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2024.05.16 17:57 BigBouy234 [WTS] AR10 Upper
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For sale is an AR10 Upper with approximately 500 rounds on it. It is a Moriarty Armament upper receiver with a 24" Black Hole Weaponry stainless steel barrel. Having owned both brands, these barrels definitely compete with Criterion in accuracy and are similarly priced. While I've had this upper it's been nothing but phenomenal. Extremely accurate with federal gold 168g/175g. I'm selling simply because I have too many 308 uppers and not enough time to shoot them. Looking to get $600 PayPal f&f
Local pick up in Maryland or northern Virginia is also definitely possible for a little less.
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For sale is an AR10 Upper with approximately 500 rounds on it. It is a Moriarty Armament upper receiver with a 24" Black Hole Weaponry stainless steel barrel. Having owned both brands, these barrels definitely compete with Criterion in accuracy and are similarly priced. While I've had this upper it's been nothing but phenomenal. Extremely accurate with federal gold 168g/175g. I'm selling simply because I have too many 308 uppers and not enough time to shoot them. Looking to get $600 PayPal f&f
Local pick up in Maryland or northern Virginia is also definitely possible for a little less.
2024.05.16 17:46 BearOnMyChair If I buy AC Odyssey Gold will it overwrite my base game?
I play on a PS4 and completely finished the base game so I was interested in playing the DLCs. Gold edition is on sale now for 14.99 (cheaper than buying the DLCs by themselves) but I am worried it may overwrite my existing save. For context, I have the base game on a disk, not digitally. Has anybody else done this before or know if it will work?
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2024.05.16 17:45 BearOnMyChair If I buy AC Odyssey Gold will it overwrite my base game?
I play on a PS4 and completely finished the base game so I was interested in playing the DLCs. Gold edition is on sale now for 14.99 (cheaper than buying the DLCs by themselves) but I am worried it may overwrite my existing save. For context, I have the base game on a disk, not digitally. Has anybody else done this before or know if it will work?
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2024.05.16 17:35 DsTROYr741 New Player: BDU/Gear suggestions?
I'm getting into airsoft and I was wondering what kind of gear I should get. I have some ACU gear, but I'm not convinced it's the best option. My gun will be the CYMA PP-19 Bizon, so I was debating whether I should go with a Russian camo. Black or some variation was another thought for a counter-terrohostage rescue look, but I'm in Wisconsin and most fields are outdoors. What are your thoughts? I'm thinking a good pullover shirt, pants, plate carrier, helmet, and goggles will be enough for me.
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2024.05.16 17:22 haygurlhay123 “This Time, I Will Never Let You Go”: Cloud’s Mission and the Hidden Purpose of the Remake Trilogy - Literary and Musical Analysis of FFVII - Part 6
(continuation of part 5)
Post-OG Cloud ruminates on what he could have done to save Aerith. Had he not been so lost in his own mind —distracted by Sephiroth and Jenova, consumed by his need to fulfill the emptiness at the core of his identity—, would he have paid more attention to Aerith’s sadness and anticipated her plan to go to the Forgotten Capital alone? Could she have survived if not for his obsession with what tormented him at the time? Could he have figured it out and kept her by his side? He’s angry with himself in retrospect, drowning in guilt, just like in Advent Children.
Here are the choruses, which usually contain the thesis main message of a song:
VI. e) ii. “No Promises to Keep” Lyrics
This is quite obvious. Aerith is resigned to her fate, but still harbors hope that she will meet Cloud again in a permanent reunion:
The last point I want to hit on is the concept of reunion. In OG, this theme was pretty much dominated by the Jenova Reunion. To an OG fan back in 1997, “reunion” meant “Sephiroth and Jenova’s evil plan”. However, in the Remake trilogy, the theme is expanded into something more. The first time Cloud meets Aerith in Remake, she gives him a flower and tells him something she didn’t in OG:
Many moments exclusive to the Remake trilogy serve the same purpose: linking the theme of reunion to Aerith. This expansion of the theme is highly significant. Our theory is that the Remake trilogy exists to reunite Cloud and Aerith, so the fact that the trilogy would implement so many Clerith-centric references to reunion is great support for our theory.
VI. g) i. The Leslie-Cloud Parallel
Let’s consider another instance involving the reunion flower in Remake, more precisely, the chapter 14 subplot surrounding Leslie’s lost lover. In case you need a refresher, Leslie is one of Corneo’s lackeys, although he secretly plans to betray him. He once had a fiancée and things were looking up until she was selected as one of Corneo’s brides. The day before she disappeared (presumably taken by Corneo), his fiancée broke up with him with no explanation. It was confusing and left Leslie perplex. As she broke up with him, she returned a necklace to him, one with a flower pendant. Of course, that flower is the very same reunion flower Aerith gives Cloud in chapter 2.
Evidently, Leslie and Cloud are going through parallel situations. At this point in time, Aerith was just kidnapped by Shinra, and Cloud is on his way to get her back. Both their loved ones have been taken by tyrant rulers, one being slumlord Corneo and the other being the Shinra government. In fact, even Leslie and Cloud’s attitudes share similar disillusioned, cold and stoic qualities. Leslie’s fiancée would evidently be paralleled by Aerith.
The most obvious proof of the Leslie-Cloud parallel is written plainly on the list of Remake’s chapter 14 main scenario objectives. Objective 7, called “For the Reunion”, consists of receiving the grappling guns needed to reach topside and save Aerith. The description of the objective reads as follows:
All this is simple and apparent enough. Just the fact that the theme of reunion is linked to Clerith in this way is proof enough, but there’s another layer to the Leslie-Cloud parallel. Not only does Leslie’s situation reinforce the concept of a Clerith reunion, it also mirrors the specifics of our theory: namely that Cloud will save Aerith from specifically Sephiroth (represented in Leslie’s scenario by Corneo) and that Cloud will take the initiative to accomplish this reunion. These two specific aspects of our theory are reflected by Leslie’s circumstances, meaning the Leslie-Cloud parallel not only pushes the theme of reunion, but also supports our specific theory.
VI. g) i. 1) The Separators: Corneo and Sephiroth
I’ll first prove that Leslie’s scenario is not meant to echo Cloud’s separation from Aerith at the hands of Shinra —or at least not exclusively—, but rather Cloud’s separation from Aerith at the hands of Sephiroth. Corneo would therefore be paralleled by Sephiroth rather than the tyrannical Shinra government.
The first piece of proof for the Corneo-Seohiroth parallel lies within the way in which Leslie’s fiancée broke things off: by lying. Aerith also lies to Cloud to create distance between them, but not pertaining to her kidnapping— rather, pertaining to her fated death. Since Sephiroth is Aerith’s killer and not Shinra, Corneo’s role in the Leslie-Cloud parallel is analogous to Sephiroth’s rather than Shinra’s.
There are two pieces of evidence that the Corneo-Sephiroth comparison makes more sense than the Corneo-Shinra one. The first lies in the fact that Leslie’s breakup resembles Cloud’s resolution scene: the topic of Cloud’s resolution scene is Aerith’s fate at the hands of Sephiroth rather than her kidnapping by Shinra, meaning Corneo and Sephiroth are the antagonists of both heartbreaks.
Let’s examine Leslie’s breakup. Here is how his fiancée broke things off, taken from the English script of Remake’s chapter 14, with tone indicators added by me in bold:
If you’re finding this familiar, then you might be ahead of me. Let’s take a look at what Aerith says to Cloud in his resolution scene, also in the English script of Remake’s chapter 14, with tone indicators added by me in bold:
In both cases, the women know something about their fate that the men don’t and are hiding this impending tragedy from them. Just like Leslie’s fiancée, Aerith uses well-intentioned deception to protect her loved one from the pain that will come from her fate— the lie, of course, is that their love isn’t real. Both women are hopeless, and both men are initially clueless. Aerith’s resolution can’t be about her kidnapping, because Aerith thinks her rescue is anything but hopeless— she’s sure Cloud will come save her from Shinra. She says so herself in OG’s disk 1, chapter 8:
The second piece of evidence supporting my belief that Corneo mirrors Sephiroth and not Shinra in the Leslie-Cloud parallel is the inclusion of the theme of revenge that crops up in the following piece of dialogue:
Additionally, it looks like Leslie’s obsession with revenge as a means to closure is the reason he didn’t bother trying to understand the message his fiancée left him with: he’s focused on his hate rather than his love, and it’s hindering him. He doesn’t succeed in killing Corneo either: his focus and energy are misplaced. Cloud’s desire for vengeance against Sephiroth is also depicted as an obstacle to accomplishing his goals (see how in section “III. c)” of my previous literary analysis). Once more, the Corneo-Sephiroth parallel fits far better than a Corneo-Shinra perspective.
VI. g) i. 2) The Reunion Seekers: Leslie and Cloud
The other aspect of the Leslie-Cloud parallel that supports our theory is that in both scenarios, they both take charge of the situation and decide to actively seek reunion with their respective lovers. The following dialogue excerpt, supplemented by the VA script notes, shows Leslie’s initiative:
VI. g) i. 3) Delayed Realizations
Interestingly, not only does Leslie’s determination mirror Cloud’s, but both men are depicted as realizing the truth too late. Just like Leslie only began searching for his fiancée six months after her disappearance, Cloud only realizes he loves Aerith in OG once she’s died. It took him this long to actually get somewhere in his mission to reunite with her— “somewhere” being the Remake trilogy.
Even Barret’s words highlight the lovers’ delay: “Can never be sure how much someone means to ya till they're gone”. Barret would know: he lost his wife Myrna, whom he loved dearly. The devs have Barret comment on the situation as a man whose lover died, mirroring Cloud’s situation in OG. Just as Barret says, Cloud only truly realized the strength of how he felt for Aerith in OG once she was gone. The gunman’s words apply to both Leslie and Cloud’s tardy initiatives. Regardless of this delay, both men are now determined to see their respective reunions through.
