u/Mahelas

I think something people are kinda forgetting already is that Fabio isn't a one-time villain you kill and move on. He's the right hand of a main character !

This also means that he's going to be on your side from start to bottom, and he's going to be "good", or at least on your side forever. He's the 2nd none-MC character revealed, that's huge, and he look and seems so unique ! We're getting a grey-morality, non-conventionally attractive main retainer, that's some great diversity (especially since he isn't the only non-pretty character so it's not like they're typecasting the one ugly character as morally dubious)

I think that's very exciting. Either Dietrich run will be much more evil than anticipated (which would be a first in the franchise) or Fabio will have a nice side. Anyways, IS have no choice but to develop him, a guy this important is bound to have a good deal of supports and narrative role, so he's gonna have to show a soft/sweet/different side, like Hubert. Even Peri had to drop the act in some supports because a gimmick doesn't carry 10 conversations !

We could very well get the first Agarthan that isn't comically one-note evil, how cool is that ? I'm very happy at Fabio for now, such an interesting basis for a retainer, with many cool directions to take him !

Just a random musing, but basically in every battle we've seen yet in the Heroic Games, we have at least one other lord on top of the one you choose, as a green unit. I find this quite exciting !

I'm a big fan of Three Houses, but one of the weakest points of the White Clouds first half, imo, (beyond the tediousness of doing it on repeat playthrough and it being the same for every route) is that you basically never interact with the other lords.

You talk to everybody once a month, and then the only moment somebody is there on the field with you is for the Gronder Battle. And that's it. As a result, you don't really know what the other lords are like, and you get the impression that your class is the only one doing things while the other are twiddling their thumbs all throughout.

In Fortune's Weave, fitting for its name, it would seems that the lords meet-up and team-up regularly, interacting both narratively and on the battlefield. So you're bound to get a better feel of the others as you play, and it just make everything feel more alive. They're all doing things, having their own adventure and sometimes the paths intersect !

Basically the title but yeah, we know we're supposed to get another livestream for Lords of the End Times this month, and June is basically over in a lil over two weeks, so what do we think ?

And could we get a release date this time, given it's supposed to be out in two months ?

Basically the title, but also it's just not a simple speculation cause it's also part of a wider plan.

We know 8.1 is the AI fix patch, which is sorely needed. We also know that, logically, 8.1 will release before the LotET DLC, which is 9.0. AND we know the End Times DLC is, as of today, planned to release in late summer.

So, that begs the question, when is 8.1 out ? Cause that's an awfully short window to release it, no ? CA very rarely release big patches more often than every other months, and that was back when all hands were on board, and 8.1 and 9.0 are two big patches right there with a lot of potential bugs each !

Can CA really release 8.1 and 9.0 both in three months ? The only reasonable way for it is if we're getting 8.1 like, in the next few weeks, no ? Anything later and it's basically confirmation that End Times is delayed, I think.

I think the title is pretty self-sufficent, but yes, with the next patch disabling a bunch of augments when you have a specific encounter, I think the obvious question is : isn't the encounter the issue ?

Moreover, TFT is already mired with so many little things and quirks to know and remember, this is just adding more information to keep in mind, and a higher gap between someone able to know and optimize on those infos, and the players that simply don't have that information !

Honestly, while I was watching the stream last week, seeing Bashiva's spinning and somersaulting and aurafarming all over some gnoblars with cool ass martial arts, I couldn't help but think about how many units and characters are stuck with the WH1 empire captain animation set, bland and janky.

Boris Toddbringer himself is gonna get it ! The same 10 years-old shield spin and little sword bash that never looked good. But at least he's a regular human, so while basic, it's not too absurd.

But Vampires have been stuck with it too, both named and generics. Super-fast, super-strong bat monsters are stuck with booping guys with their shield while Cathay Shugengans and Dragons and Furries are doing 720 spin tricks ! That's exactly how vampire should move and feel ! I really think it's cool what CA did for Cathay, but please don't forget about the blood boys :(

(If I see Walach Harkon, leader of the Blood Knights, with those animations, I'm gonna lose it )