LogFAQs > #925338668

Are you having a hard time? It's not the most forgiving game to start with.
As for more orbs, if I remember right you get more for getting a kill while the style meter is at a higher point and there are a few spots you can grind if you really want to.

As for tips, ignore the git gud meme junk and play at your own pace, if you want you can actually restart and re-do the first few levels much more efficiently now that you know what to expect, there's bonuses for playing well and quick and stuff like that. Work out if you like the moveset you've been given and if you'd rather focus on upgrading health/DT or if you want more moves. Your jump is a dodge with the I frames being most of your ascent upward, you aren't reliant on the side rolls. Your taunt is pretty good in this game, it's just a quick come get me gesture but it's not too costly for time and it's great for building DT meter. In future it does the same thing but some of the taunts get longer and more elaborate.

Oh and yeah Ifrit's good because some enemies won't budge from regular sword swipes but they're slow enough to be opened up by a charged Ifrit punch. There's some elemental weakness stuff going on in places too so it helps there.
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Still waiting on that third threat