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BlitzBlast posted:If you're using Windows, right click your sound icon and choose Open Volume Mixer. You might have your internet browser set to 100% audio or something.  My headset is a monster but it's also 7.1 surround and noise cancelling and my sound and video cards play poorly when I'm using my speakers by doubling the speed of anything I watch somehow. I need a new computer, is what I'm saying.
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BlitzBlast posted:I just wish somebody had told me way back at the beginning, because now it's just too late to fix every single link. Sindai fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Jun 25, 2015 |
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Sindai posted:Oh I didn't expect you to, I'd just rather you stuck with the new levels going forward and your last post made it sound like you weren't. Maybe I misunderstood. Nah, I think the plan is to keep the audio levels the same as ever, if only to avoid having several different tracks be at different volumes. My personal strategy is to just lower my volume by 50-70% while I'm waiting for the page to load.
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Streaming more Touhou-A-Live in about 20 minutes. http://www.twitch.tv/ryza01
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Jun 26, 2015 00:08
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Devil of Decline in about 10 minutes.
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Jun 26, 2015 22:53
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Well I know which route I am rooting for in this game now.
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More Touhou-A-Live in 15 minutes. http://www.twitch.tv/ryza01
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Jun 28, 2015 23:45
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Are there more team attacks that involve one character just dragging another along? Suika seems like she'd be involved in that sort of thing.
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Jun 29, 2015 00:06
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Glazius posted:Are there more team attacks that involve one character just dragging another along? Suika seems like she'd be involved in that sort of thing. Suika's too chill to just drag someone along for an attack. Also, probably not important enough in this game to get a team attack. Those are special.
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Jun 29, 2015 01:34
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Yeah combo attacks are pretty rare in these games, we have seen five out of the six in this game already.
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Jun 29, 2015 02:27
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Nages posted:Yeah combo attacks are pretty rare in these games, we have seen five out of the six in this game already. Wait, 5? The only ones I can remember are Malice Cannon, Marisa and Reimu's team attack, and Dai and Cirno's useless combination. What are the other two?
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SyntheticPolygon posted:Wait, 5? The only ones I can remember are Malice Cannon, Marisa and Reimu's team attack, and Dai and Cirno's useless combination. What are the other two? Ran and Chen's combination and the Aki Kick.
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Me and Ryza forgot Patchouli and Koakuma's combo attack which is second in not being usedness only to Cirno and Daiyousei's. E: also Kanako and Suwako I can't remember things about this game. Nages fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Jun 29, 2015 05:34
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Suwa War exists too, not that anyone uses both Suwako and Kanako regularly. edit: wow edits
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Jun 29, 2015 05:36
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Nages posted:Me and Ryza forgot Patchouli and Koakuma's combo attack which is second in not being usedness only to Cirno and Daiyousei's. We also seem to have forgotten the three fairies and Prismrivers combinations.
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Jun 29, 2015 05:40
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Wish there was a Yukari-Ran combo where the Sukima just punts her shiki into the enemy or something.
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Jun 29, 2015 05:48
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Ryza posted:We also seem to have forgotten the three fairies and Prismrivers combinations. Three team combinations don't count.  But drat, how the hell did I forget Kanako and Suwako's combination, and more importantly the Aki kick. I am ashamed.
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Off the top of my head: S-Formation, Proto Malice Cannon, Super Aki Kick, Suwa War, Silent Selene, Ghostly Concerto Grosso (or whatever the Prismrivers called it), Trichromatic Lotus Butterfly, Simultaneous Magical Attack (魔精同時攻撃 is a really clunky name), Sinking Anchor as of FMW4, Shikigami "Chen", Malice Cannon, and Shr- wait we haven't gotten to that last one yet. While we're on this subject, Marisa and Patchouli were originally planned to have Non-Directional Laser as a combination in FMW2. It got dropped because they wanted to save it for 39 I guess.
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Having finally gotten around to playing FMW2, I have to say the Aki Sisters own and I may start voting for Akis instead of Fairies.
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Jun 29, 2015 16:56
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But then you'll destroy their gimmick of never ever being remembered!
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Pureauthor posted:But then you'll destroy their gimmick of never ever being remembered! That gimmick can be given to Medicine next game.
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Well, even if my hard drive died and I lost all my saves (and like everything else) the show must go on. Devil of Decline in an hour or so.
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Ryza posted:More Touhou-A-Live in about 15 minutes. This is happening again in a bit.
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 This chapter lets me deploy everyone... if I downgrade Nitori to her regular form. Because screw Nitori, I guess. I let the IRC pick a few teams, then chose everyone else myself. Sorry for not giving you a chance but circumstances prevented me from holding a vote.  And here's that Scarlet Metal I mentioned earlier. ------  quote:Bamboo Forest of the Lost Full Text quote:
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------  Oh, you stopped playing. Thanks for the hard work. An ordinary chat's fine and all, but this is our chance to make ourselves known!  Roger! Okay, let's take it from top! I'm Sunny Milk and I can bend light to make people look like they've vanished. Nobody can beat me at hide-and-seek! I'm Luna Child and I can erase sound. I'm the ultimate weapon for hide-and-seek. I'm Star Sapphire and I can detect anything living nearby. They never let me be "it" in hide-and-seek. And the three of us combined are the Three Light Fairies! ...We did it! Now you'll definitely remember us next time you play. Okay everyone, I'll see you later! Bye-bye!
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Edit: Well gently caress, I blame Ryza for this.
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 The first thing you see in the chapter is the fake moon.  Ooh. Sweet view. I never knew the Bamboo Forest of the Lost had such a spacious area. All it needs is a not-fake moon, and it'd be perfect. Well, that, and a night that actually ends. Lengthening the night... It sounds almost poetic in words. Uh, hey? You're kind of wide open for rabbits to spot you out here. Have no fear. I'm already having Star use her power to detect enemy presences. She will inform us if she detects anything out of the ordinary. Yes, ma'am, of cours- Huh?! Star, are we under attack?! Yes, something huge is headed our way! Is it that big bird the bugs were talking about?! Whatever it is, bring it on. I'll take on anything that comes my way! Rabbit, go find some cover and hide. Y-yes, ma'am! This is one of the maps in the game where nobody can land. Not that that means much on Marisa's route. Notable team names: Kanako/Suwako: Suwa God Pair/Gods of the Kotatsu Koa/Kurumi: Magical Power Circulation Team  Marisa posted:Star, it's coming from dead ahead, right? Yes, but I just got a bunch of extra readings...The camera cuts to the moon. A pause, and then...!  Music: Midnight Star Storm This is probably my favorite track in the game!   