Author Topic: Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta - the mystery box edition (Read 57606 times)

theshirn · « **Reply #270 on:** July 12, 2015, 07:58:58 PM »

Well, beat NED and Shinryu. I simply don't have the tools to deal with Omega, though.

Process already Gilgabot, I want another run!

Garlyle · « **Reply #271 on:** July 14, 2015, 09:00:33 AM »

Okay so I finally got back around to trying to do the FJF - or rather, FBF (Four Bard Fiesta because that's all I could use)

Sandworm got its ass whooped again after grinding to 25. It still sucked.
Crayclaw literally only ever physical attacked once so it was trivial.

...Adamantoise is an asshole though. You see, he does 400-ish damage on the front row (200-ish on the back). Due to huge physical defense, he takes <20 damage per attack from the front row; ~8 in the back. The only saving grace is the Silver Harp, which - because of 50% magic evade and shell - has a ~25% chance to hit for one sixteenth of its max HP.

I caved.

I Job Faired Summoner

I just didn't want to put up with that. I didn't want to put up with trying to slowly carve down archaeoavis too. And I've always wanted to Summoner because of all the extra fights I'll have.

Streaming will resume tomorrow evening, now with much more energy and a stupid broken team (Summoner, Samurai, Chemist, Dancer)

Reddyne · « **Reply #272 on:** July 15, 2015, 01:48:41 AM »

We rejoin our heroes getting ambushed in an attempt to finally put an end to their reign of terror.

Unfortunately, these dragons are not immune to suggestion.

Namely, bumping off their friends,

And then themselves...

I steal a bunch of things I never wind up using but whatevs.

I DON'T grind for reflect rings this year even though I may regret it. I just never used them. It looks as if they might be useful sooner or later but with a low drop rate it just took me forever to get them last time and my time with the game got a bit sour.

I think I can get them in a place or two later.

Free stuff on the roadside is always in the cards though.

Xezat pwns some nubs as you kids like to say.

Remember how much of a threat these guys are?

Yeah neither do I.

Whatever, Mr. Imperial Guard.

Atomos definitely earns his rep as one of those bosses that make you want to pull your hair out.

Knocking him out helps buy a LOT of time even if it doesn't proc all the time and you wake him up instead of knock him out once he's asleep.

The tactic works just fine and he's done before much trouble starts.

Things blow up and so does our friend.

Drowning our sorrows by piano certainly helps.

Noooo! I need to find out how much I've screwed up the Brave Blade through sheer laziness!

These'll sure come in handy with Lenna as my magnificent Mystic Knight.

This is the default damage against the local squishies.

With the 3rd tier spell, its an insta-kill on anything weak to the element. I think it's just insane damage to heavy enemies/bosses too. Not getting swizzed here.

I keep the Sleep Swords just for yuks and between one of those and Faris's paralyzing whip, these guys typically don't even get the chance to fight back regardless of their HP pool.

The party is not impressed when they find out his metamorphosis "skill" involves just swapping clothes. In front of the party. Ew!

Monty's love of animal abuse continues.

SWEET JEEBUS.

Thank you, Captain Stereotype!

Ghido gives out snark like it's AOL free trials in the late 90's and early 00's.

I'm sure the same would happen if the neighborhood dog was allowed to piddle on it everyday during walkies, too.

We get our Plot Advancer 9000 (TM) and trudge back out. Such is the fate of Team Attracted the Attention of the FFSPCA. Join us next time for Team Don't Tell Smokey About This One or Team Maybe I'd Better Unequip the Healstick ;_;

Garlyle · « **Reply #273 on:** July 15, 2015, 04:38:51 AM »

STREAM ON OFF and stuff

Validon98 · « **Reply #274 on:** July 15, 2015, 03:11:23 PM »

The fun part about Chemist is grinding out to 99 items in Act 1 and accidentally making it so Galuf will never catch up in levels ever.

EDIT:

Case in point!

Axel Ryman · « **Reply #275 on:** July 17, 2015, 12:03:29 AM »

Monk and Dancer is such a stupid combo :V The good kind. Chemist just made it more OP. That was around level 32 I believe with 1 Dragon's Power and a Crit.

jester147 · « **Reply #276 on:** July 17, 2015, 01:56:51 AM »

Quote from: Axel Ryman on July 17, 2015, 12:03:29 AM

Monk and Dancer is such a stupid combo :V The good kind.

Told ya, they're very dangerous. :V

Reddyne · « **Reply #277 on:** July 18, 2015, 02:18:20 AM »

We rejoin our heroes at the conclusion of the filming of their heavy-handed late 80's movie with a cloyingly sweet Aesop about being friendly to the environment.

And they are immediately beset by an angry audience who doesn't care for such gross misrepresentation.

Since the enemies are only so hardy, I try !Calm for the first time but it doesn't seem to work as promised? Some studying may be in order as this'll probably save my bacon for Omega.

I put on my robe and...

The high encounter rate mixed with their ability to spam status attacks makes for a difficult romp through the woods.

Luckily the party makeup makes it simple to just bowl over everything and then have Galuf use the healstick on the side.

Ever seen Cabin in the Woods? Good movie.

Galuf the Chemist is the only one who can use this. Thanks for reminding me game.

Swapping !Calm back for !Control proves to be useful when some of the local goons decide to get a bit more uppity.

