[6] Uninvited Guests - Trails of Cold Steel 2 Funny Moments

[@KnoxZone]

You came really close to getting the bonus AP from getting Rufus below 50% HP before the battle ends. If you did that you would be treated to him blasting you in the face with his S-Craft.

[@weaponsci]

Oh joy

[@boopcorn8747]

The biggest curse of Cold steel gang is that as soon as all get together shit hits a fan

[@thegeneralmitch]

"With your power combined I am captain plotline!" 😂

[@caramelkalin6696]

41:36 Rufus did say during his introduction in CS1, that he knew Baron Schwarzer from their shared hobby of Falconry, or something like that.

[@silverknight876]

Ah yes, the age old adage of “We’ll all gank you in the gameplay and somehow lose off-screen” ploy. At least if in some cases, like with Rufus, there’s a viable reason WHY you lose in the off-screen cutscene like his S-Craft if you get his health low enough but still

[@jmporkbob]

CS2 audio drama takes place after the intermission.

[@railblade0041]

Even we don't get the some "barrier" contents in this episode, I really hope you keep making the "barrier" jokes throughout the whole CS arc. It's important to the lore. You'll see what I mean. 16:08 Weapons wearing glasses IRL spoiler?

[@Negajoe]

1:14 - The Cold Steel 2 drama CD takes place not too long after Rean gets taken aboard the Pantagruel in this video. At some point in this game you'll have access to your own personal airship, and when that happens you're free to check out the drama CD without fear of spoilers.

[@EthanHaesloop]

Those gimmick weapons sound so fire

[@Nikita_Akashya]

It is nice to see all of Class 7 back together. I love them all. Rufus is an unwinnable battle and if you hold out long enough he will just start spamming his s craft. If you had craft protection here it might just end up similar to the McBurn fight from earlier where you can get stuck but at least Rufus is nice enough to just end the battle for you. I think you could have done much better against Ordine, but the whole stance changing can really throw people for a loop. There are sections in the guide I used for the divine knight battles. You can not always hit them on certain body parts during the fight. If they change their stance you need to target another part of them. It's a bit complicated. But yeah, the next section is great and you will get a shiny new toy to play around with. Enjoy it. And i like how Reans dad just asked what they are doing with his son. Rean may be adopted, but the whole family decided that he is their kid by now. Rean has a great family. Make sure you visit Ymir again before you start the final mission in the game. There is an optional scene with the family. I forgot and missed it. It makes a certain big twist even better. I think. Have a great wednesday.

[@weaponsci]

I'm kind of kicking myself because it should've been pretty obvious what the "new toy" was gonna be but I didn't realize it until it happened in real time lol

[@whiteshirt1072]

Young man, get your shit together, how dare you leave out the barrier jokes?! I am furious

[@Ghalion666]

Also no mention of Black Millium when she was RIGHT THERE =P

[@joaocbcneto]

Man I fucking love how Falcom uses details I din't even pay much mind to on a first run for later games. (Reverie spoilers don't look Weapons): Rufus using "Soul Slicer" (now "Soul eater") craft since CS2 and I din't even notice when I first controlled "C".

[@chindianx5]

The lack of barrier jokes is incomprehensible

[@riofernando9414]

3:05 huh.....i never realize sara is that....big 7:03 that funny because erebonia have history with vampire. check the in game book red moon rose 10:38 that's............chat help me out here, you guys know what i'm talking about right. 20:33 so you mean this conflict will result in"inevitable struggle." ??? 24:34 celine basically saying "GET INTO THE ROBOT REAN!" 25:54 it feels like fie being replace by a new girl in the jeager group lmao alright thanks for the video weapon. next part is many people's favorite

[@soulsq2]

I love Sara 😎👍

[@GenmuLVLX]

If i remember correctly, the audio drama takes place some time during Act 2. I dont know exactly when it takes place, but this audio drama doesnt contain any important plot details unlike Cold Steel 1s audio drama. UPDATE. The audio drama takes place right act 2 begins

[@Layazeroda]

Noble-approved Valimar oh HEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL nah.

