Stuff
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How many entries have I titled "Stuff" ?? LOL.
So some things.
1. I cleared CATHERINE for the first time last night. It gets... really... weird at the end. Also, I wish the dialogue in that game was more natural. Like... it can be pretty bad. Like people will say nothing back and forth with lots of pauses in it and it is like... frustrating to listen to. And people don't react in natural ways to things lol. Also that game is HARD. I thought it was a challenge playing on easy mode... Anyway, I got the "normal lovers" ending. Apparently there are EIGHT endings X_X
2. My PSN account is dead. Apparently there was some charge dispute and I owe around $20 on it, but it seems like the only way to reverse this is to settle it with the "bank" even though the charge was to a prepaid card thingy from forever ago that I don't even know where to begin figuring out what company it was and how to contact them... so I may permanently be banned (which also means I lost everything I bought on the PSN which is like $100s of stuff...)
3. I have a few posts written up and ready for my gaming/thinking blog. I have an intro post and a FF9-centered post written and ready to publish, and another post that's still being edited. I just have to decide when I want to launch. Because I don't have a laptop anymore, I have to plan the posts around visits to Dennis lmao. I want to offer new content regularly, but my schedule is anything but regular...
4. I got a bit farther in my SaGa game. I defeated Genbu and am on my way to fight Seiryu... I got to the underwater cave thing so I think it's not too far...? I don't remember, really... Anyway, here is my updated party:
CLAYRE
Human Female
206 / 4 / 24 / 25/ 0
Dillinger (17)
submachine gun (15)
whip (18)
high potion (3)
bronze shield (50)
mythril helmet
mythril mail
gold gloves
DENNIS
Human Male
205 / 26 / 12 / 12 / 0
katana (50)
battleaxe (47)
punch (52)
high potion (3)
potion (2)
bronze helmet
gold mail
bronze gloves
NANCY
Monster (Redbone)
103 / 12 / 6 / 8 / 17
bone (25)
stinger (25)
paralysis/weapon resist
fire weakness
THAAO
Esper Girl
65 / 22 / 12 / 32 / 47
Psychobarrier (5)
Akusyuu (9)
Telepathy (25)
Reiki (10)
Dillinger (18)
high potion (3)
gold helmet
bronze mail
Note: "Dillinger" is a gun type; I'm guessing it's named after John Dillinger (historical machine gun bank robber guy). Despite that, it is not a machine gun... it seems to be more of a pistol. It's pretty powerful, and definitely beats out the bow and whip, even though it costs about the same as a bow.
As you can see, a lot of changes... Clayre is now the party leader (she was the starting character, btw), Thaao is now in the very back. Thaao's parameters have gone WAY up, now the strongest character if you're excluding HP... and HP is terrible for her LOL.
If I had more space, I would love to give Thaao an SMG... but I feel the Dillinger is a lot more helpful in her case because Reiki is so powerful already and can hit groups... so a weaker thing that hits groups is not nearly as useful as a thing that hits single targets for similar damage and costs like 1/10 of the price... it's easy to stock up on Dillingers as backup weapons but buying SMG is costly.
I feel like everyone is behind because Thaao's parameters are so high. But you seem to grow parameters faster than you make money... and you have to spend your money on more than just training your humans. Plus huamns are much more expensive since you need to fill 8 ability/equipment slots. And they NEED weapons to be powerful. Thaao has ONE weapon and TWO armors, where the humans have like 4 armors and 3 weapons... Not to mention the humans are constantly breaking their weapons whereas espers only use them as backup to magic (which is replenished for free when you sleep).
Nancy is still worthless... also Redbone has the weirdest abilities. I never understood why skeletons have weakness to fire in games... I realize fire is a common undead weakness, but I think a skeleton should be different. I mean, when you burn a body, the skeleton takes much longer to burn than the rest of it... it's more resilient to fire! A rotting flesh like a zombie would of course be weak to fire IMO especially since a zombie would have difficulty putting out its flaming body. But a skeleton...? Especially a red one LOL should not be weak to fire. Also "bone" is always an ability for skeleton creatures in games it seems... but why? What exactly is it? Punching, kicking, throwing a snapped-out rib? The animation is the same as sword... but then again I think whip uses the same animation as sword in this game. Also, why stinger? Even taking a more liberal translation of "needle" makes no sense. Skeletons have neither stingers nor needles...
This game really needs more guns. I love RPGs with guns... I am happy that SaGa series often has guns because it really adds to the character of the games. But guns in RPGs are usually kinda pathetic. Operation Darkness was so fun before you hit the "everyone is a mystical creature" part of the game, because EVERYTHING WAS GUNS and there were so many types and even gun tactics and stuff... Saga Frontier had similar guns to SaGa 1... a few types, but they are only useful for a small portion of the game, then you don't see powerful guns near the end. UNLIMITED:Saga did a good job with guns... since they're not dependent on glimmering/sparking and still powerful even with low Skill parameter, they are perfect for characters who are built as locksmiths, talkers, etc. (more "map" type characters) or healing/buffing mages. They have a use throughout the entire game. Sadly there is only ONE TYPE OF GUN, a kind of... shotgun looking thing, and you can't build them or smith them or alter them or ANYTHING.
