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I got him, but Deidon Hold was still boring and longer than it needed to be. <_<
He gets better. I mean, he's still probably my least favorite playable character, but he does get better.
He already got somewhat better when he started picking locks and whatnot. Also, Karol and Rita together are amusing. >_>
You missed the best part of that whole "quest"
Yuri (In a great parody voice of Karol's original line): "Prepare to die, eggbear!"
True, that was awesome.
...lolz.
Rita single-handedly breaks the game later.
I mean, you're not even close to that point where she can, but Rita is by far the most broken character in Vesperia, and probably out of everyone in Symphonia, Abyss, and Vesperia. I think only Guy (Abyss) and Colette can come close.
But yeah, some of her spells are pretty useless in that they don't really correct their course if the enemy moves after the cast. Fireball isn't that bad about it though. It's also another move that gets better with use. In this case, more fireballs. I think at like 3000 uses it's up to 10 fireballs launched with one cast.
3000 uses?
...
Well then.
3 possible results on hitting an enemy with the Sorcerer's Ring:
1. Enemy gets pissed and charges you (White smoke cloud over them)
2. Enemy freezes, and that's it. (Turns blue)
3. Enemy freezes, and you get the advantage in battle. (Birds circle over the enemy's head)
I get 2 about 80% of the time, and the other two about 10% of the time each. It's rather annoying. And that's assuming I can even manage to HIT the monsters with it.
You could also change the preset strategies so that the AI doesn't use items. Or if you're normally okay with them doing that but not during boss fights, make an alternate strategy type for boss fights and switch to it at the start of battle.
I had 3 Strategy presets.
Default (I'm sure I made some minor alterations though)
Boss (Basically, default, but this time I removed the TP limits so they wouldn't stop casting at 50%)
Solo (Because the game's "solo" strategy that's always there never worked for me. The AI would back off for about 3 seconds then immediately join the fight again)
Yes, I need to fiddle with the strategies. Haven't gotten around to that yet, but it's beginning to become necessary, since like you said, Leave It To Me results in... no noticeable change at all.
I'm not sure what's better, that version of Pumpkin Hill, or the running into Gattuso . That thing is a jerk. I still maintain he may be the hardest non-optional fight in the game. Or, at the very least, until a -lot- later in the game.
He is annoying. At least the Goliath could be evaded, Gattuso just jumps in and picks off your guys immediately after they're revived. I think I'm underleveled, though, so I'm currently fighting some random encounters before challenging him again.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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Man, that was a pretty terrible boss. I had been pounding on him for like 5 minutes, and I stopped to check his health...
16000/26000
I nearly cried.
Anyway. Got the secret mission by complete chance, I assume it was knocking Gattuso unconscious with those flowers... Which I actually did several times (by accident), and it was a huge help.
Also, there was an epix moment:
*Repede, Estelle down*
*Karol alive with like 26 HP*
*I (Yuri) have like 250 HP*
*Gattuso currently engaged to me*
*Gattuso begins charging one of his attacks*
Me: Can't dodge this... Should I try to use an item and heal Karol or revive Estelle or... WAIT! OF COURSE!
*OVERLIMIT*
*BEATDOWN*
By the time my Overlimit ended, my whole team was back up with a decent amount and two of them were helping me beat the crap out of Gattuso. It was amazing.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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-We're in scenic Capua Nor.
-Oh man, a corrupt magistrate from the empire who has nothing better to do with his time than abuse the poor peasantfolk. What a totally original idea that doesn't happen in every story with an empire ever. Just once I'd like The Empire to be nice and helpful and with a 90% approval rating and a good ratio of puppies petted to puppies kicked. But nooo... can't have that. <_<
-Yuri goes off by himself and beats the tar out of some assassins.
-Then starts jobbing in a cutscene before Flynn shows up.
-Both of them dance like they want to win.
-Then Flynn tries to kill me. WTF. Nice way to greet your friend. <_<
-Estelle and Flynn leave and get an inn room. If I wasn't SURE that Yuri/Estelle is canon, I'd swear they weren't even bothering with subtext here.
-The Yuri/Flynn dynamic reminds me of some other duo... But I can't quite put on my finger on who. Hrm.
-We're off to hunt the Rhybgaro. The only place nearby is a forest, so I go there and find it rather quickly.
-...Easiest boss fight ever. If that was even a boss fight at all.
That's where I stopped for the night.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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-Remembered who it was Yuri and Flynn remind me of. Lelouche and Suzaku. They really aren't similar at all beyond token similarities, but that's definitely who it was.
-We're totally in Full Metal Alchemist right now.
-This dungeon is annoying. Every room looks exactly the same.
-Yuri's group, Flynn's group, Raven, Ragou, the Blood Alliance, the Dragon Rider... Is this a remote mansion, or Grand Central Station?
-whoo on a ship now
-Zagi 3. Man, this guy is nuts. I like how he just stands there on fire talking about how he's going to kill Yuri, then an explosion blows him away randomly. <_<
-Missed the secret mission, BTW. If there was one.
-Flynn is such a lamer. "What has changed since then?" "Well a serial killer who targets children was just set free by you after we risked our lives to bring him to justice. So that's new." "..." "Derp."
-I dislike these "You parted with everyone (for like two minutes)" things. Why even bother?
