Board 8 > SaveEstelle/LeonhartFour in Different Houses: Game of the Decade Edition [SELF]

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Mac Arrowny posted...

you could do something like bring David to the front for team evade when she NPs, but that's about it.

She procs Ignore Invincible at the start of the NP that lasts for it and the rest of her turn which bypasses Evade so I don't think that'd work. Honestly, if she didn't have that I don't think this would be that tough a fight because between Mystic Codes, Mash, Shiki (Assassin)'s Self-Evade I'd be able to keep an effective team up for a long time. Instead I have to eat a party-wide nuke every 2-4 turns that can kill pretty much everyone short of Shiki (Saber) and even when it doesn't kill her it hurts unless Mash has buffed her up... but because Mash herself gets destroyed that only works once. Hypothetically if Fujino could beat her to the punch on NP I could tag her with Nullify Buff and stop the Ignore Invincible but I would only really count on being able to pull that off once at best given the type disadvantage means she gets her HP chewed through even with her Damage Cut Buff. I suppose I could consider that but I suspect it'd be more trouble than it's worth.

I was thinking Order Change would just let me have someone else sacrifice themselves for Shiki lol by getting her the heck out of there on an NP turn. Though I'd have to work out how exactly that would play out and if it'd even be worth it. It'd be a sacrifice play but idk maybe I could bring in like Medusa and pray for a Stun but really the point would be to increase survivability of one of the few Servants I have in this fight who matter. >_>

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Dragon Ball Episode 97 complete!

As usual, Goku takes a beating at the start of the fight, but at least he was actually trying instead of just standing around and getting hit!
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Riiiight, forgot Lartoria had ignore invincible, whoops.

And yeah, bringing in servants to sacrifice is one of the main good things about order change (especially servants like Georgios or Mash who have Taunts), but it's not quite as effective against AoE NPs.

LeonhartFour posted...

oh yeah I need to start playing Trails from Zero again now that my fiancee went back home

Did you finish the prologue yet? <_<
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So Game Informer just posted an article saying Cold Steel IV is coming to the US this fall...but it's also April 1 today.

I'm inclined to believe it because the trailer they give has audio from Rean's VA, and the article was also retweeted by NISA, but still. Why do you do this to me?

https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2020/04/01/the-legend-of-heroes-trails-of-cold-steel-iv-announced-for-north-america
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Oh neat, I thought it might be next year since they were taking their time announcing it.
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Speculation on /r/falcom had been for a while that they'd been delaying just the announcement in order to not draw attention away from the CS3 release for PC, which makes sense to me.
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I finished the prologue, yes. I'm partway through chapter 1.

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pyresword posted...

I'm inclined to believe it because the trailer they give has audio from Rean's VA, and the article was also retweeted by NISA, but still. Why do you do this to me?

lmao

You can pre-order from NISA's site so it almost has to be real. GameInformer writer also confirmed it real when floofy reached out to them on Twitter and says they're a fan of the series and wouldn't do that to anyone given how devastated they'd be if the positions were flipped.

pre-ordered the LE

it is time to reach the end of saga

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Need to preorder this when I get home!

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And preorder complete
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Some whim drove me to check the vote map for Undertale/Shovel Knight and whoa we have no votes from Arkansas and Connecticut? With 2.5 hours to go? that can't be right, can it?

edit: okay yeah maps must be broken because dmc5/dk has those two AND Colorado as no votes and you can only vote if you pick in all 4, right?

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xp1337 posted...

Some whim drove me to check the vote map for Undertale/Shovel Knight and whoa we have no votes from Arkansas and Connecticut? With 2.5 hours to go? that can't be right, can it?

edit: okay yeah maps must be broken because dmc5/dk has those two AND Colorado as no votes and you can only vote if you pick in all 4, right?

Well, you can hack it to not have to vote in l 4, but I imagine most voters don't do that!

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Also, Pro Controller get! I have to let it charge, but I might give it a quick spin tonight to see what the hype is about!

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Leonhart4 posted...

Well, you can hack it to not have to vote in l 4, but I imagine most voters don't do that!

And those that do should largely vote in every match anyways.
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Still working my way through the dark world levels in World 3 of Super Meat Boy. Some of these are brutal! Like, I can see how to beat them and I know I can beat them, but man, the margin for error is so thin.

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Also, I'm looking at the PSN Spring Sale (which is massive, by the way) and trying to figure out if I want to get Witcher 3 for 15 bucks and/or the Batman Arkham Collection for 18 bucks.

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FFXIV with all expansions is 40% off. Quite a deal, and your "free month" doesn't start until you create an account. So anyone interested could have it just lying around.

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Answering the question of "what will ESPN do with sports shut down?" the answer appears to be "play re-runs of big/notable sports events"

Monday was the Chiefs/Saints MNF shootout. Tuesday was the first game played after baseball restarted after 9/11.

