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[Darkrider]

Enjoying this game immensely as well. Thanks for such a great thread. As with everyone else, I'll toss my friend code up here. If you add me - drop me a PM.

Thanks!

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[Feep]

Really enjoying this so far. The number of social/IAP elements are throwing me off and they're a nuisance, as far as I'm concerned...I want to just ignore them, but the game keeps yelling at me to use them.

I do like the town rebuilding, though. How exactly does it work? I seem to be building weapon shops and special attack shops, but how do I actually claim the items within? I want more than one special attack, dammit!

Edit: Oh, and question on "Invigorate" and status modifiers in general. I assume the "P. Atk. 125%" is merely a 25% boost, not a 125% boost, right? When it says two "turns", does that mean two cycles of actions, or literally two actions (like if you brave and attack twice, is that "two turns"?) And honestly, with it not only failing some of the time but DAMAGING THE PLAYER upon failure, it's really just an awful ability.

 

[bodine1231]

So what are the best job combos in the early game? I've been turning of exp and just grinding jp for each class but that doesnt seem like the best use of my time. I doubt each character will use abilities from ALL the classes.

 

[Kenai]

I just got the CE from GS. Was worried after quite a few reports of damage, but mine was fine. Will take a little while before I can join in the fun but it will happen and I am excite.

 

[demidar]

Really enjoying this so far. The number of social/IAP elements are throwing me off and they're a nuisance, as far as I'm concerned...I want to just ignore them, but the game keeps yelling at me to use them.

I do like the town rebuilding, though. How exactly does it work? I seem to be building weapon shops and special attack shops, but how do I actually claim the items within? I want more than one special attack, dammit!

Edit: Oh, and question on "Invigorate" and status modifiers in general. I assume the "P. Atk. 125%" is merely a 25% boost, not a 125% boost, right? When it says two "turns", does that mean two cycles of actions, or literally two actions (like if you brave and attack twice, is that "two turns"?) And honestly, with it not only failing some of the time but DAMAGING THE PLAYER upon failure, it's really just an awful ability.

Yeah, when the game mentions percentages they mean additively, so two abilities that "increase P. Atk by 25%" will stack up to 150%.

Another tip, you can press X in battle while your cursor is on an ability to get a proper explanation of what it does.

 

[GenericBadGuy]

I'm only in chapter 1 and got lucky with a 2300 dmg ability capture to send to friends. If you want an early summon for a boss or something.

FC: 4313-0588-8609

Send me a pm with yours and I'll add you kind. Ablink makes things so convenient it feels like cheating!

 

[redcrayon]

Sadly I haven't been able to play the game much today. :/

I have a quick question regarding the Chapter 1 side quest though.

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I've already beat the merchant, and read the note saying to check out the mill at night. Well...Here I am at night not knowing where to go. There is this one dude saying that the door behind him is off limits. Is that it?

Answer:

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You need to finish the temple and progress the main story first. Come back to the city, after that, at night, and the blue sidequest marker will be at that door allowing you to progress.

 

[toddhunter]

I do like the town rebuilding, though. How exactly does it work? I seem to be building weapon shops and special attack shops, but how do I actually claim the items within? I want more than one special attack, dammit!

Some are given to you periodically, but others you just need to talk to the umm... "red save dude" and you can buy them.

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

I'm only in chapter 1 and got lucky with a 2300 dmg ability capture to send to friends. If you want an early summon for a boss or something.

FC: 4313-0588-8609

Send me a pm with yours and I'll add you kind. Ablink makes things so convenient it feels like cheating!

Added you. I'm: 4210-4033-3949

 

[Astarte]

I think I just figured out the plot twist while I'm still in chapter 3. I really hope that isn't the case, I really hope I'm just dumb.

 

[Feep]

Some are given to you periodically, but others you just need to talk to the umm... "red save dude" and you can buy them.

Got it! Thanks.

 

[Soul Beat]

Answer:

Spoiler

You need to finish the temple and progress the main story first. Come back to the city, after that, at night, and the blue sidequest marker will be at that door allowing you to progress.

Ah, alrighty then. Thanks!

 

[GenericBadGuy]

Sorry Norende Weapon Shop guy...looks like Belphegor is going to stay where he is for a while...

