Final Fantasy XIII and other notes

Tonight's stream of Final Fantasy XIII saw us tear through Chapter 10, which saw a lot of battles against a  nice variety of enemies, leading to a boss fight against Cid Raines... and this has to be the first time in any Final Fantasy game I've played where one has to battle Cid. Now I had to do that battle twice, as we failed on the first attempt. Also had to redo a couple of smaller battles because I was too confident. 

Still we finally made it to Gran Pulse, the open area of the game which makes up Chapter 11 so there is going to be a lot of roaming around and finding enemies to farm in order to gill out the skill trees for Lightning, Hope and Fang, while specializing Snow, Shaz and Vaniel in specific functions. Final Fantasy XIII will be back on Saturday's stream

Tomorrow's stream will feature Ghost of Tsushima, more roaming around and finding side things

For the raid we dropped in on makaybear4 who is back to streaming, and they were playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III

Grabbed an order of food from Blowin Smoque, a local BBQ joint, some ribs, kale greens and potato salad... it was quite delicious. 

Knocked out the third of three consecutive WWE commission requests... and now my attention turns towards a Spider-Man related story. Going to aim for it to be 2500 to 3000 words, as the person who commissioned it gave me a terrible concept to work with.

Finished the Battlepass for Overwatch's new season and have been doing a lot of ranked matches

Also, the FN Dante Savage has formed a new band called Shooting at Ghosts, and have a new album coming out on in March called Lifelines. Their first single, "Lullaby" can be heard on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h2OPNnjEQM

Final Fantasy XIII Achievements

• Loremaster: Discerned the full attributes of 100 enemies.
• Instrument of Hope: Traveled to the world below, seeking a way to alter fate.

Sea of Thieves and other notes

Tonight's stream of Sea of Thieves saw Iceman and I figuring out how to find treasure based on the maps one can get in the game, and we found a lot, with some back and forth traveling. Highlight was figuring out one of the cryptic puzzle ones where you have clues to go by, We also ran into a giant ass shark and managed to sink an enemy ship, so all and all a lot of fun

Tomorrow night we're back to Final Fantasy XIII picking up with things in Chapter 10, and with luck we can get through all of it. We might extend the stream to compensate to make sure we do.

For tonight's raid we went over to datshadowwolf to watch them play Dead by Daylight 

Finished the second of three back to back to back WWE stories and I have one more  to do, which is already in progress so I'll be working on that during the day tomorrow (in between looking for a new job as per usual). 

Thankfully once that's done I have a wide variety of story commission requests on different franchises on the docket.

Still haven't found a replacement for Red Dwarf on shows to watch.

Final Fantasy XIII and other notes

Tonight we knocked out Chapter 9 of Final Fantasy XIII, granted we started the chapter back on Saturday's stream. Now I didn't fight every battle, but we fought a whole lot as we're in great position to knock out tier seven for every character in regards to chapter 10. I'm certainly going to be sticking to the party of Lightning, Fang and Hope as I got a very good idea of what they are all capable of in a pinch. Funny enough, I didn't have much trouble against the end-chapter boss, but I did nearly get wiped out in some of the mob fights.

Now the big question for Thursday's stream will be can we get through Chapter 10 in one night, and the odds are no considering how I will engaged in every fight possible.

Tomorrow night, the plan is to play Sea of Thieves with Iceman, althrough Striker may not be able to join in.

For the raid we dropped in on mousegosqueakz who was also playing Final Fantasy XIII

Another day without work... sigh... and still no mail in relation  to something else...

Knocked out the first of three back-to-back-to-back WWE related story commissions and started work on the second one. Will be working on that for the next several hours.

Imagine my annoyance a fair amount of snow on the ground this morning.

Pondering what groceries to get this week beyond the usual stuff.

Final Fantasy XIII Achievements

• Instrument of Truth: Recognized the true threat to the world's future.

 

Skullgirls 2nd Encore and other notes

Tonight we wrapped up a few things in Skullgirls 2nd Encore, namely completely Black Dahlia's story mode (and that was surprisingly difficulty), did a few arcade runs (one of which took half a hour), and picked up a few achievements for certain characters. Now earlier in the day I worked on a couple of other achievements associated, namely ones realized to getting a 829-Hit combo and having sixty different types of combos performed.

