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[subtleglitch]

Yeah....

hey i'm quite confident people can beat him at around level 70-75, as long as they learn his move patterns and dodge them all I know it helped that I was at a high level xD but just saying, that boss's moves are also pretty easy to dodge as well, if you time it right

 

[Bladenic]

hey i'm quite confident people can beat him at around level 70-75, as long as they learn his move patterns and dodge them all I know it helped that I was at a high level xD but just saying, that boss's moves are also pretty easy to dodge as well, if you time it right

Yeah, his moves aren't too bad except

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Chaos does a shit ton of damage, and then there are the 4 respawning Satellites which are a pain. And he has a ton of HP.

 

[Stencil]

Hahah, someone should make a GIF of Oliver walking while Cursed (ie: after walking through a curse trap.) Looks like a drunk kid dancing. Reminds me of the Annoying Old Party Man from Earthbound.

 

[subtleglitch]

Yeah, his moves aren't too bad except

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Chaos does a shit ton of damage, and then there are the 4 respawning Satellites which are a pain. And he has a ton of HP.

oh...you're talking about

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the zodiarchs. my bad. it's just when you said "the very last boss" that's why my mind immediately went elsewhere. well i won't say anything else, just in case you haven't ventured that far, postgame. well chaos does hit pretty hard, and the satellites, are annoying--you're right!

i always dealt with them first, and just used earsplitter on them a few times to get rid of them, and it was nice to be revived by the white witch. >.>

 

[jono95]

Finally got all the ingredients for the War God Axe.
I hate you, master alchemist.

 

[Bladenic]

oh...you're talking about

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the zodiarchs. my bad. it's just when you said "the very last boss" that's why my mind immediately went elsewhere. well i won't say anything else, just in case you haven't ventured that far, postgame. well chaos does hit pretty hard, and the satellites, are annoying--you're right!

i always dealt with them first, and just used earsplitter on them a few times to get rid of them, and it was nice to be revived by the white witch. >.>

Oh, sorry, I meant the main story final boss. And yeah, I did the same thing, but it still takes time to kill them and they respawn which is so annoying.

 

[Suikoguy]

For those who have finished to the post game,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezZA_GYYLnE

Particularly the lyrics to the ending song...

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Over hills, green as a spring time
Chasing a lonely cloud white as snow
Some day soon, I mean to catch it
Hold tight and up into the sky i'll go
I think of what you told me
However sad life seems
That sometimes tears can turn to dreams

If I could only be with you once more
And hold you tightly to my heart
We could walk this road together
And never ever be apart
Each and every heart will be healed
On our journey through another world

Down the years, over the ages
Bonds from a secret past reach through
Life is grasped, one son is chosen
Once again a child is born anew
Deep in the heart of darkness
Where cold despair is from
The call of hope, may yet resound
I close my eyes and you are here
Your smiling face shines down on me
I am alone, but never lonely
You're by my side and I could clearly see
That though the road into tomorrow is long
My mind is clear, my heart is strong

If I could only be with you once more
And hold you tightly to my heart
We could walk this road together
And never ever be apart
Your light will shine on every forest and field

...

Not official lyrics or anything, but what an amazing song.

 

[razgriz417]

Finally got through hamelin and got the casino. Breaking Platoon is addicting but wtf at some of the crazy hands the AI gets, got beaten by a 3 Kings, 2 Wizard hand...

Btw what's the item I should buy to make the most profit from my winnings?

 

[Dartastic]

I'm almost done with the game, but I have to say while the combat is great at the start, boy does it get piss poor. What's the point of doing a 26 MP spell when I can do a 4 mp spell and it only does 100 less damage? If they make a sequel, hoooooooly shit do they have to balance the combat.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Hey I just beat this game an hour ago. Loved it. One of my faves in a long time.

 

[madmackem]

So whats the difference between easy and normal?.

 

[Sanctuary]

Yeah....

Lol.

Anyway, all I have to say about the last boss is: Dino + Griffy (or Dino) + Bone Baron. Swap them out briefly with whatever your second best is, then heal up with the Nightshade you should have, or whatever has healing rain + second wind, then go back to team power overwhelming.

As for what to feed your familiars, don't bother with their preferred food unless it's also their preferred stat. The hearts don't really matter that much simply because of how slow the actual stat growth is once you are past the +10 mark. On the Dino in particular, I will feed him accuracy food, which isn't his favorite, and he's already at +12/30. The Naja in particular is an attack beast already, but it could really use about 25 more defense.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

So whats the difference between easy and normal?.

Easier is easier. Enemies do less damage and things along that line. Same exp distribution.

 

[DarknessTear]

Platoon can be hilarious. The hands where the AI has both a Joker and a King in the same hand, so you win instead of them.

 

[Sanctuary]

Platoon can be hilarious. The hands where the AI has both a Joker and a King in the same hand, so you win instead of them.

Only because you didn't have a Bishop.

 

[Bladenic]

Getting a shitty hand sucks, but luckily you only need win platoon once to buy everything. Or I did it twice, once when it opened to buy everything and a ton of GSS to sell and become rich, then again post game for the A and S items. Never even tried any of the other games. Also I love the casino in this game. Just awesome all around. Better than any DQ casino too

 

[Sanctuary]

The DQ(8) casino was not only plain looking, the games sucked. On the PS2 you had to constantly reset the game during roulette spins. Fortunately if you played it again later on the PCSX2, it wasn't nearly as awful due to save states.

 

[Bladenic]

The DQ casino was not only plain looking, the games sucked. On the PS2 you had to constantly reset the game during roulette spins. Fortunately if you played it again later on the PCSX2, it wasn't nearly as awful due to save states.

I never once bothered with the casinos in any DQ game. Don't have the patience and there is no skill involved.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

Just got all

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3 wand stones

. About 30 hours or so in and lvl 42 for Oliver. Playing on Normal.

Bar the odd spot of bother, the game is rather easy. But that isn't a negative as it means the game is a joy to play without too much frustration. I'm pleased I put it on Normal though I was debating it after people were saying about the difficulty spikes, but really I haven't found many of those and only nearer the start of the game. Though maybe I'm higher level that it doesn't bother me.

It's such a wonderful game. Really addicted to playing it any spare moment I have. I love the artsyle, the music is memorable and wonderful. The battle system is easy and fun to get in to. The character VO is nice, especially Drippys. I could listen to him all day, such a shame the VO is few and far between for the most part. That's one gripe about it, though I guess they needed to keep costs down and it's a small miracle perhaps, the game was localised anyways and indeed, into English VO. Other than that I can't really pick any niggles with the gameplay. It seems to have everything in place. You can easily keep track of missions/errands which is always a plus. Love getting the rewards for those too. Quite helpful they are too.

So it's most certainly going to be contender for GOTY and definitely one of my favourite RPGs ever... like Top 5. It almost feels like a unofficial successor to DQ8, merely down to the charm, artsyle, overworld and great localisation. Hats off to the Level5 and Namco for such a fantastic game, you rarely get nowadays.

 

[itsinmyveins]

When's my last opportunity to go after the errands and bounty and stuff like that?

SPOILERS:

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I'm at Shadar's place, Nevermore. Also, what's the deal with the writing on stone tablets scattered on various islands?

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Anyone else waiting to start this until the free familiars go up next week? xD

I've tried to start it a couple times already, but I just need to clear up a lot of time. Might as well wait a bit more for the free guys.

 

[snap0212]

Quick question: Is there a way to disable the animation and jingles before and after a fight? I'm very early in the game but they seem to be way too long, especially if you get into a lot of random fights. I've not read that complaint in the reviews I checked out so there might be something ridiculously obvious that I'm just not seeing.

 

[Nakiro]

At work humming the theme song.. I don't think I've done this in a long time. Usually soundtrack doesn't get stuck in my mind but the main theme is so good.

 

[Sinthetic]

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!

 

[Bladenic]

When's my last opportunity to go after the errands and bounty and stuff like that?

SPOILERS:

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I'm at Shadar's place, Nevermore. Also, what's the deal with the writing on stone tablets scattered on various islands?

There's no point of return. You can do them at any time, and there's a post game after the last boss anyway (and you can leave the final dungeon).

Quick question: Is there a way to disable the animation and jingles before and after a fight? I'm very early in the game but they seem to be way too long, especially if you get into a lot of random fights. I've not read that complaint in the reviews I checked out so there might be something ridiculously obvious that I'm just not seeing.

Not that I know of. Are you pressing X continually? That makes it go by really quickly.

At work humming the theme song.. I don't think I've done this in a long time. Usually soundtrack doesn't get stuck in my mind but the main theme is so good.

My favorite is Ding Dong Dell's theme. So sweeping and majestic.

 

[Derrick01]

Is there any way at all to find out how many battles you've won or how many glims you've taken? I'm like 8 hours into post game and still don't have either trophy. I would have thought I'd at least have the 1000 battles one by now. I guess grinding Tokos and skipping about 20-30 levels really hurt the battle count.

 

[Bladenic]

Is there any way at all to find out how many battles you've won or how many glims you've taken? I'm like 8 hours into post game and still don't have either trophy. I would have thought I'd at least have the 1000 battles one by now. I guess grinding Tokos and skipping about 20-30 levels really hurt the battle count.

Same either, don't have either. I can see not having the glim one though, the AI always snatches it from me.

 

[reson8or]

Holy shit kaleidostone farming is annoying the hell out of me. I've been doing it over an hour and only got ONE. Draggamuffins everywhere

I'm at this stage too, so much grinding...

After Kaleidostone, you have to get Scrolls of Truth (5)... lol

Since the new Sly game came out, I've taken a break from Ni No Kuni, but will go back and finish up that damned ax and probably get the platinum.

 

[Derrick01]

Same either, don't have either. I can see not having the glim one though, the AI always snatches it from me.

I think that counts towards your total though because I got the 50 steals trophy with the AI doing it all. I would think the rule would be the same at least.

 

[Bladenic]

I think that counts towards your total though because I got the 50 steals trophy with the AI doing it all. I would think the rule would be the same at least.

Most everywhere I've checked said you had to do it manually. Though I suppose there is no way to know for sure.

 

[Audioboxer]

I put almost all my familiars through evolution to the second stage the second I could, I've now read that's not how to do it I should have levelled them all the way up first to max level.

If I level them all the way up in their second form before going to final form will I be okay? Hope I haven't gimped them too much as I can't be bothered recapturing them all and starting from the beginning.

 

[Bladenic]

I put almost all my familiars through evolution to the second stage the second I could, I've now read that's not how to do it I should have levelled them all the way up first to max level.

If I level them all the way up in their second form before going to final form will I be okay? Hope I haven't gimped them too much as I can't be bothered recapturing them all and starting from the beginning.

You'll be more than okay, it's not a big deal at all.

 

[Kave_Man]

So far I've levelled mine up to their second form after they learn all their skills.

Game hasn't been ridiculously tough that I needed to grind much either...so far.

 

[Ricker]

You'll be more than okay, it's not a big deal at all.

Yeah,it's okay because for example my Mitey is maxed in his second form now,it's no use feeding him anything anymore because the stats won't go up anymore I just have to wait for him to be 2 more levels so I can feed him the bigger Sundrop...

 

[Audioboxer]

Thanks Bladenic

So far I've levelled mine up to their second form after they learn all their skills.

Game hasn't been ridiculously tough that I needed to grind much either...so far.

Does that mean I might of missed skills though?

Just done the major fight after getting the boat, I read you can't actually

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win the battle

, but a gold orb dropped to Esther's companion and it made the fight

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end after about 40 seconds lol

.

 

[Danj]

OK so I guess level 46 is not high enough to tackle the Nevermore area then? Getting my arse kicked again.. grumble.. grinding is much slower as I can only find the 2,000 XP Tokos with any regularity. I know someone said there were 8,000 XP ones in the area outside Perdida but I never managed to find any.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

OK so I guess level 46 is not high enough to tackle the Nevermore area then? Getting my arse kicked again.. grumble.. grinding is much slower as I can only find the 2,000 XP Tokos with any regularity. I know someone said there were 8,000 XP ones in the area outside Perdida but I never managed to find any.

Go to perdida, walk down the slope a bit to check out the first 3 enemies, if none are it then go back into perdida, walk back out, check again, repeat. Kill if you see one. You'll go from 40s to 70 in no time.

You could also save and reload your save, some people claim to have better odds that way. But they're there, and they appear enough. It's not all-out rare.

 

[TalesOfWin]

I am only level 10 yet :/

Time to do some sidequests!

 

[Bladenic]

Thanks Bladenic



Does that mean I might of missed skills though?

Just done the major fight after getting the boat, I read you can't actually

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win the battle

, but a gold orb dropped to Esther's companion and it made the fight

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end after about 40 seconds lol

.

You may have missed some skills. In case you don't know, press Triangle when on the friends and familiar screen to see what skills your familiars possess and what level they might learn a new one. Many of them reach the level to evolve before learning all their skills, and you may possibly miss some good skills if you evolve too early.

 

[madhtr]

Go to perdida, walk down the slope a bit to check out the first 3 enemies, if none are it then go back into perdida, walk back out, check again, repeat. Kill if you see one. You'll go from 40s to 70 in no time.

You could also save and reload your save, some people claim to have better odds that way. But they're there, and they appear enough. It's not all-out rare.

You can also gateway out, and back in. Maybe a little faster.

 

[Freezasaurus]

You can also gateway out, and back in. Maybe a little faster.

Fastest way is to Press Square -> Travel -> Perdida. You don't even have to enter the town, you just start back at the top of the hill and make your trip back down.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Fastest way is to Press Square -> Travel -> Perdida. You don't even have to enter the town, you just start back at the top of the hill and make your trip back down.

I don't think that resets the enemies on screen

 

[Stuart444]

I put almost all my familiars through evolution to the second stage the second I could, I've now read that's not how to do it I should have levelled them all the way up first to max level.

If I level them all the way up in their second form before going to final form will I be okay? Hope I haven't gimped them too much as I can't be bothered recapturing them all and starting from the beginning.

I never waited until max, I just leveled and got all skills first (apart from one creature) but overall, it's not a big deal. You may have missed some skills but that's it.

Anyway, I'm just finished doing all bounties before the

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Ivory Tower

and I'm now working on doing errands for the merit rewards before I continue.

 

[madhtr]

Fastest way is to Press Square -> Travel -> Perdida. You don't even have to enter the town, you just start back at the top of the hill and make your trip back down.

If there aren't any tokotokos, unless you fight through the entire bluff and return, the enemies aren't resetting, so you're spending a lot of time fighting what you don't want to. Using Gateway resets the enemy spawns fairly quickly.

 

[Beckx]

If there aren't any tokotokos, unless you fight through the entire bluff and return, the enemies aren't resetting, so you're spending a lot of time fighting what you don't want to. Using Gateway resets the enemy spawns fairly quickly.

Of course each spawn has a chance of having a tokotoko, too. Once you're in the mid-40s it's worth annihilating those spawns, then casting Gateway. (This will also help your money situation.)

 

[Audioboxer]

You may have missed some skills. In case you don't know, press Triangle when on the friends and familiar screen to see what skills your familiars possess and what level they might learn a new one. Many of them reach the level to evolve before learning all their skills, and you may possibly miss some good skills if you evolve too early.

Yeah I've missed a skill on my Naja, Golden Drongo and Danglerfish. Just one for each. I don't think it should matter much, not enough to recapture and level?

Especially as I think Naja has quite an annoying capture rate.

Think its splash splash and body slam/bash that's missing between them all. Not really vital skills I don't think.

 

[madhtr]

Of course each spawn has a chance of having a tokotoko, too. Once you're in the mid-40s it's worth annihilating those spawns, then casting Gateway. (This will also help your money situation.)

I was already almost 60 when I got here, and am nearly 80 now after running through the Bluffs to tame some of these guys, morph some of the guys I already had, etc. I think I've defeated 20+ now. I ran out of Jumbo Stardrops, sadly. Star crystals aren't easy to come by.

 

[MicH]

So tokos... I am having trouble finding any. They are on the tiny island where you get mite, seed spirit and the monkey right?

Also just got my Dino! Second time I saw one I got it!

 

[madhtr]

So tokos... I am having trouble finding any. They are on the tiny island where you get mite, seed spirit and the monkey right?

Yeah, I found they showed up mostly in the SE enemy spawn the most. Fight visible seed sprites, they tend to show up in those spawns a lot. You can also use gateway to force the spawns to reset until you visibly see tokos, but that might take a while. Fight the SE battle, run around a few second until it respawns, and try that way. One time I fought like 5 in a row that way.

Edit: Dinos are so frustrating in battle. One time mine backed away and watched through three clicks of attack, then he tries an uppercut from across the battlefield. Rather frustrating. Even with lower attack/defense, I throw Najalisk out there. Also, fighting Tokos/Tokotokos... you need to kill them fast, so I don't recommend slow familiars.

 

[Dartastic]

Getting hit by random Chaos two or three hits before you kill the final boss feels bad man.