Ainsley McTree fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Jul 4, 2018

Damonic fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Jul 8, 2018

ahobday fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Jul 8, 2018

• You do not get enough JP to level all your classes to the maximum just as part of the story, you realistically can only get about 4 max level jobs per character with some loose levels on top so dont spread levels around.
  
• Jobs tend to get a great capstone skill at 20, for ninjas its dual weild and for black mages its a flat 50% boost to magic damage. Therefore for the most part if you start a job plan to max it.
  
• Despite introducing tails and fangs very early you cant do anything with or about them until chapter 4, and theyre basically end game sidequest grinding at that.
  
• In every single section where you switch between the groups and are working towards unlocking a new job, there is a bonus dungeon with a summon at the end. These dungeons tend to be trickier than the final plot dungeon of that area but have commesurate rewards. You can go back to do them if you missed them but its better to just hold off on beating that section of the game until you beat them.
  
• The game only tells you what the condition for unlocking an F-ability is after youve unlocked it, making that completely useless. Add in that F-abilities are random triggers even if you have both abilities so its not a guarantee of learning them and have limited job points you have a system where youre probably best off looking up what they are.
  
• You dont need F-abilities to beat the game or most postgame content but some are absurdly good and not having them if you plan to fight the superbosses who guard more job points is not the best plan.
  
• when the two parties merge people not in your active roster may not be getting xp or ap but their healing magic works just fine so use that to power through dungeons.
  

• Make sure Laharl learns to heal himself (and pals). Do this by making a Cleric pupil for him and have them stand right next to each other, this allows Laharl to access all the cleric's spells. If he uses the spell enough times while standing next to the pupil, it will level up and he will be able to use it on his own.
  
• You can, and probably should, just focus on Laharl for the main game. When equipped with your best gear and levelled properly, he can tear through anything the game throws your way.
  
• For the most part don't bother with the item world or transmigration until you start doing the bonus dungeons and have beaten the main story. The exception is getting one item to level 10 for story progression. Buy the cheapest consumable and breeze through it, you only need to kill the boss on floor 10. Skip the rest if you wish.
  
• Anyone can steal, provided they use a stealing hand item. However almost everyone is absolutely DREADFUL at it. Except Rogues! Keep one good and levelled up to steal things; as the chance to steal an item is reliant on the level of the person using a steal hand, and the steal hand's accuracy.
  
• Capturing monster classes (and their items) can be useful, if you have lots of disposable guys in your summoning panel. Reduce their HP before throwing them in there for the non summoned units to beat up.
  
• If the enemy is more than a turn away from your base panel, try bringing out an unwanted character to lure them in, then once they're within range, have your main team pop out and alpha strike them.
  
• Learn to cancel moves to your advantage. Assemble your fighters into a T formation to do a team attack then cancel the moves of the three who didn't attack and form another T to get another team attack.
  
• In dealing with narrow passages blocked by an enemy, you can lift that enemy up with one character, send whoever you want through, then cancel the first character's move. It's like rewinding time selectively.
  
• You can throw diagonally. Just hit the confirm button as you're changing directions.
  
• (Does this only apply to the DS version? Wiki says she's only in DS and PC and you just start with her in the PC version)When you first fight MidBoss lose to him on purpose. You will be allowed to make a second cycle, and from there you will be able to get Pleinair (the NPC with the blue hair and white dress). She is an extra character, a really drat good one. Her Speed allows her to dodge almost everything if she's the same level as the target. You can give her fist weapons and she'll pretty much solo the game.
  
• First time through the main story you can ignore trying to pass bills that aren’t about unlocking items.
  
• Don't worry too much about stat aptitudes. But be sure to give your characters weapons they are proficient with.
  
• Try to do regular attacks from the side or behind as these do more damage.
  
• Try to take advantage of techniques that reposition the user or target. Most fist specials will move the target, while most spear specials will move the user.
  
• Generally speaking equip gear that further enhances your units strengths, but if you want your spell casters to be slightly less squishy it’s not the worst idea to throw some muscles on them.
  
• Level on maps that have lots of Exp squares or have multiple enemies that can be killed very quickly from the start.
  
• The stores reload their inventory every time you go into the menu so keep going in and out until you find what you want.
  
• Try to avoid creating new characters at good for nothing and aim for at least average. It's also not worth it to create at distinguished or genius, because of the mana cost and requirement to pass bills at the Dark Assembly.
  

• If you don’t mind a little grinding and want some slightly more powerful backup for Laharl then the item world can be useful. Look for bonuses that give exp, as these affect everyone out on the field when the battle is won (note that you have to defeat all the enemies to get the bonus, using the portal to go to the next level won’t give you any bonuses you’ve earned). It's a great way to keep your healer(s) levelled. Look up some geo panel guides if you’re having trouble, there are a couple of reliable strategies.
  
• To get Mr. Gency's Exit items for the item world, buy the cheapest item you can, like fairy dusts. The enemies will be a joke, and you can stock up on Exits just by reaching levels 10, 20 etc. It's a good idea to have several exits in your inventory.
  
• If you just want to improve an items base stats you only need to kill the tenth floor leaders of Item Worlds to get a large bonus increase. You can skip the rest if you’re not bothered by taming specialists or getting bonuses.
  
• To get through the item world quickly, have your characters pick each other up in a chain until you have a giant tower, then just throw over and over till you reach the exit.
  
• Fists moves Gatekeepers off of the panels and giving your Fist users three shoes, is very efficient.
  
• When making powerful classes (above average), transmigrate instead of creating from scratch. That way you don't need to get approval from the senate. Requires promoting the unit to rank 3.
  
• Transmigration lets you start a character over at level one. If they belong to a generic class, you can change their class as part of this process. A good time to do this is when your character is pretty high in level, and you can afford to do it at "Genius" level. This will give you the highest possible stats to start out with. The higher a stat is at level one, the faster it will grow, which lets your character get stupidly powerful fast.
  

Overminty fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Jul 10, 2018

• This game series is loving nuts. None of this matters if you want to see anime hell characters be mean to penguins... but the true Disgaea starts here.