The Off-topic thread.

[MGB]

^Well the article mostly targets Video games and Movies so we may be safe for a little while.

Yeah, but the anime industry over there has always wanted a system like that implemented, so it’s only a matter of time before they jump on the bandwagon as well, if they‘re not already. And you can bet that once they announce their involvement, manga publishers will follow suit. All we can do is hope that the file sharers will work out some other way to distribute raws.

Edit: Do you know where I can find volumes 15-17 of Eden? I know they haven't been scanlated, but I just can’t wait any longer.

[edo_shehb]

^Hahaha, thats my favorite season. I love when Dwight peppersprays Andy.

yupe, so Fuckin hillarious that my laugh make my sleeping-pregnant wife goin ballistic on me

I can't finish FFXII. Im stuck on some dumbass boss that keeps diseasing my characters and I only have 4 things that heal it and no remedies so I'm kinda screwed.

why don't you just retreat first and resupply more in nearby town?

well it's (perhaps) not worth it anyway ( still grumbling for the lousy ending)

^ I’d prefer it if you kept the information to yourself. We’re not ready to announce it to the community yet because it’s still in the planning phase. But once we have firm details regarding its progress, a representative from our team will make the official announcement..

I'm guessing it got somthin to do with your scanlation project ^_^

[Popothepenguin]

why don't you just retreat first and resupply more in nearby town?

well it's (perhaps) not worth it anyway ( still grumbling for the lousy ending)

I can't. Its the last damn dungeon and I'm so far into it that getting out to a town and getting back to the boss would take longer than me trying to kill that boss about 50 times and probably getting lucky in the process.
I'm still waiting for a revamp of the FFtactics story. I loved the whole atmosphere and characters of that game. They need to move towards that direction rather than the tacticsadvance direction.

[Shin_Igami]

I can't. Its the last damn dungeon and I'm so far into it that getting out to a town and getting back to the boss would take longer than me trying to kill that boss about 50 times and probably getting lucky in the process.
I'm still waiting for a revamp of the FFtactics story. I loved the whole atmosphere and characters of that game. They need to move towards that direction rather than the tacticsadvance direction.

ZOMG how can you have a hard time with final fantasy? It's like... "farm levels, one-hit kill boss...". Also... Final FANTASY??? The only reason i am going to buy the next one is because its going to be the first RPG on the PS3, and I have played almost all of them (I have FF1/2 on the GBA)
Play Nocturne (on second thought, don't... unless you like getting your ass handed back to you, even with a FAQ...), or Persona 3... Persona 3 is the best for people moving away from Final Fantasy, I guess... especially or anime/manga/gantz fans...

That said... do you have the reverse spell? It really breaks the game... Use reverse and lure (or decoy, depending on versions) on a character, kick back, and laugh your ass off...
Reverse turns healing into damage, and damage into healing... and lure will make the boss target only the lured character... oh yes, another trick, if the boss' super move is butt-raping you - when you feel it coming (it usually follows a fixed number of turns/pattern otherwise, you will need to be on waste and be quick when the message reads "boss is readying whatever"), summon an esper. Worst case, the character who summoned the esper and the esper die, and the other two get to revive him. Heal mp of your summoner, rinse repeat when Boss uses ultimate again.
Reflect will make disease bounce of you as well, but you won't be able to heal either... Umm, now is the time to be using megalixirs, I guess... no point saving on anything since this is the endgame. Also, if you have the potion improving license, it really helps a lot when paired with reflect... forgot how much a High-Pot heals with the level 3 upgrade, but it was a lot...
Hope that helps...
About Tactics, I absolutely agree... FFTA is like FFT for kids still slurping lolipops... The story would have gained a hell lot more had it been modeled on the Zodiac Brave story... Arggg... Zodiac (Zodiarc)... Darkja... 9999 on every1 plus dark... soz, bad memory...
ZOMG, sif have a hard time with FF...

[1 Hit Point]

The day Final Fantasy Tactics receives an official sequel to call its own is the day I can die a happy man.

[Shin_Igami]

The day Final Fantasy Tactics receives an official sequel to call its own is the day I can die a happy man.

Ummm... play Ogre Tactics Advance (on GBA) if you really liked FFT. It has the same setting, type of story, and features a "branching out/multiple ending" scenario. It uses a job class system, which, while not as extensive as FFT, has its own interests. It's also very difficult... monsters become over-leveled very fast, and you really need to plan things out. Its also graphically very close to FFT... well actually, the best anime style tactics game out there would be the Fire Emblem series. The Path of Radiance is out on WII, i think, otherwise the last three installments, two of which (Sacred Stones being the last) were translated into English. I'd choose FE over OTA given a choice, but they are both worth playing.

