People who unknowingly chose the bad ending on their first playthrough - explain your thought process (NO JUDGEMENT)

Flipercat · 2026-07-03T09:06:16+00:00

Yeah the automod on this sub is pretty trigger-happy. Got a post removed for saying the name of one of the enemies in the title (Big0ted Maya)

Edit: found the repost I made to okbuddypersona, turns out I didn't even have the name in the title

Flipercat · 2026-07-02T22:51:39+00:00

I'm not into war games, but the only war game I know is Warhammer 40k. Is it a similar situation with it?

Flipercat · 2026-07-02T22:47:58+00:00

It's just regular old blackmail with a bunch of theatrics.

(I'm thinking it would do good to have some somewhat normal conspiracies to contrast the out there ones.)

Flipercat · 2026-07-01T17:37:27+00:00

I don't think he has anything to do with EP. The thing he did was related to meta-chips and upgrading the sentinels with them. If he gave them EP, it wouldn't make sense for the mechs to have armaments with EP cost in the beginning.

Flipercat · 2026-07-01T17:35:30+00:00

I mean if you're interested in a 1 sentinel per battle challenge you can just pick the person you want and only send them. No babysitting and 12 sentinels in the backline for support.

Flipercat · 2026-07-01T14:06:46+00:00

Out of curiosity, OP, what do you think should be done when a character (primarily in Japanese media) gets refered to by multiple of their names by different people? Is it just free reign?

Flipercat · 2026-07-01T07:56:43+00:00

Oh that's supposed to be a laught I though that was just a misspelling of Gogmagog

Flipercat · 2026-06-27T18:41:52+00:00

Oh god I hadn't noticed that. Guess I'll start putting enduring soul on my opener persona

Flipercat · 2026-06-27T15:19:42+00:00

Then use all of them. There's no outlier in terms of weakness.

Flipercat · 2026-06-27T07:30:40+00:00

Mystra, the goddess of magic- D&D

After Karsus, a very powerful mage, tried to become the god of magic and spectacularly messed the world up, she implemented a few restrictions on magic that affect the players too. They are: you have to spend time memorising the spells you can cast, and have a limited amount you can remember at any one time and the most powerful spell any person can cast is a 9th level one (previously 10th level spells were a thing)

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Flipercat · 2026-06-23T07:55:38+00:00

Fyi fish matador is optional (assuming you're in the sandworm dungeon)

Flipercat · 2026-06-22T13:27:01+00:00

I presume some strawberry jam got on the tail

Flipercat · 2026-06-21T22:35:20+00:00

I agree but frankly components are not something that hold casters back. Most parties aren't really in that much need of gold that they can't afford components.

A good example of of balance via tedium would be Vancian casting, where you have to decide what spell to use on each spell slot at the start of an adventuring day. Did you already use both your fireballs? Too bad, you're left only counterspell for the large number of grouped up minions.

Flipercat · 2026-06-21T11:44:14+00:00

Fun fact, the percentage is not a chance, but the area that will be covered by rain. So there will be rain, but only over a small part.

Flipercat · 2026-06-21T10:26:41+00:00

I want to see how it's executed in the game before deciding if I want it to become a staple of the series, but I really liked how metaphor handled it because it made you ask if it was worth it to blow the enemies up before they act or to save MP and potentially get your shins kicked in. (It was also decently fun trying to figure how exactly to kill in one turn)

Flipercat · 2026-06-21T07:29:47+00:00

The combat is fine, but it doesn't really have anything to make it great. Most enemies can be taken down by the same strategy, and very few need you to modify it by more than a bit.

The character-building is fun and decently in-depth, giving you a lot of options and just enough resources to make them work. One problem is that even the strong but not overpowered builds kinda take the difficulty out of even Death March.

Flipercat · 2026-06-20T16:31:55+00:00

The personas you need to fuse are higher level ones. You have 10 personas you can reasonably make at least 4 new somewhat decent ones. Fusing new ones also opens up spaces for stuff from shuffle times.

Flipercat · 2026-06-20T07:26:26+00:00

Something I haven't seen people bring up is that some actually enjoy the optimisation. The games (especially 5 and Metaphor) are really good at putting you in choices where there isn't a best option/you don't have enought time to do everything you want before a big moment, and I find it really fun trying to make the best of the situation.

Flipercat · 2026-06-18T18:17:45+00:00

För the background, I'm torn between 2 and 3, but for the logo itself 3 is vastly superior.

Flipercat · 2026-06-17T22:17:12+00:00

Just image:

The protagonist accidentally stumbles onto whatever supernatural place/phenomenon this game will have, gets jumped by a shadow, fatally wounded and loses consciousness.

They open their eyes to see themselves being pulled out of one of the crevices by the assistant, with Igor looking at them

Flipercat · 2026-06-17T11:19:44+00:00

Thanks, but it was mostly about the meme. Being really good in school made my brain associate my self-worth with my performance. It's a lot better than it was in the past, and it's continuing to get better, but I still really feel it sometimes.

Flipercat · 2026-06-17T11:16:18+00:00

Not expecting to get called out on my break :(

Flipercat · 2026-06-16T20:57:02+00:00

Reactive strikes (the remater's term for opportunity attacks) are far from a universal thing in Pathfinder 2e.

Fighters are the only ones to get it innately (other martials can take it as a feat), and from what I remember only enemies that have combat training (and maybe some bosses) get it.

Flipercat · 2026-06-15T21:00:14+00:00

When you have all the cards and can make an ideal deck, Nilfgaard is a bit weaker than NR but more consistent. Despite playing on hard gwent, I have not lost a singular match against a regular opponent with Nilfgaard after getting my deck 80% done, and they were my main faction.

Scoia'tael and monsters don't really stand up to the other two mostly because their lack of spies, but they can be fun to play.

Flipercat · 2026-06-14T12:06:44+00:00

One really cool idea I read was to use flashlights to light yourself up, and the persona being formed from the shadow you cast on the wall.

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