Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27460754-20160402002043/@comment-27460754-20160402040134

Fluid-decanter wrote: I basically agree with your whole take on the Doomed King invasion. The idea of army quality being very important in minimizing unwanted harm and preserving goodwill is particularly interesting.

I also want to restate my suspicion that Ginasta will attempt to stop the Doomed King, as part of her campaign to "hone her blade on lesser tyrants". I don't know how that will go, but I'm guessing Ginasta will make a cool boss fight.

I don't know that "fuck yeah Janine" really constitutes speculation, but I agree with that too.

(By the way, may I suggest grouping all thread rules and warnings at the top of the post?) It does make the choice of hiring the Dusty Horde a more interesting one to say the least, as they really come across as human orcs. But I think that would also come into play with the efforts during Aka's path, the more the player helps the slums, the more organized the slums are and can get out of the way/defend themselves from rampaging troops.

Or perhaps the increased demon presence in the mines could lead to noble houses to having more troops on hand.

The only problem I can see to the 'quality vs quantity' having an impact on the invasion is how much and how hard it would be to code. So it might happen but in a more simpler form.

The DK is also supposed to be an unlikable tyrant forcing change on the Yhilini while being the Lightning Rod of Hate, so he wouldn't need too much goodwill, but he would need enough that he would be able to work without having to deal with perpetual rebellion and unrest. So maybe Simon would need to do a certain amount of damage to select targets like House Jade in order to make the DK properly feared and focused on.

I agree with you about Ginasta trying to stop the DK, there's too much I can see that supports your suspicioun.

One, she's in the nearby area and since she's traveling alone on foot or by horse, by the time she hears about the DK, Simon will have had enough time to start making the changes and purges needed to resurrect Yhilini from its deathbed.

Two, a budding IK invasion like what the DK is meant to be would be a perfect target for her I agree. She would see it as preventing another AoA from forming and turning Arclent into nothing more than 2 warring wastelands going back and forth.

Three, it's a great way to introduce her into the Harem and to Simon's true self. She doesn't need to join right away even, Simon could fight her while talking her down, and once he's made his case, show her what he intends to do as well as what he's already done. She could leave after having her surety about what 'tyrants' are shaken or even have it become stronger, with her considering Simon to be something else than a tyrant.

I still think she can sense IK that have given into their shards and their own natures, and that when she met Simon she didn't sense anything since he's the first (as far as we know as of yet in the game.) of his kind to try to truly incorporate his shard.

Alright, point to you about Janine, but  how about this...how much do you guys think she'll want to go back to being Queen once Simon has taken over for awhile. The lure of just being one of his loves and having no responsibilities, or of never being lonely again will most likely be pretty darn powerful.