#i was just underleveled the entire game tbh

[goldensunset]

waaaahhhh my starter is evolving…. rip dewott one of the coolest middle evos ever

[the-mighty-mittens]

Im only partway through end roll (3rd night I think? I'm stuck on the tree lady fight, I think I might be a bit underleveled oops) but I had the urge to draw Russel (tbh, I think he's growing on me just a little)

(cw/ tw: needles)

He's just a quirky guy

I haven't been able to play for a little while but now that I think about it I think the medication was changing color? It was orange last time I checked but I swear it was pinkish the first time, I could be crazy though.

I think this whole experiment is pretty messed up, especially using it on a literal child. I also dislike the lady calling Russel a "deranged maniac" every morning. But I wonder if, by calling him a deranged maniac and throwing all the stuff he's done onto me without much other info about his personality, the game is trying to dehumanize him in a way? Maybe to make the player care less about him? To make him care less about himself? Idk

Earlier I said I think he knows what he's done and doesn't care, (based on his diary stating he doesn't feel guilty), but I'm not entirely sure if that's the case now? I still don't know, I don't think it's like in Omori where Sunny just forgets, but I feel like I was maybe a little too quick to judge the kid.

[sl33py-g4m3r]

Wish I could get to the end of Violet, lol. My sibling did, the music is awesome~~ But for some stupid reason I just keep restarting it. idk why.

Also I don't exactly have a coherent team atm. I took on the Flying Titan after the second gym and most of my team was fainted, lol.

Makes me think i suck at strategizing tbh. Probably not true tho; I've just been using pokemon that I've found. Finally found a mudbray with the stamina ability.

Been working on the pokedex and I change up my team constantly for new encounters in the areas I'm in. Probably not a good idea however, as I'm underleveled tbh. Only mon that was admittedly above the level cap for the bombadier fight, was my flamigo which is level 23. everything else wasn't even 20 yet, lol

I need to actually make a good team. I'm not doing a monotype run, so there's that. Nor do I want to overlevel much past the level cap in game.

Currently I have a team of pick up pokemon that hopefully I'll get to level 100 to have a 10% chance at a big nugget pickup. Gathering money the old fashioned way, lol.

So maybe it's not that I suck at strategizing, it's just that I'm underleveled and I forgot the thing had rock type moves, most of my team was weak to rock at that point, rip.

Might run around the map with a run away pokemon just to get the fly points, or is that not fun? Why do I play this way? lol.

Minor gripe that fishing is gone; I think someone doing a speedrun mentioned that, and eddaket mentioned it in a speedrun he was doing, now I'm sad that fishing is gone entirely now. Bring fishing back in pokemon games nintendo~~~

If i keep restarting the game I'll never get the pokedex done either or get the shiny charm, and shiny hunting is fun for what little I can see, lol.

Also just a pokemon question in general, but why now does the rival choose the pokemon that's weak to yours at the beginning? I think pre gen 5 that didn't happen much and they always went stronger against yours. Then gen 5 had a rival that did actually choose one weaker, cause there was 2 rivals, not counting N. Or I should've said 2 rivals who also get a starter pokemon as well as the player. But then when you got single rivals again (I think gen 6 did the 2 rivals thing too? i don't remember) they always got the one that's weak to yours.

Of course in Nemona's case, she could be challenging herself, cause in an earlier run where I got farther, quackival kicked my butt with aqua step really hard.

Moreso rant rather than an (I'm thinking about pokemon post), didn't intend to rant here but here we are. hope someone enjoys it, lol.

Hee ho...

why can pokemon spawn in walls?? rip any shiny that you couldn't lock on to or notice because it was in a wall.

[rxpertoire]

//just gonna answer them all for smth to do tbh

What was your first Final Fantasy? Would you recommend it to others for their first?

The first FF game I actually played was XV and yeah I’d recommend it. I know it catches a lot of flack but I really do enjoy it and I didnt feel too lost with any references to the wider final fantasy series. But I was also loosely into VII before that which is also a good one.

Which all Final Fantasy games have you played?

So I’ve played 7r, XV, XIV and I’m currently working my way through IX and og VII, and Crisis Core. Though I do know all of the other games to do with 7, including the mobile ones barely anyone else knows about, watching the cutscene movies and whatever. oh and i have VIII sitting on my sheft untouched that ive been meaning to start

What is your favourite Final Fantasy?

