Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[Renalt]

He took wads of money out of the fanny pack he wore just above his speedo, and even the money had an odor to it, like it had been sitting in places that were best left untouched. It was because of that encounter that almost every single checkout lane had a bottle of sanitizer under the counter from then on.

I do wonder what happened to him after these past couple of years.

I...think he moved to AZ and was in my store. Dude had a fanny pack, wad of bills, and that all smelled too. It was like he was fermenting his stench to the bills cause not only was it in a fanny pack but it was in a zip lock bag.

[BaconBits]

Working on a stealthy bandit type character for invasions in Elden Ring, rate his (lack of) drip please. I need to know if I made him look scruffy enough.

[RyuDragnier]

After working on and off on it for almost 8 months, I've finally finished SaGa Frontier Remastered. All routes beaten, all endings seen, all of Fuse's case files done. 100% story completion. And with that done...unsure what I should play now.

[Kalania]

After working on and off on it for almost 8 months, I've finally finished SaGa Frontier Remastered. All routes beaten, all endings seen, all of Fuse's case files done. 100% story completion. And with that done...unsure what I should play now.

Would you believe my copy is still in shrinkwrap? One of these days, I will play Fuse's story!

[Cincierta]

I...think he moved to AZ and was in my store. Dude had a fanny pack, wad of bills, and that all smelled too. It was like he was fermenting his stench to the bills cause not only was it in a fanny pack but it was in a zip lock bag.

Oh dear. Did he wear a speedo though or did he upgrade?

[RyuDragnier]

Would you believe my copy is still in shrinkwrap? One of these days, I will play Fuse's story!

His story is actually an alternate take on each story. So if you beat Red's story, you get an alternate telling of it. They're really short, but you do get Ren as a playable character, and it fixes several of the "what the hell happened!?" endings. Like Blue/Rouge gets an actual epilogue.

But you have to beat each character's story first. So it goes like this, Red - Fuse - Emelia - Fuse - Asellus - Fuse, etc etc. Basically Fuse should be done after every route you beat.

[Renalt]

Oh dear. Did he wear a speedo though or did he upgrade?

I didn't look. I was too bust silently gagging after doing my best to direct him as far away from me as I could. However you did remind me of another guy who has at least shown up twice...

He doesn't wear pants. He walks around in boxer shorts and it is...odd. People take one look at him and then move to the other side of the store. I'm tempted to kick him out next time I see him wearing that.

[Vyrerus]

I loved Dynamis! It was one of the few events I could consistently run with my LS due to timing woes.

But one of the most memorable runs was when I killed the entire event within the first few minutes. D: My LS always had me dualbox my WHM and COR, and this one time my COR went rogue and decided to auto-run straight into the mobs at the very start of Xarc and spawned all the things. Had some very unhappy people that day.

It feels weird going into the old zones and soloing things now. Does Dynamis-Divergence have any of the old feel to it?

I haven't been to Dynamis Divergence yet, but that was their intent. I know its mega bosses take more than a few people, but my brother farms it for gil with his friend duo with their dual box characters 2 or 3 days a week. It's currently only the city zones, and its major focus is getting clears of the zones so you can upgrade relic armor to item level +3 variant. I believe it also drops moldy weapons, which are used as base weapons by crafters now to make the 2100JP weapons which are this mixture of really gaudy blue + red. They are all insanely powerful when augmented, some of them putting Relics, Mythics, and Aeonics to absolute shame. Of course, to even wield them, you have to have Master stars for the job (hence the 2100JP).

I'm on a "fresh" character, reliving nostalgia and recording it all in an LP format, so I won't be there for a while yet. My character is right on the cusp of the 75 era ending currently, able to access some of the level 80 Weaponskills with merits/Sea Torques. Just have the last few fights of ToAU, then WoTG, and the ACP/Moogle/Shantotto add on quests to do. Then I absolutely must break my level cap(though I will break it first if I actually finish meriting every single merit category).

As far as old Dynamis stories go, I never wiped a Dynamis myself. However, the people pulling wiped whatever group I was in at all the common wipe points. Had a total wipe to the Death House in Windurst. Had a total wipe to the "Demon Wall" in Dynamis Xarcabard (it was just a huge line of demons). Total wipe in Dynamis Jueno due to too many BSTs pulled at once and having their pets paralyga the alliance too much. I think the only zones I never had a wipe in were San d'Oria, Bastok, and Beaucedine.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Finished RG GaoGaiGar. Overall it's a pretty good model kit, but it is definitely a model kit, not an action figure.


Negatives: The hands are annoying. Not the worst I've dealt with (the RG Gundam Astray Red Frame's hands are also articulated and pre-molded, but they're like a third of the size), but they're fiddly and tend to pop off at the knuckles due to being tiny ball joints connected to stiff hinges. Once they're in a pose, they're not going anywhere, but getting them into a pose can be frustrating. And they have to be folded just right to retract into the arms for Stealth Gao's engines or to fit into the Dividing Driver. The backs of the hands are also held on by tiny pegs and tend to fall off. Think I'll just treat them as partsforming if I ever transform it again. At least he doesn't have to worry about trying to hold anything, since GaoGaiGar doesn't have any handheld weapons.


The helmet is also on the weak side. Getting the hinge between the front and back halves to peg in is tricky, it's a tiny thin clip in a tight spot. Then it's attached to a wired segment going down into the backpack, which not only makes it tough to get the angle right at this scale, it also restricts the neck joints. And the face guard being a separate tiny part barely held in by two other tiny parts makes it a bit of a balancing act to get it to hold on. Might try using some tape or something to attach the face into the helmet, see if it can still fold over GaiGar's head, and if it can I'mma glue that sucker in.


Also, I needed a tool to get the upper arms out of Liner Gao, and to line up the clips connecting Drill Gao to GaiGar's knees, but that might just be a me problem. I have big clumsy hands.


On the positives, he's nice and chunky, mostly solid (aside from the above, some of the red bits in the mane could use some glue), and aside from the neck he's pretty well articulated. He won't be doing any super-fancy kung fu tricks, but GaoGaiGar's not an agile machine anyway, he's a hulking bruiser. Kinda wish they'd included a stand for the Broken Magnum, but it's not a deal breaker.


Overall, I pretty much got what I expected. A small-scale GaoGaiGar to put in a menacing pose and stand on my shelf looking badass. I would not recommend him (or, really, any Real Grade) to anyone who isn't prepared to put some work into the build, but if you are, the King of Braves is a solid choice.


And I just got the "preorder processing soon" email from Big Bad Toy Store for Goldymarg. Neat. (Of course, I just hit ship on my PoL a few days ago, sigh.)



Random size comparisons with Siege Megatron, a High Grade Zaku II, and an empty Monster can. Haven't done most of the stickers, won't bother using all of the little warning decals, but I'll probably use some of the metallic detail stickers, at least.

[Vyrerus]

Your posts about the models remind me of a guy I used to know through Deviantart who eventually started doing unboxing vids on Youtube. I think he stopped after about a year or two. Kind of a shame. Was kinda like model kit ASMR.