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Can someone tell me what the X button is used for in this game, or if it can be remapped? I need to have my 3DS repaired, but I also want to play this ASAP, and I dunno what to do first.
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Francis posted:Unless I missed it, there really isn't. They build up a pretty neat in-universe explanation for the job system, then completely punt on the how and why. They're described as semiprecious stones in the journal, which makes me think they aren't even all that special in the game world. I mean, it's not like there can only be one group of people at a time who can have white mages because there's only one white mage asterisk, right?
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Feb 16, 2014 02:34
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Hakkesshu posted:Okay, thanks, I'll try this. It just seems like a weird design decision to suddenly make the random encounters so tough out of nowhere. It feels like endgame content, but I'm just over halfway through the game or something. Honestly it kind of is endgame content; based on the order in which notes about that castle appear in D's Journal relative to other stuff, the game doesn't expect you to do it until after you're done with Chapter 4, even though you can.
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Feb 16, 2014 02:38
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Rollersnake posted:Can someone tell me what the X button is used for in this game, or if it can be remapped? I need to have my 3DS repaired, but I also want to play this ASAP, and I dunno what to do first.
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Feb 16, 2014 02:39
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I have 40 hours in Bravely Default now, and I think i'm ready to put it down and go play another game on my 3DS. I have a backlog finally. Bravely Default is still in my opinion a fantastic game and I love it to death. It's really good and I hope there is a sequel.
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Feb 16, 2014 02:43
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The amount of backtracking for the Entertainer asterik side-quest is hilarious and frustrating. Good thing there's a 0% encounter option.
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Feb 16, 2014 02:50
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sforzacio posted:Yeah I'm either missing something, or you're misreading that last page. Care to elaborate? I think he's talking about the notes where the Red Mage starts talking about the experiments, and the last page is a jumbled mess.
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Feb 16, 2014 02:51
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Eddain posted:I think he's talking about the notes where the Red Mage starts talking about the experiments, and the last page is a jumbled mess. You mean the page you have to read backwards?
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Feb 16, 2014 02:52
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I think Rangpur is referring to "Asterisks" as the bearers and Francis is referring to the jobs themselves..?Zaa Boogie posted:You mean the page you have to read backwards?  Here's the transcription for anyone too lazy, if I didn't gently caress it up:quote:That downer Khint refused to come aboard our plan to plunder Eternia. I don't recall the thing about the hostages though..
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Feb 16, 2014 02:58
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What are materials used for? I just got thief and I'm stealing poo poo like a motherfucker (which of course takes mp, drat), I just don't know what it's used on.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:01
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GreenBuckanneer posted:What are materials used for? I just got thief and I'm stealing poo poo like a motherfucker (which of course takes mp, drat), I just don't know what it's used on. The Salve-Maker job has the ability to mix them.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:05
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Smornstein posted:So i tried to fight the summoner boss and her summon wrecked my poo poo what's a good level/job set up current i'm around 21-22 and i've got Spell Fencer, Time Mage, White Mage, and Thief. Good question. I came across one of these too and it totally pushed my poo poo in. He looked like an owl and he cast a summon on me and one shot EVERYONE. I would like some tips because I'm getting tired of watching the one summon I have over and over again.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:08
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I'm in chapter two now, and all these jobs are starting the stress me out. Like, I just got Time Mage and Spell Fencer, but I'm not seeing any real reason to not set everyone to Knight or Spell Fencer with White Mage skills. Everything is pretty daunting, and those two jobs just work fine thus far.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:10
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G-Whizard posted:Good question. I came across one of these too and it totally pushed my poo poo in. He looked like an owl and he cast a summon on me and one shot EVERYONE. I would like some tips because I'm getting tired of watching the one summon I have over and over again. Depends on which owl and summon you're encountering. The early ones deal elemental damage, so having your team be a class that has more defence and equipping accessories that also helps resist certain elemental damage will do some good for you.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:11
