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[ChickenHunter]

Beat the final boss! Was down to the wire but my dancer pulled out 3 stuns on the core in a row and saved the party.

Did the first set of dragon quests though I should probably finish leveling to 70 before fighting them. Also, entering the 6th labyrinth is a really cool moment. Super excited to get to exploring it.

 

[Ferrio]

So at the land 3 boss door.

When do you get to unlock retiring?

 

[Anteo]

So at the land 3 boss door.

When do you get to unlock retiring?

Retiring? You can retire any char at any point of the game. The character needs to be level 30 at least.

 

[balddemon]

So at the land 3 boss door.

When do you get to unlock retiring?

lvl 30

 

[Ferrio]

lvl 30

Doh.

Well... okay doing that after bushi.

I actually feel bad retiring my voiceless, total lack of any character characters. That's odd.

Don't think I'll change my classes too much, maybe my subs.

Think I'll go

For/Land
Night/Dance
Dance/Bushi
Rune/Arc
Medic/Arc

 

[tuffy]

I actually feel bad retiring my voiceless, total lack of any character characters. That's odd.

They may not have any lines or backstories, but they're still my babies. I named them, put portraits on them, equipped them, decided their skills and spent a lot of time together tackling those dungeons. So I didn't have an easy time retiring my whole team for a new game run either, which is why I brought some familiar names/faces back a second time around where I could.

 

[Ferrio]

Hrm, I'd only gain like 5 skill points... which actually is a good amount.. but I really don't wanna grind again.

Maybe I'll keep them for now... I'll think on this.

 

[Javier]

Just got my copy. It has the Artbook and CD, but there's no instruction manual. Is this normal?

 

[tuffy]

Just got my copy. It has the Artbook and CD, but there's no instruction manual. Is this normal?

There's no physical manual, but there is a digital one in the 3DS menu.

 

[Javier]

There's no physical manual, but there is a digital one in the 3DS menu.

Good to know. Thanks.

 

[tuffy]

Building a proper Runemaster/Imperial for the first time has been an eye-opening experience after sitting down and running the numbers. Take a skill like Flame Rune whose damage starts at 100% with 1 point invested up to 143% with 8 points invested. Obviously putting 8 points in it does more damage than 1. But if you leave it at 1 point and invest 10 points in Runic Flare (25% boost to elemental damage), 8 points in Rune Mastery (24% boost to Rune damage) and 4 points in Imperial's Element Boost (15% boost to elemental damage) you'll wind up with a 78% boost to all the Rune damage skills which is a much better deal than increasing the skills themselves (which also increases their TP costs). That's before using the Fire/Ice/Volt Runes to increase the effectiveness of the whole line even more.

So it seems like it's much more efficient to distribute points among the passive damage boosters first and only bother putting more than a point or two in the Runes themselves much later.

 

[whiterabbit]

Cool... I should probably invest more in the passives on my R. How are your front-liners doing?

 

[tuffy]

I just started a New Game+ run yesterday so it's hard to get a feel for how the party's really going to work since I've only re-cleared the first maze. I've got an I/N N/I B/N upfront (which is a whole lot of Nightseeker, I'll admit) and enemies still just evaporate when I hit the auto-battle button. So I don't think I'll really see how they work together - or how squishy they are - until I hit the 3rd maze and the monsters start catching up to my party.

 

[whiterabbit]

Lol sweet. So I'm guessing you started with retirees. I rolled up level 1s for my NG+ and gave them decent equipment.

 

[tuffy]

Exactly. I retired them down to 30, subclassed, let them keep the 6th maze gear and fired off the New Game+ button. I expected the early going would be pretty fast with that setup, but I did erase my old maps just because I kindof enjoy drawing them (and it's surprising how many little details you forget when they're not sitting around on the bottom screen). I'd like to see if this group fares better against postgame stuff and didn't want to take too long to get there.

 

[SaintMadeOfPlaster]

So how do I use the scrolls (or whatever they are) in my Key Items? They say they teach me certain skills, but it's not letting me use them. Will I meet a character later that will let me?

I'm at the Miasma Forest for the first time and still haven't

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upgraded my ship's ability to fly higher.

 

[Ferrio]

So how do I use the scrolls (or whatever they are) in my Key Items? They say they teach me certain skills, but it's not letting me use them. Will I meet a character later that will let me?

I'm at the Miasma Forest for the first time and still haven't

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upgraded my ship's ability to fly higher.

They're your burst skills.

 

[mattiewheels]

I'm feeling really directionless after opening up the second land and clearing the Miasma Garden and not seeing a way to move forward...my only unsolved quest is looking for something in B3 of the first dungeon but I don't have the key to a chest there...is that my holdup?

 

[Makonero]

Just beat the final boss! It took far too long, I actually had to grind a bit to get some Amritas. Thankfully, one of the QR quests gave me some and I was able to farm some from the Echoing Library. Still, it took forever, and I had two of my characters dead by the time I landed the final blow. Whew. Now for the postgame content!

 

[SaintMadeOfPlaster]

They're your burst skills.

Ah, thanks!

I'm feeling really directionless after opening up the second land and clearing the Miasma Garden and not seeing a way to move forward...my only unsolved quest is looking for something in B3 of the first dungeon but I don't have the key to a chest there...is that my holdup?

You can actually navigate through the Miasma Garden to find what you need. Just don't stay in the main room in the middle for more than 10 steps.

 

[Anteo]

I'm feeling really directionless after opening up the second land and clearing the Miasma Garden and not seeing a way to move forward...my only unsolved quest is looking for something in B3 of the first dungeon but I don't have the key to a chest there...is that my holdup?

Nope, you need to find a way to make your ship go higher.
The games tell you something about that.

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You need a mineral that produces lighter gases than you current one. Basically you need to mine some new rare mineral.

Now the question is where.. Well there is that one cave that you unlocked on the second land.

 

[Kuramu]

I can't figure out what to do with these scrolls I keep getting, like "Zoologics" or "Spell: Flame Wall"

Neither Use nor discard are options and none of these things are showing up as skiils or spells.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

I can't figure out what to do with these scrolls I keep getting, like "Zoologics" or "Spell: Flame Wall"

Neither Use nor discard are options and none of these things are showing up as skiils or spells.

They're your Burst skills (aka SUPER MOVES)! Hit Custom in your menu to set and change them.

 

[Kuramu]

They're your Burst skills (aka SUPER MOVES)! Hit Custom in your menu to set and change them.

Ohhhhhhh, thank you so much.

 

[KO Traveling Hobo]

Fool me once, crayfish, shame on you. Fool me twice...

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I totally went for that bastard in Golden Deer Keep.

 

[8bitForLife]

having a little trouble with a quest

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Its called skyship materials I am not sure were to get the items in the echoing Library

 

[Ferrio]

Beat 3rd land boss (barely), retired my lvl ~45 chars. New team is now currently leveling automatically via a book.

 

[8bitForLife]

Beat 3rd land boss (barely), retired my lvl ~45 chars. New team is now currently leveling automatically via a book.

what is that and how do you do that mine are 60 and i need to retire soon.

 

[Ferrio]

what is that and how do you do that mine are 60 and i need to retire soon.

Go into a dungeon, set up an auto path in a circle. Then place a book on the A button. Walk away for a few hours.

 

[8bitForLife]

Go into a dungeon, set up an auto path in a circle. Then place a book on the A button. Walk away for a few hours.

o ya well i do that now when you said book i got confused.

 

[balddemon]

having a little trouble with a quest

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Its called skyship materials I am not sure were to get the items in the echoing Library

If it's what I'm thinkin of, it's the chop points. Don't have my 3ds with me so I can't tell you where to go but I know they are b1f of the library. You need a Yggdrasil trunk, the rare material.

 

[whiterabbit]

It seems like retiring at 99 is the best way to maximize stats, right? Pookas are just so fleeting.

Having fun messing around with dragons.

 

[Anteo]

It seems like retiring at 99 is the best way to maximize stats, right? Pookas are just so fleeting.

Having fun messing around with dragons.

Hmmm if you get the propeller Pookas won't scape from you.

 

[scy]

To add to that, Pookas will chase any food so you can also toss food at them to distract them.

Besides that, they have a set spawn mechanic so you can just walk around a lot, go to town, check each Overland map to see which one spawned, kill it, rinse, repeat.

 

[vall03]

To add to that, Pookas will chase any food so you can also toss food at them to distract them.

Besides that, they have a set spawn mechanic so you can just walk around a lot, go to town, check each Overland map to see which one spawned, kill it, rinse, repeat.

wtf! I've been chasing Pookas the wrong way then... I thought they would only chase Plant foods.

 

[QaaQer]

There's no physical manual, but there is a digital one in the 3DS menu.

