Link's Awakening is about a god-fish dreaming up a world that lots of people live inside so maybe you're on to something here about fish.
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Link's Awakening is about a god-fish dreaming up a world that lots of people live inside so maybe you're on to something here about fish.
Tyrant_Rayne
Probably Not Evil… Maybe
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Before OaF we were at Rank 7.475 so that should be the base that's used to calculate any future gains. As for if we will be getting Rank difficultly is only one factor. The fish has been annihilating civilizations for who knows how long. Regardless of how strong it is compared to us it can't be denied that it is one of the strongest beings in the entire VR. The prestige and recognition gained from slaying such a beast should be enough to generate a significant amount of Rank. Especially so since our Rank is only considered to be in the mid levels for the next increase(s).
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Spoken like someone without a growth mindset, they haven't panned out yet. The greenskin menace can be found everywhere if we just look closely and interpret creatively enough!
But seriously, I'd like to see Hunger interacting with an orc. Imagine Jotarun going 'maybe you need to stop and smell the roses, your regimen's a little hardcore'. Or perhaps it would be a
Maybe it's not that the Forebear is part orc, maybe the orcs are part Forebear.
The orcs do remind me a lot of him. Total focus on martial prowess to the exclusion of all else. Think of themselves as heroes. And they have golden eyes, like Hunger got after picking up the blade. Maybe orcs are descended from one of the Forebear's dynasties?
Well, their way of procreation is really different, but maybe the Forebear thought the usual way was too bothersome and just Cut Through as he was prone to do. Or he created them in his image. Must have been pretty early on in his journey if true.
Raiseth
I Find Your Lack of Memes Disturbing
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Unless you died at least once, it's not considered proper training.
Talace
It must be raining somewhere else!
Do we have any city levelling abilities yet? Most of our moves are single-target focused, or at least lack the wide-scale capabilities that this sentence implies.
Maybe they were based on the Berserkers, designed as a cleaning service to scour away Divine mold? The Power of Ruin stems from the Ur-Bother, no reason he couldn't take inspiration in other areas.
Our Rank alone might be enough for that, even without taking the scales Blood magic operates at into account. We also have a lot of Ruin to throw around now. We cut a significant wound into a continent-sized fish just this update, so unless it was all Artful Thorn, I don't think we lack for wide-scale destructive power.
Worst come to worst we can just summon an Astral critter specialized in it.
Cutting Through counts, the depth of the wounds left in the Fish demonstrates as much. Like Vanreir, our default attack is also our Ultimate; it would've been amazing to have had him in our head reacting to Once and Future, but the lore would've been less potent without Hunger being able to Cut himself.
At Hunger's powerlevel, a single swing of his sword could ruin lesser kingdoms.
We have 9.4 combat rank, 10.4 blood rank 10.4 defensive combat rank and 11.4 combat blood rank, so feats of that scale are well below us.
OaF is stated to apply externally after all other factors though.
Pretty sure we can level cities just by taking an enthusiastic walk through low level cities.
Hey Rihaku, any updates for this guide?
Or how about our Armament shroud?
We are definitely getting up there in power levels.
Or how about our Armament shroud?
We are definitely getting up there in power levels.
That +30% Attack Speed had been totally worth it.
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Man, and to think if he had just done another quest that day Bearic would still be having his highly degenerate isekai adventures out there with us none the wiser. Maybe he'd even be successful!
Hahahaha, who am I kidding, dude was always going to be eaten by a bigger fish eventually. ("bigger fish"? Eh, Eh?)
I'm pretty sure Hunger would sympathize with his backstory quite a bit given their similar circumstances, but the ship sailed on that the moment he tried to kill our Companions. And the fact that he still didn't realize his friends died in an attempt to kill our friends before declaring revenge and all certainly makes me less sympathetic to him. The foibles on relying in the System, what kind of Secret boss has friends after all?
Hahahaha, who am I kidding, dude was always going to be eaten by a bigger fish eventually. ("bigger fish"? Eh, Eh?)
I'm pretty sure Hunger would sympathize with his backstory quite a bit given their similar circumstances, but the ship sailed on that the moment he tried to kill our Companions. And the fact that he still didn't realize his friends died in an attempt to kill our friends before declaring revenge and all certainly makes me less sympathetic to him. The foibles on relying in the System, what kind of Secret boss has friends after all?
I don't think I would want to use his old name even if it was possible, 'Hunger' has just become such an integral part of his image. But I don't think it's that easy anyway, self-sacrifice of such scope often has great meaning even in the wider context of the Rihakuverse, not just the original world. Like with Runes of Mastery, allowing Hunger to maim himself so permanently that nothing short of a True Wish would be able to heal him. I don't know if his original sacrifice of his name and memories has as much weight (he was able to regain his power at least), but I don't think getting them back would be a trivial task.
Lealope
Not yet invincible
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4 is death. Does OaF IV let us see if and how the Forebear died? Of course, if the trend holds, that's likely to require a 4 pick option, which I suppose is appropriate. Imagine how powerful it would be though. Perhaps something with that many picks would actually benefit from the powers of the Ruling Ring.
Da Boyz
The Cutest Apocalypse.
I suppose that's all she amounted to in the end yes.
Lealope
Not yet invincible
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Man is our fame going to spread after this. You'd have to go to some real backwaters to not know about the guy who killed the Armament-Fish, at least with Gleam in play. I'm hopeful we'll get some level of Rank advancements in the mix after this, ideally Saber but I'll take what I can get. Would be rough to not get Honing or Iridescence though.