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Play Brown Dust 2 for the plot :3

In all seriousness its really nice that theres a button you can press and you auto run to the location you need to go to

YugiNoob posted...

Play Brown Dust 2 for the plot :3

In all seriousness its really nice that theres a button you can press and you auto run to the location you need to go to

I lost all interest in Brown Dust 2 when I read that the gacha weapons have random stats. Grinding rng is bad enough. No way do I want to waste pulls on it.

I like Project Neural Cloud's algorithm (equipment) enough that I do not mind slaving myself to get some nice pieces.

Helps that I can reroll the stat, too. :9

At the very least, the gear doesnt have sets, so you dont need to worry about that. You can also craft gear. And what I really like is that I learned that you can recruit characters who are visiting. Like there are recruitment scrolls, and every 2 hours in the pub different characters arrive, and if you see one you like, you can get them :D

Fog of war is one of the most bullshit artificial difficulty mechanics for me. When you literally need to play a stage just to know where a teleporter will pop you out is annoying as fuck in my book

Its either that or look up the maps on the internet, which is something you shouldnt need to do in a game with small maps like Blue Archive. I hate this trial and error <_<

The GBA Fire Emblem desert map did it best. They actually show you the whole map, then when you start, they fog of war everything. You can't tell if the enemies are moving but at least you have an idea

legendarylemur posted...

The GBA Fire Emblem desert map did it best. They actually show you the whole map, then when you start, they fog of war everything. You can't tell if the enemies are moving but at least you have an idea

Yeah that would be a much better alternative. Im tired of moving my guys only to see a box of gems I couldve gotten, but now I have to choose between them or an S rank.

I like the gameplay, but stuff like that, the long load times and REALLY long startup, random crashes, and horrible banner rates are making me consider dropping the game again. Plus Brown Dust 2 is turning out well :3

Blue Archive fog of war in the Hard mode maps is child's play.

Try GFL fog of war map of olden days.

But to be fair to GFL, you can actually see where the enemy's moving given the nodes that turn red/yellow and we have a way to see further than usual (albeit impractical for our side).

And nowadays enemies rarely move randomly (they either patrol, aggro you whenever in range, or beeline towards your homebase) so less headache.

Oh boy did I hate GFL night maps. Especially since you had limited ammo and needed to protect your base.

But like I said, the BA hard mode maps are just an annoyance in the form of artificial difficulty. Rather than actually making it hard, they just prolong the inevitable. They'll force you to redo a map for 3 stars just because you moved one space in the wrong direction because you didn't know the boss was the other way.

And stuff like that is stupid as hell. It's like in OUTERPLANE, there's an enemy in the tower that always goes first, and will make another enemy invincible for one turn. Those floors aren't hard and the enemies are no threat, but they're annoying because that one enemy will guarantee that you can no longer 1-turn cleave a wave. It just makes it so that you have all your guys go through their turn (sometimes multiple because enemies can be slow) attacking a dude for absolutely no reason.

Like I would rather they just increase the level of enemies on hard mode for any game.

Oh hey something nice in BD2 is that you seem to get characters from each story for free. So far I got 2 5 star characters who I like :3

YugiNoob posted...

Oh hey something nice in BD2 is that you seem to get characters from each story for free. So far I got 2 5 star characters who I like :3

Just got Gray, liked the little back story clip at the start of Ch 4.

One thing I don't like is how they keep shoving characters into your party though. Like right when they join, they're automatically put in instead of just saying that they're available to use :<

Also I don't like in the story how *SPOILERS*

Someone always seems to die :(

Oh snap @stagmar. The BD2 devs heard the pleas of players and are going to implement a way to change both the main and sub stats of equipment :o

No longer will you need to worry about getting unusable exclusive equipment due to RNG lol

YugiNoob posted...

Oh snap @stagmar. The BD2 devs heard the pleas of players and are going to implement a way to change both the main and sub stats of equipment :o

No longer will you need to worry about getting unusable exclusive equipment due to RNG lol

That's great.

