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Unlucky7 posted:I asked because there was a comment I read (in this thread, I think) that said Gran was more support focused while Djeeta was more offense focused, though maybe I misunderstood that and they may have been talking about Versus Rising.
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Neito posted:Gran and Djeeta are both just clothing racks you hang skills and weapons off of. Just pick whoever's cuter (Djeeta). Is it like the mobile game where you have the option to switch between them?  I was wondering about that.
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The story chapters feel more like Bayonetta/Devil May Cry where it's linear missions but it lets you explore just a little for collectables and secret fights
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Unlucky7 posted:Going to back to Relink, I do wish that I grokked that MSP were a universal pool before I dumped all my starting points into Gran. Ciaphas posted:the thread title says anime arpg monster hunter but so far (ch1) the weapons & controls for them don't seem to have much of the uniqueness or complexity the MH comparison implies. feels more like a musou with fewer-but-tankier enemies. does that change or is the comparison just down to the quest system being lifted almost wholesale
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Unlucky7 posted:Is it like the mobile game where you have the option to switch between them?
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I just like to think of it as playing different characters is roughly equal to playing different weapons in MHW
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Master Stur posted:I just like to think of it as playing different characters is roughly equal to playing different weapons in MHW That's a good way to put it, I was surprised at how different everyone plays.
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Ibram Gaunt posted:It is MH just in terms "big boss fights" and the loop of quest/upgrade yeah. I think all the MH youtubers jumping on the bandwagon and stuff are really giving the game a disservice with the comparisons lol. but fair enough, thanks. i'll see if i'm feeling more engaged as i try other characters
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Ciaphas posted:thread title too, not just MH youtubers Playing Eugen feels like playing MH gunner because one of their skills lets you charge up a pierce shot
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from what i've seen so far i can't imagine ever seeing anything as intricate as charge blade, or even my favorite swagaxe
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narmaya has stance switching at least. but yes it is by design not *that* complicated, keep in mind that it is meant to be playable by people with minimal action game experience.
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https://i.imgur.com/NfZtjL0.mp4 God I literally cackled when this happened Also spent some time with Narmaya in the training room, her basic combo loop is absolutely hypnotic to play and I can see why a lot of people main her (among other reasons). Oh, and I finished the story. It was pretty good! Nothing crazy amazing but eh, didn't need it.
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Finally reached post game and yes, that's when you can start Quick Questing. I ended up skipping every cutscene to avoid the game locking up. Getting my rear end beat in front of strangers online now!
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Ibblebibble posted:https://i.imgur.com/NfZtjL0.mp4 Best thing about playing through the story is the OST. Some absolute bangers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwl2SfrCDkg
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I didn't notice until now but everyone's eyelashes using the same materials as their eyebrows is really weird looking. That said, game has some really impressive art all over the place.
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A tip that I haven't seen in this thread is that unlocked characters scale with you based on either Story progress or MC's level so once you have a set party for story mode its better to not unlock more characters until the post game since they then come in at level 45 with half of both mastery trees filled out which saves a lot of mastery points.
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What's the postgame like, content-wise? Just harder versions of things you've already done?
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Mechafunkzilla posted:Best thing about playing through the story is the OST. Some absolute bangers gotta admit I was a smidge disappointed that there's only this one Stella Magna Banger, with the rest of the OST being mostly orchestral mixes of normal granblue songs. 2nd primal beast and the seedhollow id fight were great though.
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jokes posted:What's the postgame like, content-wise? Just harder versions of things you've already done? Same structure as Monster Hunter. Everything is done through the quest board. There are starred quests that unlock an urgent quest that allows you to proceed to the next difficulty. Bosses are harder versions of bosses you probably fought during the main story. Postgame difficulty progression goes: Hard, Very Hard, Extreme, Maniac, Proud Unlocks: - Fast travel between different shops like blacksmith/quest board/etc - Quick Quest: a daily online random quest done through matchmaking based on your highest unlocked difficulty. Your power level gets scaled down if you're matched into a lower difficulty like in a MMO/FFXIV duty finder. You get gold and silver dalia ticket currencies to trade in. One of the crewmate cards is exclusively gated behind this shop. - More forgeable weapon types like Ascension Weapons. Ascension Weapons are the best in slot weapons because they can be further customized beyond max stars. Transmog is available for weapon skins. - More sigil grades including sigils with multiple traits - More knicker ticket trades - Main story chapter replay for finding missing chests, slimes, and crabs - Character costume customization unlocks - Gran/Djeeta can be removed from the active party - Full character FATE story completion
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bosses are mostly stuff fought during the main game but as you get deeper there are some that are unique to the postgame.
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Gyoru posted:Same structure as Monster Hunter. Everything is done through the quest board. There are starred quests that unlock an urgent quest that allows you to proceed to the next difficulty. Bosses are harder versions of bosses you probably fought during the main story. Postgame difficulty progression goes: Hard, Very Hard, Extreme, Maniac, Proud We're also getting a Faa-san HL raid as DLC next month.
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this game runs surprisingly ok out of the box on steam deck, if you're okay with 30fps. and i do mean 30fps: you are not going to be able to hit the 40fps "sweet spot" that lots of people use on steam deck; the second a mob spawns in or a particle effect triggers you'll drop to 34-36fps at best. that said, it is a surprisingly stable and good-feeling 30fps, better than a lot of other games that have frame pacing and latency issues with a framerate limit that low. that said, given that 30fps is obviously pushing this thing, you will hear the fans go absolutely ham and the battery life is almost certainly awful for this game. good enough for me to play lying down in bed with a cable plugged in, though. might try streaming from my desktop, but i feel like the visuals of this game demand a pretty high bitrate and wifi streaming might not cut it
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Hit Maniac, fought the qwakadile and it went well enough. Wonder if I can continue to brute force things just shoving all of my resources into Narmaya or if I will need to invest more in my other goons (npcs I roll with are Katalina, Io, and Rosetta).
