Lord Ghirahim
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Bravely Default |OT| A better Final Fantasy than Final Fantasy
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
How the hell do you use SP drinks anyway?
Also how do you get more specials?
Also how do you get more specials?
You get new specials from upgrading the village. Use the Special option in the menu to customize them and see how they trigger.
toastyToast
Member
Upgrade the special store in the bottom right of Norende. Each weapon gets 3. Go for the special parts in the NW and W of Norende too.
The drinks let you use bravely second. Press start/select in battle and you get a free move that doesn't consume BP or MP. Actually, I'm not sure about MP, definitely not BP though
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Ah alright. I've been pretty much ignoring those parts for awhile now. 
Lord Ghirahim
Member
The only DLC known for the European/Australian version is the SP drinks.
And the Nemeses.
CrankyKong
Member
lol, Edeas special music is great.
guitars and sax as she's belting the shit out of someone
guitars and sax as she's belting the shit out of someone
Chapter 6 and grinded from Level 65 to 99 in about 2 1/2 hours lol. Steamrolling everything. Don't mind these chapters.
Did the same. Now just turn off encounters and the later chapters get a lot more manageable
I'm at the End of Chapter 4 I think. I just cheesed my way through the
fights for the
sub quest by using the
combo.
Agnes is my dedicated healer with most mage jobs above Lv 10.
Tiz and Ringabel are rocking
.
Edea is exploiting the
combo with 0 MP
due to
.
I feel like playing with maxed out jobs is a waste of JP but I pretty much got my job combinations nailed down for the moment. Are there any reasons why I should definitely level a specific job beside the ones I'm currently playing as?
dragon
Vampire
Red Mage / Ninja Utsusemi -> gain BP from evading attacks
Agnes is my dedicated healer with most mage jobs above Lv 10.
Tiz and Ringabel are rocking
Dual Wield Ninjas with some Ranger support abilities for max damage
Edea is exploiting the
Pirate / Swordmaster
Double Damage
Free Lunch
I feel like playing with maxed out jobs is a waste of JP but I pretty much got my job combinations nailed down for the moment. Are there any reasons why I should definitely level a specific job beside the ones I'm currently playing as?
The end fight in Grapp Keep. OH. MY. GOD. I was taught humility. Most challenging fight so far.
I was able to win on my third try, but damn, that was hard. I felt like there was a minor difficulty spike in general in that dungeon. Had to grind a level or two, then turn off encounters on my way to the boss.
Had enough of the monk class for now and turned Ringabel into an axe wielding beast. The design of his new job is great!
I was able to win on my third try, but damn, that was hard. I felt like there was a minor difficulty spike in general in that dungeon. Had to grind a level or two, then turn off encounters on my way to the boss.
Had enough of the monk class for now and turned Ringabel into an axe wielding beast. The design of his new job is great!
donutzsick
Member
Just finished it
and besides
the game was AMAZING!
I absolutely loved the
I am SO EXCITED for bravely second now! even more excited than i was for this game! Naotaka Hayashi delivered what i wanted and then some with this game's story imo and gameplay was super addicting and fun
(Both ends, got true end first)
how annoying getting the true end was
I absolutely loved the
plot twists at the end.
YoshiStrife
Member
True Ending spoilers. Need to know if I can get back to the world map at some point...
I'm definitely on the true ending path right now, after doing the non-true ending previously. So I'm at the point on the Grandship where you have to fight Airy twice in a row. I'm having a bit of a tough time against her second form, where she recovers her HP. Kills me good when she inflicts that 'Weak to Magic' status ailment thing on me, then unleashes something like Flare.
I can't return to the world map to go grinding right now. I'll be able to once I defeat her on the ship, though, right? Just gotta figure out how to kill her first. I assume she's stronger than on the alt ending path, because I don't remember having this much trouble against her.
I can't return to the world map to go grinding right now. I'll be able to once I defeat her on the ship, though, right? Just gotta figure out how to kill her first. I assume she's stronger than on the alt ending path, because I don't remember having this much trouble against her.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
I realized only one of the BDFtS Achievements seems to involve buying products other than a physical copy of the game. It would be better if they removed that completely, but I guess it's still better than last year's shameful list.
Aveyn Knight
Member
Beat the game now. Major spoilers abound, most likely.
Also, the Bravely Second trailer was awesome; great use of the gyro function too.
