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7:00 PM
@sjohnston I agree. Thats why I'm still turned based all the way
 
Which is why they've tried adding stuff like character AI systems. But really, if I'm just going to adjust some dials and then let all the characters make their own decisions, I might as well let the game play itself and I'll just go eat a sandwich or something.
Just one of the many problems I have with Square since they became Squenix.
 
@sjohnston Music is still great though right? At least that's consistent!
 
Sequals to Final fantasy games and MMO final fantasy games are equally terrible ideas.
 
@RavenDreamer You need to work harder, so you can be the 1% of the 1%
Or, better yet, instead of working harder, sabotage the others who are doing well!
 
@sjohnston I agree. You exclude remakes right? *Please?
 
7:06 PM
@Jonny Remakes are fine. I played FF1-3 on my phone. Although I'd rather they not fall into the Nintendo trap of strip-mining their former glory.
@Jonny They do have great music. However, the only Square game I've played all the way through since FF10 is Chaos Rings for iOS, so I'm not super-up-to-date with them. Also, Nobuo was always my favorite, and from what I understand he only works with them occasionally now.
The Black Mages stuff is fantastic
 
@sjohnston Thats correct. I played 10,12,13 and the music is still pretty good. Did you branch into any other modern JRPGs?
 
No. I never bought a console for this generation, so all of my gaming in the last few years has been PC and mobile-based.
 
O, ok. I still like the PS1/SNES the best anyway.
 
Also, there aren't very many games that I can dedicate tons of hours to anymore, what with kids and job and all that adult nonsense. And unfortunately, good jrpgs tend to be the sort of games that require tons of hours.
 
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Q: What does the control stat do?

yx.I can't seem to find an answer for this. The impact stat seems to affect the width of the 'nice shot' zone on the swing. The spin and side spin stats affect how much of those you can pull off, but what does the control stat do?

 
7:14 PM
@sjohnston Very true. I am in the same boat (with no kids yet). Growing up, nothing was better than devoting 200+ plus to Legend of Dragoon
hours*
 
@Jonny +1 for LoD
 
@sjohnston 2nd Fav RPG =) I assume you beat it?
 
@Sterno You ahve a lot of rep, right? I should ban you?
 
@Jonny Yeah, I did a "quick" first run, followed by a considerably longer completionist run-through.
And then one of my friends borrowed it for about 5 years.
 
@sjohnston Haha Ya, I know the feeling. I'm glad someone has played it though. It got a horrible rep for additions. But that is still one of my favorite game implementations. I bet it was hard to play that game and eat a sandwch!
 
7:18 PM
@RavenDreamer I call mod abuse!
(please don't ban me)
@Jonny I really hated additions at first. But after playing a while, I realized that they kept the combat feeling fun (and a little challenging), where most other games of that sort the combat can become kind of tedious, especially when you're 40+ hours in.
 
@sjohnston And everyones final additions were long, so when you screwed up, you got very upset. It was very fresh!
Are there rules for the chat posted somewhere? Or is it kinda the same as all of SE?
 
@Jonny Don't post NSFW pictures. Be nice.
 
Rules are the same for all chats. chat.stackexchange.com/faq
Although we play pretty fast and loose here on the Bridge.
 
Fair enough. I was just going to say that I live in St. Paul haha, and I just look in your profile and you live in Minn. Just mentioning small world
 
@Jonny Nice.
I'm in Robbinsdale
 
7:27 PM
@sjohnston So thats the reason your so nice... MN nice =)
 
Actually, it's because I'm a unicorn.
 
Forgive me
 
I wonder if the whole "Minnesota Nice" thing is just the Canadian personality traits rubbing off on us.
Being adjacent and all.
 
I don't think so. If adjacency's rubbed off on us we would have more in common with our (not be mentioned) east neighbors...
 
@sjohnston That does sound like a good reason for niceness
 
7:41 PM
@strixvaria are you referring to ff7's real time system or more like ff13's real mash action button system?
 
@Ender Both.
 
@strixvaria 7 was fine i felt. you could even turn off the real-time in the options. 13's was atrocious. worst system ever. fights were sometimes so fast I'm not even sure what happened.
 
@RavenDreamer Mass bans!
 
@Ender I didn't mind 13 if treated as an independent. It took some skill to be able to switch/ think fast
 
@Ender You pressed X. Repeatedly. So MUCH fun.
 
7:43 PM
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I hated 13. everything about it. I agree with independant tho, if looked at as NOT a Final Fantasy it was an ok rpg.
 
