u/Nordic_Krune

I looked around and couldn't seem to find anyone discussing this, so here goes:

Did you know that you can sell items you buy via Hermes' Shrine and gain <×2 the amount you spent? Buy an item twice (for express) then sell it for profit. These appear inbetween Surface regions and so if you check the shop and see there are 2-3 things you do not care for, but you got enough gold to buy them, pick Time Piece for some easy cash.

Makes this item go from "nice to have" to "will give free gold". As long as you didn't spend it all before the previous boss.

Gosh, Reckless Abandon is a bad boon. I did a run where I acquired Reckless Abandon, this was some of my setup

• Hidden aspect of >!Hel!<
• Air quality
• Heroic Poseidon on attack
• Blitz on Special
• Static Shock
• Reckless Abandon/ RA (obviously) Epic rarity (9% chance to proc 555 damage)

I also had some percentage increases on my attack, which got nullifies by RA.

Air quality makes me do either 50, 55 or 555 with RA, and I could hear the Dionysus sound effect a few times while firing my weapon, which I assume were the 555 procs.

The issue is this: Even with Air Quality, so you do on average 53 damage per attack, this still is not worth taking. I had the optimal weapon (Aspect of Hel has the lowest base damage and gets the most buffs from this) I had the right boon combination, and I did not run a crit build, and yet this boon did basically nothing for me due to being so late in my build and getting ruined by my other boons. My stats for the run, in terms of damage was

1. Poseidon Waves (90k)
2. Attack (59k)
3. Blitz (57k)
4. Casts (34k)
5. Chain Lightning (31k)

Yes, attack were on 2nd place, but the area I got RA was the last region ( >!Dream Dive!< ), meaning it cannot have amounted to doing all that much for me. I've always felt that if a build is very specific, it should be allowed to be broken, but this boon will never be broken as is. The only way to improve this boon would be with Success Rate (For a ~15%) but that is so specific that I just cannot say it would be worth it, when you on average would do 112 damage without Air Quality (55dmg half the time, then 5 damage 35% of the time, and 555 only 15% of the time) and 128 damage with Air Quality (55dmg half the time, then 50 damage 35% of the time, and 555 only 15% of the time) which sure is okay on a fast weapon, but anything other than the fastest weapons loose out on damage. Not to mention, this assumes you get RA at epic rarity, at common the average damage is ~ 57 damage, and with Air Quality its ~78 damage.

Honestly I wish they would rework RA, either mildly or extremely. I even have suggestion.

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Suggestion 1: "Your Attacks randomly deal exactly 11, 111, or 1111 damage whenever they hit" | Bonus chance for Minimum AND Max damage: 5%/ 7%/ 9%/ 11%

This makes the boon way more interesting, as doing a possible 1k damage in a single hit seems way more enticing than just 1111. The bonus chance affecting both minimum and maximum also makes the boon more risky, as it will likely (with a fast low damage weapon) result in a 90%/86%/82%/78% to do 111 damage. With Air Quality, you suddenly get a way better, albeit still fair 50/111/1111 damage spread. The idea is that it can be broken with the right combination. As a bonus, you could ad a "negative" sound effect for when you proc the bad damage, just to give the player an idea. The average damage without Air Quality would be ~156 (common) - 210 (Epic) but with Air Quality it jumps up to ~158 (common) - 214 (Epic), albeit allows for lower risks of downs. It also makes the impact of an epic boon way higher, as the old one had virtually no difference between Common and Epic in terms of damage.

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Suggestion 2: "Sacrifice all your remaining HP aside from your 1, the number of hit points you sacrificed becomes bonus damage you apply on your attack and special once every 7/6/5/4 seconds" | This is affected by Seismic Servo but not damage boosting effects, does not activate Blitz.

The name of the boon is "Reckless abandon" but the current effect does not really reflect that, THIS however, does. You sacrifice remaining health for a (possibly) massive damage boost. If you have Death Defiance, this becomes a bit safer, but depending on your build this might be a death sentence if you're not careful.

