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  1. 1 hour ago, kithas said:

    Yeah, Crescent is an Interceptor, too, just the same as the Main Character. And exactly as the main character, she seems to have run out of lives, so next death will probably be the last one.

    And both Nancy, the black boxes and all the Ligosomnia Engine things from v13's new content were made by Xara and Jean, Risa's friends and the original Mysterious' duo before Clear and Kieran appeared and killed and replaced them.

     What you are saying is completely off tho, crescent still have 75% life remaining, and died only 1 time, that's the MC that died 3 times already ( i don't when he died a third time tho ) and have only one life left.

  2. 4 hours ago, Cyphre said:

    Enemies also hit with power they really shouldnt with all cheated EVs, itemed megas and all field effects, so...

    Yeah, this, we should have those item by now, we suffered enough through those abusive mega EV overlords that jean throw at us :(

  3. 1 hour ago, MhicKy said:

    @Lucifer Morningstar, in v13 there is ONE Toxic Orb you can actually get, ONLY ONE!!
    It's in the port of the Bladestar Underground in GDC which is fairly late too, might I add..

    I am kinda upset that you can't acquire Flame Orb through legitimate means.. I had an Obstagoon with Guts just waiting for it.. I managed to steal the Black Belt from that training area in v13 where you had to choose a team with 3 Pokemons of the same type and Ren would fight you with 3 of the opposite type under advantage terrain but I am pretty sure that wasn't intended and probably Jan already patched it, dunno really.. And the fact there's only ONE Focus Sash in the whole game and after you use it's gone forever is also annoying.. Meanwhile Aelita basically produce the damn things..
    I am already in the opinion that it takes WAY too long for us to get megas and z-moves, we've been seeing them since Gym9 with Erick, we even get a quest right in West Gaeren that gives more mega stones yet the mega ring is only available far too late after Ryland.. I think after the Puppet Master would had been a good spot to give us the damn thing..

    Yeah far and wide item management is compromising for the player, the best option are very limited and / or too late into the game to matter, thing like items specs / assault vest / flame orb / focus sash should be available way earlier in the game and in larger quantity, i used like i don't know how much focus sash in this game through the debug menu and it is a game changer in a lot of fight.

     

    And i think we got the mega ring too late for the game too, i don't know how much the story will stretch and how long we have before the end of the story but having the mega ring this late into the game and this tiny amount of mega stone / Z-stone doesn't bring much to the table anyway... Yet i was happy to use mega mawile, damn son he hurts.

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  4. 1 hour ago, Lucifer Morningstar said:

    The branched character paths were unique, well conceptualized and added balance to the plot through diverse perspectives. 

    Although I did not use the Interceptor's Wish because I was intrigued to learn the other characters' teams and face the challenge of their limitations including the new issued bag that now replaces one's own, I appreciate having the option available to maintain a level of control of what is available to work with whilst spending an extended amount of time as another character. 

     

    The aesthetics are more vibrant and crisp and I the overall Kingdom Hearts feel particularly with how the SON played into the darknesses of the characters was phenomenal.

    While all the stacking revelations felt a bit like stepping into a minefield, they can be summed up perfectly by the chapter title 'Vague Clarity' and inspired intrigue. i.e Did Angie know that it had been her son whom she'd imprisoned in her church and whose gym leader role she had assumed? (side note: Vivian questioning if Angie intended on keeping her child in a cage his whole life was brilliant irony even though it kind of stretches believability that she didn't know what a crib is).

    The music strongly conveys the atmosphere, the group talk/investigation mechanic is engaging with how it both allows more than two characters to participate in an event and responds to the room or location in the interactions and there is some nice character growth. Particularly so with Erin declaring herself the Devil to Indraid's God even though a tiny part of me wants to sue her for impersonation because I use the name Lucifer, hehe and Kanon starting to learn to be his own person.

     

    Granted I'm in the process of gathering the changes to the existing content via Youtube, what I have seen thus far has for the most part been a massive improvement. 


    The regional variants are incredible and there is a lot of added depth and substance such as the Missing Mother quest's outcome. The extension with the inclusion of the homeless and struggling in her secret salon has a stronger sense of Cassandra's impact on the region and that it now ends in reconciliation that triggers the MC's own coping with their mother's being missing as well gives it so much better closure. 

    The MC's relationship with their mother overall is a lot stronger with these such moments peppered in like that. There is another one where her soul or something appears in the theater in Goldenleaf after you defeat Narcissa. Not sure I understand that one but it was nice. 

    The public phenomenon of the Chrysolia Manor's appearance super imposing itself over our time period rather than just tucked into a corner of the sewers where only 4 kids ever found it made so much more sense even though the nature of it's appearance still isn't explained and the elaborance of the Blacksteeple Castle arc are two more examples of strong changes. 

