heh, about that... my next episode might surprise you...

@@fadepanther6224 I posted that near the start. I was about to suggest removing one of your throwers. I wonder if that nest won't return because the whole forest around it is gone. You said the same thing. Quick go make some Loomy Sparks to regrow it. haha

@darkjjak3804 Yeah, I feel the issue is that the forest needs to regrow to let the forest spunnies regrow too. Which is an issue when you try to auto do things and the things you use will hack down the forest too. :/ It was a good idea, and one I feel could work for something like the flowets! Those tadpole monsters I mean.

@@fadepanther6224 I wonder if I can find that dev video where I saw them using the Spark Thrower at a Forest Spunny nest. The ground was littered with Aether Shards, and the Sparks weren't cutting down the trees.

I'm honestly wanting to. I'll need to find the right, elements to do so, but I very much want to play through Dark Cloud 2. I haven't played that one as of yet. So it'd be a double fun thing. ^^

@@fadepanther6224 well whenever you do, I’ll be glad to watch it :)

@Plutoisdead That's awesome to hear. ^^ I hope my videos are good enough for ya. XD Either way, stay safe out there.

At its core, the Ancient Waypoint building isn't a miss, but having it still cost fuel to remain open, AND build on spots that I could use for my spark production kills it for me. One OR the other would have been more than fine with me. Sorry for my frustration burning so high this time around. Arty Sparks not being expendable is already a big plus with me, painting things at first might seem just something uncaring, however, I feel it could turn into something super useful later in. I'll need to see what I can color, how costy it is, and so on. Oh! Yeah, a Spark thrower in a forest spunny nest could be good, the only reason I don't do it right now though is... well when a spark is tossed from the thrower they go through the open possibilities, so, like cutting down the spunny nest itself, the trees, and a lot of stuff on the side. However, I feel the biggest worry is that with the forest spunnies, they attack back and will kill the choppy sparks, unless I have two throwers working at the same time. The Pengus do drop them, but until the spark that can suck up the poison mist those things spit out is open, they are a very slow fight for a few here and there. : / I'm hoping to as well. I'm getting sick of feeling frustrated at stuff. I need to let some of this smaller stuff go. v_v

I feel pretty dumb for making that mistake. XD It is still funny to laugh at though. ^^

Well, it is free, so go nuts! Though, be aware that for your first time over things, the time mage is a tad tricky to use until you get the float spell. Then, he becomes pretty broken. XD

Yeah, that would make a lot of sense. Though, they might be out of them due to having stone using enemies too? IDK, adding logic to older games gets a brain cramp. XD

Yeah, it isn't my first run, but it shouldn't be so, "gotcha" with the sudden need for Aether items. A hint, a clue, or something to those being needed would have been helpful this early in the game. I hope that you're only hang up is that so far though. My frustration aside, this is a good game honestly.

Understood! And, that makes a lot of sense, after all FOG2's hampering of damage could be more useful in the up coming levels as I build up for the harder wind temple. ^^ I'm glad it was pretty smooth over all. I was surprised the only thing that went wrong was a few rub offs and a stone effect.

That's fair, and 100% correct. XD

@@fadepanther6224 TBH the difficult one is probably Lute considering the range of choice he has.

Or do, but know you'll have to answer a LOT of questions. XD

I'm sorry for being so frustrated. I know that isn't fun to watch.

@@fadepanther6224 it's ok. I don't mind

Yeah, but I give this game slack on the blocking. First time with PS2 tech, and a pretty cool game loop idea. Well that gives it me some room to excuse the hiccups it has.

That would be partly why I keep the board's cursing censored so it doesn't feel as over used.

As in?

I didn't check on the bone rapier gem being used in the Hammer. I sort of defaulted to thinking it wasn't able to be used in other weapons, but I don't think it has that limitation. We'll see in the next episode though. ^^

And many more to deal with. XD

Indeed! ^^

Yeah, that museum looks like someone looked up "art" and just took the first thing they could find. Then again, I've seen a museum of toilets, so to each their own. How dare I?! With vim and vigor. ^^

Thank you for reminding me. Sorry I didn't comment back before the latest episode. XD You're info was very useful. ^^

I might try that. Not sure how to kick it off line though.

That's fair.

They fit the new foes very well. We'll see how the combat holds going forward.

I think it is first time launching that is the issue and I shouldn't have anymore issues going forward.

I agree with this. CUR3 would be great in a pinch, especially later in the game. But those ghosts man...one doublecast HRM3 and they're toast. Not to mention the zombie dragons and the other more trivial undead mobs. Would be great to just wipe em out quick.

@@RockSuitJacket yeah i even forgot about doublecast. A 2x CUR2 is plenty.

Unless he gets level 8 slots by that point in which case he could use FADE instead.

While FADE is a great spell, it'll still come in small quantities compared to HRM3. Given the fact Bubble is yet again here to save the day with dualcast, I think FADE would be better utilized on larger opponents.

Those are all great points y'all. I didn't even dawn on the idea of HRM 3 being something I SO need with Tim's inability of handling the Undead.

Hahah, that's so very fair, and sad honestly.

Yup, Order of Ecclesia is a DS game. ^^ And yeah it is pretty epic for its time.

Well, sounds like something I'll look into when I get to them. ^^ The whole niche thing isn't sounding great but we'll see. I know I will be using the compressor/recycling things a bit more so I can clean up some things without feeling like they're being wasted. I don't know how that quest line flows, so for now, I'm going to go as the game is laid out. More or less a base line test. Hahah, I wish you luck! I'm hoping the game will flow easily for me. But we'll have to see. Some elements are still a little tricky to work around.

Hahaha, yup yup! With all new adorable pals too. ^^

That exploding thing was powerful for sure... I so need to avoid taking hits like that again. XD Oh! That's a very good point! I'll be sure to do that so my weapons can get a boost until their ready to be turned into gems themselves. Oh? I didn't notice that. Maybe, like the WHP, each weapon has a different total needed EXP to get to the next level?