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Soul Sacrifice |OT| Sacrifice your wallet to save the Vita
- Thread starter ZeroAKA
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Sacrifice Harpy in Innocence.
I equipped the dragon sigils, ran up and set a golem, and melee'd him a lot.
I'm getting a little bored with the game. Not super into their loot system of farming monsters endlessly for one drop per run that appears to be independent of performance and is entirely RNG-based. And then there's not being able to use extra essence for anything which really stinks.
Thanks, just what I needed.
Infinite_Daremo
Member
Why is there no Tri Element for Stone? Or even a single root spell?
Munkyspace
Member
Could someone please enlighten me on soul/life shards? Aside from the "Collect x Shards" missions, what do they do?
Sorry if noobish.
Sorry if noobish.
Infinite_Daremo
Member
Certain Sigils require X amount of shards.
Munkyspace
Member
Ah, much obliged.
crazygambit
Member
This isn't quite right. You have to sacrifice the Harpy, this will open up a Centaur quest on Avalon I, you need to SACRIFICE the Centaur. I kept doing the Harpy and nothing was happening because I had saved that damned Centaur.
Doing that will open up the Centaur quest in Avalon IV.
Grinchy
Banned
Nice correction. I guess since I had already sac'd the Centaur, it seemed like I only needed to re-do the Harpy.
I still don't understand what they were thinking with this, though.
corrosivefrost
Member
I feel like I'm screwing up my chances of getting some companions... I'm sacrificing every single archfiend I come up against. At the moment all of my allies have either left me or are dead from sacrifice.
Time to buy them all back with lacrima.
Helpful hint: If you know you're going to sacrifice an archfiend, only take AI partners who have neutral or dark arms. Conversely, if you're going to save, take only divine or neutral.
Divine arms will become "lost" if you sacrifice an archfiend with them present.
Dark arms will become "lost" if you save and archfiend with them present.
corrosivefrost
Member
The way I do it, if I'm using AI, that is, is to pick the allies that I think have the best tools for the job. Sometimes, I have an ally who has a better spell for the job and they're dark arm but I intend to save. That might be worth paying the lacrima. But otherwise, I do tend to stick to neutral so I can build affinity and unlock better spells for the companions I use the most. Sometimes the spell choices make you switch it up though and since you probably have a good idea what you will do to the archfiend when you down them, you can effectively double the pool of selectable AI that you won't have to re-recruit after you finish.
Not really, only access to their spell loadouts. If you don't like their spell loadout, you can just leave them lost. No reason to pay to get them back unless you want them around.
lastflowers
Banned
The secret is using the Stone Wall. Cerberus will run into it and be stunned. At first its a really long stun, and it gets shorter and shorter. I could get in a full 'arm' long-press attack to cut off a cursed part.
I just spammed long range eggs/arrows, let Cerberus kill enemy monsters, only revived Magusar (to let off some heat).
I first noticed this in the Sorcerer Werewolf fight. The rescued ally was constantly running around and saving/sacrificing everything I was putting down.
You don't need it. Just use attack boosting sigils.
I didn't notice that until yesterday. I've been wondering what happened to all of the kills that I left lying around on the field...
corrosivefrost
Member
Anyone know where to get Anguished SE?
Sacrifice Venetar.
crazygambit
Member
You have to make a build specifically for it though. A divine build with lots of healing and the appropriate sigils seems like would work well with blood magic, since you regain life when you save grunts. For a dark build they do seem pointless yes.
Question. After you defeat Magusar, can you fight him again? I need to know before I save. Feel free to spoiler the answer.
A nice touch is that
your voice at the end is different if you picked male or female
Agent White
Member
fun games last night corrosive. I was laughing so much because I was trying items out, and you guys were freaking out.
I never tried/seen the vortex before that derpasus fight, and you guys were all "what the hell is that?". it was useless in that situation.
during the griffin fight I tried the gold coin lure, and you guys were just as interested in it as he was.
I tried the gold coin on my own again today, and if you keep dropping it right under him he'll continue to come down and do an aoe blast to make it go away.
I never tried/seen the vortex before that derpasus fight, and you guys were all "what the hell is that?". it was useless in that situation.
during the griffin fight I tried the gold coin lure, and you guys were just as interested in it as he was.
I tried the gold coin on my own again today, and if you keep dropping it right under him he'll continue to come down and do an aoe blast to make it go away.
corrosivefrost
Member
fun games last night corrosive. I was laughing so much because I was trying items out, and you guys were freaking out.
