Bestower of All Chapter 7 and new road map soon! Stream later today at 2PM PST.
>>1410164Why didn't you just wait a few hours and make the roadmap as the OP
>>1410185Oh shit, didn't realize that's what everyone was waiting for. Well, it'll be just a post or two down then in a couple hours.
Roadmap won’t be around until the tail end of the Tavern Talk anyways.Can’t believe we only got one hour left until the news drops, and one day left until the update hits.
>>1410222Less than one day til the update, more like twelve hours.
>NephtiBOOOOOOOOOOO
looks like nephti has gotten tons of buffs
>SolonALSO BOOOOObut good I guess cuz more saving for Elrica and Saziroth.
Only got 2k rubies so I gotta skip, but whales are gonna have a blast tomorrow, as usual.These Nephti buffs look NUTS! Triple cast, introducing magic crits before Detraina or whatever that witch's name is, 6 hit ST and 5 hit AOE, jesus.
>>1410305and her accessory giving 100% crit, what the hell
Nephti might as well be a new character for global. This is bigger than the Roland/Frederica buffs. Everything is buffed to an insane degree. Even her A4 is buffed to be something nobody's ever had: it now grants permanent Dead Aim (guaranteed crit) in addition to everything else.Her biggest weakness in JP was it took her too long to ramp up her cheer on points but now global Nephti gets them automatically every turn.There's even more than what I'm listing. Fuck, she's pretty much top of the game now, I might have to try and pull. But she's like Bargello in that you want her A4 and even U10.>>1410310Yeah, she's cracked beyond.
Oh yeah, and reminder that on JP, Nephti, who was infamous for being mediocre, went from shitty to amazing and top tier with her 6* and TP. She's still gonna get skyrocketing buffs in global when she gets that in the future. So now, instead of going from near the bottom of the game to near the top of the game, she's going to go from above the top of the game to...whatever lies above the heavens.
>>1410164Road map
RIP to everyone who busted their ruby nut on the previous banner
All in on Nephti and future Castti teams now.
>>1410326I don't regret going all in on the Bargello banner and am set to get his A4 in 5 months or whenever they add it to the exchange (they're adding Krauser tomorrow) but man, this might be the banner that makes me wish I was a whale the most. Nephti changing the game over night. I have 2k rubies as I said, maybe I should try and rush for another 2.5k with my backlog of traveler stories and lv100 NPC fights. But then I'd be dry and they'll hit us with either Live A Live or Elrica+Alaune EX next month I bet.Decisions, decisions...
Where's the guy who was saving for Nepthi even when people were telling him she's meh/trash? I can't remember a time where I saw an anon win harder than he did today.
>>1410341What is the nature of the buffs? I'm hurting on apothecaries so may throw a pull at her.
>>1410350It's a lot so I put everything in one pic, the red are the buffs
Any word on the guidestone bug or is it still fucked indefinitely?
>>1410351That is pretty nice. Does JP have any more of the stack build supporters/DPS like her and Tatloch?>>1410356They still have no idea how to fix it lol
>>1410351Assuming Nephti's later buffs that JP got from TP and 6* aren't changed for global when they arrive, you can look forward to following:>her second passive that gives party buffs will also buff party damage by +15% passively at 5 support pointsThis is at 6 star and will make passive damage capping a breeze.>she gains 1 support point when switching rowsThis was given to her so in JP she could actually function, as she relied on her ultimate to get support points over there. This means on global she'll be able to get two points per turn with ease, not counting using her ultimate for an extra 2 (only 1 in JP) in the same turn, so 4 points in a turn for extreme ramp up, cutting out the only thing balancing her even further.>TP Skill: 3-hit axe aoe, 55 potency, upgrades to six hits at 9 support pointsConsidering Global Nephti already had her 1 hit axe aoe changed to a 5 hit axe aoe at only 5 support points, this skill is just a slight upgrade that takes longer to reach, meaning you might wanna just bring her GLEX aoe. I should note, I say "axe" but all these skills are axe/staff/tome.>EX Skill: 8 hit axe ST hits staff and tome too and lowers enemy axe/staff/tome res by 15%She needs 6 support points to use this which'll be much easier on global when she gets this skill.Bow before your new queen.
Everyone in the discord seething cause they were planning on skipping her lmao
>>1410370fucking kekglobal going for that money grab
>>1410370I'm going for Solon first, if I get him early that's still a skip.
yeah nephti sounds cool, but where am i gonna use her?
>>1410410when castti comes out
>>1410410>>1410413I feel like this applies to most characters. There just isn't that much actual content in the game.
i think i'll spend the full 6k and finally pick up rinyuu as well
>>1410432Nice, you'll be set for supports then. Good on ya finally making it to 6k, that shit takes forever.
why couldn't they hit EX tressa with sudden global buffs...
>>1410459Does she have 6* on JP yet? Maybe there's still hope, Tressabro.
>>1410476she does, but i'm not sure how to gauge its efficacy because it's a long time away and what sounds good now might not be that great by then
>>1410476Bro...she already has it and she's still mid, Hujheb basically murders her.
>>1410483It's over...
Now that they can just buff characters out the ass our JP foresight is kinda useless, I'm kinda spooked
heh i have less than 100 rubies, nothing scares me
I may actually roll for Nephti holy shit. I slept on Leon and I massively regret sleeping on Roland. On one hand, I've already got a ton of supports like Bargello, PrimEX, Rinyuu, Tat and Tithi. I can slot in any of them.On the other hand, magic crit so Cyrus can do fuckoff damage and a source of Staff + Tome damage that isn't Cecily. Plus the foresight of her great 6* upgrades. I just hope she doesn't bankrupt me before Elrica and an actual hint comes out for LaL collab so I don't miss the man who did nothing wrong.
>>1410507>an actual hint comes out for LaL collabI'd bet it is version 2.12.0 in June as "special story and characters" reads crossover to me
>>1410510Reads as side solistia to me.
>>1410356I believe they fixed it unannounced, I tried increasing the level cal and it worked
I really regret wasting 1.2k rubies on the new year banner for ONE fucking prim ex.That aside, is there any benefits of doing adversary fights except for hammy's? Like feat rubies or good rewards?
>>1410516Won't be til the anniversary.
>>1410781One Prim EX for 1.2k rubies is actually good bro...
>>1410781Equitable allies you can summon without having worry about limited uses. Other than that upgrade mats and 40 gems/adversary.
>spend 900 stones to get a character to help you beat two lvl 100 NPCs for 400 stonesStill a better investment than 90% of gacha rolls I guess
>15 million leave evasion taking accesoryholy shit
>>1410899Where's this?
>>1410904Agapea. Trade/Barter NPC in the item shop. Looks like I gotta clear an Elite Floor (totally broke)
>>1410910Haggle, not barter.
>>1410912>>1410910Had location wrong. She's in the NW most house in Agapea, not the item shop.
>A4 and U10 Nephti in 100 pullsit was meant to be
>>1410843>40 gems/adversaryDo I have to clear all levels of the adversary?
>the shop actually has nephti/solon awakening stonesholy shit i thought they'd never do this again
>>1410940Rank 4/6 is a 10, rank 6/6 is 30.
having linde + hagen + ma'afa is pretty coolnow i can pretend h'aanit lent tressa linde
>galdera's origins as trial of truthThat was nice
>Happy architect and Bargello in 90 pullsMy decision to skip Bargello's banner paid off. Problem is whether or not I wanna gamble on getting Solon before pity because apparently his U10 adds great value.
Fucking hell, these rates are always brutal. Only had enough to do 80 pulls, got one 5 star, Yukes (new!). It was my first 10 pull too, so if that had of actually been the rate up traveler, I'd be golden. I've got 3 weeks, now I gotta do traveler stories all day every day to get more rubies, the new main story will have to wait.>>1410957I was actually thinking of buying the Nephti one if I could get her in this afternoon's pulls. I foolishly assumed awakening packs would be somewhere in the $15 to $25 range but nope, $69.99 plus another 15% tax, my country's economy is fucked.
>>1410934NephtiGOD, what the actual fuck? Were they paid step ups? Because on normal banners, I don't think I've ever gotten anyone event to A2 in 100 pulls before (been playing since launch, used all my free rubies since then).
>>1410351How long does it take for her to get set up w/ her Cheer points? Is it only 1/turn with her support skill?
>>1411122One point per turn and her ultimate gives her 2 points every time you use it. Same passive also fills her ult gauge by 50% each turn. Wiki says her ultimate goes from 2 uses to 10 at level 10, can anyone here who pulled her confirm if it's just 2 uses for level 1 to 9 and then you need a dupe for it to go straight to 10 uses, or does it get more uses as you level it up?
>>1411142Ultimate uses start at 2, increases by 1 every level until you get to 10 at U10. U4 has 5 uses, U5 has 6 uses, etc.
>>1411164So caps out at 9 for U9? Bretty gud. Now to figure out how to beat these last lv100 NPCs for more rubies. How hard is the top floor of Master Training where you fight the last two lv100s at the same time?
>went back to clear hammy in adversary log>the special task literally just left...oh
>>1411167F
>>1411164>>1411142Also she starts at a much higher ult gauge than anyone else (bar Nona). At U9 it starts at 90.
>>1411169So let's see, just spitballin' here 'cause I don't have her yet to test. You generally want to get around 6 cheer points asap>turn 1, use 1 BP to fill ult and get 1 cheer point at end of turn>turn 2, use ult to get 2 points and another at end of turn, up to 4 cheer points now>turn 3, use some BP to charge ult at least 50%, finish fully charging it at end of turn from passive and get up to 5 cheer points>turn 4, ult for the second time, getting 2 cheer points and a third at end of turn>start turn 5 with 8 cheer pointsSo her entire kit is fully online by the start of turn 5, because the most points she needs for her skills and passives is 8. Does she have a cap on cheer points? Her ultimate can actually benefit from having more than 8, since it buffs by 1% more per point.
Dear God... these Holy Caits have the highest Exp turnout I’ve ever seen! 650,000! Add the 50% bonus you get from equipment and that adds up to 975,000 Exp! Goddamn!
>>1411220Fucking sweet. Are there any guaranteed daily ones, or just random encounters? Hell Caits were pretty darn common, how about these ones?
>>1411212Pretty sure the cap is nine points like all buffs.
>>1411220i should catch up to story....
