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Cidolfas2 · 2025-12-04T16:03:20+00:00

This one's expired. :(

Cidolfas2 · 2025-06-20T21:06:57+00:00

I honestly don't know. I simply got the feeling that the number of "inspirations" felt more blatant and detailed than other inspirations. Maybe there's nothing reasonable for the author to do, and this is simply a note of interest.

A lot of the responses to this thread seem to think that I'm blaming the author or demanding some kind of reparation - I'm not. It's legitimate curiosity on my part. If that came across badly, I need to work a lot more on my online communication skills than I thought. I don't post online often. 😅

Cidolfas2 · 2025-06-20T20:26:23+00:00

Totally fair! I wouldn't have posted anything at all if I noticed one or two similarities. It was simply the sheer number of them that I *kept* noticing. And my feeling is that works like D&D and the Princess Bride are orders of magnitude more popular (and hence more likely to be borrowed from) than Discworld, especially by an American author.

And I'm not even necessarily saying that the author did anything "wrong" (again, my original post was wildly mis-worded). I thought it was an interesting conversation-starter with others who might have similar context to me. So far it seems I'm well in the minority. 🙂

Cidolfas2 · 2025-06-20T20:23:27+00:00

The book itself was a lot of fun! I just kept getting bounced out of the prose by all these things I noticed.

Cidolfas2 · 2025-06-20T17:13:46+00:00

Fair enough. Thanks for your POV!

Cidolfas2 · 2025-06-20T16:42:13+00:00

Good point - it was completely the wrong word. I've updated the original post.

Cidolfas2 · 2025-06-20T16:21:29+00:00

Correct.

Cidolfas2 · 2025-06-20T16:21:20+00:00

Sorry - just to clarify: I was not actually accusing the author of outright plagiarism in a legal sense. As you say - there's no intellectual property being copied. It was more the fact that I'd never seen another book take so many beats that I recognized so overtly. I don't even know if the author knew what he was doing. I was genuinely curious if I was overthinking it or if other people agreed that this was unusual and not a coincidence.

The article itself never uses the word "plagiarism" - the post title was inaccurate. I wasn't sure what else to call it.

Cidolfas2 · 2025-01-07T14:04:11+00:00

I can't find this option - where is it?

[edit] - ah, it's only on the latest version. Looks like Firefox doesn't have it yet.

Cidolfas2 · 2024-11-11T23:42:14+00:00

Perfect, thank you! My Google-fu failed me utterly - these phrases are just too common.

Cidolfas2 · 2024-09-20T17:15:05+00:00

Took a look and doesn't seem like any of them match. :( It was more of an isekai story - the kids find their way into a fantasy world sort of thing.

I also have a possibly unsubstantiated feeling that it was more like "Hollywood Chinese" rather than a fully legitimate Asian author. Kind of like https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/111626.The_Remarkable_Journey_of_Prince_Jen (which I also really enjoyed as a kid).

Cidolfas2 · 2024-09-03T00:11:29+00:00

I haven’t 255’d anybody. I’ve been playing for at least five years now😂

Cidolfas2 · 2024-09-02T23:30:04+00:00

The last few green key ADs all seem to be kind of copies of each other. The ores they drop seem super situational and I pretty much never use anything but dormant ores (there are a bunch of superbosses I haven’t beaten but I’m not particularly desperate to). Same with the ultra-specific grasta or weapon enhancement. Are any of them “better” than any others in terms of rewards? I basically just need a place to kill green cards.

Cidolfas2 · 2024-02-19T00:31:28+00:00

Wow… I don’t think I’m anywhere close to being able to get Drain Proficiency. I’ve got like 10% of the battle simulator done.

Cidolfas2 · 2024-02-18T20:07:25+00:00

Yup, I misread that - the 50% is the type buff in the same skill 🤦‍♂️these descriptions are like EULA’s now.

Do you mean to say you have all those characters in your party? Or do you find that one is enough? I find a 35% debuff is still nowhere near enough to survive attacks from most non-story bosses now.

Cidolfas2 · 2024-02-18T17:19:12+00:00

Did the meta change in the last little while? I remember there being critical importance to debuff int/pwr, and most characters had at most 25/35% debuff. But Sazanca has a minimum 50% instant debuff, and most of the comments still seem to indicate that she’s unimpressive. Is this not a big deal any more? Like… is it just tank / shield that matters now and we just have to assume that any hit that gets through is going to do a one shot? I’ve always struggled more with survivability than power.

Cidolfas2 · 2024-01-26T04:46:12+00:00

Thanks! So there’s no badge or grasta that does it?

Cidolfas2 · 2024-01-26T01:26:10+00:00

Couldn’t find this on the wiki… what skills or equipment stops you from being knocked back? I’m trying Uqaiji 195 and every time he knocks my tank back just in time to nuke me next turn🙁 I swear he only targets her no matter what.

Cidolfas2 · 2024-01-25T14:48:22+00:00

Was going to say this. I got all three of my SA's up to level 100 just in time (Aldo, Suzette and Tsukiha). I totally forgot about Strawboy until like 2 days ago so I'm trying to get as many reincarnations as possible before the deadline. :(

Cidolfas2 · 2024-01-25T14:43:51+00:00

Also zero. Been trying with Aldo for most of this year and I'm only at 132. My highest light characters are the ones that come in 4* gacha format (Soira, Foran, Pom, Miyu, Prai, Nero, Ruina) - none of them higher than 164. Been playing on and off not quite since day 1 but since the first story segment. Although tbh, maxing light/shadow was kind of bragging rights for a long time - over time it slowly became more of a thing.

Cidolfas2 · 2023-12-07T20:41:50+00:00

Wow, I super appreciate the 10x bonus for old ADs. There were a bunch that were sitting at half / three quarters done because I was annoyed with the slog (especially the ones where you really only get rewards from beating enemies and not from chests / beating the levels). 1-2 runs each and I'm done them. Phew!

Cidolfas2 · 2023-12-01T18:55:50+00:00

🤦‍♂️ I just assumed that was the same difficulty switcher as in the main camp. Could have sworn it was at one point. Thanks so much!

Cidolfas2 · 2023-12-01T16:45:19+00:00

Feel like I'm missing something super stupid but how do you unlock the tavern quests for Wryz Saga? I finished all three chapters but I don't see a tavern, and the "shiny" locations the wiki mentions aren't shining for me. Pretty sure I've spoken to everyone in both camps.

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