Persona 4 Golden and other notes

We got a lot done tonight in Persona 4 Golden as we started early (at around 8 PM) due to Memorial Day holiday, as the Investigation team has met Rise, Adachi still isn't a suspect yet, but Dojima is starting to get suspicious about our heroes.

We're about level 50, so we're certainly over leveling, this is thanks in large parts to how I explore everything, and we were grinding for specific items to fulfill side quests. The Compendium is already over 40% complete

So when we play Persona 4 Golden tomorrow, we'll be working our way through the 3rd Dungeon to rescue Rise, which probably opens up Teddy to be included in the party since he will no longer be the navigator. 

Thank you to samaell_alwahm for the raid following their stream of Genshin Impact

For the raid we dropped in on PradoxGamerAU who was playing Persona 4 Golden

No work today because of the Memorial day holiday

Finished the WWE story at about 2 AM last night, and the next story on the docket is Teen Titans related, which I already started writing.

This week's episode of the Daria reactions is recorded and will premier on Wednesday morning

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• The Nose Doesn't Always Know: Experience a fusion accident

Overwatch 2 and other notes

Tonight's stream of Overwatch started off hot, with quite a few wins but things really tappered off tin a big way when I noticed players cheating and doing things that are not even possible.  

One shining example was a 76 who was literally floating in the air,

Still managed to get a play of the game as Doomfist knocking people off the ledges, and we were joined by PandaSweet which was awesome.

Overwatch 2 will return next Sunday.

Tomorrow night we are playing Persona 4 Golden, and we might start an hour or two early

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

Did groceries today, a lot more vegetables and stuff as I want to try and eat healthier.

Started work on the WWE commission and it's about 50% complete, will be working on it for the rest of the night.

Also need to record this week's Daria Reaction video

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Our stream of Persona 4 Golden tonight saw us cover from around late May to June 21st, so a lot of progression of Social Links (nearly have Yosuke's completed) and seeing the first instance of Yukiko and Chie nearly killing people with their cooking. Adachi surprisingly comes across as way more charming than I would have assumed as well.

That said, I'm loving Kanji's character and seeing him early on, a lot of his quirks provide some great moments, but at the same time he exposes the flaws in Yosuke's character. In fact some things that happen are because of Yosuke provking Kanji.

That said, the 'campout' scene with Yukiko and Chie rooming with Yu and Yosuke is certainly fic worthy, right up there with basically the entire premise of Persona 5 Strikers and the camper-van.

Anyway Persona 4 Golden will return on Monday as we officially begin the Rise arc!

For the raid we visited samaell_alwahm who was doing an Art stream and also featuring Genshin Impact

Loaded up Just Dance 2020, and I certainly felt my weight when doing some dancing... also, trying to do those dances proves I have no rhythm.

Finished the WWE related story commission and the next one... is also WWE related and is already in progress

Fell down the well of the Pedro Racoon and RPG dance shorts on YouTube

Saw Becky Lynch's attire for the WWE PLE today, and damn that was incredible looking!

Ghost of Tsushima and other notes

Tonight we finally finished Ghost of Tsushima which we started way back on January 26, so about 15, 16 weeks later we have done everything in the base game, every single trophy was earned. 

Found a guide to locate the hidden shrines and apparently I just needed nine of them, so somewhere along the line I bowed to one.

I could have done without having to sneak back into the Castle Shimmura, but the final chase and duels against the Khan and Jin's Uncle's were cool.

Choose to spare the uncle because it is the clear renegade choice... and why not? Considering how he didn't have Jin's back, dishonoring him by letting him live makes total sense! 

Still glad that we've finished and we can move on to something else on Fridays..

Tomorrow night we're playing Persona 4 Golden

Thank you to Oldish22 for the raid following their stream of Final Fantasy XIV

For the raid we dropped in on djparticle who was playing Star Trek Online 

Replacing Ghost of Tsushima in the line up next Friday will be J-Stars Victory VS

Work was solid even though I didn't know I would even be working until 4 PM

Made good progress on a WWE related commission, its about 50% done should be able to finish it tomorrow

Ghost of Tsushima (PS4) Trophies

• Honor the Unseen: Bow to 10 hidden altars across Tsushima.
• The Vengeful Warrior: Complete all of Masako's Tales.
• The Warrior Monk: Complete all of Norio's Tales.
• Helping Sword Hand: Complete all Tales of Tsushima.
• The Unbending Archer: Complete all of Ishikawa's Tales.
• Sovereign End: Confront the Khan.
• Master Liberator: Liberate the entirety of Tsushima Island.
• A New Safe Haven: Liberate all occupied areas in Kamiagata.
• Body, Mind, and Spirit: Complete all Hot Springs, Haiku, Inari Shrines, and Bamboo Strikes.
• There Can Be Only One: Successfully complete every duel.
• Mono No Aware: Leave the past behind and accept the burden of your new mantle.
• Living Legend: Obtain all trophies.

