Holy crap did it kick my ass, the AI teammates aren't much help either. Also I learned to keep your pallete up to date, because it sucks when you run out of heals mid fight.
I beat him by jabbing in the face with my wand after exhausting every single -fluid I had. I just barely scraped by the next boss in the same way, too. The AI partners really are just setpieces.
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Holy crap did it kick my ass, the AI teammates aren't much help either. Also I learned to keep your pallete up to date, because it sucks when you run out of heals mid fight.
I beat him by jabbing in the face with my wand after exhausting every single -fluid I had. I just barely scraped by the next boss in the same way, too. The AI partners really are just setpieces.
I'm liking this game, after I got past the BS first boss. I was ready to put it down and walk away. But after beating him it's been much easier and more interesting in terms of available equipment and options.
How should I be raising my mag? I'm an elf wizard (screw the stupid abbreviations) and its levels are like 4-5-6-16 (magic being highest). I read something about going all out on one stat, but is it really that important?
I'm liking this game, after I got past the BS first boss. I was ready to put it down and walk away. But after beating him it's been much easier and more interesting in terms of available equipment and options.
How should I be raising my mag? I'm an elf wizard (screw the stupid abbreviations) and its levels are like 4-5-6-16 (magic being highest). I read something about going all out on one stat, but is it really that important?
I usually focus on two stats myself. So, for a Force I would probably pump Mind/Guard at about a 2:1 Ratio. Power won't really do anything for you and unless you plan to play a melee Force I don't think you should worry too much about Hit.
With the way the force weapons are set up you could also go Mind/Hit and melee the crap out of stuff, just don't get hit by an enemy.
Ever.
Edit: sorry for the double post.
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I'm liking this game, after I got past the BS first boss. I was ready to put it down and walk away. But after beating him it's been much easier and more interesting in terms of available equipment and options.
How should I be raising my mag? I'm an elf wizard (screw the stupid abbreviations) and its levels are like 4-5-6-16 (magic being highest). I read something about going all out on one stat, but is it really that important?
Keep Def and MST high and probably put a few into HIT.
If you want to use weapons that aren't wands, rods, or slicers though, you'll need ATT up.
You can also raise more than one mag in case you screw up or change your mind.
Does offline story mode work like PSU? Where you have a generic main character that has nothing to do with your online mode character, or are they the same and when you level offline, it's refected online?
Awesome! Most of my gameplay is going to be on lunch breaks at work, and we have no wifi here.
Which is dumb for an office setting to not have wifi, especially when some of us have laptops and have to move around.
Sarisa: NO KUPI DON'T CALL HIM THAT IN FRONT OF KAI
Sarisa (the very next line of dialog): Captain Reve! What are you doing here?!
Kupi: ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Yeah she's well meaning but she's kind of a retard. Pretty much everyone is except Ogi, actually. I think the writers didn't know how to write smart characters so they made everyone really, really stupid and then made Ogi be of normal intelligence so he is smart by comparison.
Goddammit, this octopus boss is impossible. It really doesn't help that Sarisa and Cowboyguy rush to their doom at the first available opportunity.
My strategy was to just keep running behind him whilst he beats the crap out of kai and sarisa.
If that doesn't work, go online and power level.
Keep them alive.
They give the boss someone to focus on that's not you.
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Mostlyjoe13Evil, Evil, Jump for joy!Registered Userregular
edited November 2009
I'm actually enjoying the HUnewm I'm playing. A 'caster' HU type is very interesting, and the PP regen is very nice. But wooo...if I wasn't a PSO vet I wouldn't have tried this class right out of the gate. So squishy for a HU. Anyone else try out this 'new' class yet?
Goddammit, this octopus boss is impossible. It really doesn't help that Sarisa and Cowboyguy rush to their doom at the first available opportunity.
My strategy was to just keep running behind him whilst he beats the crap out of kai and sarisa.
If that doesn't work, go online and power level.
Keep them alive.
They give the boss someone to focus on that's not you.
I'm a RAcast. How do I heal other people?
Spoilering due to boss help - better safe than sorry, as they say.
Drop heal traps over their corpses. Moon atomizers rez everyone at once, too. It isn't really necessary once you get his pattern down. Also consider bringing a shield along and switching to that when he goes to inhale you during the first phase - you can block his followup inkblast completely with it.
Goddammit, this octopus boss is impossible. It really doesn't help that Sarisa and Cowboyguy rush to their doom at the first available opportunity.
My strategy was to just keep running behind him whilst he beats the crap out of kai and sarisa.
If that doesn't work, go online and power level.
Keep them alive.
