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Chapter 482 Experimentation

🕑 Added 2020-05-19 15:30:29 +0000 UTC

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Ghornet

Ohoho look at all this potential! I love it

sharkattack

My impressions: - Body of the Valkyrie, Space Shift are all numbers and perform as expected. - Flare of Creation is OP and ready to go kill lvl 750s+. Crazy mana intrusion synergy. - Space Awareness needs more testing. With her space magic skills or Claire/Trian's teleports, or the void users in her arena training. - Force's push doesn't scale with INT, so it can't be used offensively. Range is small but that will remedy as it levels. Applications are as expected but the strength of the skill is incredibly weak, will need to scale crazily with skill levels/upgrades to be of any use. - Displacement has high mana cost, cast time, gives targets a tell. All told, it's harder to spam to incapacitate opponents. If it works on yourself, it's basically Blink with a cast time, which is not helpful. Space Shift already fills this role. It'd also be annoying to read, you'd have to constantly pad the word count with Displacement on top of Blink. If it doesn't work on yourself, you could cast it on top of yourself to clear away your surrounding space, getting rid of pin situations (Shredders) and mass magic spam (Sand Elemental/Ascended). Need to test range, vs giant monsters, weapon steal vs high level warriors (Rhyvor's undead knights blocked spatial storage). Ascended's teleport lock and space barriers are a big question mark. - Spear of Creation is in a weird spot. If you're a warrior, it doesn't get Weapon/Body Enhancement bonuses. If you're a mage it doesn't shoot like Ilea's ash lances / your elemental projectile equivalent. Regular hits scale off STR I'm assuming, seems to get nothing from INT. The fire of creation is far more effective in the Flare of Creation buff than in this direct attack skill.

sharkattack

My impressions: Space Shift and Body of the Valkyrie are all numbers and work as expected. Flare of Creation is OP, ready to kill level 750+ monsters right out of the gate. Crazy synergy w/ mana intrusion. Space Awareness needs more testing. With her new space magic skills or Claire/Trian's teleports. Or a void magic user. Force was weaker than expected. Weak slow/push effect, tiny AOE; though the range will be fixed through skill levels. Passive 360° aura that slows all incoming projectiles. Actively focus on target(s) for increased mana cost for stronger effect, can also make a 360° push. Actually works on energy, can potentially bend lightning and lasers later. INT doesn't seem to apply, so no offensive potential scaling atm. Really depends on how well it scales with skill level / upgrades. Displacement is more limited than expected. It has a long cast time and high mana cost. It gives a tell to the target upon casting, behaving similar to void magic. No direct attack component so it doesn't seem to be affected by INT. The cast time probably isn't going anywhere for balance reasons, so you can't chain spam it to confuse or permanently keep enemies at bay or what have you. The tell prevents it from being unavoidable, ala void magic to prevent it from being an OP instant kill magic. Hasn't tested whether it can be cast on herself. If it works, it'd be Blink with a cast time, good luck timing that in high speed combat. Reading that would be annoying too, instead of just using Blink, the word count'd be inflated to constantly mention Displacement. Space Shift already buffs Blink to provides more, instant teleports. If Displacement doesn't work on herself, she can cast it on top of herself to clear the surrounding space, to escape pin situations (Shredders) or massive magic spam (Sand Elemental/Ascended). Still need to figure out its range, test it against giant-sized enemies (lol), whether it preserves momentum (ash sneak attacks), whether it works against high level warrior weapons (undead Rhyvor knights had anti-theft skills that prevented spatial storage). Unknown how it'll fare against the Ascended with its teleport lock and space magic barriers, hopefully something upgrades to counter that. Spear was underwhelming. Doesn't count as a Weapon Enhancement skill, so if you were a warrior picking this skill none of your class bonuses would apply (or would that go under Body Enhancement like Armor of Ash?). If you were a mage picking this, too bad because it can't be launched like Ilea's ash lances / whatever elemental projectile equivalent you have. The fire of creation's special effect of breaking magic defenses pales in comparison to Flare of Creation's effect, which is a buff, compared to this which is a direct attack skill. STR applies to regular attacks with this, but not INT it seems. Could test whether Destruction works through it (unlikely), or how her other abilities stack with it.

tibbish

Well to me its not a love/hate thing. Its that its the only skill that'll let her get away if she's pinned down like what happened when she faced that Ascended. Which nearly killed her and would've if the Fae hadn't saved her. None of the others will let her do that.

Ben Kontyko

Makes you wonder if space awareness would let her perceive the fae

lenkite

I really hope she chooses [Space Awareness] - its mysterious and intriguing and boosted by her [Sphere of Perception]. Looks like [Flame of Creation] is a definite go if has such high synergy with [Mana Intrusion]. [Lull of Battle] would make sense for a stamina build, but hers is a mana based build and she already recovers stamina via mana

"Probably easier to level than a dimensional storage skill" This really sounds like 'Identify' and would be a nightmare to level, *puke The more I think about Lull of Battle the better I think it is. It's all about acclimatizing to a long fight without losing combat ability or focus and it is body enhancement, so I reckon it will provide some sort of mana and stamina recovery the longer she is in combat and the less she has. It might provide some mental boost making it as if she is hyper aware throughout a fight regardless of how long it goes, or fatigue immunity.

