Looking forward to diving in this weekend. I plan on playing solo - any characters I should avoid if I don't want a frustrating experience/tons of grinding? I'm leaning towards Elf, but opinions here seem very divided. Already bookmarked some of the strategies/build suggestions in this thread.
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HypnoDarkrai
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I haven't made another character to accurately answer this, but I'm assuming loot is shared because you can find loot that is exclusive to different classes.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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Power shot + clone strike + impact arrow.So what kind of build is the Elf supposed to be over-powered? I'm at a low-level but I find her kind of lacking so far. I must be doing it wrong
But it really shines later.
JokerAceX
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what i would recommend is what i did, just make one of each character and play through their tutorial level to see what play style you like the most, but for the most part none of the characters are too hard to jump into.
super-famicom
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So what kind of build is the Elf supposed to be over-powered? I'm at a low-level but I find her kind of lacking so far. I must be doing it wrong
A good strategy would be to set up an aerial combo like this one:
1.Jump in, kick a couple times
2. then fire an arrow (charged up)
3. evade cancel left or right while still in the air, fire another arrow (charge up)
4. repeat for as many times as you can*
High level Impact Arrows will give greater AOE and high level Clone Strikes adds more arrows to your attacks, so you can hit multiple enemies for massive damage
*if you level up the evasion skill, then you can evade cancel your attacks into more attacks more often and create a longer combo string.
This is what I've been doing, but I'm only level 15 right now not too far in the game; haven't unlocked multi. I'm sure there's more/better strats involved, but for now this is working for me. I don't die too much, and if I get overwhelmed, I double jump and evade my way to the other side of the screen, shoot some arrows, then try to set up for the aerial combo.
Made it to lvl 13 last night with the Fighter and havent even touched Stage 4 yet. Knowing the correct color pattern for the tile room with the chest helps a ton as its an easy A treasure most of the time.
Been burying most of the peeps I find and managed to score the trophy for not getting hit during a round. Best done in Stage 2 since you can ride the sabertooth panther the entire time.
The Fighter is such a fucking juggernaut man. Basically the complete opposite type of character Id use for this game (I really wanted to go with the Elf but pulled a Yeezus) and Im having a blast with him. His in-air juggles and mid-air sword spin are crazy good, plus with a decent shield you're basically an unmovable rock.
Been burying most of the peeps I find and managed to score the trophy for not getting hit during a round. Best done in Stage 2 since you can ride the sabertooth panther the entire time.
The Fighter is such a fucking juggernaut man. Basically the complete opposite type of character Id use for this game (I really wanted to go with the Elf but pulled a Yeezus) and Im having a blast with him. His in-air juggles and mid-air sword spin are crazy good, plus with a decent shield you're basically an unmovable rock.
Protection, rock press, blizzard, create food.
Protection eliminates all hit stun. I don't like the rest of her spells.
Wanted to start with Sorceress but my friend rolled Wizard so I figured a melee class would complement him better, so it's Amazon for my first run-through. Loving the game so far - I thought I didn't like "loot games" but it turns out I just had to find the right one!
Question about the Amazon's parry: how exactly do you activate it? It seems to be a "perfect guard" type of thing, where you block just before you get hit (this is supported by the poorly-worded skill description), but I'm not sure yet.
Question about the Amazon's parry: how exactly do you activate it? It seems to be a "perfect guard" type of thing, where you block just before you get hit (this is supported by the poorly-worded skill description), but I'm not sure yet.
FellowGaFfers
red, yellow, dark blue, purple
The answer is actually given to you in-game later on, but knowing it early and getting the spoils/treasures definitely have helped me.
super-famicom
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I haven't gotten to this part yet, but apparently later on in the game there's a side quest involving that chest and you learn the color combo then. But since people are saying what the colors are, you can go right ahead and open it.
I actually prefer amazon teammates since they can go nuts even at low levels and deal good damage. Elves need to be more high level and more competent before doing that kind of damage.
Yes.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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I love the quotes of the bones "took 300 of them" "arrow... Knee"
Kaori's Babydaddy
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A big titty bitch that can cook? Oh you know I'm going to have to make her mine now.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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Sorc is the carebear. Protection is great. But you're not going in for the kill, leaves this to us Elves, lol.
Fine Ham Abounds
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Lovin dat Amazon. I swear there's no excuse to be on the ground with her for more than 2 seconds at a time.
Tokubetsu
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Cool, I was already doing Create food. I'll grab protection and rock press.
Single hit, huge ass rock, good damage. Also, her only other real offensive spell is that thunder cloud spell, which I find unreliable.
Like the game so far (started with a wiz) but a couple of things are missed opportunities:
- MP charge on Square. Why? It's already messy to have slide, dash and regular attacks mapped to square IMO, but the charge for the Wiz/Sorc makes it even worse. I guess that's a fair enough limitation for Vita, but the PS3 version could benefit from the extra buttons. L2 isn't used, and R1 and R2 are dupes...