Someone left the oven on!

Hello, old friend. It's so good to see you again.

Our moogle buddy helps out.

And the all important refresher before the boss fight. Good thing because I got in like 8 fights before progressing even though this is 2 screens away. Even after the forest is reduced to cinders, the same chumps try to intervene in full force the moment I step back outside.

These crystals gave me all sorts of trouble last year due to how magic accuracy works.

Unfortunately, in return, I haven't quite figured out just how accuracy works for spellblade shenanigans instead. These guys can't be hit by any weapon with spellblade on it unless it's something like Break or Sleep. Even Bio yields 0% accuracy.

Yeah my tolerance for the debacle that was the terrible accuracy of Blue Mage's spells last year is in the negative numbers.

With a couple strategems apiece thrown out the window for either not working at all or working all to well, tactics are swapped to a basic gameplay method: Hit hard when healthy, heal constantly when not. Monty withers an individual crystal down to half health and then the whole team blitzes in order to wipe it out before it does too much damage.

Sick of even coming close to death, Galuf gives Monty enough Samson's Might tonics to kill an elephant. The results are a x2 damage boost. Very effective!

Hey!

Rude.

I always thought it looked like Exdeath had a lot of purple hair and he had really doofy decorations on his legs.

Just in case you were wondering if Galuf was cool or not. Galuf gets his licks in, too.

Yeah I've heard that one befo-

Oops.

Wait wait wait.

Krile takes up the standard and charges forward but seriously Exdeath's castle is next you think I'm crazy?

Such is the fate of Team Empty Chairs and Empty Tables. Join us next time for the continuing adventures of Team Siege of Seringapatam or Team Revenge is a Dish Best Served Blizzaga Bladed.

The ⑨th Zentillion · « **Reply #278 on:** July 18, 2015, 03:26:06 AM »

Quote

These guys can't be hit by any weapon with spellblade on it unless it's something like Break or Sleep. Even Bio yields 0% accuracy.

Things're immune to Poison-elemental attacks. Remember, this is when element-null didn't show numbers (that didn't start until 6), which also affects elemental physicals. Since break and sleep are non-elemental, those do show numbers, even though the crystals are immune to petrify and sleep. I forget their other immunities, though... except instant death-succeptible thanks to unheaviness.

Edit: Anyway... my second run, the jobs are now White and Time Mages and Geomancer. Going to have to break thunder rods on the Solcannon since the danged thing is immune to wind; thankfully I have slow and haste to delay being Wave Cannoned.

jester147 · « **Reply #279 on:** July 18, 2015, 04:17:12 PM »

So far, Barehanded Sword Dance blazes through everything up to Atomos. Is there one boss that could pose a difficulty later?
Also, I farmed 2 Reflect Rings. Is that enough?

Axel Ryman · « **Reply #280 on:** July 18, 2015, 04:34:34 PM »

I wouldn't exactly say boss-wise you'd have an issue, but you will have an issue in the Pyramid due to all the Undead.

Reddyne · « **Reply #281 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:36:45 PM »

Quote from: The ⑨th Zentillion on July 18, 2015, 03:26:06 AM

Things're immune to Poison-elemental attacks. Remember, this is when element-null didn't show numbers (that didn't start until 6), which also affects elemental physicals. Since break and sleep are non-elemental, those do show numbers, even though the crystals are immune to petrify and sleep. I forget their other immunities, though... except instant death-succeptible thanks to unheaviness.

Yeah I'm just not used to it yet. Spellblade does NOT work exactly as it does in Bravely Default and it takes some getting used to. I thought Bio would revert attacking to a normal property with poison as a status effect, but nope. Oh well. Live and learn. It's only good when the enemy is weak to a particular element/status.

We rejoin our heroes out to capture some elusive prey: Namely, these ironback monsters are supposed to pack quite a punch. Not pictured: A whole boatload of grinding I did for more dragon fangs. These have proven to be EXORBITANTLY useful and versatile and you'll see why shortly! Also not pictured: Poor screencaps of the ironback kicking teeth in. Let's do it.

With the party fully equipped and enough consumables and helpful items in tow to kill a dozen pack mules, we're finally prepared for Exdeath's castle.

Furry dude, noooooo!

Man the interior decorator of this place sucks.

And who designs halls that are one person long and shift directions so many times?

Amongst the many tricks up your friendly local Chemist's sleeve is a !Mix combo that will cause Float on one teammate. Although only usable in battle, the status stays until you rest or have certain magic cast on you.I use it to its full effect,

...but forget too late that there's nothing of value to my party hidden in the lava.

Instead, I luck out and one of the baddies drops a weapon that'll cause Shinryu to go berserk right when I wa-oh wait I have a Chemist it's a moot point anyhow.

Haha! First try!

And haha again!

The local dragons can be real dangerous if you aren't prepared. Fortunately, !Control is just so much more awesome than I ever thought it could be.There are also groups of 3 Blue Dragons which will attack overlapped like so. Quite a dangerous bunch.

However, Lenna's Break Blade petrifies them in a single hit.

Mixing this knowledge with the Hasty-Ade option via !Mix means that she tears through entire parties with ease!

Carbuncle storms in with boss music blaring. Unfortunately, !Mix allows me to apply a buff which allows me to cover my own team with reflect and then boosts their resistance to elemental damage on top of that. Whoops?