The Long Guis were pretty touch, and you couldn't autobattle
 
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Q: Currently working Shadow Priest addon to manage dots,debuffs,rotation

imaginativeI've tried searching this, but apparently my search skills are subpar. My favorite addon, Power Auras, is currently being fixed for 5.0.4 and it is extremely buggy in its current state. I'm going to be raiding tonight with my spriest and was wondering if there a list of currently working tools wi...

 
I don't know if you guys are aware, but it's Friday
 
@Sterno Now this should be a bannable offense.
 
@Sterno Of course you have your moment
 
7:48 PM
I miss the good old days...
Ugh, code reviews. This change I have to review is so stupid...but I really don't want the bother of the argument that will ensue if I comment about how stupid it is.
 
@sjohnston What language are you working in right now? I program for work too...
 
@Jonny Java
+ various web shenanigans
 
@Jonny Yeah, those were the best challenges.
I didn't see autobattle as all that bad; it made the simple random encounters pretty. It wasn't meant to replace your brain for tough fights.
 
@Sterno This is how I feel about billboards advocating opinions about things like abortion.
 
7:59 PM
@sjohnston I think on Fridays, all billboards should be changed to Rebecca Black debating whether kick it in the back seat or sit in the front seat
 
@Sterno Urge to kill...rising...
 
@fbueckert I agree. I still enjoyed teh game a lot
@sjohnston Im working in Perl and CGI, nice similarities
 
@Jonny Platinumed XIII-2 in no time at all.
Still need lots for XIII.
 
@fbueckert Im just missing the hold every item, and 5 star all battles. I havnt played 13-2 yet, no time
 
I'm just going to point out that when the title of your game ends in "XIII-2", you've clearly made a mistake somewhere.
 
user2334
8:03 PM
It takes forever to max out in XIII. There are only like 2 or 3 good farm points for CP
 
I maxed out =p What does that say...
 
user2334
I think I have 10 or so farming hours trying to max out before I lost interest. Still at 50% trophies
 
@MarkTrapp The best one is the one that you can't get back to after beating the end boss.
 
user2334
Well the first battle it features anyway. I would just reload the area after finishing it
 
8:08 PM
@fbueckert I agree. But you have to have a lot of items saved up. @MarkTrapp That one is pretty good, but I prefer killing this one because i like the rare drops for weapons/money. Fully buffed, I can kill it in under 5 mintues everytime
 
crashes through holy damn
 
user2334
I feel like FF13-2 gave me a better appreciation for the battle system: been meaning to see how much better I do in FF13. Used to loathe choosing paradigm roles that a character wasn't suited for, so I never used paradigms like Tortoise when I should've
 
@Jonny I assume that video goes to Adamantortoise.
Those things would straight up murder you if you tried to do it through auto-battle.
 
@fbueckert I know. D: I ran through there really fast the first time, fighting as little as possible.
Then I spent forever maxing everyone out later to beat everything else.
Farming money was the biggest advantage of that place though which I basically just gave up on.
96% forever, I guess.
 
user2334
ff13's trophies were poorly designed. Too much "lol grind you know you like it". FF13-2's were more reasonable and attainable by short spurts of focused effort
 
8:17 PM
@Sterno Holy crap this XCOM game looks incredible.
 
Joy. I've got kids running through the office.
Not sure how I'm supposed to do my job with that much noise.
 
user15026
@fbueckert That sounds like not fun at all. Why are there children running about?
 
@AshleyNunn It's Friday? I dunno. It happens sometimes.
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Q: Currently working Shadow Priest addon to manage dots,debuffs,rotation

imaginativeI've tried searching this, but apparently my search skills are subpar. My favorite addon, Power Auras, is currently being fixed for 5.0.4 and it is extremely buggy in its current state. I'm going to be raiding tonight with my spriest and was wondering if there a list of currently working tools wi...

And that's why we don't allow mod-rec questions.
 
user15026
"I am not asking what's best"....except you kinda are.
 
"Hey! I used to use X. X doesn't work anymore. Is there anything like X that does work?"
 
8:31 PM
That's not what I expected at all.
 
8:42 PM
@StrixVaria Huh.
That sounds slightly overpowered.
 
Yeah that's way better than I thought.
 
+Holy% damage for Monks, anyone?
 
Why Holy?
Any +% damage is the same really.
 
@StrixVaria True.
But Monk's theme is Holy.
 
