okay okay, i apologize my lieges, i just didnt think that the intellectual caste of this here forums was of such high pedigree such as yousguys
Your Gripes With CoC2
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I'd rather have them around over people who refuse to wrap their head around the battle system. (Not that I don't sympathize with the latter. Solving a math problem to get a piece of ass does require mind shifting.) Fresh perspectives who take the character/party building seriously also take the story seriously too. They don't usually shut their brain off around specific parts.
I suspect Garret was planned to be something like that. He went over like a lead balloon by the audience, so he's rather underdeveloped as a result.
Eh. All the demonic corruption amounts to is a mystical plague outbreak, of which most of those affected, Karyrra included, are just victims thereof. Functionally all what the setting calls a "soul" is, is your spiritual liver that regulates you positive/negative energy. With the dark magic of the corruption pushing one towards negative in it's absence. The more traditional "soul=your mind/identity" is rather what the setting seems to call Ki, and is what Kiyoko had trapped so long.
Given their nature, demons aren't all that much different then stuff like spirits from setting like Dragon Age or Avatar, only they've been locked into a negative alignment by the corruption. With a few exceptions, they aren't really evil by choice.
As is, trying to save Kas, who is still every bit as much a victim of said plague as anyone else, is less "a bad thing", so much as just a bit optimistic and selfish given all the shit going on... mind, given the highly contagious nature of said corruption, even killing her wouldn't actually "do" all that much in the end, and having her switch teams would be a major(and frankly likely to be needed) boon Vs all the armies of imps and demons.
Besides... the Wraiths are basically just demons minus most of the sympathetic elements, and given Kas is at least actively trying to get a soul back, a bunch of wraiths that basically just ended up getting a soul metaphorically stuck in their metaphorical teeth by pure chance... have very little room to talk on the matter.
Love small breasts with big bottoms so I keep Etheryn with A-cup breasts, but it's a bit annoying to see all her CGs show her with a much bigger bust size. Also, it's a bit jarring to see her switch art styles when changing classes, so I would like to see her with the more realistic art style.
I have found way more instances where Azyrran's sleep-buff of switching tease damage to pheromone damage is a hindrance more than a help. Starting with Azzy herself, during Land of Milky Honey where she has resistance to pheromone damage and vulnerability to tease (doesn't apply to her buff but does to the Rosebloom Shield).
A small handful of further examples:
Argoth - vulnerable to tease, but not pheromone.
Miko - same
Jael'yn - same
Blood Knight - same
Alissa - slightly weaker to pheromone in the Winter City, but weaker to tease in Dracia
Lureling - three times weaker to tease than to pheromone
Gytha - same as lureling
Gray Jelly - immune to pheromone, very weak to tease
Most of the statblocks I checked looking for examples, enemies were damaged by tease and pheromone equally. Genova was the only other enemy I found where pheromone damage is more effective.
I realise I'm picking and choosing examples to fit my argument, but this is the impression I've gotten over a few playthroughs. I've found more examples where it makes no difference or where tease is the better option, than where pheromone damage is more effective. I feel like the more I've looked into this, the more I find that this 'buff' from Azzy is actually making more fights harder than easier. Which sucks, 'cus she's one of my favourite companions.
A small handful of further examples:
Argoth - vulnerable to tease, but not pheromone.
Miko - same
Jael'yn - same
Blood Knight - same
Alissa - slightly weaker to pheromone in the Winter City, but weaker to tease in Dracia
Lureling - three times weaker to tease than to pheromone
Gytha - same as lureling
Gray Jelly - immune to pheromone, very weak to tease
Most of the statblocks I checked looking for examples, enemies were damaged by tease and pheromone equally. Genova was the only other enemy I found where pheromone damage is more effective.
I realise I'm picking and choosing examples to fit my argument, but this is the impression I've gotten over a few playthroughs. I've found more examples where it makes no difference or where tease is the better option, than where pheromone damage is more effective. I feel like the more I've looked into this, the more I find that this 'buff' from Azzy is actually making more fights harder than easier. Which sucks, 'cus she's one of my favourite companions.
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Well, as far as degeneracy goes, text-based h-games are relatively - relatively - cerebral. They're basically like reading erotica, so the sort of people who enjoy them are probably more well-read and therefore well-spoken than your average porn consumer. That post was still a little long-winded, though.
But also: autism. Let's be real, it's got to be at least 70% of us.
That ain't me pulling a thesaurus, that is literally the term used. If you got a less verbose way to say it then shoot your shot.
Most of your other points have been actually discussed by other forums members interestingly enough, but I would like to address the point.
First of all, you are not wrong.
Your perspective on Kasyrra is completely valid. Kasyrra is an evil person. I would characterize her more as a neutral evil character though.
What I like about her character is that she is nuanced. Now you can say that none of her backstory matters in the context of her actions and the game gives you a completely valid path towards treating Kasyrra as just a villain.
The Romance path is an alternative option, that while it doesn't excuse her actions, does provide context to them. Kasyrra's demonification was forced upon her. The thing that I find most interesting about it though is that Kasyrra is actually conflicted about it. She likes the power and pleasure that comes from her form, but is also tormented by what it robs her. She can't just ignore it because demons are based around their obsessions.
Regarding Kas and her daughters, it's true. She does have several children such as Aileh, but it's still not real to her. Kas actually can't love someone else and even if she doesn't want to admit it, the champion is no exception. The intention I got from the soulbound split wasn't that it was a guilt trip but rather her realizing that her "love" was very conditional.
The other companions will explicitly call you out for pursuing a relationship with Kas. Cait is about near to smack you upside the head and even Brienne will go "I don't know if that's such a good idea."
It does beg the question of what happens if she does get an "authentic" child. I'll be confident in throwing this story in the trash if, and only if, it turns out she gets (what she says) she wants and is 100% happy with it.
i mean thats what would happen wouldnt it? this is a porn game i dont think it will deal with the themese of "careful what you wish for" in an ending thats supposed to "redeem a baddie"
No one's gonna know what that means without looking it up, even with context. Just say a Jeffrey Dahmer fangirl or something.
I mean... she's a demon. Kind of the whole "point" of all her effort, is that she literally can't have them unless she gets a soul. Thus if she has had them, she'd therefor have a soul. Thus becoming capable of the full range of emotions that she is currently literally incapable of. How much this will effect her personality is kind of just a wait and see, but hard to imagine anything but "a lot".
Redemption stories tend to fall flat if the subject doesn't address the central issue that made them fall in the first place. Kys already has a lot of kids, even ones from her loins, and she's still unhappy. I don't think one more, no matter how special they are, is going to cut it.
My pet theory is her biggest roadblock is appreciating the kids she already has. If she actually regrows a soul, I'll admit the results would be interesting to see.
but you are missing the part that she has no soul therefore she literally can't appreciate them before she geta a soul, with the talks about how the soul isnt that important in the game, you may have forgotten that it IS responsible for empathy, humanity, and all sorts of other emotions like loving someone aside from you, also about the "kids from her loins"...what kids babe? rapist weirdos that are the exact carbon copies of the rapist weirdos that raped her in the beginning and cost her her soul? i dont think its a "road block" if she hates them, if anything thats one of the most justifiable parts of her character, but the way you talk about her its like she gives birth to, or sires, not imps but just corrupted characters, which is not true, and she is still unhappy, are we seeing the same character? (this is coming from someone who isnt even romancing kas)
i get it, but for someone so uppity about there being a "proper redemption ark and story" they missed a whole lot