The excitement for EPISODE6 is very much real.
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The excitement for EPISODE6 is very much real.
In the meantime:
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Lets hope the story goes in a good direction this time. The climax of Ep5 was good and I'm hoping the plot for Ep6 ends up being akin to Ep1-3 and stretches over the course of multiple episodes.
What role will Ludmilla play? It says Research Department, but what will she be researching?
Still wondering how MC and Matoi will manage to lend a hit on Shiva and Mitra/Varuna (if they can absorb attacks too).
Other question : is Xiao going to die ? _(:3
Also Mitra is so kind, she says that as a false god she wants to kill us
From the various teasers Lisa hinted that the arks rely too much on photon while shiva absorbs them, so either we're gonna develop a new energy throughout the episode or the pure photons we've been collecting since ep3 will serve as both plot devices and 16* materials for end-endgame genesis weapons
I'm looking forward to seeing how the plot develops. I guess I'm partial to learning about the ARKS' other nemeses besides the franchise's staple eldritch abomination. I actually really like Mother, for example. Shiva reminds me a bit of her since both wanted to take the Dark Falzs' combined power for themselves... except Shiva succeeded.
Every encounter ARKS had faced against so far was because the Photoner's fucking up and leaving their descendants(ARKS) to finish the job lol. kinda wish there was an outside force that is unrelated to the photoners being a threat.
True. I guess there might be Ardem, but was he changed by Mother's arrival or was he just some strange immortal being?
Trying to remember if Kumhan from PSP2 turned out to be a Dark Falz. They're the only other non-DF main antagonist I can remember.
Ardem was essentially an immortal who was the basis for/was actually the biblical Adam (in fact, his name is Adam in Episode 4's end credits); his plan was always to evolve humanity, but Mother's power basically gave him a way to reduce the timetable, so still kinda the Photoners' fault.
Eh, it was a bit too indirect for me to blame the Photoners all that much. Ardem was gonna be his opportunistic self regardless of who presented him with tools to hijack.
Also; who is that tiny girl, anyway? Did we ever see an Omega counterpart of her like the others?
There's a reason why this game was not mentioned since it's released, it was boring as hell. Every field felt the same, no music in the fields except for the battle ones, the same enemies over and over, Gigantes battles were terrible and boring bosses. The worst part is not that the Vita couldn't handle more, I mean PSO2 for the Vita was a thing back when Nova was released.
i just ask for 3 things in the story
1 the villians dont die too soon
2 the story must have an objective of where to go , what acomplish with it (the lack of an objective hurted EP4 at most and EP5 at the begining)
3 give us witty , creative and crazy asthetics for anything they introduce in the season
"Only the soul was swapped with the vessel. The dream of the Akashic Record was true, after all?"
Do I just suck at following the logic of the body and soul swapping stuff through the end of ep5, or does the meaning of Shiva's line have yet to be revealed? Could someone explain this if I just sucked at understanding?
I still think Lisa's "Sickly child" backstory contain some hint... .
maybe they know each other during Photoner era?
I still remember Lisa personality swap and talk sensible thing regards the contrast between
Photoner and Arks action toward saving one girl in EP3
I'll throw my hat into the ring here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sguIrMNjYI
I don't think this is really that far fetched. I remember someone mentioning back in episode 3 that they planned for at least 6 episodes (which would be in line for the Lisa retcon if that's really true) but if EP4 was supposed to be some sort of prelude to the Photoner Saga (it was clearly supposed to start a new trilogy based on how much they hyped that thing) then it or EP5 must have changed drastically from what they originally planned. Mothers hate boner for Photoners does seem like a good prelude to a Photoner Era story but since she doesn't appear in EP5, like i hoped she'd do, EP4 ends up feeling like pointless filler. Maybe that was the original plan but was changed mid EP4, the realization Track is from Early EP4 after all. Don't forget about Borderless I don't think I need to tell you what that song is about. Time and Space aren't borders for Arks. No other episode exemplifies it better than when we literally stop time so that we can safely enter a black hole. I do however think that the PSP2i reference to a black hole isn't talking about Omega specifically, just a random black hole unless PSP2i takes place at the same time as PSO2 EP5 which i doubt.
