A Purpose
I was staring at a forest, still clad in the similar attire of Yuuki Terumi. I stood with my back slouched, still and unmoving. My arms were limp by my side, fingers cold and numb from who knows how long since I stood there.
Behind me was the Everfree Forest, dark and unusually silent. Nothing moved within its’ chaotic wildlife, nothing that I would care to notice, at least.
My breathing was silent as I pondered again and again, the same thought repeating in my head for I don’t know how long awhile.
I thought that it was a possibility. I thought that there was a chance for it to happen, but I dismissed the idea entirely. For it to come to pass would mean that something had been lost forever.
Yet, here I stood staring at Nothing.
The gears in my head turned as my mind tried to think of something else… anything else. But it couldn’t. It was like a broken record, singing the same tune and song again and again and again and again....
Gone...
“Ponyville…”
Gone…
But that was wrong. That would imply that it used to be there before.
Gone…
The gears in my head were old, complicated and… cracked. Bits and pieces were chipped off and lost forever, along with those chips were most of my rationality and logic; the things that made me myself. I knew that. I knew and accepted that.
My Conscience had been the very first to break off. When I started my search for a way back to my old world, I realized that nothing would have happened if I just waited for something to fall on my lap. I made a choice, then, to do whatever it would take to get what I wanted.
Gone...
Next had been my Reluctance. I became daring; Driven. I acted like there was nothing else to lose. I searched and searched and searched, then I took and took and took and took… anything and everything that would lead to a new world.
Gone...
The rest of my mind soon followed. It was slow, and it was gradual. I lost more and more as the years went by, only seeming to pull myself back together when I came back to Equestria to visit the mare that took care of me when I first came to this world.
Gone…
My Humanity. That was the only things left inside. I clung on to it desperately even as I trained to fully master my body. Much of it had been lost, chipped away, but the core of it still held strong. It was the reason why I’ve never dared to go full dragon again. I feared that if I ever did, then that piece of me would shatter, taking the rest of my mind along with it.
Gone…
But I was wrong. That little piece wasn’t the thing that held me together. What held me together was my desire to go home, to go back to my family. And I found one. I found it after I gave up on trying to return to my old world. I found it before I fully succumbed into despair.
The Apple Family. My Family.
Gone…
They were my home. They were my loved ones. My Friends. My companions. My Treasure.
Gone…
They were what held me together. They ARE what STILL holds me together!
But they’re gone...
They DON’T exist here!
Gone…
Where are they!? Where is my family!? WHERE IS MY HOME!?
Gone…
Where was the little filly I raised?! The one who grew old enough to become the best grandmother for her family?!
Gone…
Where was the young and silent colt that I raised?! The one who grew up to be strong and dependable?!
Gone…
Where was my little niece that I barely even knew, yet?! I haven’t even shared many memories with her! I still wanted to tell her of my stories, to teach her more, and raise her like I did her family!
Gone…
Where was Applejack?! Where was my little girl, the one I loved and cared for like my own?! Where is she?! Where is my DAUGHTER?!
Gone...
“Give them back.” I glared through gritted teeth. “Give them BACK!”
The winds blew into a hurricane. Magic erupted from my very skin as I stared at WHAT NEVER CAME TO BE.
The forests around me tilted and fell. The animals fled for their lives. And the skies above darkened.
“GIVE THEM BACK!”
Hakumen!
You! You’re the reason for this! It was because you tampered with the past, it was because you meddled with the destiny of this world! You took away something that can never be returned!
“Give them back.”
My vision blurred as my tears fell. My jaw trembled as I held back a sob.
“Give them back…”
My legs buckled and I fell to my knees. My magic stopped spreading into the air, my mind unfocused and buried in grief, as I cried on the grass.
Gone...
I knew that this wasn’t my world. I knew that my Family still existed. I knew. I KNEW.
But… only my Mind knew. My Heart simply couldn’t tell the difference.
This was a possibility that I never wanted to happen. This was a possibility that I feared the most. In the Alternate Equestrias, I never wanted to come to one where my Family did not exist.
“Please…” I sobbed. “Where is my home? Give me back my home.”
And so I cried and cried and cried… There was nothing else that I could do.
They were all Gone...
I have never felt so drained in my entire life. To face a reality that you never wanted to happen could destroy a person.
When I came back to Canterlot to meet with the two sisters, they asked me what happened. I didn’t say much. I just told them that the devastated land would gain Hakumen’s attention, where he would come and investigate for the cause.
I left all of the planning up to them. I was unwilling to participate and was just content in simply floating in the realm of the Shadows. There, I pondered on what to do in a world without a home. But I couldn’t think of anything.
