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Bravely Default |OT| For the Americas

So I just picked up a cheap 2ds off craigslist for this, will get soon. I'm usually old school and prefer each character have his/her own set gear, I see in this you can equip any weapon on any class, will this have any drawbacks or is it do as you please?

How's the 3d also?
 
Alright I've collected everyone's FC that they posted in this thread. PM me if you want to be added I suppose.

Thanks for the list. Looks like I'm going to be sent a bunch of PMs.

This game is exactly what I'm been hoping it would so far. The AR card opening was neat, and everything from the music to the graphics, with 3D on is beautiful. Can't wait to start unlocking jobs. Got to the point where I can rebuild the town and I managed to get 13 people plus the 20 from the demo.

My Friend Code. PM if you add me.

RPG_Fanatic: 0903-2750-1593
 

TheContact

Member
So I just picked up a cheap 2ds off craigslist for this, will get soon. I'm usually old school and prefer each character have his/her own set gear, I see in this you can equip any weapon on any class, will this have any drawbacks or is it do as you please?

How's the 3d also?

The 3D is pretty cool, especially in towns, it really gives it a more unique look with depth. Honestly though I just turn it on for a few seconds to look at it then turn it off, I hate 3D modes in general, especially on the 3DS when you have to hold it a certain distance at a certain angle..
 

KHlover

Banned
I'm loving this game so far. One thing that kinda bothered me was the whole job thing.
I like that their is a big selections in jobs but when you see a boss it's like oh well now I get his job .... it's a weird way of obtaining new jobs. Couldn't they just have you earn them buy doing certain stuff like for a monk help a monk with a quest.
No, they couldn't. But the reason for it is one of the biggest spoilers of this game, so I won't tell you ;)

Reposted for visibility
 

HawthorneKitty

Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
So I just picked up a cheap 2ds off craigslist for this, will get soon. I'm usually old school and prefer each character have his/her own set gear, I see in this you can equip any weapon on any class, will this have any drawbacks or is it do as you please?

How's the 3d also?
No drawback, but benefits are given to classes that excel in use of different types of equips.
 

DarkKyo

Member
:( my amazon ordered is STILL "preparing for shipment"... I got two-day shipping but somehow it's coming on Tuesday. Wish I had it for the weekend... I'd cancel and pick-up in-store somewhere close but barely any places are actually selling it in-store for some reason.
 
When do you guys decide to switch jobs? I unlocked monk and white Mage but im still a lvl 4 freelancer. In the demo I'd switch once I had maxed the jobs but those were capped at lvl 4.

Thoughts?
 

Zing

Banned
I have always felt weird about adding people as "friends" when they are just random forum posters. It's a dilemma for me, since it would be neat to have some here.

So far, the only thing that initially disappointed me about this game is the hidden items scattered around. I was never a fan of rustling around in random furniture, plants, barrels, etc to find a potion or money. Why the hell would there be potion or money in a plant? The saving grace here is that the game prompts you with the "(A) examine" on-screen when you are near a hidden item, so I don't have to hammer on the button comstantly.
 

Zing

Banned
I was really enjoying this game, until I got to the first save point out of town and then... Buy SP Drinks with your real money (or you can wait 8 hours of leaving your 3DS in sleep mode w/ the game running to get one)!

What in all the shits!? Pay-to-Win microtransactions in what everyone keeps hailing as one of the best old-school RPGs in years? I cannot be more disappointed in Square Enix

Ignore it. Consider the drinks to be cheat codes for those who suck at the game. I'm going to use the ones I generate just for fun. So unless you are one of those people who get pissed that other people are typing "idkfa" in Doom or using the white Tanooki suit in Mario Land, it means nothing to you.


Mrgrgr

Hard is surprisingly very balanced; glad I chose it from the get-go.
I did a quick web search before playing to see if hard was viable. Apparently, the game get nuts later on with bosses that will one-shot you. I'll save hard for my second play through.
 
Welp still no shipment or even preparing for shipment for my CE from Amazon. Just canceled it, don't want to deal with the frustration of the busted up box during shipment as well. Will pick up a copy from Best Buy today (regular).
 

F0rneus

Tears in the rain
Oh God I just woke up super early, so I could go and level-up a tad, before doing a side event. I am currently running around plowing through mobs while getting that sweet XP. This game, guys. It nails it. All of it.

