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Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan |OT|: Fight & Heal Brings 3D To Europe!
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whiterabbit
Member
I did one QR quest, which was exactly that, kill 9 forest frogs. The others weren't available to do where I am in the game.
ttocs
Member
Question for veterans of the series...how do you know when you are ready to fight the FOEs on the map? Do you just level up for a while and then just dive in? I wasn't sure if there was a level stat or anything attributed to them. I mainly sneak around the enemies in dungeons and on the map because the first two times I was killed horribly. Is that normal or should you try and kill them?
Generally, when you get to the boss of the Maze you should be ready. Also in 4 the FOE have a "glow" in the minimap that goes from red (will destroy you) to blue (try now but be carefull).
For FOEs you are rarely strong enough to beat them the first time you meet them- that's the whole point!
If you can comfortably beat the regular monsters on the floor below, come back up, find a FOE where an extended fight won't drag other FOEs in, jump it, tell everyone to block and your slowest couple of troops to flee, and see what happens- they are worth beating as soon as you can for the items the shop can make out of their drops, but not if you have to burn your expendable and spend all your cash healing afterwards.
Like most jpegs, it gets much easier when the party has access to a revive spell rather than paying the extortionate price in town.
If you can comfortably beat the regular monsters on the floor below, come back up, find a FOE where an extended fight won't drag other FOEs in, jump it, tell everyone to block and your slowest couple of troops to flee, and see what happens- they are worth beating as soon as you can for the items the shop can make out of their drops, but not if you have to burn your expendable and spend all your cash healing afterwards.
Like most jpegs, it gets much easier when the party has access to a revive spell rather than paying the extortionate price in town.
Hispanicguy
Member
I'm pretty sure it's for selling.
Speaking of these "Trade Items", I just got this email from Atlus with the following trade items:
Etrian Coin
Armoroad Cheese
High Lagaard Gem
I like how these gifts are throwbacks to earlier games, like the Ygroid Doll.
isn't there another color?
I remember the demo mentioning the color scheme but I sifted through the digital manual and I can't find the info there.
Orange: Can be killed with a good strategy. Still dangerous.
I posted them earlier but I wish they weren't cut off mid image. D:
They'll open up later in the shop, but tend to be more expensive than items that restore HP. Next to running out of inventory space, running low on TP is the sort of thing that forces you out of the dungeon on a regular basis.
You can forge weapons that give you more TP, and cook food that increase TP for a while in the meantime.
thanks. I'll keep this in mind.
truthiness
Member
How are clinic resurrection costs calculated? I'm only a few hours into the game and still a really low level, but it seems to me that I paid 20 the first time I resurrected someone, but the next time I went in (with 3 people dead this time), I feel I had to pay 5 gold more for each person (25, 30, and then 35).
Does the cost just constantly keep increasing by 5 the more you use it, or does it increase by level, or is it something else?
Does the cost just constantly keep increasing by 5 the more you use it, or does it increase by level, or is it something else?
Higher level characters cost more to resurrect than low level ones.
ghostface pizzakid
Member
Just got my copy... Had to do a double take but mine didn't come with a manual. Anyone else did or did not get one?
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
there's no manual
No paper manual that I've seen reported yet. The manual (as it is) is on the CD, I believe.
Milkncooke
Member
The game doesn't come with a physical manual. It sucks because Atlus usually gives large, color manuals, but maybe those days are over. There is a digital manual and if you want to read it then you have to boot up the game and go to the 3DS home menu and tap the manual button.
There's no manual but it does come with a Health and Safety Precautions Manual. For collectors, this is a pretty big thing.
The manual is found digitally by pressing Home.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Really?
Indeed it is true. The safety manual is found in the game case.
Okay no but I get what you mean. There's got to be at least one person out there with a huge stack of those safety manuals eagerly waiting to add more to their collection.
What is a pretty big thing? The Health and Safety Manual?
Whenever I get a new game, I open up and throw that piece of trash out. People care about that?
Or are upset at no manual?
That will remind me to properly edit my quotes!
Anyways... aren't they the same for every game sold with a system?
yeah the safety manual is a huge thing.
geezus I didn't think this would happen lol. Sorry for the awful delivery of my joke
I'd tell you if I knew. I haven't opened one up in forever.
