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Etrian Mystery Dungeon |OT| - The Mysterious Adventures of Fight and Heal
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Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Seda said the following about playtime
The game is coming to EU this fall with the help of NISA, of course.Better late than never
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dznAmveZBnE
Glad to see the info is out for the fans in the EU. Went and updated the first question in the FAQ to reflect this new info.
ChickenHunter
Member
While I can't give you an hour count, there are
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I got my copy on Monday and have made it to the 3rd dungeon . Haven't had much time to really dig into the game yet but I'm enjoying it so far.
It took me a while to figure out how to change direction without actually moving lol... that frustrated me at first but now all is well. The AI is not really bothering me. I switch leaders constantly in battle and have been doing alright. Had a few "bail out!" moments so far but haven't been wiped out yet.
It took me a while to figure out how to change direction without actually moving lol... that frustrated me at first but now all is well. The AI is not really bothering me. I switch leaders constantly in battle and have been doing alright. Had a few "bail out!" moments so far but haven't been wiped out yet.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Is there a way to make your followers actually follow you? Like a full teather. Example is: I enter a room. It is filled with monsters at the other end. I want to run out so I leave the way I came. My partners either stay right where they are, or go and attack. Death follows.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Only thing you can really do is carry around those recall scrolls unfortunately. As atlusprime said
Medic, where are you going? Medic? Medic?! MEDIC!!!!
(•_•
<) )╯ RE-
/ \
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( (> CALL
/ \
(•_•
<) )> SCROLL
/ \
And all was right in the world.
lol
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
To get wrecked by normal enemies for a little while lol
One thing folks might not be used to who are unfamiliar with the mystery dungeon genre is the whole stamina (hunger) and things like treasure boxes vanish after X amount of actions.
Treasure boxes will be a blinking blue dot on your minimap so look out for that when you get into a room. Rats can pick these up and throw it at you making the contents / chest worthless when it hits you. There are items which can teleport you to where it is thrown but you need to find those in the dungeon.
Outside of that just read the tips in the OT
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
GeekyDad
Member
In addition to recall scrolls, I believe there's a blast skill that will also command your party members to follow you.
I haven't played roguelikes before but for me it never picked up. Haven't done most of the post-game yet, though, so maybe it gets more difficult there.
The game is definitely fun in bite-sizes, but yeah after figuring out the initial stuff it isn't really that challenging. Mixing the EO stuff into the MD format really gimps the challenge of the MD design. Roguelikes are designed to be tough based on the risk/reward factor of progression since you get stronger and stronger as you continue a run but if you don't bail out before you get in over your head you lose everything. Here there really isn't much "risk" because you have persistent inventory, persistent levels, and your guild size is so big any time one party falls the odds of the rescue party not making it is really slim. When you add forts, blast skills, and a full party system to the mix, there are just too many good options for the player.
It's pretty fun for a EO themed MD game, but I'm less impressed by the overall game design and balance as I dig into it more. I guess my initial impression of it being a more casual game was more accurate.
It's pretty fun for a EO themed MD game, but I'm less impressed by the overall game design and balance as I dig into it more. I guess my initial impression of it being a more casual game was more accurate.
1 hour to the game and I almost got wiped mbecause the enemy somehow try to surprise me on a new floor lol
Thank god for Ariadne Thread
Also, why does my Gunner so underlevel while Runemaster seems to level up pretty quick? How EXP work in this game?
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Level reqs are different for the classes it seems. No idea why that is, but apparently its how the game is designed.
I see. What surprise most is that my team in reserve leveled faster than my Gunner lol
Atlus, pls fix this
Another question, all class is usable right?
You're going to need to be more specific.
The class called All is usable? No.
All classes from previous EO games usable in EMD? No.
All classes in EMD usable from the start of the game? No.
All classes in EMD usable in your party at the same time? No.
Room in your guild to make at least one of every class in the game? Yes.
no, especially the first one lol
What I mean, is there any useless class or no?
That's good to hear then
From my experience so far, not really.
I'm running Paladin / Dancer / Gunner / Hexer (haven't changed my party since making it).
Some are better than others for certain things. For example, Hexer is amazing for packs of enemies, just like in mainline EO games. And just like in mainline EO games, they can't really do much consistent damage to bosses.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Oh look, we are using the same team.
I had to agonize over it for a while, but I think I picked all the bestgirls that I could at the start for my main team.
Am sad about no princess in my party but that just seems kind of redundant with a dancer already there so I formed up a secondary team that my princess can lead to victory when she wants to make an outing (Princess / Ninja / Runemaster / Medic).