A few days later, Hakumen was spotted near the area where Ponyville should have been. The Princesses had been making preparations and were ready to deploy by then. They waited a few hours to make sure that Hakumen didn’t leave. When they deemed that he wasn’t leaving anytime soon, they decided to put their plans into action.
It was an evening with a full moon. The Everfree around the old castle of the two Sisters was quite, instinctively knowing the hidden tension in the air.
I looked up and stared at the monument that once held the Elements of Harmony. It was the same place where Applejack and the rest of her friends found the stone orbs of the Elements, back during Nightmare Moon’s return. The stone scales still held the five orbs in this world but…
Taking one in my hand, I started scratching off the moss that clung on its surface. There was no magic within the rock in my hand, not even a sliver of power. It’s been too long since the Elements were taken. These must merely have been their vessels.
“Preparations are complete.” Celestia declared behind me. “Hakumen has been spotted near the forest, in the area where you and him fought before.”
I hummed in response, still not motivated to do much. I was still grieving.
Celestia clicked her tongue in irritation. Her temper had been running high since the day I came back to their castle. I barely interacted with her and her sister, and when I did it was only to give them a response.
“I still do not see what was so special about that land.” She said with mild contempt. “Even after you leveled the area, we still saw nothing of importance in there.”
A bubble of rage started to rise inside me, but it simply fizzled out before it could become anything more.
I blinked and looked down at the two broken halves of the stone orb in my hands. I pushed them back together to see if the breaks matched, simply out of curiosity. They did. With that satiated, I placed the broken halves back on the scale where I first took them from.
Celestia snorted, reading more into my reaction than there really was. “Get ready.” She said in more like a command. “You know the plan already, yes?”
“I do.” I nodded, my back still turned to her.
“Then remember,” she added, “this plan relies on you to inflict as much damage on Hakumen as you can. Luna and I will be in the distance, to make sure that we are ready to attack as soon as you give the signal.”
“Understood.” I said. Though I did wonder briefly how they plan on penetrating the defenses of the Susano’o Unit. I’m not sure if even I had something that could break the outer layer of Hakumen’s armor.
Soon…
Hm?
Soon…
My head turned from side to side, looking around the ruined castle. A strange feeling welled up inside me, something similar to anticipation. But it wasn’t mine. I could tell that it wasn’t mine.
There was something like a resonance in the air, an invisible pull tugging at my core.
My head finally turned towards Celestia and I felt the pull stronger coming from her. She was looking into the distance, to the place where Hakumen was said to have been located. Her stance, expression, and her aura radiated the same feeling of anticipation that I sensed.
I frowned in confusion. I don’t recall having that kind of ability. I was no empath, there was no way that I could have developed something like that. At least, not without the [Fusion] and [Mutant] Gene inside me, and not without a creature with empathetic properties. But even then it would require me to be in their presence for decades for such mutations to occur.
“What’s on your mind, Princess?” I wondered out loud, catching her attention.
She turned to me, her expression transforming into a mask of determination. “Nothing that concerns you, Displaced.”
Yet those words only heightened my curiosity. The feeling of anticipation was still there, hidden under her facade, and I could still feel it. “On the contrary, Princess, if what you have has anything to do with the upcoming fight, then it is a concern of mine. Any potential distraction could lead to my demise. I will need you and your sister to be focused primarily on the task at hand.”
Celestia’s face scrunched up in anger as she glared at me. “Then there is no problem.” She said through gritted teeth. “The only thing that I have in mind is the death of Hakumen and the peace of my kingdom.”
My brow quirked at the statement. “Your kingdom?” I asked, taking a step closer to the armored Princess. “I seem to recall that there two rulers of this land.”
The alicorn’s face darkened and I was mildly surprised at the amount of contempt that I saw on her expression. “Yes…” she hissed. “There are TWO princesses in Equestria at the moment, yet everypony seems to forget that tiny, little detail.”
Two, she said, as there had been no ascensions in the last few centuries. There was no Princess of Love in this world. Cadence existed, that much I was sure of, but the little mare lived in Cloudsdale, away from the ground where Hakumen walked. She was put in charge of the flying city, but that was it. Perhaps she was too busy to find her calling and become a princess? I didn’t know, for I didn’t check.
“A sense of Deja Vu suddenly overwhelms me.” I mused, taking another step closer to the mare. It felt like the start of Nightmare Moon all over again. “Care to share your tale, Princess?”
“It’s none of your business.” She spat, turning her back to me and trotting away.
I dove into my shadow, thick and prominent thanks to the fires of her mane and tail, and quickly rose out of the shade under hers. The [Shadowwalk] had been quick, near instantaneous, and Celestia reared back in surprise the moment I popped out in front of her.