& you can access it while playing, just press home -->manual, then you can resume playing. I didn't know there was a manual until maybe 20 hours in, lol.

 

[Cute Dragon Here]

*wonders what's a safe level to start dealing with dragons... at least the first land's*

 

[Anteo]

*wonders what's a safe level to start dealing with dragons... at least the first land's*

Around 64 I think. Depends on your party as always, and try to get some anti-elemental rings!.

 

[whiterabbit]

I will try throwing food at them...

Anyways, if you get +10 to every stat by retiring at 99, that's equal to using 50 stat books...

 

[Pyrokai]

I'm seriously so close to pulling the trigger on this. I have never played an Etrian Odyssey game though......which one should I start with? I hope this hasn't been asked a million times. The reprint for the older games really has me tempted to purchase, like, all of these but I don't even know if I'll like them.

What would GAF do?

 

[Hela]

Not really on topic, but EO4 has gotten my attention to the series, but I could only play the DS ones, which one should I try?

 

[Anteo]

Not really on topic, but EO4 has gotten my attention to the series, but I could only play the DS ones, which one should I try?

EO3! The most balanced from the DS trio.

 

[whiterabbit]

For some reason I find 3 hard. I haven't replayed 1 or 2, so I can't say how they still hold up. 4 is spectacular.

 

[KarmaCow]

So I was reading up on skills because I was stuck on the final story boss and found out that Elemental forges don't boost Link damage? I've been avoiding the physical boosting skills in favour of elemental boosting ones on my Landsnkecht, so have I just wasted a bunch of points then? I'm tempted to rest my party but I feel I'm already pretty low level, relying on food to keep my HP above the damage threshold of the boss so I want to be sure before committing something like that.

 

[Anteo]

So I was reading up on skills because I was stuck on the final story boss and found out that Elemental forges don't boost Link damage? I've been avoiding the physical boosting skills in favour of elemental boosting ones on my Landsnkecht, so have I just wasted a bunch of points then? I'm tempted to rest my party but I feel I'm already pretty low level, relying on food to keep my HP above the damage threshold of the boss so I want to be sure before committing something like that.

Elemental forges add elemental damage to your normal attacks, what you want is ATK and MAG on your swords to increase the damage.

 

[spiritfox]

I'm seriously so close to pulling the trigger on this. I have never played an Etrian Odyssey game though......which one should I start with? I hope this hasn't been asked a million times. The reprint for the older games really has me tempted to purchase, like, all of these but I don't even know if I'll like them.

What would GAF do?

You can just start with this game. There's no connecting storyline and this game is designed to be friendlier to new players. It's also the best balanced of the games.

So I was reading up on skills because I was stuck on the final story boss and found out that Elemental forges don't boost Link damage? I've been avoiding the physical boosting skills in favour of elemental boosting ones on my Landsnkecht, so have I just wasted a bunch of points then? I'm tempted to rest my party but I feel I'm already pretty low level, relying on food to keep my HP above the damage threshold of the boss so I want to be sure before committing something like that.

Elemental forges as in the fire/ice/elec ones or the ELM ones? Because the ELM forges should add to your elemental attacks.

 

[KarmaCow]

Yea whoops, I meant the elm forge instead of picking the atk forge. So it does boost Link damage? Hmm well I guess I need a better strategy.

 

[zashga]

I'm seriously so close to pulling the trigger on this. I have never played an Etrian Odyssey game though......which one should I start with? I hope this hasn't been asked a million times. The reprint for the older games really has me tempted to purchase, like, all of these but I don't even know if I'll like them.

What would GAF do?

Just start with 4. You don't need to play the previous games to "get" this one; the stories are almost completely disconnected. Plus, they keep making nice incremental improvements with each installment, so the most recent one tends to be the best overall game.

EO2 and 3 are great games I'd fully recommend, too. Only go for EO1 if you know what you're getting yourself into.

 

[BearChair]

It's late, and I really need a hint for this game. Maze 6-3:

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Can someone tell me the correct/best mix of canisters before opening the door to the insect?

. I'm pretty sure that I have the entire floor other than the last room mapped.

 

[scy]

@Forges - While what everyone is saying is correct on how Elemental, ATK, and ELM Forges function normally, it's worth noting that Links don't work with ELM for some reason. They benefit from Elemental passives and debuffs as you'd expect but the ELM Forges are just an odd exception.