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Managed to avoid the post Furycane crash by running the game in fullscreen and then I crashed once you get back on the airship. Boo. Really hope they get patches out fast for this.
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"Id has left your party" is maybe the funniest understated pop-up of all time.
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I only had one crash at the end of Chapter 8 but it was at the end right after the boss gauntlet so I had to do the whole Angra Mainyu -> solo Angra Mainyu -> Proto Bahamut chain again.
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I am excited to get into the end game, but for now i'm enjoying the main story and slowly making my way through it.
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Vitamean posted:I only had one crash at the end of Chapter 8 but it was at the end right after the boss gauntlet so I had to do the whole Angra Mainyu -> solo Angra Mainyu -> Proto Bahamut chain again. I had that as a repeatable freeze (image freezes, audio keeps going) on PC yesterday. Managed to button spam the Cancel/B button to get the Skip Cutscene prompt after the boss gauntlet. Tried turning down video settings/capping fps at 60 before the cutscene and it still froze. Some have suggested to try switching between borderless fullscreen to windowed mode temporarily as a workaround for cutscene crashes
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Endorph posted:bosses are mostly stuff fought during the main game but as you get deeper there are some that are unique to the postgame.
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I beat the story. I liked it. It feels more like what a young me playing SNES RPGs would imagine of the future than most other games. High on anime spectacle, low on anime drama. Especially low on non-combat run around quests (only the 1, I think). Settled into Cap/Vasagera/Caliostro/Rackam through the 2nd half of the game. Though it's hard to pick favorites since everyone seems pretty good. I unlocked Zeta and figured I wouldn't play her much since her triangle is just a counter . . . but then I started chaining her air attacks and that was hilarious. Game forced me to play the postgame character and now I need them in my party. I'm wondering how ranged vs melee will play out as the game gets harder because despite the massive hits the big guys can put out, I doubt they're doing as much damage as Rackam blasting through every phase. I was unclear on how quick quests work since I thought I read you need to play them online. You don't, but you can only spend golden tickets and so get golden currency when online. So that's why you need some amount of online play to unlock everyone since there are cards (2 I think?) you can only buy with gold. This was somewhat confusing on PS5. You need to hit "play online" first, then hit "quick quest". You can't choose to play online if you select quick quest first. I had to switch from my region to "all regions" to get a match. Anyway, the game is fun as hell. Question: how do you get more weapons? Quest rewards? Seems like everyone has 1. base weapon, 2. forged weapon, 3. found in a chest (got these for Io and Rosetta at least)? Orv posted:"Id has left your party" is maybe the funniest understated pop-up of all time. I definitely laughed out loud. And took a screenshot. ultrachrist fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Feb 2, 2024 |
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4th is also crafted. Still haven't gotten the fifth yet but someone mentioned there being some kind of fancy weapon with excess progression that's your endgame weapon earlier. Unrelated but hot tip for online play: click all the chests. I thought they'd auto loot when anyone clicked them, and maybe that is the case, but the last quick quest I did I got more loot from clicking the other already opened chests.
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ooh wow, the story, boss fights, and main story scenarios are a lot more epic then I was expecting. This is a very well done game.
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Think I'm coming around on Ghandagoza. You can dodge cancel both to shorten recovery and to cancel his Y charge when you're not in range. A Steady Focus Sigil allows him to have super armor while charging Y. I got the stun focused gauntlets on him and if I can get one combo chain off then get a link attack, that gives me a full meter. Getting better at dodging has been allowing me to preserve his X combos as well. The slow from Infernal Stomp is actually REALLY useful since it slows action speed. Hitting a boss with it gives the team a huge opening to unload, which hopefully leads to a break. During Link Time he always has full meter so you can just spam Y charge, roll cancel and repeat. So in summary: skill issue, but for spamming timed X attacks I still feel like it's way, WAY easier on Siegfried. Diephoon fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Feb 3, 2024 |
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Diephoon posted:Think I'm coming around on Ghandagoza. You can dodge cancel both to shorten recovery and to cancel his Y charge when you're not in range. A Steady Focus Sigil allows him to have super armor while charging Y. I got the stun focused gauntlets on him and if I can get one combo chain off then get a link attack, that gives me a full meter. Getting better at dodging has been allowing me to preserve his X combos as well. The slow from Infernal Stomp is actually REALLY useful since it slows action speed. Hitting a boss with it gives the team a huge opening to unload, which hopefully leads to a break. During Link Time he always has full meter so you can just spam Y charge, roll cancel and repeat. If you haven't turned controller vibrate back on that tells you when the timings are for both of them
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My first 3 characters I unlocked were Lancelot, Charlotta, and Vane. I think Vane complements my ungabunga play style best. The other 2 obviously do more damage, but Vane has a lot of stun and utility.
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Mister Olympus posted:If you haven't turned controller vibrate back on that tells you when the timings are for both of them Thanks! That's a cool tip but I dislike the feeling of controller vibration so much that I have it disabled at the system level. I turned all of my volume sliders down except for sound fx and have been basing my timing off of the hit sound. e: (post game character spoiler) Here's a clip demonstrating opening with slow. Team knocked 20% off this boss' hp bar for free right at the start of the fight. https://i.imgur.com/2FNn6HA.mp4 Just for fun: here's a clip of me almost dying! I should really take a different skill than the self heal, may as well just spend potions. https://i.imgur.com/e4imGDS.mp4 Diephoon fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Feb 3, 2024 |
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