Hello everyone. Ive been out of town most of the week so ive been away from my normal gaming options, but i have fiddled away with some emulated Pokémon emerald on my phone. I hope everyone has a great week ahead!

  • comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

    do not under any circumstances use the dancing dragon mask, the skill grind is brutal as it is

    e: yeah the chained ogre is a big departure from how the game has been taught until that point, though the flame tool makes him a lot easier. IIRC there’s an eavesdropping opportunity that tells you that the ogre is weak to fire

    • insurgentrat [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      She did get the fire thing but found it very frustrating. I think it’s trying to teach too much.

      At that stage you’re learning:

      • be aggressive
      • deflect everything
      • eliminate enemies 1 by 1 and use the environment

      He is very intimidating and the grab sort of undermines the first 2 points. Also he’s trying to teach:

      • reactionary grapples
      • keeping track of positioning in the environment
      • big dudes can be deflected too
      • some enemies have multiple different perilous variations
      • use tools on specific enemies
      • sometimes deflecting is bad and whittle health instead
      • positioning around enemies is important for punishing
      • grabs can be wide range

      They put the tree nearby for a safe place to heal midfight but a lot of noobs don’t even think to use it just because they get overloaded.