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It really isn't that bad...unless you're the OP of a thread on the Something Awful forums and are obligated to do everything. Sorry, Greyarc. A lot of stuff here is optional from here on out, and you can brute-force your way through it pretty quickly if you don't care about missing the optional stuff.
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That being said, some of the optional stuff provides a lot of the funniest material in the game, though YMMV on whether that makes up for what’s about to follow.
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May 15, 2018 06:04
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May 15, 2018 06:08
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I would also like to reiterate that the very first version of the game that was released in Japan did not have the encounter rate slider. Or the feature to fast forward through battles.
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May 15, 2018 06:12
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I literally turned random encounters completely off at this point and never looked back.
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Dr. Fetus posted:I would also like to reiterate that the very first version of the game that was released in Japan did not have the encounter rate slider. Or the feature to fast forward through battles. Wow that sucks. Makes sense though; the dungeons are laid out such that it's like they want you to be able to take breathers and have to deal with random monsters, but you never do unless you want to. Also, super happy that we finally have Dark Knight. It's my favorite job and absolutely wrecks poo poo harder than just about anything else. I don't want to say too much until the mechanics updates for the class cover it, but it's a fun job to use.
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Dark Night was the cornerstone of my strategy for the next long while. They're shitwreakers.
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It begins.  This was about the point I made Ringabel a Dark Knight/Spell Fencer. Clarste posted:I literally turned random encounters completely off at this point and never looked back. Likewise, short of getting monsters for journal entries.
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So put your little hand in mine There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb Babe I got you babe
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May 15, 2018 06:53
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If I understood the first thing about what makes a strong party, I might not have burned out at this point in the game. Unfortunately I was still struggling with random encounters most of the time and was clearing boss fights by the skin of my teeth, so I put the game down shortly after this. In hindsight I could have just zeroed out the encounter rate but 
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Patter Song posted:It really isn't that bad...unless you're the OP of a thread on the Something Awful forums and are obligated to do everything. Sorry, Greyarc.
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May 15, 2018 07:45
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I just have to say that I went into this part of the game completely blind, and that I absolutely loved every second of it. Although I do think it's easy to get burned out past this point.
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May 15, 2018 08:33
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What happened to the party? Or rather, not our party but the original instances. It's going to be embarrassing when Ringabel goes full Ringabel on two Edeas
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Omobono posted:What happened to the party? Or rather, not our party but the original instances. It's going to be embarrassing when Ringabel goes full Ringabel on two Edeas I think that's one of the major plot holes.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I think that's one of the major plot holes. I'd say that maybe they took the space of the current Edea/Agnes/Tiz, but the Alternis thing puts a dent in that.
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May 15, 2018 16:59
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:I think that's one of the major plot holes. It's not.
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Ultimately, I do like what Bravely Default is going for here. There's... problems, and some solutions that would have made things a lot better, but best to get there when we get there. but the first order of business if you're playing along at home: Clarste posted:I literally turned random encounters completely off at this point and never looked back. Do that. Omobono posted:What happened to the party? Or rather, not our party but the original instances. It's going to be embarrassing when Ringabel goes full Ringabel on two Edeas Suffice to say the writers do more or less remember this.
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:Likewise, short of getting monsters for journal entries. Ditto, except I also did a bit of grinding for Vampire monster abilities
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Just read the whole LP. I love it and can't wait for the next update! Keep it up!
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Natural 20 posted:It's not. Well, fair enough, it's been some years since I saw the non-SA LP of this on Youtube, I might be mis-remembering.
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Oh, this game.  This next part got a little tedious, but overall I enjoyed it. I'd maxed out my party at this point (played it during a time where I had little to do other than grinding,) so like many others, I turned off encounters so I could enjoy the story. Speaking of story, I actually didn't have that much of a problem with it (other than the obvious you-know-what-I'm-talking-about-shut-up bit.) Of course, I'm not one to go and analyze a plot really deeply - I just roll with it and take what comes.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What the hell just happened? As far as we are aware, the party awoke all of the crystals, beat all the bad guys, and delivered Airy into the light that is supposed to heal the world. The party then wakes up in the first town, with the same bad guys still alive, Norende still destroyed, and the crystals all still dormant. At the same time, all of them remember what they just did, and they still have their equipment and experience from the earlier adventure. You're now on the same page that the party is - they're not sure what happened, why it happened, or what this means for the future.
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:What the hell just happened? Chapter 5.
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Patter Song posted:It really isn't that bad...unless you're the OP of a thread on the Something Awful forums and are obligated to do everything. Sorry, Greyarc. Don't worry, we'll be covering all the optional stuff. Every single side quest. That's really the only way viewers can get the full message of Bravely Default. How sane I'll be by the end of it, who knows, but at least it's being done in the noble service of free entertainment for strangers on the internet. Have a feeling I'll be ready to bury my Bravely Default cartridge in the ground complete with a little burial site by the time we're done. I will be speeding through repetitive stuff for the most part as well, so that should make the whole deal more bearable for you guys.
