If we go for that one, should we get one of the infantry killers or danmaku or something?
Or if we go for the giant crab take a Horror/Dark Slayer or something?
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That would be an interesting idea... but Panoply lv35 would eat up another 1,650 EXP.
Actually, this is a good idea.
@ReaperofInterest how about adding Double Hit and Anti Infantry to the plan?
Those would cost 50 + 60 = 110 EXP together and allow for some pretty neat combination play.
We really do need more levels in Protean, don't we.
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Alright, I've corrected my math, and I've added Double-Hit, Anti-Infantry, Mark, and Flare Arrow to the purchasing list. Mark and Flare Arrow should probably be useful in the future, and we'll at least get them out of the way so that when we upgrade the Panoply to level 35 and 40, we'll be able to get the abilities unlocked by those levels.
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This will be very interesting, when Anna can just chain Crush, Rain of Blows, Double Hit and Rend together.
Or Full Auto, Collateral Damage, Laser, Ordnance and Double Tap.
No Multi-Caster?
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Oh good point, we have just enough XP to afford that as well. Alright, I'll add that to the list, but we really can't afford anything else after this. We only have 5 XP left after all.
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I was thinking something similar, but without going the second round of upgrades to Aegis Field and Formidable Defenses.
Something like this.
[X] EXP Plan Mixed Upgrades
-[X] Upgrade Panoply to level 30 (1,100)
-[X] Upgrade Aegis Field to level 20 (540)
-[X] Purchase Formidable Defenses (210)
-[X] Purchase Multi-Caster (60)
-[X] Upgrade Shifting to level 15 (840)
-[X] Upgrade Gating to level 15 (900)
-[X] Purchase Standing Wave (245)
Total EXP Spent: 3,895
That leaves 360 EXP remaining to grab To Defy The Gods ASAP afterwards, or 260 EXP if we also want to grab Danmaku (60 EXP) and Emulate Fire (40 EXP) right now.
In exchange for only having one tier of defensive upgrades, this grants us the ability to cast two spells in a single action and makes Wave Force a ranged attack that's hard to dodge.
Easy to cast + Grand Dispel + Long Range + Hard to Dodge + twice in the same action = Extremely Powerful Wave Force.
My logic for delaying grabbing To Defy The Gods over delaying grabbing Standing Wave is that after our latest stunt, it's probably going to be a few updates until we're probably going to be stuck handling ranged combat for a while, and being able to use Wave Force for that would be awesome.
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Grand Dispel and Multi-Caster can't both work at the same time. No casting Wave Force twice in a row unless we can get a Double Cast modifier on the spell itself. Or I think we can cast it more than once that way anyway.
Well, I know that when Multi-Caster is an ability attached directly to a Spell, it means you can cast that specific spell twice in the same action, but each cast is a completely separate damage calculation.
So it would be like firing one Wave Force from each hand, with each cast aimed at a different target.
Double Cast makes the two casts be a single, combined damage calculation.
Omni-Caster is the one that lets multiple of your actions each turn be spells.
And even if Multi-Caster doesn't let us use Wave Force twice in the same action, it should let us hit someone with Wave Force and Ramming Speed simultaneously.
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Can you replace Flare arrow with Danmaku? Danmaku's more likely to be useful in the coming battle than a level 1 damage spell. (Yes, it has homing, but we're getting that soon anyway.) Not sure what Mark is but it's probably a tracking, debuff, or some other utility function that could be useful.
ReaperofInterest
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I realize that a level 1 spell probably isn't going to be very useful, I'm getting it so we knock it off the list. Besides, we have enough abilities available, even discounting the ones we're purchasing here, that we don't really need Danmaku at the moment. Besides, odds are good we'll be able to afford it after next turn.
Like I've noted, we really need another Level or two of Protean to really start getting the funny combos on all our abilities. And the abilities themselves of course.
ReaperofInterest
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Heh, yeah. Hopefully we'll get enough XP to afford both Danmaku and a Protean level soon. We only need to earn 545 XP, after all, taking into account the amount of XP we'll have if Plan Upgrade wins.
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All of the development ladders except for the one filled with Slayer abilities need to be purchased in sequential order.
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No problem; Danmaku is great, too.
[X]Plan MOB RUSH!
-[X] It's a boring night.
--[X] Something's blasting the anti-air platforms to the north.
--[X] A huge rush of demons attacks all at once.
--[X] A Giant Fire Breathing Demon Crab approaches!
If I understand the wording right, this makes all of these battles happen at the same time.
We could have the one girl walk out after I suppose or something. I figure what they're using against us isn't being used elsewhere at least.
[X] EXP Plan Upgrade
-[X] It's a boring night.
--[X] Something's blasting the anti-air platforms to the north.
--[X] A huge rush of demons attacks all at once.
--[X] A Giant Fire Breathing Demon Crab approaches!
If I understand the wording right, this makes all of these battles happen at the same time.
We could have the one girl walk out after I suppose or something. I figure what they're using against us isn't being used elsewhere at least.
[X] EXP Plan Upgrade
Ceaseless Warrior + Mooks + Danmaku/Anti-Infantry/Multi-Caster/etc. = Demon Commander: *Blink* "What happened? I blinked and a quarter of my army died all at once."
And for the big guy we have Wave Force.
This is the best combo we could get hit with, with probably a few nasty surprises mixed in granted, but we're not alone either.