They give the boss someone to focus on that's not you.
I'm a RAcast. How do I heal other people?
Spoilering due to boss help - better safe than sorry, as they say.
Drop heal traps over their corpses. Moon atomizers rez everyone at once, too. It isn't really necessary once you get his pattern down. Also consider bringing a shield along and switching to that when he goes to inhale you during the first phase - you can block his followup inkblast completely with it.
I don't think I can equip shields. At least, the ones in my inventory won't let it me use them. I had no idea heal traps rezzed people though.
Goddammit, this octopus boss is impossible. It really doesn't help that Sarisa and Cowboyguy rush to their doom at the first available opportunity.
My strategy was to just keep running behind him whilst he beats the crap out of kai and sarisa.
If that doesn't work, go online and power level.
Keep them alive.
They give the boss someone to focus on that's not you.
I'm a RAcast. How do I heal other people?
Spoilering due to boss help - better safe than sorry, as they say.
Drop heal traps over their corpses. Moon atomizers rez everyone at once, too. It isn't really necessary once you get his pattern down. Also consider bringing a shield along and switching to that when he goes to inhale you during the first phase - you can block his followup inkblast completely with it.
I don't think I can equip shields. At least, the ones in my inventory won't let it me use them. I had no idea heal traps rezzed people though.
Also, if you watch the pattern you can see when he's about to ink blast and dodge at the right time. Wait for the sucking animation to end give it a second or two and dodge.
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Drop heal traps over their corpses. Moon atomizers rez everyone at once, too. It isn't really necessary once you get his pattern down. Also consider bringing a shield along and switching to that when he goes to inhale you during the first phase - you can block his followup inkblast completely with it.
You don't need to block or even dodge roll.
If you let him suck you most of the way toward him, you should be on the inner edge of the ring. Just run left or right in a circle and his ink shot will miss you but probably hit your pals. If you keep running you have just enough time to do a full combo on his head before he goes back to the middle.
Kind of annoying, I don't know why they gave us such a short time to hit him while stunned, and it doesn't even do a lot more damage than normal.
Goddammit, this octopus boss is impossible. It really doesn't help that Sarisa and Cowboyguy rush to their doom at the first available opportunity.
My strategy was to just keep running behind him whilst he beats the crap out of kai and sarisa.
If that doesn't work, go online and power level.
Keep them alive.
They give the boss someone to focus on that's not you.
I'm a RAcast. How do I heal other people?
Spoilering due to boss help - better safe than sorry, as they say.
Drop heal traps over their corpses. Moon atomizers rez everyone at once, too. It isn't really necessary once you get his pattern down. Also consider bringing a shield along and switching to that when he goes to inhale you during the first phase - you can block his followup inkblast completely with it.
I don't think I can equip shields. At least, the ones in my inventory won't let it me use them. I had no idea heal traps rezzed people though.
An interesting thing about this game is that every class can equip something out of every category. There probably aren't any shields of your level you can equip, but shields do exist that are usable by anyone.
Drop heal traps over their corpses. Moon atomizers rez everyone at once, too. It isn't really necessary once you get his pattern down. Also consider bringing a shield along and switching to that when he goes to inhale you during the first phase - you can block his followup inkblast completely with it.
No need to block -
If you let him suck you most of the way toward him, you should be on the inner edge of the ring. Just run left or right in a circle and his ink shot will miss you but probably hit your pals. If you keep running you have just enough time to do a full combo on his head before he goes back to the middle.
Kind of annoying, I don't know why they gave us such a short time to hit him while stunned, and it doesn't even do a lot more damage than normal.
Instead of walking past the ink shot, dodge roll it and begin charging a photon art mid roll animation. Then run to the back of the octopus and launch your photon art. Make sure you hit the base of the head as that's the weak point (The rest of the head can't even be targeted and you will clip through it). Melee arts should get as close to the inner edge of the ring as possible and ranged arts should be really lucky.
You should get to the octopus with enough time to finish your art and deal more damage than you could with a normal combo.
God, I fought the last boss before online and I thought surely it would be less annoying in the story. Nope, I still got chain hit a million times per second. I didn't die, but they could've put in a few invincibility frames after getting hit at least.
Sadly I think I am. Fuck. Well if I have to do it I won't even bother until I'm level 90 or so and can just one-shot everything while running to the top. The tower on super hard might force me to commit myself though.
Somebody mentioned a PSZ wave a while ago. I wouldn't mind the chance to actually use my Google Wave account for something - anything that might convince me that wave isn't completely useless. So if you're still using it, hit me up. My address is "[email protected]".
