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I did watch Labyrinth for Halloween. ... I had forgotten the subtitles on the DVD version I have are so inadequate. Proper subtitles say exactly what the characters are saying, but these make the grammar all tidy and 'correct' and make messes of what is actually said.. Also they don't subtitle the songs. In a musical. So I was looking for a more recent version but HMV says it will be back in stock soon, which may or may not mean it exists there. Shall see. Very good movie though.
Then I reckoned I'd just get the first bit of Threshold done in Wrath of the Righteous. Sure it was nearly midnight but I could do the preparatory battles.
... it is about 7am and I have beaten the whole thing, including the boss battles I've never tried before.
I did not actually get the version of the secret ending I actually wanted. I had it all ready but found the last page of dialogue unclear and picked one that wasn't it. So I shall have to replay those last boss battles when I have had some sleep, then see what happens with the right dialogue options.
But I won again :-D
The difficulty curve is weird. At the start I could barely drag the characters through the Core difficulty fights and had actually given up on a previous attempt. Playing for achievements led to having another proper go. But then by the end we were not only winning, we were winning without the rest that would let us even use Mythic 10, because I didn't see how it was logical for my characters to go have a nap just because it would fill their mythic spell slots. And I'm not sure anyone got injured in the very final battle, we just won.
Granted I had done something very weird in the arena so Arueshalae had stupendous ability boosts, but we also did survive doing something very weird in the arena and having to fight everyone at once, so, earned it.
I don't know what the next difficulty up will be like, but on Core there is very very little that actually gives pause to a 20th level adventurer.
Which is neat, but weird when it was such a slog to get there.
Almost like all the effort pays off in the end.
I shall probably replay the ending very soon, but after that I need to find something else to do rather than turning right around and bumping the difficulty up for the next run.
... something that isn't rereading the paper version of the adventure too...
... about the right time of year to try a writing project actually, that might be neat...
(watch me feeling confident for I have mastered another difficulty level in the one game I play)
I won :-D
Then I reckoned I'd just get the first bit of Threshold done in Wrath of the Righteous. Sure it was nearly midnight but I could do the preparatory battles.
... it is about 7am and I have beaten the whole thing, including the boss battles I've never tried before.
I did not actually get the version of the secret ending I actually wanted. I had it all ready but found the last page of dialogue unclear and picked one that wasn't it. So I shall have to replay those last boss battles when I have had some sleep, then see what happens with the right dialogue options.
But I won again :-D
The difficulty curve is weird. At the start I could barely drag the characters through the Core difficulty fights and had actually given up on a previous attempt. Playing for achievements led to having another proper go. But then by the end we were not only winning, we were winning without the rest that would let us even use Mythic 10, because I didn't see how it was logical for my characters to go have a nap just because it would fill their mythic spell slots. And I'm not sure anyone got injured in the very final battle, we just won.
Granted I had done something very weird in the arena so Arueshalae had stupendous ability boosts, but we also did survive doing something very weird in the arena and having to fight everyone at once, so, earned it.
I don't know what the next difficulty up will be like, but on Core there is very very little that actually gives pause to a 20th level adventurer.
Which is neat, but weird when it was such a slog to get there.
Almost like all the effort pays off in the end.
I shall probably replay the ending very soon, but after that I need to find something else to do rather than turning right around and bumping the difficulty up for the next run.
... something that isn't rereading the paper version of the adventure too...
... about the right time of year to try a writing project actually, that might be neat...
(watch me feeling confident for I have mastered another difficulty level in the one game I play)
I won :-D