Marvel's Midnight Suns and other notes

Tonight's stream saw a lot of roaming around the abbey in Midnight Suns as we opened up new ares to explore and saw that there are things that re-spawn periodically. S between every mission there is bound to be a Mass Effect like roaming around session.

I do need to get the Hunter to level 8 or higher to unlock the second hidden power, and possibly try to get abilities that can strike multiple enemies at once.

We didn't really advance the plot, but discovered there are missions that can be done before major story ones to earn additional rewards and such. I'm really liking this game overall!

Marvel's Midnight Suns will return on Thursday's stream

Tomorrow night we're playing wither Sea of Thieves or Smite, depends on Iceman's availability. 

For the raid we dropped in on sweetlindir who was playing Hunt Showdown

Work was solid, we closed out one assignment and switched to another... and best part was... no power outage

Nearly finished the Mass Effect story commission, need to write one more scene for it.

Marvel's Midnight Suns Achievements

• Elemental, My Dear Agatha: Solved the mystery of Agatha's Altar.
• Might Need Pockets: Crafted a combat item at the Item Bench.
• Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble: Used Agatha's Cauldron to complete a Recipe.

Marvel's Midnight Suns and other notes

Our first night of Marvel's Midnight Suns was pretty good, the game looks good, and it's combat system is pretty interesting as it card and tactics, so not quite like Persona 5 Tactica, but close enough for me to understand the basics. We are playing it on Story Mode.

I do like we'll have an opportunity to roam around the hub world, kind of like how I would when playing Mass Effect, going around the Normandy or Citadel between missions. Looking forward to seeing how the plot and stuff moves forward.

So yes, Marvel's Midnight Suns will return tomorrow night!

For the raid we dropped in on calyria who was playing Dragon Age Inquisition 

My power went out on my from a little after 5 PM to a bit around 8 PM, basically negating my entire work shift for today. Seeing as how the property tax for my home is due on August 1st (and I have yet to see the next update on what that amount will be), I'm annoyed, especially seeing as how the July 4th Holiday is going to be problematic.

Got a lot of writing done in the Mass Effect story commission, mainly writing non-action scenes for world building purposes. I do have two full scenes to write, and if I make the story long enough I can make up for the power outage today.

Also, I hate this heatwave, I hate when it's over 70 degrees at night, it makes it impossible for me to sleep!

Marvel's Midnight Suns Achievements

• Lilith Returns: Completed the tutorial.
• Oshtur's Gift: Acquired the "Open" Word of Power.

Overwatch, Smite and other notes

Tonight's stream opened up with Overwatch 2 as McCowboy and PandaSweet joined in for matches that saw a wide variety of quality at times. Since the new battle pass season has started I'll probably work in matches off stream to get it done as quickly as possible. Also enabled streamer mode, which meant I had several different alias throughout the night which was fun.

PandaSweet and I also played some Smite, wanting to work in some of that so that Panda can get more of a feel for things. Also to my own shock I got the 2nd of Sol's related achievement... after getting the first one for her back in 2018!

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday, and we'll see about Smite

Tomorrow night, we start Marvel's Midnight Suns

Thank you to telochfin who the raid following their stream!

For the raid we dropped in on Oldish22 who was playing Smite

Did groceries today, made sure to get 14 Fresh Express Salad as I want to have one a day every day!

Finished the God Eater to complete all the SubscribeStar commission tier ones for this month. Next up is a Mass Effect commission story

SMITE Achievements

• Disapparate: As Sol stun two or more enemy gods with the trail from Disapparate.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight we wrapped up Persona 4 Golden, and from where we picked up (a few days before the final exam) it took six hours to cover everything. Now if I wasn't reading every bit of dialog out loud, it probably would have been done in a lesser amount of time, but some things needed to have a voice to them. I didn't care for the gimmick of the Hallow Forrest as it seemed as if it was design to make people give up on Marie by not having the preferred gear and items, as well as totally draining the stamina. 

I did how everything had a nice wrap up and conclusion, and how this Persona 4 went out of its way to stress the fact that Main Character was going to live, as opposed to Persona 3, where the hero dies in the end. Also really liked the animated scenes that were included, which added a really nice touch.

