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[Bravely series] Bravely Default II coming to Nintendo Switch

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  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    jothki wrote: »
    Hmm, as far as sent moves go, can you combine Spellcraft and Good Measure to load 4 BP onto a single attack?
    You can do a Fire Fire Blast or whatever, yes. Just cast both spells and only modify the second.

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  • Toxic ToysToxic Toys Are you really taking my advice? Really?Registered User regular
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Vyolynce wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Maz- wrote: »
    They're more common later on, IIRC.

    If they are it's after the Prologue which is WAY too late. I'm at 5 and a half hours and haven't seen any more. It's like the first tutorial quest you get!

    INSANITY

    They really only exist in the green space between the starting town and the forest. And only during the day. But they're common enough there that you shouldn't have had a problem finding them.

    Ah, that was my problem. I knew it was only day but I was running all over in there.

    I did the same thing. I'm not so far I think I can double back as I'm still in the Prologue.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    Toxic Toys wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Vyolynce wrote: »
    Magic Pink wrote: »
    Maz- wrote: »
    They're more common later on, IIRC.

    If they are it's after the Prologue which is WAY too late. I'm at 5 and a half hours and haven't seen any more. It's like the first tutorial quest you get!

    INSANITY

    They really only exist in the green space between the starting town and the forest. And only during the day. But they're common enough there that you shouldn't have had a problem finding them.

    Ah, that was my problem. I knew it was only day but I was running all over in there.

    I did the same thing. I'm not so far I think I can double back as I'm still in the Prologue.

    You can do it any time really, as the game gives you warping between towns like the second you reach a second town (talk to a pig).

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  • Maz-Maz- 飛べ Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    @Magic Pink Added you back, we're friends again!

    I also popped in my copy again for a bit and sent a new attack. I probably could've gone even higher, but 213,000 damage should be enough :P

    Edit: Ah shit, I should've exploited an enemy's weakness with the sent attack..I'm not sure where exactly in the damage calculation equation that would've been applied, but I might have been able to double the damage that way.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    holy shit you're like a tiny god

  • Maz-Maz- 飛べ Registered User regular
    That should be enough to one-shot every boss in the game, I think

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    I'm going to have to not use thief/ninja next time because this is just too easy. every boss goes down to mist physical boon, harpoon, bravex4. having all 5 ability slots open and getting these abilities so much earlier broke thief and super broke ninja.

  • Toxic ToysToxic Toys Are you really taking my advice? Really?Registered User regular
    So when I get home from work I have find and talk to a pig.

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  • chrono_travellerchrono_traveller Registered User regular
    Toxic Toys wrote: »
    So when I get home from work I have find and talk to a pig.

    Now there is a sentence you don't hear every day. ;-)

    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. ~ Terry Pratchett
  • Grape ApeGrape Ape Registered User regular
    Maz- wrote: »
    @Magic Pink Added you back, we're friends again!

    I also popped in my copy again for a bit and sent a new attack. I probably could've gone even higher, but 213,000 damage should be enough :P

    Edit: Ah shit, I should've exploited an enemy's weakness with the sent attack..I'm not sure where exactly in the damage calculation equation that would've been applied, but I might have been able to double the damage that way.

    Good grief. How??

  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    Maz- wrote: »
    "Magic Pink" Added you back, we're friends again!

    I also popped in my copy again for a bit and sent a new attack. I probably could've gone even higher, but 213,000 damage should be enough :P

    Edit: Ah shit, I should've exploited an enemy's weakness with the sent attack..I'm not sure where exactly in the damage calculation equation that would've been applied, but I might have been able to double the damage that way.

    I am like 95% sure in BDefault it re-calculated absorption and elemental/weapon/etc damage bonuses again for the attack.

    Because I was sending a massive Dark Nebula attack that one of my friends made the mistake of using as it killed his party.

    Oats on
  • Maz-Maz- 飛べ Registered User regular
    Grape Ape wrote: »
    Maz- wrote: »
    @Magic Pink Added you back, we're friends again!

    I also popped in my copy again for a bit and sent a new attack. I probably could've gone even higher, but 213,000 damage should be enough :P

    Edit: Ah shit, I should've exploited an enemy's weakness with the sent attack..I'm not sure where exactly in the damage calculation equation that would've been applied, but I might have been able to double the damage that way.

    Good grief. How??

    Buffs and debuffs, bro. If you look at my sent attack you can see all of the buffs Tiz had when I used the attack I believe. I was at over 200% physical attack (200% from a certain skill, then another smaller buff from a special attack from another party member) and 400% critical rate, the enemy I used it on was at 75% physical defense, I was using the right job + weapon combo to get the highest attack stat, being level 85..and obviously Bravely Second to break the damage cap.