According to this radar or whatever, enemies are this way... Hey, wait a minute...! Marisa?! You're out here, too? That's my line. I can't believe you even took the Palanquin Ship along for the ride. Hey, it was already in ship-shape. It wasn't that much trouble to lend a hand. Consider it chartered. We're going to fly it around everywhere. Maaan, I'm so jealous! That's gotta be such a sweet ride! That sure is a big group, for a bunch of people who never bothered showing up at the shrine. And... is that Yuuka and Mima I see with you?! Ahh, Reimu. Now there's a face that brings back memories. It must be lovely going out on a nighttime ship voyage. Good grief, of all the people to run into. I figured you'd be with Reimu's group, Sanae. Kanako was afraid you'd gotten lost in this dark night. Oh, Lady Kanako and Lady Suwako! I didn't realize you left the mountain. We intended to join the investigation into this particular matter. But you left without a word to either of us. O-oh, I see... I'm very sorry. If we found Reimu, then at least we weren't going the wrong way. With this many people together, I don't think we could lose to anyone. Not even the foes we fought last spring! Oh, speaking of them... Huh, strange. Where'd they go off to? "They"? Enigmatic Purple Figure posted:We're right here, Reimu. Behind you.   I got slowed down drinking some sake. Scoundrels! You won't lay a finger on Lady Yuyuko! Look again, Youmu. That's the black-white magician and her friends. Wait a minute, are those two who I think they are?! Yukari and Yuyuko?! It's like everybody from spring's throwing a party together! My, my. I was wondering what all the fuss was about. What a frightful looking group of youkai~! Is she gathering ghosts around her...? Dear me, Youmu. Look at that nasty evil spirit. I'll bet she died a horrible death, and that she's still heavily attached to this world! ...She's a hard one to read. I hate those types. I haven't seen you since the last time we drank together, Suika. Heya, mountain gods! How's things in your neck of the woods? Okay, I guess. I mean, with the night frozen, alcohol doesn't have any kick. You don't look very drunk, so I guess you know what I mean. Yeah, it's a real shame. I've got some really good stuff here, but it's wasted with this night being what it is. Heh. It's nice seeing people enjoying themselves. Don't you agree? It's not every day that you would speak to me at all. Yuuka Kazami, together with humans... Who would've thought? I can see you haven't changed at all, Yukari Yakumo. I didn't see you all at the shrine. I've been wondering what you were up to. How's the investigation going for you? We're not exactly coming up with much. Unfortunately, we don't have any solid leads. Makes sense. We just flew into the bamboo thicket ourselves. The mastermind behind this must be rather formidable. What could they be hoping to accomplish by freezing the night in place and sending a strange moon into the sky? Wait, freezing the night...? Ah. I see you're on the wrong track. It's understandable, but the one freezing the night in place is none other than... I, Yukari Yakumo. Wait, really?! Whoa, cool it! Don't fall for such a lame taunt! Could you please not make such a fuss? Lady Yukari is about to explain. I'm a little lost, but I can tell that you guys know something we don't. I hate when other people beat me to the punch! Looks like I'll have to get the truth out of you the old-fashioned way: with some danmaku. I don't think they want to have a normal conversation. I was trying to tell them to settle down... It's just as well. That is how you all tend to say hello. Let's establish some ground rules for this danmaku bout, shall we? Rules? Each side selects a representative. The bout ends when one representative is defeated. The losing side has to do what the winning side says. Does that sound amenable to you? Interesting. That's an excellent way to determine who will spearhead the rest of this investigation. I'm in. Sounds like a good test of strength to me! ...Something tells me we're past the point of saying no. That settles that, then. Marisa, you're our rep. Whoa, I wasn't expecting a nomination from you. She's suggesting that you demonstrate your power to the other side. Will you accept, Marisa? Well, when you put it that way, how can I say no? By the way, if we win, I call dibs on that ship! Wait, can she do that?! She's pouncing on the opportunity... They seem ready for this. What will we do? There's only one person fit to represent our side. Isn't that right, Reimu Hakurei? Yeah, I guess so. You're our representative, so try to be worthy of the role. I'll be waiting for all of you on the other side~! ...Looks like everybody's ready to go. On the red team, we have Reimu Hakurei, the Hakurei shrine maiden and pro incident solver! On the black team, we have Marisa Kirisame, the ordinary magician! Let's do this fair and square... It's a danmaku festival! Reimu posted:Come on!  Marisa posted:Let's do this!  quote:Showdown! Reimu VS Marisa The game doesn't automatically bring up the objectives screen for some reason.  quote:Victory: Defeat Reimu. I am going to try to kill Reimu's entire army.   Welcome to chapter 40! It is straight up Reimu's party against Marisa's, with some fairies in between to build Power on.  Not that Marisa's side really needs help with that. While the IRC paired Sunny with Lily specifically to screw me out of the Three Fairies, I still have access to the Prismrivers. Here's an example of some of the silly things I can do with Combine:  Since Lunasa still has her turn, I can move the combined Prismriver Sisters.  This effectively means I can move Merlin and Lyrica twice per turn, which is really handy for setting up their MAPs.  Also having Accel on Mima is great. Hina really is an all-purpose partner.  Reimu's party can essentially be split up into the top right (Palanquin Ship + Youkai Mountain), the top left (Yuyuko/Youmu/Suika), Border Team in the center, and the fodder on the bottom. After I smash through that last bit, I'll be breaking up the army to address each threat individually. Yuuka, Magic Team, and Mima are going to be my aces for this map so I'm prioritizing bumping up their Power. Music: Flap & Frappe & Flapper  I'm not entirely sure what sets off the enemy team's movement (be in a certain distance? after a certain turn? maybe both?), but Cirno is guaranteed to be the first enemy to move on 40M. It rarely works out for her. Music: Enter the Aluren  The other fairies follow Cirno's lead and suicide on my party. Yuuka in particular needs to hit 130 Power ASAP (and preferably without casting Drive), so this is appreciated. It really has become a danmaku battle... I'd better keep the bridge safe. I'm... sure Marisa's group will take it easy on us. I hope. Hey, was that Akyu's voice I just heard?! Yes, I'm part of the bridge crew for this trip. It's safe for me inside the ship, and it lets me contribute to the group. Fixing up the Palanquin Ship was worth it, if it means Akyu can tag along. We used to trip her up all the time with our pranks! Grr... It will be a long time yet before I can befriend the fairies. Speaking of fairies, it looks like Sunny's group met someone interesting. Hi, Lily! I thought we only got to see you in spring. Yes, I usually lie low until spring comes around. But the long night felt so unnatural, I just had to get out and do something. I guess it's true what they say about fairies being manifestations of nature. If Lily's here, maybe Letty will wake up too... She's a winter youkai. I think she needs it to be in season. What if we sing some Christmas carols and trick her into thinking it's winter? Good idea! We can bring some Christmas love! Ooh, when did the instrument spirits join up? We ran into Miss Yasaka's group during a concert. I hope everybody will listen to our show. ...Does that mean the other side's been having a concert this whole time they've been investigating? I'm kind of jealous. I wish I could listen to live music all the time... Heheheh, you can. Just remember, no recording allowed! It's time to crank this up a notch. Everybody better keep up! Now the real gimmick of this chapter shows up: every single boss has their danmaku field from when I last fought them. And for the ones who were always player units, they just get new ones entirely. Exactly how many fields go up depends on the difficulty, but the ones I'm facing currently are: Reimu: Nullifies the effect of Instinct Dodge. Rumia: Accuracy -20% to allied units. (Night Bird) Daiyousei: Enemy units regain 20% of their maximum HP at the beginning of the turn. Minoriko: Allied units lose 5 Power when they enter a battle. (Sweet Potato Room)  That HP Regeneration sounds annoying, so clearly I should take care of Dai first. Music: Best Friends Atop the Silent Lake  Magic Team usually averages 10k damage per Artful Sacrifice, so with only 9900 HP Dai is toast. I need to go back. I hope everybody doesn't hurt themselves. D-Daaaaaai!! No way! They got Dai! What's wrong with you people?! How could you go out of your way to beat Dai up?! Yeah~! That was uncalled for! Mmm. I'll have to use that as material for a special feature to test Gensokyo's conscience. Some shield of Youkai Mountain I am! I couldn't even protect the weak...! ...Reimu, I'm deeply troubled! Yeah, I've got my own issues with what just happened. Maybe instead of focusing on Marisa, I should take all of you on! Miss Ran, it's wrong to bully the weak, right? We should be protecting the weak from bullying, right? That's right, Chen. That's what powerful youkai are supposed to do. Power used only for chaos can only lead to destruction. The real trick is to exercise moderation in all things~. Meaningless rampages aren't what youkai are about. Murasa. Ichirin. Let's shift our target over there. On it. Nobody bullies the weak on my watch! I'm sure the Miss would agree if she were here! ...!!! Yeesh. Look at everybody getting worked up. I can see clearly that these girls have strayed down the wrong path. Nazrin, we cannot back down here. Heh. I figured you'd say that, Master. Dai... You did it for us... I'm super mad now! I'm gonna teach you guys a lesson! Everyone, back Cirno up! We're going in! I shall smite all evil! Prepare yourselves! And then the entire enemy army casts Spirit.  