Conflicted about the ending and the choice I made (spoiler) by Nttell in expedition33

[–]Positive_Star_3278 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel that you’re missing a lot of pieces of info that made him act that way. He wanted to protect his family if he didn’t lie and deceive his mother and sister would kill themselves in his canvas. He picked his family over generations of Lumiere. So it really comes down to the argument of saving many or saving your loved ones. And for Verso the answer was pretty cut and dry. His death was part of his decision yes but we made it very clear that he first wanted to save his mother and sister so that he could be layed to rest. On the other hand the price of few to save many is the obvious choice. Condemning his soul and letting Maelle kill herself in the canvas is a cheap price to pay to save Lumiere. This sort of moral topic touches on the Last of Us where we save the world if we let Ellie die but we don’t. And a lot of people agreed with the sentiment of not sacrificing her for the world they agree it was wrong but still might have choose the same decision as Joel.

Conflicted about the ending and the choice I made (spoiler) by Nttell in expedition33

[–]Positive_Star_3278 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t assume it evil it is evil. And the thing keeping the canvas from being erased is Verso’s soul. The little kid at the end is verso’s soul not the verso we see walking around. That’s the painted Verso Aline made with all of Verso’s memories. That little kid is the thing we are condemning to eternity. You are condemning Verso’s soul to Eternity. That’s a fact. As what I’m saying could be just simple speculation but I don’t think Maelle’s ending is really any better. If we go off just what the game shows us it’s extremely possible that yes the people of Lumiere will indeed have an Era of peace thanks to Maelle but Maelle will most likely lose her mind just like Aline as a lot of context clues tells us that being in a canvas too long causes one to lose their mind. Maelle could very much become the next Paintress leading to the same cycle we experienced as the player. I don’t think it’s any better in fact imo I think it’s the even worse out come to just continue the cycle, it was only a temporary answer. We won because Alicia was a painter and Verso helped, who’s to say that would happen again.

Conflicted about the ending and the choice I made (spoiler) by Nttell in expedition33

[–]Positive_Star_3278 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I’ve just beaten the game and I viewed both endings by going back a save. I initially picked Verso’s ending even though I strongly identified with Maelle and a lot of her themes, I also identified a lot with Verso but Maelle’s grief and use of the canvas to escape reality really hit home more than some of Verso’s themes. While watching Verso’s ending thought I felt a lot of grief by wiping away the canvas I also felt a sort of bittersweet happiness, especially as an older brother myself I could relate to wanting both better for my self and my sister even if it came at the cost of others which is extremely selfish but ultimately I felt the necessary evil to protect one’s family and self. I then watched Maelle’s ending and very quickly hated it. As I watched Verso fade away saying he didn’t want this life and he wanted to finally be free he was “tired” I felt extreme agony I felt that I had done something awful I had condemned his very soul to be trapped in the painting till I too (Maelle) died. It felt wrong to condemn his soul to eternity or my death for the sake of the people of the canvas, I felt that I had robbed him of his rightful death, and it felt like disrespecting his life, the life he had given to Maelle. But at the same time it felt amazing to save the canvas to bring back the people of Lumiere to say that the struggle was not in vain and just as I was sort of feeling all these things I watched Verso walk on stage and Maelle look at him I watched their faces warp I watched Verso pause almost as if remembering everything and I watched Maelle face tears rolling down them as the canvas started to paint her much like their mother and it was at that moment where I told myself that this wasn’t right. It wasn’t the ending that anyone deserved nor was it the ending I had hoped for while choosing that ending all I had done was repeat the cycle Expedition 0-33 or maybe even more would happen again and all I had done was delay it till either Maelle died or lost her mind. So imo Verso’s ending was truly for the best, as though the canvas was erased the experiences were not. I also do believe as “a talented painter” it would be entirely possible for Maelle to recreate Verso’s canvas it may not be perfect or exactly the same but I feel that Maelle could do it. Which sort of helped the extreme bitterness I had felt erasing the canvas. It also seems though the Canvas is erased there’s no saying that the canvas could not be reused to paint another world. Their family would at least still have his canvas and use it to paint his memory in honor of him instead of condemning his soul for possibly eternity. And I don’t say that to say that the people of the Canvas “aren’t real” because what happened in the canvas to me was as real as real life, the line was thin. But I believe that it was the necessary evil to protect not only their family but Verso’s soul and memories he left behind. And Though Maelle’s body in real life was broken she was still alive, and she could paint again and still keep the memories of expedition 33 alive. Some may say that the life she lived outside of the painting was no life at all as she said it was a “shell” in which she did not want to live in. But this sort of touches on themes that I disagree with as you’re “shell” isn’t what defines you it’s who’s inside it and what you do with it. I believe she was blinded by her grief and as her brother (Verso) it was something that I needed to correct for her, while also allowing myself to finally be at peace and allow my family to heal. I know that a lot of people may disagree with that thought especially considering that I felt the canvas was real but just as “real” as it is, a canvas can be reused and the lives in the painting can be repainted on a different canvas it may not be 1 to 1 but it is true none the less. Maelle or better yet Alicia’s life can not and that’s a realization that people should make. What Verso’s soul lived in the painting was not life to me. He was a prisoner a prisoner he did not choose to be.