>looking at the hammy race tweets to figure out what I'm doing wrong>every single team is the samei guess i must be a masochist, for not following meta
>>1411428yeah, races are bullshit and i generally don't like to play that way. i wish they had other challenges but i can't even think of any
I forgot I hadn't read any of the bookmark memoirs and turns out most are worth 20 rubies each. Skipped through them all, I'll properly read them later, and ended up with 360 rubies. Did another ten pull (bringing me up to 90 pulls total counting the 80 I did this morning) and I got her!Wild to think she wasn't even on my radar until yesterday, then I dumped it all to snag one precious copy of the cutest builder. I think Live A Live will be the thing at the end of the current road map, but Elrica could drop any week now so I'll have to keep looking for old sources of rubies to collect.
>>1411483congrats bro, she's a ton of fun to use
>>1411485Thanks! Don't have enough guidestones to max her 'cause Tatloch, Bargello and Sonia ate a lot, so it's off to the hunts we go!
>>1411483Pretty sure Live a Live is the special chapter in June. If it was Side Solistia, it would be a 3.0.0 update.
>>14114924 months away? looking at it now, we shouldn't even have enough travelers before when JP got live a live nor solistia to fill in the time until then
>>1411428>Every single team is the sameNot even remotely the case, it's just that Bargello and Sonia are the most convenient to pull and someone did an EX Tier with only gen pools.>>1411433The one before this asked you to clear Dancer Tower or Thief Tower EX5.
what the fuck i was not EVER going to expect canon pregnancy to start off the newest chapter
really wish i could play this on my PC
On the way to getting Nephti yesterday, I got Yukes. Today, I looked at his kit while leveling him up and wondered: why/where the hell would I ever use this guy? Even Millard would be more useful in Cleric Tower. I guess if someone just started their account and had zero other 5 star clerics they'd use him.
This is it, I will drop this game if I can't get nephti before the banner ends REEEEEEEEEEEE
>>1411875>why/where the hell would I ever use this guy?To boost Aedel.
Has the JP version explained what the fuck Vide is in Octopath 2? I hope they will, given we've gotten a lot more info about Octopath 1's mythology in this game.
>>1411883I got her too recently (Bargello's banner), is she good enough to warrant using a party slot on Yukes? Feels like this lil guy overinvested on boosting one character.>>1411882Best of luck bro, at least you have 3 weeks instead of 2. Have you cleared all content and read all stories yet?
>new chapter boss removes tressa ex's arrow buffs every turn>my team usually relies on vim and vigor toowhy don't i just lay down and diestill made it though
>>1411914>Have you cleared all contentNo, that's why I am not dropping this right now. But it's not much, barely reaches the pity even all the content rewards+dailies+hammy reward combined
>>1411900They probably just reused the gods for the conveniency lol.
boy this shrine guardian is fat as hell
>>1411943Barely still counts, good luck! And who knows you might luck out like I did last night and get her before pity.
is the sheep tied to solon or something?i honestly can't find somewhere in-game that says something
>>1411983What sheep?
>>1411988it's a new keeper, a gold variant is in the premium shop but i don't see the normal version, so i assume it's tied to someone like hagen/linde/ma'afa/lolo
>>1411983>>1411988>>1411999Yeah, you have to have Solon for the (non-paid) sheep to become exchangeable.
>>1411920My blind run:>Brought Tat, Nephti and Rinyuu so dumbass can't kill me.>A2 isn't carrying weakness skill so Sarisa is breaking while she just sits there and does 4x Attack on break>Lars is useless so Bargello is plinking away while conserving SP>Tat has her 2x multitype, Cyrus is as bad as Lars>Nephti in front of Rinyuu can't do anything but 7-hit ~900 plinks.I had 2.5 effective rows. But I got him to red. Then he revives and the next two phases go well until he kills A2 with his 3x random all targeting her while on his last 5% of health and proceeds to wipe the rest of my team because I tried to revive with Rinyuu instead of maintaining the Gracious Prayer. 57 tediois turns for that. Almost as bad as my Largi attempts I'm starting to understand why people look this shit up beforehand.
Well, this was an exciting run,>Solon>Alaune (A2)>EX Tressa (A4)>Scarecrow (Recycled)>W’ludai (Recycled)>Z’aanta (Recycled)>Olberic (Recycled)>and of course...Nephti (A4)
>>1412087>go in blind with a scholar or two with analyze>reveal all weaknesses>die and returni've done this more times than i want to admit
>>1412087i always do first run blindif it doesn't work, then i readjust my team according to weaknessesif it does work, then even if it's a pain, it's a lot more memorable so i find the experience worth it. sure, it can be frustrating, but if i used a guide then i don't feel like i really did anything
>>1412087Cyrus ends up being useful in his last health bar. Faggot just wiped me because I missed a debuff turn. Should be able to beat him but fuck the fight is long. Last phase also drops the EOT buff removal.
are the elite wolf accessories even worth itthe second one seems nice but it needs the first one equipped tooi might just take whatever clear i can get to continue towards the elite kraken's first accessory instead, and the second kraken accesssory seems redundant due to buff caps
interesting, JP cotc is putting out a survey specifically targeted at cotc players, regarding a new game project square is working on that somehow involves the other similar rpg titles toohttps://twitter.com/OCTOPATH_SP/status/1760612247473410359
>>1412318The dungeon crawler is the only one that doesn't look like total trash.
>>1412318Tried to do it. Even with an account I can’t do the survey. I have to have an account AND I need the Square Enix app on my phone.
>>1410164Damn, that Heaven OST is very similar to picrel. I wonder if it was from the same composer.
>>1410164What is the optimal nurturing distribution for each available keeper?
>>1413576EATK on healers, PATK on sharpen cat, the rest get Spd or an offensive stat of your choice
>therion (7th), primrose (4th), soleil (2nd), and a fucking new rondo in 80 pulls>but not nephtiWhy so much luck now when I don't have enough to pity the banner character, but not when I do? I came to conclusion that gacha has consciousness and it's sadistic
Which route got the best farming efficiency in TS final board?
>>1413669They rig it to fuck with your emotions. It's by design. You'll see the same thing happen on the gameboard, but with that you can at least easily see what's being rigged by closing it and rolling a different number of die.
is there any reason to hold onto arena champion tower awakening stones?or should i trade them in to buy some stuff from the exchange, since i haven't bothered actually farming their fights
>>1413672secret route if you can beat highest difficulty but if you want an easy farm, take the route with all those little robots and just spam therion aoe fire
>>1413798>is there any reason to hold onto arena champion tower awakening stones?Have you A4'd all of the relevant champs?
>>1413932yeah, and U10
>>1414201shard em then
Which of the arena champs are worth grinding for their personal equipment and lvl 100?
>>1414370Yan Long is the (3rd) best Staff damage unit in the game. His personal gives 150 attack and the A4 is wonderful for breakers.Gertrude is a solid Axe nuker. Accessory's main bonus is the extra speed.Glossom is Fan breaker/DPS that isn't limited like Tatoloch or FioreEx. Accessory increases is like Yan.Tikilen can fill in Wind DPS well. Her 4-hit random wind skill is finicky, but her nuke still makes her worth slotting into wind teams. Accessory is like Yan but for Magic.Hammy is a wonderful tank backpack. Phys/Ele dodge, granting ANYONE a 2-hit counter (which can proc for each character hit by a single AOE attack, keep in mind for Berecain NPC), and some niche Tome damage/breaking. Passive makes her heal frontrow buddy. Accessory increases Attack and reveals weaknesses. A4 is really powerful for both backpack and attacker roles.
>>1414370if your team needs a job, they can fill it, especially for the job towers. easy awakenings help them stay competitive toomany of them are also atypical to their job so it's a neat niche to fill>tikilen is an eatk focused warrior>glossom, gertrude, yan long, and hammy are patk focused
>>1410476She got TP and 6-star a while ago and it was the funniest update I've ever seen. The TP skill is just AoE combust kek. And the 6-star upgrade just makes her 3-hit priority skill give her 2 points now. At least her new EX skill allows her to imitate Z'aanta's 5-hit skill two times a battle, lol.
took nephti along some hodgepodge teams against various arena champs, these overall damage buffs are insane, and she ramps up in no time unlike tatlochit's also quite fun that she benefits both patk and eatk
>>1414575the aoe combust also gives her 3 trap points, she gets a passive for 4 trap points on break which is easy thanks to swift triple shot, and her ex 5-hit gives her 5 trap points toobut we just got nephti with like 7 hits forever and even aoe effortlessly, so maybe global will come through again
>>1414897what's the word on how she's expected to compare to upcoming must-pulls like santanos (sp?) or elrica? I've only got about 5.5K rubies so I've been avoiding this one but the hype seems real
JP is getting Nier round 2 and a guaranteed one of either Nier (twink not papa), Kaine or Emil. All look pretty good but I'd prefer Emil.
Last time it was Nier: Automata.Tomorrow JP gets its prequel, Nier: Replicant.Nier - Merchant (Sword/Dark)Kaine - Thief (None?)Emil - Cleric (Tome/Dark)
>only got one nephti before 150ouchu10 isn't a priority right? it'd only save one turn>>1415119who knows, global could buff sazantos/elrica however they feel like, or even not at all
>>1415365Yes, A1 and you can use a pet with BP boost to ult turn 1.
>fiore anecdoteooh>z'aanta's in itoh no>the stupidity music starts playingOH NO
>>1415340HOLY FUCK>no Papa NieRYeah, I know it's because it's Replicant and not Gestalt. Fucking hate Replicant for phasing him out of existence.But I would still the everloving fuck outta Kaine and my boy Emil.Now I have something to look forward to after Sazantos, I pray global lasts long enough to get it.>>1415397OH YES
>>1415417*pull the everloving fuck
>>1415417>I pray global lasts long enough to get itWhy wouldn't it? COTC is doing a decent job of staying above water compared to others games IIRC
>>1415417Pretty sure Papa Nier was American only. The Japanese version was Brother Nier.Weird change though.
>>1415421SE is a fickle mistress.
>>1415340Given NieR can extend break buy a turn with one of his skills, this more or less makes him the single best character released up to this point.
>>1415592ok i am saving for these guys, how long do i have
>>1415604You’re gonna be saving for a long-ass time then. The Nier Replicant characters won’t be out for another year.
>>1415609since my pulls have been straight dog shit i got burned out so i am going into just log in bot for a while, this sounds perfect
>>1415631What is the passive stone income per month anyway? 360?
>>1415634higher than that since every few update theres like a 100 Rubie feat
>>1415643Meant just from logins, no campaigns.
Man, this gameboard upgrade has been great. I've never bothered clearing out the monthly stuff from the three gameboard medal exchanges, but I just cleaned Wealth out with a couple good runs. Just have Fame to do now.>>1415592Holy shit that's unbelievably busted. I guess I'm gonna be skipping the limited Solistia travelers to save up more rubies, my only targets right now are Elrica+Alaune EX, Live a Live and Sazantos+Signa.Speaking of Side Solistia though, are there any travelers from over that that are totally busted?
