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FlightMaster I was offered this world from Lair of the Beast Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
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#10501: Oct 22nd 2016 at 5:07:11 AM

[up] Just taking a page from our fellow Handsome Rob up there: 'f*cking seconded'. I mean, DQ 7 remake for 3DS was released on the West just now, FOUR years later than the Jap release. Destiny R release date was, what, 2008? And this game has much much less text to translate. No, the reason they are not releasing it (yet?) is because Namco is in love with Sony and Sony still thinks 2D = crap.

[up][up] Well yes they are... the screenshot that lists the companies working on Switch games has 'Bandai Namco' right there on top. You know, alphabetical order. And yeah, the (good?) news is that the Switch is a portable AND home console. If the rumors are right and Nintendo already has Zelda, Mario AND Pokemon almost ready (all with a 2017 release date) means that fans will FLOCK to it, so no 'the console has a small install base' bullshit excuse from 3rd parties. Gee, Pokemon by itself is enough to get an install base in the millions before 2017 ends.

And you know why I threw such threat at Namco. It's like saying you have Capcom's 'support' but they refuse to give us a Street Fighter / Monster Hunter / Resident Evil. You know, their GOOD, system-seller IP's. So tell me, what is that 'support' GOOD for then?

[up][up][up] I will educate our teenager friend for a bit. Phantasia, the first Tales, was released on the Super Famicon. Then, during the Great 3rd Party Escapade (N64/PSX/Saturn era) Namco was one of the companies to jump ship and move their potent franchises to Sony, hence the 2nd Tales being Destiny on PSX.

It would be like that until the Great 3rd Party Comeback (the PS 2/Xbox era) where Ninty got Symphonia on Gamecube as a Throw the Dog a Bone moment (much like Square releasing Chrystal Chronicles as a sort of peace making present) and even Legendia was considered, but ultimately released on PS 2 along with Abyss. It was a sign of times to come...

Then, the '3rd Parties Don't Even Try' times (the PS 3/360 era) is when Namco was crazy, or drunk, maybe both, because they released Tempest on DS (so crappy it created the main/spinoff split to ward off hate) and Innocence (much better but with tons of flaws) Then a no-budget Symphonia 2 on Wii because all effort went to Vesperia... on XBOX of all places! (Japan hates Xbox) There was another try on Wii with Graces, but again time and effort were LOW and it was ridden with glitches. Finally Hearts on DS (this one was good, but came a bit too late) Most other companies churned out shovelware or ports with tacked-on motion controls.

Later, the 'Great 3rd Party Escapade Take 2' (Late PS 360 years, early Wii U years) 3rd parties promised their 'support' for Nintendo's first HD console and all they did was year-old crappy port jobs or games that got delayed time and time again only to finally be multiplats. This is when Namco fell in love with Sony and did PS 3 ports of Vesperia, Graces and the Symphonias, as well as Innocence and Hearts on Vita and later focusing all their mainline games on PS 3. 3DS got a port of Abyss as a kind of parting gift.

Fast forward to last week (before the Switch was even revealed) I have already listed the 'games' that Namco graced the Wii U with. The amount and quality is below average at best, pathetic at worst. You can't blame us for being a bit skeptical about the future of the N-Switch.

-*switches off Cranky Kong voice modulator* I will say it once more. 3rd parties everywhere, heed my voice! Put your GOOD franchises on the Nintendo Switch or you might as well not even bother! Thanks.

edited 22nd Oct '16 5:13:50 AM by FlightMaster

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MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10502: Oct 22nd 2016 at 5:40:00 AM

I wish my laptop could actually bloody well run those stupid PCSX 2 emultors well so I could try that one fan translation of the Destiny remake.

And they also released a few Tales crossover games on Game Boy and GB Advance (which included the Narikiri Dungeon games.)

I'm intersted in trying the DS version of Hearts as well (Hell maybe it doesn't have the bit where Jadeite punches Beryl, maybe he just yells at her)

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RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#10503: Oct 22nd 2016 at 6:49:58 AM

[up][up] Didn't Hearts come out before Graces? And on that note, I realized I got confused in my first statement. I was thinking Graces f was on the Wii for some reason. I think the fact that it was the only Mothership series on the Wii got stuck in my brain and overrode the fact the remake was on the PS 3.

