Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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RhapsodyOfLife
Marshmallow Fluff
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- Easter Basket
[X] Be the Defense: Stay down here along with Zhengui and draw the guardians attention, while Xuan Shi seeks a method to disable it
Statwise it'd probably be more optimal to play offense since we have divination arts we want to test out and FSS as a way to force our way through enemy defenses while Xuan Shi's absurd defensive stats bear the brunt of whatever the Temple Guardian's offense is. I think us playing defense would be better for Turtle Boi though since he is a huge nerd, and I don't want him to have invited us along just for us to brute force our way through everything in the temple (especially after he went out of his way to invite us along for the ride). Since he's the one who read the book and is way better at formations than us, he probably has insights into the puzzle boss we don't (and while we may be better off with our divination skills, I think he might have a more enjoyable time on this outing if he got a chance to do things "properly" (while being a huge nerd)).
Basically what @Orkus Majorkus said:
I disagree with the idea that we cannot stall well while Xuan Shi searches for a solution. I'm pretty sure we can exclude people from FVM's negative effects. In Forge of Destiny when we were trying to help the enforcers and were running to safety with Lanlan and Fan Yu under the cover of FVM's mist, we basically excluded all the enforcers from the mist's de-buffs. We also played the stalling game quite well when we were Vs. Ji Rong in the tournament, so I don't think we're particularly lacking in that area.
Statwise it'd probably be more optimal to play offense since we have divination arts we want to test out and FSS as a way to force our way through enemy defenses while Xuan Shi's absurd defensive stats bear the brunt of whatever the Temple Guardian's offense is. I think us playing defense would be better for Turtle Boi though since he is a huge nerd, and I don't want him to have invited us along just for us to brute force our way through everything in the temple (especially after he went out of his way to invite us along for the ride). Since he's the one who read the book and is way better at formations than us, he probably has insights into the puzzle boss we don't (and while we may be better off with our divination skills, I think he might have a more enjoyable time on this outing if he got a chance to do things "properly" (while being a huge nerd)).
Basically what @Orkus Majorkus said:
I disagree with the idea that we cannot stall well while Xuan Shi searches for a solution. I'm pretty sure we can exclude people from FVM's negative effects. In Forge of Destiny when we were trying to help the enforcers and were running to safety with Lanlan and Fan Yu under the cover of FVM's mist, we basically excluded all the enforcers from the mist's de-buffs. We also played the stalling game quite well when we were Vs. Ji Rong in the tournament, so I don't think we're particularly lacking in that area.
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Theunderbolt
"Prepare for trouble..."
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- USoA
[X] Be the Defense: Stay down here along with Zhengui and draw the guardians attention, while Xuan Shi seeks a method to disable it
[X] Be the Defense: Stay down here along with Zhengui and draw the guardians attention, while Xuan Shi seeks a method to disable it
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You know, Jiao has Darkness as one of his big things, and another elder handed us TRF, and the three-way branch was elemental with Wood/Darkness/Water...
Clearly we were really picking which of the sect elders writes trashy romance.
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- Staring into the void
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We probably have the strongest offense out of us, Xuan Shi, and the guardian. Our Spiritual Hit, used for both our attacks and debuffs, is our strongest stat. We're not that well suited for defensive play right now. We're more of an all-rounder that works best when we make good use of all the tools in our toolkit.
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We have A rank hit on attack to our B ranked defenses. We are far stronger on attack than on defense currently.
Kai Merah
Hound Hearted Hedonist
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- Somewhere in the corners of my imagination
While a perception insight is indeed attractive... I'd rather not spoil Xuan Shi's fun after all he's done for us.
[X] Be the Defense: Stay down here along with Zhengui and draw the guardians attention, while Xuan Shi seeks a method to disable it
[X] Be the Defense: Stay down here along with Zhengui and draw the guardians attention, while Xuan Shi seeks a method to disable it
EternalObserver
eYe Gaze baCk
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- The Void
Sure, but that's limited to CtE (and Domain Weapon, though that one may just damage physically) which may as well wreck the entire thing. Something that some people are trying to avoid. And like I said before, playing defensively isn't always about going full armor and dodging. Besides, I wanna see what else Xuan Shi can do offensively
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- Florida
[X] Be the Defense: Stay down here along with Zhengui and draw the guardians attention, while Xuan Shi seeks a method to disable it
Considering the prominence of the 8 imperial elements in this challenge, I'd argue that it is Argent in orientation before anything else. Which leads obviously to the conclusion that the author of the novel series, the last two volumes of which reside solely at the sect, is none other than the sect head himself.