Atlas Dwarf

The main point of Phaseshift is that it would let Ilea escape grapples, being pinned down by larger monsters, and other situations where her Blink can't be used. Granted most of the other Active Skill options are unfitting build wise or meh in usefulness which is why Phaseshift is pretty much locked in by this point.

sharkattack

Sadly it would be even better than the actual Spear :(

Vegetables

I have to say, I don't understand the point of phase shift. She has already blinked through solid walls / objects on numerous occasions. The only difference is she can stand in place and have things pass through her a-la Luke Skywalker's projection under bombardment from those AT-AT walkers

Johannes Sauer

I think it would only be good in someone needs imediate power for a life and death unavoidable battle or in someone smh has low stats. The later it gets the more of a waste it gets. You can get 2% more stats but miss out on an extra skill or the next Tier of a skill.

Zarik0

by the way good job author for core skill did not expect this and its keep us salivating with the juicy possibility of the locked use (for now the first 3 is a waste of core for me at this point better keep these point for the juicy option next with how hard is to get them)

Torbjørn Nilsen

1st of june is when he is back with 5 chapters a week.

Do you think it would work for the 3rd class? or only the first two

Phaeth

1 locked way to spend Core points I expect is something akin to : increase number of passive or active skill slots by 1 cost : nb of skill slots in class +1

Tentaclour

Does anyone know current schedule/if we're expecting another chapter today

Scott

Does Flare of Creation treat her ash as an extension of her body? If so she can basically have a fake spear of creation by combining flare with her ash tentacles.

Scott

also, if she's going to try them all out and if Blazing Force Shield is solid instead of intangible, I want to see a supersonic shied bash with it.

Scott

Lol, Phaseshift is quite the volatile topic, either you love it or hate it. Doesn't seem to be any in between.

Daniel D.

I see now, although Space Awareness and Displacement are potentially very powerful, Ilea simply lacks the *interest* to make the best use of them. Her perspective is very firmly rooted in herself, so manipulating the environment to control the opponent's options would require a full-on paradigm shift.

Ziggy

I was thinking the 50 stat points for 2 core points was badass, but realized it's not that great for now. Without even knowing if she gets stat points from her third class, she'd get 50 stats from leveling up 5 times in each of her main classes. Not like she has a hard time leveling. Seems best when someone has hit an absurd leveling plateau and can't get new stats any other way. Definitely with the consensus. Use them for third tier upgrade of skills, save up for the locked options. And there are so many locked options, lord.

Tentaclour

Really interested if the core points can unlock the full class if she levels to 400 or so. It would be nice to see if a full powered force pull/Spear of Creation empowered by the enhancement from the third class can make her fucking Darth Vader

Joshua Little

Thanks for the chapter. I guess I'm a Trian. Really hope she can counter other peoples blinks.

Connor Bruha

Thanks for the chapter!

I read this chapter at 3:30pm lol Hope she takes Flare of Creation, Displacement and Phaseshift for her active skills. She chose the Body of the Valkerie, the Blink upgrade, maybe possible Dissplacement upgrade too, and Lull for Battle as passive. Kinda want her to be able to unlock more skills slots with the core points.

PlasmaticPi

Honestly I think she will take that other space skill again over space shift. Space shift is literally nothing but a flat boost to teleport time and distance whereas the other skills have a ton more potential.

Nate

Huh, going with Lull of Battle to see what it evolves into? It's not a bad plan but I just don't think it's worth it over space vision, especially if she wants to explore other dimensions, haha. Edit: and she's funding the construction of a teleportation array, wouldn't she want to see how that one works?

Arkeus

So, a few thoughts on what we have seen: Displacement seems already able to teleport actual people at level 1, and for actual metres, which is nice. Depending on the focus she needs to do it, this means two things: - auto-win against hostage plots. This is important, because hostage plots sucks. - a lot of fights at high levels are going to be about capatilizing on a specific moment to create a weakness in an enemy. As long as she doesn't need to 'stay stationary and do nothing else', it doesn't matter if it takes a few seconds to teleport a spectre where you want it, the moment they are teleported you can exploit a weakness. Force having low range will get better later. Blink also began with low range. Likewise, the low impact on what it can do will also likely get better. I just don't think it fits her style. Space awareness really need to be tested in a more "Does it do anything against elemental teleport abilities like Claire's blast teleport or Trian's lightning one", as well as "Does it help me use my space abilities better". Spear is way stronger at level 1 than I expected, but not strong enough to justify switching her style even if she can use destruction through it. She has too many bonus to hand to hand know-how to learn a completely knew weapon for the slight bonus to damage. Flare is really damn strong, and fit right in.

