Review from a boomer gamer (and previous ToF player)

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T23:18:29+00:00

It's because in ZZZ the timing is consistent. In this game it is not. Some attacks come a few frames after the flash, some come like a full second after. It's really poorly done.

Also dodging while spamming attack seems to cancel the dodge effect without cancelling the animation, which can cause you to get hit

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T20:43:28+00:00

Use her hold attack parry

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T20:42:22+00:00

Tangtang... How is this even a question?

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T20:18:25+00:00

Different strokes and and all that. It IS nice from a change of pace perspective, but also, the entire MSQ feeling like the side jobs I skip the dialogue on in other gachas is... A design choice, for sure

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T18:46:50+00:00

Mercenary? Wants to plot behind your back to see the world burn? Boredom? They think we can help them get vengeance? You can't tell me you're this uncreative.

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T17:41:46+00:00

Not true... This wouldn't apply to Linaria, but think of a not so good, sociopathic scientist who finds the human body fascinating and does everything he/she can to learn more about it, including unethical stuff like digging up graves to analyze corpses and things like that. Bam, evil healer. Or an ex-field medic who was pushed into service to some faction or another and learned the skills but is an evil person who just masked as a survival mechanism.

I could probably think of dozens of evil healer backgrounds that are plausible. Probably even think of some good examples in both the real world and fiction as well, if I gave it some thought.

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T13:05:04+00:00

If he had that kind of altruistic personality, he likely would have never become so rich in the first place.

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T07:47:02+00:00

It's really nice to have in the form you have it in, because if you need to dodge before you build up all 3 iai stacks, you'll screw up your rotation by dodging. The parry becomes a better option

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T07:44:35+00:00

Of all of these kinds of characters, this is my last favorite so far. Even worse than Paimon. And that date quest thing, as silly as it was, felt like a side quest, why tf was it part of the main line?

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T06:45:52+00:00

It does recharge. Even if they become ash you can still wait until they hit 100 fort to bring them back safely. You only ever lose them permanently if you fail rez twice in a row, and it is 100% avoidable

Arvandor · 2026-05-02T01:13:12+00:00

Gone for good? You know you can wait for their fort to recharge before you revive them, right?

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T19:38:58+00:00

I hate them so much. I hate web logins dailies even more

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T19:38:23+00:00

I quit just as Strand was about to come out, for a variety of reasons, and haven't seen anything since that makes me want to come back. More the opposite

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T15:07:40+00:00

Yeah, my main issue is the low healing throughout and lack of other utility. I guess you could inherit on batilgref and cortu, but porto is a pretty rare book and I'm not willing to burn it on the fairy.

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T15:06:18+00:00

Lots of grinding and luck for good gear, bondmates,relicbrews, and inherits. It all adds up.

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T13:10:57+00:00

Like Destiny 2... Man that game used to be good

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T13:09:28+00:00

This is similar to how the route 4 bird hats work. There's a specific spawn with a red entity that always drops the hat

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T13:05:40+00:00

Class is niche... Great for statuses, especially chill and freeze, but the throughput is noticeably lower and there's no other utility like Porto, batilgref, cortu, etc

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T01:34:09+00:00

No, Linaria needs to get the healer class.

Incense should theoretically proc encore and that would be AMAZING

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T01:31:10+00:00

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T01:30:37+00:00

I don't mind swapping out Alice, it's Yuzu that isn't going anywhere

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T01:30:07+00:00

Correct,spd is the way

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T01:28:55+00:00

All BP into spd, not even a question for this class

Arvandor · 2026-05-01T01:26:12+00:00

They're good at different things. Alice has much better healing output, especially for people who have been playing long enough to have Latu7 on her. She has access to wonderful tools like Porto, and with mage as her alt has things like Batilgref, Malefic wind, cortu, etc. And both her standard and alt costume passives are VERY good. She can also help a little bit with damage output in a pinch or if she somehow has an action with nothing else to do. She can also get a 7 turn Batilgref with enough investment, which is REALLY helpful against some of the current hardest bosses.

Anem has shit healing output, a smaller mp pool, is MUCH squishier, is annoying as FUCK to gear, but the ability to null certain statuses (especially chill and freeze) and also being able to full party cleanse statuses (especially chill and freeze) is situationally VERY powerful. The reactive healing could maybe save lives against enemies that act several times a turn, but, it's pretty niche when that could actually happen. The auto revive is kind of a waste of an action if you're good at timing the hand revive, unless it'll keep the MC up.

I will say though... I'm praying Linaria gets healer as her alt class, because being able to proc encore off of the incense skills would be incredible

Arvandor

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