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I was hoping the game would pull a page from FFV (well, another page...) and take you to another world/timeline, but that seemed like too much effort and I would've settled for a time travel-themed final dungeon. I'm interested in seeing how they handle the loop and go through the previous chapters with
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Greyarc posted:Don't worry, we'll be covering all the optional stuff. Every single side quest. That's really the only way viewers can get the full message of Bravely Default. How sane I'll be by the end of it, who knows, but at least it's being done in the noble service of free entertainment for strangers on the internet. Have a feeling I'll be ready to bury my Bravely Default cartridge in the ground complete with a little burial site by the time we're done. I'm afraid to ask about the true extent to which you'll be covering them. Given that you covered all the variations on the cutscenes in the first four chapters.
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There is still a hole where Norende used to be. But on the bright side, the rebuilding of Norende has not reset. Where is New Norende? It's in the menu screen.
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Dr. Fetus posted:I'm afraid to ask about the true extent to which you'll be covering them. Given that you covered all the variations on the cutscenes in the first four chapters. The plan is to be consistent with the first four chapters. Realistically speaking, this LP will likely miss some small hidden scenes or lines of dialogue just because of the sheer number of possible iterations, but I'm going to at least try and show off all known scenes and extra dialogues, not just for everyone else's curiosity but for my own as well. The downside is that each entry from hereon will take more playtime to complete, so there may be a delay between updates at some point so I can keep ahead. RC Cola posted:Just read the whole LP. I love it and can't wait for the next update! Keep it up! Glad to hear you're enjoying it! Andyzero posted:Where is New Norende? It's in the menu screen. This is a JRPG, so New Norende exists in our hearts. Or something.
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GimmickMan posted:I was hoping the game would pull a page from FFV (well, another page...) and take you to another world/timeline, but that seemed like too much effort and I would've settled for a time travel-themed final dungeon. I'm interested in seeing how they handle the loop and go through the previous chapters with This would have been a nice way of handling the later chapters, but given how quickly we burned through the Eternian Forces due to a good chunk of them being in sidequests, we'd need a whole new slew of antagonists for the back-end here.
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So it's sort of like New Game+ built into the storyline. That doesn't seem so terrible at first blush, but I've been following along blind. Guess we'll see where this goes! Awesome LP, by the way, been lurking from the very beginning.
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EggsAisle posted:So it's sort of like New Game+ built into the storyline. That doesn't seem so terrible at first blush, but I've been following along blind. Guess we'll see where this goes! Awesome LP, by the way, been lurking from the very beginning. And if that's all it was, it wouldn't be considered to be as notorious/terrible as it is.
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We'll see what's going on soon enough, and how deserved the reputation is. In the meantime, comments are already edging on spoilers, so let's get back to sticking with what's been shown in the LP proper. EggsAisle posted:Awesome LP, by the way, been lurking from the very beginning. Thanks! It's always good to hear people are enjoying this thing. 
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Greyarc posted:Don't worry, we'll be covering all the optional stuff. Every single side quest. That's really the only way viewers can get the full message of Bravely Default. How sane I'll be by the end of it, who knows, but at least it's being done in the noble service of free entertainment for strangers on the internet. Have a feeling I'll be ready to bury my Bravely Default cartridge in the ground complete with a little burial site by the time we're done. Oh god I'm so, so sorry.
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I honestly can't even pretend to be moved by this development. At least the thread was gracious enough to only wink-wink-nudge up until a little further ahead than we are, so there's something left to look forward to (besides Greyarc's fantastic commentary and presentation) that I'll get to experience blind.  It hasn't been so egregious that it's turned me off from reading the thread, but it's a bit irritating that this would have been a decent twist if it hadn't been all but spelled out a long time ago. It's only a bit irritating because I was resigned to this outcome.  I considered skipping between each update and reading the rest of the thread once the LP finishes, but that rather defeats the point of keeping up with it so far instead of waiting for the archive. It's not like anyone's going to stop doing that poo poo now.EggsAisle posted:So it's sort of like New Game+ built into the storyline. That doesn't seem so terrible at first blush, but I've been following along blind. Guess we'll see where this goes! Awesome LP, by the way, been lurking from the very beginning. Malah fucked around with this message at 20:07 on May 17, 2018 |
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Prav posted:it's pretty obvious even as you're playing that this wasn't gonna be the end point If you do a bunch of optional material. All of that d's journal stuff? Vampire buds painting expose? Hints that the orthodoxy wasn't on the level from anyone not conquering the world with sociopaths? Optional. Missable.
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FoolyCharged posted:If you do a bunch of optional material. All of that d's journal stuff? Vampire buds painting expose? Hints that the orthodoxy wasn't on the level from anyone not conquering the world with sociopaths? Alternis giving you an asterisk while playing the role of "final boss" (or a normal boss so close to the supposed climax) is a bit of a dead giveaway, even if you skipped all that.
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Rainuwastaken posted:Alternis giving you an asterisk while playing the role of "final boss" (or a normal boss so close to the supposed climax) is a bit of a dead giveaway, even if you skipped all that. And? What happens immediately after beating alternis is the twist itself. You go, wait this isn't right and wake up in bizzaro timeline with no explanation. E: seriously though. All the game hints is that the crystals/orthodoxy are actually bad. None of this time loop stuff, just bog standard "and now we kill god" jrpg fare. The people going wink wink nudge nudge absolutely spoiled it for me. FoolyCharged fucked around with this message at 20:39 on May 17, 2018 |
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