Also, I have no wifi connection available in my home, so I use the wifi dongle by Nintendo when I want to download something only. That thing is too tricky otherwise. T_T
 

Lum1n3s

Member
Don't know if I should be mad at Amazon or Lasership (probably the latter.) I pre-ordered the game back in December through Amazon for the CE. I get an email stating that Amazon shipped the game to Lasership or something like that yet when I go Lasership's website it says that the item was not received by sender. I ended up emailing Amazon and their representative told me that the game wasn't received by them or something or that they were trying to delay my shipment and take their time to get it to me by the 11th which makes no sense. They ended up giving me a $10 promotional credit towards any purchase from Amazon but, I could hardly care about that... I just hope I get my game is all =(.
 

Wunder

Member
Alright I've collected everyone's FC that they posted in this thread. PM me if you want to be added I suppose.

Gaf name: Friend code

AcademicSaucer: 4012-3841-4625
ActStriker: 5284-1470-9856
Adam Prime: 3711-7239-3957
andylsun: 4468-1543-2080
Astarte: 5129-1498-5745

Basileus777: 0731-6050-8147
Baust: 4081-5505-0754
betterhalf: 1048-8492-3843
bodine1231: 1005-9452-9684
Brew124: 2750-1612-9258
Bucca: 0576-4573-1272

CcrooK: 0104-0606-2901
CertifiedFP: 5043-3176-7106
CoconutTank: 3007-8076-1049
commish: 3050-8202-3744
CrichtonKicks: 3437-3063-7441
Crumbtiny: 5284-2336-6820

DarkChronic: 0731-5307-6839
Dark Octave: 3668-9259-1166
demidar: 0361-6762-6094
DeuceGamer: 2809-8861-2752
devious.one: 1418-7585-0621
Dice//: 5258-0233-2151

Easystride: 4742-6699-6179

Fake Charlemagne: 2191-7815-7922
flc: 4639-9203-6187
frogg609: 0301-9787-5351

Gaz_RB: 0705-2549-2806
goblin: 5472-7153-6655

Human-Shield: 2449-6028-9833

Indrew: 3668-8833-5952

jacob armitage: 0619-3043-1337
joe2187: 0189-9840-1161

Kintaro: 3523-3329-8903

lemonlyman: 4425-1716-1788

mauaus: 3754-8161-4423
Mauricio_Magus: 1504-5738-5878
Maybesew: 2595-0813-1310
Mazre: 3024-6346-6995
Mbrill82: 2036-6958-0285
Metaledgeking: 3024-5320-8335
michaeltraps: 0903-2967-7500
Mortimer Brewster: 0044-4202-5746

necrolysis: 2492-4141-8846
Nintyb: 2724-0345-2695

ovii: 3625-9397-8180

PanderingMonk: 2423-2514-4317
pariah164: 1934-0839-3882
picklecannon: 0275-8876-8416
pikmin_trainer: 1461-7154-9357

Qord: 3926-5259-8072

Ravijn: 1693-1948-7158
razgriz417: 2637 9874 2211
RDreamer: 0662-4140-6435
Relucatant-Hero: 4210-4033-3949
rhinosmitty: 3239-2814-9241
RPG_Fanatic: 0903-2750-1593
RurouniZel: 1160-9808-6621

Sera O: 0619-3105-4695
Shengar: 3179-7054-4898
Soul Beat: 3566-1628-5922
spiritfox: 0404-6055-6338

tenren: 3995-7875-5641
terrisus: 3909-7510-2374
TheBatman: 0619-4526-7626
The Ps4 Looks Great: 0275-8919-1285
Tommy DJ: 2809-7988-8155

VRMN: 3523-2150-5412

Wilsongt: 1289-9119-8096
WonkyPanda: 1118-0259-1800
wrowa: 4468-1001-4124
Wunder: 4785-5303-9215

Xerotwo: 3711-6795-4578
XiaNaphryz: 5241-1921-7740
xKilltheMx: 0259-1115-6640

Zareth: 1091-7972-4321

quoting for new page, added a bunch of people on the list!
 

EndcatOmega

Unconfirmed Member
Need a little help with a Chapter 1 fight in a sidequest.
Is there anything that can be done about Profiteur's Takeover? It seems to pierce default, and absolutely none of my characters can survive two 300 damage attacks in a row.
 

Niahak

Member
Joining in on the friend code fun. Looking forward to digging deeper into this game! I liked the demo.

My FC is 4296-2993-6328.
 

