every crest needs a rep, at least
#THE SILKSONG IS REAL
autumn kettle
rose granite
Which one could say "all of it, and you switch beforehand" but that's the easy hypothetical to implement. That's why I'm more inclined to look at it from the angle of having to make a choice.
rose granite
every crest needs *a* rep, at least
One could, but in practice I'd dispute the need to. Like you can also just do Hunter's Crest and it'd likely be fine too.
rose granite
Overall if they work together I'd be happy to see them mixed.
wanton bone
Jab should be her slap.
autumn kettle
who does she slap other than kratt and yarnaby, again?
i swear there's a third person
elfin ravine
Nuu
thick urchin
the thief?
wanton bone
What was your image for up-b silk soar? I don't disagree, I just think it needs a lot of changes from canon soar. (I think it would probably be launching you up a set distance with a nasty but narrow hitbox above and something to protect from side attack?)
Also, where does her glide fit in?
thorny bear
Rivals of Aether workshop has an absurd amount of shockingly high-effort characters, go play it
last i checked there's a reasonably active discord with weekly workshop tournaments and a big selection of curated legal characters
where else can you play in tournament as hornet vs wall-e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2oXuI2H__Q
thorny bear
hollow knight got a new patch, fixing assorted bugs, QoL, and performance stuff
but one change that stands out: all reference to "years" have been removed from the game
dialogue now just says "ages" or "long ago"
safe yew
huh. wonder why
autumn kettle
...fascinating
what's the context of each of these?
like were there year counts
or was it just "years ago" -> "ages ago"
thorny bear
i'm pretty sure there weren't any specific numbers
autumn kettle
vagrant spruce
honestly that sounds like something they'd do less to remove weird-lore things and more as the process of standardizing translations
since i know they've made some kinda-major behind the scenes stuff w.r.t. the new chinese localizations for skong, due to the issues it (the in-game text, not the game itself) had on release. i wouldn't be surprised if the new style guide says that and they just applied it to HK for consistency
thorny bear
TIL the entire Green Prince quest and area are completely optional for 100% completion
I think with a game this big they really didn't need to commit to the "everything is either 0% or 1%" thing
inland wave
They didn't want to be unfair to the people who respected his wishes to be locked in a rancid cage
elfin ravine
a bunch of stuff just doesn't matter for completion
bosses in general don't give any unless they lock some kind of pickup
autumn kettle
god i hope so
hidden flame
Sea of Shawrow
rose granite
I think with a game this big they really didn't need to commit to the "everythin...
Honestly I think it's the opposite; they committed to the 0-100% too hard. More specifically they don't seem to have wanted any decimals, which consequently means you can only move from 0 to 1 to 2 and so on. This is why consequently any form of tool or something else concrete like a mask contributes, but seemingly important things like tool upgrades or in the case of Green Prince an entire area and major boss is more secondary and thus subsequently left out.
Though technically no mementos are counted towards the 100% completion rate (nor going beyond that), which is why gaining the 4th heart isn't part of that (though I'm not sure gaining any heart counts towards completion even if it's needed to progress, so y'know).
The funkiest to me is that you can skip a few of the memory lockets if you want to (5 to be specific, or 8 if they didn't patch the interaction with Hunter's Crest where you can skip upgrading it), since the only part there which counts towards completion is Eva.
thorny bear
Honestly I think it's the opposite; they committed to the 0-100% too hard. More ...
yes, that's what i was saying
they didn't need to make everything be exactly 1% or nothing, they could have had decimals
rose granite
I'd be inclined to agree, but yeah the ship has sadly sailed at this point.
hot mango
It just hit me- Last Judge kinda parallels False Knight. A large imposing Knight that acts as a (potentially optional) roadblock to making major progress in the game, wielding a maze and being spawned from a helpless Maggot like creature that you can go ahead and slaughter in a secret.
