Incitemaybe
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Hi! I'm at best buy thinking of picking up two copies of this game for co op.....would you say it's worth it?
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Milkncooke
Member
If you replay whichever Dark Note is in the number 1 slot then you'll unlock a new Dark Note.
I haven't tried co-op but this game is worth buying for the SP mode, there is a lot of replayability/unlockables.
Incitemaybe
Member
I think once you've beaten the boss, the cycle will repeat, and if you don't do as good on the second or third cycle, you will get a lower boss. I don't know how true that is, but on my first note with a number of 5 (Average level at unlock) I went through with 4 99's all with enhanced strength abilities, and killed boss 3, three times. netting myself a ton of items and three shards of the same color.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
Oh yeah, I've done the kill Boss 3 three times thing plenty of times, long before I had my team of 99s. You just need the right track with a lot of one type of note, the corresponding magic to trigger off said note type, and at least 2 boss targeting skills.
I love boss targeting skills. They are the best.
Had to go buy some new styluses today. my 3DS stylus is getting strained at this game and is far too small for my hand to be enjoyable for extended play. I found some really nice ones that are the size of a regular pen, and it has been making me play even longer than usual.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I've come to the conclusion that you need to be a robot to beat any of the BMS songs on Ultimate Score. Nobody can convince me otherwise. As for all these screengrabs pictures masking themselves as 'proof': They are simply doctored. This is the most logical explanation I can come too. No human hand can move that fast.
Co-op is kind of a novelty. It only works in one game mode, and only one of your characters can get experience at a time so it feels like you are being penalized some. It's fun enough to play, but if you and the person you are playing with are at different levels of skill then it's hard to find a happy medium. I certainly wouldn't buy it for co-op, but it's a nice little bonus on the side.
I can convince you I'm a robot, I've finished a few series on Ultimate with S ranks so far.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Splitting my time between this and Rhythm Thief now. Rhythm Thief is a little more relaxing than Theatrhythm, so it's a nice balance.
So much Rhythm gameplay. :O
So much Rhythm gameplay. :O
Oh, that's how you get Boss 1? I usually keep Zidane in my party for FMS, so maybe I should kick him out to get Boss 1 from now on. I intentionally fail the BMS to rearrange my party into a battle party. >.>Bururian said:
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
You must of skipped the BMS songs or something then.
Seriously though, the only Ultimate BMS I can come close to finishing (so far) is FF1's. :/
From my experience, it's all about the strength abilities.
Yeah, that's what I thought. I would like to have Terra be able to do more than one full-strength spell, but that comes at a cost of not being able to equip Trance. I might still want to try medium though if Full Strength is not double the power.
Orange shards. Where are you?
What happens with regard to the items boss characters drop? Is there a specific way to get them to drop new items? For example, if I've beaten a boss once for a red shard, but his other items are still listed as "??????", if I fight that boss again, will I just continually receive that red shard, or is there a chance he will drop new shards to replace the question marks? Is finding new shards just a case of grinding the same bosses to find out everything they're carrying?
What happens with regard to the items boss characters drop? Is there a specific way to get them to drop new items? For example, if I've beaten a boss once for a red shard, but his other items are still listed as "??????", if I fight that boss again, will I just continually receive that red shard, or is there a chance he will drop new shards to replace the question marks? Is finding new shards just a case of grinding the same bosses to find out everything they're carrying?
if you still have ???? for boss item drops, he still has things you haven't seen yet.
If like any other RPG, the lower it is on the list, the rarer the drop. Top item dropped most, bottom item dropped least.
Yesterday I got a Shuriken drop from Boss 3 that was the bottom slot. Super disappointed. :[
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
I don't think it's possible to have her get more than 1 full strength and Trance, just not enough CP when she hits 99.
If anything, just tailor the full-strength spell to whatever battle track you're planning on doing - if there's a ton of hold notes in it, for example, go with the spell that triggers off of that.
EvilRedEye
Member
I'm ont gonna like waiting a week or two between DLC updates. I want more songs now.
They've confirmed Europe's second DLC set is coming this week, at least our updates are weekly.
On an unrelated note, what happens if you get a shard for a character you've already unlocked? Or can you not get the shards after getting the character.
Others have explained earlier about the drops (link); you don't have to grind notes like that to reveal boss drops on Dark Notes.
It's kind of a pain to go equip stuff though with all the menu hopping. It would have been nice if that was snappier.
I've not run into most of the first or second bosses in my dark notes. In fact, never hit a first boss, have a could of second bosses now. I have all the thirds.
