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Posted 2024-10-25 15:37:15 (edited) #1312346 I don't know for sure how to get the corrupted Kora decor, but my assumption is you have to be with the witches from early on. If that's correct, then the problem with the decor is obvious to me - you got initially locked into this path just by asking Kora what she had in mind. This was taken as siding with her. Presumably many people wanted to hear her plan regardless of the side/rewards they preferred and then ended up locked in this route. The extremely low number of this decor makes it clear we were pretty much guided into this path. I'd also have loved to know from the start when I can make my final choice and which choices will be relevant. There was never a mention of different additional rewards and where those got decided. It was a nice touch but now we have a handful of people with decor that's worth a fortune and near unattainable for many, and others whose decor is extremely common and it was impossible to predict from the clues we got, which I'm sure disappointed people. But disregarding this and the unfortunately many bugs, I like this sort of engaging "multiple choice" storyline in theory and I really appreciate the effort behind the idea. <3 Edit: also even if I could have made some choice at the end to get corrupted Kora and missed it, that'd be because I saw only one option that didn't heavily risk losing out on the app I wanted (Notches).  I didn't know about the other different rewards so there was no real choice if that makes sense

🐾Alymiell🐾 #18317

Posted 2024-10-25 16:09:50 (edited) #1312368 I like how there were secret prizes at the end based on your choices - it made the whole thing feel a lot more impactful. I don't have an issue with some being more rare than others,  either, it's a neat feature and there's always next year to try again! I personally don't like it when games hold my hand and tell me exactly what I'll get from what choice, and the main prizes were explained ahead of time, so I don't see the problem. The corrupted kora decor is a cool reward for taking the path least traveled!

Ghost #49933

Posted 2024-10-25 16:14:40 #1312371 Hmm I think secret rewards could be neat but it'd be good to know that they exist at least generally and are based on choices throughout the story. Or if not that, then at least I'd like to not get locked into any path just based on asking a question as if that equals joining a faction. The way it was done, it wasn't so much that less people made a certain choice and more that they thought they were just getting some more info from Kora (what her plan is). At least I heard from others they also just wanted to know and not join her at that point. So to me it felt like the choice was made for me.

🐾Alymiell🐾 #18317

Posted 2024-10-25 16:18:19 #1312372 Yeah personally I don't mind not knowing which path leads to what end, I just want it to be more clear when a decision is one that will impact the rest of the storyline (a lot of RPGs and multiple-path visual novels have warnings like this and it can be managed without taking you too far out of the game, it's just a nice bonus for completionists who want to try a different path next time and want to know where all the branch points are to do so). I don't mind some decors being more common than others either, but then I don't often play these sorts of games with the in-game economy in mind anyway. The decors were kind of an unexpected surprise and I think that will encourage me to check out the other paths next year.

Lyrak #18619

Posted 2024-10-25 16:19:53 (edited) #1312373 I'm happy with the secret choices and decor, I think it makes it more exciting! I've honestly really enjoyed this event, the storyline, the art, the spells. I don't think everything needs to be spelt out explicitly, it's more fun to go with the flow. I have a tiny bit of fomo but I would have whoever I sided with... that's what next year is for!

Ninsun #127528

Posted 2024-10-25 16:36:34 (edited) #1312378 I mean... they did indicate that listening to Kora would change your path. ^^; There was a star next to the dialogue - I even took a screenshot because I wanted to show my friend and ask which path they thought I should take haha Maybe that wasn't clear enough to everyone, but it was there!

Ghost #49933

Posted 2024-10-25 16:41:55 (edited) #1312381 In retrospect I know what those stars mean now, but I don't think they were used previously or explained, and they popped up at several points so even later I assumed you'd still be able to change your path when the next choice came along. Like asking Kora for her plan, then telling her you didn't agree or informing the witches - that's what I thought I would be able to do. To me, its still makes no sense that asking "what do you have in mind" or something like that translated to agreeing to everything automatically once she explained and to sticking with her at that point. We constantly get asked questions in the story, but then didn't even get asked to confirm we're siding with her? Imo it's pretty clear from how few people chose a different option that it wasn't intuitive. But that's just how I see it.

🐾Alymiell🐾 #18317

Posted 2024-10-25 16:44:17 #1312383 There were two choices with asterisks though. One set in chapter 1 and another in chapter 2. Are they all deciding choices then? What decides which is more important? That's where the confusion comes in.

Whirligig #11137

Posted 2024-10-25 16:59:12 (edited) #1312389 Honestly I just figured that the second asterisk was to give you another chance to side with Kora in case you changed your mind about the witches/were worried you wouldn't get access to spells if you didn't side with them initially *shrug* But clearly it wasn't obvious enough with everyone's confusion - I bet even a note at the beginning that (*) choices will change the course of fate would fix a lot of this. Or different wording on the Kora dialogue.

Ghost #49933

Posted 2024-10-25 17:11:08 (edited) #1312395 If the second set is to give you a second chance, that defeats the finality of the first set. I would have assumed the asterisk meant a permanent change, but there are also options that imply you can change your mind at various points that don't have asterisks. If those potentially change who you side with too, there's no real point in having asterisks at all because they can all be defining decisions. I hope I'm making sense. Edit for a correction: Apparently there is another set of asterisk in the last chapter but only during one path. (?)

Whirligig #11137

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