The degree to which the Leslie-Cloud parallel fits our theory is a great sign of its validity: even the details are lining up!
VI. g) ii. Reunion in the Theme Songs
Too easy: in our analysis of the lyrics of the theme songs, we covered how both texts include the theme of reunion. “No Promises to Keep” is especially relevant (see section “VI. e) ii.”), as the entire song is Aerith hoping against fate for a reunion with Cloud (even if you believe the song is about all her companions, that still includes Cloud).
On top of these reunion-themed lyrics, during Aerith’s in-game performance of “No Promises to Keep” at the Gold Saucer production of Loveless, her yellow blossoms signifying reunion bloom all around her as Cloud watches her, captivated.
Another great sign for our theory: the highly significant theme songs are on our side!
VI. g) iii. Waking Up Reunited
The thing I want to juxtapose to our theory is a small yet special moment in chapter 2 of Rebirth that stuck out to me like a sore thumb and got me really excited about sharing it with you. This moment occurs after the battle against the Midgardsormr. We’ll be comparing it to two other clips, describing all three in chronological order, and making deductions based on their similarities.
The first clip I want to address occurs in chapter 8 of Remake (1:32-2:12). There are a couple of things I want to point out in this scene. First, Aerith wakes Cloud from unconsciousness with a cute call of “Hello~?”. Second, despite pretending that he doesn’t, he immediately recognizes her. The VA script notes prove it:
Now onto the Rebirth chapter 2 scene that stuck out to me. After Cloud is saved from the Midgardsormr by Sephiroth, Cloud wakes from an unconsciousness spell with Aerith calling for him (7:20-7:34).
Once more, Aerith wakes him with a cute call (this time, it’s “Wakey, wakey!”), and Cloud recognizes her. In this Midgardsormr clip, unlike their reunion in the church, Cloud verbalizes that he remembers her. This time, there’s more: next, Aerith tells Cloud “おかえり, クラウド”, or “okaeri, Cloud”, which translates to “welcome back, Cloud”. “Okaeri” is what you say in Japanese when someone has returned home. In the third clip we will analyze, Aerith says “okaeri” to Cloud once more. But first, let’s break down this second clip.
I don’t know about you, but this cutscene felt extremely weird to me when I first encountered it. That is, it would have been, if not for the theory I’d begun formulating at that time.
You see, the devs could have chosen for Aerith to ask Cloud if he remembers his own name or where they are, if he’s okay, or check if he responds to his own name. In fact, asking someone who’s been hit on the head to say their own name is a much more common reaction to them finally waking up than asking them if they remember you. Even stranger is Cloud’s reaction: he could have answered “Yeah, you’re Aerith,” or “I remember everything, I’m fine”. Instead, he says her name with this airy and wonderstruck tone. He sounds like he’s opening his eyes to something mystic rather than his comrade leaning over him, like he’s seeing someone unexpectedly for the first time in a while… or rather like he’s waking from a trance of some kind— a trance in which he did not remember Aerith, and now he does. You may see where I’m going with this.
Let’s examine the third clip, wherein Aerith tells Cloud “okaeri” again. More specifically, in chapter 14, Aerith welcomes Cloud back when he snaps out of his zombified, Sephiroth-controlled state and runs toward her. Of course, it’s the sight of her and his memories of meeting her in chapter 2 of Remake that shake him awake (2:17:43-2:18:02).
For a third time, Aerith wakes Cloud. This time, she’s pulling him out of a trance and back to himself. And for a third time, Cloud remembers her. In fact, it’s remembering her that wakes him up. Cloud calls her name and Aerith says “okaeri” in both the post-Midgardsormr cutscene and this third clip. And in both scenes, not only does Cloud return to himself the way someone returns home (recall that “okaeri” is used to welcome someone back home), but he’s also returning to her, recognizing her as his home.
Now we’ve got three scenes lined up: the church reunion scene (both in OG and Remake), the Midgardsormr scene and the hand-reach scene. All three of these recognition scenes feature Cloud being woken up by Aerith and remembering who she is. The main difference is that, in the scenes among these three that are exclusive to Rebirth, Cloud’s return to Aerith is far more meaningful, as he already knows her name, and knows more about who she is to him. Evidently, in the OG church reunion scene, Cloud only remembers being sold a flower by this girl. In the Remake version, he remembers the same thing, plus the attack of the whispers. So there’s something much more weighty about the Rebirth recognition scenes: he remembers more, and he remembers deeper. These aren’t just recognition scenes, they’re also mini-reunions. Of course, as we’ve already analyzed pertaining to the hand-reaching scene, Cloud remembering Aerith is followed by him being the one to take action and run toward her, eager to save her, because she means the world to him. When you place the Midgardsormr scene between the church reunion scene and the hand-reach scene, an evolution of Cloud waking up and remembering Aerith is formed. Each mini-reunion scene adds a piece to the story: the church scene informs us that Cloud and Aerith are meeting again, the Midgardsormr scene tips us off that something mystic is going on from Cloud’s tone when he says Aerith’s name, and the hand reach scene tells us that as a consequence of remembering who Aerith is, Cloud saves her from falling to her death and saving her. “Meeting again”, “mystic”, and “saving Aerith”: these are the keywords of the mini-reunion scenes. They are also the keywords of our theory on Cloud’s mission to save Aerith. This time around Cloud knows more and is more conscious about how he feels for Aerith, just like he feels more when in the hand-reach scene in Rebirth compared to the church reunion scene in Remake. From the latter scene to the former, Cloud gradually wakes up and remembers his love for and loss of Aerith in the OG more and more. Each mini-reunion brings him closer to saving her when he blocks the masamune. This is why I am certain that in part 3, whether Cloud comes to his full senses or not, whether he remembers the events of OG or not, he will save Aerith this time. The Remake trilogy is centered around Aerith, after all. In fact, don’t take it from me, take it from Nojima:
VI. h) Zooming In
In fact, this zooming-in method of directing players’ attention to important narrative beats is far from new.
VI. h) i. Changing Fate
Let’s divert our attention to Nanaki’s Skywheel date (2:28-3:30). The dialogue goes like this: Nanaki brings us the Whispers and suggests the party might eventually forget about their existence, and Cloud says that frankly, if it’s impossible for them to change fate either way, then it would be better for them to forget to Whispers altogether.
This is a very clear message from the devs: “There would be no point in including the Whispers in the Remaketrilogy if we did not make use of their defeat”. They’re telling us through Cloud’s dialogue that they know it would be foul play and bad writing to introduce the theme of defying fate if it didn’t eventually pay off.
As if it weren’t clear enough what the devs are referring to, Nanaki brings up Aerith’s death directly after Cloud delivers the devs’ message to us. He actually makes Cloud promise to save her. This is pretty on the nose. By promising Nanaki he will protect Aerith, the devs are promising us the same. I’m certain that part 3 will deliver on this promise.
If you still aren’t sold, I’d like to direct your attention to the framing of the shot where Cloud says “If we can’t change [fate]” (2:49-2:51). There’s a zoom-in on his mouth, which is a visual cue that translates to “what this character is saying right now is important to the plot”. It’s very indiscreet in theory: the camera literally hones in on the invisible words as though the script has them highlighted, italicized triple-underlined and in bold.
VI. h) ii. Aerith’s Knowledge
We’ve seen the Remake trilogy use this camera framing at least twice so far. The first time occurs in Remake’s chapter 8, before it becomes clear that Aerith knows things from the OG game that she wouldn’t normally know if this were just a remastered version of the same 1997 plot. I’ll let Remake Ultimania‘s description of this moment speak for itself:
The framing of this shot indicates to us that what Aerith says provides an important hint as to the plot’s direction. Sure enough, with hindsight, it’s easy to see that’s true.
VI. h) iii. Tifa’s Question
Another time this framing is used is in chapter 1 of Rebirth, after Cloud recounts the Nibelheim incident. Tifa asks the group why Sephiroth is choosing to come back now, after five years (37:55-37:58).
Once more, we are being signaled that the reason Sephiroth chose to return at the moment he did is significant to the plot, but cannot be revealed explicitly yet. The reason why Sephiroth took five years to return is because that’s how long it took for Cloud to get back on his feet after the Nibelheim incident: Sephiroth wants and/or needs to manipulate Cloud in particular rather than all the other people with Jenova cells in them. It took five years for Cloud to not only go through Hojo’s experiments but also escape Shinra and make his way to Seventh Heaven, where Tifa nursed him back to health— therefore, it took five years until Sephiroth’s favorite pawn was available to be used. There are a few reasons why Cloud is the one Sephiroth wants to use, and all of them would be spoilers at this point in Rebirth to players who don’t know the OG plot. The devs can’t reveal any of them yet, but they do indicate via a close-up shot of Tifa’s mouth that her question is important.
VI. h) iv. The Takeaway
As you can see, this framing of characters’ mouths when they speak signals a plot-significant piece of dialogue. This means Cloud’s words on his gondola date with Nanaki can’t be brushed off as a red herring or an unimportant or throwaway line: it has narrative weight.
VII. a) Shifting Themes
Good storytellers don’t introduce themes as a way to pull the rug from under audiences’ feet by later rendering them completely irrelevant to the plot.
In other words, the devs would not have introduced the notion of fate as an antagonistic force in Remake, nor allowed the players to defeat it in chapter 18, had they planned for these themes not to pay off at all. Think of how good FFVII OG and FF stories in general are, how strong the writing is from a narrative point of view. Nothing is included for no reason or for a cheap reaction— especially not a central theme of a story. Fate and defeating it is a huge point of Remake, and not for no reason.
I mean, think about a storyline all about defying fate ending with a shrug and a “Oh well, we tried.” It would be ridiculous! The devs are better than that.
VII. b) What the Devs Want
The devs are well aware that fans of FFVII have been begging for Aerith’s resurrection since 1997. All those petitions, all those myths of a revival hack… SE knows about them all too well. They were even referenced by FF’s 30th anniversary expo, which partly promoted Remake:
The devs know how well-loved both Clerith and Aerith are. And in fact, they love Aerith at least as much as we do:
I think a lot of people have it in their heads that the devs don’t want anything to change from the OG story, but there’s a lot of evidence that says otherwise. Codirector Toriyama spoke on this, stating the following about the production process of Remake:
(conclusion in
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Post-OG Cloud ruminates on what he could have done to save Aerith. Had he not been so lost in his own mind —distracted by Sephiroth and Jenova, consumed by his need to fulfill the emptiness at the core of his identity—, would he have paid more attention to Aerith’s sadness and anticipated her plan to go to the Forgotten Capital alone? Could she have survived if not for his obsession with what tormented him at the time? Could he have figured it out and kept her by his side? He’s angry with himself in retrospect, drowning in guilt, just like in Advent Children.
Here are the choruses, which usually contain the thesis main message of a song:
“Shine bright once more&
Guide me to you
Smile bright once more
This time I will never let you go”
“Hear me once moreIn these choruses, Cloud asserts that he will get it right this time (“this time” referring to the second chance that is the Remake trilogy). He will make sure he saves Aerith and never lets her go. He knows she’s gone, but he will fight against time to get her back. He longs for her smile and her light again, and he cannot bear the guilt: so he doesn’t. Post-OG Cloud embarks on a new adventure: ”I want to go to a place where everything is new,” said Cloud to Wol and Echo in Eclipse Contact before facing his past and being launched into Remake. “Hollow” makes far more sense now, doesn’t it? It’s a song not only about Cloud’s loss, but also about his determination to save Aerith this time. Given that it’s the theme song of Remake, the fact that “Hollow” fits with our theory perfectly is a very good sign: a theme song is meant to reflect the main plot of a story, indicating as our theory states that Remake is principally, albeit secretly, about Cloud saving Aerith. Because of this hope being set up, I’m confident that they will be together in the end, reunited for good. My dear Clerith friends, this is the hidden purpose of the Remake trilogy. Cloud and Aerith will be reunited.
Show me your smile
This time for sure
I'll see the truth hidden inside your tears
But I, I know
That you're long gone
But I, I will
Go on, howling and hollow”
VI. e) ii. “No Promises to Keep” Lyrics
This is quite obvious. Aerith is resigned to her fate, but still harbors hope that she will meet Cloud again in a permanent reunion:
“Till the day that we meet againVI. f) The Theme of Reunion Explained?
Where or when?
I wish I could say
But believe, know that you'll find me
[…]
Till the day that we meet again
On our street, I want to believe
[…]
Till the day that we meet again
At our place, just let me believe
In the chance that you'll come
Take my hand and never let me go
Take my hand
And believe
We can be
Together evermore
[…]
Still I hope someday you'll come and find me
Still I know someday you'll come and find me”.
The last point I want to hit on is the concept of reunion. In OG, this theme was pretty much dominated by the Jenova Reunion. To an OG fan back in 1997, “reunion” meant “Sephiroth and Jenova’s evil plan”. However, in the Remake trilogy, the theme is expanded into something more. The first time Cloud meets Aerith in Remake, she gives him a flower and tells him something she didn’t in OG:
“Lovers used to give these when they were reunited...”In addition, we’ve already talked about how part 5 of “Aerith’s Theme - The Cetra” from the Remake OST tells the story of Cloud and Aerith’s reunion (see section “V. b) ii. 2)”).
Many moments exclusive to the Remake trilogy serve the same purpose: linking the theme of reunion to Aerith. This expansion of the theme is highly significant. Our theory is that the Remake trilogy exists to reunite Cloud and Aerith, so the fact that the trilogy would implement so many Clerith-centric references to reunion is great support for our theory.
VI. g) i. The Leslie-Cloud Parallel
Let’s consider another instance involving the reunion flower in Remake, more precisely, the chapter 14 subplot surrounding Leslie’s lost lover. In case you need a refresher, Leslie is one of Corneo’s lackeys, although he secretly plans to betray him. He once had a fiancée and things were looking up until she was selected as one of Corneo’s brides. The day before she disappeared (presumably taken by Corneo), his fiancée broke up with him with no explanation. It was confusing and left Leslie perplex. As she broke up with him, she returned a necklace to him, one with a flower pendant. Of course, that flower is the very same reunion flower Aerith gives Cloud in chapter 2.
Evidently, Leslie and Cloud are going through parallel situations. At this point in time, Aerith was just kidnapped by Shinra, and Cloud is on his way to get her back. Both their loved ones have been taken by tyrant rulers, one being slumlord Corneo and the other being the Shinra government. In fact, even Leslie and Cloud’s attitudes share similar disillusioned, cold and stoic qualities. Leslie’s fiancée would evidently be paralleled by Aerith.
The most obvious proof of the Leslie-Cloud parallel is written plainly on the list of Remake’s chapter 14 main scenario objectives. Objective 7, called “For the Reunion”, consists of receiving the grappling guns needed to reach topside and save Aerith. The description of the objective reads as follows:
“Leslie gives them grappling guns, and they wish each other luck in reuniting with their respective loved ones. Leslie walks off, and the three prepare to climb the wall.”The grappling guns are “For the Reunion”, because evidently, the loved one Cloud wants to reunite with is Aerith.
All this is simple and apparent enough. Just the fact that the theme of reunion is linked to Clerith in this way is proof enough, but there’s another layer to the Leslie-Cloud parallel. Not only does Leslie’s situation reinforce the concept of a Clerith reunion, it also mirrors the specifics of our theory: namely that Cloud will save Aerith from specifically Sephiroth (represented in Leslie’s scenario by Corneo) and that Cloud will take the initiative to accomplish this reunion. These two specific aspects of our theory are reflected by Leslie’s circumstances, meaning the Leslie-Cloud parallel not only pushes the theme of reunion, but also supports our specific theory.
VI. g) i. 1) The Separators: Corneo and Sephiroth
I’ll first prove that Leslie’s scenario is not meant to echo Cloud’s separation from Aerith at the hands of Shinra —or at least not exclusively—, but rather Cloud’s separation from Aerith at the hands of Sephiroth. Corneo would therefore be paralleled by Sephiroth rather than the tyrannical Shinra government.
The first piece of proof for the Corneo-Seohiroth parallel lies within the way in which Leslie’s fiancée broke things off: by lying. Aerith also lies to Cloud to create distance between them, but not pertaining to her kidnapping— rather, pertaining to her fated death. Since Sephiroth is Aerith’s killer and not Shinra, Corneo’s role in the Leslie-Cloud parallel is analogous to Sephiroth’s rather than Shinra’s.
There are two pieces of evidence that the Corneo-Sephiroth comparison makes more sense than the Corneo-Shinra one. The first lies in the fact that Leslie’s breakup resembles Cloud’s resolution scene: the topic of Cloud’s resolution scene is Aerith’s fate at the hands of Sephiroth rather than her kidnapping by Shinra, meaning Corneo and Sephiroth are the antagonists of both heartbreaks.
Let’s examine Leslie’s breakup. Here is how his fiancée broke things off, taken from the English script of Remake’s chapter 14, with tone indicators added by me in bold:
“Fiancée: It was all just a dream, wasn't it[?]Now, here is a more literal translation of this quote from the original Japanese (verified by me via DeepL), with tone indicators added by me in bold:
Fiancée: (Hopefully) But one day…
(She trails off, then shakes her head and stops herself.)
Fiancée: (Sadly, hopelessly) — no. Time to wake up. And forget.
(She walks away.)”
“Fiancée: It was only just a dream we had / We were only dreaming...Leslie’s fiancée is clearly breaking up with him to spare him the pain of blaming himself for not being able to protect her from Corneo, as she knows it’s too late for her to escape from the slumlord’s clutches. We know this because we understand that the pendant she gave back to him symbolizes a reunion (especially between lovers, as Aerith told Cloud in chapter 2). In fact, the Japanese version of the script reveals that the fiancée was about to reveal the meaning of the flower, perhaps in the hopes that they would find each other once more, but she lost her nerve at the last second. Notice that she tells Leslie two specific things. One: their love or their future together was only a dream, meaning that it wasn’t real. Two: he should forget about her, because the dream is over now and it’s time to wake up from it.
Fiancée: (Hopefully, as though as a hail Mary) In the language of the flowers...
(She trails off, then shakes her head and stops herself.)
Fiancée: (Sadly, hopelessly) — no. You should forget about me.
(She walks away.)”
If you’re finding this familiar, then you might be ahead of me. Let’s take a look at what Aerith says to Cloud in his resolution scene, also in the English script of Remake’s chapter 14, with tone indicators added by me in bold:
“Aerith: […] you can’t fall in love with me. [It]’s not real […]. (With a sigh, as though from sadness or difficulty, but resolutely) It’s almost morning. Time to go.”Now, here is a more literal translation of this quote from the original Japanese (verified by me via DeepL), with tone indicators added by me in bold:
“Aerith: You can’t let yourself fall in love with me. [It]’s only your imagination […]. (With a sigh, as though from sadness or difficulty, but resolutely) Looks like it’s already morning. Time for me to go.”Just like Leslie’s fiancée, Aerith is rejecting or denying Cloud’s love for her in order to spare him from the pain of not having been able to be with her before her death, as she believes it is inevitable. Just like the fiancée, Aerith also tells Cloud two things. One: their love is imaginary or isn’t real. Two: it’s morning, and she has to go (she says this right before Cloud wakes from the pseudo-dream).
In both cases, the women know something about their fate that the men don’t and are hiding this impending tragedy from them. Just like Leslie’s fiancée, Aerith uses well-intentioned deception to protect her loved one from the pain that will come from her fate— the lie, of course, is that their love isn’t real. Both women are hopeless, and both men are initially clueless. Aerith’s resolution can’t be about her kidnapping, because Aerith thinks her rescue is anything but hopeless— she’s sure Cloud will come save her from Shinra. She says so herself in OG’s disk 1, chapter 8:
“Cloud: Aeris!? You safe?What Aerith is so resigned about in Cloud’s resolution scene isn’t her kidnapping, but instead her fated death at the hands of Sephiroth. Nojima hints at this in FFVII Remake Ultimania:
Aeris: Yeah, I'm all right. I knew that [you] would come for me.”
“If you know Aerith’s fate, then this line would really pull at your heart strings […]” (section 08 “Secrets”, “Development Staff Interviews, Part 2: Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshinori Kitase, Yoshinori Kitase, Kazushige Nojima”, page 744).Here is what codirector Toriyama had to say on Aerith’s words:
“[While] these words are intended for Cloud, I think Aerith is partly speaking them to herself. The contents of her request may be at odds with how she truly feels inside” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA Script Notes, “A Dream Shown by Aerith”, “Scenario Staff Q&A - Answered by Motomu Toriyama”).These two quotes by the devs show that Aerith is trying to protect Cloud from her death. Therefore, the Corneo-Sephiroth parallel is far more apt than the Corneo-Shinra parallel.
The second piece of evidence supporting my belief that Corneo mirrors Sephiroth and not Shinra in the Leslie-Cloud parallel is the inclusion of the theme of revenge that crops up in the following piece of dialogue:
“Tifa: Why did you wanna come down here?Leslie’s sentiment toward Corneo resembles Cloud’s feelings toward Sephiroth after Aerith’s death. Revenge links Cloud to Sephiroth, not to Shinra. Corneo and Sephiroth reflect each other in that, as a consequence of their actions toward a woman, the man who loves her desires revenge.
Leslie: Revenge. I know I need to let go, but I can't. I need closure, 'cause without it... I'll never be able to move on” (Remake, chapter 14).
Additionally, it looks like Leslie’s obsession with revenge as a means to closure is the reason he didn’t bother trying to understand the message his fiancée left him with: he’s focused on his hate rather than his love, and it’s hindering him. He doesn’t succeed in killing Corneo either: his focus and energy are misplaced. Cloud’s desire for vengeance against Sephiroth is also depicted as an obstacle to accomplishing his goals (see how in section “III. c)” of my previous literary analysis). Once more, the Corneo-Sephiroth parallel fits far better than a Corneo-Shinra perspective.
VI. g) i. 2) The Reunion Seekers: Leslie and Cloud
The other aspect of the Leslie-Cloud parallel that supports our theory is that in both scenarios, they both take charge of the situation and decide to actively seek reunion with their respective lovers. The following dialogue excerpt, supplemented by the VA script notes, shows Leslie’s initiative:
“Tifa: [Your fiancée] could still be out there.Take note of Leslie’s final response and the determination with which he speaks: “Then I guess I’ll just have to find her first”. Remember that we’re searching for evidence that Cloud is going to be the one reaching out to Aerith in the Remake trilogy, and that it’s his turn to take his future into his hands. He must be more attentive, more active this time. And Leslie’s words of determination reflect this perfectly. Leslie must find his fiancée first, just like Cloud has to be the one to offer his hand to Aerith in the Remake trilogy and fight for her. This is exactly what our theory is all about.
Barret: Can never be sure how much someone means to ya till they're gone. Don't give up on her yet.
Leslie: (Looks at the flower pendant, [recalling his lover’s words) A message in the language of flowers… I wonder what she meant by it.
[…]
Tifa: Reunion.
Leslie: Huh?
Tifa: In the language of flowers, it means ‘reunion.’
(Leslie shifts his gaze from Tifa to the pendant and stares at it for some time. At last he understands the words his lover left him. With that, as if his mind has been made up, he clutches the pendant and hangs it around his neck.)
Leslie: Then I guess I’ll just have to find her first” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA Script Notes, “Other Notable Stage Directions - Chapters 14-16”).
VI. g) i. 3) Delayed Realizations
Interestingly, not only does Leslie’s determination mirror Cloud’s, but both men are depicted as realizing the truth too late. Just like Leslie only began searching for his fiancée six months after her disappearance, Cloud only realizes he loves Aerith in OG once she’s died. It took him this long to actually get somewhere in his mission to reunite with her— “somewhere” being the Remake trilogy.
Even Barret’s words highlight the lovers’ delay: “Can never be sure how much someone means to ya till they're gone”. Barret would know: he lost his wife Myrna, whom he loved dearly. The devs have Barret comment on the situation as a man whose lover died, mirroring Cloud’s situation in OG. Just as Barret says, Cloud only truly realized the strength of how he felt for Aerith in OG once she was gone. The gunman’s words apply to both Leslie and Cloud’s tardy initiatives. Regardless of this delay, both men are now determined to see their respective reunions through.
The degree to which the Leslie-Cloud parallel fits our theory is a great sign of its validity: even the details are lining up!
VI. g) ii. Reunion in the Theme Songs
Too easy: in our analysis of the lyrics of the theme songs, we covered how both texts include the theme of reunion. “No Promises to Keep” is especially relevant (see section “VI. e) ii.”), as the entire song is Aerith hoping against fate for a reunion with Cloud (even if you believe the song is about all her companions, that still includes Cloud).
On top of these reunion-themed lyrics, during Aerith’s in-game performance of “No Promises to Keep” at the Gold Saucer production of Loveless, her yellow blossoms signifying reunion bloom all around her as Cloud watches her, captivated.
Another great sign for our theory: the highly significant theme songs are on our side!
VI. g) iii. Waking Up Reunited
The thing I want to juxtapose to our theory is a small yet special moment in chapter 2 of Rebirth that stuck out to me like a sore thumb and got me really excited about sharing it with you. This moment occurs after the battle against the Midgardsormr. We’ll be comparing it to two other clips, describing all three in chronological order, and making deductions based on their similarities.
The first clip I want to address occurs in chapter 8 of Remake (1:32-2:12). There are a couple of things I want to point out in this scene. First, Aerith wakes Cloud from unconsciousness with a cute call of “Hello~?”. Second, despite pretending that he doesn’t, he immediately recognizes her. The VA script notes prove it:
“Aerith: Nice to meet you again.So: she wakes him with a cute call, and he recognizes her. Also note that these two elements also apply to the OG church reunion scene.
Cloud actually remembers Aerith, but he pretends not to, perhaps wishing to make himself look cool.
Cloud: Again, huh?
Aerith: What? You don’t remember? How about…the flowers?
Cloud looks at the flowers at his feet and pretends as if he’s only just remembered.
Cloud: Oh, the flower seller” (FFVII Remake Material Ultimania Plus, VA script notes, “Reuniting with Aerith”).
Now onto the Rebirth chapter 2 scene that stuck out to me. After Cloud is saved from the Midgardsormr by Sephiroth, Cloud wakes from an unconsciousness spell with Aerith calling for him (7:20-7:34).
Once more, Aerith wakes him with a cute call (this time, it’s “Wakey, wakey!”), and Cloud recognizes her. In this Midgardsormr clip, unlike their reunion in the church, Cloud verbalizes that he remembers her. This time, there’s more: next, Aerith tells Cloud “おかえり, クラウド”, or “okaeri, Cloud”, which translates to “welcome back, Cloud”. “Okaeri” is what you say in Japanese when someone has returned home. In the third clip we will analyze, Aerith says “okaeri” to Cloud once more. But first, let’s break down this second clip.
I don’t know about you, but this cutscene felt extremely weird to me when I first encountered it. That is, it would have been, if not for the theory I’d begun formulating at that time.
You see, the devs could have chosen for Aerith to ask Cloud if he remembers his own name or where they are, if he’s okay, or check if he responds to his own name. In fact, asking someone who’s been hit on the head to say their own name is a much more common reaction to them finally waking up than asking them if they remember you. Even stranger is Cloud’s reaction: he could have answered “Yeah, you’re Aerith,” or “I remember everything, I’m fine”. Instead, he says her name with this airy and wonderstruck tone. He sounds like he’s opening his eyes to something mystic rather than his comrade leaning over him, like he’s seeing someone unexpectedly for the first time in a while… or rather like he’s waking from a trance of some kind— a trance in which he did not remember Aerith, and now he does. You may see where I’m going with this.
Let’s examine the third clip, wherein Aerith tells Cloud “okaeri” again. More specifically, in chapter 14, Aerith welcomes Cloud back when he snaps out of his zombified, Sephiroth-controlled state and runs toward her. Of course, it’s the sight of her and his memories of meeting her in chapter 2 of Remake that shake him awake (2:17:43-2:18:02).
For a third time, Aerith wakes Cloud. This time, she’s pulling him out of a trance and back to himself. And for a third time, Cloud remembers her. In fact, it’s remembering her that wakes him up. Cloud calls her name and Aerith says “okaeri” in both the post-Midgardsormr cutscene and this third clip. And in both scenes, not only does Cloud return to himself the way someone returns home (recall that “okaeri” is used to welcome someone back home), but he’s also returning to her, recognizing her as his home.
Now we’ve got three scenes lined up: the church reunion scene (both in OG and Remake), the Midgardsormr scene and the hand-reach scene. All three of these recognition scenes feature Cloud being woken up by Aerith and remembering who she is. The main difference is that, in the scenes among these three that are exclusive to Rebirth, Cloud’s return to Aerith is far more meaningful, as he already knows her name, and knows more about who she is to him. Evidently, in the OG church reunion scene, Cloud only remembers being sold a flower by this girl. In the Remake version, he remembers the same thing, plus the attack of the whispers. So there’s something much more weighty about the Rebirth recognition scenes: he remembers more, and he remembers deeper. These aren’t just recognition scenes, they’re also mini-reunions. Of course, as we’ve already analyzed pertaining to the hand-reaching scene, Cloud remembering Aerith is followed by him being the one to take action and run toward her, eager to save her, because she means the world to him. When you place the Midgardsormr scene between the church reunion scene and the hand-reach scene, an evolution of Cloud waking up and remembering Aerith is formed. Each mini-reunion scene adds a piece to the story: the church scene informs us that Cloud and Aerith are meeting again, the Midgardsormr scene tips us off that something mystic is going on from Cloud’s tone when he says Aerith’s name, and the hand reach scene tells us that as a consequence of remembering who Aerith is, Cloud saves her from falling to her death and saving her. “Meeting again”, “mystic”, and “saving Aerith”: these are the keywords of the mini-reunion scenes. They are also the keywords of our theory on Cloud’s mission to save Aerith. This time around Cloud knows more and is more conscious about how he feels for Aerith, just like he feels more when in the hand-reach scene in Rebirth compared to the church reunion scene in Remake. From the latter scene to the former, Cloud gradually wakes up and remembers his love for and loss of Aerith in the OG more and more. Each mini-reunion brings him closer to saving her when he blocks the masamune. This is why I am certain that in part 3, whether Cloud comes to his full senses or not, whether he remembers the events of OG or not, he will save Aerith this time. The Remake trilogy is centered around Aerith, after all. In fact, don’t take it from me, take it from Nojima:
“Aerith's the most important character in the remake so we paid special attention to her lines” (FFVII Remake Ultimania, section 08 “Secrets”, “Development Staff Interviews, Part 2: Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshinori Kitase, Kazushige Nojima”, page 744).I have full confidence in this fact: one way or another, these two will have a happy ending. This is Cloud’s second chance, and as he swore in “Hollow”, he is not losing her again. That is why I don’t think you should fret, and that our Clerith hearts will be very happy to see these two together again for good in part 3.
VI. h) Zooming In
In fact, this zooming-in method of directing players’ attention to important narrative beats is far from new.
VI. h) i. Changing Fate
Let’s divert our attention to Nanaki’s Skywheel date (2:28-3:30). The dialogue goes like this: Nanaki brings us the Whispers and suggests the party might eventually forget about their existence, and Cloud says that frankly, if it’s impossible for them to change fate either way, then it would be better for them to forget to Whispers altogether.
This is a very clear message from the devs: “There would be no point in including the Whispers in the Remaketrilogy if we did not make use of their defeat”. They’re telling us through Cloud’s dialogue that they know it would be foul play and bad writing to introduce the theme of defying fate if it didn’t eventually pay off.
As if it weren’t clear enough what the devs are referring to, Nanaki brings up Aerith’s death directly after Cloud delivers the devs’ message to us. He actually makes Cloud promise to save her. This is pretty on the nose. By promising Nanaki he will protect Aerith, the devs are promising us the same. I’m certain that part 3 will deliver on this promise.
If you still aren’t sold, I’d like to direct your attention to the framing of the shot where Cloud says “If we can’t change [fate]” (2:49-2:51). There’s a zoom-in on his mouth, which is a visual cue that translates to “what this character is saying right now is important to the plot”. It’s very indiscreet in theory: the camera literally hones in on the invisible words as though the script has them highlighted, italicized triple-underlined and in bold.
VI. h) ii. Aerith’s Knowledge
We’ve seen the Remake trilogy use this camera framing at least twice so far. The first time occurs in Remake’s chapter 8, before it becomes clear that Aerith knows things from the OG game that she wouldn’t normally know if this were just a remastered version of the same 1997 plot. I’ll let Remake Ultimania‘s description of this moment speak for itself:
“When Cloud and Aerith return the rescued children to Oates, the man in the tattered black cloak shows up again at the hideout. The moment the man grasps Cloud’s arm, he’s overcome by another violent headache and sees a vision of Sephiroth. Cloud wonders if this man who supposedly died five years ago could possibly still be alive. When he says as much to Aerith, she gives him a vague reply” (FFVII Remake Ultimania, section 04: “Scenario”, “Chapter 8 Main Story Digest”, page 256).Aerith’s “vague reply” is accentuated by a very deliberate zoom-in on her mouth (1:18:05-1:18:09), and therefore her words.
The framing of this shot indicates to us that what Aerith says provides an important hint as to the plot’s direction. Sure enough, with hindsight, it’s easy to see that’s true.
VI. h) iii. Tifa’s Question
Another time this framing is used is in chapter 1 of Rebirth, after Cloud recounts the Nibelheim incident. Tifa asks the group why Sephiroth is choosing to come back now, after five years (37:55-37:58).
Once more, we are being signaled that the reason Sephiroth chose to return at the moment he did is significant to the plot, but cannot be revealed explicitly yet. The reason why Sephiroth took five years to return is because that’s how long it took for Cloud to get back on his feet after the Nibelheim incident: Sephiroth wants and/or needs to manipulate Cloud in particular rather than all the other people with Jenova cells in them. It took five years for Cloud to not only go through Hojo’s experiments but also escape Shinra and make his way to Seventh Heaven, where Tifa nursed him back to health— therefore, it took five years until Sephiroth’s favorite pawn was available to be used. There are a few reasons why Cloud is the one Sephiroth wants to use, and all of them would be spoilers at this point in Rebirth to players who don’t know the OG plot. The devs can’t reveal any of them yet, but they do indicate via a close-up shot of Tifa’s mouth that her question is important.
VI. h) iv. The Takeaway
As you can see, this framing of characters’ mouths when they speak signals a plot-significant piece of dialogue. This means Cloud’s words on his gondola date with Nanaki can’t be brushed off as a red herring or an unimportant or throwaway line: it has narrative weight.
VII. The Devs
I think it’s important to remember the devs and their commitment to the world of FFVII. They know best for this story, and they’ve proven it to be true many times over. There are many things about the devs’ intentions that the fandom don’t seem to know that I think would give you confidence to find out.VII. a) Shifting Themes
Good storytellers don’t introduce themes as a way to pull the rug from under audiences’ feet by later rendering them completely irrelevant to the plot.
In other words, the devs would not have introduced the notion of fate as an antagonistic force in Remake, nor allowed the players to defeat it in chapter 18, had they planned for these themes not to pay off at all. Think of how good FFVII OG and FF stories in general are, how strong the writing is from a narrative point of view. Nothing is included for no reason or for a cheap reaction— especially not a central theme of a story. Fate and defeating it is a huge point of Remake, and not for no reason.
I mean, think about a storyline all about defying fate ending with a shrug and a “Oh well, we tried.” It would be ridiculous! The devs are better than that.
VII. b) What the Devs Want
The devs are well aware that fans of FFVII have been begging for Aerith’s resurrection since 1997. All those petitions, all those myths of a revival hack… SE knows about them all too well. They were even referenced by FF’s 30th anniversary expo, which partly promoted Remake:
“No one expected [Aerith’s death] in the middle of the story. Rumors of a secret way to revive Aerith spread, and it was clear players were having a hard time saying goodbye to her too. Even now, twenty years later, it still feels like a shocking turn of events” (Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary Exposition Pamphlet, page 36).Hamaguchi, codirector of the Remake project, commented on these rumors:
“Interviewer: Do you have a favorite fake rumor about the original FFVII?The devs are also aware of how beloved Clerith is to the FFVII fandom, especially in Japan— in fact, the only FFVII ship name that is an official iOS search term on the Japanese Apple Store is Clerith’s (“クラエア” or “kuraea” in Japanese). Aerith herself is a widely beloved character, particularly, once more, in Japan. For instance, Famitsu and NHK’s recent polls on the best FF heroine and on the best FF character in general both resulted in Aerith ranking number 3, beaten only in the latter poll by Cloud at number 1 and FFX’s Yuna at number 2.
Hamaguchi: I hear a lot about Aerith coming back to life and that's something that's very interesting to hear” (Hamaguchi interview: “129 Rapid-Fire Questions Answered About Final Fantasy VII Rebirth”, by Game Informer).
The devs know how well-loved both Clerith and Aerith are. And in fact, they love Aerith at least as much as we do:
“Cloud's feelings [of guilt] cannot be resolved by anyone other than Aerith. I tried to convey [that Aerith is saying to Cloud] ‘I'm still here for you’” (FFVII Reunion Files, Nojima’s note on Aerith’s character file, page 58).&
“When I saw the finished product of [Aerith’s face in] CG, I thought, "Oh, isn’t she so cute?” (FFVII Reunion Files, Nomura’s note on Aerith’s character file, page 58).&
"The idea of having Aeris die during the story had a great impact on all the dev staff," Toriyama explained, "and personally I decided to dedicate my efforts to depicting Aeris in as appealing a way as possible, so that she would become an irreplaceable character to the player in preparation for that moment" (Toriyama interview “Final Fantasy anniversary interview: Toriyama speaks” by VG247).The devs care about Aerith, and they’re fully aware we do too.
