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RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« on: September 13, 2013, 10:15:12 PM »
Ah what the hell.

Be sure to check the Ranking List to make sure what you're about to nom is still ranked.  And also because we did rank like four games last time.

Lessee.  This season, let's get 4-5 characters in each division (Godlike, Heavy, Middle, Light).  Please try to keep your noms even.

Lenus (Legend of Dragoon), Ray (Fire Emblem: The Sealed Sword) and Mallow (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) have automatic bids and need not be nommed.

Last season's nom topic for people who lazy their way to victory: http://www.rpgdl.com/forums/index.php/topic,6347.0.html
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2013, 11:49:44 PM »
Godlike: Melfice (G2), Psaro (DQ4), Gades (Lufias), Luca (Suiko 2), TimeLord (SaGa)
Heavy: Fogel (OB), Red (SaGa), Justin (G1), Fujin (FF8), Cristo (DQ4)
Middle: Aika (SoA), Lexis (Lufia 2), Hope (FF13), Seifer (FF8), Lich (FF1)
Light:  Shady (WA3), Aguro (Lufia 1), Garcia (FE8), Kid (CC), Raijin (FF8)
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2013, 12:08:45 AM »
Last season's entrants, so people don't nom these again. Ignore the champs blahblahblah Glory To Airyglyaaaaaaargh.

Godlike

Prototype Gear (Wild ARMs 4) vs Caineghis (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn)
Izanami (Persona 4) vs Tir McDohl (Suikoden Series)
Cidolfas Orlandu (Final Fantasy Tactics) vs False Althena (Lunar: Eternal Blue)
T260G (SaGa Frontier) vs Ameno-Sagiri (Persona 4)

Sa-Lews (Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium) vs Shania (Shadow Hearts: From the New World)
Ashera (Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn) vs Xorn (Grandia III)
Gadgeteer (Wild ARMs XF) vs Culex (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
Rashidi (Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen) vs Kefka (Final Fantasy VI)

Heavy

Kanon (Wild ARMs 2) vs Lashiec (Phantasy Star IV: End of the Millenium).
Pamela Ibis (Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis) vs White Rose (SaGa Frontier)
Renee (Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis) vs Lenus (Legend of Dragoon)
Oerba dia Vanille (Final Fantasy XIII) vs Delita Hyral (Final Fantasy Tactics)

Cait Sith (Final Fantasy VII) vs Marivel Armitage (Wild ARMs 2)
Nel Zelpher (Star Ocean: Till the End of Time) vs Beatrix (Final Fantasy IX)
Tana (Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones) vs Vyse (Skies of Arcadia)
Rune Walsh (Phantasy Star IV: End of the Millenium) vs Hiro (Lunar: Eternal Blue)

Middle

Fina (Skies of Arcadia) vs Sceptile (Pokémon)
Caina (Wild ARMs 2) vs Ray (Fire Emblem: The Sealed Sword)
Albert Serdio (Legend of Dragoon) vs Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear (Tales of the Abyss)
Zegai (Suikoden V) vs Lufia (Lufia and the Fortress of Doom)

Stocke (Radiant Historia) vs Nergal (Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword)
Ox (Breath of Fire) vs Raine Sage (Tales of Symphonia)
Anise Tatlin (Tales of the Abyss) vs Dekar (Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals)
Guy (Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword) vs Aelia (Valkyrie Profile)

Light

Jogurt (Shining Force) vs Sheena Fujibayashi (Tales of Symphonia)
Raticate (Pokémon) vs Zieg Feld (Legend of Dragoon)
Bard (Final Fantasy V) vs Viki (Suikoden Series)
Nanami (Suikoden II) vs Blank (Final Fantasy IX)

Mallow (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) vs Algus Sadalfas (Final Fantasy Tactics)
Kiwi (Shining Force II) vs Rufus Shinra (Final Fantasy VII)
Cid Pollendina (Final Fantasy IV) vs Vitali (Soul Nomad & The World Eaters)
Cathedral (Xenosaga: Jenseits von Gut und Bose) vs Melville (Suikoden III)
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2013, 12:09:29 AM »
Godlike: Profound Darkness (PS4), Yuna (FFX), Yaridovich (SMRPG), Reclaimer Dragon (WA4), Isolde (MK1)

1. Because I needed a replacement for Xorn.
2. Because Nama loves her so.
3. Because spear fear.
4. Because Tide fanservice.
5. Because pile bunker bullshit is best bullshit.

