- Location
- some computer lab
[X] Strife Without End
[X] Critical Mass
[X] Critical Mass
A Simple Transaction I
- Thread starter Rihaku
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Lealope
Not yet invincible
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Critical Mass
We don't need more power to deal with Dien, we're already unassailable on that front. What we actually need to do is to find the guy and the best way to do that is to hyperaccelerate Gisena's Grace Singularity. Seriously, +300% All Attributes, what the fuck.
We don't need more power to deal with Dien, we're already unassailable on that front. What we actually need to do is to find the guy and the best way to do that is to hyperaccelerate Gisena's Grace Singularity. Seriously, +300% All Attributes, what the fuck.
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[X] Full Throttle
[X] Critical Mass
[X] Critical Mass
[X] Strife Without End
Rihaku
The Internet
Mythology Halo is incredibly strong, but a large percentage of its power is in its scaling and versatility... +Stats for Gisena is great for her personally, but the physical component of that is essentially wasted given Hunger's enormous lead in physical combat, and the social component is less relevant against an opponent like Dien. Do you really need to try to outscale Dien's fully growth-focused strategy, or would it be better to counter it more directly by finding him?
Some additional points -
*Unless you have a strong plan for Hunger's spending, going Full Throttle would probably better impact his overall power than Strife Without End.
*There's something to be said for the complete package of Strife + Full, as well!
*Hail the Queen grants +5 All Attributes to Hunger, including INT, WIS and LCK! This may affect both the plans you are offered in the future and their execution. Decrees offer an exceptionally versatile means to enact anti-Dien measures in the short term while also developing relevant buffs in the long term. Spec to counter Dien now, then shift Decrees to growth-focused augmentations for the Champion later! Or simply make it very hard to dislodge Hunger as a ruler for fifty years, something he needs to achieve sooner or later... November Sky also grants rare mental attributes on top of its power area control ability, and its debuff would allow Hunger to specialize more heavily towards pure Might if going a Regalia of Strife path.
*Legendary Aobaru would also be an efficient way to spend Arete, pick up the first step towards future Sublime Fulcrum applications (including, eventually, anti-Dien biological manipulation), and give Aobaru more agency overall.
Some additional points -
*Unless you have a strong plan for Hunger's spending, going Full Throttle would probably better impact his overall power than Strife Without End.
*There's something to be said for the complete package of Strife + Full, as well!
*Hail the Queen grants +5 All Attributes to Hunger, including INT, WIS and LCK! This may affect both the plans you are offered in the future and their execution. Decrees offer an exceptionally versatile means to enact anti-Dien measures in the short term while also developing relevant buffs in the long term. Spec to counter Dien now, then shift Decrees to growth-focused augmentations for the Champion later! Or simply make it very hard to dislodge Hunger as a ruler for fifty years, something he needs to achieve sooner or later... November Sky also grants rare mental attributes on top of its power area control ability, and its debuff would allow Hunger to specialize more heavily towards pure Might if going a Regalia of Strife path.
*Legendary Aobaru would also be an efficient way to spend Arete, pick up the first step towards future Sublime Fulcrum applications (including, eventually, anti-Dien biological manipulation), and give Aobaru more agency overall.
- Location
- Peterborough, NH, USA
I've got 30K words in the tank, and you can't possibly expect Birdsie to take that lying down. We can make 8 Arete between now and the closing of the Build vote after this, easily.
- Location
- US
[X] Strife Without End
[X] Full Throttle
Out of respect for Aab and because I think Regalia is cool, I'll vote in this direction. If I end up thinking that the Armament Advancement is cooler when we get to see it, I'll vote for that instead.
(This is also because Barricade of Myth got wrecked, to be honest.)
[X] Full Throttle
Out of respect for Aab and because I think Regalia is cool, I'll vote in this direction. If I end up thinking that the Armament Advancement is cooler when we get to see it, I'll vote for that instead.
(This is also because Barricade of Myth got wrecked, to be honest.)