-"Why'd you let him get away?!" "He says he's terribly misunderstood." XD
-Oh god, I just got a free night at the inn. Dammit. That means something bad is about to go down.
-Huh, just plot. I can live with that.
-Okay, I missed the ruined city completely and went past it to, I assume, the next city I'll be visiting. And was told to turn around. Ehhh.
-Found Caer Bocram this time. Pretty well hidden. <_<;
-Ouch. Shut the **** down.
-wtf @ one not voice-acted piece of dialogue in a voice-acted cutscene. >_>
-"Wouldn't it be crazy if a monster just gobbled up your foot right now? Just a giant munch, and oops, no more foot."
-Caer Bocram is annoying to navigate.
-Boss fight TIME. But there are like three parties I could be fighting... WONDER WHO IT'LL BE.
-This boss was... very easy. Though he refused to let me use Overlimit. Whenever I went into it, he just knocked me on my ass until it ended. Boo. But I spammed Azure Edge for like 600 damage a pop and beat him pretty easy. That Fatal Strike didn't hurt, either, though I was like "wtf" when I expected it to finish him but it didn't. So much for instantly killing the target. Eh. +18ish grade, +25 Gamerscore, secret mission completed (not sure what it was, really).
-Estelle's a princess? NO ****ING WAY. Man, didn't see that coming! I am shocked! Best plot twist ever.
(It gains credibility because everyone except Karol already figured that out, though.)
-We really need to start knocking off our enemies/annoying people that might or might not be enemies but that I hate. Team Rocket's okay, but next time we see Zagi or Cumore or Ragou or Barbos or the Hunting Guild or the Blood Alliance or Flynn's gang, we need to just stick a sword in their heads.
-Another Adecor and Boccos fight. I uh... got careless and they almost killed me. Whoops. >_>;
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
-It's somewhat annoying to hear the crappy JPop song at the intro every time I turn on the game. No matter how fast I try to skip it, I can never manage to skip ALL of it.
You need better opinions.
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-Zagi 3. Man, this guy is nuts. I like how he just stands there on fire talking about how he's going to kill Yuri, then an explosion blows him away randomly. <_<
Zagi 2. Calling the first battle into 2 different sections makes no sense. It has 2 Monster Book Entries, but it's still 1 battle.
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-Missed the secret mission, BTW. If there was one.
Knock Zagi off the side of the boat.
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-I dislike these "You parted with everyone (for like two minutes)" things. Why even bother?
It leads to some comedy though. I remember one part where everyone leaves. Then half the team rejoins you, then you take literally about 10 steps and the rest of the team rejoins you.
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-wtf @ one not voice-acted piece of dialogue in a voice-acted cutscene. >_>
It does that sometimes. I hear it's random, and that if you reloaded and retriggered the cutscene, the line should be voiced (unless you had the bad luck to have it skip twice). However, I've never bothered to test that, never saw the point.
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-Caer Bocram is annoying to navigate.
Eh, it's not that bad. Though it isn't essentially a straight line like Quoi Woods and Shaikos Ruins. And at least Caer Bocram has good music. Then again, Vesperia is typically good about that (Dungeon Music). Usually. Particularly in the beginning. Except Ehmead Hill.
Quoi Woods > Caer Bocram > Shaikos Ruins >>>>>>>>> Ehmead Hill
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-This boss was... very easy. Though he refused to let me use Overlimit. Whenever I went into it, he just knocked me on my ass until it ended. Boo. But I spammed Azure Edge for like 600 damage a pop and beat him pretty easy. That Fatal Strike didn't hurt, either, though I was like "wtf" when I expected it to finish him but it didn't. So much for instantly killing the target. Eh. +18ish grade, +25 Gamerscore, secret mission completed (not sure what it was, really).
Secret Mission there was to down the boss when it stands up on its hind legs.
As for Fatal Strikes, I know it tells you somewhere that it specifically does not instantly kill bosses. I'm almost sure it tells you in-game. I'm assuming it didn't during the actual tutorial or you'd have known, so I'm guessing it's in the Battle Book thing. If not there, the manual, but I'm almost sure it's in-game as well.
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-Estelle's a princess? NO ****ING WAY. Man, didn't see that coming! I am shocked! Best plot twist ever.
(It gains credibility because everyone except Karol already figured that out, though.)
It wasn't really a plot twist. Yuri and Rita both knew it already because it was obvious as hell. The only one who was surprised was Karol. But he's Karol. That's why. It was pretty much a fake/joke plot twist
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If it makes you feel better, I'm sure I'd love the song if I was a 12 year old girl.
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Zagi 2. Calling the first battle into 2 different sections makes no sense. It has 2 Monster Book Entries, but it's still 1 battle.
2 monster book entries = 2 battles. Otherwise I'd have to do something stupid like Zagi 1, Zagi 1.5, and Zagi 2.
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Knock Zagi off the side of the boat.
Ah, that makes sense. Guess I'll get it on my 2nd playthrough.
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It does that sometimes. I hear it's random, and that if you reloaded and retriggered the cutscene, the line should be voiced (unless you had the bad luck to have it skip twice). However, I've never bothered to test that, never saw the point.
Yeah, it's not a big deal (I don't even like voice acting usually, though ToV's is pretty good), it was just kinda weird.
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Quoi Woods > Caer Bocram > Shaikos Ruins >>>>>>>>> Ehmead Hill
I can agree with this. Though Ehmead Hill might be higher were it not for the obnoxious boss.
