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Etrian Odyssey Community Thread: The Ongoing Adventures of Fight and Heal
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AngryAaron is insane. His setups make EO3 look like a balanced game, lol.
Edit: He also managed to beat Warped Savior without chemicals with a three-man party IIRC.
Indeed he did! Though I'm also impressed by AngryBudgie's solo Bushi vs. Warped Savior (chemicals) run. Reminds me of some of my own boss fights where only a lone Bushi was still standing by the end.
The amount of calculations and experimentation these guys do is pretty insane, yet oddly inspiring.
E_Darkness
Member
The Storm Emperor destroyed me in EMD. I lost all my gear and now I don't want to play no more.
So I went back to EOIII.
So I went back to EOIII.
Go play EO2 and do your avatar justice.
Yes, do this. And have fun with the Turtle FOEs in the 4th stratum.
No, keep playing EOIII because it's a better game.
After you finish that, then go play EOII and do your avatar justice, since it's one of the few classes that still has a use even with the god hexer running around.
Edit: hm, I guess you could be talking about EO2U, which ruins my joke. Still, playing more than one EO game at a time sounds like a good way to finish neither anytime soon, haha.
After you finish that, then go play EOII and do your avatar justice, since it's one of the few classes that still has a use even with the god hexer running around.
Edit: hm, I guess you could be talking about EO2U, which ruins my joke. Still, playing more than one EO game at a time sounds like a good way to finish neither anytime soon, haha.
E_Darkness
Member
When I've finished 3 and Untold, then I'll get to Untold 2.
I might just change my avatar ;-;
Look, you might be a sham, but you're an easily recognizable sham. Your avatar suits you.
But... I can't let this Raquna sprite go unused though, that would be a tragedy.
Raquna was obviously the best addition to EOU.
Well, she's pretty much the only unarguably likeable character of Untold as well as a Protector, so she's an acceptable alternative I guess.
Do it to unlock highlander and gunner and the unique katana drop and think of the portraits as a bonus!
But the ultimate katana drop is only like 10 attack points stronger than the next-best one and doesn't even raise your strength.
I need to take a quick nap, but I know there's going to be someone restreaming the premium stream so that people won't risk getting booted. I'll look into finding it once I get back up.
Also, only the pre-stream stuff starts in forty minutes. The real stream starts an hour after that.
Stream rehost: http://www.hitbox.tv/Azebu
They have all of the games lined up in the pre-stream chat, but for whatever reason, they're displaying the English version of I.
They have all of the games lined up in the pre-stream chat, but for whatever reason, they're displaying the English version of I.
I just beat the main EOU story mode at Level 63 or so. It turned into a depressing slog of buffing Arthur every battle, hoping Simon didnt die in one hit even with Raquna buffs, and getting the timing wrong on which turn the boss would use their attack I could nerf with a Element Wall (and the subsequent resets).
At least Persona Q had Queen Naoto.
I dont think I can be patient enough to take out the post-game with this party - how quick would it be to get through Classic on NG+ if I judiciously use my Story characters to level them up faster?
Also:
- What does a Boost actually do? I only used them to escape FOE battles in an emergency and Im sure they would have made the game easier.
- How can I make a Bind actually hit more than once every 30 times? I am using Bloody Fortune with 4 skill points but it doesnt seem to help much.
At least Persona Q had Queen Naoto.
I dont think I can be patient enough to take out the post-game with this party - how quick would it be to get through Classic on NG+ if I judiciously use my Story characters to level them up faster?
Yes, I did have a lot of fun with the game regardless
Also:
- What does a Boost actually do? I only used them to escape FOE battles in an emergency and Im sure they would have made the game easier.
- How can I make a Bind actually hit more than once every 30 times? I am using Bloody Fortune with 4 skill points but it doesnt seem to help much.
Very quick. You can just beeline for the next stairs on every floor so it will just be a matter of walking and auto-battling.
Unless you are talking about starting a new party in classic mode to get more class options to mix with the story party (a good idea), in which case it will take longer, but still not very long. You will have money, great equipment, and map already drawn. And you can switch to your story mode party to sock bosses if you need to. Just casual mode it up to postgame dungeon then switch the difficulty back up for the Real Experience (tm).
+5 to the skill you use on that turn (which means it can over over the level 10 cap) for higher damage/healing and better bind/ailment rates. When you're not using a skill (escape, basic attack, etc.) it increases the potency of the action somehow (under the hood, escape and basic attacks are probably treated as "skills" too).
LUK stat affects binds and ailments. However, no one in the story mode party is very good at binding. Hexers and DH with level 10 binds with LUK equipment will have pretty good success.
Edit: Oops
But... but it's the ultimate katana!
but it's not worth using if you have the other 2 good ones, the STR one and the ice one lol
Is that thirty tries to get one bind, or thirty failed tries after getting one? Binds and ailments have diminishing returns. Each time you inflict an enemy with an ailment/bind, they'll gain resistance to it for about ten turns, after which the resistance goes away. Ricky's binds aren't amazing in general, since they only become better binders at levels 5 and 10. They're good for random battles, but they'll be a lot less effective against bosses, especially if they're not level 10.
Yeah, but the problem is that resistances build in stages, so if you manage to land two, they'll gain two resistance boosts. Then, once you get to turn 10, the enemy only loses one. That's why Releasal Spell was so useful in IV, since you could reset everything at once.
If I land a status on turn 4, and then another on turn 8, it will lose the first resistance buff at turn 18 instead of 14?
E_Darkness
Member
More the former than the latter, but ailment resistance after youve had it once explains a LOT of my annoyance with trying to bind/poison the Spawn of Kupala.
That low success rate is mostly because 9/10 times I only try and bind bosses. The various random bulls get leg binded seemingly each time which is nice to avoid Stomp, and after a arm bind actually hit Golem I was finally able to live long enough to kill it.
E_Darkness
Member
When can we expect some renders of EOV classes?
Edit: OH MAN FUCK STRATUM 5. I WANT TO DRAW MAPS. WHY DO THIS. WHY THIS GIMMICK. IT IS EVIL.
I'm eyeing up the necromancer
Gotta avoid my fraudness
Edit: OH MAN FUCK STRATUM 5. I WANT TO DRAW MAPS. WHY DO THIS. WHY THIS GIMMICK. IT IS EVIL.
Abyssal God
Banned
Hello everyone, I just wanted to drop and say that I'm super excited about all the Etrian Odyssey V news we're getting.
Sadly, we probably shouldn't expect this game to drop before 2017 and I don't even want to think about poor Europe.
Sadly, we probably shouldn't expect this game to drop before 2017 and I don't even want to think about poor Europe.
What's y'all's favorite 6th stratum anyways?
I must say I rather like II's due to the music, but IV's was probably the easiest.
Welcome! Let us weep together for the inevitable long delay of its localization (which is longerer for us EU folks).
I must say I rather like II's due to the music, but IV's was probably the easiest.
Welcome! Let us weep together for the inevitable long delay of its localization (which is longerer for us EU folks).
SliceSabre
Banned
So cruel.
It's the truth though!
No Shishou no avatar.
SliceSabre
Banned
Time for a new avatar.
Shishou is dead. DEAD.
I will cut you.
E_Darkness
Member
Dammmmmmmm that Fencer...
Silly rabbit, dead things can't cut you.
Mechanics, atmosphere, and music, all of it goes to EOIII's 6th stratum for me.
I found II's to be the easiest, because I had a Survivalist with maxed Stalker and never ran into a random battle, and all FOE's and the final boss instantly died at the sight of my Hexers.
So you never got ambushed by Muckdiles? Bah.