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Bravely Default |OT| For the Americas
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InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Is there some way to swap the d-pad and circle pad functions?
You can turn off the d-pad accept/decline in Game Settings, but idk if you can make the circle pad do that.
Buff Up, Disperse Damage, Angelic Ward with Nothing Ventured was the best in the demo.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I think I'm missing something obvious with ranger. My thief with the bow was doing way more damage with the bow. Sure the ranger is only level 3 right now while the thief was 9, but the difference is astounding. Is the reason the class is so popular the "attack [blank] enemy type" skills?
Pretty sure their levels can go up and down. The ones I have are level 20.
Basileus777
Member
Thieves have high agi which increases hit count. The ranger is popular? I don't think it's all that good of a class. The "attack [blank] enemy type" skills aren't great in boss fights, and there are better ways to quickly kill random mobs.
I got a pair of level 99 Beelzebubs today, so their levels can vary.
chrominance
Member
So I thought I was in Chapter 1, but then I saw the actual Chapter 1 title screen and I thought, holy crap, I'm already five hours in, what the hell.
Nearly got throttled to death by the two sub-scenario bosses, but I made it (barely)! Starting to get a better feel for the combat system, which is good. Wondering if the Optimize function really works properly--it gave Edea a bow when she was a knight instead of the Long Sword, just because it had 1 damage higher. But that doesn't make any sense, right? It's not even a special bow, just a normal Iron Bow. And yeah, I guess it's two-handed, but it's graded D for knights. On the other hand, I checked all four stats tabs and it doesn't seem any worse than the sword. Is this just an oddity in the game, or do the letter grades not really matter, or is there some hidden stat that explains the discrepancy?
Nearly got throttled to death by the two sub-scenario bosses, but I made it (barely)! Starting to get a better feel for the combat system, which is good. Wondering if the Optimize function really works properly--it gave Edea a bow when she was a knight instead of the Long Sword, just because it had 1 damage higher. But that doesn't make any sense, right? It's not even a special bow, just a normal Iron Bow. And yeah, I guess it's two-handed, but it's graded D for knights. On the other hand, I checked all four stats tabs and it doesn't seem any worse than the sword. Is this just an oddity in the game, or do the letter grades not really matter, or is there some hidden stat that explains the discrepancy?
Chrono Helix
Member
He's a piece of cake, he spends a lot of time countering, so just keep buffing and don't have your entire party attack at once.
Job level apparently has a huge effect on the amount of physical damage a class can do.
theprodigy
Member
optimize just tries to max out every stat
in the case of bow vs sword, the displayed attack is higher; however, because weapon rank also influences # of hits, which also influences damage, the bow won't do as much damage as the sword
tl;dr: don't use optimize for weapons
That's weird, my Ranger is the highest sustained DPS, does about 1400 damage per attack (10~14 hits) and I'm nearing the end of chapter 3. I cal also use Targeting to increase damage even more since my Ranger has Miscellany as a sub-ability and doesn't use MP.
Velcro Fly
Member
I haven't played a lick today other than rebuilding the town. Up to 34 people right now in my village which makes building things easier. I love spreading them out when I go to sleep to get 3-4 things built at a time.
I have 5,200 or so gold early on in Chapter 1. I'm torn between buying spells for my mage or buying an Angel Bow to plow through the game a little bit. Some encounters have been mildly annoying and after awhile my group gets worn down. I'm considering grinding for a little bit of money to buy all my spells so that I'm not completely broke when I do buy them.
As for turning off encounters, I feel bad doing it sometimes but then on the way to a boss or something I get a super annoying encounter where the enemy either gets +1 BP or acts first and I waste way too much MP healing and killing things. Definitely put the encounter rate up to +100% when I just want to grind a bit.
Loving the game so far. Encounters where enemies do nothing but heal and/or put up protect spells on everything are so annoying though.
I have 5,200 or so gold early on in Chapter 1. I'm torn between buying spells for my mage or buying an Angel Bow to plow through the game a little bit. Some encounters have been mildly annoying and after awhile my group gets worn down. I'm considering grinding for a little bit of money to buy all my spells so that I'm not completely broke when I do buy them.
As for turning off encounters, I feel bad doing it sometimes but then on the way to a boss or something I get a super annoying encounter where the enemy either gets +1 BP or acts first and I waste way too much MP healing and killing things. Definitely put the encounter rate up to +100% when I just want to grind a bit.
Loving the game so far. Encounters where enemies do nothing but heal and/or put up protect spells on everything are so annoying though.
chrominance
Member
Aha! I knew there had to be something to that rank stuff. Thanks!
Basileus777
Member
Are you using Angel Bows? That speaks more to how overpowered the item is if you get it early more than anything else. And a lot of the bosses are humans, which really hurts the Ranger's usefulness.
theprodigy
Member
Ranger is a mediocre class because it doesn't have anything gamebreaking behind it, just minor DPS increases here and there
Yeah, but even a Valkyrie with Lu Bu's Spear couldn't out damage him (and he had higher P. Atk), but his burst was much better (a waste on trash mobs though, 9999 damage is overkill). I figure once I get Ninja I'll switch Ranger out.
They do high sustained DPS though (maybe due to the Angel Bow). But yeah, Thieves are better bow wielders, since they get better skills.
theprodigy
Member
Rangers don't even have the highest DPS anyway, that goes to either Ninjas (who also have evade hax) or Dark Knights (via Rage)
most of the other good classes have some stupid good abilities instead (i.e. Spiritmaster)
I know the rotation stuff but it's surviving I guess that is hard.
