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1 minute ago, Dark Eclipse said:

I'm willing to believe that after Lin gets what she wants, She will kill Sirius and Solaris

That could very well happen, but being more powerful doesn't necessarily make you more evil.

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5 hours ago, Dark Eclipse said:

Well, not really. Lin masterminded Team Meteor, which cause thousands of deaths. Sirius is only evil because he joined Team Meteor, because of Lin. Plus, who knows what Lin could do in Ep. 19??!?!?!?

Lin has only "masterminded" Team Meteor for a short time, and while she did introduce terrorism to Team Meteor, they were still doing evil before her sudden rise. Sirius has been in Team Meteor from the get-go, telling Solaris about the keys and seeking them out himself. For example, Sirius killed Elena Molinar(Corey's wife) and set fire to Belrose mansion, killing Monty and Caroline. These two events occurred well before Lin joined Team Meteor, meaning that Sirius' behaviour can't have been inspired by Lin. Whilst the only known evil acts that Sirius has committed have been while he was affiliated with Team Meteor, he has been described as having a 'history is written by the winners' mindset, with him willing to do anything to get his way. It has been suggested that Sirius has his own goals, and is using Team Meteor to achieve them, potentially wanting to overthrow Lin at the end so that he can obtain Arceus' power for his own evil deeds. 

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7 hours ago, Solandris said:

I must've missed it or something but what teaser pic are we talking about?

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Posted by Ame on page 40 of this thread

[The Last, Only, and Very Final X% Hype Thread]

The teaser pic for labradorra seems to suggest so

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3 hours ago, Draconis said:

Also, Amethyst said the reward for the starter egg quest was changed. What happens if I already completed it?.

I can't say with certainty, but I would imagine that you would just have to talk to the NPC again to receive the new goods (I think you get Earthquake from this quest now?)

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6 hours ago, Mr.Badass said:

She's Dead and even if we defeat Sirius. There's no way to retrieve her  dead soul.

Not necessarily, I don't think the Dev's would have her body lying in a bed in Calcenon if it didn't have some relevance later on. Also, the player got pulled out of a black hole so anything is possible. 

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2 hours ago, Lone Karvanha said:

In the Reborn files, in the Graphics folder, there is an empty folder called 'Gameovers'. (And I think it's the only empty folder in the Reborn files.) Is that a Pokemon Essentials thing or does that mean something for E19? 

Rejuvenation and Desolation both have the same, empty folder so I'd say it isn't hinting to something in E19

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23 minutes ago, thisgameishard said:

I wonder if the Elite 4 will be fought in succession like in ruby and sapphire, or we will have the option to take on whoever we chose like in gen 5?

Could be either, but it would be interesting if we fight them in the order that Solaris introduced the keys in, being Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Amethyst (so Heather, Laura, El, Anna). This also seems to somewhat fit-in with what we have seen of each of the four. Heather seems to be the weakest, given that she's been captured by someone for most of the players encounters with her, due to her recklessness and innocence.

Laura seems to be a bit stronger, but still loses to Sigmund/gets captured by Team Meteor in 2 of the 4 Belrose Mansion scenarios. She also gets captured by Team Meteor at the Glass Workstation, and seems to have a passive personality which could act against her.

El seems pretty bog-standard, being a Meteor admin? and only losing once in our encounters with him (Ditto-Arceus + getting hypnotised by Gardevoir).

Anna seems to be a lot more powerful then she seems, being the cause of the timeline reset that has been speculated about. She seems to allow herself to be captured to allow events to act out in a particular way, to prevent the new world from happening. She also seems to have the most to do with the player, so would be a fitting final elite four member. 

Or the elite four could be the same as it has been from gen 5+ and that you pick the order in which you face them it, seeing that the game is based in gen 7.

[The Last, Only, and Very Final X% Hype Thread]

9 minutes ago, Dark Eclipse said:

I think there will be one more death. You know the one: Lin. Or maybe in exchange for freeing the ones in the Void, she will be trapped there?

Yeah the Lin death is bound to happen as seen in Shade's gym, but as Shade said in the Water Treatment Plant, only two people who were in his gym actually die. Corey and Kiki are already past the point of return, which suggests that Lin doesn't die, but we see her getting decapitated which I would imagine would be quite difficult to survive . Therefore the theory that the Lin we see is some kind of projection and that the real Lin is elsewhere seems plausible, and the death we see isn't the 'real' Lin.

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4 hours ago, thisgameishard said:

From reading that post i guess it confirms the fact that noel is ivory, as he is the only one missing in the 'meeting' and hence was probably used by lin to make new world.

That makes a lot of sense, especially with how Noel seems to be outclassed by Anna in every way with her having the special abilities, amethyst pendant and most likely being in the elite 4(+ having Jirachi?). It would be nice to see Noel having a significant role in the story for once other than his gym battle.