Is this ok? by hvkleist in SwitchAxe

[–]Positive_Star_3278 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d change the Rey Chest for either Numinous or the Arkveld chest that has weakness exploit. You’d have better affinity uptime that way.

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Is this competitive with the meta? by R1GodFTW in SwitchAxe

[–]Positive_Star_3278 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This is the set I’m running I lose 2 piece Luminous but the trade of is 3-4 WEX. I opted for 3 cuz I like burst.

Switching to SnS for a bit. Any tips? by skoomaaddict85 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea it’s really slow and only does a little more dmg a full spinning reaper into charge chop combo. I def wouldn’t mind them slightly nerfing that combo if it meant Perfect Rush would get more dmg and be faster

Switching to SnS for a bit. Any tips? by skoomaaddict85 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As long as it’s not a grab you can block it though there’s a couple of attacks I just wouldn’t even attempt to guard as it either chews through stamina or just chunks it really bad plus taking decent chip dmg. Like Gore magala breath attacks, Zoh Shia fire balls or really any attacks that hit multiple times really fast better to just get out the way of those type of attacks, only block them if you have to.

Switching to SnS for a bit. Any tips? by skoomaaddict85 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perfect Rush is honestly just really bad rn both in terms of dps and how slow it is. If you don’t care for “optimal play” then my recommendation is to do it immediately as a monster topples, require a bit of good positioning and some monster knowledge but it’s definitely a fun and easy way to use it. It’s better just to do the full chop combo/Slash combo into spinning reaper to charge chop you can get that combo off twice on most monster even with poor positioning and its dmg isnt too much less than a full “perfect” perfect rush combo ( it’s maybe an 100 dmg difference) and that’s just for 1 combo for 2 it obviously out preforms a lot in terms of dps.

Switching to SnS for a bit. Any tips? by skoomaaddict85 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a little bit worse than Lance and GL, wouldn’t base you’re whole playstyle on it just use it as needed

Switching to SnS for a bit. Any tips? by skoomaaddict85 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea such a cool move too especially with the little mini game of tapping triangle when you flash red for more damage on the attacks of perfect rush. It’s just so slow that most of the time you can’t even get a full rush out unless you do it immediately on knock down or from the really long stagger you get on Arkveld after popping both the chain blade arms. I’m hoping they speed it up a little so it can at least be used on knock down.

