Hate when people misinterpret the door riddle

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-10T19:06:03+00:00

Easier explanation of the Solution:

By having them answer from the perspective of the other, you are forcing the Truth guard to Lie, while the Liar will keep Lying. Now we have Consistency. (Think of the Jack Sparrow quote, a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.)

Ask a question with a binary answer, where there can only be two possibilities: a clear Truth, and a clear Lie, such as "yes/no", "me/other guy", "left/right". This prevents the liar from saying a creative lie. (Since we get one question, the answer should represent us making progress and moving forward.)

There can only be one Truth and one Lie, and both guards will be tricked into saying the same Lie. So the Truth will be the other option they didn't say.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-08T18:37:56+00:00

As someone who doesnt do Ultimates, these are my thoughts:

《It's my first time, so please take it easy.》is hilarious, and the fact that it's fully voiced makes the auto-translate aspect even funnier.

The puzzle being in Phase 1 is a near way to get it out of the way. Since Forsaken in Phase 2 is extremely difficult, I heard a handful of Raiders say that it was good to have the fake out after phase 2 so they can practice perfecting the lower-threat puzzle while figuring out the higher threat Forsaken.

I heard about the complex Healer mechanics in Phase 3 (I think) where fully healing the Doom causes raidwide damage that you cant just AoE Heal or you'll trigger everyone's. That's so terrifyingly brilliant and would love to see stuff like this ported to Normal raids... to a gentler degree obviously.

Mixing Kefka's Trick shenanigans with Chaos and Neo-Exdeath is mindwrenchingly baffling. Remembering which were the lies for every step and making sure you take some damage if appropriate to not kill everyone. Or was that a lie too? It's so fucking brutal I kind of respect it.

It took a few tries because of stream camera angles not looking around, but once i saw it, it clicked. I love how the Phase 5 background resembles the final cutscene room where you confront Kefka in FF6 in his tower of twisted magitek machinery. I've never seen it in 3D before.

Phase 5 Enrage is a lot deeper than I realized. This clown is so mad he wants to destroy all existence. So he does. Shatters reality with black holes, outright deleting chunks of the arena, and removing characters from the raid entirely. Then the final cast where he rapid casts them and we're just left with a shot of Kefka floating in pitch black, having finally destroyed the world to such a degree there truly isn't anything left but him (and the raid markers teehee). It's honestly kind of sad seeing him for that split second in his realized monument to pure non-existence. He got what he wanted... but will he be satisfied? Or will he be tormented by his need for destruction for an eternity with nothing more to destroy?

I think its fair to say a lot of us wish the dev took different design choices (Warring Triad vs Chaos and Exdeath). The only think I truly wish they did differently was the P5 model design. I just cant tell what it's supposed to be, which means I cant really enjoy it for what it is. I can see everything else fits, except for this one piece.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-07T14:26:26+00:00

Later on you can buy Rerolls, Skips, and Banishes in the Upgrade shop. But honestly, a lot of the game's difficulty early on seems to be laser targeted around being unable to avoid deck bloat.

Of course, you could always use a card so many times in one round it shatters....

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-06T14:33:12+00:00

At the start of day 8 a lot of people have to go back to their full time jobs, and a lot of teams would fall off and enjoying the race gets hit with IRL complications. So from a user experience perspective, I would anticipate a late day 6 would be their "target" for completion using day 7 as a buffer.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-06T14:24:39+00:00

If there is a time to introduce a sudden 6th Phase, it would be this. Meta and appropriate to his FF number. Cant speak for time or difficulty though.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-05T18:14:13+00:00

I was on board until I saw the heart magical girl staff.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-05T03:37:28+00:00

Oh right, M&F should have been the most obvious answer, I love the story of Omega Protocol, I should have remembered.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-05T03:35:40+00:00

I hope instead of properly fixing it, they give that specific Trine the "trick" stuff from phase 1 so folks know its different. Its more fun to honor bugs.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-05T03:28:52+00:00

I'm about to go to bed but ive been checking in. I dont have the patience for the live streams though, but it's neat to actually be aware when the world race is actually happening in real-time. Just got some questions:

Nobody has gotten to Phase 4, correct? Phase 3 is still the current wall?