 

[Niraj]

Ringabel cracks me up.

 

[Corpekata]

So what are the best job combos in the early game? I've been turning of exp and just grinding jp for each class but that doesnt seem like the best use of my time. I doubt each character will use abilities from ALL the classes.

Knight at level 2 unlocks the two handed passive which will amp up a lot of classes damage output so is worth getting for most. Thief at level 4 gets a life drain attack that does good damage and healing so is good for a party where you don't want to put too much pressure on a single healer. Monk's not bad but given its' first few abilities have failure chances you probably don't need to prioritize early (though its' a really strong early main class).

 

[Baliis]

Will go through and add some people later, but if anyone wants to add me feel free to.

4055-2971-9246

 

[toddhunter]

Knight at level 2 unlocks the two handed passive which will amp up a lot of classes damage output so is worth getting for most. Thief at level 4 gets a life drain attack that does good damage and healing so is good for a party where you don't want to put too much pressure on a single healer. Monk's not bad but given its' first few abilities have failure chances you probably don't need to prioritize early (though its' a really strong early main class).

I find the Knight Stomp ability really good for early grinding. It weakens your defense after, but given whatever you are fighting is already dead, it doesn't really matter.

 

[Dice]

Okay so I have several special moves but how on earth do I change what I send to others when they summon me? It's still set to a normal attack with a dagger. I see level 2 people who have sent me good stuff, so it doesn't make sense.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Oh god, I love Chapter 3's Tall/Little one.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

23 hours and my facebook village is complete. Sleep mode is your friend in the rebuilding process

 

[theprodigy]

23 hours and my facebook village is complete. Sleep mode is your friend in the rebuilding process

your what

Oh god, I love Chapter 3's Tall/Little one.

I'm....not getting the reference here?

 

[GenericBadGuy]

Okay so I have several special moves but how on earth do I change what I send to others when they summon me? It's still set to a normal attack with a dagger. I see level 2 people who have sent me good stuff, so it doesn't make sense.

Use the ability "Send" and then whatever you choose to do after that is what will be sent to others.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

I'm....not getting the reference here?

I'm not referencing; I'm just too lazy to spoiler so I'm typing it vagueness alongside poor descriptions. The talker though.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Wow my free shipping CE version got here today. I posted a lot in this thread because I was worried about my box. It's perfect. Thank the crystals!! (Well the inside has a little damage but I think SE did that when they put my shit in the box)

Impressions:

Dat warm feel.

Holy shit after the intro when you awake In the first inn. I just looked at my screen in awe. The art style is exactly my kind of thing. The glow from the candles and the way the walls stick out while using 3d. Wow. This game.. The set peices feel like little dioramas with the 3d turned on.

I wish games like this were the norm and not a once a decade type thing.

I'm only about 1:30 in!! Going to bed for the night and got my 25 villages working away!

Thank you Squarenix!

 

[Dice]

Use the ability "Send" and then whatever you choose to do after that is what will be sent to others.

And where is this hidden "Send" ability?

 

[FryHole]

And where is this hidden "Send" ability?

It is hidden in the Summon option on the battle menu, as it's basically your outgoing Summon.

 

[Deleted member 125677]

your what

 

[macklelol]

The whole sequence to getting the (chapter 3)

Spoiler

Performer

job is such a pain. And the boss for it was pretty tough, as well.

 

[Eusis]

Being able to control the encounter rate is something that needs to be in every JRPG from now on.

Well, at a minimum I really do feel like every random encounter and even many visible encounter based RPGs really need to have some sort of system in place rather than it always being static. Give me items to stock up on, give me abilities, even give me the option in the menu... just acknowledge how utterly god damn frustrating it is to deal with them when everything you'd run into is completely out of your league and you just want to explore or complete sidequests. Conversely, acknowledge that when we want to grind to remove more of the tedium trying to find an encounter.

EDIT: I'm also of the mindset that just about any design call has its place if used properly... and I suppose the same can be said for encounter rates you can't adjust, but most likely that'd have to be a linear forward march of a game that won't have you visiting old areas whether by making it pointless or by outright barring it.

 

[Tommy DJ]

The whole sequence to getting the (chapter 3)

Spoiler

Performer

job is such a pain. And the boss for it was pretty tough, as well.