For a series that started on a Nintendo console, it prefers Playstation a lot. I counted 4(5 if you want to include Tempest) games who first came out on a nintendo console, and if you include Remakes and Escorts, it goes up to 11. That's less than half of the games in the franchise I think.

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RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#10504: Oct 24th 2016 at 4:56:08 PM

So I got to the point in the Dhaos Ares Realm where you fight Yggdrasill for the first time, and won! So now I got over 50 stones. Any thing I should try rolling for, or should I wait for the SAO gacha?

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MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10505: Oct 24th 2016 at 5:28:06 PM

The Halloween costume gacha has Vampire Saleh who's an Arte healer and Werecat Emil (<3) who's active skill buffs circle attacks by 3.0. Even so I'd say wait.

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RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#10506: Oct 26th 2016 at 5:01:43 AM

I got another Maid Milla from the Milla gacha. At least I don't have to rearrange my team, plus now she's getting to around 9,000 ATK now with the friends I use for my slash/spell team.

On the plus side, with the stones I got from Sara's event, I'm now over a 100 stones. Two 10+ rolls, baby! Hopefully the next gacha also involves tickets. Might be able to do a ticket roll then.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Unless I grew it. In that case, throw it in the trash.
MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10507: Oct 26th 2016 at 6:41:00 AM

I don't think they do. Dat miners just found that:

  • Another Halloween summon for 24 hours is likely and will have everyone from both the Trick or Treat and Halloween Horror summons (including Judas and Werecat Emil) However this also has alternate versions of witch Arche and Judith and vampire Jade and Kongwai. who happen to be better than what we just got,.
  • Another will finally give us 5* versions of those Link OCs. This includes a 5 star rainbow leader Meowna, Silas, Beatrice and even demon-form Nikola. She looks great too.
  • And finally a Mystic Arte Summon centered around Lloyd and Colette so either one of them (or both) will be the focus of the next SA. Which means Lloyd'll be a reissue., This means another chance at waiter Lloyd and Oathsworn Lloyd. Not to mention the debut of Nobleman Lloyd, FUCK YES. Colette gets her Formal outfit along with cheerleader Colette as well.

But otherwise no ticket granting summons this time around.

I still need to grind my Barbatos' passives so no balls out Den farming yet for me ;_;

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RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#10508: Oct 26th 2016 at 7:49:53 AM

Hmm, debating on doing those or waiting for the SAO collab.

So what did you get from the Milla gacha?

edited 26th Oct '16 7:54:05 AM by RedRob

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MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10509: Oct 26th 2016 at 8:01:00 AM

Another Maid Milla, which was a bti of a downer since I was hoping for Bikini Milla or maybe Fractured.

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RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#10510: Oct 26th 2016 at 8:13:03 AM

Wow, we both got the same thing on both rolls. If I hadn't seen my friends use different Millas on their teams, I say the thing was bugged.

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MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10511: Oct 26th 2016 at 8:31:39 AM

I don't think it is. My friend Anthony got a Christmas Milla so he got luckier than I did.

I'm gonna wait for the 24 hour Halloween summon. I want that Judas so bad.

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Alfric Sailing the Skies! from Crescent Isle Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#10512: Oct 26th 2016 at 5:37:38 PM

My two rolls were Christmas Milla and then Bladebloom Milla. Alright, but was hoping for Summer or Barmaid for a finisher to use with the Milla MA we just got.

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dood9780 Half-Demon Dude In A Bizarre World from The Vortex World Since: Mar, 2014
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#10513: Oct 26th 2016 at 10:56:45 PM

Made some progress in my Destiny playthrough.

After the fight with Ilene. Was it really necessary for her to commit suicide?

Men that moment sure was depressing.