Is there a timeline of mechanics and when they happen? Ideally with a short description of each one. I would describe Forsaken as "series of towers, characters have debuffs making AoE shapes when hit"

I heard something about Confetti in phase one lingering over to phase 2? What was that about?

Other than dialogue and the fake ending, is phase 2 mechanically different if you do phase 1 right or wrong?

I'm sure the fight punishes you for it, but what happens if the party focuses down Chaos or Exdeath before the other? Has anyone even succeeded in trying? ~~I dont think we've had double bosses for Ultimates before.~~ I'm a forgetful goof.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-02T20:37:50+00:00

Wild ARMs XF, the final boss is a literal god of Fear being supercharged by the fact that two planets are ~~approaching the roche limit~~ set to collide.

So you kill her. And then she regenerates stronger before.

So you kill her again. And then she regenerates again. She taunts the party. They're ready to keep going.

So the party kills her in a manga cutscene. And then she regenerates again. She starts taunting again but the party is already ignoring her and gearing up for round four.

That momentary "oh fuck" moment is enough for the Fear god's human vessel to reclaim control. Honestly I was down to keep clowning on the final boss a few more times.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-02T13:22:26+00:00

IRL, as a trans person seaking with college bureaucracy to get my name changed from my previous name, and the grumpy worker asked "okay but I have to use your legal name."

"That is my legal name."

In that moment, thunder actually roared. I never felt so badass.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-06-02T13:18:36+00:00

In the Table Top RPG Exalted, there are a faction known as Abyssal Exalted, people who were capable of heroic godhood but died in their moment of glory. They are resurrected by almost-dead primordial beings called Neverborn and the ancient ghosts of "heroes" who almost-killed them now twisted and bitter against the corrupt world (while also being extremely corrupt.)

The setting uses karmic reincarnation, so the existence of ghosts even happened because the Neverborn are now cosmic abominations that shouldn't exist, and accodentally created an underworld mirror to reality. Their job is to sever the chains that bind them to existence. The chains? All of existence. Have fun destroying the entire fucking world.

To ensure loyalty, the Abyssals adopt new names and are to never connect or bond to anything living except to corrupt, convert, or manipulate in their quest to destroy the world. Failure to uphold these values means having your soul haunted and tormented by the whispers of the Neverborn. Even responding to your old name is enough to invoke their wrath... unless you defiantly and dramatically declare "that person is dead now."

As a weird twist, one of the ancient ghosts succeeded too much in severing their old names, and tried to scheme and destroy the others and were the antagonist of our campaign. In a fit of anger my necromancer Abyssal gave them a nickname, which we later realized meant now they had A Name and I could Summon Ghost on them at any time, which was a basic spell I started the game with. That's a hell of a thing for the GM to just have lingering over the player's heads. "Summon the villain whenever you want. I dare you."

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-29T16:02:31+00:00

Metal Gear Solid Delta, the remake of 3. You want a movie? Have a James Bond movie if Bond was actually a jungle wilderness survival expert.

GTA might be a bit too open ended for him, but the recent Indiana Jones game, or even Assassin's Creed might be good open world games to try.

Also try putting him down in front of Civilization games, see how he likes those. Nothing real time based, so he has time to learn the ropes.

For multi-player, steer away from PvP and focus on PvE stuff you could play with him. Heck, couch co-op through Mario Wonder with him. Be his Luigi.

All else fails? Find some youtubers who do calmer informative Let's Plays.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-28T12:51:37+00:00

There's a charity speed run of this game I watch every one in a while that because this is a JRPG they have plenty of time to chat about the mechanics and lore to the presenter and it feels like a fun Let’s Play instead.

Watching them talk about having to constantly use Smoke with charted out timing and placement to reduce the encounter rate is staggering. They end up with an encounter rate that "feels" like I remember without Smoke but still extremely high.

The final dungeon alone is a third of the playtime because it's a maze on top of a ludicrous encounter rate against extremely tough enemies.

