crowphoenix
Banned
Curious about something, did anyone else really dislike the last dungeon's music, or is it just me?
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The Tales of Vesperia |OT|
- Thread starter Firestorm
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grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
I said I refuse to believe!Firestorm said:
Grade is used after you beat the game to buy bonuses for your next playthrough. Examples include carrying over skills or artes, making all skills or artes cost 1 TP, carrying over your monster book, 10x exp, 0.5x exp, and tons of other things. Don't worry about it too much. When I beat the game, I only had around 1300 grade. You can make a bajillion grade with no effort after beating the game and using a trick with Rita.FirstInHell said:
I thought it was decent.crowphoenix said:
Trying to get the enchating belle title for estelle,
the guide says:
Enchanting Belle (Costume)
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During your second visit to Heliord, you will be asked to pick Estelle,
Karol or Judith to seduce the guard near the lift. After Zaude, return
to Heliord and speak to the merchant in the Inn to get the title
automatically for the character you chose. For the other two, bring
him 2 Spirit Fragments, 1 Cheagle Fur, and 3 Cockatrice Claws for each
other costume.
I went back after Zaude, talked to the Inn Merchant, but I didn't get any titles
or options for the other characters. Is it suppose to be automatic once you
talk to the merchant?
Also, I don't think I've done any sidequests or any deviation from the main plot.
Is the official guide worth getting for the sidequests/cooking/etc..?
the guide says:
Enchanting Belle (Costume)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
During your second visit to Heliord, you will be asked to pick Estelle,
Karol or Judith to seduce the guard near the lift. After Zaude, return
to Heliord and speak to the merchant in the Inn to get the title
automatically for the character you chose. For the other two, bring
him 2 Spirit Fragments, 1 Cheagle Fur, and 3 Cockatrice Claws for each
other costume.
I went back after Zaude, talked to the Inn Merchant, but I didn't get any titles
or options for the other characters. Is it suppose to be automatic once you
talk to the merchant?
Also, I don't think I've done any sidequests or any deviation from the main plot.
Is the official guide worth getting for the sidequests/cooking/etc..?
crowphoenix
Banned
Must just be me then. That trill on the guitar made me cringe. :/Firestorm said:
yeb said:
You know, I don't think it was when I went. It is now so I'll head back. Thanks.
Also,
I like the avatars in the skits but I couldn't find any of them online,
does anyone know a site with really good media(avatars,wallpapers,artwork) on Vesperia?
Seems like this content is really thin on the net.
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
Princess Skittles said:
Considering your avator your complaint rings hollow. You can PERMA Over Limit with Rita and beat everything senseless while they're completely incapable of fighting back EXCEPT when they OL.
Jamesfrom818
Banned
Papercuts said:
The ground spells tear new ones in larger bosses like the Giganto monsters. Since you can't knock them up, they just fall to the ground and take the beating of their lives.
gregor7777
Banned
yeb said:
Awesome guide.
It was never posted in this thread and I just found out, but Tales of Vesperia sold 33,000 copies in the US in August. It was the first four days of sales. Really the first three as no stores had it on the 26th afaik. August 26th - August 30th. It was ranked #58.
That's definitely more than Legendia which was around 20k iirc. I think Abyss was around 40 - 50k? They both had more time. I think Vesperia will end up higher than both of those.
That's definitely more than Legendia which was around 20k iirc. I think Abyss was around 40 - 50k? They both had more time. I think Vesperia will end up higher than both of those.
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
I just beat the game and beat Duke's third form with everyone at level 76ish. This game was awesome as shit. I completed almost all of the sidequests and everything thanks to some guides but unfortunately I didnt start using guides until the end of the game and missed the stupid side quest to be able to access the EX Dungeon. So now I am caught in a dilemma; play through the game with 1/2 exp and get those low level achievements or say fuck it and get 10x XP/Gald and just rush through the game so I can do the EX dungeon, yet be sad that my level 75s are straight worthless. Also, the last and the most probable option, just stop playing it. Oh well, it's been nice Tales of Vesperia, 60 hours of my life gone and I do not regret it one bit.