Heavy: Kornell (G3), Cthulhu (CSTW), Ershin (BoF4), Sephiran (FE10), Sinspawn Gui (FFX)

1. Because he's a musclebound peabrain.
2. Because it's freaking Cthulhu.
3. Because Ershin will assist!
4. Because he is completely trustworthy.
5. Because Sin always returns for its shit.

Middle: Flay (MK1), Odie (SN), Lexis (Lufia 2), Tengaar (Suikos), Micaiah (FE10)

1. Because it's fun being the Flayvor of Evil.
2. Because he's pretty awesome for an eternal buttmonkey.
3. Because science.
4. Because Snow fanservice.
5. Because she needed to be snarkier.

Light: Mao (SH3), Nina (Suiko2), Garcia (FE8), Lily (MK2), Krin (Suiko1)

1. Because the power of cat compells me.
2. Because she's an unbalanced schoolgirl in love.
3. Because :garcia:
4. Because oh right we ranked MK2 ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOLILY.
5. Because hurr hurr here is rope.
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2013, 12:38:35 AM »
Godlike: Rika (PS4), Lenneth Valkyrie (VPs), Reicher (MK2), Citan Uzuki (XG), Dr. Nusakan (SaGa)

1. You know me by now.
2. It has been a long time, Lenneth.
3. New participant, one of the easiest bosses to vote on from MK2 and a pretty badass dueller.
4. The good doctor hasn't been around.
5. Speaking of the good doctor!

Heavy: Etward Dysler (MK2), Alakazam (PKMN), Queen Phyress (VP2), Cthulhu (CStW), Summoner (FF5)

1. Unstoppable force of nature.
2. French.
3. Royalty.
4. Controls the Angels.
5. Unicorn mage.

Middle: Tengaar (Suikos), Aila (S3), Levi (S5), Warlock (S4), Hellion (S1)

1. Earth Rune Middle parade!
2. Sure, technically.
3. See above.
4. And above.
5. And above!

Light: Lilianne Valendorf (MK2), Shady Thousand (WA3), Umaro (FF6), Serph (DDS), Rahal (S5)

1. Arbitrary theme: all these duellers are immune to Ice. Also, I DEMAND LILY
2. May or may not immune ice.
3. Sucks, but immunes ice.
4. Immunes ice!
5. Immunes ice with a gorgeous blue dress.
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2013, 01:50:19 AM »
Ooh, didn't realize that last season two of the champs in were in my pools.

Godlike
Charlton (59), Violetta, Reicher (13-3),  Orgulla, Zophar
1. New…uh, not strong, but may have a chance against the sluggish PD? Obviously not relevant now.
2. Replace Emelious, Lots of Fun!
3. Holy bombardmean
4. Now a legal nom! Field of smash.
5: Field of Smash

Heavy
Levin (60), Decus, Wugui (13-3), Alicia (13-3), Chie

1. Poor bastard has been on my nom list forever
2. Firey Rage
3. I really wanted Velna though
4. Going the opposite direction strategy of most of the rest of the field
5. Power Charge!

Middle
Odie, Warlock (59), Flay, Tio, Albel

1.Is Very Cool
2. Wind stormed Middle! Now Earth
3. Never needs a reason
4. Force me to finish the G2 redo?
5. Shit, ATL 2 isn't ranked anymore? Didn't realize that (Now I wait again for Futurama...). Bye Shante. . Oh well, Albel is cool.

Light
Piccolo, Cinnamon, Lily (13-3), Mao, Melody (13-3)

1. Smash
2. 4hKO and healings
3. Queen of the Unbalanced
4. Finally makes it back on my nom list
5. Adding her back, too lazy to look up new ones
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2013, 01:57:19 AM »
Godlike
Naesala (FEs)
Zog (BoF1)
Celes (FF6)
Dheginsea (FE10)
Cloud of Darkness (FF3)

Heavy
Phunbaba (FF6)
Jinx (SMRPG)
Angela (SD3)
Asellus (SaGa)
Lilligant (Pokemon BW)

Middle
Rudy (WA1)
Maya (DQ4)
Vormav (FFT)
Lani (FF9)
October (CSTW)

Light
Gato (CT)
Magikarp (Pokemon RBY)
Steena (CC)
Relm (FF6)
Swanna (Pokemon BW)

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2013, 02:35:44 AM »
Lance: Asellus is more of a Godlike (She ended the DL there at least)
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2013, 08:13:14 AM »
She's been in my Heavy nomination pool for the past three seasons. If it hasn't been a problem this whole time, I think she's fine where she is.