Once Carbunkle's elemental barriers go down, his weaknesses go up. Monty's new Icebrand gives Carbuncle more than flesh wound, and Lenna's Air Knife does respectable damage as-is.

Hello friend. Let's dance!

!Mixing some potions with dragon fangs provides a combo that boosts your level by 20 for the battle!

It's effects are stackable and potent. Gilgy takes a beating.

;_;

Hey where u goin?

Well, uh, good to see that workout program has turned out alright?

Gilgy has the same reaction that I did when someone told me that combat, PVP, and gameplay variety were better in the original Dark Souls in comparison to 2.

Oh and we get an encounter all of one step from the door.

No go away smellypants.

WHOOPS hey those are your dad's Playboys!

Petty larceny?

I kick things off by having Faris's stored friend kick off Exdeath.

Like in the Gilgamesh fight, Monty is given Dragon Power mixes. He serves as the boss buster here. His damage output increases pretty dramatically with each one.

Exdeath can dish out some serious hurt with Vacuum Wave and the rest of his moves can spell trouble if you let them ad up, but again, !Mix does it all except multitarget healing for maximum efficiency.

With Monty's level closer to the magical number of 255 than 0, !Mix keeping everyone on their toes, and the remaining party acting in support, Exdeath goes down hard.

You know shit be going down in a Final Fantasy game when crystals are exploding like Mega Man on spikes.

I... think we're right back in Kansas again, Toto. Such is the fate of Team Castle Crashers. Join us next time for the continuing adventures of Team Splitting Up Always Worked for Scooby and the Gang or Team Not Without My Chocobo.

triangles · « **Reply #282 on:** July 21, 2015, 12:44:09 AM »

Meanwhile back in World 1-8, Team Dance Like You Want To Win realizes they beat all the bosses and need to jump into the pipe to 2-1. Pipe, swirly vortex of potential doom, same diff.

Interplanetary travel: what are seatbelts??
It's only a matter of time after landing that we find ourselves in jail again.

We don't have a great track record in this department. I fully expect next time we're just going to directly crash our airship into a prison and combine both our glaring flaws.

Somehow this serves as a hologram to Galuf and crew who are otherwise pre-occupied with busting into Casa de Exdeath? I never really understood how this game's technology operates. Nonetheless, it works and Galuf comes rushing in to our aid!

In keeping the spirit of the fiesta, I always put Gramps on what class I didn't use for the last boss of World 1, so Dragoon it is! Look at that swanky purple armor, fit for a king!

Gilgy :* :*
A solo boss battle follows, not very difficult but we do need to show Gilgy the business end of that spear.

oh bby
it only gets worse from here on in for you :ohdear:

Gramps ain't letting Team Let's Ruin Everything We Touch But Now On A New Planet off the hook for the little detour. But hey, now I get to see all four of my classes in action....

...on a Big Bridge where Battles happen :dragonforce: Trash mob battles, yadda yadda but halfway down the line...

Gilgy 2.0!

Ancient Sword earns its keep again aww yeah did I mention I love getting to use a sword for the first time in 3 years? Halfway through the battle Gilgy then takes off the kid gloves and is a dirty cheater by using Jump without any delay in the air how rude. Someone's definitely packing !Time because Gravity otherwise don't work that way. My healing at this point is either RNG !Dance or RNG !Animals and boy I'm really feeling it in this battle

2 DOWN
3 TO GO

Garula(s?) live here too? What could it mean

Meanwhile Exdeath puts up this little fancy bubble of NO GO AWAY which may or may not blast us halfway around the world oops

I'm not sure if the emphasis should be on the meddlesome or the bums part. We're really good at both! Let's keep at it as we bum across wherever the heck we wound up!

ewwww gross I don't think I like this planet very much.

Plot Flag Status: Raised

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT

Well I did roll Dancer....

What a coincidence, that's how I look if I try to dance in real life! :fail:
'nuff of that, onward!

Uh yeah let's go somewhere with a significantly lower chance of getting murdered in the face.

Oh hey I found a Plot Forest!

We see a little Moogle Friend inside who promptly falls down a hole and now it's our turn to fall down a h- HEY THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

moogle bby this is a really bad place to be

That's not foreboding, that's not foreboding at all.

After making our way through we meet up with Mooglefriend and our not-friend Tyrannosaur. This year I decided to not be cheeky and opted against an insta-kill. We'll do this the ol' fashioned way!

PICTURED: forgetting that using !Dance against undead is a 50/50 chance of backfiring :fail:
NOT PICTURED: getting hit for over 4000 what the crap is that about

ugh good riddance

Mooglefriend is so appreciative she shows us the way to Moogletown without taking inadvertent dirt (sand?) naps.

Aww how cute they think I would respect other people's property.

:fail:

I'm going to a convention this weekend but it's not THAT kind of convention.

I said NOT THAT KIND OF CONVENTION :ohdear:

Meanwhile Krile's Mooglefriend picks up the Mooglephone and learns the whereabouts of our motley crew, and she heads off to fetch us from :3 forest and bring us back to her.... castle??

o/

That's all for today folks! Don't forget to tune in next time for the saga of Team Pray To RNGsus For Healing ;_; I swear now that all my Otakon stuff is done I'll be catching up now :V

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #283 on:** July 21, 2015, 02:09:24 AM »

Quote from: triangles on July 21, 2015, 12:44:09 AM

I'm going to a convention this weekend but it's not THAT kind of convention.