[@weaponsci]

Eeeheeheeheeeheee 😁

[@ethermelt4780]

A pity you didn't give Sharon some more love. Her accessory gives Delay, which stacks with the Impedes and again with the Crafts that cause delay. A character with super high Speed (which also increases the likelihood of Delay landing) with high Delay stat is just as broken as the One-Punch-Woman Laura strength build or an evasion tank. Enemies are no threat if they are never allowed a turn! That build gets better with every game until it's finally nurfed in Trails to Daybreak.

[@veghesther3204]

I'll still use a FULL str setup to try to kill EVERYTHING especially on Nightmare mode in 1 turn that requires Rean Millium Laura or Sarah ALL at lv 200 each Str setups each and watch their s crafts do at least 500,000 EACH bosses on Nightmare do NOT have 1.5 million HP so at lv 200 3x 500,000 S crafts EACH kills everything in 1 turn. So even at lv 200 I'll still use a STR setup ONLY for Sharon so that at least her s craft may do at least 200,000 damage.

[@thebuddhasmiles]

@@veghesther3204 level what? 200?

[@veghesther3204]

Yes at lv 200 I''ll give Sharon a Full Str setup and watch her s craft do at least 100,000 each while Rean Laura and Milliums can still hit for 300,000 to 500,000 each ON nightmare mode at lv 200 but still Rufus/Ordine still can't be beaten here at lv 200 even on EASY mode. Mcburn first battle the boss you LOSE to even BEFORE you can fight Rufus here can't be killed even at lv 200 on Easy mode EITHER.

[@kevinstreetgaming]

I remember having platinum shield on all of my characters and was so close to defeating Rufus, but he used two S-Crafts in a row because I blocked the first one. A true unwinnable boss fight. The next section is great, but you probably already know that. lol

[@weaponsci]

I'm almost done editing the intermission. Wild stuff man

[@Chausies7]

@@weaponsci literally fucking peak kiseki. I can't wait for you to release it Kreygasm

[@Aaronrules380]

Pretty sure Rufus mentions hunting with Baron Schwarzer when you meet him in CS1 so them knowing each other isn’t new info

[@danangluthfihidayanto7821]

No barrier joke? That's a shame😮

[@jjkochanowski6817]

Next time is gonna be crazy! Can't wait!!

[@Chausies7]

My first time being First Kreygasm

[@ErpyAGDI]

One way to fairly consistently get Rufus' HP below 50% before the 40-turn limit ends the fight is to not impede his full-screen art, but just use Emma's Crescent Shell craft to put your party into art reflect. That way, when Rufus casts Claiohm Solarion, it'll quadruple reflect back on him and since his ATS stat is really high and that art is meant to one-shot you, it'll do more damage to him than anything you can throw at him yourself.

[@veghesther3204]

Just USE a lv 200 party and Watch Millium's s craft do ENOUGH damage on NIGHTMARE mode to leave HIM with 1 HP IN UNDER 10 SECONDS before he 1 shots you like 10 seconds later.

[@ErpyAGDI]

@@veghesther3204 Powerlevelling your party to the maximum level the game allows (not even counting the fact this is at the end of the first act and Falcom has a weighted experience system that gives you 1 xp per enemy once you're more than a handful of levels above them, severely discouraging and hampering level grinding) is not a strategy one can seriously recommend to others.

[@veghesther3204]

Well you can ONLY HIT Lv 200 via using the Shining pom items but theirs NOT ENOUGH of those TO DOWNLOAD on a first run to hit LV 200 FROM lv 150 in the final dungeon in the first place but unless you have Rean Laura Millium Fie Sarah and Jusis START Nightmare mode ALL at lv 200 I will NEVER ATTEMPT IT EVER.

[@Patte-chan]

10:59 No, she's not!

[@historian252]

The thing is if you get Rufus down to 50% he does his S-Craft.

[@veghesther3204]

Which on NIGHTMARE mode requires a lv 200 party to do so IN UNDER 30 seconds ON YOUR FIRST turn so USE a lv 200 Jusis Fie Laura Millium party for THAT Sarah/Rean can't be used against him.