PseudoKirby
Banned
this is where I wish I had a capture card... I wanna take a screenshot of a couple things for an avatar
My Arms Your Hearse
Banned
Papercuts said:
Bloody Howling, Ground Dasher, Advanced Fire Spell (forget name). Probably others too, but there's not much of a reason to use anything else.
I find Bloody Howling to be the best, but some of the Giganto Monsters are weak to Ground Dasher and it just crushes them. Bloody Howling does more damage generally, though, and hits more times in faster succession. You should have zero problems keeping up OL with BH. Also, make sure someone in the group has OL Boost equipped (skill that makes OL last a lot longer).
Bloody Howling doesn't quite have the crowd control capabilities of the other two, but it will keep the enemies mostly locked down AND standing (depending on what you have your other characters doing). This means they take FULL damage the whole time, as opposed to Ground Dasher when they fall down and take half damage or Fire Spell when they are sucked into the air and take half damage + nobody else can really even hit them.
PseudoKirby
Banned
stupid fucking teamates and their whoring out of MY LIFEBOTLES
GOD DAMNIT LET ESTELLE RESURECT YOU IDIOTS
and this makes no sense, lose to
scene STILL HAPPEN, and I think the game fills my life back up.. no, it goes through all that scenes to go RIGHT BACK TO A DEFEATED SCREEN
also I MUST know, I already beat the game, but one of the achievements is
so the only reason I am losing is because I am trying my damndest to not use any over limits so I can do that
ANYWAY
GOD DAMNIT LET ESTELLE RESURECT YOU IDIOTS
and this makes no sense, lose to
dukes second form, then the fell arms and third form
also I MUST know, I already beat the game, but one of the achievements is
defeat duke with a mystic art
so the only reason I am losing is because I am trying my damndest to not use any over limits so I can do that
ANYWAY
with this third form, is the achievement based off of beating his second form with the mystic art, or now with the third form I have to use it on that?
Turn off items in the AI menu to keep them from burning through your supply.PseudoKirby said:
You don't need to beat Duke's third form with a mystic arte to get the achievement, at least I didn't because I didn't find all of the Fell Arms at the time. It took some doing, though. After getting him down to about 10-15K, I went in and edited everyone's strategy to do absolutely nothing while using Yuri to set him up for his Mystic Arte. I used Duke's first and most of his second stage change to practice with limit bottles and even then, it was still tricky.
crowphoenix
Banned
Spoilers, dude. The tags are messed up.
Anyway, I got it when I beat
Anyway, I got it when I beat
Duke's second form, but the Achievement is just for beating Duke with a mystic art. So, I imagine it'll have to be the third form with the Fell Arms.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
So I need 15 Fake Gald to beat the bonus dungeon, but I've been through it twice and only found one piece each time, counting the one you get when you enter, that leaves me at three pieces. This is yet another absolutely moronic thing this game does. On the plus side, I'll probably get my 10,000,000 Gald achievement by the time I'm done with this crap. Gold Cat with 6,000,000 Gald for an automatic 120 hit combo on Giganto bosses is sexy though.
crowphoenix
Banned
Princess Skittles said:
I got three my first time through. I think it is determined by the amount of big bosses you manage to run into through the run, but I agree, it's bull.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
crowphoenix said:
I'm thinking about bailing out and doing this during my 10x Experience run, if I have to do the dungeon ten times I might as well let it count towards the Max Grinding achievement. Oh well, at least this is a pretty easy bonus dungeon, the bonus dungeon on Tales of Destiny PS2 was insane.
PseudoKirby
Banned
I like their use of EVERY OTHER ITEM thoughEgg Shen said:
it sucks, I try my best to cancel out their use of life bottles but sometimes I am not quick enough, and others they try immediately afterwards to do it again...
RocketDarkness
Member
I HAVE A QUESTION GAF!
Erm, sorry. Anyways...at some point during the last dungeon, Rita's Bloody Howling incantation changed to something completely different. I don't remember exactly how it went, but it was music-related. Then, the next day, it's back to the normal incantation, and I can't figure out why it changed (or how to change it back). Does anyone know? And are there any other artes that have alternate incantations?
Erm, sorry. Anyways...at some point during the last dungeon, Rita's Bloody Howling incantation changed to something completely different. I don't remember exactly how it went, but it was music-related. Then, the next day, it's back to the normal incantation, and I can't figure out why it changed (or how to change it back). Does anyone know? And are there any other artes that have alternate incantations?
