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I just got to the Jade vignette and realized their just going to slam all seven(?) of these back to back. Why didn’t they put each of them in as a flashback immediately after you find each character?
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Azathoth256 posted:I think stronger monsters was actually tuned down quite a bit from the PS4/PC version just because most of the bosses now have only 2 turns instead of 3. I'm not sure if they increased their power a bit to compensate, but mid-act 1 through act 2 has gone much, much smoother for me this time around. Huh, maybe I should've picked it this time. I'll have to give it a try on my next playthrough.
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Oct 10, 2019 17:17
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wrt grinding on normal difficulty, when I reach thru it on ps4 I was pretty underleveled (since characters would join at significantly higher levels) but I never felt it because I'd use the forge a lot and also stat buffs/debuffs are a gigantic difference maker.
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Oct 10, 2019 17:27
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Rab’s sidestory spoilers: everyone chose the bear, I hope?
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Oct 10, 2019 17:28
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Azathoth256 posted:I think stronger monsters was actually tuned down quite a bit from the PS4/PC version just because most of the bosses now have only 2 turns instead of 3. I'm not sure if they increased their power a bit to compensate, but mid-act 1 through act 2 has gone much, much smoother for me this time around. It definitely seems that way to me. I had quite a bit of trouble with Slayer of The Sands when I played on PC. I breezed through it on Stronger Monsters and No EXP from Weak Monsters on Switch. I never made it to her on PC, but I've heard a lot of players complain about Dora-In-Grey and I killed her first try with no party deaths on Switch.
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Oct 10, 2019 18:45
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Harrow posted:The thing that throws that into question is that people keep having flashes of memories from the other timeine. That's not going to happen in a totally separate timeline unless we jump through some other hoops, like assuming the Luminary has an aura around him that makes people remember other timelines or something like that. It seems like, whether the timeline splits off or not, it's meant to be this weird merging situation where the changes you make work their way into the original timeline until eventually it's just one timeline again. That's probably true of Serenica going back in time to be with Erdwin, too--the timeline you've been playing in during Act 3 continues on but slowly morphs into a timeline where Serenica got to be with Erdwin without anyone noticing. People probably have weird little memories of the way the timeline used to be and blame it on the Additionally, even the Luminary doesn't seem to recall the timeline he came from. At Yggdrasil the second time around, it takes him a second to realize Jasper's there, and he only reacts at the last second. He doesn't seem to remember that Carnelian is possessed by Mordegon, either, but it's hard to tell since he doesn't react to anything.
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Oct 10, 2019 19:37
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Luceo posted:Additionally, even the Luminary doesn't seem to recall the timeline he came from. At Yggdrasil the second time around, it takes him a second to realize Jasper's there, and he only reacts at the last second. He doesn't seem to remember that Carnelian is possessed by Mordegon, either, but it's hard to tell since he doesn't react to anything. I thought that was just because he is really dense.
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Oct 10, 2019 19:38
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BearDrivingTruck posted:Rab’s sidestory spoilers: everyone chose the bear, I hope? I chose the Dundrasil chancellor. 
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Oct 10, 2019 19:39
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Luceo posted:Additionally, even the Luminary doesn't seem to recall the timeline he came from. At Yggdrasil the second time around, it takes him a second to realize Jasper's there, and he only reacts at the last second. He doesn't seem to remember that Carnelian is possessed by Mordegon, either, but it's hard to tell since he doesn't react to anything. Yeah, either he's really dense, or his memories are incomplete until the timelines start merging or something like that. It's all very, very unclear but since there's so much that conflicts I sorta just have to assume Horii's explanation is as close to accurate as we're going to get.
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Oct 10, 2019 19:43
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Speaking of maps that aren't round, DQB2's isle of awakening has a lot of extra sea water around it, but it doesn't seem to serve any purpose. There's no extra islands or huge sea monsters roaming around, it's just empty ocean.
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Oct 10, 2019 20:16
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Kinda makes me wonder if they were going to have the whole world be one map at one point but then realized the technical problems with that. Maybe if we get a third one on the next gen.
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Oct 11, 2019 00:25
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I'm playing XI for the first time on Switch. Man, I love Sylvando and Veronica. I knew I'd like Sylvando, based on everything I heard, but I'm surprised how much I love Veronica. I thought it would be creepy, but they've (thus far) done everything to avoid that. I also love how she tries to be the voice of reason constantly when she's probably the most insane person in the party.
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Oct 11, 2019 00:36
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Freakazoid_ posted:Speaking of maps that aren't round, DQB2's isle of awakening has a lot of extra sea water around it, but it doesn't seem to serve any purpose. There's no extra islands or huge sea monsters roaming around, it's just empty ocean. One of the DQ games in the US had magazine ads promoting the games supposedly tiny world map and totally ocean covered world which I think is a bold choice when promoting a game.
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Oct 11, 2019 01:03
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ZZT the Fifth posted:I chose the Dundrasil chancellor. Wait, that was an option?!
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Luceo posted:Additionally, even the Luminary doesn't seem to recall the timeline he came from. At Yggdrasil the second time around, it takes him a second to realize Jasper's there, and he only reacts at the last second. He doesn't seem to remember that Carnelian is possessed by Mordegon, either, but it's hard to tell since he doesn't react to anything. Honestly, for as annoying as it is it's just for the sake of dramatic tension and so they could show the Tockle owning Mordegon. Some of the party talk makes it pretty clear the Luminary remembers pretty much everything with the party commenting on him doing things they don't get that work.