I truly don’t know. The entire 7 compilation is very good but XV is also very near and dear to my heart.

Is there a Final Fantasy you didn’t like?

As far as I’ve played, no? but I’m also not very picky 

Out of all the Final Fantasy you have played, which one was the hardest for you?

I’m struggling with og VII mostly because I simply do not like older games very often But i think probably XIV because I play games on easy mode always and you dont get that choice in an MMO

Which Final Fantasy would you consider your easiest?

So at some point i went into a part of XV super underleveled and got my ass instantly handed to me, and then i went back in time and did a bunch of grinding and was overleveled by a lot for the rest of the game so probably that? which was my own fault

Favourite party set up for any of the games.

@nascentgliint asked this one but I cant really answer it because I dont really play the games with party systems that are more optional.  At the moment in VII I think I’m just traveling with all the girls 

Have you played the online games?

Yeah~ though only xiv

What is your fondest memory from playing the games?

I think it was honestly the love I found for 7r and among the fandom. Id been in the fandom for a while but when 7r came out, I got a new muse and just fell in love with everything again completely.

What do you hope for in the next Final Fantasy?

aha i have no hope for the next game  Idk its summon based again I hope theyre all sexy 

Top 10 favourite characters?

This is going to be a callout okay Not in order but- 

Ardyn Izunia Noctis lucis Caelum Verstael Besithia  Tseng  Rufus Shinra Cloud Strife Kuja Zenos yae Galvus Asahi sas Brutus Emet-Selch Hythlodaeus

Your least favourite characters?

Least favourite is hard because when i dont like someone i just dont think about them  I truly hate Hojo and Hollander. I dont like Lucrecia. I hate XV Bahamut. 

Your OTP?

Mm too many. Sefikura, Zakkura, Promtis, ZenosWol, EmetWol, EmetAzemHyth, probably more

Who is your favourite villain?

I think this means main villain instead of all the little villains so Ardyn. But I could write you an essay on why he isnt the villain. Kuja is a close second. 

Who is your least favourite villain?

I guess he counts? Hojo. Fuck him.  He should count hes the main villain for DoC

What is your favourite summon?

I always tend to like Shiva and Leviathan. but XV Ifrit gets a mention because my god he could get it

But the Carbuncle, if it counts, in any form, is my favourite summon.

What is your least favourite summon?

I dont know if he counts but as a rule I hate every iteration of Gilgamesh(though i adore his XV version) But thats because I’m attached to Gilgamesh in lore and please stop making his boyfriend just some fucking monster square 

Favourite monster?

Ardyn

Least favourite monster?

I dont fucking like morbols one bit. they can go fuck themselves. every type of them

I also dont like tonberries but im a scholar main and the questline helped me come around on them at least for XIV

[tumblunni]

AWW C’MON FFXIV

one of the biggest barriers to me getting back into it is just how SLOW the beginning is when you don’t have any friends to help you out like it legit took me a whole week of constant grinding just to reach level 15! FIFTEEN! IUts really fuckin slow even by usual mmo standards! and like.. all that slow is supplimented by huge amounts of quests and story and being required to do that main story in order to access goddamn ANYTHING, such as (for example) the additional hairstyle customization options you get at level 15 which I KINDA GRINDED SIX DAYS FOR, ONLY TO FIND OUT I NEEDED TO FINISH 8 MAIN STORYLINE QUESTS FIRST.

