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DeadBankerDream posted...

But the barrier system, confusion and armor breaks (and anything else of note I haven't mentioned) I'm just completely lost on.

The basics of it is attack the barrier squares to break them, break all 4 and the monster is stunned for a turn and you get some crafting materials.

Most monsters have 4 yellow squares, that's the barrier, and you simply attack it to destroy each piece. There's 3 "phases" of each barrier square, full, cracked, and none. Attacking a barrier does reduced damage to the monster and if you do enough damage, it will crack the square. Attack the cracked square to break it. Gambits do a little extra damage to barriers and also attacks more than 1 square at a time. Usually for gambits, the square that your cursor is on will go straight from full to gone, while the other squares you hit get cracked. Then just bring in your other units to attack the cracked squares to remove them.

If you need a monster dead and can't afford keeping them alive to get their crafting material (you should always try to break them all), you can break 1 square and aim your attacks at the opening. Hitting a barrier does reduced damage, but attacking and open square will do full damage.

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