Am sad about no princess in my party but that just seems kind of redundant with a dancer already there so I formed up a secondary team that my princess can lead to victory when she wants to make an outing (Princess / Ninja / Runemaster / Medic).
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I love the Princess but the choice between her and the Dancer was easy for me.
I just feel bad about not using a Wanderer, I will check them out later.
I just feel bad about not using a Wanderer, I will check them out later.
The only reason we're not running the same team, is I was too lazy to be arsed to switch out my Shark for a Hexer.
...but my tower has a Hexer leveled up to over my main team anyway (absurdly enough).
It is fun, in a strangely mindless, yet deliberate way.
I must admit, I've strayed away from it, and back to playing another run of Untold Story-Mode.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Folks who have not played a mystery dungeon game before seem to be having fun. Plus its not so hardcore as to scare away new players.
Try watching the following below
Etrian Mystery Dungeon: Going Rogue - IGN Plays
Etrian Mystery Dungeon LiveStream #1
Etrian Mystery Dungeon LiveStream #2
Might give you an idea of what to expect gameplay wise.
Freaking Limit
Member
I wish Sovereign buffs always worked on the Sovereign themselves. My Princess could totally tank if I could guarantee Protect and Guard Order would hit her. For now my Wanderer has become my tank since she is the only one who can take a hit and always be buffed.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Its kind of surprising that they did not catch that in the QA process since there is no real explanation why it occurs outside of it being a "bug".
Freaking Limit
Member
One of the many things we'll likely never know. Though they would have either had to be really lucky, or just not test the class at all to miss it. Considering this and the arms glitch, I would think the latter. I want to hope for a patch, but for some reason I doubt one will come.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Its has to be a bug. As there is no reason why it should work like that. Or anything in the description that says may not work on the casting member. Even in the mainline EO games the skill never did anything like that.
Actually I feel very weird too when that happened since my Sovereign can constantly buffed herself with her order spell the first time I used her on expedition. I wonder if Atlus will ever address this alongside the erratic exp gain (my sovereign is the three level ahead of her companion while my very first Landshark lagging behin, wtf)
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
That and if you want to level a particular character faster running solo is another method mentioned on JP wikis.
The game already gives the player enough help with leveling from the fort system which is basically risk free exp, so the fact the classes have different caps is a non issue and as omlet has said most def seems to be by design.
Or at least those who may've been intimidated in the past or don't mind something more leisurely but with some twists and additions to keep it interesting. But yeah, this definitely is easier than the original Shiren aside from a freak incident taking my fresh new team to revisit the first dungeon that resulted in a total party wipe.
Don't forget to make use of suspend states!
Glad I had BestBuy credit and a $5 gift credit. Figured it'd be this, Story of Seasons, or Xenoblade, and I didn't really need to go through Xenoblade again right now and I figured I'd want something a bit more actiony than Story of Seasons. Plus this had those physical goodies I'd care about.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Exploring through the 4th new dungeon up to the last floor before the boss in the first try is intense as hell
My Runemaster burn through 4 Yggdrasil Leaf in one encounter, wtf
lol yeah that can happen. Its why I try to not carry too many of those.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
The battle was hilarious for me
as it just consisted of the princess constantly putting up the 1 time protection against status effects while the boss constantly tried to keep casting them over and over lol.
I got off to a bad start and burned a few Ygg Leaf but once I repositioned my party (Paladin/Dancer/Hexer/Gunner)
to avoid his AOE spam (leaving only my Paladin in melee range, dancer behind her to heal/refresh
My hexer was MVP on damage in that fight, just spammed Power Word lol... my gunner was missing 50% of her shots orz.
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Or TP supply was pretty low due to the
constant DOE fights before hand. Since I was an idiot and didnt totally clear them out first before charging the boss. Used up a bunch of those expensive TP recovery items though, the cheaper ones were worthless considering how much TP we burn through. D:
Parakeetman
No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Id keep dragging them back to the alt parties so we all could get exp. lol
Its hilarious watching them warp away into the sky with their EXP numbers. But man talk about too many chefs in the kitchen with fights like that D: Everyone getting in the way of someone else
Btw did you ever trying hanging out on a single floor for a long period of time? I could be imagining things, but I heard a weird noise and with how some other games like either an unkillable or super hard monster appears figured that was some sort of trigger so I skipped to the next floor instead of hanging around to see what happens.
If it's the same as previous Mystery Dungeon games, every time you hang around a floor for too long it kicks you out of the dungeon. Not sure what you lose in this game if it happens though (since I don't have it, yet).