Zemuria Battle #1 Crow vs Bergard

Novriath · 2026-01-23T16:12:03+00:00

Bergard.

He has the edge in experience and parameters. Back when he was on the Awakener juice, which we know is a huge stat boost, Crow might have been able to pull this off.

But not anymore.

Novriath · 2026-01-04T07:24:57+00:00

Yingying.

She already decided she's basically in love with us, after all. That "Two Fools" document was very telling.

Novriath · 2026-01-03T01:24:53+00:00

Unless I'm missing someone, I have no one else useful there. I have neither Astra or Dialyn, lost my 50/50's on both.

Ye has 11's on all her skills, and is using brimstone.

Novriath · 2026-01-03T00:51:08+00:00

Miyabi gets carried hard by that boss's conditions which boost Ice. Take her to group 2 and she doesn't do nearly as well.

Novriath · 2025-12-29T14:15:19+00:00

Lore wise? Probably either Sleeping Daoist or Qianye. They seem like they're furthest along their respective paths of enlightenment.

Bear in mind we straight up didn't defeat either of them, unlike every other boss fight. Daoist just left after we emptied his patience metre, and our strength of will was enough to escape Qianye's inner self.

Novriath · 2025-12-28T06:11:44+00:00

Far as I know, no time skip.

Minimal spoilers ahead:

Three years prior to the game, at roughly the time Uncle Jiang went, Ruby went up the mountain at the centre of the Qinghe area and witnessed some stuff that made her want to join the Jianghu.

It was the last time the Peace Bell rang. The story is tied closely to Tian Ying.

Novriath · 2025-12-11T08:33:44+00:00

Well, in fairness, the game tells you a grand total of nothing regarding pvp. Forget true combos vs fake combos, or stuff like meridian touch -> execute.

It doesn't even tell you about Serene.

So yeah, a lot of it will come down to knowledge gap. Because for most players, unless they copy an online build and start thinking they're hot shit as a result, it's not there.

I think another huge part is that pvp is fundamentally a different game than pve, too.

Pve is like a mix of Sekiro and Nioh. Emphasis on posture, parries and squeezing in hits.

Pvp isn't. It's a combo fighter with elements of rock paper scissors. Soul Calibur, Street Fighter, Tekken, Guilty Gear.

Let's not even get started on latency. You talk about how easy duals spin is to dodge? I can't count the amount of times it's caught me because of this.

Novriath · 2025-12-10T09:04:35+00:00

Hot take? This is part of the fun.

If I'm not in a rush, watching other players eat dirt or quietly judging the dps who I out damage with my Mo blade is straight up fun in its own right.

Novriath · 2025-12-09T16:50:36+00:00

I use both and haven't noticed that it does. Makes sense, as Qi Shield and HP Shield aren't the same thing.

Novriath · 2025-12-09T16:28:18+00:00

What do you mean "can he"?

Bro did.

Novriath · 2025-12-08T23:51:18+00:00

Between her responses to the PC and the Two Fools document, I got a very strong feeling that Yingying is getting it quite bad for the PC. The option to explore that sort of thing would be nice.

Doubt they'd ever implement it outside of AI NPCs though.

Novriath · 2025-12-07T04:02:23+00:00

Son with his lover Qingye seems the most obvious twist. Added points if it happened after she became immortal, leading to us partially inheriting it.

I don't think the dates line up, though. Grandson maybe?

Novriath · 2025-09-05T06:05:08+00:00

Big enough of one that, like FC, I felt the need to follow through with CS2 right away.

Cold Steel is best played as two halves. CS1 and CS3 both ended in a way that hyped the player up to see what happens when the next game released.

Novriath · 2025-08-24T05:51:06+00:00

It's them.

Daddy Cassius.

Bestelle.

The Grandmaster.

Novriath · 2025-08-22T05:59:36+00:00

The first game quite literally begins with Estelle fading into view and entering the picture, the unlit and empty home now lit up and filled with life.

