What do you think of Route B?
For those that have played through the first part of Route B, feel free to let me know what you thought. Do you like the new characters? How about the easter egg characters? Are the bosses too hard? Route B is more or less just an expansion onto the main story, but it's also meant to be a reward for players who want to keep going. I also wanted to give people a reason to play through the game again. I never did like it when second playthroughs only give a slightly different ending.
Expect some news on 0.9.0 soon. I'm still debating whether or not to just finish the entire story up, or split it in half, and complete the story in 1.0.
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If you enter the mines before the route b quests are complete. Do they fail? Could you dm me the triggers for progressing the route b quests in kind of stumped. They've not really progressed much since you know who warped into the current play throughs reality.
Well, I think I already gave my overall opinion on Route B before. The new characters are a great addition to the overall story of Arvale Protocole. I won't go into much detail here because spoilers, but I never thought "Bleh, this character doesn't have his place and is just padding..." while playing the game overall, honestly. They each are unique, interesting, and I feel for what they stand for (Except Ava and Cassius. Screw you guys). I'm probably not partial when I say this, but the MGQ characters being in there kind of was the thing that got me hyped at first when you told us you were doing a Route B, at first. Especially since Granberia is one of my faves from the games. Ilias being another one, so one you told me you were adding her too, oh boy... I think I also said before that yes, I struggled against some bosses of Route B. But I think it's not super hard either. Maybe it would need to be adjusted slightly down, though. I do remember losing to a certain girl in a cave like 15 times in a row, even though I mananged to beat her with a bit of strategy... Route B is a great expansion, and feels like the real ending of the game, more than an alternate ending. It's more like a DLC in my mind, continuing the story where it left off in Route A, while also having some differences in the latter route that makes it worth actually replaying. It kind of makes me think of SHRIFT, too, where you can have multiple endings depending on what you do, but to get the "real" ending, you have to go through the True Pacifist Route, with the continuation and real conclusion of the story only available there. I'm always down for more Arvale (even more so when Eden is present, ahem). The world you built is amazing.
Thanks! The easter egg characters were more or less a way for me to showcase just how chaotic things have gotten. I was a little worried people wouldn't like their portrayal, but I think it worked out fine. Bosses in Route B are really meant to utilize all the different status effects in the game. While Route A you could probably brute force a lot of things, Route B is meant to force you to build teams around certain effects. There's also a really hard to find secret boss coming in the next update, so if you think you're up for it, then have at it! I think New Game Plus is well worth it now, as that was my biggest worry. I was concerned people wouldn't see it as worth it, but it looks like that isn't the case.