This is actually a very good strategy. I never thought of using the smoke grenade before. Somehow, I always keep forgetting it exists lol!
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Yeah, that thing is amazing. Gave me another easy A in a another hard skirmish.Anyway, thanks for sharingThis is actually a very good strategy. I never thought of using the smoke grenade before. Somehow, I always keep forgetting it exists lol!
Yeah. I just lamed me through, especially when I tried to farm that one royal weapon.
Yeah. I have to say the main reason I found this chapter difficult was because the initial positioning of your troops is not good, especially the Shamrock. Capturing the base in the lower left corner was pure hell.
I captured that base in turn 1 with Alicia. ZM Kar 8 + Awaken potential GO!
JudgmentJay
Member
Finally started playing this game. I'm on chapter 6 or 7, and while I'm loving the hell out of it, I feel like I'm really bad. I typically lose a unit or two every plot battle, and I typically get C & D ranks. I often find myself either needing to or wanting to start a battle over once I see the enemy's unit makeup.
Any tips for gitting gud?
Any tips for gitting gud?
Use snipers. Take two of them, and use them to soften up the enemy to make it easier for your scouts and shocks to manuver to cover.
what are flamethrowers good for? Just unlocked them.
anyway I feel like I shouldn't use the Shamrock at all and save CPs.
the fuck. I have to try this.
anyway I feel like I shouldn't use the Shamrock at all and save CPs.
Dictator93
Member
Groups of enemies, enemies behind cover.
The ignore cover and have a field of effect. Use them against crouched, lying and otherwise defending enemies. Its also very effective against bunkers.
Yeah, one action vs two. Plus the aoe can take out multiple enemies at once without any kind of ammunition.
Finally, I got my last medal: The Golden Arms of Gallia.
Anyway, I have to thank GAF for getting me interested in this game. I saw this game back in 2009 for the PS3, but I ignored it. I never expected to enjoy it as much as I did.
But now I see why people loved this game so much.
Oh man now I want to see VC2 and VC3 on Steam. Come on, SEGA. Make it happen :c
... and now I don't know what to do with my life
Anyway, I have to thank GAF for getting me interested in this game. I saw this game back in 2009 for the PS3, but I ignored it. I never expected to enjoy it as much as I did.
But now I see why people loved this game so much.
Oh man now I want to see VC2 and VC3 on Steam. Come on, SEGA. Make it happen :c
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Oh I just got that medal going through the first real mission with Zaka. I didn't think I'd kill 1,000 enemies so soon in this replay!
I actually had to farm the last few hundred or so because scout rushing lol.
Turns out Shocktrooper challenge is amazing for that. After some prep
you essentially stand there with Ruhm and end phase, and the enemies basically suicide into you. Then you mop up after 3 turns.
edit: Showdown is done! (It plays on player phases where Against the Odds plays on enemy phases, generally on the 'boss' maps e.g.
)
All I can say is, I picked an interesting project. Quite the ear-training/transcription workout.
Turns out Shocktrooper challenge is amazing for that. After some prep
killing the snipers off
edit: Showdown is done! (It plays on player phases where Against the Odds plays on enemy phases, generally on the 'boss' maps e.g.
Batomys, Equus
All I can say is, I picked an interesting project. Quite the ear-training/transcription workout.
farming hidden potentials in Skirmish 1 by rescuing a fallen ally still works? Do I have to finish the Skirmish or I can just leave it and it's still unlocked?
lol, nice.
that's the longest medal/achievement to get?
right now I can't oneshot enemies with flamethrowers so it's still 2 turns. they are useful for bunkers and multiple enemies though.
As far as I know you have to finish it for it to count. (That's what I did, anyway)
chaobreaker
Member
Chapter 14 is another one of those chapters I'm dreading big time. I've been blazing through the double digit chapters for the most part until now.
Anti-demolition order is way too OP. I can blow up every kind of tanks with every unit. Ridiculous.
Also, all the weapons the princess is giving me is making all my upgraded weaponry obsolete, what gives?
Anti-demolition order is way too OP. I can blow up every kind of tanks with every unit. Ridiculous.
Also, all the weapons the princess is giving me is making all my upgraded weaponry obsolete, what gives?
It really depends on your way of playing. If you are scout rushing like me, then yes. It is the longest achievement to get.
CertifiedFP
Member
Did someone order some cheese with their plot-twist? 3-turn
A-Rank GET. Can probably shave it down to 2-turn once I get some high-end Sniper orders readied up in NG+
Anyway: OPINION here. Chapter 9 is the biggest tease in all of gaming. I mean,
While I'm still here: Am I the only one who wished that
kept
after Ch14? I can't help but feel that some weight is lost on the
since there's no permanent visual mark of sort to signify and cement what
is. I mean, just the
would be enough, or failing that, have
Ch14
Anyway: OPINION here. Chapter 9 is the biggest tease in all of gaming. I mean,
goddamnit, if they weren't going to give us a follow-up to THAT, VC2 shouldn't have beat around the bush and instead gave us balls-to-the-wall Federation troopers instead of puppets like it's the goddamned People's Republic of Donetsk (Federation is Russia confirmed? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) )
While I'm still here: Am I the only one who wished that
Alicia
her appearance
plot twist
Alicia
red eyes
her ditch the old scarf.
