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Aug. 15th, 2012 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geebsWO blather- New DLC out this week, including the DW costumes for SW characters. For some reason Bao and Zhurong's outfits look even skimpier on Gracia and No. One of the new DLC stages, "Speed Is of the Essence", seems great for maxing everyone out. Its my favorite kinda stage, just you versus everyone. No allies to babysit, and no bond missions to hamstring you by forcing you to not use musou. And, given the stage is basically grading you on how fast you can beat it (giving you a 15 minute time limit), it doesn't take too long.
But yeah, basically, there are so many enemies you can't swing your weapon without hitting something. So not only do you get a lot of kills (a minimum of 5000, which is double the average number of kills I'd get on the previous "good" stages for leveling up) which means more exp and more rewards for beating the level, your TTA gauge fills up fast because you're carving through folks left and right, which means more triple attacks and more gems (I've been getting 35-55K, it seems!) Plus, there is just a ton of officers, so with prosperity you're getting like more than a dozen weapons (and given its a ten star stage, they have good attributes)
My fastest time so far is 13 minutes. Which I thought was fair, given it gave me a ranking of "swift", but it also says I can do better. I prolly could do it faster if I ignored a lot of the scrubs and went for only the important officers, but its always been hard for me to not kill enemies. Which is why my times on speed runs aren't too hot, because like the Dread Pirate Roberts, I don't like leaving survivors. In any case, I did find out in the mission I was killing Orochi X too fast there at the end, because there was this big boat showing up, and I was all, "what's with the friggin boat?" right before killing the big guy. But I guess it actually releases a couple of supply captains who give you even more rewards!
Walking Dead- I kinda needed that! After the horror of last issue and what happened to Glenn (and what happened to Abraham a couple of issues before), I'm glad to see a win in their column. Well, I guess other than that last confrontation with the Negan, they had actually been kicking his forces' asses. But he responded pretty brutally by killing Glenn, it almost seemed like they were in over their heads, and their town was about to be attacked. So it was nice to see that Andrea repelled the attack.
Of course, given the way the issue ends, Rick went back in alone, thinking the worst. And Andrea and the town had all that good news to give him, they have no idea what happened with Glenn.
TV commentary:
Pretty Little Liars- WTF, did they really have Emily kiss a distraught Nate? Way to piss off your lesbian audience, show! And wait, why do they act like Wren is not in the same boat as Ezra? He is a doctor, which means he's around a decade older than these girls. First Spencer, now Hanna?! He was acting like her being with Caleb was the only reason they couldn't be together, and not that it would be statch.
Degrassi- Ugh, Drew proposed to Bianca? Whatever, as long as he doesn't mess up her college plans. Dave on the other hand dumps Alli, because he feels they've grown apart.
But I realize Imogen is supposed to be miss quirky, but putting your face in front of a confetti cannon to figure out why it didn't go off is prolly not the wisest idea. The knock down drag out fight was a little excessive though. And while the Ice Hounds can be dickish, again, I feel bad for Dallas. He can be a jerk at times, but he can also be a good guy. So its interesting he seemed actually hurt when Fiona kicked him out. I guess he did think they were kinda friends, but only he got sent away, and not Eli and Jake, who technically threw the first punches. Of course, he and the hockey team did crash the party, with the intent of stirring up shit.
And hey, at least Claire finally told Eli the truth!
But yeah, basically, there are so many enemies you can't swing your weapon without hitting something. So not only do you get a lot of kills (a minimum of 5000, which is double the average number of kills I'd get on the previous "good" stages for leveling up) which means more exp and more rewards for beating the level, your TTA gauge fills up fast because you're carving through folks left and right, which means more triple attacks and more gems (I've been getting 35-55K, it seems!) Plus, there is just a ton of officers, so with prosperity you're getting like more than a dozen weapons (and given its a ten star stage, they have good attributes)
My fastest time so far is 13 minutes. Which I thought was fair, given it gave me a ranking of "swift", but it also says I can do better. I prolly could do it faster if I ignored a lot of the scrubs and went for only the important officers, but its always been hard for me to not kill enemies. Which is why my times on speed runs aren't too hot, because like the Dread Pirate Roberts, I don't like leaving survivors. In any case, I did find out in the mission I was killing Orochi X too fast there at the end, because there was this big boat showing up, and I was all, "what's with the friggin boat?" right before killing the big guy. But I guess it actually releases a couple of supply captains who give you even more rewards!
Walking Dead- I kinda needed that! After the horror of last issue and what happened to Glenn (and what happened to Abraham a couple of issues before), I'm glad to see a win in their column. Well, I guess other than that last confrontation with the Negan, they had actually been kicking his forces' asses. But he responded pretty brutally by killing Glenn, it almost seemed like they were in over their heads, and their town was about to be attacked. So it was nice to see that Andrea repelled the attack.
Of course, given the way the issue ends, Rick went back in alone, thinking the worst. And Andrea and the town had all that good news to give him, they have no idea what happened with Glenn.
TV commentary:
Pretty Little Liars- WTF, did they really have Emily kiss a distraught Nate? Way to piss off your lesbian audience, show! And wait, why do they act like Wren is not in the same boat as Ezra? He is a doctor, which means he's around a decade older than these girls. First Spencer, now Hanna?! He was acting like her being with Caleb was the only reason they couldn't be together, and not that it would be statch.
Degrassi- Ugh, Drew proposed to Bianca? Whatever, as long as he doesn't mess up her college plans. Dave on the other hand dumps Alli, because he feels they've grown apart.
But I realize Imogen is supposed to be miss quirky, but putting your face in front of a confetti cannon to figure out why it didn't go off is prolly not the wisest idea. The knock down drag out fight was a little excessive though. And while the Ice Hounds can be dickish, again, I feel bad for Dallas. He can be a jerk at times, but he can also be a good guy. So its interesting he seemed actually hurt when Fiona kicked him out. I guess he did think they were kinda friends, but only he got sent away, and not Eli and Jake, who technically threw the first punches. Of course, he and the hockey team did crash the party, with the intent of stirring up shit.
And hey, at least Claire finally told Eli the truth!