[@simplisticflower8660]

1:27 I forget exactly when but if I remember correctly I think the CS2 audio drama takes place sometime during mid Act 2? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong/if they have a more specific time frame for it

[@KnoxZone]

Yeah. It's just set in a vague day somewhere in Act 2. Can read it pretty much whenever you want after the Intermission.

[@historian252]

Yes I believe it takes place during the first part of Act 2.

[@LazySamurai1354]

😎

[@stratfor140]

...... Welp; with the Code Vein video coming up in Thursday, I thought you wouldn't do a funny moment video until next week, but nope, guess again. - Unfortunately, I have exams this week, so I'm not gonna be able to write the comments until the weekend😔; though fortunately, this part and the intermission will be easy to catch up on.

[@stratfor140]

OK, let's get to it -Oh yeah, there's the Drama CD you need to listen to, in the timeline, the events of the drama CD happens just after the start of Act 2, so you can listen to it after you're done with the next episode after the Intermission. - First off, you have the hot spring scene with the person of your choice in order to get more bonding points with said person, you decided based on that, I did mine based on what the game ask, which is: who left the strongest impression on their reunion ? And honestly, while Laura's, Fie's ans especially Machias's were great, I'm sorry to say that Alisa's clear them all, and I already talked about why during her reunion scene; I'm not gonna go further with the scene itself, because based on mine and yours, Rean's reactions and dialogue were practically identical, so I'm guessing they're all interchangeable and I'm not gonna watch all of them to write the same thing about everyone, I'll do so later or on NG+ and if there's something worthy of note one of them, I'll edit the comment, sound fair ? - Now, for the third free day and the third batch of Bonding Events; for this one, all the party members who came with us from the last trip (So Laura Emma Jusis and Sara) have 2 bonding events instead of 1 in that same free day; it's a bit weird since the game didn't do that before and, as far as I'm aware, won't do that again, but it's probably like you said, to catch them up, because Falcom wanted each characters to have at least 2 bonding events before the end of Act 1, but those arriving from Legram won't be able to do in only one session of free day, so they're giving them 2 instead, it's not a problem, just weird to see that one-time rule. - before the bonding events, what's happening around it ? Well, the village is more or less back on its feet now with the baron waking up and recuperating, all that's left is taking back Elise and Alfin and all will be good, all the classmates are brainstorming about what path do they want to take and most bonding events are Rean asking them to take a breather; and for the quest, you have Annabelle who went fishing all night in the valley to catch a blue devil...... Bruh, you're in the mountain in December, holy mother of Aidios the determination of this woman, and all of that for the blue devil to be a monster, lesson learned for next time..... Or not XD (yeah, if you kept up with fishing, you should be able to get the next tier of rod from her by now, you really shouldn't dismiss the perks you get from gathering angler points). -Now the events, I'll do them by characters so the ones with 2 will be discussed consecutively: - Alisa's keeping the bike in shape, and we learn that all of her knowledge on orbal Technology wasn't just because she was the Reinford scion, but also because it was an act of rebellion against her mother and she wanted to upstage her in something (though I also feel like it was a way to make her mother notice her); and you have the confirmation from what they talked about in the last event: Rean and Alisa really did meet back when they were little (there was the snow hare last time, and the snow on the head now (clever way to disguise a headpat XD), but they forgot because for one, it was a bit traumatic, and the other got another traumatic incident the year after with his powers, so understandable; that was cool. -Emma's preparing a gift for Celine, and honestly, I'm surprised you didn't called Celine a Tsundere yet, because she's probably the most fitting for this title in the entire group, even more so than Alisa (also, it's extremely funny that you chastise Céline who scolds Class VII for taking a day off and not be worried about the witch who didn't show up in person knowing what's about to happen in the next story event XD) . But she mostly talks about Vita, they're not sisters by blood, but in duty, because they trained together, though she does feel like she won't ever catch up to her and her raw talent, she also apparently broke a taboo, which is why her grandmother wants to find and ounigh her, but Emma is just confused and wants to know why, why did she do this (Celine also mention it during the briefing just after, but if you didn't do the event, the taboo thing feels like it's coming out of nowhere); she also doesn't need her glasses, undercutting the bespectacled twist villain cliche that isn't accurate anymore since Crow revealed himself in the last game (because he definitely wasn't