Lurker > Shotgunnova

Dunno about Hunch Punch, but when an airstrike is launched, it removes enemy projectiles.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Man, all this waiting is making me want to play FFT again. Might start up War of the Lions or something.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Oh yeah, I have some fishing spots I never bothered doing. Got a good amount (probably 20 or so) fed to Shoebill. I think there's a raid I missed early on, too, which should be easy-peasy now that I have a lot of stuff upgraded. In fact, even the latest primordial raid was pretty easy with Ricotta's stun spin.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

I wonder if I missed opportunities to max out some villagers' reputation. I think I have a few that are still subpar, but maybe I just haven't found their baubles from one of the upcoming dungeons.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Hmm, I've got 173 points that go toward the ending. Might need to fill in some of the missing monsters and map stuff to flesh things out more. I think I'm just missing some Dana flashback junk and the Silent Tower boss in terms of the latter, though.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

That's good. It just occured to me you (IIRC) let some dude in the Cellar battle die when he had only an Escutcheon left, and I didn't check if it was a good one or not.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Yeah, that Robe would've been a good find. Triggering Sunken State with a jank throw was nice, too.

Have you been looking out to see if the enemy rolls the good Escutcheon or not?

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

lmao @ unfrogging the frog

It's rough when Miluda has Math Skill twice in a row. Is that just bad luck or the norm for her in this fight?

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Non-Bulin? You can use Bulins to upgrade Shinano -- they just have to be the special kind from that special store. Last time, I got a ton of dupe Shinanos, so buying those Bulins wasn't even necessary. As for the future, I'm sure they'll release more.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Yeah, that Repeating Fist didn't pay off at all. I think it was supposed to do 80+ and did 17 or something, lmao.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

I got the last UR within the first 100 cubes, I think.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Well that's a depressing way to finish the Thieves Fort battle. Nothing stolen (unless you count Junkina's heart) and we have to miss out on a Maximillian, Grand Helmet, and Setiemson. That priest who lobbed a spear at the ninja's head was funny, though.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Gotta save cubes for later, yo.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

I'm gonna do my usual "three daily pulls" strategy until the event's penultimate day.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Found the last castaway -- Griselda. Don't even remember her from the ship, but I guess she appeared in a previous Ys game or something. Got a few trophies for getting this far.




Tried killing this dude in the bottom of Silent Tower and got my gob smacked with four-hit punch combos that take off 1000+ damage and stuff. Which isn't to say I can't soldier through by draining tons of potions, and eating lots of "EXTRA gauge" candybars (or whatever), but this dude has three healthbars by the looks of it, so it's not to be taken lightly.



Had to kill about 8 voracious raptors as my weakling Adol, who I've neglected for weeks, while Franz off-screens his share easily. They picked the wrong lead character.



Got all recipes, I guess. I made 'em and fed 'em all to that cat monster thing on Gendarme, but he's still hungry, so I wonder what's going on.



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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Dana's a warden, just like these other goofballs (and Sarai) who are immortal...or something, and have to watch all their civilizations die! Not even Groucho Marx could get into this club.




In the flashback, Eternia's lookin' pretty grim. This is what happens when you worship plants.



Got ambushed at the Valley of the Kings (formerly Seren Garden) by nine raptors or something. Pretty whack reception.



Dana commited...well, not suicide, but comacide or something. She goes to sleep in the great tree's boughs for a thousand or more years, waiting for the fated red-haired dude who wants to defy fate. The typical JRPG storyline!



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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Gonna get some new pics off my card.

This is the move I've been spamming with Ricotta, some wide-range multihit spinner move. Ridiculous stun rate, even on giant things, so coupled with that accessory that stacks on random status effects, I've been doin' some work.


Carlan is back, baby. Not that I ever really thought he was dead.



The Great Tree is banjaxed, yo. I think it has some type of silkworms or something.



They made this 20-meter path about 1000 football fields long for some reason. Not very neighborly.



The counterpart to the one Dana fought shows up here, this time as a fireball-hurling behemoth. Still kicked its ass on the first try, but there were no mode shifts or whatever to prevent a lot of damage. That food that blocks status effects is always on the menu, though.



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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Awww yeah, 2000 cubes. Feels good, man.



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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Good job on finishing it. I cringed a little when that knight broke Aerostar's helmet (the dangers of not completely speed-breaking an enemy), and when Algus used that elixir, and when Algus revived Delita, but it was pretty good otherwise.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

That ninja was doing some good stealing for a bit. There was a clutch Hell Ivy, too, before the priest got gunned down.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

I was going to suggest Math Zombies earlier as a way of curtailing healing, but I think Chakra still works on undeads (???), so the monk problem wasn't immediately solved. Phoenix down kills could work, though.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

YugiNoob posted...

So I did rough math, and Im depressed. Im grinding 8-4 for IB vanguard experience for Mainz, and its likely gonna take around 1,000 battles to get that 3 million exp. Getting 705 with Eugen and that chick with the horns, but Heinrich will always get MVP and get 1410 exp. So 3 million divided by 2115 per fight :<

But that doesnt account for the slight extra from the boss

Wait I mathd wrong. That would be like 1400 fights, even if I wasnt at 18%. Im gonna sit down and look at this when I can...sit down. And am not walking.

