Patch 5.5: Death Unto Dawn (April 13th 2021)

[Anoat]

New dungeon is really dope and Diamond Weapon fight was really fun. Went in totally blind and had a blast. Will try NieR raid tomorrow.

[Vaspinne]

New dungeon was awesome. So much fun. And wow, I went with trusts the first time and then got it again on expert roulette. Forgot how goddamn slow the trusts are lol. Did the dungeon in like 15 minutes with humans, including 2 newbies.

Nier raid was.... long lol. Went on Rdm and spent more time spamming Verraise then I did actual DPS spells. But I'm sure shit will speed up as people get used to the mechanics, which were pretty interesting.

Gonna go do Diamond Weapon soon

[Xno Kappa]

Final Nier raid took damn near two hours lol. I spent half the time dying on GNB.

[Gokulo]

I really can't get into this raid tier XD If it wasn't for the music it would be a total no for me. After doing the new one I noticed I'm missing a coin from the bunker to upgrade my gear, went there and just reminded myself why I didn't do that one more than one or twice, lol. Farming these for coins will be a pain.

[Vaspinne]

The final boss song was fantastic. Was it a new remix anyone know? Felt like a mix of Nier and classic FF but I dunno if it's new or not

Also, Diamond Weapon normal was pretty fun. The story was kinda boring for the most part, but the ending got to me. Really hit me

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Also was super unnecessary to include a popping and liquid dripping sound effect when whatshisface got squished to death =X

[The Stig]

NieR raid was great. Many Drakengard references on last boss, see below! (Drag on Dragoon). The song is a new mixture of Kaine (Salvation) from NieR Replicant and the traditional FF ending theme. A very weird choice in my opinion, but I can't help but think they are trying to advertise/sell NieR replicant upgrade which is coming out next week.





The raid isn't particularly hard I feel. Of course it was a nice learning experience at first, but as usual the 3rd boss proved to be the most interesting. The use of music for the 3rd boss was fantastic and felt great (it's from Automata, used in some parts of the game where you've being overwhelmed by extreme odds against you).

I feel the devs were lazy for the 2nd boss though, they didn't even use its original theme and recycled a completely out of place song from the Copied Factory!



edit: regarding final nier raid boss:

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I assumed we were going to kill it, and then this basically happens, which leads into NieR Replicant as it did in Drakengard 1's E ending.

[Hellfury]

Diamond weapon was (subjectively) one of the better primal fights imho, all the mechanics were understandable and fair and you could always tell -what- killed you and what to do about it later.

Also I love that hymn-like section/version of Tomorrow and Tomorrow. goosebumps each and every time :D
I can't believe how much SE has just repeatedly brought it with shadowbringers.

[Corrderio]

So simple yes/no question... Is Nier a mindfuck like the final raid wing is? Since during the last half of the fight when I meet the red spawn of Satan I'm screaming "JESUS CHRIST" inside

[The Stig]

Yes.

[Corrderio]

Maybe I'll check it out later. I heard there's a patch in the works to fix the shitty Steam port of the game.

[AoE]

So simple yes/no question... Is Nier a mindfuck like the final raid wing is? Since during the last half of the fight when I meet the red spawn of Satan I'm screaming "JESUS CHRIST" inside

Yeah I had no fucking clue what was going on after the third fight.

[Xno Kappa]

Nier Automata and it's predecessors are already tough enough to follow as is for those who played it. I can only imagine those clueless to all the nods and throwbacks lol.

[Prothescar]

The final set of cutscenes for Werylt are master class and easily in my top 3 for best cutscenes in the game.

[Anoat]

The final set of cutscenes for Werylt are master class and easily in my top 3 for best cutscenes in the game.

I laughed hard

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Valens got squashed like a grape and then YEETED, lmao

[The Stig]

Maybe I'll check it out later. I heard there's a patch in the works to fix the shitty Steam port of the game.

You got a PS4? You can check out a demo of it https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/...ERAUTOMATADEMO and it plays pretty much the same as retail.

[Corrderio]

I laughed hard

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Valens got squashed like a grape and then YEETED, lmao

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Fucker got what he deserved. I always hated how over-expressive his face was in the earlier cutscenes with him, but it worked so well with the fear/agony he felt moments before being killed.

I only hope that this isn't the end to Gaius's story. I'd love to see him back in the MSQ for the next patch and/or Endwalker

[Xno Kappa]

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Fucker got what he deserved. I always though how over-expressive his face was got annoying, but it worked so well with the fear/agony he felt moments before being killed.

I only hope that this isn't the end to Gaius's story. I'd love to see him back in the MSQ for the next patch and/or Endwalker

I said the same thing on discord.

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That hopefully they make this quest line mandatory for Endwalker because I’d love to see more of Gaius continuing his redemption arc as part of the MSQ.

[Vaspinne]

Most of the story was kinda meh, but yeah the ending was really great

[Lucavi]

The final set of cutscenes for Werylt are master class and easily in my top 3 for best cutscenes in the game.

I dug it all until the flashback orb. "Oh, man, Gaius, you're so cool for "adopting" a bunch of refugee kids from lands YOU tore apart, indoctrinating them into the Garlean way and giving them a 'home' amongst conquest-hungry and civilization-massacring imperials. What a hero."

Every single problem they've ever had was because of the Garleans but hey, Gaius is cool.

Fuck him. A thousand rights don't make up for the wrongs.

Valens got popped like a cherry tomato, though, so that was great.

[AoE]

That's more Japanese storytelling. The bad guy who's a genocidal maniac can be forgiven so long as he says sorry and fights for the good guys.

Unfortunately it worked on me this time.