wearing glasses), but it's because she wants to hides her true nature as her grandmother taught her to to carry her duty, but she doesn't want to keep wearing them because she feels like in doing so, she continues keeping secrets from everyone (I don't remember if the choice you make is significant or not, at least it's not right now as you don't unlock a no glasses option after the event). -Millium's is just hanging out and checking Souvenirs for Lechter and don't care at all about the path Class VII will take XD. Lechter is still missing though, but while WE know where he is currently (inside Crossbell gathering infos with Killika and waiting for things to turn around), the others aren't, he was last seen heading in Crossbell but for all they know, he returned to the empire and is doing some secret shit that he can't contact anyone for; but yeah, it seems like she consider the Ironbloods to be her siblings and Osborne her dad, sort of, but now that he's gone, she doesn't know what to do and feels like she's not needed anymore, unlike Claire and Lechter who still have their missions in their respective organizations, but Rean's reassures her by saying that if she's don't know what tole to play anymore, she can find one in class VII. Sweet, it's nice to see the more vulnerable side of Millium in these kind of events when most of the time, she's just a ball of energy. - for Jusis's..... Wait, I just noticed, not one guy showed up in your video for the bonding events, damn, are you sexist ? XD. Anyway, they're taking out the horse and playing with the kid (and Millium XD) and Rean reassure Jusis about his role as a noble and the responsibility he feels toward the attack of Ymir, with the latter helping however he can to atone for his family's actions (like helping the kid forget about being taken as hostage). When you get to know him, Jusis is cool, he's just... Doesn't show it often. - Claire's is showing how much she's great at pool and gives Rean pointers to help improve himself, and no, just like with Tio with Pom Pom Party, if there was a pool minigame, she would be the final boss; but she's a great teacher and Rena thank her for caring about them and say that she feels like a big sister, which prompt a weird reaction of her hugging Rean....... After playing all the games, these kind of details makes replaying them really enjoyable. Oh and agreed for the joke weapons, I'm surprised Falcom didn't think of that, though I feel like some would be harder to come up than others. - As you've seen for yourself, Gaius's has a perk that let you access a craft earlier than you normally would, it's a good detail that doesn't penalize too harshly those who didn't do it because they'll just get the craft later on anyway. But yeah, Introduce Zeo, the Sieg and Zeit of this game like you put it, you technically already saw him when Gaius's first showed up in this game, he was the hawk who helped break the Jaeger's formation and was named after a Nord warrior from Dreichels's time, and just like Zeit, he's helping us because we're fledglings and that we need him....the animals love to roast us in this series isn't it ? XD -Elliot's is unsurprisingly about music as they are doing a performance at the tavern, and it continues on his last one, about the fact that his father will approve his career in music if he so chooses; he's still not sure about it for now, and reprimand himself a bit for thinking about his future while he need to focus in the war and the path Class VII should take.......except thinking about the future is a great way to decide what to do in the present in order to make the future happen, there's no harm in thinking about it, the reverse being also true, the experience gained in the present will help shape your future decisions...... I feel like I'm getting off-topic here...... Oh well, anyway, Elliot is best boy, and no I'm not ashamed at my lack of objectivity in this instance XD. - Laura is interested in the stuff Rean did as member of the eight leaves, which is why she asks to go to his room and see the mountains he trained on (there was also another mention of an event that occurred during the Drama CD: Yun Ka-Fai letter, which Rean received and got him to be promoted to intermediate level), though she also worries about her dad, we know he's strong, but with the Soldats and the powerful people the alliance has, it's still worrisome; also, you used the final battle on Trista to compare the power of the soldats, but I just need to remind you that the academy fell, so the instructors were defeated and some were forced to scatter (like Sara, Neithardt and even Thomas, whip we saw briefly in Celdic) so I don't know how long even the Viscount can hold out against soldat, though he's most likely with the Courageous so he's not alone at least; she also question the use of swords in this war, which is something they already faced when they saw the military exercice and the sheer power of the tanks, a swordman alone don't compare to machines such as this; and while soldats DO use weapons like one-handed sword or guns, it would still be widely different from her idea of a swordman that she was taught, martial arts taught means nothing against weapons of war, though Rean reassure her that they do have a role to play, even if it's not alone.

