#weaseldale

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What are your thoughts so far on reclamation algorithm? If you've played enough to form an opinion? I had some trouble at first before I figured out what exactly I should be focusing on, I think the game mode has a lot of promise but also needs a good bit of tuning, especially to the tutorial. I do hope they bring it back improved in like a year or two because I could definitely see this being a fun permanent game mode eventually

I’ve enjoyed it plenty, and I’m glad it’s here first on a trial basis first so they can tune it proper like they did with IS. They clearly put a whole lot of elbow grease into it.

I think they have to work with the mode’s eloquence first and foremost: It has a lot of tutorial that teaches you very little, it’s like I’m really reading Jacques Lacan again. So you go in and start getting blasted, and learning little by little, until you get a fundamental grasp of WADDUP. Which I’m fine with, but I can imagine it can be rather frustrating to most people who don’t have a shine to the ol’ get your face smashed in 10 times so you can start standing a chance on the 11th.

I also think the Dauntless Linebreaker is the worst boss they’ve made, literally a stat stick with no gimmicks. It’s 2023 Big Bob, except we don’t love. I get why he’s like that, since it’s hard to design a boss around what basically is “build your own map”. But that’s the next step they gotta nail.

The resource gathering is also pretty intense. I think they should lower wood prices just a little across the board so we can actually get shit going a bit faster, short and long term. Other prices are fine so far, wood just feels too expensive for how much you need it, even if you get a lot of it if you know what you’re doing.

I’d argue this game mode will need two difficulties, to be frank, it feels even more demanding than IS because your available roster and levels is a HUGE factor. It’s tuned for endgame players for sure. I think they’ll get this just fine, though, as they did in IS3 (with IS3 low Waves being significantly easier than IS2 and thus more welcoming to newer players, while high Waves IS3 is far harder than IS2, more suited to endgame players looking for a challenge).

So yeah! Liking it! It needs a lot of tuning but the baseline concept is lovely!

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god dammit @weaseldale you’ve had that line as your discord username for, like, two weeks

well played

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yo I reread your narutoxlotr crossover today because I was In The Mood, and it put me in the mood to reread others. I was originally going to come recommend a fic to you (Misplaced Blossom) because I figured you'd like it, only to discover that you made the first fanart for the fic ages ago. You're incredible. I love so many of your works. I was tickled that I found you already involved in the fic i was gonna rec so I decided to tell you about it. hope you're havin a good day

hello! thank you very much for the lovely compliments, i’m very happy you like it! i’m currently working on the next chapter, so i hope to see you there when it’s done ♥

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I ALSO LOVE BEES SHE IS COMPLETELY ADORABLE

SHE IS CUTE AND HER HAT IS FILLED WITH BEES!!!!!!!

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"I just had a great idea!" Gon says as he LETS HIS FUCKIN HAND GET BLOWN OFF. This child, I swear...

RIGHT? Good lord, child. 

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Do you consider things that are from outside the manga/anime to be spoilers? There was something you said recently that reminded me of something I thought about telling you when I was first reading your blog, but I wanted to make sure first. It never comes up in the show proper but i think its an interesting factoid if nothing else

It depends on if they imply anything or set up an expectation or not, I guess. Like, I’m cool knowing stuff from interviews and things if it’s stuff that people watching/reading at the time would have known - assuming it doesn’t give away anything. Generally I’m strictly No Spoilers for the material itself, but something like “The author once mentioned he wrote this scene to make his son laugh” or “this character was designed based on fanart contest winner” or something is fine. Or even just “it never comes up in the show, but Killua’s birthday is actually around this time” would be okay. Stuff like “You’ll get more on this later” or “don’t hold you breath (re: a hope or prediction)” or “IF YOU LOVE KURAPIKA TOMORROW’S EPISODE IS THE BEST ONE” or “The next episode is really sad!!!” or “They actually make it clear later this thing is actually X so it makes sense” are all too spoilery. I want to be surprised and make mistakes. I appreciate you asking. I hope this made things clear, and use your discretion. Thanks! 

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I love how totally nondescript the troupe leader looks with his hair like that. Without the earrings he would just be some random dude.

RIGHT. He actually comes across as kind of cute/sweet, which is terrifying when you know the truth. But it’s easy to see how naive Neon was like “yeah, this guy seems legit”