00:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: PMV - All My Friends [ http://tinyurl.com/y57r4nj4 ]
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00:25 * Cepheid throws Schism at the Star Devourer. "DO SOMETHING!"
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00:32 <Cepheid> Anyways, bedtime for me. o3o
00:35 <Cepheid> https://www.reddit.com/r/dndmemes/comments/cm0yku/very_old_meme_new_gif/?st=jyz3cvwd&sh=68ecc0f5 Hey, ADragonDreaming, when did that MHW headpiece get associated with DND? o.O?
00:35 <Cepheid> Wiggler headgear. o3o
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00:36 <Lumindia> I don't remember opening a second copy of Quassel
00:37 <Lumindia> oh that's from a video
00:37 <Cepheid> It happens. o3o
00:37 <Lumindia> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5vWBPCrl0
00:38 <Cepheid> Ah.
00:39 * Cepheid wanders off to bed.
00:39 * Lumindia tucks in
00:43 * Schism provides Cepheid a Plush Serpent of Ronka.
00:46 <Lumindia> scree
00:46 <Lumindia> o 3o
00:46 <Lumindia> also every year on august 5th, the curiousity rover sang happy birthday to itself
00:46 * Lumindia saultes. BibleThump
00:47 <Schism> You see that link from earlier, Lumin? o5o
00:47 <Lumindia> what link?
00:48 <Schism> http://www.owlsteaparty.com/the-great-serpent-of-ronka-plush/
00:48 <Lumindia> you showed me the template
00:50 * Schism noddles. <3
00:51 <Lumindia> oh damn, apparently the Ronkan empire is a reference to FFV
00:54 <Cepheid> You didn't know?
00:54 <Cepheid> The Earth Crystal powers the Ruins of Ronka.
00:55 <Lumindia> Ronka is the First's ancient civilization akin to Allag
00:56 <Cepheid> Those ruins... I would not be shocked if they became a raid.
00:56 <Cepheid> You know. I've always wondered.
00:57 <Lumindia> they're not
00:57 <Lumindia> they're actually the focus of the level 75 dungeon
00:58 <Lumindia> we may revisit them in a future patch, though
00:58 <Cepheid> Why is it there is only ever one ancient civilisation? Surely these civilisations had enemies, allies. Where are they? Given human nature, I can't see all ancient civilisations banding together under one flag. Too many different ideals.
00:58 <Cepheid> Lumin, hence the word "became" in future generations.
00:59 <Cepheid> We tense
00:59 <Cepheid> Autocorrect. Piss off.
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01:02 <Cepheid> there. lose out on capitalisation because one finger typing on tablet, but at least it does not garble my messages.
01:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Comics: Possible Butterfly / Mother or Sister? / Storms Lullaby #15 / The Lost Sun #1 [ http://tinyurl.com/y6p679qa ]
01:11 <Schism> Well, there were plenty of ancient civilizations back in FFXIV lore, on the Source. You have the Allagan Empire, of course, but you also had Mhach, Nym, and somewhat more recently, Baldesia.
01:12 <Schism> A goodly number of pre-Flood civilizations existed on the First, some more ancient than others, but like 99% of the planet is covered in Light aether.
01:12 <Schism> Right, there was Mhach, Nym, Amdapor as well... civilizations which were constantly at war.
01:15 <Cepheid> right right. i forgot about those.
01:15 <Cepheid> Then I guess FFXIV averts that trope.
01:16 <Cepheid> I think tomorrow I shall play FFXIV. Remind me to sedate myself first though.
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01:42 * Schism nodnods.
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01:46 <PinkieShy> You wouldn't believe my luck, after i sent out my quit message earlier and powered off my PC it wasn't even 2 minutes and power went out.
01:46 <PinkieShy> That there has to be pure luck.
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02:04 <Golden> I am feeling like PS1 Hagrid @_@ I am a bit good, but still though
02:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #1879 [ http://tinyurl.com/y4z2mgtu ]
02:30 * DashedRainbows sniffs PinkieShy again. This pony smells dry
02:37 * PinkieShy licks DashedRainbows till she is dripping
02:39 * Filly_Nightmares licks PinkieShy!
02:40 * PinkieShy hands Filly_Nightmares some cotton candy
02:42 * DashedRainbows pants
02:43 * Filly_Nightmares nomfs cotton candy and lays on DashedRainbows
02:45 * DashedRainbows wags her tail
02:47 <Golden> Hm
02:52 * DashedRainbows paws at PinkieShy
02:53 * PinkieShy meows at DashedRainbows
02:54 * DashedRainbows barks back
03:00 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Comic Dubs: The Revenge / Time to Go / Double Trick [ http://tinyurl.com/y3me2c4w ]
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03:55 <Schism> Wow. What kind of yard attracts 30-50 feral hogs within 2-3 minutes?
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05:02 <Finwe> Morning, everypony!
05:03 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, DashedRainbows and Filly_Nightmares; Messrs Cepheid, Golden, PinkieShy and Schism.
05:03 * Finwe doffs his hat.
05:03 * Ali doffs over Finwe
05:04 * Filly_Nightmares eees at Ali and Finwe as her tummy rumbles!
05:04 * Ali flops into Schism as unicorn ponders what should she do for base redesign 4
05:05 * Finwe ruffles the cute unicorn.
05:05 <Finwe> o3o
05:05 * Ali looks around, sees no cute unicorns here
05:05 * Filly_Nightmares meows at Finwe
05:13 <Golden> Bluh
05:40 * Schism continues stretching, but his right shoulder continues clicking.
05:44 * Finwe right-clicks Schism's shoulder.
05:49 * Filly_Nightmares licks Schism shoulder
05:49 <Golden> Still feeling like PS1 Hagrid
05:50 * Filly_Nightmares licks Golden
05:50 * Golden pets Filly_Nightmares
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05:50 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ConfusionRift
05:50 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
05:51 * PinkieShy looks at ConfusionRift with a very fluffy mustache.
05:51 * ConfusionRift turns to PinkieShy, at looks at them with a really hairy beard. :P
05:54 * Golden rolls about
05:54 * ConfusionRift rolls in a ball of fluff.
05:56 * Ali flops over the ConfusionRift
05:57 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali. :P
05:57 * Ali leans into ConfusionRift pets
05:57 <Ali> I hate missles needing to three shot a worm
05:57 * Schism boops the ConfusionRift with a Rogue Legacy, which evidently has an officially-supported mod for it that adds a buncha stuff. Also, curls up to nap.
05:58 <ConfusionRift> Huh, haven't heard of that one in a long time.
05:58 <Ali> Also obsidian armor looks cool but has no set bonus
05:59 * Ali rolls around ConfusionRift as she waits for Explosives 3 to finish teching
05:59 * ConfusionRift rolls as well.
06:00 <ConfusionRift> Schism: Like... a lot of stuffs? :P
06:00 <Schism> Well, tons of more bosses, changes to NewGame+, and the sort.
06:01 <ConfusionRift> Haven't finish that one. It was getting a little... upsetting.
06:02 <Schism> It is mildly frustrating.
