> On Nov 19, 1:09 pm, sephigirl yahoo.com> wrote:

>> On Nov 18, 10:02 am, "E. Liddell"
>> wrote:
>>

>>> . . . couldn't find much of interest in the current
>>> round of spam/kook postings. :P

>
> Hey, I tried to start some convos... okay, they were utterly lame
> attempts, but I *tried*. And was met with near silence. So forget it,
> I figured.

>>> So how's everyone else's November going?

>
> Busy. And I have a headache. And I'm screwing around at work when I
> need to be working. And I also have a headache.

>> Anj has shown me bits of Disgaea - Koyasu! Hikaru! gah! must get -
>> but it looks too hard to play.

>
> Apologies if the beginning of this comes off ranty (did I mention I
> had a headache?), but the end result is me actually cheering you on,
> so:
>
> Eh, I've played video games for a long time, and for whatever reason,
> no JRPG's game play/mechanics frustrated me more than Final Fantasy
> VII. It's not hard, per se, but it seems to require way more patience
> than I had (I never finished it. Nearly threw the controller at the
> screen after some ridiculously unbalanced cheese fight with that
> popped up after a quest that's unsolvable without a guide book and 15
> minutes into a dungeon with no save points in sight, meaning I'd have
> to reload and go through the same stupid rooms 8 trillion times before
> I worked out the schtick to beat the monster. The occasionally nice
> cutscenes between the endless fights and minigames just weren't enough
> incentive to keep me going. I am apparently too stupid for that
> game.). Soo.... if you managed to get through that--multiple times, if
> I recall correctly--you are fully capable to get through any JRPG, and
> I refuse to believe otherwise. I know Disgaea is supposed to be a
> little more tactical, but learning stuff like that takes patience and
> interest--which you clearly have--not "expertise."