Insane Difficulty: Solo Thief Challenge (Thief SSCC) - Insane Difficulty

HELL YEAH BRO! Congratulations!

I can now say that I've read the current entirety of the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin since I started a long break from Velius, so now I really have no excuse and must return to the grind. I did an hour of commentary with Archael (two hours if we count the one where I accidentally forgot to record audio), so I need to do another hour with him. The funny thing is that the first hour we did was something like six weeks ago. So the conversation will go from "Congrats on beating Zombie Zalbag" to "Congrats on beating Solo Berserk Demon Archer GG Altima!"

Don't take this the wrong way, but your voice is incredibly relaxing. Half the time I leave your videos on in the background and check back when things start to get tense. Good luck with the Velius grind. Are we taking bets on whether or not you're going to have a part "33AA"? ;P

Unfortunately, my PSP memory stick died shortly after completing the SSCC, so I can't go back and check stuff. I was at the end of Summoner as well, and never got to finish. At least I beat Thief before it erased everything. I still remember all the tricks I learned. Getting that Rubber Costume is really tough. It didn't really help much besides Balk 2 (it really makes that easy), and maybe Dycedarg. I also used it in underground book storage in chapter 4, which let me take an extra hit. Three fights. The difference between Balk 2 with a Rubber Costume and without one is taking on Queklain without a Judo Outfit with a good compat Zodiac, and you are weak.

At least you won't have to increase your brave. The end is really easy besides Hashmalum. Hashmalum is all luck. All you do is sit there and pray he has very bad luck. I would get the Rubber Costume. I never tried Balk 2 without it, but it probably is really bad. It's up to you. You can try to be badass and not even get it and win. However, I think beating the Super Monster Battle with one Thief and snagging the Costume is among the most crazy stunts ever in FFT. The only good strategy is run in the middle of the monsters, charm the Hydra, and hope you live. If you can survive that one round, you have a good chance.

SOLO THIEF IS BACK, BABY!

Velius - Part 33j w/ Archael (pt 1 of 2)
http://youtu.be/jUpN3ShzDN0

NOTE: Video is processing. ETA is 2 hours, and I have to go to sleep. So just watch your sub-boxes instead.

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lol!

Archael! We should make every attempt imaginable to sit down together, on Skype, and do that Velius Victory video ONCE AND FOR ALL!
I should have some very decent spare time Friday evening / night. If you can make it, just let me know what hours work for you, and then just log onto your Skype and I'll call you.

I WANNA THIEF TIME!

How about this weekend?

Or even tonight?

it's friday

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I haven't seen every video, but some people are going to give you shit for the massive scene skipping / change of video format on that Velius kill

just a heads up

for many people scene skips like that aren't excuse able especially when other vids don't have that problem

I believe you though, congratulations, although killing Velius in 9 minutes seems improbable.

Killing Velius in 10 months is, on the other hand, probable.

You daft shit.

Solo Thief is back, bitches!

Forgot to update this thread with the Velius victory vid:



BUT NEW EPISODES ARE BACK!

In this episode, Efrate helps me figure out which Wachowski sibling had the sex change. They still look the same to me.

Solo Thief Drinking Game! Play along at home!

Part 35a - Tipsy Plague Hunt w/ Melanchthon


Part 35b - Buzzed Plague Hunt w/ Melanchthon


And then, once the spin started rooming a little, we moved onto Round 4 of the Nostalgia Tournament.

-- [Drunk Lions Division] -- {Round IV} -- Battles 1 & 2


-- [Drunk Lions Division] -- {Round IV} -- Battles 3 & 4


-- [Drunk Lions Division] -- {Round IV} -- Battles 5 & 6

I had a blast!

I have returned! After I beat Solo Thief, I was just sick of FFT. I moved on to other things, such as beating the entirety of the Warcraft 2 and the expansion campaign levels. I just finished doing that. The last Orc mission is the toughest RTS campaign level I have ever played. Anyway, It seems my account was deleted for some reason. I am glad to see Solo Thief videos again, and I look forward to commentating on Elmdor. When that time comes, please say so in this topic, or on Youtube.

I left a huge wall of text on Youtube about the super monster battle. It wasn't well thought up. What I should have said is to just run into the middle of everything with the Feather Mantle on, Charm the Black Hydra, and keep on charming while keeping in mind of who is going to go next so that they will not attack the Black Hydra. The battle sometimes gives you an allie, who could also be a Black Hydra. One of my poaches was actually him. He tends to die to the Blue Dragon who is in range to Ice Bracelet him before he even gets to go, but sometimes he will survive just barely. That is when you kill him.

You will want on

Zorlin Shape (not Air Knife now that I remember my Rubber Costume poach)
Thief Hat
Black Costume (you need all the hp you can get sometimes I survived one hit of Triple Flame by a single digit of hp)
Feather Mantle


I say Zorlin Shape and not Air Knife because I now remember that there is a Red Dragon in that battle, and he can't be killed by Triple Flame. He has to be killed by you, or charmed monsters. I had the Black Hydra melee him to the point where I could kill the Dragon in two hits. I proc'd sleep, Charmed the Hydra again, and then finished the Dragon. The Dragon put the Hydra within two hit kill range also. I hit him, dodged a counter, dodged a melee attack, and poached him. My two other poaches were not as difficult. It's all about dodging everything, getting crystals, all your charms landing, and the Black Hydra not dying to another monster.

There is sometimes an enemy Red Chocobo. If he is there, you will almost certainly lose. I have Charmed him into helping me, but most of the time after he has done this he will end up killing you regardless.

Lastly, make sure you have at least of every single piece of buy-able gear before you go to Orbonne . I ended up beating Hashmalum due to an AI exploit I figured out which allowed me to do enough damage to hit him one less time to kill him. When the time comes I'll look way back when I posted about it. It involves the equipment piece "headgear" and having your hp at a certain number.

BP I think you may be in the running for longest time to beat a SSCC. Dibs on co-commentating the Balk fights. In 2120.

Yeah, it's more that I no longer have a job that allows me to play on my laptop. Those smaller hotels I worked at before didn't bother recording or monitoring us, but this new one certainly does. So I've switched to FF7 HardType, since I can play that on my tablet, discreetly. (Can't record, though).

Lately, I've had a hard time even getting a few hours of Minecraft in with Stann once a week. I feel like all I do is work, eat, struggle to sleep, occasionally sleep, fail to get enough sleep, and work some more.

I intend to return to Solo Thief one of these days, and it'll be another burst, with tons of videos, before hitting another slump period that lasts for who-knows-how-long. That's typically how my gaming goes nowadays.

I will definitely hit you up when I reach Balk in 2120, though! We can swap stories about how we each found immortality, and make a blood pact to find some ways to kill each other once the horror of eternity kicks in.

Once you do start again I will be following closely.

There can be only one Highlander.

I'm always behind you, man. Whenever you resume the Solo Thief challenge, I'll be right there to keep counting your resets. You can't escape it. Your reset count will stay with you forever.