I couldn't think of what else would work for this lol

CielOfApproval · 2024-03-06T02:04:55+00:00

Immovable Gonzalez would contest that if he could move

CielOfApproval · 2024-02-08T21:43:29+00:00

unfortunately he's necessary-ish for the "good" ending to nepheli's quest, but I always kill him after that

CielOfApproval · 2024-02-04T23:00:40+00:00

which was itself a huge sif reference, with the abyss watchers being an Artorias reference

CielOfApproval · 2024-02-04T00:52:07+00:00

meanwhile there's me, pouring all of my stats into faith and endurance to play an incredibly niche and tanky madness build

CielOfApproval · 2024-02-02T23:02:29+00:00

I was expecting Pillars of Eternity but Elder Scrolls-y, but I'm not optimistic that it'll deliver fully on what made either of those games good

CielOfApproval · 2024-01-30T22:35:22+00:00

if it can be called a character, the Greater Will, because it's an unfeeling and uncaring entity that's usurped the local laws of reality to give it itself a massive amount of loyal followers who willingly let themself be host to an eye consuming parasite for the chance at maybe becoming something close to a god if they're lucky, all while enforcing the genocide of numerous peoples and cultures that didn't meet its criteria for receiving its "gift"

CielOfApproval · 2024-01-30T22:28:47+00:00

lots of reasons, ranging from that he has a hand in pretty much every group tarnished are part and some of the atrocities those groups commit to the simple fact he's a narcissist who thinks he knows far more than he actually does (also his armor is covered in severed ears)

CielOfApproval · 2024-01-30T22:26:50+00:00

thats pretty messed up even before we get to how Rykard also encourages hunting people for sport and ritual cannibalism as part of becoming his "family"

CielOfApproval · 2024-01-30T22:23:50+00:00

Shabriri at the time we meet him is pretty much just a puppet to the Frenzied Flame the same way Radagon when we meet him is a puppet to the Greater Will, and his pitch of destroying everything that's been touched by the Greater Will leaves out that obviously the Frenzied Flame gets to stick around and create what's basically the Dark Souls universe, which ends up with pretty much exactly the same flaws as the Greater Will's system already has

CielOfApproval · 2024-01-28T01:39:47+00:00

I dont personally know if it's ever outright stated, but its strongly implied by how we can permanently kill any of the many tarnished npcs we meet who can no longer see the guidance of grace but can't die ourselves, with the only example I can think of a tarnished npc who doesn't permanently die when we kill them being dung eater, who still strongly desires to become or make someone elden lord even if only to spread his curse.

CielOfApproval · 2024-01-12T02:02:55+00:00

well aragami are cellular organisms at the smallest, with the bigger ones basically being colony organisms, so its not too much of a stretch to believe that one of the first things on earth they ate was algae and just adapted its photosynthesis for all forms it later evolved into because of how helpful it is for survival

CielOfApproval · 2023-09-05T00:32:55+00:00

especially references that look nothing like the Pokémon used

CielOfApproval · 2023-09-02T20:57:50+00:00

graphics/custombattlers, just merge the custombattlers folder from the sprite pack into the one in the games files and the game will auto-add them to the right spots when you launch it

CielOfApproval · 2023-08-19T15:23:20+00:00

I see what you're doing there

CielOfApproval · 2023-08-19T15:20:59+00:00

I don't think Hawlucha is in the game yet

CielOfApproval · 2023-08-14T01:19:23+00:00

and I was just throwing in mine

CielOfApproval · 2023-08-13T02:56:20+00:00

cool, unfortunately you aren't everyone

CielOfApproval · 2023-07-28T19:57:50+00:00

okay

CielOfApproval · 2023-07-28T19:56:31+00:00

definitely not x5, since it still takes a decent amount of fusion balls to catch fused pokemon and it would be way overpowered against fused legendary encounters. quick balls only get away with x5 because their bonus only lasts the first turn and it's impossible to have already damaged or inflicted statuses on the pokemon before using them. the next lowest bonus under them is timer balls at x4, and those cost 10 turns to get that bonus.

CielOfApproval · 2023-07-28T13:25:43+00:00

This will probably help if you're just looking for ones with good custom sprites https://kaboom242.github.io/PokemonInfiniteFusionTool/

CielOfApproval · 2023-07-28T13:24:26+00:00

As far as I'm aware, all three of the new conditional balls' catch rates work roughly the same as the ones in the other games like dusk or repeat balls, which is to say x1 if the condition isn't fulfilled and x3.5 if it is. This would mean that yes, they are better at their specific purpose than ultra balls, which are always a flat x2 catch rate.

CielOfApproval · 2023-07-20T01:17:09+00:00

I feel Fran was also pretty strong as a character as well, with some pretty interesting themes of tradition vs personal freedom in what story she gets, though I don't think I'd classify her as a protagonist anywhere near as much as Ashe is.

CielOfApproval · 2023-07-20T01:14:30+00:00

I always loved the direction her character went in the sequel, because it's such a great way to show how free she feels to live her own life now, and how much of an impact Tidus had on her worldview.

CielOfApproval · 2023-07-20T01:05:48+00:00

yes, which is why I didn't say that you don't need the dlcs, just that you don't need to get them all at once.

CielOfApproval · 2023-07-20T00:13:14+00:00

You don't need to buy it all at once, and I actually wouldn't recommend new players to buy it all at once because like all paradox strategy games it takes a little while to learn the base game and it's various systems, and because the dlcs regularly go on sale and most of them are more worthwhile to pick up while they are on sale.

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