Will I play Persona 4 Golden again... well the only things left would be to fuse the World Persona and defeat  Margaret, plus farm out battle dialog for Rise... then there is the trivia thing which I have no interest in doing. So it's possible if I want to go for the 1000 gamer score.

Anyway, replacing Persona 4 Golden will be Marvel Midnight Suns, which we'll start on Monday!

Tomorrow night we're playing Overwatch 2

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

Was so hot today that I did not want want to open the refrigerator more than a couple of times, so order take out. Considering the trouble with the fridge I had last year when it came to keep it open to load in groceries on a hot summer day I am not taking chances 

Started work on the God Eater story commission, and I wish there were more details about the in-game world, but for a game that has several titles, the fan-wikis for the franchise is barren

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Welcome Back: Rescue Marie.
• Legend of Inaba: Max out all Social Links.
• Thorough Bookkeeper: Complete the Persona Compendium.
• The Truth In Your Hands: Defeat Izanami.

J-STARS Victory VS+ and other notes

So tonight's stream of J-Stars Victory Vs saw us advancing the plot and getting access to more side quests while getting Luffy to rank 20, which means getting him to rank 30 will be a breeze next week I feel, because I need to make sure to go after every ship before advancing the plot again.

I'm really liking doing Luffy's campaign teaming him with Hancock because she has some nice stuns and range attacks that basically keeps her out of harms way for the most part.

I am curious as to why was Jump Force was such a step back from this game in terms of its mechanics and features. 

 J-Stars Victory Vs will return next Friday night!

Tomorrow we're looking to finish Persona 4 Golden, which we should be able to do even if we have to extend the stream

For the raid we dropped in on SweetLindir who was playing Smite

Work was a mix bag... a couple of completes and a couple that were nearly finished

Finished the Spider-Man commission request, and next up is a God Eater one... and I know nothing about the series...

 But my curiosity has lead me to see that the first game in the saga (or at least the 2nd remake) was available digitally on PS4, so safe to say I'm going to be learning about it a whole lot down the road

J-STARS Victory VS+ Trophies

• Veteran Shipwright: Affix 3 upgrade parts to your Jump Ship in J-Adventure mode.
• First-Time Hunter: Hunt 1 monster in J-Adventure mode.
• Cannon Marksman: Hunt 10 monsters in J-Adventure mode.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight's stream of Persona 4 Golden was a lot of slice of life stuff as I finished all of the Social Links I could (need one more for Adachi), read all the books, registered 100 cards and made 5 meals. This was certainly a very visual novel heavy stream.

Made the choice not to go for completing all the side-quests, as there is no real value to them given the rewards for what left are not worth it. 

We're at 99% on the compendium, but the final one needed is tied to Adachi's social link, so do one and then get the other.

Persona 4 Golden will return on Saturday's stream, and we're going to see about finishing it!

Big thanks to Oldish22 for the raid following their stream of Final Fantasy XIV

Our next stream will feature J-Stars Victory Vs+

For the raid we dropped in on calyria who was playing Dragon Age Inquisition

Work was a real drag today... totally forgettable

About half way done writing a Spider-Man commission fic,  trying to get it to 3000 words mostly the idea I was given to work with was trying to stretch out a plot.

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Compulsive Reader: Read all books.
• Cooking With Gas: Make 5 perfect boxed lunches.
• Card Collector: Register 100 Skill Cards.

Smite and other notes

Iceman was not able to join us this week so Sea of Thieves was put on hold, which should return next Wednesday

Instead we played Smite winning a few and losing a few, but the big thing is we were joined by PandaSweet, which was awesome. With the exception of one match with a suspect player, every match was competitive so now we have the possibility of doing Smite on Sundays along with Overwatch.

Also I played a bit as Sol, I understand 3 of her abilities except for when she become a little fire ball.

Thank you to amikaze_dalek for the raid following their stream of Minecraft

Tomorrow night we're playing Persona 4 Golden

For out raid we dropped in on ZoneSama for their Zone Out Stream

Work was solid, very productive even if some folks were jerks.

Nearly finished the Star Wars commission request, need to just write a few more lines to wrap it up. In fact going to do that before going to sleep