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Secret Mission there was to down the boss when it stands up on its hind legs.
As for Fatal Strikes, I know it tells you somewhere that it specifically does not instantly kill bosses. I'm almost sure it tells you in-game. I'm assuming it didn't during the actual tutorial or you'd have known, so I'm guessing it's in the Battle Book thing. If not there, the manual, but I'm almost sure it's in-game as well.
Oh, that makes sense then.
And yeah, I haven't even touched the battle book, so it's probably in there.
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It wasn't really a plot twist. Yuri and Rita both knew it already because it was obvious as hell. The only one who was surprised was Karol. But he's Karol. That's why. It was pretty much a fake/joke plot twist
It's hard to tell in JRPGs sometimes. <_<;;
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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Do titles do anything? None of the ones I have currently have any noticeable effect. <_<
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
If it makes you feel better, I'm sure I'd love the song if I was a 12 year old girl.
no u
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2 monster book entries = 2 battles. Otherwise I'd have to do something stupid like Zagi 1, Zagi 1.5, and Zagi 2.
I just call the whole thing Zagi 1. I'm pretty sure it only has a second entry because his stats change a little (I think just his HP goes up a bit, but I'm too lazy to load up my file and check) and his HP resets to full. There's no real major difference between either "form" of Zagi there. If there was, I could understand calling it Zagi 1 and Zagi 2, but it just isn't. Zaphias Castle Battle is Zagi 1, Boat Battle is Zagi 2.
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I can agree with this. Though Ehmead Hill might be higher were it not for the obnoxious boss.
I was actually ranking the music there, but I'd actually rank the dungeons themselves that way anyway. I just can't stand Ehmead Hill.
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
Liberal Arts Major
Except for the ones that change a character's outfit.
Well, in the Arena, the announcer introduces you as [Character Title] [Character Name].
Otherwise, no.
...Although, come to think of it, I think a few scenes and such may require wearing a different costume, but nothing mandatory.
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Oh, whoops, I missed that somehow. <_<
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Nope.
Except for the ones that change a character's outfit.
Huh. That's sorta weird. >_>;
Thanks.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Editor
-Oh god dammit. I thought Estelle was beyond this Colette-esque secret hiding garbage. I mean, maybe this will turn out to be nothing major, but still.
-If I see that Dragon Knight one more goddamn time...
-The party's back together again! All according to Flynn's plan.
-Alexei seems cool, but I'm getting serious "secretly a villain" vibes from him.
-I think I'll put Rita in my party for a while, sending Karol to the sidelines.
-We're in Ravnica now. I'm thinking Yuri is Boros, Karol is Selensya, Rita is Izzet, Flynn and Estelle are Azorius, the Blood Alliance are Rakdos, and the Don is Orzhov.
-Dahngrest's music is AWESOME.
-goddammit people STOP BREAKING THE FREAKING BLASTIA do you have any idea how long it takes to fix
-Dahngrest has serious popup issues. <_<
-In Keiv Moc now. Raven finally joined the party. He reminds me of... someone, can't quite place who it is. Sorta like Spike Speigal meets Toshiro Umezawa. Put him in my party (swapped with Repede) as a trial run.
-"I suppose that was good enough." "Really?" "Yes." "All right."
Man, Yuri doesn't exactly need to be convinced, does he? <_<
-Wait a second, Raven is an archer? Seriously? He's looks exactly like a samurai, but he's an archer? Ehhhhhhh.
-Okay, he's a CASTER archer. That's much better. <_<
-If my team can survive the initial casting times, we slaughter everything in like 15 seconds. GO TEAM CASTER!
-Jesus that's a big bug. Pretty easy to kill, though. I went Overlimit and pulled a 30 hit combo on it. Missed the secret mission. Eh. That's what second playthroughs are for!
-OH GOD DAMMIT JESUS CHRIST WHAT
-...Okay, so this Duke guy saved everyone, but he A) has long, straight, white hair, B) has a sword that glows red, C) far outclasses our entire party put together, and D) is enigmatic. He's evil. We should try to kill him next time we see him, no way THAT could go wrong!
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
See, this is one of those better opinions I was talking about.
Dahngrest's music is indeed very awesome. At worst, my 3rd favorite town theme, probably closer to 2nd.
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-Jesus that's a big bug. Pretty easy to kill, though. I went Overlimit and pulled a 30 hit combo on it. Missed the secret mission. Eh. That's what second playthroughs are for!
One of the more annoying ones, but nothing too hard... once you know what it is, only there's like no reason you would ever have thought of it until you were told. The boss walks over to the pond of aer or whatever that was to heal himself after he drops to a certain % of HP, while he's walking over, it needs to get stunned on a trap Raven set by using the arte "Serpent", which does just that, drops like traps or something on the field. It has to stun him before he heals himself. On the plus side, I think it may be the first secret mission that has a practical effect on the battle, complete it, and he doesn't heal himself during battle. All the ones before it, IIRC, are just like "Oh, that was neat, here, take +10 Grade and an extra item." Without actually giving you a real advantage in the fight.
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
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Well, next time, I guess I'll control Raven in that fight and get that one.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
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-Back in Ravnica now. Flynn's a pretty convincing speaker. Gotta give that to him.