    There are also some really good character adjustments. I love that Geara is a lot more of a sadistic psychopath such as how now it is he who shoves the MC into the lava on Valor Mountain and even Zetta was like WTF and how Ren stepped up his early game to wanting to overthrow Narcissa (BTW her house's new second story deck is amazing, I would love something like that)!

     

    My grievances are few and small.

    I'm disappointed that the audino grinder on Route 9 has now been given damaging moves including Knock Off which kind of renders the Lucky Egg useless. I had favored him for being the only one that was Healing Wish exclusive. 

     

    I thought Mom's death was a bit less gruesome than when she took Madame X's blade for the MC and the MC watches it penetrate her right in front of their eyes. I think the V12 death is also more fitting with Crescent's order that she sacrifice herself for the MC should it become necessary. The MC's reaction is a lot stronger now though.  

     

    Granted I haven't done it and am ass at puzzles without a timer or pursuer, while the plot surrounding the Crysolia Manor's arc has improved, the trials feel overdone, disconnected and distracting from the characters and the objective of the arc. Indraid might be an extremist but this kind of seems as though someone just wanted more puzzles for the sake of adding challenges and didn't consider the necessity. 

     

    The last thing is this:

     

    I still have V12 because I don't understand removing Revival Herbs from the herb shop and I have a Gliscor with Poison Heal but there still isn't a damn Toxic Orb in the game that I am aware of. Poison Heal without a Toxic Orb is almost as useful as any Pokemon other than Mimikyu having Disguise. 

     

    Over all, though top notch!

     

     

     

    What is SON referencing tho ? I still don't know lol.

  5. Yeah, title.

     

    Ok jk, i'll do a real post.

     

    I think V13 might have been the best update i played so far ( and i think i started to play this game back when it was V9 or something, my memory is short on that one ), both being funny and good at the same time ( that buffed cofagrigus killed me, still rolling on the floor atm, hard to type btw )

     

    The story was clean, diverse, and i loved the pathways thing were we could see 3 different story play out at the same time (while being to able play our pokemon on other characters, nice one Jan).

     

    I freaking loved the last scene against Puppet Master where the MC would go all godmod and all, kinda my alley, the support the other character gave at that moment was very heartwarming and i loved it ( still crying btw, hard to type btw, still rolling on the floor too, plz help)

     

    I really really loved the new and fresh start of the game, almost every chapter got something new and as for me who always restart a game with each update, i was pleased to no end to see new things, really gave some scene more credibility like that part when melia is supposedly dead and everyone is so sad about it, felt real, wasn't like that before and it bugged me in a sense that the sentiment of Ren and Venam weren't really depicted before.

     

    Overall a big GG to the team for bringing us so much content in this update and such a good revamp on the earlier content, thanks a lot guys you are amazing, even tho you probably won't read this post, eh.

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  6. 46 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    Like every other candidate on the list, to be honest.

     Not really, the only one that showed these kind of physical prowess is Allen, which is a male, so i'm not ok with that statement. We will see in the future.

     

    46 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    Despite that this world is unlikely the first she is experiencing for several reasons (later about it), it is possible she was the one who reset the world, but highly unlikely, considering so many other options, including Vitus and Nymiera, Adrest, or even Interceptor himself. And especially considering other circumstantial evidence that i will tell later.

    Again, there is nothing leading to that as of now, maybe in the future event or words will prove you are right but as of now i don't think we dispose of any evidence leading to these other options, specifically Adrest who is nothing more than a orb holding a soul that got somehow merged with the Interceptor ( Nymiera hidden story ). Btw, the Interceptor himself ( if not lying ) said in V13 that he had no memories of resetting the world ( at least, we didn't have choice to prove otherwise ), which he should if he was the one doing it.

     

    46 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    This hardly matters since there is an infinite amount of ways she could get a hold of it. 

    I think if events that took place in her world were the same that take place in the world we play in, there is not much option on how she would get ahold of it, so i'm not entirely ok with that statement, even so, she has some option that may or may not be relevant to what i stated, that's true.

     

    46 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    If anything, this is mostly an argument against Madame X being Erin, considering how much she hated him. Even if she would accept his ideals, whatever they are, those are the words said with care and regret, and it is very unlikely that Erin would feel anything but hatred towards Vitus. 

    We don't know for sure i would say, she could've a change of heart as a result of what transpired in her timeline, but yes, this being the case is unlikely at best.

     

    46 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    Again, easily applied to all candidates on the list. 

    Absolutely not, that's a fact for at least Melia, who would never act like that, she is way less rational than Erin on that part, and as for Alice, we don't know her that much, but the personality doesn't match at the moment.