That being said a lot of what was planned in this new "trillogy" (if we're gonna count the filler ep4) was unfortunately cut due to plans changing. I heard EP4 changed in one way or another due to VA unavailability (although I don't have the details on that) and EP5 had to completely shifts gears after Sega realized that their original plan with Advanced classes, Buster Quests etc didn't work out since a lot of the players hated it. Forcing them to reduce EP5 to the barest of bare bones resolving nothing but the main story beat of Harriet and Omega Persona, which completely killed the pacing of the story between chapter 3 and 5. So yeah unless Sega really ignores EP4, this new trillogy so far is build on very rocky foundation. I really do hope that there won't be any more complications though. Despite a lot of the players not liking it I thought both EP4 and 5 had a lot of potential and Chapter 6 of EP5 was really well made so I hope EP6 will finish this trillogy and tie everything together well (unless they cut EP4 out of the trillogy, in which case apply my last sentence to EP7)
I do need to note that Emilia and Vivienne are in contact with the ARKS. It's a shame they didn't make an appearance in Episode 5, but considering they actually spoke in their own cutscenes rather than just text like most events, it gives their appearance being more than just a non-canon thing.
It was a pretty massive one and can explain a number of things just by saying who it is.
Taneda Risa (Hitsugi) had to take unknown medical leave, and a good number of her other roles had to be replaced, as the time was rather long. Guess she managed to get in the rest of EP4 before that, as she only came back last year.
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Except for Xion, and Melfonseana.
And Xiao didn't really die, he's just going to 'sleep' for a little while (like Alma disappearing into the Akashic Record or wherever to regain her strength), and NPC dialogue after that chapter from Matoi had her hopeful that they will see Xiao again.
... Okay, that was fast.
Does this means that Sara is the most important person to ARKS right now?
Also, Kyou-kun is a certified chuunibyou.
This EP had the best first chapter of all EP so far lmao.
this EP definily begin with something intense for sure , the luminmechs give me the impresion that positions are a key against them , the boss its cool ,
also working on a first impressions video along with a theory about the future outside of the game .
And I was thinking Amduscia had yet a few question marks, maybe they will be addressed next time.
Sure Shiva let me just ditch the huge planetary sized ball of energy and pack all of it into one person . Why did we cling to it all this time anyway?
Now its a good time to befriend/merge with darkers, so the resulting hybrid wouldn't fit into photoners' vacuum cleaner.
Why should we not cling to it? Xiao is just as important as Xion was as it did back then. ARKS purpose of protecting the Oracle(even if Xiao being the replacement) still persist to this day even after they whooped Loser's ass. Even so Xion's legacy carry on with ARKS still existing.
But uhhh I mean, the oracle frame itself. We don't have it anymore, and now its suddenly sort of alright, as long as its packed in someone. How does it work, would you not do it before?
How would df persona eqs look like now?
But right now is just a... backup? if he was conscious Sara's body couldn't handle it. I don't know how Ro Kamits will help Xiao... maybe reincarnate him in a huge dragon :wacko:
We kinda found Xiao on amduscia initially, so there surely going to be some related deus ex machina
I keep wondering whats the planet in the background of space battle, isnt it actually Amduscia without floating parts?
i believe it will be a civilized planet which oposed to shiva domain i think
IMO this season its the perfect chance to parody many scify things , like startrek , the tiberium saga of C&C , the protoss and zerg (even the primal too) from starcraft , warhammer etc
hell now that i think im sure shiva will come out with something like the beast planet of shadow raiders , after this chapter how not to think in that
all those lisa back story is kinda lie i think in ep6 she told us that she was experiment to create a suitable body for photon basically she is the first cast that why she was cranky all the time because she was unstable for being it frst line of experiment her soul was unstable until combine with Harreit didn't said when it happen just a long time but the sane Lisa talked back then was Harreit. she was fully awake after event of omega.
Now that I'm finally caught up to the story, I'll be posting my let's play here as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W30oUEV-_0
Yeah... I post that before EP6
but it turn out she might be lie all this time..
but considering the fact that Photoner experiment on life
maybe she is indeed former Photoner that got push into Cast body not because of her own freewill?
The invasion begins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShMCvfWyrrE
I'm so glad both points ended up being true in the end. We'll see what's on Amduscia soon.
Wow, this episode starts with a bang. Even more interesting than the end of Episode 2. It even made me/us think of how inferior we consider regular enemies and darkers to be, with their comment about having a point competition..