-Ha. While this is CLEARLY a trap, I still can't help but hope that the empire gets crushed.
-Yuri tricks everyone into parting with him so he can go check on Flynn. <_< Stupid, stupid idea.
-"I was wondering how long it'd take you to get rid of that damn lock."
Haha. +10 respect points for Flynn
-Oh man. Keikaku'd by Don. I was wondering why the guard was gone.
-I stand by my assertion that Don is the only sane character.
-Epic Flynn maneuver.
-Yes let's completely trust the mysterious masked enemy who has been wrecking our shit repeatedly across multiple continents. This is stupid, now I'm sure the Dragon Knight is going to join my party.
-Yuri vs. 17 Banditos. Let's do this.
-Well then. In a jail now. That hasn't happened before in this game. <_<
-SAMUS IS A GIRL?!
-Wow, Yuri/Judith is a terrible combat team.
-THE GREIL MERCENARIES ARE HERE TO HELP
-Rita is such a tsundere. >_>
-In a skit about swords vs axes:
"I prefer Yuri when he's using swords, myself."
If you know what I mean.
"You should just use one in each hand."
WITH TWO WEAPONS I'D HAVE A POWER OF 200
-Gears of Bore
-This boss is stupid. It would be easy if there weren't a billion enemies in my way who like to pick off my casters.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Editor
-It works. I take out the orbs, pick off his remaining henchmen, and then combo Barbos into next week with Overlimit.
-Huh. So we've actually more or less defeated several major enemies in a very short amount of time. Adecor and Boccos are presumably beaten, Zagi is MIA, Ragou is... he should be captured now, but I'm not sure what happened with him, Barbos is dead, the Dragon Knight's on my team (for now?), and the Blood Alliance has been broken up maybe. So we just need to knock off Flynn's group, the Hunting Guild, and Cumore, and we'll be in business.
-Back in Ravnica. Heh. Ragou got owned. We really need to stop letting our enemies LIVE, though. Why can't he be more like Zagi and just explode randomly?
-Oh, Ragou escaped. I'd act surprised but **** it.
-...HOLY **** EPIC
-Aww. Estelle and Rita are gone. =(
-...IS THAT THE DAMN BIRD FROM QUOI WOODS?
-We're in Pokemon 2000 now.
-"Not even I feel like taking on a monster like that."
Right because you're usually so brave. <_<
-Karol and Yuri have started a guild. We are now the Super Special Awesome Chocolatey Super Mega Braves.
-Except Estelle objects to that name (thank god), so we are now Brave Vesperia. TITLE DROP.
-So, we're going to Torim Harbor via Heliord, and from there to Desier. Because the bird, Phaeroh, apparently lives in a desert in Desier, according a fairy tale. To quote from the Grand List of RPG Cliches:
27. Nostradamus Rule
All legends are 100% accurate. All rumors are entirely factual. All prophecies will come true, and not just someday but almost immediately.
Fairy tales are a KIND of legend.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
He's pretty cool.
-Yes let's completely trust the mysterious masked enemy who has been wrecking our shit repeatedly across multiple continents. This is stupid, now I'm sure the Dragon Knight is going to join my party.
The part right before this being that amusing "hay lets split up" moment I was talking about before. Where you go from Yuri, to half your team joining, a few paces to the right and the rest rejoins.
-Wow, Yuri/Judith is a terrible combat team.
Yeah. Well, that's more or less because you have no healers.
-...HOLY **** EPIC
Ragou? More like RagOWNED! is it rite?
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xp1337: Don't you wish there was a spell-checker that told you when you a word out?
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Yeah, that was pretty silly.
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Yeah. Well, that's more or less because you have no healers.
That's certainly part of it, but what I didn't realize at the time of writing that was that Gear Golems are crazy and Judith was set on "Attack flying enemies" instead of "Attack with player".
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Ragou? More like RagOWNED! is it rite?
ur rite <_<
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Editor
-"Who should seduce the guard?
Estelle
Judith
Karol"
XD
I was very tempted to pick Karol, but eventually went with Judith for obvious reasons.
-...Please tell I don't need to playthrough the game 3 times just to 100% this event. Please please please. <_<
-......oh my god @ judith's outfit
-Oh my god.
-"What was the 'fun' thing you were talking about?" "!" "Going for a swim." "..."
-Okay, Yuri's dressing up like a knight now. For, like... no reason, since I'm back in my regular outfit in like 3 seconds.
-Rita is baaaaack
-they are massing hoplon guards to protect against critical hits (and go to war, I guess)
-"But why would they do that when they just set up the friendship agreement?!"
BECAUSE THEY ARE ASSHOLES
Goddammit, Estelle. lrn2jrpg
-Cumore's working with Van Argiano. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
-"Man, it's always the same thing with these idiots."
Yuri is the smart one.
-Wow, that boss was nuts. Those goons did more damage than Yeager. I mean, it was only in a flash, and I won, but geez, way to kill me like 3 times. <_<
-"I'm sure Flynn can handle it."
DAMMIT NO HE CAN'T. WHEN HAS HE EVER BEEN ANYTHING MORE THAN COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT. If we have to rescue that jerk one more goddamn time... heads will ROLL.
-Raven is back!
-Another "talk to everyone during the night" event. Ugh.
