Thanks for the input. Yeah, looks like it's not my cup of tea unfortunately.
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Thanks for the input. Yeah, looks like it's not my cup of tea unfortunately.
I hit a sudden difficulty spike in Cyrus chapter 2. Even though my party was level 29 and the recommended was only 24 or so, those wisps in the cave kept spamming AoE attacks that did 30%-50% damage to everyone in my party. I had even gone to every town making sure I had the best equipment. I did a bit of grinding and finally got through it.
I'm pretty happy with this as my main setup:
*Therion- Thief/Merchant
*Primrose-Dancer/Cleric
*Alfyn-Apothecary/Scholar
*H'aanit-Hunter/Warrior
I'm pretty happy with this as my main setup:
*Therion- Thief/Merchant
*Primrose-Dancer/Cleric
*Alfyn-Apothecary/Scholar
*H'aanit-Hunter/Warrior
Is the divine skill of cyrus supposed to make the spell with multiple ennemies more powerfull since it all goes on one ennemy? I tried it but it doesn't look like it does more damage so it's weird
Still working my way through the last few characters of Ch.1 and I have a question - will I ever be able to switch out my protagonist?
My heart sank when the game tossed the "prepare two parties" screen at me before the bonus final boss.
I don't think I'm up for grinding my secondary party members up to have a shot at it...
I don't think I'm up for grinding my secondary party members up to have a shot at it...
Yeah, I got sloppy with the first part (I had a thief that could handle it).
As to the latter, I thought about that last night after I posted. Might do a mixture of dancer skill plus that (it is a group debuff). Problem would be timing it right.
Is there a secret job that gives any elemental defense buff or that blocks magic for one turn? Because i could really use that against a certain secret boss... it just kills me in two turns we his spells, and since he can use two attack back to back, i'm pretty much dead everytime
Also is the divine skill of cyrus supposed to make the spell with multiple ennemies more powerfull since it all goes on one ennemy? I tried it but it doesn't look like it does more damage so it's weird
Also is the divine skill of cyrus supposed to make the spell with multiple ennemies more powerfull since it all goes on one ennemy? I tried it but it doesn't look like it does more damage so it's weird
I really wish this games structure wasn't so repetitive. It does so many things right but it's all wrapped around a tiresome core.
Cleric has an elemental defense buff and a spell reflect.
I'm done with everyone's chapter 1 and I'm really having a blast, probably liking Tressa the best, I love the animation when she uses her Purchase skill, visuals and OST are really the things that I love most. Just 1 or 2 hours a day to not get burned out.
I usually get annoyed at the little things like NPCs not acknowledging you when you speak to them (Like Tressa's dad when you speak to him as her), but I'm having so much fun that I don't think much about it since I believe this project was just to see if there is a market for it, so I hope the good overall sales leads to higher highs in the, I assume, inevitable sequel. I can see why people complain about repetitiveness and grindy aspects if you have to review it and play almost non-stop for a week.
Hopefully by next weekend I'll have everyone's chapter 2 done, a friend also bought the game and he is loving it too, it just makes you feel like you are playing old school snes rpgs, good times.
I usually get annoyed at the little things like NPCs not acknowledging you when you speak to them (Like Tressa's dad when you speak to him as her), but I'm having so much fun that I don't think much about it since I believe this project was just to see if there is a market for it, so I hope the good overall sales leads to higher highs in the, I assume, inevitable sequel. I can see why people complain about repetitiveness and grindy aspects if you have to review it and play almost non-stop for a week.
Hopefully by next weekend I'll have everyone's chapter 2 done, a friend also bought the game and he is loving it too, it just makes you feel like you are playing old school snes rpgs, good times.
It does. It doesn't double the damage though so in most cases you're better off using the cleric's divine skill.
And if you have trouble with bosses, my question once again is: do you have Saving Grace on multiple characters?
Cleric has a reflect spell and m.def spell. Couple that with dancer's divine skill to target all and you're good.
Scholar's divine skill is not that good imo. I prefer to use the Cleric's divine skill on him so he can dual cast. Tons of damage as well as 4 break shots per cast.
It does vastly more damage stacking that, elm attack up, elemental defense down on a foe, and the cleric skill together leads to hilarious high levels of damage
You use both... they stack
I can only emphasize this again ... a sorcerer buffed with cleric and scholar divine is obscene, we are talking 100k+ damage when you are on the low side
Which enemy drops the pomegrenates? The item not the essence
That warmaster divine move is bonkers. To think i still have to do ch2 for some chars lol
That warmaster divine move is bonkers. To think i still have to do ch2 for some chars lol
Matched up with BP Eater, it's glorious watching the numbers rise. And I still have to Olberic's chapter 2 as well. XD
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Does the game pickup in scale and adventure after chapter 1? Because I'm having a hard time forcing myself to play past the 10 hours and 6 characters I've met so far.
Thanks. I'll shelf it for awhile and maybe some time away from it will help
I honestly think it's more built for smaller chunks of play time. Things stay predictable and bite size through the entire thing. It's perfect for smaller play sessions but for some people can become very repetitive if you're ploughing through. Personally I'm fine with how it's structured and playing a ton of it, but if you're struggling early on I don't think it changes enough that it's going to suddenly grab you in a different way.