I could have avoided that event by killing Cirno and Rumia first, but it rules so screw that. It's finally time we settle things! Yeah, let's make it obvious who the REAL fairy leader around here is! Among all of us fairies... Let's figure out who's the queen of hide-and-seek! Wait, we're not gonna fight? Oh yeah, whoops. That's just a habit of ours. I hope hide-and-seek gets popular again.Music: Unrefracting Curiosity  Sunny missed thanks to Random Dodge (not that she had a good chance anyways) and then got hit herself. At least she had Grit cast.  Anyway Merlin keeps doing her thing. Lyrica too, even though it's kind of redundant with Kanako around.  Cirno quickly goes down to a focused assault. I think she only activates her danmaku field on Hard/Lunatic; it's Perfect Freeze's No Post Movement Attacks field IIRC, so it's a pain. I was just taking it easy on you this time!Music: Stalking the Night with a Cross  Rumia steps up to the plate. Music: Heated Harvest Festival  So do the Akis. Music: Silent Autumn Breeze  Mima is unimpressed. Music: Girl on the Tailwind of a Story  Hatate gave it a shot too and also bounced off Mima's barrier. Mima missed her counterattack though. Fun Fact: In the original version of the game, Hatate wasn't in 40M. That group is tough stuff. Though I guess I should have expected that. Hey, you. Can't you harass them with a swarm of mosquitoes or something? Not really. There's no water around here. I was distracted by all the familiar faces, but there's a youkai I've never seen before. That's Wriggle Nightbug. She's a youkai with the power to control bugs. Watch out, she might have some nasty bugs lurking around. You might know a lot, but it doesn't make bugs any less terrifying. What would qualify as a nasty bug? There are lots of bugs in Gensokyo that suck animals' blood or use deadly poison. The thought of them swarming the skies like locusts... That sounds horribly dangerous! Good thing I brought some bug spray for the trip! Aiee! Anything but that! I see we've raised you well, Sanae! Marisa's group is a real bunch of challengers, if they're picking up nasty youkai like that. Like you guys have room to talk. Who's that loud youkai you're bringing along? The eyes have it, the ears have it, the nose has it~♪! Mystia, those are some weird lyrics...! She's a night sparrow. She entices people with her singing and messes with their vision. If you let yourself get lost in her song, you're in for a world of hurt. Oh hoh! She's got a cool groove, but I guess we can't be too careful around her! I keep hearing a song that isn't mine... Who's the trio making music? Are they friends of the humans? We're friends of music. We're friends of justice~! We're friends of all the fans who support Lyrica Prismriver! You're all contradicting each other! Mystia, don't let them drown out your music~. But there's three of them, and only one of her... It's okay! Nobody can stop my song! You three can shut up and listen to my soooooong!That last line changes on Reimu's route to: quote:
 A couple more bosses have put up danmaku: Hatate: Evasion +20% to enemy units. Yuyuko: -70% to any sort of HP restoration effect. (Swallowtail Butterfly) The Palanquin Ship has one up too, but it doesn't have a special effect. Music: Fluttering Food in the Night Sky  Rumia is the next on the chopping block. Oh, a firefly youkai. Pretty~. Ah, finally somebody who appreciates fireflies! You're a darkness youkai, right? That's got a good compatibility with fireflies. Yeah, I can hide in the dark while someone's staring at fireflies and gobble them up! That... wasn't exactly what I meant... Turns out enemy finisher themes override player finisher themes. Music: Price of Life  drat it Komachi, that was supposed to be a kill! I even cast Cheer on you!   Since I'm already going back, I should ask what they're making for dinner.Anyway, eighteen to go. Music: Chinese Girl, Stand Guard!  I take this chance to finish off the rest of the fairies. I can sense some real noisemaking potential here! Do you have to be so loud? Are you trying to ruin other people's singing? Not at all. Don't mind us, sing all you like! You must be a free agent. You're not singing for other people, you're singing for yourself. I don't really care about singing for a crowd. You say that now, but if you ever put on a concert, you'll be singing a different tune. When you combine that sense of unification and exaltation, it's amazing! Are we becoming producers now? I never asked to hear any criticism from any of you!Music: Grilled Lamprey Under the Moonlight  Mystia is locked to only her two actual attacks, so she's not very tough.  I got unlucky and didn't get a critical with Malice Cannon, so Mystia survived a faceful of Magic Team. Long time no see, Reimu. I see you're still abnormally talented. I'm looking forward to seeing how well Marisa's magic does against you. Yeah, yeah, I'm already sick of your smug banter. So, have you had a chance to really talk to Marisa yet? She's been looking forward to it. Oh, you don't need to worry about that. Actually, that's what makes me so interested in your duel. Then again, maybe I should see how my own magic fares first. It's not quite the same as Marisa, but you're just another magic-obsessed idiot!Music: Specter Buster  I had Mima and Hina cast Sense to give Hatate a smack, so Reimu deciding to attack was a pleasant surprise. Looks like Mima will need a recharge from Koakuma though; even with the Sunflower and her PS, she can't just spam her finisher infinitely. Music: Open Human Cage  Also RIP Mysti-  drat it, Sakuya! Music: Distortion Dial  Sakuya's actually been doing really badly so far. Yukari, huh? This is gonna be a tough one. But also a perfect chance to test out my new danmaku! Oh my, it seems you've gained a brand new tool. Moreover, you've managed to master its use. Well, don't you just know everything? Yeah, Kourin gave the Hakkero a tune-up. How about I show you what this baby can do?! That tool of yours... it appears to be filled with the desire for your growth. How amusing. It's almost the opposite of the equipment I'd prepared.Music: Sage, Please Guide Me  I moved Magic Team too far up; they attacted both Yukari and Yuyuko's attention. Never thought I'd run into you and Yukari out here. Fighting you two is gonna be a pain. But Reimu's the main target, so maybe if I just leave you alone- That won't do at all! If you wish to advance, you'll have to do it over my dead body! Whoa! She's getting really into this! The moment is everything, and everything is the moment. The time we spent playing together was destined too.Music: The Dancing, Blooming, Butterfly Person A!!  Marisa's barrier is awful, even after her upgrade. Yuyuko's laser smashed through it even after getting its damage halved. Oh and it hit on a 17% but I'm not even surprised by that anymore.  Yuuka is supposed to be the one on the top left, not Magic Team, so she hurries upward. And more new fields! Ran: Evasion -25% to allied units. (Kokkuri's Contract) Suika: Accuracy +15% to enemy units. Youmu: Enemy units do 20% more damage with Melee attacks. Music: Anti-griddle of Anger  They're too tough, I'm going back to the ship~.She shoots down Mystia while she's at it.    A great clash of humans and youkai! Who'd have thought I'd see something like this live? Oh, Hatate. You're investigating too? The other tengu are in a panic, so I didn't feel like sticking with them. Anyway, I hear your danmaku's supposed to be flashy. I didn't get to see it last time, so let me take a shot of it! Sure, take as many as you want!Music: Be a Shooting Star  Alice missed her Team Attack so Hatate just barely pulled through. Aya: Evasion +20% to enemy units. Momiji: Enemy units have a 25% more chance of activating Shield Defense.  So Sakuya got her revenge. I'll get the rest from the ship with my thoughtography! Yukari's started moving! She'll warp around the field like she did in the first half of 34. Music: Lapsing into Sleep, the Boundary of Reminiscence  She's a jerk since her danmaku effect is Boundary of Life and Death's "only units right next to Yukari can hurt her". Hey, we haven't fought each other for a while now, have we? I can't believe it's already been a full year. Come to think of it, you used to be so unsociable. Nowadays you act like you're just some maid. Indeed. And now that I'm an ordinary maid, let me show you how I handle a knife. Fittingly enough, Reimu usually ends up attacking in tandem with Yukari. Since the chapter will end once I beat her spell, she's effectively immune to damage to since I need to keep her alive. Music: The Elegant Flower that Blooms at Night  The Akis proved to be surprisingly stubborn roadblocks, but that all changed when Shizuha suddenly broke off to try and pick off Sakuya.  