Like normally i would be HAPPY for an MMO that has loads of well made story scenes and ties progression more to quests than to grinding. But its just.. so unappealing to me?? Its That One Style Of Storytelling That Turns Me Off Immediately. I fuckin hate pretentious fairytale stylings. like not even when its told in the nostalgic writing style of a kids’s story or has a fairytale art aesthetic, those are some of my FAVOURITE THINGS. Nah when its the nostalgic writing style of fuckin specifically shakespeare and the only aesthetic is fuckin tolkein AGAIN. Like its really fuckin noticeable that the entire FF series has a bazillion original species in every other game but as soon as they made an mmo its Now Only Elves And Dwarves And Giants. And like.. the one anime addition of catgirls, and also making orcs/demons fuckin boring bishounen people with ‘all men are dragony and all women are 12 year old lolis with hair decorations’ as a fuckin species trait.o r I guess maybe the roegadyn are both orcs and giants combined and the au’ra got all of the leftover terrible traits..? And that’s 80 times more obnoxious when everyone talks like YE OLDE FUCKIN LITERATURE CLASSE AYE MY BOY YONDER DAWN DOTH BREAK OVER BIGASS FUCKOFF MOUNTAIN, HERE TAKE A STICK AND KILL 5 SLIMES like they literally fuckin sub ‘nightsoil’ for ‘shit’. this is an actual thing that someone thought would sound clever and fantasy-ish, instead of like an internet parody... And as far as I know the japanese version doesn’t even do this?? And neither did japanese FF12?? I FEEL SO LIED TO! Like these two worlds are still the most simultaneously cliche and overdeveloped ever, but i would at least enjoy my experience marginally more if the wall of text didnt stretch out every word to its maximum syllable potential..

BUT YKNOW DESPITE THAT DESPITE THAT BEING MY PROBLEM I AM NOW SAD AT FFXIV MAKING EXACTLY THE FIX FOR ME

They added a REALLY interesting and Dear God Relief feature where you can literally buy your way to the start of the latest expansion, story-wise. Which is a really great idea tbh, it kinda sucks to see ‘level requirement 80 must have beaten main story’ on this entire separate thing that you just bought. Kid me was dumb and didnt read all the conditions on old FFXI stuff... And I mean, anyone who complains about this being pay to win is being a dumbass, since all it does is promote you to the base level required for that storyline. Like the maximum here is level 60 with the equivelant job quests finished, so like.. there’s at least One Thing that makes you less than horribly underprepared compared to everyone else, but you’re still just a newbie wearing big boy pants. You can never pay to win for any level anywhere near the cap, it’s just pay to skip the more boring beginner sections. And probably get your ass kicked after cos all u hav is base equipment and none of the optional sidequets content or learned experience from the actual story...

BUT STILL I’M MAD BECAUSE there’s no way to do this without skipping the story!! your 60 levels of beginner quests are flagged as complete and you can never even see what you missed unless you watch someone else’s lets play i guess

and I know I just said that the story is really cumbersome and slow and badly written and cliche and i have no investment in anything but like that’s only 99% true, I actually WAS interested in the job training plotlines! a smaller self-contained sidequest with a cast of mentor npcs and story directly tied to your combat strength, rather than having to mop up loads of way underlevelled quests arbitrarily just to unlock the ability to actually exceed that level. gahhh Also i have a soft spot for the thieves guild- umm i mean the ‘seamstresses’ (or what was the actual joke about it? i think that was the discworld version XD) Mostly because they don’t talk like overly fancy pricks but also dont have too much of an over the top fakey oliver twist poor person voice. have I mentioned how its double annoying playing this game as a brit and hearing EVERYONE as some american guy doing the most stereotypical accent? Its a japanese game, why did you even do this!! srsly, this and ff12 have so many of the same dub fail. Oh, but also i like the thieves guild cos their plot is actually somewhat interesting, with the secrecy and stuff, instead of just I Am Mentor Man I Am Good At Job But Probably Tsundere Or Something For Six Hours. Also nice that there’s a full cast of this piratey crew and you get to interact with bossman’s admin guys sometimes, and get a general sense that he’s the comedic bumbler that’s only kept alive by their competance. (I call it.. the Plumeria Principle..)

Oh and lol also even if i could skip the story bits I hated, i probably wouldnt cos this thing is so fuckin Lore that i’d be completely lost... T_T But aaaa its tempting!! Cos I picked a bad starting town that had a plot and mentor npc that I didnt really care for, and now i really wanna switch to (weirdly enough) the one for gridania the land of the most boring elves and none of the job classes I want to use. She was just a really cool character! I can’t remember the pirate town equivelant tho, I just think that was my fave town aesthetic and fave jobs and stuff but the npcs were boring. I want elf mom!!! But seriously after fuckin SO MUCH WORK getting to level 20 before i decided i wanted to restart AAAA and then i wasted a bunch of my money on appearance change coupons to try and sate the restart temptation but then i realised No It Was Elf Mom I Miss so now i have a bunch of that cash shop content on that character and its impossible to transfer or somethin?? i couldnt even figure out how to send money between your own characters, which sucks cos some really nice guy gave me 30000 gold for no reason when i first started up the game and i legit DID NOT KNOW HOW TO USE CHAT YET so i was like running after him all WAAAAIT LET ME FIND THE KEYBOARD TO SAY THANKS xD But then i was just using that character to check out some of the other intro towns, it wasnt my main so i never used the money :(

