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(New!) 13 questions! Do you DARE to answer them all? Sept 13, 2017 1:59:58 GMT -6 Galamoth, K. Azune, and 1 more like this

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Post by Pure Miriam on Sept 13, 2017 1:59:58 GMT -6

Here comes a new thread of questions about Bloodstained, inspired on old threads i did with the same overall idea. The lack of updates and information surely made this community more lazy these days so, here goes. Some of these questions were made before in other threads. These questions are based on Kickstarter updates:

1) What type of Shard do you think Astaroth will have and how it will be?

2) What type of Shard do you think Mafeius will have and how it will be?

3) What type of Shard do you think the boss Gremori will have and how it will be?

4) What type of Shard do you think the cameo enemy Shovel Armor will have and how it will be?

5) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Gluttony Summon will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

6) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Magical Throne will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

7) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Winestained will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

8) The magic Voltic Chain was described as a special “seventh" ability—not a demonic one. What do you think that mean? If it comes from a shard, what kind of enemy and type of shard would it be? If not, how Miriam will obtain this magic?

9) The Clan Katana has won the votes and that made the Katana one of the most powerful weapons in the game. How do you think this powerful katana will be obtained? By forging? By finding in the game?

10) The secret IGA BOSS will not look like it's concept art (it's just placeholder) and we know it will give a Swordwhip as a prize. Do you believe it will also give a Shard? What type and how it would be?

11) How the Armor Familiar will work out overall in the game?

12) Do you believe the Swordwhip that will come as a prize for backer-edition ($60+) will be overpowered or underpowered? Do you believe the game will give other players a way to forge it or find it?

13) Aello doesn't seem to give any shard at the E3 2017 Demo. Do you think Aello is a Lesser Demon, like Morte (and thus, doesn't have any shard) or Aello does have a Shard? If do you think it does, what type of shard it is and how it would be?

That's all folks!

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(New!) 13 questions! Do you DARE to answer them all? Sept 13, 2017 2:35:56 GMT -6

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Post by K. Azune on Sept 13, 2017 2:35:56 GMT -6

yes I do
1) You use its snake hand thing to tie up enemies, or as very low projectile attack that travels on floors and does damage to everything standing on those;
2) Some kind of flight, maybe, or extension to existing flight/high jump shard;
3) You use its cape thing with hands as a shield, maybe a spell shield;
4) Shovel Knight's bounce downward thrust attack;
5) A poltergeist-type enemy, can't think of a specific one;
6) A possessed chair, kinda like tables you kill in SotN;
7) From backer-exclusive IGA boss;
8) Maybe from Dominique or another ally as they aren't of demonic origin;
9) By somehow imbuing a powerful shard into a normal katana weapon, maybe by learning a secret recipe form Zangetsu and/or defeating him;
10) Wine Shard, to throw wine glasses and famous quotes;
11) It will provide extra attacks, help by finding funny looking walls or attacking things Miriam can't reach;
12) As it's an item not necessary to complete or even play through the game, and most likely won't fit the existing weapon balance in retail version, I'd love for IGA and team to go nuts with this item and make it crazy good;
13) I think it will have a shard, maybe it has ridiculously low drop rate or its exact ability isn't decided yet.

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(New!) 13 questions! Do you DARE to answer them all? Sept 13, 2017 6:32:47 GMT -6 Galamoth likes this

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Post by Enkeria on Sept 13, 2017 6:32:47 GMT -6

1) What type of Shard do you think Astaroth will have and how it will be?

Summon a giant seal in front of you that lasts for 3 seconds that obsorb every casting attacks from enemies. Like a black hole.

2) What type of Shard do you think Mafeius will have and how it will be?

Just a reversed arc of an attacking Mafeius, a bit upwards.

3) What type of Shard do you think the boss Gremori will have and how it will be?

Passive effect that will allow you to passage between realms / dimensions / areas within the castle. Like a key for the teleportationchamber.

4) What type of Shard do you think the cameo enemy Shovel Armor will have and how it will be?

Shovel boomerang, like the Castlevania Cross.

5) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Gluttony Summon will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

Do they really come from a enemy? And not a passive skill you just learn along the way?
Hmm. If so Might be from a monster that eats a lot, or a soul-eater of some kind. The name suggest we get health back. Like Dark Metamorphosis

6) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Magical Throne will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

Same as above, do we know this comes from an enemy? It feel like this is another one of those skills you probably know right from the start. Maybe we kill an herb or bean monster in the garden to get into that relaxed position with the tea/coffee. Shard could be about regain ether and a protection against different kinds of elements for a limited time.

7) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Winestained will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

Same as 5 and 6. But if we are talking about monsters, an exotic animal. Even a vampire in this case. Maybe Bloodless. The effect can be a buff in attack for a limited time.

8) The magic Voltic Chain was described as a special “seventh" ability—not a demonic one. What do you think that mean? If it comes from a shard, what kind of enemy and type of shard would it be? If not, how Miriam will obtain this magic?

If it is not demonic, then it must belong to the alchemy training, brought to you by Johannes or his teachings / books. I think all of these with blue effects (5 - 8) are alchemy and not demonic, so as of now we have only seen 4 on the KS-site.

9) The Clan Katana has won the votes and that made the Katana one of the most powerful weapons in the game. How do you think this powerful katana will be obtained? By forging? By finding in the game?

Finding + forging. If not finding as a weapon that can be upgraden, then a thing we need to actually forge it. So it is a trick question. Katana might be the most powerful weapon in the game, or it can belong to a tier along with the most powerful weapons in the game, along with one of each of the other weapons, spears, knives, whip and swordwhip included.

10) The secret IGA BOSS will not look like it's concept art (it's just placeholder) and we know it will give a Swordwhip as a prize. Do you believe it will also give a Shard? What type and how it would be?

Very hard question. I was about to write that if we even get a shard from him, it shouldn't be something that makes the game easier or harder. But now that I think of it, perhaps the Swordwhip is the reward of you killing him. Perhaps not as a shard, but a droped item from him. And with that weapon the game could become easier, who knows? Really all depends on how they want to program it.

As a shard? Hmm. Maybe Miriam can transform to something, if now IGA Boss can transform. Or any other relation to his actual abilities.

I am retty clueless on this one.

11) How the Armor Familiar will work out overall in the game?

Like the sword familiar. Staying close, engage in combat by fast moving to target, then back to Miriam again. Nothing else. Maybe a few dialogues here and there. I fail to see this familiar being the one (if we even get any) that opens doors and pull levers to reveal more rooms of the castle. Armor are a class: fighter. If we are going to have a familiar doing more things than attacking, we need something that are curious in nature. Goofball for example, or the faery. But we might not get those two (/ three with the grim reaper).

Also, I think he will be upgraded by time. Becoming more active, like all the familiars. The more you equip him, the more he will engage in combat.

12) Do you believe the Swordwhip that will come as a prize for backer-edition ($60+) will be overpowered or underpowered? Do you believe the game will give other players a way to forge it or find it?

I hope the Swordwhip is an item you have right from the start, and that it grows along with your level. Making it a good weapon no matter of level and area you are in. It could have an effect like you gain back health for every now and then you hit your enemy, or be a way to actually "HIT" something to reveal the room to fight IGA. Working like both a key and a weapon.

Balance out a weapon like Swordwhip can be difficult. You do not want it to be OP, or do you? As this will become a factor for people being sad and even angry they do not have that sword in their version of the game, due to they didn't back the game in time. If it would be OP I wouldn't mind personally, but if the Swordwhip is too good, then we might have an issue. If it can balance out across the game, it could be the only weapon that are "semi-good" in every aspect, and if we also think about elemental degenerated effects on attacks (example: frost damage on a frost troll will do less damage than a fire damage on a frost troll), the Swordwhip could be the one that ignores all elemental prefixes and just have plain damage all the time.

As much as I want everyone to enjoy the Swordwhip, I actually hope it will only be for backers. This is mostly because it should be exclusive. I remember everyone could get the wings in Diablo III after 1 year or so. Now the Collectors Edition did feel like a waste of money, even just because something so minor like running around with angelic glowing wings that do not do anything in the game but looks cool. So no, an exclusive item should be exclusive.