Actually everyone is trying to kill Sakuya, but in a sudden burst of competence she's having none of it. Good evening, cherry blossom girl. Oh, would you be referring to me? I hear you're the one who kept spring from coming to Gensokyo. Did you really think you could bloom the unbloomable? I just found it so fascinating! But I had to give up when even Youmu tried to stop me. Yukari still comes by from time to time though, to look at the tree. She would, wouldn't she? She's always been sentimental.Music: Beauty of Nature  With her absurd Double Image activation rate, Yuuka is effectively immortal.  So I just need to place her right here and she'll deal with the entire top left corner by herself. The time has finally come for a showdown between gods! Who is the mountain's strongest divine tag team? Let the championship match begin! ...This seems pretty interesting. What do you wanna do, Kanako? We'll accept their match with all honesty. I certainly appreciate frankness. I'd prefer to fight somebody famous.Music: The Restless Spirit and the Virtuous Wind  Sheesh, can't you show a little more mercy?With Yuuka in position, I need to hurry up and get Mima going too. Kanako dips into her SP to snipe Minoriko from across the map, A tiger youkai, hmm... Is there something on my face? Oh no, it's nothing. Anyway, I see that even though you're a youkai you're using Buddhist ritual implements. I have embraced Buddhism. I, along with my companions in the ship, am pleased to meet you. (...I knew it. This is the person responsible for freeing that ship from the Underworld. I'll have to ask why she'd do something like that later.)Music: The Scorching Heat's Hungry Tiger  clearing the way for Mima to solo the entire top right front. We've found you, Kurumi! Gah! Why did you stop helping out at the sweet potato fields? It was finally time to harvest the crops from last spring, too. I-I like eating more than farming. I got distracted by the call of roasting sweet potatoes. Silence! I won't stand for these parasitic words! Feel the fury of autumn!Music: Rise Above the Lake, Scarlet Phoneme  Koa will be just nearby enough to dart in and refill Mima's MP as needed. My, so this time you're with Ran. Yup, this is a dangerous incident so Miss Ran was okay with coming. I understand that Chen was a bother to you all the other day. Still, don't you think that you went too far? Bullying is unacceptable. Huh? Don't tell me you're gonna use this danmaku battle to get revenge. Besides, Chen was only a little scratched up. No more talking, I'll speak with my danmaku! She's a monster parent! Literally!Music: Orange Fancy  Gah, forgot about Double Image!  Oh, it's the Akis! If it isn't Elly! It's been a while. Lately, Yuuka's been letting me lend a hand with her flowers. I'm all fired up for harvest time, so you've definitely gotta call me! Of course, I hope to see your scythe in action. But you'll need strong legs to help out. Let's temper them in a danmaku battle! That's the sense of a soldier of autumn!Music: The Girl Guarding the Door of Dreams Fraps randomly stopped working at this point so I didn't get an image of Elly slicing down Shizuha. They certainly brought their best... I'll have to fall back, like leaves from a tree. Now that Shizuha's down, I can start working on my center formation. Priority one is to pin Reimu in so she won't head for Koa/Kurumi, which is easy if I split up the Prismrivers. Priority two is to get some people attacking Yukari.   Even though I was with Miss Ran and Miss Yukari...I had a bunch of units attack Chen while they were shuffling around, and the damage added up. Twelve to go.  With Guard up, Mima is immune to damage for as long as her MP can last. Music: A Simple Family Unaffected by Rust  Which won't be very long if I keep spamming Psycho Blast.  : Duke Fleed... I know we've been on different paths like you said, but... : I thought you were fighting for what you thought was right! : My heart is the same as it was before! Kouji, you've let yourself lose sight of what's important amidst the enormity of war!: I haven't changed one bit! You're the one who's changed!: drat it! drat it aaaall!Oh, uh, whoops. Wrong inter-party showdown! Go read the SRW Z LP. So this is the reborn Palanquin Ship? As I expected, it gives off a mysterious power. But when all is said and done, it's just a ridiculously huge magical item. And who are you? You sound like you know something about our ship. I'd heard it was released from the Underworld, so I wanted to see it with my own two eyes. But I might as well test its power while I'm here. Huh? I don't follow... Anyway, don't blame us, this is self-defense!Music: Ark of the Spring Sky  The Palanquin Ship is just a big wad of HP. Music: Motherly Sea, One with the Wind  Mima switched to Energy Shower for the MoF crew, but she ultimately ran out of MP anyways. Still didn't take any damage though! Taking a tour of the world of the living, are we? Nice to see you, Yuyuko! We've been running into you a lot on this side lately! Yes, I've started visiting a bit more often. It's important to take the initiative, rather than wait around. Yes, that's common business sense.Music: A Butterfly Amidst Scattering Petals  God drat it Yuyuko you are supposed to be fighting Yuuka. You're Yuuka Kazami, right? How's about you and I have a match? My, there's an awful lot of people spoiling for a fight here. The stronger you get, the harder it is to find a good opponent, you know? If I get to fight you, that'll deal with how boring today's been. True. I suppose bullying someone strong is fine every now and then.Music: No Need for a Million Demons, Just One is an Army  Yeah, like that. Music: Lightsword Flash  Youmu is dumb and will stick to her long ranged attacks. Which means Master Spark counters! To do battle with a god is awe-inspiring indeed. Yeah, right. You look pretty pumped to me. In fact, I think you're getting a kick out of watching Reimu and the others go at it. I suppose I am. We'll have to keep it in moderation, considering that we still have more to investigate... But it's fascinating to behold. In a way, it's like a microcosm of human and youkai interactions.Music: A God Plays with Their Whole Heart and Soul  I decide to focus on Yukari first. Her barrier makes her as annoying as ever to take down, but that doesn't matter if I hit hard enough. Music: The Moment Dreams Reach the Stars  Like... so...  God drat it, how did I forget about the danmaku effect?  There goes Marisa's SP. Man I hope that doesn't screw me over.  I guess I'll just have everyone down here hang tight until Mima and Yuuka finish. Music: Let's Make a Flower of Despair Bloom  I think with all of her boosts, Yuuka has something like a 75% chance of triggering Double Ima-  are you kidding me Music: Border of Life  Oh whatever, I'll just have the center team take Yuyuko down then.  Yuyuko's field is facing the other way so Lily can heal Yuuka back up too. Music: On Top of the Möbius Strip  That was an excellent fight. I'll just stand back and cheer now. Yeah, saw this coming. I'm heading back.RIP Temple Team.  At this point the momentum is in my favor. Now it's a question of how long the other side can last.  My belly's been emptied too, so I'll just wait out the rest on the ship~.Yuyuko, for instance, did her best to delay things with repeated Shield Defenses. Music: Crumbling Silver Knife  Border Team decided they really wanted to kill Sakuya. They kept missing.  Yuuka was too busy blasting Youmu to smithereens to do more than bat away Suika every time she came near, but the damage added up over time. Speaking of Youmu, she grew a brain and tried to move in closer.  Except then she also went for Sakuya. Music: As Decisive as a Battlefield  It was a poor decision. Yuuka Kazami. I wasn't expecting to find you investigating an incident. Ah, you're Yukari Yakumo's shiki. I wish I could see you when you're unconstrained by narrow reasoning. It's odd how much I can push myself when I'm facing you. But we do still have an investigation to tend to after this, so I would appreciate it if you could be gentle. How boring. This is the problem with you.Music: Accel Fox  This Ran is the one from 34, so she doesn't have Double Image. And thank god for that, because Yuuka ran out of Strikes.  Oh and since Marisa ran out of MP, I had Magic Team make its way over to Mima's side. Speaking of her, Tengu Team closed in so all she can do is use Illusionary Bullets. This still does solid damage and doesn't cost as much MP though, so no big deal.  That was amazing. 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You're Yuuka Kazami...! It truly has been a while. Oh, I thought I recognized that face... It was at the shrine last summer, right? I heard all sorts of things about you after that. I must have been so rude back then... Indeed. Didn't you claim that you could easily handle Remilia and I? B-back then I wasn't very familiar with Gensokyo, so... Isn't this great? Now you can finally see if you were right. Th-that's really not necessary...! Music: Brand New Wind  Also I guess I moved Yuuka to far to the right or something, because the entire MoF squad randomly decided to rush Yuuka.  This also meant that Suika went for the center team, who she could actually hit. But I have more than one character down there so it also means I can shoot her down too.  