so yeah anyway now I’m stuck here grumpy and debating whether i should buy this aaaaa and i cant even remember the name of the clearly-a-thief-but-dont-call-it-that class so i can pick the right thing to buy... And also i dont know if this only skips job training quests and not main story quests? or if there’s any way to recap main story quests at least? so it might not be as bad as I think. And maybe i could just pick whatever class I hate most to get all the exp in, and then i can have the level requirement to use my damn expansion but still go back and restart another job questline. and it’d probably be easier lol with all the boosts of having some other job high levelled! wonder if there’s a job with a terrible plotline that jus coincidentally lines up as a great thief supporter...?

[annathetrickster]

part 3 of my thoughts on new mystery, covering up to chapter 12. (spoilers obviously)

this is literally the 8th time these two idiots have run up to my units and killed themselves

this guy comes out of fucking nowhere, ignoring the units without weapons equipped, only to get killed by cecille

after like 20 tries i actually cleared the chapter while keeping both of them alive. now to never use them again.

that explains their nonexistent will to live

this is such a marth thing to do, he’d want to find anyway possible to keep them alive even though they literally tried to kill him 2 seconds ago.

he even remembers everyone by name that helped him fight in the war, regardless of their minimal plot relevance.

feena: dancer & fashion police

hopefully we get her in heroes someday, she seems like she could be a good character if the cast wasn’t so massive in this game

yes, she did and the fact that we have to flash back to this clearly means they really want you to see this side of sheeda.

ohhhhh shit.

he has gradivus. something definitely went down between him, nyna and camus.

did he catch her in bed with camus and then fucking slaughtered him?

Fuck..

cain’s getting a lot more plot relevance now that abel is off and married with est.

i’ll give this one to sheeda, she didn’t really say anything to lead him on this time around. the fact that roger says ‘i side with whoevers stronger’ just paints him as a weak character that anyone could have taken advantage of. 

tbh i could do without characters that are meant to be walked all over, and i think sheeda’s character would be better off if roger didnt exist.

to be fair im at 1-1 range so you don’t have much of a choice.

while this is a more logical explanation, i prefer FE7′s “sands parting at the mages feet” explanation. because magic.

ah yes, the sword of masculinity.

tfw your brother is a macedonian supremacist

so if im getting this right.. michalis was a bad guy who murdered his father, who was a good guy because he wouldn’t let him do bad guy things like genocide and establishing nationwide macedonian supremacy, but he’s now a good guy because maria saved his life.

2 for one deal, we get red haired canas from FE7 and ewans FE8 sprite as a summoner.

gotoh: no i’m actually just standing right next to you, whats good my dude?

getting NTR’d by nyna with camus so hardin went on a power trip and fucking murdered camus then took his spear.

although technically nyna x hardin is the true NTR so maybe camus was like ‘im not really dead, who’s this guy’ and then hardin fucking murdered him.

the whole dynamic between these 3 is more interesting than the entire plot of the previous game.

tfw 590 gold is not cheap

i like her design but the problem with having such a large cast is you can’t really give everyone proper development. 

still edgelord, so 10/10 will use.

kind of like any healer in heroes without wrathful staff.

if that’s the last we see of legion he ended up being a pretty irrelevant character. 

as much as i like seeing female villans for a change i still have no idea what they have against marth other than ‘im tired of this guy’

something i haven’t really mentioned is the fact that you are given the option to change your hair similar to certain characters. im not sure what triggers that to be an option but i’m definitely sticking with this mask since its edgy and reminds me of the witches from echoes.

used to be?

fuck.

why would you change from such a unique and awesome class like ballistician to a basic one like warrior

once again, this is why you shouldn’t make games with soo many “characters”. they end up just being tropes, or even worse, based entirely around one idea.