[@stratfor140]

- After taking care of the horse with Jusis, we're taking care of the dog with Fie, though she can't really speak to animal like Tio and KeA did, more like she can guess it by how it behave and barks based on her experience with military monsters, and she talks a bit more about Zephyr and her times with them, but she wants to know why they left her behind, which is perfectly understandable, but I don't think it was a question of money, as she said, they were family and are quite uncharacteristic of other Jaegers we saw so far (be it Red Constellation, or the other two we saw this game), though this time, the one to reassure her is not Rean but Badeaux, who says to not overthink it and that she'll get her answer someday. -Sara's is focused on the two things she likes the best: Drinking and Fighting...... OK that's not all there is to it but still XD (she also mention Wenzel, the Crossbell Bracer that was originally from Erebonia that we saw in both Crossbell games that we talked about several times last game), she talks about what what was doing before contacting Jusis, basically gathering information, though she hasn't been able to gather much in Heimdallr like us, the Noble Alliance is good at keeping infos from leaking out, and she's sorry that she wasn't able to help during the attack of the Jaegers and help Rean's father..... Though she also doesn't muss the beat of flirting with him.......really Sara ? what about Laura's dad ? You don't find him attractive anymore ? XD, afterwards, they went to do a bit of training one-on-one, Sara won't be satisfied until the center of Class VII manage to take her by himself, Rean's improved but is still not on her level, though he still managed to make her go serious with her last attack, which scares her, not because of Rean improving, but because the war make her old self resurface...... Whatever that means 🤔. - and finally, Sharon's preparing a good meal for Rean's father, and after that blood sucking (no she's not a vampire..... At least as far as we know), she tells a bit more about how she join the Reinford, apparently, she joined shortly after Alisa's father's passing, she met Irina during one of her work and she decided to hire her, and since then she's been a maid in the employ of the Reinford family while still being affiliated with Ouroboros...... Yeah, I don't think that's all there was either, and Sharon seem to imply it as well just after, but we won't get more than that for now. -Pfiou, that was long, but now we can talk about the story stuff. For the meeting, Rean suggest that that the class finds a third way, separate from the Reformists and Nobles (which you're right that it's the way Olivier choose to take as well like he said in Azure and last game), they have a huge trump card called Valimar on their side but that makes it all the more important to tread very carefully on how to proceed because he will be at the center of everything we do, while technically we can interfere as much as we want, doing so can have big consequences; the class also have their personal goals in this, like learning more about their missing families, Elliot has his sister, Machias has his father, Alisa has is mother, Laura has his dad even though he's strong, and Jusis has..... Welp Jusis doesn't have to worry about his family, same for Fie XD, Gaus is basically the only one who doesn't have to worry about his family since his is doing quite well in the Highlands, though he'll help us with this crisis, just like how the Warriors of Nord did for the war of the Lions, the other adults have of course their own duty to see to but they'll support us in this endeavor, though Sara rightfully points out that choosing a third path is only a start and they need to consider a more specific course of action, like if we want to continue using Ymir as our base, until now, the class has been using the Spirit Path to travel quickly from one location to another, but this method is not without its limitations: it uses Valimar's mana, it can only transport to points where spirit veins passes through, and the number of people capable of using it at once is limited, with the class being back at full capacity, it's not going to be very useful at this point; though it was still the best method of transportation, because otherwise, it can take days to go from one point to another, and that's without the noble faction blocking out important location and city, which lead to the next problem: where else can they set up base ? The class hasn't been the most subtle in hiding, in fact the only group we saw actively hiding themselves were Fie, Elliot in Machias in Celdic since it was Alliance occupied, and it only worked because they were only 3 and because they had the approval of the Market Manager, so with 10 of them plus Valimar.... Yeah, the subtlety can go through the window in these area, the only ones they can realistically operate from are the neutral regions like Ymir, Legram and the