06:05 <Ali> Like expert Plantera
06:05 * Ali shudders
06:05 * ConfusionRift pukes oil.
06:05 <Ali> I feel like I'm starting to understand Terraria better
06:06 <Ali> I mean heck, I killed Duke Fishron solo and the game says he's the hardest boss
06:06 <Ali> Though I still get *yay*'d by the Moon Lord
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06:32 <Schism> Hmm. There's a nice effect in this mod -- gold doesn't have to be picked up.
06:39 * Filly_Nightmares lays on Schism
06:41 <Schism> Huzzah... over 1,500 gold on an early run.
06:41 * Schism boops Filly_Nightmares.
06:57 * Filly_Nightmares nomfs Schism hoof and tugs!
06:58 <Ali> Schism, which is used the least, Iron plate, iron gear wheel, or steel?
07:00 <Schism> I... /want/ to say probably iron plateS?
07:01 <Ali> I've got 3 iron patches of 5.7M, 4.8M and 1.5M
07:06 * Schism finds a few Fairy chests he can open. They all contain retaliation runes, or equally useless unlocks.
07:06 <Schism> Also, that's not bad, Ali. o3o
07:07 <Ali> I know but I want them to produce those three things Schism and I don't know which should have what.
07:09 <Schism> Well, it's rarely wrong to make an excess of iron gear wheels. You'll never NOT need lanes.
07:12 <Schism> Hmmm, bounty rune? Don't mind if I do.
07:19 * Ali rolls around Schism as she tries to figure out what to do next as her base is about to be redone again.
07:23 * Finwe noms on Ali's base.
07:31 <Schism> Lessee. Knight Sword and Knight Bracers -- those are nice unlocks. Simple, straightforward, practical.
07:42 <ConfusionRift> Huh, a whole lot of damage for a Blue Moon. I wond- (notices the curse part) Never mind.
07:44 * Schism happily chows down on some of these mysterious wall chickens.
07:44 <ConfusionRift> Wall meat is best meat. :P
07:46 * Ali flops into ConfusionRift and Schism and hmmms, thinks she overestimated electric furnaces a bit.
07:47 <Ali> 30 of them can't feed 20 assembler 2's enough iron for gears
07:47 <ConfusionRift> They're basically sort of an upgrade to the stone ones. But they are exactly the same as steel ones.
07:47 <ConfusionRift> Oh...
07:47 <Ali> I know, they use electricity instead of a solid fuel source
07:47 <Ali> Other than they can have modules that can effect what they can do
07:48 <ConfusionRift> That's the thing. They are a bit better, and can be upgraded. But the improvement is not that high.
07:49 <ConfusionRift> And have done is kind of thing as well. :P
07:49 <Ali> Yeah but when you're in the remote mining phase of the game, its a bigger pain to ship a solid fuel source to the ores.
07:49 * ConfusionRift nods.
07:51 * Schism looks at the Maya. Sees a chest in the first room he enters. Then he sees it wiggling.
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08:11 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift.
08:11 <Finwe> o7
08:11 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
08:12 * ConfusionRift uses this really big cannon, and... well... he digs a huge hole with it.
08:13 <Finwe> That's not exactly what cannons are designed for, but if it works, then why not?
08:16 <Finwe> Note for self: USB 2 is agonisingly slow for data transfer.
08:19 <ConfusionRift> Only if it's nothing too big, otherwise you're gonna be planted for a whiiiile.
08:25 <ConfusionRift> Okay, mod creator. I recognize that song. That's from Metroid Fusion. :P
08:29 <Finwe> Well, I wrote 8 gigabytes of zeros on a USB drive.
08:29 <Finwe> Took almost 4000 seconds.
08:31 * Ali gives ConfusionRift sticky bombs
08:35 <ConfusionRift> Aaaah!
08:35 * ConfusionRift is blown up by another monster leaving mines everywhere.
08:50 * Filly_Nightmares eee at ConfusionRift
08:54 * Finwe hugs a Filly_Nightmares.
08:58 * ConfusionRift pets Filly_Nightmares. :P
09:10 * Schism fails a fairy chest, because game is mean.
09:13 <ConfusionRift> Completely forgot I needed obsidian for hellstone bars.
09:15 <Ali> Eeyup
09:15 <Ali> Always fun to forget that
09:21 <Cepheid> morning.
09:22 <ConfusionRift> Halloo.
09:26 * Schism has been slain by a Charite. 'Remember to watch enemy tells.'
09:27 <Cepheid> Heh.
09:28 <Cepheid> So I'm changing my tactic for the Star Devourer slightly, in an insane manner.
09:29 * Schism is slain by a fried. "..."
09:29 <Cepheid> Replacing the Rover with a with another elemancer. Two black mages.
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09:32 <Cepheid> The biggest curse there is gonna be the whole "I need a second Filia's Zhezl."
09:33 <Cepheid> I have a second Ninety-Three laying around somewhere, so armor is not an issue.
09:34 <Cepheid> Oh. Hey, I have a second Zhezl laying around as well.
09:35 <Cepheid> And it's +5.
09:35 <Cepheid> Won't lie though, I'm confused.
09:36 * Filly_Nightmares sleepies on ConfusionRift
09:36 *** Filly_Nightmares is now known as Sleeping_Nightmares
09:36 <Cepheid> The user is another eleme- Oh, wait, that's Omnimancer. That explains it.
09:39 * ConfusionRift slowly tilts his head.
09:40 * Ali nuzzles Cepheid, she's slowly working on changing heavily to trains
09:41 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift: Etrian Odyssey 5.
09:41 <ConfusionRift> Aaaahh.
09:41 <Cepheid> Ali: Last I saw, you were using trains. o3o
09:41 <Ali> Yes but its not as complex as it is now
09:42 <Cepheid> Heh.
09:42 <ConfusionRift> "Turning into a full choo-choo certified master!"
09:42 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift: Essentially, I'm trying to take down the true final boss, which is... yeah.
09:42 <Ali> Cepheid, this is it now
09:42 <Ali> https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/795368055544652979/DCD8C72207B9958EA51934900EDAF677ACF3A8AD/
09:43 <Ali> And yes, I do move VERY slow with expanding X.x
09:43 <Cepheid> Not bad.
09:43 <ConfusionRift> It usually is. :P (should really finish Hollow Knight)
09:43 <Cepheid> Ye kidding me? That's quite a lot of expansion in one day.
09:44 <Ali> Well I am on a full stoppage on tech right now trying to work/plan out this remap
09:44 <Cepheid> Heh.
09:44 <Ali> I've got rockets and lasers to help me clear out the bugs that get a bit too close to my buildings
09:45 <Ali> Able to two shot worms and bases right now
09:45 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift: First turn, boss uses a total-party-wipe skill. Only one way to counter it. Loses all it's limbs when it does so. After that turn, each turn it regenerates one(or sometimes two) limbs, and if it regenerates all the limbs, uses the total-party-wipe skill.
09:50 <Schism> Aren't there a few ways to counter it, like A. stunning a limb, B. destroying a limb, or C. using full aegis or whatever it is?