>>1415678>Sazantos+Signaredpill me on these please. what's their deal and why are they on everyone's list just like bargello? I was going to get him anyway because chosen one turning evil is kino but now I'm curious
>>1415678Temenos and Hikari stand out.
>>1415683I just like the characters, but Sazantos is a strong damage dealer and Signa's a good all stats debuffer I think? Pretty sure I heard with H'aanit EX+Signa you can cap all stats down on all enemies.
>>1415592It's only once per battle and only after 6 turns. You have to actually do the math on how much he's truly brining to the table. I'll compare him to brining morffins instead. Say you have an attacker and the damage they do is represented as 100, they get 3 turns of break damage so the final total is 100+100+100= 300. Say you replace him with Morffins who provides 30% potency up, but doesn't provide an additional break turn so the number would be 100 + 100 + 50 = 250, but then he provides 30% potency up so it's 250 +30% for 325. A gen pool character provides more damage over the course of those three turns and he can do it more than once per battle. If you don't have an ult debuffer then billy would provide 250 +20% for 300 the exact same amount NieR provides. Don't let yourself get swept away by a gimmick there's more than one way to skin a cat in this game.
>you can actually browse the travelers in travelers menu by swiping up down in the status screen without needing to go back to travelers screen everytimeI am a fucking idiot
>>1415683Signa is a fantastic debuffer with a great ultimate. Probably the best.Sazantos isn't as much of a priority as Signa because he's "just" a really really good sword (and light and fire) damage dealer... which is to say he's really good but can be replaced by other damage dealers (it's just harder cause he hits so many weaknesses), but they come together with shared pity so might as well. It's just a really high value banner where you can reasonably expect to get both units before pity with average luck.
>>1416025>really high value banneruntil global splits them again hehehehe
>>1415806This anon's right. People get too excited by the new gimmicks which is why SQEX adds them, to get people to pull. Personally I'm skeptical. It's not good in speedclears because of the 6-turn requirement, but it can only be used once per battle so it's not great in dragged-out fights either. Making your ultimate buffs/debuffs last through 3 turns of breaks also sounds tricky. What about ultimate buffs that don't increase in duration even at level 10? BP management is also an issue. How are you going to max boost attack with all of your units for all three turns?
>>1415691Nice, I remember hearing Hikari's OP now that I think of it. Good to hear there's another busted cleric coming too.
>>1416025>It's just a really high value banner where you can reasonably expect to get both units before pity with average luck.Yeah, like >>1416028 said, it's gonna be two split banners with a shared pity as the format, so f2p will likely have to dump 4500 to (hopefully) get one and then spend the pity on the other one rather than splitting their rubies chasing them across two separate banners. Unless you get super lucky and pull one in your first ten pull, then swap to the other banner.
We will get hammy reward next wednesday, right?
>>1417427Mebbe.
>>1417651Am wilbe fukked ifn't mebbe
>>1413580I finally have enough power fruits to max this lil guy's p.atk, seems like a safe investment since he will always be on someone who wants more p.atk. Still have a few empowers left over and I'll get a few more when he hits level 10 two weeks from now.Is putting the rest in hp after you've maxed their main stat the best way to build pets? As you can see from my pic, I already put some hp into this guy and several other pets to help with my Hammy clear because I noticed some characters were either just barely surviving or just barely dying.>>1417427I believe the stream that announced the Hammy Cup Race said the rewards will be sent out on March 19th, so three Tuesdays from now.
>>1417896>march 19I am done, I will not have enough to pity nephti even if I clear all the remaining game content. Sayonara bros.
>>1417905Fug, RIP. Hopefully I'm wrong about the date then, or you get her from a lucky pull and don't have to complete the pity.
If we’re lucky, we’ll get another new character soon.Rumor has it we’re getting Ninalina and/or Levina within this update. Both are long overdue so here’s hoping for global buffs!
finally took down elite wolf, and managed 5 turns too despite almost turning out catastrophically wrong>this last octo weaknesswow what the hell, time for nephti to shine even more
Just thought of something. We have like...SEVEN Chance Encounters left. That’s it.From Orsterra:>Ninalina - Scholar (Dark)>Lemaire - Dancer (Fire/Ice/Thunder/Wind/Light/Dark)>Ogen - Apothecary (Ice)>Sertet - Hunter (Wind)From Solistia >Grieg - Warrior (Fire)>Morffins - Apothecary (Ice)> Neha - Dancer (Ice/Dark)That’s it. Everything else from here on in is Limited in some capacity.Got a feeling they might either spread these Chance Encounters out or make new ones because we are now 4 months away from Side Solistia, and Part 5 of Octopath Champions of the Continent.
I recently started this game, and am not sure what I should actually be doing.I recently beat all the Fame chapters. Should I focus on the Power and Wealth, or the Traveler stories? I feel aimless in the game.
>>1418531progressing the main stories will unlock more features, so keep pushing as long as you are able. if you hit a wall, then consider working on your team, some equipment maybe, or guiding some new travelerstraveler stories are basically a source of rubies, do them when you need to summon to round out your team, or when you feel like it because they can take a lot of timenephti is a very good target right now if you haven't gotten her already
>>1418531I would start by doing as much of the traveler stories as you’re able to. Then focus on the Nameless Town as well as Elvis’s side story.You’ll also want to do the Emberflame Stories as soon as you can. Getting yourself some Keepers and Divine Beasts will make the game MUCH easier for you.Do as much of the Ultimate Tower as you can as well as any of the Job Towers as your level permits.Then focus on the main Story. When you get to Part 2: Master of All, make DAMN SURE you get through the hunt quests and defeat the Battle Tested Veterans as soon as you can.Oh and make sure that as you travel you find and defeat as many Elite Enemies as you can. They fill up the rooms in the Bonfire Battles.
>>1418541>nephti is a very good target right now if you haven't gotten her alreadyCan you remind me how many pulls gets you a 5 star guaranteed? I have 600 free atm
>>1418558For Travelers of Memory you need 150 fragments. That’s 4500 rubies you’ll be spending for one spark of the featured characters. For the others it’s 200 fragments (6000 rubies).
I know the Hell weapons get the +damage to hallows at rank 4, but does that also apply to any +damage to Hellfiends souls?
>>1418862>I know the Hell weapons get the +damage to hallows at rank 4Whoa, what? So, should I bother with the new heaven weapons, or should I just wait until I can get hell weapons to IV and invest in those?Still feels like fortune weapons are the most relevant, is heaven gonna have content worth minmaxing some heaven weapons for?
>>1418862no, the substat souls don't changeit's also a smaller bonus than arcane, 30% to both whereas arcane gets 40% to hallow>>1418882fortune 3 and arcane 4 are kinda sidegrades imo, pic related this fortune wep has 53 patk/288 eatk, 131 eatk/-150 hp, 131 eatk/-150 hpi like the arcane weps on characters who want two skill lines, and don't need damage limit up or the extra crit from fortune
Tonight will be the night. If there’s a new character coming out, we’ll find out the n Twitter tonight.
>>1418631wait, I didn't know I could spark her already (at ~5,000 rubies). How does she compare with some of the more anticipated characters like sazantos/signa/elrica, assuming they don't get any global buffs?
Ninalanna on Wednesday.
oh ninalana (or nina-lanna now i guess) is a dark scholar? that's kinda cool...except i already have zenia, and ditraina will come before long
>>1419177I guess they'll cycle Levinia and the painter dancer in the next few months?
>>1419177don't forget that zendaya is meechee
>>1419022She’s a good damage dealer for Axe, Staff and Tome. The main thing that was holding her back was her gimmick.Initially you could only get her Cheer-On points by using her Ultimate...which was why you could use it 10 times. This meant you could only get a Cheer-On point every other turn (since her Ultimate Guage automatically filled up 50% every turn).Now she gets a Cheer-On point every TURN, her Ultimate gives her two Cheer-on points so you’re able to exploit her gimmicks even better than JP could.This alone keeps her from becoming an easy skip.
So yeah...Tomorrow we get Nina-Lanna. She’s about 10 months late, has no global buffs to her...and she probably has a Paid Step-Up banner...Anyone gonna pull for her at this point?
>>1419177Zenia doesn't powercreep Nina-Lanna. Zenia doesn't lower dark res at all. and deals similar damage. Without Nina you'll have to bring Primrose and Paula to cap that res. down which isn't great.>>1419184God I hope they don't add LeMAO ever. That one is actually garbage. It's already bad enough that I have to deal with the occasional Yukes and Millard spooks. I actually had Yukes spook me twice with that wealth card during my Bargello pulls.
The one I want is Relicia the Cleric. They better release her during The Ringbearer Chosen 3, even if they have to make her a Global Exclusive.
>>1419403>Anyone gonna pull for her at this point?As a poorfag, I must skip all gen pool characters. I doubt I'll be back up to 4500 for Elrica, so I'm hoping she spooks me in the future. Already planning on using my 2nd anni selector on H'aanit EX. I really hope we get two selectors for second anniversary since it's gacha tradition to try and outdo each previous anniversary.
>>1418531here. This is my current party.Is it better to focus on Limit Breaks or Awakening characters when I happen to come across guidestones?I also feel like I have a lot of Exp nuts. Is there any reason why I shouldn't get my current team to their current max lvl?
>>1419579Definitely do limit breaks with levels. Later on you’ll be hitting the level cap with ease. You wanna max it out as soon as you can, which is why you wanna unlock Hunts as soon as you can.Normal Hunts Expert HuntsOtherworldly HuntsThat’ll get you 15 Character Guidestones a day.
>>1419587Understood. And judging from the reply to my previous post a few days ago, I unlock hunts by pushing main story to the Master of All point?Thanks for all the info. Master of Fame quest was great, I thought. Found Auguste surprisingly dastardly.
>>1419591Yep. When you get to Master of All there’s gonna be subquests that allow you to unlock hunts. You’ll also have the opportunity to unlock expert hunts when you defeat the Battle-Tested Weapon Veteran in each region. They’re level 80 so don’t fret if you can’t beat them right away. Their battle-tested weapons are CRUCIAL to what’s coming up in Part 3.Also the more of Elvis’s story you do the more Otherworldly Hunts you unlock (three of them). They also yield materials to upgrade Elvis. It is a pain in the ass, but it feels oh so good once you get him completed. And the Guidestones you get from the hunts don’t hurt either. The thing that sucks is that you don’t get extra promotional Guidestones from doing Otherworldly Hunts, unless you’re dealing with the Bravely Default characters.
