Curaga/Cure3: "Blessing breeze, blow in energy! Cure3!"
Sooo... the thing is... IRL poison gas got invented, got used like, once, and then everyone just went "hey we have these Gas Mask things" and Poison Gas achieved hilariously little for the rest of the big ol war. Like, it made some soldier's life suck, but on a strategic/operation/tactical level it did basically nothing. It got labeled a War Crime and basically no one has bothered to try to circumvent that at all.- though the idea of an airborne poison that can incapacitate an entire army is very, okay why is everyone not using this all the time?
It's all pretty interesting in the context of how Delita goes down in history as this great hero. Which means, regardless of how his story turns out, in history's eyes he got away with this shit smelling like roses!The historical example of this that comes to mind is Admiral Yi Sun-sin, most famous for kicking Japanese arse up and down Korea when they tried to invade in the late 16th Century. Funnily enough, it happened to the man twice. First time he was charged with desertion and served his sentence, and the second time was after he refused to follow a stupid order prompting his enemies at court to call for his arrest. His supporters managed to get his punishment set to demotion and he was placed under the command of a general.
He remained there until his replacement got himself killed and Yi got put back in charge of the Korean navy, where he would remain until his death in the final naval battle of the war.
Anyway, historical tangents aside, Delita has managed to maneuver himself through the various factions pretty neatly. It's interesting, because I think he's managed to portray himself to everyone bar Ramza and Valmafra as just being totally loyal to whatever side while also being minor enough that people just hand him stuff to do without really thinking things through.
He's sort of like a janitor. Every large organisation needs them, but people don't think too much about much freedom to move they've been given.
Sabaton actually wrote a song about the use of poison gas in World War 1, with a history lesson on how the Russians withstood the gas attack during the guitar solo!Sooo... the thing is... IRL poison gas got invented, got used like, once, and then everyone just went "hey we have these Gas Mask things" and Poison Gas achieved hilariously little for the rest of the big ol war. Like, it made some soldier's life suck, but on a strategic/operation/tactical level it did basically nothing. It got labeled a War Crime and basically no one has bothered to try to circumvent that at all.
Unlike say, White Phosphorus which ALSO got labeled a War Crime and which several countries have gone "but it's so useful though" and either just kept using it totally ignoring the War Crime label or otherwise weaseled out of THEIR use of it being War Crime O'Clock by playing games with the letter of the law.
EDIT: basically, what I'm saying is, Poison Gas is actually a hilariously bad weapon IRL, it's inconsistent, it's easy to deal with, it's unreliable, it's hard to use at all, and for your reward, you get a very slow killing that leaves the area annoying for YOU just as much as it is the other guy, even if everything goes WELL.
Sabaton said:In the early morning of August 6, 1915, the German gas batteries opened up and a dark green smog of poison gas crept over the Russian lines at Osowiec Fortress. Read more about the Attack of the Dead Men 👉 https://www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/attack-of-the-dead-men/
That last quote should be Duke Larg, not "Dyce Darg".
'Sword saint' (Kensei, 剣聖), for those unaware, is an honorary Japanese title that in real life was used to refer to famous swordsmen - though the one everyone who isn't a hardcore Japanese history nerd is Miyamoto Musashi. Though you could colloquially translate it as 'sword master', the literal translation of 'sword saint' is so much cooler, holy shit. Cid IS That Guy.
Well, yes and no. Mustard gas is a contact weapon so you need full body protection, not just a mask. Casualties wrre low, but injuries werrr high, and those who did die died painfully and graphically. Also, the gas tended to stick around, flooding into water, trenches, wells, etc.Sooo... the thing is... IRL poison gas got invented, got used like, once, and then everyone just went "hey we have these Gas Mask things" and Poison Gas achieved hilariously little for the rest of the big ol war. Like, it made some soldier's life suck, but on a strategic/operation/tactical level it did basically nothing. It got labeled a War Crime and basically no one has bothered to try to circumvent that at all.
Unlike say, White Phosphorus which ALSO got labeled a War Crime and which several countries have gone "but it's so useful though" and either just kept using it totally ignoring the War Crime label or otherwise weaseled out of THEIR use of it being War Crime O'Clock by playing games with the letter of the law.
EDIT: basically, what I'm saying is, Poison Gas is actually a hilariously bad weapon IRL, it's inconsistent, it's easy to deal with, it's unreliable, it's hard to use at all, and for your reward, you get a very slow killing that leaves the area annoying for YOU just as much as it is the other guy, even if everything goes WELL.