09:50 <Cepheid> Ah yeah.
09:50 <Cepheid> Full Aegis, stunning a limb(Good luuuuck), Paralysis, anything that causes a lost turn, really. Even destroying a part.
09:50 <ConfusionRift> I love party wiping skills!!!
09:51 <ConfusionRift> It ze best!
09:51 <Cepheid> Stunning is a risky proposition unless you have multiple sources of it. You're better off focusing on a single part with all your highest-damage skills and destroying one part.
09:52 <ConfusionRift> I'm sure this would be the kind of boss that would be really irritating to me.
09:52 <Cepheid> Most end-game bosses of the Etrian Odyssey series are.
09:52 <Cepheid> The annoying factor is that some of the story relies on killing them.
09:56 <Cepheid> In any case, the setup this time is basically to just blast the boss repeatedly with as many group-wide attacks as possible, continually destroying parts.
09:57 <Cepheid> If there's a part that needs to die *RIGHT NOW*, the two mages will fire off a focus-chanted spell at the target.
09:58 <Ali> Odd Cepheid, I'm getting a no path error to my iron mine
09:58 <Ali> It can travel from it, but not back to it
09:58 <Ali> So I'm guessing there's a light error that I made somewhere?
09:58 <Cepheid> Check your return path to make sure there's no breaks anywhere, or at the junctions.
09:58 <Cepheid> And that your lights are correct, yes.
09:59 <ConfusionRift> That should do, or at least have most parts damaged. Making it easier to take down parts even as one loses party members.
10:00 <Ali> Or how about a lack of one?
10:03 <Cepheid> That'd do it.
10:03 <ConfusionRift> ...whoops?
10:04 <Cepheid> But yeah, ConfusionRift. The big issue here is simply that I need to deal damage to too many parts. Last attempt was going so-so. I managed to survive up to 30 turns, but the damage output against the core was so low that it'd have taken another 90 turns at the current rate of damage to kill it.
10:04 <Cepheid> All the attacks used against the boss have to be all-targeting attacks.
10:09 <Cepheid> Of course, it'd help if the danged boss wouldn't regenerate THREE PARTS IN ONE TURN.
10:09 <Cepheid> What the hell?
10:09 <ConfusionRift> Excuse me?!
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10:10 <ConfusionRift> Ain't it great when the dice just land all on 1s?!
10:10 <Cepheid> Tell me about it.
10:11 <Cepheid> So far though, the tactic seems to be working reasonably well?
10:11 <ConfusionRift> That sucks though.
10:11 <ConfusionRift> That ? is a bit unnerving. :P
10:12 <Cepheid> Well, it's just that in ten turns I've done what I managed to do in 30 turns.
10:13 <Ali> Cepheid, it was a rouge light on the wrong side of the track
10:14 <Cepheid> Rogue.
10:14 <Cepheid> Rouge = French for "Red"
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10:15 <Cepheid> Oh come on game.
10:15 <Cepheid> Four parts regenerated in two turns?
10:15 <Cepheid> At least the boss is down to 60%.
10:16 <Cepheid> All them all-target spells are taking a toll on it.
10:17 <ConfusionRift> That's the thing that bothers me with RPGs. There are times this sort of thing happens, and you're unsure if it's bad luck, or the game just doesn't want you to progress.
10:18 <Ali> Sorry I always goof that spelling up
10:18 <Cepheid> I think what's happening is that the boss is getting a double-move due to initiative.
10:18 <Cepheid> That is, it gets a move at the end of the turn, but then gets a move at the start of the next turn as well because it's too fast.
10:19 <ConfusionRift> Of course. -_-
10:19 <Cepheid> ...
10:19 <Cepheid> Oh gods.
10:19 * Cepheid laughs.
10:19 <Cepheid> I managed to bind the core's arms.
10:20 <Cepheid> And it stops the regeneration.
10:20 <Cepheid> Or not.
10:20 <Cepheid> Oh, it wore off.
10:21 <ConfusionRift> "I'm a boss. I can just ignore that if I feel like it." | (sighs)
10:23 <Cepheid> Well, to be honest, resistance to an effect means it also wears off faster.
10:23 <Cepheid> So it's not surprising.
10:27 <Cepheid> Well, that's promising.
10:27 <Cepheid> I made it past 50%.
10:28 <Cepheid> This is quite literally the furthest I've gotten.
10:30 <Cepheid> Also.
10:30 <Cepheid> There's a trick to this boss, of sorts.
10:30 <Cepheid> Every part on it's body follows a set sequence.
10:30 <Cepheid> Agile Sword always starts with Sonic Thrust, which always goes first, no ifs-ands-or-butts. Next turn, it's Parry. Next turn, Swipe. Next turn, Sonic Thrust.
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10:33 <Cepheid> Holy-
10:33 <Cepheid> I got it down to 25%
10:33 <ConfusionRift> Huzzah!!!
10:36 <Cepheid> Problem.
10:36 <ConfusionRift> A pinch?
10:37 <Cepheid> No.
10:37 <Cepheid> Resources.
10:37 <Cepheid> I'm running out of TP.
10:37 <ConfusionRift> Oooh... none good.
10:37 <Cepheid> And at this rate I won't be able to finish it off.
10:37 <Cepheid> However!
10:37 <Cepheid> I know this setup works.
10:38 <Cepheid> All I need at this point is to go out and collect the materials needed for the best TP restoratives out there.
10:38 <Cepheid> A whole truckload of 'em.
10:38 <Cepheid> Bring about 30-40 of them(I had ~10 in total), and it just becomes a war of attrition. Who runs out of resources first?
10:39 <ConfusionRift> Bosses rarely do. -_-
10:39 <Cepheid> Given how many parts this thing has regenerated, and that bosses don't actually have any sort of TP counter..
10:40 <Cepheid> Well, monsters in general.
10:40 <Cepheid> Point is, the only resource they can run out of is HP.
10:40 <Cepheid> Looks like I managed a total of...
10:41 <Cepheid> ~100% of it's health in damage. You'd think this would mean it's dead, except it has one body part that can heal it for 10% of it's health.
10:41 <Cepheid> And it did that twice, so I've dealt enough damage to kill the boss, roughly.
10:42 <Cepheid> That said, I'm happy. This means I found a build that legitimately works.
10:42 <Cepheid> Wonder if there's a front-line class that has an attack-all skill that I can put in the place of Fran.
10:43 <Cepheid> I need... starstruck sugar and ambrosia.
10:43 <Cepheid> Those are not easy to come by.
10:44 <Cepheid> Starstruck Sugar is the rare drop of Stardust, which have to be killed in one shot, using instant-death.
10:45 <Cepheid> Ambrosia is a rare collection item from the Empyreal Bridge.
10:45 <Cepheid> Oh, no, wait.
10:45 <Cepheid> Ambrosia is common, not rare.
10:45 <ConfusionRift> Of course one of them had to be a rare drop. :P
10:45 <Cepheid> Actually it's not as bad as it sounds.
10:45 <Cepheid> There's a group of 3 stardust on the first "floor" of the bridge.