“But, Princess, it’s as I said,” I leaned forward and loomed over her. I held her gaze just as wide as she held mine. “If this distraction will endanger my person, then I at least would like to know the thing that could possibly get me killed.”
Celestia glared and leaned forward, the front of her horn pressed on my forehead as she began to push against me. Her mane lit the shadows under my hood. “I said: It’s none of your business.”
“As the Bait,” I grabbed her horn and pushed back slightly. She gasped in surprise, but I used my other hand to grab her face to make her look back into my eyes. “It is my business. I’m placing my life on the line for you and this world, the least you could do is share what you’re thinking. Tell me what’s on your mind, Celestia, tell me what could possibly fill you with anticipation that I could practically feel it radiating off your body.”
I released my hold on her head and took a step backward. I endured her glare without flinching. Even as the fires that made up her mane blazed bigger and hotter, I held her gaze without blinking and stared right into her eyes. Still, she remained silent despite my disrespect.
My eyes narrowed. I couldn’t have that. Her hidden feelings were driving me mad. It was like a compulsion, something I can’t seem to break out of. I want to know that she’s thinking. I want to know what made her give out such an intense feeling. I want to know.
What is it that you desire so much?
“Tell me…”
Celestia’s eyes widened and dilated as she stared into mine. I saw her whole body shudder as my words rumbled out from my throat, a growl of something primal. I could feel my eyes change from a partial transformation. The unknown Gene insde me started to beat like a heart, only harder, as if reacting to something. Was it to Celestia, or was it to me? I don’t know.
With my eyes transformed, the [Evil Eye] came in effect. My intent was delivered straight into her mind by eye contact; my want, my desire to know. Celestia could only stare, unable to bring herself to look away. I could see my psionic ability taking effect.
Her mouth moved, but her words came out shakily. “This… is the day that I’ve waited for so long; the day where the love of my subjects would return to me.”
My eyes narrowed in suspicion. “How?”
“With the death of Hakumen.”
My brow raised in curiosity, but I didn’t break eye contact. “Explain.”
She hesitated for a moment, but that was because her face turned pained before she spoke. “My sister is loved by all. She is the Jewel of Equestria. She brought them peace through their dreams, giving them an escape from the terrifying reality where Hakumen exists.” Her jaw trembled and a single tear fell from her eye. This reason, this secret, it must have been a heavy burden in her heart. “But I had no such power. I could not help them like my sister, I did not have the same control as Luna. Though my magic is great and abundant, greatly dwarfing hers, I did not have her skills.”
A few more drops escaped her eyes and fell down on the stone floor. Finally, she broke eye contact, only to wipe her face of them. I did not stop her, nor did I force her to look at me again. There was no need.
“I could destroy a mountain with ease, burn down acres of land with the same effort, but all of those were useless.” She said. The tears now fell constantly, and she no longer wiped them away. She could only stare at the ground, letting them trail down her face unimpeded. “For all my strength and power, they were all useless against Hakumen. He could cut through my magic, negate my amazing strength and he could kill me just as easily as crushing a bug.”
Yet she lives. I’d heard of the many clashes between the Sun Princess and the White Knight, and the armies that she raised against him. But the end of all those battles were the same. Hakumen would stand on a bloody field, the survivors would cower away from him, and Celestia would look defiant under his presence. But the White Knight would never cut down the princess, no matter how many opportunities he’s had in the past.
“He left me humiliated every time.” Celestia spat at it with a curse. “My subjects, then, began to fear me. They feared that I would call upon them again, for their fathers, brothers and sons; to take up arms and attempt to kill the White Terror. Luna would always, then, be there to sooth their fears, portraying me as the villain and her as their savior.”
“I’m sure that wasn’t what she intended.” I said to her.
“You’re right.” She chuckled bitterly. “It wasn’t. She tried to stop me more than once in my attempts to fight Hakumen, but I didn’t listen. My pride would not let me listen.” Her head raised and she looked back into my eyes. Tears streaked her face, and a bitter smile was on her lips. “I was arrogant. When we were crowned as rulers of Equestria, I made a vow to bring Hakumen to justice. I urged Luna to use the Elements of Harmony with me to seal him, but that was a failure. He knew what they were, and what they were capable of, and he held nothing back for the first time in order to take them from us.”
I could imagine how terrifying that must have been. Hakumen became stronger and faster all of a sudden, becoming an unstoppable force. I remembered the risk that I had to take just to make him stop.
“I did not give up and pressed on. I sacrificed so many lives because I was stubborn, unwilling to stop. I drove my subjects away. It was only because of Luna that I am not outright scorned by them. It was because of her that I still have some form of respect for my station.”
“ Do you hate her for it?” I asked.