>>1419606>battle-tested weapons are CRUCIAL to what’s coming up in Part 3.NTA but they are? What do you need them for?
>>1419668In Part 3 of the game, you begin forging weapons. The weapons Bestower of Wealth/Power/Fame can be made more powerful, but they’re a pain in the ass to forge. Each weapon has like...four levels to them.Weapon I - Base weapon. Forge with regular materials.Weapon II - Needs Weapon I plus Polishstones & Refinestones Weapon III - Needs Weapon II plus Refinestones & Strenghenstones/SoftenstonesNow getting the Polishstones, Refinestones, Strengthenstones and Softenstones are a pain in the ass since you need to defeat Elite Enemies to get them. Some respawn every 10 hours, others respawn every 20 hours. Be sure to make use of the Tower of Remembrance to cut down on your time.However, keep in mind...the Battle-Tested Weapon is stronger than ALL Weapon III’s. You can get Battle-Tested Weapons by defeating the Veterans...or through Historical Fragments. But Battle-Tested Weapons are ESPECIALLY important because...Weapon IV - Needs Weapon III + Battle-Tested Weapon.Oh and each chapter has its own weapon set.Prologue Bestower of Wealth 1Bestower of Power 1 Bestower of Fame 1Bestower of Wealth 2Bestower of Power 2Bestower of Fame 2I’cirlo FillerBestower of Wealth 3Bestower of Power 3Bestower of Fame 3
>>1419936OH, I'm already past all that shit, I thought you meant we'd need them for some upcoming content. I just went straight to fortune weapons instead of wasting my time on the BoW/BoP/BoF grind.
>>1420004You said you were on Master of All, do I figured Bestower of Wealth/Power/Fame was upcoming in your point of view.Given that Bestower of All pretty much ends next month and Side Solistia starts in about four months it would be nice to know about the new mechanics coming up.
>>1420051As I said above, NTA.
Scored Nina-Lianna in 5 10-pulls. Gonna have to stop there.If my sources are correct, Levina is coming up too. I need to save for her.Anyone notice that they took the time to make Gofeld in the pic. And that he’s a unique sprite? I mean... I would think nothing of it, but they put in Falco’s sister Canary as a playable character so Gofeld is looking like a high possibility.
So I'm kicking myself, but I blew my load on Haanit Ex and did not get her. These fragments I have will expire, correct?What's the best use of them? The bronze guidestone shards?
Does Grade apply in the Adversary Log? >>1420469>These fragments I have will expire, correct?Yes, the tab you clicked on gives you the remaining time before they vanish.
>>1420706Right. Initially it paints the picture as if the ability to spend them expires, as opposed to the currency itself, should the banner ever return.
>>1420469Get EX H’aanit’s Guidestones. 10 fragments for 30 shards is a big deal. That’ll get you 330 H’aanit Guidestones with four leftover to get you Bronze Shards. If you’re not going for the spark, or in your case it’s too late to spark, go for Guidestones instead.>But I didn’t get EX H’aanit!You will. Eventually. EX H’aanit will be a Chance Encounter so when you get her, you’ll have an extra 330 Guidestones to use on her.
>>1420469Boost berries become redundant with how many exp nuts you'll get. Nice boost, but it's not worth getting when there are better options.Bronze shards are barely better than nothing only get them when they're the only option.Excepting the seal, 5* shards are the best. Even if you want to break them down, 30 gold stones = 150 gold shards = 150 Bronze stones = 750 Bronze shards. Comparing 10 fragments = 750 Bronze to10 fragments = 100 Bronze, Guides tones are the best investment in all cases.
>>1420720While I don’t entirely disagree with you, consider this:The Overclass feature is coming sometime next year. With it, all 3-Stars and 4-Stars will be able to Overclass into 5-Stars. Like Ultimates and Torch Points, you’ll be able to gradually make characters into 6-Stars as well.>6-Stars cap at level 100 and max out at level 120.>6-Stars can enhance one of their skills.>6-Stars also gain an EX Skill which can be activated under certain conditions>6-Stars can equip three accessories, rather than just two. Including accessories that are level exclusive.Now consider this: You need over 6,000,000 experience points to go from level 99 to 100. How much experience points are needed to go from 100 to 120?Those boost berries will definitely start coming in handy at that point.
Heard this in the grapevine, but the next banner is gonna beEither Levina or W’ludai/Lars. Both will be coming, it’s a matter of which one is first.[\spoiler].
>>1420846I will OVERCLASS my wife Lucetta
>>1421390Monday night will determine whether or not it’s a new banner.
Just tried the elite tower for the first time. It was not a pleasant experience.
>>1421890Yeah the Elite Tower is no joke. I just managed to get Octomamm to half his health before I got wiped out on my first attempt. I probably would’ve been able to do more if not for the fact that bastard knocked out Krauser before he could use his Ultra Spear moves.
Finally got my five free pets to level 10, what are your builds on them bros? Really wish resetting refunded the fruits you spend, it sets you back by like a month if you want to change them around for a specific battle which is shit for tweaking hp or speed.My black-and-white cat is max p.atk and the rest in hp, seemed like an easy choice.People keep advising to max e.atk on pets that heal, so I guess the white cat and the brown cat should have maxed e.atk and the rest in hp? Though I noticed the brown (visually orange) cat's p.atk is naturally larger than its e.atk.The white rabbit has very high speed, so I'm thinking of just maxing its speed so I'll have a SPD pet to make one character definitely be able to go first and the rest of its points will go to hp as usual since some fights I find I need just a silver more hp to not die.That leaves the black cat...SP maybe for characters that need extra SP or are focused purely on SP, such as Fiore EX and Alaune EX?There's still a ton of endgame content I haven't cleared, so any advice from you more experienced fellas who've beaten everything would be appreciated, please and thanks.
I see there's a limited time mission for beating Herminia in the codex at rank 1. How high do the missions go?
>>1422511it's just the rank 1 mission
>>1422529Oh nice, I can manage that easily enough. Thanks.
can emu work again yet?
After months of waiting, Levina is finally confirmed.Time to grab this sexy redhead! Only four more Travelers of Memories left!plus three Caits...
>>1422810“Gimme back my keys, bitch!”
Guess what guys?Octopath Champions of the Continent is FINALLY releasing a global exclusive character! IN CHINA!Yay...?
>>1422812To Levina's rape dungeon with you>>1422890What the FUCK? Didn't even know there was a Chinese server.
>>1422902There will be. This is being done to celebrate the release of the Chinese server which I believe is coming in May.
>>1422890no fucking way it's literally ching chong
>>1422890it's kinda sad that every game needs to do this to get all that playerbase and money, and every time the designs are the same boring stuff
After seeing how run down China is, how fucked up its people are and how catastrophically communist their society is, it makes me wonder how they able to find time to play a mobile game, let alone spend money on it.
>login>sweep nameless town and collect dailies>10 rubies from mail>watch 5 ads>logout
>>1422995Left out>0 elite fragments
>>1423023Batch 1:+20 Historic Fragments+30 Bronze Wisdom OrbsBatch 2:+20 Bronze Wisdom Orbs+30 Bronze Guidestones+10 Memory Shards+1 Boost BerryThe occasional boost berry if fine, but elite fragments are a once-in a month myth.
>>1422995hey on the other hand, dailies are like 1% of your actual playtime in the long runwhen you feel like playing, you can really sink a lot of time
The Wisdom Orbs are the biggest pain in the ass to get. Especially when you’re trying to level up all your 4-Stars and 3-Stars.
>>1423115>insane man spouts gibberish
>>1423115I've been in dire need of gold wisdom orbs forever
>>1423123Enjoy your 5/week!
Are any of the guaranteed 5 star characters worth it if I pulled Theo as my MC and didn't do reroll shenanigans? I did buy Promme. Figured a cleric for 3 bucks wasn't offensive.
>>1423133>Theo as starter>Didn't reroll>Bought PrommeYou should just start over.
>>1423133those are all starter characters so they're fairly outdated. you can make em work if you like em, but you can earn a lot of solid characters toopromme's fine because you literally can't get him otherwise at least
>>1423161I bought Promme and the $7 pass. I'm too far gone>>1423170I had read some things about Viola and Lynette being pretty strong, so was wondering if either were worth purchasing. I currently have Theo, Therion, Chloe A1, Ophilia, Kouren, Promme and Sirisa.
>>1423171At this point? Go ahead and get them. At least you’ll have them in your party. Lynette is an excellent buffer and Viola’s an excellent debuffer.
Scored big on my final Step-Up. Chloe (A3) and Levina (A1). Also managed to get Primrose (Recycled) too.Next banner’s not gonna be as exciting...I already have Lars at A3 and W’ludai is Completed....so I’m gonna save for Canary next.
>>1410164>wanted to pull 2 paid steps to hopefully get the babe>instead got this and shat my pantsNow i understand why they call it “spook”Got Harley on the second step so I stopped, now i have 2 stones for the clown. Use them or shard them for the keepers?
>throw a 10 pull at Levinia >get her and Olberic (new)pretty cool Now at 4.2k so should have enough to pity Elrica/AlruneX next month.
>>1423349Just use them. Get your clown friend to A2 and beyond. And worry about recycling Awakening Stones into fragments once you’ve completed him.
>>1423349i have a few regrets from characters i awakened and never actually used, or eventually benched. there's lots of sources for good accessories elsewhere tooimo do his story, and if you really like him then go ahead and awaken him
>>1423363Are you sure 4.2k will be enough and not 6k
>>1423648It’s 150 fragments to spark a traveler of Memory on his/her banner which is about 4500 rubies (3600 paid).If it’s a traveler outside the featured banner, then it’s 200 fragments which is 6000 rubies (4800 paid).Pic related is Levina’s featured banner but it’ll apply to Elrica/EX Alaune on their banner as well.
>>1423658I forgot about that, neat. Thanks anon, in that case you're totally right. Too bad I'm at 3.1k after today's couple of rolls
>>1423660You probably have a month and a half minimum, given it seems likely they'll drop the sisters with BoA8.
Finally finished the latest story chapter. That final fight was one hell of a slug-out. Went in blind with my swiss army knife main story team, realized I was ill-equipped for the second set of weaknesses, built a more specialized team (forget to bring Nephti dammit) and beat it. Great time, now to try and grind up some of the new armor and such until the next chapter. Next main goal: finally get Feintz' sword from the top of the Ultimate tower. Should be a piece of cake these days.>>1423662nta but I really hope so, I only have managed to get 900 rubies since Nephti took 'em all.