     

    46 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    Even if she did, why use Team Xen for that then? As we all know, Erin is a highly logical person and hate fighting (another point against this being Erin, since Madame X almost enjoys the challenge and the chase), and it would be fairly easy for her to fix a lot of events from the shadows, knowing them ahead of time. 

    Why not ? We needed a team of baddies in the game, i think that's all there is to it tbh, and she does act upon her knowledge of the event she already got through ( if she is the one that did reset the world, that is ), an example of that is simply when she supposedly showed a vision to Melia in V13.

     

    46 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    Very likely just a property of the Archetype, chances are Alice and Allen can do similar things too. 

     Yes, but it is unlikely to me that Alice/Melia is Madame X, i worked by elimination when i said that, so it does have a sense to giving credits to my theory imo.

     

    46 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    It is incredibly unlikely Madame X would use the the city step away from Storm Chasers lair, and second, this was a lair of a researcher and a scientist. Madame X is a warrior and a leader first of all. Not to mention documents about saving Rift pokemon doesnt make sense from the person trying to use them to such extent. I would say the possibility of this being Madame X place is pretty much zero. 

     Yes, but i wanted to point that out separately from my other point because in fact that is a less plausible scenario. 

     

    And for the surf duo, we can't be certain they don't work for her, i'm pretty sure i didn't see anything implying that fact, plus, it is heavily implied that they do work for her in the Bad Ending scenario.

  7. Ok, so i don't know if those point where already discussed, but i have a strong theory on why Madame X could be Erin, i'll try to sump up everything i've compiled during my playthrough as "evidence" of that theory. I'll ignore physical appearance ( the long black hair ) as it could just be a dye and used to throw us off anyway.

     

    I listed thing non-chronologicaly, because i'm lazy.

     

    Madame X :

    - As stated by OP, she did say in the prologue those line to Maria, and Erin did say the exact same dialogue line during V13 before being imprisoned in the Unown Dimension

    - Madame X is most probably the person behind the first world reset, as she seems to hold knowledge of events that are transpiring.

    - She has to be "related" to the hero of Aevium's / The Interceptor, not by blood, but by relation, because at Blacksteeple Castle, if you knock off her Yveltal you can see the Soul Stone drop, which is located in the amethyst grotto, which can be accessed only by the four protector of Aevium, the Interceptor, and most certainly the people subjected to the Archetype Power, which in the "power hierarchy" are superior to them. Plus, there is most certainly only one in the world, making this soul stone one from an alternate time.

    - Still in that fight, if you defeat her, the says something along the line of " I'm sorry Father, i've failed you ", for whatever reason she could be talking about Indriad, maybe she is following his ideal this time around as a result to what happened to her world.

    - She has strong physical agility and capability, just like Erin ( the scene in Angie Castle in V13 where she just jump on a candelar... )

    - She stated during BlackSteeple event ( iirc ) that she had a "bond" with Melia of some sort, and we already know for a fact that the actual 4 holder of the archetype power hold a bond between them, could be the same.

    - Personality wise, and it's just my opinion, Erin would be the only character to turn into an antagonist if the situation enabled it to, because she is very rational.

    - Madame X in Eclysia said something along the line of that if we ever saw her face, "things would be different", implying of course that we know her. 

    - Madame X maybe is the Master Clear and Kieragan mentioned during V13

    - Madame X ultimate goal wouldn't be to destroy the world with Storm-9, as made clear during the "Bad Future Arc" ( which is most likely the result of Storm-9 full power ), she tells both MC and Melia that she is here to fix their error. ( by getting back in time and stop preventing Vivian from sacrificing herself )

    - The previous point correlate with the fact that if she was Erin, and already gone through a loop which failed horribly and ended the world she was in initially, she would try to reset and change the occurring event using Team Xen and her knowledge, to save the "most people", as she stated during our time in the past just before the "Bad future Arc" when Erin was asked if she would choose the Majority or Herself to save, she choose the Majority.

    - Seems like she gave a vision to Melia to locate the Den of Souls during V13, something that could be the result of their "bond", and told something along the line of "discovering a truth", most certainly about Melia's condition ( Genesis Syndrome ), an info that Erin have.

     

    And i have another point that doesn't belong with the rest i want to talk about :

     

    When we first got ourselves in Kureagen city ( just after Valor Mountain ), there is this locked up place where you get the book to save the rift pokemon.

    In this place we can see puppets of Vivian, Anju, and a scrapped / destroyed part of armor that somehow remind me of Madame X armor, this place could have been used by Madame X at some point for her to learn how to craft Clear, Kieragan, and Eden, as stated by themselves, that they were Android ( based off people Erin know about, apart from Eden... Maybe Eden is the look that MC will take when it's power as an Interceptor will awaken at it's fullest ?)

     

    And you might ask " why did we find the key to that place where Bad Gardevoir was talking to the police officer ? ".

