned. The LP's stopping point will be what the game considers 100%, since DLC stuff doesn't count. I feel a little bad for doing this, but my knowledge of the fights that would be otherwise upcoming actively kills my desire to work on the LP any more. I've had a lot of fun on the whole making the LP, but now I really would just like to get the unenjoyable parts done with. I apologize if it feels like I'm arbitrarily skipping things, but believe me, I would be at this for a least a few more months otherwise.
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Ragnar Homsar posted:the worst, most bullshit boss in the entire series  This is a terrifying thing to call something in a series that is full of 'follow this exact strategy or die' postgame bosses. What is this boss?
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Dark Flame Master posted:
I don't feel like discussing it in-depth right now because it's basically a souped-up version of the normal superboss, but let me just say that: a) I have never beaten it myself because I do not have the patience for it b) Fetus's personal record with the Story party (legitimately one of the best parties for it) is 63 turns
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Ragnar Homsar posted:I don't feel like discussing it in-depth right now because it's basically a souped-up version of the normal superboss, but let me just say that: Correction, 62. And I wish that was an exaggeration. And that was one of my successful attempts after knowing how to handle the boss properly and testing something out a new strategy from a few months ago. (Yes I fought the drat thing more than once, and did not enjoy a single second of it.) My first attempt took me 64 turns. And that was after like 20 failed attempts, some of which were so close to the end.  What the devs expect you to do for the fight is sheer loving lunacy.I don't know about worst superboss. There's one that it competes with in my opinion (EO3's), and for EO2U's, you can at least come up with something resembling a strategy. EO3's is a complete dice roll and is flat out impossible for most normal parties. Araxxor fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Aug 31, 2016 |
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That sounds like SMT superboss levels of 'ATLUS hates you and wants to bathe in your tears.' You're a brave soul, Fetus.
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Welp, that seems really stupid. By the way, is the standard superboss roughly like the one in the original just with adds (because everything has adds here, you'd think this game was the Etrian MMO) or has its moveset been revamped more (and I'm assuming with adds, because see previous point).
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