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40 minutes ago, AjcW said:

I know football transfers are notoriously weird these days, but anyone know why Arsenal and Spurs spent yesterday fighting over and signing two Scottish kids, and made a big deal about it rather than it just being a quiet development squad signing?

I found it really odd as well. Never heard of them and if they were classed as "wonderkids" then surely we would have. Strange.

7 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said:

Just Simon left now.  I can one shot 1st phase and do 40 million damage on one shot in 2nd phase but then he goes crazy and wipes out everyone in one move.  This seems impossible at the moment!  

 

Edit: I've just done the impossible.  Equipped Glass Cannon and The One (which I forgot I had) and that took me from 40 to 50 million damage one shotting him in phase 2.  No parries, no dodges.  Roulette kept giving me 50 million in phase 1 and then 12 million in phase 2!  Eventually it switched and that was that.  Sciel with cheater adds mark and power to Maelle lvl 99 and maxed out 99 stats for Medalum, Stendhal, job done.  Platinum 

 

What a game.  Not sure where I go from here though, anything else will not come close to this.  I'll save NG+ until later in the year.  There's also those final four bosses in the endless tower!

 

I have Astro to do and hopefully RE Requiem reviews well, I'll get that.  

Well done. I dont manage too many 100% games but this one deserved it and i wasnt going to leave it a couple of achievements short. Im in the same posistion regarding what to do next. Probably a bit of Fc26 and dip in and out of AC Black flag as i finished the game but never got all achievements. However ive seen theyve released FF1 on game pass so might have a look at that also.

1 hour ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

We should be very worried about any team below us changing manager/improving - We've already lost at home to Blackburn...

And play them away last game of the season.

I enjoyed league 1 massivly. Took big numbers everywhere. Away atmosphere was great. Leyton Orient and Cheltenham being up there for my favourites. Went to right s**tholes like Oldham and Stockport but we enjoyed it. Doesnt mean i want to do it again though.

For me Cov are about as relivant as Northampton Town. Forest on the other hand 🤬

1 hour ago, spacemunky said:

And January! 

Well done. As ive said I know how difficult it can be. Keep up the good work 👍

15 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

I've done Clea with a one shot build.  The same build reduced Simon by 50% health only...

 

I'll give your farming strategy a try in Renoirs Drafts.

 

I've been getting lost in Versos Drafts too, great area.

Think i had 2nd chance on all characters as well. For Simon as well as farming. With Simon i used dodge rather than parry.

11 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Started Expedition 33 seems pretty flawless the graphics are insane as well

Just finished this with all achievements. Your in for a treat. Favourite game for years. Enjoy.

30 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

How long did it take you to get from lvl 92 to lvl 99 and where did you go to lvl up?

Not sure on time but best area was renoir drafts. From the 1st flag go down the slope and turn left. Grapple up the building then head down to 3 enemies. No damage gets over 3 mil exp.

I used Sciel, Maelle and Lune. All 3 had cheater and first strike lumina on. Lune to go 1st.Attack and then the skill hell. Then Maelle who used an energy tint on Sciel then use the skill last chance to put her in virtuso mode. Then Sciel to use the skill fortunes fury on Maelle then the skill intervention so Maelle goes immediately. Now shes in virtuso stance and has fortune fury i used her skill phantom strike to hit all enemies. That pretty much wiped the enemies out.

Id then return to the flag and rest. Then rinse and repeat. Getting 3 mil exp for about 1 and 1/2 mins. Cant remember what other luminas i had on. Think Lune had double burn. 

Hope that helps.

15 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said:

It's definitely the best turn based RPG since FFX.  If only FFXVI used the combat mechanics.  Hopefully Square Enix take note and produce a battle system similar to 33 for their next FF project.

 

Achievements now all done apart from lvl 99, Clea, Simon and his journal.  Volleyball is a pain on the gestral games - I found it trickier than the climb which I did 1st attempt

 

Just finished it. All achievements done. Couple of the beach ones i found a pain but got there eventually. Fantastic game. Well done Sandfall.

