Dead or Alive 4 and other notes

Tonight we started playing Dead or Alive 4, and safe to say, the A.I. on Normal difficulty was giving me fits. In fact it took me nearly 30 minutes to clear a simple time attack! So odds are that I'm not going to get many achievements in this game, but at the very least we'll get through the story mode for every character... because that is the classic Arcade ladder format. We all ready did three tonight, so I figure we'll get quite a few streams out of DOA4 in the coming weeks. So basically Mondays will be about the jiggles and the juggles

Tomorrow night we're starting up Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, which should be exciting! 

For the raid we dropped in on swashbucklet who was playing Final Fantasy XIII-2

We had work today and we closed out the assignment that we had rolling from last week, and apparently we have something tomorrow so here's hoping we're in a hot stretch!

Finished writing the Dragon Ball commission which ended up being about 4500 words. Next story on the docket will involve The Flash.

Xbox had some weird bugs that resulted in my wish list of games to be erased. So now I need to remember what was on it!

Need to remember to make some more Ice  Tea tomorrow.

Dead or Alive 4 Achievements

• Completed Story Mode: Completed Story Mode once.

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight we featured Overwatch 2, and of course, we were joined by PandaSweet as we struggled with 'unique' teammates. I totally forgot that I have to do the various character runs for the missions to unlock profile information. My aim really continues to improve using Ashe, as I'm hovering around a 50% accuracy when using the scope

Tomorrow we're starting up Dead or Alive 4

For the raid we went over to Kalenal who was playing Final Fantasy XIV

Speaking of Final Fantasy, I jumped back into Final Fantasy XIII today to grind out CP and to tackle some achievements, so I know have 66% of its achievements. Woo-Hoo!

Took me awhile to figure out the intro for the Dragon Ball Commission, but got it done, next will be writing the actual action sequences for it. Which may take up the rest of the night and most of the tomorrow.

Final Fantasy XIII Achievements

• Limit Breaker: Dealt 100,000+ damage with a single attack.
• Ravager's Seal: Mastered the Ravager role.
• Medic's Seal: Mastered the Medic role.
• Commando's Seal: Mastered the Commando role.

Final Fantasy XIII and other notes

Tonight we wrapped up Final Fantasy XIII, and I have to say, even with knowing there are direct sequels to it, I'm satisfied with the ending. Even if the entire premise of the plot seems to take place over the course of seven days, if what was said at the end of the game was any indication. Total play time was about 60 hours and we unlocked over half of the achievements. Will I play it again start to finish, probably not, but I do see myself going back to it to grind for various achievements that I feel are doable (Namely the Commando,Ravenger and Medic Seals).

So with Final Fantasy XIII wrapped up, that means we're going to be starting a new main game this week, and it's going to be Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, which we'll get started on Tuesday. But we're also going to bring in Dead or Alive 4 on Monday, as I really liked the time we spent dedicated to Skullgirls. So basically the line up going forward will be

Sunday Nights: Overwatch 2
Monday Nights: Dead or Alive 4
Tuesday Nights: Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
Wednesday Nights: Sea of Thieves
Thursday Nights: Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
Friday Nights; Ghost of Tsushima
Saturday Nights: Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League

Big thanks to Kalenal for the raid following their stream tonight!

For our raid we dropped in on intergalacticpants who was playing Baldur's Gate 3

Finished writing the Mass Effect commission request, which took longer than expected. Next up on the commission docket is a Dragon Ball story. I'll be working on that when I wake up

Final Fantasy XIII Achievements

• Instrument of Change: Witnessed the dawn of a new crystal legend
• Synergist's Seal: Mastered the Synergist role.
• Saboteur's Seal: Mastered the Saboteur role.
• Sentinel's Seal: Mastered the Sentinel role.

Ghost of Tsushima and other notes

Tonight's stream of Ghost of Tsushima started late because I started work late (more on that in a bit). We got a fair bit done in terms of trophies that could be earned related to just doing stuff without advancing the story. I do have questions as to what is locked behind story progression, but all in, things were basically chilled tonight.

Tomorrow night we look to knock out all of Chapter 1w of Final Fantasy XIII

For the raid we dropped in on ErikaMonky who was playing State of Decay 2

Now talking about work, I was so sore today that I laid down at about 1 PM and didn't wake up till a quarter past 5 PM, making me late for work. So I stayed a bit to make up for that lost time. Real embarrassed by it.

Also meant I didn't get all the writing I wanted done, but the Mass Effect story commission is roughly 40% finished based on what I've written so far.