Saw the Evil One coming from a mile away, but it was cool still.
Personally I kind of wish they made Chapters 5-8 a single chapter.
From a logical viewpoint, I couldn't think of a reason for Chapter 6 and beyond to exist, except to drive home the cycle and the existence of parallel worlds, which I'm sure they could have done in some other manner.
Like maybe you could visit other parallel worlds by travelling through the Holy Pillar and Grand Chasm.
The "true" ending was great, but the requirement was totally silly. I have to applaud Agnes and co. for not giving up despite the Rite of Awakening failing many times, but they didn't give the player any good reason to continue.
Personally I kind of wish they made Chapters 5-8 a single chapter.
From a logical viewpoint, I couldn't think of a reason for Chapter 6 and beyond to exist, except to drive home the cycle and the existence of parallel worlds, which I'm sure they could have done in some other manner.
Like maybe you could visit other parallel worlds by travelling through the Holy Pillar and Grand Chasm.
The "true" ending was great, but the requirement was totally silly. I have to applaud Agnes and co. for not giving up despite the Rite of Awakening failing many times, but they didn't give the player any good reason to continue.
Also, the Bravely Second trailer was awesome; great use of the gyro function too.
Chrono Helix
Member
I've been trying to get onto that Hall of Fame by clearing the game without random encounters. Just beat Chapter 4, and my party's around level 47. I decided to try fighting Azmodeus and after a long grueling fight that lasted an hour I finally managed to beat him and jumped 5 levels.
I realized that unlike most other RPGs, the bosses in this game don't really do the "my life is below 30% I'm going to use my most powerful attacks now" thing.
I realized that unlike most other RPGs, the bosses in this game don't really do the "my life is below 30% I'm going to use my most powerful attacks now" thing.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
I'll probably spam Mammons into my Norende when I decide to do the Hall of Fame thing. I can use my eur copy for 3 Mammons per day.
How is that possible? Are there enough forced encounters to keep up with bosses? I've wiped the floor with most bosses on normal since I grind every now and then but I feel like they would pose quite a challenge otherwise, let alone without any random encounters at all.
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Easy + Growth Egg asap + Elixir-holding Nemesis for cash + Nemesis fights for experience + doing all optional fights should make it possible.
kuroneko0509
Member
Looks like the nemesis from Jump Festa is
one of the TenMaOu.. probably related to Bravely Second
Chrono Helix
Member
I've only been playing on Easy, and I cheated a little by using a Gungnir (achievement reward for having a level 99 character I imported from the previous game into another save file onto the same cartridge). Hold it, that's not going to lock me out of the Hall of Fame, is it...
Satan I think? I was sent one last week.
theprodigy
Member
it's a "traditional" FF-style RPG, it's almost guaranteed that you can do that
I, personally, look forward to the speedruns for this game
edit: particularly with the Brave/Default system allowing you to spam attacks and clean up bosses, that extra -3 turns can't hurt you when they're dead
kuroneko0509
Member
ThePeoplesBureau
Member
Grabbed this up for a cheap price, had to have it for the BD collection
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
Waiting for this to arrive from Amazon. I decided to check out the demo. Hard mode actually seems hard, which is nice. I was getting my ass completely handed to me until I scrounged together some money to buy proper armour. Is there any particular end goal to the demo, aside from exploring the various caves?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
How the hell are you supposed to take down this fucking
Who is infuriating because he has attacks that hit 1000 and 9999 which seems to ignore your default state.
salve maker?
Who is infuriating because he has attacks that hit 1000 and 9999 which seems to ignore your default state.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
A white mage can dispel the regen no prob. From there on, use your imagination ; )
Hours Left
Member
That's what it looks like. :/
That really sucks. I want Ringabel's outfit soooooooo bad. (Your avatar is now a painful reminder.) I hope they still manage to release them somehow.
A question about special attacks. I'm finding that in battles certain special attacks are greyed out. In particular, all my staff users only seem to be allowed to use the Level 3 Special (healing) and not any of the attacking ones. What influences which special attacks you can use?
Who here has actually renamed any of the special attack names and associated trash talk? I haven't yet since I'm always switching up jobs and equipment.
Who here has actually renamed any of the special attack names and associated trash talk?
