JJJ84

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Ha ha ha, I swear this represents my save perfectly, too!
I saved up 10k & I also fully expect C rank Contracts to bring some new gear to the shop, which will be more expensive.
Presumably they will pay better, too.
I've saved up $12k.
Since there is no contracts in next update, I won't be grinding in that one, but in the next update which has new contracts, I'll probably again grind (after finishing all content) a bit to stockpile the dough to prepare for the future contracts again.
Not just more gear in the contracts, but also some future events will likely demand our MC to spend money to increase the girls' RPs (and so far, money spent in the girls' events haven't been cheap).

So yeah,

"Better to be ready with a surplus than deal with the deficit"
 

whichone

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"Better to be ready with a surplus than deal with the deficit"
I like that.
We use a similar expression, in my neck of the woods:
"Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it."
Same principle. (y)
I guess that "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail." also fits...
 
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Sorry in advance for my ignorance ... is this game still being updated ? I see its been v0.7 for couple of months so far and I didnt follow this thread in ages. I just remembered about the game being great months ago and wanted to see whats new.
 
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Respectfully asking what's the progress on next update? Haven't been on this thread for long.
Sorry in advance for my ignorance ... is this game still being updated ? I see its been v0.7 for couple of months so far and I didnt follow this thread in ages. I just remembered about the game being great months ago and wanted to see whats new.
Respectfully asking and sorry in advance for my ignorance, have you look at hopes Patreon page (linked in the OP)?
Other information than that I, and for this I pleay for clemency, don't have.

But then again I don't assume that I would been spoon-feed all this information. :p
 

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Respectfully asking and sorry in advance for my ignorance, have you look at hopes Patreon page (linked in the OP)?
Other information than that I, and for this I pleay for clemency, don't have.

But then again I don't assume that I would been spoon-feed all this information. :p
There's also search the user name johnelros in this thread, since he copies over all DeLuca patreon posts to this thread.
 
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Played through, and this is pretty good. Luna is my favorite of the three, but in the question raised by MC towards the end of current content, Gracie would probably beat her in a fight. She seems a lot more like her mother in that sense, like she's got everything planned out before her opponent realizes there's a confrontation. Luna, like Gracie herself says, is a force of nature, but if anyone could figure out how to neutralize her, it's Gracie. Especially since MC already showed that it's possible.

Anyone else like the friend path with Isabel more than the Netori path?
 
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JJJ84

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Played through, and this is pretty good. Luna is my favorite of the three, but in the question raised by MC towards the end of current content, Gracie would probably beat her in a fight. She seems a lot more like her mother in that sense, like she's got everything planned out before her opponent realizes there's a confrontation. Luna, like Gracie herself says, is a force of nature, but if anyone could figure out how to neutralize her, it's Gracie. Especially since MC already showed that it's possible.

Anyone else like the friend path with Isabel more than the Netori path?
Well in her current state, I wouldn't agree Gracie would be able to beat Luna in a physical one on one fight.

Yes, Gracie is one of the most intelligent characters in DeLuca universe, but her physicality is very much lacking at the moment.
So unless Luna gives Gracie an ample time to set something like an ambush or setting a trap (though if it comes to that, I wouldn't actually call it a proper fight lol), I'd say Luna would win most likely if for example both Luna and Gracie are thrown in a fight against each other, with no preparation from Gracie's end.

Basically Luna was taught by 2 of the Serpents, Cynthia & Gottardo (mostly by Cynthia, and one or two moves by Gottardo), and I think difference in their physical level at current state is far too great at the moment in Luna's favor, considering Gracie had...... no training whatsoever.

However, if Gracie decides to train for real in physical combat and learns from Cynthia and Gottardo like Luna did, they might be on more of a even field then (even MC notes in that Portend event that Gracie is a fast learner and should she set her mind to physical combat training, she could be a scary beast).
In that case, it might be a toss-up in terms of whether Luna's battle/fight experience (which she has ample amount more than Gracie) & unpredictability triumphs or Gracie's applying of her brains to her fighting (to make up for her lack of fight experience) does.

While I like Antonio, I dislike missing out on content more (since by picking friend path with Isabel the player misses out on the Netori event. Only one at the moment, but my guess is this number will increase with more Isabel updates in the future), so in all of my playthroughs, I always chose Netori path.
 
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Anyone else like the friend path with Isabel more than the Netori path?
While I like Antonio, I dislike missing out on content more (since by picking friend path with Isabel the player misses out on the Netori event. Only one at the moment, but my guess is this number will increase with more Isabel updates in the future), so in all of my playthroughs, I always chose Netori path.
Same.
 

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This is one of my favorite games but it is been more than 5 months, and we don't know if we will get an update this month's end. The last update was very short and you know how long it took to make that. I wish we will get at least 4 updates a year instead of 1-2. This is not from anger but from my love for this game and the want to see more of this.
 

whichone

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This is one of my favorite games but it is been more than 5 months, and we don't know if we will get an update this month's end. The last update was very short and you know how long it took to make that. I wish we will get at least 4 updates a year instead of 1-2. This is not from anger but from my love for this game and the want to see more of this.
I'm not going to waste time or effort explaining why the update from v0.06.6 to v0.07.0 took around double the length of usual updates.
You can read that for yourself, or not.
Suffice to say the game was rewritten, from the ground up.

As for how long it's taken for the current update, the dev has a job and does this as a hobby.
It is not a full time occupation. The game will be released when it's ready.
Patience, padawan. (y)
 
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While I like Antonio, I dislike missing out on content more (since by picking friend path with Isabel the player misses out on the Netori event. Only one at the moment, but my guess is this number will increase with more Isabel updates in the future), so in all of my playthroughs, I always chose Netori path.
Well, it always depends on the content I'd say. Almost any game with 5+ LIs has at least one I don't care about, so would willingly sacrifice for a friend, and often even one which I would avoid if only I could.
 
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JJJ84

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Well, it always depends on the content I'd say. Almost any game with 5+ LIs has at least one I don't care about, so would willingly sacrifice for a friend, and often even one which I would avoid if only I could.
Yeah, same for me. It does feel like with those 5+ LI games, the devs tend to go for trying to explore every nooks and crannies of archetypes out there, which some I wouldn't care and not even bother following their path (or just keep it platonic).

For DeLuca I think for me it's gonna really come down to exclusivity of the content. Obviously with Netori route it's gonna have events which are exclusive to that path, whereas with friendship path, I just don't see any value in it at the moment because at the moment, it feels like friendship path with Isabel equals to the Netori Path minus netori events.
If the Friendship route had some of its own exclusive events (which gets locked out if one chooses the Netroi route), then perhaps it might pique my interest a bit, but otherwise..... nah. Sticking with Netori route.

Also, I could be wrong with this but I have doubts that Hopes will actually give the girls the "friendship exclusive" events (since Isabel's case has shown that most likely friendship route will just share the same events with netori route with exception of the netori content event).
 

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Im sorry but the number of reviews does not seem to match up with the length of this board and his number of patreons. I might be off base here but this is more than double the reviews of far more popular games with tens of thousands of patreons. I don't see how it can be authentic.
But nobody cares what you think.
 
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