I said NOT THAT KIND OF CONVENTION :ohdear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2OAmJkjDEc

jester147 · « **Reply #284 on:** July 21, 2015, 04:46:13 PM »

Beat Exdeath, he's a toughie, got numerous Return casts just to beat him.

And now I have a hard time in the Pyramid. Undead is a bane for Dance, but Barehanded still prove useful. The real threat is the chests, Cursed Beings are the monsters. Luckily, I can still buy rods, but I'm short on money, and also short on recovery items. I don't know the place to money grind for early Merged World. Any advice?

Reddyne · « **Reply #285 on:** July 21, 2015, 05:35:39 PM »

I forget just how limited your options are at the moment. You either are or will be able to run around the entire world map on Boko. All in all, I think you might be better off just sticking nearby and beating up the locals. Restock your supplies and head back into the pyramid. Doubly so since monks need levels so badly. I'm not back there myself quite yet so I haven't had the chance to give it a look.

PS: How does !Rapid Fire with a monk (still dunno if I should capitalize these or not) work in comparison to waiting for Sword Dance to activate? Once you get the Kaiser Knuckle it'll definitely be worth giving a look if you haven't already. With the magic pots in Phoenix Tower soon available, grinding up to get a better setup shouldn't take long.

The Greatest Dog · « **Reply #286 on:** July 21, 2015, 06:06:09 PM »

So Red Dragons have Lv 3 Flare as a !Control ability? Through some ungodly rng, would it be possible in the Barrier Tower to

1) Equip Reflect Rings on the party
2) !Catch/Release a Neon to cast Reflect, bouncing it onto the Red Dragon
3) !Control Red Dragon, have it cast Lv 3 Flare on itself
4) Pray it hits Blue Mage, learn spell?

It gets a nice chunk of use on random encounters before you reach Exdeath, and it also means you can keep your levels away from Lv 3 during the already hectic Exdeath fight. Still going out of your way and requires Beastmaster, though.

Reddyne · « **Reply #287 on:** July 21, 2015, 07:32:59 PM »

Quote from: Fast Fanatic on July 21, 2015, 06:06:09 PM

So Red Dragons have Lv 3 Flare as a !Control ability? Through some ungodly rng, would it be possible in the Barrier Tower to

1) Equip Reflect Rings on the party
2) !Catch/Release a Neon to cast Reflect, bouncing it onto the Red Dragon
3) !Control Red Dragon, have it cast Lv 3 Flare on itself
4) Pray it hits Blue Mage, learn spell?

It gets a nice chunk of use on random encounters before you reach Exdeath, and it also means you can keep your levels away from Lv 3 during the already hectic Exdeath fight. Still going out of your way and requires Beastmaster, though.

Wait, you can't cast Lvl 3 Flare on yourself that way?

The Greatest Dog · « **Reply #288 on:** July 21, 2015, 10:48:31 PM »

Can confirm that Lv 3 Flare cannot be targeted at anyone but "Enemy Party".

Garlyle · « **Reply #289 on:** July 22, 2015, 10:02:48 PM »

What's that? Stream more fiesta?. Don't mind if I do. Assuming internet holds itself up.
EDIT: strem end

triangles · « **Reply #290 on:** July 23, 2015, 12:14:19 AM »

Upon landing at Castle Bal, looks like we've been upgraded to Team And You Get A Crown, And You Get A Crown.... well except the so-called main character sry bby

Not for moment sir! Once I get control again time to swipe everything that's not nailed down!

Here's one present that I got to use last year that I'm going to really really wish I had for the next dungeon :fail:

Unfortunately this planet isn't New Vegas recently and I can't just walk up behind a register and loot it oops.
Our next order of business is to fix up our most recent mode of transportation because of course something's wrong with it - our dragon buddy is sick and medical marijuana is legal on this planet.

Oh hey I bet I know what the next dunge-

:V :V :V
The plant we need is growing on top of a mountain... wait that sounds really familiar..... There's a village of werewolves bottlenecking the only way to the mountain, and they aren't too happy to see us.

To be fair that's not terribly far removed from what happened.

We are then challenged to a duel! Who shall be victorious?

:toot:

~*~backstory happens~*~ Surprise you're half alien!

Hmm yes an exceptionally good point my friend.
After storytime we now have the trust of Werewolfsburg and we can go shopping.

This bad boy will be an important part of my gameplan for the next couple of bosses (for better or for worse)
Onward up the mountain!

What a unique shot I have certainly not seen in the past 8 hours of gameplay nope.

Oh no skelesaurs are after Golem! We gotta go beat them up.

I don't have summoner ;______;
Once we make our way to the peak...

DRAKENVALE used VINE WHIP
It's super effective!

I agree but alas, it's boss time! Dragon Plant is one of Those Bosses that you either roflstomp through or claw your way to victory. Last year I just spammed !Kick and wiped out the little baby flowers in one shot, and before that I got a DOOM AXE proc right off the bat.