Nord Highlands, but they're all quite remote (especially the latter) so there's still the problem of travel, and it may put them at risk getting repercussions from our actions (Ymir already got one because they kept the princess, and we already got the two generals already coming to Legram warning Laura about their so-called neutrality).... In the end, it's a lose-lose situation, we're at a deadlock on how to proceed, and just in that moment.... - Vita shows up....... Not only in person, but with the entire crew of villain with her, including Crow, Rufus and even the flagship, the Pentagruel........yeah that's not good 😅, the game kinda foreshadowed it in the newspaper by saying that the Pentagruel was doing a tour of the country, so it was bound to come at some point (though everyone probably thought it was doing a tour of the big cities, not small ones). And oh yeah, didn't you said last episode that the noble alliance should send Crow ? Welp, there you go, are you happy ? now he can beat your ass like you asked XD. Also, the game once again undercut the cliché of the villains only coming at the heroes one at a time, by showing up all at once to take us out; I agree that Toval was a bit naive to think that Vita wouldn't tell where they were hiding, but I think the crux of his question was what Sara said just after: Why now ? Because Vita knew where they were since the Prologue, so she could've snitched before the while class went back together; though she also says that it's because their preparation are complete, and most likely it's also for the reason I stated for Crow last episode: Class VII isn't the only thing the alliance need to worry about, so their allies were probably scattered across the continent dealing with other stuff, like the search of the Courageous, the imperial army in the west, and the RMP and Intelligence Division, and it's only now that the crew are able to do a joint operation in Ymir. - But yeah let's focus on the now, and it's not looking good: on matchups we have : Rean VS Crow ; Sara & Toval VS Zephyr & Altina ; Claire & Sharon VS Ouroboros ; Class VII VS Rufus, so big disadvantage, fortunately, out of these four, we only get to play the first and the last of these battles. - I really want to like the fight against Rufus, but everything works against it; this fight is supposed to get the point that Rufus is strong, even stronger than Sara since he's capable of taking down all of Class VII by himself; but based on your battle, does it really feel that way to you ? Absolutely not, you were dominating this fight until the game stops it to show that you didn't stand a chance, I think that's probably the worst offender of this problem in this game, granted his moveset even that bad (it's basically jusis's but better) and he can cast the highest level mirage art that can practically OHKO you, as well as an S-craft that you didn't get to see so here's a video if you're curious: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp-7ZJiEZdGgpZYsi=QfUDEHBsy31KgvTZ , but making this fight an AP requirement was a big mistake, or at least tying it with a time limit is, you get +3 AP if you reduce his health in half in the imparted time, but just like the Zephyr fight, the fight ends when the time is up, which is dumb, because while it worked last time because the fight was interrupted by the Provincial army, the fight here is supposed to make us feel like we were defeated; what they probably should have done of they wanted to keep the AP requirement so badly, is instead of ending the fight prematurely when time's up, they let him automatically use his S-craft regardless if you reached the requirements or not, leading more credence to the next story scene, though imo, even with the AP requirement, they probably should've buffed him up more than just making him level 80 (5 levels above the general level of the party). Because at this point, the party is becoming more and more cracked, but it's just a rant at this point, sorry for that, it's just that in a story-heavy game like this, Ludonarrative dissonance infuriate me, but I'm aware that balancing gameplay features is quite hard for any games and that there's invetitably stuff that breaks the game's balance in half, but CS2 is one of the biggest offender of the series in this regard.......... Okay calm down, let's just move on. - After Rufus mops the floor down with Class VII, there's Rean's fight, though unlike the last one, it's a formality because you literally cannot win, though I'm surprised you didn't noticed it earlier, because did you expected to beat Crow this early ? But also because you did 0 damage to him, and that you didn't have you classmates with you, so you couldn't use arts but most importantly, you couldn't heal, so Crow can wipe you out with a few hits + link attacks; it's funny that you mention just before that Rean knows about his Trump card so there's no more surprises.... Only for him not needing it to beat your ass XD.

