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Kill Wanda or don't already, Mr. R. R. Balder. C'moooooon.
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Wanda was taken out in early February of last year. For more than 11 months now one of the main characters of the comic-- the deuteragonist, really-- has been out of commission and awaiting her fate. There's slow pacing and then there's that.
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Jan 23, 2017 02:29
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I've gotten to the point where I'm actually slightly disappointed when it's a comic update. So much more stuff seems to happen in the text updates and it's nice spending a few minutes chewing on it.
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Jan 23, 2017 06:58
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Wanda was taken out in early February of last year. For more than 11 months now one of the main characters of the comic-- the deuteragonist, really-- has been out of commission and awaiting her fate. There's slow pacing and then there's that. Please. At least it ain't Order of the Stick. The Order's been fighting the same Frost Giants since August. By comparison, Erfworld's just rocketing through content!
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Jan 23, 2017 07:04
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DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:Wanda was taken out in early February of last year. For more than 11 months now one of the main characters of the comic-- the deuteragonist, really-- has been out of commission and awaiting her fate. There's slow pacing and then there's that. Pacing isn't a measure of time friend. Reread it once it's finished, then see how you feel.
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Jan 23, 2017 07:36
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Even a re-read has bad pacing, though. The dude legitimately seems to have a difficult time threading the plot together. I mean, to be fair, that's a common Thing in fantasy novels too, which is why they tend to be bloated 800 page monstrosities anymore. Part of it also feels like he kind of stretches it out because there's an incentive to have more updates rather than fewer in the form of a Patreon-esque that pays by the update.
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Jan 23, 2017 08:38
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Rygar201 posted:Pacing isn't a measure of time friend. Reread it once it's finished, then see how you feel. I have. Time measurement is convenient because, due to Patreon, they update twice a week and only miss a rare few. And maybe I'm just biased because I remember during Books 1 and 2 when we'd get maybe one update a month, but at least in book 1 lots of stuff happened. Book 2 had that interlude between the siege attack on Spacerock's tower and the tower collapsing where nothing seemed to be happening for ages, but other than that it moved along. Balder needs to introduce a plot point and then move onto its ramifications and effects, rather than lingering on the point for ages. An example: the comic where Janis is talking to Sizemore about whether or not she wants to take part in the peace spell plan. A plan that ultimately ends up coming to nothing. Or that recent comic that's literally just Stanley waiting to hear an update. These things do not have to be shown. They break up the flow of the comic. The entire trial has been elided and referred to by other characters to keep us updated, that principle should be applied more actively.
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Jan 23, 2017 14:44
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Except that what's going on in Janis' head is actually really important, since it leads up to whatever it is that she's about to do now?
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Jan 23, 2017 15:14
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I'm not denying that, I'm saying we didn't need a whole comic where the only plot development was "Janis likes Marie and wants to decrypt her" especially since that fact had already been established months prior. In the immediate aftermath of the battle, in fact.
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Jan 23, 2017 15:29
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This uh... felt like we learned a lot and simultaneously did nothing but walk into a room.
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Jan 24, 2017 12:50
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Onmi posted:This uh... felt like we learned a lot and simultaneously did nothing but walk into a room. Well, I agree with the second half of your statement.
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Jan 24, 2017 12:57
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Things we actually learned: * Maggie got her pendant back * Skyy Appletini is sarcastic
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Jan 24, 2017 14:42
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* Parson is still planning messy revenge on Bill. (PS: character development is more important than plot development)
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Jan 24, 2017 15:41
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Cat Mattress posted:Things we actually learned: That Maggie is treading very close to badness too.
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Jan 24, 2017 18:23
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Rygar201 posted:That Maggie is treading very close to badness too. We learned that last update
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Jan 24, 2017 20:32
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Onmi posted:We learned that last update We learned that is aware of it this update.
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Jan 25, 2017 19:43
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Onmi posted:We learned that last update Parson can't really act or make plans based on things only we know, though.
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Jan 26, 2017 02:24
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Well this doesn't bode well. Dammit Caesar, disband them both already.
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Jan 28, 2017 17:02
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I can kind of understand keeping Bill around but goddamn there is really no reason Vanna should still be around even in a dungeon. She is way too dangerous. What is he hoping to gain by keeping her?