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ImperatorV
The Laughing One
- Location
- The Voyaging Realm
[X] Critical Mass
[X] Full Throttle
Shifting my vote slightly, as Full Throttle is better then Strife if we don't have a specific advancement plan (and I don't, especially since half the Arete would be going to Gisena in this build).
I'm still very interested in that Sorcery dominion from Hail to the Queen, but it is 56 Arete, which is a lot. Maybe Throttle + Barricade of Myth...
[X] Full Throttle
Shifting my vote slightly, as Full Throttle is better then Strife if we don't have a specific advancement plan (and I don't, especially since half the Arete would be going to Gisena in this build).
I'm still very interested in that Sorcery dominion from Hail to the Queen, but it is 56 Arete, which is a lot. Maybe Throttle + Barricade of Myth...
- Location
- US
So, we finally got the Supreme Commander blurb this update, and basically our Rank extends to everywhere people know about us, with the caveat that we need to do a certain amount and magnitude of deeds in the eyes of the residents of the area for our Pressure to extend to there. Still really damn good, don't get me wrong.
Sidenote, but one property of Regalia which I think most people overlook because of Potency being so great is this one:
Given that Rank is a force that bends the world in our favor, it spreading around at maximum power to such a range is naturally a great thing for us. And then there's the fact that any effects that are range-limited by our Rank are massively extended as a result.
Sidenote, but one property of Regalia which I think most people overlook because of Potency being so great is this one:
Automatically maximizing Supreme Commander is a really big deal, I think. The fact that our Pressure automatically extends at full force to wherever people even vaguely know about us is a gigantic qualitative boost over baseline Supreme Commander in terms of range, tbh.
Given that Rank is a force that bends the world in our favor, it spreading around at maximum power to such a range is naturally a great thing for us. And then there's the fact that any effects that are range-limited by our Rank are massively extended as a result.
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- Location
- Peterborough, NH, USA
It's definitely a major quality boost, yeah. I'm certain that will have Rulership applications. It's why I've got 30K words ready to fire in support of it, though I may be forced to use it early if the vote swings too far.
Rihaku
The Internet
It's important to note that an effect's range scaling with Rank does not mean that it automatically covers the same amount of territory as your Rank! For example, imagine an effect that increased in radius by 1 cm for every level of Rank you have. Getting Supreme Commander + Regalia would not adjust its radius, since Supreme Commander does not directly increase your Rank!
Tyrant_Rayne
Probably Not Evil… Maybe
- Location
- Canada
Perilous Grandeur is looking a lot better than November Sky right now.
- Location
- US
That's a fair point Rihaku.
Just to be sure, would November Sky scale by the expanded radius that Supreme Commander gives, or is it solely dependent on our Rank level?
Reading the description, I'm kind of leaning towards the second, which concerns me. It says at Rank 9+ multiple star systems can be covered, which could mean there's a direct correlation between the number and the range, not that November Sky just works within the range of our Rank.
In which case, yeah, as Tyrant said, Perilous Grandeur would probably be a better move to combo with Regalia, since I think that one explicitly scales with the range of our Rank.
And since Regalia brings our Charisma to absolutely titanic levels by merging it with Might into Potency, it means that Perilous Grandeur's mental attack would be commensurately powerful.
Just to be sure, would November Sky scale by the expanded radius that Supreme Commander gives, or is it solely dependent on our Rank level?
Reading the description, I'm kind of leaning towards the second, which concerns me. It says at Rank 9+ multiple star systems can be covered, which could mean there's a direct correlation between the number and the range, not that November Sky just works within the range of our Rank.
In which case, yeah, as Tyrant said, Perilous Grandeur would probably be a better move to combo with Regalia, since I think that one explicitly scales with the range of our Rank.
And since Regalia brings our Charisma to absolutely titanic levels by merging it with Might into Potency, it means that Perilous Grandeur's mental attack would be commensurately powerful.
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Tyrant_Rayne
Probably Not Evil… Maybe
- Location
- Canada
I'm pretty sure that when November Sky was first offered our Rank had nowhere near the range to effect multiple star systems like Sky could, part of why it was such a good advancement. So I think it's safe to say that it's range increases with the magnitude of Rank rather than its AoE.