12 hours ago, Lineker's Left Foot said:

Wonder if anyone can shed any light on this?

 

Not sure if I have been banned from Leicester City Undivided on FB as according to my search engine the group doesn’t exist anymore.

 

However on someone else’s FB page the

group exists.  Wonder if it’s because I was very vocal in my criticisms of Top and Dudkin?  😂😂😂

No great loss at all. KPFC sheep on there. Really weird

42 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

 

I finished the endless tower 11-3 last night, first attempt.  Level 90.

 

I've got less than 10 trophies to go, which includes a couple of combat specific for Maelle and Monoco, the Petank, gestral, level 99, Clea, Simon and his journal.

 

I'm going to look at these one shot builds on Simon - and cheat basically - just like I did with Gna on GoW Ragnorok to get platinum.  I don't want to have to rage at it over and over again and get nowhere.  It will spoil the ending of the game.  FF7 Rebirth is exactly the same with those annoying Chadley combat simulations.

 

Once I've done the collectables, I will see where I am at with the levels, I don't want to grind to 99, I'd rather start NG+ and level up naturally in that.  The game deserves a replay for the masterpiece that it is.

Agree totally. Just done level 99 so just the 2 gestral achievements left now. Have you tried the ultimate bosses in the endless tower behind the painting? They are the ones who ko me in 1 hit. You dont get anything from defeating them just luminas, pictos outfits and exp. Think its been my most favourite game since FF10.

41 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

The Rip is very good, highly enjoyable. 

Agreed. Thought it was a good watch. 2 great actors.

6 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said:

 

I've done the merchant at Renoirs Drafts so now have Sciels best weapon.  Needed the anti blight from The Reacher to make that an easier solo fight though.  Since then I've picked up everyones best weapon apart from Simoso which is past Simon.  I'm ripping through everything, Flying Manor is easy, the flying dragon was easy.  The two problems are Clea and Simon.  Clea ends up in a stalemate as I can't time the parries well enough and she ends up a 559k health increase.  I'm in no danger but going round in circles there.  Simon is just way too overpowered. 

 

I'm at level 88 so here comes the grind...

Ive done Simon and Clea. Need 3 more achievements which are reaching level 99, gestral side quests and the gestral beach challenges. Currently level 93.

As for the 5 extra optional bosses in the endless tower im getting ko'd in 1-2 hits.

6 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said:

 

Yes, I've seen Verso's drafts.

 

Just managed to reach level 10 on endless tower and it's not easy at all.  Characters around level 85.

 

I went into Renoir's drafts for a laugh and managed to take out a few enemies in there.  The merchant sells Sciels best weapon there so I'm after him although he's not easy to beat in a fight either. 

 

No postgame content has me as addicted as this.  Normally I do everything before the final quest like in all the ACs and that's that.  This is different, I still cant put it down.  Completely hooked on finishing everything even though I feel as though I finished the story hours ago 

Exactly the same for me. I want to get every achievement. Would probably be my most satisfying 100% yet. Ive done Renoirs drafts other than Simon. He destroyed me so will have to have a re think with my Pictos and Luminas but at least i can fast travel to him now. Reaching level 99 will be a slog.

7 hours ago, Legend_in_blue said:

I've been clearing the post game side content areas of expedition 33 one by one following this handy ordered list:

 

 

Currently in the endless night sanctuary at around level 79.  I also did the gestral beach tower climb in one attempt 

 

Done around 62 hours so far on this run, still loads of trophies to go though.

Ive just finished the endless tower. The bosses on level 11 are something else. There is a place southeast from Luminere called Versos drafts. A completely new big area filled with sweets and candies as well as new enemies.

Great finish

2 hours ago, tylesta said:

https://www.hssparchitects.co.uk/portfolio-item/anstey-nomads-football-club/

 

What happened with this

Not sure about that. Guessing its all down to money.