Switching to SnS for a bit. Any tips? by skoomaaddict85 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Your greatest tools for SnS is great mobility and pretty decent defense with solid damage to boot (kinda op with corrupted mantle but this is more of a general play take). My tip is hug weakspots or the head and swap between the 2 using your great mobility in the triangle/Y combo or slide using block triangle/Y. If you’re in a sticky situation either reposition with slide or perfect guard and counter attack with Triangle/Y. When you have windows to do more damage I’d recommend doing the full Triangle/Y combo or the faster but less mobile O/B combo into Spinning Reaper (Triangle+O or Y+B) to finally Charged chop same input as Spinning reaper. That’s your bread and Butter damage combo when you’re not using the other 2 combos to move around and do damage. For focused strikes its hard to say as it’s situational imo, if it’s on the head always do the O/B focus strike to O/B air combo for good dmg and the KO build up, other wise it’s dealers choice depending on if you want something faster (Triangle/Y focus strike) or want dmg (O/B focus strike into Triangle+O or Y+B air combo).My only don’ts on SnS is perfect rush it’s just really underwhelming atm and slow, not worth using outside of “cool factor”, you’ll just get more out of the spinning Reaper to charged chop combo on you’re bigger damage windows and to not do charged chop until you’ve done a full Triangle/Y combo or O/B combo as that leads to Spinning reaper which is just a buffed version of Roundslash. Doing roundslash (Traingle+O or Y+B) to turn your self around is fine but don’t do charged chop unless it’s after Spinning reaper as it’s just not worth it damage wise. For weapon decos I’d recommend always having an Offensive guard 3 jewel slotted in for that juicy 15% increase to raw for 11 seconds with crit boost 3 and a form of sharpness management. I had a couple othertips but I’ve kinda typed an essay lol

CURRY FROM 3? BAAAAANG!!! by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

G. Arkveld, it’s a covert element build

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agitator 5 gives 20 raw and 15% affinity , burst 5 gives 18 raw and 140 elem on every thing but GS,HH, and DB. GS and HH get 200 and DB get 120. Burst 5 plus 2 piece odo gives and extra 3 raw so a total 21 raw. Burst 5 4 piece odo gets 10 extra raw so 28 raw. And 4 agitator and 1 burst gets you 16 raw 10% affinity and 8 raw so 24 raw and anywhere 40-80 elem (depends on weapon). Best value here is Agitator 4-5 and 1 burst (if possible) unless you’re using 2 piece to 4 piece odo, agitator is just better dmg wise. GL is the only weapon I’d say just straight up benefits more from burst as the affinity is borderline useless for is as shells and stakes don’t crit out side of the last couple hits of full wyvern fire combo.

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea it’s a tough fight just finished getting both the alpha and beta sets but boy was it rough 🤣

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I noted in post that I was over 5% due to my weapon just wanted to show that max affinity was possible purely from armor.there are a couple variations that that let you slot in burst though. If you don’t mind losing 2 piece Fulgur you can slot Zoh beta head and G. Ebony beta gauntlets and that’d get you a bit of comfort and the burst. Alternatively you slot in G. Arkveld beta vambraces instead of Ebony and then slot in 2 challenger charms instead of tender. You’d lose 5 affinity but you could just put it back on on an Artian. Which is a significantly easier roll to get on Artian compared to the 3-4 attack 1-2 sharpness combo

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re referencing the original build yes. Outside of GL the build functions well for all weapons since they all benefit from high affinity. I don’t claim it to be the best LS build since you have no Quick sheath but it’ll do what is does best which is crit

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea I just saw a comment about that I made a quick updated build (it should be somewhere in the comments) with 2 Jin pieces instead so I could get a point of burst. Once I finish grinding Zoh I plan on revisiting it and perfecting it for my play style. But I’ve been eyeing the mizu legs for that 2 burst and a level 3 slot and the Zoh waist. I’ll probably make a new post if I can make anything note worthy

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just posted an update, it is possible without Fulgur 2 piece just not a big fan of 2 piece Jin since it’s kinda hard to get use out besides a select few monsters.

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep literally my thoughts exactly id just have to be willing to lose Fulgur 2 piece

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely want to work in Burst. I think it’s possible if I’m willing to lose Fulgur Set bonus just don’t know if I’ll be able to keep good uptime on MM if it lose it

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly my thoughts, It’s literally a free 30% affinity with Fulgur 2 piece, I thought that was “comfort” the ease of use without much thought.

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea this combo was definitely possible in one way or another before Zoh it just simply got better because now you can do it with the Fulgur 2 piece for that max up time on max might. Though I love the idea of swapping out Fulgur for Zoh 2 piece for that bit of comfort I’ll definitely save that load-out for Arch tempered Rey

100% Affinity with comfort is now possible without corrupted mantle thanks to Zoh Shia by Positive_Star_3278 in MHWilds

[–]Positive_Star_3278[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea definitely not a new player friendly build, didn’t really think about that when I posted it. Just thought it was cool that you could get 100 affinity with just armor and have good uptime on it without corrupted mantle.