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BakonBitz posted...

Inoswap not benefitting the class when others use it (to my knowledge)

Yeah that's correct. I checked. Nopon Champion is an okay enough class on its own, but on any of the main six, it grows as normal (little boosts every five ranks).

You'd think they'd take the opportunity in DLC to shake things up a little more.

Just finished it actually (15th). That was legit the funniest part of the entire stretch of Ino's content. The thing stinks to hell and because Noah is Ino's Driver, he has to hold the stinky thing. The next part of the scene cuts to a wider angle showing the rest of the cast are standing like fifty feet away, well out of range.

And it does end on a decent note in the final battle when I'm pretty sure it's playing XC2 music. Noah and Ino start glowing (because of their Driver/Blade relationship) and most everyone's like "well that was cool" but it doesn't mean anything for gameplay. Would be interesting and would make Ino herself more viable if there was an actual "Noah and Ino can do joint Talent Art" or something like that.

Been putting away Ascension Quests. Just finished my 14th out of 24.

Some of them have been seriously lame, but the Miyabi one was actually quite nice. Not just the way the food was quite well-presented, but also things like the look into the Monica/Ghondor relationship.

*finds the spa while knocking about exploring*

*goes to a quest he hasn't done yet*

Taion: "Have you heard of this thing called a SPAAAA?"

Eunie: "YOU WOT, CAN YOU EAT THAT?"

Me: "Guys we already found it can we just go there?"

Yeah I don't often put her on just to straight up listen to her. Usually she'll be background, but she's fantastic background.

Sometimes I just bask in shark song though.

Sometimes I sing along. >.>

Finally a Vtuber for us.

Oh by the way, High Ether stuff ONLY applies to Ino. If you give any other character her class, they grow Arts and Skills as normal (by advancing Rank), so this whole High Ether thing is only applicable if you want to have her screeching in your party.

God I love how all it takes is the camo pants to make over 50% of Lanz's class drip to be absolutely horrendous.

Shout outs to the Troubadour class giving him the miko look totally shattered by those gigantic pants.

Oh and pay no attention to me about the High Ether on the map thing. Turns out yes you can see any and all spots on a map you've cleared, particularly if you haven't turned off those markers like a dope.

Did the first five Challenge Battles.

They're... whatever. Rewards aren't all that special. There's an accessory shop but most of it's pretty easily findable. Good if you like swimsuits I guess.

Also if you're looking to get Ino done quick, make sure you do the quest for upgrading your Cylinder they give you. It pulls more ether from each.

Also what the hell. I didn't get a new High Ether hint after the third one. Lame.

Okay so Ino's gimmick, apart from being an evade Defender and having Arts and Skills that get boosted every time she gets KO'd, is that she's tied to a resource called "High Ether". Separate from normal Ether, it only shows up with the DLC unlocked, and you'll have to get a bunch to apply to a skill tree called "Inoswap" that's similar to an Interlink Soul Tree. It's got the usual stat buffs, skill buffs, and art buffs, and there's a second stage only unlocked when you complete her Ascension Quest.

For each High Ether spot you found, a new one gets put on the map as a "hint", so you kinda have to find them in sequence. I'd suggest the minute you get the hint to mark the spot, because there's no icon otherwise.

Also, *slight spoilers* Ino's an artificial Blade, like the ones in XC2. After Noah tries out her class during a cutscene, she names him her Driver. And they're all like "what's a Driver" and Ino's like "you fight by my side" and everyone's like "Uh, that's it? Sounds kinda dumb when you put it like that."

EDIT because I was wrong about High Ether. You have to follow the hints, but you can still see it in the field if it's there.

Okay Ino can take things down about 2.3 notches.

Edit: "I'm already over her schtick." - Eunie

I knew there was something I liked about her.

Oh wow an actual sixth Defender class.

"Reveals their true power after they're KO'd" is a new idea. Hmm.

Also for those of you who like to save party formations to use later (class and loadouts), press the + button on the Pause Menu.

Phantom_Nook posted...

In related news, Wave 2 of the DLC is up.

It is it is.

Not much, just a casual drop of Umetora's Ifuudoudou by the damn SUPERGROUP of Sora, Suisei, AZKi, Irys, and Calli.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w3zoAbxkbo

Dorrick's up and running ayyyyy

The mark of a true warrior of the streets. ;_; *salute*

Damn boss.

Who'd she take down to suffer that battle scar?

Man they throw the last three Heroes at you in quick succession, don't they?

I appreciate Y's general tone: calm, a bit haughty, and Shakespearean.

In fact, I feel some similarities in his delivery between him and the narrator for Disco Elysium.

Ina's on hiatus until further notice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0xN-CPzbs

Poor thing's been dealing with some health issues all this past year.

Will still do collabs and call-ins as time allows but is specifically going off streaming.

I love how the team treats "normal human" stuff that they were never taught or experienced with such an enthusiastic curiosity.

Eunie and Rozana tag-teaming Gray into embarrassment oblivion is a wonderful watch.

I really appreciate in the "Romero and Joulietta" side story that the dialogue sometimes take a turn for the Shakespearean. Really nice touch on the loc team's part.

Singing shark in an hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd-Hd-dFCBk

Gotta say I was not expecting hairstyle choice for Mio.

I'm keeping it long, representing the corner her and the rest of the team have turned.

Sorry if it's "a pain in the arsh to wash", Mio. >_>

Yeah if the game will not expand on the role Nopon have in this universe, I can only draw the conclusion that they're mostly a fickle and transient kind of people. They'll help whoever they deem worthy of help, serving no particular master, and cannot be tamed themselves.

ellis123 posted...

Prop her corpse up like a scarecrow and wave it around at Mobius.

No wait! Get her clothes and stick those three Nopon stacked up together in there.

But Ethel's deeead you guys how could I possibly max out Flash Fencer lol.

Still that was a long ass sequence. I feel coming back to the normal grind of filling maps, finding containers, etc. is just weird.

Dang 10 is a long charge on Unlimited Sword. Probably won't be using that outside of long drawn out battles.

And I also have to laugh at this incredibly personal moment between N, Noah, and Mio, and we've kinda just are not caring that we're standing the midst of a massive group of Agnus troops and they're just watching us like this is great TV drama.

So they went the path of "short-haired Mio in long-haired Mio's body".

I figured it was either that or long-haired Mio would just defect outright after short-haired Mio's death. Would have been an interesting philosophical question with regards to whether that truly could ever be "his" Mio, even if they do have all the memories. Or whether it really matters.

Clever to introduce a "combat technique" and have it suddenly become extremely important from a narrative standpoint.

Which means, that the Mio in the cell for that entire month...

Also this sequence has really brought home the distinction between the names "Moebius" and "Oroborous".

Regal Welsh catgirl noises.

Does kinda slightly take me out of the scene that the idea of "tying up Nopon" is to just put an X of chains around their entire body like they can't just immediately slide a wing out.

I really appreciate the addition of the "haggard" lines to the character models. Adds so much while doing so little.