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Oct 11, 2019 01:19
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I remember exactly the ad you're talking about, back when my house got Nintendo Power. Awkwardly worded but drat if it didn't work on twelve-year-old me. I grew up on Dragon Warrior IV and had no idea there were more. I was intrigued! I wanted to know where the rest of the world was!
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Oct 11, 2019 01:22
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Pharohman777 posted:Wait, that was an option?! I tried talking to him to see how he would react and the game actually let me follow through, so...
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Oct 11, 2019 01:41
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I forgot about Dave's backstory and now I'm upset he wasn't made playable in XI S.
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Oct 11, 2019 02:48
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That probably would have involved a complete character redesign, because he just uses the generic "thug" model palette-swapped to pink.
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Oct 11, 2019 03:18
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Commander Keene posted:That probably would have involved a complete character redesign, because he just uses the generic "thug" model palette-swapped to pink. Hes in your party as a guest character during Sylvandos bit
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Oct 11, 2019 03:22
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i’m meeting my sad grandpa and smokeshow sister but I just want to be a simple peasant boy tho. And I miss Gemma 😪
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Oct 11, 2019 05:32
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The Kingfish posted:i’m meeting my sad grandpa and smokeshow sister but I just want to be a simple peasant boy tho. And I miss Gemma 😪 Shes not your real sister, and in historical dynastic societies been the luminaries arranged spouse. That said dont worry there is a late game sidequest just for you if you like Gemma
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Oct 11, 2019 05:37
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What's the best way to make ca$h money in the post-game? I need pep pops and they're expensive.
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Oct 11, 2019 13:26
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YggiDee posted:What's the best way to make ca$h money in the post-game? I need pep pops and they're expensive. What do you need them for? If it's metal slime grinding it's legit significantly faster in the long run to just go random battle scrubs and pep up manually, as long as you do it near a campfire that has mobs who don't use status effects and make sure to save scum between attempts at the power combo. You can also get pep pips instead in the casino to fill gaps if the RNG is against you, plus the MC gets the pep up ability to trigger it on demand. And then when you start getting Metal King Slimes in the mix you'll get a pep pip back for killing it so it's even more efficient.
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Oct 11, 2019 14:03
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Yeah, I was asking for metal slime grinding. I got my rear end beat by a post-game boss (Malicious Auroral Serpent) and I'm pretty sure I'm just massively underlevelled for that fight.
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Oct 11, 2019 16:03
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YggiDee posted:Yeah, I was asking for metal slime grinding. I got my rear end beat by a post-game boss (Malicious Auroral Serpent) and I'm pretty sure I'm just massively underlevelled for that fight. If I remember correctly, the post-game content varies quite a bit in terms of difficulty/expected level, so it might be worth going elsewhere first instead of grinding.
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Oct 11, 2019 22:16
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gently caress, I've hit upon the slime time that never ends.
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Azathoth256 posted:gently caress, I've hit upon the slime time that never ends. Second time in octagonia?
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Oct 12, 2019 04:23
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Barudak posted:Second time in octagonia? 3rd, just felt like trying slime quest again. That being said, I eventually walked away, played roulette for a bit, and hit jackpot within like 5-6 spins. I would hate the gambling part of this game so much if it wasn't weighted so much in your favor.
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Oct 12, 2019 04:32
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...then I just had a king metal slime get mesmerized by high charm. On a character with low-ish charm who then immediately murdered it with a crit. I feel like I should take a break and go to an actual casino.
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Oct 12, 2019 04:36
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Okay, Jasper Unbound only has two actions. Between that and Dora In Grey also only having two actions, Stronger monsters is infinitely easier in the switch version. I'm pretty sure I spent 20+ deaths on each before giving up and grinding elsewhere before, while this time I one-shotted them both.
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Oct 12, 2019 05:04
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Speaking of the Casinos, I just got to the monster one. All of this doesn't matter at all. right? I'm guessing I can't use these tokens anywhere else, and the hidden items leads me to believe they're junk or the prizes that the Puerto Valor one has?
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Oct 12, 2019 10:38
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Azathoth256 posted:Okay, Jasper Unbound only has two actions. Between that and Dora In Grey also only having two actions, Stronger monsters is infinitely easier in the switch version. I'm pretty sure I spent 20+ deaths on each before giving up and grinding elsewhere before, while this time I one-shotted them both. Good to know they actually put some effort into balancing stronger monsters for the switch version. 3 actions per turn is some rng bullshit.
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Oct 12, 2019 11:14
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I can't find any definitive answers online, but did they remove the crossbow targets mini-game from the Switch version?
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Oct 12, 2019 13:36
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History Comes Inside! posted:If you want a straight answer then just buy the love potion (they're also a crafting material and this is an ideal time to stock up given the infinite free tokens you can get hold of, if crafting is your bag) and carry on with the story, you're wasting your time otherwise Just buy the one you need to progress the game. They're 100 coins when you get access to this casino again, and you can literally fix a jackpot within 20 minutes on the roulette meaning you can get everything you'd ever need from the casino easily.
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Uh, wow, this new Casino seems to have the beginner's luck that was missing from the first one. It's been thirty minutes and I've increased my token stock from 12 thousand to 3 million. e: I just hit 4 jackpots in a row, wth? I guess I should look up how many tokens I need for the entire game because I guess that's what I'm doing now. DalaranJ fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Oct 12, 2019 |
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Oct 12, 2019 16:25
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Don't look it up
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It turns out you can only hold ten million tokens at a time. e: 
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