#its rune factory 5

[mixing-up-details]

My birthday is in a few days~

I think on my birthday, I'll update the story AND make myself that Twitter account I've been talking about. It would be nice to reach peeps on Twitter

#random not so random #my sis got me a game i've been wanting #its rune factory 5 #i love the rune factory series #got a special place in my heart #but in other news #y'all are gonna like these new chapters ;)

[aashiyancha]

March of the Flowers Day 2: Gerbera (bright smiles)

I recently finished reading a dance scene in a fanfic and it made me really want to do one in my rf5 fancomic as well. So I started with drawing these 2 since I've already had some practice drawing them dancing before haha. Also played around with some suit designs as well.

#lm march of flowers #rune factory 5 #rune factory #rf5 #rf5 ares #rf5 reinhard #ares x reinhard #dance #aashi doodles #would you believe that they're wearing the same suit just in different color scheme #bea got so excited by the idea of a dance coming up and commisioned some suits for them to wear so they wouldn't just show up in uniform #but in her excitement she forgot that ares won't wear stuff properly if he feels constrained by it #she probably even imagined him looking like a prince with the navy blues and gold she had asked for on his suit #only for her face to fall when she sees him and then remembers that though he could look very regal its just not him haha #ahhh if i did this scene where would I place it.... #given that rei put a pink flower on ares maybe it'll be a new year's dance #cuz spring 1 haha

[artsyvii]

butterfly boy

#rune factory #rune factory 5 #rf5 ryker #rf5 #pixel art #it's a crime i dont draw rf art often its like one of my favorite series #pixel artists

[littleredborb]

apparently it’s kiss day

#rune factory 5 #rf5 lucas #rf5 alice #my art #I dont know why its kiss day #I took many hours getting the head angle right just to crop it in the end

[darkacey]

So, what the heck is Eliza?

Let me tell you!

(Spoilers for RF5 and slight spoilers for my upcoming fic, Who Remembers a God, but I’ve been sitting on this for a while and I wanna share it. Also I use it/its pronouns for Eliza, but I figure it is fine with any pronouns)

As we know from RF4, Saint Eliza in that game is a mailbox that gained sentience possibly because of the power of the Sharance Tree. It’s not stated who built it, but my theory is that it was Ventuswill, which I will elaborate on in a bit.

In RF5, it’s not explained why Eliza can talk to the MC or what its purpose is beyond being a convenient gameplay mechanic to improve the town. However, we do know that it has a familiar relationship with Livia, who it calls Livvy. And we know she’s the Divine Dragon of Light, Lumenevia.

My headcanon is that all of the Divine Dragons are capable of building divine simulacra - sentient constructs that can perform miracles given certain conditions. These simulacra allow the Divine Dragons to more easily benefit the areas they watch over by drawing upon the positive runes generated by the land/people they’re in charge of, rather than solely their own powers. Given the lore we learn about gods because of Lucas’ backstory, we know that miracles are specifically created through the coalescence of positive runes. True gods like Lucas naturally emit positive runes at a fairy steady rate, but happiness increases the output.

Do you see where I’m going here yet?

As the MC, players create positive runes not through divine nature, but hard-won acts of service. RF4 calls positive runes “Princess/Prince Points.” RF5 calls them “SEED Points.” The point system is how Saint Eliza quantifies the positive runes that the MC generates in their daily tasks. Being an Earthmate, they are allowed a similar amount of authority as the Divine Dragons in their ability to decide what miracles should be performed with the accumulated positive runes. (Yes, I know Dolce can hear Eliza too, but she’s not allowed access to the system because she doesn’t have the Divine Dragons’ or Mother Earth’s blessing. I imagine Dragon Priests’ could be granted permission, but that’s an entire different conversation about religion instead of magic systems).

