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Post by Kalisiin Kumaki on Sept 19, 2014 7:20:56 GMT -5
Okay, I am playing DQ6 on the DS at the moment...and something occured to me:
Is it just me, or is the way Monster Drops are handled really stupid??
Think about it....
"Wyvern A is defeated"
"Wyvern A drops a treasure chest"
"It contains a Chimera Wing"
"Hero obtains a Chimera Wing"
Monsters WOULD NOT be carrying items around in treasure chests!!
It should be simply this:
"Wyvern A is defeated"
"Wyvern A drops a Chimera Wing"
"Hero obtains the Chimera Wing!"
Doesn't that make more sense?
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Post by Vireo Gilvus on Sept 19, 2014 8:31:40 GMT -5
Agreed. Yeah, I know it's semantics, but it does make more sense that way. Nobody carries items around in treasure chests. Unless they're pirates, looking for places to bury the chests.
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Post by Kalisiin Kumaki on Sept 19, 2014 10:03:54 GMT -5
Well, as you well know, I am kinda into semantics, and it kinda surprises me that, until now, I never really noticed this.
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Post by Vireo Gilvus on Sept 19, 2014 16:32:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I know; I'm into semantics too, and it's amazing how I never really thought about it either until earlier today.  |
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Post by Scorpio on Sept 19, 2014 17:32:12 GMT -5
With this info, I'm trying to figure out what to say if any of those monsters drop *dung* and... I can't. I just can't.
Other than taking a crap in a treasure chest is a real dick move.
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Post by Kalisiin Kumaki on Sept 19, 2014 21:26:33 GMT -5
You asshole! I just sprayed kool aid all over my screen....you snarfed me you asshole!! Nice one!!
Now how the hell do I follow THAT up??!!
EDIT: It occurs to me that, in DQ9 - there IS the item "cowpat" and I do believe a monster drops this item...one of the mudsucker guys I think...have to check at Woodus'
Also, I think I remember "dung" being an item in DW7.
UPDATE: Yes, the Mudraker, in DQ9 drops "cowpat."
And, yes, I checked, sure enough, "dung" is an item in DW7.
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Post by Vireo Gilvus on Sept 19, 2014 23:57:01 GMT -5
  From the NES version of Dragon Quest IV, then called "Dragon Warrior IV". The first appearance of dung in the series. The item's Japanese name was a much more straightforward "Uma no Fun" (うまのふん, 馬の糞, Horse Manure). What it was doing inside a decorative clay pot for sale is anyone's guess. |
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Post by Kalisiin Kumaki on Sept 20, 2014 7:06:51 GMT -5
Well, Vireo Gilvus, in the days before flush toilets, they had chamber pots. It seems reasonable that one might make a chamber pot out of clay...and even make it decorative. Of course, taking a crap in a jar....that's what chamber pots were for.
But NOBODY takes a crap in a treasure chest!! I agree with Scorpio, that would be a real dick move.
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Post by Vireo Gilvus on Sept 20, 2014 15:16:54 GMT -5
I see. Thanks for the explanation.
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Post by Warlock on Sept 20, 2014 20:54:36 GMT -5
But NOBODY takes a crap in a treasure chest!! I agree with Scorpio, that would be a real dick move. I think of it as one last "fuck you!" to adventurers. - HC |
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Post by Kalisiin Kumaki on Sept 21, 2014 6:45:24 GMT -5
But NOBODY takes a crap in a treasure chest!! I agree with Scorpio, that would be a real dick move. I think of it as one last "fuck you!" to adventurers. - HC Kinda like pulling an upper decker on someone, eh? |
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Post by Warlock on Sept 22, 2014 6:36:09 GMT -5
Kinda like pulling an upper decker on someone, eh? I'm... Probably happier not knowing what that is, aren't I? - HC |
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Post by Kalisiin Kumaki on Sept 27, 2014 13:05:15 GMT -5
Well, you can look on Urban Dictionary to find out what an Upper Decker is. Of course, I knew what that was long before Urban Dictionary ever even existed. It is really gross, though.
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