-Just for fun:
Yuri: Chaotic GOOD
Flynn: LAWFUL Good
Estelle: Neutral GOOD
Karol: NEUTRAL Good
Repede: True Neutral
Rita: CHAOTIC Good
Judith: CHAOTIC Neutral
Raven: True Neutral
Caps = dominant alignment
I THINK that's pretty close, though Raven is iffy.
-Well, it's official. I can't find Judith, and therefore can never end this event.
-Oh, I had to attempt to LEAVE to trigger her appearance? That's... fairly stupid, considering it would usually just trigger something like "Awfully late to be wandering outside alone" and force me to turn around.
-...Are they having a contest to see who can fast for the longest now? XD
-"Our weapons are blades!" "Magic!" "And teamwork!" "That's wonderful!"
-Judith learned "Rod Master". lolz <_<
-Grinded for about an hour. I usually hate grinding but Tales games have pretty much the best battle system ever. Plus it was more to get Skills than to gain levels. Depending on character, I'd say they now have 3 to 10 new skills.
-Of course, that required synthesizing a lot of items (Little Mad Scientist achievement unlocked) and killing a lot of enemies (Grand Battles achievement unlocked). Twas pretty awesome.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
-...Please tell I don't need to playthrough the game 3 times just to 100% this event. Please please please. <_<
Nope. Though obviously you won't see the dialogue accompanying each choice.
I haven't actually chosen Judith, but I can all but guarantee that choosing Karol leads to the most hilarity.
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-...Are they having a contest to see who can fast for the longest now? XD
I think that skit (and there's a few as it goes on longer and longer) happens when you don't use cooking for long enough/enough battles.
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-"Our weapons are blades!" "Magic!" "And teamwork!" "That's wonderful!"
There's a variant of this with Yuri, Estelle, Rita, and Raven. You must listen to it. It's so damn hilarious and awesome that it makes it worth fielding that team every time just for the chance to hear it. Although, I don't know if they'll say it yet (victory quotes change over time).
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Ah. Good, I can live with that.
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I haven't actually chosen Judith, but I can all but guarantee that choosing Karol leads to the most hilarity.
Judith's outfit is... quite something. It's like... a very, very small miniskirt, and a very, very small top, and floppy bunny ears. >____>;
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I think that skit (and there's a few as it goes on longer and longer) happens when you don't use cooking for long enough/enough battles.
Oh, that would explain it then. I don't cook unless I'm running low on healing items.
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BTW, sorry if I just signed off AIM randomly, it's because AIM has been sucking for me lately. >_>
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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-It's Ioder! And Kaufman!
-"You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours."
Man, I'd scratch Kaufman's back any time, if you know what I mean.
-"There are certain 'incentives' to working with me, you know."
...You know what? I'm just gonna let that one slide.
-Oh man. JRPG rule (not on the Grand List, but a rule nonetheless): If you ever have to help a boat cross the sea, you'll be attacked by a string of increasingly difficult monsters, ending with a battle against a kracken.
-Or a ghost ship. A ghost ship is fine too.
-So I'm allowed 4 party members and forced to take Repede and Yuri. Hm. Rita says she's not going, so I guess I'm taking Estelle and Karol.
-Okay, I got a skit with Yuri and Estelle. I'm guessing there's one for every party member, so... Wait, is there something I get for seeing every skit? Because it would be pretty stupid if I had to play through the game 4 times to get 100% completion just because of the ghost ship skits. <_<;;
-I went the wrong way and got trapped and missed a floor. Argh. Guess I'll have to come back here later... If it sticks around, that is...
-Playing as Judith/Rita/Raven now.
-I got the bright idea to use a Holy Bottle only AFTER we beat all the monsters and were two seconds away from reuniting with Yuri's group. -_-;;;
-YEAH LET'S STEAL THE DEAD GUY'S TREASURE. NO WAY THAT CAN GO WRONG.
-Estelle has serious ADD.
-The box is made of diamond, STRONGEST OF ALL METALS.
-Okay, back on the Fierta now.
-Rita is pretty cute when she's scared. >_>
-No ghost ship boss? Seriously? Man...
-After lots of pointless searching (and circling the entire continent), I finally found Nordopolica.
-Rita is also cute when she's being all protective of Estelle.
-Hell, let's just say Rita is cute in general.
-omg. These fasting skits are amazing.
-Totally in Tolbi now.
-Rule 108 of the Grand List of RPG Cliches: You Do Not Talk About Fight Club: Any fighting tournament or contest of skill you hear about, you will eventually be forced to enter and win.
-So uh... either Judith is crazy fast, or there's some other spear wielding blastia hater running amok.
-Saved in the Coliseum. Stopping there.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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-Belius won't see us until the new moon. -_-
-Oh god another legend that I'm sure is 100% true and accurate. That puts our total at like... 14 so far.
-Some old woman's talking about a person that transformed into a monster. That's 15.
-Okay, entering the Dark Tournament now on Regaey's behalf.
-HEAVEN OR HELL! LET'S ROCK!
-OH DAMMIT. I KNEW IT WOULD BE FLYNN. I _KNEW_ IT! Well, at least I get to clean his clock.
-...DAMMIT QUIT INTERRUPTING MY DAMN FIGHT TO TALK WHAT IS THIS DBZ
-"YURI LOWELL!"
Oh you've gotta be kidding me.
"Oh you gotta be kidding."
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY.
