Monthly Information Post July 2017

[cordibus]

All the details behind this cut!

- Activity Requirements changed
- Calendar information
- The Awakening Information
- Plot Submission & Causing Mischief
- ??? (slight plot spoiler)
- Hr Requests, Shopping Channel and Night Dungeons
- Game Feedback

Hello everyone! We have a bit of news, some event information for the log that will get posted on this Saturday, and general state of the game. Your input is very important to us, so let us know your thoughts below!

ACTIVITY CHECK

We are still a tiny game, so to make things easier for everyone due to the amount of players, we've decided to lower the AC requirements indefinately to 10 comments if you name a top post, and 15 if you do not. You will still need post in two different posts to make Activity Check as usual.

Calendar

The Event Calendar is here as always but here are the dates to keep in mind:

July 8: EVENT: Awakening/Bite Down the Apple: Note: Delayed a day and a half due to RL situations.
The Awakening Event, with details found below.As a note, the event will take place on July 7th (you will see why below).
July 21: EVENT: Apple Orchard: The team can finally meet Luci who tells them more about their mission onward (and maybe gets punched in the face by Guts, tbd)
July 23: Test Drive Opens
July 29: Reserves Open
August 1: Activity Check Begins

The weather will be warn for most of this month, even during the rainy days.

The Awakening

As you might have guessed, the Awakening this time will be a little more brutal than the first one.

The group of Rebels has caught the attention of...something, and they were able hack into Luci's own virus to display a warning. In terms of OOC game play, this will be the game's first Boss Fight, and the first time characters will be able to combine their spells together. The Velvet Room will appearing in a vision during the battle (which will be in one of the log's prompt). Afterwards, characters will be able to combine their spells for the rest of the game's duration and be permanently unlocked.

While the log itself will be posted on the 8th, the events will take place on the 7th, a day earlier than what was the supposedly planned Awakening. However, the Shadows this time will not be going against a random family, but against the near-Awakened characters. This will mean two things; one, that the already Awakened characters must protect the others before they are killed, and two, that the new characters will be able to Awakened during this time and help out with the mass of shadows once they combine to form the larger monster.

There will be no signups for the Boss fight, as it will be split into a few parts that players are encouraged to fight against the monster in teams. During the entire log, Navigators will be very important, so let us know below if you play one.

Plot Submission & Causing Mischief

Due to the rough Awakening, the countdown system Luci had been using will be discarded.

After this one, players will be able to aid Luci more directly in giving other players memories and aiding them to Awaken (for better and for worse). Their actions will shape the city and force it to warp and change more as well, which is why we now have a Plot Submission and Mischief page.

This will allow players to shape and change Eddan's political, visual and world due to their actions. While Plot submissions are the typical fair (and we'd love for you to suggest some to us, especially once more of the game's plot comes out with this Awakening), the causing mischief is especially useful to let us know what your characters has been doing. Certain types of mischief might even make it into the news, or cause a reaction from the populace, so it's important to let us know!

???

If you want to keep this part a surprise to yourself, skip to the next section below, as it will be revealed IC during the Awakening log, however for those who wish to plan ahead, we will explain the 'missing' section of the game's lore a little more.

When characters fight at night, they are thrown into a world between that is essentially the collective Dream of all of Eddan's populace. Luci calls it the Collective Dream because it's the easiest way to get people to understand it.

However, for some reason currently unknown, Shadows now dwell in this Dream Collective and are able to change it, effectively causing people to get killed. And as characters will soon realize, whatever happens in this Dream Collective will become reality if the Shadows are not killed that night. Moreover, the weird Firemen will come and 'fix' the scene so that the regular populace has no idea what happened.

By itself, this Collective Dream is actually not harmful at all, and is a natural state of mind for most humans. In fact, can be a useful tool for training as characters Awaken to their stronger powers and are able to influence it more, much like Lucid Dreaming.

As the game goes on, they will be able to recall places from their own homeworlds and others will be able to join them in their Dreams. Luci will also be able to teach them an important skill, where they will be able to 'turn off' their real self and let their mind go on autopilot during the day while they Daydream - essentially spending the day dreaming, while your body goes on by itself doing it's tasks as if it wasn't awakened. However, Day and Lucid Dreamers beware - Shadows may lurk around if they aren't careful, and take forms that are familiar to thems...

So what does this mean for the characters? Why is Luci involved? Why is Eddan like it is? Those are more mysteries they'll need to unravel.