A better choice is to make another weapon availible, for everyone to get with either a patch or a DLC. But then again, I oppose that idea too mostly because I know IGA doesn't like the idea of having DLC. A game should be finished by the time it is released, and only patched when it comes to glitches and bugs that break the game for traditional players. As a speedrunner (they are getting their own mode) it is a different story. We shall see how they address everything.

13) Aello doesn't seem to give any shard at the E3 2017 Demo. Do you think Aello is a Lesser Demon, like Morte (and thus, doesn't have any shard) or Aello does have a Shard? If do you think it does, what type of shard it is and how it would be?

Homing feathers. Similar to homing dagger in Harmony of the Dissonance. I think that all monsters should have shards. It really isn't that difficult to make shards, and making a few basic ones and just change the numbers on them would do fine. Morte: Passive shard +1 def. ? Aello +2 def, and so on. I mean.. It really would give you a whole lot of shards, sure, but from those you actually level up by killing harder and harder enemies.

Thanks for the post. I am very curious about forging, Swordwhip and IGA as the hidden boss.

Last Edit: Sept 13, 2017 6:33:44 GMT -6 by Enkeria

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(New!) 13 questions! Do you DARE to answer them all? Sept 13, 2017 8:26:27 GMT -6 Enkeria likes this

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Post by Galamoth on Sept 13, 2017 8:26:27 GMT -6

Do I DARE to answer them all? Most assuredly, good sir. And once again, [mostly] with my favorite gloriously garish green text.

Pure Miriam Also, Galamoth would like to apologize in advance for rewording one of your questions. I didn't change the question to something that would actually require a different answer; I paraphrased it.

1) What type of Shard do you think Astaroth will have and how it will be?

Effective Shard: Link to proposed "Evil Impulse" ability in past thread.

2) What type of Shard do you think Mafeius will have and how it will be?

Familiar Shard. Since it reminds me of the "Skull Wing" I.D. from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness, I imagine that it will attack enemies in a similar manner.

3) What type of Shard do you think the boss Gremori will have and how it will be?

Effective Shard. Perhaps the ability will be vaguely similar to Zephyr's from Dawn of Sorrow. Not quite a "time stop", but she'll use the force of gravity to slow enemies down whilst throwing a near-endless amount of "crescent moon knives".

4) What type of Shard do you think the cameo enemy Shovel Armor will have and how it will be?

Enchant Shard. Simply pressing [and holding] Down whilst in mid-air will enable Miriam to produce a mighty Shovel Blade!^TM in order to perform a classic "Shovel Drop". She can use this to pogo-boost her jumps off of enemies, damaging them in the process, and [perhaps] destroy certain surfaces as well.

5) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Gluttony Summon will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

What is the one Demon of the Ars Goetia that is known to be connected with the Deadly Sin of Gluttony? Belphegor (another name for Beelzebub). I think the Shard will be of the Directional type, since it doesn't necessarily look like Miriam is summoning the actual demon.

6) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Magical Throne will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

None, actually. I fully expect Magical Throne to be either a unique ability OR a Shard obtained from a special "candlestick". Looks like it may as well be an Effective Shard (not a "Familiar", and will only last as long as you either still have MP or if you suddenly move off of it).

7) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Winestained will come from and what type of Shard it will be?

Again; Effective Shard. I think this ability might be obtained from the Secret IGA Boss himself!!

8) The magic Voltic Chain was described as a special “seventh" ability—not a demonic one. What do you think that means? If it comes from a shard, what kind of enemy and type of shard would it be? If not, how Miriam will obtain this magic?

I wholeheartedly believe that it being described as a special seventh ability literally means it will NOT be allocated to a Shard. While I don't think the main character of Gunvolt will make a silly cameo appearance, I DO think that gaining this ability will happen one of two ways: Either Miriam could "purchase"/learn this ability from Dominique's Shop, or she could obtain it in a dangerously electrically-charged section of Gebel's Castle.