I haven't yet since I'm always switching up jobs and equipment.PairOfFilthySocks
Member
Okay, to be fair I'm playing on Hard, but the demo for this game is insane. Anywhere other than the cave to the west is full of enemies that make minced meat of my party, some of them while calling in reinforcements mid-battle. Does the game expect you to grind heavily to get through or am I missing something here?
Really enjoying this game so far, just got to Florem. Edea and Ringabel are awesome, they bounce off each other so well. Gonna do the blue asterik side-scenarios that have just appeared before progressing.
Edea -lvl 28, lvl 6 Spell Fencer (lvl 7 Knight, lvl 6 Thief, lvl 3 Freelancer)
Tiz - lvl 28, lvl 7 Knight (lvl 7 Monk, lvl 2 Freelancer)
Agnes - lvl 28, lvl 7 Black Mage (lvl 7 White Mage, lvl 4 Time Mage, lvl 2 Freelancer)
Ringabel - lvl 28, lvl 8 Merchant (lvl 5 Monk, lvl 3 Freelancer)
Sound good so far?
Edea -lvl 28, lvl 6 Spell Fencer (lvl 7 Knight, lvl 6 Thief, lvl 3 Freelancer)
Tiz - lvl 28, lvl 7 Knight (lvl 7 Monk, lvl 2 Freelancer)
Agnes - lvl 28, lvl 7 Black Mage (lvl 7 White Mage, lvl 4 Time Mage, lvl 2 Freelancer)
Ringabel - lvl 28, lvl 8 Merchant (lvl 5 Monk, lvl 3 Freelancer)
Sound good so far?
Fight on the world map first, but be careful! The white cat enemy can one shot you with its aero spell.
Elaugaufein
Member
A question about special attacks. I'm finding that in battles certain special attacks are greyed out. In particular, all my staff users only seem to be allowed to use the Level 3 Special (healing) and not any of the attacking ones. What influences which special attacks you can use?
Who here has actually renamed any of the special attack names and associated trash talk?
Healing is the level 1 special for the staff. You need to use healing spells 20 times for the Level 2 special (Buffing) and 30 times for the Level 3 special (which is a single target attack).
ETA - New Nemesis is out: Baal i; Tutle Doves (Level 99). Don't know if its got anything interesting I was obliterate grinding and forgot to equip proper skills and equipment again, so I had to run or perish.
kuroneko0509
Member
Chrono Helix
Member
He can only kill one person at a time. And yes his attacks ignore defence.
After looking up some prices on Amazon I wonder...
Is this game actually selling well? Or does it have an extremely low print-run?
I hope it's the former :7. I haven't seen it in stores since day 1 launch day where I bought the last copy...
Also slowly making progress through chapter 4. So far I really like it, although I wished someone would finally take a few inspirations from Golden Sun when it comes to dungeon design. Which still has the best RPG dungeons ever. Why is no one trying to copy that?
Such a shame.
Is this game actually selling well? Or does it have an extremely low print-run?
I hope it's the former :7. I haven't seen it in stores since day 1 launch day where I bought the last copy...
Also slowly making progress through chapter 4. So far I really like it, although I wished someone would finally take a few inspirations from Golden Sun when it comes to dungeon design. Which still has the best RPG dungeons ever. Why is no one trying to copy that?
Such a shame.
theprodigy
Member
because Bravely Default isn't attempting to emulate shitty dungeon design
toastyToast
Member
Norende done along with about 5 jobs mastered for everyone in Chapter 5. Grinding jobs is disturbingly easy in this game although I've decided to stop and finish the game
Golden Sun dungeons were awesome bro. This game needs more dungeon tracks too. Hearing the same track everywhere is getting old
Golden Sun dungeons were awesome bro. This game needs more dungeon tracks too. Hearing the same track everywhere is getting old
woah...
There are many things about golden sun that can and should be criticised but when it comes to dungeon design and interaction with your surroundings not a single RPG comes even close. The dungeons feel like dungeons from an adventure game, and not like a boring enemy filled hallway with a boss at the end. THAT'S shitty dungeon design. Because there isn't any design at all.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
1000 damage still hurts a lot. Currently grinding for dispel.
Also why is the third world so pointlessly huge. Actually, why is the world map in general pointlessly huge.
I read dungeon tracks and thought of the mine carts in Golden Sun. Loved those things haha. And Golden Sun dungeons are the best.