Is there a way to see when and where you spent rubies? I purchased the Grand Explorer pass, but am not sure if I got the paid rubies.
Just noticed the arcane soul weapons have 4 rainbow slots; that's got to be the best (non-fortune) soul weapon so far, right? Or is there some other reason to choose between them?
>>1424911Sadly multiples of the same Skill % Up do not stack.
>>1424923balls, i was hoping there would be at most a 30% cap
>>1424926Yeah I only found out after spending getting it perfect. Utter travesty, not indicated anywhere in the game despite stacking rules usually being clearly demarcated.
>>1424933>>Yeah I only found out after spending getting it perfect*spending an hour getting a single skill boosted twice to almost perfect %
Levina gave me a good run:>Primrose (Recycled)>Chloe (A3)>Lionel (A4)>Bargello (Completed)>Solon (A2)>Alfyn (A4)and of course...>Levina (A3)I hope Canary treats me well too.
I feel like I'm starting to get bodied. I'm at Master of All Ch3, and am not able to beat the Black-Clad Shadow for the Emberflame quest after getting my first divine beast.I'm not strong enough to attempt the Expert Hunts I just unlocked either.With a 70, a 60, and the rest early 50s, I feel like it must be my equipment that is hindering me. How do I approach getting better equipment at this point?
>>1425185If it’s equipment, just grind a bit until your team gets the latest gear.If you’re still having trouble at that point, do another chapter. I’m pretty sure that the Emberflame boss is level 30 though. Also, don’t forget to do your daily dose. Exp grind and do your hunts. And make sure you’ve done the Elvis story too.
>>1425185>I'm not strong enough to attempt the Expert Hunts I just unlocked either.You absolutely should be, I was killing those in my 50s. Grind the boards and get a Fortune weapon for each of your main DPS and spec their stats to match their skillset.
>>1424923Damn, this is really good to know thanks>>1424933Sorry I had to learn it from such misfortune on your part
>>1425191>If it’s equipment, just grind a bit until your team gets the latest gear.Latest gear from the Smithy? I haven't bought any gear, rather just used items I've picked up or gotten from Path actions.The quest is lvl 50, and he has a pretty high amount of shields. Thinking I might need to change up my party to tackle it, since I've been using a "one team fits all" approach which has worked up until now, but clearly isn't cutting it now.
>>1425273If it’s Master of All you’re dealing with then Chapter 3 should still be piss easy at this point, even though they ramp up the levels from 20 to 65. Even more so if you have level 50 characters in your party.Is your one-team-fits all balanced? Does it cover all 14 weaknesses? If not, you might need to start replacing some people. If you have 5-Stars, replace the 4-Stars. Period,The difficulty starts to get more serious once you reach Master of All chapter 8. Make sure you’ve got ALL your teammates equipped with Meteor Gear and is at least level 65.As for the boss of Emberflame 1, you really shouldn’t be struggling against her. Not at level 50. But if you still are:>Make sure your equipment is up to date. And make sure all 8 of your party members are wearing it.>Re-Evaluate your team. If a well-balanced team doesn’t work, get one that focuses on the boss’s weaknesses.>Time your breaks. Remember that breaks only last on the turn it happened and the turn afterwards so ideally bring your enemy’s shields to 1 before you execute the break in order to maximize the damage.>Remember that debuffs are your friend. Lower your enemy’s attack to reduce your damage. Lower his defense to deal more damage to him and end the battle quickly.>Oh and don’t forget to pull for new travelers. The more you have, the better you can customize them.
Finally getting around to doing all of the "defeat 100 of enemy x" feats. Is there really only one alluring barrette I or are there multiple / a tier II to make this go faster?
>>1425600i think here is one in the exchanges
>>1425842There isn't; that's the repellant barrette II.
>need to build another damage cap weaponthe new chapter can't come soon enough, that weapon set's souls are so much better than stalwart
What the FUCK do I do with Bronze/Silver/Gold Guidestones?
>>1426970Increase level caps for 3/4/5 stars chars respectively and upgrade ultimate abilities.
>>1426993Is it ever a good idea to spend the silver on awakening 4 stars?
>>1427002Sure it is. Don’t worry too much about it. Silver and Bronze Guidestones are easy to come by and if you rub short you can always pull a banner for more, use the exchange or a combination of both.
>>1427002It is best to use your silver stones on awakening 4* characters to awakening III so you can get their awakening IV accessory by buying their Awakening Stone from the exchange (which are in various places, some in the gameboard exchanges, some in memory shard exchanges, some in heroic exchanges, however NOT from the Awakening Shard exchange [yeah I know]).
>>14270464-Star Awakening Stones not appearing in the Awakening Stone Exchange is a good thing. If they did, getting them would be painful. I’m just glad I’ve got 52,000 awakening Stone Shards squirreled away.
>>1427205>I’m just glad I’ve got 52,000 awakening Stone Shards squirreled away.I've got like 500 but I'm only on day 80.
Did anyone get their Hammy cup race rubies today who made a video submission? I got the community rewards but not my personal ones and that has never happened before. I was worried there was an issue with my form submission all month and I think that might have been the case. I didn't want to try and submit the form twice because they said I could be my submission voided and even be banned if I tried submitting multiple times.
>>1427304I got mine, you might have to reach out to them.
>>1427309Fucking hell, I need those 300 rubies desperately. Thanks bro, gonna contact support. Wish I could DM them on twitter where I posted my vid but it says I need to pay for premium X and fuck that.
>>1427310Best of luck.
Did first step of Lars/W'ludai, got nothing. The bastards at SQEX did it again, they successfully baited me.
>>1427312Thanks bro. 12 hours ago I got an automated reply from support saying they'd received my inquiry, hope I can hear back from a human being soon. Though it makes me nervous, given the last time I contacted Square Enix support (it was for a different mobile game), they refused to help me and politely told me to go fuck myself. I wish I could just contact Square Enix Limit directly. He's the COTC community manager, the black guy from the streams, who personally handles each of the cup race submissions. Does anyone know how to reach him? Does this game have an official discord, or just a fan one?>>1427507Sorry to hear bro, that used to be me. I got burned too many times by the 100 free rubies pull and this time, even though I'm still missing Lars, I resisted. You can resist next time too!And on a totally unrelated note to those replies, does anyone know if they've fixed the bugged gold guidestones from the codex yet? I still haven't claimed them, but I'm wondering if it's just the gold guidestones that are a reward from completing a certain number of traveler stories, or if it's ALL gold guidestones in the codex. Specifically, pic related. I was clearing some boss fights in the adversary log to get myself more summons, when I noticed some bosses don't give summons and instead reward 100 gold guidestones for beating their rank 3 fight. Has anyone here claimed these guidestones and can you attest that these ones aren't bugged? I'd really like to know, since there are rubies beyond these fights that require you to claim the pictured gold guidestones first.
>>1427878claimed hammy's guidestones the other day, watched it eat my normal ones still. but I'm at ex1 at least for every adversary, and hammy only ate the equivalent of her 100 log guidestones, so if the normal ones from log were bugged for some reason it should've eaten more than that, but it didn'ti think their interim solution has been all those daily guidestones we've been getting
>>1427878>does anyone know if they've fixed the bugged gold guidestones from the codex yet?They're never going to.
>>1427878>Has anyone here claimed these guidestones and can you attest that these ones aren't bugged?Those work normally.
>>1427896>>1427978So these ones are safe? Nice, thanks guys
I wish this game had PvP
>>1427878It's just the band log guidestones that are bugged, the rest is fine.
>>1428096You really don't
guys you didnt tell me there was a gertrude cup!!
>>1428290Read your notices bro
>>1428290Speaking of cup races, Square Enix Customer Support got back to me about my borked Hammy submission and, as I feared, they told me they couldn't help me at all.>for further assistance regarding the 'Cup Race' rewards, you will need to reach out to the moderators on the respective platform you have posted the video on. We understand that you have sent a message awhile ago but would ask of you to reach out once more. Please note that the moderators on X would be able to assist further with this concern.So they basically told me to go try screaming into the void. Do they want me to contact twitter mods who have no idea what a cup race is? I think they're trying to tell me to message whoever runs the official COTC twitter for help, but maybe they don't realize you can't DM someone on twitter who isn't following you unless you pay for X Premium. Does anyone know a way to contact SQEX_Limit? I'll try tweeting (Xing? I don't know what you call it on X) at them but considering they completely ignored it last time, I'm likely shit out of luck. Now I'm scared to try submitting my Gertrude clear if this is how they handle any issues related to the cup races.
>>1428664try on facebookbeen working everytime for me and i am a retard
>>1429143Thanks, I tried doing my Gertrude submission on X one last time and this time it worked perfectly and I got some screenshot evidence that my "response has been recorded" so this one should work. If it doesn't work out, I'll try facebook next time. Still hope I can get my 300 Hammy rubies though, I'm desperate to restock after Nephti took everything from me. If you guys ever get issues with receiving your Cup Race rewards, remember that contacting customer support will get you nothing and only the guys who handle the X and Facebook accounts matter.
i think this game has completely ruined other turn based RPG gachas for me
>>1429702the bar is pretty low, to be fair
>>1429702combat is sweet, but everything else is kinda shit
>>1429702I never liked the other Gachas to begin with.By the way, who’s ready for Canary next week?
>>1429702I just hate how anemic the side content is. There's the main story, character quest and absolutely nothing else. Meanwhile AE, the game it mimics, has fifty billion side episodes, fifty or so free characters, multiple gameplay modes and all on a much smaller budget.It just isn't that creative.
>>1430191I honestly think the stingy gacha is part of what makes the combat good, if it were easier to get all the OP characters the combat would be too easy and you wouldn't have to think through the strategy as much.
>if it were easier to get all the OP charactersThe problem isn't getting characters, it is getting five fucking dupes.
>>1430418let someone make combat easy if they want to, not everyone is good at games nor wants the same level of challengeas long as the lower end of characters are usable, then people can self-impose challenge and use their favorites too
>>1428664Discord might be your only option.>>1430269Funny that you should mention the multiple gameplay modes because a lot of people think that's unnecessary bloat. COTC doesn't have that big a budget allocated to it either but I otherwise agree.
>>1430269AE?
>>1432188Another Eden, I guess?
>>1431394Speak for yourself, it's easy to go 80+ pulls without a five star, let alone the featured one on banner or something that isn't a year one dupe.
