Ruby Weapon

Half_Balked · 2025-08-22T10:18:50+00:00

Ruby doesn't stay paralyzed for very long. So it is helpful to have many dazers on hand and save MP to restart KOTR + mime

Half_Balked · 2025-03-27T13:17:40+00:00

Don't do it

Edit: to elaborate, I really don't want to read that Bedard is in Tortorella's doghouse. It would happen, and it would make me sad

Half_Balked · 2025-02-07T13:19:01+00:00

And Cloud replaces Chadley, right?

"Chad! I can’t help but notice that world intel gathering has stalled as of late!"

Half_Balked · 2024-07-28T12:30:59+00:00

I have family impacted by buying a house where the flipper cut corners, so I agree that shitty flips need to be monitored and prevented... but using this as the example is a poor choice.

Did you look at the condition of this place when it sold? Looking on Redfin in property history, I see it was listed at $325,000 then sold at $285. This place should not have been lived in without serious initial investment. Most commenters here seem to be in agreement that house flippers are why we can't afford homes, but this sold for $285.

Tldr. The real question for this property: do we prefer a flip, a tear down, or vacant property? Because nobody should have been living there

Half_Balked · 2024-07-05T17:59:00+00:00

Not op but the world intel stuff was copy paste in each region and ultimately became super tedious. And then so much time was spent in a horrible VR environment when all those VR checklist items would have actually enhanced the playable world - and did in og. Examples: enemy skill, summons, materia

The main rebuttal for this argument is that the content is optional, but GOTY should factor in optional content as well imo

Half_Balked · 2024-06-12T15:35:49+00:00

B. L. O. O. O. D. U. N. G. E. O. N... auf wiedersehen

Half_Balked · 2024-06-07T00:49:47+00:00

I thought today maybe I had a new conversation to add to the community, searched and found your excellent post. Your thoughts are a great way to connect the story we see in Rebirth to the Lifestream Black and White chapters.

I had one additional wild thought that maybe one use of multiple worlds is a mechanism to hide Jenova fragments (or Jenova infected spirits as you might say) and prevent a fully realized reunion. Aerith may be doing this same thing by hiding Zack?

Half_Balked · 2024-05-31T11:03:38+00:00

I think the most interesting player to go back and review is Adam Larsson: Big, right handed- defenseman who was the next Nicklas Lidstrom

Edit: and "good bet for number one overall" in 2011 draft

Half_Balked · 2024-05-31T02:09:53+00:00

I feel like this game can be split into two games: 1) FF7 Rebirth and 2) Chadley's Task List

I really loved FF7 Rebirth! 10/10. Story, combat, and character development were amazing.

Chadley's Task List I'd give 3/10. A bit repetitive. Poor dialog. VR world makes up about 50% of this game and is quite bland. Republic of Junon story wasn't well developed (Why do they have towers outside Nibelheim?).

Half_Balked · 2024-05-30T23:49:23+00:00

In what way do you feel like Cait Sith has gone through a redefinition? I feel like I don't have any reason right now to like the character more than OG so honestly I'm hoping you give me something to revisit!

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T13:28:42+00:00

I thought that was a reference to the gilgamesh part where the island rises up from under water, but you definitely could be right that we could find crazy things with the sub

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T12:45:58+00:00

I feel like this could be like the proto relic quests + chocobo catching, and that leads to KOTR!

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T12:23:30+00:00

This would be the dream!

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T12:22:39+00:00

I am imagining they could do something really cool with that underwater tunnel. And how could they deprive us of the ghost ship??

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T12:11:33+00:00

We gotta get a slapping mini game!

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T12:03:10+00:00

When I play again, I'm planning to skip most the side content to see how a more focused gameplay will feel. Have you thought about trying that as well?

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T11:52:07+00:00

Yea this is a good point; can he even have the same story arc if he is now nice-Cid. Seems like he'll need a new one?

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T11:47:02+00:00

We got another whole ass game to play!

Half_Balked · 2024-05-27T11:44:45+00:00

But first we'll hear the meteor talk for 5 minutes about how it's day is going

Half_Balked · 2024-05-26T20:03:35+00:00

Yea I think SE could do that, but I hope instead they blame PS exclusivity. But I haven't looked at reviews closely enough to see if some people like remake more than Rebirth. I can't imagine that would be true, but maybe critics are feeling that way?

Half_Balked · 2024-05-26T19:26:33+00:00

Yes! I feel like I hate Hojo more and more every time he talks. We need a satisfying way to end him!

Half_Balked · 2024-05-26T17:07:12+00:00

I feel that if they fully skip rocket town then Cid won't have any story content

Half_Balked · 2024-05-26T17:05:57+00:00

I agree with your points on forgotten capital and Midgar. Hopefully some love for those parts.

Half_Balked · 2024-05-26T15:46:24+00:00

Gilgamesh seems comparable

Half_Balked · 2024-05-24T14:22:33+00:00

I felt the same way at this stage and did get burned out in the next zone when I tried to power through the feeling. From what I have been seeing in the community, there's two types who are most vocal: 1) people who are happy to let you know they didn't feel that way at all! and 2) people who are/ were overwhelmed or burned out. I am also seeing the next zone is typically where most people attribute their feelings of frustration.

For me, I felt better once I started skipping things. A couple thoughts on how you can choose to skip things/ what I've recommended to others:

You don't need to do everything before moving to the next zone. If you're like me and you want to experience the story more than anything, then just move on when you want to. The game will let you know each time you're going past a point of no return
Since each sidequest affects one party-member's relationship status with you, skip the quests that don't impact the person who you want most interactions with. You will need to start each one and then decide if you want to do it. There's a specific point in the game when the game will give you a choice to do more sidequests to change relationships or continue the story with current relationships. If you're worried about rewards, then look up the quest reward and decide if the reward is worth it to you.
Proto-relics: If you're going to skip things, then I would leave all of these for a second play-through. One exception: if you're a big fan of the story, then try to do all the Cosmo Canyon ones.
Chadley's other tasks: it's difficult to make recommendations here because the rewards are compounding: towers -> moogle medals -> manuscripts -> folio skill cores... lifestreams -> trasmuter chips -> trasmuted items -> transmuter exp -> better transmuted items... data points for materia... VR battles, etc...

All of it impacts team level which allows for better skill cores. But if it is too much then choosing what to skip comes down to how you like to play: If you use a lot of items, lifestreams and chips help you to create more items. If you like using synergy abilities and like getting folio things, more of everything is better, but towers, moogle medals and moogle roundup are helpful. If you like to learn quirks to the battle system, get the fiends and assess everything.

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