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Tuesday, 23 July 2013

eMails in .Hack//Quarantine

Balmung
Question
  • Honestly - carries on.
  • As a Friend - carries on.
As a Friend
  • Honestly - carries on.
  • Sorry - ends chain.
Honestly
  • It's Hard - carries on.
  • I'm not good - ends chain.
It's Hard
  • Understand - gets final email.
  • But - ends chain.
Thus, the best chain is As a Friend, Honestly, It's Hard, Understand.


Blackrose
A Thought
  • You Suck! - ends chain.
  • Me Too - carries on.
Newbies
  • Yeah... - ends chain.
  • But - carries on.
But
  • Yeah Really - ends chain.
  • The Incident - gets final email.
Thus the best chain is  Me Too, But, The Incident.

You Know
  • Yeah - gets final email.
  • Me too - gets final email.
Elk
I'm sorry
  • Don't Apologise - carries on.
  • Umm... - ends chain.
Don't Apologise
  • Mia - carries on.
  • You don't have any? - ends chain.
Mia
  • You - carries on
  • Man - ends chain.
You
  • Real World - ends chain.
  • No Reason - carries on.
No Reason
  • You've Changed - gets final email.
  • Long Ways - ends chain.
So the best chain is Don't apologise, Mia, You, No Reason, You've Changed.

Gardenia
No Subject
  • Yeah - carries on.
  • No - ends chain.
Yeah
  • I See - carries on.
  • Imagination - ends chain.
I See
  • I get it - gets final email.
  • I heard - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is Yeah, I See, I get it.

Marlo
Weirdness
  • That's True - carries on.
  • You're Right - ends chain.
That's True
  • Jaded - ends chain.
  • I Know - carries on.
I Know
  • Sorry - gets final email.
  • You!!! - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is That's True, I Know, Sorry.

Mia
Past
  • So - carries on.
  • Don't worry about it. - ends chain.
So
  • Is that... - ends chain.
  • Fate - carries on.
Fate
  • Then... - carries on.
  • Hey!  - ends chain. 
Then...
  • You two - carries on.
  • Me - ends chain. 
You two
  • You - gets final email.
  • Past Life - ends chain.
 Thus the best chain is So, Fate, Then..., You two, You.

Mistral
Work at Home
  • Pretend - carries on.
  • Well - carries on.
Well
  • Pretend - carries on.
  • Yeah - ends chain.
Pretend
  • Hair - carries on.
  • Subway - ends chain.
Hair
  • Age - gets final email.
  • ... - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is Well, Pretend, Hair, Age.

Moonstone
The Pup
  • What is it? - carries on.
  • ? - ends chain. 
What is it?
  • Raining - carries on.
  • Slept in - ends chain.
Raining
  • Don't Worry - gets final email.
  • You ate it? - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is What is it, Raining, Don't Worry.

Natsume
Flexed Arm Hang
  • Beforehand - carries on.
  • :-) - ends chain.
Beforehand
  • Good - carries on.
  • Do you train? - ends chain.
Good
  • Flexed Arm Hang - gets final email.
  • Yeah Right - ends chain.

Thus the best chain is Beforehand, Good, Flexed Arm Hang.

Nuke Usagimaru
Canned Foods
  • Yeah - carries on.
  • That's True - ends chain.
Yeah
  • You're Right - carries on.
  • Yeah - ends chain.
You're Right
  • Uh... - gets final email.
  • Sounds tasty  - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is Yeah, You're Right, Uh....

Piros 
Fair Eyes
  • Time Machine - carries on.
  • Life... - ends chain.
Time Machine
  • Maybe - carries on.
  • Impossible - ends chain.
Maybe
  • Time Machine - gets final mail.
  • If it exists - gets final mail.
Thus the best chain is Time Machine, Maybe, either.

Rachel
Savings
  • B-day Money - carries on.
  • Save Money - ends chain.
B-day Money
  • No Problem - carries on.
  • Really? - ends chain.
No Problem
  • Heh heh - gets final email.
  • Uh-huh - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is B-day money, No Problem, Heh heh.