I never tried/seen the vortex before that derpasus fight, and you guys were all "what the hell is that?". it was useless in that situation.
during the griffin fight I tried the gold coin lure, and you guys were just as interested in it as he was.
I tried the gold coin on my own again today, and if you keep dropping it right under him he'll continue to come down and do an aoe blast to make it go away.
Those things probably work well on the right bosses. Oh, and kobolds are not in desert hydra -- I was getting deciduous SE there when I killed the trees.
Zero, where's Venetar? Edit: Damn, he's an AI.
Crazygambit, you can fight him as many times as you want.
Venetar is the third Fellow Sorcerer, I think. (Don't have my Vita with me right now.)
Venetar is one of those Sorcerer Pacts. The Third one I believe
Agent White
Member
ah your right those are deciduous. I didn't even really think about it. I just kinda said the first high level place I knew had trees.
the early time limit and no injury missions were easy enough, but for the later ones i think were gonna need four players with resolute sigils.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Starting to get kinda bored with this game. I'm not terribly far into it yet (about 6 hours), but the fast-paced combat is starting to fall flat. I loved it at first but now I'm starting to see the benefit of Monster Hunter's slower combat. In Soul Sacrifice I basically just run around, dodge attacks and spam my spells when I get an opening. There's not much strategy involved. It was fresh at first... now I see the limitations.
Isn't that the same with MH? You run, dodge attacks and counter attack. Rinse, Repeat...
Yup, exactly the same.
Baller. PhD
Banned
Except you "aim" or target specific body parts. With lock-on targeting you just get within range and spam. It's fun at first but now it's just kinda boring. I'll probably finish the story since it's starting to get interesting but I doubt I'll play this like MH.
BomberMouse
Member
Then don't use the auto aim? Each archfiend has specific cursed parts to attack.
If you press L trigger whilst aiming it'll reset the aim so you can aim for the cursed parts. This is what I do vs someone like Harpy: aim, lock off, aim for the wings, fire.
corrosivefrost
Member
You're doing it wrong.
Exactly. If you're doing it right, you're going for the weakpoints, which require specific attacks, aiming, and strategy.
This is exactly how to use the throw weapons for it.
Soundtrack up on PSN: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...ul-sacrifice-get-the-soundtrack-on-psn-today/
$9.99
$9.99
Agent White
Member
wait so you aren't doing any of the avalon stuff, side stories, or mp? if not there's bosses, and offerings you haven't even seen yet.
That is what I was about to ask.
I couldn't even play MH, yet this has me hooked. I feel like I need to 100% this game
corrosivefrost
Member
Agent, do you want to group up at the moment? I can't party chat, but we could knock out some more of the timed quests if you like. Default sacrifice.
Agent White
Member
sounds good to me if your still up for it. send me an invite.
crazygambit
Member
This might be a totally newb question, but since I don't play online that much with the Vita...
How do you talk with other people (as in voice, not those silly commands)? What do I need to have? I have the Pulse Elite (which is AWESOME for this game I might add) that has a mic included.
This is the first game where the network code is flawless for me. Since I'm not in the US I usually get massive lag. Like with Ragnarok Oddissey, which was unplayable for me. But here even with 1-2 bars for other players, (which is the most I get) I haven't seen any hiccups while playing.
Basically I'd like to play with other gaffers using chat to attempt more interesting strategies.
Also my PSN is Crazygambit if you feel like adding me. I play the NA servers.
How do you talk with other people (as in voice, not those silly commands)? What do I need to have? I have the Pulse Elite (which is AWESOME for this game I might add) that has a mic included.
This is the first game where the network code is flawless for me. Since I'm not in the US I usually get massive lag. Like with Ragnarok Oddissey, which was unplayable for me. But here even with 1-2 bars for other players, (which is the most I get) I haven't seen any hiccups while playing.
Basically I'd like to play with other gaffers using chat to attempt more interesting strategies.
Also my PSN is Crazygambit if you feel like adding me. I play the NA servers.
Agent White
Member
frost we were killing it. only 3 missions left in the forgotten pacts for me. we'll group up again in a bit. i'm so close to that 1/99.
corrosivefrost
Member
There's only 3 pacts left!
That Phoenix will rue the day she pissed us off.
Can't with straight up randoms.
Otherwise use the Party app to make a party chat before you go in game. Friends of friends can come into the party chat at will if you set it up that way, so you can sorta play with voice/randoms like that.
Vita has a mic and everything, so I don't use anything other than the Vita, as low-grade as it may be.