HR Requests, Shopping Channel, Night Dungeon

Starting later this month month, the HR requests will be available! They will have both IC and OOC requests (for example, 'bring coffee to the Velvet Room' and 'Tag a new player'). Rewards will be given as Persona upgrades, weapon upgrades, money and additional knowledge of how to control the Dream Collective.

Players who filled out a full AC during the first month, will get a free upgrade from the Velvet Room as thanks, and new players who filled out a full AC in the 2nd month will also get a special bonus (that is slightly different). These will be noted during the Requests opening!

The shopping channel will also open at August 1st at Midnight! Each month, characters will be able to pick between two options. The items will be useful for healing characters or boosting them during a fighting log. One item per month!

Finally, once the ??? part of the game is opened up, characters will be able to go into Night Dungeons and try to stop the Shadows before more people are killed and the Firemen show up. There will be some generic ones, however players are encouraged to come up with their own (and submit them to us) from a twisted version of their world.

Game feedback

As we said above, we've a very tiny game. We'd love to have more players but we need your suggestions as to how the game could be improved. There's still a lot to go and it's with your help that we'll get there!

Comments

Boss Battle Plotting

[kokuyoyo]

The boss battle has gone up!

Use this thread to figure out a plan of attack!

Group spells have been unlocked, and they can be based on either elemental (fire, nuclear, etc) or style (healer, protector, etc). Link here!


I also made a plurk for any plotting. Since it's public, even people without plurk can check in on it.

[hachitaro]

Taro's still gonna be bait.

Because he'll stat boost himself so he can get out of there.

Edit: Oh right, he's a Psy Navi with a Healer/Buffer loadout. Come to him for stat boosts.

[possedere]

Mukuro would be fine with being bait too, so these guys should work together.

He's a Psy Nav as well with Negotiator/Sorcerer style going for him, so he could at least make the damage they do receive less while trying to cast sleep/poison/brainwash on everything in sight.

Nuclear Healer/Sorcerer

[kokuyoyo]

As I mentioned in the plurk, Chikusa has the Nuclear element, and his styles are Healer and Sorcerer due to him being a navigator.

Chikusa's first course of action is going to Scan the boss. And after that?

If anyone gets fucked up, obviously he'll team up with other Healers, but in the meantime....

Are there any other Sorcerers who want to team up? I'm not sure what status effects are going to work (Poison for example), so the ideal imo would be to get three Sorcerers together for casting either Tarunda, Rakunda, or Sukunda (which halve attack, defense, and speed respectively). But I'm game for any other ideas!

[connivingbird]

Ankh can help with cycling through with the status effects and he can also boost combatants. And he has a 25% boost on those spells, so instead of a 50% he sits at a 75% effect for them.

[possedere]

Okay other than the fact that I figure these two won't be too far away from each other, Mukuro is a sorcerer who could help out with casting those halving spells.

[kokuyoyo]

It's a ~sign~, Mukuro-sama.

Psy/Light Buffer

[megacurious]

Well, for the plan, Sycamore will join the jaws and helps them out on the traps and support. And after he uses his weapons for a while, he will try to use his bow and arrows as well some spells to attack the boss and increase the Combatants' strengths and defenses.

Also, I'm looking for some people who have either Psy or Light elements who can help him use a group spell after some Navigators scan the boss for weaknesses. Not only that, I'm also looking for Buffers who can help him cast Matarukaja, Marakukaja, and Masukukaja as well Heat Riser or Crimson Reign.

One thing to point out is that he has Dia, which means I'm also looking for any Healer or Buffer to help him heal anyone or recover any status effects.

[hachitaro]

Taro's a Psy Healer/Buffer, so he can definitely help with things once he's done being bait.

[megacurious]

Cool! When should we thread until then?

[sociallyarcward]

I've got a Light guy right here.

[megacurious]

Cool! In the next turn, I'm planning for Sycamore to use Kouha to damage the boss in his thread. Is that okay?

Ankh here

[connivingbird]

Ankh is a Fire navigator with Sorceror/Negotiator so he has a ton of buffs and status attacks. He's also prone to be offensive, which means he does get involved with direct attacks. Also thanks to his canon he is very use to directing others on attack styles and switching out elements. He plans on hitting the boss with all his status affect spells and then boost any Combatants that need it.

Also after reading the boss attack, it sounds like it's element is Electric. Do we have that on the list of people who are strong against it?

