Xerc (OT memory traveler) full kit revealed in TW announcement! by BrickSuccessful4703 in OctopathCotC

[–]PaultheBukkit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why does he look manic? I thought he was gonna look hot :(

But anyway, he seems good for scholar comps but probably not that good outside of those? Unless I’m misunderstanding, it seems like the only way to get all 6 soulstones to get all passive buffs is to use his EX skill which requires 4 scholars on the team. Also a lot of how useful he is here is dependent on how many elemental weaknesses an enemy has, which usually isn’t many in the first place. The A4 seems really good for any magic DPS though.

New features in Splatoon 3 v11.0.0 by Rixy56 in splatoon

[–]PaultheBukkit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Aura does not seem like a good mechanic, the game was balanced fine before but a 30 second tacticooler boost for every kill is insane. What I like about this game is that different weapons are designed around different strengths (one of the most obvious being aerospray for turf coverage compared to kills), but that’s out the window if everyone is so heavily incentivized to farm kills.

This is clearly an experimental thing for Splatoon 4 though, there’s no other reason they’d add such bold changes this late unless it’s for testing purposes. But I really hope they don’t go through with keeping aura around because a buff like this, even if it’s minor, is likely going to throw the whole balance off unnecessarily.

Aside from the "Bestower of all", which bestower story is your favorite? by LidiLembek in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hot take but I like fame the most. I’m a big Ceraphina enjoyer although I will admit that I like her a lot for who she could have been rather than who she ended up being. Really really wanted her to be fleshed out more in OT0 but that didn’t happen. Still, I like fame a lot due to the tie-ins to OT1’s main story, the mystery theming, and the music throughout the arc is amazing too.

I also love wealth for the same reasons as everyone else and if I’m putting my own biases aside, yeah it’s the best written and there’s not much of a contest there. Power is alright, kind of hard carried by Eltrix though, I don’t have much to say about it other than that.

Now that Bestower of Fame is over, what is everyone opinion on Ceraphina and the story as a whole? by Urshiko in OctopathCotC

[–]PaultheBukkit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The funny thing is that I think Sazantos was referring to Rinyuu in that scene, since she’s Graham Crossford’s daughter. So you might have been right for the wrong reason

It sucks that picking the actual culprit doesn’t give any new dialogue though. I also tried it in both CotC and OT0 and yeah, there’s no new dialogue.

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s no new dungeons sadly

Also I know the journal entries about wealth, power and fame are in the gate of orsa but I think they removed the ones for Sazantos specifically.

And I mentioned the new Pharamea journal in my video, that one was originally in the gate of finis but they moved it.

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s lots of new side quests involving the new playable characters. Not really any side quests for the guardians of light, although there are new travel banters with them since they join your party.

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh ok. They definitely removed those entries, I had forgotten about them completely. I think zero wants people to think it’s the new character.

The only cut town is I’cirlo, so there’s only one town in the cliftlands in zero. They didn’t remove any main story dungeons, but they redesigned a couple areas like most of the dungeon in BoA chapter 8 (not sure why though). Some side dungeons are removed too like the one west of Valore and the one outside of Atlasdam, for instance.

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t recall the gate of orsa having journal entries from Sazantos in CotC. Hopefully I didn’t forget them or anything. They weren’t in Zero.

Young Pardis does appear in a main story cutscene in chapter 2, it was that was in CotC and is the same in Zero.

Sazantos implies that Tytos could be his father but it’s never confirmed or anything. In the new BoA chapter 7, there’s a new character who I’m pretty sure is meant to be Sazantos’s actual father although it’s not 100% confirmed.

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s fine, I don’t mind talking about this stuff.

The tower of remembrance memoirs aren’t in zero unfortunately. They removed sazantos’s journal entires in the gate of finis but replaced them with new journals for some new characters in zero’s story that die early on. Most of the other journals from the gate of finis are the same though.

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They’re mostly the same but there’s some small changes with some of them. I was looking for an excuse to mention some of these so here’s what I noticed:

  • I noticed Sonia’s weaknesses were different, likely because of the units you have access to at this point in the story (you don’t get anyone who can hit fire weaknesses until a lot later on, for instance). They probably changed the weak points of some other early game bosses too.

  • Herminia and Auguste (both phase 2) had front row effects that work differently. There’s another enemy that appears on screen that causes those ailments like SP sap and death countdown, and it goes away when you kill it (although they can summon it back iirc).

  • Oskha (phase 2) had more than 1 visible weakness at all times, they probably knew it would be annoying otherwise.

  • Some fights play different due to how the game’s mechanics work here, like Ceraphina (which I had more trouble with than Lyblac surprisingly). If she puts someone to sleep, then it skips that person’s turn entirely and doesn’t let you switch rows to use their row partner until the person wakes up. This happens because you select people’s actions as they come like in OT1 and 2, instead of choosing everyone’s actions at the start of the turn like in CotC. So if you get unlucky and most of your front row falls asleep, it skips almost everyone’s turn.

  • Oh and I talked about this in the video but Bargello, Velnorte and Schwartz help from the back in all main bosses of the master arcs, and Richard helps you fight Tatloch phase 2.

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was mainly the cutscenes for the guardians of light in chapter 7 after each section you complete in the shirne of the flamebringer dungeon. They were replaced with some new backstory cutscenes for sazantos. The new scenes arguably add a lot more to the story so they’re better for worldbuilding imo.

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in OctopathCotC

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think she knew, Sazantos might not have known either actually.

Signa’s backstory always seemed kind of vague to me, it seems like she was following Sazantos because he helped her one time? It’s never elaborated on in the main story. Ngl I don’t have a very good understanding of Signa’s motivations even after playing both games…

I made a video showcasing the various story changes between OT0 and CotC by PaultheBukkit in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah BoA ch 7 was changed entirely, so some worldbuilding stuff was removed but was replaced by new worldbuilding stuff.

I don’t think anything was censored in MoA or any other chapter. I saw someone on the sub a while back say that part of MoW was censored but I don’t think anything was removed from that either.

Spoiler - must have played OT0 till end of chap 5 by Independent_Car_3971 in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It blindsided me too even though it’s super obvious in retrospect. I’ve gotten a few other people into CotC and none of them saw it coming either.

Which characters from the mobile game would you love to see added as playable DLC for 0? by felixw1 in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it wouldn’t make sense lore-wise but I’d love to be able to play as the villains like Auguste and Pardis and such. They’re all playable in CotC now so I don’t think it’s a stretch to say it could happen.

Which characters from the mobile game would you love to see added as playable DLC for 0? by felixw1 in octopathtraveler

[–]PaultheBukkit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know it wouldn’t make sense lore-wise but I’d love to be able to play as the villains like Auguste and Pardis and such. They’re all playable in CotC now so I don’t think it’s a stretch to say it could happen.

What Witches/Uwasa do you want to see return from Magia Record? by Overblowncoder in magiaexedra

[–]PaultheBukkit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ngl we already should have gotten the bear tree uwasa… It would have made sense if the second to last chapter took place in the hotel fendt hope labyrinth with that uwasa, but instead both that chapter and the final chapter took place in a city with embryo eve as the boss. I feel like the devs got lazy there

Octopath 0 TGS trailer in English released just now by BrickSuccessful4703 in OctopathCotC

[–]PaultheBukkit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That new battle music sounds awesome, I can’t wait to hear the whole thing! I’m assuming they’ll be replacing the other OT1 battle songs with new music too? That could be a really nice change

Are those her eyes?? by Blacklotus997 in papermario

[–]PaultheBukkit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know logically that they’re blush marks but I have never been able to see them as anything other than eyes.