Knowing that the main maple isn't heavy and that my Killer Bow had a pretty low activation rate and thus wasn't worth banking on, I decided I'd get cheeky with some status ailment !Spellblade shenanigans that'd one shot the sucker if it hits. Spoiler:

Spoiler:

wat no stop

Welp that went swimmingly. Take two! Grass type is strong against rock so I should have really assumed Break Blade wasn't the right idea.

Break might not have worked, but Old does! I mean it's a bit too late for my team but I'll take any edge I can at this point.

I wind up with so much overlapping nonsense the game can't even show all of them on the sprite at once :ohdear:

I've lived the past 18 years of my life believing grass type is weak to fire was that all a lie?
I was doing peanuts for damage really the best I could do was hope for a Killer Bow proc to speed things up as I channeled when I was rolling with four White Mages way back when.

OH HEY I FINALLY GOT THE KILLER BOW TO TRIGGER
....when Faris was confused and shot herself in the face with it :fail: GOOD RIDDANCE I finally beat that sucker, but now I have to still go back all the way down the mountain ugh.

Well at least I can roast and toast these chumps. Finally I'm at the foot of that slog of a mountain and I can mosey on back to the castle to drop off ~the goods~

oh wait oops forgot about that.

Galuf installed some sort of waterslide directly into the castle for easy gator access what fun!

Let's repair our ride, but oh no Krile's not doing so good either now!

~*~plot progression~*~
Ghido is the 2nd best character in the game, for reasons we shall see in a little bit.

No that just describes us and our handling of modes of transportation. Regardless, we decide to take a trip over now that we can fly!

What a nice cozy little island! Let's go head on in and pay Ghido a visit!

uhoh

And to the surprise of no one we trash yet another landmark that was doing perfectly fine before we showed up great work us.

Oh sure Exdeath wants to take credit but let's be real we're basically cursed.

That's all for today folks! Check in again later for another exciting chapter from Team Follow Pokemon Logic At Your Own Risk.

Reddyne · « **Reply #291 on:** July 30, 2015, 01:14:42 AM »

We rejoin our 'heroes' at the entrance to Tycoon Castle, where they are greeted with an ACTUAL heroes' welcome. WHOOPS!

"I love love and I love to love love."

Seriously. We've got the castle celebration scene going down but we've still got a third of the game to go. What gives?

Monty receives a fresh reminder that he's still single despite spending the last few months alongside three eligible bachelorettes.

Uh, did I get lost AGAIN?! Yes I did.

Monty engages in yet another round of animal abuse.

Antlion shows up and Monty keeps the deeps up on it. Krile's fantabulous support means the two of them are barely hurt. Of course, it's a giant butt with the level down stuff but that's it.

Srsly u gais.

"We are the keepers of the sacred words..."

WOAH there Krile. That was one SERIOUS little splinter.

I'm sure whatevernot is a plain English type of word.

"Well that there black hole seems to be your problem. I'll call the plumber in tomorrow and it'll be fixed before you know it."

Again, very rude Exdeath.

I like how Ghido, a talking, sapient turtle, just walks into a library he's never been in before, kicks the staircase down as if it were nothing, then starts his warplan. Equally amusing, the scholars are only surprised at the collapsing stairs becoming a table while remaining unfazed by a reptile that's smarter than they are.

Ghido gives out more snark than a 5 mile long street populated exclusively by little old ladies give out candy on Halloween.

This dialogue is required screencapping.

So after getting lost for what I assure you wasn't an embarrassingly long amount of time, I finally find this dude in Moore.

My party is so very different from last year! Gimme dat Brave Blade!

My sword hand trembles!

OH
MY
STARS.

Uh, are you sure you want to use berserk on Monty, friend? Nevermind we'll be picking parts of you up in Karnak at this rate.

The gargoyles exist but since they have 5000 HP a pop the Brave Blade just chews through them. All I have to do is make sure both Monty and Faris can get a hit in at nearly the same time.

The Damned? More like The Damned Annoying. Seriously this section can be a pain in the butt.

!Control helps in every instance that Monty can't do a bad guy in in a single strike.

Zephyrus here can't even summon help.

OH NO HEALSTICK WHACK GO!

After a dozen trapped treasure chests, finally something worth picking up. Defense is a high priority for the only real healer of the group.

The team regrets going through a labyrinthine hellhole when they simply could've taken the stairs.

Quote from: Reddyne on June 26, 2015, 11:59:49 PM

And after 15 years of blaming her for Karnak's woes, I feel bad for the queen. Sorry, queenie.

Such is the fate of Team Technically The Heroes of This Story. Join us next time for the continuing adventures of Team Rocket is Beastmastering Off Again or Team Let's Hope We Don't Get This Next Place Sucked Into a Black Hole We Have a Bad Rep for Destroying Places Going.

OH SNAP

So yeah. About those problems I had last year...

A few doses of level boost juice and Monty just carves this jerkbutt to pieces.

Also, Faris does all of 0 damage but manages to paralyze her a few times, making things even easier!

It's only a flesh wound.

Considering it'll only take me 5 minutes tops, I decide to swing by Castle Kuza. Mr. Decent Chancellorguy has survived!

This puppy should boost Faris's damage output during time when !Control isn't feasible or as useful as possible.+30 to attack is quite nice indeed. I'll take it! Unfortunately I don't think anyone else can use anything unless Excalibur can be used by Mystic Knights and I thought it was regular old ones only.

