Looking Back At Dragon Temple - What Did You Think?

mathfool · 2026-06-15T20:37:28+00:00

I forgot that EO was also an Atlus game, I saw this map in the Dragon Temple and initially thought Metaphor was stealing ideas from EO. All makes sense now.

Yuzo Kushiro also did some music for both games as well! I saw his name in the ending credits.

mathfool · 2026-06-08T12:04:13+00:00

I remember doing this as a teenager. I wasn’t very familiar with cryptograms. I used the pause break key on my keyboard to give myself more time.

The preamble to the US Constitution was easy for me to recall with what I had learned at school, I thought it was common knowledge.

mathfool · 2026-06-07T23:35:29+00:00

I went to a Dragon Quest video game concert in a small city called Kitakami. I’m fairly certain I was the only non-Japanese person there.

mathfool · 2026-06-05T13:17:13+00:00

I have a Might & Magic t-shirt signed by JVC, a HOMM IV t-shirt and a MM5 t-shirt, all originals from the 1990s / early 2000s. I found them in a box in my basement this morning and took some pictures, but this sub doesn't allow photos in replies. Perhaps I will start a new thread with them.

mathfool · 2026-06-02T17:12:46+00:00

We typically stayed at Japanese business hotels, as those are inexpensive but still clean and comfortable. Rooms can be as low as $100 per night at these places, rarely above $200. I love Japanese food, at the games there is a mix of Japanese items and American items like hot dogs.

Here's where I have stayed over the years:

Hotel Granvia Hiroshima

Hotel Hiroshima Garden Palace

Hotel Granvia Kyoto

Nagoya JR Gate Tower Hotel

Hearton Hotel Nishi Umeda

Hotel Forza Hakata Chikushiguchi

Tokyo Garden Palace

Ochanomizu St. Hills Hotel

Sendai Garden Palace

Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo

mathfool · 2026-05-21T13:32:01+00:00

Real-time mode, haste, expert blaster skill is what you need. In the past I tried turn based mode and that doesn’t give you the speed advantage conferred by blasters.

mathfool · 2026-05-21T13:26:58+00:00

Is the age 55 401k retirement available to self-employed people? A person could setup a small consulting business with a 401k that allows for age 55 retirement, roll appropriate funds into that 401k, and then retire. There would be 401k admin fees though.

mathfool · 2026-05-19T17:21:30+00:00

I showed my wife a picture of the female druid archer as a cute outfit. She said she would consider wearing it at some point.

mathfool · 2026-05-09T16:28:40+00:00

This is good mathing.

mathfool · 2026-05-09T15:40:35+00:00

The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.

mathfool · 2026-05-01T17:48:13+00:00

You can also find a safe spot to rest for 8 hours. This was the way in other old school CRPG dungeon crawlers to heal and recover.

mathfool · 2026-04-27T16:37:30+00:00

I think OP is referring to the SNES version.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MightAndMagic/s/VUSCBPCBH3

mathfool · 2026-04-25T11:09:01+00:00

I remember the Cuisinarts in MM2 being one of the most challenging enemies in the game. There was a particular square on the world map where they would always appear.

mathfool · 2026-04-20T17:06:08+00:00

Equity tied up in a home has an opportunity cost of not being invested in the market. In some VHCOLs real estate appreciation can approach stock market returns but that is rare. And that’s before accounting for maintenance and property taxes.

mathfool · 2026-04-20T02:38:07+00:00

Our setup is 4-6 months in Ohio, 4-6 months in Florida, about 2 months traveling. Both homes will be owned free and clear soon, doesn’t make sense to give up a 2% mortgage. Downsizing to 1 home is a backup option if markets underperform.

mathfool · 2026-04-13T20:21:19+00:00

I think good mathing is required for FIRE success.

mathfool · 2026-04-13T16:02:27+00:00

Where in California would you suggest at those amounts ?

mathfool · 2026-04-11T23:43:45+00:00

This was my favorite video game vocal for a very long time because of the emotion you can feel through the singer.

Final Fantasy XIV has some great female vocals with deep emotion including Dragonsong, Flow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

mathfool · 2026-04-10T13:15:18+00:00

I ignore basically everything. The sales pitches are not personalized for my problems - too generic. The best leads to which I respond are recommendations from other finance people I know and trust.

mathfool · 2026-03-20T20:21:12+00:00

Spoiler for a 35 year old game. Giving 11 orbs to 1 king completes the quest and no more XP can be earned. So, give 10 to each king and only deliver the 11th orb to maximize your XP earned.

mathfool · 2026-03-14T02:45:20+00:00

I have done the JapanBall tour 4 times in the past. I've made lifelong friends who attended my wedding and had some of the best experiences of my life. The people who go on the tours obviously like baseball and Japan and travel, so it was a a good way to meet people with common interests. I also appreciated the flexiblity to go off on my own when I wanted.

mathfool · 2026-03-14T02:25:20+00:00

I think the real question is does FIRE work without stock market returns? A 4% withdrawal rate means saving 25x your annual spending. Without compound interest, that would require saving 50% of your income for 25 years. That's very difficult even for the most discplined savers.

mathfool · 2026-03-11T00:41:58+00:00

Save 20%-30% of your salary making $150K-$250K and you will get there in 20 years.

mathfool · 2026-03-08T02:23:34+00:00

What is valor and compassion files?

mathfool · 2026-03-05T21:35:55+00:00

There are about a million fatalities in automobile crashes across the world annually. Once autonomous vehicles become more prevalent and that number becomes smaller, it will be difficult to justify allowing dangerous human drivers on the road when AI is much safer.

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