"Death's vastness holds no peace. I come at the end of the long road—neither human, nor devil... All bends to my will." -Demifiend.
PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#10514: Oct 27th 2016 at 11:46:08 AM

I tried for Judas too, it didn't go well. Halloween will be my final attempt.

Oissu!
MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10515: Oct 27th 2016 at 12:01:02 PM

Same. Iwant that Judas so bad because of how good he seems. Oh and him and Leon on the same team.

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dood9780 Half-Demon Dude In A Bizarre World from The Vortex World Since: Mar, 2014
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#10516: Oct 29th 2016 at 12:55:10 AM

Well I am on the endgame of Tales Of Destiny the only things left are the Bonus Dungeon and the Final Dungeon.

Next stop is The Tower Of Druaga!

EDIT: I just finished it. Took me like 3 hours to do so, Gonna take a little rest before finishing the game.

EDIT 2: Soo... I just finished the game. Despite being not much different than the SNES version of Phantasia (Gameplay-wise) I really liked it.

I am looking forward to play the remake as well as Destiny 2 in the future.

Well, onto Eternia!

edited 30th Oct '16 7:26:14 AM by dood9780

"Death's vastness holds no peace. I come at the end of the long road—neither human, nor devil... All bends to my will." -Demifiend.
RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#10517: Oct 30th 2016 at 5:13:14 PM

Just did the new Halloween gacha, and got shit. Only 4* I got were Claymel Mage Keele, and Avatar of the Sea Shirley. Also got an Eraser Kyle, but his stats fucking suck. As it stands, I'm only going to keep Shirley. Also the items you could get from doing the gacha are, straight from the wiki, 2x Stamina Gel L, 10x Peach Pie, 10x Napple Candy, and you only get one of the listed items, not all three. Feels like I wasted those 50 stones.

EDIT: Also did a singular roll, got Meowna, who's useless compared to the 4* Kana I have.

edited 30th Oct '16 5:19:12 PM by RedRob

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Alfric Sailing the Skies! from Crescent Isle Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#10518: Oct 30th 2016 at 5:32:13 PM

If you haven't gotten rid of Keele already, be sure to keep him since he's actually a pretty good 4 star. He's got a delaying arte, and works well with spell teams.

edited 30th Oct '16 5:32:23 PM by Alfric

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RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#10519: Oct 30th 2016 at 5:43:46 PM

Crap, I only looked at his stats and passives. His stats were on par with units I already had, and his passives weren't too good. His skills didn't impress me ether, so I sold him.

Heck the only reason I kept Shirley was that she had a weapon boost skill which made her stats a bit better than a unit I was previously keeping.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet Unless I grew it. In that case, throw it in the trash.
MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10520: Oct 31st 2016 at 5:13:25 AM

Ouch. That's some bad luck compared to what I got. I ten rolled and got fucking Vampire Saleh. That's cool

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RedRob Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: One Is The Loneliest Number
#10521: Oct 31st 2016 at 8:44:52 AM

This game could benefit from quests where you get rewards for filling the Heroes Index. At least junk rolls would have some benefit then.

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MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10522: Oct 31st 2016 at 9:12:20 AM

Yeah, that would be pretty damn rad.

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
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#10523: Nov 1st 2016 at 10:03:40 AM

So looks like despite the Sword Art Online event having a Destiny banner in Japan, Bamco will not be offering Global a Destiny summon here. Instead we're getting Chromatus units that will presumably not be buffed.

What the hell, Bamco.

edited 1st Nov '16 10:04:00 AM by PhiSat

Oissu!
MightyKombat And? And? And? And? AND? from New PC Land Since: Jan, 2001
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#10524: Nov 1st 2016 at 10:13:47 AM

Well that's dumb.

Why no Destiny summon? C'mon wouldn't that be the best way to give us an arte healer Rutee?

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PhiSat Planeswalker from Everywhere and Nowhere Since: Jan, 2011
Planeswalker
#10525: Nov 1st 2016 at 11:01:40 AM

I complained on the SAO collaboration post, other people should do the same thing.

Of course, most other people probably don't care very much about the Destiny summon... ;_;

Oissu!

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