Marisa Kirisame! We'll settle this here and now! Huh? What's your problem?! I've been waiting for a chance like this all along, even while fighting by your side. We've fought in both the Forest of Magic and the Waterfall of Nine Heavens! It's time to pay you back for what you did to me! Momiji, you- Just kidding. Since we're fighting and all, I thought I'd try to get into the spirit of things. How'd it go? I'd heard the stories, but sheesh, your sense of humor sucks.Music: The Dashing, Falling Fall  Magic Team took a pitstop on the way to Koakuma to go smash Momiji.  Koa could reach them anyways thanks to Kurumi's Accel. So you gods came too? It's getting pretty lively here! We don't get many chances to hold festivals as great as this one, huh? Indeed. Since we're all here, our first step is to determine who's better at danmaku. And then we have a drinking contest! Now we're talking! You two can keep me company all night! Nice fight! I'll just sit back and enjoy the show with some sake now.Now facing a focused attempt to kill her, Suika quickly went down. Her B in Air probably didn't help.  Border Team is still trying to kill Sakuya.  Also the game apparently decided there must be somebody suiciding into the center army at all times, because Ran and Sanae headed south. Guess this gives me a chance to have Kanako beat up Sanae!  After I pop Ran's Support Defend anyways. My apologies for rushing out so early this morning, Lady Kanako. The incident is what it is, so it's understandable. I don't mind your recklessness. I never imagined we'd be meeting in battle though. You're right. I am relieved to meet up with you two, but... but is it really okay for me to fight you, Lady Kanako? As your shrine maiden? Just think of it as training. Furthermore, entertaining the gods is another of your duties. Show me the full extent of your power, Sanae. ...Understood. I'll give it a shot!Music: Proof of the Wind's Bond  I'm fine with losing to Lady Kanako.I guess I'll get Sanae and Suwako's conversation on Reimu's route. Music: Gale Winds! Whirlwind! Shameimaru!  I was hoping Magic Team would finish off Aya, but Marisa missed. Luna, Star, you know what to do! This is our big chance to play a prank on the shrine maiden! We'll defeat Reimu and climb up Champion Road! How many times have we fought you girls by now? At least I don't have to feel bad about it. It's gotta work sometime! And that's why you'll never win! But anyway, if you're challenging me then I accept.Music: Our Hearts Still Shine Brightly  Oh well, no surprise there. Time to go brew some tea.Border Team finally gave up on Sakuya and took down Star. Music: Cyano Fantasia  Okay then, I'm gonna head back and make some noise!Merlin goes down too. There goes both of my combinations! Music: Black-Winged Wind God  Aya posted:I got an idea for an article out of it, so I'm fine with this loss.  Speaking of the ship, Mima has been sloooowly whittling it down from point blank. The ship lacks the anchor attack, so up close all it can do is some piddly interception fire.  Meiling posted:Guh, I can't hold out any longer...! Yukari went after Meiling next. I had her Evade, and she ended up dying from Graze damage when Elly could have taken the hit. Oh well, Meiling was totally out of SP. Not too much of a loss.  Yukari is finally in range to get hit by someone. How nice to see you, Yukari. Yes, allow me to thank you for the lovely sake you treated me to. Have you grown accustomed to Gensokyo's rules? See for yourself. This is a new land for us... And I will never forget the acceptance we've been shown here. I make it a point to always accept new winds like yours. Unfortunately, I severely overestimated Kanako's defense. I also missed the shot of Yukari killing Kanako. I leave the rest to you. Go forth and be victorious!There goes Virtue of Wind God. It's been a while since last we met, Phantom Ensemble. It has! We haven't seen you since that concert in the Netherworld! Pardon the sudden question, but does Yuyuko often call upon you? Not lately. We used to work for her all the time though... Instead, we see her outside the barrier sometimes. I'm guessing she's just messing around since the Netherworld Barrier is weakened? Well, that's fine then. You haven't been visiting the Netherworld as much as you used to. Well, less than I did in spring, at any rate. I didn't get much sleep this winter.Music: The Netherworld's Prism Phantoms  At this point I should probably take down Reimu. Maybe I can use her bomb to skip past Yukari's bullshit.  I still have plenty of Support Defenders and Lily's healing so it's only a matter of time until I roll enough hits to take down Reimu. Really would have appreciated having Elly and Meiling as separate units, though. Support Defenders are better the more of them available there are.  Ran went for Mima, so I took a gamble. If Mima can survive, her counter might be able to knock Ran to a point where Magic Team can finish the job.  Music: Dancing Doll Aaaaand  Nope. Thank god Marisa dodged the counter, or that would have been a game over right there.  Mima ends up finishing the job. I'll be spectating for the rest. The Palanquin Ship should die next turn to Mima or Magic Team, so there's essentially only two people left.   And they're both doozies. Of the two protagonists Reimu is much harder to take down in a Kill Everyone run of 40 since (as you'd expect) she's dodgy as hell. This is easy to deal with if you have SP to spare, but I don't. She has 135 Mobility, 244 Evade, and a +20% Hit/Evade bonus from Shrine Maiden on top of those. The vast majority of my party is going to be seeing hit rates in the 30s, and the more accurate ones in the 60s.  But unfortunately for Reimu, Marisa came ready. Thanks to Magician, the Scarlet Metal, Alice's friendship, and its own insane accuracy boost, Malice Cannon pumps Marisa's hit rate by a staggering 75%. Combine that with bonuses from attacking point blank and further friendships from Nitori and Patchouli, and Marisa shouldn't have any trouble hitting. And even if she did, Alice has even higher base accuracy so the point is moot.  Yukari is much more annoying. Between her S in Air, her barrier, a sizable chunk of armor, HP Regen, and her danmaku field, killing her is a massive pain. Entire runs of this chapter can boil down to chasing Yukari around the map trying to finish her off, and then having to deal with Reimu after that. And this is her at her easiest; on Lunatic she has Danmaku Barrier's spellcard effect! Hope you like her moving seven times per turn. Even if we're up against Reimu, we can't lose! I'm sure this is going to be hard for both sides, since we've been fighting together for so long. Not really. Actually we fought so many times last year that I don't really feel anything about it all. Hey! Don't say things that make me sound like a midboss! D-Don't let it get to you! We'll win this time!Music: Creeping Dreams  While hitting Reimu is a long shot, dodging or otherwise negating her attacks is cake.  We'll sink at this rate. We're gonna have to fall back and lay anchor.RIP Murasa.  In hindsight, blowing all of my Strikes on fairly unevasive opponents wasn't really that good of an idea. But damnit I want my 100%s. Music: The Final Banquet of Boundaries and Reminiscence  My strategy will be to lock Reimu in, and position Luna and Lyrica such that Yuuka and some Support Attacker can get both of their buffs.  Border Team's current target seems to be Lunasa. Elly is right next to her with two levels of Support Defend though, and Lily is right next to Elly providing healing. It's not infallible (as soon as Yukari scores a crit, Reimu is going to shift targets and murder Elly)  but it should last until I can get Suwako (my most accurate surviving member) into position too. Also Mima and Magic Team are taking advantage of the Hourai Dolls' inherent Support Defend to come back safely.  Yukari got her crit literally right after I finished setting up. Sorry, everyone. Looks like I'll be heading back first. Could be better, but I'll take it. That's a pretty nostalgic team you've got over there. You've got that right. All of a sudden I feel like reminiscing about old times. You and Marisa have grown so splendidly. And Alice used to- Yeah, and you used walk around in big, puffy pants. Oh, so you talk back to me now. We don't need your help with this investigation anyway. You or Mima. So while we're here, I might as well exterminate you! Interesting. I'd like to see you try. Yeeesssss.  Suwako missed her follow up but I don't care at all.  I considered having Suwako try and finish Reimu off, but decided that Suwako probably wouldn't do enough damage. The youkai sage, Yukari Yakumo. The most important part is that you know me. I've been wanting to fight you for a long time. A power that rivals even the gods... Goodness, I'm trembling. You've got quite the healthy complexion, for an evil spirit. Wouldn't you be more suited to the Underworld or the Netherworld? Yes, and that's exactly why I've got to fight people like you while I've got the chance! I was all set to lose a Hourai, but then Mima dodged an 81%. Music: Beloved Handmade Dolls  Which actually works out really well because that left the Hourai alive to tank Reimu's follow-up.  ... Here comes the spellcard! Not bad, Marisa. For you, anyway. Yeesh, you're moving around even more randomly than usual. So you can follow Reimu, of all people? I'm impressed. She's gotten a lot tougher with that gear Yukari gave her... but I've done my research on her movements. She won't leave me in the dust! Reimu's having an awfully hard time. Is she having trouble drawing on the power of your equipment, Lady Yukari? Perhaps those items truly aren't fit for human hands, not even those of the Hakurei shrine maiden... No, this is fine... More than fine. Fantastic, even. Those are implements to guide the Hakurei shrine maiden's power in the proper direction. If she can't hold her own against others, she would be a poor barrier for Gensokyo indeed. If you claim that, Lady Yukari, then surely it must be so. Hey, what are you two chatting about on the sidelines while I'm out here fighting? Nothing. Just commenting on how dull your fighting is. In that case, you should give her a show! I know! You're gonna be the opening act before I exterminate the real mastermind! Be sealed, along with all the other youkai! quote:Divine Spirit "Fantasy Seal -Blink-"   Reimu's Last Spell isn't much of a threat. The danmaku effect makes it impossible to dodge (unless you cast Alert), but Reimu probably had a 100% hit rate anyway. The outside border also can't be crossed, but if anyone was that far away they were probably a long ranged attacker anyways.  This probably isn't the best time to drop a bomb (or hell, to activate the spell), but gently caress it this chapter has gone on long enough. Good day, Yukari Yakumo. Yuuka Kazami. I see you're aiding in the investigation. Yet you didn't lift a finger even for spring itself. I can't help but wonder what your angle is. I knew that cherry tree would never reach full bloom, just like you did. Or would you have preferred for me to meddle with your pet flowers? I can see there's no talking with you. Very well. Let's just make the most of this battle, shall we? We won't get any other chances to fight. Yes, and here's hoping it stays that way. I'll take you on, for now. Hehehe... I started off with Master Spark + Lord Mishaguji. The latter also slaps on an Armor Down debuff, which will be very useful. I've lost, I've lost. So there are people as strong as this, huh? ...I'll have to leave the rest to you. Don't be negligent.Cue a string of suicides. You're the one that froze the night, aren't you? That's right. I would hope that those who pay any attention to the moon would understand why. I can guess, of course. It's a very drastic move. When we're through fighting here, we'll need to redouble our pace. That's the plan, yes.Music: Magician of Aprisyra Metrosil  Patchouli posted:I'll be generous and accept my defeat.  If I suicided Alice I might be able to get the kill next turn. But that would make killing Reimu nigh impossible. If I still had Marisa's Valor this would have been it but welp. I guess I won't be killing everyone.   Luna posted:Sheesh, this is all Sunny's fault! Music: Dream Balancer  Reimu has paper thin defenses so as long as I have someone who can hit her she's cake. Yuuka misses Master Spark but Mima lands her Support Attack,  Good grief, I'll just go further ahead and relax then. Whoops, that was a bad idea. Let me get out of your hair. Ah, no. Looks like there's still durability problems.and then Mima and a team of suicide bombers get Reimu down to 6k.  Time for a Blazing Star fini- oh, whoops, Danmaku Power pushed the MP cost over. I guess I could win with Malice Cannon but that wouldn't be as cool. Eh, I've got one more turn. I might have been a little too rough, I need to go back and repair my instrument. ...Acceptable casualties in the name of style.  I had Hina drop her debuff on Reimu, but I forgot to deactivate Lily's support attack so she ended up getting the critical instead of Marisa. Alright, let's do this! Huh, you seem more pumped than usual. Well this fight ended dragging in everyone, so I gotta do at least this much. So if you get that, then bitch, get out of the way! Oh it is on!Music: Stardust Hero  Marisa posted:Yeesh, it's like you got even more superhuman...  Marisa posted:Lemme show you something precious to me.  Marisa posted:Let's do this, Mini-Hakkero!  Marisa posted:That starry sky you and I saw that night...  Marisa posted:That's what my magic's become!  Marisa posted:Blazing Star!  Marisa posted:Haaaaaaaaah!  Marisa posted:This time, I win! Oww... I got sloppy there. Yesss! I won! Piece of cake! I think that beating the Hakurei shrine maiden means we've gone up a rank. Yeah, yeah. Say whatever you want. Okay, time to get the details on this incident. We'll be commandeering the Palanquin Ship as well, of course. Wait, you were serious about that?! The mistress would love it if I brought it home with me. I don't think it'll fit in the mansion, though... Just try not to turn it into a museum or a petting zoo, please. For now, I'd just like to sit down with everyone and talk. Yukari needs to explain her reason for freezing the night. Yes, let's put our heads together and combine our knowledge, shall we? Though I'm afraid your group may be doing the bulk of the contributing... The only notable thing on our end is the odd rabbit we captured. What odd rabbit? Oh yeah, we asked her to stay hidden. Rabbit, you can come on out now! Rabbit posted:Uh... Hi there... ...? Oh, it's just a youkai rabbit... Or is it? She was being attacked by other rabbits, and then Marisa's group came to her rescue. Now she's keeping us company! Yes, I'm glad to be here! I see. I suppose even youkai rabbits can have internal disputes. Though the rabbits we've been facing all seemed pretty strongly unified to me... ...Mm. I'd like to hear more about this. Murasa, would you be a dear and land the ship to let everyone on board? Sure thing. Clear the area if you don't wanna get smooshed~! I literally played this over the course of an entire day.  Anyway Yukari would have died if I hadn't hosed up with Final Spark near the beginning, so I'm counting this as me having killed everyone. BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 18:40 on Aug 10, 2015 |
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40R starts the same way 40M does. Wow, what a view! I guess even the Bamboo Forest of the Lost can have some nice scenery. It'd be a perfect view of the moon, if only the moon wasn't totally faking it. Maybe if I broke it in half, the real one would pop out? Whoa there, Suika. When you say it, it doesn't sound like a joke. Any ambushes around here, Akyu? No, no particular readings of-The radar goes nuts. ! Is that an enemy attack alarm?! Yes! We've got a large group of readings closing in! Everyone, please sortie and prepare for a danmaku battle! Coming at us head-on? That takes guts. I'll give them a personal greeting! My initial formation will be meaningless so I went with the default. What's going on? Did something bad happen?! With the way people were rushing out, I was afraid of a fire... Reimu, I heard something about danmaku battle positions? Yeah, they're coming straight for us!Music: Midnight Star Storm  Phew, we can finally see the sky... Wait a minute! That's Marisa! Reimu?! You're here too? I wasn't expecting to run into you here... That sure is a big group, for a bunch of people who never bothered showing up at the shrine. Yeah, well, I wasn't expecting to find you going around investigating incidents in the Palanquin Ship either. Could I take a minute to point out Yukari and Yuyuko right there with them? Not to mention Ran and Suika. That group's got some serious contenders! Oh stop, you're making me blush! Tee hee. They're flattering you, Yukari~. Oh, but didn't you hear your name too? I can see you're all investigating this incident as well. It's good to see all of the usual crew together and safe. Yeah, well, it's the usual crew plus... Hey, they're gone. Where'd they go? Mime posted:I'm right here.  My, my. Now there's a face I haven't seen in a long time. I see Sanae with them. Good, she was with Reimu. You people...?! Lady Kanako and Lady Suwako! I didn't realize you'd left the mountain! Heya, Sanae. Looks like you're having a grand old time. ...I'm relieved to see you're safe. We meant to set out as well, but you left before we could. O-oh, I see... I'm very sorry. More importantly, look at that youkai with the umbrella! ...I never thought I'd run into you here. Yuuka Kazami, together with humans? I can see you haven't changed at all, Yukari Yakumo. Not to mention Mima! I heard Marisa ran into you before, but this is still a shock. Ahh, Reimu. It's nice to see an old familiar face. Since when did you start working alongside youkai? How do you get that out of any of this? They're just tagging along and following me. I didn't see you all at the shrine. I've been wondering what you were up to.The dialogue from here is the same as on Marisa's side, with only one difference:  Marisa posted:C'mon!  Reimu posted:Bring it!   Alright, so personally speaking I think 40R is way harder than 40M. Sure there's no Yukari to deal with, but Marisa's team trumps her bullshit with some serious loving bullshit. And it's even worse on Lunatic, where everyone deploys danmaku, casts spirits, and even have appropriate skills.  