Tomorrow’s the next Tavern Talk which features the 2.9.0 update (can’t believe there isn’t a 2.8.1 update)Here’s what we can expect based on the Roadmap:>Emberflame Story 2: Featuring Dogs>Another batch of Special Tasks>Elite Tower 3: Featuring Audrey II>Another batch of Adversary Battles: Featuring Tytos >Canary from the Sacred Blaze given the full Nephti treatment is highly likely.Anything else beyond that point is extra.
how good is that new memory traveler? had about 900 rubies and got her on 300 pull
>>1432886Levina? She’s serviceable. But she got released too late so there’s others that outclass her.
>>1431690>Discord might be your only option.Link? I'm getting desperate here. I noticed the twitter team actually replied to another person's similar issue under the Hammy cup race tweet on March 19 so I thought "oh, they're going down the line because this guy having a problem with his Hammy cup rewards has his post right next to mine and they will actually reply to me next" but no, a week later and they've continued to ignore my attempts to reach out in the manner customer service advised me to.
kek, Canary has received "significant" buffs.If only this game gave enough rubies to pull for anything other than the occasional OP limited character every few months.
Whales winning as always, that's a shit load of buffs for Canary. Best shield cracker in the game and her ult now also gives Solon's potency up but instead of it being +100% to one ally it's 50%...to all eight party members!
Devs still working on the guidestone bug. No date yet, but they said a notice will come out in game and it'll be fixed in a future update then it'll be safe to use the bugged guidestones.
Did the virtual equivalent of waiting in the parking lot and catching someone on the way to their car as Square Enix continues to ignore my Hammy cup race rewards issue. Managed to convince one of the guys from today's Tavern Talk to whisper me over Twitch. This is what they got back to me with:>Yes, Unfortunately, it seems the form was not filled out. In order to be fair to players who've had similar issues, we cannot give out the rewards. We apologize for the inconvenience. If you do run into a similar problem, please do reach out during the entry period on our socials (X or FB) and we will be able to take care of the issue in order to avoid it happening again. Thank you for your understanding!So in other words: fuck you, you get nothing. They're stating that anyone who has this issue is not going to get anything, so they have to make sure to give me nothing and zero assistance so that we're all screwed over fairly. They even had the gall to advise me to reach out on X if this issue happens during the event period in the future, which is exactly what I did back on Feb 14th and was ignored.I really wish Square Enix didn't have their hooks in so many IPs I love, it sucks giving them money. They aren't getting another dime for this game though.
>>1434362Wait what, did you not fill out the form?
>>1434546I did. As explained further up itt, I filled out the form, hit submit, screen changed (more like a refresh like when you don't fill in a mandatory field but everything was filled in fine), and I was wary of mashing the submission button multiple additional times because they warn us that they'll void your rewards and ban your account if you attempt multiple submissions from the same account. I covered that base too though and decided to be safe rather than sorry by immediately leaving them on message on X back on Feb 14 asking them to message me if there turned out to be any issues with my form submission whatsoever. I assumed everything was fine because they never contacted me (which is something I've actually seen them do on X with other players, including on the Hammy cup race post itself). Turns out they had just ignored my message and now it's too late according to them.
>>1434584Sucks dude but time to let it go.
>>1434602Yeah, working on that now. Just hope I don't come up 300 rubies shy of getting Elrica in the future.
>>1434604How big is your pile? I just hit 4.5k after burning some on successful yolo rolls on Hannitex and Nephti. No Solon though.
>>14346231500, sadly. Nephti set me down to zero. The stream today showed we have at least 3 weeks, and I think I might have close to 1000 in traveler stories to do. Still have the lv100 Hell NPCs to do too, so there's probably around 1000 in hard content I've yet to beat.
Oh shit, some good news in the end after all. Good enough that it flipped this mess on its head.Limit himself just messaged me on twitter to say he found my submission for the Hammy cup and my rewards should be coming "soon!". Jeez, then what was up with that twat on Twitch stonewalling me? I could tell from his demeanour on stream that if I could just talk to this guy, the one who personally takes care of all our cup race submissions, he'd be able to handle things. I guess the takeaway is, never try to do things through the main customer service mooks and do whatever you can to get in direct contact with the person who actually handles the matter.
>>1434641Curious, who was the guy who replied to you earlier? Glad to hear it worked out.
>>1434656Thanks! They didn't identify themselves, it was the Twitch account simply named "Square Enix". I think any of the community managers can use that account if they want, but they also have their own personal accounts they use like "sqex_dan". I'm actually not sure if it was even one of the two Octopath community managers based on the messages they were sending me. The person spoke much more like a customer service rep with canned lines and replies whereas the messages I just got on X from Limit himself felt more "real" in their conversational tone while still be professional enough. It was someone who had access to the cup race info because they confirmed my Gertrude submission is fine but my Hammy one wasn't there (Limit said he found it though), though they didn't even realize which cup race I was talking about until I mentioned it was the Hammy cup two or three times to them.
>>1434660Ah, makes sense. I've seen Dan and Limit before and they're absolutely much more personable.
For those who didn’t see the Tavern Talk here’s a quick summary:3/27 - Canary the Sacred Blaze traveler (and Falco’s sister). Emberflame Story 2(4 Dogs and Divine Beast, Lykaos). Adversary Battles of Tytos, Sonia, Delvecchio, Aide and Lykaos, Elite Tower Floor 34/03 - Ophilia/Z’aanta Banner4/10 - Lemaire. 2 more cats. Adversary Battles of Auguste, Gomel and Judah.Be sure to complete Master Tower Floor 2 for a Veteran’s Seal and Elite Tower 3 for up to 200 rubies.Next Tavern Talk is on 4/22. Assuming that the final Chapter of Bestower of All is on 4/25.
>>1434169>already lost them all by trying to sell them and crashing the gameGlad to know some people will get to use them at least...
Here are a list of Canary’s changes.
>>1434826Just be sure to replace “Canary Fakes” with “Thief’s Evasion “.
>>1434826Loving how global buffs are always amazing now as opposed to the early ones with Lional, Nicola and Mulrusso. This are so good. Makes me really wish I had the rubies to spare for this banner, especially since I've had to skip every Sacred Blaze banner other than the very first one with Odette. Maybe I should do a cheeky ten pull...
What sort of catch-up mechanics are in CotC for players who start from the beginning around now?Also, what is the expected time to go from the creation of a new account to the current place in the main story, either in JP or EN?
Not bad for just 800 rubies.
>>1435087but i like nicola and molrusso. it is honestly pretty nice that they got 3x shield hit instead of just a normal 3x dagger, and 3x wind instead of a normal wind hit though>>1435875they added a weakness to the master of fame/wealth/power bosses but aside from that your catch up mechanic is using new characters which are significantly stronger, and keepers which are another power boost. there's also tons of freebies these daysit's hard to gauge the time because of which but it will honestly a lot of hours
So what are you guys naming your dogs? I've got Barky and Guardy thus far.
>forgot to do Gertrude cup>300 for canary, nothing of course:/How many new pets are there? I still haven’t max level the previous ones yet
>>14360354
>>14360354 Keepers at the start of the Emberflame Story, then two more later on.
>>1436035There are about 4 more in the exchange, but you need awakening stones + their respective traveler to unlock themLinde - HaanitHagen - ZaantaLulu - LoloDunno what's the sheep name - Solon
>>14361945. Forgot about Maafa , Tatloch pet.
Based Limit, my Hammy cup rewards arrived today with the maintenance compensation in the new update.My cheeky ten pull for Canary got me nothing, and I failed my Will save to resist trying again...ended up getting 4.5* Canary in 50 pulls! My first Sacred Blaze traveler since Odette way back in the day. Also got a 4.5* Ophilia dupe along the way. I've been shoving her dupes into awakenings instead of U10 like everyone says, so she was already A3 before this dupe. I had to choose between getting her A4 accessory and U10. Went with U10. I made the right choice, right? Probably should've asked before spending it.>>1436035>I still haven’t max level the previous ones yetIf you can, try to incorporate killing the following 3 caits into your dailies: the snowy cait east of Flamesgrace, the copy of that snowy cait on the second floor of bonfires of battle in the frostlands section, and the chubby cultured cait (or whatever the highest tier "normal" cait is called) in the Isle of Caits in the Middlesea. That should net you around a million extra exp for your pets a day. By doing that and putting the pets on my hunt team and cait ads, I was able to max out all the free cats and the free rabbit we got from the first pet batch weeks ago, sometime last month iirc.
>>1436211Don’t forget about the Black Dragon. That’s like 250,000 experience right there.
PSA: once you have the four new doggos, make sure to use "inquire further" on Mist, the little cat sitting next to the cait cleric in the Sacred Spring. This will cause two new collection points to spring (pun unintended) up, effectively tripling your daily stat fruit gains for your pets.I was surprised to discover today after getting them yesterday that for some reason, the guy in Nameless Town who fetches all your daily stuff did not automatically collect from these two additional collection points, only the first one. It's probably bugged like how when Emberflame Story first got added and he didn't automatically grab the collection point there, so make sure to pop into the spring every day until they fix this.And on the topic of empowering pets with stat fruits, I was pleasantly surprised to see we can raise their stat caps even higher with each new divine beast we get. I had been wondering why game8's pet raising guide recommends to max all pets' hp to 500, then pick ATK or EATK and raise it to 50, then adjust speed as needed and if there's any room left, give them some SP. We only had enough room to max a single stat and slightly raise one other at first, but now it all makes sense.>>1436529Oh yeah, I forgot to mention it 'cause I already do it every day anyway. The drop rate for that accessory must be crazy low, I've only gotten it twice since the dragon released.
Pulled ToT
>>1437449Nice
i wasn't expecting the emberflame story so start off so hilariouslyi love ditraina, can't fucking wait for her
>>1438963The end with the divine beast is fantastic too. Really good Emberflame update. I'm looking forward to the cait cleric, I don't know JP even has her yet.
>>1439332JP has gone isla -> kilns -> riquedunno why they skipped feintz, but yeah aviete's not there yet either and now we have the mysterious thief cait too
This Sacred Blaze banner has been PURE SEX! I’ve sparked characters to A4, but never have I gotten so far with a character, that they are past the point of Sparking (I ended up sparking Zenia instead)>Cardona (A3)>Dorothea (A3)>Joshua (A4)>Olberic (Recycled)>EX H’aanit (A3)>Tithi (A3)>Zenia (A4)>Canary (Completed)This is by far, the best I’ve ever done on a banner! Bless the Sacred Blaze!
I just used the pile of gold guidestones we've been getting to finish uncapping Nephti and Prim EX and I realized after my current batch of 8 in my hunt team, I only have 7 other 5 stars to uncap and my roster is done.So I gotta ask: does leveling up to six star cost more of a character's guidestones, or does it use something else? Because if it requires more, than I should probably start accumulating spare guidestones for my best characters, right? And if it doesn't, I guess the best play is to just stick 8 random five stars in the hunt team and break down their spare stones to get generic gold guidestones for future five stars.