Some points that I am waiting answers for in next episodes:
1) Lisa says some people do not rely on Photons, with herself and Sara being two. Do we know of others? Claris Claes maybe? Wasn't there some cutscene in Episode 3 (now part of Omnibus Episode 2 I think) in the Facility, that had to do about experiments on Sara and Claris Claes? (we fought a Nepto Cassadora there I think, and Maria and Huey were nearby listening)
2) Mitra mentions 20 goddesses or something. So will we fight 20 such enemies in the course of the Episode?
Luther was of interest to Shiva. Did I miss something during the opening scene about the scientist who did experiments?
And finally, we go to Amduscia, but UH will be on Lillipa. Will we be getting a new episode in 2 weeks?
to dark mits : i just hope the villains dont die to quick thats all i ask , they are to good for leave so soon
we hadnt a good villain since EP3 with double . EP4 villains were a shame and Emir from EP5 i felt he was a hechman before the last chapter
There's also the fact that Mitra's ability is essentially akin to Double's, but with the "clone" E-Code that you only ever see if you get abducted - which, given the Klotho nerfs and the fact that you need to spam Time Attack to even have a chance of being abducted, makes me think they're going to rework that particular mechaic.
I mean, we've essentially confirmed that Mitra (who looks an awful lot like the fusion of Claris Claes and Double) can actually transform into other ARKS - the only thing we don't know is how her ability works (I have a theory that she may need to actually physically touch someone to be able to assume their visage - she's only assumed the forms of Maria and Zeno thus far, and we know she got a good clean hit on Maria at the end of EP5, so assuming that form makes sense there).
And while I'm here, I may as well mention that Sara told us to head to Amduscia - if memory serves me, we still have one area on that planet that we have not visited in the story itself. Said area happens to be Ultimate Amduscia, which was only mentioned in passing in EP4 - we never actually set foot into that area proper within the confines of the story. So my theory is that that's where EP6-2 takes place.
Finally, would like to note that Sara has now officially had something to do with all three generations of Claris Claes (in a "Father, Son, Ghost of the Holy Spirit" type of interaction): she was saved by Matoi (2nd Gen), used to create clones of which one is the current Claris Claes (3rd Gen); now she is able to actually see Alma (1st Gen). As for what that might mean for Sara's fate... who knows?
maybe we will see Shiva cloning dark falzes and who knows , maybe she will clone scheleger the original Elder and finally fight his omega version . if it happen i just hope he dont end up being weak against dark for no reason just like Loser.
also i wonder how they will rework the cloning mechanic , hell i still want my attack of clones event :<
i think RO Kamitsu will be a greuzoras drago and all the golden dragons we saw so far are from RO clan (dragon EX , the rare versions of vol dragon and gorozan )
also i think UQ ambducia its the planet it self in the past before the crash of the meteor which divided the planet . i think ambducia surface used to had frequent storms , reason why the AB dragons are weak to lightning also its the reason why we see lightning rods along the whole skyscape (hell i even predicted their weakness back in EP3)
to be mention i believe Kamitsu has lived since those times
Ro-Kamitsu actually is present in Episode 2 as the tablet-like existence that Xiao is found sitting on during our escapades into the Sanctum in Amduscia. And she sounds absolutely nothing like Gruezoras.
The problem with your theory of UQ Amduscia is that Amduscia itself is a planet with two different layers - the more volcanic core at the heart of the planet (Volcano), and then the outer crust layer of which there don't really exist any bodies of water (if they are, they'd have to be mere lakes within a greater landmass upon the planet itself - which I haven't exactly seen too much of).
Also, Dragonkin in Skyscape and Sanctum are weak to Dark - the reason the lightning rod pillars work the way they do happens to be because A)its the area's gameplay gimmick (it isn't reused in Sanctum or UQ Amduscia), and B)because Amduscia itself is a geomagnetic anomaly - this particular bit being the reason places like Skyscape and Sanctum can even theoretically geologically exist. That said, if UQ Amduscia is the strongest point of geomagnetism on the whole planet, it'd explain easily why they traded their Dark weakness for Lightning.
Regarding Dragon Ex, we actually fight one in a since-removed Story Quest where we accompany Aki (black haired Ranger girl you see in the Volcano SQ in Episode 1) and Quna to the Sanctum and Aki has her whole "reflecting on my shitty soulless nature" deal (particularly because she was directly involved with the group that did all those experiments on Quna and Hadred).