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  • Magic PinkMagic Pink Tur-Boner-Fed Registered User regular
    Guys, as much as I love the attention, you can take the @ out of the quote tree now. :P

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Geyser Grotto is an awful dungeon.

    Specifically , the damn Berserk room. Why yes, I would like to have to fight a pair of Valtoras without the ability to control my party.

    Lucedes
  • ecco the dolphinecco the dolphin Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Geyser Grotto is an awful dungeon.

    Specifically , the damn Berserk room. Why yes, I would like to have to fight a pair of Valtoras without the ability to control my party.

    Man

    The next map (I think?) is the best farming spot.
    What's that? All party members start with 3BP? Sounds like several chain battles coming!

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Is there an anti-berserk artifact? Does it work on that room?

  • OatsOats Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Geyser Grotto is an awful dungeon.

    Specifically , the damn Berserk room. Why yes, I would like to have to fight a pair of Valtoras without the ability to control my party.

    I think I had three hawkeyes/* and a white mage/black mage at that point.

    I also never tried to chain battles in that room, though.

  • ecco the dolphinecco the dolphin Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    Enlong wrote: »
    Is there an anti-berserk artifact? Does it work on that room?

    Hmmm... I never found one. I think there was a class ability that gave you anti-berserk, but I never really tested it out in that room.

    Edit: Nope, I was wrong.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Guess I could grind money for another Yunohana gun, and add a third physical attacker for that room.

    Or retry the Valtoras fight until I get lucky enough that they don't focus down one of my strongest attackers on turn one.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    Okay, this is absurd. I think that either my RNG seed is locked for this fight somehow, or these enemies are following a set script while Berserk.

    Every single time I try this fight, it plays out in the exact same way, down to which targets are attacked, whether Stand Ground activates, and even which attacks score critical hits! It's absurd!

    Edit:

    Okay, I got through. I was able to get the not-so-RNG to cooperate by changing my classes and party order around. That was super weird.

    Enlong on
  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    so is anyone into chapter 4? is this really just mashing X a whole lot or is there some reason not to?

  • ecco the dolphinecco the dolphin Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    Whoops, I told a lie. There's no berserk immunity - just checked. Sorry guys!
    Jars wrote: »
    so is anyone into chapter 4? is this really just mashing X a whole lot or is there some reason not to?
    Just mash it.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    Nah, I'm midway through chapter 2.

    Completed the fourth sidequest, and things are getting odd.
    Ominas and Artemia were talking about stuff they shouldn't know about, if this is, in fact, the same world we started Bravely Default in.

    Artemia referenced the "girl power" team Victoria put together in World 4, and Ominas seems to have made reference to the Jobmaster Gauntlet at the end of World 5. This is weird, and I sure do hope that it comes to something.

    Enlong on
  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Nah, I'm midway through chapter 2.

    Completed the fourth sidequest, and things are getting odd.
    Ominas and Artemia were talking about stuff they shouldn't know about, if this is, in fact, the same world we started Bravely Default in.

    Artemia referenced the "girl power" team Victoria put together in World 4, and Ominas seems to have made reference to the Jobmaster Gauntlet at the end of World 5. This is weird, and I sure do hope that it comes to something.
    Also, they're all not dead.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    jothki wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    Nah, I'm midway through chapter 2.

    Completed the fourth sidequest, and things are getting odd.
    Ominas and Artemia were talking about stuff they shouldn't know about, if this is, in fact, the same world we started Bravely Default in.

    Artemia referenced the "girl power" team Victoria put together in World 4, and Ominas seems to have made reference to the Jobmaster Gauntlet at the end of World 5. This is weird, and I sure do hope that it comes to something.
    Also, they're all not dead.
    That, too.

    Heck, I can perhaps buy a "never found the body" thing for most of them (Unless they bring back Barbarossa or Qada. They were ghosts). And perhaps Braev made a miraculous recovery that allowed him to fight again by the prologue of this game. But Alternis? He fell into the damn Pillar! How can he be there?

    edit:

    hm. Suddenly I have ideas as to who the Kaiser may be. Interesting.

    Enlong on
  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    jothki wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    Nah, I'm midway through chapter 2.

    Completed the fourth sidequest, and things are getting odd.
    Ominas and Artemia were talking about stuff they shouldn't know about, if this is, in fact, the same world we started Bravely Default in.

    Artemia referenced the "girl power" team Victoria put together in World 4, and Ominas seems to have made reference to the Jobmaster Gauntlet at the end of World 5. This is weird, and I sure do hope that it comes to something.
    Also, they're all not dead.
    That, too.

