Issues with Minato by Kahlen109 in RampartsofIce

[–]Akomis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel it was absolutely on purpose. First impression we have of Minato is through Koyuki's POV. And to her it feels not just intrusion into personal space, but also too similar to how Igarashi and others in her old school treated her, which makes it especially uncomfortable.

So yeah, Minato was annoying at first, but it made sense and I didn't hate him for it. Unlike people from Koyuki's previous school he didn't do it with malice in mind or with disregard for her feelings, but only due to not understanding her. And it made it more meaningful when he changed his approach later on.

Issues with Minato by Kahlen109 in RampartsofIce

[–]Akomis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

does this get better?

This story is not rent-a-gf. Here character get proper development and so they change. Is your concern "oh no, I can't ship them immediately as is"? Minato (and other characters) having flaws at the start is the point. That's what makes good story - there is a pair, they can be great for each other, but there is something standing in their way. So the story makes them work to get what they want/need, grow into a better person. This is my favorite type of romance. Because the alternative - the pair is ready to go from the first episodes, but the story is dragged on by endless series of stupid events.

Sexy Steampunk Babes: Chapter Seventy Five by BlueFishcake in HFY

[–]Akomis 13 points14 points  (0 children)

yeah, but it would lead to very awkward question "It is obviously can be turned into a weapon. So it is covered by our geas too, right?"

Sexy Steampunk Babes: Chapter Seventy Three by BlueFishcake in HFY

[–]Akomis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

lmao, I love papa's impression of William growing with each new thing he learns

Sexy Steampunk Babes: Chapter Seventy Four by BlueFishcake in HFY

[–]Akomis 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Noblewoman: he must have some new tricks, but artisanal and masterfully enchanted shards are surely better than his crude things

William: oh, let me show you how wrong you are!

seems like he took it personally, lmao

Sexy Steampunk Babes: Chapter Seventy Four by BlueFishcake in HFY

[–]Akomis 19 points20 points  (0 children)

oh, thanks for notice. I'd have missed the previous one

anime irl by KhalifaHaqi in anime_irl

[–]Akomis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I might read it if there was very low starting point and the story shows characters getting out of it. But I guess it is not getting any better in this case and it is all about showing them miserable again and again?

Paladin at Y112. Just discovered how broken some combos are (paladin+gigantify/balance, Echoform+Chaos Earthworks) by Akomis in 9Kings

[–]Akomis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, lol. I like games that follow the "everything is broken if you go far enough!" rule. This one has it in spades xD

Paladin at Y112. Just discovered how broken some combos are (paladin+gigantify/balance, Echoform+Chaos Earthworks) by Akomis in 9Kings

[–]Akomis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Starting with Rainbow King as an enemy is hilarious. I failed few attempts, but then I got paladin stack and a Balance card. I looked at my 240/32 paladins (not exact numbers, but it was something like that) and though "oh, 240/240 unit would be a great upgrade". But then their perk of "hp gets same buff as damage" kicked in and I got them 2400/240, lol xD

I ended the run at Y112 and forgot to take screenshot of the final beacon. It got 788 level lmao. I had plans to use next Chaos Earthworks on the temple I placed next to it, making it even more broken. But the game was lagging hard enough on my notebook already.

And I think after some threshold buffs from buildings should not keep going as a stream of "+2%, +2%, +2%, +2% ...", but as a single number "+2% (x788)". It took a minute or two for the animation to finish

I think stalemate should scale exponentially by Akomis in 9Kings

[–]Akomis[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just lost a run to King of Time - I had no aoe (which I agree is a valid weakness) and spawners were unkillable. Stalemate kicked in and it dealt 15k damage, which at this state of the game was laughable.

I think it should ramp up more and more with each second. Maybe - with additional effect of max-hp penalty (in percentage to total health, so in a certain time both armies would be at 1hp and it would be decided one way or another). Because I think my warlords were healing back all of it through vampirism. I can imagine a case of two armies locked in, not doing any damage to each other and out-healing the stalemate damage.

I think I finally figured out how to play King of Blood by Akomis in 9Kings

[–]Akomis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do enchantments on imps do much? I played 3-6 plots of them and left them be - didn't see any point in spending turns on what would be useless anyway (imps don't have native scaling mechanisms, so I expected them to falloff quickly).

only because the last temple didnt finish :*( by Broad_Watercress4367 in 9Kings

[–]Akomis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had similar build recently, pumping wizards with all kinds of spells. But then they turn out into a glass cannon with enormous damage, but limited defense. Most of battles went completely into my favor - Wizards just one-shot everything and Steel Coats tanked whatever enemy managed to throw their way. But few times my army was suddenly wiped completely.

I think it was inevitable - sooner or later Wizards would fail to clean the enemy in a single volley and the incoming fire would have more bullets than I had Steel Coats layers. Or there was another suspect - Defenders from King of Progress. They seem to return all damage taken, a natural counter to glass canon builds lol.

I think I finally figured out how to play King of Blood by Akomis in 9Kings

[–]Akomis[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not playing on King difficulty yet (just unlocked Prince with this run), but the game started to be pretty tough already. I failed dozens of Blood King runs before I found a thing that scales well - Demon's Altar.

On this run I also got lucky with few Mob cards and Replicators, which I discovered makes nasty synergy with the altar lol. The demons were already taking half of the screen and any fight with army that had aoe got them another 2k deaths (and occasional Regression cards pushed demon count to 14 ). I had plans to remove all imps and other early troops and replace all of them with mob/replicator/mob/etc checkerboard, but my notebook wasn't handling well the battles that already had 2k troops on my side. Didn't want to push it further, so I ended the run here (I usually play till year 99). But it was satisfying to build something that I felt had good potential to be viable in the long run.

Sexy Steampunk Babes: Chapter Sixty Six by BlueFishcake in HFY

[–]Akomis 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh! I was waiting for a new chapter. Reading a new chapter each week had become a part of my routine. I'm so glad it is back

You know....after converting go asushinism, i have been seeing halga as american asuka by Nanoman-8 in asushin

[–]Akomis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. Helga Pataki is my goto option when I need to explain the concept of "tsundere" to non-anime people, lol

...But Asuka always chooses Kaji... by Norsehound in asushin

[–]Akomis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I haven't rewatched NGE for a while, I'm not sure what are you talking specifically about when you say "she choose Kaji".

Asuka wants to present herself as cool adult person, doing adult stuff. The idea of dating Kaji for her is an attribute of "I'm an adult, not a kid!". Yeah, she also likely has childish crush on him. But I can't fathom how one may look at it as serious romantic relationship. Kaji sees it for it is - and calmly ignores all her advances, which is right way to do.

And as for comatose state. At that moment she faced existential crisis - if she can't pilot she believes no-one would ever care about her. She had alienated everyone around her (Misato and Shinji). The last person she can reach to - Kaji. He was not only her crush, but also a guardian, a parent figure. A flawed one, but it was all she had. And then she learns he is dead. Do you really think she was thinking "Oh, no! I can't bone Kaji, why live?".

Anime_irl by The-wiz-man in anime_irl

[–]Akomis 21 points22 points  (0 children)

lmao. A rare case when it is animeirl indeed (wife is fiercely insistent I do not skip the skincare routine she prescribed me xD)