I'm doing a PR grind (a few map runs a day) for Gascogne and I'm racing through the two-million prerequisite. My backline is Graf Zeppelin/Bismarck/Tirpitz and Bismarck gets 2000+ XP pretty much every fight on 10-4. If you're having an annoying time, though, maybe try a grind where you can utilize ships that give XP bonuses, like Amazon, Houshou, etc.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Hmm, maybe they're not in. Or, they're not in until a later chapter.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Nice, found Pure Orichalcum randomly in the Silent Tower, the last community-clearing project needed in the game...I think. Gotta have that P.O. for Katherine's armory quest.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

I knew Sarai was that robed chick. I wish they'd have made it a little more nebulous.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Maybe try giving everyone Float to avoid Earth Slash and force monks to get in close(r), plus have all the mimes and dancer up on that hill. If even one monk can be screwed over early, the other might waste its turn helping it, giving the others time to pile on more status effects on the others further away. For the meat shields, maybe give Auto-Potion or something.

You could even try one dancer + five mimes to boost frogging chances, or everyone with Math Skill/Demi, even. Whatever happens, though, we're probably going to need to be more flexible with our chosen classes and skills. Kinda defeats the purpose of things, but I think getting over this stumbling block would be more helpful, even if it's just to unlock more buyables in the Igros/Gariland shop.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Normally when we do Sand Rat Cellar, a guest (oftentimes) plugs that doorway to keep enemies inside, and maybe giving the others time to go around and complete the pincer attack. Against high-level or well-equipped units, though, our dudes get that pincer attack flipped back on themselves, forcing them into that upper corner where they just get killed by Draw Out and Monk abilities. Things are moving too fast to do the speed-breaking strategy in Dorter, so status effects might really be the way to go. I think our dudes could take the knights and archers if we can get rid of the monks quickly. It's hard to rely too much on RNG frog/stop, though I guess even Darkness/Sleep/Confusion are semi-useful if it can make a monk waste a turn doing curative stuff.

Have we tried using Golem to relieve some of the pressure?

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

I have side missions to do, so disabling them now is still trash. Gonna see if I can go through manually and reenable 'em today.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Disabling all the savepoints on half of the island, without any forewarning, is just trash.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

That sucks. Did they remove the Train ability (I think it's a support) or just make it do nothing?

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Damn, so much for the invitation route. And you can't even get monsters through Train?

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Oh yeah, I think I remember that Sweegy one. I'm curious if this version of the game erased that funny desert battle with the knight and bull demon. In fact, any battle where you get free allies to strip equipment from would be good. Do you know how potent Mediator invitation on this?

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Oh, you fought a monster battle. I thought you'd do a human one to get better loot or something.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Man, all this forced backtracking sucks. Then I get thrown into another flashback after fighting some dinosaur at the Great Tree. =|

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Ha! I knew Sir Carlan didn't really die. Never trust an off-screen death in a JRPG.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

You didn't mention stealing. You're at fault, not me.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Good lord, Ricotta's steal skill is amazing. If I'd known about this earlier much more for Sunlight Fangs, which was the main reason my progress slowed down so much. Just robbed one from that mist dino, haha. Also found some dragon statues in that last dungeon to rob Dragon Crest Stones from, since it's easier to get drops from monsters than it is relying on mineral deposits (etc.) to respawn.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Ugh, I forgot I had a beast raid to do today. Guess I should upgrade Hummel's gun since it hits like a Nerf rifle. One thing this game doesn't get enough credit for is listing what drops random items and listing all available drops. Being able to scour a map for a tree/rock/whatever and seeing "oh yeah, this drops Dragon Crest Stones" is invaluable.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Pavement - Range Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu1eZpZsrvg

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Yeah, I'm pretty sure enemy levels are almost always the highest levelled unit in your formation screen. If they're a level or two ahead, playing catch-up makes sense. Should be some opportunities to get some good gear on Mandalia Plains or Sweegy, too.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

You could always go back to the Demi/Math Skill strategy and hope it works out. And be sure to give the ninja some weapons for the next battle, too! I think he can still equip knives, right?

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Maybe there'd be a chance if all the mimes didn't die immediately. They're kind of important, since Stigma Magic can't remove Stop.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Man, those monks are a nuisance. Even if one gets frogged, the other can cure it with Stigma Magic.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

I guess if you want to leave it up to RNG. Might be the only way if that rare ninja battle was changed or something.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Draw Out kicks ass, but since they're breakable, I don't see much point using it so early. I think it'll be late in chapter two before even the crappiest ones start being sold. Draw/Catching might be a little difficult to set up, but there's a rare ninja fight in chapter two (the one before the waterfall map, IIRC), so you never know. Steal enough weapons and stuff and it might work out.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Are you gonna grind a little for stealing purposes or just go straight to the Cellar fight?

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

The archer had a Blood Sword? Is it the one in the normal game that starts with no weapon? I guess there's all kinds of crazy combinations the enemy can have. I totally forgot wizards could dual-wield rods until I saw that random doing it, haha.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Frogging pays off again. I feel bad for that wizard who cast Haste 2, then got silenced and severely speed-broken. You can keep Item on Junkina if you want, unless you need another thief or something. Just get her something that boosts her HP 'cause she can die from a stiff breeze at this point.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame

Gotta remember to play this on the morrow. Got most of the map filled in, so this has to be the last chapter.

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Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends
And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame