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Patter Song posted:I think that there's always been an implication that Legendaries are closer to forces of nature. It's the difference between having a pet fox and having a hurricane as a pet. Throwing a Master Ball at the Palkia or Dialga in that movie feels like it would just result in the Master Ball, the thrower, and half the town being vaporized by a Spacial Rend/Roar of Time in retaliation. Saladin Rising fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Dec 31, 2018 |
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For extra science in-jokeyness, they should just mutually annihilate each other the moment an attack actually hits... because space and time are the same drat thing. Goddamn pokescience. 
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Dec 31, 2018 17:23
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Well, Dialga and Palkia are just below Arceus in the cosmic rung.
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Cardiovorax posted:For extra science in-jokeyness, they should just mutually annihilate each other the moment an attack actually hits... because space and time are the same drat thing. Goddamn pokescience. Also the fact that Magneto is a word in my tablet's Swype keyboard dictionary is great.
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Dec 31, 2018 22:20
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ABYSSAL CULT, WELCOME TO DIE
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Commander Keene posted:Well then we end up with X-Men animated series logic where Storm can't hurt Magneto because "electricity and magnetism are the same thing". I don't see any problem with this.
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Commander Keene posted:Well then we end up with X-Men animated series logic where Storm can't hurt Magneto because "electricity and magnetism are the same thing". That's because he's named after a real thing
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Ryushikaze posted:That's because he's named after a real thing On the one hand, yes. On the other hand my phone's dictionary has most/all the Gen 1 pokemon in it. It doesn't suggest them as words until it's seen them at least once but it does recognize them as correct.
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Jan 2, 2019 16:31
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Well a lot of them are real words anyway v v
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 Hello everyone and welcome back. Today's update isn't going to have a lot going on, but some downtime is appreciated after the past couple of action-packed ones!  Before we get started, let's try to teach Beeisel Meteor Mash.  Oh... well then. Nevermind. Let's just move on to Route 11. By the way that's a weird sentence to type, because I live a couple miles away from the real life Route 11.  This is another extremely linear route. We could have come here as soon as we reached Kepler City, but there's a mandatory dive pond in the middle. Recall that as soon as we got Dive, we were "locked" into the Abyssal Cult finale, the Anastasia gym battle, and then the Taen fight. So this is the first chance we actually have to visit the full route.     She had a Pachirisu and a Dedenne. For whatever reason, I always seem to have trouble fighting the pikaclones from Gen 4 and beyond.   Here's as far as we could have come before Anastasia.      The end of the route is just ahead. Just a few trainers to go through first!    What does that even mean?      Grumpig and Venomoth aren't exactly top tier my dude. My engine bee shut them both down without even supereffective moves!  Hell yeah I'm down for a battle!    What's funny is her Alakazam could have shut down Beeisel with just some fire coverage. But nope! Gotta Calm Mind and swap items instead.   Ultimately Nasca town is just a stop along the routes between Kepler and Hekate Town up ahead. Its big claim to fame is the safari zone.  As you explore the town, the screen darkens as you move up the steps. There's a reason for this we'll see in a minute. Just keep it in mind for now.     This is the way out of town. We could take it now and keep going, but there's some stuff to find here. We'll go that way next time.  I also don't know exactly when, but at some point shops started selling Max Potions and Full Restores. Handy, but we're still well covered by Hyper Potions and Full Heals for the time being.   We finally, between the 5th and 6th gyms and with an average team level in the low 60s, have access to a MooMoo Milk vendor. We've had Hyper Potions since we beat Xavier way back in the second gym. Two steps forward, one step back Insurgence.  At least we can buy as many as we want for $500 a pop, I suppose.  Nasca Town is the breadbasket of Torren. Believe it or not, no cult ever aims to disrupt that.  Another fade-out here.    This is a small sidequest to get one of the original starters. We can catch them all in the wild elsewhere, but no reason not to help this poor guy out, right?  These fades are getting closer together.      : Are you all right? Don't panic. I'm only here to talk. : Persephone's placed a huge bounty on your head. Now, everyone's trying to find you. I'm not interested in all that. Remember when you escaped the base? When Darkrai was summoned? Oh good. Amy is seeing ghosts now.  : Most legendaries don't In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Rayquaza rescued East somehow.Confirmed Deaths: 3? We never find out for certain. East is gone from the story and Rayquaza never again shows up in its Mega Forme. : Persephone and Darkari's goals are completely different. She doesn't want world domination or control, she just wants revenge. ...and you need to stop her from getting it. Soon, she'll find a way to control it. : Not only that... but you and that green-haired girl have your own reason for saving it. It may have the secret to curing Audrey's son. I apologize for taking your time. Believe it or not, you and Darkrai might share a common goal. Have a nice day. Well then, looks like we have another long-term goal. But how do you even find the Nightmare Pokemon? I suspect his cult will somehow be involved.       These will come in so handy. Seriously. In the super late- and post-game, I just want to get from A to B without having to stop and fight every Diglett and Zubat that pops up.  during the Kanto-Torren War. Why is everyone talking about the black market all of the sudden?     Don't rely on moves that aren't 100% accurate my dude.   That's oddly specific.  There is, but it's another postgame thing. It's another member of the Forces of Nature trio... Thundurus.  Got another move tutor here!  150 power, 5 PP, 90% accuracy. Powerful, but the sort of moves I tend to stay away from. I can spam 141 power 100% accuracy dark beams all day long with Dracolich.   doesn't even believe she can.      Poor kid. See that tiny sliver of dark in the water?    Let's get it over with.   That's 4/8! We're halfway done.   I actually forgot about this little fellow when I did the looking ahead bit last time.  He's hanging out in a little wind farm.    Been a hot minute since we've seen a new Delta, eh?             Delta Pawniard is Flying/Fighting type. Its three abilities are Defiant (Boosts the Pokemon's Attack stat when its stats are lowered), Frisk (The Pokemon can check an opposing Pokemon's held item), and Wind Force (Hidden; Flying-type moves boost this Pokemon's speed). There's also Mega Delta Bisharp's ability of Technician (Powers up the Pokemon's weaker moves). Many moves that this Pawniard and Bisharp learn are either at or just under 60 power. In addition to those moves that its mega form boosts, it also learns a lot of really powerful moves from both types. To put it plainly, this is an extremely good Delta type, and is very likely to be joining the team soon. By the way, Mega Delta Bisharp has a base attack of 155, giving it the same base attack as Mega Pinsir and Mega Gyarados. Bisharp himself isn't too shabby either with 125! Everyone should probably be saying their goodbyes to HenryDavid, because he will be retiring very, very soon.     DragonKick isn't a very good nickname, so as always if anyone has any better suggestions, I'm all ears!  Let's end the update by going into the safari zone and poking around.   I could show the map, but it's just a gigantic square. We're headed to the bottom right corner of the area.    This is what that guy was looking for. So let's just jump ahead...    Diana shouldn't be a problem with Dracolich. She's the sixth gym leader, in charge of the Psychic-themed gym. But that's still many update off.  I'm not 100% sure on what Insurgence's Safari Zone mechanics are. Everything runs after pretty much a single turn, and safari balls are worthless. So no cute XP pinata for our team!   So let's end the update here with a vote. Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle? Probably won't be using them on the team, but having the option is always nice. Looking Ahead Nasca Cave Same as Nasca Town Murk Forest Butterfree (10%) Beedrill Vileplume Sableye Venomoth Honchkrow Joltik (4%) Murk Forest Grotto Chimchar Scraggy Froakie Delta Scraggy Murk Forest Inner Area Butterfree Beedrill Vileplume Sableye Volbeat Illumise Absol Honchkrow Delta Shinx Murk Forest Spiders Ariados (6) Delta Metang* Hekate Town Munchlax Egg Haunter (Trade Machoke) Fiery Caverns Magmar Magcargo Camerupt Torkoal Simisear Darmanitan (Standard) Delta Snorunt* Dugtrio * - Requires Mew DNA we don't have yet NEXT TIME: Into the forest!
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Jan 3, 2019 14:18
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Not to repeat the same point over and over again but "EV-train and IV-breed" completely destroys immersion. At least it comes from a Super Nerd so it isn't completely unfitting but still uuuurrrrggghhhhh. Whatever. That new city looks nice and I like that it shows the agricultural side of the region. Delta Pawniard is also pretty neat and I had forgotten Deltas even existed it seems because my first thought was "oh, free shiny Pawniard" (even though shiny Pawniard is blue...but you know, Reborn did change all the palettes too) instead of "oh, free Delta Pawniard". I forgot this game's gimmick. Delta Scraggy and Shinx sound fun and I want to see them too. I always loved the Shinx line.
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Jan 3, 2019 14:27
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I wish the default color scheme for Delta Pawniard sold it being a flying type better - the shiny palette is much better in that regard. Also centaur mega Bisharp is dumb, but I still love Bisharp so I'm glad to see it get used.
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The fact that Mega Bisharp isn’t either a Megazord or some form of battleizer makes me sad. You’d think they’d at least let it keep Steel.