While we're on the subject of Hadred (who happens to be one particular Chrome Dragon, btw), this makes me wonder if they're going to possibly expand on why Apostlo Dragon is what he is (especially since Chrome Dragon wasn't a native Amduscian - the removed Aki/Quna SQ highlights this in fact), or if they're going to sidestep that in favor of the hot newness or whatever.
1 i trought Kamitsu didnt show up in person due to cautions/security measures also have you forgot KO rera its a quartz dragon with a little girl voice so thats why i made my theory of what apperance Kamitsu might have
2 the meteor which divided the planet into the volcanic area and the skyscape/sactum millions of years ago its a fact , there is a record message that says it in the skyscape (unless they remove it)
3 i trought their weakness to dark its because they get their heat from the sun and the volcanic dragons are weak to ice due to the fact they get their heat from the lava . also about the UQ dragons i said they are weak to lightning due to my theory about how the planet used to be before the meteor crash . i didnt count the geomagnetism post meteor crash for that
4 i didnt forgot that story , and my point was : i think the RO clan have gold skin like the dragons i mention ; i mean they must have any physical quality that define them as a RO members the elite of elite . in a natural or artificial way
5 an argument for apostolo dragon in the story? , who knows maybe these will result zombies or chrome dragons who lived long enougth
I just had a thought but I think the Eyes of the Scientist Girl are kinda off, Instead of being Normal Eyes they have a white Spot in the Middle.
It remotely resembles the Eyes of our new Enemies though those also have some kind of grid in them too.
I though of Ro-Kamitsu as some kind of "Xion" but being the "database" of the Dragonkin soul reincarnation mechanic, so that tower thing where Xiao was is some kind of super computer or magic thing.
Ro-Kamitsu is probably the entire planet itself. Like....the soul of a planet.
So i just noticed there's a patch coming with today's maintenance (although is it only 40MB), maaayyyybe we'll get some context for armada tomorrow?
Have you not played any of Episode 2 or 3? In the Sanctum story quest (not Skyscape, you can tell the difference because Sanctum is essentially a floating temple of metamorphic rock), you go with Sara to meet with someone (whom she proceeds to belitte the whole trip, something that person takes note of because his mind and hers are linked) who'll help you thwart Luther's ambitions (keep in mind we're talking Episode 2 Luther here - not the Omega/Cuent variant).
Said person happens to be Xiao, who had arranged with Ro Kamitsu (essentially a big hunk of glowing rocks akin to the ones you see in Sanctum) to have you and Xiao meet. This is where Xiao really helps you realize that you have time travel powers and can make events change to where they influence history for the better (this power is also how you save Matoi from death later on).
Another thing you may have gotten wrong: Lightning is both Light and Heat in one singular elemental combo - and Lightning is caused by the conflicting polarization in the currents in the air and earth. It's one of the reasons why Amduscia as a planet is so weird - normally you wouldn't have entire slabs of land just floating in mid-air, but due to Amduscia's really wacky geomagnetic state, it works the way it does.
Finally, I would like to point out that, other than Kamitsu, there have been no other confirmed members of the Ro Clan, and we haven't even seen so much as a single member of the Ti clan. Meanwhile, we've seen two Hi clan members (Hi Roga and Hi En) and two Ko members (Ko Rera and Ko Riu). If they were going to reveal more members of Ro, Episode 2 would have been the most ideal place to do so - yet they just made the Dragonkin there generic beasts incapable of comprehensible speech (all four named Dragons I mentioned earlier can at least speak in a manner we can comprehend, even if it's only in chunks due to the translator).
I know you're being sarcastic, but if this was true then she's at least done somewhat better than Mother due to doing everything opposite of what Mother did - Amduscia's residents are stuck in the Stone Age with some kind of crazy mythology helping keep them in check (at least as far as rules and regulations go).
Also, the entire soul of a planet stuck in a chamber that high up out in the open? She must be very confident if she's willing to expose herself that much.
I mean, we have a fatass Lilipan named Lien that somehow speaks fluent ARKS (Japanese/English/etc.), I wouldn't put it past SEGA to give us a Ko Rera/Ko Riu/Hi En set of Partner Cards as some sort of crazy event/shtick/what have you.