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2013, 02:10:13 AM »
I wouldn't say Asellus is any better as a dueller than Red is, FWIW, so...


Anyway, themed noms this time!


Godlike: The division of speed-boosting!
Jessica (DQ8), Celes (FF6), Tidus (FFX), Rika (PS4), Citan (XG)

Heavy: The division of fire!
Kary (FF1), Ho-oh (PKMN), Decus (SO2), Hugo (S3), Phyress (VP2)

Middle: The division of evasion!
Dalton (CT), Mystic Knight (FF5), L'Arachel (FE8), Annie (Saga), Ayame (S3)

Light: The division of cats! (Too bad Persian and Purugly are both Middle.)
Delcatty (PKMN), Andre (SH2), Mao (SH3), Chiepoo (S4), Shady (WA3)
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2013, 07:02:07 AM »
Godlike
Timelord(SaGa), Isolde(MK1), Lambda(WA4), Riou(Suiko2), Tibarn(FE9/10)

Heavy
Lucario(PKMN), Marcello(DQ8), Meliadoul(FFT), Popoi(SoM), Fayt(SO3)

Middle
Lise(SD3), Yosuke(Persona4), Sara(BoF1), Ivan(GS), Lilly Pendragon(Suiko3)

Light
Draggy(CC), Yukari(Persona3), Jun(VP1), Shady Thousand(WA3), Lucius(FE7)
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2013, 07:46:49 AM »
Godlike: Albedo (XS), Chris Lightfellow (S3), Jecht (FF10), Kuja (FF9), Lavos (CT)
Heavy: Isaac (GS1), Rayquaza (Pkmn3), Naoto Shirogane (P4), Millenia (G2), Vyse (SoA)
Middle: Jessica De'Alkirk (Lunar1), Flay (MK1), Etna (D1), Whimsicott (Pkmn5), Thursday (D1)
Light: Selphie (FF8), Nanami (VP1), Lilianne Valendorf (MK2), Aeris (FF7), Flonne (D1)

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2013, 05:43:08 AM »
Godlike: Odd Eye (SF2), Chris Lightfellow(S3), Luther Lansfeld (SO3), Yuna(FFX), Charlton Blunt(XF)
Heavy: Gale (DDS), Clive Winslett (WA3), Asellus(SF1), Hugo(S3), Edgar Roni Figaro(FF6)
Middle: Dalton(CT), Lyon(FE8), Micaiah(FE10), Flay Gunnar(MK), October(CSTW)
Light: Miranda (G3), Laguna Loire (FF8), Lucius(FE7), Lilianne Valendorf (MK2), Alfred Schrodinger(WA3)
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2013, 07:29:38 AM »
Godlike

Rupert Dandridge (XF)
Arceus (Pkmn)
Rhapthorne (DQVIII)
Lavos (CT)

Heavy

Etward Dysler (MK2)
Ephraim (FE8)
Summoner (FFV)
Millenia (Grandia II)

Middle

Summoner (FFT)
Jean (Lunar EBC)
Teddie (P4)
Karin Koenig (SH2)

Light

Kongol (LoD)
Janus (VP)
Maria Balthasar (XG)
Cray (BoFIV)
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2013, 03:26:59 PM »
Gryz is a Middle. He has 90% ID and in Light will almost always live long enough to use it, since he has great durability and Light doesn't have much fatal status. He went 6-2 in Light, and 2-2 in Middle... with three of his four losses (Marivel, Cait Sith, Kanji) coming to people who are at worst borderline Heavies.


edit: Also saving this here, quickly whipped up some Phunbaba notes based on various FF6 references and estimates based on the MF6 stat topic, assuming you fight him shortly after getting the airship.