Persona 4 Golden and other notes

Tonight we opened up with Kanji's Steamroom, as we stormed through all 10 floors, fighting every battle, seeking out every treasure chest and leveling up to level 38, meaning I will have to go ahead and fuse the Personas in the gaps from 27 to 38. Might try to knock that out off stream.

Anyway,  I did discover the status ailments in Persona 4 Golden are a lot more heavy hitting than they were in Persona 3 Portable and Persona 5 Royal, and I didn't really come across any items that would help cleanse the effects, and not every Persona has the ability to do that either.

Next time we play we're basically building towards the next story arc, as we wait for Kanji to recover and then look to meeting Rise.

Persona 4 Golden will return on Saturday

Tomorrow night we look to wrap up side-quests in Ghost of Tsushima, slim possibility I might start early depending on work (see below)

For the raid we dropped in on baphythesapphy who was also playing Persona 4 Golden

Work was solid as we closed out an assignment focused on things in Ohio. Not sure if we'll have work tomorrow because of the holiday weekend

Finished the Spider-Man commission story, next one is WWE related... might repurpose an old outline for it to try and knock it out quick.

Also shoulder felt better today, so I think I did strained it a bit doing some like exercisess

Persona 4 Golden Achievements

• Tactical Fighter: Exploit enemy weaknesses 100 times.
• Fill Your Hand: Get 50 Sweep Bonuses.
• A True Man's Stand: Rescue Kanji Tatsumi.
• Fusion Expert: Perform 50 Persona fusions.

Sea of Thieves, Spider-Man, Persona,

Iceman and I had a fun time in Sea of Thieves finding various treasures and crates of items to turn in. There was a question about trying to get twenty-chests on the ship, but we would need way more time and a lot more luck to pull that off.

Sea of Thieves will return next Wednesday, depending on Iceman's availability.

Tomorrow night we're back to Persona 4 Golden, with the goal of rescuing Kanji!

For the raid we dropped in on ZoneSama for the weekly Zone-Out stream

Work was a slog, felt half as productive as it did when compared to the last two nights

Worked on the Spider-Man commission story, had to do research into who the hell Dr. Young is in the Spider-Man 2 game for PS5 

Shoulder feels a little better than it yesterday

Borderlands 2 and other notes

Tonight we finished Borderlands 2, wrapping up with a total play time of 61.6 hours and 51 of 75 Xbox Achievements unlocked. Because we were over leveled and got our hands on on DLC related weapons and gear, we basically were able to steam roll Jack and The Warrior within a span of maybe 5 minutes (if that).

Overall I liked this play through a hell of a lot more than I did my first one on Steam where I didn't really have a clue and didn't have a plan on how to prepare for key battles, such as not knowing having acid weapons would be very important.

With Bordermands 2 wrapped up, Persona 4 Golden will move into being out main focus with Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday streams being dedicated to it.

Tomorrow night the plan is wither Smite or Sea of Thieves, depending on Iceman's availability 

For the raid we dropped in on AshRe_L who completed a speed run of Borderlands 2 in 5.5 hours!

Got another estimate on having the trees cut down... and was told $550... so I'll go with the first one once I scrape together the cash

Work was solid this evening, and I know I was about 40% over production so thing should work out in getting funds to deal with the rees

Finished the Legend of Zelda story, next up is a Spider-Man related commission

Borderlands 2 Achievements

• Dang Girl You Ace At This Game: Won the most challenging round in Murderlin's Temple
• Feels Like The First Time: Opened the chest at the bus stop in Fyrestone
• Knowing Is Half The Battle: Completed the mission "Data Mining"
• Cool Story, Bro: Defeated Jack
• What does it mean?: I can't even capture it on my camera