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Soul Sacrifice |OT| Sacrifice your wallet to save the Vita
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cj_iwakura
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Sadly you can only do it with Avalon quests, but they're fun to tinker with.
Here is Delta version which I really like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Z35ZSYCSQ
Wyvern is pretty easy as soon as you know his moves. Cath Sith is pure bullshit due to inconsistent attack patterns.
At last I fixed (or at least I really hope so) my connectivity problems and played online for 4 and a half hours straight. So much fun! I f*cking love it! Reminds me of the good old days with Monster Hunter Portable 3rd and xlink kai... (btw, MHP3rd is playable online using the PPSSPP emulator)
I'm still kinda new to the game, but I have lots of experience with the genre and I'm not dying too easily even at higher difficulty quests. So, if anyone is willing to tag alone at ~30lvl (and up) quests, feel free to add me - PSN: swnnyh
Actually, please, add me, because my friend list is almost empty and I'm feeling lonely.
I'm still kinda new to the game, but I have lots of experience with the genre and I'm not dying too easily even at higher difficulty quests. So, if anyone is willing to tag alone at ~30lvl (and up) quests, feel free to add me - PSN: swnnyh
Actually, please, add me, because my friend list is almost empty and I'm feeling lonely.
Then I found on the wiki that I can farm a shard quest on Hour of Jonquil for Iron Pinwheel L, just to find out I haven't unlocked that forgotten pact. Meh. At least the M version is easily farmable.
Really nice, this one!
And I added ye, swnny
Really nice, this one!
And I added ye, swnny
Been trying to make the game click but so far it's not working. I like everything about it, except the combat... It's such a chore, I must be doing something horribly wrong.
I'm at the Elven Queen right now. Am I supposed to spend more time farming and combining stuff this early in the game to go in with more charges? It feels the time I spent fighting archfiends in general is 90% running around after recharges or after them once they fly literally across the map, and 10% actually hitting them. Am I going to waste my time farming or is it going to make a difference there?
I'm going in with 14~15 charges fire projectiles + something with ice to break it. I'm not stuck at that boss or anything, but if it's taking a long time with the right elements then fighting Magusar before lv99 must take about an hour.
I'm at the Elven Queen right now. Am I supposed to spend more time farming and combining stuff this early in the game to go in with more charges? It feels the time I spent fighting archfiends in general is 90% running around after recharges or after them once they fly literally across the map, and 10% actually hitting them. Am I going to waste my time farming or is it going to make a difference there?
I'm going in with 14~15 charges fire projectiles + something with ice to break it. I'm not stuck at that boss or anything, but if it's taking a long time with the right elements then fighting Magusar before lv99 must take about an hour.
I think it will be a bit different. Seeing how we have a third choice now.
so goood
I much prefer the first. Hopefully we can pick!
cj_iwakura
Member
What's the name of the menu music that plays during Heretic Savior? It also has vocals, but much sadder.
Killed Wraith and Valkyrie! Siren should be a cinch compared to them. I like how she's not just a palette swap, some stuff is new.
Killed Wraith and Valkyrie! Siren should be a cinch compared to them. I like how she's not just a palette swap, some stuff is new.
Wait, Siren has new moves? Am I destroyed her cursed part to quick since her moves is just the one that Cyclops use (minus the curling around move).
cj_iwakura
Member
During the stabbing up portion, she launches a shockwave after the second appearance.
Infinite Justice
Member
You still haven't fought Levithan or other DLC bosses? The DLC bosses change things up a lot like trolls and the gods.
I have a hard time explaining what makes the game work for me. Like you, it took a long time for it to finally click.
I guess it's partially the satisfaction of mastering something - whether it's dodging nearly all of an enemy's attacks, consistently countering an enemy, or decimating a boss that you once had trouble with.
Are you going into these fights solo? Elven Queen should go down fairly quickly if you're using fire. I think I'm about 16/16 and I use fire-elemental boulders, the shrapnel-based fire projectiles, Ice Thorns, the mid-range fire homing attack, your standard heal, and one random ability.
