Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Persona 5 Tactica and other notes

We got a fair bit done during tonight's stream of Persona 5 Tactica, rescuing Fox and Queen to get all the Phantom Thieves reunited, along with seeing Toshiro is the center to the actual plot and not Erina. 

Finally saw the Accident variant for fusing Personas and it's hilarious, in addition to knocking out some side quests with the help of guides.

We're going to continue Persona 5 Tactica on Tuesday night's stream.

For the raid we went over to 13babybear13 who was also playing Persona 5 Tactica

Persona 5 Tactica Achievements

  • Show Them Your Might, Zorro!: Swept away enemies with Morgana 20 times.
  • Novice Dismantler: Broke down weapons 10 times.
  • Perfect Aim: Performed 100 shooting attacks.
  • The Battle Begins: Reunited the Phantom Thieves.
  • Big Spender: Purchased 10 weapons.
  • Accidents Happen: Witnessed a fusion accident.

Work was solid, even with a couple of technical difficulties picking up three interviews

I'm questioning the Phillies giving Aaron Nola a 7 year contract, but on the other hand he's going to end up being one of the longest tenured Phillies ever.

Didn't finish the WWE related story commission  I had on today's agenda but I'll be finishing it before I go to bed since it's about 85% finished.

Good night!

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch was overall solid, as always big thanks to PandaSweet for being apart of a lot of the matches. The great thing about having Panda in a match is that if I'm playing as a tank and they are on Support, it means I have one less thing to worry about.

Of course the random teammates were driving me up the wall tonight, as I feel we could've won three more matches just based on the statistics alones.

Picked up three Plays of the Game all as Junker Queen, also played as D.va, Orissa, Reinhardt, Junkrat, Torbjourn, Soldier 76, Moira, Brigitte and a few others.

Our next stream will feature Persona 5 Tatica, which will for sure be on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week, and either Friday or Saturday, depends on what day I want to play Horizon Zero Dawn on

Big thanks to PatDesolate for the raid following their stream

We raided DatShadowWolf who was playing Genshin Impact

Felt extreme sore all day and did not get done the WWE related story commission I had listed for today, I'll be working on that once this is posted.

Speaking of story commissions, I currently have 10 in the queue, and it's really cool that people are coming to see if I can make something work with their ideas.

Good night!

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Horizon Zero Dawn and other Notes

Tonight we banged out a bunch of trophies tied to exploration and side activities in Horizon Zero Dawn, plus several side quests, including the big one tied to the Thunderjaw known as Redmaw. If everything plays out right, we should be able to get enough skill points via the main story quests, since at this point that is the main things we have to focus on. At the moment, Horizon Zero Dawn is slated for Friday night, but I might put it on Saturdays to finish it out, with Persona 5 Tatica in four of the dive weekday slots.

Out next stream will feature Overwatch, haven't played it at all this week due to getting a bit sick and sleep getting thrown out of whack because of it.

For the raid we dropped in on Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV!

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

  • Cleared all the Bandit Camps: Took back all settlements from the bandit clans.
  • All Corrupted Zones cleared: Killed all the corrupted machines in every Corrupted Zone.
  • All Ancient Vessels found: Found all the Ancient Vessels.
  • All Banuk Figures found: Found all of Arnak's figures.
  • All Metal Flowers found: Found all of the Metal Flowers.
  • All Vantages found: Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints.
  • All Acquisition machines killed: Killed at least one of every type of Acquisition machine.
  • Hunted Redmaw with Talanah: Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw.

 Had a hard time knocking out a Resident Evil related commission, basically having to rewrite everything that was slated for it and take things in a different direction.

I know have back to back WWE related commissions and will be getting started on the first one shortly, as the queue is now up to nine stories. Depending on how wonky work gets this week with the Thanksgiving Holiday I might be knocking out a couple on in a day (or at least the ones that do not involve more than two characters)

Good night!

 

Persona 5 Tactica and other notes

We started Persona 5 Tactica today, and while it certainly takes a while to get going because of the long opening, this game continues all of the usual charm that I've come to expect from the Persona franchise, The fundamentals are clearly easy to learn but really tough to master, as I'm a complete novice when it comes to tactical based RPGs. The music and voice acting is top quality I fell.

Unlike everyone else, I elected not to the do the DLC story first because I wanted to understand how to play the game, because even on Safe Difficulty, I feel like I have to be very mindful of what moves I make.

We'll continue Persona 5 Tatcia on Monday's stream!

Our next stream will featured Horizon Zero Dawn as I decided not to continue playing Starfield, because at least with HZD I feel like I'm engaged with the content!

For the raid we dropped in on djparticle who was playing Splatoon 3

Persona 5 Tactica Achievements

  • Lavenza's Aid: Gained the ability to fuse Personas.

Word was solid today, a few friendly folks to interview is always nice.

I'm currently working on a Resident Evil commission request, and that should be finish tomorrow... kind of over though out to use some elements of Resident Evil 3 and the chapter is turning out a bit lackluster.

Following it on a back to Back WWE related commissions requests, followed by Batman, Jimmy Neutron, Rooster Teeth, a 3rd WWE story and Star Wars tale. In a way I'm glad I'm off for Thanksgiving, and that some of these are concept that should only get around 2500 words, but of course I'll shoot for 3000 as always.

