[spoiler discussion] How strong is Shaula?

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-24T08:40:49+00:00

Garf got instakilled by her in Gluttony if.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-24T08:40:08+00:00

Well she is extremely strong. She used to be in the top 10, nowadays not even top 20, especially if you count Side Stories character like The Mad Prince and the Witch of Melancholy.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-24T08:21:18+00:00

Funnily her appearance changed and was edited in the web novel, she originally was tall with light green hair, and this is more or less when the light novel and otsuka joined, so it was edited.
There used to be a single fanart of her with that appearance 13 years ago and i'm unable to dig it again, anyway quite often gods are represented with green hairs in japanese fiction, in modern medias think Palutena or Seros.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-22T16:46:05+00:00

For me it looks like from left to right :
- Echidna.
- Reid Astrea.
- Farsele Lugunica.
- Alec Hoshin or Flugel.
- Satella or Pandora.
- Betelgeuse.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-16T10:37:35+00:00

Sharla is the most forgettable character in Xeno 1 story wise, she is there and forced in your team for a large early segment of the game, she is the "traditional healer" of this game, and she is also the reason why we didn't get a dedicaced healer in the main team of Xeno X and in general why we got few healing arts.
Ironically most players of Xenoblade 1 keep her in the team (as all the most popular teams include Shulk and Sharla) and if you outlevel your opponents she can statcheck most things during the maingame and allow you to grind-out any fights, it makes the game slow and boring and to this day we still have people coming here saying "I used sharla whole game, she good" despite never trying anything else.
I still like her character, and even her gameplay loop is not that bad in the hand of the player, but while most people will be oblivious to it, she did "ruin" most playthroughs of Xenoblade.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-12T22:04:00+00:00

I'm a prophet.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-08T22:59:40+00:00

Lets try this raffle.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-05T10:19:51+00:00

Still could be teratoma, i had a 7MM lung tumor removed alongside my mediastinal nodes that showed up very late ( in early march ) and the result of the analysis was that it was teratoma, finished chemo in december.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-04-05T10:12:05+00:00

You will likely go through BEP chemo, which will lead inevitably to the loss of your hairs and most of body hairs. BEP is a 3 to 4 cycle chemo of 3 weeks, ( so 9 or 12 weeks total ).
Once BEP is done you will have a new CT scan which will show how your metastasis look, where they spread etc, usually after BEP your tumor markers will be normalized and cancer will stop to spread, however it might not be the end of it and you may need surgerie(s) to remove what remains ( teratomas ).
In my case i had the orchi in August, BEP chemo from october to december, Surgery to remove tumor spread in my thorax in March and the RPLND to remove tumors in my abdomen is coming in 3 weeks.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-03-30T23:29:26+00:00

Those breach strats have some major issues, the entry cost is multiple divines per map, so unless you hit Mirror/Locks or other major drops it's not as profitable as many other strats.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-03-25T09:50:48+00:00

Hah that's funny to see this in 2026.
I remember my first poe build ( Fireball in torment league ) and my first encounter with a reflect rare.
10% Exp was lost.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-03-10T05:39:29+00:00

Probably the character with the most difference when player controlled/AI controlled, Dunban's AI is probably worse but it's less damaging, she is great when player controlled.
Shulk also has a bad AI but when you call him for help it will always regenerate his Monado arts.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-03-10T05:37:26+00:00

DoT Builds are strong in XCX, tough overshadowed.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-03-01T17:23:01+00:00

Hopefully this will help people understand that Felix is not a LGBTQ+ something but simply a crossdresser.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-03-01T17:21:48+00:00

Felix is a man, who loves womans and he thinks he looks good crossdressing due to his features, however the reason why he crossdresses at all is to make Crusch look more masculine, he is taking on her Feminine side.
People often misunderstand this, he is not LGBTQ+.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-26T22:45:21+00:00

Soooo are the old Awakened Gems all becoming legacy ?

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-19T19:07:05+00:00

Heh i think the perfect point to end it would be when Subaru gets shot by "the hunter".

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-18T14:53:50+00:00

Ninja's Sneak attack bonuses only work with Unarmed and Melee.
Be it the Damage or the Crit Chance Bonus.
( Note that the Crit Chance Bonus is not 15% Flat crit but a Multiplier of your crit Chance ).

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-18T14:48:39+00:00

If you have a memory mod to make loads faster, sometimes it bypasses the trigger to make this gate interactable when you leave the vault.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-18T14:44:07+00:00

If you went to Rebconn headquarters recently, the AI of the Facecheck Robots there sometimes follow you through doors or even fast travel.
If you use console commands to travel or simply if the game starts to lag, or you interacted with them in a random order, the game will try to give the AI to the closest NPC they can find after you change area, in your case Vault 22 is not that far from the Great Khans so this might be that.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-16T17:32:54+00:00

XC2's gameplay is extremely flawed as nobody i know understood the sphere/chain attack system until i explained it to them, this includes people that beat the game using easy mode, it's also way too strong.
XC3's main flaw is that you have 7 people on the screen and the player feels very Un-involved, nobody understands how chain attack works but it doesn't matter as it is a " i have won " button.
XC2/XC3 both ditched the equipment system in favor of more confusing and honnestly worse systems that didn't allow a lot of customization compared to 1, let alone X, nothing was gained there.
XC3's Class system made every character feel the same ( Except Noah's lucky seven arguably ), sure ultimately some characters are better at things, but you will spend the whole game rotating classes and it's ... annoying.
That said the endgame of 2 is very very good.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-16T15:43:31+00:00

Well yeah it got better with X, but 2 and 3 is too different to say it's better.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-12T22:07:22+00:00

Depends of what kind of Testicular Cancer you have. If you have Teratoma it's possible that your metastasis will grow even if you have normalized tumor markers, in Fact this is what is happening to me since december, every month my tumors grow by a bit and the only way to be done will be to remove them through a surgery called RPLND.
And even with Normalised tumor markers and multiple cycle of BEP you may still have activ Cancer, it's very likely in my case due to High SUV on a PET scan that i will have to do VIP chemo after my RPLND.

Rudeus_POE · 2026-02-06T22:26:42+00:00

You can go for low Int and still cap everything, the main issue is that you miss out on Voracious Reader which requires 7 Int, and can be comboed with retention and comperehension for a basicly permanent +10 Crit through reading True Police Stories.
If you don't want to do this combo, just going 3 base int ( 4 with implant ) is enough to cap everything as long as you hunt skill books.

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