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Jan 28, 2017 17:05
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Reene posted:I can kind of understand keeping Bill around but goddamn there is really no reason Vanna should still be around even in a dungeon. She is way too dangerous. What is he hoping to gain by keeping her? Well, his girlfriend just killed his Ruler right in front of him, and he's now Overlord via regicide, so he probably doesn't want to start killing Transylvito units before the bodies even get cold. You could order to enter the Magic Kingdom and go barbarian again, I suppose, but then you have to deal with questions like "what does she know and who is she telling it to?".
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Jan 28, 2017 17:24
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why is no one watching the prisoners known to have tricky magic powers why has bill been left to his own devices in any fashion
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Jan 28, 2017 20:01
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ArgumentatumE.C.T. posted:why is no one watching the prisoners known to have tricky magic powers Honestly, "put her in a locked room where nobody can hear her speak" is probably the best way to jail a Turnamancer.
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Jan 28, 2017 20:07
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Rand Brittain posted:Honestly, "put her in a locked room where nobody can hear her speak" is probably the best way to jail a Turnamancer. Caesar can order her not to speak and someone should just be sitting outside Bill's cell giving him a judging glare 24/7.
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Jan 28, 2017 20:13
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ArgumentatumE.C.T. posted:Caesar can order her not to speak and someone should just be sitting outside Bill's cell giving him a judging glare 24/7. If ordering her not to speak works, then just ordering her to stay in the cell should also work.
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Jan 28, 2017 21:04
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Reene posted:I can kind of understand keeping Bill around but goddamn there is really no reason Vanna should still be around even in a dungeon. She is way too dangerous. What is he hoping to gain by keeping her? She's a Transylvito unit, and a valuable one at that. You don't disband a caster lightly. Just look at what Bill has done without getting disbanded.
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Jan 28, 2017 21:13
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ArgumentatumE.C.T. posted:Caesar can order her not to speak and someone should just be sitting outside Bill's cell giving him a judging glare 24/7. If the forums are correct, he did order her not to speak, but she dodged the order by writing in the same way that Parson did waaaaay back when he was given the same order by Stanley.
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Jan 28, 2017 22:22
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Creep huh, fitting sound effect.
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Jan 29, 2017 00:30
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Good effort at giving Ansom some depth. The official forums seem to think this implies things about the Arkentools, but, I'm mostly just glad to see things happening in FAQ again. It'd be nice to hear at least one of these dangling threads wrapped up, one way or another.
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Zoe posted:Good effort at giving Ansom some depth. The official forums seem to think this implies things about the Arkentools, but, I'm mostly just glad to see things happening in FAQ again. It'd be nice to hear at least one of these dangling threads wrapped up, one way or another.
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Update: what the gently caress is that?
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Well I suppose it's certainly possible that they've bent enough of erfworlds rules to get this far that it's starting to glitch out. I guess it's some kind of broken portal maybe?
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Phenotype posted:Update: what the gently caress is that? To quote K6BD, it's magical bullshit.
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Feb 4, 2017 04:25
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"Okay that one never gets old" got a chuckle out of me. Hopefully the comic'll stick with the Decrypted casters long enough for the Magic Kingdom side of the story to go somewhere.
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Phenotype posted:Update: what the gently caress is that? It looks like a magic doohickey surrounded by a bunch of hosed-up portals? I'm more interested in the three severed wires. We know portals can be disconnected in Portal Park, so maybe Charlie disconnected these wires earlier (or they got broken by the hosed up portals?) and if they're fixed, three new portals will appear in Portal Park? Or maybe you rewire things so, say, Charlie's portal leads directly to the portal of one of his allies, bypassing Portal Park entirely, so he can move massive amounts of guns around without the people inside the Magic Kingdom knowing about it?
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Feb 4, 2017 07:03
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Is the Karnak guy Decrypted as well or is that just his natural colour scheme?
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Feb 4, 2017 14:22
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NihilCredo posted:Is the Karnak guy Decrypted as well or is that just his natural colour scheme? Natural color scheme. He was actually in a couple panels in the past but never did anything noteworthy.
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Feb 4, 2017 14:46
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Today's update was pretty cool. Lots of character development.
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Aww, Vinny got his best friend back. Shame about ever other personal relationship though.
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This was a good page. also confirms they got the Treasury now, and that Vinny can hit both cities and essentially leave Jillian... exactly like Gobwin Knob in the first book.
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It seems the best/worst thing Charlie could do now is Thinkagramming Caesar and revealing Jillian's conquest of GKC. Assuming he can convince him he's not lying, I'm really not sure how Caesar would react.
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