And no wonder Ludmilla seemed so loony and gray - she IS loony and gray. I swear, why are almost all the story CAST females such wackos? XD
dude calm down , i dont know why you need to touch EP2 lore , maybe i wasnt clear in something then sorry .
of course i played EP1 to 3 thats why i have very strong reasons to hate EP4.
the sactum of course i know its in middle of the skyscape thats why i put it in that side when i talked about the ecosystem division and also i know its why the skyscape and sactum dragons share their weakness to darkness. (because the sun its their heat source)
the lightning rods were there before or after the meteor crash? , if were before then (saying my point again) ambducia used to have constant electric storms before the meteor crash (like thunder plains from final fantasy 10)forcing all life to live underground; but its just a theory , i never said it was cannon.
but i will admit that i never understood if Kamitsu was a real dragon (but hidden somewhere) or just a concience ; im confuse now :/
Or the lightning rods are defensive mechanisms againstall those oceanic darkers roaming around the area.
The events of every Episode tie together in some form or another. Even the Episodes you don't like.
There wasn't a meteor crash in Amduscia if my memory serves me right. I mean, a meteor wouldn't explain the fragmented nature of the planet or how it got all geomagnetically twisted.
AFAIK, Kamitsu doesn't exactly have a Dragon form, she's merely a ball of light trapped in a giant stone slab. As for why this is... I'm not quite sure. But I know this: when an Amduscian Dragonkin dies, its soul returns to the Sanctum to await a new vessel of sorts. So the Dragonkin can't quite "die", but it's weird how they haven't been infected yet (then again, they DO seem to be battle-hungry lizardmen, soooo.... *shrugs*)
Kinda makes me wonder what determines which group of Darkers surfaces where. Not that it matters in the long run.
once again the meteor crash was not stated directly in the story it was mention in a record message in skyscape arks quest/free field , as soon as i have a chance im gonna look for that message and take a screenshot and show that i didnt had the mandela effect on that point .
Aparently we are going to revisit old planets in ep 6. i been thinking, if we re visit earth, it wouldnt be good idea to try and recruit Phaleg? remember she does not use Aether/Photons, so right now that makes her the most powerfull person to stand up to Shiva
Mother was a discarded Xion replica. That was something the Photoners made, if you recall. So yes, the Photoners would have a reason to take interest, no matter how small that reason.
That said, Lilipa and Amduscia seem to be the biggest targets for EP6 revisiting; perhaps even Wopal and Harukotan too - the former was made by a Photoner, and the latter had a resistance/immunity to Darker infection via their local goddess.
Lilipa's a big target because of the fact that we still don't know who built all that mechanical bullshit, and for what purpose - or even what keeps it running (if it's basically a Male Version of Mother in the form of a Vardha Super AI, I'mma flip my shit because that was something they could've run with in EP1), and Amduscia is one because we don't know 100% what Ro Kamitsu is or how she came to essentially rule over every last Dragonkin on Amduscia (because they ALL seem to respect her, no matter their tribe). Not to mention what possible relationship she may have had with the Photoners.
Heck, there's even the ruins of Naberius - what did they look like before they ended up in that sorry state? And did the battle with Elder take place on the planet itself, or in space perhaps? I mean, I seem to recall somewhere that Alma took part in that fight before Luther basically zoinked her.
The ruins are just basically ARKS Ships that crashed landed from Elder's assault iirc.
Also, anyone remembered how much of an asshole the Photoners for trying to invade Planet Machia in which Machians were basically forced to commit suicide by creating Giganits Nova to negate photons and stop Photoners from keep invading?
Also unrelated but where does IDOLA even take place in the oracle universe? Future? Present? Or parallel universe?
that's Alma's seal for Elder, correct me if im wrong.
Having just finished EP5 today, I'd like to comment.
Alma mentioned she'd wrapped, squeezed and squished together photons to make a seal, though she had considered using her own body as the "lock" for the seal.
So this begs the question: is the tree colored the way it is because Elder's negative photons are trying to push out of the seal, even from within? Or did the seal become a part of the planet itself? ... Or perhaps whenever we visit Free Field Ruins, we're doing so at the point in time in which Elder was still sealed in the planet?
That having been said, I'd like to make a joke: Elder's the leader of the Aquatic Darkers, so basically Alma....
Turned Elder into Extraterrestrial Sushi.
Vandol's place in the universe is a very interesting discussion. We know it is related to the ARKS due to the downed ship in the catacombs as well as the appearance of characters such as Quna, Gene, and such. as for where it takes place, the two leading theories place it either back on Coral (whoops the planet's name changed again and this is actually Phantasy Star Zero 2) or Palma (during the age of Weiss or perhaps sometime before) due to the local fauna that appears on the planet. This leans more to Palma because Coral doesn't have living skeletons or centaurs. Of course we don't have enough data yet to say for certain but different relics that keep appearing are definitely trying to say something.
