what jrpg are you playing right now ?
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Northeastmonk
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Yea no kidding I got that on preorder too. It's looking good. I had an english repo of Trials and then Trials of Mana when that launched. That's in August. This month should just end tomorrow lol
Phobos Base
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I've been playing Octopath Traveller, which at first I really enjoyed but might be at the giving up point. Looks and sounds beautiful but it has one flaw that's killing it for me - every battle takes far too long. Regular mobs take about 5 minutes each which really adds up, but the bosses are something else. I've got to one which has about 36,000 hp, keeps summoning goons with 6000hp each and takes about 250hp a hit. I spent about 20 minutes slowly grinding his health down, only for more goons to appear who both launched special attacks and wiped me out in 2 turns. I'm already 5 levels higher than the recommended but not sure if I've got the will to continue.
Danjin44
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Are you hitting their weakness? Also your gear in Octopath is much more important than overall level, if you are not doing enough damage and taking lot of damage then you should buy better gears for your party.
Kaim0
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Are you consciously using buffs and debuffs and taking advantage of the benefits of charging up your boosts? And by getting powerful equipment through exploring cities (and even more advanced places that you shouldn't be visiting yet in the story)? The equipment makes a difference. Bosses tend to have a lot of health because, in reality, you can also deal extreme amounts of damage, something like 10k/20k damage with a single attack. Octopaths can be easily broken.
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Phobos Base
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Well I thought I have been and am trying to use his weaknesses, but even buffing my tank isn't doing much damage at around level 28. Sounds like several more hours of grinding or may try another chapter 2 boss and see if I have more luck, but good lord I wish this game had an auto battle option
Danjin44
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Just remember when bosses on break stated they take significantly more damage, so you want to setup you buffs, boots, good damage ability before breaking their shield and once you do unleash all your attacks at them.
Shake Your Rump
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What level is your party? I'm playing the game now. My people are level 25-30, doing level 27-28 quests. I'm having no problem. I am not doing anything special. Boss battles take a while, but it's engaging the whole time.
It sounds like your equipment is weak? Are you acquiring gear from the townspeople? investigating and unlocking new gear in shops? Equipment seems to makes much more improvement than character level. Also, do at least some of your characters have sub-jobs?
Yeah, this is a sign of weak equipment or not focusing on attacking when enemy is broken. My Alfen with a decent axe (not the best) will still do 4000 damage on broken enemies with a fully powered up amputate. This is with no sub-job, and being the lowest level character, even.
I'm still figuring out the game and I use absolutely no guides or outside help. I think I've had a single character die on me three times, but otherwise the game feels just about right in challenge. Outside of chapters, battles are fairly easy. Chapter battles require strategy and some thought. Boss battle require everything I have.
The game really does seem to allow for any play style, with no truly sub-optimal choices. It just sounds like you need a bit more patience, practice, and better gear.
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Hohenheim
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Emulator? I have it on my Steam Deck, and it's great.None.
I would like to be playing Suikoden II but
1. It's not on PSN
2. It doesn't exist in any physical form at a reasonable price
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Man I can't wait, by that time the kids will be back in school and I can take a couple days off to spend quality time with Visions of Mana in peace.
kubricks
Member
Honestly the best way to play it is to have a modded Vita and play it there.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
You're responding to a post from 11 years ago lol. FFS I hope we get a release date on the Suikoden 1&2 remaster sometime soon.
NewYork214
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Infinite wealth but on chapter 8 I think. Should have been dlc. Ughhhh
Hohenheim
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Haha! I had no idea, I thought I was responding to a new post. Hopefully he's been able to play it by now!
Phobos Base
Member
It's Tressa's chapter 2 boss that I'm stuck on, done all the 1st chapters and the second of Primrose's without any real issue. It recommends being at level 22, current party is level 27 Primrose with the scholar sub job, Tressa at 25 with cleric and Olberic 25 with hunter, 4th is Therion as he has the armour decrease skill, but because you don't get xp if they aren't in your party he's only at 17. Definitely sounds like an equipment issue, although money drops at a low rate as well so still seems like more grinding ahead.
mayham2199
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Got the plat on Person 3 Reload like 2 weeks ago. Don't have time to dive into anything else. I'm almost as excited to go on vacation as I am to get back and start trails through day break.
Shake Your Rump
Banned
I just did that quest with a lower level party than yours. My group was all under level 20 except for H'aanit. The boss did take a while, and I recall Tressa getting KO'd once, but otherwise it was slow and steady. I kept "incite" on Ophelia (my warrior), so she took almost every hit for the team.
Tressa should be finding cash every time you enter an area, and she also boosts the amount you earn after battle. She also has a chance of discount when buying from townspeople, so hit them up first before going to the shops. I just bought a 24k sword from a dude, and she got a 4k discount.