Dycedarg may be a snake, but Zalbaag has no spine. And these are the trueborn heirs of House Beoulve.
What a sorry sight.
I'm a little disappointed.
No, no, don't get me wrong - I'm not disappointed in Cid as such. He absolutely lives up to the hype, and seeing him join the party is a genuine "oh shit let's fucking go" moment and I can't wait to use him in battle.
But I thought I would get to fight him.
The game has been hyping him up for hours! I genuinely thought it was to build him up as a threat leading to a boss fight! Like Gaffgarion and Wiegraf before him!
Now he's our ally and I will probably never get to throw down with him in a no holds barred climactic battle. What a shame.
They can't have found a Cid lookalike on such short notice, so that too must have been part of the plan; they always meant to stage this incident, which means they always planned for Orlandeau to escape.
The 2.5 mod I'm using removes Divine Ruination and Crush Weapon from Cid's list, so he's slightly less overpowered. A decision I fully support.
Agrias, Gaffgarion, Delita, Wiegraf, Orlandeau…Truly, Ramza should be built as a Mage. The only way to win is not to play.
So's Ramza.
If you actually spend all the 9999 JP you accumulated in a specific job, you can then accumulate and spend more. Of course, no class requires that many JP to master (the one that takes the most is Summoner, which is above 9000 but not up to 9999), so that's academic, but it still seemed worth pointing out.
But I thought I would get to fight him.
The game has been hyping him up for hours! I genuinely thought it was to build him up as a threat leading to a boss fight! Like Gaffgarion and Wiegraf before him!
Now he's our ally and I will probably never get to throw down with him in a no holds barred climactic battle. What a shame.
If you actually spend all the 9999 JP you accumulated in a specific job, you can then accumulate and spend more. Of course, no class requires that many JP to master (the one that takes the most is Summoner, which is above 9000 but not up to 9999), so that's academic, but it still seemed worth pointing out.
He has access to all Holy Sword Skills (which he can use better thanks to his superior PA), but he also has access to the entire Crush [Gear] line of abilities we witnessed from Meliadoul, and also Gaffgarion's previously-unique trademark skills, Duskblade and Shadowblade.
He is the Sword Saint. He has every sword skill in the game.
Holy shit.
That's not even counting the fact that he comes packaged with Excalibur, which grants him Auto-Haste. At least that one's transferable. But no, Orlandeau is just Built Different. He genuinely lives up to the hype.
Agrias said, "May God have mercy on your soul," and God said NO.Agrias goes first and obliterates the Ninja with a 828 damage Divine Ruination.
This is an interesting twist on the poisoning of Doma - though the idea of an airborne poison that can incapacitate an entire army is very, okay why is everyone not using this all the time? Even if this is an invention of Barich himself (he's a Machinist), this would completely change the face of warfare.
That's their last W of the day. Because now Lipstick-Powered Agrias is close enough that she needs no measly Geomancy attacks to do the work.
-306 damage, Jesus Christ. One Archer goes down instantly, one Knight is in critical.
Agrias, whose permanent Haste means she takes about twice as many actions as everyone else, obliterates the enemy BLM with Northwain's Strike. I don't think that poor devil even got to do anything in this fight.
As a field test for Agrias's new accessory this was a tremendous success. Our girl's sword skills are good but her lower PA growth and lackluster Speed meant she never fully lived up to their potential; the Bracer gave her the strength to make her sword skills count but did leave her struggling to cover ground and lacking in actions compared to characters equipped with Hermes Boots (which grant +1 Speed). But now with the Tynar Rouge, she has the +3 PA to make her Sword Skills count and she just finished unlocking Attack Boost from Geomancer, meaning she hits with the force of a nuke, and she is permanently buffed with Haste, Protect and Shell, making her incredibly tanky (and tankier as soon as I swap her back to a heavy armor job) and taking enough actions to offset her lack of mobility.
Agrias goes first and obliterates the Ninja with a 828 damage Divine Ruination. Holy shit.
Agrias immediately follows behind to back her up with a Hallowed Bolt…
-…obliterating the Knight's entire bloodline.
Hester and Agrias take the left side of the sluice; Agrias immediately annihilates an enemy BLM
Agrias goes again next, turning the guy inside out with another Divine Ruination, and I decide to close this off in style: