you likely did, I can't do it when I want to but my wife complains about it all of the time.
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Mistwalker/Hironobu Sakaguchi's Terra Battle |OT| Season 2 has been unleashed!
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you likely did, I can't do it when I want to but my wife complains about it all of the time.
Riposte
Member
Thanks for the promo code.
I didn't mean the basics; I mean like... at some point I'm going to have a lot of characters of various grades (a lot of shitty ones apparently), a lot of (limited) opportunities to upgrade jobs, etc. What am I trying to do? How many characters do I level? Do I switch them out carelessly? Do I try to kick out weaker characters (can I even do that)?
Don't see why you'd try to cheat the game for anything above "Bs". It's not like its been very hard.
RockTurtle
Member
well some mobs will only have one skill wheres other mobs and all named units have multiple skills to learn
you want to have some variety in types and dont want to be stuck with all bow users when the stage has nothing but swords. like i said some mobs ionly have one skill, but you would rather much have them in your team if they have a dmg bonus vs enemies in stage. UNLESS the character you have has something special (like AOEs, healing, or status effect that works in that stage)
for now im saving up job materials until i decide who is more my permanent team (Kuscah is my healer and he's always in my party, so ill upgrade him first)
all up to your discretion
until you open up the 2nd tier of the special zones, you wanna keep some mobs around ~14-16 for better drop rates. until you open up the 2nd tear, your characters SHOULD be around 22+ or so before ch 9.
Before you start the map/mission it displays what kind of enemies you'll be facing. Usually the weapon type outweighs whatever other positives the character might have, especially in later stages.
Since you get characters randomly you usually have to make things work with what you got. I guess in that regard most people will have a personal and different experience with the game from everyone else.
I always roll with 2 healers and an AoE mage in my line-up (I'd probably give 2 AoE mages and 1 healer a try if I had 2 mages). The other 3 characters are damage dealers and get switched out depending on what weapon type enemies I'm facing.
The main DD's I have are 2 sword, 2 bow, 1 spear -- this is mainly because those are the characters I was given. Currently I'm facing maps full of spear guys so I include the spear guy and 2 of my bow guys in the party even though one of the sword guys has extremely high damage output (he just wouldn't survive the enemy attacks).
I'm up to chapter 10 and I haven't lost a single battle yet, despite only having one S character (and even that one I got just recently).
On ss character and also in chapter 10 with no battles lost.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Holy crud 17-10 is tough.
Luckily I brought all my bow users.
Luckily I brought all my bow users.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Fuck chapter 18, spikes everywhere.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
It fucking is!
I can't even get past the first battle.
Chrono Helix
Member
I'm facing difficulty with this fellow too. His cross attack just does TOO much damage. Admittedly my characters are probably underlevelled, they're generally 25ish. Seems like the recommended level is low 30's.
The second you defeat all of its minions the fight is pretty much over as it has no way of hitting you if you know its pattern. Take note of where the minions are and place your characters according to that so that you'd be hitting the minions first with all of your characters.
Think I had only 2 characters left when I defeated the minions and just kept on slowly chipping away at the boss' health.
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Just blew all my money in hopes of an SS; got junk. Time to grind for a 3rd job weapon I guess.
RockTurtle
Member
havent touched it all day. wondering if i should plan specific teams for the special areas.
Boss monsters drop them (rare drop), pretty sure the wiki has most of that information available.
Rare drops in special hunt areas. Pudding, Tin etc.
If you're talking about the weapons they drop of bosses, theyre listed at the bottom of the page here - http://terrabattle.wikia.com/wiki/Items The drop rate seems very low to me so far
I was looking at some of the higher level abilities in trying to decide who to add a second job for since I only have enough materials atm to upgrade one, what does something like this mean: Magic Attack +5%, Fire, 2 Turns, 30%
On a character that isn't marked as elemental? At some point they get the chance at an element attack too?
On a character that isn't marked as elemental? At some point they get the chance at an element attack too?
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
Speaking of rare drops, who uses Gyros? Because I just had that drop from 9-3, I think.
That's Nakupi right? I have him and that skill unlocked. So far it hasn't really done anything? I thought it was a defense skill.
That would make sense (though seems low on usefulness scale) but his lvl 15 abilities outright say defense instead: Magic Defense +20%, Ice, 2 Turns, 30%
So was wondering what it was haha
Dead Prince
Banned
just started this. chapter 4 introduced spikes that can damage you when you cross over it. lolwut. is there any other random damage tiles later on that i should know about?
Definitely.
Lava, bombs, acid, rocks that block your path, shields from enemies, etc. Plenty of stuff to watch out for!
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
Oh oops, I actually don't have that, I only have the lvl 15 ability unlocked. My guess is that it does count as an elemental attack. The reason he wouldn't have a element designation on him is because he can use both ice and fire, maybe?
SixMachine
Member
You would need to have specific teams if you want to efficient. Like if you were hunting puddings physical types aren't going to well, and there is a hunt where you mostly fight spear users. IIRC puppets seem to be a bit more resistant to magic than physical or maybe they just are stronger against dark, since Zerro is my main magic user. I also have a leveling team, if I see metal hunt it up, I go in with 4 characters, usually 3 lowbies and 1 high level character and it works pretty well when leveling my new characters since I can manage to kill at least something every turn.
It boosts magic attack for fire elemental allies by 5%. Do you have Nakupi? Since those skills are available on the first job you can just click the question mark next to the ability name in his menu. I have Samupi who has similar skills and it seems really niche until endgame when you have a larger character pool.
edit: HAHA just posted that same thing. oops!
Somehow I just realized it tells you what they do if you click on the question marks on the character page. The lvl 15 boosts allies defense, the lvl 65 boosts magic attack of allies of that element. That seems kinda meh.
Protip: you can view all that information during battle too if you press and hold a character. Works on monsters too. Comes handy during boss battles so you know what you're up against.
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
This has been a learning experience.
It's too bad Nakupi doesn't seem worth grinding all the way out then.
It's too bad Nakupi doesn't seem worth grinding all the way out then.
Re-leveling second/third jobs from lvl 1 takes a lot of stamina and makes you think twice about how far along you want to get the character in each job.
I might keep Amina's second job at just lvl 15 and try to make her go straight third job after that while Zuzu's second job lvl 65+ skill seems worth it to get him all the way there.
I might keep Amina's second job at just lvl 15 and try to make her go straight third job after that while Zuzu's second job lvl 65+ skill seems worth it to get him all the way there.
RockTurtle
Member
i think keeping a job at certain levels to do the special zones would be an excellent idea. im thinking of keeping a couple of aoe chars at lv 19 for one of their jobs with the skills from the other 2 if they fancy me.
I don't really see the point. In Metal zones it obviously doesn't matter as the sole purpose is to get exp and having a lower level character for hunts doesn't make much sense either as it hasn't been proven that being outside the level range actually lowers drops...and you always get higher level(better) hunting zones as you progress on with the story chapters and level up.
I honestly wouldn't even bother with hunting zone 1 as the drops in hunting zone 2 are way better. You're better off just advancing the story until you open those up.
RockTurtle
Member
y u gotta douse my ambitions mang? ;-; i need an excuse not to grind all these mofos beyond 20 3 times!
EDIT: ive gotten a wyvern 4 goddamn times. mobs should get a higher boost % when duplicate or have it raised to get to 100% sooner cause this shit is ridiculous
putermcgee
Junior Member
Maybe it's because I'm pretty happy with the characters I have, but I get psyched when I get a dupe because it's such a nice skill boost for a character I already use.
It looks like Camellia the Pleasure Seeker sought pleasure in some seedy area of town and ended up with mouth herpes.
The skill boost is pretty small for the 5 energy you spend. It actually is a reason not to spend money for me. I wouldn't be happy if I bought energy and the got a double as one of my rolls.
EDIT: wrong roll
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I'm enjoying Terra Battle. My first picks were Suoh the Sellsword and Ra'prow the Beat Master. The music reminds of "The World Ends with You".
Suoh the Sellsword
Ra'prow the Beat Master
They've made the fights much faster. The gifts have been real nice.
Suoh the Sellsword
Ra'prow the Beat Master
They've made the fights much faster. The gifts have been real nice.
RockTurtle
Member
yeah, if it was an exponential increase in boost for every dupe i wouldnt mind. but a measly 5% everytime when it costs relatively a lot per character is a kick in the gonads.
Seriously. That and the fact there are 20+ different characters that I could've gotten but ended up with a dupe.
Got to pray to RNGesus more.
She's alright early on. Lullaby helps with metal zone and generally putting areas of enemies asleep. She really shines tho when she gets her 2nd job and gets access to levitation when you have to deal with bullshit hazard stages.
RockTurtle
Member
what it feels like
Femmeworth
Banned
Some of them do have their sex appeal increased: Grace, Amimari, Gaiga, Kana, Bonna, Zeera, etc. The changes are more subtle in some cases, like Grace's cleavage is emphasized more.Not when they get other jobs
You'll want her at at least level 20 actually, skill slots unlock when you get a job to level 20.