^Was it an altered arte?
Anyways, beat it, 150 hours, lv 77. Beat the final boss' third form. Pretty tough. Carried over skills, artes, and got 1 SP skills.
Unknown mode is broken. If you don't carry over equipment, you do 1 damage per hit. If you do carry it over, your enemies do 1 dmg to you and you kill them with a few attacks. I'm gonna have to sell all my overpowered weapons/armor. uguu
How much should I sell to make unknown doable but still challenging?
Anyways, beat it, 150 hours, lv 77. Beat the final boss' third form. Pretty tough. Carried over skills, artes, and got 1 SP skills.
Unknown mode is broken. If you don't carry over equipment, you do 1 damage per hit. If you do carry it over, your enemies do 1 dmg to you and you kill them with a few attacks. I'm gonna have to sell all my overpowered weapons/armor. uguu
How much should I sell to make unknown doable but still challenging?
RocketDarkness
Member
GameFAQs, surprisingly, actually proved to be some use. Apparently a number of spells have "quick" incantations, and the longer, normal incantations. Well, I've been using Light Magic for most of the game, so I've apparently grown familiar with the quick incantations. I suspect it was during the time I was trying to learn Heavy Magic that I heard the "unusual" normal incantations. I'll have to test it out this weekend when I can play again.mugwhump said:
PseudoKirby
Banned
someone mentioned something about a giganto monster spawning near the spa?
if so how the hell long does it take, and where exactly by the spa, like right next or in the tree's outside of the tree's?
also anyone know a guide for all of these monsters?
if so how the hell long does it take, and where exactly by the spa, like right next or in the tree's outside of the tree's?
also anyone know a guide for all of these monsters?
PseudoKirby
Banned
Is every enemy in a new game+ leveled to you?
PseudoKirby
Banned
Won't You.... start a guild with me?
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Five trips through the bonus dungeon. Seven pieces of Fake Gald.
WORST. BONUS DUNGEON. EVER.
WORST. BONUS DUNGEON. EVER.
KingJ2002
Member
PseudoKirby said:
yes... there is a giganto monster named griffin (lvl. 59) on Northeast Yurzorea outside of the forest area (it spawned for me when i was around the edge of the forest area) where the spa is located. it didnt take too long for it to spawn for me since it was the last giganto monster i had to beat... it comes out in the daytime.
funkmastergeneral
Banned
just got past Part 1 and the only problem I have thus far with the game is the huge amount of invisible walls. otherwise this is the first true next gen RPG I've played
PseudoKirby
Banned
Papercuts said:
ahh what? there is no option to transfer levels to a new game+? thats no fun
how the hell am I supposed to reach level 200 then....
PseudoKirby
Banned
oh... no wonder why he hasnt shown up, I guess I already fought him (found em in the monster book)... must have thought he was a normal monster..KingJ2002 said:
what the hell else giganto monsters are there? I have beaten quite a few..
crowphoenix
Banned
Did youPseudoKirby said:
get the one in the desert? It was in the south west of the northern section, I believe. That was the last one I had to find.
PseudoKirby
Banned
crowphoenix said:
in the sands of kogor, or on the world map?
PseudoKirby
Banned
PseudoKirby said:
ok I found it, stll no achievement, so not the last one.... grrr
Jamesfrom818
Banned
Did you get the Lord of the Plains?
PseudoKirby
Banned
if thats his name then no I dont see him in the monster bookJamesfrom818 said:
Jamesfrom818
Banned
PseudoKirby said:
Not sure what his name really is but you should be able to find him around the north entrance to Deidon Hold. I don't think he even spawns on the map. You'll just get dragged into a surprise attack.
PseudoKirby
Banned
Jamesfrom818 said:
no he spawned, and thanks, found him beat him achievement awesome
Question on the town where Duke is considered a sage:
1. Did they ever explain why duke proclaimed the town a sanctuary?
2. Was the time difference between the town and the ghost ship ever explained?
The girl thought it was only 3 years since the ship left but it was actually a 1000 years, right?
2. Was the time difference between the town and the ghost ship ever explained?
The girl thought it was only 3 years since the ship left but it was actually a 1000 years, right?