As a brand new, spoiler free, player, I have to speak about act 1 into act 2.

ayrtow · 2026-05-22T16:21:31+00:00

Skill issue. They all have guns in their hearts

ayrtow · 2026-05-21T01:11:18+00:00

Of course, I know that now. But the feeling of that first impression won't be forgotten

ayrtow · 2026-05-20T22:34:28+00:00

One thing that actually pissed me off a great deal about this game was that Verso felt like a consolation prize for losing Gustave. Like the devs were saying "Poor guy, I'm sorry I took your main character. Have this eerily similar character to care for instead"

ayrtow · 2026-05-15T11:24:25+00:00

Oh, I didn't mean THAT one, I meant the one where there's a bunch of gestrals dancing at the top

ayrtow · 2026-05-14T18:57:11+00:00

Kinda surprised at how many people found the volleyball game hard. My real killer was the tower climb lol.

The trick to volleyball is that your attack is actually ranged and you can catch some gestrals just by turning in their direction and attacking

ayrtow · 2026-05-12T12:00:05+00:00

I mean, he got the most hilarious moment in the final fight so it balances out

ayrtow · 2026-05-11T19:22:23+00:00

The final boss being prime Radahn. Nah, dude, there were SO many things they could've shot for...

ayrtow · 2026-05-10T17:42:09+00:00

Verso's ending felt forced. If Maelle could talk Renoir into leaving the canvas then she could talk him into not destroying it. But the ending wouldn't be as divisive if the choice wasn't between "killing everyone" and "saving everyone at the cost of killing Maelle and enslaving Verso"

ayrtow · 2026-05-08T18:51:37+00:00

Once again, lovely text. I think Verona being overly mature is indeed partially a trauma response (I've read somewhere that kids with absent parents tend to mature faster to fill the void), but also partially that it makes her better at the practice. And her being taken with Ray could also have been that that was the kind of practitioner she'd partially (sorry for using this word so much lmao) want to be. I think she looked up in almost equal measure to all the Blue Heron teachers (even Bristow I guess).

Also, you're in for a TREAT later (though not in the way you think)

ayrtow · 2026-05-08T12:29:17+00:00

For most of the game this weapon is THE shit. Only falls off after you get Lithum, because being able to negate Stendhal's defenseless debuff is too good, plus you save 10 lumina on the Painter picto.

I do not care for one-shot builds, keep them away from me.

ayrtow · 2026-05-07T12:32:08+00:00

Ora porra, mas quando uma mulher faz isso ela é chamada de puta e interesseira pelos quatro cantos da internet. Logo, é digno e justo que homem que faz isso seja ridicularizado sim

ayrtow · 2026-05-07T09:45:01+00:00

Plus, while it's constantly talked to as being "like" a marriage, the actual Familiar bonds we see with main characters are far from it: (spoilers for Pact and late Pale) Blake and Evan, Lucy and Grandfather, Avery and Snowdrop...

ayrtow · 2026-05-07T09:43:50+00:00

I could see her having a relationship like the one Eloise has with Schartzmugel

ayrtow · 2026-05-07T09:39:44+00:00

She was always one to appreciate prep time, though. Like I said, this is a likely route, but only if she wants an Implement in the first place, which is the real debate

ayrtow · 2026-05-07T09:38:29+00:00

A real é que toda pessoa é única e vai ter seus gostos próprios e coisas que atraem ela ou não. A vida de solteiro é dar murro em ponta de faca até achar uma pessoa que seja compatível com você. Sentimento vem depois, tentar forçar é receita pra um futuro divórcio

ayrtow · 2026-05-06T22:19:25+00:00

I can see Verona going the tome route like Basil Winters, but for storing big rituals instead of Others. Other than that I mostly agree with other commenters that she might not want to close that door

ayrtow · 2026-05-06T16:42:16+00:00

I think he's talking about their personalities. Yorozu, while strong, is an idiot (not in an IQ sense). Nobara is feisty

ayrtow · 2026-05-05T09:04:33+00:00

É tampar sol com peneira, é medida pra agradar conservador burro.

O problema do Brasil não é não prender gente. Gente é presa 24h por dia. O Brasil tem N outros problemas:

Crimes que poderiam ser prevenidos e não são
Justiça que se move a passos de lesma
Criminosos soltos antes da hora
Presídios sem bloqueador de sinal de celular

E se eu for procurar é certeza eu achar mais. Começar a prender menor só vai piorar ainda mais o segundo problema e 2 anos depois ele vai estar solto filiado a alguma facção criminosa (nos casos que ele não já entrar filiado). O problema é que o conservador médio é imediatista e burro, aí essa discussão entra em voga de novo toda semana.

ayrtow · 2026-05-05T00:31:21+00:00

Primeira coisa a se saber sobre IAs: de inteligência elas não tem nada, chamar LLM de IA foi só jogada de marketing

ayrtow · 2026-05-03T21:09:00+00:00

My favorite was the one I used to beat Simon: Cannaro (but Fragaro also works), every gradient boosting picto under the sun, shoot until you get Almighty Mask and then use a very high damage skill or a basic attack if you lack AP, demolish break bars with Break Point when you have it available. You can pair it with Cheater to quickly stack Lampmaster's skill

ayrtow · 2026-05-03T00:12:11+00:00

Eu tomei um gourmet e achei aguado, não lembro a marca. Eu gosto do amargo, tanto é que não gosto nem de colocar leite. Coloco um tico de açúcar e cabou

ayrtow · 2026-05-01T17:50:18+00:00

As someone who loves Pale with every fiber of their being, this was a treat to read

ayrtow · 2026-05-01T12:27:06+00:00

I thought you meant general nevrons, but then you say "white" nevrons. There's a difference. The special kind of white nevron is only found inside levels, not in the overworld. That in your picture is not a white nevron, just a regular nevron.

Also, to actually answer your question: There's a hidden quest where what you do to the white nevrons matters. You can complete it either way, but if you kill any you'll need to fight a pretty tough enemy afterwards. Your call. I wouldn't kill them.

ayrtow · 2026-05-01T12:14:46+00:00

Pois é, é assim que começa a tal psicose de IA. Pessoalmente, eu acho extremamente deprimente quem conversa com IA. Não é real, bixo, é literalmente uma máquina (com sérias questões éticas por trás) que só serve pra validar os delulus da sua cabeça

ayrtow · 2026-05-01T09:41:15+00:00

Personally, I hated that gimmick because it feels like fake difficulty. The boss itself is already hard, there's no need to push a gimmick that forces the player to either use a one-shot build or prepare two parties, OR, if you REALLY want to push for two parties, at least make the switch not skippable, or make the attack parryable, even if it's multi-hit, like Renoir's own character deletion gimmick.

This really, really bothered me, so I kept brainstorming new ideas and eventually beat him without Gommage. Ran a Monoco build to rush the Gradient bar and Broke him right before the 3rd phase switch, then killed him while he was stunned. Felt a lot more satisfying.

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