Assuming I must meet no more conditions to be accepted into your ranks, I have undertaken a Prescript. Do forgive my sudden intrusion.
While I generally think most ID's are fine as is and were done fine, there are a couple I think could be done far better nowadays, namely Middle Meursault and early Capstones. Call me ungrateful, call it cope, give it whatever name you want, but I think that some ID's got done so dirty for no reason other than the time period they were released and probably budget. Spicebush could have Blooming, Kraust could have be a stance ID with Dreamer of Human Wholeness, Middle Meursault could actually have Res conditionals that made his S3 Envy.
But I don't know, let me know what y'all think.
I made it to Floor 15 with 10ADV and fought long and hard against Papa Quixote, but unfortunately died before I could BS my way to a win. My major E.G.O Gifts were
Truthfully, I had a lot of fun doing this. I feel like if I chose better trials and had a bit more patience, I probably could've won. Nonetheless, I got tons of Projection and a couple of shards, so I won't complain too much. 10/10 experience, will MDE again in the future (after immense research, of course. I will not be so uneducated next time.)
La Manchaland's Don Quixote has one of the highest HP thresholds for ending the fight out of anybody we've ever fought, and the highest among Final Bosses. Heads up: This list is needlessly long. I included EVERYONE, And I mean EVERYONE. The first encounter with Abnormalities, Minor Bosses, Midbosses, and Final Bosses are all on this list.
TL;DR, top 5 goes like this:
La Manchaland's Don Quixote has the 5th highest HP gate out of every boss in-game, and the highest among Canto final bosses. All this to say, if La Manchaland's Don Quixote hadn't been starved for hundreds of years and impaled with a Golden Bough, he would've wiped the floor with us even harder than he already did, and probably could've mowed through a majority of other enemies we faced. I know this is probably me grasping at straws, but y'know. We love a good crack theory and/or grasping at straws theory around here from time to time.
Like. I just wrapped up a 10x Luxcavation and she used S3 TWICE in total. TWICE. 2 TIMES. She didn't even put her mask on. Like c'mon lass, everyone else had an S3 every couple turns. Get your game up or I'm gonna bench you so someone else can have a turn in combat. You fucking loser. You utter clown. You complete and total buffoon.
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My personal favorite has become both versions of the Sweepers, because then I get to imagine that their translator device or whatever got trampled during a night in the Backstreets and now it only works half the time. My other favorite is LCE Research Team + Kira, because I like to imagine Kira hijacking the microphone from her cell to yap at the Sinners only for Hohenheim to quickly (and disgruntledly) snatch it back out of her hands, to her annoyance. But I'd like to know some combos you enjoy for whatever reason.