Some controller customization beyond swapping D-Pad/L stick would have been nice, especially for this kind of game.
- The whole party thing in SP seems rather unpolished. Would be cool to be able to change allies' equipment. Also unless I'm missing something it's rather annoying to have to reform the party after every single dungeon run.
Also, I wish the narrator would stop repeating the same fucking thing over and over again in town every time you exit a building
Anyway, I'm 4h in, haven't had a chance to try MP yet but I'm assuming it's fun. I really like the wiz gameplay, there are some good opportunities for neat combos, especially with a lightning staff.
And I think I missed something re. rune stuff, because After Lucain explained it and I got the fairy, I still seemingly can't do anything with runes scattered across levels. Is it only actually unlocking later?
- MP charge on Square. Why?
It's already messy to have slide, dash and regular attacks mapped to square IMO, but the charge for the Wiz/Sorc makes it even worse. I guess that's a fair enough limitation for Vita, but the PS3 version could benefit from the extra buttons. L2 isn't used, and R1 and R2 are dupes...Some controller customization beyond swapping D-Pad/L stick would have been nice, especially for this kind of game.
- The whole party thing in SP seems rather unpolished. Would be cool to be able to change allies' equipment. Also unless I'm missing something it's rather annoying to have to reform the party after every single dungeon run.
Also, I wish the narrator would stop repeating the same fucking thing over and over again in town every time you exit a building
Anyway, I'm 4h in, haven't had a chance to try MP yet but I'm assuming it's fun. I really like the wiz gameplay, there are some good opportunities for neat combos, especially with a lightning staff.
And I think I missed something re. rune stuff, because After Lucain explained it and I got the fairy, I still seemingly can't do anything with runes scattered across levels. Is it only actually unlocking later?
I put a few points into Thunder Cloud. Is it random or does it just have bad tracking? The description reminded me of Diablo II Sorceress, so I instinctively grabbed it.
- MP charge on Square. Why?
Being able to slide away easily while charging is great
Hmm just noticed Hard mode has extra prayers ヽ(゜▽、゜
Ooh do tell.
What are they and how much?
I think it's completely random, that's why I dropped it in favor of rock press.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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LVL 17 Amazon now (Vita version) and I'm loving it as much as ever. I was worried I'd get tired of repeating the levels, but the side-quests are interesting and varied enough that its staying fresh. I just love playing it, really.
Started a couple new characters, but was bummed to see the tutorial is mandatory for them. Wasn't quite in the mood yet, so I went back to Amazon. She's really kicking ass with all her crazy air-combos. I can't wait to impress my friend who insisted on playing Sorceress. He says he really likes her, but he hasn't played with anyone yet so he has no idea what a good Amazon player will look like. I think he's going to be impressed with how much it looks like Marvel vs Capcom. LOL
I think Elf is calling my name after Amazon. I did make a Dwarf named "Backrubs" and all his quotes are about him forcing himself on the enemy, but as hilarious as that is, the combo madness of the Amazon has whet my appetite beyond curiosity for the Elf. Gotta get into that cancel-fest!
Started a couple new characters, but was bummed to see the tutorial is mandatory for them. Wasn't quite in the mood yet, so I went back to Amazon. She's really kicking ass with all her crazy air-combos. I can't wait to impress my friend who insisted on playing Sorceress. He says he really likes her, but he hasn't played with anyone yet so he has no idea what a good Amazon player will look like. I think he's going to be impressed with how much it looks like Marvel vs Capcom. LOL
I think Elf is calling my name after Amazon. I did make a Dwarf named "Backrubs" and all his quotes are about him forcing himself on the enemy, but as hilarious as that is, the combo madness of the Amazon has whet my appetite beyond curiosity for the Elf. Gotta get into that cancel-fest!
Muchi Muchi Pink
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You run out of gold pretty fast later, though.
The game is really easy early on, so you could learn the basics. Later you can't coin feed through. Anyway need some S rank mantle. :/
They're pretty much just upgrades of the ones from Normal and cost a little more. For example, 'Moderate score increase' for 4000g.
Yeah, that seems silly. If I had known it was random, I wouldn't have thrown point into it.
I've been focusing on Create Food, Necromancy, Blizzard, Evasion, and MP boosting skills. I have 1 point in Protection, but I might go more.
I think it's now unlocked. Head towards the gate and you should see a prompt.
Ok cool. The trophy for donating 100k in prayers seems much more feasible now.
Muchi Muchi Pink
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I got the trophy just for resurrecting bones.
Yeah thats what Im working on now. Basically storing up bone piles and only keeping a high level Sorc and Elf with me. Still gonna take a little while though.
What is the deal with resurrecting a companion with a Life Point? What are those?
Resurrection counts towards the 100k.
haunted_taco
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I didn't even know I needed a good beat 'em up until I got this game but it rules and I love it.
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