You can map the action directly to the right stick as others have mentioned. Or if you don't wanna deal with that type of micro management, you can disable all strike/magic artes you don't want her to use in the Artes menu and then change her strategy to to Magic artes only. I remember that working for me pretty well.shintoki said:
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ZealousD said:
Yeah, it's been awhile so I can't remember the names of the spells, but I primarily played as Rita later in the game and dealt massive damage from afar while my teammates focused on melee and the princess kept our HP up. Rita can do some serious area damage with her advanced spells, she was my offensive MVP for sure.
Then again, if it's too hard for you, you can always switch to Easy.
Y2Kev said:
There are three really broken strategies that I know about off hand.
Get the gloves for Yuri that gives him Ultimate Tension and the other lower tiers (basically, he automatically goes into Overlimit level 1 after a 25 hit combo, and can keep going up to overlimit 3 after a 40-50 hit combo or something, which is very easy after getting to the overlimit 1 state). You can pretty much stun-lock and solo almost any enemy in the game until they decide to randomly overlimit themselves. Yuri has a lot of good combos as it is even without this, but Shining Fang is a good way to stun-lock enemies.
Rita with an accessory that decreases TP requirements for artes is pretty keep. Tidal Wave causes insane damage and stuns the entire field (and is a very good tactic for Grade Farming later on). Rita's Violent Pain can stunlock an enemy almost indefinitely.
Estelle can flat out become invincible for an entire battle's duration by having her Eternal Support skill (allows buffs to last for the entire duration of the battle) and casting Force Field (at least I think that was the skill's name) on herself.
Want to break the game? Repede with Overdrive Lady. It's already takes a pot smoking dog, and puts a Judith doll on top to make him even more awesome. >_<
Anyways, Another week and one third more of the game is done. Got the last 3rd to go. 4 of the Gigantos down, and going start hunting the Fel Arms soon.
Anyways, Another week and one third more of the game is done. Got the last 3rd to go. 4 of the Gigantos down, and going start hunting the Fel Arms soon.
I'm replaying this game at the moment. I'm currently at Myorzia (sp?).
Part I and II of this game are great (theres one scene at the end of Part I that is a bit of a mess, though...) I almost think, with a few adjustments of course, the game should have ended after part II.
Also, Giganto Monsters have TONS of health on Unknown mode. Fighting them is a blast.
Part I and II of this game are great (theres one scene at the end of Part I that is a bit of a mess, though...) I almost think, with a few adjustments of course, the game should have ended after part II.
Also, Giganto Monsters have TONS of health on Unknown mode. Fighting them is a blast.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I think all of Team Symphonia's games are twice as long as they should be.Seda said:
HylianScribe
Member
As mentioned, the Rita abuse is the way to go. So OP, and so useful in farming GRADE so you can be super OP in new game plus. Just be sure to mute the voices...hearing "Tidal Wave" hundreds of times in a row in her voice is going to get annoying.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Seda said:
It's so good they did that expressly cuz they knew it would be done.
Y2Kev said:
It's not Tri-Ace, but I remember how easy Rogue Galaxy was to break.
Groups of enemies? Use Missile Squall.
Doing a boss? Illusion Sword.
Bam. Game broken. I can't even remember the names of the characters in the game, but I remember the names of those two spells.
The correct way to break Tales battles is turning them into choreographies. :lol
You're probably doing it wrong. Judith's a beast but she does play very differently from the rest as she is strictly an aerial character. Basically, if you're spending more than a couple of seconds on the ground instead of in the air wrecking shit up you're not utilizing her to her full potential.shintoki said:
shintoki said:
You're doing it wrong.
But seriously, Judy can be just as good as the rest of the cast, but the main problem that it takes some serious practice to use her correctly and she needs more skills attached than any other character (Jump Cancels, aerial combos, etc, etc). And when fighting large groups, Moonbeam can crowd control extremely effectively alone. Or you could just abuse her Luna Crush -> Jump Cancel -> Luna Talon infinite.
Pity I got pissed and decided to end the game earlier than expect 
Anyways, owned it since 360 launch and finally completed it. For the most part, I loved it. Much better story wise than Symphonia, and I'd say better than Abyss too. The biggest fault is the game really started off like shit for the combat system. It was just too slow and they literally made you buy weapons and earn skills just to use items on teammates. So I had to rely on the AI... FUCK THAT SHIT.
Anyways, owned it since 360 launch and finally completed it. For the most part, I loved it. Much better story wise than Symphonia, and I'd say better than Abyss too. The biggest fault is the game really started off like shit for the combat system. It was just too slow and they literally made you buy weapons and earn skills just to use items on teammates. So I had to rely on the AI... FUCK THAT SHIT.
CAW
Member
I really need to get back into this game, but I've been out so long I forget what's going on in the game when I load it up.
I guess if I just jump back into it it should all come back to me.