9) Clan Katana won the vote that made a specially-designed Katana one of the most powerful weapons in the game. How do you think this powerful katana will be obtained? By forging? By finding in the game?

I'd like to bet on buying it from Dominique's Shop; possibly as a New Game+ unlockable.

10) The secret IGA BOSS will not look like it's concept art (it's just placeholder) and we know it will give a Swordwhip as a prize. Do you believe it will also give a Shard? What type and how it would be?

See answer to Question #7.

11) How the Armor Familiar will work out overall in the game?

I believe the "Cool" Armor Familiar will work as offensive support. It may aggressively attack enemies with its lance/spear alongside Miriam, in addition to the possibility of providing her with a passive boost to CON (for greater DEF).

12) Do you believe the Swordwhip that will come as a prize for backer-edition ($60+) will be overpowered or underpowered? Do you believe the game will give other players a way to forge it or find it?

It could be both overpowered and underpowered; it just might depend on your situation (maybe there are enemies that are quite resistant to being struck/lashed by whips and slashed/stabbed by blades), and I doubt the Swordwhip will have an elemental attribute.

As for alternative methods of acquiring it (making the assumption that it might not come as Free DLC), I would think either obtaining it in BOSS RUSH MODE by completing the run under a certain time, OR acquiring it on Hard Mode, might be sufficient. If not? Bar it behind an incredibly-exorbitant GOLD price at Dominique's Shop, only after completing the game once.

13) Aello doesn't seem to give any shard at the E3 2017 Demo. Do you think Aello is a Lesser Demon, like Morte (and thus, doesn't have any shard) or Aello does have a Shard? If do you think it does, what type of shard it is and how it would be?

I would certainly think that Aello does have a Shard [though I don't see any evidence of crystal shards on its body]. If not? Perhaps another enemy encountered later in the game will be a crystal-cursed variant of the Aello that will allow us to gain a Wind-based ability from its Trigger Shard.

That is all for now, friends. I hope these answers are satisfactory. _vepar

Last Edit: Sept 13, 2017 8:33:20 GMT -6 by Galamoth

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(New!) 13 questions! Do you DARE to answer them all? Sept 13, 2017 10:22:14 GMT -6

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Post by Lestaroth on Sept 13, 2017 10:22:14 GMT -6

1) What type of Shard do you think Astaroth will have and how it will be?
I sense something like a blast or fire shot or dark energy wave.

2) What type of Shard do you think Mafeius will have and how it will be?
Dark energy or dark feather shot.

3) What type of Shard do you think the boss Gremori will have and how it will be?
That one I thought about early. Crescent moon blades or some moonlight power (maybe to be buffed up temporarily)

4) What type of Shard do you think the cameo enemy Shovel Armor will have and how it will be?
He will be a mini-boss but will help later on, probably as a familiar. I hope he won't end as a NPC or quest-giver. It's sad that he likely won't be playable (the story would hardly fit him anyway).

5) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Gluttony Summon will come from and what type of Shard it will be?
Maybe a legion of ghosts... (yeah, it's going to be cliché). The pic shows it... they will get thrown at enemies and cause damage, maybe status ailments.

6) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Magical Throne will come from and what type of Shard it will be?
Either a poltergeist or tskumogami or just one soul waiting for Miriam to save. Will it help with HP recovery?

7) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Winestained will come from and what type of Shard it will be?
Maybe a wine drinker, heh. Make it like the holy water of lore.

8) The magic Voltic Chain was described as a special “seventh" ability—not a demonic one. What do you think that mean? If it comes from a shard, what kind of enemy and type of shard would it be? If not, how Miriam will obtain this magic?
What are chains about? Restraining. I feel it's linked to liberation and distance attacks, something different from a whip, maybe to compensate the lack of range of some weapons.

9) The Clan Katana has won the votes and that made the Katana one of the most powerful weapons in the game. How do you think this powerful katana will be obtained? By forging? By finding in the game?
By finding a raw, disappointed version of it, then by forging and embuing, it will be one of the best weapons around.

