Part 9: .hack Infection - //Update 09 - Screaming Conspiracy
//Update 09Greetings, everyone. Today's an important update. I know last time I said that it would be Liminality vol. 1's turn up, but circumstances had me push update 9 out first. We'll cover the outside world soon enough, eh? For now, there's adventure and action and... other a-words waiting for us!
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That can wait. First, we've got a little diversion waiting for us. Yes, it's back again! Everyone's favorite sporting event!
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Even without speed charms, Goblins are a piece of cake. I certainly won't regret those words, either. Anyway, now that we've fulfilled our Goblin-killing quota for the update, let's see what Bob wanted.
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Δ Buried Pagan Fiery Sands is added to the word list.
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Linda? Bob? Awfully Anglicized names for a Japanese server. Before we go meet Linda, I think it's time to engage in a little level grinding. BlackRose is strangely unavailable, but we have a replacement Heavy Blade that works just as well.
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I think I don't actually deposit Piros' diary until I've beaten the game. For some reason, I kept forgetting to put it in the bank. The last shot was included because I thought it was pretty cool. As far as I know, that ark has no other reason for being besides looking cool.
At any rate, that was enough level grinding for one update. There'll be a lot more of that to come soon. We shouldn't keep Linda waiting much longer.
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Let's take her advice. Maybe we'll get more batshit insane messages from an unidentified source.
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A really awesome item upgrade from the field. We probably won't be replacing either of those items until we've beaten the game. Anyway, the mysterious room is waiting for us!
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Θ Great Distant Fertile Land is added to the Word List.
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That's nice, BlackRose. I'm gonna grab Natsume and Gardenia and go see what she wanted. You have fun.
For those of you that watch the videos, be warned that this next video has some slowdown going on. I'm not really sure what caused it, since it seemed to record fine. Guess it's the nature of the beast when using FRAPS.
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Edit from 2015: It most certainly is Fraps causing the slowdown. Future recordings using Dxtory are butter smooth.
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This here is a really good weapon. Sure, it doesn't look like much - but it has something important that makes up for the "loss" of Life Drain: Staccatto. That skill is one of the best in the game for protect breaking a data bug, I've found.
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RE: Orca
Author: Lanan
Orca healed me! ^_^
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Orca
Author: Jodi
The first day I logged in, a guy named Orca was really helpful. I guess he's famous?
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RE: Orca
Author: Sesamee
It was the Descendants of Fianna that cleared The One Sin event.
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RE: Orca
Author: Celery
I haven't seen an enemy called The One Sin. Where is it? And what're the "Descendants of Fianna?"
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RE: Orca
Author: Sesamee
The One Sin was a limited time character so it's not around. It was a pain to kill it. Descendants of Fianna is a name for Balmung of the Azure Sky and Orca of the Azure Sea. They're the best.
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RE: Orca
Author: Celery
That's like really cool! I'll start calling myself Celery of Vitamin. <jk>
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Twilight of the New Gods
Author: E-ast
What's that again? The Nibelung's Ring? Wagner? Siegfried?
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It says this if you select any option besides "MAILER" - the game only does this for extremely important mail conversations.
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Sorry this was the shortest update yet. There's stuff I can't show until we've covered Liminality vol. 1. That will definitely be next time! Things are picking up pace quickly and we've basically arrived at the endgame. The next plot update, Update 10, will cover the rest of Infection's story - so it'll be pretty long by necessity! Stay tuned!