Fate/Grand Order Story and Lore (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

[ItsaRandomUsername]

Did Darius even show up?

He's your Darius.

Shame you didn't bring him to have his much-desired confrontation with ISKANDEEEEEEERRRRRRR

[You]

Oh is that what happened? I didn't notice so I just got hit in the face with it.

same.
it does so little damage though. which is why i think it's scripted.

[G-Man]

I think you are the younger self.


Yeah you are definitely the younger self.

So... you're saying the future refused to change?

[Embrace tophats]

i would tell my younger self from 2 years ago how to better seek internships and to take a different masters course, but that is about it

[Raylen Cypher]

Just keep in mind that, by ending the singularity to save the world, we doomed all those people to losing their happy endings. If anything, the story for this event was brilliant. It's like a deconstruction of those fix-fics, because we, the players, have to undo those happy endings. Brilliant way around being told to hold back on the delicious zetsubou for Urobuchi there. He wrote a happy ending that the player has to destroy him/herself!

...Son of a-

[Ratman]

Fighting Lancelot in the grail Cavern.
Didn't really catch the text at the bottom at the beginning of the battle.
I think Zouken used a CS to make Lancelot use his NP at the beginning of the battle?
So yay, finally our second in-game scripted event?

There were a few, usually involving instant NP charge, most notably Jing Ke during christmas event.

It's also pretty obvious that the enemies have a legit AI now, and go for servants with refreshed skills and charged NPs first. Also a lot of servants no longer spamming dodge, and instead usually using it right after, or worse, before, their NP. Same with KnK MHX always using her Battle Continuation right when she got under half health and then not again.

[You]

There were a few, usually involving instant NP charge, most notably Jing Ke during christmas event.

That was a special skill

[Ratman]

Did she not use it every time on turn 1? MHX's Battle Continuation was scripted too.

Well, this is gameplay talk again, so sorry for misposting.

[Imperial]

I'm amazed Gen Butch was able to write such a happy ending. Had to get in that Kariya maiming and Kayneth being a dick to Lancer one last time, though. And even without the worms, Kariya wasn't going to live much longer.

Though I'm flabbergasted by GO's insistence on validating whacky fanon like so many Avengers who aren't Village Kid and that Assassin being who he is. Servant Simo Hayha, here we come.

[Arashi_Leonhart]

I'm amazed Gen Butch was able to write such a happy ending.

I know it's funny to think of him as like this grim reaper of Japanese writers, but really, Gargantua has a relatively happy ending, Gaim is bittersweet, Psycho-Pass is about as predictable as can be, and literally people are brought back to life in Rebellion. The guy's Saya no Uta days are very clearly in the rear view.

[Chara Dreemurr]

and literally people are brought back to life in Rebellion.

I may have misundersteand this. But Rebellion has the worst possible ending for Madoka Magica and Homura do everything wrong. I wouldn't add it to his list of "happy endings" not even bittersweet.

[Asunder]

Just remember that everything good that happened in this event will be erased once the timeline gets fixed.

[Imperial]

I know it's funny to think of him as like this grim reaper of Japanese writers, but really, Gargantua has a relatively happy ending, Gaim is bittersweet, Psycho-Pass is about as predictable as can be, and literally people are brought back to life in Rebellion. The guy's Saya no Uta days are very clearly in the rear view.

Fair point

I know him mostly by reputation, Fate/Zero being one of the few things of his I've read start to finish.

But even Fate/Zero went full tragedy boner, so it's still a little weird to see Kayneth gallivanting off on his honeymoon, Kariya and Sakura getting away, etc. One wonders what the Fifth would have looked like if time continued to flow instead of snapping back to normal at the end of Grand Orders.

I do wonder where Kerry was in this mess. I assume the Einzberns never hired him and just put forward Iri as the Master.

[Mcjon01]

Big Waver's face when Iskander said he just doesn't like him...

[ItsaRandomUsername]

I like Big Waver's TANOSHII face when the climax was building up and up.

I also like how Iri is single, so that it doesn't feel like we're cucking Kerry when she inevitably warms up to you.

I also also liked EMIYAssin vs. Angra Mainyu. For once the utilization of The Battle is to the Strong didn't feel like an un-dank meme.


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This was a good event, all in all. Please have another big event like this soon, F/GO.

[GDB]

This was a good event, all in all. Please have another big event like this soon, F/GO.

With a Lancer for the prize this time. Please?

[Gabriulio]

With a Lancer for the prize this time. Please?

I second this.

[Kyte]

There were a few, usually involving instant NP charge, most notably Jing Ke during christmas event.

It's also pretty obvious that the enemies have a legit AI now, and go for servants with refreshed skills and charged NPs first. Also a lot of servants no longer spamming dodge, and instead usually using it right after, or worse, before, their NP. Same with KnK MHX always using her Battle Continuation right when she got under half health and then not again.

They always had an AI system, including more than one possible strategy and switching strategy upon a variety of triggers, but they never refined the AI settings much.
That said I'm pretty sure you're confirmation biasing because they still do super dumb stuff with skills.

[Balthizar]

I second this.

Same. I've only ever drawn three lancers. I fed my two-star a long time ago, and my other two are three-stars.

[ItsaRandomUsername]

With a Lancer for the prize this time. Please?

Prisma Illya event, with Lancer Illya and 4* Saber Miyu and 5* Archer Kuro in the gacha.

Take notes, DelightWorks.