Speaking of music and Type-0, I’m actually pretty mixed on the soundtrack. There are some cool strong themes, but most of the time I kinda feel like Ishimoto is outside his element, with stuff like Crisis Core and TWEWY with their focus on more modern, electronic sounds just works out much better. I’m also extremely distracted by the overworld music. I appreciate this it’s a nice epic rearrangement of the chocobo thdme, but then it’s also an epic rearrangement of the chocobo theme. Like, the overworld music is supposed to capture the main essence of the game, but by remixing such a recognizable theme that has such a clear meaning within the series context, I not only fall to see how it matches the general feel of the game, but I’m also just completely out of it when walking around. It’s seriously immersion-breaking to me and is in general just a baffling creative decision that goes all logical OST decisions.
Yeah, I haven't gotten much done myself. I'm waiting for my sense of needing something constructive to do kick in, which has been starting to lately. I've been mindlessly watching TV shows and playing games for the past week and a half, so I feel my mind is finally starting to need do something a little more involving. I also figured I'd take this time off to read up on the RPG Maker ACE tutorial and maybe squeeze out a small game. Get myself more familiar with the program. Since it looks like they may delay my return to work further than the two weeks initially promised, I figure I should fill my time learning new skill sets.
Same here. I said I’d write a chapter a week but that was before the virus spread here lol. I still hope to start this week and actually stick to that schedule this time
Sadly, I'm not terribly invested in Discord. I looked at it and see what the big deal was, but it definitely doesn't look like something I'd be interested in. I only checked it out to finally see what the rest of the forum is doing since I seem to be the only person on them anymore. I've never liked chat rooms. Glad you got back into it. I'm towards the end of the game, but I can already tell its going to pull a Nier and be one of those games you have to play on NG+ to unlock the other half of the plot. So I'm probably closer to the midpoint of the game in all honesty. Glad you've been keeping up with Zelda, I took a break after I finished Seasons, and I've kind of got myself going back and forth between Trials of Mana (still haven't gotten use to calling it that) and Type-0 for the most part. Mainly trying to pull myself from gaming so I can work on getting things done around the house and maybe actually write a little.
lol it’s about time Anyway, I’ve had a small break with Type-0 due to work, but now I’m back and making some progress. Trying to level everyone evenly though I’m worried I’m under leveled anyway. I’ve also beaten Spirit Tracks in the meantime and have made some good progress in Oracle of Ages. I think I’ve just beaten the fifth dungeon.
You’ve been peeking into the discord server, haven’t you
How How did you know I was having trouble with this
Magic in Type-0 is pretty simple. The leveling system allows you to use the Phantoma you collect to raise a spells attributes. You earn spells as a reward for missions or collecting enough SPP from them rather than anything you do with raising their attributes. Raising any stat for a spell like Power, Range, or Cast Time will cost some Phantomoa, sometimes more than one type, and it will raise the MP cost of the spell. Lowering the MP cost of a spell will reduce other stats, so its a bit of a balancing game. Cast Time also correlates to charging spells. When you unlock higher tiers of spell like Blizzaga BOM, in order to use that version, you need to hold down the button you equipped magic to and let it charge up to higher tier spells. So raising this stat just makes it faster to charge the spell and has no bearing with the actual time from hitting the spell button to when its actually used in battle.
