#I'm honestly thankful to be alive

[luxenvulpies]

[Missing-Link] CBT1 Info

Since the closed beta began, there has been a lot of activity with testers posting images, videos, and details (and some streaming). I've compiled some for easier browsing:

Character customization

Body types A and B

Character creation

Earring (whose?)

Some customization

Maku's drip

More drip

FFXIV Black Mage but green

FFXVI Jill Warrick

Purchasable outfits named after Final Fantasy jobs (each cost 2k jewels you know the ones)

UI

Equipment menu

Vertical and horizontal resolution with seamless transition

Gameplay

Dive to the Heart tutorial (stained glass may be a spoiler)

More Dive to the Heart

Meeting other players in the hub area

Timed battles (apparently may not be all fights)

Timed battle footage (not enough info on who or what is the opponent)

Buzz Lightyear and Sulley piece usage

Charged attacks

Ranged Keyblade

Grand Chests that contains a piece

GPS and walking on buildings with no care in the world

Losing all health & reviving

Raid battle completion

Raid battle completion screens

Piece enhancement screens :worry:

Donald piece screen (JP)

Prince Phillip piece screen (JP)

Mickey piece screen (JP)

Sora piece screen (JP)

Defeating area bosses grant coins to exchange for accessories. Accessories are enhanced with a chance of failure. Using enhancement records will increase stats.

Ireland

Auto gameplay result screen (JP): AP gained, defeated enemies, times activated(?), recovery spots used, treasure chests obtained, pieces obtained

Elemental wheel (no, this was not stolen from another game, so stop that nonsense)

Gacha

Winnie the Pooh

Some pull rates (subject to change!)

2 banners

Sora, Riku, Kairi Pieces

Story (spoilers!!)

JP intro (not sure if the English version is dubbed No dub, yet anyway)

Scala ad Caelum logo appearing (not really a spoiler)

Posting any text here will spoil it - just click the link

Other

Scala ad Caelum logo

Beta data size (~1.9GB)

Guide Moogle (Cute, kupo!)

Astral Plane battle music

AimmsBear's experience thread

Key_Cast's thread on game mechanics and some lore

Summary of Nomura's visit to the Artnia Cafe in Japan with reports from those who attended (via lottery)

Streamers/Video Archives

[leeadamsmusic3630] Multiple videos with specific features

[Dive Hearts] Game records/growth log, UI editor

Our Stuff

Post on spreadsheets with data from the closed beta

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[pardonmydelays]

"what's your role in the fandom" i am a clown who writes the most terrible posts only liked by two of my mutuals out of pity

[yukikorogashi]

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[aechlys]

Wowowowowowowow holy shit was not expecting a thing that happened to happen???

Good thing for once!!! I am pleased with my excellent unexpected treat that I did not even count on getting at all. 🥹

[abyssembraced]

Where did Ghost really go before returning to Hallownest ?

Frankly, the question that was asked of them was one that Ghost wouldn't mind knowing the answer to themself.

Their memories... Even their early ones from when they first returned to Hallownest were hazy and fragmented. The more challenging fights they'd faced in the Crossroads and their first encounters with the bugs they'd come to call their friends still existed in their mind, yet lay scattered and untethered from each other with unknowable gaps in between, with no certainties as to even the order in which any of the events occurred.

Before that? They knew hardly anything of their past.

What did they do in the vast, endless wasteland outside Hallownest? What caused them to return to the fallen kingdom? Why did they even leave it in the first place?

They didn't know.

They typically didn't care to think on those questions much, either—it made more sense to focus on the present, and the things they knew now, rather than dwell on an unrecoverable past. Yet, here they were, being asked to recount those lost memories.

They... Could at least make an attempt?

Grasping at those memories was hard. Though they knew for a fact that they had spent much of their life outside the kingdom's bounds, it was as though the memories of that time had never existed in the first place.

But... They could fight. Even before coming back to Hallownest, they already knew how to wield a nail. So, then... They must have met someone out there. Travellers, perhaps. Someone who taught them how to fight—or at least the basics of it, anyway. Perhaps they were even the one to gift them the nail that had since carried them through many battles, or maybe that was a different Someone.

But who? Ghost couldn't picture them. They didn't even know for sure that such a person had even existed, but it only made sense, right?

...

