Magus543

Staying at Teila resort for the rest of my days sounds great.

A while back, I made a post about how cool it would be that Team Bladestar would be reformed after dethroning Flora, giving some sort of payoff to those players who chose to join and to address how messed up GDC is while dealing it the team in a more productive way. Neat coincidence that the Devs felt the same. Me personally I snitched but Florin said I was still a member temporarily. I guess it's because I went with Flora back in the caves.

I have actually defeated Madam X's Yeveltal back in V12. But honestly, not much changes, Madam X just pulls out a laser and the scene plays out the same like you lost.

This is a sign of how far Keta has fallen. Sheridan is a place of community and support, but the inn prices have shown the full extent of Keta selling out to capitalism and evil housing barons. Madelis's plan to melt Sheridan through volcanic eruption was her protesting Sheridan inn's lackluster services and absurd price inflation. Team Xen was truly justified.

Error post, NVM.

Hello forums, man it's been a while since V12 huh? And hot damn was this worth the wait, really there is a LOT to unpack and enjoy. So we begin with Alexandra explaining the plot such as the League being a sham(Which isn't really hard to guess.), who Celine actually is, and that we are actually bonded to a soul named Ardrest. I gotta say I'm pretty lucky I remembered most of the plot, because this is just a large exposition dump. But the biggest revelation here to me, was Nim's true nature as a time travelling amnesiac Nymeria I mean Storm 9. So after an introduction to Rejuvenation's version of a Dynamax fight, we also get exposition what Damian and Alex fought over Nim and how she got involved in the plot, then we also get an explanation for who Mom was. And she's some sort of spell like Kanon. And she's still alive in the black box, and apparently the Garufa weren't a tribe but a corporation. Also we have a mind palace and we really like Kenneth but whatever. Can you believe that this has FINALLY been explained after all these years? In fact, this entire update is mostly here to explain plot points that have been a mystery box since the game's development began, and luckily for most of us, they deliver answers in a very satisfactory way. Most of the time anyway. But we'll get there. So Alexandra and Damian realize the folly of relying on teenagers/young adults to fight a terrorist organization and volunteer to train and build team chemistry between us. (Even though they really should just teach us to restrain a bad guy after we beat them in a Pokemon match. Looking at you Geara.) And so it begins with a training match with Melia and us, and I for one am excited to use my team again after so long, and the field is a goddamn fairy tale field that benefits Melia's team and is stacked against mine. Oh Rejuvenation, I missed you. And after some frustration, Melia is defeated and we now begin the training. Gotta say this section demonstrates Rejuvenation's strengths in characters and chemistry, it's a joy to see our crew after so long, and this part really helps in selling that we are a team, even if we carry most of them. But I digress. Alexandra: And now everyone is trained and ready to go retrieve plot devices. MC: But I'm still lvl 85, if the League is a sham, couldn't you just give me the rest of the badges so I can FINALLY lvl up to max? Alexandra: And now everyone is trained and ready to go retrieve plot devices. MC: This entire update is going to be spent as a lvl 85 isn't it? Everyone: Don't worry, WE can go over the cap. But never you, in fact, the game will throw some lvl 89s at you because fuck you. MC: At least I have my herbs that can revive my team to max. Dev Team: Hahahaahaha. No. MC: Well at least me and Aelita are team leader. Aelita: Hahaahah, I'm the only one who can talk between the two of us. So to retrieve the next plot devices, we'll have to split up into groups, and this is actually a pretty smart writing move. It's a common complaint that Rejuvenation has TOO many plot points and characters so this allows the writers to give the limelight to certain characters, give them some time with other characters for development, AND address more plot points that have been sort of forgotten like Angie. For Erin and Kanon's section, I'm glad that it addressed certain complaints about Kanon's character because it just seemed for a long time, the writers had no idea what to do with him, at first he was some smug incel who was stalking Melia, was a traitor to the group, then revised to just be an incel but still on our side, then he's actually a literal slave born out of magic and V12 sort of treated it like it was a triumphant revelation for him and treated Huey like a joke for finding this disturbing. So it's good that Erin points out just how messed up his existence actually is, and even Kanon starts to agree. In fact, Erin and Kanon's interactions were pretty amusing in this section, you can tell the dev team put a lot of effort into this, with the new group talk function, Erin and Kanon's dynamic is pretty interesting, Erin's an abuse victim and longs for a purpose, finding it in supporting her friends and family, and Kanon's someone who is unable to think for himself and defines himself by his worth to others, to the point he refuses to think for himself and proclaims himself a lesser being. It's a nice contrast to Angie and her slaves. Unfortunately, this is where I have to start getting critical, Angie is honestly doesn't exude as much menace like she did the last time, not helped by the fact that she's contrasted by the wacky antics of her maids. It's been a while, but I don't remember her maids being so silly and comical. They were just coldly doing their jobs. (Pun intended.) Now the Maids are silly and barely motivated to do their jobs. Also doesn't help that the Regice rift is pretty anti-climatic, they are just easy fodder and an annoyance. This chapter has a pretty jarring tonal shifts, where it's either Angie menacing Erin and Kanon and the latter two barely surviving and learning more about each other, and Angie's past, or it's Erin playing straight man to Kanon and the Maid's antics. I had no idea what the team was going for here, it still mostly works but it's carried by Erin and Kanon's interactions. So one of the big twists of this chapter is that Erin and Kanon were both abused by Vitus, like that's one hell of a coincidence and honestly makes the world feel smaller. Hell apparently KANON is the FIRST CREATION by the first humans? That's just feels contrived and unneeded like connecting Erin to Melia by blood. The whole Theolia family drama doesn't really hook me and this chapter unfortunately doesn't do much to help. Like the whole Erin section remembers who she was just feels like a retread of the Melia and Marianiette plot points, of standing up to her dad and such. It feels like Erin is just a copy of Melia. I'm sure this was planned but honestly, not a well executed plot point, but this is just my opinion. We also learn that the Theolia family has even more dirty secrets when we learn that Anathea put a love spell on Vitus and THAT was the real reason he was temporarily reformed. Pretty fucked up. And Vitus was still evil enough to banish his children except Melia/Maria to another dimension. Honestly both parents are looking pretty terrible RN. Especially with asking their children to spy on the other. Who by the way are artificial avatars of the not-Triforce. Yeah there is a lot to unpack. Another important point to note, but Erin actually quotes the same lines Madam X did in the prologue when telling Maria not to forget, and Erin proclaims that if Vitus is God then she's the devil in the most dramatically edgy way possible. Presumably to give hints to who Madam X is. This is just weird to me because Vitus worships Arceus, or something, and never really boasted of being God himself in dialogue even in the scene where she's being locked away. Maybe the update changed the early game dialogue? I dunno, that bit of Erin's proclamation of being the devil just felt like it was trying to ape Persona 5 or Tales of Berseria and not working. It just feels forced. So at the end, Erin and Kanon defeat Angie and Cera (who luckily threw away her Groudon. Smart.) and rescue Alex and Damien. Then there's some weird shit of Vitus's ghost actually possessing Angie, paying off that easy to miss scene back in Terujuma, and then the two villains escape. Honestly, pretty scary thought of what Vitus does in Angie's body. Then the path ends with holes in reality being created. Stay tuned for the next part, and I hope you enjoy the update as well.