“At first I did.” She admitted. “But over time I came to realise and understand what her deeds had done, and I love her for it. I stopped throwing the lives of my ponies at Hakumen, but the jealousy was still there. We both knew it was there. And yet she still loved me.” She wiped her tears away, and the smile on her face was no longer bitter. “It would take over in most days and nights, but the love I felt for my sister would always triumph. It made me bitter and scornful, but I could always stop myself from lashing out. It strained our relationship as siblings, but even then she would still love me. It was I who strains it.”
I looked up to the sky, towards the moon, deep in thought. Celestia looked up as well, a smile was on her face, her eyes seemingly buried in a memory. A song started to play in my heart, a tune that resonates with the beat of the Gene inside me.
My eyes closed as the a cold evening breeze blew, and I savored the feeling. We stood in silence until I felt the song in my mind finish, only then did my eyes open. I’d made a decision.
“Tell me, Celestia,” I began, “ what do you wish? What is it that you desire that fills you with so much anticipation?”
The mare smiled as we looked at the moon. “I wish to help my sister, to free her of a heavy burden. For so long has she soothed the kingdom, for so long has she tried to calm them down. I wish to bring her peace, and happiness. I wish to bring an end to the strain of our relationship, to mend our bonds with each other.”
“And Hakumen?” I inquired.
“He is the obstacle.” Celestia answered. She turned to me with eyes filled with determination. “I wish to put an end to him, of the terror that he brings in his wake. I wish to free our kingdom of the threat that he represents. Will you help me?”
With a flare of my coat, I bent down on a knee. I looked up to her, right hand over my heart. The Gene inside my body thrummed louder, and I finally understood what it wanted. “I will do everything in my power to help you.” I declared. “I will free your sister of her burden, to bring her peace and happiness. I will help you mend your bonds and rid you of the terror that walks this plane.”
Celestia’s chest rose and a beautiful smile stretched upon her lips. Her eyes shone kindness that I’ve never seen before from her. “Thank you.” Her head bowed and her eyes closed in gratitude.
My arms came up and wrapped around her. Her eyes opened wide in surprise before she calmed, closing them again and settling into my embrace.
The song in my heart once again returned, singing along with the Gene inside my body. I felt strength coming to me, coming from her. It began to fill me, and I felt myself grow stronger.
A Wish. The Gene inside my body reacted to a wish. Like my Tokens, activated by a Wish or Desire, it felt like a call. Why is that, I wonder. Why did this new Gene react to it? Why did I feel stronger when I made that promise?
It doesn’t matter. I felt content.
In a world without a home, what am I to do?
Simple. Search for a purpose.
I won’t forget why I came here. I won’t forget why I traveled to a different world. My mission was to become stronger, to learn as many skills as I can. And with this knowledge, the property of my new Gene, I could accomplish that.
I sighed in contentment, my eyes opening slowly. I made a promise, and I would deliver. For Celestia, for this new purpose, I will do everything in my power to grant her wish.
My arms drew the mare closer to my body, holding her tighter. My first task is to rid Luna of her burden. For that, I will begin immediately.
The song in my heart ended, and the Gene in my body returned to its silent beats. I smiled, my lips stretched wide and thin. Then I grinned, broad and feral. The first task would be easy.
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Oh damn. Nice one
Huzzah, it lives! Less fighting in this chapter than I expected but that ending has me on edge.
7067546 yeah it's epic chapter can't wait for the next one
I wonder if his escaped dragon genes will ever be reclaimed.
Did he just kill Celestia?
He just diddly done snapped her neck.
Nooooooooooo! Not cake flanks. Why couldn't it be Flim or Flam? Nopony would miss them.
That's a genie wish if I've ever heard one.
Ah, that's cute and heartwar- wait what?
Well fuck.
That's horrible!
7069631 I think he's got the wrong person.
Moral of the story,
Never be drunk in the presence of Celestia, or you may miss the meaning of her words, making you kill her instead of the real enemy.
...
But seriously, I know why he is doing this.
He is trying to delay Celestia by making her unable to fight, instead he will fight Hakuman himself.
A bit of a... harsh tactic to break some bones in her, but we all know that, or at least it's the case in most fics, that Alicorns are very resilient to physical damage and heal much faster then a normal pony.
And we all know how Celestia would go 100% stuborn retard to do her misson, so yeah a few broken bones are in order to stop her at least.
Similar to Godzilla... huh.
So yeah he knocks out Celestia while taking her place in the upcoming fight.
Time to test that new Gene.
Well, since it was a while, I thought it might be a good idea for a comment.
First of all, just because I can:
1.Shadow+Radiance+Trance – Yin Yang dragon. Chinese Dragon.