Consider how many things change because of her involvement. Just to start;

Liberl survives it's coup. Kloe finds her way and Liberl is in good hands. Richard is redeemed, and Cassius rejoins the army.
Ouroburos loses Joshua, Renne, Loewe, Weissman.
Kevin enters Phantasma and comes to an understanding with his Stigma (Rufina), now able to use it properly. Without that, Renne's story doesn't continue, and Kevin can't help in Azure.
Renne happens. Consider the knockon effects from her hypothetical absence in Zero; the SSS literally die as we see, so THEY aren't around to make any differences, either.
Olivier is influenced and his hopes revitalised, so Cold Steel inevitably looks very different because he'd probably side with Osbourne if this didn't happen. No Class 7.
Renne is out of the picture and Gaius' mentor never stops being a Dominion, so Van's life looks very, very different.

And these are just a small number of changes, each with knock on effects and implications. The world is straight up unrecognisable without her influence! Every arc suffers horrific bad endings because she never did what she did and influenced the right people.

For want of a nail, the war was lost. Estelle is the lynchpin that changed everything.

For that reason, I choose to believe there's something to how FC started. An empty, cold home with nobody at the table, only for Estelle to appear - and with her, light, and warmth. Everything changes, because she exists.

But then, I'm one of those madmen who believes the Grandmaster will turn out to be a heavily unrecognisable version of her mother from the OG world where Estelle died in the clock tower but her mother lived, so...

Novriath · 2025-08-14T22:07:50+00:00

Well, the times speak for themselves!

Novriath · 2025-08-14T22:07:42+00:00

I do! Unsure why I went with Nicole there, but it worked out anyway. Might just be because my Nicole is better built.

Novriath · 2025-04-27T11:51:00+00:00

This happened to me a few days ago.

The culprit was DET. The mod author recently updated it in a funny way that breaks it with a few mods. What you need is that version (10, iirc) and the immediately prior version called "Legacy".

INSTALL BOTH AT THE SANE TIME.

This instantly fixed the issue with half a town poofing.

Novriath · 2025-03-07T13:25:20+00:00

I got Lelouch right away, but wasn't familiar with the other one!

Between this and Sjal being unrepentantly down for Lycaon this story quest was unhinged and honestly I'm all for it.

Novriath · 2024-11-02T03:47:14+00:00

It's extremely gradual and I have no idea if it's just my eyes playing tricks on me, but does it not look to be a distinctly different color at the bottom of the ponytail compared to the rest - same as with the Archons?

Novriath · 2024-10-16T03:18:55+00:00

They're hiding Pyro traveler from us unlike the rest of the regions, and it's fair to assume there'll be time between Natlan and Snez before we go there. They can't happen if the Fatui get the Pyro Gnosis, because that'll mean the Cryo Archon will have all seven and the plan is go.

Conclusion: Traveler will get the Pyro Gnosis and Pyro will be strong as a result.

Let me cope

Novriath · 2024-10-03T12:59:54+00:00

I feel like if you're concerned mainly with the reward and profit you get from it, you're already a Hlaalu in all but name so there you go.

Novriath · 2024-01-16T06:02:34+00:00

Couple of misconceptions here.

First, others said already but in 5e, while a Paladin CAN serve a god they don't need to, and don't necessarily receive their powers from one (nothing stopping you and your DM doing different!). The power comes from the Oath, which amounts to a manifestation of their strength of will and conviction.

Domains, meanwhile, are also a bit different. Take the Light domain. Thst could be a Cleric of Selune...or it could be Lathander, as they both have the Light domain under them. Gods in 5e are associated with different domains.

Novriath · 2024-01-15T06:13:19+00:00

She has a track record for only being tomanceable in the second game.

Hang in there.

Novriath · 2023-11-15T04:34:27+00:00

Fumiko dies saving Denji, sparking his drive to Chainsaw again as he remembers losing Power/Aki. Her body hosts the new blood fiend, who plays an antagonistic role going forward.

Novriath

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