I'm just happy a few more people got to discover how great this game is. (And probably some more yet with the next Steam sale)
Lol.
Ultimadrago
Member
Actually, they did. It's Skirmish 7 I believe.
The Bonus one for Varrot with 3 enemy Scouts should also count.
Doesn't give as much XP as Skirmish 7 though...
I wouldn't even call it "cheesing" in that case, because it's just intended to be that short.
I don't think they intend for you to do Skirmish 7 in 2 CP
I wouldn't even call it "cheesing" in that case, because it's just intended to be that short.
I don't think they intend for you to do Skirmish 7 in 2 CP
2 CP? How?
(I need a full round)
2 CP was actually a bit wrong now that I think about it. It's 2 CP spent on unit movement, but also a few on orders.
Basically, Alicia + ZM Kar 8 + Awaken + Caution, run up, kill the 2 dudes at the camp, done.
fatgamecat
Member
If you use everything available to you, almost every mission can be 1 turned.
That goes only for easy and normal, yes?
You can finish Fouzen Hard in one round. That are 26.5k exp/79k DCT vs 18k exp/50k DCT.
I've also done Hard Windmill Plaza in one round because Alicia + Awaken Potential.
Nowhere near as consistent though since Mysterious Body and/or Double Movement don't have a 100% chance to trigger.
Does that work with the two Gatlings at the end? Gatlings shredder my people like paper, all of them.
That sounds like a hassle. If it doesn't trigger and Alicia dies you wasted time. And that for a difference of 2k exp/3k DCT. I still think that No.5 is the superior one if you just want to farm.
Yeah, I was talking about normal.
Good luck with Maiden's Shield!
(I know you said "almost"
)Talking about cheese, is there any shocktrooper character with any movement-enhancing potentials?
Started this yesterday and this game is just such a pleasure to play.
Reminds me of games I expected from Japan in the PS1 and PS2 days. The visual style is also wonderful, feels like a combination of Studio Ghibli and Metal Slug.
How does leveling work in this game? Is it important to give characters turns to level them up or is it okay to use up CP on individual units for efficiency?
Reminds me of games I expected from Japan in the PS1 and PS2 days. The visual style is also wonderful, feels like a combination of Studio Ghibli and Metal Slug.
How does leveling work in this game? Is it important to give characters turns to level them up or is it okay to use up CP on individual units for efficiency?
I just captured a run with Skirmish 05 on Hard in one round/4 CP/no orders(less than 1:30 minutes to prove my point.
Does anybody know a good video capture software, mine is eating a bit on the performance and the video that is output is even worse. I want to have good looking videos when I do something like this
Does anybody know a good video capture software, mine is eating a bit on the performance and the video that is output is even worse. I want to have good looking videos when I do something like this
Sadly not.
I think it gets the biggest edge by now heaving Awaken Potential, the animations can get annoying at times.
I don't have an Nvida GPU :,(
TC McQueen
Member
What are you using? OBS doesn't eat up too much performance, but setting it up can be a pain in the ass. IIRC, AMD's Raptor thing has a built in video capture system sort of like Shadowplay, but I don't remember if you can just leave it running or it only records a set amount of time.I just captured a run with Skirmish 05 on Hard in one round/4 CP/no orders(less than 1:30 minutes to prove my point.
Does anybody know a good video capture software, mine is eating a bit on the performance and the video that is output is even worse. I want to have good looking videos when I do something like this
I'm using a program for livestream.com, with expected crappy outcome.
Installing raptr right now.
edit: my output with raptr and obs aren't looking well either. I guess that my PC is too weak to capture at 1080p in a decent quality.
KimonoNoNo
Member
I'll give this a shot, excuse me if I miss anything.
First you don't level individual characters over awakening their hidden potential. The XP you gain in battle is spent on unit classes in the training ground, so every unit in that class (say your scouts) are all leveled at the same time.
To awaken a character's hidden potential. As you use a character, like being picked for a mission, getting kills or calling the medic they accrue points in battle. When the character reaches I think 5 points, you go to Ellet and she will say she has interviewed the new rising star of Squad 7. Now all the characters that has accrued enough points will have their hidden potential awakened.
To add to this, even once potentials are available they don't necessarily trigger always or even often. They have a random probability to trigger, mostly when a specific even occurs (e.g. "character enters grass" or "finishes turn" or "runs out of AP"). There are Orders later in the game to increase that probability (and combined with fully unlocked potentials that can be pretty OP).
I just realized, that the difference between WP and UF is even bigger than I thought since I didn't calculate the Base Reward in.
WP Normal: 18.600 + 37.200 = 55.800 EXP / 50875 + 60125 = 111.000 DCT
UF Hard: 26520 + 53040 = 79.560 EXP / 79.915 + 82.445 = 162.360 DCT
The advantage of Windmill Plaza is of course, that you don't have access to hard until NG+. So WP is still the best first playthrough skirmish to farm EXP and DCT fast. And I don't think that this changes.
WP Normal: 18.600 + 37.200 = 55.800 EXP / 50875 + 60125 = 111.000 DCT
UF Hard: 26520 + 53040 = 79.560 EXP / 79.915 + 82.445 = 162.360 DCT
The advantage of Windmill Plaza is of course, that you don't have access to hard until NG+. So WP is still the best first playthrough skirmish to farm EXP and DCT fast. And I don't think that this changes.