If you're balance or Magic-specced, you can just unleash your spells on the Elven Queen. Then when your stock gets low, charge the homing attack to the second stage and ignite the cat doods. Back up, hit them with Ice Thorns for the shatter and start charging fire again. When they rush you, hit them mid stride for the counter - boom, then sac or save.
Soul Sacrifice features a very unique scoring system - it's not common-sensical like your other games. Once you stop thinking about the way it should be and start concentrating on how it is - you can start racking in the bonuses.
Still, I only play this game in bursts before I need to take a break. Bosses when you first encounter them are really annoying. The bat assassin dood was particularly frustrating. I'd say give it a bit more time - if it doesn't click, well at least you can say you tried. It probably took me...about 10 hours to really start liking it.
* The only thing I don't really like about SS is the voice acting. The english version has TotalBiscuit and the Japanese version just sounds off. I hope they change it around a bit for Delta.
cj_iwakura
Member
Doing the assorted Avalon quests for levels, I'm at 22/28 now. Still got stomped by Magusar... did a little better though.
cj_iwakura
Member
You assign different spells to them from your arsenal. It gets better as you gain more of them.
Just remember that they can run out, and sacrificing recharges them. Took me a while to learn that one.
Okay yeah, that makes a lot more sense since they can run out. Thanks! I'll give the game another go tomorrow.
I really like Soul Sacrifice scoring sytem, but it need serious tweak on the bonuses themselves. The major bulk of the score racked up from Unscathed which worth 150 points, and trying to achieve no injury for some bosses sometime become anti-fun for me.There are many condition, but those conditions are very situational and really depends on the type of the boss and the grunt. Counter for example, is really hard to get if the grunt that respawned is Ghouls or the boss is one of the type that can't stop moving (Wyvern, Valkyrie, etc). Destroying cursed part also important if you want to racked up bonuses, but some bosses are nearly impossible to get all of their parts destroyed either because they have too many (and regenerating on top of that aka Hydra and Kraken) or some part is inexplicably very tough to destroy (I for one never destroyed all part of Phoenix). If I could get Destroyed All Cursed Parts or Counter bonus, I wouldn't bother try to finish the battle uninjured as doing Black Rite will ensure me to get Legendary Sorcerer most of the time. But if I can't because all the factor I've explained above, Unscathed sometime is the only way to get Legendary Sorcerer rating, and it isn't fun if you fight bosses like Valkyrie or Wraith.
Think of the offerings(which you assign in every slot) as a summon/conjure. Like summoning an ice sword in your hands. Depending on what offering you slot, you will summon different weapons or spells. And of course, the offerings have an limited number of casts, which can be renewed by sacrificing enemies, or from special places on the map.
Get the Dragon Slayer sigil it will help you out a lot.
You can obtain it by sacrificing and saving illlcebra at least once. You probably sacrificed her in story mode so you'll just need to save her to get the sigil.
cj_iwakura
Member
Can you restore your offerings during Magusar at all? The battlefield looks completely empty.
I think halfway in when you beat first part of it,it should restore all your offerings.
There are no other enemies.
Yeah, that's when it should restore.I beated him at 100 level a week or 2 ago, took less than 3 minutes and didn't have to restore anything as they were far off from being breakable. When
he change formed,
striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Hi, 1st post in this thread.
Here is my setup for beating Magusar.
Sigil
Base Slayer sigil II -> increase attack or cause and effect sigil
Increase throw spell
Increase weapon spell
Increase <element name>
Increase <element name>
Offering
3 Thrown spell, i use 2 Arrowhead M and ice thorn
1 Weapon spell
1 Healing
1 Anything you like
When the fight start, spam your throwing spell like mad, after all of them about to be depleted, Magusar should be close to death or even death.
On the 2nd fight, get under him, and attack him from there, use black rites Infernus when he's in red, since chance are, your spell probably about to be exhausted. Hope it can help
Here is my setup for beating Magusar.
Sigil
Base Slayer sigil II -> increase attack or cause and effect sigil
Increase throw spell
Increase weapon spell
Increase <element name>
Increase <element name>
Offering
3 Thrown spell, i use 2 Arrowhead M and ice thorn
1 Weapon spell
1 Healing
1 Anything you like
When the fight start, spam your throwing spell like mad, after all of them about to be depleted, Magusar should be close to death or even death.
