Resting at the guild resets your subclass too, so you can make it something else.
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Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan |OT|: Fight & Heal Brings 3D To Europe!
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Fan Dance is disabled, Speed Boost in it's entirety works. So you basically get one or the other, not both.
Shield skills already have a fairly good priority modifier so Vanguard shouldn't be necessary. Even then, you could always just use a Dagger for the SPD modifier.
But, yeah, guaranteeing your Fortress goes first is pretty important. Not sure if Vanguard is the best way to go about that (since it has a damage taken penalty), however. Then again, Weapon Parry and a second instance of Iron Wall helps, I suppose.
Well, Link skills are purely offense. It's their best damage build.
Resting will reset your sub-class.
The vanguard penalty is pretty minimal + insane amount of defensive skills (iron walls, hp boost, guard mastery, sword breaker, and eventually weapon parry) makes it managable. I haven't tried dual wielding him with weapon parry yet though, not sure if I want to lose my shield. I assume once I get enough skill points I will though, since I can count the times I've used the shield skills on one hand.
Do both iron walls stack?
This will be a really stupid question, but I'm hoping people can help, and I'm hoping that I'm not imagining things.
I'm sure that the screen used to center on me while I was exploring, or at the very least if I went out of the 'current' square it would budge along to show the one I was now in. Now, for some reason, it doesn't, and I'm having to keep zooming in or out or scroll manually to keep up.
I'm assuming I've somehow knocked an option that does this, but I can't see one. Does anyone have any ideas how I can set it back how it was before? :|
I'm sure that the screen used to center on me while I was exploring, or at the very least if I went out of the 'current' square it would budge along to show the one I was now in. Now, for some reason, it doesn't, and I'm having to keep zooming in or out or scroll manually to keep up.
I'm assuming I've somehow knocked an option that does this, but I can't see one. Does anyone have any ideas how I can set it back how it was before? :|
They should. I think Dancer's bugged Speed Boost is the only one that has problems stacking.
There should be a checkbox in the upper left corner of the map that toggles having the map follow you around while zoomed.
So does speed boost totally overwrite fan dance?
Thank you! I feel a bit silly now, but thank you!
I believe so, yes. Having both gets you the evade boost from speed boost, but nothing from fan dance. Seems like a bug.
Yea I went all out killing the head
or so I thought then it went all "this isn't even my final form".
Just to note, Vanguard's penalty is applied after all those so it's a bit larger than you'd think. Still, you're right, it's not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things but it does increase the damage you take and takes a turn to setup all while not actually being necessary since Shield skills seem to have a high Speed mod anyway and you can do other things to manage (e.g., Daggers).
Edit: Well, I guess not after HP Boost or Guard Mastery but still.
You can use two weapons and a Shield. As weird as it may seem.
Well it's mainly for setting up links. He was sitting around just taking hits all day, the only one that was wasting turns he could be doing something.. so I made him the link bitch.
I did not know that.. I didn't even check since it's one of the rpgs things you usually can't do. Though I do like my rings
Unless things have changed, the only Level-based calculation is the chance for Status Effects/Binds to wear off.
Edit: Oh, right, Healing was also Level based (or, rather, your TEC compared with your Level).
Could always be random chance. Some fights pretty much come down to if I land a blind or not.
A level 89-90 party wiped by a Dragon that they can take down since level 69 agrees with you.
Fair enough, it just seemed odd that this one attempt after reaching level 55 was relatively pain free compared to the dozen or so attempts at level 54. I got past the first stage, barely in a last ditch attempt once at level 54 and the other attempts I never managed to get it to the red.
Try a rematch against it in the post game content. The first time I tried I destroyed him in 7 turns. the second time, around 72 he wiped my party really fast. And I'm pretty sure it doesn't scale at all so.... (The third time I got him even faster)
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Is there some kind of trick to the dragons spawning? Like, should I just fly around for days, should I rest at the inn and check each day, or should I just keep reloading?
Also, my mind was blown when I realized you can just hold down B+left to boost instead of pressing each one over and over.
Also, my mind was blown when I realized you can just hold down B+left to boost instead of pressing each one over and over.
They respawn in 14 days, so just go sleep a ton.
Oh shit I didn't know that. That's so much easier.
Thats a Ship Equipment and I forgot the name, I barely used it though since I always have the Dowsing Rods on.
Taking on the story boss on my second playthrough went a lot easier than I expected. My Nightseeker/Imperial death cannon landed a poison throw, used Bushi charge from the Power Gauntlets that I'd carried over from my previous playthrough, then fired Accel Drive which hit for a staggering amount of damage - before Follow Trace fired it again for almost as much. Over half of the boss's health bar disappeared which made the rest of the fight very quick.
However, after the fight was done and I went back to town to unload monster parts, I realized I'd acquired another set of Power Gauntlets. This means I can field another Nightseeker/Imperial death cannon. It might be a little bland having two of the same character upfront, but it's just crazy enough that I want to try it. The sheer amount of damage should make the postgame bosses more manageable, at least.
However, after the fight was done and I went back to town to unload monster parts, I realized I'd acquired another set of Power Gauntlets. This means I can field another Nightseeker/Imperial death cannon. It might be a little bland having two of the same character upfront, but it's just crazy enough that I want to try it. The sheer amount of damage should make the postgame bosses more manageable, at least.
Yesterday, I think. Not sure what the prerequisite for that is, but here we are.
Four weeks from the release.
whiterabbit
Member
Anyone have any strats for the Fallen One? My chars are almost all 99 and it still hits very hard.