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Happy new year, DoubleNegative.quote:Meteor Mash quote:Nasca Town is the breadbasket of Torren. Believe it or not, no cult ever aims to disrupt that. That said, the trainers in this game just keep getting crazier. The funny thing is, I don't feel like I should complain about that, because high-end hobbyists are always complete weirdoes no matter what kind of weird interest niche you look at. I fully expect that by the time we reach the league, we will be in full Warhammer 40K Crazy Town.
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...why does Bisharp mega evolve into a centaur? That has absolutely nothing to do with its typing, ability or design
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I know we can't get it yet but please let Delta Froslass* be good, she's my favourite Pokemon  *I'm completely just assuming D Snorunt means D Froslass. It does, right? 
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Black Robe posted:...why does Bisharp mega evolve into a centaur? That has absolutely nothing to do with its typing, ability or design [edit] Oh, duh, it's a chess pun. It turns from a pawn into a bishop into a knight. It's really obvious once you notice the wordplay. Cardiovorax fucked around with this message at 15:20 on Jan 3, 2019 |
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Jan 3, 2019 15:15
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Black Robe posted:...why does Bisharp mega evolve into a centaur? That has absolutely nothing to do with its typing, ability or design Because it goes from a pawn, to a Bishop, to a Knight. Regular bisharp gets the same design change when it Mega Evolves.
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Jan 3, 2019 15:21
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Kurieg posted:Because it goes from a pawn, to a Bishop, to a Knight. Makes sense. Objection withdrawn. Though visually it's still pretty
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Black Robe posted:...why does Bisharp mega evolve into a centaur? That has absolutely nothing to do with its typing, ability or design It's a Knight! DoubleNegative posted:
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Jan 3, 2019 15:57
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Black Robe posted:Makes sense. Objection withdrawn. Though visually it's still pretty The way they have it rearing up makes it look like the legs are just kind of coming out of the middle of the horse-part's chest.  Non-Delta Mega Bisharp isn't exactly my favorite design but it doesn't look nearly as bad.
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:What a polite ghost.
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It's clearly a Centaurion, guys, not a knight. And bulbasaur is the cutest benchwarmer 
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Squirtle into Wartortle then never into Blastoise because Wartortle's perfection as is.DoubleNegative posted:Delta Metang*  DoubleNegative posted:* - Requires Mew DNA we don't have yet  Also he's totally just a knight and steed in one package, yall. Plus centaurs can get double damage dice on a charge AND it recharges on a short or long rest.
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Voting Bulbasaur because taking the grass starter is always morally correct
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Everyone's talking about the guy being a ghost... Did I miss something? From him talking about Mega Rayquaza probably saving East and Darkrai not liking the whole death thing, I assumed it saved him. Like... He just disappeared, right? Not like there was a dead body.
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Doobeedoo posted:Everyone's talking about the guy being a ghost... Did I miss something? From him talking about Mega Rayquaza probably saving East and Darkrai not liking the whole death thing, I assumed it saved him.
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I can't help but think that the Zoroark being there for a flash makes this some kind of trick by someone to gently caress us over, actually, since from what I recall that's kind of its whole game.
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Speaking of new deltas, I'd love to see you mess around with Delta Shinx for a while, since Shinx/Luxray is Awesome.
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Cardiovorax posted:Now that you say it, he says he was the cultist that stood inside the circle. That presumably means he was a live one. Darkrai may have saved him, but...  There was only one cultist up in that ritual circle with Persephone. Comedy answer: He was the cultist whose blood we stole for Mew.
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Ooops. Guess I forgot about that part. He's a ghost, then. Or a fake ghost. Either way, spoopy.
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Bulbasaur. Grass types forever.  I took Charmander in Gen 1 and Totodile in Gen 2, mind you, but my point stands!!!
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:Squirtle! Always Squirtle
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I just love how the game continues to dunk on Team Abyssal, to the point where the legendary that they summoned is saying "gently caress y'all, I'm going to side with the person you wanted to sacrifice." Maybe.
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That's the Dark Cult, we already murdered the Abyssal Cult. Don't worry, I had to look it up, too.
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Hit the grass, take Bulbasaur! Name him Duffy.
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Wait, I just realized. It’s supposed to be a surprise to people in this game that the Legendary Pokemon don’t want these cults to kill others and generally do pointless acts of evil in their names?
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Also I like deltas so I wanna see Delta Shinx. All-delta team for endgame or bust.
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Geostomp posted:Wait, I just realized. It’s supposed to be a surprise to people in this game that the Legendary Pokemon don’t want these cults to kill others and generally do pointless acts of evil in their names? It's just another way that this game is unusually self-aware about itself. Unusual for fan-game, that is.
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