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Yeah, don't play above normal on a first playthrough unless you're super crazy about the ins and outs of grind/mechanics. Just more generally, I think SC is similar to FC in that you don't ever really want to be playing on higher difficulties for quality, well-balanced experiences since they're simple stat multipliers in a system that wasn't built with stat multipliers in mind. NG+ can handle them early on, sure, but by end-game 3/4 of your options wouldn't viably exist anymore and the entire game degenerates into exploitation. Speaking of, I'm still only on ch1 but I'm already enjoying the overall balance of SC over FC. Time stuff doesn't feel as broken and I'm actually using heals instead of earth wall spam. More of the crafts feel good and chain crafts are an excellent idea.
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Cake Attack posted:tell me if you beat that fight because i just gave up and didn't do that sidequest, what the gently caress. Okay, go into the fight with everybody's cp maxed out, Joshua and Agate and anyone else with an AT delay craft, first turn you wanna spam those, to buffer out the times when they can use earth shaker, use air attacks and s crafts when a bunch of them get low enough. edit: I feel compelled to provide proof. http://i.imgur.com/jLYcSzo.jpg everyone was around 75-78 Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 05:07
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So, er, is there any way to actually do anything about the hotsprings. Because I just kinda gave up and left.
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Nov 3, 2015 05:19
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Supremezero posted:So, er, is there any way to actually do anything about the hotsprings. Because I just kinda gave up and left. you need tita in the party
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Nov 3, 2015 05:20
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*sigh* back to Zeiss I guess. *tries to go back to Zeiss* ... goddammit why now.
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Nov 3, 2015 05:24
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Decus posted:Speaking of steam achievements I think the ones for the books in SC are bugged somehow. Think they activate based on number of total copies? So if you buy like 15 of ch2 of the gambler book you could probably activate that one. Not going to test it fully, but I only have ch1 and ch2 but steam says I have 3 after buying a second copy of ch2. Also just got bounty hunter, and I am at right in the beginning of chapter 8, with one monster quest left on the board. (And perhaps more in other guilds)
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Nov 3, 2015 06:16
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I got bounty hunter with 3 monsters left.
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Nov 3, 2015 06:41
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Really Pants posted:Thanks. You can get a bamboo rod from the fishing woman in I think the West block. On another note, Book 5 is in the coffee house when the story forces you to go there. And I gave up on doing it, just going to do it when I replay. My last save before that is at the beginning of the chapter, and I already missed BP due to forgetting to overdo the gun testing quest. Thanks for the warning, though.
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Yo there's an unlisted Divine Penguin fight in the unlit tunnel, beating it drops an all stats up accessory. edit: In chapter 8, are there any other hidden sidequests other than the school thing, the elmo thing and the malga thing? Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 07:09
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Aw, hell, I just got to the 4th area in Brandish and what even is this. Please tell me there's a way to deal with this crap
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Nov 3, 2015 09:19
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Zaggitz posted:Liberl news will just get you a steam cheevo but getting all of Carnelia gets you the best weapon for either Joshua or Estelle. Cool, thanks. Is there any way to get Liberl News #1 at this point? I'm in Bose, I didn't buy a second copy from the store in the prologue. 
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The entire end of chapter 8 is basically the most insane poo poo I've seen a jrpg attempt to do plotwise, and it pulls it off without a goddamn hitch. One question though, do you gain any bp whatsoever in chapter 9? Because if not... 370/380  Also bug report: I'm unable to read the data crystals in the capel, I hear sounds like i should get an icon to over over the choices but it doesn't work,
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Nov 3, 2015 09:35
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Zaggitz posted:The entire end of chapter 8 is basically the most insane poo poo I've seen a jrpg attempt to do plotwise, and it pulls it off without a goddamn hitch. No. If you have the highest rank at that point, the scene changes slightly. There are no more BP after that.
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Nov 3, 2015 11:07
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Ah well, NG+ I guess.
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Nov 3, 2015 11:48
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Hivac posted:Aw, hell, I just got to the 4th area in Brandish and what even is this. Please tell me there's a way to deal with this crap
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Nov 3, 2015 14:02
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Is there a list somewhere of the Gambler book locations? I've sort of resigned myself to not getting max BP first play through but I'd like to get the books. I'm still in Chapter 1 and have 2 of them so far.
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Also 'sup Nial & Dorothy, nice to see you care 
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Quick cutscene glitch report from FC. After taking the photo to Leiston you get taken back to the guild. In that scene Agate and Tita start already spawned. You the get the door opening sound and the pan across to them. I presume that bit of the screen is cut off in the smaller res version. I have a save file from just before that scene if you need it.
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Levantine posted:Is there a list somewhere of the Gambler book locations? I've sort of resigned myself to not getting max BP first play through but I'd like to get the books. I'm still in Chapter 1 and have 2 of them so far. I'm still only in Chapter 2, but the ones I've found so far: #1: In the Prologue, while you're checking out the damage to the lodge after escaping the forest, head upstairs. It's in the room that was locked before. #2: At any point in Chapter 1, you can buy it at the casino. #3: On the flight from Ruan to Zeiss, talk to Olivier twice. #4: After you meet with Lord Crainagh in the Erebonian Embassy in Chapter 2, head for the embassy library and talk to the librarian before you leave. #5: While you're following Renne's riddles, one will direct you to "a bitter, spicy, delicious store." Head to the coffee shop in Grancel West and talk to the customer.