I have holy damage on my DH's weapon. The holy damage death animation is definitely the least satisfying.
 
8:43 PM
Have a good Labor day weekend everyone!
 
@StrixVaria On the plus side, weapons with straight up damage will benefit the most from this.
Expect to see those weapons skyrocket in price as people start stacking +% Elemental Damage.
 
Yeah definitely.
 
In other news, I managed to grab a Cindercoat off the AH for 2 mil.
 
I spent ~1.2 mil last night on 8 items for my DH.
Nothing amazing, but enough to make it self sufficient so it can start making me gold back.
I guess the downside of gearing 3+ characters is that you can't make any one of them godly.
 
@StrixVaria If my luck holds, I got a pair of boots that are a decent upgrade for a half mil.
 
8:47 PM
I read a thread somewhere that gave a good strategy on buying upgrades.
Spend a few minutes to price all the items you have equipped, then buy an upgrade in the cheapest slot.
I found out that 8 of my DH's items were utterly worthless, so I upgraded those first :P
 
With the six filters, I can now search all armor for the same criteria.
So, I set my general requirements, and see what's there.
If there's a deal, I'll put a bid on it.
 
That's something I have to start doing...not being dead set on buying an upgrade now.
 
@StrixVaria It helps when my main can make it through Act 4.
 
At this point, I don't think I have a "main".
 
Apparently Monks are the hardest to get through Inferno, due to their specific requirements for gear.
 
8:51 PM
What specific requirements?
 
@StrixVaria Dex, Vit, All Resist, specific resist.
Anyways, home time!
 
@fbueckert Don't you just pick one resist to stack for One with Everything?
 
9:20 PM
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Q: Is Lemmings on Game Boy actually completable?

DisgruntledGoatFeeling nostalgic, I decided to dig out my old copy of Lemmings on Game Boy. However, I soon remembered why I never completed the Mayhem section - level 4 appears to be completely impossible due to a bug in the game. The full layout is the same as Fun 21 listed here. This time I get 14x Climber ...

 
@sjohnston Doesn't get you enough resistance to get through Inferno.
 
Ah. I gave up on the game before I got that far.
 
9:36 PM
Heh. Greenlight's already had to pull a 9/11 simulator.
 
Hi guys :)
 
@spugsley heya. How's it going?
 
not bad :)
 
:)
 
@fbueckert Stay classy, internet.
 
10:37 PM
@Mana You're welcome @mana. I starred your happy face, and now it has three stars.
I'm a trend starter.
 
@fbueckert @TimStone @Sterno not sure if you guys are around, but I have Development Hell in game now if you need it for the achievement
 
@spugsley That's in the Graveyard, right?
 
@fbueckert yup yup
 
Incoming, then. That place is stupid hard to find.
 
10:42 PM
@fbueckert I'll wait for you :)
 
10:53 PM
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Q: KH:3D What should I do in betweem worlds?

eric fKingdom Hearts 3D throws a ton at you right the beginning. In between worlds what should I be doing to power up Riku and Sora? Using all of my pet items? Managing my drop status? When is it good to voluntarily drop? Setting up pet battle spheres? Equipping command decks? I'm actually really co...

 
11:07 PM
@fbueckert I hope they release server-side stuff so people can still play if they want.
 
@StrixVaria They'd better.
If they just go, "Nope, we're done, hurr durr.", I will NOT be a happy camper.
The whole, "Dwell not on the 'how' or 'why'" part is pure marketing that tells me, "We're shutting down, and all your years of subscriptions mean shit."
 
Hi chat.
I went to Teslas house today.
Also randomly drove past a pair of fighter jets.
 
LEGENDARY CROSSBOW
@LessPop_MoreFizz you are my hero
 
11:23 PM
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Q: How do I get more Spoils of War?

HackworthAfter a (lost) match, in the XP/GP reward screen, I also got a "Spoils of War", a rare Datanode chance pack, obviously a random reward item. What's the mechanic there, how do I get more spoils?

 
It's on Tesla Street.
 
@spugsley Not that it matters now, but I've got that one. Thanks, though!
Took forever to get it to spawn >_<
 
11:43 PM
@TimStone I know!
 
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Q: How to encourage a woman to talk about her feelings when she's sad?

Saeed NeamatiProposal: Matrimonial Problems Some women are introvert, thus when they're sad or angry, they don't talk. I've read in Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus that women talk to calm down. How can a husband encourage his wife to talk about problems when she's sad, in order to make her calm?

 
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