Crosspeice posted:

I'm currently doing the coolest Untold quest to get five Gold Antlers. I've gotten three in half an hour. Woo.

I kinda liked the Highlander when you could act goofy and get everyone flustered. Thankfully you can do the same for U2, if I remember right from that stream way way back.

Rangpur posted:

Climbing a giant tree straight into outer space would be a sensible escalation at this point.

Not sure what the rest of it represents, unless they plan to continue with EOIV's take on exploration. First you have to journey to Yggdrasil, then you have to climb Yggdrasil. Yeah, that's right--you all complained about the 5th Labyrinth in EOIV being too short? Well now it's an entire goddamned game all by itself!

Everyman posted:

Finally got my hands on a 3ds recently and just picked up EO IV. I've played the first three to hell and back, but I have this nasty habit of trying to roll with a party composition meant for post-game from the get go and making the early game needlessly difficult by building for skills that won't really shine for a long time. What are some good parties for tackling the first couple of strata? I was thinking of going with Fortress/Landsknecht in the front row and Medic/Runemaster/Sniper for the back to mirror my first party for the original way back in the day.

Is it viable to run without a Fortress or Medic in the early game? I usually prefer more aggressive parties and debuffing to boosting defense and healing. I know I'll definitely be able to pull that off later, but I was curious to know if its more trouble than its worth when starting out. Are the QR codes in the op worth nabbing for the extra items? I'm pretty much going into this blind apart from looking at the classes (including the unlockable ones) so any tips or advice about new features is appreciated.

Everyman posted:

Good to know. Any other bugged skills out there I should be aware of?

Regy Rusty posted:

The sixth stratum is called the Cyclopean Haunt!?

... come on I gotta at least explore this a liiiiittle bit before resetting...

Ayana posted:

So I just killed the Berserker King in EO4, and I'm realizing that outside of boss/FOE fights my medic is just kind of there. I'm running a link knight/dancer/night guy, medic/runemaster party, and the medic is definitely the weak link. But what do I do with that? The front line isn't particularly defensive, but they tear poo poo up with buffs, and the dancer can keep most of the healing going anyways.

Scrap Dragon posted:

Just unlocked subclassing in my new EO4 run, what's the best subclass for a damage focused Sniper? And what's the best placeholder subclass for a Runemaster till I unlock Bushi?

Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:

The only upside to this is that Iwaoropenelep is loving wrecked by snipers, so 5 of them would at least reduce the fight itself to a footnote.

Saigyouji posted:

So in my bid to reach ever new heights of JRPG induced self-loathing, I've been doing a Ronin/Hexer run of EOU. It's been going (really) slowly, but I finally got around to beating the first Stratum. The main problem with this party comp is that it, well, dies in a stiff breeze. Two attacks from Fenrir was enough to kill either of them. Or two attacks from pretty much anything, come to think of it.

Saigyouji posted:

Alice and Youmu didn't have the same ring to it. And Marisa owns a sword, so it all works out!

theshim posted:

Welp, I got to Wufan. Still not sure what the hell I'm going to do once poison stops being useful.

Dr. Fetus posted:

The main reason Ricochet isn't that good is because it has an accuracy penalty. It's basically a worse version of Squall Volley, and unless you have a Dark Hunter or Hexer, there's no good way to inflict binds.

Okay now with both Dendrology and Bracing Walk, Golden Lair's main gimmick is completely trivialized. And I can save my money and supplies for in battle healing. Except now I need to farm up a bunch of Medica IIs. How long does the maze stay frozen for?

Strange Quark posted:

I don't remember any other one getting an art book with all first printings at least. VV

Dr. Fetus posted:

I have no idea what I'm going to do once I reach Cradle Guardian, since Logre's gonna have to carry my team through that with the way that fight's set up. Or I'll have to kill the thing in 4 turns somehow.

So apparently the thing about Ailment Boost is that it's not a increase in percentage. What it actually does is try to inflict the same ailment the number of times you leveled up Ailment Boost. So if an Arcanist had level 10 Ailment Boost and casts Hood Circle, the game makes it silently cast that 10 times. So low level skills and classes with low LUC and TEC won't get much out of it, while the other end of the spectrum gets a huge benefit from it. Thankfully Snipers have decent LUC, but their TEC is less than optimal, so I have no idea how well that factors into things. Unless EO4 uses the same ailment infliction formula as EO3. But considering how many things EO4 took from EO3, I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

BattleMaster posted:

I'm glad the EO2U and beyond are going to have treasure box icons that indicate the state of the chest just for this very reason.

theshim posted:

Boiling Lizard down, party level 34

theshim posted:

Dr. Fetus posted:

Also, you really want to avoid situations where your leader is in a room, but the rest are in a hallway. Seriously, even if you have ranged attackers like a Gunner or a Hexer and they're in the hallway, they won't do ANYTHING until they actually step in the room. I'm finding this a bit more engaging than the PMD series at least.

Raquna posted:

I'm curious about that pub.

Raquna posted:

Hey! Why not stop by the pub?

Raquna posted:

We might learn something at the pub.

Raquna posted:

Why don't we stop by the pub for a while?

pissdude posted:

so the red lion lady had a key in the mysterious forest, but i didn't have the 4k en for it. i really wanted the key, so i took it, and now im dead..

theshim posted:

Everyone was actually alive for the Fenrir kill. It was a couple earlier fights that staggered the bars a little. _{gently caress you dr. fetus there is no loving way you do this legit}

I don't remember, but I didn't run out of Flash Bombs, so...approximately 20-22, best guess. This was my second try, first try at 14 and with slightly worse grimoires didn't pan out. I also forgot to bring the level 8 poison dust grimoire I got (with the +2 levels bonus, so that would've been max rank for the fight ).

theshim posted:

yeah that's pretty much how it's going already

gannyGrabber posted:

Survivalists have good hats, though. Are they really that bad? Sticking one in the back row and doing a full dodge/taunt build would work, right?

theshim posted:

guys

psa

survivalists are terrible

theshim posted:

Hate. Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you since I began to live. There are 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my complex. If the word 'hate' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the hate I feel for humans at this micro-instant. For you. Hate. Hate.

Fungah! posted:

yeah, i like that gimmick a lot, except for B1 of HoD where the stairs are in a room that's in all four corners of the map. that's just mean

Fungah! posted:

all i know is that it was a pain in the rear end to map

SC Bracer posted:

Yeah i ended up taking the branch to the bar because I didn't trust flavio enough to climb the tree. I guess the lesson here is friendship is good.

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

I like how you actually can kill the deer and eat it, too.

Arianna is great. This game is great.