Right now they're playing the 2016 NBA Finals (Cavs/73-9 Warriors) First was Game 5 right now is Game 7. 3rd Quarter just ended so we can watch LeBron save the league again.

Tomorrow is the USC/Texas BCS National Championship.

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Yeah, I kinda figured the answer would be "play classic games" because there's only so much time they can devote to NFL free agency or "when will we be able to have sports again" stories.

Anyway, Dragon Ball Episode 98 complete!

This Goku/Tien fight is pretty great! Goku feels like the superior fighter here when he goes all out, but they give Tien just enough openings to keep it interesting.
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Dragon Ball Episode 99 complete!

okay Roshi blasting the crane dude off the map with a Kamehameha out of nowhere might be my favorite moment in the show so far
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Goku vs Tenshinhan is actually a top tier Dragon Ball fight, and I use that inclusively.

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Yep, that whole tournament arc might be the pinnacle of all Dragon Ball.

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Whew, managed to squeeze in a bit of Trails from Zero! Heck yeah, Estelle and Joshua with the combo S-Craft. I was wondering when Lloyd and company would get to meet them. It's interesting to get to view them from an outside perspective this time, especially from a group that basically views bracers as the competition to outdo.
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My fiancee is still plugging away at KH2! She finished Christmas Town and did the first part of Atlantica last night. She also finally learned about Drive when she got the Wisdom form and asked me what the heck it was!

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Finny fun

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The dynamic between the SSS and the Bracers (as a whole, not just Estelle and Joshua) is something I think is really cool about the Crossbell games.
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I generally liked the Bracers more than the SSS though <_<
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Bracers will always be the best

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The Mana Sword posted...

Yep, that whole tournament arc might be the pinnacle of all Dragon Ball.

I wouldn't go that far but it's up there! Early Z era still takes the cake for me!

And speaking of if you like the rest of DB, you might just like DBZ too Leon! There isn't an actual hard difference between the two series, it was just an arbitrary point in the story they decided to use as an excuse to reboot the anime adaptation.

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Whew, Rise's dungeon complete in Persona 4 Golden! Those two bosses are when this game starts getting real. So good.
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Phew, both of the reviewers recommended that my paper be accepted and only requested extremely minor revisions!

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LordoftheMorons posted...

Phew, both of the reviewers recommended that my paper be accepted and only requested extremely minor revisions!

Awesome! Congrats!
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Thanks!

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Aw yeah Ori and the Blind Forest. When I looked at my bracket yesterday I had no idea what I was thinking but apparently it paid off?
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pyresword posted...

Aw yeah Ori and the Blind Forest. When I looked at my bracket yesterday I had no idea what I was thinking but apparently it paid off?

I don't think Ori's quite in the clear yet! Dragon Age is stalling now and has made a couple cuts.
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lmao dragon age.

bad day for my bracket if these results hold. 2/4 with Death Stranding and Dragon Age. =(

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yeah I took a chance on Death Stranding too

oh well they're both only worth 1 point

thankfully I haven't lost a game I've had going to round 3 yet
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I haven't taken any big losses yet. But, the overall trend of the bracket goes against the calls I was making when designing my bracket. So it's just a matter of time before it falls apart.
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New topic:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78535611
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Clone Wars Season 3 Episode 1 complete!

"A Jedi does not feel concern." Man, how are prequel era Jedi so bad?
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oh dear my fiancee has reached the part in KH2 where they start trying to explain about Ansem/Xehanort and she's very confused about the difference between Heartless and Nobodies

it begins
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Also, Dragon Ball Episode 100 complete! Whew, 2/3 of the way done now!

Wow, Tien turned into Goro! And Goku totally should've gone for the Figure Four rather than the Boston Crab!
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LeonhartFour posted...

oh dear my fiancee has reached the part in KH2 where they start trying to explain about Ansem/Xehanort and she's very confused about the difference between Heartless and Nobodies

it begins

Just shake your head dismissively and say "don't worry about it"

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pjbasis posted...

Just shake your head dismissively and say "don't worry about it"

I literally told her "don't think about it too hard and you'll be fine"
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okay time to give this Pro Controller a try to get a feel for it
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oh no why did they bring the rocket barrel levels back for Tropical Freeze these controls are such garbage

these levels singlehandedly made me quit playing DKC Returns
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Finished world 2 in Tropical Freeze. Why does every boss have to be a multi-phase boss? It just punishes you extra hard for screwing up because the fight just takes so long and you have to learn the pattern with each new phase anyway.

Seriously, the newer DKC games have some questionable design choices that prevent them from being considered up there with the first two and maybe even the third.
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I feel like this topic helped propel Ori to victory when I played through it recently
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