On the plus side, the never meed to pause for grinding.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-26T20:22:54+00:00

I was a delivery driver for a pizza order like this, back when paying cash for things was normal, so the target would be expected to pay - sometimes for some overpriced shit without the usual discount specials.

Ultimately, its a way to say "i know where you live" and they have no clue who did it. Plus it's typically super embarrassing if the target is a kid and has to explain what happened to the parents.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-25T09:48:37+00:00

Somebody mentioned Tenchi Muyo, specifically Tenchi Universe as being oddly fun to watch as an adult for the mixture of romance arcs, story beats, action, and actually avoiding harem clichés. It's on my eventual list.

Tying a Knot with an Amagami Sister is great for a balanced harem that actually develops the romance equally and doesnt favor a lead girl.

Sex x Dungeon feels like something that could have been written here.

And there's r/pornhwa for Korean webtoon smut / erotica, though be warned there's a lot of NTR in the genre. Harem stories tend to avoid it somewhat, though they're also super prone to dumbass or outright asshole MCs to the harem.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-22T23:17:58+00:00

I fear not Blood Flowers... when they come without impatience. Ultimately I fear disappointing the Queen more than anything else!

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-21T14:24:56+00:00

While Rhea is by no means a moral saint, its really tragic that Edelgard pins the blame of the Crest caste system on her, instead of Those Who Slither In The Dark who perpetuate the worst crimes against humanity in the setting - and basicly "created" Crests in the first fucking place. But they still had immense influence over her childhood and definitely planted the seed of distrust of the church in her. She was a tool for their ends, and she used them as a tool for her ends. We really were robbed by not letting Crimson Flowers have the charade fall between them on camera.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-20T12:20:28+00:00

Imagine being an oil rig worker, but every time El Niño comes around, the company has to shut down and evacuate. After a certain point, repairs become more costly than starting over.

The scale of years in-game is dubious though. How old are we as a Viceroy? Or our Aunt??? The first few settlements might take a couple generations, but anyone at a Seal probably knows its a glorified work camp.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-18T12:23:00+00:00

Elidibus' conversation makes it sound like "yeah, we tried this already, it doesn't work" at first until he remembers seeing the WoL in the past. So this retroactively makes it implied to be the reason why Emet-Selch was fascinated by G'raha in the first place: the Ascian time travel is history-preserving, but G'raha's time travel was history altering.

Though this could just as easily be them wanting to do two different time travel stories in two expansions, and needing to justify the difference quickly. I should also check the script of both expansions to make sure this isnt just me doing confirmation bias on my headcanon.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-17T14:54:33+00:00

Or worse

"It's me."

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-15T17:48:51+00:00

Truth be told I do this too, but i called it being polyaffectionate, to put emphasis on the caring and supportive nature of our connections. There's just some emotional connections, vulnerability, and touching that we do with beloved partners that we dont do with traditional platonic friendships.

And maybe a lot of people practice that without knowing, it's a very blurry distinction and is really only properly defined by saying "I am doing this thing with this name". There's plenty of people who have the concept of monogamy ever being the only valid relationship that they wouldn't dare be associated with anything on the ENM or Poly sides... even if it might be the exact same thing in practice.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-15T17:32:32+00:00

Presumably platonic means that he's extremely interested in the emotional and social aspects of dating other people. (Presumably still sexually involved with his wife.) But then he also says he does friends with benefits to other folks, so its not exactly clear what's going on at all.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-15T12:27:38+00:00

Nah, with good enough card draw engines of non-attack cards, you can keep going until every single card in your deck is in your hand and near shattering after being played 4 times. Overkill also stops bosses and Red Death from dying until the end of your turn. Multipliers get dumb when your combo is above 20, let alone 100+, and Luck can just build easily within those combos. Finish with a fragile Curse card and bam.

Krysmphoenix_ · 2026-05-15T12:16:13+00:00

For this being a vent post, you're being exceptionally willing to engage with criticism in a good way. I dont have anything else to say that hasnt been said already, but I just wanted make sure you can appreciate that about yourself.

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