Unfortunately, no:
Mobs like Alraune only spawn pre-Ch5 and are replaced by higher level mobs in Ch5 onwards. If you're completionist you'll want to pick up everything else anyway then clean up in a NG+
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Bravely Default |OT| For the Americas
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Unfortunately, no:
flatearthpandas
Member
My understanding is that every monster is in the bonus dungeon. So the answer would actually be yes, but it's annoying. If I'm not mistaken.
theprodigy
Member
Seriously, how does a majority of the Shieldbearers get stuck on the bridge against Praline+a bunch of grunts?
It's a choke point. The whole point is that the bridge is the dividing line between the Shieldbearers territory, and the Swordbearers territory.
BTW,
could you ever get into the swordbearers part of the bridge? I tried a couple of times, and then said fuck it.
Love in the Crossfire too OP.
Aveyn Knight
Member
JetBlackPanda
Member
Well just got to chapter 5! I think I want to grind some jobs and exp before I tackle all of these side quests where is the best place?
Thanks guys!
Thanks guys!
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Around Florem. Personally I used Florem Gardens since the second room and beyond seemed to give me the most Rafflesia (or whatever they are) mobs.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Thank you!
AcademicSaucer
Member
damn, i really hate the "Go to the other side of the world to talk to someone and comeback" quests
Beat this yesterday when I wanted to see what happened if I didn't stop praying (Chapter 6). I learned later that I could have continued a couple more times to get to the final boss. Is it worth it? I was starting to get frustrated by the repeating bosses nonsense. Liked the game overall except that part.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
You don't have to do all the sidequests fights. In fact I'd recommend against doing most of them in Chapter 5 and 6 because there's so little difference.
Ignoring those, maybe aside from the couple interesting ones in Chapter 6 (
Yulyana for the last job, and the Venus sister trio fight
They are a lot better in Chapter 7 and 8, and I'd recommend continuing just for that if you enjoy the job and battle systems. I haven't had time to finish the game yet, but I doubt the story gets much better in the very last stretch and it's pretty blah anyway.
Have you watched the special video after beating Ourobos? Go to the main menu and watch it.
Nope, will do that.
Also I fucked up my spoiler tag. Can you edit your quote of me? Would hate to ruin it for someone else.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I'm edging myself forward on this. I'm at the part where
we have to make the Vestels cloth for the ritual. And Ringabel and the old man in the forest are quite the tandem.
Wicked Battle has to be the best battle theme in this game. It's too hype.
This was playing during
the fight against Perfect Airy, wasn't it? So satisfying to slaughter that bitch to the tune of this track 
BassForever
Member
So is it considered a cheap tactic to apply an elemental weakness to a boss via the second level want special then use triple bravely second specials with that weakness added and 30% power boost? Cause that's how I've beaten the past 2 bosses <.<
theprodigy
Member
There are no cheap tactics.
This was playing duringthe fight against Perfect Airy, wasn't it? So satisfying to slaughter that bitch to the tune of this track
Perfect Airy, as in her second form? That's Wicked Flight. Wicked Battle is her first form theme.
Then she also has Wicked Thing which also plays during her first form before she goes to the Dark Aurora (at least in the false ending. I don't know how her reveal works in the true ending just yet.). That one is a pretty cool guitar theme, but also has a hint of creepiness to it which is awesome.
All her battle themes are good.
Then she also has Wicked Thing which also plays during her first form before she goes to the Dark Aurora (at least in the false ending. I don't know how her reveal works in the true ending just yet.). That one is a pretty cool guitar theme, but also has a hint of creepiness to it which is awesome.
All her battle themes are good.
I just got to chapter 6 and... oh, boy.
Guess I understand what people have been complaining about now. Maybe I'll just rush through.
So the boss rush side quests in chapter 5 were kind of a pain, but I still did them all for some reason. I guess I don't want to miss out on any potentially important aspects of the story if I've come this far? But I'm really wondering if I should do it all over again now that it seems to be the same crap for chapter 6.
Hell, I'm starting to think the same thing will happen in chapter 7.
Hell, I'm starting to think the same thing will happen in chapter 7.
Guess I understand what people have been complaining about now. Maybe I'll just rush through.
Chapter 6 has a few extras like *dialogue spoilers*
Profiteur saying Ciggma wants money to pay for his daughter's treatment
Victor mentioning Victoria killed his father
Also, without spoiling much, no, chapter 7 and chapter 8 have twists to them in terms of dialogue and battles.