Joe Molotov
Member
I thought the demo only had Normal?
I'm not a game collector, but I totally wouldn't be surprised. Which is why I had to ask for clarification.
I'm pretty sure i was given the option for Casual in the settings menu...
Edit: I am wrong, and the demo is Normal only. Derp!
eh I'm assuming you mean you've cleared the red bear quest?
take your tablet and head north of Lush Woodlands. There's a huge narrow opening with all this wind coming out with an altar on the ground. Use your tablet and proceed.
I started the game up without realizing it, but I never switched back to casual, I'll just stick with Normal mode.
plutoknight
Member
I dunno what's up with this game, but I find myself hopelessly addicted. I've eschewed Fire Emblem for this!
It's been a great month for time-sucking RPGs.
It's been a great month for time-sucking RPGs.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Is there a trick to accessing the Valley Spring cave? It's guarded by two bounding beasts and I can't seem to get by them.
Drop carrots near them, it draws them to the food for a few turns.
I managed to beat one by the skin of my teeth with my party all around level 12 and once I got in I used an adriannde(?) thread to get back to town, heal and then just warp back from the city gate.
Holy crap, you can do that?
Actually, I think either this guy works for Atlus, or Atlus found where they loved and robbed them blind as mine was not in pristine condition.
Actually, they're DS healthy & safety booklets, not 3DS, none of my other 3DS games even came with one far as I could tell. It is quite literally filler to put in the case, I'm guessing maybe because unlike the Vita you actually aren't supposed to ship empty boxes. I hope Atlus avoids this with Soul Hackers or at least goes "aw fuck it how about an info pamphlet?" with real game instructions on the cart.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Thanks! I totally forgot about launching food from when I played through the demo weeks ago. Worked like a charm!
cjkeats said:
I was having the exact problem you guys were having and i just happened to see it mentioned in the manual today. So yeah! the manual definitely helps!
Dandy Crocodile
Member
So about these QR code items...
I haven't unlocked more storage yet and most of them have been replaced with far better equipment so I'm having a bit of an overflow problem.
I'd like to keep them all if they are exclusive one-time-only things, but if they can be acquired later in the game it'd be great to get rid of them.
I haven't unlocked more storage yet and most of them have been replaced with far better equipment so I'm having a bit of an overflow problem.
I'd like to keep them all if they are exclusive one-time-only things, but if they can be acquired later in the game it'd be great to get rid of them.
I always resorted to killing one and running past the other.
It wasn't normal-only. I spammed a non-depleting ariadne thread during the demo because I was too lazy to collect overworld food to recoup the cost. When you import your demo save data, it won't remember the game options you set such as message speed / difficulty. So just remember to set it back if you want.
Foodapault a carrot at them--it'll distract both. Then, before entering the spring, keep going to the corner to the east; there's a hole you can pass through to open an easier path to fly to (better than warping from town because flying let's you pick up a food to cook before entering.)
I like posters that have mechanics on one side, and art on the other. So, for Persona 3, it'd be a fusion chart on one side (and maybe some other information), and a picture of the crew on the other.
Hispanicguy
Member
So thanks to some users on GameFAQS as well as doing some searching/uploading myself, I made a spreadsheet with a list of Treasure Maps and links for their QR code:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...SmdTNjlUbHA1VkpRTElZZ1JZUFE&usp=sharing#gid=0
(This is my first time doing something like this so bear with me, lol. If you see anything wrong with it, let me know).
Currently, there's about 40 or so maps.
If I find any new maps (or if any of you guys have anything that's not on the list) i'll update it and let you know. I'll also edit in the treasures you find for each map..but I need a break first, lol.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...SmdTNjlUbHA1VkpRTElZZ1JZUFE&usp=sharing#gid=0
(This is my first time doing something like this so bear with me, lol. If you see anything wrong with it, let me know).
Currently, there's about 40 or so maps.
If I find any new maps (or if any of you guys have anything that's not on the list) i'll update it and let you know. I'll also edit in the treasures you find for each map..but I need a break first, lol.