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Tournaments / Re: RPGVO 2024 Grand Finals: It always seems to end in rematches.
« Last post by PhantomRenegade on September 28, 2024, 08:31:00 AM »
Newbie here: Can Stocke equip set-ups null Confuse, and can his Mana Burst do enough damage to Momo?
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Tournaments / Re: RPGVO 2024 Grand Finals: It always seems to end in rematches.
« Last post by Random Consonant on September 28, 2024, 12:59:34 AM »
I still have no real read on how non-Gen1 forms of Mewtwo fare against Shania but that's a repeat match anyways so whatever.

Light:

Marianne von Edmund (FE3H) vs. Zhuzhen Liu (SH1) - Repeat.

Pools:

Godlike: Magus (CT), Zio (PSIV), Odd Eye (ShF2), Chris Lightfellow (S3), Nel (SO3), Harken (WA:ACF)

Chris = Magus = Zio >>> Odd Eye, Chris beats Magus but Zio has too much offense, Magus tanks Zio, Odd Eye just gets swept by anyone I can vote on.

Heavy: Lyndis (FE7), Maya Schrodinger (WA3), Ryuji Sakamoto (P5), Therion (OT), Stocke (RH), MOMO (XS)

Ryuji can capitalize on the fact that Maya's just not scary enough to him at high HP and Charge+God Hand his way to an OHKO e: and Stocke rues the fact that Ryuji has an Auto-Taru equip to blast past his durability.  All his other fights seem bad.  He can take an Aeber's Reckoning even if it's boosted by Armor Corrosive, but not if he uses God Hand and Shackle Foe says no to that OHKOing with Charge, sure he can overwrite that with Tarukaja but that's time he can't afford and at any rate AR will still wreck him too badly to do much else and I'd favor Therion if Skull goes for a straight slugfest anyways.  Meanwhile Lyn has too much evade even if she misses a 2RKO.  Lyn also has too much evade for Therion and Stocke but Calamity Jane probably wrecks her and Therion can AR his way past Maya and Stocke, and Maya probably 3HKOs Stocke first, so...

Lyn = Therion > Maya = Ryuji > Stocke


Middle: Mitsuru Kirijo (P3), Clive Winslett (WA3), Bowser (SMRPG), Albel Nox (SO3), Marianne (FE3H), Zhuzhen (SH1)

Fear wrecks Clive and Marianne too badly but Zhuzhen... yeah think I agree that he scams his way out.  Mitsuru gets heal locked after Terrorize but Terrorize can miss and... that probably doesn't actually matter since I'd probably rate Bowser going first under a Zoom Shoes average anyways.  Clive capitalizes on Marianne's poor offense too well and heal locks Zhuzhen, but Mitsuru goes first and scrapes a 2HKO under the numbers I use (it's quite close though).  Mitsuru... would be able to 2HKO Zhuzhen but since he has Flames of Fudo to knock her down this doesn't actually matter, toddlers with lit matches beat her.  Marianne versus Mitsuru is rather pathetic, but Marianne's damage is terrible (and she can't even use Frozen Lance) and Mitsuru can probably power through anyways.  Meanwhile, we all know by know how badly Zhuzhen struggles agaisnt Marianne.  So!

Bowser > Clive = Mitsuru = Zhuzhen > Marianne
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Tournaments / Re: RPGVO 2024 Grand Finals: It always seems to end in rematches.
« Last post by Magic Fanatic on September 27, 2024, 11:54:59 PM »
Godlike:

Mewtwo (PKMN) vs. Shania (SH:FtNW) - Even though every other instance of Mewtwo probably loses (I'd need to double-check my math), Gen 1 exists to not have a Dark Weakness and be overwhelmingly powerful.  Mewtwo goes first, opens with Barrier, and now Shania doesn't have a way to actually kill.

Heavy:

Nel Zelpher (SO3) vs. Lady Elmina Harken (WA:ACF) - Repeat.
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Tournaments / RPGVO 2024 Grand Finals: It always seems to end in rematches.
« Last post by 074 on September 27, 2024, 11:17:21 PM »
Godlike:

Mewtwo (PKMN) vs. Shania (SH:FtNW)

Heavy:

Nel Zelpher (SO3) vs. Lady Elmina Harken (WA:ACF)

Middle:

MOMO Mizrahi (XSs) vs. Stocke (RH)

Light:

Marianne von Edmund (FE3H) vs. Zhuzhen Liu (SH1)


This is a lightning round.  Voting will be open through Monday, 9/30/24.

For those who want to engage in the standard end-of-season upgrade/downgrade bracket shenanigans, the list of duellers by division is as follows:

Godlike: Magus (CT), Zio (PSIV), Odd Eye (ShF2), Chris Lightfellow (S3)
Heavy: Lyndis (FE7), Maya Schrodinger (WA3), Ryuji Sakamoto (P5), Therion (OT)
Middle: Mitsuru Kirijo (P3), Clive Winslett (WA3), Bowser (SMRPG), Albel Nox (SO3)
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Tournaments / Re: RPGVO 2024 Round 9: Losers' Finals: No real comment to make here.
« Last post by 074 on September 27, 2024, 11:12:13 PM »
Match Results:

Godlike:

Elyon (BoF5) vs. Shania (SH:FtNW) ||


Heavy:

Lady Elmina Harken (WA:ACF) |||| vs. Geno (SMRPG) |


Middle:

Jude Maverick (WA4) vs. Stocke (RH) |||||||


Light:

Zhuzhen Liu (SH1) |||||| vs. Hubert von Vestra (FE3H)


Apologies for the delay, real life issues are interfering.  Winners move on to the Grand Finals, losers are eliminated as the third-place entrant.
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Tournaments / Re: RPGVO 2024 Round 9: Losers' Finals: No real comment to make here.
« Last post by Jo'ou Ranbu on September 27, 2024, 02:19:36 PM »
Lady Elmina Harken (WA:ACF) vs. Geno (SMRPG) - Yeah, I think Elf's on the money here: Harken lands an effective 4-3 and this is just a bit too much for Geno even with Work Pants. Still, very solid match

Jude Maverick (WA4) vs. Stocke (RH) - Yeah, tanky mage slugger is not what Jude likes facing, that mdur be uguu.

