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

[Briar King]

Aidios almighty... Zeit is OBLITERATING me on VM..

I just looked at the guide. Is there no MQ for this unlike CS3&4? I'm not going to waste my time prolonging game if no quartz for things like VM and Pom.

Edited March 27, 2025 by Briar King

[Briar King]

Omg I'm a hot mess right now. I just reset the damn corridor as it looks like I may have somehow missed a Trial Key.. I do NOT want to go through this Gormenghast battle nightmare all over again where I have to kill whoever is possessed.

Also what are these? I got them the 1st time through but I don't have any prompts at any station in the Garden..

[aneonfoxtribute]

Uhhhhi don't actually remember those shards. 

[Briar King]

 

[Eluvianii he/him]

There's one for each character. If you get I think 3 you can exchange them for an accessory tailored for that character. They required farming tho, I just ignored them and got only the ones I was lucky enough to get without trying. 

[Briar King]

I'm going mad about now...my Portal is going nuts when I'm playing from bedroom the last 2 days so I figured hey why not take advantage of technology and do Remote Play on my laptop and phone? Well 2 hrs later I'm pulling my hair out cause my laptop has become a blackhole in regards to the app.. it seems to be downloaded yet can't be found in files/list etc. My phone play was flawless. I can't find anything on laptop to delete/reload which is really pissing me off. Google Play. Just UGH!!

[Briar King]

I got it to work late last night. It's pretty nifty being able to play on laptop for sure but down side is having to play like PS2 era with a cord attached.

Weather hitting so had to get on way earlier today. Had an enjoyable skit on Daydream involving Jingo and many other side characters. It was a treat! Really hoping the few I have left are skits over action.

I had to call it quits after getting spanked multiple times on Trial 6 Landy I mean Randy and Gaius. It's a lvl 133 and I kept having to drop Azure droplets to lvl up and even at 138 with them I was getting an ass whooping. Tomorrow I ll drop more Azures to 140 and see if that helps me.

[Briar King]

My phone is trying to get me to look at a link for Trails Into Heaven or something like that. I’m going break my phone if it spoils anything for me randomly. I’m not clicking the link. What is it?

[aneonfoxtribute]

Just now, Briar King said:

My phone is trying to get me to look at a link for Trails Into Heaven or something like that. I’m going break my phone if it spoils anything for me randomly. I’m not clicking the link. What is it?

Trails Beyond the Boundary. That's the most recent Trails game, the third Calvard game. Known as Kai no Kiseki in Japan

[Eluvianii he/him]

Which apparently comes during fall. The predictions were correct, by the end of the year we'll be caught up with Japan. Now if we could only achieve simultaneous releases. 

[Briar King]

Oh ok...I sure thought i saw yall say Calvard was only going be 2 games? I'm beyond good with more! Hmm wonder if I can stretch out 1&2 and go into 3 to continue the massive power play...

 

Death Stranding 2 might break that anyway though...

[aneonfoxtribute]

14 minutes ago, Briar King said:

Oh ok...I sure thought i saw yall say Calvard was only going be 2 games? I'm beyond good with more! Hmm wonder if I can stretch out 1&2 and go into 3 to continue the massive power play...

 

Death Stranding 2 might break that anyway though...

I dunno who said Calvard was two games. Calvard is gonna be four at minimum.

[Eluvianii he/him]

Right after Kondo said no arcs would be as long as Cold Steel. Sure thing. After this I fully believe the last 2 will be as long if not longer. 

Edited March 31, 2025 by Eluvianii

[Briar King]

I had to get 1 character up to 140 and drop some of my saved up +5 strength on the other character but I just barely managed to skate by Trail 6. That was insane imo. I probably would even call anyone claiming to pass it at 133 or lower a liar.

Let's see. Got done with Magic Gal 3.. oh have tried the next Tyrfing lvl and to hell with that nonsense.. that is wayyyyyy to janky to attempt under a countdown not to mention the 1st wave is deadly anyway due to the jankyness. So pass I think.

I do believe that it is it for me especially if no quartz on VM and POM??? I'm free to go to the R Tower if not. Dialog done.

[aneonfoxtribute]

4 hours ago, Eluvianii said:

Right after Kondo said no arcs would be as long as Cold Steel. Sure thing. After this I fully believe the last 2 will be as long if not longer. 

Kondo has never told the truth. Habitual liar. lmao

[Briar King]

R Tower op commence!

[Briar King]

I believe I'm at the last save point before engaging boss battles in R Tower. Storm front moving in so my play was way earlier today. Took the opportunity finally to craft an upgraded attack grail locket. Man that took some mira and manyyyyyyyy U mats for sure.

I also used my dlc stuff and there was sooo many Pom insence things in comparison to CS/CB gifts. I'm thinking about just doing a run and using them all before boss fight. I have 13 i think.. wow not to mention the 60 +5 att/ats droplets. Actually been getting lots of the attack ones dropping 4 at a time on this floor so I have already spent 30+ between Rean, Fie and Lloyd. Almost at 4K on Rean. I've got Tio at about 4.2K ATS with Emma just shy of 4.

Also was thrown off as some of my MQ reached lvl 11! I stopped paying attention to them once they hit 10 so had no clue they kept going. Nice.

[Briar King]

Ugh Reverie ending stuff

man what a lonnnnggggg session. Game threw me into a mech battle after dealing with Rean 2.0 at almost 1M hp. Those +5 droplets were shining and i didn't even use the 60 att/ats i had or use any of my 14 Pom lvl ups. I dropped hundreds of +5, +1 droplets over the course of the game. I would hate to have seen that fight without any used. Anyway throwing me into an unexpected mech slugout after over a year from CS4 ending took its toll on me. That was brutally long and I had to pause to recharge. I just got done with the last and finally got the option to save game so that's what I did!! That was like 5 fights over 7 hrs. No way I was going to press on this late. Very pissed off Rean is out for this last fight after he got so many of my +5s.... gave his Solomon Garb to Laura but there is about 1K difference between their strength so I ll definitely be wishing I had access to him. Tomorrow I shall likely finish.

Now to get ready to cry and rage for tonight's Wheel of Prime drivel episode.

[Eluvianii he/him]

The final stretch can be kinda daunting yeah. I clocked like 3 hours from my save file at the final boss door until credits. Enjoyed every second but that's the kinda thing that scares away potential players. I couldn't remember if there were places to save in the middle, good to know there are.

[Briar King]

Reverie finished.

IT SAYS TO BE CONTINUED! I thought it was the ending of the West arcs? When does it come back???

[aneonfoxtribute]

1 minute ago, Briar King said:

Reverie finished.

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IT SAYS TO BE CONTINUED! I thought it was the ending of the West arcs? When does it come back???

 

Nah that's just saying "to be continued in Daybreak". This is the end of the west.

But also you're not done with the game yet. You have the post game to do.

[Briar King]

got my hopes up since it didn't say Daybreak.

Yeah I'm in the Garden but I don't wanna be. Thinking about starting Daybreak.

[aneonfoxtribute]

2 minutes ago, Briar King said:

got my hopes up since it didn't say Daybreak.

Yeah I'm in the Garden but I don't wanna be. Thinking about starting Daybreak.

It's heavily recommended you do the post game. There are Daydreams that set up for Daybreak

[Briar King]

Ok then. Torture in the corridor it is.

[Briar King]

I had forgotten to read Moonless Morn enmass before I engaged final to... whoops that's a 1st. Good thing I guess that I'm "not done".

Also I still have yet to see where to turn these shards in like I took a pic of previously. Steel shard