In fact, chapter 40R is so ridiculous on Lunatic that Sanbondo threw the player a bone and set Marisa's AI to rush the player right away. I hear Reimu doesn't do the same on 40M, but either way if you don't want to bother you can just focus on the other protagonist and skip the entire thing. I'm going to get the bonus at the very least, but killing everyone is just not happening. I'm not even sure if it's actually possible without ludicrous amounts of stat doping.  Border Team stonewalls any unit in this chapter that doesn't have Fury. Marisa doesn't, so she's effectively harmless. Though she'll burn through her SP like crazy on Strikes and Valors so it's still pretty important to keep Yukari's HP up.  Look at this mess. Marisa: No special effect, but her evasion penalty is a staggering -60%. Nitori: Enemy units take 30% less damage. Hina: All enemy attacks are critical hits. (Pain Flow) Prismrivers: All allied units in the range of her field at the start of a turn lose 6 Power. Three Fairies: All enemy units within 5 tiles of Sunny can not be attacked. Lily: Enemy units regain 40% of their maximum HP at the beginning of the turn. Wriggle: +20% to enemy Evasion rates. Yuuka: All enemy attacks will do graze damage. Nitori's used to dunk every allied unit in range underwater like in 20M. Since there isn't any water on the map, that had the side effect of preventing any of my units from moving until Nitori was dead. Needless to say I'm glad they patched that out!  Border and Tengu Teams will be drawing the enemy's attention here,  while the rest of the team forms up down here. You'll see why later. Music: Observe, White Wolf!  Marisa was nice enough to get Momiji's Berserk running.  The Prismrivers serve mostly as a giant annoyance: Lunasa will spam Daunt like there's no tomorrow, and combined with their field it's pretty easy to end up with a net loss of Power per turn. Which was really bad back when Nitori was freezing everyone and Hina was ensuring every hit did massive damage, but thankfully that quagmire's gone.  One way to deal with Sunny's field is to get the enemies inside to come charging out. Dai and Mystia make nice targets. Hey, you're just as small as me! Small...? Well I guess I'm not tall, but... But it's easier to play together when we're all the same height. It's nice to meet you, Wriggly. It's Wriggle. Though "Wriggly" sounds kind of cute...This conversation can play before Wriggle actually introduces herself. Music: -Fleeting Flame- Firefly Soul  I usually spend some SP on Fury to speed up Nitori's death.  On the other side of the map, Wriggle is quickly smacked. So these humans are strong too. Guess I'll go relax with the bugs now. Ack, look at all those tengu... It's a shame that fellow Youkai Mountain residents have to fight at all. These things can happen when you're investigating incidents. Wow, I didn't know that was a thing. Does that mean that I can pick on you and it doesn't count as workplace harassment? Is that like the opposite of a friendly get-together?! Momiji, you'll go easy on me, right? Sorry, I'm on Reimu's side right now. You do your best for Marisa's side, and I'll do mine. Argh, desperate times call for desperate measures!Music: Water-to-Air Super Youkai Warhead Nitori  Nitori got absurdly lucky here and didn't trigger Shield Defense. I had to reset since otherwise Momiji would die from further attacks. Music: From the Bottom of the Valley and the River  Since she's the boss with the lowest health, she's also getting 6000 HP back a turn from Lily, Komachi, and Suwako's Trusts. Music: A Sworn Friend's Bond  Not that it matters since I managed to get her to walk right into my big Support Attack formation. I may have lost, but Marisa is definitely gonna win!Music: The Snow White Angel of Spring (Rally) I'm just dumping unused songs now.  Non-Directional Laser is hilarious when it misses, because the entire animation still plays. All those explosions were just off I guess! By turn 5, more danmaku fields have sprung up. Meiling: Enemy units take 35% less damage. Koakuma: Allied units lose 30 MP at the start of every turn. Patchouli: -80% to enemy MP costs. Sakuya: Sakuya will always trigger Counter. (Sakuya's World) Elly: Allied units can not move. Kanako: Allied units take 18% more damage. (Expanded Onbanshira) Music: Misery Go Round  Anyway Hina did the exact same thing Nitori did, and suffered the exact same fate.  Good grief, you managed to fight through all of this misfortune.Once I pass Turn 5, more enemy units start moving. Alice and Sakuya will happily pass right through Sunny's field to suicide on my Support formation,  and Border Team will try to shepherd Suwako and the Prismrivers to do the same. Good grief, those two must love having enemies. Marisa seemed to be picking a fight, and Reimu's always eager to take one up. Don't you find it difficult, being dragged around by those two? I've been with them for a while now, so I'm used to it. Oh, that reminds me, I had a pretty hard time waking Reimu up this morning. Has she never been much of a morning person? I wouldn't know. Marisa's pretty intolerable in the morning too, but that's more a matter of her irregular sleeping habits. Wait, if we keep chatting like this they'll both get mad at us. Oh, you're right!Music: Dancing Marionette  That's far enough, let's not get out of control.I've admittedly never left Alice alive long enough to check, but I don't think Magic Team coordinates their attacks like Border Team does in 40M. Good grief, I have to fight you two again? Don't be all sulky about it, isn't playing around with the gods your job? As a shrine maiden, I mean. You too Sanae. I don't mind if you help Reimu out here. Huh? Me too?! You want me to play with you now? Well, at least it's better than asking me to close up shop. Double the gods, double the blessings, right? Fine, let's do this!Music: Sealing Charm, Blessed Light  Incidentally, Lord Mishaguji's insane 9 panel range makes getting Reimu far away enough to get Suwako to start moving actually kind of annoying.  On the plus side I can have my main army essentially meet her halfway since they also need to draw Sakuya's attention. Three new fields have gone up: Suwako: All allied units lose 20 SP at the start of every turn. ( )Kurumi: No special effect, but a noticeable -45% evasion penalty. Mima: Ranged attacks do 80% less damage. Music: Trickster Girl  I considered moving further away so I could set up the Three Fairy's death too, but Elly's effect stopped that plan in its tracks. So I beat up Sakuya while I waited for Elly to get in range. That was excellent exercise. I'll go prepare some tea now, so please wait.Music: Luna crescente  Ci-Cirno... Kyaaaaaah!Suwako used the lull to snipe Dai. She was basically out of SP and I have Mysterious Song as a backup, though, so no harm done. Music: Your Sparkling Sound  *sobs* I don't want to lose in front of Yuuka!Elly is promptly cut to pieces next turn,  earning me the Lunatic bonus of killing five named units. Now would be a really good time to drop everything and murder Marisa, but I want to at least reach a hopeless scenario first.  So I just have to wait out one last turn of Suwako's bullshit Fury'd Lord Mishagujis,  and then I can dump almost everyone on the ship and head south. Music: A Certain Misfortune God's Song  Oh come on, how far away do I have to be?  As a tangent, see Kurumi here? She's a cheating jerk.  With a staggering 280 Mobility (for comparison Reimu has 205) and a S rank in the Sky on top of that, she's a complete pain in the rear end for basically zero reason besides "gently caress you".  Anyway Suwako finally moved south. Music: Shiny Transblue  This means I can have the ship run up and smack her with an anchor,  then bum rush everyone out of the ship to murder her ASAP. I even blow a Hermit Purple on her to help chip through her gargantuan HP total. Lady Kanako and Lady Suwako. I see you were with Marisa's group. And you were with Sanae. I appreciate you looking after her. Sanae sought us out, actually. Her dedication never ceases to amaze me. But her reach is more than her grasp. She ended up making us stop on the road to eat lunch. Sorry about that. She's only human. She doesn't have the stamina you two do. At least I can stop worrying now and enjoy the danmaku battle for what it is. Good point. I haven't seen your danmaku in ages. Let's get a firsthand look!Music: With an Eternally Innocent Heart  Seriously, she has 63,000 HP. That's 10,000 more than Kanako!  My apologies, I'll just be a burden like this.I end up having to wait another enemy phase, so Shou died.  Also everyone loses 20 SP which means no more Strikes. Looks like you're really getting along with them, Sanae. You too, Lady Suwako. You've come to join the investigation. Please forgive me for rushing out without saying anything. Eh, you're still young. You've gotta make the most of it. More importantly, we've got something like a festival going on, so play with me. Play with all your might. Huh? By "play" do you mean...? C'mon, you should know this by now! Playing with a god means danmaku! You've been so busy with all your other work lately. Even gods get lonely, you know. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this. Understood. I'm looking forward to it too.Music: Careless Though it's Spring  Suwako posted:I've lost, I've lost. So there are people as strong as this, huh? A ridiculous amount of save scumming later and the deed is finally done.  