So with Skullgirls 2nd Encore finished, we can slot Final Fantasy XIII into Mondays, meaning we can dedicated Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays to it as we work on finishing the game. Of course, obviously we're playing Final Fantasy XIII for tomorrow's stream.

For tonight's raid we dropped in on pradoxgamerau who was playing World of Warcraft

We didn't have work tonight which bugs the hell out of me, but hopefully we'll have something lined up sooner rather than later.

Had a hard time working on the WWE commission story today, in fact it took me most of the day to figure out how to even start it since I don't follow the current product and have no clue on what a number of character quirks are (and unlike with some other things, I don't intend to look into it).

The public reaction to the Fairy Tail commission from early January was about what I figured, and you know what, I don't mind because if someone is going to get mad enough to comment about a 5000 word story, then they should write their own.

Skullgirls 2nd Encore Achievements

• Off The Leash: We have to last until the goddesses descend.
• Funded!: A heartfelt thanks to everyone that believed in Skullgirls and made this happen.
• Prolix: Words are fun - expand your vocabulary.
• The Beast Within: My, your skeleton is looking positively punishing today!
• Good Hunting, Commander: A good commander knows how to wield their forces effectively.
• Real Circus Damage: And now, for the main attraction… Grappling!

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch was extended by an hour just so we could keep track of the Super Bowl, and we had a lot of fun. Big thanks to PandaSweet for bbeing apart of the action this evening. Played as Junker Queen, Brigitte, Moira, Tracer, Ashe and a few others. We did a few ranked matches this evening as well, mostly to wrap up a weekly challenge.

Tomorrow night we're doing one more stream of Skullgirls 2nd Encore, to complete the Story Mode for Black Dahlia, and we'll do various other things in the game, arcade runs, challenges and whatever else.

For tonight's raid we dropped in on smoresdafloof who was playing League of Legends. It was their first stream in quite a few years! 

Did an hour of grinding in Final Fantasy XIII last night to complete the current skill tress for Lightning, Hope, Fang and Snow

Finished the Spider-Man commission this afternoon, getting it to 3000 words which allowed me to order some pizza tonight.

Next story on my commission docket is WWE related... in fact the next three stories are all WWE related... so that's going to be a struggle.

And congrats to the Kansas City Chiefs for winning the Super Bowl in dramatic fashion.

Final Fantasy XIII and other notes

Tonight's stream of Final Fantasy XIII was heavily focused on chapter eight which should at most take maybe ninety minutes to get through, but I was focused on  grinding CP, knowing where there was a spot where I could farm 640 to 2200 CP, so we spent a couple of hours going back and forth, putting us in a good spot to fill be ahead of where the strategy guide indicated where we should be heading into chapter nine. 

 We ended the stream in a spot where we can do some more CP farming, which I might do off-stream in preparation for Tuesday's stream since Hope, Fang and Lightning are pretty much going to be the main core of the rest of the game.

Tomorrow night, we're playing Overwatch 2

For the raid we dropped in on zonesama who was playing SimCity 2000 

Got a fair amount of writing done on a Spider-Man commission request which had a rather convoluted setup, I'll be working on it for the majority of the rest of the night.

Not much else on the way of notes for today, as it was basically a chill day, all though the increase in temperature outside caught me by surprise.

Final Fantasy XIII Achievements

• Instrument of Wrath: Took the fight to the enemy's door.

Ghost of Tushima and other notes

Tonight's stream of Ghost of Tsushima saw me mostly roaming around, finding a few collectable locations along with doing a few side quests, such as wrecking a Shipyard, assisting a character who was looking for the bodies of their sons at the site of the game's opening battle and other a bit of progression into a couple of story arcs that are optional.We did not get any trophies this week.

Tomorrow night we're back to Final Fantasy XIII with Chapter 8, and I do intend to find a spot where apparently we can grind for a lot of CP

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

We had no work tonight, but I was told we could expect something for Monday

Finished a WWE related commission request, and the next one on my docket is Spider-Man related which I'll be working on over the weekend.

Still have had no luck in finding something to watch when I'm making / having lunch.

Also stepped on a scale.. and yikes... back up to the upper 270s