I'm currently doing WoL as lead with Strength Up 3 so his agility is way low and can get to Boss 1 easily.
pretty much, yeah
Still waiting for it on the Japan side. . .
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I regret not getting the game from Amazon because the 3DS stylus is shit.
Man, got a version of "Man With the Machine Gun" in dark notes that was mostly looooooooooong slide notes. I hardly had a chance to do damage and I didn't even get to hit the boss. Lame.
Some of the level 40 abilities are really useful for this. My current team is WoL, Onion Knight, Tidus, and Cloud, and when a boss appears it immediately gets hit with
Ninjutsu, Blitz Ace, and Omnislash
linko9
Member
I broke down and got this game, and it is now by far my favorite game on the 3DS. Excellent game, it really is a nostalgia overload. For now I've just got one major question, I'm sure it's been answered but I don't have time to go through the whole thread (got to get back to playing.)
Can you play the additional songs from each game (e.g. Mambo de Chocobo, Jenova) in Challenge mode somehow, or is the only way to play them in the Chaos Shrine? Thanks in advance!
Also, LOVE THAT STYLUS.
Can you play the additional songs from each game (e.g. Mambo de Chocobo, Jenova) in Challenge mode somehow, or is the only way to play them in the Chaos Shrine? Thanks in advance!
Also, LOVE THAT STYLUS.
Munkyspace
Member
To answer the bolded, you unlock Dark Note tracks to be playable in Challenge mode by accumulating Rhythmia.
linko9
Member
Great to hear, guess it just takes a lot.
Munkyspace
Member
Yeah, this game has unlocks galore. I think rm caps at 99,999 (or so I read in here) and there are random unlocks throughout. I'm at 78k or so myself and I'm still unlocking stuff. Hell, I'm still missing four or five characters.
As much as I like Don't Be Afarid it was pretty low on the list for DLC for me.
The Oath
Maybe I'm a Lion
The Extreme
Are all tracks I was like WTF when I finished the VIII section.
Big Papa Husker
Member
So how do you unlock the higher difficulties for Series mode again? I beat all of them on basic series mode with at least an S average.
you unlock the Series by beating its component songs in Challenge at that difficulty
Only for no skill/item runs.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
You need to unequip all skills/items for max ranking.
Munkyspace
Member
If I were to have two like buffs on that both have a multiplier (i.e. Strength Up level 2 and Strength Up level 3), do those multipliers stack, y'think? Or is it just the higher of the two.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I'm trying to schlep through FFXI-XIII in series on Expert, and I'm having a bitch of a time caring. At least my team is at about 67-70 and I have most everything else done on Expert.
Beat all the first game's songs on Ultimate! The battle theme took some doing, but I made it through.
New, weird question. I somehow got over 9000 EXP for beating the battle component of a Dark Note, by FAR the most EXP anything has given me thus far. I haven't used any items thus far, so it couldn't have been that. I tried going through it again, and I only got about 2000, though the boss was a goblin instead of a green dragon (though I didn't beat the dragon, but I did beat the goblin). Any idea why I got so many experience points out of nowhere?
Also, is there any way to get Bahamut to appear other than using his Magicite? I keep hoping he's just really, really rare, but he has yet to pop up.
New, weird question. I somehow got over 9000 EXP for beating the battle component of a Dark Note, by FAR the most EXP anything has given me thus far. I haven't used any items thus far, so it couldn't have been that. I tried going through it again, and I only got about 2000, though the boss was a goblin instead of a green dragon (though I didn't beat the dragon, but I did beat the goblin). Any idea why I got so many experience points out of nowhere?
Also, is there any way to get Bahamut to appear other than using his Magicite? I keep hoping he's just really, really rare, but he has yet to pop up.
Munkyspace
Member
The only time I've seen Bahamut is when I equipped his magicite, and I've been playing a hell of a lot. Think it might just be on equip.
As for the exp conundrum, based on what I've seen, the exp you gain in a BMS has a direct link with what you kill during the stage, with higher difficulties granting more exp. If you're tearing through baddies and bosses with a mid/high level team, you should accrue more exp. Again, just based in what I've seen, so maybe someone has better insight on it..
Crash Station
Member
Man, every single BMS has kicked my ass on ultimate at least once. Had to even use an X-potion for Battle at the Big Bridge. I'm thinking SSSing everything might be out of my reach.
The first time through you might have passed the "Boss 2 or 3" sign whereas the second time you may have not passed it, allowing you to only face Boss 1. I have a similar dark note. Whenever I don't pass that sign, the first boss BMS gives me around 2.5k exp. However, if I pass the sign in FMS, the BMS instead gives me around 12-16k depending on how many enemies I defeat.