Just wanted to pop in again to state how much I love this damn game. I haven't been this over-joyed to play a jRPG since either Final Fantasy 9, Dragon Quest 8 or Dragon Quest 9.
Now, I'm only in chapter 1 so I cannot speak of the main story line yet as I haven't experienced much of it, but I dunno if I've ever come across a side quest in a jrpg that I've liked as much as I did the
from Ancheim.
It added a lot to the world I'm exploring, as it seems like that something that could very well happen, and on top of that, I enjoy the voice acting so much in this game, and can't get enough of hearing people talk. The poor
I'm also having fun rebuilding Norende as well.
Then, we finally get to something that really sets this game over the edge for me, Party Chat. Sure, it's been done in other rpg's before, but not quite like this. The conversations that my team are having are just so damn believable and relevant. It's taking a world and breathing life into the characters to really make them seem as denizens of the world!
Perhaps I'm over-reacting to these small things, but this game is fucking brilliant.
MRGRGR.
Now, I'm only in chapter 1 so I cannot speak of the main story line yet as I haven't experienced much of it, but I dunno if I've ever come across a side quest in a jrpg that I've liked as much as I did the
Profiteur/Thief quest
It added a lot to the world I'm exploring, as it seems like that something that could very well happen, and on top of that, I enjoy the voice acting so much in this game, and can't get enough of hearing people talk. The poor
thief from the quest from heart breaking in the situation he had been placed in.
I'm also having fun rebuilding Norende as well.
Then, we finally get to something that really sets this game over the edge for me, Party Chat. Sure, it's been done in other rpg's before, but not quite like this. The conversations that my team are having are just so damn believable and relevant. It's taking a world and breathing life into the characters to really make them seem as denizens of the world!
Perhaps I'm over-reacting to these small things, but this game is fucking brilliant.
MRGRGR.
plasticpassion
Member
Why can't I choose any support abilities? I have the following jobs open: freelancer, monk, white and black mage. I have the tutorial quest to choose an ability but when I go through that menu with those jobs, I don't have anything to select.
Did you level the jobs up high enough to unlock any?
Just started playing totally loving this game 
. I got no friends so if anyone wants to add me my friend code is 5456-0680-7949, thanks.
I'm not the brightest and I'm guessing I need to add the persons friend code too? I'm new to the Nintendo friend system. If that's how it is anyone wanna be friends.
. I got no friends so if anyone wants to add me my friend code is 5456-0680-7949, thanks.I'm not the brightest and I'm guessing I need to add the persons friend code too? I'm new to the Nintendo friend system. If that's how it is anyone wanna be friends
.plasticpassion
Member
They're at level 2. At what level do I get support abilities?
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Yeah I think DQ8 was the last JRPG to get me this involved. It's an odd feeling because in many ways it is more substantial than DQ8 and in many ways less. I'm trying to appreciate all the good that it offers rather than focus on and complain about missed potential.
This starts to fade into meaningless drivel, robotic-feeling stands, and running gags that aren't funny, but you still get some golden lines now and then.
I like how I wrote this after talking about not focusing on what is lacking.
No, the small touches are really great wherever they are found and do take it up another notch or two. If it weren't for them I'd really be bothered by stuff like the limited sound design/music selection.
oh god i can't help myself
AAANYWAY I am 4 hours away from having the lvl9 item and special shops in Norende. Yay!
Velcro Fly
Member
I have Ringabel as a Thief with whatever bow you find in a chest and he's wrecking random encounters. Just grinding up a little bit of money I suppose. I imagine if I bought the Angel Bow my problems below might not be such a big deal.
Tried to fight (Ch 1)
. Was only level 14 at the time so I suppose I can do more of the main story before coming back.
Tried to fight (Ch 1)
Chairman Profiteur and got super unlucky with having my healer die so quickly. Got targeted by Takeover and then Khint killed me
Admiral Woofington
Member
Each job has a support ability unlock at a different level. You'll just have to keep leveling until you find one you like.
Just got
valkyrie
Next time I need to steal an item I'm using thief, not taking chances.
Velcro Fly
Member
I just discovered auto battle. I knew it was there but I never bothered to try it out.
Oh my gosh!
Oh my gosh!
You'll get a key to open those chests in Chapter 6.
Black Door
Banned
angel bow+100% encounter rate+auto battle+4X speed= being allowed to turn your brain off for hours and max your jobs in no time
kuroneko0509
Member
Well, atleast you can rewatch the intro scene with VA that you want
Basileus777
Member
The Arcanist's exterminate ability is ridiculous.
Velcro Fly
Member
Yeah I was watching a twitch stream while leveling and went from 14-18 in about a half hour just outside of town in Chapter 1. I stopped to put my 3DS into sleep mode while my townies are rebuilding. Kinda don't feel like breaking the game too much too soon. Plenty of time to shut my brain off when I'm maxing out everyone in all jobs
theprodigy
Member
Chapter 4 spoilers
Killed the fire dragon. I was wondering what those obelisks were for, and once he mentioned key stones it seemed pretty obvious. Spiritmaster was pretty useful for that fight, as were ninjas. Really hope the vampire class ends up being useful.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I think auto-battle is the one thing I refuse to use. I might consider it once I reach an area where everything is kicking my ass and I NEED to grind. So from what I hear that's chapter 3 or 4.