Party average: HP 1400, damage 1800
Phunbaba: 26000 HP (~1.65PC), takes 21% extra from physicals / 3% less from magic. 1000 damage with Blow Fish, 700 with Bolt 3, 350 with Bolt 2, 600 with Solar Plex, 200 with physicals (blah blah back row adjust as you wish, they're not very good). 33% chance to counter any damage with Bolt 2. Slightly below average speed.

Heavy sounds right.
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2013, 11:50:46 PM »
Godlike

Deamoned (BoF5)
Deis (BoFs)
Ghaleon (Lunars)
Ramirez (SoA)
Yunalesca (FFX)


Heavy

Dart (LoD)
Lundgren (FE7)
Solo (DW4)
Takaya Sakaki (P3)
Vulcanus (D1)


Middle

Flea (CT)
Lorelai (Ss)
Mia (GS1)
Mother (WA1)
Ninja (FF1)


Light

Evil Gaia (G1)
Jelanda Artolia (VP1)
Kiros Seagil (FF8)
Mojo (CC)
Rafa Galthana (FFT)

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2013, 03:39:28 AM »
Godlike
Exdeath (FF5), Naesala (FEs), Rhapthorne (DQ8), Terra (FF6), Jecht (FFX)

Heavy
Nash (S3), Kary (FF1), Kornell (G3), Mithos (ToS), Alex (Lunar)

Middle
Astrid (FEs), Red XIII (FF7), Rikku (FFX), Felius (WAXF), Shion (XS)

Light
Mist (FEs), Noel (SO2), Sazh (FF13), Dancer (FFT), Irvine (FF8)

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2013, 11:41:57 AM »
Godlike: Belial(WA4), Timelord (SaGa), Rika (PS4), RECLAIMER DRAGON (WA4), Melc Crystal (G3)
1-3: Yuna-slayer squad, ready.
4:Plotless WA4 Boss
5:Plotless G3 Boss

Heavy: Rofel(FFT), Kornell(G3), Demi(PS4), Rufus(VP2), Maria(SO3)
1:Competent Non-Zodiac FFT Bosses go!
2:Bustering.  And more Bustering.
3:PS4 robot in a division that does not have overkill flying everywhere.
4:Why not?
5:Gun.

Middle: Yosuke(P4), Albel(SO3), Elly(XG), Karin(SH2), Danette(SN)
1:Random P4 character
2:In need of filler, do not know if undernominating
3-4:Still holding out for Solaris Uniform vs. German Army Uniform match.
5:Haste+special attack spam, go go go!

Light: Cotton(SaGa), Big Joe(XG), Solt(CC), Peppor(CC), Paula(EB)
1-5: Let's have another pathetic Light season!
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2013, 04:48:21 PM »
G: Chris, Timelord, Bartandelus, Goddess (FF6)
H: Demi, Asellus, Sephiran, Hugo
M: Lise, Lyon, Albel, Hellion
L: Kwanda, Whelk (FF6), Sazh, Cotton

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2013, 08:13:35 PM »
Neph: Chatted over this in #rpgdl a bit, but while Goddess is still probably a legit nom for Godlike, she's a *very* weird dueler in that her opponent in a duel barely matters.  She has auto-haste and an I-win maybe-immunity-ignoring status with a raw hit rate of 80%, that probably becomes worse against average MBLock to be 60-70% hit rate in practice.  (and, against those who don't block it, 90% raw hit rate Sleep).  However she gets OHKO'd left & right in Godlike if Charm misses.  Basically, she is a walking coinflip that isn't spoiled by the usual anti-borderline-turn-1-status types (bosses, people who block the status in question).  It almost doesn't matter who she's facing in any particular duel, aside from having a somewhat more secure win against those who don't block sleep, and being somewhat worried by duelers with "magic evade" (but not magic defense).

Figured I'd just mention that here in case anyone else wonders.
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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2013, 09:01:26 PM »
I'd say her opponent matters quite a bit! How fast are they? (Goddess is far from unbeatably fast in Godlike.) What is their damage type? (She's -much- easier to OHKO with physicals than with magic... very lopsided defenses). Are they vulnerable to sleep? What is their HP like? (She has a borderline OHKO with Quasar or Bolt 3.) What is their magic evade/other relevant status resistance stat (MDef, etc.) like? That's plenty.