I am sitting here in room 8 floor 46 of the Eternal on Hard Mode..
Do I really want to go on?
I did manage to get a Femini Mag Soul which I promptly used, and now my male Hunew looks as fruity as possibly, which is a good and hilarious thing.
But after two or so hours of this I honestly dont wanna go on with it, and just want to hop online.
I've heard that beating the Eternal Tower on Hard unlocks Super Hard difficulty/quests offline. (Super Hard available at 60 online regardless) But, just two hours for halfway through the tower reassures me, I thought it'd take way longer than that.
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Mx. QuillI now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually...{They/Them}Registered Userregular
edited November 2009
Bought it, but haven't had a lot of time to play. As in, level 4 Fomar.
Somebody mentioned a PSZ wave a while ago. I wouldn't mind the chance to actually use my Google Wave account for something - anything that might convince me that wave isn't completely useless. So if you're still using it, hit me up. My address is "[email protected]".
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Wait til you get to the last boss on hard mode.
They are just as worthless.
Unfortunately, they no longer make the Metallic Chunking sound when they run.
Edit: Also as much as dual blades do rock I seem to be partial to spears.
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@entaru: RAcasts clanked when they walked, but I'm pretty sure HUcasts just made an organic moccasin-slap for their footstep.
How should I be raising my mag? I'm an elf wizard (screw the stupid abbreviations) and its levels are like 4-5-6-16 (magic being highest). I read something about going all out on one stat, but is it really that important?
Yeah, I made a good ol' RaCast first. Just to hear the sweet Clank.
Alas, it wasn't there and I deleted him.
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I usually focus on two stats myself. So, for a Force I would probably pump Mind/Guard at about a 2:1 Ratio. Power won't really do anything for you and unless you plan to play a melee Force I don't think you should worry too much about Hit.
With the way the force weapons are set up you could also go Mind/Hit and melee the crap out of stuff, just don't get hit by an enemy.
Ever.
Edit: sorry for the double post.
XBL:Phenyhelm - 3DS:Phenyhelm
Keep Def and MST high and probably put a few into HIT.
If you want to use weapons that aren't wands, rods, or slicers though, you'll need ATT up.
You can also raise more than one mag in case you screw up or change your mind.
Which is dumb for an office setting to not have wifi, especially when some of us have laptops and have to move around.
Newman chapter 2 ending:
Kupi: <Attempts to say "Captain Reve?">
Sarisa: NO KUPI DON'T CALL HIM THAT IN FRONT OF KAI
Sarisa (the very next line of dialog): Captain Reve! What are you doing here?!
Kupi: ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
Yeah she's well meaning but she's kind of a retard. Pretty much everyone is except Ogi, actually. I think the writers didn't know how to write smart characters so they made everyone really, really stupid and then made Ogi be of normal intelligence so he is smart by comparison.
My strategy was to just keep running behind him whilst he beats the crap out of kai and sarisa.
If that doesn't work, go online and power level.
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Keep them alive.
They give the boss someone to focus on that's not you.
XBL:Phenyhelm - 3DS:Phenyhelm
I'm a RAcast. How do I heal other people?
Spoilering due to boss help - better safe than sorry, as they say.
I don't think I can equip shields. At least, the ones in my inventory won't let it me use them. I had no idea heal traps rezzed people though.
XBL:Phenyhelm - 3DS:Phenyhelm
Kind of annoying, I don't know why they gave us such a short time to hit him while stunned, and it doesn't even do a lot more damage than normal.
An interesting thing about this game is that every class can equip something out of every category. There probably aren't any shields of your level you can equip, but shields do exist that are usable by anyone.
You should get to the octopus with enough time to finish your art and deal more damage than you could with a normal combo.
The op should really be updated with everyone's codes.
You might need it for one of them fancy titles that rewards like ten digrinders or similar. Are you a completionist enough dude?
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Do I really want to go on?
I did manage to get a Femini Mag Soul which I promptly used, and now my male Hunew looks as fruity as possibly, which is a good and hilarious thing.
But after two or so hours of this I honestly dont wanna go on with it, and just want to hop online.
I've heard that beating the Eternal Tower on Hard unlocks Super Hard difficulty/quests offline. (Super Hard available at 60 online regardless) But, just two hours for halfway through the tower reassures me, I thought it'd take way longer than that.
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I've already drawn a Booma, Rag Rappy, and my old Hucast
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Dragon's Dogma: 192 Warrior Linty | 80 Strider Alicia | 32 Mage Terra
So I've played the game for over 20 hours now and haven't seen one Rappy. Are they only online now or are they just that rare?
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