2.Trance + ??? -
3.Eldrith + ??? + Trance – Mage Dragon (Because Pygmy Sucks).
Second: I changed my mind, Ryu from BoF 3 could be the strongest. I mean he can defeat goddess of destruction on his own, without transforming and with transformation he can do it even faster. Maybe, It is just my bias, but whatever.
And third: Ryu from BoF 3 is the best Ryu.
Anyway, I have been thinking about this for a while. As we know, each of the Ryus' is a badass in his own way. However, we do not have much information about what they are capable of, except manga and the gameplay.
In BoF 4 manga, Ryu was able to crave a canyon just by simply using kaiser's breath and obliterated the guy who pissed him off. Just like that, damn. And if you played the game without grinding or cheating you were about level 20 at that point. I don't want to even think how strong Ryu from BoF 4 is when he fuses with Fou Lou.
This makes me wonder, just how the stats like speed, defense, power compare to the real world. However, I will be mostly focusing on BoF 3 and comparing some of it to BoF 4, as I like this game more.
1.Let's start of with speed, since this one is a bit easier, at least for me. In Breath of Fire 3, the fastest companion is Rei, who without masters achievies 122 agility.
In comparison, Myria the last boss has got 52 agility, Berserker has go 60 and Archmage 80. These are fastest enemies in game. As we have got no idea, just how much does the agility increase the speed we can only guess. However, I believe it won't be in m/s, because it would put Rei capable of achieving the speed of almost 440 km/h. Faster, than basically any car, except maybe the rocket car.
So, I am going to assume, the agility is based in km/h, otherwise It wouldn't make sense. I am not going to compare the reaction time, or anything because I don't even know how. Still, 122 km/h that is a lot, Cheetahs run with a speed of 112 km/h during the chase (on average), so the top speed is about 120. With that in mind, Ryu with about 900 agility, is well, ridicuolosly fast.
2.Next will be intelligence, since it is a stat that sees the biggest decline in power during BoF 3. It affects the damage dealt by magical attacks to targets, and if the character's Intelligence is high enough, also reduces the magical damage you receive.
I found an algorithm for magic formula: Damage = (Attacker's Int + 100) * 100 * Ability's Power / 100 * max(100 - Target's Int / 5) / 100.
result = [random base * (1 - ( [defender's int (capped at 250) / 5] * 5 / 500))]. So maximum damage reduction is up to 50%, that is as much as I guessed.
So let's take Nina with 200 int uses magic ball against enemy with 100 int.
It will deal (200 + 100)*100* (60 / 100)*(100 - 20 ) / 100 =~~= 160 damage.
Base damage of magic ball is sixty, that is a lot.
Of course you have to take into consideration that different enemies have got different resistances. (Nina takes less damage from wind and Garr from fire).
So with 999 int against most enemies you would deal a ton of damage, but because of the differences in algorithms Intelligence loses a lot of power during midgame.
Now, in comparison to real life, it gets tricky. Seriously most of your time, won't have more than 300 int. In comparison, the Berserker has got 999 int, yeah I know. Arch Mage has got 700. I also have got no clue how does it affect daily life. But top class ordinary monster like Revenant has got 200, while Nina at max level 99 without masters has got 229. So let's say a character with 100 int is a gifted, at 200 int smartypants, at 300 know-it-all, at 400 genius, and 500 and above = omniscient.
3.Moving on, we shall dive straight into the Power and Defense since those two are connected in many ways.
The formula is very simple: base = attacker's attack - target's defense
Now you may think, if you have got 200 defense against those stupid rippers, why do they still deal damage to you?
Well, the answer is Level Based Damage:
Even if you had 999 defense and the attacker had 0 attack, their level-based damage would always be the same. the defender's level is not taken into consideration for defense against it either, so if the attacker was level 10 and the defender was level 99, it would still do the same damage.
Note: this section only happens for physical attacks to YOUR side, the enemy side does not take level based damage. this is mainly used to give the enemy a slight advantage, and is why even Cedar Woods enemies will still be doing a few points of damage when they should be dealing 0-1.
also unlike the other sections, this section has a range of 16 values that can be gotten for any specific level:
0 = level * .1364
1 = level * .1439
2 = level * .1520
3 = level * .1602 (may be .1601)
4 = level * .1683
5 = level * .1764
6 = level * .1839
7 = level * .1921
8 = level * .2046 (may be .2045)
9 = level * .2158
10 = level * .2280
11 = level * .2402
12 = level * .2524
13 = level * .2646
14 = level * .2759
15 = level * .2881
this amount is then rounded up (as far as i can tell, could just be rounded to the nearest as well) and added onto the current physical damage. this step does not get the additional point as well (for a possible 2 bonus points), only the physical equation gets it, but since they are added together in the end, it essentially receives the bonus as well :P.
