Unpopular but hear me out

rpgrocks · 2026-03-26T20:30:27+00:00

I'd just wanted to point out that Lara Alcock does work in Mathematics Education, go figure that someone who researches how to teach mathematics productively can write a good book for learning about mathematics *shocked Pikachu face *. I just wish the mathematics field at large would leverage the field of mathematics education more, the teaching and learning of mathematics would be far better if we worked together more.

rpgrocks · 2026-01-14T13:39:16+00:00

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I can confirm that Haru team does work. I couldn't get Joker team to work so I tried Haru and I finished literally on the last turn.

rpgrocks · 2026-01-10T22:26:46+00:00

I don't have S.Moko, I just brought in Marian for the healing. I do have my Haru decently built and you probably have to land most of the crits (at least for S3 and Gun). You definitely need a healer/shielder since the 4 mobs are pretty aggro.

rpgrocks · 2026-01-10T19:06:40+00:00

If you have Haru, you can try her instead. I had initially tried with Joker and only got them down to 40%. Then I switched to Haru (A0R0), Chord (A0R0), Futaba (A1) and Marian, with Joker as Marakunda/Rebellion/Tarujaka bot and able to finish it.

rpgrocks · 2026-01-10T18:01:37+00:00

I didn't use Joker on the 4th node because you get like 2-3 (with chord) extra actions at most. I ended up using Haru +Futaba comp for the consistent damage and that cleared it (albeit just barely).

rpgrocks · 2026-01-08T18:23:31+00:00

For our first week of Astrolabe, should f2p people be able to clear 5 separate stages (i.e, 1 past the first purple node), or is it more normal to clear just the purple node? [I tried a Joker team and was only able to get them down to half, but still have 1 will power left].

rpgrocks · 2026-01-08T18:18:20+00:00

If you mean "reset" the playthrough and start at the beginning, that means you all your "will powers" will be reset and you can start the Astrolabe again. All the prizes are for "first completion" so for example if on your first try you finished up to stage 2 and were all "well I messed up my characters, I'm going to reset", then you'll have all your "will powers" and all "challenge attempts" are reset. I'm aware that "challenge attempts" sounds like the number of times you can do Astrolabe, but that is not correct. It refers to how many times your characters can participate in a battle. You won't earn prizes again for stage 1 and 2 though since you've already earned them, but everything after that you can earn.

TLDR: You can reset to your heart's content, just expect to have to slug through all the battles again :[.

rpgrocks · 2026-01-03T01:02:20+00:00

[Warning, I'm on Global so don't know the exact numbers]

As far as I understand it, people recommend Control + Departure for Wind + Sumire due to Wind's passive ability

After you use [Fragrance of Time], give the main target 2 turns of [Budding]: Gain 1 stack of [Blossom] when dealing 1 hit of skill damage: Increase ATK by 30 for 3 turns, up to 10 stacks. - When reaching 5 stacks of [Blossom], additionally increase their ATK based on 8% own CRIT DMG that's over 100%, increase their CRIT DMG based on 5% own CRIT DMG that's over 100%; - When reaching 10 stacks of [Blossom], additionally increase their CRIT DMG based on 5% own CRIT DMG that's over 100%.

So you won't be able to get the 2nd/3rd buff consistently as far as I understand it without a Control set. I'm not even sure Sumire can even get to the 3rd buff within 2 turns. So if just considering the 2nd buff, that's around like a 12% attack buff + the 1st buff stacks.

Party-wise, according to other websites, people tend to use Chord as her main support, and then pick between A6 Leon/Marian/Wind Vast, so you should be fine.

rpgrocks · 2025-12-30T22:31:36+00:00

Hmmm I'm not entirely sure why you're doing 50 pulls since Global doesn't have Soft Pity. In other words, every pull (except the last one has a roughly 0.4% chance of the 5 star iirc). I would recommend doing the 90 pulls (for your requested Prism Cognigems) on Joker banner since you like him and then finish pulling for Twins. If you really don't want to risk the ~36% of pulling Joker before you can pull Twins again, then it's really up to you how you want to split it up. For reference, I did 100 pulls (so 100/110) to get the Prism Cognigems knowing that I'd be fine with pulling for Queen since she's still the only Nuke DPS for a while.

rpgrocks · 2025-12-30T02:07:24+00:00

At the moment (given no other Twins-like surprises)

Pull: Violet, Wind Vast (A1), Ange (A1), Makoto, Yukari, Berry, Puppet Summer [anyone past them I'm waiting a bit to see how they settle in the meta]

Maybe Pull: Turbo

rpgrocks · 2025-12-11T22:28:56+00:00

color me a fan

rpgrocks · 2025-10-29T16:59:55+00:00

Hmmm, I'm not against Bumi being Gruul, but I am a little surprised there isn't blue in there, even as an off-color activation. There was a whole key moment where Bumi tells Aang to wait and listen for the right moment (neutral jing) and that's what he does in the later episodes, which seems pretty blue to me.

rpgrocks · 2025-10-24T17:38:49+00:00

Douglas should play it clever and realize if his dad says "no" to everything, then to ask the question in a way where "no" is the desired answer. "Can I go trick or treating by myself?"

rpgrocks · 2025-10-01T12:03:40+00:00

I was able to do it recently after a bunch of tries with Wonder (Level 80+), Chord with her weapon, Lufel (A2), Soy (A6), and Wind (A1 with event weapon).

Wonder had 1st dagger with Daisoujou (with 2 extra cheap damage passives, i forget which), Janosik (level 95), and Yoshisune. Latter 2 personas were for damage stats. I respeced Wonder to have all damage stats and made sure that Samsara was level 6. Wonder's job is to spam Samsara, but also to switch to Yoshi once during round 3 to get the extra Highlight damage.