Adam Roundfield

What if fire of creation can burn things while she is phase shifted, the "of creation" part implies some special properties. Could she just fly through a monster while starting it on fire from within every measurable unit of thicness...

SoggyBiscuit

Ok here goes. I'd definitely get the Phaseshift and Flare of Creation and probably wouldn't swap them, and level up Force to the 2nd tier to see what it has in store. As for the passives, the Space magic boosting one is a must, as is the Body of the Valkyrie, and for the third one I'd level Lull of Battle to see what its 2nd tier is. Very interesting possible combinations for sure. Can't wait to see the upper tiers of the skills.

Matthew D

Because eventually she’s going to fight something faster and stronger than her that will grapple her, making her unable to teleport. And having phaseshift will save her life when that happens

PlasmaticPi

I seriously don't get why Phaseshift is even being considered. She can already teleport past solid objects and magic, and her entire fighting style is focused on getting close and taking hits while dishing her own out. And with Phaseshift she wouldn't be able to do that cause if she tries to avoid or take a hit using it, she wouldn't be able to attack at the same time cause she would just phase through them. Not to mention, again, she could just teleport to avoid said hit. Overall it basically gives her no useful abilities and directly conflicts with her fighting style.

MountainFox

Ilea the walking supernova.

Adam Roundfield

This makes me happy.

Zarik0

yup i guess im right no need dubious phasesift vs restraint, so go ilea force and displacement combo (need to test more displacement can she tp herself? can she tp people if he is grabed?) (she dont test space awareness when someone blink wtf and space awareness with displacement/force? please)

Julien Fellegara

Or maybe due to the fact it's a third class she will level up extremely slow. I don't think it would be a good idea nonetheless

L Pedersen

That's not how it works, the classes gain exp depending on how big an impact they have or how much she uses them. So if she wants to lvl her third class she's probably gonna rely on her attributes and take down something nasty using only skills from her third class and her fists :P

Michael scott

Thanks for the chapter. Good to know what her new skills will do. Now we just need to find out what the leveling is gonna be. Is her 3 classes gonna split XP evenly or not. If It does her 2 main classes will go from getting 50% of her XP to getting 33%. But her 3rd classes will gain 50 levels the first time she kills something.

Straven

Nice, going to love her first battles with those I think. Thanks for the chapter.

fbt

ty for the update :)

Alexander Dupree

Eh I think it works. Technically the sound barrier isn't really based on speed so much as how quickly you're displacing the fluid you're in and how quickly sound travels through that same fluid. So she won't interact with the sound barrier at all if she isn't causing any shockwave or sound when she moves through the air. Normally that wouldn't be possible but "magic" means she doesn't really move the air with speed so much as the air just pretends she isn't there.

Bunny Waffles

In the immortal words of Dan McNinja, "They can't grab me if I'm on fire."

Alexander Dupree

Is Claire into it? I thought she was solidly heterosexual.

Cadastral

I'm thinking the [Locked] requirement might be to level all class skills to 3rd level 30, or possibly reach level 400.

Solarlancer

i liked Trians opinions but he did seem a little bit off, cant properly word it but it felt like he deviated from his personality

HighterDK

So, which chapter can we expect Ileya to finally ravish Claire?

Alexander Dupree

Awesome chapter. I love that Trian is subbed in for the comments section occasionally. I do feel like it is a pretty strong deviation from the character though. :/

Julien Fellegara

Thank you ! There will be another chapter today?

Jed Wolfgang

Would be incredibly if core points could unlock slots for her third class.

Jed Wolfgang

I would think Space Awareness would synergies with her teleport and eventually open up more versatile long range teleportation. Also synergize with force and displacement.

Andrew

Thank you!

Max Scherer

Ahh the Golden Lilly didnt even know what they getting into with trying to get her to join. ILea is now just fucking awesome and she didnt even start leveling. And i love the Core skill point concept. Even more stuff to discover.... I really really really love it!

Matthew Robinson

Thanks!!

If an enemy ever grapples her she can just set herself on fire haha

Blaublue

Nice chapter, nice Ilea does some more testing and nice choice of abilities

PloofDoodle

Glad she can switch them out

Arkeus

She should have tested space awareness when using blink or displacement :( Also displacement on herself.

Morzul

Thank you for the chapter

Thanks for the chapter!

Sebastian Prue

Just as I leave the house to rollerblade! Oh no. Now I need to wait another half hour to get back home

Vegetables

Woke up at 3:30am to read this. Worth it. I'll be sad if she doesn't pick displacement. That's got to be the most versatile option by a long shot.

Astrapor

i was prepared to not get any chapter this week, thanks :D

L Pedersen

Praise to the author lord!


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