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Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Pauline the Dark Hunter, Portrait 4 Survivalist, Portrait 2

A citizen of Lagaard who's had enough of her peaceful and uneventful life in town. After hearing many tales of glory (she tuned out any less-than-happy tales) of labyrinth explorations at the local tavern, she decided to join a guild in an attempt to get more thrills in her life. She's going to regret not hearing every explorer's story after her first day in the labyrinth.

Edit: Welp, too slow.

Level Seven fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Sep 5, 2014

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Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

The password contains your EO1 party, as well as what weapons they had equipped. They're not used in this game. Funnily enough, back when EO1 was the only EO game out, when people found out what the password contained, they tried to farm up the strongest sword in the game for all their characters. Which involved selling 3 rare drops with a 5% droprate from some postgame bosses to unlock. And then EO2 didn't even use that information.

ATLUS gets off on our tears, they gotta make us suffer for them.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

Huh, 3's class balance was much better than 2's. What did the thread vote on for his team? Did it have a Farmer in it? Or 5 of them? (would that even be possible?)

A Wildling, Princess, Farmer, Arbalist and a Ninja. Princess kept getting hit so she couldn't do her healing and there was a lack of medicas. Also, this.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Dying. A staple of every early floor of every EO game. Here's to a long and scar filled future for Nick.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

What happened here was a gathering ambush. A new “feature” Atlus decided to put in to nerf farmbot teams. A popular strategy in the first game in order to make money was to gather a team of weak Survivalists, and have some stronger party members escort them to gathering points, Warp Wire out, sell the stuff, and repeat. There was pretty much little to no risk in using that strategy, so Atlus decided to make it harder to make money off of this. No, you don't get any warnings that these are about to happen, nor does the game even tell you about them in the first place. These encounters will always blindside you, and there is no way to prevent these encounters, or the blindsides. Not even the Survivalist's passives will prevent these. These ambushes generally pit you against the stronger or strongest monsters in the stratum.

Ambushes were such a dick move (like anything else isn't). III at least gave you a warning to get out while you had the chance.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

Pguard: Need any help? You look like explorers—you looking for something?

Dr. Fetus posted:

[EOII_7_68]

Something's missing there and there.



Ladybugs summoning Raflesias. Yet another way Atlus harvests our tears. And welcome back from your problem with technology.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Nick and Ken join Pauline and Bellamy, the front row guys team with the back row duo.

Fedot and Aliara assist Emilia and Aegis, the experienced rear guard for the under leveled front.

Frederick goes with either/both.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
4th Hexer portrait named Simone because screw creativity. :v:

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Pauline, Aegis and Maverick

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Pauline, Maverick and Ken

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

mycot posted:

I can't tell if those things are owls that look like butterflies or butterflies that look like owls.

In this case, it's best classified as an rear end in a top hat.

Probably an owl because I think there was some enemy in another game that was called a something owl.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Bellamy, Pauline and Fedot.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Get those berries, of course the local knight knows best.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

Nick's time of being the Labyrinth's punching bag is now over.

That's the greatest Christmas gift the labyrinth could give him.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Pauline, Bellamy and Ken

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Emilia, Fedot and Bellamy

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Nice lyrics but wrong labyrinth for them, Gilbert. Keep on shining forever anyway you crazy biard.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

SC Bracer posted:

That's exactly what EO4 is, and EOU is super flexible as well thanks to the grimoire system.

I can agree it's flexible but goddamn it is annoying to get the skills you WANT (looking at you King Grimoires), I'd take the resting penalty over grinding those stones.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Gilbert, Bellamy, Ken

Let's not have a repeat of reviving meat shields again.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Bellamy, Emilia, Gilbert

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

MotherFUCKERS. Hate hate hate HATE (name)oids.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

The grass here looks to be well-trod. You can tell the path continues to the other side. The beast in your party snorts happily and darts into the opening! However, its exit is too small, and you cannot follow the beast to the other side. It eventually returns and looks at you quizzically, wondering why you didn't follow it.

But... but beasts look HUGE in their portraits, how can an exit big enough for them be too small for the party? I mean, look at this comic and tell me the party is too big.

Also, USE THE BOW.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Nick, Gilbert, Pauline

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Pauline and Bellamy's probable last chance to shine, and you pick a third.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Emelia, Bellamy, Fedot.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Fedot posted:

Bellamy, did ever learn what overkill was?

You're missing a word there.

Rangpur posted:

Is it true Phys Mist doesn't work in that fight? I was willing to swear that was the only reason I was able to beat it my first time through the game.

It does work. It just doesn't work because gently caress THE COLOSSUS.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

SomeMathGuy posted:

Aliara, Bellamy, Pauline

I really enjoy watching this game get routed.

:bandwagon:

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

Pgilbert

Paegis

Pgilbert

You missed a couple of portraits there.

Guessing that the artifact you're returning is a CD Player. Not sure how to call the nub in the middle a branch but whatever.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

Etrian Odyssey games love their quests. And they're good sources of EXP, so it's generally worth doing them.

Good sources of exp, yes. Except in this one and its oh so generous 0 exp.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Pureauthor posted:

SPOILER about the EO2 final boss

Do you think you could play it twice and fight the first form with one (suboptimal?) party and fight the second form with the Original Five?

This.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Congrats on finishing part 1 of the game, the not-post game stuff! We wait in anticipation to see the ATLUS Dick Moves™ and your ways of slightly mitigating them.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

Well this is troubling. We can't seem to progress at this time. We're missing the right side of the map, but like I pointed out, I've taken every teleporter possible. Can you figure out how we're supposed to move forward? Also, where is the sword now?

theshim posted:

Ahahahahhaaahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhaaaaaaa

:atlus:

All of our hate.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
A life in the balance because that's not cool the other way around.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr Pepper posted:

No. Level them to 99 :unsmigghh:

:suicide:

There are good ideas and bad ideas. That one is a masochistic idea.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm
Save him, just bet that the box can survive whatever collapses and dig it out later.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

FrickenMoron posted:

I still think this was way worse.



At least on that floor, if they had given you enough icons to label everything you could have some semblance of clarity using space in between the halls to label stuff.


Trying to label that would look ugly as hell.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Hivac posted:

I have provided Fetus with great power

don't write it off just yet

Dr. Fetus posted:

CRISIS AVERTED. THANK YOU HIVAC FOR THE GLORIOUS POWER OF CHEATS! (Okay, I was trying to avoid cheating in this LP, but I really didn't want to play through all that again.) Now I just need to actually make the update.

:woop:

The ending is still within reach! YES!

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:

: Well, we need to shock it to life. Now, here's a question for you all. Where can we electricity in this Stratum?
You forgot a word there, boss.

quote:

:black101:Video: Wyrm:black101:

:black101:Slaughter on that magnitude of that level is so satisfying.

Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

Dr. Fetus posted:




No, this guy isn't a boss. He's just a normal monster you can fight.

:atlus:

Hello pain.

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Level Seven
Feb 14, 2013

Wubba dubba dubba
that blew.



Megamarm

:gibs:

Who thought giving Ur-Child that gimmick was a good ide- oh wait, it's :atlus:.

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