    Heck, I can perhaps buy a "never found the body" thing for most of them (Unless they bring back Barbarossa or Qada. They were ghosts). And perhaps Braev made a miraculous recovery that allowed him to fight again by the prologue of this game. But Alternis? He fell into the damn Pillar! How can he be there?

    edit:

    hm. Suddenly I have ideas as to who the Kaiser may be. Interesting.

    Who do you think it is?
    Voice actors make it pretty obvious, I think.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Blackjack wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    jothki wrote: »
    Enlong wrote: »
    Nah, I'm midway through chapter 2.

    Completed the fourth sidequest, and things are getting odd.
    Ominas and Artemia were talking about stuff they shouldn't know about, if this is, in fact, the same world we started Bravely Default in.

    Artemia referenced the "girl power" team Victoria put together in World 4, and Ominas seems to have made reference to the Jobmaster Gauntlet at the end of World 5. This is weird, and I sure do hope that it comes to something.
    Also, they're all not dead.
    That, too.

    Heck, I can perhaps buy a "never found the body" thing for most of them (Unless they bring back Barbarossa or Qada. They were ghosts). And perhaps Braev made a miraculous recovery that allowed him to fight again by the prologue of this game. But Alternis? He fell into the damn Pillar! How can he be there?

    edit:

    hm. Suddenly I have ideas as to who the Kaiser may be. Interesting.

    Who do you think it is?
    Voice actors make it pretty obvious, I think.

    Don't tell me one way or the other, please.
    But I think he's Yew's brother.

  • BonepartBonepart Registered User regular
    Edea drop kicking people is the best thing ever.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    After doing the fourth side quest:
    Getting the Black Mage job after this amount of time is a tad annoying, since the first handful of levels are basically dead levels, until I start getting skills above what Red Mage can cast. But I'll do it; Pierce Magic Defense and Group Cast All are no joke.

    edit:

    So, I visited the Fire Temple.
    The party says that Agnes is the only vestal left, but I wonder why nobody is making note of Bella's title as the "dark vestal". Sure, she's dead now, but if there was any truth to her title, couldn't there be more in the Kaiser's army who qualify to commune with the crystals?

    Also: "A fall from this height..." Yeah, he's dead for sure. It's not as though I have a missing bestiary entry on him implying a third fight.

    edit:

    Welp! My Kaiser identity theory was just made super obvious. Yay for guessing things about 30 minutes before the game shows it to me, I guess.

    Enlong on
  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    Friend codes huh

    Marty: The future, it's where you're going?
    Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    Title theory.
    They are making a huge deal out of SP, so I'm thinking they'll add letters to the title...Send Player.

    No idea what it means yet, but that's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    Well, side quest 5 was a bit odd. I wonder what would've happened if I'd made the other choice.
    how useful is Ninja in the absence of Swordmaster? I imagine that Frenetic Fighting + Ikkikasei is still good, but the lack of Multitask is annoying. I suppose I could instead go full ham with triple or quad wielding, and avoid damage with dodging.

    If nothing else, using Kairai with Spellcraft Wall is an intriguing source of potential shenanigans. .

    Enlong on
  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    Okay, this is bugging the crap outta me. Who is the narrator lady? The voice actor, I mean. She sounds so familiar, but I can't quite place it.

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  • FremFrem Registered User regular
    Oats wrote: »
    I'd suggest Bravely Default first, to get the most out of the crit-path and side-paths in Bravely Second.
    It's out of print, so good luck finding a physical copy for a reasonable price, though. I was sure they'd reprint it when Second came out, but noooo. Meanwhile, Japan got a demo that includes half the game, with an upgrade to the full thing available for $20. :x

  • ecco the dolphinecco the dolphin Registered User regular
    edited April 2016
    Serious plot twist spoilers

    Do not click unless you're ready to be spoiled

    @Maz- @Viking

    Ding ding ding! We have a winner on this page!

    Re: Title theory

    I want to click awesome on his post so much but that would give it away arghghhhagrhghr

    So this is the next best thing

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  • Maz-Maz- 飛べ Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Well, side quest 5 was a bit odd. I wonder what would've happened if I'd made the other choice.
    how useful is Ninja in the absence of Swordmaster? I imagine that Frenetic Fighting + Ikkikasei is still good, but the lack of Multitask is annoying. I suppose I could instead go full ham with triple or quad wielding, and avoid damage with dodging.

    If nothing else, using Kairai with Spellcraft Wall is an intriguing source of potential shenanigans. .

    It's almost worth it for Dual Wield alone, imo.

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  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    you can replace it with precision if you have ranger

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    I do not.

    What's precision? I know Ranger had a passive (called Hawkeye) that doubled accuracy in the first game, but that's a Hawkeye ability now.

  • BlackjackBlackjack Registered User regular
    Same as in the first, I'd wager. Deal extra damage if all attacks hit.

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  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    ...I really need to remember these things.

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