10:46 <Cepheid> I quoted "floor" because of limitations of the game.
10:46 <Cepheid> The Empyreal Bridge is actually one long map, spread out across multiple, implied vertical floors.
10:46 <Cepheid> Being a bridge and all.
10:48 <Cepheid> And there's an instant-death skill that can be applied that doesn't do damage.
10:48 <Cepheid> So the Stardust can just be encountered, then weathered as instant-death is applied until it hits.
10:49 <Cepheid> Alternatively, I collect up some Formaldehydes, and just use them on the same turn that a spell that kills them all in one shot is used.
10:49 <ConfusionRift> Throw asbestos at it!!!
10:49 <ConfusionRift> :P
10:50 <Cepheid> Formaldehyde. Need that rare drop that has very specific conditions? Use a formaldehyde on the turn the monster dies.
10:50 <Cepheid> Gives you all of it's drops.
10:50 <Cepheid> Works on any enemy, with any condition. Even the Hippogryph with it's "Kill on the first turn" condition.
10:50 <Cepheid> Seriously, that's it's condition for the rare drop.
10:53 <ConfusionRift> ....huh.
10:54 <ConfusionRift> But I'm guessing formaldehyde is pretty hard to come by.
10:54 <Cepheid> Sorta.
10:55 <Cepheid> In the first few games, I don't know if there's a drop that results in it, since I haven't played the original first three games that far(I really should finish them before Nexus as well)
10:55 <Cepheid> But EO4, EO Untold 1, and EO5, all have an enemy in the final stratum/dungeon that has a rare drop that can be made into Formaldehyde.
10:56 <Cepheid> More often than not, there is considerable risk involved on the grounds that it's the final stratum/dungeon.
10:56 <Cepheid> I believe in EO4, it was a FOE(Superpowered enemy. Not a boss. More like a miniboss.) that dropped the item.
10:56 <Cepheid> In EO5, it's a regular enemy. But it's often paired with another enemy that makes it risky to kill.
10:57 <Cepheid> In Untold... I don't recall, honestly.
10:57 <Cepheid> That said, I can probably forgo dealing with Etrian Odyssey 1 because of Untold.
10:57 <Cepheid> Untold is a remake of Etrian Odyssey 1, with a retcon.
10:57 <Cepheid> Though that retcon is more an effect of a better translation.
10:58 <Cepheid> Same goes for Etrian Odyssey 2, as Untold 2 exists, and I own it, and presumably it too has a retcon.
10:58 <Cepheid> Etrian Odyssey 3, suspiciously, is the *ONLY* game of the original series not to get a remake, despite it apparently being the musician's favourite game.
10:59 <Cepheid> Based on the OST, Etrian Odyssey Nexus has at least two stratums from Etrian Odyssey 3, and remixes numerous battle/boss tracks from it.
10:59 <Cepheid> Plus every game since it has had some remix of a track in that game.
10:59 <Cepheid> Usually End of the Raging Waves or Hoist the Sword with Pride in the Heart.
11:00 <Cepheid> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14U64jWO85s Original, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brPskDEr7CU EON's remix Hoist the Sword with Pride in the Heart.
11:01 <Cepheid> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsgRhIhHf8 Original, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw6Wc3VzNzE EO4, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-vu538_4Po EO5. Nexus reuses EO5's version.
11:01 <Cepheid> End of the Raging Waves.
11:01 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, Nexus remixes a lot of tracks from previous games on the ground that it's original subtitle name is Cross. AKA: Crossover.
11:02 <Cepheid> It somehow links every game in the series together.
11:02 <Cepheid> Despite the improbability of this in some cases.
11:03 <Cepheid> Schism, thoughts. What do you think is the chance that I would have to fight each and every single true final boss from every Etrian Odyssey game ever in Etrian Odyssey Nexus?
11:04 <Cepheid> Amazingly, there's only one Etrian Odyssey game that we have not seen over here in the West. I have no idea why, and it's technically referenced in Nexus's opening.
11:04 <Cepheid> Etrian Odyssey Mystery Dungeon 2. It was never released in the West, so it creates a bit of an issue for unaware folks when it comes to Nexus's opening.
11:05 <Cepheid> The opening speaks of seven Yggdrasil trees. Etrian Odyssey 1 through 5 account for 5. Etrian Odyssey Mystery Dungeon accounts for +1, and Mystery Dungeon 2, for +1. So seven trees, seven games.
11:07 <Cepheid> Anyhow, item harvesting time!
11:08 <Cepheid> Let's see... kill alluring imps while confused.
11:09 <Cepheid> Kinda tricky given no one has the ability to do that right now. o3o;;;
11:10 * Cepheid rests someone to get an appropriate skill.
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11:26 <Cepheid> Guh. Sedative is hitting me a little harder this morning than yesterday.
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11:37 <Cepheid> There. 10 Formaldehydes. Assuming perfect usage cases, I'll get 30 stardust sugars out of them.
11:38 <Cepheid> To ensure perfect setup, I'm gonna increase someone's initiative to the highest it can be, so..
11:40 * Cepheid gives Schism some gloves, a pair of really greasy boots, and some 'armor' that may as well just be a bunch of paper. "Here, put these on. They'll make you super-speedy."
11:52 * ConfusionRift crashes asleep.
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12:17 <Cepheid> So, I got my 30 stardust sugars as expected. I now have access to 30 Amrita II, which restores 150 TP. I'm making a new character with the intent to test something. Brouni get an innate skill that doubles the effectiveness of restorative items, including Amrita II. I'm checking to see just how effective a Brouni warlock is.
12:20 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #1653 [ http://tinyurl.com/yy8467dz ]
12:21 <Lumindia> https://i.imgur.com/DmbVwO8.png Scree!
12:21 <Cepheid> Scree indeed.
12:22 <Cepheid> I have this funny idea I want to try out for the early Etrian Odyssey entries.
12:22 <Cepheid> Modding of portraits. If I did it, I'd change one of the portraits to that little serpent.
12:23 <Cepheid> What, if any, abilities does the serpent have, Lumindia?
12:23 <Lumindia> .it's a minion
12:23 <Lumindia> it has no abilities
12:24 <Cepheid> Let me rephrase.
12:24 <Cepheid> What is it implied to be able to do, storyline-wise?
12:24 <Finwe> Slithering. A serpent slithers.
12:24 <Lumindia> uhh... it's the guardian of the rak'tika greatwood
12:24 <Lumindia> one of them*
12:24 <Lumindia> that's about all I know
12:25 <Cepheid> So it's never seen in combat then. Ah well.
12:25 <Schism> Heh. It is a tsuchinoko which appears in the Greatwood's time of need, and is supposedly able to predict the future by wiggling like a Surry.
12:25 <Lumindia> it is smol snek
12:25 <Schism> And nah, it's never in combat.
12:26 <Cepheid> Was gonna say. If I could somehow mod it's portrait into a game, I'd also try modding it's class so that it can have appropriate skills and such.
12:27 <Cepheid> Well, it's a snake. Albiet a smol snake. And it has some fierce-looking fangs.
