To be perfectly honest, nobody really knows how the Gold FoEs work. They can spawn on any floor and I've seen them at various hours. I'm really not sure what controls their spawn. I've done thousands of samples of spawning them and never got anything consistent.

The Forges work like this: BaseDamage * PhysicalResistance * OtherMultipliers + BaseDamage * #_of_slots * 10% * ElementalResistance * OtherMultipliers BaseDamage being the result of: (wATK - dVIT) * sqrt(aSTR/dVIT) Physical/ElementalResistance being the target's Physical or Elemental Resistance. Oth...

Seriously, the 5th Stratum Quest solutions are still on this page. Sisters [spoiler]Pre-requisite: Reach the 19th Floor. Multiple steps here: 1) Talk at Napier's Firm. 2) Visit the Napier Branch Store during the day and at night. 3) Tell the truth when confronted. You can refuse but it infinite loop...

[hide]Kraken[/hide] (Post-Game Boss ahoy~~~)
[spoiler]Floor 13, go to the spot where the first FoE is. There's a switch there that releases the Kraken.

As for the fight, [hide]Leg Bind[/hide] is your friend.[/spoiler]

Dude, Sonic 2006 is complete garbage. Defending that should be a sign of severe mental distress.

[spoiler]I remember a rather humorous Let's Play series on it. And even that was rough to watch the loading times on even with the commentary.[/spoiler]

AMDs (...I'll never get used to that, I swear) 6850 makes me a little sad. I mean, it's priced decently (comparable to nVidia's 460 which is where it falls in line for performance too) but the line overall feels so weak compared to the 5xxx line. Then again, the flagship card hasn't launched yet so ...

[spoiler]Shugo... MMO? Sounds to me like dotHACK! http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac161/zamisk/9bbaa99d.jpg [/spoiler] Shugo Asagi, which I later learned is the name of the movie only character from X/1999 (or was it Shogo/Shougo?). I never much cared for .hack and I've been using the name for s...

I really need to change my desktop wallpaper. It's been the same one for months now >> Guess I just need to play something/watch something epic enough to make me want to switch. Current one, for the curious (size): [spoiler] http://i49.tinypic.com/2zojf9f.jpg That black space on the right isn't real...

I've always used the same names: Guild: Avalon Ship: Hyperion And characters: Amiya: Hoplite/Shinobi Saizen: Gladiator/Shogun Rin(ali): Shogun/Pirate Scy: Shogun/Pirate Zerase: Monk/Princess Shugo, Zarise, and Mizore are other pretty common names I use. Incidentally, same names I use in MMOs all the...

I <3 Penny Arcade for cheap laughs occasionally. Most their comics are rather pertinent and make sense on the game they're discussing.

Tycho's "WORDSWORDSWORDS" are always a pleasure to read though.

The first is: Wakizashi - 102 wATK - 1x Free - 8100 En - 1x Crushing Fang, 2x Spearhead Chip Nenekirimaru is the first you can actually get since it's a 3rd Stratum drop but it requires you to Petrify the Mother Dragon FoEs: Nenekirimaru - 141 wATk - 2x Limit, 2x Free - 20200 En - 1x Mother's Horn

For what it's worth, basically everything in the game resists Kubikiri/Instant Death to some degree.

Makes me want to replay Demon's Souls...

On the subject of Castlevanias, I picked up [s]God of War[/s] Lords of Shadow so I'll probably be starting on that tomorrow.

UGH! Why does Miranda have to be so freakin' pretty in Mass Effect 2? That's basically the entire reason I still watch Chuck. Edit: To clarify (size): [spoiler] http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yvonne-strahovski-miranda-mass-effect-2-comparison.jpg [/spoiler]