2 hours ago, tylesta said:

Didn't anstey towns old ground become a equestrian place

It did but it was up for sale a few years ago. Thats where the talks of a move surfaced.

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Always wonder if they considered a 4G pitch and raise it up like some clubs do to negotiate any hill. 
 

They really are stuck but they’ve got to sort out things like card machines and the grub situation. If they make step 3 next season, they’ve have some big away followings turning up 

I go and watch them often as im born and bred Anstey. I agree with all of the above. Chesterfield in the cup was an absolute s**tshow. Its an extremely ametuer set up. From no adequete parking to like you say card machine not working (happens more often than not). With nowhere to go in Anstey the only viable option would be Groby as there is plenty of land that way but i guess that depends on finances.

39 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Went Nomads. They’ve improved no end since Logan become manager and they had a shuffle of their squad. Should have been about five or six before Sphinx equalised. Quality told though. 
 

However they badly need to sort out their ground. The food is incredibly limited now cos they’ve leased out their kitchen portakabin whose knocking grub out on just eat. There was no working card machine on Saturday. Very little raised viewing positions. The pitch was incredibly heavy. If they are going Step 3, they really need to come up with some solutions. They should be looking at building something tidy at the empty end and clear all of the portakabin changing rooms out the way which then allows them to get something in there. 

Unless they move they cant really do much more. Behind the goal at the bottom end they cant build/move changing rooms down there because of the river. Tends to be boggy all year round so its impossible to have a proper structure down there. Were talks previously moving to Thurcaston on Leicester Road where Anstey Town used to play but same problem with the river at the bottom end also.

33 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

Sounds good.

 

You will chew through the enemies and the final boss in Lumiere.  I was lvl 61 and it wasn't a challenge.

 

I've got all the collectables apart from a handful of Monocos skills and Simon's journal entry.  Ill do Endless Tower for a few stages and see what happens.  

 

I also dropped difficulty just to see how it would be to parry high enemies after the main game in Frozen Hearts but it felt too easy.

Still managed not to drop difficulty. I was tempted trying to fight Clea in the floating manor as she can heal more than you damage. The right pictos, luminas and parrying are a must for her.

On 15/01/2026 at 00:20, Legend_in_blue said:

Finished the main story on Expedition 33.  That'll take a while to sink in.  

 

It'd be rude not to continue so onto the post game content to collect those remaining trophies!

 

Outstanding game from start to finish.  No game has impacted as much as that in terms of turned based RPGs since FFX imo.  Ben Starr was brilliant at the end of this, far far better than his wooden Clive character in FFXVI, although the writers didn't help there tbf.

 

Hopefully the movie depicts the game well when it's released too.

Found the best place to level so far. The flying manor. Went in at level 62 came out at level 76. Its a long slog but rewards are great. Between 1.5 and 2.5 mil exp per boss battle (theres about 7 of them). Plus all weapon upgrades and pictos are level 28 and above. I actually used neoseekers guide for it as i wouldnt have a clue what to do or where to go in there.

13 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Do you think he'll wear the medal in bed?

100% he will. Thats a guarantee surely

6 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

You will find Frozen Heart the best place to grind a bit at that level.  Make sure you pick up all the luminas in the ocean and any dotted around the landscape as well.  My characters are now up to 100 lumina.  You will also find a few level 20+ pictos to take advantage of as well.  I tried Dark Shores and got pasted there - still, there are plenty of areas to go post game.  This game is potentially platinum #50 and I can't think of a better game to get that milestone on.

 

I've just arrived back at Lumiere and will see if I can pull it off 1st time with everyone level 60.  I refuse to drop the difficulty!

I refuse to drop the difficulty either. Mate said about frozen hearts so will try there. Going to try everywhere infact even if i do get my ass handed to me. Just make a mental note of that for later.

Best game ive played for a very long time.