Terra Series dead for now, [Fantasian] looking like an actual game though

Tcheldor

What's energy good for besides rolling on dudes? If I can roll a dude weekly, i'll run out of needs pretty fast I'd assume. Then again, I'm a slave to PAD's REM, so who am I to talk.

Artereis

The metal zone is currently open for about the next hour. 10 stamina per go. After 3 runs, my characters earned 3-5 levels each.

ResIpsaLoquitur

I think I'll stop rerolling for now. I picked up Yukken, which seems to get special mention as a good, if boring, SS, and Kana, an A status-healer. I was hoping for one of the SS mages, but at some point I want to just play the game.

Artereis

I just pulled Kana for my third roll. She seems like she'll be one of those situational characters because she cures or causes paralysis.

Syphyre

My third roll is Olber, which just looks to be a SS strong spear unit.

38thDoe

Talith wrote: »

38thDoe wrote: »

I got Zerro the Dark mage. He's pretty absurd compared to the regular guys. Can't tell if he hits three squares or nine.
Is there anything else to spend energy on besides rolling the REM?

Also what's with the skill boost I seem to randomly get?

Ramps up to 25%, which gets added to all your skill proc rates.

Getting a duplicate character adds xp and 5%, and if a card reaches 25% they no longer have a chance of dropping in the energy gacha.

I guess what I was asking is what causes the skill boost? I gather that killing more than one enemy at once gives exp boost. Is exp shared evenly amongst all memebers or is killing blow worth extra?

mts

I think you get the boost the more times you trigger the skills

Talith

My fourth roll is Kem the spearman, looks like a boring but tanky dude that bunkers down and self heals.

That makes my team Grave, Kuscah, Daiana, Jigglypuff, 4th chapter sword dude (with bonus from rolling him again), and Kem.

I'll see how far this takes me while I wait to see if any new characters get added thanks to the download starter.

KiTA

Talith wrote: »

38thDoe wrote: »

I got Zerro the Dark mage. He's pretty absurd compared to the regular guys. Can't tell if he hits three squares or nine.
Is there anything else to spend energy on besides rolling the REM?

Also what's with the skill boost I seem to randomly get?

Ramps up to 25%, which gets added to all your skill proc rates.

Getting a duplicate character adds xp and 5%, and if a card reaches 25% they no longer have a chance of dropping in the energy gacha.

I heard the non-energy gacha is restricted to units you already unlocked. Does this include B+ units? I.e., can I use the non-energy gacha to skill level my energy units so I can avoid seeing them in the energy gacha?

As an aside, that is a brilliant way to restrict whaling. You try and whale and you'll just level up what you already have after a point.

Talith

From what I understand the pact of fellowship draws from all the enemies you've cleared so far in the chapters and the characters are from the pact of truth only. So use whatever C tier niche mobs you need until you clear chapters / use the daily energy to roll the dice again.

Baske

Wish they released this on other devices besides iOS and Android =(. I know they have a 2million download marker to release it on a "console" but even then I expect that would be like at least a year before it actually comes out.

Beezel

this is...surprisingly fun and addictive.

KiTA

Baske wrote: »

Wish they released this on other devices besides iOS and Android =(. I know they have a 2million download marker to release it on a "console" but even then I expect that would be like at least a year before it actually comes out.

I'm wondering if they'll port the mechanics as is to 3DS, or if they'll make it a true SRPG in the port. Hm.

Kay

Currently running with Metupí and Ma'curi, an S rank Archer with Megabow, and a B rank Spearman with Megaspear and a really bizarre bio involving being attacked by a starving marten as a baby lizard thing.

Tempted to keep them, but I miss the frost mage already.

I'll check out the characters on the wiki when I'm not limited to 4G on my phone.

PLA

Are Bahl and Grace mutually exclusive?

Kay

I've had Grace drop from a truth envelope before when I had Bahl already.

El Fantastico

I know I said I wouldn't re-roll, but I went ahead and did, and now I'm in the trap. I can't NOT reroll without an SS, or at least a GOOD S rank. So far, the game has given me crap when it reveals a gold letter, but most of the time it's two whites and the A's are nice, but I'm setting a goal here and sticking to it.

I've started with Bahl and gotten Bahl out of my 2 free pulls. I've also had Grace and Bahl pulls when I started with the other, so they're not mutually exclusive, and it's possible to get another Kuscah, too.

PLA

Gotta catch 'em all confirmed.

Talith

KiTA wrote: »

Baske wrote: »

Wish they released this on other devices besides iOS and Android =(. I know they have a 2million download marker to release it on a "console" but even then I expect that would be like at least a year before it actually comes out.

I'm wondering if they'll port the mechanics as is to 3DS, or if they'll make it a true SRPG in the port. Hm.

I could easily see them expanding the size of the board and then possibly including untraversable terrain. For the overworld I can easily see them creating something like FFT or TO, or they can go the pokemon route like P&D did.

El Fantastico

Easily portable to the PS4 and Vita, too, with their touch controls. Higher development costs, sure, but doable.

Artereis

Once the game introduced spike traps, it really clicked for me just how crazy this combat could get.

