Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

So far, my antidote to commercial software trying to sell me on increasingly more dubious AI has been to go back to creative software I enjoyed a decade ago. Which specifically means I've been spending a lot more time on my 2DS XL messing around with Colors! 3D and Pokemon Art Academy again. (I also plan to mess with Flipnote again at some point.)

I'm also very amused that Pretendo Miiverse is absolutely thriving, including and especially around the community for Splatoon 1.

@CoyoteTraveller The thing about SoT is: yes there are Xbox tryhards on there, but most folks are either just playing the game for fun or being chaos gremlins. And chaos gremlining is half the fun.

@gardevoir Anyway, I've done a lot of Bandit and took Warrior and Mystic to 11, and I agree that the RPG side needs... something.

My touchstone is, oddly, One Step from Eden/Duelists of Eden. That tells me that if there were a better rhythm to attacks and parries, and themes that were more clear to build towards, it'd be much easier to digest and play with the RPG pieces on offer.

@gardevoir Personally, I've found that the weapon masteries and utility spells give a lot of mileage, but the direct damage spells... not as much yet?

For example: Sturdy and Rage are strong enough to build just about anything around as a Fighter, especially a weapon mastery. 8s of invulnerability paired with huge damage is very, very good.

Bandit gets mobility and stabby pieces, which build nicely. Mystic gets... a lot of spells with unimplemented elemental mechanics?

@CoyoteTraveller Ehhhhhh... as someone who has played 'em all, the EO games stopped fairly short of giving good or complete furry options. They kinda started in EOIV with an unlockable race, had some options in V, but it was all super limited and only vaguely furry bait. Nexus then smushed it all into fewer options for sake of their compilation game.

Pretty sure you can do better. :p