On the 2nd fight, get under him, and attack him from there, use black rites Infernus when he's in red, since chance are, your spell probably about to be exhausted. Hope it can help
cj_iwakura
Member
Yeah, don't have this or the above recommended Base Slayer. I'm sure I did both of those, too... I saved her, then when she came back at me, I sacrificed her.
Noo it doesn't work like that. Since you saved her before sacrifing her first you get the LE sigil. Just go back and just sacrifice her only.
cj_iwakura
Member
Weird, I still don't see it. Maybe I'm missing something.
Well, I got to the second form.
Ow.
And here's me boy;
Well, I got to the second form.
Ow.
And here's me boy;
Weird, I still don't see it. Maybe I'm missing something.
Well, I got to the second form.
Ow.
And here's me boy;
To get the dragon slayer sigil:
During story mode where Illecbra is on the floor you do the following:
Sad Witch LE: Saved her,(This will revive her and then start attack you, Kill her then sacrifice)
Sad Witch SE: Go up to her and just sacrifice.
The dragon slayer sigil is on your palm by the way and also you really need to get more Large spells.
edit: tip for magusar first form is to drop a golem down when he is summoning his.
cj_iwakura
Member
Is there a guide to crafting the large spells? I'm missing the items for almost everything.
The wiki might help.
Sigils (lists what essences you need for each sigil)
Offerings (you can see the spells by type, and how to fuse/obtain them).
There was a jp wiki with more specific pre-reqs for each sigil (min lvl, kill x monster), but I lost the link.
edit: here it is: http://alphawiki.net/soulsacrifice/index.php?%B9%EF%B0%F5. Google translate helps a little.
http://guide4gamers.com/soul-sacrifice-complete-offering-list-rewards-and-location-comcept/
http://soulsacrifice.wikia.com/wiki/Offerings
I might be playing tonight so I might be able to help.
cj_iwakura
Member
That helps, thanks. Guess I'll keep working on the Avalon Quests.
Ingueferroque
Banned
The matchmaking in this game sucks. As a new player I just get kicked from any room I enter.. -_-
I want to catch up though, so please add me to your PSN! ingueferroque
I want to catch up though, so please add me to your PSN!
ingueferroqueThe matchmaking in this game sucks. As a new player I just get kicked from any room I enter.. -_-
I want to catch up though, so please add me to your PSN!
You lucky to be able enter a room
I get Network Error, every, fucking, time.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Yeah, happens a lot.
Maybe you should port forward or open DMZ for your Vita
JStein0222
Member
Just got into this game and I'm absolutely loving it. Just beat a pair of giant pumpkin dudes so I'm still pretty early on I would guess.
Any tips for a beginner? Also is it okay to keep my soul/sacrifice thing balanced or is focusing on one the preferred choice?
Any tips for a beginner? Also is it okay to keep my soul/sacrifice thing balanced or is focusing on one the preferred choice?
I want to catch up though, so please add me to your PSN!
Sent you a friend request.
As for the "Network Errors", adding my Vita's IP as a DMZ host for my router fixed 90% of the errors, so give it a try.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
What's the combat like in Soul Sacrifice?
Asking since this game is often cast as a monhun clone, and I pretty much hate the combat in monhun and god eater. It feels far too stilted and boring to me - and yes, I know it's apparently deep or something, but not in a way that appeals to me. Was hoping this might be more free flowing(something a bit more like DMC).
Was also wondering the same of Toukiden, if anyone has played the jp version...
Asking since this game is often cast as a monhun clone, and I pretty much hate the combat in monhun and god eater. It feels far too stilted and boring to me - and yes, I know it's apparently deep or something, but not in a way that appeals to me. Was hoping this might be more free flowing(something a bit more like DMC).
Was also wondering the same of Toukiden, if anyone has played the jp version...
It's like Kingdom Hearts 1
Play the demo, the combat itself is very different from MH. Toukiden is more like MH and GE though.