Good night!

Friday, November 17, 2023

Horizon Zero Dawn and other notes

Tonight's stream of Horizon Zero Dawn was a pretty smooth affair with the big thing being accomplished was overriding the final Tallnecks and Core as well as closing in on finding the remaining vessels, vantage points and metal flowers, which we should easily knock out the next time we play it next Friday. 

Once that's out of the way, the then we can focus on the main story quests in order to progress towards finishing the game out right. At this point we have put in nearly 40 hours into HZD, granted a good 10 to 12 hours was spent in the Frozen Wilds.

Of course Friday's stream will feature Persona 5 Tactica, and I'm so excited! We'll be putting that on the Xbox Series console to have as smooth an experience as possible, even though it appears it can be played on Xbox One consoles.

For the raid we went over to abenonymous who was playing God of War

Horizon Zero Dawn Trophies

  • All Tallnecks Overridden: Scaled all of the Tallnecks and accessed their information.
  • All Cores Overridden: Reached the Core of every Cauldron and accessed the information within. 

Dropped in on Kalenal's stream where they were trying to do a raid in Final Fantasy XIV while wearing a blindfold, it was hilarious!

Nearly finish a Star Wars related commission story, really wish I knew more about the character of Mara Jade, but hell, everything I write has an alternate universe slant to it anyway, so it wouldn't matter.

Beyond that one story, I have 7 more in my current commission docket to write, so in a way I will be covering lost earnings for the two off days last week because of the General Election as well as a bit next week in regards to Thanksgiving. 

And I say seven commissions, because there is one Resident Evil, three WWE/Wrestling, one Batman, one Jimmy Neutron and one Rooster Teeth related tales.

Work was solid tonight, four interviews done, even if one guy was a complete asshole where I double-talk my way through his questions to get them to take part in the research.

Good night!

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Journey to the Savage Planet and other notes

Tonight's stream of Journey to the Savage Planet saw Iceman and I knocking out quite a few achievements, finding all the collectables in the DL-C1 area and then focusing on finding all the goodies in the main area of the game. I do feel Iceman got cheated out of one achievement I earned, unless it's specific to something a player must do themselves. Either way we'll be back at it in finding stuff next Wednesday as we really want to find every thing possible! 

We also talked about an old show he watched as a kid called Captain Power, and just looking at the commercials and opening credits I'm wondering why and how did that show not air in the United States! Cause it looked awesomely cheesy!

Our next stream will feature Horizon Zero Dawn, yes we're playing it a day early this week because of the release of Persona 5 Tactica on Friday!

Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition Achievements

  • For Science!: Complete the first set of Science Experiments. Science: It's not just for nerds!
  • Power Underwhelming: Craft all the new upgrades unlocked via exploration of DL-C1
  • Coastal Postal: Collect all the scattered postcards of DL-C1
  • Jewel of the Bargain Bin: Complete the entire DL-C1 Kindex
  • Deleted But Not Forgotten: Read all of the previous explorer's emails. Kinda nosy if you ask me.
  • Build It Up: Gather half the Alien Alloy on AR-Y 26. I'm half-impressed!
  • Pinball Wizard: Kill 5 creatures with a single Charged Shot. Because aiming is for chumps!

For the raid we went over to zonesama for some retro TV watching! 

Work was alright as we were doing a feedback study on local utilities in the midwest.

Didn't finish the Spider-Man related story commission I had on the docket for today, but it's like 90% finished will back that out before I go to sleep.

Following it will be a Star Wars related commission, then Resident Evil, two WWE and Batman.

So on that note good night!

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Dead By Daylight and other notes

Tonight's stream featured Dead by Daylight for the first time since 2019, and thank goodness I did the tutorial off-stream to get a feel for the game, because we certainly got back in the flow of things rather nicely, managing to escape three times out of the survivor matches I played, plus we did one match as a killer.

Now does this mean DBD will be returning as a feature? Not really, I see it like Smite, a game I can throw to in order to fill a night if needed, but at least I know I have a fighting chance for the most part.

I will say this, the Ellen Ripley character model looks awful in comparison to many of the other license characters. I get that they couldn't make her look like Sigourney Weaver , but they made the character look rather chunky!

Tomorrow night, Iceman and I will be back at it with Journey to the Savage Planet to see if we can find stuff needed for achievements!

For the raid we dropped in on SweetLindir who was playing Baldur's Gate 3

Dead by Daylight Achievements

  • No one left behind: In a public match, rescue someone after at least one gate has opened.
  • Survival Treasures: In a public match, escape while bringing a new item to the campfire.
  • Make Some Noise: In public matches, scream 50 times.
  • Sorted: In a public match, spend most of the trial injured (more than 50%) and live to tell the story.
  • Preemptive Strike: Hook a Survivor in a public match before any generators have been fully repaired.

Knocked off two story commissions today, one was the WWE related one I intended to finish on Monday and the other was Ant-Man related.

Next story on the docket ties in with Spider-Man, after it there are Star Wars, Resident Evil, and at least a pair of WWE related stories (oh... joy...)

Work was okay, solid, if annoying with having to ask for listed individuals because some people have names that are impossible for me to pronounce.

Not sure what Thanksgiving is looking like for next week.

And on that note good night!

 

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