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3 hours ago, thisgameishard said:

I personally think that the other keys, ivory and gold, are gonna play a huge role and is probably the reason as to why Lin does not care that we obtain the other four. Perhaps all six keys are required to truly from the new world and, assuming the last two keys are literal keys and not metaphorical, our final bout with lin in the "beta" new world could determine who gains access to said keys and thus the fate of the region.

I would agree with you there regarding the gold and ivory keys being significant in EP19, and with the new world. The two keys are only mentioned in one passage in the Subseven Sanctum (that I'm aware of anyways), and every other book/person only mentions the 4 crystal keys. Perhaps the gold and ivory keys are people, rather than physical objects. Anna refers to the player having a glow, and Bennett calls the player 'the golden child' in the Glass Workstation. If we are the golden key, it would explain why Lin hasn't killed us for our interfering despite her having several chances, and why she wants us to gather the crystal keys. It also somewhat links into the Jasper Ward prophecy and Ame's post with how there is a bad timeline where we don't exist, and how we arrive in the new timeline and save everything hence the golden child(although it kinda contradicts why Lin would need us if we are the saviour of the region). However, if this is true then I'm not too sure what the ivory key could be (maybe Fern for being the original hero? or something metaphorical?). Here is a post which theorizes on a lot of the missing pieces.

 

27 minutes ago, andracass said:

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How might one go about entering Labradorra? I don't believe there is any hints in-game currently, except for us having to battle it at some point, but as seen with PULSE Clawitzer the PULSE can be disabled without actually destroying it. I suspect the disabling of the barrier would probably be an inside job. We have just dealt with Bennett and his defection from Team Meteor; someone who has access to the city but I query his courage/motivation to do such a thing. Taka(Zekrom)/Solaris(Reshiram) could also be a possibility, but there is the issue that both of them were seen with Sirius chasing after them in a menacing way, so they would probably struggle to deal with the PULSE and Sirius at the same time, and we don't know if Solaris would fully commit to backstabbing his 'own' team. Fern was supposed to be the hero of the prophecy, but there hasn't been any sign of him standing up to Team Meteor since he joined. If the Calcenon Control Centre connected to Labradorra uninterrupted, I'm sure Saphira would have found it when she went to investigate. The only other possibility I could think of would be Lin. It's been suggested that she wants the player to do all the work collecting the keys, and she is probably aware that all the keys are held by the Elite 4. I suspect that she might order the removal of the barrier so that the player can obtain the 18th gym badge and advance to the league(which from a hand-drawn map of the region, I believe victory road starts in Labradorra?). Team Meteor would likely fall after we reclaim Labradorra, and El might side with us as Solaris' loyalty is being questioned and El is loyal to Solaris, so getting the four keys would probably happen after we beat the elite four. Lin doesn't need Team Meteor if we are doing the work of collecting the keys, so the defeat of Team Meteor wouldn't matter to her, so she could just hide and strike as soon as we get the four keys and then run off to the Citae Arc d'Astrae Aerie. 

[How to farm red essence?]

The den in the upper-left of route 4 past the water seems to be bugged(at least for me it is) and you can repeatedly clear it out to get easy red essence. 

[Any way to get red essence faster?]

For me, the den in the upper-left of route 4 past the water where you catch Sobble was bugged and you could repeatedly clear out the den for 250 red essence. Took me like 3 minutes to get enough red essence to buy out the whole shop.

[How do I obtain the Aevium form of Litwick?]

Spoiler

In the grass in the Axis Factory (Saki's gym)

 

[15th Gym Does Not Feel Remotely Winnable]

4 hours ago, vivaCH said:

Yeah it is perfectly trained.
And with the ability gale wings, it should EVER be faster when HP are at max, even if it is slower. So that's really strange
Metagross also faster than Greninja perfectly trained lol.

Metagross has been eating their vegetables

[Impossible Battle - not sure if continuation is possible (V13)]

1 hour ago, Harsh Bhakta said:

you do mean the battle in the den of souls, correct?, you fight cassandra ,not madelis

Spoiler

That comes later, the Madelis battle is early on in the route before Melia learns about the disease and such.

 

[Impossible Battle - not sure if continuation is possible (V13)]

The devs wouldn't put an impossible battle in the game if you're using someone else's team. Just try a few different match-ups and see which of Melia's pokemon best counters Madelis'. 

Spoiler

I forgot what I did but I know I started with Gardevoir to beat crobat, and then sacrificed it to bring in Snorlax to fight the Cinccino. Snorlax 2-shots cinccino unless it flinches, but if that happens just reset and try again. The rest of the battle shouldn't be too difficult. There is a battle in path 3 where you use someone else's team and it makes the Madelis battle seem like a cakewalk imo.

 

[Card Key Shards (V13)]

Does anyone know where the card key shards are now? The ones in Darchlight cave and Valor summit seem to have moved with the update (or I'm stupid), and the item guide hasn't been updated yet. A lot of these new episode 15 battles are quite difficult and I think a Metagross would help :)

 

Edit: I believe beldum is now located through other means involving red essence, so the card key shards were probably removed (forgetting about the one in the xen base). Please correct me if I'm wrong.