This became a long post, but I just had opinions on this gosh awful boon, I don't get the design philosophy behind it and hope it gets either buffed or reworked entirely. Have any of you ever had this boon work our for you?

Hi, doing the last acheivements that are dependant on certain characters showing up, like in Voice and Vanity where I apparently have to meet Narcissus first, then Eccho (But in my 5 runs this week I haven't seen him) or for Silk and Spitefulness where I need to meet Athena (Naturally, her keepsake does not work for this).

Ive tried doing 3 chaos trials to spawn Narcissus but it has not worked, does anyone know any tips to speed this up?

EDIT: Omgosh, no kidding, my first run after making this post spawned Narcissus, damn. So the answer is; yes, it works on that quest atleast. It was one of the chaos trials that have you go through an entire run.

I incited a raid against a player that declared war on me, and I had a ship that watched what occured.

The IP spawned two archers infront of the player's troops... and then they did nothing, for 6 turns they did nothing. But when I repelled the other player, then the archer attacked my unit.

So in essense, all it did was give the player exp. This surely cannot be intentional.

Me and my roomate started watching this show two years ago, when we first moved in together. We developed drinking games (When Senku says "ten billion" or Gen says pirate speak, or Chrome calls something "bad" + more) and really enjoyed the first two seasons. This was one of our favorite series together...

Then the science stuff got a bit less detailed... suddenly complex machinery was built like it was nothing and characters didn't really change or have opinions on much.

And tonight we finished the final season ... oh boy.

Edit: Oops, let me mention real quick: Crunchyroll didn't have subs for the English dub, so I might write some characters names a bit wrong, just forwarning about that.

World building

My roomate noticed a few oddities in the last episodes. Like how the Kingdom had a port, made of concrete, before they went to space... why? Concrete is tough to manufacture, and is only neccesary if you're gonna have a busy port that needs to handle the buisness... except, they recieve maybe 2-3 ships a year. Wooden piers would suffice, heck there are some instances where they make "cheap" versions to save time, so this isn't a new idea.

Also, that giant space center next to the old Sukasa base, thats a pretty modern and solud building... its surrounded by woods, with no sign of a road network or construction, its like it just spawned there (much like how precision parts spawn in this show).

Why does that matter?

"Its a manga, why does it matter? Cant expect everything to be realistic" is a likely response, but to that I say: The series used to care about this stuff. In earlier seasons we saw roads being built for wheels, Xenos base had a clear sign of being constructed ( however ridiculusly complex) and they spent time or atleast dialogue informing us on what was needed to achieve certain things... now it feels like they went from Minecraft Survival Mode -> Creative Mode. SOME effort to convey that the world is changing would help this, but instead it feels rushed. The hydroelectric plant is built out of nowhere and we don't even get a lecture on how it works, which is such a shame.

Characters and design

Aside from ... some characters (Chelsie, yikes) we liked that every character had their quirks and abilities... but heres a question: Why was Gen a part in the last ⅓ of Season 4? His role went from "badass manipulator" to... exposition and audience anchor guy, which was a shame to see. Thats just an example, but other characters got so little to do. Its also sad that 80% of characters lost their cool facial marks, with the exception of Senku, Sukaza and ... thats it? Just makes the earlier designs seem blander. It was explained, I know, but the explanation was both lacking and didn't replace it with anything new or cool.

Also, flanderization. The amount of times Riusuki needs to mention that hes greedy or wants everything... we got it. Chelsey with her quips, yeh sure but please hush. And Kasuki having a hard-on for tough jobs was funny at first, but got old after a bit. In earlier seasons, characters like Taiju and Senku got to voice their opinions on how society should work, and what they think is the best course of action... now everyone follows Zenku blindly, and the only thing that gets questioned is the return spacecraft (which turns out to not be an issue to make). Characters didnt get to have opposing opinions or arcs, they just... existed. The last character arc we had was Xeno turning good, but thats more of a "you won, I surrender" conclusion. Zukasa, Hyoga, Xeno, and others had opposing feelings on things, yet now they cant cause we need to wrap up the season, it felt rushed.