I think a lot of people have it in their heads that the devs don’t want anything to change from the OG story, but there’s a lot of evidence that says otherwise. Codirector Toriyama spoke on this, stating the following about the production process of Remake:
“[…] there were times the original version became a hindrance. Specifically, staff members with a strong attachment to Final Fantasy VII would often hold themselves back for fear of deviating too much from the original. When we created the original game, we obviously didn’t feel bound in that way. We were passionate about creating a brand new Final Fantasy title, and so we dove in and embraced whatever seemed most interesting to us. We wanted to take that approach this time as well, so we made a special effort to liberate ourselves whenever we held back, remembering that it was okay to do the things we wanted to do” (FFVII Remake Ultimania, section 08 “Secrets”, “Development Staff Interviews, Part 1: Motomu Toriyama, Naoki Hamaguchi, Teruki Endo”, page 737).Codirector Nomura said the following:
“When I asked Nojima if he’d write the scenario, I was clear about my demands up front. I said, ‘If we're going to remake Final Fantasy VII, I want it to be done like this.’ At that point, I was intent on making something more than just a remake. [Similarly to how] the battle system this time incorporates elements of the original game’s ATB mechanics [while] also been reborn using a real-time approach […], I wanted to make a story that players would feel is fundamentally Final Fantasy VII but also something new” (FFVII Remake Ultimania, section 08 “Secrets”, “Development Staff Interviews, Part 2: Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshinori Kitase, Kazushige Nojima”, page 745).Clearly, the devs don’t want to be bogged down by the OG, and are making efforts to do things the way they want to rather than the way they were previously done. The newer generation of developers such as codirector Hamaguchi is also involved in these story changes:
“Interviewer: There are also drastically more scenes with Sephiroth than there were in the original game.Kitase, the producer of the Remake trilogy, even says that after working on this project for so long, and after spending almost 30 years on the FFVII project and getting to know the characters, he has realized that:
Nojima: We weren't planning on having him appear so much at first— the idea was only to hint at his presence. But we changed our approach partway through and became more proactive with having him appear, after which the number of scenes he features in rapidly increased.
Nomura: Hamaguchi [codirector Naoki Hamaguchi] came up to me one day and said in a mysterious tone, ‘I'd like to talk to you about something.’ He asked me about having there be a battle with Sephiroth in Midgar. In the original game, Sephiroth’s true body is located elsewhere, so he didn’t think I'd give in to the idea so easily. I think he even prepared materials to persuade me. But in the end I agreed readily [laughs]” (FFVII Remake Ultimania, section 08 “Secrets”, “Development Staff Interviews, Part 2: Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshinori Kitase, Kazushige Nojima”, page 746).
“The more [he works] on it, the more [he wants] to make all these characters happy. [He wants] to give them a happy ending. The rest of the team’s opinions [obviously] also have to be taken into consideration, so it won't be all happiness and rainbows. But [he] just [wants] to make [the characters of FFVII] happy” (Kitase and Hamaguchi’s interview “Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Producer Just Wants 'the Characters to End Up Happy'”, by Vandal, translated by me).Kitase is indeed only one developer, but he’s the producer of this project: that’s the very top position. He oversees everything and nothing goes without his approval. That counts for something. Of course, Kitase is fair and values the input of all the devs, so of course it won’t be “all happiness and rainbows”— but I sincerely believe there’s a big chance that Cloud and Aerith are heading toward their happy ending. Even if this theory is completely bogus, I want to have faith that the devs would not sacrifice good storytelling for nostalgia and a conservative attitude toward preserving the OG story, as that would be cheap of them, and we have not known them to be cheap. This game truly matters to them, so I think they deserve our faith.
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it is on sale on both pc and switch
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and i am in doubt of where to buy it
i could get it on pc for like 20$ in my currency on pc
or for like 8 bucks on switch using gold coins to get some discount, and the price on the switch is tempting me to get there, but almost all reviews on it has more than 3 years and are either crying switch version was discontinued or that the new bedrock version runs like garbage
playing on the couch and way cheaper seems tempting , but is it worth or it is as bad as they say on youtube?
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Stay informed about the latest trends in gold and silver prices, and understand how economic indicators influence these markets. Join the discussion and share your thoughts! 💬🌐
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Gold prices are currently soaring, reaching near-monthly highs. This surge is primarily driven by stabilizing inflation in the United States, which has increased the likelihood of the Federal Reserve implementing interest rate cuts as early as September. 📊💵
On Thursday, gold prices rose to $2,397 per ounce, the highest level since April 19. This marks a continuation of the gains seen on Wednesday when gold appreciated by more than 1%. This consistent rise reflects growing investor confidence in gold as a safe haven amid economic uncertainty. 🌟💰
Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, highlighted that stabilizing inflation and weakness in other economic data, such as retail sales, create favorable conditions for gold and silver. Last month, US retail sales were unexpectedly flat, and consumer prices showed signs of cooling. Additionally, weak labor market data from last week added to the positive sentiment for precious metals. 📉🏦
Supporting gold prices further, the dollar index remains near its lowest level in over a month, and ten-year Treasury yields are at their lowest since April 5. This makes gold more attractive as a safe investment. Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade, noted that as inflation stops rising, gold benefits significantly, potentially reaching $2,400 per ounce. 📉💵
However, a potential rebound in the dollar or Treasury yields could pose challenges for gold prices. Meanwhile, silver is also gaining traction, driven by strong fundamentals and rising gold prices, likely spurring investor interest. 🥈📈
Stay informed about the latest trends in gold and silver prices, and understand how economic indicators influence these markets. Join the discussion and share your thoughts! 💬🌐
2024.05.16 16:31 Able-Plantain-926 $BEER Pre-Sale is now live
The entire Solana ecosystem is buzzing about $ BEER today
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
TWITTER
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
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I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
2024.05.16 16:27 marcuss008 $BEER Pre-Sale is now live!!
The entire Solana ecosystem is buzzing about $ BEER today
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
TWITTER
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
submitted by marcuss008 to shitcoinmoonshots [link] [comments]
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
2024.05.16 16:26 Im_A_Meat_Popsickle [WTS] A3 Tactical - GHM9 Brace Reptilia 509t mount HK VP9 Slide
Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/81NH8DZ
A3 Tactical GHM9 Direct Fit Brace ($90) Aluminum brace extension with polymer steady brace. Does not include the hinge bolt or latch hardware. These can be ordered from A3 Tactical.
Reptilia 509t Mount, 1.93" ($69) - GAFS catch/release. Looks basically new. VERY light and stout.
HK VP9 Slide ($150 obo) Slide and recoil spring only, no barrel included.
Rules:
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A3 Tactical GHM9 Direct Fit Brace ($90) Aluminum brace extension with polymer steady brace. Does not include the hinge bolt or latch hardware. These can be ordered from A3 Tactical.
Reptilia 509t Mount, 1.93" ($69) - GAFS catch/release. Looks basically new. VERY light and stout.
HK VP9 Slide ($150 obo) Slide and recoil spring only, no barrel included.
Rules:
- All prices include shipping and are open to negotiation - shoot your shot homie! The worst I can say is No.
- PayPal FF Venmo Cashapp
- Comment first, then PM me.
- Calling dibs is a full price commitment to buy.
- bundles beat dibs, dibs beat PMs.
- I'll wait 30 minutes for payment, then move onto the next in line.
- No notes in any payments (emoji for Venmo). Here's why.
- No chats (they are disabled) PLEASE PM ME.
2024.05.16 16:25 marcuss008 $BEER Pre-Sale is now live!
The entire Solana ecosystem is buzzing about $ BEER today
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
TWITTER
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
submitted by marcuss008 to CryptoMarsShots [link] [comments]
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
2024.05.16 16:25 marcuss008 $BEER Pre-Sale is now live
The entire Solana ecosystem is buzzing about $ BEER today
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens .
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
TWITTER
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
submitted by marcuss008 to SolCoins [link] [comments]
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens .
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
2024.05.16 16:25 marcuss008 $BEER Pre-Sale is now live
The entire Solana ecosystem is buzzing about $ BEER today
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days..
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
TWITTER
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
submitted by marcuss008 to SolanaMemeCoins [link] [comments]
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days..
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
2024.05.16 16:24 marcuss008 $BEER Pre-Sale is now live
The entire Solana ecosystem is buzzing about $ BEER today
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
TWITTER
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
submitted by marcuss008 to CryptoMars [link] [comments]
I conducted some research and noticed that they have acquired over 100K followers on Twitter (https://x.com/beercoinmeme?s=21) in just a few days.
With such substantial support and a liquid gold narrative, they might easily ascend the top meme coin charts right after the exchange listings
$ BEER team has also revealed a huge bonus for those who hop into the pre-sale. Each participant will get 20% more tokens
Anyone can enter in a range from 0.5 up to 1000 $ SOL.
Join in and become a part of the next big meme on Solana that will serve liquid gold to millions of holders worldwide
This is as easy as taking a sip, as you only need your Phantom Wallet topped up with $ SOL and access to the internet
To participate, you have to send from 0.5 to 1000 SOL to the following Contract Address and simply wait until the Pre-Sale is over to receive your $ BEER
And remember one thing, the $ BEER is brewed by the community 👇
Pre-Sale Address: FkC84JH6HnRCTLch8KhzCc9d5KMBt93zuW2apSKXFovY
https://x.com/beercoinmeme
2024.05.16 16:24 careyvii [FS]\[US-US] 10K Rose Gold Emerald 3/4 eternity band size 7.5 - $275
![[FS]\[US-US] 10K Rose Gold Emerald 3/4 eternity band size 7.5 - $275](https://external-preview.redd.it/0hmwF94pslu-hmuTpi1O_FKSZPLRYU7LM12wO4pYP2c.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=2387370a9e758c7c57d810008133651c9391df2f "[FS]\[US-US] 10K Rose Gold Emerald 3/4 eternity band size 7.5 - $275") | [FS][US-US] 10K Rose Gold Emerald 3/4 eternity band size 7.5 - $275 submitted by careyvii to MoissaniteBST [link] [comments] Item Details: 10K Rose Gold 2x4 moissanite 3/4 eternity band size 7.5. very low profile so easy to stack!! Price: $275 shipped Source: group buy from Melody with Provence Shipping: Will ship USPS next day. Once it ships it is no longer my responsibility. What is Included: a ring box and ring. Condition of the Item: good condition, lightly worn for a month. Didn't shower or sleep with ring. Reason for sale: getting a different band. |
2024.05.16 16:17 Know-Anything44 How to communicate in real time?