I'm about to start Olberic's second chapter. I think I am going to switch my subjob composition. I have been using thief on H'aanit, but I am spending too much time debuffing and such and not dealing much damage. Looking back, this made the above mentioned battle take longer. I am going to switch her to apothecary and just focus on the attack skills with bow and axe. I just found the hunter sub-job, so I'll try it on Olberic (who hasn't had a sub-job yet). Tressa is going to switch to scholar from apothecary (merchant's half SP ability seems overpowered). Fourth member is Ophelia, warrior extraordinaire.
PS: I've done no grinding. However, I fight everything that attacks me, and I have yet to fast-travel anywhere. I've just gone clockwise around the map.
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Evil Calvin
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College Football 25
amigastar
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Wrong Thread?
DenchDeckard
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Octopath traveller 2 after skipping the first. It's amazing!
Evil Calvin
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Nah...it's a role playing game (in a sense) and I'm sure it's sold in Japan.
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amigastar
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But it's not from a japanese dev?
Evil Calvin
Afraid of Boobs
But Japanese like to role play as football players
Kataploom
Gold Member
I'm 110 hours into Xenoblade 3... Can't stop playing it, it's just so good it's not even funny anymore lol, how did they achieve this?
Edit: Oh, and I'm not even done with the story, just unlocked all heroes for everyone and I'm planning to do story from this point until I finish it, I'm finding the pieces for the ship
Edit: Oh, and I'm not even done with the story, just unlocked all heroes for everyone and I'm planning to do story from this point until I finish it, I'm finding the pieces for the ship
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Danjin44
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Dont forget to play Future Redeemed expansion after finishing base game....I also fucking LOOVED Xenoblade 3.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
One thing I'm bothered by is....Why this is the cover art?
Isn't bad but this is much better choice since its a nice call back to older Mana series art.
I'm hoping this art is reversible cover, it has to.
I still have my Wii physical for Xenoblade. And I loved how you can use the reversible cover instead. Which I did. Looked so much better
Kataploom
Gold Member
Of course, but I'm not done yet with base game, I would actually love to get into Future Redeemed asap because of spoilers but I fear I won't give a single F about base game after lol, I tend to lose interest and then it's hard to care about again
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Best game in the series. Enjoy!
Slimboy Fat
Member
Bravely default 2. Has a good battle and class system
Mister Wolf
Member
Trails Through Daybreak. After that Visions Of Mana.
kurisu_1974
Banned
Finished Metaphor last weekend and it was pretty good but a bit unbalanced near the end, I had done almost everything but still had to grind to be able to finish the end boss... or maybe my setup just sucked, the rest of the game I found quite easy in comparison. I refused to set it to Easy Mode too!
Now started Ys X which is good fun so far. I played the first Ys game on the MSX in 1987 so it is always a nostalgic event for me.
Now started Ys X which is good fun so far. I played the first Ys game on the MSX in 1987 so it is always a nostalgic event for me.
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Yeah I'm keeping my schedule open for this game
U n i o n 0015
Member
Playing through Phantasy Star II and Phantasy Star Gaiden.
On a PS kick lately with my Retroid Pocket Mini.
On a PS kick lately with my Retroid Pocket Mini.
JimboJones
Member
Playing through FF9 using the moguri mod. 120FPS and upscaled backgrounds look fantastic! Feels like a modern game compared to the original.
digital_ghost
I am a closet furry. Don't you judge me.
Playing the 3D remake of Romancing SaGa 2 and loving it.
Game is hard but has alot of content. Very different than traditional jrpgs. I never played the original.
Also playing YS X nordics.
Game is hard but has alot of content. Very different than traditional jrpgs. I never played the original.
Also playing YS X nordics.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Playing through FF9 using the moguri mod. 120FPS and upscaled backgrounds look fantastic! Feels like a modern game compared to the original.
I wish SquareEnix would put this much time and care into all their remasters
ReyBrujo
Member
I finished Trials of Mana for Switch (not the PS version that came as a standalone game but the SNES version that came in Collection of Mana), I remembered it being much better but it was damn slow, spamming the button to get the menu with the magic before the opponent could do the same, really didn't enjoy it even if graphically is better than Secret of Mana. Now I am playing Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu 1, the one that started the Mana saga) and DAMN, it's soooo good. Yes, it has lots of limitations but the gameplay is much better than the last one, you got similar weapons, you can immediately recognize most of the enemies from Secret of Mana, the story is fast-paced... having a blast right now.
Shake Your Rump
Banned
Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition. I played about 80% of this game on the Wii whenever it was released and just stopped one day. I am just now leaving colony 9, but it is already more fun than Xenoblade 2.
The new faces suck, though.
The tutorials are fantastic. I can't believe Xenoblade 2 never had a tutorial menu added after all this time.
The new faces suck, though.
The tutorials are fantastic. I can't believe Xenoblade 2 never had a tutorial menu added after all this time.
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