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Etrian Odyssey (+Persona Q) Thread - New EO Games For Everyone!~
Serela:
--- Quote from: theshirn on February 06, 2019, 09:49:45 PM ---ugh I have no money, dunno when I'm gonna get the chance to pick this up :(
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Yeah I've been out of work for awhile so same. I watched Krimmy play it in japanese tho' so I'm okay with being late to the game.
Kinda interested in using Harbinger. In EO5 they looked like far too much of a pain to use, but here in EOX (EON??) miasma armor is guaranteed autocast from lv1, plus they can get 5 tp regen every turn for really low SP investment at lv20. They actually look really convenient.
I really wanted to use Farmer but most of their skills (e.g. ailment success rates) are even worse than EO3, and subclassing Spoiler: comes EXTREMELY late in this game.. IIRC status infliction on attack skills for EOX is [attack stat]*2+LUC so farmer luck is unnecessary. They really look like dead weight until at least past lv40 apart from force breaking.
Also yeah, hero's passive healing is really good, and solo hero actually absolutely trashes most of the bosses as a result by making 4~5 mirages that turn into more mirages.
One thing I noticed is that -every- class carries at least one legitimately nuke-tier skill, including every support class. Even Sovereign looks like it can do comparable damage to zodiac if it really wanted to, just not on turn one. (Force puts it into zodiac's favor, but obviously Zodiac is meant exclusively for nuking)
CF7:
Progress report.
I think i am close to clearing Primitive Jungle. Spoiler: Rescued Shilleka and Leo
Giant's Ruins can go die in a fire. That gimmick was not fun. Well, i've cleared it up to the boss, but haven't attempted it yet since i it kinda looks scary, but who knows.
Finally reached level 20. So, Veteran Skills, yay.
My Arcanist can now do stuff other than Circle -> Guard or plinking some enemies with Volt Strike (Owl Staff +5). Mainly debuffs. That could have been achieved by bringing Harbinger, from the start, but front row is already crowded as is.
Junko, i mean, my Zodiac is actually doing rather good all things considered. She required some setup, but i am quite content so far.
Hero is OP.
Princess is OP too.
Pugilist got all skill points pumped into binds and status attack up for now.
Edit: Beaten Spoiler: Wyvern. And FenrirI am sick to death of all the green now. Couldn't they have picked pretty much any other locations to be your first 5?
Edit 2. Just beat Spoiler: Narm... er... i mean Wicked Silurus. Hearing remix of Hoist the Sword and Pride in the Heart was pretty hype.
Edit 3. Also killed a Spoiler: Kangaroo, so my Pug got a really nice weapon upgrade.Edit 4: Finished 5th stratum. Spoiler: And, yes, "stratum". It's 5 floors long with 5th floor being rather large with an added gimmick of the boss. Said gimmick is not that involved with the floor, but it's there. And huge turtle not resisting phys, having a bunch of statuses and adds was kinda surprising. It's not that you expect from a huge turtle.
CF7:
So, reached the final maingame labyrinth in Nexus.
Spoiler: Bl?t the Hero and his army of clones was kinda fun.
Spoiler: Also Hexer is in the game, but it's not playble. Hooray.
At level 85 decided to have a rematch against Spoiler: Lamia and snakes and she's pretty unchanged from her EO V self.
So, classes.
Front.
Hero/Imperial doing hero's things. Plus hp up, elemental atk up and TP restore on hitting weakness from imp sub.
Sovereign/Medic mainly buffs, Negotiation, occasional cleanse/revive. Since i got Spoiler: Lamia's conditional as well thinking about subbing Survivalist just for that weapon's effect alone.
Pugilist/Harbinger does binds and not much else. Wish they haven't nerfed pug's damage this much. Considering how SP heavy pugs are, i pretty much subbed Harb just for a little bit extra of status attack up. Still, damage is okay, but even at level 87 it's still not fully online, so to speak.
Back
Zodiac/Shogun. Mostly happy with it. Shogun is here to boost Multi-strike Meteors for FOEs/Bosses. Does okay in randoms with Stars/Binaries/Ether Strike.
Arcanist/Harbinger. Status Circles, Eyes for debuffs, and miasma skills for little more debuffs, etc. Plus pretty much always active Miasma Armor, due to it having 50% chance of activating on Miasma skills and Eyes. It's amazing.
I have only 2,5 damage dealers, but the team has so much sustain, so it's not that big of a problem. Plus getting most conditionals has been relatively easy so far.
Edit: First encounter on B3 for me was an ambush by Spoiler: a muskoid and those 2 black bunnies. Muskoid petrifies half the party on ambush turn and bunnies spam their electric attack. Muskoid then petrefies the rest of my team. GAME OVER. Well, not really since Spoiler: petrify is nerfed, but bunnies almost managed to kill everyone and i managed to flee with 1 character alive after petrify wore off. FUN!
Edit: Beaten the final boss. It was so stupidly easy, i am not qutie sure where to even start. Oh, right. Weak to everything, Let's drop a Bunch of Meteors on its stupid head followed by Regiment Rave. Repeat a few times.
commandercool:
Picked up my copy of Persona Q2 yesterday. I had a hard time finding it, very few stores are stocking it and the ones that are only got a couple of copies. This feels like a recipe for a game that's going to triple in price in the next few years. It's the last game on a Nintendo console, it has a low print run, and it's that perfect mix of a popular series and a relatively unpopular release. Feels like a Fire Emblem Path of Radiance sort of situation to me, if I see a second copy in the wild in a few weeks I may pick it up and keep it sealed.
CF7:
I got it from e-shop, since finding it in my country is next to impossible.
Boss of the first movie on Hard is one of the more frustrating things i've encountered in a video game.
Currenlty near the end of the second movie. It's really fun, but i am not sure if this is Hard difficulty problem, but it feels like the only reliable damage source you have is AoA.