>>1439900Simple answer: No.It doesn’t matter what Class your character is as 3-Star, 4-Star or 5-Star. You need 2000 Guidestones to break the level cap and you can only do it by 20 levels.If you class your character up, that cap is raised by another 20 levels.So let’s say you have a 5-Star. His level caps at 80. But if you use the Guidestones, you’ll be able to max out his level at 100.When you Overclass that character, he caps out at 100 and the Guidestones you use will have his max level increased to 120.So it doesn’t matter whether you use the Guidestones now or later. 3-Star: Caps at 40, Max at 604-Star: Caps at 60, Max at 805-Star: Caps at 80, Max at 1006-Star: Caps at 100, Max at 120So let’s say you have a 5-Star and you increase his level cap to 90. When you Overclass him to a 6-Star, that level cap will now be 110. You will still need another 1540 Guidestones to push that cap up another 10 levels to 120.
>>1440109Ohhh, so it's retroactive like when classing up a 4.5*. So once I've spent those 2k getting them from 80 to 100, they'll already be set to pop right up to 120. Nice, thank you very much. Guess my hunts will just be farming unnecessary stones to break down into universal ones then.
>>1440113If you’ve maxed out a character’s level you don’t need to put him into hunts anymore. Switch out to another character and get his/her Guidestones so that you can max out that person’s level.
The Atlasdam bartender is the richest man in all of Orsterra.
>>1440118The issue I'm talking about is not having anyone's level left to max. I've maxed all 4 stars, all 3 stars and have 15 more 5 stars to go (my current hunt team of 8 plus 7 more). So once everyone's maxed I'll just be farming extra stones to trade in for universal stones to help any future characters I pull.>>1440843I regret succeeding on that 1% chance.
>>1441886Don't forget about Ultimates. 65 guidestones for 5*s to go from U1 -> U9, 115 for 3* & 4*s to go from U1 -> U10. Band log has given me the stones to max ultimates for 90% of my roster, if I actually had the bronze and silver orbs to do them all.Other than that, 5*s give the most value in the shard economy for gold, silver and bronze shard exchanges.
>>1441886I wish I had that problem.The hunts are a slow go with like 15 Guidestones a day for 8 people. It takes a long-ass time to get people to 100, assuming you aren’t using Universal Guidestones to speed up the process a bit.
Is there a recommended way around the debuffs in the 3rd elite tower boss' ultimate? My first thought is that theo might actually be useful again but that just seems too improbable to be true
>>1442571Break fast so he doesn't ult.
Just passed 400k power.What do your band logs look like?
>>1443295
>>1443295i should level up more people eventually
>>1443295Here’s mine. Gonna try to make more of an effort to bust the other level caps.Getting wisdom orbs for ultimates is the biggest bitch in this game.
>>1443295>>1443348>>1443677>>1443849lol i had no idea i could get guidestones from this screen and now my entire team is one level cap higher, thx
I want pvp NOW
>>1444890We'd been talking about a glitch with those guidestones for weeks, how did you not know about them?
>>1444999Absolutely not. Also fairly impossible, given there is no "player side" break mechanic.
Gonna try elite training floor 2 today to get ready for those limited time missions coming this Wed I think.Any tips for the kraken? There's no clears online I can follow, they always use 3+ characters I don't have.
>>1445345if you have some source of dodge and can ensure that person gets hit, it'll immensely help against kraken's row switching shenanigans, which come in both physical and elemental. the fight's not too bad otherwise as long as you have high shield focus, sometimes you need to tank its ult so be sure to heal mid-round just in case
Just recently started playing havent spent any of my rubies yet. Quite confused by the gacha system and which banner/s I should be pulling on?
>>1445478Nothing huge on banner at the moment, though Canary's useful plus her banner has some other useful, strong travelers like Leon and that chick whose name starts with "Z". Has the most expensive pity in the game though.I'd avoid the Lars/W'ludai banner. The Ophilia/Z'aanta banner does look kinda useful for a brand new player as Ophilia covers everything you'd want in a cleric to support your team with heals and defensive buffs, but it's a general pool with no limited travelers so you might grab them by accident while going after the limited travelers, which are the real game changers. Yeah, I'd probably only try for Ophilia if you're rerolling, and it sounds like you're not.tl;dr current banners are meh, hold tight if you can. It takes a long time to accumulate enough rubies and you want to hit at least 4500 then wait for a good Memory Traveler banner.
>>1445499Thanks thats the exact info I needed.
>>1445457Thanks for the tips, this thing seems loads easier than the wolf (which took me over 10 teams). It was always hitting me for peanuts except for the ultimate, which I only saw once per run and even then it was hitting for less than 50% of my guys' hp.Two runs got me this far, so after the free heal tonight from weekly reset, I'll hopefully kill it on my third and get all the rewards. That last set of weaknesses is scary though, if I don't kill it with spears (which is really just Roland, my spears suck) then I might need a 4th team.>>1445519No problem, someone else'll probably give you a breakdown on the types of banners and more in-depth advice if you need it. How far are you in the game? Progressing main story until you unlock hunts is the first thing you wanna rush, 'cause those are a really nice daily boost of power.
Oh wait, durr, dagger weakness is right there. Gonna give that octopus an A2/Bargello/Therion rape train.
>>1445559Only like 2 hrs in so I could still re roll if I wanted too. I think I did okay though I got the dancer chick starter and then a 5star pirate guy from those 10 novice rolls. So will probably just play through story and save up my resources.
>>1445638Pirate guy? What's his name?
Scratch all my optimsm from last night, I fucking hate this TENTACLED NIGGER! Elite training continues to the most rage-inducing content they've released for this game. It's the same problem as the wolf, I get him down to a tiny bit of red and now he's unkillable. My dagger team is stacked, but once the final weakness bar appears, everything grinds to a halt. To be so close and yet infinitely far from the three team clear for the 150 rubies is beyond infuriating. Does anyone know the exact pixel he hits 20% at.
4 teams...so close to 3. My shame and rage is immeasurable. At least it's over, I'm not going back for the rubies until 2025 with whatever powercreep next year brings.>inb4 why didn't you reset if you were so close to killing it in 3This was by far the closest I came in any of my runs after spending hours of time and sanity on this awful mess of a fight. Better to put it behind me and come back when I'm stronger when the upcoming limited time ruby missions only require a clear no matter how many teams used.Fuck, the flower is up next and everyone says it's the worst boss in this tower by a country mile.
>>1445719Joshua .. The sprite was pretty misleading he is not actually a pirate .Ended up re rolling a couple of times anyway as I just wanted to get some characters I liked the look of more. Feel like I got quite lucky with my pulls.Starter was Sofia who I hear is not very good but I like her design. On my 10 pull with the novice shards I got. 5 star therion , 5 star hasumi , 4 star haanat, 4 star haanat dancer , 4 star dancer starter chick . Then used 100 rubies on the Ophelia banner and got 4 star tressa hunter version. Now I can finally start playing ...
>>1446011>JoshuaWhen you play through his story, you will not only confirm that he is not a pirate but will learn some surprising things about him by the end of the story that you may not have anticipated
>>1446011Therion's great, he'll serve you well. Hasumi'll be quite useful to you with defensive buffs and heals. H'aanit EX (dancer)'s also great, really good debuffer and the gen pool character I wish I had the most out of the ones I'm still missing. Lynette's (the dancer starter chick) also still great for offensive buffs. Speaking of Lynette, if you ever get a second copy of her DON'T AWAKEN HER! Instead, use the awakening stone the dupe gives you to bring her ultimate to level 10. Tressa EX (hunter) is sadly quite bad but still better than 4 star hunters even if she's stuck at 4 star for you for now.Speaking of those 5 stars you pulled at 4 star, once you unlock hunts you will have a tiny chance to pull the gold seal you need to class them up to 5 stars, but the best way to get those is from the job towers. Not sure when you'll unlock those, but they offer a guaranteed source of those gold class up seals.Joshua's reliant on his RNG passive to be great, but he'll at least serve you well as a 5 star warrior, and him plus Sofia means you should be able to handle any ice weak bosses in the story for a while.
How are you guys handling the 3rd elite tower boss when it gets below 60% health, specifically when it provokes its party into attacking one of your party? Can you override or water down its provoke with a provoke of your own, or do you just stack your front row with exclusively tanky chars?
>>1446548I did it in three attempts using three different tanks, Hannit ex, then Serenoa then Fiore ex. Both serenoa and Fiore died on me part way through so the key to victory wasn't surviving with a bulky front line it was doing a lot of damage. I had 9 turns left on my third attempt when I got the kill but Fiore died the turn before the break at that point so I was cutting it close.
>vet seal>got Prim EX (not a dupe)breddy cool
>>1446885Incredible get bro, congrats on your luck!I got my first Aedelgard dupe. She seems to be all about her ultimate, so I guess I'll bring her to U10 instead of A1. Still haven't used her though.
Today I learned while doing the emberflame story quest to get Nyauguste that you can rewatch the credits for the Master storylines and the Bestower storylines by going to the theatre in Theatropolis.
Holy shit, the other cat requires you to complete floor 3 of elite training?! Jesus. Well, that's not happening this week. I guess the strat based on its weaknesses is to use a spear team, a sword team then finish with daggers, but my only really good spear is Roland.
>>1446918>Holy shit, the other cat requires you to complete floor 3 of elite training?!Lmao not happening ever for me. That shit is too tedious.
Spear team managed to knock off 25% of the damn plant. Might pick away at it to see if I can hit another threshold before weekly reset, otherwise I'll wait for the free roster heal before heading to the halfway point. Just gotta clear it, number of teams/attempts doesn't matter.
>The day had arrived.>Read Isla’s mail>Read the News>Speak to my pet errand boy>Pull for Lemaire.>Nothing>Pull for Lemaire again.>Still nothing.>Why am I not getting Lemaire?>Oh yeah! I forgot to watch her Intro Memoir>Watch Lemaire’s Intro.>Pull for Lemaire.>That did the trickHopefully next week gives us a good banner. But chances are we’ll be waiting for TWO weeks for things to get good.
neat, thanks free seal
>>1447226I got her from it too, enjoy your SP-hungry princess.
I got Aedelgard a while ago, but haven't used her. It's a heavy cost for a move that'll just ram cap anyways. Seriously, the damage cap is such a buzzkill I wish they would get rid of it.
Holy shit why do pets require so much exp to level up. How do i get them to level 10 faster.
