Force skills are any number of times per expedition. Just gotta charge the bar like normal. The force breaks though remove your ability to do force anything ever again until you go back to town.
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Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold:The Fafnir Knight |OT| What a horrible Knight to have a curse
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Mauricio_Magus
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I think it helps balance it. In original EO2 the force skills were the most broken part of the game when combined with gear/items that charged the bar. A protector + item battery character could make your team invincible every single turn. A dark hunter could keep a boss triple bound all day every day.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I read this and it just kills any interest I would have in these Untold games. Why, why dumb the game down with such munchkin ability?
Haha, what? The original EOII was one hell of a broken game. While I'm only at the second stratum in EOU2 right now, I'd be really amazed if anything in the remake came close to being as ridiculous as the original's Hexer and certain force skills.
I need to wait and see if I can kill the post game final boss in 3-5 turns while also preventing it from being able to use any attacks during those turns all with a party under level 70 this time as well before I can truly judge EOU2's difficulty, but for some reason I feel the remake is going to have the better skill balance.
ChickenHunter
Member
Nah, I'm playing through story on Normal just to get through it. Planning on switching to Expert once I start up Classic.
BuckRobotron
Member
Enjoying story mode. I like these characters more than those in EOU1. The game also has a nice amount of interaction and varied scenes with other characters, such as when creating a new recipe at the restaurant.
Only just level 8 or so and after finding the
as I take my time with it.
I'm continuing on the side with EOIV, as I still have plenty to do in the post-game there.
Only just level 8 or so and after finding the
soldiers hiding on the third level
I'm continuing on the side with EOIV, as I still have plenty to do in the post-game there.
Name them after the EOGAF regulars~
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
That's what I did, it's way easier than coming up with names haha.
patrickthehedgehog
Member
Just made it to the 5th floor. I'm unfamiliar with the classes for Arianna and Chloe. Any suggestions for how to allocate skill points for story mode?
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Considering the Vit nerf that hit the Princess, I wonder if I'll be able to keep her in front, not like it matters much but for some reason I like to have her in front.
Protect/Attack Order should be the main stuff you're going to have Arianna casting if this is anything like EO3.
I haven't checked it out yet but Link order sounds pretty nice and Monarch March is always nice to have.
Protect/Attack Order should be the main stuff you're going to have Arianna casting if this is anything like EO3.
I haven't checked it out yet but Link order sounds pretty nice and Monarch March is always nice to have.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
I've been getting good mileage out of the Link Orders so far, and Ad Nihilo is always fun if you use it wisely.
With the way Chloe's War Magus heals work I haven't had much need for out-of-combat heals so I personally haven't been spending my skill points on those.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Ad Nihilo was really useful for some annoying bosses in EO3.
just finished EOU last night although I had to shamefully drop the difficulty to Standard for the last two bosses. Just couldn't beat them on Expert Story Mode.
This one should be coming in the mail tomorrow. I think I'm going to try Expert Story Mode again, but hopefully the difficulty doesn't spike as badly as it did towards the end of EOU.
This one should be coming in the mail tomorrow. I think I'm going to try Expert Story Mode again, but hopefully the difficulty doesn't spike as badly as it did towards the end of EOU.
I hope you guys aren't sending me to my death in your guilds.
Can't worse than rotting away in the storage party.
Etrian Oddity
Member
Which is also why I preferred the first game to EO2.
I'm just a grumpykins because I'm too poor for a 3ds with all my bills. Just ignore my cynicism. XD
Fun fact: I'm in the Etrian Odyssey 3 (US) manual. I used to frequent Jeremy Parish's forums back in the day under Flint Ironstag, and several of the EO community's posters there popped up in the manual for the localizer's test party. :3
That's pretty neat. Lucky!
Dandy Crocodile
Member
I'm not sure if Link Order gives Arianna priority or extra speed so it goes first.
Otherwise, she might be using the skill after Fafnir's attack, causing her to miss the trigger.
Give her more speed than Fafnir if so.
It works for me; she uses the skill to give herself the "buff," Fafnir attacks, then she follows right afterwards.
Gonna be fixing up the OT and adding more to it tomorrow. Starting my new job this week ate up more time than I thought it would. Sorry for the delay!
Make sure you're targeting the same enemy the elemental attack hit.
It does.
Don't know why I never registered for Gamespite/Telebunny back in the day. Still, that's pretty neat.
I didn't play too far in the first EOU, but this one seems a lot better so far. Maybe I've just warmed on the concept of a story-heavy EO since Labyrinth Q last year. Whatever it is, this one feels better.
The EO2 music and NPCs are super nostalgic for me... EO2 was the first game I played in the series.
The EO2 music and NPCs are super nostalgic for me... EO2 was the first game I played in the series.
So, Classic mode, expert difficulty. I just finished the first floor with 5 levels and a half.
wut.
Well, EOU wasnt that bad until the ending. The whole final boss and ending sequence was just super awful, destroyed the story, etc
wut.
Well, EOU wasnt that bad until the ending. The whole final boss and ending sequence was just super awful, destroyed the story, etc
Aaronrules380
Member
Been playing a bit today. Remember from the original that the flying FOEs in the 4th floor were fairly weak in terms of FOEs, so tried attacking it as soon as I found it. It worked pretty well lol.
They both have to target the same enemy.
For Link 1, Ariana uses link on enemy A. Then main guy has to hit enemy A with a fire attack and she will also hit enemy A with a fire attack.
For Link 2, you still have to target the same enemy as main guy but instead she will hit everything (which wrecks most normal encounters)
I haven't had to use Ad Nilhilo yet, but maybe it'll be useful later.
only once, I think
they're probably unimportant and just there for optional character development
Ah well, I'm curious enough and 30 minutes isn't a big deal to replay. Is it just me or is choosing to save when going to the Inn inconsistent?
crabhammer
Member
Man I really hope I can find a first run edition of this later this month. I'm not gonna be able to afford it for a while and I really love this series a lot.
You can set it in the options.
The adventures of Squad 7 will now commence! (even though Welkin ain't in my party). The enemies seem to be targeting Sovereign omlet a lot, I guess they're not fans. On the other hand no one is going after MediGirl or Highlander Nachos, and Shishou is doing well. I'm just gunnering it up in the back line though.
Yeah I thought I selected the leftmost enemy for both.
By link 2 you mean further on in the skill tree?
Etrian Oddity
Member
I definitely remember Hellion being a son of a bitch without the fire ward ability.
Grim Patron
Member
I think the hot springs boss
toad
licking or something
Man they really inflated the prices of high end equipment. I got the conditional drop from the first stratum boss and the bow now costs something like 450k. Didn't that shit used to be like 100k in EO2?
Late game stuff better give a ton of money. I'll be really disappointed if this is supposed to incentivize dlc money accelerators ._.
Late game stuff better give a ton of money. I'll be really disappointed if this is supposed to incentivize dlc money accelerators ._.
Freaking Limit
Member
just beat Chimaera on my way into work. Its a good thing I used all of the traps since I had to use my Soverign's Force Break so my team could live. It was kind of hard without a protector, since I had to rely on binds (thank you DH) and orders just to stay alive. Sadly, my Hexer didn't really help much beyond refreshing Sapping and Frailty Curses. I need to get her some spells, and a good curb attack grimoire.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I just named it Atelier, first thing that came to my mind.
Reggie's