10) The secret IGA BOSS will not look like it's concept art (it's just placeholder) and we know it will give a Swordwhip as a prize. Do you believe it will also give a Shard? What type and how it would be?
A swordwhip would be enough (as well as a bestiary entry and an achievement). Him as a familiar would be so fun too, but I doubt it will ever happen.

11) How the Armor Familiar will work out overall in the game?
He hopefully will be an extension of Miriam. I admit I was truly disappointed with familiars from the past igavanias. I want them to have their own set of commands with a move and some input, maybe triggered by the shoulder buttons, with MP and cooldown. I don't want ones that float around and hazily hit when they feel like to.

12) Do you believe the Swordwhip that will come as a prize for backer-edition ($60+) will be overpowered or underpowered? Do you believe the game will give other players a way to forge it or find it?
Oh trust me, it will be overpowered, but gotten late and maybe you'll have to work on it. Why pledge if it's to get some disappointing content?
DLC? It's not excluded. That said, backer-exclusive content would not disappoint me since I backed the game.

13) Aello doesn't seem to give any shard at the E3 2017 Demo. Do you think Aello is a Lesser Demon, like Morte (and thus, doesn't have any shard) or Aello does have a Shard? If do you think it does, what type of shard it is and how it would be?
"Did not seem" doesn't means she doesn't drop one. Let's find out when we get a new playable version of the game.
Razor-sharp feathers or summoning Aello for a diagonal swoop seem plausible.

Enjoy!

Last Edit: Sept 13, 2017 10:47:23 GMT -6 by Lestaroth

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(New!) 13 questions! Do you DARE to answer them all? Sept 13, 2017 22:00:26 GMT -6 Galamoth and XombieMike like this

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Post by mourningxsun on Sept 13, 2017 22:00:26 GMT -6

1)What type of Shard do you think Astaroth will have and how it will be?
I believe it will be the equivalent to the devil/curly/manticore soul from AoS.

2) What type of Shard do you think Mafeius will have and how it will be?
Familiar, it'll be like the little flying familiar from CoD.

3) What type of Shard do you think the boss Gremori will have and how it will be?
Something to do with the moon. Call down a moon beam that increases your strength when you stand in it?

4) What type of Shard do you think the cameo enemy Shovel Armor will have and how it will be?
One that passively increases defense.

5) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Gluttony Summon will come from and what type of Shard it will be?
It'll come from a gluttonous enemy of course!

6) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Magical Throne will come from and what type of Shard it will be?
Probably from a possessed chair or something lame

7) From what kind of enemy do you think the magic Winestained will come from and what type of Shard it will be?
From the secret Iga boss

8) The magic Voltic Chain was described as a special “seventh" ability—not a demonic one. What do you think that mean? If it comes from a shard, what kind of enemy and type of shard would it be? If not, how Miriam will obtain this magic?
It'll probably be a input spell like hellfire and other such things in SotN

9) The Clan Katana has won the votes and that made the Katana one of the most powerful weapons in the game. How do you think this powerful katana will be obtained? By forging? By finding in the game?
Forging forging forging.

10) The secret IGA BOSS will not look like it's concept art (it's just placeholder) and we know it will give a Swordwhip as a prize. Do you believe it will also give a Shard? What type and how it would be?
See above

11) How the Armor Familiar will work out overall in the game?
Hopefully like a dynamically evolving friend from Curse of Darkness

12) Do you believe the Swordwhip that will come as a prize for backer-edition ($60+) will be overpowered or underpowered? Do you believe the game will give other players a way to forge it or find it?
It'll probably be decent, and level up with the player, but be outclassed by other gear. And yes.

13) Aello doesn't seem to give any shard at the E3 2017 Demo. Do you think Aello is a Lesser Demon, like Morte (and thus, doesn't have any shard) or Aello does have a Shard? If do you think it does, what type of shard it is and how it would be?
I think it's unrealistic to expect every enemy in a pre alpha to have a shard. Morte and Aello will likely have shards to collect in the full game.

Last Edit: Sept 14, 2017 22:37:45 GMT -6 by mourningxsun

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