Velcro Fly

Member
Damn the original delivery estimate was February 13-15.

Then once it shipped that got moved up to February 11th.

Now it's sitting in the UPS down the block from my house :(

I'll get it Monday. I'm hoping the less than a day it took to actually get here means it isn't destroyed. Otherwise I'm going to probably hassle Amazon about a partial refund.
 

matmanx1

Member
Initial impressions after an hour and a half last night: this game is great! I love the art, I love the music, the gameplay is right up my alley and the adjustable battle speed and encounter rate should be standard fare in every rpg from here on out until forever.

This might be the best turn based DS rpg since DQIX!
 

Renoir

Member
How is every one so strong already.The game came out yesterday.

Add me. Pm me let me know it's real.
3153 3811 3474
 

tenren

Member
So far loving the gameplay and the art, it has an old school feeling to it.

My friend code is 3995-7875-5641, send me a PM if you add me.
 

-Horizon-

Member
Got my CE (a little dented in the middle), played for 10 minutes or so, still loving the visuals for the city. That kind of painting look just looks amazing. Also, that first AR part...now that was cool.

FC in case any one wants to add me or anything: 1289-9546-9303
 
gotta say, I'm super into micromanaging unlocks, the village will be the death of me. Thank god I did the 20 villager glitch on the demo to transfer them over, nearly done unlocking every shop (2 left to get to) after the first night. It seems like outside of streetpasses, you can get a few villages for free everyday when you "Update" when you go to save


edit: funny thing about unlocking so much, I can afford nothing T.T (still in the prologue lol)
 

Kaybe

Unconfirmed Member
When I add people they don't go in my village?
Please don't tell I really need to street pass people.. =/

Use the Update Data option in the save menu, you'll get 4 or 5 people every day. I don't think having friends has anything to do with the village building.
 

FryHole

Member
Nobody is talking about the story in this game. How is it? What FF game does it compare to storywise?

I'm curious about this as well.

It serves its purpose without being anything earth-shattering. Early on it's like a modern FF3 (the actual 3, not VI), modern in that it has more sophisticated dialogue and character development but it nonetheless follows a classic town/dungeon/boss/repeat approach as your characters work to achieve a goal, unsurprisingly based around awakening crystals, set early on in the game. Later on
things twist, everything gets a bit meta and it rather becomes its own thing without ever quite becoming a truly gripping story
.
 

Renoir

Member
Use the Update Data option in the save menu, you'll get 4 or 5 people every day. I don't think having friends has anything to do with the village building.

Oh ok. Cool.
Also you can only use your summon friends once?


Oh man I did that update .. and there is like 4 beezlebub in my town.
Are they going to eat my villagers ?
 

Derrick01

Banned
Use the Update Data option in the save menu, you'll get 4 or 5 people every day. I don't think having friends has anything to do with the village building.

When does the timer reset? I did it yesterday and it worked but I tried again at midnight and this morning and it says I've already done it for the day and I didn't get anyone both times.
 

Kaybe

Unconfirmed Member
Oh ok. Cool.
Also you can only use your summon friends once?
When you have used a friend attack, they have to "send" a new attack and you have to update data again to recieve their new attack. Also, you'll waste it if you use it and you get wiped out from a battle. It doesn't come back until they resend it.

Edit: Uh... I'm not 100% sure about that they have to send it again, but I think I recall it's that way. I rarely use them.
Oh man I did that update .. and there is like 4 beezlebub in my town.
Are they going to eat my villagers ?
No, they're just DLC bosses. Your villagers are safe.

Derrick: No idea.
 

Totakeke

Member
Chapter 1 now, hard is still too hard without using ablink or friend summons because you barely deal enough damage to enemies and enemies can kill your party members easily in one turn. Probably the only viable way to go around this without grinding a lot of levels is stacking the job that does the most damage at this stage and just go all out offensive.

Maybe I should forget about playing hard.
 
My copy probably won't arrive between Feb. 12th and the 17th. So, while i wait here's my FC if you guys want to add me.


FC: 2680-9880-5913



And how many fc can the 3ds store on it?
 
Bravely Default is an amazing game, wow! I picked the game yesterday on my way home, got home around 8pm, had a quick bite and shower and started Bravely Default. I stopped playing at 6 am, had a quick nap and at 8am I was back in the game lol. Best thing since Lost Odyssey, I need game like that for my WiiU :D
 
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