They definitely should've cut the game by one chapter. If they combined the stuff in chapter 5 and 6 that would've been better. I think chapter 7 and 8 are fine as standalone chapters.
I imagine many of the people saying the later chapters killed the game are mainly referring to chapter 5-6. But if you don't care much about the sidequests, you can finish them fast.
Yeah, I did the
white mage and monk
And good to hear that chapter 7 will be different. Don't think I'd be able to handle it if it was yet another cycle of the same thing.
theprodigy
Member
So, hypothetical topic of the day:
Do you think, if Eternia attempted a full-scale invasion of Luxendarc, that they would succeed?
(for this scenario, assume Edea was assigned elsewhere and therefore remained with the Eternians)
edit: meh.....this scenario seems likely to turn into Shieldbearers vs Eternia because the other regions are chumps
Do you think, if Eternia attempted a full-scale invasion of Luxendarc, that they would succeed?
(for this scenario, assume Edea was assigned elsewhere and therefore remained with the Eternians)
edit: meh.....this scenario seems likely to turn into Shieldbearers vs Eternia because the other regions are chumps
FunkyMunkey
Banned
This game is HARD .
(early early spoilers)
Any tips?
It's making me feel shitty because I'm usually really good at rpgs in general, but damn. This is the beginning too.
.(early early spoilers)
I just got Ringabel into my party and I'm chasing after the black mage guy. In the area where he is(ruins of centro keep), there's Orcs that can 3-shot me. I have Tiz and Ringabel as freelancers and Agnes as a white mage with cure(who only does 4 damage if I attack with her). I upgraded their weapons and armor with what's available at the first town, but I'm still getting SERVED in that dungeon area with the Orcs. I understand the default/brave system and try to plan to my advantage, but it seems the Orcs can attack me and defend themselves within the same turn. I can't heal up/default enough before being killed off. I can still kill them most of the time, but a group of 3 destroys me. Should I try the Monk job with bare-handed? Or maybe I should just attack-attack-attack at the beginning of the turn and not worry about defaulting?
It's making me feel shitty because I'm usually really good at rpgs in general, but damn. This is the beginning too.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Monk is going to be a lot stronger than Freelancer, and yeah, if you Brave 4x you can probably kill all of them before they get a chance to kill you. Don't do it with your healer, obviously, that way you can still heal if you don't finish them off.
Forgot to mention, but you can do the Conjurer subquest in chapter 6 which is new. After
you meet with Yulyana in the Vestment Cave, go back to his house.
Also, in chapter 7/8,
you still go through another cycle but the dialogue and boss battles are different, though you're still fighting all the asterisk bosses again. Just not individually
there was a celestial being inside Tiz the entire game. They hinted this with the summoner job and last boss
Megalosaro
Banned
I don't think the celestial spirit was a god. I think it was the player. Celestial realm = our world
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Still in the fire nation, a few thoughts:
the cutscene about the journal deviations got me to read through it in detail (didn't realize entries had more then one page before) and you know...Ringabel is conspicuously absent from being mentioned in any of the proceedings. Is this leading towards the kind of awesome plot turn that I suspect it is?
Hell yeah, beat
in chapter 8.
I was having trouble with my standard strategy with Edea and Rage, so I decided to try something else. I gave Hermes Sandals to Tiz (Spiritmaster/Performer) and Hermes Shoes to Agnes (Arcanist/Time Mage). Tiz had 78 agility while Agnes had 87. I'd be using Sacrifice first from Arcanist to boost Agnes' M. Atk, then 3-4x Meteor afterwards. With Tiz, I had him use Stillness, which activated after Agnes used Meteor. With Stillness, I'd be good for two turns and I'd have my BP up during that time. With Hasten World (which was on Ringabel), Agnes would be back at 0 BP after the two turns. Then I'd just repeat what I did.
Giant's Drafts definitely helped in case a few of the enemies went first. But generally, Stillness activated fast so my party didn't get hit often, and I think only Agnes died, and once.
Once
I was like "oh shit" but
; I still beat them handily.
the Black Blades
I was having trouble with my standard strategy with Edea and Rage, so I decided to try something else. I gave Hermes Sandals to Tiz (Spiritmaster/Performer) and Hermes Shoes to Agnes (Arcanist/Time Mage). Tiz had 78 agility while Agnes had 87. I'd be using Sacrifice first from Arcanist to boost Agnes' M. Atk, then 3-4x Meteor afterwards. With Tiz, I had him use Stillness, which activated after Agnes used Meteor. With Stillness, I'd be good for two turns and I'd have my BP up during that time. With Hasten World (which was on Ringabel), Agnes would be back at 0 BP after the two turns. Then I'd just repeat what I did.