‘character who needs money for his sick mom’

seriously what is the point of adding a character like this, why not take that idea and add it to an already existing character to give them more background, and make their motives more reasonable or relatable.

actual cinnamon roll: marth

pretty sure other lords like ephraim and hector would take it as a challenge and rush into the desert by themselves. meanwhile marth realizes he doesn’t have anri’s strength, but thanks his friends for being strong together.

how the fuck do you lose a ballista

whoops i guess falcoknights do exist in this game. i prefer dracoknight but i would have held off on lincs promotion if i had known that since she’d like falcoknight better

its really only been a year and you’re however many thousands of years old but sure

and by legions of enemy dragons i mean just one defenseless cleric so i could see what her dragon form looked like

not pictured: sheeda and malicia losing their shit, preparing to strangle this poor child

well that was unexpected. also i thought xane was a girl this whole time.

yes, practical and stylish. pretty sure feena would approve.

ok that is going to do it for part 3 of new mystery. as expected, the gauntlet has been taking up most of my free time so thats why this part came out so late. 

my only complaint so far is the fact that they messed with arena so a lot of my characters are underleveled atm. and the one time we did get an actual arena on the map you get chased by some enemies. if i don’t find an actual arena sometime soon this run will basically be linc and cecille emblem

thanks for reading.

[tmae3114]

Got any favorite Mechquest moments? Favorite mechs? hero in college shenanigans? Tell me all the things tmae3114! Because this game is so underrated and deserves more love.

*kicks down a door* I AM SO READY TO TALK MECHQUEST THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME MECHQUEST THINGS

I am in absolute agreement that this game is underrated and deserves more love!! I have a lot of love to give it but I am only one person and this game deserves more people.

This is under a readmore because it is so very, very long. So long.

I apologise to anyone who is on mobile and has to scroll past this.

Okay! Starting off, a non-exhaustive (haha) list of my favourite moments in MQ:

pretty much the entire Rebel Leader mission because a) it introduces us to Odessa and b) everything she says in it is so good??? but especially

“If you are indeed Slugwrath's loyal servant then crush me with your mecha as a symbol of how the Shadowscythe will crush you... honorless cowards!”

also Sys-Zero getting cured! that’s such a good moment! especially how he was cured because the solution turned out to be giving him the strength to save himself!!

and that what he needed to get that strength was Odessa. it was Odessa calling out to him that gave him the strength to fight his way out of the dark!

(listen I am emotional about Sys-Zero and Odessa and it’s a crime that we didn’t get more about whatever relationship they have? there’s something so significant there. he literally says that as long as Odessa lives, hope lives. he was broken and dragged down into darkness and the only light that could pull him out of it was her and there’s something very significant there and we never get to find out what)

ALSO ODESSA’S SPEECH AFTER SLUGWRATH IS DEPOSED AND SHE GETS ELECTED AS HIS REPLACEMENT

“Only together do we stand a chance! I know in my heart that we can succeed!”

All of Odessa’s dialogue is just so heroic and she’s so good so to keep this list a little shorter let’s just say Every Single Time Odessa Is Involved

(listen Alden is great and all but if I had the chance to swap out the ruler of Greenguard from him to Odessa I would do it in a heartbeat)

OKAY SO TO GET THIS LIST BACK ON TRACK FROM MY ODESSA GUSHING

The bit in the Planet Romero plotline where the hero, Artix & Helia are discussing the plan and Artix retorts that he’s done this before. What is MQ Artix’s past after the Planet Carpenter incident? Why does he have prior experience and confidence in espionage? Other Artixes (Artii? What’s the plural of Artix?) don’t have that! Other Artixes are actively terrible at that!! What is up with you MQ Artix I want to know

(also there’s a point where he says “I know that sacrifices must be made in the never-ending battle against the undead” and what does that mean Artix what sacrifices are you talking about)

(MQ Artix is like. the darkest Artix. something is up with MQ Artix and I Have Questions)

Also the bit in the Romero finale where Artix and Helia share that quick, quiet reconciliation because it just feels so real to me. It’s not some big drawn out emotional conversation, it’s just a small exchange that shows that they’re starting to mend old wounds!

speaking of Romero, Artix being all dramatic about thinking he’s turning into a zombie and going all poetic like “If I am to go, I wish to go knowing that I am leaving the universe in good hands. All I ask is that when I am too far gone, you make it quick and clean, and that my mission will not ever be forgotten!” and then Helia just goes “Oh stop being so dramatic. You’re not turning into a zombie.”

also, the Wormhole Saga

just. the entire Wormhole Saga.

but most especially the bit during Zargon Part Two where you have to decide whether or not to change the past and Sys-Zero literally just. puts his hand over his heart. and asks you to do this with him.