There was only one time that they had ever managed to recover a long thought lost memory, and that was with the Dream Nail. If they were to enter their own dream once more, unlock the hidden secrets within their own mind... Would that give them answers? Would it do anything at all?

Although... Did it even matter? The stranger's curiosities aside, they... Didn't particularly care about discovering their past. It wasn't as though whatever it was that had happened back then could be changed. Nor did they think that learning anything new about it would affect their present life. They were happy where they were right now, with their family and friends in the recovering Hallownest.

Yes.

They didn't remember what they did before their return to Hallownest, but that was okay.

[hydrachea]

Today on Genshin: after I don't know how much resin, the artifact strongbox finally decided I deserved mercy. Zhongli's build is now complete.

Also today on Genshin: baby's first abyss clear 🎉

[sennik]

whoever's still hanging here, what's up?

[hikeyzz]

i think it's safe to say this week is going in the books as one of if not the most chaotic, upsetting and traumatizing weeks of my life like .. jeebus

[hannibalussy]

Would Hannibal even care about Abigail if Will didn't want to be her surrogate father?

I think so, though not in any way we could probably relate to. He's mostly very ambivalent towards her. I think a better question would be, would Hannibal have ever killed Abigail had Will not betrayed him?

[xluxsolarisx]

WHAT??? you-?? hUH? ...you're so powerful

i'm an adult living alone for the first time ever with poor impulse control and a massive sweet and savory tooth. this was fated by the stars to happen i think. i'm like if sisyphus actively chose to roll the boulder up and down because he thought it looked nice tumbling down. so nice that maybe it would be worth the work it would take to get it up back up there so he could do it again. well. this isn't like that at all but you understand.

[disengaged]

i need to stop doing drugs it's so bad for me

[madetrial]

i exist!

[brawlqueen]

the other line / texting memes! (accepting). / @causalitylinked

To: Akira Kijima From: Mizuki Date

[ NILE MESSAGE ] we tied this time! ha! next time i'm winning. [ NILE MESSAGE ] hey, remember how in grade school we just kept counting how many times we tied? [ NILE MESSAGE ] now we're doing it with bikes. aiba says i shouldn't do 'property damage' in our usual spars so this was fun. [ NILE MESSAGE ] seriously, with this job i can't go that fast. [ NILE MESSAGE ] but you found some hidden spot. i don't think even i've scoped it out before . . . [ NILE MESSAGE ] come to think of it i guess i don't know a few areas you know about. i've shown you around some of the places i frequent . . i wouldn't be surprised if you knew golden yokocho. [ NILE MESSAGE ] no, not lemniscate. i can feel you grimacing at the mention, haha. don't gimme that look, your face is gonna get stuck. [ NILE MESSAGE ] well, i did join in. and it was fun as hell! [ NILE MESSAGE ] i'm going to relive that look on your face again with bikes this time, too! nope, never letting it go btw. [ NILE MESSAGE ] i think you're the first person i've met who can keep up with me, so when i kicked your ass in grade school i didn't think we'd still be in contact like this. [ NILE MESSAGE ] oh c'mon, we had plenty of different outcomes and competitions after that, and plenty of ties. [ NILE MESSAGE ] look, i'm not good with words but -- i feel like i can actually let off some steam, y'know? i don't want to break iris' arm in arm wrestling. . . even if she IS pretty fast. [ NILE MESSAGE ] so..thanks. it was fun. [ NILE MESSAGE ] with my job, i think my boss would kill me if she knew, and going home wouldn't be much better. i am still a police officer. and date gets er, well what can i say? it's date. [ NILE MESSAGE ] but it got my mind off some things! hope you got the same rush! [ NILE MESSAGE ] keep staying on your toes akira! and thanks! [ NILE MESSAGE ] i wonder after all that adrenaline if we'll be able to sleep....i'm gonna charge aiba so, signing off! let's do this again!

[bbugyu]

😷

[moe-broey]

Stupidest part is I'm most likely going to summon for them. Like. It's Sharena. And I love her. She means everything to me. I Have To.

[brionnnne]

the person who made that make a kitty cat poll is a zionist fyi (@/starlightomatic)

Oh my fucking GOD. Cannot have shit. Thank you for letting me know! I didn't even register that. I, uh, do not pay attention.