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Yeah, I misread. In my defense, they're always called "asterisk-bearers" in the game.Slime posted:They're described as semiprecious stones in the journal, which makes me think they aren't even all that special in the game world. I mean, it's not like there can only be one group of people at a time who can have white mages because there's only one white mage asterisk, right? This is what I was getting at. (Chapter 4, 6 sidequests) They kind of do imply that. The creation and use of asterisks is explained as a way for the Orthodoxy to retain control over assigning vocations while ducking a scandal that they were corrupt and granting the use of job abilities in exchange for money and favors. It doesn't really make much sense and seems more like a typical JRPG dig at historical organized religion than anything. The actual creation and function of asterisks is lamely handwaved and is a giant narrative contrivance like everything else Yulyana has a hand in. I really like that it's implied Lord DeRosso asked his frienemy for an asterisk so he could act like a real vampire instead just being slandered as one. It's probably my favorite lore bit in the entire game.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:14
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How are you supposed to deal with Belphegor or whatever the lvl. 20 norende monster is called? I can't quite figure out its weaknesses 
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Feb 16, 2014 03:15
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Calaveron posted:How are you supposed to deal with Belphegor or whatever the lvl. 20 norende monster is called? I can't quite figure out its weaknesses It rotates between Fire, Water and Lightning, in that order. Find out which one it starts on, and then cycle through them.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:17
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Dr Snofeld posted:It rotates between Fire, Water and Lightning, in that order. Find out which one it starts on, and then cycle through them. More precisely, it switches every time you hit the weakness. It has powerful fire attacks, so get fire resist. I don't think you can actually buy the fire resist accessory yet, but I remember having one. Mix that with abate fire from the black mage job and magic armor from spell fencer and you'll be fine.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:20
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How important are the Streetpass mechanics in this? I read that Streetpasses are necessary for getting workers to build up your town, and, well, Streetpasses are a bit hard to come by at the best of times, so that would be a bummer if there wasn't some kind of caveat.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:20
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By adding friends online through friend codes you can get workers, you don't need to street pass.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:21
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Oxxidation posted:How important are the Streetpass mechanics in this? I read that Streetpasses are necessary for getting workers to build up your town, and, well, Streetpasses are a bit hard to come by at the best of times, so that would be a bummer if there wasn't some kind of caveat. You can get plenty of workers by connecting to the internet via the adventurer save menu. Edit: You don't even need to actually add them as friends to get workers. You just get 3 guests each day, who are like friends but crappier. But they count for Norende
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Feb 16, 2014 03:21
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So I hit the dreaded Chapter 5 I kept seeing people moan about. Please tell me I'm not going to have to reawaken every crystal or something, with all the complaints I've heard I'm dreading this is what's going to happen...Especially since Derossa basically told everyone that awakening the crystals is A Bad Thing and that Airy is tricking them all. Which the fact that no one picked up on that also made me angry.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:37
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Ibram Gaunt posted:So I hit the dreaded Chapter 5 I kept seeing people moan about. Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. I would tell you that, but lying isn't nice. On the bright side, you have the Grandship already so you can just fly straight there and walk through the already completed dungeons which takes like ten seconds (except for Everlast Tower and Mythril Mines which take like a minute each).
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Feb 16, 2014 03:39
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maketakunai posted:Chapter five. Well, that's good at least. I assumed they'd make me go through the entire song and dance with doing all the events again with new dialogue or something equally awful. Still feels like completely pointless padding though.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:41
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Well, you can Do all the sidequests and fight the bosses again with additional scenes.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:46
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Mokinokaro posted:Well, you can Do all the sidequests and fight the bosses again with additional scenes. Is this just for fluff or is this something I need to do for the true ending or any sort of tangible benefit?