Balancing my work out between Fitness Boxin and Ring Fit Adventure may be the cause of the soreness, but between the two I get a fairly solid workout to get the day going.

Ghost of Tsushima (PS4) Trophies

• Flash of Steel: Defeat 20 enemies with a counterattack after a Perfect Parry.
• Hero of the People: Liberate 12 occupied areas in Izuhara.
• A Charming Man: Equip a charm in all 6 slots.
• Slay: Acquire 30 pieces of Vanity Gear.

Final Fantasy XIII and other notes

The day started with a morning stream a two hour session dedicated to Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Start, where I set a few new personal bests. I did however see how silly I look doing anything physical on camera! We might bring back these morning streams every now and then

Tonight's stream of Final Fantasy XIII saw us finally wrap up Chapter 11, and all the heavy level grinding I did off stream certainly help, making sure we were at the maximum possible abilities for my main party, while also putting us in a great position to instantly level up once the 9th tier on the skill tree was unlocked. Thanks to help from one of the viewers, I was able to level up weapons for Fang, Hope and Lightning. so now there is the question of powering up accessories 

Next time we'll play Final Fantasy XIII will be on Saturday's stream, picking up at the first save point of Chapter 12. The march towards victory begins!

Friday night's stream will feature Ghost of Tsushima, with the priority being on exploring 

For the raid we dropped in on misscammi316 who was playing Dead by Daylight

We did have work today, so that's good news on the positive front there!

Finished the WWE story commission I had on the docket, and next is a Mass Effect one that may take a day or two to write, depending on the dialog. At the moment that story is maybe 10% complete.

Grabbed dinnerfrom Blowin Smoque, consisting of BBQ chicken, kale greens and candied yams.

Also the strategy guide for Lightning Returns; Final Fantasy XIII arrived... and just looking at it I see that game's mechanics are completely off the rails!

Final Fantasy XIII Achievements

• Pulsian Pioneer: Took over 10,000 steps on the lowerworld surface.
• Instrument of Faith: Defied destiny's charge and embarked on a different path.

Sea of Thieves and other notes

Tonight's stream of Sea of Thieves saw Iceman and I setting sail, and finding a ton of loot, but with a lot of effort in regards locating various buried treasures on one island. I did get better at using the compass and the map to have a better idea of how to orientate myself to figure out where some things are. We picked up three achievements, however, they have zero gamer score but they are associated stepping on the islands that have outposts.

For the raid we dropped in on intergalacticpants who was playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 

Tomorrow night we're back to Final Fantasy XIII. I did do a ton of grinding, getting up to about 800,000 CP, so we can progress forward with trying to knock out the remainder of Chapter 11, which should open up the 9th tier skill trees.

We had work tonight for the first time since a week prior to last Thursday, it was a bit of a tough night getting back into the swing of things.

So with work back, I didn't finish the story I was working on (another WWE related commission) as I was taking my time writing it  till about 3 PM when i found out there would be work.

The Borderlands movie looks fine, like an general popcorn flick. As long as it has action and explosions, then it's going to be fine.

Sea of Thieves Achievements

• Seeking Sanctuary: You paid a visit to the beautiful Sanctuary Outpost.
• The Wonder of Plunder: You paid a visit to the towering Plunder Outpost.
• Pay Your Respects: You paid a visit to the mysterious Galleon’s Grave Outpost.

Final Fantasy XIII and other notes

Tonight's stream of Final Fantasy XIII went pretty well, we reached Taejin's Tower and knocked out several of the mandatory hunts before finding an excellent spot to grind for CP. I could have easily pushed to finish Chapter 11 this evening, however, there were some outside circumstances that prevented it, not to mention if I can get close to 999,999 CP points, we could damn near fill out Hope, Ligntning and Fang's standard skill trees for level 9. I will try and do some heavy grinding on that, otherwise Thursday's stream will feature me going up and down a set of stairs.

Of course the outside factor was that Xfinity was scheduled to be doing maintenance around 1 AM, so that's why I ended the stream fairly early.

For the raid we dropped in on lilmoolah_ who was playing Cyberpunk 2077

Wednesday's night stream is slated to feature Sea of Thieves with Iceman, if he's available, otherwise, it will be Smite

Didn't get as much writing done on the Resident Evil commission I was expecting. I take that back, I got a lot done, but didn't finish it. I'll be working on that before I go to bed so that when I wake up I can work on the next story that's on my docket.

On a side note, the clips from the final night of Catherine Full Body continue to get flagged by Sega, but we should be outside of the 30 day window for the clips that appear during the BRB screen.