No sense of progress

This show was all about progress, and the final season supposedly spans years... yet no one ages, well, aside from Suika, but after that ONE timeskip, she stays that age, and even seems to shrink? In the final episode we see Gen return after what he says has been years... yet everyone looks the exact same? Yes, I know people don't change alot after puberty is finished, but changes DO happen. Facial hair, weight, clothing style, build; all these things progress... but theres no change, so the impact of "Wow, its been so long" doesn't hit, as I feel like its been... a day. In earlier seasons we saw Taiju grow a beard, so we know he can... yet he retains his looks. Kazuki, bless him, is old... and they had an oppurtunity to make a story about loosing him to time, something not even Petrification/ Dr. Stone could fix... yet he is as spry as always, even after the timeskip.

Why does it matter?

Well to this one I point to... the Suika time skip. I think I speak for us all when I say that that episode was an unusual kind of hesrtbreaking. Seeing this young girl we've come to know, suddenly be older, gives us an immediate idea of how long and sad her life was. If she had not grown up, it wouldn't have worked at all. So if when the show wants me to care that its the final season, and characters have grown... they know how to make it impactful.

And as for character arcs; I don't need the writing to be HxH or AttackOnTitan, but something to create conflict would have been nice.

Final thoughts

Hope this wasn't an unpopular opinion to post here, actually I hope others agree, cause I feel like these are very basic writing critisisms, and I cared enough about this show to get dissapointed. Yes I know its a manga/anime aimed at a younger audience, but thats no excuse. Now, the shows humor was mostly as good in the end, and we liked the answer to the Why-Man mystery, but stuff like poor world-building and character flanderization just kept us from loving it.

Overall, I'd recommend the first two seasons to people, then tell them S3 and S4 jumps the shark a bit but is entertaining enough to finish if you liked S2.

Hei, oppdatering fra post tidligere idag.

Huseiers far ringte oss, i ett veldig irritert humør, og anklaget meg og romkamerat for å ha vært "useriøse" og "ikke gidder å gjøre en ordentlig jobb". Når vi påpeker at hans sønn (huseier) godkjente vask, så anklager de oss for å ha "lurt en ung gutt (24)". Han truet med å kontakte huseiers landsforbund, og ville VIRKELIG at vi skulle komme dit selv og "gjøre opp". Vi påpekte umuligheten av å reise <9 mil, kl 4 på en søndag for å oppfylle noen vage krav, så vi ba om tenketid og samlet tankene.

Jeg har kontaket en venn som er utdannet i lover rundt utleie, og har nå kommunisert med huseiers far igjen. Ettersom vi selv ikke kan vaske huset innen onsdag kveld (Som er nye fristen de krever) skal vi søke etter ett vaskefirma som kan oppfylle kravene til huseier. Vi forventer at rentene på depositumet (30k, siden Juni 2024) vil dekke det men vi får se.

For dere som lurer; de vil vi skal; Vaske 17 vinduer, tømme fryserskuffer for buzz og isbiter, avrimme fryseskap, og vaske kjøkkenskap innvendig.

Og nei, vi fikk aldri en vaskeliste av de tidligere, og nei når vi flyttet inn for 2 år siden var ikke huset like rent som når vi flyttet ut (tvert imot, jeg brukte en dag på å rydde). Men det er ikke relevant, bare forklarer hvorfor vi er overasket.

Etterpåklokskap har lært meg dette: Ha alt skriftlig, uansett hvor joviale folk kan virke. Be om vaskeliste. Ha en godkjenningsprotokoll.

Var vi for snille? Strenge? Usikker, klokka er nå snart midnatt og dette ødela hele søndagen for oss, håper det var innafor å dele historien.

Hei, trenger lovhjelp her; dette er situasjonen:

- Huseier gikk gjennom huset vi skulle flytte ut av (i går) og sa alt var godkjent. Vi tok han i hånden, sa adjø, og sendte melding til huseiers mor om dette.

