[Meta Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Dragonstrike]

It is a series? I thought that was just one game! 

I also hope so buddy. Let's see if I can get in the franchise someday. Also, it is truly a good idea in pre-order? I mean...you could regret later. I prefer to wait the game launch, wait to see some reviews and gameplay, and then buy the game if it worth.

Bravely is a series of games, yes.  Bravely Default is the first one, Bravely Second was the sequel to that (and it teased a plot point for a potential sequel to it after the credits, just like BD did with Bravely Second), and now we have Bravely Default 2 coming very soon.  Square Enix has been doing a good job with it.  Excited to see what's coming next!

I've never regretted purchasing any of the Monster Hunter games, and I've played a bit of the Demo for Rise already as well.  Still very fun, and I'm absolutely going to sink hundreds of hours into the full game without a doubt.  IGN's also commented that Rise is more accessible and streamlined than prior entries in the series, while still feeling great to play (which is one of the goals the devs at Capcom have stated they set for the game).  I have no doubt that Rise will be a success, particularly after World brought the Monster Hunter series into the international spotlight.

Ah. Okay. Now we are officially screw.

It could be worse.  And should you manage to take the hippo out, you'll be able to recover HP naturally again after the battle.

[Spiritmon]

Okay. That Hippo will for sure target Pyra with that Dig. Phantom, you have bigger Clash, so you able to counter Dig with Snarl or something else strong enough?

[Lord Windos]

WELP, RNG has decreed Pyra to be the punching bag this Encounter, so who am I to argue or moan otherwise? A little misery builds character, as they say!

Jokes aside, the group traded pretty even with Hippowdon all things considered, taking off a big chunk of its HP even though Pyra and Kogeki ended up whiffing/getting their attacks and themselves whiffed. It should go down within 1-3 more Rounds if we can increase the pressure on it, and we always have our Tiny Revivers/Reviver Seeds should the beast manage to take some of us down before it gets CRUNKED. So yeah, keep faith everyone!

What I found funny is that Paralysis doesn't really affect Pyra all that much right now, as it can't cripple her past 1 DEX and Hippowdon hasn't yet managed to stack Pain to make it inconvenient. It'll be pretty hard to get rid of, though, since the group is more specialized in dealing with Damaging Status rather than Stun Status.

Also, quick note about Hippowdon's Stats at first glance: It has 4 STR, INS, and VIT, and Base 6 Accuracy for its Brawl Moves. It's not going to be taking much of anything Damagewise except from powerful STABs, SE Attacks, or potent Crits, while everyone's at minimum going to take 3D6 Damage from its neutral 2 BP Moves, and a whopping 5D6 from its STAB Dig. Given that everyone except maybe Marcus does not have more than 5 HP it'll only take on average 2 hits for it to clean you (or 1 if we factor in Sand Damage), so dodging (Evasion) might be something you want to que up as a Conditional Order.

Also also, Dig will have only a - 2 Action Mod at the start of the next Round, as Charge Moves only Roll Accuracy on the turn they would deal damage FYI, so you have a 3D6 Accuracy Roll (Account for Pain) to beat with Conditional Evasion if it's going for + 2 Attacks, or a 7D6 Roll if it decides to commit only to that Dig attack next Round. In the former case (3D6), that could easily (well, more reliably) be done for anybody with at least 2 or More DEX & Fight by committing to a Single Action to get + 2 Accuracy, while the later is a much more harrowing game of odds for anyone that ends up playing it BUT leaves it wide open for retaliation and prevents it from Charging another cheeky Dig until Round 3 or do similar BS.

Clash Mechanics are outside my sphere of interest and expertise, so anyone wanting to do one of those against Dig will have to figure out the math themselves to see if its worthwhile or not

[no one]

Nothing wrong with preordering games. I preordered cyberpunk, and I don't regret it, despite all the bugs and stuff.

[Spiritmon]

Lets hope the next sequence of actions work. Lets break that Hippowdon face!

Also...I been playing in some D&D campaigh and some friends of mine show me a amazing site called Hero Forge. I get inspired and created one char of mine I played once...Here it is just for fun:

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So...what you people think?

[no one]

I've used Heroforge. It's pretty cool, ngl.

[no one]

Spent a couple of hours yesterday and today re-automating my spreadsheet. It's pretty useful, if I do say so myself. It really reduces the number of things I have to keep track of. All of my moves' accuracies and damage rolls will update on their own. I literally just have to copy and paste. It'll keep track of everything (weather, terrain, Daxter's current type, Daxter's current Ability, pain). I just have to update things like money, current health, how much lethal damage I've taken, what's with the weather and all that. As I get more moves, I'll add them in and continue working on it. It really cuts down on the amount of work I have to do. I automated it a while back, but there were a few mistakes so I revamped it.

Gonna attach the screenshots. Check them out, if you think it's interesting.

[Spiritmon]

We did it! We beat that thing. Whoosh! Spending that Will Point did make a difference! That double critical did help a lot to takedown that beast.

And I finally get enough XP to but Shadow Punch! Now Kogeki also have a STAB move like everyone!

And now...let's syphon some Aura Draining thing. I a bit fearful about what might happen but also curious what kind of effects have in drain all the Aura of a Pokemon. Specially in such strong Pokemon we faced so that's a perfect opportunity in try such evil experiment!

[Dragonstrike]

And I finally get enough XP to but Shadow Punch! Now Kogeki also have a STAB move like everyone!

Don't forget that permanently learning a move with exp increases your level by 1!

[Lord Windos]

Spent a couple of hours yesterday and today re-automating my spreadsheet. It's pretty useful, if I do say so myself. It really reduces the number of things I have to keep track of. All of my moves' accuracies and damage rolls will update on their own. I literally just have to copy and paste. It'll keep track of everything (weather, terrain, Daxter's current type, Daxter's current Ability, pain). I just have to update things like money, current health, how much lethal damage I've taken, what's with the weather and all that. As I get more moves, I'll add them in and continue working on it. It really cuts down on the amount of work I have to do. I automated it a while back, but there were a few mistakes so I revamped it.

Gonna attach the screenshots. Check them out, if you think it's interesting.

Wowzers! I thought Dragonstrike had some impressive spreadsheet making, but your take on it is simply fascinating! Wish I had the know how to do what you did, but alas I will simply have to stick with my own method of half writing stuff down and half route memorization. Though if you have the mind and will for it you could create a default Template for anyone wanting to tinker around with or apend to their own spreadsheets, but that's only my interest talking here.