[Hadou]

ZOMG how can you have a hard time with final fantasy? It's like... "farm levels, one-hit kill boss...". Also... Final FANTASY??? The only reason i am going to buy the next one is because its going to be the first RPG on the PS3, and I have played almost all of them (I have FF1/2 on the GBA)
Play Nocturne (on second thought, don't... unless you like getting your ass handed back to you, even with a FAQ...), or Persona 3... Persona 3 is the best for people moving away from Final Fantasy, I guess... especially or anime/manga/gantz fans...

Actually any game within the Shin Megami name line(yes even persona) is practically made to garantee you weep, and a bit of your inner child die.
case and point Shin Megami Tensei for the snes
GOD IS A DICK!!! AUGH!! so are all the other god bosses I SWEAR, one hit k.o.s start getting old real fast. Probably doesnt help that you get to put where youre level up stats are in. Oddly enough I found having the main character have all his starting points put into strength, one of the other characters put into def, and the last one put in speed helps out a lot early on, making leveling a bit easier in that game.(one hard to hit, another is hard to kill, and the last will RAPE THEM)

Oh and MGB I finally got the cod4 game and a headset, online name is Vakmyr.(tho this is for the ps3)

[Shin_Igami]

GOD IS A DICK!!! AUGH!! so are all the other god bosses I SWEAR, one hit k.o.s start getting old real fast. Probably doesnt help that you get to put where youre level up stats are in.

Nyuhuhu... try Nocturne... For half of the game, random creeps routinely deal more damage in one turn than U have life... I am talking random encounter, not boss... and, to make things more interesting, you have only one main character, and if he dies, game over. No one can rez him. I lost count of how many times I read "The comfort of death shall come to men and demon alike... by the guidance of the great will...". Oh yes, did I mention the instant death spells one out of every 5 monster seem to have? You know the ones you can only cross your fingers and hope it misses?
As a general rule, if the enemy gets the first turn, you either run in the next one or die. Not killing the enemy in the first turn isn't sustainable either, because they do heaps of damage and healing items are hard to come by/expensive...
As for bosses... starting mid-game, an average of two-three per dungeon... oh yes, I mean BOSS, not miniboss. Minibosses and sub-bosses come in tens...
The game also features 8 optional Overbosses, two of which aren't optional at all... one of them is DANTE, from DMC... yes and you can recruit him, assuming you somehow survive the two boss battles where you face off against him and his 10% instant death Stinger...
We don't call it an RPG "suitable for those seeking the thrill of death" for nothing...

[Hadou]

Oh yeah I already know about nocturn. That enemies dealing damage more than your health has been peasent since the first one. Unless you somehow manage to stay 10-20 levels ahead of everyone you're going to get raped, a lot, early on in the first games. Hence why I said oddly having the main character with that stat, and the two other ones with it as well helps a lot. Also something to point out is that at one point in the first game you lose your other partners in crime, and have only the main character and whatever little demons he has scrounged up by himself.

[Popothepenguin]

ZOMG how can you have a hard time with final fantasy? It's like... "farm levels, one-hit kill boss...". Also... Final FANTASY??? The only reason i am going to buy the next one is because its going to be the first RPG on the PS3, and I have played almost all of them (I have FF1/2 on the GBA)
Play Nocturne (on second thought, don't... unless you like getting your ass handed back to you, even with a FAQ...), or Persona 3... Persona 3 is the best for people moving away from Final Fantasy, I guess... especially or anime/manga/gantz fans...

That said... do you have the reverse spell? It really breaks the game... Use reverse and lure (or decoy, depending on versions) on a character, kick back, and laugh your ass off...
Reverse turns healing into damage, and damage into healing... and lure will make the boss target only the lured character... oh yes, another trick, if the boss' super move is butt-raping you - when you feel it coming (it usually follows a fixed number of turns/pattern otherwise, you will need to be on waste and be quick when the message reads "boss is readying whatever"), summon an esper. Worst case, the character who summoned the esper and the esper die, and the other two get to revive him. Heal mp of your summoner, rinse repeat when Boss uses ultimate again.
Reflect will make disease bounce of you as well, but you won't be able to heal either... Umm, now is the time to be using megalixirs, I guess... no point saving on anything since this is the endgame. Also, if you have the potion improving license, it really helps a lot when paired with reflect... forgot how much a High-Pot heals with the level 3 upgrade, but it was a lot...
Hope that helps...
About Tactics, I absolutely agree... FFTA is like FFT for kids still slurping lolipops... The story would have gained a hell lot more had it been modeled on the Zodiac Brave story... Arggg... Zodiac (Zodiarc)... Darkja... 9999 on every1 plus dark... soz, bad memory...
ZOMG, sif have a hard time with FF...

Thanks for the advice. I'm not a real hardcore RPG guy. I hardly play video games and when I do, they are usually finalfantasy or Star wars battlefront related.