Alright, defeated her for real this time. I'll just enjoy the ending.

Update: I WON I KILLED HER PARTY WITH A SPED UP RHYPERIOR!!!!! And then the Bastiodion crest fainted it with it's crest. Fuck, that's just some bullshit. But there's always next round.

Like there was a scene at the end of the flashback where your Player Avatar tells Crescent they love her and then knocks her off to save her from the Nihilego and getting turned to stone. That's after the journals BTW. And since we aren't really the Player Avatar, just some random soul the Player Avatar made a deal to merge with, this complicates things. And to be clear, I'm not talking about shipping characters, this is just wondering about the dynamic we have with Crescent now.

Right, I actually need attract to set up my Blaziken, he could actually KO her entire team with. Can Shedinja wiper her team?

No not us, have you seen the new scenes yet? The ones with the real Player characters?

Bastidon, I just stealth rock it, and then unleash my Rhyperior's earthquake. EDIT: Forgot about her Duraldon. Also outspeeds me. EDIT: Where are the TMs for Protect and Attract?

Okay, progress report, I've taken down most of her team with the Ditto and stealth rock strategy. But then there's the Metagross. Damn thing just outspeeds anything I can throw at it.

Quick question, where is the attract TM now? Is it still in the new Route 4? Also where is the high tier EXP candy?

Still at the Saki fight, but I can still discuss a bit. I'm curious how we will move forward with Crescent since we are currently in the corpse of her lover.

Good luck friend, don't worry about us, pass that exam!

Thank you. It's actually kinda fun to work with other players on bosses like this.

Honestly, the Aggron is the least of your worries, that Bastidon with the bullshit Crest is walling me. I can actually defeat both Aggron with a thunder wave strat, but the recoil is just crazy and kills my buffed Blaziken.

NVM error.

Okay, so the Aggron makes it typeless and the Bronzong. Right, forgot how bullshit those seeds are. So one strat I see for this is to cheese it by buffing Blaziken after paralyzing Aggron.

So It's been a while since I played, and I'm pretty sure I have a solid team against Saki but somehow none of my super-effective moves work, like I have a Blaziken, and sky uppercut does jack against Aggron. Can someone please explain this fight and why she's suddenly not affected by super-effective moves? If it helps, I've got a team of Blaziken, Mimikyu, Hydreigon, Alola Raichu, Alola Muk, and Rhyperior.

Keta finally sold out. This is the true point of no return.

It's here at last! Thank you Dev team for your hard work. This is going to be fun.

At the GDC apartment: MC: So are we all used to quarantine yet? Everyone else: YES! MC: Don't worry, any minute now, and we can go down and continue the plot. Meanwhile: Xenpurgis: Allow me to introduce myself.