[@stratfor140]

- Oh I'm not gonna touch the argument of "villains or people don't die" with a 10 reges pole, it's a polarizing one that I find pretty stupid because it's bullshit and people just want more consequences, ignoring that death isn't the only kind of stake in a story. And villains who doesn't die is generally a setup for later, or them dying contributes to the lore, like imagine if Richard died in Sky FC, we wouldn't have seen his great redemption arc and his busted moveset in Sky the 3rd; Weissman being killed by Kevin serves as a prelude to Sky the 3rd on Kevin's true nature as a Dominion which will be explored in said game; Joachim dying serves as a failure of Lloyd to arrest him alive (which has a Payoff in the next game when he was able to save Ernest from the same situation), and the mysteries he left us regarding his cult and KeA are a big part of the plot of Azure (like the DG terminals you can decrypt that has many infos regarding all of it); Mariabell is being set up as Weissman's replacement and we'll probably see her in the future; the only one I can somewhat agree with is Grimwood, though I'll argue that if you have the choice, letting a character live gives way more characterization opportunities than just outright killing him, so maybe they'll have solething with him as well in the future. Anyway, all this to say, I don't feel like there's a problem with villains not dying, because you have exemples on both sides and that death is not the only stake in a story, so this argument is stupid and shouldn't exist, though we'll get to speak more about it once you'll caught up with the series. - With two battles lost and the other two being only a matter of time, it's that moment that Vita chose to bring Cayenne over in a skype conversation. Btw, I said last episode that Rufus differs from his father in a strategic standpoint and that he wouldn't have handled the attack on Ymir a rudely as his father did ? Now you see why, because his own attack on Ymir was surgical, to the point, and didn't involved the civilians in any way, the complete opposite of what the Duke did with the Northern Jaegers (and btw, yeah, he already mentionned in his introduction in CS1 that he know Lord Schwarzer though falconry, he was his teacher). But yeah, Cayenne's reveals the real reason for this attack: he wants to enroll Rean into the Noble Alliance just like he wanted to back in the Prologue, if he accept, they'll retreat from Ymir and it will be left alone during the war, and Rean accepts it; some people criticize Rean for accepting the proposal so easily and are agreeing with Celine that it's a trap; and while I also agree that it's a trap, I also want to ask....... What is he supposed to do here ??!? Refuse the proposal ? That's basically the same as signing the death warrant of everyone as well as Ymir since they're at the mercy of the alliance, if he refuses, the adventure ends right then and there; so by accepting the proposal, he secures the lives of his classmates and guarantees the safety of Ymir at the same time since the Alliance wouldn't want to displease a potential ally, all he has to do is to sacrifice himself, which he'll gladly do; sure, it's a trap, but the trap has already been sprung, there's no way out of this situation since the moment they arrived with the airship other than accepting their offer. So Rean flies off with Crow behind him, leaving everyone behind, with the two people screaming at the end being the one you have the most bonding points with among Class VII (here being Sara, since she's a part of class VII now it seems XD) and the adults of the group (here, you have Toval). - And that's the end of Act 1. It tooked way longer to write this than I thought it would, the next video is already up, so I'm gonna start writing it, there's stuffs to be said.

[@Chausies7]

10:59 "I'm totally a rook btw" This will age interestingly 👀. Literally not a spoiler, just remember the word "rook" throughout the game.

[@weaponsci]

Will do

[@EthanHaesloop]

Ohhhh indeed

[@Ghalion666]

Nooo, you picked sara. I'm pretty 'it's just for link exp' is misleading because later on in the game the 'adult' character you have the most link exp with gives you a special, otherwise unobtainable accessory, and Sharon's is the winner sine it gives you a turn delay thing that stacks with arc slash and impede quartz, etc. It lets you reliably turn delay bosses who even have like 80% delay resistance and such.