So after watching Oceanic's translation vids of ep 6 I thought of something.Stratos and Kyokuya represent the two new advanced classes and Stratos said there were three of them.....so does that mean that the next advanced class is their revived dead friend or something?It sounds crazy but this is PSO 2 crazier things have happened.
Vandor has two moons, while Palma has none (in Phantasy Star Generation 1, there is one).
For me, it might be Ragol or the planet in Phantasy Star 3 where Noin's (Crys) ending took place. Both of them has two moons and probably the same world. Otherwise, somewhere new.
EDIT:
iirc, after the PSZ ending, there was a side quest mentioned that Earth is Coral.
EDIT2:
I found the script for the side quest: https://phantasystar.fandom.com/wiki/Mother%27s_Memory
Question: Is Idola translated in any way? never cared with it, and was actually expecting it to be another of Omega's dreams.
When you are in charge of saving the soul / memories and putting them into new bodies, it's only natural that every sentient being affected by that respects you :wacko:
The same mystery why the ruins and provably tundra are there when we saw colossus emerging from the planet's crust, rubble and dust included. And the story takes us there again, so they "are" there.
I think my biggest disappointment for the start of this episode is the ludonarative dissonance with the characters talking about how tough the new enemies are, as I stomp my way through them without even really paying attention to what they're doing. I get that story quests shouldn't be too hard or anything, especially right at the start of an episode, but it didn't really sell the threat.
I'm excited to see where the story goes though.
I don't think she ever said their other friend died.
Weird, I actually saw damage reduction on my end every time I didn't attack their core. Then again, Story Mode Normal has an actual difficulty cap on it, irregardless of where your current level actually puts you (that, and I imagine you're kitted out for last episode's endgame, so that probably plays a factor).
Yeah, at this point Story Mode could use a Hard Mode or some shit. Mere suggestion though. Oh, and an AI upgrade, because the AI in this game is still not aggro enough for my (or anyone else's) liking - then again, if they did that they'd make every non-EQ quest a graveyard anyways.
That's exactly what I mean though. The fact that I was rolling through them without even having to think despite the damage reduction is pretty telling. I'm sure the ones in UH will actually be more of a threat, it's just the contrast between what was going on in the story and what was going on in the gameplay that was getting me. It's just a nitpick.
In terms of AI, while a lot of older mobs could probably stand to be more aggressive, in general I think a lot of enemies are plenty aggressive. I think I can live without every single enemy being apostolo dragon.
Regarding the second quote: I was referring to the Partner Card AI, not the enemies. But since you mentioned the enemies, I'd be okay if the enemies had their aggressiveness bumped up JUST a tad in all difficulties. Not that much, mind you, but enough to actually make fights somewhat interesting.
That being said, I'm fine with how things are. I don't want to punish the newbies TOO hard, especially since Fang Banshee took Rockbear's place (which makes me wonder why Ragne hasn't taken Gwanahda's place yet).
Oh, I wouldn't mind updates for partner character AI, but I don't think it's super important, and I doubt they'd be able to get them to work as well as something like the AI partners in God Eater or whatever. As long as I get my shifta, deband and megiverse from the techers I'm good. :wacko:
On enemy difficulty: I'd say enemy aggressiveness isn't the problem but their mobility. Enemies like Omega Hunar, Double and Apostolo aren't annoying because of their outgoing damage, but because we have to chase them a lot while they move around. Apostolo is the exception in that his outgoing damage is sometimes in the order of our max hp.
Has it been datamined (or mentioned) how much healing reduction UH will impose? If it is just 10%, that's not even a slap on the wrist. I'd say that even 50% is not enough to make us consider what we are going to let it hit us than play safe. If it is Phaleg levels of healing reduction, then we'll pretty much have to either avoid absolutely everything, or have a dedicated Megiverse caster.
On story: I just watched the cutscene with Kyo and Stratos again. There was no mention of their friend dying. So unless Sega pulls a plot twist, their friend is the 3rd successor class instructor.