Alectai
Speaks Words of Wisdom... On occasion
Doubly so when you consider the Argent Sect was built on his Clan's holdings.
So, what was before the Argent Sect?
The Yuan Clan Domains
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- United States of America
The thing I'm wondering is why this place was made. Because if
And yet there was a cipher in the books that led to this place. But a person who had not become a cultivator (presumably that is what he is referring to) would probably never have the resources to take a trip out here through the wilderness on a hunch.
So did the traveler happen upon this place during his travels and was inspired to write a book about it, hinting at it's location through the clever cipher, or did the traveler who wrote the books build this place, and if so why?
I can't think of any other options here if the cipher was in the books. A fan couldn't have built it on the exact spot because there would have been no cipher in the books to lead people here. No one, really, could have put the cipher leading here but the writer, which means the writer had to have built this place or have been inspired by this place.
If the writer built this place, then is it a monument to his ego or is it an ultimate easter egg like what can be found in some video games. If the writer was inspired by this place, then what, exactly, inspired him about it?
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And yet there was a cipher in the books that led to this place. But a person who had not become a cultivator (presumably that is what he is referring to) would probably never have the resources to take a trip out here through the wilderness on a hunch.
So did the traveler happen upon this place during his travels and was inspired to write a book about it, hinting at it's location through the clever cipher, or did the traveler who wrote the books build this place, and if so why?
I can't think of any other options here if the cipher was in the books. A fan couldn't have built it on the exact spot because there would have been no cipher in the books to lead people here. No one, really, could have put the cipher leading here but the writer, which means the writer had to have built this place or have been inspired by this place.
If the writer built this place, then is it a monument to his ego or is it an ultimate easter egg like what can be found in some video games. If the writer was inspired by this place, then what, exactly, inspired him about it?
It could be that the author set up the prize and then leaked it's existence (and where the cipher was located) after he wrote the book in order to boost the sales of his book. That's appropriately twisted logic for a Xianxia story, right?
So lets see the puzzle as its MEANT to be is: Eight walls, each of one Imperial element, with one elementally themed couple-challenge to clear the gates
Thats a solution too!
Her eyes?
Witness the fanboy in his native environment.
Storm Sorceress huh? [Eyes Ling Qi]
Well if the shoe fits...
Hanyi is the best.
...Xuan Shi is being unusually evasive about the trials.
And for someone super hype about how authentic the temple is he's sure reluctant to go through to the ones in the book.
Zhengui COULD probably take the shock and bulldoze down the pillar...
CDE proves its worth!
Also dang, theres traps that even trigger on the wisps. This place is nuts.
Nifty. Lightning rods.
Also it occurs to me that this would also be pretty shippy in the right perspective
Syncrhonized barrier penetration.
And this is why you don't fight a prepared Crafter. Especially not when you're mono-strat.
Ji Rong's attack is pretty impressive to have such a preparation though.
This seems a bit easy
Heaven -> Water
Water -> Lake
Next one should be Wind->Thunder->Mountain->Fire->Earth.
Also the kids are cute.
We're missing loot! Horrifying!
And upcoming puzzleboss when we have a sequence break.
...that sounds like the trails are less DIFFICULT as they are very shippy and Xuan Shi, the precious nerd dares not drag a girl through them.
Sixiang ships it.
But Ling Qi evades!
Oh nifty, is that a dispel ward?
Wind as predicted.
Also I'm gathering that this trial was set up by a fan. Someone miffed that they bypassed all his hard work.
Elemental counters for each arm then? It sounds like this would be a job for Xuan Shi's Year One project.
Also dang, that thing is tonk.
Ling Qi SHOULD be able to dodgetank it easily enough with her buffs up and CDE buffing. But she's not really much good at armor bypass when its spiritual armor is that high.
...so is Xuan Shi.
Thats the guy who facetanked Liling I suppose.[/QUOTE]
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