My Alec's sword literally has 3 HP substats lol

Funny enough, my weekly google points reward just gave me 3 months of free google play pass. A whole lot of games on this pass, but the first 2 games severely disappointed me despite ok reviews XD. So uhh yeah I feel like outside the known factors that are just ports, I feel like a lot of it is gonna be more of the same

Takt Op Symphony is available for pre-download, and (if I'm converting the time zones correctly, which I'm not 100% sure I am) the servers finally officially open tonight at 11PM eastern US time. The pre-download inside the app was 5GB, so I did it last night well before the servers open, and I would recommend anyone else interested in this game also get this download done early. I've been hyped for this game ever since it was announced and I watched the prequel anime for it, so I'm definitely going to stay up and play it tonight.

What is the gameplay/style of that game?

May see if I want something to replace Honkai with.

Supposedly it's another E7 style turn based clone. It was a passing comment on Reddit so I dunno how accurate that is

It does seem to look like E7 gameplay, but in battles the characters are lined up like in FGO. I know its a game focused on music, but Im not into the cultured classical stuff like Beethoven lol.

Assuming the CBT is any indication, of course. As much as I would like generic animu music, Im still gonna give it a shot for the waifus and gameplay

So far, Takt Op Symphony seems pretty good. I love the character designs and the music, the gameplay seems pretty solid, and the story is interesting. It definitely helps to have seen the prequel anime before playing (which is a great anime that I would recommend even without this game) but I think you can still enjoy the game fine without it if you don't feel like watching it.

Based on what I read about the gacha, soft pity (when the rates start going up) on normal banners starts at 45 pulls and hard pity (when you get a guaranteed 3-star) is at only 75 pulls, which seems really good compared to other gacha games. I got Fantaisie Impromptu (who's apparently a really good damage dealer) from the novice banner that has a guaranteed 3-star after 20 rolls, and I could roll or re-roll more if I wanted to, but I'm going to settle for just her and save the rest of my pulls for other future characters.

Speaking of the characters, Destiny and Carmen are the early leaders for best girl IMO, at least until Titan from the anime arrives.

Heh. Someone is named Air on the G String :3

I know, I know, music G string, but it amuses my childish sense of humor.

Also I'm curious about Walkure and Moonlight, and in the future, Winter. I would've liked Winter more if she didn't have the clown neck thingy though :<

Ok this is probably my favorite gacha theming in forever. Art direction wise, probably the best since Alchemy Stars, though AS kept up a certain lvl of quality in the CGs and character details for like 2 years, so it remains to be seen if Takt Op can actually keep it up

Not too big on the gameplay since it's nothing new and maybe even feels a bit stuffy. I guess it remains to be seen

I'm not exactly that knowledgeable in classical music per se. I may resort to sorta basic bitching into a Vivaldi themed team but I didn't pull Winter. I'm more of an Autumn kinda guy anyways, which is technically winter in normal weather patterns. Vivaldi grew up in a farmland where the weathers came a bit early, which is why sometimes Autumn sounds like Winter since they'd get snowstorms then, and Spring sounds a bit like Summer. Summer is instead more serene, etc

But also I like most of the themes from Carmen. Their choice is a bit weird since I believe the context of that piece is actually the soldier guy wooing Carmen (or not. I know that one has a whole bunch of dudes chiming in so I might be confusing it with another piece). The character of Carmen has her own very iconic piece, Habanera, so I was expecting that to come out.

https://youtu.be/e1rXCmOx6Zs

This is a fun one, from a Korean music competition Phantom Singer 4. It's a world famous guy singing Habanera, but he sings like a woman. This role is called countertenor, usually done by a very specialized falsetto to sound like a woman.

The role of Carmen is actually played by a Mezzo-Soprano, which is a low-mid range for a classical woman vocal, and countertenors realistically live around the Mezzo-Soprano range. On the show Phantom Singer 4, there was another countertenor who specified that he sings in the Contralto range, which is even lower than Mezzo-Soprano, while still being in the female range. In fact, even though he sings like a woman, his normal speaking voice is deep, and he can actually do Bass role without the use of falsetto.

Anyways, I kinda love nearly every piece from Carmen, so I might try to make her work. I'm not explaining all this just to justified going in there just for the boobs. Surely not

legendarylemur posted...

Anyways, I kinda love nearly every piece from Carmen, so I might try to make her work. I'm not explaining all this just to justified going in there just for the boobs. Surely not

https://iili.io/Hid7TNt.jpg
https://iili.io/Hid7IRI.jpg

Surely not.

It's a bit weird that 2 of the Vivaldi's 4 Seasons are both gunners. I guess gunner class in this game are like buffers with ranged attacks? I'm guessing Winter is supposed to be the main carry.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/4/AABqeEAAEnH4.jpg

And that's two down.

I would've had Quency done yesterday, but of course, I got Wipe Out x2 on the last day.

Now for...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/5/AABqeEAAEnH5.jpg

Go fucking fuck yourself, Guilty.

I swear this bitch wants me to spend gems once a week.

And I can't reroll these anymore by switching between targets since she's the last one.

Tried Takt Op and lost all interest between the first and second battles. So now I have no gachas to play yet again. No idea when the next one Im willing to try will be.

Yeah the gameplay is fucking rough ngl. It needed to show off more than just some fancy animation and attack to kill. It's hard to tell if the combat is gonna be any good like some time down the line

Yeah I'm not too drawn in by it either. I suppose I'll stick with BD2 as my main game for now, while I wait for Mika in Blue Archive.

Summer Akino finally makes her way to the game after being teased in the anime. THREE YEARS AGO.

https://twitter.com/priconne_redive/status/1674342258248937472
https://twitter.com/priconne_anime/status/1266293468734734337

Surprisingly free too. And also looks down to fuck.

Coming with her is Summer Yukari and Summer Neneka. Before that is a new PriFes girl, but either way, saving for Neneka.

If I had to write a review on Takt Op, it'd be "A Symphony With a Kazoo Accompaniment"

https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/comments/14lvzdh/jp_takt_op_symphony_jp_server_found_to_be_giving/

Huh... usually it's the Japanese server getting more bonuses and the global server getting shafted. It's weird to see it the other way around.

https://www.reddit.com/r/gachagaming/comments/14moz2q/so_apparently_ba_getting_its_age_rating_lead_to/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFriendsPlay/comments/14mlodu/blue_archive_triggers_exposure_of_korean_ratings/

* Blue Archive's age rating got raised in Korea.
* Someone (either the fans or the developer) pushed back on the decision.
* The Korean Ratings Board gave an unsatisfactory justification for the rating bump, leading to an outside review.
* The Korean government found that the KRB was embezzling funds, using time and taxpayer money to mine for bitcoin, and just generally failing to do their jobs of actually catching problematic games. This exposed corruption has led to the KRB being shut down.

Lol. Lmao, even.

Not even the first embezzlement scheme in the Korean gaming sphere in the same year

The other one was uhh DokeV, which supposedly quite a few ppl already knew was a CG attention grabber for fraudulent investment and money laundering that ended up on a big show floor in Europe for whatever reason.

Calwings posted...

Lol. Lmao, even.

This.

Summer Neneka tomorrow.

Even the discord is making jokes on how you can have your own Neneka harem in one unit.

Really tempting Aruji-sama with her 24-year-old body. :anger:

In Punishing: Gray Raven, the 2nd anniversary live stream took place. I didn't see it but I'm reading up on it now. I'll edit this post with any new info I may have missed.

An English dub is in the works. No idea when it's getting added to the game.

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I'm also posting this in the PGR general topic.

Uninstalled Brown Dust 2 because the dailies took so damn long and the PvP sucks balls. It's the same as in the first game; set up a team, go up against a random opponent, and pray to RNGesus that your formation doesn't get fucked up. Also you can't even skip the battles.

