Trails of Cold Steel (and the Kiseki series in general)

[Briar King]

Seriously bruh! CB2 ch 5 stuff

Rixia is straight glass! Totally different than Yin. I can’t keep this stupid gal alive in these Mishelam fights.. I just turned my Switch off in frustration after getting bogged down in a never ending healing cycle in the mansion. I had to snap myself out of it after realizing I hadn’t even hit anything for about 15 minutes. She sucks!

[Briar King]

I had to restart this fight multiple times. The 2nd to last time was almost as flawless as the last time where I got unscathed but I realized I had not rebattle scoped enemies ugh.

Im now back at full SS strength. Will probably be tomorrow before I get back on. It’s still early though but I’m tired of this WoT rereread and I’m trying to finish 13 this week.

[Briar King]

Man it’s going even slower on the playing/reading front the last 3 days now that we cut the cord for DIRECTV and I’ve been having to learn how to control the entire house for my dad and daughter and discovering that I now have access to REELZ and the entire Live PD v2 show that has almost 200 episodes…!!

CB2 ch 5 stuff

I beat Campanella in the easiest longest most annoying battle with him yet. Next up is Ennes*sigh and the rest of the gals along with the Maiden herself. I hope E’s regen skill ain’t nearly as annoying as it in CS.

[aneonfoxtribute]

46 minutes ago, Briar King said:

Man it’s going even slower on the playing/reading front the last 3 days now that we cut the cord for DIRECTV and I’ve been having to learn how to control the entire house for my dad and daughter and discovering that I now have access to REELZ and the entire Live PD v2 show that has almost 200 episodes…!!

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I beat Campanella in the easiest longest most annoying battle with him yet. Next up is Ennes*sigh and the rest of the gals along with the Maiden herself. I hope E’s regen skill ain’t nearly as annoying as it in CS.

 

The fight against Ennea in this game is not nearly as hard as CS. It's fine here, they just bumped her numbers up super high for that one fight in CS

[Briar King]

She was a pure beast in that fight but iirc I didn’t have the best party choice and sure didn’t want to reload the sequence to reorganize. 
 

It was brutal to go through.

[Briar King]

Ines not Enes.. got mixed up but yeah she wasn’t anything here… wow she gets so much stronger in CS with that regen skill. 
 

Barely broke a sweat on her just now.

[Briar King]

Ennea done. Duvaile tomorrow. My sessions have been so short this last 2 weeks. Usually just point to point before shut down. To much other stuff needs time in my day atm.

[Eluvianii he/him]

Ok, looks like we're getting the Sky trilogy on modern consoles. So you might be able to play them now. 

Man, what I wouldn't give for a port of CS1 and 2. I don't mind jumping from console to console, but it would be so nice to have the entire series on a shelf for a single console looking all pretty. 

[Briar King]

Holy hell there is no way I’m gonna accept that tower top defeat after the dialogue reveal of why I’m even fighting up there to begin with. I got her mask off. I shut down afterwards and had to exit Tower to go get Wazy and now have to grind to get him up 6 lvls to catch up. Gonna have to cook some good items to for ATS/MP/CP.

Hopefully I can do this on 2nd attempt.

[aneonfoxtribute]

2 hours ago, Briar King said:

Holy hell there is no way I’m gonna accept that tower top defeat after the dialogue reveal of why I’m even fighting up there to begin with. I got her mask off. I shut down afterwards and had to exit Tower to go get Wazy and now have to grind to get him up 6 lvls to catch up. Gonna have to cook some good items to for ATS/MP/CP.

Hopefully I can do this on 2nd attempt.

Welcome to one of the hardest fights in the series. In the original game, the reward for beating her is basically learning her identity. Since you already know it, it's less of a reward. But yeah, it's a tough fight

The strategy is basically to have Lloyd evade tank, and have Elie, Tio, and Eazy nuking her with Spark Dyne the whole time. And shes still not easy doing that.

[Eluvianii he/him]

Honestly didn't even try back when I played. But I'll save this strat for the future. More optional challenges like that would be appreciated. 

[Briar King]

I ll attempt it a few times in hopes of success. If my patience wears thin and I move on I ll ask for a scene clip of it.

[Briar King]

[Briar King]

Hmm I followed the guide all this time and yet still had no Randy bond event. Idk why. Rixia was cool and Noel was kinda cute. Went with Elie though.

Back in city so I got some rounds to do. Bummer that there’s a cap on sepith at 9999 and Umats at 99. I could have had lots of all at present but nope they are in the void now. The Umats are really missed right now for upgrades.. ugh

[aneonfoxtribute]

1 minute ago, Briar King said:

Hmm I followed the guide all this time and yet still had no Randy bond event. Idk why. Rixia was cool and Noel was kinda cute. Went with Elie though.

Back in city so I got some rounds to do. Bummer that there’s a cap on sepith at 9999 and Umats at 99. I could have had lots of all at present but nope they are in the void now. The Umats are really missed right now for upgrades.. ugh

Okay so. Something really god damn annoying about the bond events in this game. You miss Randy, Rixia, and Wazy's backstories if you don't get their bond events. This is especially insane for Wazy, because it's his ENTIRE backstory, we never get any backstory about how he got his Stigma or anything outside of that scene. It's absolutely BAFFLING! It's like missing the Millium bond event in CS2, where she says she's a homunculus. Or like missing the CS2 NG+ scene with Thomas. 

[Briar King]

Can you link Randy’s so this doesn’t enter my algorithm? I did what guide said to do to unlock everyone so I’m stumped why his wasn’t running there.

[aneonfoxtribute]

2 minutes ago, Briar King said:

Can you link Randy’s so this doesn’t enter my algorithm? I did what guide said to do to unlock everyone so I’m stumped why his wasn’t running there.

Here it is. My best guess is maybe you accidentally made a wrong choice, or maybe didn't use the combo craft enough? Or maybe the math was wrong on the guide for Randy. Do you need Wazy's as well?

Edited July 2, 2024 by aneonfoxtribute

[Briar King]

Thanks pal. Yeah idk what the issue is..I picked him when his name was highlighted and even did the combo thing both times it was mentioned to do 3 times by x spot. Something was off clearly though.

[aneonfoxtribute]

1 minute ago, Briar King said:

Thanks pal. Yeah idk what the issue is..I picked him when his name was highlighted and even did the combo thing both times it was mentioned to do 3 times by x spot. Something was off clearly though.

You need Wazy's too?

[Briar King]

Nope he was the only missing one for me.

[Briar King]

I thought Daybreak was coming this month? The store has nothing info wise except for the demo being up atm.

[Eluvianii he/him]

It comes out on Friday iirc. 

[Briar King]

If that’s so then that’s weird it’s not listed. CS4 was up before release.

[Briar King]

Hmm maybe it’s because we looked on PS4? I just had the 5 on and it’s on there for tomorrow..

Wont buy right away. Will get once I’m close to Rev ending in hopes some kind of sale will take place.

Im just slowly making my way through the city atm.

[Briar King]

Hmm ultimate edition is 16% off at 109. I think I’ll just go ahead and nab it and show support.