Note: this damage cannot be reduced with defense, but if you use Defend, it does halve the damage normally. similarly, any elemental resistances should take place after the result damage is calculated.
I don't like this solution I find it a bit ridiculous, but I can understand the reasoning. Anyway moving on to the real life section, let's compare the stats of the strongest enemies.
Berserker: 600 Power, 300 Def
Archmage: 300 power, 150 def
Myria: 305 power, 100 Defense.
300 Defense, the only one which has got higher than him is vulcan, which has got 550. Thank god he takes twice the damage from ice based attacks.
In any case, breastplate has got 16 defense, while life armour 80. (not much of improvement in the long run). I have just watched an 11 movies with different weapons affecting the breastplates. And damn, that thing was tough (this was ordinary breastplate not the amber one). Sure it won't stop ordinary bullet, but muskets, crossbows, bows, arrows, polearms, etc, it did. Here is a link if anyone is interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdmIbM8aF18&list=PLORWrDN172D0NmpWawYgddWWnVBaNM_V5&index=11
So since 16 defense is able to do something like this, then the vulcan can handle something that is 34 times more powerful. Damn, Ryu should be bulletproof at one point (around 100 def I guess, maybe less).
4.Health Points, this one is one of the hardest. I mean health points are pretty much purely game mechanic, it is hard to actually find any real data on it. Anyway, we will go with something simple like level 1 Ryu, no armour against the goblins.
Ryu: 10 Defense, Agility 4.
Goblins: 15 Power, Agility 5. So they should deal, around five points of damage with bent sword, which we will think weighs around 1.3 kg. However, we have got no clue how much energy is behind the swing, so we can't tell how strong they are. This is how you fight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFiIDl_mt2c
I will leave it at that. I have got no real life example and comparision, sorry for that.
5.Ap, now this one is confusing. I mean I have already shown you the algorithm for the magical damage, but you have to remember that there are spells like tsunami, inferno etc. How do you even calculate, how much energy does something like this cost? I don't know, what I do know that an inferno looks similar to lava, that burns up to 1200 Celsius. So Ryu can cast such spell, with 999 ap at least 99 times.
6.Conclusion:
Any Ryu with such stats is basically a walking apocalypse, the sheer power, durability are so huge, it is hard to compare them to anything. I think that Ryu would steam roll Alex Mercer or Cole Mcgrath.
EDIT: I FOUND A GOOD GUIDE THAT GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT BOF 3 == https://www.gamefaqs.com/ps/196817-breath-of-fire-iii/faqs/30733
And today in our show, we shall discuss balance of one of the most underrated RPGs, known as Breath of Fire 3. And our special guest is Ediros, who played this game and researched it in great detail. Welcome, Ediros.
Hello Jim, It is a pleasure meeting you today.
Likewise, in any event let's get started. Tell us about a bit BoF 3 and what issues irked you the most?
Well, that is quite easy question. I disliked the fact the all sorts of enemies could damage main character even though he had 999 armour, but I have already covered it. All I would add is better balance with magic. I think it would be better if you could become completly resistant if you were much smarter than your enemy. But that is for a long podcast itself, so let's focus on something simpler, like Dragon Gene System.
Dragon Gene? What is wrong with it?
There aren't any major issues with it, but it is poorly balanced. Tell me, Jim. What are two best transformations?
I think warrior or its' variant Myrmiddon and Tiamat. They are powerful and cost effective.
Exactly, but what about kaiser and other forms? They are rarely used because of that or weaknesses that are hard to compensate for. Let's take a look at Kaiser Dragon. It gives amazing stats and immunity to status changes. However, you need to waste 53 AP just to transform and 27 per turn to keep this form going. We will assume that Ryu has got 999 AP for the conveniance sake.
Without extra turns you can stay in Kaiser form for about 35 turns and that is under condition that you don't use any spells that use AP. In comparision if you take myrmiddon and use aura over and over again, you will deal much more damage for slighlty increased cost, thus making Kaiser obsolete.
I see, and what you do instead?
To start off I would change the base cost and upkeep of it in the first place. I would double the initial cost and then make the upkeep cost 1/8 of the initial value. So let's take Tiamat, who costs 13 AP right now and 7 per turn.
In my system it would cost 26 and then 1/8 of that rounded up, which would be 4 AP. Less than the one you used before. The downside it makes the transformation worse for short skirmishes and minibosses but very strong against long fights.
Old system Tiamat = 140 turns without extra turns.
New System Tiamat = 243 turns without extra turns.