Sanjuro
Red Beard
  • Yeah - carries on.
  • No - ends chain.
Yeah
  • What kind? - carries on.
  • Beard is Red? - ends chain.
What Kind?
  • Maybe I'll Watch - gets final email.
  • Tell me a little more - gets final email.

Thus the best chain is Yeah, What kind?, and then whichever option you like.

Terajima Ryoko
I'm Sure You Know
  • Picky About Rice - ends chain.
  • Not Bit - carries on.
Not bit
  • Not Right - ends chain.
  • Is he? - carries on.
Is he?
  • Don't worry - gets final email.
  • ... - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is Not Bit, Is he?, Don't worry.

Wiseman
Lima Beans
  • My Friend - carries on.
  • That's Not Good - carries on.
That's Not Good
  • My Friend - carries on.
  • Well - ends chain.
My Friend
  • Food - carries on.
  • Carrots - ends chain.
Food
  • School Lunch - ends chain.
  • Corn - gets final email.
Thus the best chain is  That's Not Good, My Friend, Food, Corn.

Yasuhiko
Hey
  • Don't try too hard. - carries on.
  • Too late. - ends chain.
Don't Try Too Hard
  • I guess - ends chain.
  • I am not! - carries on.
I am not!
  • Really? - carries on.
  • Sorry - ends chain.
Really?
  • Go on! - ends chain.
  • Umm... - carries on.
Um...
  • It'll Pass - gets final email.
  • Hey - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is Don't try too hard, I guess, Really?, Um...., It'll pass.

Saturday, 20 July 2013

Completing Dot Hack Part II

Slowly ticking off subquests.

  • Get all party members affection to 1000 and complete email chains.
  • Get ultimate weapons for everyone (and complete the post about it!).
  • Complete Ryu Books of 1000.
  • Complete Item quest.

For the Ryu Books I need to do the following;

  • II: More all field portals opened.
  • III: More trades.
  • III: Trade with every character (missing: Hirami, Mayunosuke, Mutsuki).
  • IV:  Missing 22 monsters. 

For the Item Completion quest, I've completed the Grunty Food, Virus Core, Items, Scrolls, Treasure, Head Armour, and Twin Blade lists.  That leaves;

  • Body
  • Hand
  • Leg
  • Blademaster
  • Heavy Blade
  • Heavy Axeman
  • Long Arm
  • Wavemaster

Thursday, 18 July 2013

Completing Dot Hack

I finished the main game a lot quicker than I actually expected to.  Now for the subquests.  What I've got left to do now is;

  • Get all party members affection to 1000 and complete email chains.
  • Complete Goblin subquest (only Martina left).
  • Complete that area that both Blackrose and Terajima have invited me to.
  • Get ultimate weapons for everyone (and complete the post about it!).
  • Complete Ryu Books of 1000.
  • Complete Item quest.

For the Ryu Books I need to do the following;

  • II: More all field portals opened.
  • III: More trades.
  • III: Trade with every character (missing: Neja, Nekoski, Acerola, Borscht, Yuckey, Hirami, Yuji, Cima, Crest, Mayunosuke, Mutsuki, Oborozukiyo).
  • IV:  Missing 22 monsters.  
  • VI: More Gott statues.

For the Item Completion quest, I've completed the Grunty Food, Virus Core, Items, Scrolls, Treasure, and Twin Blade lists.  That leaves;

  • Head
  • Body
  • Hand
  • Leg
  • Blademaster
  • Heavy Blade
  • Heavy Axeman
  • Long Arm
  • Wavemaster

I figure I'll do the item completion first, and that should mop up most of the other stuff.

Saturday, 6 July 2013

So, What Am I Up To?

I'm playing .Hack//Quarantine, and I have to say, I'm flagging.  I kind of want to just get on with the subquests already, but I'm not far enough through the game to have access to all the areas, and there's not much I really want to take care of before starting the completion quest, which I am actually kind of looking forward to, even though it seems like a lot of work and backtracking.