Unlike true gods who have to be careful about how many positive runes they emit because of the dangers of attracting too many negative runes to themselves, the positive runes collected by Saint Eliza is simply a system of rerouting what was already present in the area. The MC’s actions to generate those runes requires hard work, and usually their fair share of bad luck. Consider for example that the MC can get points for banishing monsters — every time the MC is injured, that’s the result of negative runes, a natural consequence. Rather than allowing the benefit to stay out in the wild (keeping monsters away from that area for a longer period of time), the runes are moved into town and manipulated to cause specific improvements. Through the Divine Dragons or the MC’s direction, Eliza performs miracles.

And so, this is why Eliza is a Saint.

#rune factory #rune factory 4 #rune factory 5 #rf5 spoilers #long post #rf5 Saint Eliza #It’s literally in its name what Eliza is #Eliza being a Saint is not just a joke #I am kind of smug about ending this like a bad pun though #darkacey writes #who remembers a god #fandom meta

[dark-star-exe]

stupid idiot (affectionate) is tripping balls, this sounds like a perfect time to bring him to the Gadeus Grasslands. yep, i see no issue with this.

#its fine its not like hes only lvl23 at the time of writing this hahah totally not #but first put a goddamn shirt on you are going to get stabbed #man this is like what happened on my switch save when i took Murakumo and Lucas to Thundering Wastes with Kumo at lvl60-something and #Lucas at lvl25 and all of us had shit items. #Kumo was just fine but Lucas died at least 4 times #and then i died cuz i got distracted by a hunter wolf i wanted to tame then i got shanked by ANOTHER hunter wolf #there was one braincell between us 3 and Murakumo had it #fun times #rf5 #rune factory 5 #rf5 lucas

[maid-of-the-golden-deer]

after 3 FUCKING years, gideonhas dropped his first generals orb for me

3. years

#rune factory #rune factory 5 #rf5 #dude everytime i play i immediately rebattle him at 6am like its my morning coffee #i need like 5 more for all the max items #but its a Start

[my-current-obsession]

Taking a break from Rune Factory 4 Special to fantasize about a potential Rune Factory 5 Special. Which probably won’t happen, but I can dream. This is basically just a list of updates/changes/etc. that I would like to see.

- (re)incorporate a lot of the stuff found in datamining, like the ability to run a shop and the DLC love interests - Livia, Radea, & Terry. Whether those three remain DLC or are just added in as new options, I would LOVE to have them. I wouldn’t even care if I have to wait until post-game to properly romance one or both of the girls, since it would be worth it. I’d also like Misasagi to be a love interest but I just don’t think that’s feasible since she has a child already and the writers/developers won’t want to have to deal with you marrying & moving in with someone who already has a kid.

- Speaking of Hina, she and Julien ABSOLUTELY need to grow up some after you’ve had kids. Those two are like... somewhere around 7-11 initially, and there’s at least a three or four year timeskip after having a kid (plus ANOTHER timeskip after the twins). It’s REALLY jarring to see those two looking/acting barely older than your own kids when at minimum they’re seven(ish) years older. Ideally I’d like the “young adult” models/sprites (as in, all the marriage candidates basically) to get a bit older too but that’s less of an issue than the two kids who noticeably Don’t Age.

- Bring back the “reverse” proposals from RF4S. I understand giving the player the agency to choose when to propose, but having an event that ends with their love interest proposing is SO GOOD, and it’s not forcing you to accept, so you can still propose on your own terms later. And several love interests make it clear they WANTED to propose when you do it, so just... let them do it! I think ideally I’d want MOST of the guys (3-4?) and at least one or two girls to do this, while the others still leave the proposing to you. In all cases, they’d need either one more new event or tweaks/add-ons to their final event to flow more naturally into this.

- Make sure the game is actually optimized and performs well on the Switch this time. I’ve heard the PC version is much better, but I got the game when it first came out on Switch, and it’s... not great. Lots of lagging, random crashing and visual glitches... Fix all of that.

- I ASSUME this was an oversight and not intentional, but definitely fix the issue where if you date multiple people in one run and then get married the other love interest(s) still act(s) like you’re together. The pet names are dropped but the romantic dialogue is not. It was SO awkward when I talked to Martin like the day after I married Ryker and he contemplated whether Cecil would approve of “our” relationship. Well, considering I’m married now, and not to you, probably not!