Zhuzhen Liu (SH1) vs. Hubert von Vestra (FE3H) - sure
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Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate (Steam)

Set of short point&click adventures. Generally fairly entertaining/amusing.

I think that progress at finding the bonus objectives should be retained across replays of each roomisode rather than you having to achieve them all in a single play to get the best score. This isn't a Quest game where you're finding better or worse solutions, these are primarily just finding specific additional jokes - and having to repeat that every time isn't particularly entertaining. The second & third roomisodes particularly have points where the world state changes and access to some of these is lost.

The bonus roomisode has you lose access to verbs and I don't care much for that either.

(Also RigRug is bad.)


Dragon Age II (Steam+EA)

Entertaining but not as good as Dragon Age Origins.

Made the MC a rogue again. As the Origins MC is still extant (for all that they don't appear in II) I left the II MC with the preset name & look rather than customising them (although I elected to use the preset which removed the nose scar (?) rather than going with the strict default).

As with Origins I let the game decide how attribute/ability points should be distributed for the non-MC characters as they levelled up. The MC I primarily put ability points into the two-weapon, assassin, and duelist lines (although I never had them use the duel-centric duelist abilities).

Ultimately sided with the mages, lost Isabela, Fenris, and Sebastian across the course of the game. Did not put the MC into a relationship with anyone.

I like the idea of the game structure. But, it feels like anything in the city which isn't plot-relevant barely actually exists, and as a result I don't think the game does a good job at conveying any sort of progression of time. I don't remember any incidental characters who change across the years or so on.

Inventory is annoying. They give all items a star rating which reduces as you get further into the game and better equipment becomes available, which sounds like a good idea in isolation. But, I have seen the game give separate instances of accessories which it lists as having the same effects different star ratings - so what am I supposed to take away from this? Do items have hidden stats which it doesn't list?

Also, you can't see what rating currently-equipped equipment has. Thanks, game, practically defeat the entire point why don't you.

Also! General storage is in a location where you can't take a party, and you can only adjust equipment for people who are in the party. So if you pick up a fancy sword for instance, once you're free to check if anyone wants it you first need to reform your party to include all applicable characters, then if no-one does want it you can separately go to storage to drop it off. On the off-chance that you pick up a weapon that someone does want but they don't have the stats for yet, if want to check this in future you need to get it out of storage, then leave and reform the party to include them to check. That said outside the fairly early game I don't think I ever saw any character not have the stats for anything I picked up.

Switching topic to reuse of dungeon layouts, in my view essentially the only problem here is that all of the unused doors in each dungeon are still visible. (I guess also parts of the map.) All they had to do cover (or replace) the unused doors with walls. Or even just pile stuff in front of them like they do with some of the caves in the outdoor areas.

I hate the city gangs system. Not to suggest that the city shouldn't have gangs. But it really put me in mind of Superhero League Of Hoboken in how you get attacked a bunch and then you've (essentially) killed everyone (after an eventual hideout quest for each). There must have been a better option.

I intend to go on to Inquisition at some point but not immediately.



(Got a 403 page several times while trying to preview this message, posting without previewing seems to have worked fine? Is previewing broken for anyone else?)
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Tournaments / Re: RPGVO 2024 Round 9: Losers' Finals: No real comment to make here.
« Last post by Dark Holy Elf on September 26, 2024, 05:07:33 AM »
Tentative:

Shania
Harken
Stocke
Zhuzhen

May look at these if I have time, but since voting closes tomorrow I'll put these up as a placeholder of my kneejerks.

To respond to Magic Fanatic, since that seems like the only debated match so far: my big disagreement is that Harken's speed actually does something on turns past the first, while Geno's does not. As such I'd absolutely see Harken getting her second turn (and beyond) before Geno gets his, which would tilt the match if I agree with all your other judgement calls.
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Tournaments / Re: RPGVO 2024 Round 9: Losers' Finals: No real comment to make here.
« Last post by SnowFire on September 25, 2024, 02:38:53 AM »
Jude Maverick (WA4) vs. Stocke (RH)

Zhuzhen Liu (SH1) vs. Hubert von Vestra (FE3H)
Yep, pretty much agree with all of the above.
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Tournaments / Re: RPGVO 2024 Round 9: Losers' Finals: No real comment to make here.
« Last post by Cmdr_King on September 24, 2024, 08:22:42 PM »
Godlike:

Elyon (BoF5) vs. Shania (SH:FtNW)


Heavy:

Lady Elmina Harken (WA:ACF) vs. Geno (SMRPG)


Middle:

Jude Maverick (WA4) vs. Stocke (RH)


Light:

Zhuzhen Liu (SH1) vs. Hubert von Vestra (FE3H)
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