Fetch quests in TYOOL 2014 are the worst. It doesn't help that its transparent about what it is.

 

[Dice]

Rebuilding the town unlocks the items but it doesn't get you the truckloads of C-C-C-C-CASH MONEY to buy them. Merchant job will be thoroughly abused when I get it.

It is hidden in the Summon option on the battle menu, as it's basically your outgoing Summon.

Ah. Well I set it to something good and it is time for bed now.

and I suppose the same can be said for encounter rates you can't adjust, but most likely that'd have to be a linear forward march of a game that won't have you visiting old areas whether by making it pointless or by outright barring it.

Lunar:SSSC remains in my mind as a very finely tuned RPG in this regard.

 

[joe2187]

I did it! I finally killed a Beezlebub

fuck you octopus baby!

 

[Shengar]

Order ID: 31181
Date Ordered: 10/01/2014

Your order has been updated to the following status:

Shipped

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[Sendou]

Started on normal. How hard the game will get? Should I bump up the difficulty to hard? I don't like hard RPG's but not overly easy either.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Started on normal. How hard the game will get? Should I bump up the difficulty to hard? I don't like hard RPG's but not overly easy either.

Start at normal, it can get frustrating on Hard at times.

 

[May16]

Start at normal, it can get frustrating on Hard at times.

I would say this as well.
But, great thing is, you can change any time. If it's too easy, turn it up; if it's too hard, turn it down.

 

[Human Resources]

Haven't gotten very far, but loving it already!

Here's my friend code -- send me your village's undesirables and I will put them to work breaking rocks

2852 - 7377 - 6516

 

[Dice]

So I think Ringabel

Spoiler

is in love with

Edea

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because dat ass.

 

[Sendou]

Thanks!

But, great thing is, you can change any time. If it's too easy, turn it up; if it's too hard, turn it down.

Yeah I love this feature in games.

 

[Coins]

Should be getting this in the mail Monday or Tuesday. I read the demo carries over into the game. Is it recommended to play the demo thoroughly then?

 

[Ken]

I must be doing something wrong. Only act 1 subquest but boss battles feel really hard. Guy is using potions for 500 hp while Tiz is hitting for 20~80 damage each hit?

 

[Ricker]

I dont get the SP thing...I have 3,which is max...what do I do with them....?

 

[cm osi]

I must be doing something wrong. Only act 1 subquest but boss battles feel really hard. Guy is using potions for 500 hp while Tiz is hitting for 20~80 damage each hit?

are you using the right equip for every character?

I dont get the SP thing...I have 3,which is max...what do I do with them....?

press start/select and you get a free turn for a character (only in this mode you can deal more than 9999 damage)

 

[royox]

I must be doing something wrong. Only act 1 subquest but boss battles feel really hard. Guy is using potions for 500 hp while Tiz is hitting for 20~80 damage each hit?

Dude equip some weapons or stop using melee attacks with a mage.

 

[Ken]

Dude equip some weapons or stop using melee attacks with a mage.

He's on MNK with the knuckles I got from Centro Ruins or whatever.

 

[KHlover]

He's on MNK with the knuckles I got from Centro Ruins or whatever.

Hmm whats your level? Sounds as if you might be a tad underleveled

 

[Ken]

Hmm whats your level? Sounds as if you might be a tad underleveled

11ish. I'm just wondering if boss battles are supposed to be this attrition-like because my damage doesn't seem like it can keep up with his potions.

 

[P90]

Thanks. I'm still debating whether to play this before Fire Emblem, but I think I'll go with FE first then this. But I'm really tempted.

I'm not that far into BD, but have played the demo, so I must put that caveat out there. BD is a very good game (and a must buy), but I think FE:A is a better game.

 

[EndcatOmega]

11ish. I'm just wondering if boss battles are supposed to be this attrition-like because my damage doesn't seem like it can keep up with his potions.

You might try

Spoiler

unequipping the knuckles- Knuckle Lore means you can sometimes actually outlevel a knuckle weapon; equipping Stomp from Knight also helps, as does Invigorate. Main dude also seemed to have lower Magic Defence. Make sure you have the best equips, too, obviously.

 

[Forkball]

This game is a real thundaga-to-the-heart.