     

    And i have somewhat of a answer to that as well, as of V13 we know that the place Vitus(Indriad) used to seal away Allen, Alice, Eriana was a hidden Garufa place just under where the key was found, it's location appear on the screen during that cutscene.

     

    I think, for whatever reason, Madame X could have returned there to use the knowledge stocked inside this place to craft those android maybe ? To gain the knowledge on how to purify Rift Pokemon ? Or something else entirely, and she would have dropped her key on the way out, before living that time.

     

    This would entail that she knew beforehand about the timesplicer crystals, another Info that Erin have ( as most of the cast anyway )

     

    I think that's it, these are my observations so far, but we might still miss some info that could change everything in the end so this is just a theory, nothing else.

  8. I think that knowing if getting froakie in rejuv is easier than in reborn doesn't serve any purpose at this point, this is not the question, in fact i think the most valid point to make here is to acknowledge ( or not ) if getting froakie as a reward for those 35 pokemon is great enough of a reward or not.

     

    And i say it's not justified to have this much grind for that.

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  9. 4 minutes ago, Cyphre said:

    I do not think the grind itself is that terrible, however i agree that reward is lackluster at best. What i am gonna do with Super Rod at level 90 at this point? Catch myself a magikarp? I should have gotten it 150 hours ago, not at level 90. 

    I believe good rewards could include: 

    Manaphy
    Water Mega stones
    Water Memory (we already got it way earlier, but still, it would be an option)
    Some Aevian Magikarp
    Hell, it could even be a Zygarde Core

    While i personally enjoy the quest myself since i love finishing the dex anyway, the reward is trash and absolutely does not correlate with the magnitude of the sidequest compared to others. 
     

    Yeah at least make the reward on par with the grind, even if i hate it if the reward is great i would do it eventually.

  10. 2 minutes ago, kithas said:

    Wasn't it the actual Super Rod? And a Froakie isn't so bad as a Reward, when you can solve all those grinding with Audino trainers and Exp candies lol. I mean, yeah, its pretty long, but it's not mandatory.

    I don't remember the rod tbh, doesn't matter imo, the pokemon isn't just worth the grind

     

    i've seen easier quest giving you better pokemon ( namely, garchomp quest )

     

    That kind of grind would be justifiable for a legendary imo, at least.

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  11. Holy shit that thing is insane, and i mean bad insane, not good, for those who don't know what i'm referring to ( this is very minor btw ) it's a quest that become available later in the game at Akuwa town and the owner ask you to recover all 35 pokemon belonging to the aquarium by donating those you capture.

     

    But what is completely out of hand isn't necessarily the number of pokemon you have to get, but the INFINITE AND MONSTRUOUS GRIND THAT ENSUE.

     

    Take for example these : you have to get spheal, sealo, walrein, that would mean that by normals means you would need to catch three of these and evolve one into a walrein, xping it all the way till it reaches 44, and then donating them, doesn't seem too difficult, right ?

     

    Now multiply that tenfold.

     

    You have an incredible amount of very hard to find / to evolve pokemon to fill in those tanks, ranging from huntail and gorebyss ( which are very hard to evolve, you need link heart and a special item for both of them ) to toxapex, which is hard to find ( if you don't know where it is ofc ).

     

    And you might ask yourselves " what do i get for such an intense game of hide and seek ? " well, you get...

     

    Spoiler

    A stupid froakie, and the fabled super rod that 10% of the population use because the minigame suck ass.

     

    This pokemon isn't half bad tbh, with it's very good talent, but the grind is nowhere near worth it for him, seriously.

     

    Please nerf.

     

     

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  12. 9 hours ago, Ram Cxz 007 said:

    those line are signs that the character in the game trusts him and trust them back according to relation ship pints he speaks in one scene v12 he says dont do anything stupid or like that to aelita because of high relationship points

    i meant during the pyramid

     arc

    Here is thought we were incarnating a walking dead...

  13. 40 minutes ago, KM_ said:

    So, how is V13 supposed to be playable on intense then? 
    on a side note, would you know how to downgrade back to v12 by any chance. I regret updating to V13 so much right now. 
    Going into the GDC apartment allowed me to switch back to V12 without any issue. I think I will just play V12 until its very end before swapping over. 

    Don't do that, you'll break your save 100%, there is a lot of things that have changed between V12 and V13 and if you revert back to V12, even tho it will work, when you go back to V13 some things may ( or certainly ) will break.

  14. 42 minutes ago, JK’S said:

    I beat a few days ago, I found it easy mainly cause I used court change Cinderace whenever Tailwind became an issue, then used aevian ampharos to take hits to get speed down with its ability (cotton down) then destroyed with stone edge aevian lapras. If your struggling, lycanroc can be found in Route 9 and smack down can be found in darchlight caves

    where du you get ampharos btw plz ?

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