You can see the difference. If we let the spirit Ring and Shaman Ring affect the cost, it would be even better as you wouldn't have to spend as much AP to keep transformation running. Because let's be honest at one point in the game you have got more than enough AP to spam all sorts of spells.
Kaiser with old system:35 turns.
Kaiser with New System:63 turns.
Kaiser with old system with Spirit Ring: 69 turns
Kaiser with New System with Spirit Ring: 127 turns.
It makes the dragon forms harder to use early on, but more rewarding if you get a lot of AP. I like this a lot. There was different solution in BoF 4, which made the cost scale with level and I have to say, It was an awful decision. The whole point of level is to get better not make it so you become worse. And the best part is, if that game had no level cap, at one point you wouldn't be able to turn into even the most basic form.
Now, I talked a bit about the cost, let's go to dragons themself. As much as I like BoF 3, many of the forms suffered from similar issues to Kaiser like inadequate mana cost compared to the stats they gave. I will break down some of them:
a)Pygmy: This dragon form had potential, It is very fast, and very inteligent. But its' defense and power were abysmal, I mean 10% of both the power and def Ryu has got. To make it worse it had very few spells, and only was remotely useful. I would make it into a caster with the same types of spells nina learns. And buff the defense to 50%, so you won't die instantly and maybe hp to 150% of initial value.
b)Hybrids: I don't have much of a problem with them, except the fact that you can only have one form per two characters. It doesn't matter what genes you choose, depending on your team, it will always turn the same. It was a bad design, other than that no issues from me.
c)Wildfire: Now this form is quite unusual.
HP Pwr Def Agl Int
Wildfire:10%; 250%; 300%; 200%; 100%
-As you can see, it has got some amazing stats but the problem is with the HP and manacost. It costs 27 AP to turn into one and 14 per turn to stay in this form. It wouldn't be bad, but because all enemies deal damage no matter the level it makes this form very situational. Either it needs more hp like 30% to 50% or we get rid of the pointless mechanic.
Those are the most glaring as far as I am aware. And now time for a bit of trivia about the game.
There is gene called gross that boosts all your base attributes of the dragon form. It adds 30% to all stats except int. With thorn and gross combo it goes to 60% of all stats. However, did you know it affected the resistance?
As you know there are 8 levels of resistance:
0: 300% as damage to HP
1: 200% as damage to HP
2: 100% as damage to HP, default level.
3: 75% as damage to HP
4: 50% as damage to HP
5: 25 % as damage to HP
6: No damage to HP
7: 100% absorbed as HP heals HP.
Now for example Flame gene, makes you level 6 fire resistant but level 1 Frost/water resistant. However, if you add Gross Gene, then it goes up by one. So you have got level 7 Fire Resistance and most likely level 2 Frost/water resistance (not confirmed).
That's about it for today, I hope you enjoyed this little debate, see you next time.
You know what, something bothered me. I have got Breath of Fire artbook, and there are plenty of sketches, pictures and others in there.
However, some forms are missing (like Nina's or Peco's hybrid forms or Kaiser (dragon and human) or even the basic dragon from 3).
One thing that annoys me the most, is Kaiser form. I mean there are 3 different colors of the kaiser, depending on the gene combination. However, Ryu always looks pretty much the same, except blonde hair like a super saiyan.
Can somebody tell me, if his eyes change or not? And what colour are they? And are there any other details?
Also warrior and others?
And now comes the time to talk about BoF in general, in particular about wyndians, dragons, their heritage and genetics.
As we know, if dragons or any other species mate with someone that is not from their race, the offspring will not have access to full potential of either of the parents abilities.
We can see the results in BoF 2 and then later on in BoF 3, where Wyndians basically lost their ability to fly (I read somewhere that Nina's wings in 3 are just accessories). Even Nina in BoF 2 due to having an ancestor that wasn't wyndian could not transform into big bird and her wings were black because of that.
So, when we see Nina in 3, who is basically a bit stronger than average human, she has lost most of her heritage. In that regard it leaves both her and her race pretty much without any power. I doubt there are many wyndians that still have got their wings, if any. That said, she still has got better options than Ryu. Her people are alive, and doing well, even if they lost a part of their history.
Ryu on the other said, well he is boned. I mean he is the last of the brood, who still has got power, after we defeat the last boss in game. The residents of Dragnier have completly lost their power, with sole exception of the elder who gave his power to Ryu. To top it all, even if he wanted to bring his race back to power, he can't do that. I mean he could theoretically mate with others but then we would have hybrids like Ryu from BoF 2. The full power of Brood is lost forever the way I see it.
