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Masta_Killah
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GreekWolf said:
:lol :lol :lol
You do know there's an accessory that kills Poos instantly right?
Need some basic leveling-up mechanics tips...
Are your stats completely dependant on your job, ala FFV, or do you get a flat stat boost every time you level up with a given job equipped?
So like, I've got Shu L5 now, and I've got to pick another job, so I'm thinking... Guardian, maybe?
Are your stats completely dependant on your job, ala FFV, or do you get a flat stat boost every time you level up with a given job equipped?
So like, I've got Shu L5 now, and I've got to pick another job, so I'm thinking... Guardian, maybe?
JayDubya said:
I think your stats increase with both your lvl and job class. So your stats will probably decrease if you change to guardian right now. But as your job class lvls up so will your stats.
It wont take as long either..
Oh btw when you change classes it shows you what your stats will be if you were to change from class to class.
IoCaster
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I'm still pretty early into the game. I just started into the Hospital Ruins. I've got the default setup with Shu/Swordmaster, Jiro/White Magik and Kluke/Black Magic. I did switch and level Jiro/Barrier to rank 6 for the lv1 field battier, but I'm not really sure when I should start switching the others over and level Generalist and such. I planned to take them each to level 30 or so in their defaults before switching. Does that sound like a workable plan or would it be too much of a grindfest with weakened characters and tougher mobs?
You should switch classes around, especially since the early levels don't require that much SP. Generalist is especially important since it gives you extra skill slots (which you WILL want) and accessory slots.IoCaster said:
Maxxing out one class at a time probably isn't very efficient.
All characters in the low 80's, though what you'll really need to focus on is your skill set. The recipe for success is toPonn01 said:
level your entire party to 33 in White Magic, so that they can all equip the Resurrection skill. The Poo King WILL KILL ALL OF YOU at least once, so Resurrection is an absolute must-have. Also, make sure at least three members of your group level up to 35 or so in Support magic for the Double Cast skill. Would be a good idea for those same three members to also have White Magic and Black Magic equipped, so you can alternate between healing/reviving your party and casting damage spells on the King.
Above all, remember this -
the primary strategy here is to stay alive long enough for your Corporeal skill to kick in during the battle. With as much punishment as he's dishing out, it shouldn't take long. Three or four Corporeal attacks will finish him off.
Once you beat him, don't forget to backtrack to the
ancient factory
Ponn01 said:
I was low / mid 50's when I beat him. The key is
your agility (Quickus helps a ton assuming you get to cast it (see agility). so you actually get to make a move. Then all you need is Wallus (helps tremondously against his dark wave). 2 characters should have resurrection (white). Casting previve on chars without resurrection can be important also.
Splash Wave
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At what point should I start branching out in terms of classes? I've more or less stuck with everyone's base class. I've only deviated to get a couple of abilities.
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DXMachina said:
Each class pretty much has an extremely useful skill (as far as stat based that you can apply to another class). Like Assasin has speed, Black Mage has MP, White Mage HP etc etc
I just took what Base class I assigned to each character and chose their secondary class accordingly. The General Class is also very.fricken.useful. You get more Skill slots fairly quickly (almost the max at around Class Level 14 or something).
DXMachina said:
i started very early on disc 1, because the generalist things come in super super handy, as do things like having your mages do both black & white magic. (you can live without support and barrier magic a large portion of the game, and probably entirely)
after the added skills, for me, field barrier 1,2, and 3 are the next vital things.
then comes double strike (ninja i think), attack amp, double cast, resurrection, magic sword, and charged attack.
Splash Wave
Member
Is that star next to my save file the indicator that I'm playing in hard mode?
Splash Wave
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Also, why is it that these steel eating tigers can one-shot both Shu and Maru Maru? I've been doing well against everything else, but they start the fight with killing them both every time.
I see people talking about 9999HP and 9999MP and I boggle at the amount of grinding I'm going to have to do to get there. I just got
and my characters are around level 40.
I leveled Jiro up to lvl 50 barrier magic to get field barrier 3 and I've been running around the Ancient Factory grinding SP off those keloleon guys in there to level up my shadows. Maro has the highest HP of any of my characters so far and he's on 900 or so. I got the Eyepatch to double my SP gain for one character which is pretty useful. Would be nice to have double SP for everyone though.
I guess now I decide whether to just push on and finish the game or go hardnuts grinding XP and SP to level up a bunch to do these side quests. I tried
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Fun game though, I really like it so far. (Even if it is a bit stingy with the gamerpoints...)
Zola back with the mechat
I leveled Jiro up to lvl 50 barrier magic to get field barrier 3 and I've been running around the Ancient Factory grinding SP off those keloleon guys in there to level up my shadows. Maro has the highest HP of any of my characters so far and he's on 900 or so. I got the Eyepatch to double my SP gain for one character which is pretty useful. Would be nice to have double SP for everyone though.
I guess now I decide whether to just push on and finish the game or go hardnuts grinding XP and SP to level up a bunch to do these side quests. I tried
Ghost Yeet real quick last night and he whooped my ass, although I didn't go in knowing what to expect so half my time was spent removing petrify D:
Fun game though, I really like it so far. (Even if it is a bit stingy with the gamerpoints...)
Splash Wave
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Llyranor said:
I still managed to win the fights, but I just wanted to make sure my characters weren't grossly underleveled or something.
Well I am clearly insane. Just completed the game and ALL 1000 ACHIEVEMENT POINTS on a HARD mode playthrough.
The leveling was super tedious, but I just left my 360 on over the weekend while my party just ran in infinite field barrier loops.