12:27 <Schism> The NPC who repeatedly claims its abilities never seems to be able to demonstrate them to the player's satisfaction, but he's just so sincere about it all that it's hard not to follow along.
12:27 <Cepheid> So binds and bite attacks.
12:28 <Cepheid> Stats-wise...
12:28 <Cepheid> If it can predict the future, as claimed, then it would probably best to implement that as some sort of high-evasion ability. Seeing attacks happening before they do.
12:29 * Lumindia pushes cepheid over, lays on
12:29 <Lumindia> you'pre being silly
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12:29 <Schism> It also has a penchant for disappearing whenever there might be a hint of danger.
12:29 <Cepheid> How so, Lumindia?
12:30 <Cepheid> Let's see..
12:30 <Cepheid> Max, once-retired Brouni potatomancer. No stat booster skills yet.
12:31 <Cepheid> For comparison sake I'll rest Dreamer.
12:31 <Cepheid> Resting has become trivial. It drops a character 2 levels. Even at level 97, a single run of that EXP quest maxes them back up again.
12:32 <Cepheid> Right then..
12:33 <Finwe> Time to go. See you later, everypony!
12:33 * Finwe flies off.
12:33 <Cepheid> Level 99 Brouni Potatomancer vs Level 99 Celestrian Elemancer. 423 HP/466 TP, 376 HP/477 TP, respectively.
12:34 <Cepheid> Stats... STR/INT/VIT/WIS/AGI/LUC, 92/186/145/180/166/119, 123/172/109/153/115/158, respectively. ...
12:34 <Cepheid> No, that can't be right.
12:35 <Cepheid> Yeah. Dreamer's got 5 less skill points. I don't think he was retired properly.
12:35 <Cepheid> Which means I've been working with a sub-par team.
12:37 <Cepheid> Simple solution. Retire, level up with ~10 quests.
12:39 <Cepheid> So, Schism. I found a team setup that works.
12:39 <Cepheid> I just need resources. I had it down to 20% health.
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12:40 <Schism> Knock on wood, then.
12:40 <Cepheid> I farmed some Amrita IIs.
12:40 <Cepheid> I got 30 in stock to buy.
12:41 <Cepheid> So with that, and two Brounis utilizing that double-powered-item effect, I'll be able to manage it. If I can add in a physical all-target-attacker I'll be even better off.
12:41 <Cepheid> Turns out, all-target attackers are the best way to go.
12:41 <Cepheid> So that you're constantly wearing down all the parts.
12:44 <Cepheid> If it wasn't for the fact that such a move is stupidly insane, I'd replace Fran, the front-line attacker, with Mitty, the potatomancer, as an Omnimancer, I could do physical damage with Rockfall(Meteor in all but name) and have the two backliner mages use elemental damage.
12:48 <Schism> Hmmm. This 'home of a god named Bob' looks a teensy bit familiar. http://freefall.purrsia.com/
12:48 <Cepheid> It does, doesn't it?
12:48 <Schism> All it's missing is a talking dog.
12:49 <Cepheid> Heh.
12:49 <Cepheid> Hmm. Dragoons get heavy armor, and a skill, Barrage Wall, as part of their base class. It hits all targets, does bash damage, and reduces attack.
12:49 <Cepheid> That'd make a better choice than a squishy mage for the front row.
12:52 <Cepheid> Okay, *NOW* I can do a proper comparison of stats.
12:54 <Cepheid> At level 99, both retired once, both elemancers: 423/466 HP/TP, 382/505 HP/TP for Brouni and Celestrian elemancers respectively. Stat-wise.. 86/186/145/180/166/119 vs 123/196/109/153/139/158, Brouni and Celestrian, respectively.
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12:55 <Cepheid> Seems like the Brouni is the better deal. More HP, more VIT(Defense), slightly lower INT(Magic attack), and slightly lower TP. Brounis have that double-effectiveness skill as well.
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12:57 <Cepheid> I'll keep Dreamer on the squad as a Celestrian, but yeah, I'll replace the other magic user with Mitty.
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13:02 <Cepheid> Apparently the maximum magic attack is 501. This cannot be exceeded via any means, since achieving it requires using a Celestrian, geared with the best equipment money can buy, the best skills for increasing INT, and... Long story short, INT maxes out at 255, and the weapon maxes out at 246.
13:07 <Cepheid> Meanwhile for the front-liner. I'm making a Celestrian Dragoon. Bad combination 'cause of low VIT, but I'll counter that with armor, and abuse the increased TP for firing off Barrage constantly.
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13:10 <ADragonHoarding> I have ascended!
13:10 <Cepheid> I actually don't have you at max magic attack. Waste of equipment slots. You're just 5 points shy, though.
13:11 <Cepheid> So you're quite destructive.
13:11 <Cepheid> If anything, the elemancers are the lynchpin for taking this boss out.
13:12 <Cepheid> Which I guess means you're one of the two most-important characters on the team right now.
13:17 <ADragonHoarding> Huzzah!
13:17 <Cepheid> That said, the most important is Schism, the healer. He dies, we're boned.
13:18 <ADragonHoarding> Indeed.
13:18 <ADragonHoarding> Who's the tank?
13:18 <Cepheid> Ironically? No one.
13:19 <Cepheid> Having a tank isn't a worthwhile thing.
13:20 <Cepheid> Closest thing we'd have to a tank is Iman, the Celestrian I'm building. The Dragoon class is the "tank" class of the game, but I'm building them to shoot constantly. So they won't be using the Guard skills to protect the team.
13:20 <Cepheid> I'll deck them out in the best armor I can find, and put Dragon Roar on them.
13:22 <Cepheid> Dragon Roar being the Taunt skill. Basically draws all attacks to them.
13:22 <Cepheid> Or most, anyways.
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13:24 <Cepheid> Hum. Another Brouni might be a better choice for a Dragoon. Better balance between VIT and TP. So I'll retire Iman to a Brouni for that purpose. Need a better name, though.
13:25 * Cepheid names them Bob.
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13:30 <Cepheid> Dangit, did I accidentally sell the best armor for dragoons?
13:30 <Cepheid> Darnit, I did.
13:30 <Cepheid> It's 342,000 too.
13:46 <Cepheid> Bob, the Potatoguard. Level 99, once-retired. Not the highest stats, but much better than Celestrian.
13:46 <Cepheid> 455 HP, 434 TP, so lots of Barrage uses. 173 VIT, so reasonably high defensive stats.
13:49 <Cepheid> 7600 * 10 = 76000. 76000 * 3 = 228000
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14:00 <Cepheid> Apparently, about 40 Magic Attack amounts to about 300 damage or so. So the Brouni caster's good.
14:00 <Cepheid> He benefits from increased TP regen anyways.
14:08 <Cepheid> I need a coffee and a shower.
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14:09 * DashedRainbows shivers. Good morning horseys
14:10 <Cepheid> Hurry up and release a Stable, Factorio Devs.
14:19 <Cepheid> After this game, I'll be doing Untold 1 next. There's a bit of a hitch, though.
14:19 <Cepheid> I started Story Mode after reaching the end, so I can get the story mode drops. Unfortunately, I lose access to my characters, and can't kill the true final boss(at full power, anyways) in story mode.
