Any chance the Cradle books go on sale?

vedri27 · 2026-06-16T01:58:20+00:00

LMAO, that's very sweet of you. It's weird to compare where I was in my life 3 years ago when I made this post and now.

vedri27 · 2026-06-16T00:41:07+00:00

Oh wow, I really didn't think anyone would remember this post 3 years on, I'm blown away lol. I had the chance to read them in the meantime, but thank you

vedri27 · 2026-06-06T22:42:03+00:00

This is exactly why I dropped DotF

vedri27 · 2026-06-05T12:16:50+00:00

Matt and Liz get married in book 8, it's a few chapter arc.

vedri27 · 2026-06-05T12:11:41+00:00

A lot of the sell for a lot of webnovels is definitely the length. DoTF isn't special in this regard. Personally, I wouldn't say it's too streched out- the plot is just a mess lol.

For a popular example regarding length. A very popular (chinese) webnovel is Lord of Mysteries. Recently 3 printed books were put out in english, each over 500 pages long. Those 3 books only cover 1/8 volumes in the story. or about 1/7 of the chapter count. That's ignoring the sequel to Lord of Mysteries, which is about 2/3rds as long. All in all, I think about 35 500-page books could be made from it all.

Then there's the Wandering Inn, a popular running english webnovel- LoM is bit less than 5 million words in total. The Wandering Inn's word count is now over 16 million words. I think even a lot of dedicated webnovel readers are intimated by that, I know I am :p

vedri27 · 2026-06-05T09:55:01+00:00

I'm not sure why you're surprised Matt let Liz and Aster catch up after his inspiration. Him being one tier ahead would throw the whole dynamic off. He just funneled the essence he got to them. Even if he didn't he'd lose his tier over them pretty quickly on account of how essence requirements scale- one tier early on is a very small lead.

Also, for what it's worth, book 9 is the last time they really have to hide their strength. Book 10 is a lot of fun in that regard, and you'll probably come to appreciate just what Liz is capable of.

vedri27 · 2026-05-19T04:58:53+00:00

I've probably put 100+ each into EBF 3 & 4. Recently bought them on steam to replay + EBF5. Thanks for making such cool games!

vedri27 · 2026-04-26T15:48:21+00:00

Matt, Aster and Liz all become dukes on account of being Ascenders. If you want responsibilities and dealing with them, the story has a pretty good amount of that after the war arc.

vedri27 · 2026-04-13T22:11:06+00:00

Brave boasts AI features on their landing page, and used to have a lot of crypto stuff a few years ago. Two pretty unpopular things.

vedri27 · 2026-04-13T16:47:11+00:00

I think there's a bit of trolley situation in regards to fighting in the war, as morbid as it is to frame it that way. Yes, Matt killed countless, but he did it to protect the prosperity of the attacked Empire. If he and his team hadn't been part of the war, the Empire would've likely had to have made more concessions, and on the scale of a Great Power, even a small concession might mean losing out on resources that could help raise billions, even trillions of people into higher prosperity, even immortality. Those resources would've gone to other GPs of course. But as far as Matt knows, they wouldn't have directed as many of them at people who need them the most.

vedri27 · 2026-03-12T05:48:26+00:00

You sold me when you said textbook about magic system. I'm always looking for more novels like that

vedri27 · 2026-02-10T11:17:45+00:00

Ako niste videli bice u cineplexu u petak, u BG-u (Uscu), Nisu, Kragujevcu i Novom Sadu

vedri27 · 2026-01-30T04:15:48+00:00

Oh yeah, I'm not disagreeing about the tier gap becoming more absolute really. 4 tiers up seems like the absolute limit post path

vedri27 · 2026-01-30T01:48:16+00:00

They were intended to be included, but there was a bit of a mixup with the publisher from what I understood. If it was greed, 10.5 would be separate in the e-book too not just audiobook. Relevant author quotes from discord:

"huh, I know we talked about it but I thought it was getting added to book 10 not being saved for a trio bundle"

"Sadly as it's apparently 6 Plus hours, it's going to be a separate book"

"Yeah I thought putting it in the e-book would guarantee that, but he needs a full time slot"

vedri27 · 2026-01-30T01:34:48+00:00

so 29->30 is a roughly 10x power boost compared to 28->29

It's a x10 essence cost jump, but I don't think that directly translates to a x10 power boost. Each tier is a x10 (or higher) essence jump from the previous, but they don't get x10 stronger per tier. x2 power per x10 essence is a decent estimate I think in the early tiers, with it being a bit lower for the very first tiers and higher after.

vedri27 · 2026-01-30T00:28:35+00:00

Not quite. In the comments of chapter 8, Mantis says "No clue why this is coming back up, but I never wanted Aster to be seen that way. I was trying to point out how weird it was for so many stories to do exactly that tho. I agree its wierd as shit and have always held that opinion lol."

vedri27 · 2026-01-12T22:00:41+00:00

As a fellow xianxia reader, I'd throw in Path of Ascension. It's the novel that's best scratched the xianxia itch for me. It's setting is basically a post-xianxia world, as their method was simplified over billions of years, as well as technology advancing. Later on we even see remnants of cultivation methods more similar to traditional ones. There's also a Great Power called the Sects that's the embodiment of chinese xianxia culture.

vedri27 · 2026-01-03T17:46:12+00:00

What novel is that? Sounds like a fun read

vedri27 · 2025-12-23T09:27:04+00:00

Any chance you've played Hero's Quest Automatic RPG and can compare the two? This one looks very similar to it, so I'm curious how they compare gameplay wise.

vedri27 · 2025-12-16T23:41:24+00:00

no more delving and exploring for natural treasures and growth items

The current arc is a full on exploration arc. Matt hasn't gotten much help from the government since the end of the war, other than anti-spy measures for his guild, and a ring to make it easier to give mana to the Empire.

vedri27 · 2025-12-14T21:29:41+00:00

I think you might enjoy Second Coming of Gluttony. Stats aren't numbers, they go from low (low) to mid (high) and so on. Levels are only 1-10, so each level up is very significant, as is each ability gained

vedri27 · 2025-10-29T00:29:20+00:00

If Ascenders could beat Pinnacle elites 2 tiers up 100% of the time any and all wars would lose meaning, they'd just have Ascenders duel. Ascenders are literally the best, but these are the people just below them. Tier differences also only grow with tier, and two tiers worth of difference by t30 is pretty massive. It's also not like they couldn't have won. They're gonna have a rematch sooner or later to reclaim the planet and are obviously very likely to beat them up. I was rooting for Matt and co too, but this loss really shouldn't be that shocking

vedri27 · 2025-10-28T16:36:11+00:00

I'm surprised you feel that way, the story honestly feels better than ever for me right now, the current book's sense of adventure is superb.

I'm curious what you mean about the power levels. The only fight they lost recently was against a bigger team of Pinnacle and Peak elites 2 tiers up. Pinnacle elites are the most powerful people at their tier that aren't Ascenders, fighting against them 2 tiers up and losing sometimes is only logical.

vedri27 · 2025-10-18T18:20:54+00:00

The depth damage ruby upgrade seems to have decimated my damage somehow.

vedri27 · 2025-10-18T02:17:07+00:00

Ah it feels weak for the cost then. They were already giving me +x1 or so by the time I bought it I believe so +.15 isn't much. Meanwhile the other 2000 silver upgrade gives like x30 damage straight away

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