“I can’t order you”

(*whispers* he’s the commanding officer he could totally order you to go through with the plan but his moral code won’t let him-)

I mentioned Sys-Zero getting cured earlier with the Odessa stuff but you know what else I love? The mission where we find him after he was infected! For one thing, the opening cutscene with Sys-Zero on his recon mission is really cool (though, honestly, why did he have fast food with him. who takes fast food on recon missions. Sys-Zero you dork) and the dialogue before you have to fight him is so good (I love characters trying to warn their loved ones when they’re being mind controlled)

and honestly with how much skill the story builds Sys-Zero up as having, the only logical explanation for the hero winning that fight is that Sys-Zero was forcing himself to hold back even through the nanovirus

I’m going to stop myself from going on about Sys-Zero moments or it’ll end up even longer than my Odessa gushing

actually I’ll just stop the list here because you asked other questions too and I should answer those because this list could go on for so long

My interest in things generally tends more towards the storyline than the actual gameplay mechanics (the most I have for things like that in terms of preference is turn-based strategy games) but believe it or not, I do actually have some favourite mechs!

The Golden Wrapped Nubertron was invaluable for me in early gameplay (and still can be, tbh) because it’s optic weapon lowers the level of your opponents, which makes battles far easier. Also I love the flamethrower. Honestly, if it hadn’t been for this mech, I may never have gotten into the game as much as I have, as it’s abilities were vital for helping me beat battles I would’ve otherwise been vastly underlevelled for.

I’m also very fond of the Draconic Guard mech, mostly because I like the spear.

The Dragon Spirit Form mech is also one I really like! I actually spent a decent while grinding for the credits to get the permanent one because I enjoyed using it so much in the mission it’s temporarily available in for plot reasons.

But my absolute favourite mech would have to be the Iron Cook, which is the one that I use as my default. I enjoy every weapon it has available and also just really like the design.

Hmmm... well I have headcanons about the hero being a uni student (and the other GEARS students too) but most of them are angst related to the fact that they’re also soldiers with no training and you specified shenanigans so I guess I’ll just have to come up with some now!

The hero is never, ever late to one of Aleysia’s classes again after the first time. Moreover, they’re always extremely smugly early, and will tell her exactly how early they are when they get there.

Not even battles will keep the hero from being early to Aleysia’s classes

The Hero, with blood and oil smeared across their face and the tips of their hair still smoldering: I’m exactly 0.00000145 microseconds early to class

Aleysia never admits it but she’s actually proud of the hero’s efforts to always be early to her classes and impressed with their timekeeping when they do it, even though she compeltely and utterly aware that the entire thing is an elaborate way of poking fun at how strict she is about not being late

the hero is a certified over-achiever and totally passes out all the time because sleep is for the weak (and those with time to do it)

I mean, being a uni student, the hero is likely somewhere between the ages of seventeen and nineteen circa the start of the game, and just going off of the things you can do in game, they are- a university student- a solider fighting in a galactic war - a volunteer at the local hospital- a pizza delivery person- a member of the local police force

this kid is a complete over-achiever and frankly I am surprised that they can function at all

(”kid” I say about a character potentially my age or older)

[Hero voice] caffeine tablets are functionally the same thing as sleep, right?

the staff & students of GEARS have a bingo game going for “Places I’ve Found The Hero Sleeping That Aren’t Meant For Sleeping”

Sys-Zero is winning but Sarrina is a close second

the hero is notorious for having almost unreadable handwriting and being told to hand in all their assignments typed up

their handwriting isn’t actually all that bad it’s just that they procrastinate and attempt to do their assignments last minute in their mech during a battle

And I wish I could tell you all the things but there are so many things and it’s hard to make up my mind what to talk about!!

If you still want more MQ infodumping from me after reading this monstrosity, just shoot me a few other questions and I’ll keep going! :D I will let loose literally Every Bit Of Information as long as you give me a direction to go in ^_^b