PS4. I tried online 2 yrs ago. Trying again. Rank 9 now.
Any specific tips here about how to communicate with the blue player dots BEFORE someone PvP’s me?
I see Yagotovotvechat asked about online play and got general tips about gold, cash, etc, but I would like to focus on communication between players to know intentions if possible before having to die and respawn.
I was in St Denis and a player tackled me but didn’t kill me. He became a red dot but I think maybe he was trying to get me to team up for fun or PvP for fun. Then others got into it and all the law started shooting. I must have bumped or tackled a lawman or a player … git a bounty and all hell broke out, lol. I retreated to a roof and managed not to die before escaping (after gunning a few myself). Much fun BUT I still never figured out how to communicate. Just not enough time to click through player / posse menus …
Any suggestions?
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Any specific tips here about how to communicate with the blue player dots BEFORE someone PvP’s me?
I see Yagotovotvechat asked about online play and got general tips about gold, cash, etc, but I would like to focus on communication between players to know intentions if possible before having to die and respawn.
I was in St Denis and a player tackled me but didn’t kill me. He became a red dot but I think maybe he was trying to get me to team up for fun or PvP for fun. Then others got into it and all the law started shooting. I must have bumped or tackled a lawman or a player … git a bounty and all hell broke out, lol. I retreated to a roof and managed not to die before escaping (after gunning a few myself). Much fun BUT I still never figured out how to communicate. Just not enough time to click through player / posse menus …
Any suggestions?
2024.05.16 16:14 _NikolasFrost_ Want to Duel wield pistols without homebrew in 5e? Play an artillerist.
With the larger introduction of guns to 5e through the gunner feat, guns more of a part of 5e than ever, but that have issues. Like all weapons with the ammunition property. You need a free hand to reload one handed ranged weapons, making duel wielding pistols or hand crossbows imposable and also just not good with current 5e rules.
Thats changed with the introduction of the artificer, specifically the artillerist. Using the eldritch cannon and your Arcane Firearm, you can wield 2 weapons in each hand, and because of the artificers casting works. All artificer spells have a martial component, which means you can use your hand that holds your arcane focus( that being your wand) to do somatic components. And with the following build. You have a high amount of sustained damage.
Race: pick your favorite( but if your DM is weird about Spell tattoos as infusions( they shouldn’t be, as of Tasha’s it’s 100% RAW and RAI) pick hexblood and take the hex spell.
Background: strixhaven pick Quandrix student. This gives you access to guiding bolt as an artificer attack spell as well as allowing you to add a wizard spell to cast once for free and more spending spell slot. The spell we are taking is Jim’s Magic Missile.
1-2: standard leveling. Focus on attack spells.( guiding bolt when you are strapped for gold, and jim’s MM when you can afford it. When you hit level 2 ( or at 1 if your a hexblood) use hex only when you are focus firing one target. Your other infusion should be a spell focus, so you can use your wand as your casting focus. Giving you 1+ to hit. Hex giving you an extra d6 per attack.
3-4: this is where the build starts to pick up. Getting your eldritch cannon up your damage alot, with 4 attacks per round your dealing a magic of 6d4+ 4d6+ 2d8 damage per turn without criting.
Level 5 is where things get interesting.
At this point you get 2 things, your arcane firearm and level 2 spells this give your access to scorching ray.
Now Jim’s magic missile Vs scorching Ray for level 2 spells have almost the same DPR( with scorching Ray being slightly higher without advantage (65-66 damage per round with Hex vs Ac 10) and Jim’s MM being slightly high with advantage due to the extra crit damage. This is also due to the fact that Jim’s MM doesn’t benefit from arcane firearm like scorching Ray, due to it not being an artificer spell. So unless you fighting things with resistance to fire damage, Scorching Ray is what you want to switch to at this point.
Your best damage bump is at level 9, given you level 3 spells and an extra 1d8 damage to your Eldritch Cannon.
At level 11 you gain access to spell storing item. With this you can do 2 things. Ad scorching Ray to it, this allows you to have 10 free casts of scorching Ray, Ray can’t be countered ( as they are not being cast) but they also don’t benifit from your arcane firearm. But if you use the item they do benefit from hex. Another option is to use a spellwrought tattoo case find familiar, and give your item to it, giving you an extra 6d6 damage per round,
At 15 your have your last major damage bump, as your get an extra eldritch cannon, this can also be used in the same hand as the first because you pick the shape of the cannons Meaning you can connect them together and give them a single handle.
At level 17 you get level 5 spells. Making your max average damage per round 187 without advantage and 211 with vs AC10
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Thats changed with the introduction of the artificer, specifically the artillerist. Using the eldritch cannon and your Arcane Firearm, you can wield 2 weapons in each hand, and because of the artificers casting works. All artificer spells have a martial component, which means you can use your hand that holds your arcane focus( that being your wand) to do somatic components. And with the following build. You have a high amount of sustained damage.
Race: pick your favorite( but if your DM is weird about Spell tattoos as infusions( they shouldn’t be, as of Tasha’s it’s 100% RAW and RAI) pick hexblood and take the hex spell.
Background: strixhaven pick Quandrix student. This gives you access to guiding bolt as an artificer attack spell as well as allowing you to add a wizard spell to cast once for free and more spending spell slot. The spell we are taking is Jim’s Magic Missile.
1-2: standard leveling. Focus on attack spells.( guiding bolt when you are strapped for gold, and jim’s MM when you can afford it. When you hit level 2 ( or at 1 if your a hexblood) use hex only when you are focus firing one target. Your other infusion should be a spell focus, so you can use your wand as your casting focus. Giving you 1+ to hit. Hex giving you an extra d6 per attack.
3-4: this is where the build starts to pick up. Getting your eldritch cannon up your damage alot, with 4 attacks per round your dealing a magic of 6d4+ 4d6+ 2d8 damage per turn without criting.
Level 5 is where things get interesting.
At this point you get 2 things, your arcane firearm and level 2 spells this give your access to scorching ray.
Now Jim’s magic missile Vs scorching Ray for level 2 spells have almost the same DPR( with scorching Ray being slightly higher without advantage (65-66 damage per round with Hex vs Ac 10) and Jim’s MM being slightly high with advantage due to the extra crit damage. This is also due to the fact that Jim’s MM doesn’t benefit from arcane firearm like scorching Ray, due to it not being an artificer spell. So unless you fighting things with resistance to fire damage, Scorching Ray is what you want to switch to at this point.
Your best damage bump is at level 9, given you level 3 spells and an extra 1d8 damage to your Eldritch Cannon.
At level 11 you gain access to spell storing item. With this you can do 2 things. Ad scorching Ray to it, this allows you to have 10 free casts of scorching Ray, Ray can’t be countered ( as they are not being cast) but they also don’t benifit from your arcane firearm. But if you use the item they do benefit from hex. Another option is to use a spellwrought tattoo case find familiar, and give your item to it, giving you an extra 6d6 damage per round,
At 15 your have your last major damage bump, as your get an extra eldritch cannon, this can also be used in the same hand as the first because you pick the shape of the cannons Meaning you can connect them together and give them a single handle.
At level 17 you get level 5 spells. Making your max average damage per round 187 without advantage and 211 with vs AC10
2024.05.16 16:13 Electrical-Ad1820 Why champs do and don't get skins
So it's fair to say that skins aren't distributed evenly with Atlas having less skins (no matter what metric yoy use) than Rei who's existed for dramatically less time than him, so what makes a skin viable to developers?
In general there's 3 big metrics other elements do come into play occasionally and I'll talk about that later, but the big ones are as follow:
Of course they still do this for champions and their first skins, which is how you end up with stuff like Pirate Io, and fish Saati, of course at varying levels of success, at the same time a champion might not need a entirely new concept as their first skin, take for example Imani who's steelforged skins come from one of her concept designs, and so fits rather well, the same with Azaan and his only skin Dark Drake.
Of course some champions skins come naturally to, a cool ass flying guy, with a revolver, a pertinence for punching, and some magic barrier? Well you can reflavor all that surprisingly easy, let me do it right now: Ghost pirate captain with water powers, Revenant cowboy using dustdevil magic, Jet boots wearing cyberpunk Bounty Hunter, Psychic gun weilder using basically PI powers, Bootleg revolver ocelot with ghost powers, Witchking ripoff, Detective of some form, cursed living gun controlling someone, Hellrider knockoff, Hellboy knockoff
That's just after 5 minutes. But the same can't be said for Barik, you see Barik is a dwarf, with rocket boots, and turrets, and a shield all of this is rather high tech which means sometimes it doesn't naturally mesh well with certain aesthetics. And the ideas that come with him have either been made already here or on Paladins Strike. The issue with Barik is he's kind of pigeonholed into a specific role being dwarf, something needs to work with this or needs to be at least not jarring, this mixed with his meh popularity, and apparently his animation rigs are fucked up it makes making a skin for him kind of a perfect nightmare if it weren't for the fact it'd look cheap I'd have put him in all 3 "issue" slots.
The one idea I could come up with for Barik is space dwarf, which can be recoloured for any other flavor of futurism, otherwise the rest are just more flavors of what Barik already is.
Certain characters also get squandered because relativism, a few characters to be unable to outpreform or match selling value their peak skins (Pepper for Pip), and the inverse happens more often where a character just has a Dumpster tornado fire of a skin (Think Sugar Plum Willo) there's also just characters who've started to exhaust the amount of themes they can run, or have concepts that only work as one shot skins, not everyone fits cuddley for example. So the devs wait to pair these skins up.