[@veghesther3204]

By games end all 3 of those accessories SUCK but the 100% HIT rate one is the MOST useful since even on EASY mode lv 200 party members are still useless if their NON s craft moves won't HIT anything. Sure by the time you get Claire's 100% HIT accessory HIT 3 quartz's will be available only I didn't have ENOUGH Space Sephiths TO MAKE a full 4 to 8 of them on a 1st run YET.

[@weaponsci]

Yeah I realized this (I'm in the first round of Act 2 sidequests) and I'm kicking myself for not giving any of those 3 exclusive attention.

[@Ghalion666]

@@veghesther3204 Attack delay sucks? Which is why they nerfed it to the moon and made it so everything was immune to it and why a certain 'absolute delay' scraft is considered op in future games? Also, evergreens exist.

[@veghesther3204]

IT SUCKS because I had Rean's S craft by end game Top 500,000 damage IN 1 use WITH A full str BOOST INCLUDING 2X str BOOST ACCESSORIES VERY few END GAME BOSSES ON EASY MODE don't even HAVE 500,000 HP to begin with in fact only the FINAL boss and the NG+ only boss does. That's why a delay setup even on easy mode sucks in EVERY SINGLE game in this series if you can kill bosses with s crafts IN UNDER 30 seconds. Evergreen's do exist but I prefer a PERMANENT 100% hit rate that doesn't actually USE UP a accessory slot and at the time you get Claire's 100% Hit rate quartz I didn't have ENOUGH U materials in CS2 you can only own 99 U materials at once it costs MORE Then that you make 4 evergreens so that the entire party never misses physical his but I mostly used those NOT for the 100% hit rate but to null all those annoying status effects ever greens null. Though the Evergreen's Evade up rate isn't exactly FOOL proof as in when doing the arena battles aboard the courageous ITSELF on Easy mode even with a 100% EVADE on Fie those enemies can STILL hit her WITH the status effects they cause which in turn are ANY that the Evergreen's itself don't null. Actually the damage from Gaius and his delay s craft even on easy mode in this game sucks I NEVER had it come CLOSE to even doing the same 500,000+ damage as Rean's even with HIM at lv 200 in fact at lv 200 the ONLY party members that I had that could do 300,000 to 500,000 IN 1 use with theirs are Rean Millium Laura/Sarah's s craft with Jusis having Moebius maxed out to Zeram Powder/Capsule the other 3 every turn. In CS3 Gaius can't even USE his s craft until the final dungeon shows up and even on Very easy mode the damage it does is still CRAP. Toval's accessory of the 3 is PURE CRAP since OVER DRIVE mode makes that accessory of his 100% WORTHLESS in fact that accessory doesn't even BOOST SPELL damage at all which is another reason its crap.

[@Ghalion666]

@@veghesther3204 why DO you feel the NEED to randomly ALL caps every few WORDS or whatever?

[@veghesther3204]

Even at lv 200 on EASY MODE Rufus and Ordine are BOTH can't win bosses they will STAY at 1 HP before killing either the ENTIRE party OR Valimar itself in 1 hit.

[@Poooof]

It's you again 😂

[@railblade0041]

@@Poooof I'm basically calling him "Trails in Hardest Difficulty Max level IS A MUST" bot at this point lol

[@veghesther3204]

But even at max lv Rufus/Ordine can't be killed here even on EASY MODE BUT at lv 200 at least you'll still LEAVE Rufus with 1 HP left after a SINGLE S craft hits him Millium Laura only since you can't use Sarah/Rean against him.

[@SRushStar]

Ooo we getting close!

[@riofernando9414]

3:05 huh.....i never realize sara is that....big 7:03 that funny because erebonia have history with vampire. check the in game book red moon rose 10:38 that's............chat help me out here, you guys know what i'm talking about right. 20:33 so you mean this conflict will result in"inevitable struggle." ??? 24:34 celine basically saying "GET INTO THE ROBOT REAN!" 25:54 it feels like fie being replace by a new girl in the jeager group lmao alright thanks for the video weapon. next part is many people's favorite