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Feb 16, 2014 03:47
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Ibram Gaunt posted:Well, that's good at least. I assumed they'd make me go through the entire song and dance with doing all the events again with new dialogue or something equally awful. Still feels like completely pointless padding though. I look forward to your reaction to Chapter 6.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:48
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Ibram Gaunt posted:Is this just for fluff or is this something I need to do for the true ending or any sort of tangible benefit? It's skippable, though I recommend doing them in chapter 8 as it does give most of them some decent backstory.
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Feb 16, 2014 03:49
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Ibram Gaunt posted:Is this just for fluff or is this something I need to do for the true ending or any sort of tangible benefit? You're going to have to define what a tangible benefit is in any jrpg.
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Feb 16, 2014 04:04
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ImpAtom posted:I look forward to your reaction to Chapter 6.  e: My poor X button is going to be worn out after this isn't it. Ibram Gaunt fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Feb 16, 2014 |
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Feb 16, 2014 05:05
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Got the game today, and while I like it so far, I'm already having a pretty tough time at the second dungeon with the pig orc guards. Is this a grind-heavy game?Slime posted:You can get plenty of workers by connecting to the internet via the adventurer save menu. I just added some online friends to do the ability link thing, but no new workers showed up. Is there an extra step to that process?
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Feb 16, 2014 05:31
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Behonkiss posted:Got the game today, and while I like it so far, I'm already having a pretty tough time at the second dungeon with the pig orc guards. Is this a grind-heavy game? Levels are far less important than your character builds. Early on Monk can carry you very easily and as the game progresses how you build is infinitely more important than what your level is.
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Aha, I wasn't expecting a murder mystery in the ninja sub-scenario, but it was great stuff if kind of simple. 
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Feb 16, 2014 05:35
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Behonkiss posted:Got the game today, and while I like it so far, I'm already having a pretty tough time at the second dungeon with the pig orc guards. Is this a grind-heavy game? Those orcs are such a huge leap up from the boss right before them that it's kind of shocking. My suggestion: just press on. Eventually you'll understand their patterns and how to take them out without taking too much damage. The rest of the prologue is kind of a walk in the park after that dungeon, but it's a pretty big spike. The game can be a little grindy if you're playing on Hard, but only because it really rewards having multiple jobs leveled up and ready to go on each character. Unless you change jobs all the time while playing normally, you'll probably need to stop every now and again to catch up a job you haven't used in a while. Even then it's not too bad once you figure out a good way to pick up JP, and it's not like you have to max jobs for them to be effective for most of the game, either.
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Feb 16, 2014 05:44
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Behonkiss posted:I just added some online friends to do the ability link thing, but no new workers showed up. Is there an extra step to that process? Save menu -> Update Data. You can do this once per day to get randoms off the internet to show up in your town. At certain points (based on progression in the plot? hours played? who knows) the number of guests you get per shot upgrades to 4 and 5.
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Feb 16, 2014 05:47
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~*Big spoilers don't mouse over, etc*~ So realizing the twist ahead of time and destroying the crystals before having to do the same thing 4 times locks you into the bad ending? What the gently caress square. Who the gently caress thought this was a good idea at all?  I think I need a break.
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Just an FYI don't speed up the summoner boss' summon animation it crashed my game and i had to reset my 3ds.
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Feb 16, 2014 05:48
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Ibram Gaunt posted:~*Big spoilers don't mouse over, etc*~ Good news! It's not a bad ending at all, and when you clear the (short, rewarding) dungeon you go through on that route, it returns you right before the crystal break.
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Feb 16, 2014 05:49
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Thuryl posted:Save menu -> Update Data. You can do this once per day to get randoms off the internet to show up in your town. At certain points (based on progression in the plot? hours played? who knows) the number of guests you get per shot upgrades to 4 and 5. Okay, that didn't do much when I tried it the first time for whatever reason, but I was able to get 3 new villagers after trying again. Thanks.
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Man the fight to unlock thief took me loving forever. I wasn't in danger of dying at any point, not even close, but all my dudes did like 50-80ish damage per round (if that.) Monk/Monk/Freelancer/Freelancer. Just slogging through a bag of hitpoints.
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