-OKAY, kicked Zagi's ass again, fought monsters, chased after Regaey, in the Weasand of Cados now.
-There's some huge crab monster here. I decide to avoid it for now. <_<;
-Regaey was Yeager all along!
-Boss is Bat Company. Can't be too hard... right?
-I only have 3 Magic Lenses. There are 4 enemy types in this battle.
...
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
-Equipment is expensive in this game. <_<;
Yeah. Well, it is if you're trying to synthesize everything so you can get all the skills. Because not only are you spending money on that, you can't sell your old weapons because of it.
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-"YURI LOWELL!"
Oh you've gotta be kidding me.
"Oh you gotta be kidding."
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY.
Yeah. That's when I decided I really didn't like Zagi. I didn't like him before, but after he interrupted my potentially epic battle with Flynn with the good music and everything I was totally pissed.
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-There's some huge crab monster here. I decide to avoid it for now. <_<;
Technically a good idea. That monster is part of a different "class" of monsters, called "Giganto Monsters". They're basically boss level in difficult, and that one is probably more difficult than the Cados boss (Whether that means anything to you may vary), and get their own battle theme. They also typically drop unique/rare items that are used even in high-end synthesis. You probably wouldn't have had trouble beating it, but there's a sidequest involving them. Remember that travelling inn from the beginning of the game? It should be parked north of Halure right now, talk to the guy there and he'll give you a quest to hunt them down, eventually ending in a title. If you kill even one Giganto Monster before getting the quest from him, you can't trigger it. And you can't get to Halure for now because you can't use your boat at the moment. You would have had to go right after you got the boat but before you got near Nordapolica and cutscene power brought you there and locked you on the Desier Continent.
However, if you didn't kill that, and you don't kill any Giganto Monsters until you talk to the guy about it, you should still be able to get the quest next time you're in that area.
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-Regaey was Yeager all along!
I still feel bad that I didn't notice Regaey was simply Yeager backwards immediately.
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The Cados boss was fairly easy, but I want those damn monster book entries, so if I can I'm backtracking and buying more Magic Lenses. It's rather annoying that even if you have 15 before starting the Coliseum, if you Lens every new enemy you see, you'll be short for the boss fight. <_<
I still feel bad that I didn't notice Regaey was simply Yeager backwards immediately.
...
I'm going to pretend I realized that before just now in order to save face, okay?
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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-"Our weapons are love!" "Justice!" "Sexualitaaay." "Would you stop?!"
-Secret mission! I actually figured this out in the first fight (or at least had a good hunch). This time, I actively tried it (it being to kill the Leader Bat and prevent the boss from recombining). And got slaughtered by the damn Magic Bats after accomplishing it. Second time, I had a new strategy, and hurt the boss until he split, THEN used Overlimit to kill the Leader, then used Overlimit AGAIN to take out like 3 Magic Bats before they could screw with my casters. Worked fairly well.
-WHY IS ESTELLE HEALING OUR ENEMIES? Dammit, we're supposed to KILLING them, not aiding them in coming back to antagonize us even quicker!
-Okay, now I'm in... uh... every oasis town ever. <_<
-I'm getting sorta sick of Raven constantly talking about being so much older than everyone else. If I looked at the group with no prior knowledge, I'm fairly certain I'd guess that Raven, Yuri, and Judith are all around the same age. And even if Raven is 8 years older than Yuri, which he doesn't look even close to, that's not what I'd consider old. Maybe he's an elf or something and is really 700 years old.
-Okay, going to the desert now.
-I wander around forever with no idea of where I'm going. And start running low on water. And then I end up back at the entrance. So, THAT went worse than expected.
-I'm staying at the inn before trying that again.
-Uh... wtf? There's an event if you come back and stay at the inn? o_o
-...We chase them into the desert. Okay, PLEASE tell me that wasn't what I was SUPPOSED TO DO. Because that would really piss me off. Bad game design.
-Although, to be fair, I did end up doing it. And I guess that "we won't get anywhere unless we can find a clue" thing was a hint. So the game design isn't THAT bad...
-Okay, huh, maybe it was just a sidequest.
-Once more through the desert.
-Okay, THIS time I seem to be making progress. Found an oasis.
-...Okay. I have no idea what to do. This is stupid, the entire desert looks exactly the same and I don't have a map!
-Two tries later... I'm now getting skits telling me to turn back. Ugh.
-DAMMIT WHERE THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO GO
-AND WHY DOES MY WATER LEVEL GO DOWN AT NIGHT? Desert nights aren't hot, they're freezing cold. lrn2desert, Tales of Vesperia.
-...You can leave the oasis two different ways.
...I hate this game.
-WHERE THE HELL DO I GOOOO
-...THAT DAMN BIRD FROM QUOI WOODS IS HERE. I'm guessing that's a Giganto Monster, so I won't kill it... But damn, I'm tempted.
List of things to kill (most wanting to kill first):
The Hunting Blades
THAT DAMN BIRD
Raven's ponytail
Flynn
Zagi
Cumore
Yeager
Flynn's lackeys
Yeager's lackeys
Karol's bag
-FINALLY FOUND THEM GODDAMN
-Okay, PRETTY sure the secret mission here involves breaking that sphere. Which means I'm battling IBLIS.
