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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
If that caster's really running around the labyrinth with a party of two she's some kind of demigod. Or at least has an unholy patience for grind.

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
10% fire resistance doesn't seem all that significant. I suppose you're supposed to combine it with other equipment and buffs.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Dang, taking out FOEs on the map like a boss.

Though... I always kind of regret that you're missing the actual rewards from killing them.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I like how this game makes bosses feel like much bigger productions than FOEs by having you fight the entire boss room. And the Force Boost on Guild Esbat was a nice touch too. I'd ask if that feature was limited to human-type bosses and not just all of them from now on, but I don't think I'd like the answer.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
And here you thought it might have been easy, considering it was the first floor and all.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
It seems like this party has some real problems with damage output. Or is that only against bosses with a lot of resists anyway?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I guess big damage dealers aren't going to be dishing out Bash damage, just as a general rule?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Hey, don't mock the power of vegetables. They're like bombs, packed tight with all kinds of important nutrients.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Man, you got a couple of glass-cannon frontliners there.

Have you got any, uh, non-glass cannons?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
There isn't any way to tell where an armor comes from, is there? No kind of star rating or anything? Just because equipment can be so variable between classes.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
The Lava Beasts are interesting FOEs. You... have to be trying to get into a fight with their powered-up forms? Or is salamander breath more inevitable at that point?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Do the eyes only pop out at those HP marks, or will they occasionally get resummoned if you're too slow to chip down the Basilisk's HP?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Is Cut+Fire any good? Does it average out the resistances to both, or what?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Thanks for showing how you're "supposed" to deal with Luminous Birds after you wiped the floor with that one.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
It is kind of interesting to see a class so heavily themed around using Force. ...and I guess Grimoires too, to proc various self-chaser effects?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Huh. An old EO1 reference that's just there for codex purposes? Unless it means something in plot mode.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I was wondering what you were going to do to the lava beast, and then I realized you had a triple-element attack. That must be pretty handy for conditional drops... well, if it wasn't a Force Break, anyway.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
FOEbucks is a surprisingly deep additional mechanic. I'm impressed!

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I like that they're doing more with the people who guarded the Ice Princess.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Since you can use Ariadne Threads from anywhere, it doesn't seem that hard to make your step count and monster hunt match up.

Unless you can't check your guild card in the dungeon.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Wow, that was still a pretty nice stomp of a boss fight. Melee alchemists are surprisingly viable.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Dang. They dump all those killers on you right at the doorway? The castle is a different place entirely.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Dang. Is this the first mid-stratum boss? And it's a real whopper, too.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Somehow, one-off minibosses feel... wronger? in Etrian Odyssey than they do in other games. Maybe because normal fights are already kind of challenging?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So from a culinary perspective, did that dragon actually damage Lagaard in any way? I can think of arguments for and against that.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I guess the orb is to make it easier if you fight the dragon again?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
You'd think somebody who could survive the labyrinth would just sell monster parts. Then again, dude may just be the killin' type.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Wow, that is a ridiculous slide puzzle. And the squares you slip don't actually count for getting in fights either, do they? So it's just monotony.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I'm guessing you can't just stock up on blast grenades to disrupt the Frost Bomb?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
The Blizzard King just looks happy to be alive.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Huh. I wonder if the party's going to have to go on without Knight for a while.

Who'd be doing damage in that case? ...Chloe?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
It'd almost be better if Trand was a legit coward, but then again I suppose he didn't really argue too hard when it turned out he had to put off Fafniring for a couple days.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
It's kind of weird how some dishes actually incorporate all of the ingredients and how some dishes are just "it's pasta, oh and there are scorpion pincers hangin' out too".

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
You know, it would actually be kind of neat to get Hrothgar and Wulfgar to join your story party. Unlock a little class variety, at least.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Off goes Knight to be an end boss somewhere else.

I'm almost sure of it.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
A mapless room with thorn floors. Ouch. That's one of them there player endurance tests.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I don't understand exactly how the Thunder Queen works. Does she shift north and south to track your movement that way?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Good lord, how deep does this DLC go?

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
I... I realize they probably were being totally sincere about it, but having some random NPC run up to you and go "hey okay give me the thing no time to explain bye" really makes me suspect foul play.

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
So what purpose is there in challenging and rechallenging dragons? Well, DLC quests, I suppose.

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