- Idag har huseiers mor (Som styrer Depositumskontoen) sagt at svigermoren hennes var innom huset på hennes vegne (Fordi hun var på hytta) og påpekte noen mangler på vask. Moren har sendt oss en melding og spurt om vi faktisk vasket vinduene utvendig (noe vi ikke fikk gjort pga regn og torden)

- Hu skriver i melding at hun skal gå gjennom huset imorgen og sjekke selv.

Har hun rett på, hvis hun mener vasken ikke er tilstrekkelig, til å trekke oss i depositum?

Edit: Depositum ble betalt til samme konto som månedlig leie, men da øremerket som depositums betaling i overføringen, da dette var den enkleste løsningen og vi hadde god tillit til de.

Edit 2: Vi tegnet kontrakt med mor, sønn arvet huset året etterpå og ny kontrakt signert.

Or just characters from myths.

Personally; Helios, god of the sun and brother of Selene. Need him to complete the family tree.

One of the Hekathonkherie, Giants or even Uranus and Gaia would be neat too.

Twice I used his keepsake on my first region in order to fish for the legendary, but both times I never saw him after that initial time. Just bad RNG or is he considered different?

Edit: Does the game have a "main god" that is decided no matter what godboon you had? For example: I went through the surface, got H, then when in the city I was met with 3 Poseidons, 1 Aphro, 1 Apollo and 1 Haphaestus. Then I kept seeing Poseidon after that.

Almost finished Hades 2 (going for 100%) and I'm in love with the character designs. Has Supergiant games released an artbook or a video detailing why characters look how they do?

I'm now 13 episodes in, and as well animated, voice acted, produced and built up this show is, it is really starting to annoy me due to the lack of answers to obvious question:

- We still don't know why the Village and Clan are in a feud, this is the most obvious question and yet it has still not been answered, and unless the answer is really really good, then it won't feel satisfying at all. This usually isn't a problem in most shows because there are either a) no characters who would bother asking, or b) no one to answer. But here, we got both.

Aside from that theres also just sooo much unneccesary exposition dumping, episode 11 was especially bad, with long leg and long arm.

And with 3 minutes of Episode 13 being recap, it FEELS like we should know more than we do.

So, question to people who have either read the manga or seen the next episodes: Does the show pick up soon, or is this one of those shows with a really good premise, lots of buildup, but no payoff?

Edit: They are also hinting massivly to Asa not being able to hug Yuru, maybe cause if their skin touches something happens? But I doubt it.

Edit 2: Oh, another thing that hasnt been answered: Why was Asa in a cage her whole life? Seems a bit odd yet its never questioned.

Edit 3: I watched this show with my roomate, full focus, and we find a huge dissonance between what we are shown and told. We will finish the series, but we are feeling like the show is trying to waste our time.

And how much does a second round of it do for me?

Hi, started playing the game on the WiiU a few weeks ago, I'm at chapter 5 and I havf looked into getting some good augments, but it seems they require materials that you can buy with Reward Tickets ... which is tied to the discontinued online feature.

Will I be able to complete the game without these tickets? Or should I prepare to struggle alot in later areas?

Me and two friends started a game, they finished their turn but I renamed my city. When I did, it renamed one or both of their cities (we tested it 5-6 times).

So yeh, not sure if its known, just thought it was worth mentioning.

First game I ever play, I am playing with 2 friends. During the game my two friends went to war with each other and one of their town turned over to me. We transitioned over to Exploration age, but the town did not dissapear, I still kept it. I also did not get bonuses from being almost finishing every tech in Science.

Basically, everything I thought I knew about age transition didn't happen ... did we change a setting by mistake that caused this to happen?

edit: Ah, turns out we had "Age transition Impact" set to "continuity" which apparently just makes cities apart from the capital turn into a town.

edit 2: In footage on youtube, people are able to pick "legacies" but I was not able to do this, despite having researched everything apart from horseback riding, and having the most towns.