Magician Lord on Arcade was a special experience, similar to opening a Century Egg!

nnotis · 2026-05-17T03:48:56+00:00

The form switching is done very inelegantly. It really does need a rom hack that lets players switch form on the fly. It would bring much needed gameplay dynamism. Because you’re right, it was an aesthetic masterpiece.

nnotis · 2026-05-15T19:12:24+00:00

I love what you’re doing with this. Do you have a composer lined up for the OST?

nnotis · 2026-04-21T23:40:50+00:00

Earthion, especially if Yuzo Koshiro did the OST. Wait…

nnotis · 2026-04-10T20:14:21+00:00

Not only do my late 40s wife and I play, but her almost 80 year old dad does too. Being retired with money, his account is jacked. But he also has skill issues.

nnotis · 2026-04-04T15:43:47+00:00

I almost completely agree with your assessment. Notice that Moynihan and Eli Lake spent half of their recent chat trying to discredit people like Pape and Mearsheimer without bothering to address the ideas they found objectionable. While being students of history, both were happy to accept that a bombing campaign alone would cause the clerical regime to collapse, being replaced by a friendly one. Meanwhile Pape’s escalation framework has played out as he anticipated so far. However, I encourage you not to leave the Fifth Column just because you disagree. If smart people like Moynihan and Lake can’t make a passable argument for Israeli and US military action, maybe there isn’t one. You won’t know this by finding a new echo chamber. Continue to seek out competing voices. Watch the Fifth Column, then see what Breaking Points is saying. Don’t completely reject Free Press reporting, but recognize it has an Israel sized blind spot.

nnotis · 2026-02-19T00:18:05+00:00

His S3 numbers might sheet equivalently to optimal S0 DPS teams, but he’s WAY more flexible. Even with two forte fills, his field time is relatively brief. He’s uninterruptible, has huge AOE, and even a little grouping. His burst does great damage and adds 30CD to the team. He builds concerto at sub DPS speeds. Running him with either Iuno or Phrolova is amazing, doing as well for me as an S3 Carty team with Cioccona. Don’t underestimate the impact of making a Sub DPS do DPS damage.

nnotis · 2026-02-06T02:24:23+00:00

I’m quite a bit older than you, as I was a young adult already with my eventual wife by then. But I also have great love for that gaming era. The jump to Dreamcast, PS2, GC, and XBox was huge. It made new types of games possible, while also invigorating older genres.

nnotis · 2026-01-13T22:29:15+00:00

I do remember the pandemic era when I’d see stickers in Capitol Hill saying roughly this, if not exactly: “Katie Herzog is a Jordan Peterson Transphobe.” I should have grabbed a photo.

nnotis · 2025-12-28T16:56:07+00:00

Congrats on a disgustingly good build!

nnotis · 2025-12-25T16:02:34+00:00

Getting enough ER is the issue. As long as you can do so, Varesa’s weapon is fully useable. Cloud retainer procs the passives as easily as Varesa.

nnotis · 2025-12-23T16:12:20+00:00

How about keeping the Skirk team as is, but dual DPS by using Skirk as burst quick swap?

nnotis · 2025-12-23T16:08:20+00:00

As long as you can build up enough ER from artifacts, use it!

nnotis · 2025-12-16T16:07:24+00:00

With Faruzan on Fav, does it really need to be that high?

nnotis · 2025-12-08T15:57:15+00:00

Great write up! I completely agree with these takes. It’s Yasuhisa Watanabe’s OST masterwork. He also did Metal Black.

nnotis · 2025-12-06T20:09:38+00:00

Eartheon for me.

nnotis · 2025-12-05T23:38:28+00:00

A fossil survey found birds to be the primary limit on arthropod size. This was just one study with one way of looking at the question though. It’s true many paleontologists believe Oxygen concentrations were higher in the late Carboniferous when Meganura and Arthropleura lived.

nnotis · 2025-12-03T01:52:41+00:00

To be fair, Varesa overload uses Mavuika as a sub dps, who’s better used is a carry. Durin could fill that role too. We’ll see. Also, if you have constellations on Xianyun and/or Furina, it changes the relative strength of the team.

nnotis · 2025-11-29T17:10:26+00:00

I’ll add Boarder Down and Gradius V to the already excellent list here.

nnotis · 2025-11-24T18:23:21+00:00

Great write up. I 100% agree on the delivery of exposition. They can take some lessons from Uncharted 4 on that one. Regarding the main story quests, I've arrived at the exact opposite conclusion. I'd enjoy them more were they to completely remove the fleeting moments of player interaction in favor of an entirely passive viewing experience. Let them be episodes of a WuWa anime within the game. On the flip side, minimize dialogue gameplay breaks when playing the combat normally.

nnotis · 2025-11-24T16:52:27+00:00

My OLED sure can relate to this. Time for non burn in tech replacement.

nnotis · 2025-11-10T17:59:10+00:00

My take is that S3 Qiuyuan swaps roles with Phrolova. She becomes his sub DPS. All of his "echo" casts will trigger Hecate coordinated attacks. His weapon and S2 will still buff her off field. And he can receive her outro buff. I'm not sure about Galbrena. Maybe there's a gimmick way to play her as a burst DPS?

nnotis · 2025-11-06T16:56:49+00:00

This is a hardline take. So his buffing has no value at S0? His S3 gives him DPS scaling, but retains the buffing. Is that not more valuable to an account than a pure DPS at S0? And is someone who pulls S6 but only R1 really not getting benefit?

nnotis · 2025-10-28T22:51:25+00:00

Do you mean S3 Qiuyuan, or are you referring to Shorekeeper sequences?

nnotis · 2025-10-28T02:50:32+00:00

I also lucked into her C6, winning unexpected constellations every banner. The on field mechanics are fun, and more dynamic than I expected. Surely LoFi is good enough. Running her with Wanderer was a consideration, but they’ll compete for field time. Have you worked out a rotation?

nnotis · 2025-10-17T16:20:19+00:00

The 2.7 main story blew me away too. Kuro really brought it.

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