The RNG moveth in mysterious ways
SORRY INTERNET, I have been shamefully neglecting you again. In preparation for starting school in two weeks, I've spent the last month-and-change binge-replaying video games 8D; I did uh...
- poked around a little on Ocarina of Time (N64 version) but got distracted after beating the child dungeons.
- replayed some of Trauma Center: Second Opinion before remembering how much I hate some of the GUILT (TRIANGLES)
- replayed some of Trauma Team; I was going to replay everything but then I remembered how much I suck at endoscopy and how annoying orthopedics can get. I DID ALL THE OTHER SPECIALTIES THOUGH
- messed around in Kirby's Epic Yarn because adorable ♥ Even if some of the mini-games get incredibly enraging
- replayed Twilight Princess because wolf Link ♥
- replayed Baten Kaitos: Origins because I love these games :C
- replayed Skyward Sword on Hero Mode again because apparently I'm still a masochist. I got the Hylian Shield but didn't get all the Heart Pieces because screw you, Fun Fun Island and Fledge's mini-game >(
...and then my sister dared me to do a run-through of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance using only Ike and Soren. She graciously allowed me to do it on easy mode and to use pre-promotes as packhorses to hold items. And then because things were going so well (also Soren promoted at chapter 9 or something), she also let me add Volke to the team. And then I decided that we'd never used Stefan before so WHY THE HELL NOT plus it would give Soren a support chain (...I removed Astra after one chapter).
Highlights:
- Hours of bexp resetting (I'm not exaggerating) plus one energy drop resulted in a 20/20 Soren with 14 strength aka enough to hold Rexbolt without a penalty! Also 18 defense :3
- Stefan managed to get double-digit luck only with the help of an Ashera icon, oh Stefan. HE WAS VERY USEFUL THOUGH, especially after giving him Vantage and Wrath.
- Volke was Volke, as always. ♥ After a few false-start levels, rammed into his strength cap and ended up with the highest luck! And was a crit/lethality monster when he actually got to attack enemies.
- Oh right, I managed to get Soren A-rank Fire and Wind, and S-rank Thunder WITHOUT using any Arms Scrolls. FIRST TIME EVER. Hilariously, he never got past B-rank Staves because I stopped healgrinding after he could use Physic and then everyone else didn't get hurt enough for constant healing.
- ♥ Ike ♥ He was actually down in skill for a while, to the point where I figured "hey, I'll actually be able to use the secret books because no one else on the team will need them!" And then he capped skill naturally in his last 8 levels or so. (Okay, a lot of them involved bexp but still)
- On a mystifying but hilarious note, he managed to get 15 magic naturally. FIFTEEN. I can't count how many bexp levels I tossed because he wanted to get mage levels, apparently he really wanted to play with the magic swords. Stefan got 10, so I bumped him up to 14 because Ike doesn't need the Runesword later :B
- Less hilariously, tried the Black Knight fight three times and STILL DIDN'T WIN. (As a note, I replayed Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn legitimately earlier this year. I got up to this chapter on Hard Mode in PoR and fought the Black Knight at least five times with failures before accidentally rage-deleting my saves. For people who wonder, IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO LOSE THE FIGHT and Ike can actually miss either of the hits of Aether >E)
- The first time, the Black Knight activated Luna three turns in a row. >(
- The third time, Ike managed to avoid the 76% hit-chance of the Black Knight's regular blows at least three times, but only activated Aether once. THANKS A LOT, RNG. I gave up on Nasir after that because I wasn't going to use him anyway, but 8(!!!
- ...and then I let Tibarn play around a little in the Endgame because Tibarn ♥
- Ike still got MVP by a hefty margin because enemies are always magnetically attracted to him. |D
AND NOW I should probably do more packing...later.
♥
- poked around a little on Ocarina of Time (N64 version) but got distracted after beating the child dungeons.
- replayed some of Trauma Center: Second Opinion before remembering how much I hate some of the GUILT (TRIANGLES)
- replayed some of Trauma Team; I was going to replay everything but then I remembered how much I suck at endoscopy and how annoying orthopedics can get. I DID ALL THE OTHER SPECIALTIES THOUGH
- messed around in Kirby's Epic Yarn because adorable ♥ Even if some of the mini-games get incredibly enraging
- replayed Twilight Princess because wolf Link ♥
- replayed Baten Kaitos: Origins because I love these games :C
- replayed Skyward Sword on Hero Mode again because apparently I'm still a masochist. I got the Hylian Shield but didn't get all the Heart Pieces because screw you, Fun Fun Island and Fledge's mini-game >(
...and then my sister dared me to do a run-through of Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance using only Ike and Soren. She graciously allowed me to do it on easy mode and to use pre-promotes as packhorses to hold items. And then because things were going so well (also Soren promoted at chapter 9 or something), she also let me add Volke to the team. And then I decided that we'd never used Stefan before so WHY THE HELL NOT plus it would give Soren a support chain (...I removed Astra after one chapter).
Highlights:
- Hours of bexp resetting (I'm not exaggerating) plus one energy drop resulted in a 20/20 Soren with 14 strength aka enough to hold Rexbolt without a penalty! Also 18 defense :3
- Stefan managed to get double-digit luck only with the help of an Ashera icon, oh Stefan. HE WAS VERY USEFUL THOUGH, especially after giving him Vantage and Wrath.
- Volke was Volke, as always. ♥ After a few false-start levels, rammed into his strength cap and ended up with the highest luck! And was a crit/lethality monster when he actually got to attack enemies.
- Oh right, I managed to get Soren A-rank Fire and Wind, and S-rank Thunder WITHOUT using any Arms Scrolls. FIRST TIME EVER. Hilariously, he never got past B-rank Staves because I stopped healgrinding after he could use Physic and then everyone else didn't get hurt enough for constant healing.
- ♥ Ike ♥ He was actually down in skill for a while, to the point where I figured "hey, I'll actually be able to use the secret books because no one else on the team will need them!" And then he capped skill naturally in his last 8 levels or so. (Okay, a lot of them involved bexp but still)
- On a mystifying but hilarious note, he managed to get 15 magic naturally. FIFTEEN. I can't count how many bexp levels I tossed because he wanted to get mage levels, apparently he really wanted to play with the magic swords. Stefan got 10, so I bumped him up to 14 because Ike doesn't need the Runesword later :B
- Less hilariously, tried the Black Knight fight three times and STILL DIDN'T WIN. (As a note, I replayed Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn legitimately earlier this year. I got up to this chapter on Hard Mode in PoR and fought the Black Knight at least five times with failures before accidentally rage-deleting my saves. For people who wonder, IT IS VERY POSSIBLE TO LOSE THE FIGHT and Ike can actually miss either of the hits of Aether >E)
- The first time, the Black Knight activated Luna three turns in a row. >(
- The third time, Ike managed to avoid the 76% hit-chance of the Black Knight's regular blows at least three times, but only activated Aether once. THANKS A LOT, RNG. I gave up on Nasir after that because I wasn't going to use him anyway, but 8(!!!
- ...and then I let Tibarn play around a little in the Endgame because Tibarn ♥
- Ike still got MVP by a hefty margin because enemies are always magnetically attracted to him. |D
AND NOW I should probably do more packing...later.
♥