"I HAS A SHINY"
"NOOOOOO THEY BE BREAKIN' MY SHINY"
I wasn't able to actually destroy the orb since I couldn't reach it. Will probably need Judith for that. The boss wasn't tough at all, though, so I'll try again tomorrow.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Liberal Arts Major
Best. Victory. Quote. Ever.
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-Secret mission! I actually figured this out in the first fight (or at least had a good hunch).
Really not too difficult if you had already gotten the secret mission. I mean you could have 1. Check the detailed grade thing after the battle where you got it, and it basically tells you what the mission was. Or, hit the big button on the Xbox Controller that brings up an option thing, go into gamerscore and check your achievements, and that WOULD tell you what it was.
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-Okay, going to the desert now.
-I wander around forever with no idea of where I'm going. And start running low on water. And then I end up back at the entrance. So, THAT went worse than expected.
-I'm staying at the inn before trying that again.
-Uh... wtf? There's an event if you come back and stay at the inn? o_o
-...We chase them into the desert. Okay, PLEASE tell me that wasn't what I was SUPPOSED TO DO. Because that would really piss me off. Bad game design.
-Although, to be fair, I did end up doing it. And I guess that "we won't get anywhere unless we can find a clue" thing was a hint. So the game design isn't THAT bad...
-Okay, huh, maybe it was just a sidequest.
Okay, how were you having trouble there? Seriously. I never had trouble with Mantaic/Sands of Kogorh. At least not trouble like that. Then again, I make sure to talk to everyone. In fact, thinking about it, doesn't a cutscene thing happen where they argue about who's going into the Sands of Kogorh? Don't they during that cutscene tell you to go to the inn?
Speaking of the Mantaic Inn. Rest there again next time you have a chance until you get a scene with Yuri and Estelle, you get an item. It is missable, but not nearly yet. It should be fine if you rest there next time you're passing through after you're done with the Sands of Kogorh.
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-...Okay. I have no idea what to do. This is stupid, the entire desert looks exactly the same and I don't have a map!
I just usually follow an edge, you get most of the treasure chests that way. In either case, make sure you get the Flamberge for Yuri. It actually may not be too useful in the desert (day), because of mass fire resistance, but for later... as well as the Chain Skill, you'll want it.
But yeah, in the Sands of Kogorh, I'll usually follow the edge all the way around, so I end up back at the start and then go straight up the middle, I think you run into all the treasure chests that way, although nearly all are found by the edges.
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-Two tries later... I'm now getting skits telling me to turn back. Ugh.
I think that happens if you spend x time in the Sands of Kogorh. It may even be just happen automatically based on progress. Either way, don't worry about them, I get those skits too.
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-...THAT DAMN BIRD FROM QUOI WOODS IS HERE. I'm guessing that's a Giganto Monster, so I won't kill it... But damn, I'm tempted.
Yes, that's a Giganto Monster.
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-Okay, PRETTY sure the secret mission here involves breaking that sphere. Which means I'm battling IBLIS.
Yes, breaking that orb is the secret mission.
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I wasn't able to actually destroy the orb since I couldn't reach it. Will probably need Judith for that. The boss wasn't tough at all, though, so I'll try again tomorrow.
No. I mean, I hear Judith makes it easier, but I don't like using her because it breaks up my team of Yuri/Estelle/Rita/Raven. Anyway, you're going to want Rita here for the secret mission. The boss alternates weaknesses. Sometimes it is fire, sometimes it is water. Hit him with the weakness and he'll spit out the orb. When he does, attack it, you'll have to jump slash. Once he retakes the orb, his weakness changed, so hit him with the other kind. Repeat until it breaks.
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No, I didn't actually get it the first time, I just had a very strong (and eventually correct) hunch.
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Okay, how were you having trouble there? Seriously. I never had trouble with Mantaic/Sands of Kogorh. At least not trouble like that. Then again, I make sure to talk to everyone. In fact, thinking about it, doesn't a cutscene thing happen where they argue about who's going into the Sands of Kogorh? Don't they during that cutscene tell you to go to the inn?
Speaking of the Mantaic Inn. Rest there again next time you have a chance until you get a scene with Yuri and Estelle, you get an item. It is missable, but not nearly yet. It should be fine if you rest there next time you're passing through after you're done with the Sands of Kogorh.
I have no idea. I was having far more problems than I had any right to. <_<
I'll check out the inn next time I'm around there. Thanks.
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I just usually follow an edge, you get most of the treasure chests that way. In either case, make sure you get the Flamberge for Yuri. It actually may not be too useful in the desert (day), because of mass fire resistance, but for later... as well as the Chain Skill, you'll want it.
Hmm... I got a lot of weapons, not sure if I got a Flamberge, though. I'll check that out next chance I get.
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No. I mean, I hear Judith makes it easier, but I don't like using her because it breaks up my team of Yuri/Estelle/Rita/Raven. Anyway, you're going to want Rita here for the secret mission. The boss alternates weaknesses. Sometimes it is fire, sometimes it is water. Hit him with the weakness and he'll spit out the orb. When he does, attack it, you'll have to jump slash. Once he retakes the orb, his weakness changed, so hit him with the other kind. Repeat until it breaks.
I figured out the weakness changing thing, didn't know it had to do with the orb, though.