Such is the fate of Team Otakon Hangover Club. Join us next time for the continuing adventures of Team Work Stinks a Hangover Would Be Better Club or Team Just Give Me a !Drink.

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #292 on:** July 30, 2015, 03:01:05 AM »

Quote from: Reddyne on July 30, 2015, 01:14:42 AM

This puppy should boost Faris's damage output during time when !Control isn't feasible or as useful as possible.+30 to attack is quite nice indeed. I'll take it! Unfortunately I don't think anyone else can use anything unless Excalibur can be used by Mystic Knights and I thought it was regular old ones only.

Mystic and I thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink Chemist can use Assassin's Dagger. (Also this is one of the reasons I think Chicken Knife is generally preferred over Brave Blade even without someone who can avoid the flee procs and with a proper knight in the party - BB's not thaaaaaaaaaat much better than the other endgame knight-only swords and CK is that much better than the endgame daggers, especially since it has the agility part of its formula fixed IIRC.)

EDIT: Oh and Chemist can definitely wield Sage's Staff or whatever.

Reddyne · « **Reply #293 on:** July 30, 2015, 01:16:58 PM »

Quote from: Izuminokami Kurobara on July 30, 2015, 03:01:05 AM

Mystic and I thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink Chemist can use Assassin's Dagger. (Also this is one of the reasons I think Chicken Knife is generally preferred over Brave Blade even without someone who can avoid the flee procs and with a proper knight in the party - BB's not thaaaaaaaaaat much better than the other endgame knight-only swords and CK is that much better than the endgame daggers, especially since it has the agility part of its formula fixed IIRC.)

EDIT: Oh and Chemist can definitely wield Sage's Staff or whatever.

Oh crap I forgot just how versatile knives are in this game. Mystic Knight can be pretty picky with which weapons can be equipped and used with !Spellblade and I got a taste of that last year with Blue Mage. Oh well. Team Roflstomp isn't exactly having too much trouble clearing dungeons so I'm most likely in the clear for getting the next tablet.

I have a bit of an aversion to the Chicken Knife unless I have a specific way to nullify the chance or attempted chance to run. Maybe with a little bit of homework I might've found that using !Spellblade on it would nullify it but I wasn't sure. Even then, Mystic Knight has settled into a semi-support role by exploiting weaknesses and doesn't rely on strict damage output as much. Other than that, I have a 1/4 chance of running away/wasting a turn and I'd prefer to avoid both. I don't have to spend time grinding the Brave Blade either. Regardless, Monty's job is to attack and then attack some more. As the DPS guy, I'd like to have his output be as high as possible for as long as possible and the wonkiness/minmax shenanigans of the Chicken Knife just didn't seem to be worth the time, math, and strategy I'd have to deal with to make it truly outshine the Brave Blade.

I actually have an aversion to sticking Krile with anything other than the Heal Staff at the moment. At nearly 400 HP a turn, it's a useful way for keeping the party healthy for random battles and means I'm not dipping into my Hi-Potions anywhere near as much. It's mostly a cost-cutting procedure but that'll be helpful when it comes time to buy all the expensive endgame goodies.

Shizumarashi Mayuzumi · « **Reply #294 on:** July 30, 2015, 04:22:41 PM »

Quote from: Reddyne on July 30, 2015, 01:16:58 PM

I have a bit of an aversion to the Chicken Knife unless I have a specific way to nullify the chance or attempted chance to run. Maybe with a little bit of homework I might've found that using !Spellblade on it would nullify it but I wasn't sure. Even then, Mystic Knight has settled into a semi-support role by exploiting weaknesses and doesn't rely on strict damage output as much. Other than that, I have a 1/4 chance of running away/wasting a turn and I'd prefer to avoid both. I don't have to spend time grinding the Brave Blade either. Regardless, Monty's job is to attack and then attack some more. As the DPS guy, I'd like to have his output be as high as possible for as long as possible and the wonkiness/minmax shenanigans of the Chicken Knife just didn't seem to be worth the time, math, and strategy I'd have to deal with to make it truly outshine the Brave Blade.

Naw that's legit. You definitely are in one of the cases where it's an actual decision, at least. :V

triangles · « **Reply #295 on:** July 30, 2015, 06:13:27 PM »

Nah as far as I can tell !Spellblade silliness doesn't negate Chicken Knife since it's an attack modifier not an attack command. In your boat I'd have picked the same.

Assassin Dagger should be fair game for Mystic Knight although I think the Spellblade enchant overwrites any innate weapon shenanigans but she's probably the best candidate on your team regardless. I also concur on keeping Krile with Heal Stick, I did the same last year and it's not as if Team Triple Crown Plz is going to be in a real pickle without another attacker.

I must say I'm glad you kids bumped this thread so I could put in my next update without a week old double post :V This update was not streamed, though I might do a bit tonight or tomorrow or Saturday night depending on how things shake out.
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Team Castle Crashers knocks at the front door of Surgate Castle. My business? Loot all of the things (spoiler: there isn't much

) Let's take a looksee at it before we meet the king who is currently busting his way into Exdeath's House.

HMMMMM

dammit this would be the best screencap if I was indeed named Butts.