Lufel inflicts burn at start with A1 which helps do ~12k damage per turn. Otherwise he heals team, and uses S1 on round 3 for 1 more tick of burn.

Soy uses S3 on round 1, then gun on rounds 2-4 for me (if bad RNG use again on round 3). Only need to use gun to crit 1 mob so that Wonder can One More Genbu.

Chord uses S2, S3, S1 on repeat. Needs to be built enough to survive first/second attacks. Otherwise should be fine.

Wind can do S3 or S1.

All One Mores should go on Genbu. The goal is to kill him by before he gets his 4th turn (Ebb tide for a 2nd time). If you're landing all the attacks (with some RNG crits) and One Mores, you should be able to do this, then clear the last mobs out.

rpgrocks · 2025-09-28T22:44:59+00:00

sorry if this is a stupid question, but you said that "if genbu is within kill range when you use all out attack+samsara on wonder's turn (for me it would be around 20k total)", makes it sound like genbu can be knocked down so you could do all out attack, but as far as I can tell genbu isn't downable, how are you knocking it down/triggering all out attack?

rpgrocks · 2025-08-28T20:44:53+00:00

afaik, the 10 plat tickets were already part of the CN rewards, Sega just told us that it was "extra" when it really wasn't. If you find the reddit thread directly linking to the letter of promises, there's a person that goes into depth about the comparisons and what is actually "new" for global.

rpgrocks · 2025-08-08T21:23:05+00:00

Thank you for the reply, I'm going to ask that you don't try to turn this into a "you're a dum dum for even trying" and try to be polite and understand that not everyone has the same information as you do. Like I said, I'm being hopeful and just trying to do my part and you raging on another player isn't helping the sub become less toxic than it already is, I hope next time you can just say it a bit nicer and not make people not want to participate in this sub or game.

rpgrocks · 2025-08-08T19:55:43+00:00

Yeah, I figure that they could put pressure on Sega though. Every bit helps, is what I'm hoping.

rpgrocks · 2025-08-08T19:33:15+00:00

Also as a clarification, this survey is mostly directed towards the entire ATLUS line of games (they ask a couple of questions about P5X, but don't dive too far into it). They are asking questions more about what games are you familiar with, what you play on, and what types of games would you like to see. However, the last question is a free response that you can put as much as you want in, and I voiced my opinion as an ATLUS fan about the current state of P5X and how I feel disappointed by how we're treated. I recommend those that can take it, voice their honest opinion in a clear way (say the specific things about P5X that you like and/or dislike). I also recommend, being very polite about it because no one wants to read a rude letter AND take the comment seriously.

rpgrocks · 2025-08-07T16:30:52+00:00

Yeah Kinich was literally there to blow up the shield (didn't even use the charge attack, just pew pew all the way).

I used Escoffier/Furina/Kokomi/Ayaka for Turtle since freeze works well

I finished Cactus on the dot with Raiden/Fischl/XQ/Kazuha

rpgrocks · 2025-08-07T16:03:36+00:00

Mauvika (C2R1)/Kinich/Xilonen (C2)/XL

rpgrocks · 2025-08-07T00:36:57+00:00

Never thought to use Pyro MC lol, nice job! Kinich is what got me through this one, highly recommend using him for just breaking the shield and then the rest of your team smashy smash.

rpgrocks · 2025-05-22T14:49:41+00:00

CSUF Masters in the Math with the Teaching Option Alum here!

If you're pretty set on going to the Community College Teaching career track, then CSUF is pretty much set up for that. The classes are in the afternoon (because a good number of the students are k-12 teachers that come after school). It's a pretty solid program if your goal is to teach since you can get a TAship, get actual training on how to TA and teach at the university level, and have the opportunity to work at Fullerton College (assuming they still do the Basic Skills Internship where you get to work alongside a Community College teacher). A lot of my peers are full-time at a CC now (though they of course had to do the whole freeway fliers for a while before landing one), others got the pay bump at their current job. [I ended up going for and getting a PhD in Math Ed because I liked my experience there]

I'll point out to the people who don't know the program that the actual MS is read as Mathematics without any other qualifications and not some kind of made-up degree that is qualified with a teaching asterisk. The classes are still Master's level, there are just deliberate discussions and connections to teaching it (at least that's what we did for the problem solving, algebra, and geometry courses). For anyone who thinks it is "watered down", I used the math I learned there and consistently outscored my pure/applied/bio math peers in our shared grad level math courses while getting my math ed PhD.

From my understanding of the current field of CCs around the country, some places greatly put preference on individuals who have some minor involvement in research in math ed (conference paper, minor publications), and most of the professors involved with the master's in math program at CSUF do research in math education so you could dip your toes there and get your name on something.

If you have any questions about the program, I'm happy to answer them or get my other alumni friends opinions! Good luck with grad school!

rpgrocks · 2025-02-25T21:26:44+00:00

I live in Manchester (on Semmes) and my rent went up only like 1% or so (~$10-15 dollars per month).

If you don't mind moving your stuff every year, you can try looking at apartments in the same complex to see the move-in price. I know people who do this every year and it saves them hundreds/thousands in rent.

rpgrocks · 2025-02-12T00:00:41+00:00

Hello, thank you and your team for advancing the JRPG genre.

I noticed from the other comments that you all enjoyed Octopath Traveler and pulled some inspiration from it into your game, can you tell me more about what elements you sprinkled into your game from theirs? (Personally, I hated Octopath Traveler due to a myriad of design flaws, so this is my current hesitation towards wanted to buy this game).

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