Of course on the other end of things there's characters like Cassie and Sha Lin who are just a bit boring gameplay wise to wow people with skins, like yeah you just shoot more, or differently, Cassie still manages a odd end skin, but both lack the dramatic scale of Imani or Bomb King or the whole feeling of something like Tyra, Viktor, Vivian aka"The Gunners" Which might make for a topic of it's own but avoiding a tangent let's continue.
Sometimes characters could easily nail concepts, and aren't even complicated Torvald, Octavia, and Atlas. Torvald is a goofy old guy there's very few power fantasies you get with him, but if they managed to keep making more "cool" skins like the Barbarian and Revenant recolour he could do well.
Octavia is kind of a oddball she should be popular but she's first of all too complicated for new players to latch onto her like they can for the others, and unlike Torvald she's not particularly meta or really needed for any comp in any sense.
And finally, Atlas is just not popular, and that's because he's clunky and he's hard, and unlike say Evie, or even his offtank peirs he's not really doing montage worthy plays, or clipable plays outside of bullying someone, which is really not hard and is easily replicatable for most people while the actual meat of the kit is the hard part, it's like doing accurate midevil nail blacksmithing, it's a dying art without any of the flashiness. And if nothing else Atlas is so unpopular I couldn't find a non gold version of his model online without a background.
Viktor is a guy with 5 parts and some move some don't, the guy, the gun, the magazine, binoculars, and a Grenade, and really the magazine, Grenade, and Binoculars don't move in too complex ways if at all. But we can get even simpler even faster, Rei has no weapon instead a crap ton of particle effects that they put more effort into to justify Of course Lian is pretty simple like very simple, like so so simple it's not funny I mean to the point they remove her complex bits and she doesn't even need animation on a few of her guns just some slightly different glowing particle beams.
On the other end we have Dredge, Moji, and Willo, with them mentioning multiple times now they're often with multiple high detail bones, and rigs for their weapons and themselves, of course it seems that Willo has forsaken overcomplicating her weapon too much in favor of making them static in full or in part, compared to the moving flower, but she still has the wing going on which also moves dramatically differently, of course with Will.0 and the Yellow Jacket Recolour they feel more confident in not overdoing these complex details when making her skins when they consider making skins for her since she is noticably more popular now.
Sometimes skins come from extra assets being made, such as the two fake bomb kings or the Cultist Vatu skin which more or less just comes from the ease of needing a base model to use for animations.
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In general there's 3 big metrics other elements do come into play occasionally and I'll talk about that later, but the big ones are as follow:
This is your TLDR as well as the image sumise what you will, be angry at the devs for not giving Dredge a skin.
Concept
Popularity
Complexity
Concept
Certainly it comes as no surprise that having an idea for skins are more important than just about anything else, if there's a will there's a way and the biggest thing is there's even concept of a skin it's hard to slam say Androxus into something new without some sort of idea of what you want.Of course they still do this for champions and their first skins, which is how you end up with stuff like Pirate Io, and fish Saati, of course at varying levels of success, at the same time a champion might not need a entirely new concept as their first skin, take for example Imani who's steelforged skins come from one of her concept designs, and so fits rather well, the same with Azaan and his only skin Dark Drake.
Of course some champions skins come naturally to, a cool ass flying guy, with a revolver, a pertinence for punching, and some magic barrier? Well you can reflavor all that surprisingly easy, let me do it right now: Ghost pirate captain with water powers, Revenant cowboy using dustdevil magic, Jet boots wearing cyberpunk Bounty Hunter, Psychic gun weilder using basically PI powers, Bootleg revolver ocelot with ghost powers, Witchking ripoff, Detective of some form, cursed living gun controlling someone, Hellrider knockoff, Hellboy knockoff
That's just after 5 minutes. But the same can't be said for Barik, you see Barik is a dwarf, with rocket boots, and turrets, and a shield all of this is rather high tech which means sometimes it doesn't naturally mesh well with certain aesthetics. And the ideas that come with him have either been made already here or on Paladins Strike. The issue with Barik is he's kind of pigeonholed into a specific role being dwarf, something needs to work with this or needs to be at least not jarring, this mixed with his meh popularity, and apparently his animation rigs are fucked up it makes making a skin for him kind of a perfect nightmare if it weren't for the fact it'd look cheap I'd have put him in all 3 "issue" slots.
The one idea I could come up with for Barik is space dwarf, which can be recoloured for any other flavor of futurism, otherwise the rest are just more flavors of what Barik already is.
Popularity
Naturally popularity of a character will do well to help any skins they have sell, so even if the devs don't have a idea, these characters can be tied up with the Meta, accomodating a gaming demographic, or just has a history of successful skins because while Imani is definitely complex to make skins for, and some of the ideas they pull are far fetched to say the least, they do seem to manage to sell rather well even against her own personal popularity being mediocre until recently.Certain characters also get squandered because relativism, a few characters to be unable to outpreform or match selling value their peak skins (Pepper for Pip), and the inverse happens more often where a character just has a Dumpster tornado fire of a skin (Think Sugar Plum Willo) there's also just characters who've started to exhaust the amount of themes they can run, or have concepts that only work as one shot skins, not everyone fits cuddley for example. So the devs wait to pair these skins up.
Of course on the other end of things there's characters like Cassie and Sha Lin who are just a bit boring gameplay wise to wow people with skins, like yeah you just shoot more, or differently, Cassie still manages a odd end skin, but both lack the dramatic scale of Imani or Bomb King or the whole feeling of something like Tyra, Viktor, Vivian aka"The Gunners" Which might make for a topic of it's own but avoiding a tangent let's continue.
Sometimes characters could easily nail concepts, and aren't even complicated Torvald, Octavia, and Atlas. Torvald is a goofy old guy there's very few power fantasies you get with him, but if they managed to keep making more "cool" skins like the Barbarian and Revenant recolour he could do well.
Octavia is kind of a oddball she should be popular but she's first of all too complicated for new players to latch onto her like they can for the others, and unlike Torvald she's not particularly meta or really needed for any comp in any sense.
And finally, Atlas is just not popular, and that's because he's clunky and he's hard, and unlike say Evie, or even his offtank peirs he's not really doing montage worthy plays, or clipable plays outside of bullying someone, which is really not hard and is easily replicatable for most people while the actual meat of the kit is the hard part, it's like doing accurate midevil nail blacksmithing, it's a dying art without any of the flashiness. And if nothing else Atlas is so unpopular I couldn't find a non gold version of his model online without a background.
Complexity
Sometimes a character's base animations are just too complicated for the returns the less moving parts and complexity attached to a champion the easier it is just to slap a skin on them, in relativity that is.Viktor is a guy with 5 parts and some move some don't, the guy, the gun, the magazine, binoculars, and a Grenade, and really the magazine, Grenade, and Binoculars don't move in too complex ways if at all. But we can get even simpler even faster, Rei has no weapon instead a crap ton of particle effects that they put more effort into to justify Of course Lian is pretty simple like very simple, like so so simple it's not funny I mean to the point they remove her complex bits and she doesn't even need animation on a few of her guns just some slightly different glowing particle beams.
On the other end we have Dredge, Moji, and Willo, with them mentioning multiple times now they're often with multiple high detail bones, and rigs for their weapons and themselves, of course it seems that Willo has forsaken overcomplicating her weapon too much in favor of making them static in full or in part, compared to the moving flower, but she still has the wing going on which also moves dramatically differently, of course with Will.0 and the Yellow Jacket Recolour they feel more confident in not overdoing these complex details when making her skins when they consider making skins for her since she is noticably more popular now.
Extra Reasons for skins to be received.
Sometimes when crossovers come in you get people, real people who want to make sure they're represented in ways they like so they choose who they like, or characters from other media like RWBY where they more or less just naturally fit with a champion via weapons or abilities, that's why Chase was layered over Viktor.Sometimes skins come from extra assets being made, such as the two fake bomb kings or the Cultist Vatu skin which more or less just comes from the ease of needing a base model to use for animations.
2024.05.16 16:12 dariomarioo Buying gold weapons bugged?
I wanted to buy gold weapons because they got unlocked recently. I have 3300 competitive points but after pressing yes nothing happens and I get no golden guns nor does my points get deducted for the purchase. Is it glitched right now ?
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2024.05.16 16:02 Illustrious-Rich2458 Pickle Pete: Viking Town
 | Game Version: 2.12.5 Game Mode: Main Mode Level 25 (NIGHTMARE Difficulty) submitted by Illustrious-Rich2458 to Pickle_Pete [link] [comments] Mutations: SMOKING BARRELS / BLIZZARD / HEADSHOT Equipment: GOLD Pistol, GOLD Banker Set with GOLD Cowboy's Eyewear. Equipment level: Lvl 50 for all equipments used Companions: Blaster Betty & Whirlwind Wendy Back to the nightmarish Viking Town... (✿☉｡☉)! AHHH~~!!!! Enemies WILL one hit KO.... Another hard grind level!!! Over 30 tries to clear this level. RNG was VERY CRUEL to me. The boss is 100x easier than Wave #9. Guild Name: The Ascended Guild Discord Server https://discord.com/invite/NNBK5HtcUR In-game Guild Invitation Code 5204d086-eeb3-458d-9910-6d1f8c5d9e09 PicklePeteTimestamps 00:00 Setup 00:16 Got Viking? 01:06 Wave Shop 1 01:16 Wave 2 02:17 Wave Shop 2 02:30 No Supply 03:26 Wave Shop 3 03:40 RNGesus... 04:40 Wave Shop 4 04:53 Wave 5 06:02 Wave Shop 5 06:18 More Guns 07:25 Wave Shop 6 07:39 Wave 7 08:50 Wave Shop 7 09:04 Wave 8 10:27 Wave Shop 8 10:46 Wave 9 12:19 Wave Shop 9 12:42 Brown Bear, Stop & Stare |