Now here's a fun tidbit of information. There is a bit of unexpected synergy between Dragoon's !Lance and mage classes. Too bad I didn't get any of the latter :ohdear: I've done with what I came in for it's go time!

Unlike that stupid tile by Crescent Island I actually land on the boat on my first attempt hooray!.

So we're on a boat, but as we saw earlier Exdeath has that big ol' bubble of NOPE around the place I hope they have something cooking here.

Hey that's pretty much I get to Midtown Manhattan! This is a triangles approved plan! We hit the hay in one of the bunk rooms and then....

...Gilgamesh comes on down! Knocking out the trash mobs isn't a problem.

So there's this mountain peak with some "grass" you may be interested in there buddy.

Regardless, Gilgy Battle The Third ahoy! Halfway through the battle he'll summon his buddy Enkidu for some double trouble. Gilgamesh tends to be vunerable to status effects, so my first turn I pop on Silence Blade. Second character is ready and Galuf !Aims and fires.

...he had the Killer Bow equipped.

oops I dun sequence broke.

It appears heroes ditching the sidekicks is fair game, at least. I get the Killer Bow to activate on the very first round against Gilgy, but it never did after 20+ against Dragon Pod - you know the boss that was the bigger jerkbutt

Godspeed mooncat :paw:

trianglesfamily.jpg

With things settled down, it's time for the real plan to get up in Exdeath's grill.

OH GOD THEY TRUST US WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE the thought of what the insurance premimums must be at this point frighten me and I live in New Jersey.

Welcome to Barrier Tower! There's no water slide moat so we do the next best thing to get inside - dynamite.

yes good this is a thing I excel at.

On the one hand, it's a nice touch that you can't !Aim when blinded that makes sense. On the other hand I'm still blinded :ohdear:

whomp whomp
Last year I got hit with this on 3 of my 4 party members I made sure to have my levels work out this time around.

oh bby this gonna buy a lot of Gold Needles to expedite getting !XFight

Hey so using the Ancient Sword on the Reflect Knights will bounce old back onto my party :fail:

At the top of the tower it's go time.

Atomos, the Interdimensional Lovecraftian Vacuum Cleaner^TM It is another member of the That Boss club. It'll do one of two things - smack you around with oodles of Comets until someone dies, then Kirby the corpse up until they're out of the battle forevers. Unlike my previous years, I could partake in some silliness to beat it with a minimal amount of AHHHH HALP HALP SAVE ME RNG

Bonk it with !Spellblade Sleep...

...then have Faris jump for lods e damag which of course wakes him up so I gotta resmack it to sleep lest I lose a buddy (there Edible there's a screenshot with a dead character I hope you're happy)

Not hard this time around, just a matter of getting into the correct rhythm to keep it locked down, not unlike using Bards vs Omega.

Time to blow (up) this popsicle stand... wait a minute buddy?

....buddy?

Gramps takes a trip on the Suplexpress off the 10+ story tower because of course.

Intentionally Destroyed Buildings Count: 1

And lookie here, we can waltz right on up now.

;__________;

The path head of us is clear. To Turtle Rock!

That's all for today kids, Team !Spellblading Bees finally caught up with my screenshot backlog :toot: :toot:

jester147 · « **Reply #296 on:** July 31, 2015, 07:29:32 AM »

Hurr, currently not playing the fiesta, got a little busy.

Seeing the whole screencaps I forget one thing. I have Ranger, but why don't I use or even buy the Killer Bow?
I fail. :colonveeplusalpha:

Reddyne · « **Reply #297 on:** July 31, 2015, 12:54:43 PM »

Quote from: Izuminokami Kurobara on July 30, 2015, 04:22:41 PM

Naw that's legit. You definitely are in one of the cases where it's an actual decision, at least. :V

Well, that's part of the point of the mock LP anyhow. Discussion points are brought up and analysis of the playstyle is made. The decision of whether to choose the Brave Blade over the Chicken Knife probably only comes up when (1) you have 1 or more knights on the team and (2) when none of your party members has a way of negating the 1/4 chance of running/attempting to run. Assassin's Dagger has been pointed out as totes legit and I skipped right over it. Also using a staff for Chemist might boost their Magic stat, which would in turn make stuff like Shadow Flare more viable. Lastly, I have been reminded that the Flame Lash is a moot point because Dragon Whip is more potent, carries my beloved 50% stun rate, and is dropped by Stingrays and I should just hang out where those things spawn. :V

The ⑨th Zentillion · « **Reply #298 on:** August 02, 2015, 10:59:37 AM »

Second run done at last, after a lot of procrastinating and perfectly good distractions like SDGQ. Neo Exdeath got slightly hairy because I accidentally killed the third part I'd targeted for destruction (Grand Cross) too fast and had to deal with the Front Piece's Last Stand pattern.

Thankfully, with liberal use of Quick, I only had to deal with it using it once, Shell saved my ass by lessening Meteor's damage and only downing Krile (which is why she doesn't have a green aura there), dualcasting spells with said Quick, and good Sword Dance procs, I came victorious.

I'll go after Omega and Shinryu later, as this team will be able to take care of both of them - Berserk and Blink for the former; Quick, break Poison Rod, and playing the fast forward-induced waiting game for the latter.