The difference is there ain’t nothing false about Last Judge
thorny bear
I mean
oh I was going to say false Knight is mandatory, forgot you can leave the fight early
autumn kettle
It just hit me- Last Judge kinda parallels False Knight. A large imposing Knight...
the "last" in their title is false
thorny bear
but he still isn't entirely optional
autumn kettle
we see all the baby judges
thorny bear
honestly false Knight is fairly similar to bell beast
a very big boss that jumps over you and makes big round stuff fall from the ceiling, and eventually goes through the floor of the arena
autumn kettle
yeah in mechanical design
thorny bear
actually
autumn kettle
early boss that teaches you about the combat's verticality
and about field hazards
thorny bear
do we know for 100% that the dude who wore false Knight armor is dead
autumn kettle
nope
thorny bear
or is there an outside chance we'll eventually see him sorrowfully
autumn kettle
extremely small chance, based on the context of the lines
A maggot driven mad by a strange force. Inhabits a stolen armoured shell.
Failed Champion post-fight dialogue
I wanted it.... the strength to protect the others...
When I saw that Knight... sleeping... safe in his big armoured shell...
It wasn't madness that drove me to it... I just wanted it...
But... in the end? If strength cannot save you, then what can...?
technically it doesn't explicitly say the maggot killed Hegemol
but the implication is pretty heavy
thorny bear
ah, didn't know that
autumn kettle
yeah, alas 
still
technically unconfirmed
i would not mind if we ran into like, a crippled hegemol in Sea of Sorrows
rose granite
~~we see all the baby judges~~
I'll say that despite being more numerous, the fight against the baby judges was much easier.
wanton bone
I feel a little bad for luring them into a magical landmine.
open stratus
~~we see all the baby judges~~
Last Judge isn't called that because they're intended the last judge in existence but because theyre the last judge before the Grand Gate and thus the Citadel.
autumn kettle
nah, i know lol
open stratus
Okay
autumn kettle
but sometimes you gotta force things for a joke
open stratus
Sorry, have been talking with people with very odd interpretations of the lore that read as jokes but are dead serious.
wanton bone
Okay, flea bounce is miserable.
autumn kettle
my sympathies
i had a much worse time with flea juggle than bounce
but it seems like just about everyone's got That One Fucking Flea Minigame
wanton bone
Oh I meant juggle.
wanton bone
Bounce was fine, I just swapped to reaper.
I did mount fey on hunter, but sustained pogos still like reaper.
But my style for the other two was “minimal effort” and juggle does not allow that.
autumn kettle
juggle actually does prefer minimal effort, it just
took a lot more getting used to to get there
shaman was absolutely the easiest for it for me
autumn kettle
i understand the pain
only time during my entire silksong blind run when i actually started malding a bit
autumn kettle
rose granite
But you're supposed to dash into hit boxes in Hollow Knight 😔
Poor Ogre, they'll never beat the traitor lord like this.
thorny bear
it's inspiring how anyone can beat a professional athlete in a race using just the power of beating the shit out of them
thorny bear
last night I had a dream where they surprise released Sea of Sorrow, but then the next day they released an official Silksong slot machine gambling app, so everyone was really confused and conflicted
proud cobalt
Depending on what that actually means… I would not mind.
safe yew
https://youtu.be/P1vOzPDKa9g yellow
hot mango
cinder grail
Waves
I am adding video game threads to my list and saw skong existed here...
Just wanted to post my creature before I tabbed away, hopefully people enjoy them--
thick urchin
Silksoar + weighted belt + fleabrew-during-transitions
the only things it skips is actually fighting Luigi, clearing the path to the crustnut and collecting the mossberries.
wanton bone
Saw a video of someone fighting Absolute Radiance with Hornet using a mod, but didn't even use clawline once, including several bits of "I'm drifting down and Radiance is a convinent clawline distance away with no immenint threats"
rose granite
For the curious https://youtu.be/INiWSxxXvio
wanton bone
Flee Juggle down!
rotund magnet
I hate flea juggle
wanton bone
Tower down. I will say, silksong's arenas feel good once you get the hang of them.
rose granite
Yeah, tower IIRC tends to be quite nice if you have gear for it or similar.
Fair bit annoying with low damage, but beyond that it's neat.
wanton bone
Oh I'm basically maxed out.
Do have a bad habit of never pressing f though. Tools and skills are optional.
rose granite
Oh I'm basically maxed out.
That'll do it haha
Arenas do get noticeably easier if you have damage, even moreso than boss fights, since the overlapping attack patterns and natural area denial of multiple foes creates a lot of chaos.
The Maestros especially are rather noticeable in this regard.