Even at max levels, King Poo is vicious. I didn't look up any strategy or hints and barely managed to scrape a victory thanks to several chained corporeal attacks between revives on my first attempt.
Gold Mecha Robo on the other hand...screw that guy. After several failed attempts, I resorted to reading a faq...which then made the fight impossible to lose.
Neat little RPG. Addictive combat, beautiful visuals, great music. Lame plot and characters. Strange how far this game seems to channel Dragon Ball in the lategame hours too, almost reeking of desperation.
Didn't like the optional quests. The several bonus dungeons are boring, bland, dull, basic, and sometimes irritating corridor crawls. If not for achievements I would have just skipped the lot of them.
Opening the world up in Disc 3 was a delight though, suddenly that nearly incomprehensible world map gains context and structure. It's just shocking how a poorly detailed map overlay and a locked camera angle can make the concept of the overworld feel so disconnecting.
Solid, maybe not spectacular, but solid. 8/10
The leveling was super tedious, but I just left my 360 on over the weekend while my party just ran in infinite field barrier loops.
Even at max levels, King Poo is vicious. I didn't look up any strategy or hints and barely managed to scrape a victory thanks to several chained corporeal attacks between revives on my first attempt.
Gold Mecha Robo on the other hand...screw that guy. After several failed attempts, I resorted to reading a faq...which then made the fight impossible to lose.
Neat little RPG. Addictive combat, beautiful visuals, great music. Lame plot and characters. Strange how far this game seems to channel Dragon Ball in the lategame hours too, almost reeking of desperation.
Didn't like the optional quests. The several bonus dungeons are boring, bland, dull, basic, and sometimes irritating corridor crawls. If not for achievements I would have just skipped the lot of them.
Opening the world up in Disc 3 was a delight though, suddenly that nearly incomprehensible world map gains context and structure. It's just shocking how a poorly detailed map overlay and a locked camera angle can make the concept of the overworld feel so disconnecting.
Solid, maybe not spectacular, but solid. 8/10
Any other kind of cheap achievements like the "tap A insanely fast to shut the door in time" ones? I'm gonna have to go back and do that one. Luckily I could just start an easy mode playthrough, skip all the cutscenes, do it, and then it would still count... but if there's another later in the game, that's going to suck.
Also, how should I spend these goddamn medals (I found the merchant for the first time, so I know *where* to spend them), and how many are there in the game total?
I'm kind of agonizing over spending them on anything since the guy runs away. I'm thinking you can raise Shadow (Job) Levels by gaining SP, but you can't raise base character stats, so stat ups would be better... but if you naturally max stats anyway when you're max level, that would make those medal rewards a waste whereas the job level medals would just help you get there faster.
Also, how should I spend these goddamn medals (I found the merchant for the first time, so I know *where* to spend them), and how many are there in the game total?
I'm kind of agonizing over spending them on anything since the guy runs away. I'm thinking you can raise Shadow (Job) Levels by gaining SP, but you can't raise base character stats, so stat ups would be better... but if you naturally max stats anyway when you're max level, that would make those medal rewards a waste whereas the job level medals would just help you get there faster.
JayDubya said:
There are a few "cheap" as you call them including one that I can't do.
As recommended by GAF I spent my medals to buy Barrier hearts to help one of my chars get Field Barrier 3. When you have Field Barrier 3 you destroy field enemies with minimal mp cost.
You will have additional chances to meet him so don't worry.
You can sell. The item just has to be in your encylopedia, same with enemies. If you want the item acheivement you best be using the faq or I can pm something later that I used to help you.
Sysgen said:
Yeah, I'm guessing there will probably be some rare items / boss stealables. I just reached L20 on Marumaro and started him on Assassin, so I hope the bosses up until now haven't had rare items to steal. That would suck.
Yeah, I think I'm just going to hold onto my medals for now and then just buy up a bunch of barrier hearts. If I buy them now, I'll be tempted to use them now, when the level ups are relatively cheap in SP cost, rather than later.
JayDubya said:
You eventually can complete a sidequest that basically allows you to visit Toripo anytime to turn in medals.
As for medals...If you are hungry for maxing classes, buy up the job items, they -really- help the grind. I wish I dumped most of my medals into those to shave a few hours. (Don't use them until your job levels are 60+ though) As for stat boosters, I'd only really look into Agility boosts, defense, and maybe offense in that order. Agility is priority. period. Don't bother ever with the HP/MP up's. You'll reach that 999 plateau no problem without them.
As for cheap achievements...well all the minigames require some sort of 'perfect' completion. There are two astoundingly annoying button mashing achievements at the disc 2 finale that are probably more difficult than the door one. (One even requires a total reload and a boss fight just to re-attempt upon fail!)
The others require perfects on rail-turret minigames...which I found pretty easy. But those button-mashing ones. EFF YOU!
Oh and yea, if you want the monster/item completion achievements...you will require reading a faq. Some are one-time steals, some monsters require special conditions to uncover, some items are easilly missable by not talking to certain NPC's...etc.
It's god-awful design, but fortunately there aren't TOO many of them to obsess over.
It's god-awful design, but fortunately there aren't TOO many of them to obsess over.
Splash Wave
Member
Can you guys offer any tips for defeating the first robot at the end of the first disc on
. The one with the guns.
And will I ever get a chance to go back to town and restock my items?
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And will I ever get a chance to go back to town and restock my items?
They were all a bitch to me but I used Shielda and Quick along with Zephyr for health replenishment. I think I mainly used water magic/sword against it but i'm not sure.DXMachina said:
You can't warp off of the ship so.....
I finally finished D1 after a little over 25 hours. Had to grind a couple of levels towards the end but nothing too major.