- This is a little less important, but along a similar vein I’d like if the game actually noticed and slightly altered some events depending on who you were dating, or if that’s too difficult make an effort to NOT have “date” events feature multiple potential love interests. Once again, on my first date with Ryker, Martin strolled up and interrupted us which embarrassed Ryker SO MUCH he left. I was pretty embarrassed too, considering Martin then casually said “Sorry I interrupted your date, Love.” Ideally either change date events so other love interests DON’T casually appear, or go immersive and have them react DIFFERENTLY if they also happen to be dating you. There’s also a non-date event where you and a few others play the King’s Game but Ryker is rigging it to help Ludmilla flirt with you. Again, odd to see it when I’m dating him and NOT her.

- It would honestly be nice to set your sexuality/preferred love interest gender at the start of the game simply so you’re not bombarded with EVERYONE’s events and not getting hit on by everyone when you’re talking to them every day. This way you’re only given the events and flirting by the gender you want.

- Bring back dungeon seeds/field dungeons! That’s just a simple and fun way to spend a lot of your time and get random rewards.

- Include more random conversations between townspeople! Literally the only “group” conversations in 5 are between the 6 boys and 6 girls at festivals. Let two or three people meet up during the day and have conversations. I miss that from 4 so much, it really helps flesh out the town and how certain characters interact with each other.

- Newlywed Mode would be nice.

- Murakumo being the only person running the bathhouse often causes problems. Any time he’s NOT there, such as festival days or just when he’s eating lunch/dinner, you can’t take a bath even though the inn is technically open/available. He has an in-universe reason to work alone so you can’t give him a helper, but you COULD do something like leave a note at his desk that we can investigate which says how much to pay. Bado in RF4 had something like that for whenever he was slacking off. Basically, we need some way to access the bath even if Kumo isn’t doing his job.

EDIT - thought of one more! Give us a way to access the flower shop earlier. Having Ludmilla be the sole person running it when she doesn’t even join the town until halfway through the game is... A Choice. It is RIDICULOUS how late in the game this shop becomes available. I think you could have Priscilla run it initially, and just decide where Lucy works between the shop and the bakery. Then when Ludmilla joins and takes over, Priscilla takes the other open job.

#rune factory #rf5 #rune factory 5 #i've almost exhausted rf4 of content. almost. have a few more marriage events/weddings to see and then just kids #but i've entirely beaten the game otherwise so there's very little for me to do and stay invested once i've married everyone #even with my favorite bachelor/ettes it will be hard to find the motivation to continue past marriage so i can have kids #if only i could have gotten married sooner but in 3 different playthroughs i've never managed it before halfway through Rune Prana #it's much easier to get married in 5 thankfully. i just need to secure my love interest(s) in between all the other town events #but yeah. I LIKE rf5 but i think it says something about its problems/quality that i've played its entire story ONCE #while i've done it for rf4 THREE TIMES and intend to at least once more. i do need to go back to 5 though #i have SO MANY love interests i still need to romance. namely ALL the girls and some of the guys #but i need to stick to like... 2 LIs per run or else things will get a little crazy while i could harem-run easily in 4

[thegoldendoorknob]

If there’s anything Rune Factory 4 bosses have taught me it’s that I should be able to pacify any evil old men and put them in my monster barn.