In any case, it also makes me wonder. What would happen if he tried to mate with other dragons like in Equestria? I mean those dragons are different from Brood. Brood can change into dragon on their own, but they look like humans most of the time. On the other hand, dragons in Equestria are born as dragons and just grow up. Now I can kind of see, why Breath of Fire 4 and 5 are so different compared to previous games. The writers wrote themselves into the corner.
I know it's me just rambling, but it is a nice topic for discussion. Overall I find BoF's universe quite a bit unique compared to others and I love it for that.
https://tcrf.net/Breath_of_Fire_III
Here is a link that let's you see unused content in BoF 3, I think it is fairly interesting.
Also, are you alright Laze Around? I mean you haven't answered a single comment, so should I stop posting? I wouldn't want to be a bother.
Remember, how I told you that I wouldn't bring any BoF 6 news, well I lied.
I will make this quick.
BoF 6 has got another trailer that has got nothing to do with the franchise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDDTQJ3f9Q&feature=youtu.be
The game has got a score of 2,5/5 as of time of writing.
BoF 6 has already been released and it turns out it is a typical, grindy, awful MMO, where to progress you have to spend hours doing stupid shit and the game is horribly balanced in general.
So in short the franchise died on 5 or 4, depending how you look.
A good review:
I've been playing the game ever since it came out, even made a post on Breath of Fire's subreddit on how to play the game on PC... Also made a review now. I kept on having hopes for this game, but 22 levels later I just gave up.
The game becomes "tougher" after every stage and by chapter 3 it's almost impossible to get through without going through hours of grinding, which is limited by the absurd energy system they've put in.
There's no real "loot" in this game, all you get are materials of which you only need 5 of 40+ for one weapon which, haha, jokes on you are worse than your normal weapons which you can upgrade. You get fellows from doing missions but none of them are worth it because the 4* star ones you get from spending cash currency are way better. So what do you do with all the other fellows? You can't delete them, all you can do is feed them to another fellow for EXP but that costs money and on the long run becomes really expensive and ineffective because you need faeries to properly level up your fellows as they give the most EXP..
And again, you can only get them through cash-shop summoning, or being lucky at the ticket summoning, which again is tedious because you only get tickets from multiplayer missions and have a VERY LOW drop-rate. Fellows are incredibly stupid, they only move when you do and attack when you do but DO NOT STOP attacking when you stop, causing them to run into enemy attacks and killing themselves easily. Dragon transformation can also only be properly done in multiplayer stages which is a joke because you sure as hell don't need it there as much as you need it in story missions where the dragon meter doesn't increase enough for even a short transformation. The idea of having various dragon forms depending on character/weapon elemental affinity is great but the execution is poor. Why they went for a tap to move, target and auto battle is beyond me.
They could've made a action combat battle system, or a turn-based battle system... But they went for.. This. Probably because Capcom didn't give this game enough budget so the devs could care less to make a more complex battle system. Nobody chats in the game, nobody does things with another player in the game, everyone just has friends for the friend points to get costumes. That's really sad. The game's current rating is 1,9*/5* on the Play Store and is losing players every day.
Capcom is desperately trying to get players back with exp events or giving BOF1 - BOF5 costumes with the friendship points stuff to get more people in. In fact, Capcom is so desperate that they have put BOF5 on the JP PSN store because they know the game has gained popularity among JP fans over the years and it would make even more money than BOF6. The only thing that is somewhat fun in the game is fishing, that's it. Fishing is the only reason I still play this game on the go.
This game isn't a good BOF game and not even a good mobile MMORPG. So many things they've done wrong with it, honestly. Capcom's biggest mistake was making this a numbered entry. They already had financial problems and cut a lot recently to make up for their losses.... They should have been smarter than this and made this a spin off.
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Wait. Was that the new Ryu or Haseo's third form from .Hack G.U.?
Sorry, if it's been so long. Even though I'm still working on the story, I rarely ever visit the site anymore. I've got a few concept for the Six Dragons that extracted themselves from Ryu, but the Hakumen scene and the ones after that... I'm having trouble progressing.
And, truth be told... I just realized that it was just a waste of time.
I'll continue this later. I shouldn't even be writing this right now since I'm on the clock.
~cya!
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It is alright, life gets in the way quite often and what can you do?
I am just satisfied knowing you are still alive and well.
If you need any help with writing I would be glad to help, just don't count on me when it comes to drawing ( They are awful).
Edit
Did you know that BoF 6 takes place 10000 years after 3? This makes no sense. Ryu was last of his kind with power, wyndians have lost their wings and now they are back?
That is it, that game is completly non canon.
Did anybody catch the licence plate number of the twisted truck that ran into me?
I really liked this story for what it is worth. I myself never manage to finish Projects like this because I tend to lose the spark which is why I don't write any, I hope you found something else that you like to do.
Have a good day