Update #79 - New Shards and Graphical Updates

There's no need to going full Nuclear, just stop worrying about imaginary problems and have fun in the forums.    I read all the messages and it's pretty understandable his situation and attitude, but insulting him doesn't do any good. 

Galamoth those are good ideas, i forgot about shard crafting. By the way, talking about crafting...

We could had some way to create Bloodless Umbrella as a weapon...Imagine that.

Castlevania had many legendary weapons. Some being the most powerful, others just iconic. Vampire Killer, Alucard Sword, Alucard Spear, Stellar Sword (Maxim Kischne's Sword), Claim Solais...

Bloodstained could have "Bloodless Umbrella". That would be cool (what type of weapon that would be? "Great Sword"? "Mace"?)

gunlord500  since you don't lose the Shard when crafting, that will not be a problem, i think.

Now, Galamoth got me thinking about Bloodstained "iconic" weapons. We know a Katana will be the game's most powerful weapon, but Igavanias had many others, even if they weren't all that powerful. Weapons that became legendary among fans.

Bloodstained has a lot of potential for that, like "The Sword of Light" and the "Green Fast Sword" we can see on the trailers. Bloodless Umbrella could be a weapon to be obtained somehow, like Zangetsu Katana (whose name i forgot), Alfred's staff (from Curse of the Moon) and so on.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that update. Yeah, you're right. That saves us a lot of grinding, in that case. If I had to bet, I'd wager a Parasol weapon would be either a Katana or a Sword. I have a feeling itd be a Katana...:3

Enough of this. Aztec, please just ignore Browren's posts or block him entirely. Browren, I'll ask you to do the same for Aztec. I don't want to start putting a foot down, but while we may allow discussion of the Mac/Linux issue here as it tangentially relates to the trailer mentioned in the updates, this sniping at each other is making it difficult for other users to peacefully discuss Bloodless, the graphical improvements, and the other things mentioned in the update. Any more arguing between you two will be deleted, and I'll hand out warns if it keeps up. Me and the other mods generally keep a very light hand on the forums, but we also see it as our responsibility to foster a friendly atmosphere around here, and when an argument starts getting in the way of other people trying to have a discussion, that's when something must be done.

Now, with that said...browren (and I'd request you respond to me, not Aztec, since I just got done telling the both of you to ease off on your argument), while I appreciate your good-faith explanation of the proprietary software involved in Nintendo's online services, your most recent response doesn't seem to allow for much good-faith discussion. You explicitly say "Nothing has been "debunked."" and "505 isn't a truthful company." With that attitude, how can 505 possibly do anything to satisfy you? Question just said the cost for a Nintendo Direct was 0 for Bloodstained. If you aren't going to take 505 at their word for that, are you going to believe anything else 505 says? If they offer *any* explanation, whether unpleasant but plausible ("We just don't want to spend money on Linux/Mac ports for little return) or perhaps something more understandable ("The people working on our Mac/Linux ports fell sick/the procedurally generated stages interact strangely with middleware on Linux and Mac tests/something like that"), you're just going to say they're "not trustworthy" and claim the real reason was some skullduggery involving Nintendo. Again, I've made it a point not to insult you and I've repeatedly stated how unhappy I am with abandoning Mac and Linux backers, but at some point if you want anyone here--505 or anyone else--to engage with you, you need to display some willingness to accept what people here offer you in return, otherwise there's just no point--why should anyone (whether official 505 employees, mods like me, or regular users) try to address your concerns and answer your questions if you won't accept anything we say and call us liars, or "not truthful," or something?

Now, to reiterate, I, Purify, and I think it's safe to say 505 games is willing to have a measured conversation with Browren and other displeased Mac and Linux backers here, or elsewhere if you'd like to take this discussion to the other thread ("Holiday's over") already up. So if anyone's irritated by Browren's posts, just ignore them and let us address it. But again, if we're putting the effort to answer your questions and address your concerns, don't just dismiss us as untruthful. If you really thought folks here weren't going to be straight with you, there's no point in even being here, is there? So don't accuse 505 of being liars or untruthful or anything like that if you're going to demand they talk to you.

Enkeria  Yeah, modding can happen and i hope the mod community can work on Bloodstained. But it is fun when you have something being part of the game's lore itself. Like Portrait of Ruin where you can actually find Stellar Sword, the weapon of Maxim Kischne from Harmony of Dissonance. You get it as a quest from Wind (spoiler: Eric Lecarde's spirit) which means that Maxim lost such weapon in the castle after Harmony? Or maybe when he got old, he passed it down to someone and ended up reaching Wind who keep it and gave it to Jonathan later on. It isn't something overly important, but these little touches on Igavania's lore is part of what makes these games so great. You can easily speculate about a ton of things with nothing but a piece of gear.
That's why i think it would be cool if we could find Bloodless Umbrella, if we could craft it or something.

Nezuto  Her dress would also be a great touch, yes. To be fair, i really like Bloodless design and as Galamoth said it once, it would be awesome if Bloodless was, for some reason, a playable character and/or had more lore to her. I don't think this will happen, but it would be cool.

Crap, if she was playable, that'd be even better.....if we could get mod support, maybe that'd be possible to an extent?