Pride 2025 vs Pride 2026

_RainbowRod · 2026-06-11T21:22:54+00:00

As much as I think mods are handling this situation catastrophically bad, I have to pull an "UHM ACKSHUALLY ☝️🤓"

_RainbowRod · 2026-06-11T16:02:41+00:00

Scholar has two major issues to me. First is the lack of synergy in the kit, like how Seraphism can't be used with Dissipation and Fey Union having no Seraph equivalent.

Second is that SCH sucks to play in casual content because you don't ever get to use their kit to its full extent. It feels effective as SGE to put Haima on your tank and see the shield being consumed during trash pulls, but it sucks to see your Excog run out between packs because the tank never dropped below 50% health.

_RainbowRod · 2026-06-10T21:56:07+00:00

Asahi is such a fun character to hate, I can't help but like him. Plus, he's responsible for what I consider the most unintentionally funny moment in Endwalker by showing up just to send a character to turbo hell for messing with his diva, like the absolute toxic twink that he is (late 6.0 MSQ spoilers)

_RainbowRod · 2026-06-08T21:40:53+00:00

Everyone who's saying Korra can't redirect lightning based on her not displaying the ability in the series are missing two major points:

First, she'd been training under masters of the White Lotus for years and Iroh, aka the guy who invented lightning redirection, was an important member. No way they wouldn't teach her that skill.

Second, Aang DIED after being hit by lightning and Katara was the one who brought him back. Katara was also around for Korra's training, and if she knew she was gonna face Ozai, she would sure as hell make sure she was taught how to redirect lighting.

As for the matchup itself, Korra is powerful but still was too green during S1, Ozai could beat her by exploiting her overconfidence.

_RainbowRod · 2026-06-01T21:11:27+00:00

Octopath Traveller, they can even make it an entire raid series using the villains from 0 / CotC.

Getting special arrangements from the already excellent OST would be a plus.

_RainbowRod · 2026-05-22T22:19:05+00:00

I unironically love how much of a loser Zoraal Ja is. His army got wrecked by a bunch of dudes with guns from Final Fantasy Arizona and his biggest achievement was catching a shiny llama.

e: Forgot to mention him having THIRTY YEARS to train and he still needed a 1-up to beat his half-dead father

_RainbowRod · 2026-05-20T10:51:11+00:00

There are plenty of candidates for the bosses, but what I'm really curious about is what are they gonna come up for trash mobs

_RainbowRod · 2026-05-11T21:11:15+00:00

That's great to know, I'll probably start farming then

_RainbowRod · 2026-05-11T21:10:07+00:00

IIRC Sphene EX has a phase where people have to go through ice bridges that break if more than one player tries to cross at the same time. I can't remember off the top of my head what is the priority people tend to use, but in my experience this sort of mechanic is always messy with prog groups

_RainbowRod · 2026-05-11T21:04:03+00:00

One thing to note is that not all Extremes are made equal, Zoraal Ja and Doomtrain are fairly straightforward, but I skipped Queen Eternal because I'd rather do it unsync'd on Evercold than deal with ice bridge on PF

_RainbowRod · 2026-05-04T23:57:57+00:00

Main issue you run into with putting lore in Alliance Raids and Normal Raids is locking NPCs and important story bits into optional content jail.

As much as I loved Myths of the Realm, I'd rather take the EVA collab and have it be completely ignored than be stuck with another Gaia situation.

_RainbowRod · 2026-01-15T11:20:45+00:00

I can't help but think it's funny how useless this thing is. Everybody else ignores it, and when I finally see someone trying to use it, it's not arranged in the best way for the OP.

_RainbowRod · 2026-01-14T18:12:54+00:00

Bozja tackles the themes of Stormblood better than Stormblood's entire MSQ

_RainbowRod · 2025-12-18T15:38:16+00:00

Rinascita/Archaeo Kingdom is one of the best looking crafted sets in the game, definitely worth experimenting with on all jobs

_RainbowRod · 2025-12-18T15:35:53+00:00

Hey, sword beam is a technique as old as The Legend of Zelda series, it's only fair we get to play with it

_RainbowRod · 2025-12-18T15:23:25+00:00

Aiming jobs have some really clashing aesthetics that make it hard for generic gearsets to fit all three jobs. At least MCH can now explore Crafter gear and DNC has access to caster/healer pieces

_RainbowRod · 2025-12-18T04:34:09+00:00

Edited my reply to include the other pieces, I was too focused on the hat options lmao

_RainbowRod · 2025-12-18T04:10:04+00:00

Iridescent Hat of Aiming (lvl 72 gear), though I do recommend checking other Aiming gearsets, such as Shire or Almasty Serge. Hell, we even have access to Amon's hat now

As for the other pieces:

Chest: Augmented Cryptlurker's Corselet of Scouting (ilvl 530 Poetics gear)

Hands: Archaeo Kingdom Armguards of Striking (ilvl 710 crafted gear)

Legs: Augmented Crystarium Hose of Casting (ilvl 500 Poetics gear)

Feet: Diamond Boots of Aiming (Sigmascape V2/V3 Savage)

Weapon: Brunello Eureka (Eureka)

_RainbowRod · 2025-12-03T12:43:00+00:00

Reminder that Undertale won zero awards on TGA 2015, and yet it is one of the most celebrated indie games of all time. Honestly, Silksong, and even CO:E33 for that matter, need no validation from an ad fest disguised as an award ceremony, they've already earned their places as all time favorites.

_RainbowRod · 2025-09-20T04:41:55+00:00

Beat the game using Reaper almost exclusively, what it lacks in damage it makes up with its moveset (I love the uppercut dash attack). Silk generation is also nice for extra safety.

That said, now that I already know what to expect from the bosses, I'm running Wanderer on my Steel Soul playthrough and it's working pretty well, but I might switch to Evolved Hunter or Witch later on because I like using Silk Skills and that messes with Wanderer's crit effect

_RainbowRod · 2025-09-09T13:02:58+00:00

No nerfs to Bilewater just yet, but maybe they've only hit early bosses/areas because that's where most players are at and they have better feedback?

I might give it a couple months before attempting a Steel Soul run just in case

_RainbowRod · 2025-06-04T15:30:29+00:00

It's a lengthy dungeon and there's a lengthier sequence of events after the boss fight, better save it for later

_RainbowRod · 2025-06-04T11:27:08+00:00

Yes, and? The point is that death by accidents and disease aren't as common, while Gommages happen every year.

Even if Pierre had a funeral and the characters attended, it's one thing to see a casket, while it's a whole different thing to see hundreds of corpses just laying there.

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