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Really Pants posted:I'm still only in Chapter 2, but the ones I've found so far: That's awesome, thank you so much!
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Supremezero posted:So, uh, question because it bothers me;  And now Evil Eye upgrades to Evil Eye EX!
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Nov 3, 2015 17:45
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Why are ancient creatures always so goddamn CRYPTIC! 
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Nov 3, 2015 17:55
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Anybody know where I could find a collection of TitS' dialogue portraits?
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Nate RFB posted:It's been too long since I've played it and all of the "bad areas" are a blur in my mind at this point; what's the deal with the 4th area? Most of them are just a "welp, gotta deal with it". The entire floor is black funk that spews more black funk and all the traps are invisible
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That sounds like the Dark Zone, which is very much a "welp, gotta deal with it". At least it's very short compared to the other areas IIRC. E: Oh! You can freely equip your dark/evil equipment in that zone at no penalty. That might help a bit.
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Nov 3, 2015 19:56
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Does the Impede Quartz work with arts? I never really checked.
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Supremezero posted:Does the Impede Quartz work with arts? I never really checked. It should? It seems to have an activation chance per hit and works on crafts/s-crafts/etc.
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I'm unable to use the terminals in the residential district. edit: specifically only the first one. But its the same problem I had trying to read the data crystals. Zaggitz fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 20:39
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Supremezero posted:
Zane upgrades to True Distend. Haven't seen any others to compare to yet. Levantine posted:That's awesome, thank you so much! #6: In the kitchen at Rolent, available as soon as you get there. Cyouni fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 20:42
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Bug report time! As near as I can determine for what happened, the second cutscene at Axis Tower triggered where the first was supposed to, and dumped me at the point where you're supposed to be at the end of the first, which can still be triggered by going back to the previous screen. Of course, this resulted in me not getting told to go back to the Arseille, and ended up fighting Bleublanc first without realizing he'd be there and I probably should've brought Olivier...
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Zaggitz posted:I'm unable to use the terminals in the residential district. The one in the municipal office straight up softlocks the game.
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Not sure if it's a bug or something, but no one seems to be able to equip Jormungandr.
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Quick question, cleared chapter 1. Boss had a craft with a charge time, can impede effects interrupt those or do you have to take them in the face every time?
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Omobono posted:Quick question, cleared chapter 1. Boss had a craft with a charge time, can impede effects interrupt those or do you have to take them in the face every time? Apparently yes!
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Omobono posted:Quick question, cleared chapter 1. Boss had a craft with a charge time, can impede effects interrupt those or do you have to take them in the face every time? Yes. It in fact says so in the description. It's probably just success rate conspiring against you if it didn't work for you.
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I didn't even bother testing, proper debuffing made the damage manageable. I've been using impede effects against annoying arts users, not crafts until this point. The impede quartz is fairly useless in my opinion. You want something interrupted, use a craft with impede, because random procs will fail. In other gameplay thoughts, gently caress Death Throes enemies with a rusty spoon. Not the self-destruct ones, who cares, the buffing ones.
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Uh. Huh. Game's getting buggier and buggier near the end, I guess. On the third floor of Axis Tower, in the room unlocked after Walter with the elevator, when I approached it I fell through the floor into a black screen. Made it to the elevator the second time, though.Omobono posted:I didn't even bother testing, proper debuffing made the damage manageable. I've been using impede effects against annoying arts users, not crafts until this point. If you want an occasion to laugh at Death Throes, there is in fact a boss late in the game that summons minions that do Death Throes... while the boss itself is immune to the buffs. ... wonder if that should be a bug report. Also gently caress this game's weird status effects, I do not want Fat Estelle. Final Edit!: "Tita Learned 'Satellite Cannon'!" Me: 
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Motto posted:Anybody know where I could find a collection of TitS' dialogue portraits? What do you need them for? I had them when I did my LP but I've since lost that computer. The slightly cropped versions I can still access through my lpix account. If you want the full set hunt down forums poster Admiral H Curtiss, who was the one who ripped them for me.
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Omobono posted:I didn't even bother testing, proper debuffing made the damage manageable. I've been using impede effects against annoying arts users, not crafts until this point. In FC, the Impede 3 Quartz gave an 80% chance to impede, which was high enough that I preferred to attack so I could conserve my CP for other things. Especially when I was trying to Impede every other turn.
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Omobono posted:I didn't even bother testing, proper debuffing made the damage manageable. I've been using impede effects against annoying arts users, not crafts until this point. For the boss fight at least Kloe and Olivier didn't give a gently caress, between Kampfer and Clock Down. I just blitzed the adds and then debuffed the boss. Clock Down is already a -50% debuff too so it does more than cancel the effect I'd think. Not sure if Kampfer completely cancelled the death throes buff in terms of numbers, but at the very least you're right in that the debuffed boss, even with throes buffs up, only did maybe 600 damage per hit. What was his craft though? I just Olivier'd it every time.
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