14:19 <Cepheid> So I have to finish story mode first.
14:22 <Cepheid> Funny thing is, both modes have a story. Just not the same story.
14:23 <Cepheid> Normal mode covers the original storyline for Etrian Odyssey 1, with a retcon involved regarding the true final boss. Story mode focuses around a certain character, and technically relates to the original storyline.
14:26 <Cepheid> Okay, 'noughs enough. I got enough to buy 10 amrita II's. I ran out of TP at 20%, so I think adding these 10 will be enough.
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14:29 <Cepheid> No. Not yet. I need one more item that I, annoyingly, am missing.
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14:35 <ADragonHoarding> Just one. more. thing.
14:35 <Cepheid> It's a critical item too.
14:35 <Cepheid> Health Charm. Increases resistance to ailments greatly.
14:38 <Cepheid> 'Night Janetta. If we don't return, avenge us.
14:38 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkj0DEqkv2Y
14:38 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Battlefield ~ Nagaregu - Etrian Odyssey V OST
14:38 <Cepheid> Time to do this.
14:40 <Cepheid> Whoops. Forgot to respec back row.
14:40 * Cepheid resets. Goes and does that right quick.
14:42 <Cepheid> ... Yer kidding me.
14:42 <Cepheid> Resting removes the bonuses you get from retiring.
14:42 <ADragonHoarding> rest or reset?
14:42 <Cepheid> Rest. It's a way of respeccing.
14:42 <ADragonHoarding> ah.
14:43 <Cepheid> You lose two levels in return for having all of your skill points returned. Or supposed to be all, anyways.
14:43 <Cepheid> The three of them should have 114. They have 109.
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14:44 <Cepheid> Gonna double check that resting does remove the bonuses. If they do, Dreamer should be at 498 magic attack.
14:45 <Cepheid> Er, 496*
14:45 <LibrarianofHope> morning
14:46 <Cepheid> Well son of a-
14:46 <Cepheid> Oh, wait. I forgot the mastery.
14:47 <Cepheid> ADragonHoarding: Title. 15 characters. You're an Elemancer, thus you deal elemental damage.
14:48 <ADragonHoarding> You need a title?
14:48 <Cepheid> I can make one.
14:48 <Cepheid> But no, it isn't necessary. I can just use Elemancer.
14:48 <ADragonHoarding> Ah, I see.
14:48 <ADragonHoarding> Incandescent
14:49 <Cepheid> Explosion spell it is, then. I was gonna use Thunderbreak, but I guess I can mix the elements around. They all deal the same damage anyways.
14:50 <Cepheid> Hmm. Can I get to cutting costs..?
14:50 <Cepheid> Just barely.
14:52 <Cepheid> Ah yeah. It was the missing mastery that resulted in the missing points.
14:57 <Cepheid> There. NOW I'm ready.
15:00 * Cepheid gave Ice magic to Mitty, Fire magic to Dreamer. Will blast this boss with the closest approximation of Chrono Trigger's Antipode.
15:03 <Cepheid> I have no idea why, but the team is dealing *MUCH* more damage than usual.
15:11 <Cepheid> You call that an explosive shot? Try this for size! *Focus Chant->Explosion*
15:15 <Cepheid> 55% and dropping.
15:31 * DashedRainbows chews on LibrarianofHope
15:32 <Cepheid> Dangit.
15:32 <Cepheid> I thought maybe Barrage Shot would be useful. It was useless.
15:32 <Cepheid> Switching back to Fran for damage output.
15:36 <LibrarianofHope> if i was seeing whats your are doing cepheid i would do a mexican soccer announcer style play by play
15:36 <LibrarianofHope> dashed can help me, you need a dog in this kind of endevours
15:36 <Cepheid> Heh.
15:37 <LibrarianofHope> zambobazo magico, tiritito papa
15:37 <LibrarianofHope> owo
15:38 <LibrarianofHope> that might make sense to dashed if at all to anyone
15:38 <LibrarianofHope> incredibly local joke
15:40 <Cepheid> How cute.
15:40 <Cepheid> The best weapon for the Masurao, guess what drops it's crafting item?
15:41 <LibrarianofHope> whatcha playing?
15:41 <Cepheid> Etrian Odyssey V.
15:42 <Cepheid> Anyways, to answer the question: True final boss. The very boss I'm trying to kill. It drops the missing rare drop required for the best weapon of one of the classes.
15:42 <LibrarianofHope> i never got around the first person thing owo
15:42 <Cepheid> At which point, it's moot crafting the weapon, because I'll have killed everything in the game.
15:42 <LibrarianofHope> i bothers me not seeing my character, no idea why
15:42 <LibrarianofHope> dont they have lunatic mode type of runs?
15:43 <LibrarianofHope> idiotic high diifculty
15:43 <Cepheid> Yeah, Expert Mode and such.
15:43 <Cepheid> Which is the correct way to play the game, since that's basically "baseline difficulty"
15:43 <Cepheid> Anything higher or lower is simply harder or easier, respectively.
15:48 <Cepheid> If it weren't for the risk of confusion and other status ailments, I'd give Fran a Brawn item to increase her strength to maximum.
15:52 <Cepheid> I wonder if Armor Pierce and Air Blade both activate for each weapon equipped by a Blade Dancer. *Tests*
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15:53 <Cepheid> Quick research indicates no. But there's a skill that allows katana skills to activate twice, increasing in chance with each weapon equipped.
15:59 * Cepheid goes to harass an infinitely-spawning FOE for it's fingers.
16:00 <DashedRainbows> Man I really miss broadband
16:03 <Cepheid> Oh look, I can murder these things so fast I also get their conditional drop. This makes it so I no longer have to kill 29 of them. I only need... 13 now.
16:20 <Cepheid> Whelp, I'm back to the original squad that was working, with slightly extra damage output.
16:27 <Cepheid> Now then, let's give this a shot. I brought more items to boot.
16:33 * DashedRainbows uses LibrarianofHope as her new chew toy
16:36 * Cepheid removes all the body parts in one fell swoop. "I'm not gonna lose to you this time, monster!"
16:42 <Cepheid> Aaaand I lost.
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16:54 <Cepheid> This thing is just way too much to handle. Seven parts, all doing their own thing.
16:59 <Cepheid> Will you please stop getting double regeneration!?
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17:10 <Cepheid> I absolutely cannot use any other union skills. I must retain the guard skill, because when the boss uses Full Burst, I get a reprieve.
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17:29 * LibrarianofHope gives ali a bone blade and sends her to kill some dino bois
17:30 * Ali blinks, she doesn't play games that kill dinos
17:33 <LibrarianofHope> just smack whatever with it
17:33 <LibrarianofHope> still works
17:50 * Cepheid throws Ali and LibrarianofHope at the Star Devourer.
17:50 * Ali nopes and pops out of existance
17:51 <Cepheid> He's on the ropes. 25% left.
17:52 <Cepheid> 35% now.
17:52 <Cepheid> Because it used bloody Elemental Decoy and blocked my attempt to destroy the Energy Tube before it used healing.