Re: Ankh here

[beastfang]

Wind is Electric's opposing element so the Wind user can crit it though they also are vulnerable as well since Wind is also weak to electric. So we would doubly have to protect the wind users so they can hammer into it once the weakness is found, but also keep them from being knocked out.

I don't have the elemental wheel up but I do have a fight party list to show who has what

Healer with Fire and Physical

[beastfang]

Genda is def going to be in the midlines for this fight. Behind most of the combatants but still in front of the Navis while keeping enough room to move where needed.

His main focus is going to be healing so if anyone wants to boost those into the multitarget heal spells (Media and Mediarama) then I am game and if this boss can poison a lot of them at once then I'm also up for helping anyone trying to get of the multi target cleansing spell (Me Patra)

If healing isn't a big issue he also can start a chain for Fire or Physical spells or throw an element into one of your chains if need be.


Also, depending on how things go Genda (and possibly Jun? I have to confirm that again with Letty) may be using Bloody Destiny if it looks like things are going a bit South regarding everyone staying alive to the end of this fight. If that does go down then if someone wants to trip over his nearly dead body or such that could also be an option.

[theserpentsmiles]

I am still 100% down for double bloody destiny

Protector With Dark Psysical.

[blackdogdown]

He's mainly a damage dealer but he has (1) healing spells and a few that can passively buff allies.

Would love to break out Unbreakable Tie on some unsuspecting fools and die for them, thats just a me thing tho.

[sociallyarcward]

Well if you need a fellow Protector or Physical type I can toss Jaune in for a combo

[draculabackwards]

Alucard is a protector with Dark/Fire so they're almost equal. Can we kick all the ass somehow?

Wind/Light Healer and Electric/Phys Sorcerer

[theserpentsmiles]

I have vague ideas about Nagisa either blowing up bombs at close range or being subtle first line of defense for bait backs, I don't actually know, someone tell me/him what to do and it will happen. He can do zio and also status effects, for teacups!

Jun is mildly more put-together. He is a wind-user, which means if the boss *is* electric he has value. He also does light, and he's a healer. Since he's from P2, he already knows about group attacks (fusion spells), but they work differently than he's used to. Still, this means he'll get the idea very quickly. He and Genda may be pulling a double Bloody Destiny to heal as many people as possible at some point, so that may be a thing? Will confirm.

OH YEAH Jun is wind and is used to being wind but he is also used to wind being weak to EARTH, which is no longer a magic type, so someone might need to. Help him.

Re: Wind/Light Healer and Electric/Phys Sorcerer

[connivingbird]

OKAY according to the mods, the boss is stuck between the two groups, so I think that Nagisa would probably be good for defense of the bait group and help keep them safe until the rest can catch up.

We'll see what is up but the log reads like it's sparking from their phones and that sounds electric to me. I can be wrong but Ankh and Chikusa are both using Scan to double check.

Dark sorcerer/negotiator navi

[kouteipenguin]

Kidou's going to be bait, because he's like that, but other than that I'm open to anything. (Apologies for being really slow this month, there was a sudden thing I HAD to do and I forgot to hiatus, but I'm around from now on)

[possedere]

Hey Mukuro's also going to be part of the bait squad if you'd be down for them to do something.

Fire/Physical Protector

[lovelledup]

Gladion was part of the "jaws" group, hanging out with Ankh more or less when he got there, but he'll probably move around as needed. As of right now he's casting a fire group spell and will be available to add to other group spells as they pop up, since I assume they're not all happening at the same time. Persona info here if anyone wants it.

BOSS BATTLE UPDATE 7/26

[kokuyoyo]

The latest public plurk about this boss battle is here.

For anyone confused about how the plan worked, someone made a summary post on the battle log here.

Chikusa has made a telepathic message post again, this time with the results of his Scan against the boss.

Here is a list of the focused attacks which have been made so far:

Spell: Sukukaja
Caster: Taro
Status: Requirements fulfilled

Spell: Rakunda
Caster: Ankh
Status: Requirements incomplete

Spell: Fire Spell
Caster: Gladion
Status: Max requirements complete, available for everyone to pile on this fucker

Spell: Psi Spell
Caster: Yui
Status: Max requirements complete

Spell: Wind Spell
Caster: Jun
Status: Max requirements complete

Spell: Marin Karin
Caster: Nagisa
Status: Solo So-far

Spell: Physical Attack
Caster: Gladion
Status: 2x Combo

Spell: Light Spell
Caster: Sycamore
Status: Solo So-far