Talith

Another roll, B this time: O'pari the Blitzer. Looks like a strait up fire damage archer with anti-ice defenses.

Kay

I think I got him in one of my rolls.

Okay, time to go look at the wiki and see how these characters develop. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing.

Question: With characters like Yukken and Amimari, who have different weapons in each of their jobs, how do you choose which weapons to use on an attack? Or which skills are used?

Geddoe

Damned country restrictions on apps.

Mugsley

Here are some tips to download past region restrictions.

http://terrabattleforum.com/threads/guide-how-to-start-playing.83/

Frem

So wait, this is a gacha game, with but actual gameplay attached to it? I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, the game seems actually really good. On the other hand, gacha...

El Fantastico

Kay wrote: »

I think I got him in one of my rolls.

Okay, time to go look at the wiki and see how these characters develop. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing.

Question: With characters like Yukken and Amimari, who have different weapons in each of their jobs, how do you choose which weapons to use on an attack? Or which skills are used?

You'll have to unlock their second and third classes, but maybe it still allows them to use stuff like Megaspear when they're in their Swordsman class? They become equipable once you learn them have the open slots in their other class forms, but not having a multi-weapon char myself, I can't say.

El Fantastico

I FINALLY got a gold pull after like, 12 rerolls, and got exactly what I wanted. SS-rank Amina - the all-party revival healer. Along with her though came an A-rank status healer called R'zonand, who kind of sucks. On top of being a third healer, his skills are Cure Confuse, Cause Confuse, Cure Sleep and Remedy Status Counter. Hopefully my next pull is something with some power.

Talith

At the very least give it a download. If this thing reaches 2 million downloads (worldwide) it should get a console port, which if you look at puzzle and dragons Z on the 3DS should show that you can get a solid game out of it post mobile energy gacha.

Talith

Hmm, based on this page, you'll basically be able to roll the truth gacha once every 8 days by making sure to log in everyday.

Talith

I went with $20 worth of energy and rolled. Between my starting rolls, all the energy I've gained, and the paid energy, I've rolled Daiana, Eileen, Kem, R'zonand (2x), Korin, Ba'gunar (2x, since you get him once for free), Bahl, and O'pari (2x).

That comes out to 10 total rolls, all of which are A and B tier.

UrQuanLord88

I started and rolled at least 10 times i think? Stopped at my first SS character, Yukken

Time to actually play the game

Talith

So, going into higher metal dungeons with an under leveled team with a metal king and no healer might result in a wipe. The cost to continue is 3 energy, but if you close the app and return it will start you with the same conditions as when you entered that particular floor, apparently saving progress been floors.

Also, gameover happens when dropped down to one unit since you can no longer attack.

TRexhume

Man, I keep reading about this game, but it seems its limited to US, Canadia and some parts of Europe. Why treat us Australians like criminals? Our convict history was so many years in the past, we're not all criminals, I promise!

ResIpsaLoquitur

Pulled my third energy roll, and it's my second A-level status healer/mage. Eileen is nice later on (mass levitate, mass regen), but between her and Yana, my main crew is low damage. Yukken is a great SS for her reasons, but big early damage isn't one of them.

I haven't put too much time in the game, I could re-roll a few more times and not feel terrible...

Talith

You could also just use the tome of fellowship for the damage oriented nameless mooks you come across and form a team of the healer, your other starter, and them. They level up really fast and will hold their own weight for a while. It will be a while until you can start class changing your team anyways, which is when the characters start shining.

You'll be able to roll more as you get energy from chapters and logging in so having a sure SS and other useful card on reserve will pay off later while you are slumming it with the minions now.

Tcheldor

So, just to make sure I understand gameplay here: All I can do, is move one guy a turn, move him through other guys in order to position as many useful pincers or chains as possible, and then hope skills proc.

Seems like certain board positions are incredibly difficult to work with then since you can't get two people into flanking position.

CesareB

Tcheldor wrote: »

So, just to make sure I understand gameplay here: All I can do, is move one guy a turn, move him through other guys in order to position as many useful pincers or chains as possible, and then hope skills proc.

Seems like certain board positions are incredibly difficult to work with then since you can't get two people into flanking position.

I've only played through the first few boards but even when things look pretty bad you can usually get a pincer if you plan ahead and execute quickly. And since your team starts pretty close together you can usually arrange to have a pretty good chain even from bad starting spots.

Ninja Snarl P

Planning moves that shuffle at least one other character into position for an attack isn't that hard, unless the enemy is waaaay across the board. And shuffling around characters you don't have currently selected is the way you'll get big damage numbers in this; trying to move each character one turn at a time to attack wastes huge amounts of opportunities.

Jam Warrior

Tcheldor wrote: »

So, just to make sure I understand gameplay here: All I can do, is move one guy a turn, move him through other guys in order to position as many useful pincers or chains as possible, and then hope skills proc.

Seems like certain board positions are incredibly difficult to work with then since you can't get two people into flanking position.

You can carry a second fighter quite some distance by looping him with your active guy. You should always at least be able to get flanking if you move quickly.