Giant's Drafts definitely helped in case a few of the enemies went first. But generally, Stillness activated fast so my party didn't get hit often, and I think only Agnes died, and once.
Once
Kamiizumi came in
he didn't seem to make much of a difference
ImpassionateGods
Member
I've been going through the sidequest in chapter one where you get the Thief and Merchant classes. After I defeated the little french guy we found a note saying there was some secret meeting going on tonight. I didn't really pay much attention to the location and now there is no blue quest marker on the map even though I was supposed to check it out. Where am I supposed to go?
Run around in the overworld until its night, and then go back into town. You'll see where you can go next.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I think it only appears at night. If it doesn't appear at all, it's the building with the guy guarding the door. He'll be gone once you can enter.
ImpassionateGods
Member
Thank you! I tried looking around at night time but completely forgot to go back to the town.
Just completed the game after three weekends.
Have to say, thank the gods we got the updated version of this game. I could never imagine playing this game without the 4x battle speed, turning off the encounter rate and most importantly the auto battle feature. Without those game changing features I could see this already tiring game game extend for another 50 hours.
Other than that, solid game. Kinda lost itself in the middle but it was enjoyable towards the end.
Have to say, thank the gods we got the updated version of this game. I could never imagine playing this game without the 4x battle speed, turning off the encounter rate and most importantly the auto battle feature. Without those game changing features I could see this already tiring game game extend for another 50 hours.
Other than that, solid game. Kinda lost itself in the middle but it was enjoyable towards the end.
Chapter 5 and 6 were dreadful :/. Chapter 7 and 8 were alright tho and the fight with Ouroborus was cool especially seeing my friends worlds helping out lol.Fuck those boss fights that felt like you needed to cheese through tho. (Looking at you Qada with your bullshit Fire-Weakness and Mephilia's one hit kill Promethean fire).
Also holy shit that sequel trailer was hype as fuck. Best use of the fucking gyro sensor on the 3ds. Was going around in fucking circles seeing Magnolia beat the shit out of everyone. Legit lost my mind when she used bravely second. Hyped for the sequel now and I hope to god more cut-scenes will be like that.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Finally beat the last leg of the game. People liked that? Eh.
Annoying final boss, just let me fight already. Super cheesy too.
I have to say I enjoyed the game as a whole though, and if Bravely Second is as big of an improvement as this version of Bravely Default was over the original release, it should be a great game.
Unlike some people I didn't have that much issue with the dungeons apart from the repetition. They weren't great since they basically just made you walk as far as possible, but they weren't offensively bad. Adding some decent puzzle elements would definitely help a lot.
Second half of the game could obviously be paced better, hopefully there is less Chapter 5 and 6 in Bravely Second.
Annoying final boss, just let me fight already. Super cheesy too.
I have to say I enjoyed the game as a whole though, and if Bravely Second is as big of an improvement as this version of Bravely Default was over the original release, it should be a great game.
Unlike some people I didn't have that much issue with the dungeons apart from the repetition. They weren't great since they basically just made you walk as far as possible, but they weren't offensively bad. Adding some decent puzzle elements would definitely help a lot.
Second half of the game could obviously be paced better, hopefully there is less Chapter 5 and 6 in Bravely Second.
D
Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Eh, not sure I'm going to bother with
tbh.. Jesus Christ, what were SE thinking?
all these boss sidequests AGAIN in chapter 6
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
There's two worth doing,
one for the last job, and the other is a fight with all three Venus sisters at once.
But yeah, otherwise they aren't worth it in Chapter 5 and 6. Chapter 7 and 8 are another story,
all the fights are different against groups of asterisk holders, similar to the Venus sisters in Chapter 6.
D
Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
Ok, got to find those two in ch. 6 then and look forward to the two next chapters.
I stubbornly did them all in chapter 5, and so far in ch. 6 it has been ctrl-v version of the fight in last chapter as far as I can tell.BassForever
Member
I feel like I'm going to have Norende finished before I get to chapter 3 at the rate I'm playing lol
Aveyn Knight
Member
Just checking, but do you have a White Mage? o__o
theprodigy
Member
White Mages are for chumps #yolobravestrats
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Salve-maker + Blessed Shield is better than White Mage anyway.
Of course Shaanyboi is a few chapters away from that.
Of course Shaanyboi is a few chapters away from that.