But yeah, that's it for now~
How many entries have I titled "Stuff" ?? LOL.
So some things.
1. I cleared CATHERINE for the first time last night. It gets... really... weird at the end. Also, I wish the dialogue in that game was more natural. Like... it can be pretty bad. Like people will say nothing back and forth with lots of pauses in it and it is like... frustrating to listen to. And people don't react in natural ways to things lol. Also that game is HARD. I thought it was a challenge playing on easy mode... Anyway, I got the "normal lovers" ending. Apparently there are EIGHT endings X_X
2. My PSN account is dead. Apparently there was some charge dispute and I owe around $20 on it, but it seems like the only way to reverse this is to settle it with the "bank" even though the charge was to a prepaid card thingy from forever ago that I don't even know where to begin figuring out what company it was and how to contact them... so I may permanently be banned (which also means I lost everything I bought on the PSN which is like $100s of stuff...)
3. I have a few posts written up and ready for my gaming/thinking blog. I have an intro post and a FF9-centered post written and ready to publish, and another post that's still being edited. I just have to decide when I want to launch. Because I don't have a laptop anymore, I have to plan the posts around visits to Dennis lmao. I want to offer new content regularly, but my schedule is anything but regular...
4. I got a bit farther in my SaGa game. I defeated Genbu and am on my way to fight Seiryu... I got to the underwater cave thing so I think it's not too far...? I don't remember, really... Anyway, here is my updated party:
CLAYRE
Human Female
206 / 4 / 24 / 25/ 0
Dillinger (17)
submachine gun (15)
whip (18)
high potion (3)
bronze shield (50)
mythril helmet
mythril mail
gold gloves
DENNIS
Human Male
205 / 26 / 12 / 12 / 0
katana (50)
battleaxe (47)
punch (52)
high potion (3)
potion (2)
bronze helmet
gold mail
bronze gloves
NANCY
Monster (Redbone)
103 / 12 / 6 / 8 / 17
bone (25)
stinger (25)
paralysis/weapon resist
fire weakness
THAAO
Esper Girl
65 / 22 / 12 / 32 / 47
Psychobarrier (5)
Akusyuu (9)
Telepathy (25)
Reiki (10)
Dillinger (18)
high potion (3)
gold helmet
bronze mail
Note: "Dillinger" is a gun type; I'm guessing it's named after John Dillinger (historical machine gun bank robber guy). Despite that, it is not a machine gun... it seems to be more of a pistol. It's pretty powerful, and definitely beats out the bow and whip, even though it costs about the same as a bow.
As you can see, a lot of changes... Clayre is now the party leader (she was the starting character, btw), Thaao is now in the very back. Thaao's parameters have gone WAY up, now the strongest character if you're excluding HP... and HP is terrible for her LOL.
If I had more space, I would love to give Thaao an SMG... but I feel the Dillinger is a lot more helpful in her case because Reiki is so powerful already and can hit groups... so a weaker thing that hits groups is not nearly as useful as a thing that hits single targets for similar damage and costs like 1/10 of the price... it's easy to stock up on Dillingers as backup weapons but buying SMG is costly.
I feel like everyone is behind because Thaao's parameters are so high. But you seem to grow parameters faster than you make money... and you have to spend your money on more than just training your humans. Plus huamns are much more expensive since you need to fill 8 ability/equipment slots. And they NEED weapons to be powerful. Thaao has ONE weapon and TWO armors, where the humans have like 4 armors and 3 weapons... Not to mention the humans are constantly breaking their weapons whereas espers only use them as backup to magic (which is replenished for free when you sleep).
Nancy is still worthless... also Redbone has the weirdest abilities. I never understood why skeletons have weakness to fire in games... I realize fire is a common undead weakness, but I think a skeleton should be different. I mean, when you burn a body, the skeleton takes much longer to burn than the rest of it... it's more resilient to fire! A rotting flesh like a zombie would of course be weak to fire IMO especially since a zombie would have difficulty putting out its flaming body. But a skeleton...? Especially a red one LOL should not be weak to fire. Also "bone" is always an ability for skeleton creatures in games it seems... but why? What exactly is it? Punching, kicking, throwing a snapped-out rib? The animation is the same as sword... but then again I think whip uses the same animation as sword in this game. Also, why stinger? Even taking a more liberal translation of "needle" makes no sense. Skeletons have neither stingers nor needles...
This game really needs more guns. I love RPGs with guns... I am happy that SaGa series often has guns because it really adds to the character of the games. But guns in RPGs are usually kinda pathetic. Operation Darkness was so fun before you hit the "everyone is a mystical creature" part of the game, because EVERYTHING WAS GUNS and there were so many types and even gun tactics and stuff... Saga Frontier had similar guns to SaGa 1... a few types, but they are only useful for a small portion of the game, then you don't see powerful guns near the end. UNLIMITED:Saga did a good job with guns... since they're not dependent on glimmering/sparking and still powerful even with low Skill parameter, they are perfect for characters who are built as locksmiths, talkers, etc. (more "map" type characters) or healing/buffing mages. They have a use throughout the entire game. Sadly there is only ONE TYPE OF GUN, a kind of... shotgun looking thing, and you can't build them or smith them or alter them or ANYTHING.
But yeah, that's it for now~