Anyway, I couldn't get Judith to obey my commands, so I had to use Yuri. <_< Took like 3x as long as my previous Outbreaker fights, but I got it.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
Editor
-We're in Yormgen now. Everyone says it's sorta creepy? I don't get it, but they'd know better than I would. I'm assuming it's full of immortals, though, as that's the only way this plot would make any sense.
-Yeah, let's just have a nice pleasant talk with SOMEONE WHO SHOULD HAVE DIED OVER 900 YEARS AGO. Way to ignore the elephant in the room!
-"Their stories don't match up."
FINALLY. Of course you realize this means Karol is the smartest.
-WHAT. Duke just broke my clear ciel crystal! HE BROKE MY SHINY.
Updated list of things to kill (most wanting to kill first):
The Hunting Blades
THAT DAMN BIRD
Raven's ponytail
Flynn
Duke
Zagi
Cumore
Yeager
Flynn's lackeys
Yeager's lackeys
Karol's bag
Freakin' albino Soul Edge bastard.
-Going back to Nordopolica now. Picked up a couple items on the way back through the desert.
-Karol sabotages Cumore's wagon.
-Staying at the inn in Mantaic now.
-Oh my god, Yuri is awesome. "Wait! I was just following orders!" "Then don't hate me. Hate whoever gave you your orders."
It's like "Don't blame me, blame yourself or God" but said by a much better character in a much more awesome scene.
-Okay, got Estelle's item.
-Raven's pretty handy for getting past guards.
-Wow, the enemies in here are TOUGH. <_<; Stupid gazelle horse things.
-Karol: "What are we gonna do?!"
I'M GOING TO DO MY LAUNDRY! Could I have some change?
-...wtf did Raven just do? Curiouser and curiouser...
-Meeting with Belius. There seems to be some pronoun trouble regarding him/her. >_>;
-THE DAMN HUNTING BLADES ARE HERE. Dammit, if they kill Belius before we get plot exposition...
-Man, Hunting Blade mooks are pretty tough. I thought they were a miniboss at first, then I ran into more of them. <_<
-...Dammit, Estelle. I hate you so much right now.
-Okay, secret mission here was easy and obvious. Boss fight was tough but manageable.
-fynn more like flowned
-...Dammit, Judith, you too?! JRPG custom says she must have a good, world-saving reason for doing this, but it's still annoying.
-I have control of the boat again. Taking the opportunity to get the Giganto Monsters quest.
-Back in the Weasand of Cados. Killed a Hermit Drill. I'm guessing (hoping?) that there aren't any secret missions for Giganto Monsters. <_<
-Back in the Sands of Kogorh. Killed a Medusa Butterfly. Upon further inspection, it doesn't really look like THAT DAMN BIRD from Quoi Woods.
-Back in Dahngrest. Karol leaves my party. I guess the rest of us are going to meet up with the Don in Leviathan's Claw's HQ and help wipe 'em out. Sounds good to me.
-Short dungeon here. With no boss, and only two enemy types. <_<;
-The field map is now crawling with Leviathan's Claws... hm.
-Back in Dahngrest. Whoa, laaaag. Haven't seen that before.
-omg
Harry: "I'm coming with you!"
*Raven appears out of nowhere and punches him in the face*
Raven: "Like hell you are!"
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic
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"Palestralle's here for vengeance!"
"How many?"
"What?"
"How many fighters did they bring?"
"Uh... like, 30."
"Okay, we can handle that. Estelle, healing. Rita, fireball spam. Raven, back her up. Karol, Repede, you're with me."
"This is crazy!"
"No, this is logical. We just beat down like 30 people in the Leviathan's Claw building and that was only four of us."
"But they're just upset about their leader being-"
"And they decided to go to war about it instead of being mature, responsible adults. So now we're going to kick their asses."
"But they'll bring reinforcements!"
"Quicker than we can buy like 20 Apple Gels and heal everyone?"
"..."
"They'll run out of guild members before we run out of money. Hell, with the gald drops, we'll probably make a profit!"
"But even if we win, it'll mean the end of Palestralle!"
"And what, exactly, would be the problem with that? Let me explain how war works. You don't go to war and then expect your opponent to just say, 'whoops, sorry, let's just give in to all your demands so we don't have to destroy you'. Because that is intensely stupid. No, if you go to war with an opponent who is stronger and smarter than you, you better expect to get crushed into the ground."
"......"
"It's foolproof."
-Karol mustn't run away.
-So Raven is more than twice Rita's age, which means... 30+. Huh.
-Takes me a while to locate Mt. Temza.
-"But why would the knights be here?"
Because we're here, and they're ALWAYS either one step ahead of or one step behind us.
-[talking about the possibility of Judith being in the Great War] "I may be a player, but ten year old girls are off-limits for me."
...XD
-"Leave. Now. Or do you really wanna do this?"
MAN. Did those guys look scared or what?
-Rita: "Are you stupid?!"
Is it a rule that all tsunderes have to say that at some point? She does bring up a good point, though. Judith is pretty stupid.
-Hunting Blades! Yessssss. Time to kick their asses and then hopefully there will be some vigilante justice dispensed.
...But I'll do that next time I play.
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"I'm not perverted! I'm just immensely fascinated!" ~Lisa Yadomaru, Bleach
"Speed is... weight. Have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?" ~Admiral Kizaru, One Piece
"There's a pony in the shop, but don't buy it. It might do something unfortunate to you." ~from the first Summoner's Seal topic