Cue even more save scumming to take down Kurumi. I guess I'll go look for a nice place to watch Yuuka from. 11 bosses to go and only a few characters have any SP left at all.   I blew a bunch of turns getting the ship to just far away enough from Sunny that she dropped her field. Now I can repeat what I did against Suwako and rush the ship forward to deploy my entire army.  You know, if Marisa's field wasn't slowing me down. I think if I still had a Tailwind left I could do it, but I don't so the point is moot. The vast majority of my characters can't reach the Three Fairies, so there's no way I can take out their 37,000 HP in one turn. And even if I somehow could, I have to deal with:  Meiling's gently caress-off high defenses (~35k HP, 160 Defense [fun fact: the bosses in chapter 40 keep any stat boosts you might have given them], 2300 Armor, Berserk 7, both the Guard skill and spirit, and a -35% damage field),  Patchouli sniping me while I try and take out Meiling,  Mima's complete bullshit (~57k HP, you can effectively only damage her with Melee attacks if you're out of SP for Fury, absurd damage, absurd Hit/Evade rates, and Sense and Fury just for that extra gently caress you),  The Revenge of Chapter 10: Bullshit Harder (68k HP, something like an 80% Double Image chance and Shield Defense on top, and a MAP just for kicks),  and Kanako (58k HP), who is almost as tanky as Meiling but hits much harder. And of course while I attempt to beat all of these bosses the Prismrivers (who I probably should have killed before moving to the Three Fairies) would be constantly debuffing my Power, Marisa would be running interference, and Lily White would be tossing heals. Speaking of Lily, if she dies before (I think) the Three Fairies and the Prismrivers? quote:
To be fair 40M Lunatic has some ridiculous bullshit too (Suika in particular is a nightmare), but I dunno. 40R just has more in my opinion. Well I guess I won't run out of shrine maidens to fight anytime soon! ...But you wouldn't have been my first choice. You're kind of bland, next to Reimu. Couldn't we say the same about you? Although you do seem a bit different from before... You got that right. Let me show you my real magic!Music: Midnight Star Storm  Anyway I'm just gonna beat up Marisa now.  Just have to set up a formation first.  Thanks to Mystia I'm not facing outright impossible odds, and my tanks can all take a hit so there's no threat of death. I just need to save scum until everything works out.  Turn 24 will be the last one. Behold, my secret weapon!  SP restoration items on Shizuha.  I only get just enough for one Attune,  but Ran is going to make that one Strike count. Long time no see, Youmu. You're with your master today? Yes, just as I was hoping for. With Lady Yuyuko by my side, I can't help but want to give this my all. You too, Marisa. Weren't you going to show your old master how far you've come? I used to think that, but I don't really care anymore. My magic is for me! Right after Youmu manages to hit Marisa anyway. Not bad. I gotta hand it to you, Reimu. Heheh. That's the difference between you and me, Marisa. She's as quick-witted as ever... No, even moreso. She's fundamentally different from ordinary humans. I've known that for a while, though. Yeah, I know that better than anyone! But what do I care? I do things my way! ...Yes, of course. You did say you'd stick to your own magic. Why don't you show me that resolve once more? I'll show you as many times as it takes! In that case, would you like to share your usual fireworks with us again? You'll bore me to tears if you don't show off at least one new technique. If magic was that easy to do, being a magician would be a walk in the park. But my Hakkero lets me bump it up a notch! Enough with the preamble. If you're bringing it, then bring it! That's the idea. Back me up, partner! Here goes! Danmaku is power! quote:Love Sign "Master Spark"  This animation's from a different run.  Master Spark's effect (-35% from final evade rate, can't move through the edges of the fan shape) isn't anything special. More annoying is that's it's a MAP. That the actual Marisa doesn't have. Because reasons.  Anyway she's not gonna get a chance to use it because Rumia and Hatate immediately debuff the poo poo out of her.  Everyone proceeds to beat the snot out of her.  Especially Ran.  Ran did like 20k total across three attacks.  How disappointing. Please allow me to withdraw.Too bad I had to suicide her.  Reimu posted:Don't just stand there like that! I would have liked to finish this chapter with Fantasy Seal -Blink- or Hakurei Danmaku Barrier, but after that trip on the ship Reimu just doesn't have the Power.  Just as Reimu dropped her route exclusive item, Marisa drops some Scarlet Metal. Argh, you got me! You did okay, I guess. You've got more oomph in you now. That means we win, right? Which means you guys get to do what we say. No way, that was all just pre-battle banter! That's what you get for talking about stealing our ship. So, what do we do? Make them clean the bathhouse? I think the deck and the Buddha statue could use a good scrubbing. Bah, fine! Do whatever you want with me! Could you say that again, with more frustration? Once more, with feeling. Let's take a group photo with Marisa's group in the back~. This is gathering some bad vibes... For now, I'd just like to sit down with everyone and talk.The conversation's the same as 40M after that.  Even this won't be the chapter I reset the most on.  ------ Oh hey, you stopped playing. Good job. Anyway, time for a drin- I've found you, Suika! Huh? Aren't you that devil who's always around? That's right, I'm a devil. Though my Devil Level's not very high... Anyway, I want you to gather some devil power for me! Er, what? Will getting some make your level go up or something? I think so. So come on, let's go! Well, okay then. Here goes... Gather, devil power! Yaaaaay, you did it! If I have this much...The screen flashes white.  My devil level will go up, and I'll become a Koakuma! What is this, Pokémon?!
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------  New/Changed Attacks EDIT: Oh huh, I forgot Hina's new attack. Eh, it's just Hina. ------ I see you've stopped the game. Thank you for your hard work. ...After linking up with Marisa's group, the Palanquin Ship advances further into the forest and discovers the enemy's stronghold. But there waiting for us is the ally we've fought alongside with until now: Keine. Is it for Mokou's sake that she's blocking our path...? Chapter 41 of Fantasy Maiden Wars I: "The Engraver's History". Keine, why...?!------ Okay we're officially reached the part of the game where voting options expand to a ridiculous degree. Once again, try not to spam teams of 3.5's or whatever; give other people a chance to vote. Total Cost: 42.0 3.5 Mima (38) Yuyuko (36) Yukari (36) Suika (36) Yuuka (37) Kanako (36) Suwako (37) Palanquin Ship (36) [Always forced.] 3.0 Reimu (34) Marisa (38) Ran (36) 2.5 Meiling (35) Patchouli (32) Sakuya (38) Alice (37) Youmu (36) Komachi (32) FA Nitori (32) Momiji (30) Aya (28) Sanae (35) Hatate (34) 2.0 Kurumi (32) Elly (35) Rumia (26) Cirno (27) Koakuma (36) Chen (36) Lily White (35) Lunasa (34) Merlin (35) Lyrica (36) Wriggle (37) Mystia (36) Shizuha (26) Minoriko (25) Hina (34) Nitori (32) Nazrin (29) Shou (27) 1.5 Daiyousei (28) Sunny (34) Luna (30) Star (32) As usual, I'm forcing Magic Team. Unusually, I'm also forcing Reimu and Sanae since they have an event next chapter. This leaves you with 31.0 to work with. Note: I didn't put Reimu and Sanae on a team, so you can give them whatever partners you want. BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Oct 24, 2015 |
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oh my god this update took forever
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Team B in ground because?, Merlin and Lyrica, 27.0
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Ryza told me to vote Team Patchouli and FA Nitori so here I am. 22.0
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Minoriko + Shizuha for 18. Aki Sisters now own.
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It is really great that killing Dai or Lilly pisses the other team off and makes them stronger.  I'm a bit confused about the way you listed the friendships though. From what I remember you stated that Youmu gets a bigger boost from having Yuyuko around than Yuyuko does from being near Youmu but the list says that Youmu's friendship with Yuyuko is only level 2 while Yuyuko's friendship with Youmu is level 3. Is that a mistake or am I reading something wrong? Also, there is now far too many options available for choosing people. I feel compelled to use some guys from Reimu's group though since we just got them. So I vote for team Party At The Hakurei Shrine: Suika + Reimu leaving us with 14.5
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How about Team Komachi + Reimu leaving 12.0 since Reimu's cost doesn't count towards that, does it? 9 if it does.
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Read it as the person on the right providing that level of friendship. Koa, for instance, gets a 10% from Patchy while she gives a 15% in return. Also, too slow AweStriker.
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