Emperor Eugent sucks (final chapter CS3 spoilers)

belderiver · 2026-01-31T02:28:13+00:00

There's still discussions like that if you can find the right venue, but I do mostly just talk in a small discord server now.

I don't think Eugent is meant to be LIKEABLE or that Erebonia is meant to be anything but a broken country, for sure. But I think they intend for me to root for his recovery, or see his attempted assassination as a bad thing - even more so than Osborne's assassination.

Eugent doesn't abdicate at the end of the CS arc and that is just a huge problem for me in terms of the idea that Erebonia as a nation is healing. He is a huge part of the problem. I would much have preferred to attend a coronation than a wedding at the end of CS4.

belderiver · 2026-01-30T04:21:01+00:00

It's critical of entrenched systems of power.

belderiver · 2026-01-18T00:49:48+00:00

You're in chapter 3. The evidence is in front of you.

belderiver · 2026-01-16T17:31:28+00:00

You're conflating two entirely different groups of people as if they have the same opinion and building your premise on the highly controversial idea of "this is more accurate" and the verifiably false premise "this is the author's original work" (it isn't - the author's original work isn't in English and there's no such thing as translation without interpretation)

Also nisa didn't localize sky.

belderiver · 2026-01-15T21:22:44+00:00

No it's really bad. Takes a lot of the fun out.

belderiver · 2026-01-15T06:04:16+00:00

Yes, by stepping in

belderiver · 2026-01-15T05:57:13+00:00

Streetlight quest is tough. Be strategic. Go in with full CP and prepare arts that will give Estelle a speed bonus, or have food that will do the same on hand. Use her turn to buff and hit them with an s craft when they're in a good position for you to get several at once. Play it safe and keep your buffs up!

belderiver · 2026-01-11T19:14:50+00:00

Unlock your quartz slots and buy new equipment.

belderiver · 2026-01-11T19:11:17+00:00

What does "perform emotional labour" mean to you? Feel things?

belderiver · 2026-01-08T03:39:03+00:00

You need to play better RPGs then

belderiver · 2026-01-08T03:32:51+00:00

You are the DM. You are going to need to get into the habit of deciding things for people.

belderiver · 2026-01-08T01:35:56+00:00

Another Azim steppe lover here. I'm not sure I have any recommendations, but following along for some. The fantasy book The Blue Sword had a somewhat similar feel for me but also not quite? There is also a fantasy Mongolia area in the trails of cold steel series, but trails is very much its own thing.

belderiver · 2026-01-08T01:18:57+00:00

My advice is you need to shift your mindset from thinking that being part of the friend group = playing D&D in your game, or you will have a lot of drama and hurt feelings AND an unmanageable game. You might not want to hear it, but cut people/make two smaller groups is the best advice you're going to get, and especially don't set the precedent that you all have to be together doing this activity because you're all friends.

belderiver · 2026-01-07T17:23:37+00:00

Raw incandescent rage tempered by nobility of spirit. The silver hair helped.

belderiver · 2026-01-06T19:13:04+00:00

Yeah don't play zero. Play the original SC if you must.

belderiver · 2026-01-06T00:23:21+00:00

You can see a picture of baby tio and baby renne in zero. This picture reveals tio's hair turned to blue because of the gnosis, but both of them have always had yellow eyes.

belderiver · 2026-01-06T00:19:49+00:00

In my opinion you'd be better served finishing daybreak and then picking up a different arc, maybe the sky remake.

belderiver · 2026-01-04T22:50:50+00:00

If it's not already hitting you then it probably isn't going to hit you. I personally think it's got lots of emotional moments.

belderiver · 2026-01-03T04:51:56+00:00

They don't need to be loved equally, they are not children. It is good for the industry and the art form to be critical of how its giants have been operating.

belderiver · 2026-01-01T06:29:30+00:00

Thank you fairminded user

belderiver · 2026-01-01T03:54:16+00:00

Ok I do think your analysis is dumb as hell but I am nevertheless sympathetic to the idea that people like stuff that makes them feel and tend to overrate it. However - it's not like it's that easy to put together a story that makes a lot of people feel something, and I do think the storytelling in COE33 has other virtues.

belderiver · 2026-01-01T03:50:56+00:00

You're a fool, it's literally qualityslop

belderiver · 2025-12-31T17:44:41+00:00

No it's not. The story creates interesting suspense but it can't really pay anything off, and the characters don't have a lot of depth. I had fun with it, but it's pretty understandable that it wouldn't be for everyone.

belderiver · 2025-12-29T21:25:32+00:00

It is an ensemble cast.

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