I really love this game but it really start to be more annoying than anything.
I've been trying to fight Beelzebub for sometime already and even removing the collar it's f impossible, scripted like hell, completely unbalanced. once he fuse with Leviathan no matter what I do he can heal himself in one turn more damage than I can do in 2 turns. I tried all the buffs and skills but none are of any use here. The dodge barely buy you time, ignoring the zombies to focus on the general ends you forced to eat corrupted meat. Removing buffs makes you just loose more time as he put debuffs back anyway, stealing his magic is useless cause apparently he doesn't need any ...
It's not the first time I stumbled upon unbalanced and stupid things now even more as the game tries to press you to hurry up while you are in a game where you actually should take your time to enjoy all it has to offer. I feel like the dev doesn't now anymore where to go. Is it a dark soul game? Cause if it is the plan I'll stop bothering checking for any update, or is it a lewd game with a nice story? Cause right now I can't follow the story anymore nor access the lewd parts as there are more and more requirement to access them that makes maybe sense for the author but not for anybody else.
It's the same with the trial, maybe some choices makes sense for you but it doesn't for everybody and I just gave up this quest cause you are forced on a path you should follow EXACTLY and to my point of view doesn't make sense at all, you could solve it easily with your proofs but couldn't present them at the right time cause "It's not how you should do it". I understand RPGmaker give limitation to the game, but it's not really an excuse, you have to work with the engine, not against. Now quests feel real forced an unintuitive, progress is blocked by cursed that should lead Aura to bad ends or submission but only locks content and progress, boss you can't fight even with cheats and with absolutely no strategy, nothing it's just again "nope you are locked too bad" and the new updates locking content behind progress you can't reach asking you to start a new game that will solve no problem since it impossible to optimize your game when you play a few days each month.
I also wonder what's the point to improve your skills if each time you do (skipping a day) your enemies also become stronger to the point you can't kill them even with max stats? Really I'm starting to enjoy the updates less and less as I feel I get punished now for wanting more ...
Nothing But The Truth was implemented entirely by me, so if you have issues with that one complain to either myself or the writer. ^_^
We put a bunch of different checks and balances into it in case you simply don't want to do the trial part or figure out the evidence; you can take the corruption path immediately and just not bother trying to refute François's testimony; you can intentionally present the wrong thing 4 times and just end the trial with the "bad" outcome; you could have gotten a lifeline from Marie by blackmailing her with the affair evidence, which gives you an extra chance if you lose your lives.
The intended path for the non-vice route though is:
1. Press François's line "That left everyone but Anthelme and Lorraine accounted for downstairs as they went up."
2. Present either Laval's Affair or Marie's Ledger against the line "Of course, Marie has no reason to lie, so my alibi remains as strong as ever." (if you blackmailed her and present the affair, you'll get a confirmation prompt since it loses you her support for the lifeline)
3. Present the Sleeping Formula against the line "While I was alone with Marie due to his nap, there's no way I could have known he would be asleep."
4. Press Marie's line "He did say as he left that he had 'something he had to do'."
5. Present Letters to Lorraine against Lorraine's line "I was sick of weathering his barbs in silence, so I was going to demand he stop."
6. Present Laval's Diary against François's line "In any case, nothing this 'true heir' can do would actually prove their provenance."
7. Present the Missing Will against the line "You know nothing about this supposed heir. Perhaps you intend to scour all of Verdeaux?"
Note that there's currently a bug where if you have the *full* version of the Missing Will from having both the scrap of paper and having talked to Camille about it, it doesn't work when you present it against the testimony line. This has been fixed for the next release.
The path for the vice route is the same up until the post-recess if you chose not to cross-examine François. It's then:
1. Present Letters to Lorraine against Lorraine's statement "I knew nothing of it being with Laval; nothing has changed between us two."
2. Present the Marked Article against the line "Anthelme told me to go see Laval first after we talked a bit in the study."
From this point, the choices are vice-based and you're told which evidence will be used.
Point 2 is the one I think has the weakest logical connection in the trial overall and I'm going to talk to Absurdity about perhaps revisiting it; there is a hint if you press that statement but I still think it needs something more.