I was trying to assassinate it.
I was trying to assassinate it.
To defeat Fallen One, I'm planning Geo Impact burst in round 1 followed by:
- N/I: Poison Throw -> Charge -> Volt Drive
- I/R: Volt Drive -> Heat Sink -> Sharp Edge
- N/I: Poison Throw -> Charge -> Volt Drive
- R/I: Volt Rune -> Galvanic Rune -> Galvanic Rune
- A/M: Hood Circle -> Atrophic Eye -> Charm Eye
whiterabbit
Member
He is just doing so much damage. I beat him on casual mode, but this is just crazy.
Yeah there is that skill that can kill everyone in your party. I got him to red around level 78. But really for my party it was just a matter of luck, since I can't get that head bound.
check out this N/I combo lmao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkyoAc2cO50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkyoAc2cO50
whiterabbit
Member
Yeah his videos are impressive. There is one for the fallen one.
I managed to assassinate it, luckily, but I think I need to retire my characters for the stat benefits.
I managed to assassinate it, luckily, but I think I need to retire my characters for the stat benefits.
Wait so you went directly to the boss w/o saving? ouch
Overconfidence :<
Since that powerful guy with his infinite TP was with me, my HP was full and almost full on TP as well, so I was overconfident, but this boss proved me wrong.
Lesson learned.
aka, EO Hard Mode
Boss was tough for me... of course I think i did it very sloppy. To destroy the big scale I kept getting caught and having to escape. By the time I destroyed it and the real fight started I was pretty banged up.
I need some encouragement to keep going with this game.
I beat the regular game and have made it to 6-3. I only have three enemies left to kill
. All of my characters are between level 89 and 91. I've been grinding the dragons and third and fourth land FOEs and doing QR code quests for the items and XP.
However, I keep getting killed whenever I try to take on any of the enemies I listed above. I already gathered the
.
Give me some advice or some encouragement please. My goal is to defeat those three enemies before Amazon delivers Soul Hackers.
I beat the regular game and have made it to 6-3. I only have three enemies left to kill
the three pumpkin FOEs on 6-2, the truly final boss and the final dragon (the black one)
However, I keep getting killed whenever I try to take on any of the enemies I listed above. I already gathered the
correct canisters to weaken the final boss but the pupa still killed me
Give me some advice or some encouragement please. My goal is to defeat those three enemies before Amazon delivers Soul Hackers.
You won't have much luck escaping once you're actually in battle. But when the boss is still chasing you around the room while you're still breaking scales with ice stakes, you should be able to use an item to escape to the stairs if it corners you. However, that means fighting random encounters on the way back to the boss. So it's easy to get beat-up while trying to break the main scale.
I was able to escape each time. Would take like 3 rounds atleast with every character doing escape. I broke a few regular scales, got caught.. escaped threaded out. Came back, and worked my way to the main scale, escaping when he caught me.
I only broke one scale and he caught me before breaking the next one. The battle was completely unmanageable that way.
I need to find another way.
And I thought I was getting beat up. Ouch.
The scales stay broken while you're in the maze, at least. What I did was walk up the west side of the room, break the first scale and by that time he was right on me. So I used an item to escape to the stairs on the same floor. I marched back to the boss room, made him walk around the pool tiles to buy myself more time, broke the next scale and escaped. I just kept on repeating that process until I broke the main scale which halts him in his tracks.
At that point you can walk up behind him and attack with a free turn.
Victory!
Finally I got that bastard Boiling Lizard.
I didn't break the scales because I didn't want to do the warp trick and breaking them the legit way seemed impossible.
Anyway, I was victorious with only my dancer alive. The last attack missed her and she was able to lend the final blow to the boss. I almost got a heart attack lol
What a battle! It was beyond epic. I would never think a game in 2013 would still give me that feeling of achievement.
It was awesome, feels good man.
Finally I got that bastard Boiling Lizard.
I didn't break the scales because I didn't want to do the warp trick and breaking them the legit way seemed impossible.
Anyway, I was victorious with only my dancer alive. The last attack missed her and she was able to lend the final blow to the boss. I almost got a heart attack lol
What a battle! It was beyond epic. I would never think a game in 2013 would still give me that feeling of achievement.
It was awesome, feels good man.
I just finished my 2nd playthrough with this party
F/D - M/F - B/N
R/B - S/A
Im kinda neutral with this party tbh. Damage was all over the place. Even with Star Drop, I don't feel my damage output is that high compared my previous party. The Bushi and Runemaster were the ones dealing the most damage but I find them inconsistent. The Sniper was kinda useless if the enemy doesn't have Leg Bind since Squall Volley misses a lot, and she ended up just having a support role. Vengeance Bash wasn't as strong as I thought it would be, don't know if Earth Break would deal better damage though.
Anyway, I can finally start my All-Fortress playthrough!
F/D - M/F - B/N
R/B - S/A
Im kinda neutral with this party tbh. Damage was all over the place. Even with Star Drop, I don't feel my damage output is that high compared my previous party. The Bushi and Runemaster were the ones dealing the most damage but I find them inconsistent. The Sniper was kinda useless if the enemy doesn't have Leg Bind since Squall Volley misses a lot, and she ended up just having a support role. Vengeance Bash wasn't as strong as I thought it would be, don't know if Earth Break would deal better damage though.
Anyway, I can finally start my All-Fortress playthrough!
If you're using Squall Volley you should skill Spotter. But yeah S is more utility than damage. I like B with Flash Slice but she doesn't have as much burst as the big damage dealers.
Gogo twintail quintuplet party!