I've stopped religiously opening every dungeon portal, since there's no further reward for it beyond increased items/cash/levels.  At Level 95, I'm only getting a handful of exp per portal, I have over 1.5 million gp, and I don't see any point in collecting items which aren't the best weapons until the item completion quest opens.

(Incidentally, I did make a post about the best weapons, but it involves a lot of '&'s, and stupid blogger keeps turning them into '&'.  I'll figure it out later).

I've also been playing Crash Team Racing, which I've completed before.  The ideal goal is to get all the platinum time trials and CTR tokens, as well as write a spoiler-free guide detailing that.  I'm using Dingodile, because he's fast and he's my second favourite after Coco.

My goals for .Hack/Quarantine and the series in general are as follows;

  • Every character with decent armour and the best weapons.
  • All character's affection at 1000.
  • Item Completion list filled in.
  • Everyone at level 99.
  • All Ryu Books filled.
  • Koeji (Kite) has best stats possible.
  • All subquests completed.

Monday, 1 July 2013

Subquests and Extras in .Hack//Outbreak

In possibly the most annoying move ever, they switched triangle and circle for this game - menu and cancel - and there doesn't seem to be any way to switch them back.  Why would they do that?

Again, I'm not including anything you can find simply by reading the board.

Areas on the DVD

  • Sigma Barking Hotblooded 500-Lohan (lv 62) - Ladies Gloves (in a chest on B4), Magnolia Miso (Gott Statue, trade to Flare).
  • Sigma Unusual Ghostly Remnant (lv 62) - Ladies Mail (in a chest on B4), Doll Amulet (Gott Statue, trade to Stare).
  • Sigma Noisy Sacred Ringing-Ears (lv 61) - Ladies Cap (in a chest on B4), 3-Floor Tower (trade to Alicia).

Note that the Ladies' Mail contains the Mumyn Lei spell, which you can use to put things to sleep.  Things like Goblins.

More Areas with Trade Items

  • Sigma Entwined Prejudiced Chaos (lv 68) - Rouge Fragment (trade to Cyan), Kokoro.
  • Sigma Greedy Gambler's Drift (lv 67) - Boxed Lunch (Gott Statue, trade to Benoit), Lady Killers (chest on B4).
  • Sigma Ancient Destroyer's Battlefield (lv 65) - Scent of Gero (trade to Fool), Lady Shoes.
  • Sigma Tested Morphean Alchemy (lv 68) - Fields Deed (trade to Waffle), Vampire's Blade.
  • Sigma Abrasive False Tragedy (lv 69) - Maiden's Plot (Gott statue, trade to Teria).

Rare Trades

Alicia - Cat's Hat for 3-Floor Tower.
Benoit - Yoshida for Boxed Lunch.
Cyan - Gimme Life for Rouge Fragment.
Flare - Cat's Gloves for Magnolia Miso. 
Fool - Cat's Boots for Scent of Gero.
Stare - Cat's Armour for Doll Amulet.
Teria - Thunder Dad for Maiden's Plot.
Waffle - Dreams or Yore for Field's Deed.

I found it a lot easier than I expected to track down the people I needed to trade with.  If you've spoken to them before, they'll appear in Ryu Book III and you'll be able to tell if they're online or not.  If so, they're usually in the same server you are.  If they're not online, try logging in and out and check again.  I generally found one or two were online after each dungeon, so I just ran around town for a bit and traded a few things, then went and got the next few items.


.Hack//Sign Scenes

This is a long one, so see the dedicated post.

Areas They Pull You Out of Before You Can Get the Damn Gott Statue

  • Sigma Rising Implacable Sipping Bug - Gott statue has Blazing Robes, and Scarlet Plate x2.  Pretty much everything here will give you Virus Core H.
  • Sigma Sorrowful Sweltering Arena - Gott statue has Oaken Solleret, Silver Scarab, and Ivory Barret.  Bee Commandos on the field will give you Virus Core I, and Undead Voodoos will give you Virus Core G.
  • Sigma Fleeting Fallow Chaos - Gott statue has Owl Crest, Ivory Barette and Scarlet Plate.

eMails in .Hack//Outbreak

Balmung
The World
  • Yeah it might be -carries on.
  • Hmmm -  carries on. 
Hmmm
  • Yeah it might be -carries on.
  • I don't think so - ends chain.
Yeah it might be
  • That's not true -carries on.
  • Really? - ends chain.
That's not true
  • I don't know - gets final email.
  • Yeah - ends chain.
Thus the best responses are Hmmm, Yeah it might be, That's not true.

