
1) Oh, yeah. Even when I had a bunch of health and armor on NG I still couldn’t survive that. Probably impossible to survive on NG+.
But if you get and upgrade a tower shield you can mostly tank hits. In PvE there’s only a few attacks that will hit through a shield (provided enough stamina). The only reason I would suggest against bows is the cost of arrows in souls counting toward your soul memory, which can make it harder to summon allies if you try to get a decent level as well.
2) Solo? Are you sure? Half of the fun of the game is summoning people to help! Plus there’s specific story threads you can’t advance unless you summon NPC allies in a few fights (and they live).
I could never get that Dragonrider trick to work. But it’s not a hard fight. Just circle-strafe to stay next to/behind him and there’s only one attack he can do to hit you.

1) Yes? No? I don’t know? He really hung out more with Gilda. I was sort of a third wheel.
2) One of the first, yes sir. And while this anniversary crept up on me, it definitely doesn’t feel like only yesterday when it all started. But thank you! There are a lot of tumblrs I miss.
3) Yes. Like that. Also I’m positive somepony else already did that joke, but I can’t find the post.
The answer is chamomile.
Anypony remember this? Well I figured I’d do it again!
I’m going to directly answer a question I usually wouldn’t. Think of it like an honesty hour/TMI type-thing (which I intentionally don’t do).
BUT! Here’s the stipulations.
- I’m only answering one.
- I’m choosing which one. And-
- It can’t be anonymous. You have to have a blog with at least a month old message, or present proof that the blog has been around for at least a month (which isn’t hard. If you have no posts just submit a link that leads to a question you’ve asked somepony at least a month ago; doesn’t matter which tumblr it was sent to).
Don’t waste your time spamming my inbox with the same question over and over again because it’s not going to matter. If I find a better question, or one I’m more comfortable answering, that’s the one I’m picking.
If you want your message to be in the running, place a “Tell:“ tag before the message (without quotation marks). For example:
- Tell: What do your eyes smell like?
I’ll reply to the message on July 22nd. To make sure your message counts, send it in before 6 A.M. EST of July 22nd. That’s A.M., morning of the day itself. It might count after that if I haven’t done the winning message yet, but I can’t guarantee it.
Every year I wind up answering all the questions that were asked, so the only choosing one thing is more of a disclaimer. I’ll answer at least one.

In particular I’d never heard The District Sleeps Alone Tonight, and it was great!
2) Sure. You don’t need this much time, but I’m gonna be kind of busy for a few days (I’ll explain later, it’s kinda late). So I’ll post the answer on the twenty-second. You have a week. I’ll reblog the rules after this.
3) Yes I did! He was nice! Why, did you know him?

(Source: sexxi-bbz)
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1) Super fighting robot. Mega Mare!
2) I’d reblog your flawless nails gif in retaliation, but I can’t find it.
3) Oh! I just started NG+ on that today! It’s pretty fun! And you’d do well as a faith character. The lightning spells are really powerful.
4) I don’t normally care who of what race is cast for what, but i don’t like this at all. The whole point of the “ninja” part of the ninja turtles, is their training. Why were they trained that way? Because Splinter’s master, who Shredder murdered in retaliation for his brother’s murder, was an authentic ninja master! And Shredder was a deadly ninja assassin! Outside of the constant link with mutagen, these were the only characters with past connections! The race of the characters were built into the characters! Splinter’s master fled to America, for pony’s sake!
So who the crap is this white guy named Eric Sachs, and why should anypony care when the real story was so interesting to begin with?
5) Well that’s not hard. They don’t want to hurt anypony’s feelings. The important thing to remember is that it’s your life and your account. You wouldn’t stay in a relationship that wasn’t working out, so don’t keep following somepony if you don’t want to anymore.
6) >:[
Also I just realized I missed my tumblrversary this year.
Now I’m sad.
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1) Is that what I made it sound like? I’m sorry, Scoots. You’re free to unfollow anypony you want! Even me, if that’s what you want.
2) You know, I never did the Looker story. I should at some point. I’d be more interested in the dressing up thing if it persisted into combat.
3) I looked at the wiki for it a little and it just makes me sick how the movie industry works. They’re already trying to make this a trilogy.


1) Well, yeah! I only unfollow somepony if I’m given a reason to do so. If they aren’t posting, it’s not bothering me. And if they start posting again, I’m the first to know about it!
Why would anypony unfollow somepony for inactivity?
2) That sounds illegal. Or should be illegal. I mean, shouldn’t a bank care if somepony is spending money that nopony is claiming?
I hope it gets resolved soon.
4) I heard a story once that banks were originally designed to help ponies, not make money off of them. Don’t know how true that is, but it’d be nice.

Lyra: Snooping through my inbox, huh?
Bon-Bon: W-well…
Lyra: Bbz, I’ve told you like five times. I have no known relatives. Colgate is just a mare with a similar mane/tail-style. Now about snooping through my inbox.
Bon-Bon: Excuse me? You said when I agreed to this that I could answer asks while you were away!
Lyra: Of course I did, Bon-Bon. And I’m not complaining about it or anything. You did nothing wrong.
Bon-Bon: I-I know I didn’t!
Lyra: So where are they?
Bon-Bon: What?
Lyra: The asks you answered. Where are they?
Bon-Bon: I… uh… I private replied.
Lyra: I see.
You didn’t think I was gonna not post this, did you?

1) Believe it or not, I’ve heard that story before. As for educational, imagine playing that with only cursory knowledge of the world it’s describing.
2) That is silly! This is much less silly (Warning: Disturbing lyrics).
3) Bon-Bon: Thank you, dear. I hope you’re happy too!
Lyra: A~nd no explanation.
Bon-Bon: Such a curious filly you are.
4) Ouch. Also sorry for the delay. Has it been resolved yet?
5) B: I don’t have normal days. I haven’t had a normal day in over five years. There’s always things to do. At the moment I’m still trying to find this pony. I had a decent lead for a while, but it led nowhere.

2) Bon-Bon: Not oooooohhh! Sssshhhhhh! I never should have started responding to these!
3) Bon-Bon: Stop it! I want her to be happy! He makes her happy!
4) Bon-Bon: If you asked her, she’d say no. But I also heard her say once when she was drunk that she used to have a crush on Gilda.
Bon-Bon: And don’t repeat any of this to her! Please!