17:54 <Cepheid> Oh, good. TPK attack. A repireve.
17:56 <Cepheid> Gods. Dangit.
17:56 <Cepheid> Of course he had to stun one of the casters and prevent the Energy Tube from being destroyed. 35% again.
17:58 <Cepheid> And the tube regenerates again. Calling it now, it either uses Elemental Decoy, or it stuns one of the critical characters.
18:03 <Cepheid> Welp, I lost again.
18:04 <Schism> Starting to think the RNG is doing that to you.
18:04 <Cepheid> Yeah.
18:04 <Cepheid> I'm trying a different approach this time.
18:08 <LibrarianofHope> i could use reality shatter, but it might destroy half the world
18:09 <Cepheid> I *WILL* beat this thing. I won't bow to it.
18:09 <LibrarianofHope> if this was an anime you would go super saiyan after that
18:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Poll Results: Who Should Be Reformed Before the End the Season 9? [ http://tinyurl.com/yy76vbmb ]
18:10 <Ali> Schism, did you get to check out my factorio map?
18:11 <Ali> Its taking so long to revamp it and I hope I can not stress myself out once I get everything working right
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18:12 <Cepheid> Okay, those items are completely useless.
18:12 <Ali> I really need the next two tech bottles but just don't have the space at the moment or the resources set up. Running so low on red belts its annoying
18:16 <Schism> Ali: Well, I saw your plans for trains.
18:16 <Schism> But yes... >_O Also, toldja that you can never have too many gears.
18:27 <Cepheid> "Bomb chamber used Elemental Decoy!" Of course it did.
18:32 <LibrarianofHope> sudden bad headache, ouch
18:33 <Ali> Schism, its this one https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/795368055544652979/DCD8C72207B9958EA51934900EDAF677ACF3A8AD/ Not sure if this is the one you're refering to
18:33 * Schism offers LibrarianofHope some bacon.
18:33 <Schism> Ali: Yup, that's the one I meant. o3o;
18:33 <Schism> Those are some nice regular coal fields.
18:33 <Cepheid> Gods, finally a reprieve. I bounded the arms on the danged boss, and it tried to regenerate the swords.
18:34 <Ali> The bugs are a minor annoyance since they can't expand, but its getting tougher to take out the larger bases safely
18:34 <Ali> I need to get up to the fusion reactor and personal laser defense to be able to feel comfortable dealing with those.
18:36 <Cepheid> For the first time, that's the one time I really hoped the TPK would happen.
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18:38 <Cepheid> Nope. Not letting you use that.
18:38 <Cepheid> ...
18:38 <Cepheid> I did it.
18:39 <Schism> ...!
18:39 <Schism> Congratulations! <penguin appears>
18:39 * Cepheid ariadne threads the HELL OUT OF THERE.
18:40 <Cepheid> That's two Etrian Odyssey games 100%ed.
18:41 <Cepheid> As in, I found every item, I unlocked every weapon, armour, item, etc. I killed one of every monster. I mapped out the entire game.
18:41 <Cepheid> Which is the conditions for the True Ending.
18:41 * Schism nods, "And completed every (non-DLC) quest, I take it."
18:41 <Cepheid> Yes.
18:42 <Cepheid> Huh, there's a region called the "Bloodwood Forest" in this world.
18:42 <Cepheid> It's doing a pan over the world map up close, so you can see some stuff.
18:43 <Cepheid> Huh.
18:43 <Cepheid> The city is supposed to be called Aeolis.
18:43 <Cepheid> They called it Iolys for some reason at some point, after the map was translated.
18:44 <Schism> Sounds like pretty standard romanization.
18:44 * Schism flips the chewy, smoky, crispy bacon. Bacon bacon bacon.
18:45 <Cepheid> Oh nice, I get a little medal next to the save now.
18:46 <Cepheid> ...
18:46 <Cepheid> Dangit.
18:46 <Cepheid> In order to see the true ending, I have to do a NG+.
18:47 <Cepheid> If you don't kill the boss before a certain point, the true ending becomes locked.
18:47 <Cepheid> ... Mind, at this point, it's moot.
18:47 <Cepheid> I could just as well walk straight to the end.
18:48 <Cepheid> But first, I got some money I need to make. Save up for the ultimate katana.
18:49 <Cepheid> Since I'll need it.
18:50 <Cepheid> Fortunately I found a good money grinding spot.
18:50 <Cepheid> I make 18,800en per kill
18:53 <Cepheid> Oh, right. Crown of Arcania. What's it do?
18:53 <Cepheid> ... o3o
18:53 <Cepheid> +100 HP, +100 TP, +20 to all stats.
18:56 <Schism> Somewhat slightly useful.
18:57 <Schism> Greenland lost 12.5 billion tons of ice yesterday. It wasn't supposed to have melted for another half a century.
18:59 <Cepheid> Heard about that, yeah.
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19:06 <Schism> Mike Gravel's campaign staff: "We'll be ending the Gravel 2020 campaign today, as we have been planning from the start."
19:07 <Schism> Well, at least they're honest about that.
19:08 <Cepheid> This party is essentially going to walk over everything in NG+.
19:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Platonic: Followup: The Last Laugh [ http://tinyurl.com/y4q4ag2r ]
19:10 <Cepheid> There. Weapon acquired.
19:11 <Schism> Ame-no-Habakiri 1x?
19:11 <Cepheid> It just occurred to me I can also "cheat" in a sense. Play the game on an easier difficulty.
19:11 <Cepheid> I've already beaten the true final boss on the hardest difficulty.
19:11 <Cepheid> What more do I have to prove?
19:12 <Schism> Indeed. This is just for sake of completing that ending.
19:12 <Cepheid> And yeah, that weapon.
19:15 <Cepheid> I should pick up Invisible so I just avoid battles. o3o
19:17 <Cepheid> So far, the most dangerous thing has been the tutorials.
19:19 * Schism saves the fats from this meat, so that the chicken and vegetables for tomorrow's fajitas can be fried in bacon grease.
19:19 * Cepheid reports entire registry in one swoop. A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-...
19:22 <Cepheid> Finally, last of the tutorials. Now to rush through and bash everything dead.
19:25 * Cepheid walks up to the catterpillar foe, pokes it.
19:25 <Cepheid> <Catterpillar> *SCREEE!* *Dies*
19:27 <Schism> <Toxipede> I am a millipede, I am a-MA-zing... til I get a party punching in my face.
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19:30 <Cepheid> Yeah yeah go open the next stratum. I'll be back by morning.
19:33 <Cepheid> Huh.
19:33 <Cepheid> It turns out basic mode notifies you of secrets if you step next to them, rather than face them.
19:35 <Cepheid> Schism. You want me to pit your character against the first stratum boss on the front row, with no weapon equipped?
19:37 <Schism> Sure, I imagine I can heal whatever it hits me with.
19:38 <Cepheid> You deal about 100 damage per hit.
19:38 <Cepheid> So yeah, you can solo the boss with no weapon equipped.
