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Bravely Default |OT| For the Americas
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Reluctant-Hero
Member
Now that I Spell Fencer, keeping a Black Mage around as a main or sub class feels useless. Ring was my Black/Red/Time Mage for a long time. But now he's going on glass cannon duty as a thief.
Yeah that 30 JP requirement per character is killer.
Actually, I'm concerned I may want to level up the jobs that give the elemental abate support abilities for each character!
SoraanTribal
Member
I changed Ringabel into a furry. Now it is impossible to take any story scene seriously.
Change everyone into a furry to truly enjoy the story/cutscenes of the game.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Got it, thank you. I think I'll be turning off the quest marker from now on. I just realized how big of a crutch it was. =/
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
The running around in chapter 3... I am going to have to watch that 3 1/2hr stream of the guy beating the game because I CALL BULLSHIT even for the barebones main quest. He had to have done some crazy sequence breaking.
Eventually there is a shop that sells accessories for those. Just before you start needing them, too.
You get more as you progress through the story. Specifically,
when you awaken each crystal.
theprodigy
Member
no sequence breaking
only reflects, and optimal grinding spots
everyone always overestimates the time required to speedrun games, I remember people saying there was no way to do Xenoblade in under 15 hours (including the guy who did the NG+ run!)....and we're at 9.5 hours now
I should switch my avatar to Artemia because apparently she bodied the run
edit: lolololol Artemia cost him 2.5 minutes
edit: lolololol Artemia cost him 2.5 minutes
Otakumegane
Member
The fekk. I'm 14hrs in at at end chapter 3 with lvl 36 chars.
How did I get this far without getting my ass kicked lol.
How did I get this far without getting my ass kicked lol.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Don't worry, some moments are quite amusing.
D
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Did you do all sidequests? I spent 25 hours+ getting there with no grinding at all
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
Ahhh I gotcha!
I'm intentionally leaving some things until the second play through, like compounds and the learned enemy moves, so got a bit worried about things not carrying over. Nice to hear it's all mostly intact
You guys weren't kidding about the fire crystal boss. Even after seeing the general pattern, I had to switch things up a bit to best him,
And then the sidequest boss right after that was cake, of course.
went with two healers and two physical attackers with lightning sword magic.
And then the sidequest boss right after that was cake, of course.
It just nut-punches you. How I did it was
a dedicated healer with Cura and Raise equipment, a Spell Fencer that can quickly use items in a jam, Ranger who carries the damage and Dancer for buffing up speed and M. Def while dodging the Burst with his Jump subabilities. And 3 of my guys had Angelic Ward, which helped out in spots.
Just getting into this after enjoying the demo, game is a really nice update on the classic Final Fantasy formula. Captures the spirit of the series while still doing its own thing. Story and writing is cliche filled and familiar, kind of endearingly so, but Ringabel's journal is an interesting wrinkle after skimming through that a bit. Voice acting is hit or miss but not as bad as anticipated.
Everything looks and feels elegant across the board, love the visual style. Combat is fun and tying class unlocks to bosses is a great idea. Really appreciate the ability to explore for treasure without random encounters and then turn the slider all the way up for fast paced leveling- knowing I can always run back to an inn safely takes some of the tension out of dungeons, but the tradeoff is worth it. First Square RPG that I've been hooked on in ages, feels good to be back.
Everything looks and feels elegant across the board, love the visual style. Combat is fun and tying class unlocks to bosses is a great idea. Really appreciate the ability to explore for treasure without random encounters and then turn the slider all the way up for fast paced leveling- knowing I can always run back to an inn safely takes some of the tension out of dungeons, but the tradeoff is worth it. First Square RPG that I've been hooked on in ages, feels good to be back.
That boss is the hardest regular boss in the game imo,
until your blackmage learns to ignore M.Def and ignores his shield. And your spiritmaster just blocks all damage from Energy Blast. And your general damage output grows faster than his HP in Chapters 5-8. Goes from hardest of the Crystal bosses to easiest.
theprodigy
Member
nah Othros is the easiest boss in chapters 5-8, you can literally stack enough defense to the point where he does 1 damage every time
edit: lawl Victoria also trolling the run by not killing the party and using poison instead
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Nope, and the Goddess embraces me today.are you done the game already?