#rune factory 5 #rf5 #gideon #ethelberd #gelwein #spoilers #rf5 spoilers #i shouldve drawn gelwein with the pumpkin hat honestly its his most iconic detail really

[keepchangingandneverstop]

120 - Letting me team up with an entirely aggro pink frog with an axe was a fantastic choice on Marvelous's part

#rune factory 5 #rf5 #giving its cousin a one hit kill attack not so much

[mochlus]

playing Rune Factory 3 Special and it's more or less my first time playing RF3 (I played it when it originally came out on DS as a tiny kid but did not get far lol) and I think ultimately it's like. It really is just a less polished version of RF4, isn't it. I mean given the series I expected that, but I thought the monster transformation mechanic would have a little more depth? I keep running into all these little things that I'm like, wow, yeah, RF4 made a slight change here and improved it significantly. It's really cool to see and mostly just drives home for me how good of a game RF4 is lmao

#suchobabbles #4 is still the best rune factory. sorry 5 #love the characters in 5 but i think in most other ways its inferior to 4 #that said. now that im playing 3 and comparing to 4... #i think if they make a similar jump in 'basically the same game but better in every way' from 5 to 6 #then 6 will easily be the best rune factory game

[aashiyancha]

Didn't finish the next skit part this week (just means next week's will be even longer. Woohoo!)

So instead, enjoy this doodle of the siblings and Lucas eating noodles in Heinz's attic

And ofc, because I can't not turn everything into a joke...

#rune factory 5 #rune factory #rf5 #rf5 alice #rf5 lucas #rf5 ares #aashi doodles #i literally keep adding scenes to the day with rei and ares every time i open it its so bad lol #it hard with drawings to get all the ideas i want coveyed w/o having to draw a bazillion pages #lowkey thinking maybe i should get into writing fic along with doodling it...

[melodybottles]

my friend’s been telling me about things going on in an RP group she’s in and hearing about vegetables kidnapping people and taking over their accounts really made me want to draw something so. walking dead parody LOL

#rune factory #rune factory 3 #rune factory 4 #rune factory 5 #doodles #im not tagging the group bc im not in the group im just a bystander but like. its right there in the title #sillies

[daily-nicotine]

the urge to restart a game because of tips and tricks you should know before playing

#this is rune factory 5 okau #imloving it #im lving my cast so far #but im still so confused with the upgrades and rexipes and whatbot 😭😭😭 #30 hours on this game and in still like 19 days in game #i dont want to do this shit all over again #also me: but what if u do because ur a perfectionist and u want to make everything high level even when ur a beginner #haha :) nooo pshhh :))) (i hope i dont) #farming games are good good good for me #harvestella if youre reading this can you chill for a hot second because i cannot play 2 farming games at the same time #rf5 8/10 woukd recommend #also because its gay so its a huge win for me #and im not used with the player dictating the festival's like HELLO i am a stranger!!! why let me ddo that #unlike story of seasons wjere the festivals are just there #daily misadventures

[toyherb]

the ending of scar/vio main story actually had me crying. like I already cried when arven's dog recovered but this had me big crying.

#also this is totally my own gender bias but i think thematically sada is better than turo in terms of the story and themes #and like being emotionally gripping as a character #obviously paternal relationships and maternal ones are equally important #especially since in both cases sada or turo are arvens only family #as i say this as someone who prefers my father to my mother btw #... well i think since ive also literally only played scarlet and havent seen the turo scenes i am just having this bias #i think fatherhood is also a good subject that can be just as emotionally gripping #even if their lines may be the same #but if they have more lines about fatherhood i think that improves turo #also like theres so much to say about gamefreak having more than enough money to have made a better game HOWEVER #i also played rune factory 5 which has REALLY BAD performance so like. #i know its not nearly as big of pokemon but like if we ignore that #pokemon is alright #not like excusing it just saying i still had fun despite everything

[thewitchqueen281]

hot take but.

rf4 is fine.

rf5 is still better.

#rune factory 5 #the 3d is pretty #i think its a wonderfully colorful game #and if you somehow think the older games look better your out of ur mind #sega ass graphics #the old games hold up but like #rf5 also have more intresting towns folk then like most of rf4 #i LIKE a lot of the rf4 characters but they are extremely generic anime #also amber #need i say more on That Topic #u may have issues with fuuka (of which i could make my own post about.) #but we all have to admit #WILD step up from amber #so y3ah ny 2 cents #ifs a pretty game #and i dint need perfectly rendered trees #in fact id rather have shitty back fround trees it adds smth to the setting #reminds u of how human the people making this are