To follow up on this:
I beat the Warmaster boss with this technique before she went into her 50% HP boost. Oops!
(also Naar): Once I included a second Warrior, I didn't have much trouble left, because then I had multi-lance available, also mad sure to have two characters with a dagger. Just a clever usage of BP inflicting items here and there, too! Still, if later on in the game I happen to encounter a group of strong magic users, it might become more difficult. Ophilia was a bit underlevelled, and my subclass Cyrus wasn't quite there with Saving Grace yet. So I'm assuming with Saving Grace you can buff yourself against magic much better.
I'm thinking about sacrificing either Cyrus or Ophilia. Obviously with one of their jobs assigned as secondary for the one I keep. Is this a good exchange?
I'm leaning towards keeping Cyrus as I like his powerfull elemental attacks with Cleric as secondary.
I'm leaning towards keeping Cyrus as I like his powerfull elemental attacks with Cleric as secondary.
I've heard mixed things. Does this game have a big post game with all the travelers joining together or not?
No.
It has a little bonus boss gauntlet post game you can do with a bit of lore, but do not play it if you need a big joining together single story thing. This is 8 separate stories.
Yeah, I think I'll try to defeat all those bosses with just the base classes then. :PTo follow up on this:
I beat the Warmaster boss with this technique before she went into her 50% HP boost. Oops!
Because the level means almost nothing beside small difference in HP and even smaller in stats.
It's all about your setup, how you play and gears.
The timing and ability to quickly break is also crucial.
Here's a pretty good resource for which damage boosting passives to use:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204212-octopath-traveler/76820685
I thought the first chapters had a couple of weaker or "standards JRPG" one's, only Primrose stood out there. But most stories improved after that, they all had their little spin or surprising elements in it. Some even got pretty dark or chars were starting to question and reflect on their respective motivations and ultimately their character traits.
that's really cool. the odds seem crazy low. i've gotten jp x100 twice now but still no luck with exp. jp is kinda useless where i am now and if i ever manage the exp i'll probably only go up 10 levels lol
You should feel lucky : p. JP gives much more flexibility than levels. Gear too.
What's the 5th element ?
Fire, Ice, Thunder, Wind...?
Cyrus as a merchant, it's a mix I thought about but I needed BP donation on someone else. The Thief/Merchant was born. It's the BP/MP provider. But I'm not using Alfin so he might so that with items ?
I'll see in my noblepart later.
So I gave Apothecary to him. He poisons bosses when not having enough BP for strong magic and heals status effects as well.
Many good setups available.
Ophilia done. Alfyn done. Tressa done. Olberic is next. Then I'm going to take a break after that before doing a full party swap for the other 4. Don't wanna burn out. Gonna read all the Geoff Johns Aquaman run before I jump back in for the rogue party run.
II didn't mean 5 elements, I meant 5 spell uses. Considering that base "double spells" cost 22 mana and you have like 120 or so total mana he could use 5-6 big spells before running out of mana. And yeah, my Tressa is Merchant/Thief and as you said she basically gives BP and mana to the party. And has 4 different weapons, so she's good to hit weak points. My Ophilia is the Apothecary, poisoning bosses and havig a cheap single target heal is great.
How easy does this team seemed for you to set up ?
I'm ending my rogue run and going to do the noble one.
I imagine it might be easier for me with a gigantic pool of items for Alfin.
Hmmmm 2 merchants. Interesting.
Ophilia as total heal, interesting too.
I'd still have a hard time to not make a cleric/dancer. Having most buff on one person definitely help for multi targetting in between heals. But I could see the use of 2 merchants.
The balance of battle really makes every jobs important for different reasons. Very nice.
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Man i'm freaking dumb, i checked all jobs and somehow i missed this one, lmao! Time to fuck this boss up!
100k? damn i just had only once like 8000 x4 (cleric divine) damage by stacking all the skill i could and BP... and i'm level 45 already, maybe i should buy some equipement... only stole them up until now
If you get Dancer's 3rd passive skill which is Second Wind which gives you a SP recovery at the end of the turn based on the characters maximum SP, then there is the Merchant's 4th Passive which is SP Saver which reduces all SP costs in half.
Combine the two and you essentially can cast offensive spells for free.
I think starting at 40 is ok. As for setup really depends on which boss for me I had to change it each time.
I just did it all last night . Fresh in my brain so here it is,
It does not. There are a couple side quests that lead to a secret area you fast travel to on the map . This area is small but has a lot of boss fights. The characters you have are all there, but do not talk or interact with each other. It's a huge let down. Definitely the most disappointing aspect of the game. There is no post game to speak of, as you can do every thing else in the game prior to even picking up your 8th member. This secret place requires you to have beaten the game with all 8. So it's the only thing that could be considered post game .
Yep, I'm using the merchant Half Mana Usage skill, but I don't have yet the Dancer subjob. I'm doing the Octopath route, and I'm not exploring anything that is not directly in the way to cities I'm going to.
To follow up on this:
I beat the Warmaster boss with this technique before she went into her 50% HP boost. Oops!
Oooh, I just recently got Runelord, too. Might try to see if I can get a setup going.
Off topic, but man that run is great. I was initially a little put off by N52 when it launched, but Johns' Aquaman and Snyder's Batman made it worth it.