Probably gonna uninstall OUTERPLANE too once I get DStella because it's also feeling like a chore to do the dailies. PvP is also annoying, just like its brother game Epic Seven. Although there's even less diversity because there are much less characters. 99.99% of the teams are gonna have Valentine, Noa, and DStella. The fourth character doesn't even matter, but if they're going full meta route it'll be Tio.

Servent level up in FGO is currently bugged and giving Great success (3x) every single time. Take advantage while you can lol.

Meanwhile pulled Koyanskaya in 6 multis and pulled Caren, Taira, and FK Tristan in the GSSR. I consider all three of those a failure, and this GSSR is cursed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAm0GX6MeOo

Nothing screams "best girl" like a happy twin-tailed loli with a shotgun. If I don't pull her when she arrives, I'm willing to start all over and re-roll for her.

Spidey5 posted...

Servent level up in FGO is currently bugged and giving Great success (3x) every single time. Take advantage while you can lol.

Meanwhile pulled Koyanskaya in 6 multis and pulled Caren, Taira, and FK Tristan in the GSSR. I consider all three of those a failure, and this GSSR is cursed.

Man, don't even joke about that.

My Douman roll is actually cursed.

I rolled all the anniversary gave me at Koyan and only got 2 Valkyries and 1 Caenis(and I already had Caenis). On the bright side I don't feel like wasting my money in the GSSR any more.

Man, after the Overlord collab Grand Summoners is having a Fate one. I like their collabs and they seem to be very generous with pulls, but I just cant get into the gameplay :<

Preview of the PGR English dub

https://youtu.be/0IM7CaFp1Vg

ennuigamer posted...

Preview of the PGR English dub

https://youtu.be/0IM7CaFp1Vg

Wonder if Lee's VA is the same as the one in this old trailer.

https://youtu.be/k8Tvanf__Q0

Because he sounds amazing there and he also sounds amazing in the new trailer and it sounds like the same voice.

It could be. I wouldn't know. There are only so many VAs I recognize right off the bat.

There are some characters I'm iffy on but I think it was generally a good casting for this game, from what I'm hearing. I like the voice characterization for Alpha, Liv, and Lee at least. Vera's isn't half bad either. I'm interested in hearing the rest. Roland's voice work is one I'm on the fence about. I'll need to hear his lines in the game to be sure.

Fucking finally.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/9/AABqeEAAEn_H.jpg

Believe me when I say rate-up is absolute trash in this game.

I've pulled ~20 5*s and four of them were the exact same onee-san hag bitch that would just not leave me alone.

ennuigamer posted...

It could be. I wouldn't know. There are only so many VAs I recognize right off the bat.

There are some characters I'm iffy on but I think it was generally a good casting for this game, from what I'm hearing. I like the voice characterization for Alpha, Liv, and Lee at least. Vera's isn't half bad either. I'm interested in hearing the rest. Roland's voice work is one I'm on the fence about. I'll need to hear his lines in the game to be sure.

I didn't expect British Roland but I'm not complaining lol. But yeah, Lucia, Alpha, Liv and Lee sound fucking amazing. Even if Lee's VA is not the same as the old trailer's one he's still doing the same kind of voice that I always imagined for him. He sounds perfect. Lucia and Alpha are voiced by Sura Siu and as you would expect she does a different voice for both of them. I love her voice for them. She also confirmed that it isn't her in the old trailer.

I can't wait to play with these voices!

Yeah, I was expecting the voice of a glib Spaniard, playful and smooth-talking. I guess when you think of theater performers, the British accent comes to mind first. lol

YugiNoob posted...

Man, after the Overlord collab Grand Summoners is having a Fate one. I like their collabs and they seem to be very generous with pulls, but I just cant get into the gameplay :<

The currency gain slows to a crawl after a while and the rates are trash. I enjoy the game though because it reminds me of Brave Frontier.

I guess I was fooled into a false sense of security because I got Albedo on my first pull lol

Although come to think of it, I didnt get any collab characters until I got Ainz way later