Blackrose
At School
  • Ah... no - gets final email for this mini-chain, but not until you've completed a specific storyline dungeon.
  • No Comment - ends chain.  
Current Events
  • Really? - carries on.
  • Unusual Weather - carries on, but skips the 'Really?' step.
Really?
  • Unusual Weather - carries on.
  • Yeah - ends chain.
Unusual Weather
  • Like Swarms? - carries on.
  • Movie? - ends chain.
Like Swarms?
  • Adventure Flick - gets final email.
  • Sick... - ends chain.
Thus the best chain is Really?, Unusual Weather, Like Swarms?, Adventure Flick.

Gardenia
Cats
  • Cute - carries on.
  • You don't mean... - ends chain.
Cute
  • Huh? - ends chain.
  • What about them? - carries on.
What about them?
  • Way of life? - ends chain.
  • Don't kiss up? - gets final email.
Thus the best responses are Cute, What about them?, Way of life?.

Marlo
My Life
  • Uh-huh - ends chain.
  • Coolness- carries on.
Coolness
  • Sounds Like - carries on.
  • Drunk -  ends chain.
Sounds Like
  • Wannabe - gets final email.
  • Fake - ends chain.
So the chain is Coolness, Sounds Like, Wannabe.

Moonstone
Pup
  • Dog? - carries on.
  • Please - ends chain.
Dog?
  • Puppies - carries on.
  • It follows you - ends chain.
Puppies
  • You like dogs? - ends chain.
  • 30 minutes!! - gets final email.
Thus, the best chain is Dog?, Puppies, 30 minutes!!.

Natsume
Dinner!
  • Food - carries on.
  • Hamburger  - ends chain.
Food
  • Good enough! - carries on.
  • Only three? - ends chain.
Good enough!
  • Beef Stew - gets final email.
  • Steak  - ends chain.
 Thus the chain is Food, Good enough!, Beef Stew.

Nuke Usagimaru
Books
  • I see - carries on.
  • ... - ends chain.
I see
  • I see - carries on.
  • OK - ends chain.
I see
  • Is that... - ends chain.
  • Man!  - gets final email.
Piros
Fair eyes
  • Friendship - carries on.
  • Tea... - ends chain.
Friendship
  • No... - carries on.
  • Surprising - ends chain.
No...
  • Friends? - gets final email.
  • Piros - ends chain.
Thus, the best chain is Friendship, No..., Friends?

Rachel
High School
  • Badminton? - carries on.
  • Thanks - ends chain.
Badminton?
  • Oh? - ends chain.
  • Too dry - carries on.

Too dry
  • Art - ends chain.
  • Art Class - gets final email.
Thus the best responses are Badminton?, Too dry, Art Class.

Sanjuro
Musashi
  • Yeah - carries on.
  • Not Really - carries on.
Musashi 2
  • Really? - ends chain.
  • Yeah - carries on.
Yeah
  • Ambidextrous - gets final email.
  • Then  - ends chain.


Terajima Ryoko

Greetings
  • Thank You - carries on.
  • Me As Well - ends chain.
Not at All (Thank You)
  • I See - carries on.
  • School Buses  - ends chain.
I See
  • Field Trip - gets final email.
  • ... - ends chain.

Wiseman
Card Games
  • What is it like? - carries on.
  • No - carries on.
No
  • What is it like? - carries on.
  • Not interested - ends chain.
What is it Like?
  • Sounds interesting - carries on.
  • I see - ends chain.
Sounds Interesting
  • Digimon Cards... - gets final email.
  • Strong Cards... - ends chain.