I'm so glad that the end-of credits save puts me next to Tule - less backtracking while I grab the things I need, and maybe gain some levels, too. Another perk of the GBA and Mobile versions? Sealed Temple access, where I can fight things that give out more than grinding in the Rift Castle. :V ...Kinda need to get all of the tablets, though, and for some parties, that's really annoying, but for White/Time/Geo/Dancer, it wasn't too bad. On second thought, doing that isn't such a good idea, or at least not a party in the mid 30's like mine.

Reddyne · « **Reply #299 on:** August 02, 2015, 10:38:36 PM »

We rejoin our heroes attempting to fetch the fabled whip mentioned in my previous post.

Aaaand I completely flub just trying to find the Stingray. Noting that my chances are small and it's a questionable improvement over the Fire Lash for the time being, I abandon the whole thing.

Hey everyone in this town has the same fashion statement.

WOAH there forget that I'll be fine with my current supply.

Oh but Monty gets something to increase his killing potential.

Sorta glad that I don't have to spend so much time pondering over whether I should get these things or not.

Soon, it's dungeon crawling time, and Monty goes nuts on everything that moves. RIP Covert dude.

It's only in large groups that enemies really pose a threat unless they have some trick up their sleeve like confuse.

WHOOPS Faris. Also the Fire Lash's damage output ain't so bad with the Firaga effect activating every 3 attacks or so.

THESE are the guys that are total butts because they have 454895093475 HP. I counted I swear. Luckily, !Control saves the day once again.

For those unfamiliar with Chemist, I have found these Dragon Fangs to be the most useful item of all. Level boosting and elemental damage resistance at your fingertips has proven important. Instant death stuff via Dark Matters and restorative items via Turtle Shells have proven vital but hoo boy do I ever chew through the fangs.

The amount of entertainment that I get out of !Control is infinite.

Wendigo is also a giant butt, but never really a threat. It's just RNG shenanigans and since I haven't had to deal with such things much this run, it's not nearly as frustrating as before.

Protect Rings and X-Potion from !Mix sorta nullify any threat he poses.

With Monty hitting for ~4.5k damage, this one's in the books before too long.

YEAH. COME BACK WHEN YOU GET A FUN GIMMICK.

And then I get pestered by some more of these things on the way out.

This time, I go and fetch the Assassin's Dagger and it's quite potent and useful.

Except on stuff that's already dead. OOPSIEDOODLES.

Next it's time for Fork Tower and I totally DON'T mess up who to send where. I swear!

To help, Krile gets the #berserkerstix

After this poor sod flubs his big chance,

The Power Staff is put to good use on Omniscient, who is then left as impotent as he was last yeah after 20 Magic Hammers to the face.

I dunno what the blind status drops your accuracy to, but it's a pitiful score.

Lenna's weapon upgrade is good, but it's not until getting a level upgrade that her damage output increases.

Accidentally berserking her really pays off! BV

The two will be a boon for Lenna as the bunch's Mystic Knight.

STOP HORSING AROUND I need my submarine STAT.

THANK you. Jeez why does it take so much yelling to get a geriatric and his newbie grandson to practically invent and construct a submarine by hand in under 12 hours?

It's okay bro we can fight for filet mignon if you so please.

So of course we blow off our fancy new toy and go straight for a dungeon we don't really need to complete instead.

This whole fight with the lady and the frog always mystified me. The frog turns into a dragon if you use a Maiden's Kiss on it. And then the lady says some weird stuff and stuff? I dunno. Luckily nothing really troubles the team.

While Lenna's new toy is good, it may not be a permanent solution. However, the Defender in the tower and this little oddity aren't up for the challenge. Oh well.

You really can't have enough of these things. A huge boost to both physical and magic defense, plus regen. There's really nothing quite like them for random progress.

The only thing that was really barring the way was this dingleberry. Too bad Monty is a DAMAGE MACHINE.

Krile pumping him full of more DRAGONFORCE ENERGY DRINKS (tm) surely doesn't hurt either.

One of these guys led to a TPK last year. Not so much this year.

Oh so THAT'S why you want to put up with them.

There's that Reflect Ring I've been waiting forever for.

Aaaand here's exactly what I've been waiting for for Lenna. The Enhancer is really potent and boosts her magic power. I forget exactly how (or if) magic enters into spellblade damage calculations, but it'll be useful for bosses when the Assassin's Dagger ain't gonna cut it.

Case and point.

HEY BRO LOOK BEHIND YOU.

For once, he really should have.

For yuks, it's time to beat up Leviathan. Unfortunately, the Dragon Fang defensive !Mixes don't work so well here because they're for fire, ice, and lightning. Even the version that carries reflect isn't effective. Too bad I derped on that.

Nothing a little pick-me-up won't help!

Lenna's newfound toy and Thundaga Blade don't just dish out the hurt, it makes enough to feed a party of 12 and has enough for leftovers.

With Monty and Lenna eventually getting hasted, it doesn't take long before Leviathan is wiped out.

HEY thanks buddy! You're nice enough to give me the option to fight or leave things be, then give me one of these as the victor? You're all right.

With that, we're flushed back out. One more major dungeon to go before the rift! Such is the fate of Team Cruisin' the Seven Seas for Seven Kinds of Bruisin'. Join us next time for the continuing adventures for Team Unterseebootin' or Holy !Spellblade, Batman!