Our friend Ash managed to trigger halfline during his part in the trailer, it healed him for about 35% hp and took a trimate from his inventory.
if they're going to keep on nerfing healing effects then can they please atleast give hunter another survivability option that isnt a random 1/4 chance of just not working please? trying to do anything with Wired Lances without automate working properly is just painful to do, and I really dont want my main screwed over yet again because sega refuses to do any other solutions to making things harder than just "lol make their healing suck"
Healing reduction hasn't been applied as often as other "solutions" for making harder content. In fact, this is the first time I remember it in multiplayer content since Odin 3 years ago. It has only been employed in "cutting edge" solo content, with the exception of some XQ floors.
So far we just had enemies instakill, knockdown or move real fast to make us change the way we approach content. I think it will be a nice change of pace to have players pay attention to the green bar. It will also "kill" the concept of "i'll just take the hit, lifesteal is OP anyway".
It would be a great QoL change to allow us to stock up to 99 of each mate and atomizer. This should help with melees running out of heal options. If we are going to use them anyway, why spend time going back to campship.
I wasn't commenting on this before because I didn't want to derail the thread, but it seems thoroughly derailed already now.
If this is a straight 65% healing reduction, all it's going to do is make mates (and Automate Halfline) useless while Resta is still OK and Megiverse is still OP. I fail to see how this accomplishes anything for the game, unless this is another attempt to push us all into the "successor classes".
Also XQ healing nerfs DO affect lifesteal weapons. I get 4 HP per hit on Phanatic Phantoms stage 1 with the healing reduction in place, as opposed to 30 without it.
WL doesnt have charge invuln, and also I really dont want to have to be spamming constant guard to survive instead of doing anything else meaningful.
I had to do that for solo XQ and it sucked sooo much, I'd rather not have to revisit content where that has to happen.
anyways, just to bring this thread back on track, I find it weird the story is pointing us towards amduscia when all of the UH content appears to take place on purely lilipa, are we just going to be at amduscia for only a short time then just leave right away?
In terms of all present fields in the game (save for the Enchanted Forest), only Ultimate Amduscia is remaining in terms of locations we haven't been to in the story proper. We went to both Ult Nab and Ult Lili during the end of Episode 3, so it sorta makes sense to round out the trinity, since we never actually had a real reason to go in EP4 (Matoi only seems to mention it in passing).
If anything, it makes me somewhat hopeful that we may eventually get a fourth field area for Wopal, or even finish off the remaining areas of Harukotan. Especially since they can sort of salvage some of the assets from EP5's canyon areas (more specifically the canyon/tunnel area used for the tank escorting part of the Omega Apprentice fight) for the so-called "Ei-Namida River" that is somehow supposed to be the place that separates the Shironians and Kuronites (not as much the latter now since they were all gobbled up by Double).
Wopal was a planet made by Luther if I'm remembering right, and since the story seems to imply he was behind Shiva's creation, we may go there to find out more about our insurmountable foe. And perhaps while we're there, we'll get ambushed by Varuna - since in Hindu mythology, Varuna is the god of the oceans, who was originally a King of the Asuras before becoming a Deva.
.... Also, can I just point out how similar Varuna is to Theodore? I mean, in EP5, he keeps trying WAY too hard to get Harriet to make like a chicken and run for it; Theodore didn't like fighting initially in EP1 and only joined ARKS because he wanted to impress Ulc. Whereas in EP6, Varuna has this stoic, almost robotic loyalty to Shiva in contrast to Theo and Ulc's relationship where they seem a bit more emotionally open.
Is it possible Varuna is going to be Theodore fight 2.0? Where he catches us offguard with how hard he is?
Personally I didn't have any problems with Theodore. However Varuna has something else very iconic attached to him already which pretty much tells us what he's capable of, the thing attached being a very specific name. Varuna La Siek. La Siek is the name of an antagonist from the original Algol series. Given Alisa and Lutz's appearance on Omega I'm watching this guy very carefully. It's impossible to ignore this.
Spoiler!
I actually believe Varuna's "LaShiec" surname is just a reference. No more, no less. He won't be turning on Shiva, because she's essentially all but the new host of the Profound Darkness (and if I saw it correctly, his loyalty could actually be a reference to LaShiec's dying words: "I must serve Him!", with Him in this case referring to the Dark Falz).
I do wonder if the story related thing about "not using photons to fight them" will actually be put to play in actual game play at all, I have no idea how that'd even work if it was.
I always wondered why Ulc didn't get any combat training for first hand experience.