19:39 * Schism looks at publishers putting microtransactions in their games -- months after release. And not just expansion packs, THOSE are long-accepted.
19:40 <Cepheid> Not shocked.
19:40 <Cepheid> Bah. Game's being a pest about warping around.
19:42 <Cepheid> Basically, even though I got the game mapped out, it won't accept it as such until I've "seen" most of itl.
19:43 <Schism> Ah, the joys of hidden event flags.
19:43 <Schism> I mean, I get why. It stops people from downloading maps online and just copying those into the DS.
19:44 <Schism> Aha. This I'd not seen. The ESRB in 2018 decided to add 'In-Game Purchases' to their warning list on titles.
19:44 <Cepheid> But it couldn't be bothered with retaining the "seen" state in a NG+?
19:44 <Schism> I dunno, man. It really is probably just a set of event flags on the level.
19:44 <Cepheid> It's not.
19:44 <Cepheid> It's about how many tiles have been seen.
19:45 <Schism> Huh. o.o That /is/ annoying then.
19:45 <Cepheid> At least I can walk around enemy-free.
19:54 <Cepheid> You FOEs are free to try and kill me, but... *Autocombats through 'em*
19:55 <Cepheid> Kinda curious to see how the game handles this level.
19:56 <Cepheid> You're supposed to "find a way around" the superboss.
19:56 <Cepheid> But this team is more than strong enough to murder it.
19:57 <Cepheid> ...? Why is it not letting me warp past floor 2?
20:00 <Cepheid> Oh!
20:00 <Cepheid> I gotta turn in the maps, right.
20:01 <Cepheid> There we go. Now then, to get around this monster "somehow"
20:04 <Cepheid> Oh bah, the game doesn't even acknowledge I killed it instead.
20:14 <Cepheid> Yep. Gotta see all the tiles of the accessible region before the game lets me report the map and warp.
20:14 <Cepheid> Cute.
20:16 <Cepheid> At least the third stratum does away with silly room mechanics.
20:22 <Cepheid> Hey Hippogryph. *Explosion* Bye Hippogryph.
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20:30 * Sleeping_Nightmares kneads Cepheid and lays on Schism face
20:30 *** Sleeping_Nightmares is now known as Filly_Nightmares
20:30 * Filly_Nightmares skree!
20:31 * Schism wigglescree.
20:41 <Cepheid> I wish enemies would recognize when they are outranked.
20:41 <Cepheid> "Oh, that team just killed my brother in one shot, with over 19,000 damage." "Seems like a good idea to attack them."
20:46 <Cepheid> Hey Crow. *Explosion* Later Crow.
20:50 <Cepheid> Fourth stratum next
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21:00 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Community Soapbox #149 - [ http://tinyurl.com/yymkp6fx ]
21:04 <Cepheid> I'll have to finish this later. I gotta get ready to head out for dinner.
21:09 * DashedRainbows sits on Ali. Go horsey go!
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21:59 <PinkieShy> Heey :)
21:59 <PinkieShy> So far so good my dog is behaving without the collar on his neck inside the house..
21:59 <PinkieShy> Can't believe he ripped apart the other one in just the matter of a month.
22:00 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Another New My Little Pony Season 9 Second Half Trailer! [ http://tinyurl.com/y4xc7nvc ]
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22:15 <LibrarianofHope> my dogs never seem to be bothered by their collars
22:16 <LibrarianofHope> never even comsider it could be a bother to them
22:17 <PinkieShy> LibrarianofHope my doggo scratched out all the thread to the point the old collar one dash after a cat and it would more likely snap and he'd be gone.
22:18 <LibrarianofHope> that might be the issue
22:18 <LibrarianofHope> i use a fake leather type and military grade leash
22:20 <PinkieShy> THe one i got him always is the walmart vibrant life collar
22:23 <PinkieShy> Might have to really switch him to what someone suggested a few years back..
22:23 <PinkieShy> A all leather collar..
22:23 <LibrarianofHope> yep, its ideal
22:32 <Ali> For some reason Cepheid I SWEAR there's something important I'm forgetting that needs just stone in its crafting recipe
22:36 <Schism> Lotta concrete?
22:36 <Schism> Admittedly, that needs stone _bricks_ and a little bit of iron ore, but it's pretty massively important in the end.
22:37 * Schism doubts the Ali is using a bunch of landfill.
22:37 <Ali> I know rails need stone and is now part of the blue bottle tech
22:38 <Ali> But right now I'm just waiting on the base iron deposit to crap out so I can remove the last of the miners and the large smelting area
22:38 <Schism> I mean, you could make a buncha steel furnaces because the electric ones are even more pollution-heavy.
22:39 * DashedRainbows sniffs PinkieShy and wags her tail
22:42 * PinkieShy hands DashedRainbows a slice of cookies and cream pie
22:44 * DashedRainbows noms
22:44 <DashedRainbows> Woof woof neigh
22:51 <LibrarianofHope> im one sell from becoming a leader in my selling plataform
22:52 <LibrarianofHope> not sure iwhat it helps me with, but should be good
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23:09 <Ali> Schism, I think I'm ok on power, I have 700 solar panels but not really using 40MW just yet
23:09 <Ali> Only 500 accumulators though
23:11 * DashedRainbows gives Ali a pony ride instead
23:12 * Schism decides to play one or two more rounds of Rogue Legacy.
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23:21 <Cepheid> Food consumed. Time to go home, take some tylenol, and fall asleep.
23:22 <PinkieShy> Man.. fried pork skins are so good.
23:25 <LibrarianofHope> chicharron
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23:27 * DashedRainbows drools on PinkieShy
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23:41 <Schism> Oh nice. First boss down. o3o
23:41 <Schism> Which now gives me a permanent teleporter to the Forest.
23:42 <PinkieShy> Hulu is pulling me in with all the shows.. XD
23:42 <PinkieShy> This could take me months to complete watching all the seasons of all the shows they have that i wanna watch :P
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23:48 * Ali noms a Schism ear
23:49 <Schism> Ali: Rogue Legacy ish tricky.
23:50 * Ali nods, she's waiting on this last miner to burn out
23:50 <Cepheid> Another day, another Spectre bug.
23:54 <Cepheid> Oh yeah. Schism? That Star Devourer kill earlier? I was almost certain I was gonna fail. The only reason I didn't is because at that point, I went "Eff it" and tried blasting the last 20% down as fast as possible by ignoring regenerated parts and using focus-casted spells.
23:56 <Schism> When in doubt, limit break. Or, at least, rage.
23:58 <Schism> Cephy: Heh, on my last run of this, I managed to beat the eyeball boss with ... cheapness. Namely, by picking up an item with a 15% revive rate.
23:58 <DashedRainbows> I just bought a new phone... Yay impatience
23:58 <Cepheid> I figured I was dead anyway so I just went pure offense, burning what resources I had rapidly. Lo and behold, I get it down to 5%. I set up two more spells, having just blasted the Energy Tube into non-existance, I fully expected the RNG to get me. I got incredibly lucky. I get a turn, physical attack misses. I get next turn, cast one spell. Get hit by slam. Followed up with next spell, it keels over.
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