I think I had just defeated some ship. IIRC, those two sexy twin chicks came in and helped me at the final boss fight inside the ship (on the bridge of the ship I do believe). The boat was destroyed and I ended up back at a harbour town. I think the city got cut in half too. I'm saved up in an Inn. I remember meeting some gangsters of the city too, but I don't know if that was before the ship battle or after. Maybe I should hit up wikipedia and follow the plot outline until I get caught up.
I guess if I just jump back into it it should all come back to me.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
I think it's pretty sweet that it's on Games on Demand.
It's getting hard to find at stores and I think it's still pretty expensive at Gamestop even for a pre-owned.
So it's good that more people can play it now.
It's getting hard to find at stores and I think it's still pretty expensive at Gamestop even for a pre-owned.
So it's good that more people can play it now.
Ledsen said:
If you want to play arguably the best (or at least definitely up there) console JRPG this generation (and I say that because the game is actually pretty good, not as a knock to the... questionable console JRPG quality this generation), go for it. PS3 pretty much has 0% chance being released outside of Japan and the 360 version is actually pretty complete and meaty on its own.
Square Triangle
Member
I have never played a Tales game, played the demo thought it was gorgeous but the combat was really fast and confused the fuck out of me.
Square Triangle said:
Vesperia was my first Tales of game and I usually hate ARPGs. By the end of the game, I was juggling, doing sick combos and ending fights with massive attacks.
The game teaches you well and I found to be real fun. Though I am looking more forward to Graces, tbh.
Is this one about about a mercenary with a dark past/plucky young adventurer who accompanies a mysterious young woman with a secret power who's set on a pilgrimage to save the world from a dormant planetary force being awakened by a power-mad bishounen?
Or is the plot more akin to something Dickens would write?
Or is the plot more akin to something Dickens would write?
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Cataferal said:
Yes, yes, and not really
I just got this game because of it being available on GOD, and so far, it's awesome. Only thing I'm really missing right now is a unison attack bar (from ToS/ToS2) and mystic artes (which is I assume I get later in the game, only 3 hours in), but otherwise, great time! I still don't get cooking (do I get new recipes by just cooking?), and should I be buying new equipment at every vendor? I think synthesizing gets me better skilled weapons.
toythatkills
Member
Yeah, you just keep cooking to get new recipes. You have to level up certain recipes with certain characters and then a new recipe unlocks. Experiment! Or use an FAQ.Ultimoo said:
Buy all the new equipment you can afford. It'll always come in handy for crafting later.
Encounter links are super fun though, in ToS2, the most monsters I ever got on screen was like 5-6, fighting 8+ is awesome. Is playing on semi-auto better than manual, I think the only difference is semi-auto makes you run at your target in a straight path to it. Feels weird though still, in ToS2 I could always run away after a combo but in ToV, it never seems to work (maybe something to do with agi?).
Yeah, I know that, it was just in ToS2 the recovery after completing a combo was much faster, so it was really easy to do hit and run, it's a little harder now. I'm at the desert part right now, and it's been pretty good. My only problem is I wanted to play Rita, but Yuri as a computer is so inefficient when dealing damage, and the CPU Rita somehow always does a better job of avoiding monsters, I get interrupted constantly, lol.Lyphen said:
Oh fuck yes! This arrived in the mail today. Have yet to start playing but i cant wait. I have wanted this since release yet only just got it. Should be awesome.
Quick question. Are the free DLC packs on xbox live needed? I know they are a one time download, i just dont want to waste them.
Quick question. Are the free DLC packs on xbox live needed? I know they are a one time download, i just dont want to waste them.
Phonomezer
Banned
I have had this game for 1.5 years and have only started playing it recently - 20 hours in now,
just earned the title of
... lol.
This game in incredible, I wish I didn't put it off for so long. So far I'm enjoying this just as much as I did Lost Odyssey - a good thing!
The characters are all awesome, the story is interesting (took a while to get to that point though) and the game is pretty funny - love the skits!
It's also fucking beautiful to look at.
Just a few questions
- Which weapons should I hang on to? So far I haven't sold any of them in case I can synthesize some awesome weapon with something shitty like the Gladius in the future.
- Is there a point to changing a characters title?
- Can you "unequip" skills? The Rise Attack (increase damage by consuming TP) is dreadful and I can't seem to take it off Yuri or Estelle
Judith
"Trophy Wife"
This game in incredible, I wish I didn't put it off for so long. So far I'm enjoying this just as much as I did Lost Odyssey - a good thing!
The characters are all awesome, the story is interesting (took a while to get to that point though) and the game is pretty funny - love the skits!
It's also fucking beautiful to look at.
Just a few questions
- Which weapons should I hang on to? So far I haven't sold any of them in case I can synthesize some awesome weapon with something shitty like the Gladius in the future.
- Is there a point to changing a characters title?
- Can you "unequip" skills? The Rise Attack (increase damage by consuming TP) is dreadful and I can't seem to take it off Yuri or Estelle