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I wasn't meaning anything about grinding. I mean the plain time it takes to run back and forth all over the world for these stupid sequences in chapter 3.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
You can't be saved anymore.
Otakumegane
Member
Tip:
from Chpt 3 subquest is a complete pushover if you have a spell fencer put one of her minions to sleep and kill the other one.
Then she can't summon and her minion can't do anything. I say fencer here and not black mage cause there's a sword that gives sleep condition
Praline
Then she can't summon and her minion can't do anything. I say fencer here and not black mage cause there's a sword that gives sleep condition
theprodigy
Member
....you do realize the overworld area for Bravely Default is actually pretty small, right
and the actual WR is 3:23, except I don't see a video for it
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Lightning will save my soul.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Save you from what? Nothing. There is no reason to live in that world anymore.
razgriz417
Member
I actually used Salve-Maker to do most of my damage. Item attacks go straight through the shield and I found that using the attack item passive plus compounding Demon Tail + Dragon Fang netted me attacks that did 7500 damage lol
Most bosses can at least be poisoned. Initially almost impossible to do though, it's astonishing how often status spells miss. Until you get the Arcanist class that is, since it has a support ability that increases the chance of status effects to apply and some massively powerful spells to punish anyone with a status effect on them.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
He does
Water
Fire
Lightning
Or is it
Water
Lightning
Fire
Every time you hit him with his weakness he goes to the next one. Use the examine skill to find out
For example: His weakness is water, you hit him with a water attack. Then his weakness becomes Fire hit him with fire. it'll become lightning. Hit him with lightning. it'll become water.
Admiral Woofington
Member
So I made Ringabel a summoner for the MP boost and because his black mage stat is high enough I don't need to change him back for a while. Anybody has any opinion on whether I should change him into a red mage when I get it? I would think that with a red mage I eventually I don't need to keep black magic as a secondary job and change into a perfomer eventually. I have a feeling I'm keeping Agnes as a white mage until spiritmaster.
PS4 is now available again, so things saw some movements, but still
http://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-video-games/zgbs/videogames/ref=sv_vg_10
Bravely is still the best selling game. ...How.
http://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-video-games/zgbs/videogames/ref=sv_vg_10
Bravely is still the best selling game. ...How.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
How? How not? =3
Ah, I hadn't bothered leveling up that class yet, actually doing that now - along with Ninja which I just got, finally!
razgriz417
Member
Yeah I leveled it up a bit because people said that its lvl 9 passive doubles heal rates for potions and ethers really, the combinations can be good but takes experimenting. I did dig up this reference to all the combos tho if you're interested
http://www.usgamer.net/articles/bravely-default-salve-maker-guide-what-are-the-best-compound-recipes
It's physical damage, I'm pretty sure, or at least it can be dodged. So, physical defense, Protect, and evade all work. You want to Default on the turn after it Transforms and then unload on the following turn.
razgriz417
Member
I stacked a bunch of angelic ward and damage dispersion but the main thing is that while the shield is up you can still damage the boss with items. Its weak against lightning btw so any items that do lightning damage is good. Salve-Maker can make some high damage items if you have the parts, check the link I posted above. When it transforms/takes down the shield, make sure you default and then afterward its free game for regular damage. Having Spell Fencer as a secondary for Thundara weapons can help you with damage as well. You can also set your specials with demon slaying and Lightning damage too
I used that as a secondary ability for...I think Ringabel. It helped. The other people just used items during the shield portion, but the compounding was nice.
It's physical damage, so maybe beef that up. You could use the
performer skill that raises p def
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
It is a chance based ability. If you read the tooltip it tells you that it will do a percentage of damage based on your maximum HP if it fails. You can level up Freelancer for a support ability that improves chance based abilities. I imagine that would work for this.
Got it. Beat it my next try with this knowledge. Thanks guys