She has been used in various Godlike formats (NR, tournaments, etc.) with little difficulty in the past.

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #21 on: September 23, 2013, 12:07:01 AM »
I suspect partially due to a lot of kneejerk disrespect, which is fine by me of course.  But I stand by my comment.  The fact she wins 100% of the time vs. lots of Heavys doesn't affect my point; against most Godlike duelers, she's just an unstoppable status coinflip, sometimes with +10% added to the odds because they don't block Sleep.  Further ramblings, tiny text'd to prevent threadjack:

If you can't OHKO Goddess or get OHKO'd by her damage ("borderline OHKO" seems generous, I am strongly inclined to assume better gear than Meeple usually did in these topics), then sure, you're boned, but that matters for some low Godlikes at worst.  Very fast enemies or enemies with initiative do authentically spoil her, sure, but even in Godlike that's not AMAZINGLY common.  (FF6 Haste is speed * 131%, she starts off "fast" for however much that matters, so I'd kneejerk her speed as around 150% average.  Orlandu & WA4 bosses hustle her out, sure, but that doesn't say much.)  "Vulnerable to sleep" mostly matters for a strict turn 1 status vs. turn 2 status type voting regimen which I'm not amazingly keen on, and one that sees Charm as turn 2 but Sleep as turn 1, but sure, mentioned that already.  Magic evade is the biggest thing, but even that isn't huge, most systems have magic defense but only a few have magic evade.  And Godlike dodgy Fire Emblem types, sure, they drive her status to a 40-60% hit rate, but they're unlikely to double her which is often times where a lot of their Godlike punch comes from, so they need to straight OHKO.

To rephrase, there is a large class of duelers who fail to OHKO or are OHKOable themselves, and they lose basically 100% of the time (lots of Heavys & below).  There is a tiny class of Godlike duelers who are faster and just OHKO her 100% of the time, and an even tinier class who have uber magic evade / untargetability / etc. and also win all the time (Ashera, DW1 Dragonlord, Worker 8, random FFT characters who grab an Aegis Shield).  Against the rest, there is a weighted coinflip that is only really affected by sleep immunity or magic evade, and even when they exist, the effect is usually subtle.  Sure, for strict turn 1 status voting procedures, you can argue that moving the hit rate from 70% -> 55% is a loss, or that the lack of Sleep immunity means going from 64%->74% is a win, but that just makes for a very unstable dueler where thanks to DL definitions a fairly subtle shift in odds switches the vote.  And yes, a harsh definition of turn 1 status - say 70% or better - significantly neuters her as a dueler, of course.

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2013, 01:00:02 AM »
Quasar is ITD so your opinion on gear doesn't matter; it's impressive damage regardless. (Bolt 3 is mostly for anyone who sports a weakness or really bad MDef, neither of which come up often in the division, I'll grant.) And it's really damn hard to OHKO Goddess with magic (Ted's about the only one who manages offhand), so it's far more than "Low Godlikes" for whom that's a concern... she has Auto-Shell, so her magic durability is significantly better than Kefka's.

For instance, take her NR loss to FFT Balthier. Balthier only one that because he has magic evade, excellent physical damage, AND good HP... his stats definitely mattered!


I guess I'm not really sure what your concern is? If it's that you find her boring... that's subjective. Obviously someone else finds them interesting enough to nom, so I'd say it's courteous not to pick a fight. If it's that she's too powerful... no, she's obviously not, she's a good Godlike but has her share of spoilers, and I see anywhere from 2-5 depending on respect/views already nommed. If it's that she's unstable based on individual viewpoints (in her case, due to how one takes status chances)... well, you're nomming Exdeath. :p

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2013, 05:09:12 AM »
I wasn't picking a fight, exactly, anyway.  You'll note I said weird dueler.  We'll see, I suppose.  (The fact I posted at all was a result of me looking Goddess up and saying "holy shit Auto-Haste WTF I didn't know that, and 80% I win status?!"  i.e. I was partially posting to say that no, she isn't actually THAT broken in case others looked her up as well.  Because if that was really true she probably *would* be too good.)

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Re: RPGDL 2013 Season 3 Noms
« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2013, 06:22:49 AM »
Wait, isn't 80% base right closer to 50% endgame than 70% anyways?
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