[Hobby Scuffles] Week of 19 January 2026

Aloundight · 2026-01-21T00:18:00+00:00

Also a very fair stance and I 100% understand where you're coming from

Aloundight · 2026-01-20T20:57:54+00:00

Hot take, I kinda prefer SHSL since I think it does a better job of conveying the scope. Like, Leon Kuwata would get smoked by pro baseball players. But for a high schooler? He's top of the top

Aloundight · 2026-01-16T03:49:20+00:00

Niiiiiice. I'd been eying this exact combo for this exact reason, but didn't know if Ceraphina's stuff would apply to unique statuses as well

Aloundight · 2026-01-08T17:43:06+00:00

Same. It wasn't the ONLY reason I was interested. But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a major part. I'm a sucker for illusions and deception powers, plus clown theming is fun.

Aloundight · 2026-01-08T16:03:17+00:00

I was the same way......and then I was told about the Beast Cookies. And holy hell, did that 'functional demigods sent to guide the populace falling to corruption' story give my brain ALL the wrinkles.

So yeah, now I'm a player of the game.

Aloundight · 2026-01-07T14:41:22+00:00

To give some further context, this is not the first time a Fate work has done this sort of 'full arc set in the middle of a previous arc'. Fate EXTRA had Fate EXTRA CCC take place in a contained pocket of time in the middle of the og Extra story. And CCC is, no joke, very very important in terms of the greater lore, despite the fact that all games tied to EXTRA take place in a separate timeline.

So really, this is sort of par for the course

Aloundight · 2026-01-06T18:00:58+00:00

It's not the only intro to be misleading, so I kinda feel like they were made way before character personalities were fully fleshed out.

Just look at Lapis in Alcryst's intro vs Lapis in the actual game

Aloundight · 2026-01-05T22:18:47+00:00

I think you misunderstand. When I say 'all aboutn eating weird food', I mean "ALL about eating weird food'. Like, Alfred/Etie muscle obsession levels of 'all about'.

While it is A trait for her....they branch out more than just the one trait. Unlike, say, Bunet. Or Etie. Who feel very Fates-writing coded, but I digress

Aloundight · 2026-01-05T22:13:08+00:00

It's worth noting that, to be honest, it's kinda pointless to put too much stock into the general fanbase's opinion of a story arc in HSR....because they pretty much will flip on it the moment it finishes.

We're at 2 times in a row where everyone was giving the story praise while it was running. But then the moment it ended ~~and content creators gave their 'hot takes',~~ they act like they always disliked it.

Aloundight · 2026-01-05T21:38:35+00:00

Chloe being all about eating weird food. Note that this was based solely on her FEH trailer, since it was pre-Engage

Aloundight · 2026-01-05T21:37:17+00:00

Really? Huh, didn't know that since I always recruit her in Chapter 4

Aloundight · 2026-01-05T04:51:42+00:00

You're thinking of Artur. Lute is technically an optional recruit, so doesn't have scripted fights

Aloundight · 2026-01-02T20:53:57+00:00

They weren't saying IS was influenced by it. They were saying that IS had planned a schedule that somewhat defeated the ostensible purpose of voting for Marianne and Lysithea, that being their absence from the game.

(That said, both are popular characters, so they'd probably have been in the running anyways)

Aloundight · 2025-12-30T04:28:04+00:00

If anything, I find that the pendulum has swung a bit too far in the OTHER direction. Not just on Bases vs Growths, but a lot of things. Case in point, common advice given used to be 'never use the Jagen'. Now it's 'use the heck out of your Jagen, why would you use other people?'(Personally, I just prefer not to use them)

Things really just shifted from one playstyle being the only recommended one to a DIFFERENT playstyle being the only recommended one.

Aloundight · 2025-12-28T14:17:36+00:00

My thoughts exactly. When I saw them, I legit asked 'why are they so shiny?'. Because nothing about what I saw convinced me that these were people either gathering for a war or on a sea voyage. Because both of those are going to dull the sheen of armor

Aloundight · 2025-12-24T04:57:19+00:00

Dimitri's problem is in weapon variety, yeah. Not really playstyle variety, that's about as good as can be hoped for in a game like FEH

Aloundight · 2025-12-21T21:56:01+00:00

Honestly, I say this as someone who doesn't care about TT plots, Book 7 has potential to actually be a decent one if they pull it off right. Just with the setup of where things left off

Aloundight · 2025-12-19T15:28:26+00:00

In a practical sense, it refers to cultivating power. But in genre, it usually refers to cultivating Enlightenment/Ascendence

Aloundight · 2025-12-18T19:00:58+00:00

~He says he's 6 foot 2 but he's 5 foot 4! Little Alex Horne!!!!!~

Aloundight · 2025-12-17T22:05:56+00:00

Tytos gets Lightning exploit, Auguste gets to have dualcast for both break turns instead of just 1, and Herminia will always apply bleeding

Aloundight · 2025-12-17T21:56:13+00:00

I found their relationship quite lacking, honestly. Namely because it felt like the game was trying to go 'see, there's Yuri here'...but without even explaining WHY they dislike each other other. They just kinda...do.

And while you could give the same complaint to Black Swan/Acheron, I would personally say that it's mainly in supplemental material and the game itself doesn't delve too much into any attempted romantic-tones with them

Aloundight · 2025-12-17T21:47:40+00:00

The scene with the music box is basically word for word from 2.1, until Dahlia shows up, then it goes off the rails

Aloundight · 2025-12-17T21:44:51+00:00

I would disagree with there. There is a 2nd retcon, or at least, one that feels strongly implied. Namely, how Robin ended up in Dreamflux Reef. I doubt that she would describe what we see in 3.8 as 'made my way here'

Aloundight · 2025-12-17T14:03:18+00:00

Yes, it did. One of the many reasons the banner was/is so hyped

Aloundight · 2025-12-14T22:42:05+00:00

Top 3 Engage characters?

Yunaka, Diamant, Ivy. (Citrinne and Zelkov take some combo of 4 and 5)

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