I meant to post yesterday, but that was one of those days where I was away from home way longer than I expected. That means barring some weird circumstances, I’ll be doing two today. I’m not sure if that includes this post or not.
Also I have a headache that refuses to go away. I didn’t get any sleep on top of getting back home late, so that’s been fun.
Anyway, I’ll see what I can put together for today.
Tonight was a bit of back and forth. I did some games in the Shikishima (and got some decent video material thankfully) and spent the last few games in the Shimakaze. Overall a good night. I’m just hoping I can get Premier running smoothly on my pc again so I can get some more videos together. Not just for WoWs but in general.
Vermillion is always ready to address some very specific gripes from the M.A.S.S. Builder playerbase. This one’s interesting to me personally because I’ve also felt downright compelled to mix in all damage types and not lean too heavily into any specific themes.
I play on Very Hard, leave me alone.
I don’t know anything about “God of Thunder Swordmaster Machines” or “Fire Breathing Dragon M.A.S.S.” but I do know that if I had things my way, my builds would mostly include normal and fire based damage, with lightning where it’s appropriate. The ice element doesn’t fit into most of my design themes and yet I always have it somewhere just to balance out the weapons. It usually goes on chainguns or missiles because that sticks out the least for me.
Here’s where things are currently heading:
My original thought was to make elemental disadvantage less noticeable generally by shifting the damage gap more to the right (less damage reduction for disadvantage and more for advantage), but that idea wasn’t node based, it was more of a universal game tweak.
The more I think about it while looking over the notes, the more I prefer Vermillion’s approach. Customization through the node system is a better way to go, and makes use of more of the game’s mechanics. This, as opposed to just tweaking values universally which could inadvertently push the node system well past what the devs intended.
Of course, they’re aware that certain elements in PvE can get wildly overtuned very easily:
And they’ve promptly chucked that concern out a window. My feelings on that were mixed until I thought back on games at the far end of the spectrum (New Gundam Breaker). Things could get silly, but that won’t detract from the fun as a whole, and if it starts to, Vermillion will do what they always do and quickly address it.
So kudos.
I’ve never been so glad to have a short break from everything. It’s been a rough week and I need at least a day to recharge.
Everything’s still on track as far as I can tell. I’ll either do a general update on Sunday or save that for next week. Those seem like they should be either in the middle of the month or toward the end and right now I’m leaning middle of the month.
I guess both works, too.
Anyway, on with the resting.
I’ve had to reinstall or reconfigure so many things in the last 24 hours I’m too drained to even ‘rage’ about it. I’m just … tired. So tired. I’m still catching up on things on the side but today was mostly putting files on my computer back in order and testing.
As of this writing, I’m still in the middle of that.
On the bright side, I guess I accomplished my goal? I freed up more than 100gb on the C: drive, which is great. I didn’t learn anything that would actually be useful later on, though. That’s the awful part. Normally when I’m having technical issues, they last just long enough for me to pick up some useful information I can use later on. That way it doesn’t feel like a waste of an entire day. This is just a case of using a workaround I already know and hate and picking up the pieces afterward.
Anyway, that’s all there is for today, so back to it.
… and Shikishima.
Sadly there was no fighting in space. Clan Battles was pretty fun tonight. I actually started out in the Shikishima and only swapped over to the Yamato once W-P-A’s Phoenix showed up (I’m W-P-O’s Phoenix). We like to pair up these ships when we can get away with it and tonight was one of those nights. Lots of stupid, high-calibur fun and nonsense.
I got a bit more footage but the update is tomorrow so I don’t know if I’ll have time to record the better games for posterity. Pains will be taken and efforts will be made.
My sleep schedule is also in tatters again, but that’s nothing new or particularly noteworthy.
Anyway, I wasn’t able to post at all yesterday so I’m doing an extra one today, that extra one actually being the last part of Fleeing Victory Chapter Two that just went up. I had the scene mostly figured out for a while now but needed the time and the focus to write it. With that done I’m hoping to get past the ‘character reintroduction’ phase and into the main thrust of things.
Aside from Fleeing Victory I’m almost done with the outline for Lydia’s Golden Treasury Chapter 2 (the new one). It wasn’t going to be as crucial to the overall plot as it is now, but sometimes things just work out. The next item Enya’s going to be dealing with is almost the opposite of the Armor of the Unburdened, and something she’ll be very interested in.
I tend to use LGT chapters to not just highlight items but also characters, and one character that could use some attention for Chapter 2 is Felka, so she’ll get some much needed development there, too. I’m not sure when the 1st draft will be done, but I’m starting on it this week.
Lastly, I’ve got a lot of studying to do over the next few months, mainly programming stuff. I’ll be writing about some of what I pick up here on the blog just like I planned. And that’s all for now.
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