>>1447810take em on your hunts and don't worry about itfarming elite caits daily gets old
>>1446915Yeah. Yasunori doesn't count as an NPC in the info.
>>1447810Daily dose, man.Daily dose.
Fuck yeah, managed to whittle down the plant to 60% with a couple more weak teams. Every percent counts, now I can finally use swords. Hope I can get it down to 20% by next Sunday, how are you guys doing with it?
this game needs pvp
No new banner tonight. Looks like this Wednesday we get a Chosen Union instead. The last ones we got were:>Richard/Alaune>Olberic/Alfyn >Lars/W’ludai >Z’aanta/Ophilia Place your bets on the next pairing.
>>1428096>>1444999>>1450865Shut up you fucktard. pvp would do nothing but takeaway from the actually good parts of the game AND it doesn't even make sense mechanically.
>>1451059uhhhh is it too early for Falco/Canary?
>>1451455Yes. Canary was like...three weeks ago.
more atk more atk
>Triangle Strategy rerun>no free first ten pull on the free rubies bannerThe fuck? I hate that they established a precedent with the Bravely Default rerun and then tossed it away once an actually meta traveler, Roland, got a rerun. And did we get a NieR Automata rerun? I think we might've but I don't remember it.
>>1451857I don’t think the free 10 pull was a precedent.Also, no we haven’t gotten a Nier Automata rerun. And the fact that we got Triangle Strategy returning unannounced and without any fanfare speaks volumes. What’s that say about Nier?Also for those who don’t know, the free 9S pull was a one time thing and that ship has already sailed.
This is Tressa's art from Octopath Traveler
>>1452209This is her art in CotC. Why are her thighs so much thiccer/her dress so much tighter in CotC?
>>1452212Most characters look different in their CotC art. For example Partitio got longer legs in his and Ochette doesn’t look like she’s a 5 year old like some of her art makes her out to be, she’s closer to her cross story art proportions.
>>1449826this plant is ass and my usual team has a lot of random hits, i think I'm not going to bother for a whilepunishing random hit skills like the warrior tower does has always felt really shitty
>>1452212So she can sit on my face.
>>1452967This.
>>1452212Here's Tressa from that old BD gacha that got axed (this is the only image I could find... )
>>1451400wrong. the game needs pvp.
>>1452652>punishing random hit skills like the warrior tower does has always felt really shittyYeah, I really hate that shit. Got the plant down below 40% so hopefully I can finish it this weekend. If not, we still got one more full heal/refresh before the limited time missions end.
>>1453112Just admit it, you have a murder boner, don’t you?
Okay. Posting’ some Chinese content that’s coming up for Octopath.Starting with the most obvious: Tatloch.
>>1453509Next up is Nina-Lianna and her lovely cleavage.
>>1453511Camilla, you need to adjust your cloak. Your boobs are showing.
>>1453512Lucetta, your boobs are too big. Let’s fix that!
>>1453515Look at that Helga. Dancing with men who aren’t her husband. We can’t have that in modern China, can we?
>>1453517What is this “Al kee haul” you speak of. That certainly isn’t a thing here. Let’s drink some tea like REAL men!
>>1453518Tithi is sporting a nice pair of spats under that skirt!
>>1453519Here. Have a building! Because China!
>>1453522Cerna’s tiny shirt must be soooo uncomfortable with that belly hanging out. Let Big Brother Chang fix that for you,
>>1453524And don’t even KNOW what they censored here.
>>1453528Check out Jorn, chillin’ with his sword. No dead bodies here! Nope! Nope! Nope!
>>1453509holy fuck this is one of the worst i've seen in a game, tatloch's fucking deadall those changes that aren't just clothing are hilarious though>>1453528apparently her tits were outrageous, gotta go even smaller
>>1453538Tikilen...your thighs are now green!
>>1453541China’s such a wonderful country. It was nice enough to clean the blood off of Ri’tu’s daggers.
>>1453542Silly Yunnie. You can’t fire arrows that have blood on them!
>>1453543Who needs done wine, when you have a nice tea to drink instead!
>>1453547Confucius say:Eyes of Red, please stay dead!Eyes of Blue, me play with you!
pvp
>>1453548Every day, Therion hangs out at the bar to order his lantern.
>>1453552Fuck right off. Nobody wants PVP here. Go and get your autism checked.
>>1453556Fiore’s wearing the EXTRA long boots today!
>>1453561Lynette, you know you can’t go onstage in a bra! Here, but this shirt on instead!
>>1453563Whenever Viola goes to the bar, she only orders the finest Earl Grey.
>>1453564Therion’s feet also got censored... for some reason.
>>1453565I swear, these women are developing these enormous lumps on their chest. Must be some sorta pandemic goin’ on.
>>1453566Good thing Chang showed up today, otherwise everyone would see H’aanit’s scandalous V-cut shirt!
>>1453567Tressa! We can practically see your legs through that dress! There! All better!
>>1453568This is unbelievable! Women cannot POSSIBLY have boobs this big. They must be destroyed!
>>1453570Now that you’ve seen Gertrude in her underwear, it’s time to show you her REAL outfit.
>>1453571Even the glint of a sword gets censored in good ok’ China!
>>1453574Aslyte sez: No cleavage for you!
>>1453575Kurtz and the disappearing bottles of booze.
>>1453579Here’s a double whammy for you: Adelle gets an undershirt, AND a bar is changed to a diner! China’s on double duty to keep the vices of the world away from our vulnerable basement-dwellers everywhere!
>>1453581Even Eleonora’s boobage must be censored. No matter how subtle.
>>1453584Chang knows that real women have small demure boobage, and must depict it in every instance.
>>1453585Edea Lee. Boobs too big. Skirt too small.
>>1453586Other fun things in China include:Francesca’s gloves are extra long.Herminia’s sex slaves are not presentHerminia is now selling “spice” (as in “for food”) instead of “powder.”Auguste’s journal was changed (the original had a bit about how he force fed a maid coins until she choked because she asked for a higher pay)60 FPS.Cool camera effects during combat2.8.0 update right off the bat. (Which goes up to Bestower of All 7 + Emberflame 2). A third subscription package exclusive to ChinaGlobal Exclusive characters. At least 8 of them, starting with Wuxia the Merchant.The Elite Eleven as part of the Chance Encounters just like in Japan.
I did it! Fuck this plant! Took 7 teams, but I got my limited time 100 rubies and, more importantly, the Tawny Cat free pet is mine. His pet ability seems extremely good, it boosts his master's physical attack and elemental attack by 30%! Remember, pet effects have their own buff cap separate from the passive, active and ultimate buff caps so that should translate into a hefty boost for a nuker.>>1453593Do the Chinese exclusive characters have their own traveler stories too?
>>1452209>>1452212>>1453075Sex with Tressa.
>>1453602Probably. Why wouldn’t they have Traveler Stories?I should also add, Chinese has Ultimates right off the bat. The Beta goes up to Master of All 7. Again, China gets the 2.8 update right off the bat
>>1452209>>1452212>>1452967>>1453069>>1453075>>1453616SEXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAny more images?
>>1453568Unforgiveable... >>1453585These changes only give me a better appreciation for the current booba and thighs
>>1453632>These changes only give me a better appreciation for the current booba and thighsTrue, some of the girls are bigger than I thought.
Ladies and gentlemen,Our first look at the Chinese Exclusive Merchant.
The sorry state of chinks
>>1410164I CAN NOT WIN THE ELEIT TOWER 3RD FLOOR ON TIMEShit is beyond fucked, it's all because I did not pull the "right" travelers namely Kruaser, Nephti and CunnaryIt won't be so bad if it wasn't for the fucking limited healing potions"2nd floor is the easiest' my fucking ass>>1453509HAWTI am not joking
>>1453517Okay this is just ridiculous, she was celebrating with the workers inside the mine because the won over a dickheadThis shows they did not even play the fucking game
>>1454066>Implying China actually gives a shit about context.
>>1453560Wan Piss? In MY /vmg/?
>>1453861iirc someone posted this some weeks or months agoi still fully expect all of their travelers to be the most boring, stereotypical chinese stuff as usualalso, i wonder what they'll possibly do about herminia the huntress' boss sprite, and many other bosses
Managed to get Tier EX on the Merchant/Cleric Tower Race, feels good man. I went for the Merchant Tower and used Tressa/9S/Cardonoa/Roland in the front and four 4 stars in the back, Pia/Devin/Barrad/Cerna. Had to sacrifice Cardona near the end but otherwise pretty smooth.
>>1410164Is it possible to play the same account between two different devices? Like play on the ipad then use the iphone on the go
Reminder that in 2 hours and 20 minutes from this post, the game will be down for 4 hours, so get your daily ad rewards now if you haven't.
The sisters are finally here, coming with the Wed update. My 1800 rubies are sweating.
Alaune became a dancer after hearing her husbando Richard used to visit Sunshade's taverns for...surveing the enemy's movements.
Special 300 free ruby ten pull with a guaranteed 5 star in slot 10 that you can only do once that has EVERYONE except collab and sacred blaze characters in it. So you could get Bargello. Or Tatloch. Or Millard lol
Ogen coming 2 weeks after Elrica lmao
>Ogen before SolistiaEarly. Way too early. What's happening?
>>1455453That is pretty neat.
>>1455484Yeah. On the one hand, the odds are stacked against you and chances are you'll get someone you don't want/need. On the other hand, it's too good of a deal to pass up.
>>1455488I'm a fairly new player so I'll likely get someone I don't have. Only been playing since BoA5ish.
>>1455491Nice, then it should be great for you. Hope you get a good limited traveler you're missing!
>>1455479They are on crack, that's what happened
Just finished Paula's story and holy shit>the wall of flesh repels physical attacks!What an absolute unit that boss was
>>1410164So as I understand, all I need is one copy of Alube EX since she has one jobWhat about Elrica and Ogen? Is it worth going for their A4?
>>1455861>all I need is one copy of Alube EX since she has one jobYep, she's just gonna sit in the back forever so she doesn't benefit from awakenings. My understanding is Elrica is one of those characters who doesn't *need* awakenings, but she does benefit from every single one you can get. If you're a whale, max her, if you're not, just get her. Don't know about Ogen, sorry.Though speaking of Ogen, I had a question about him too. So, he relies on being at critical hp (10% or less) all the time and survives by keeping up an hp shield worth 75% of his max hp. But how do you use him when virtually all teams run some form of regen healing that'll immediately take him out of critical?
>>1455926https://game8.jp/octopathtraveler-sp/526517Apparently he is busted for a gen unit
>>1455479Ogen was before Solistia in JP too.Sertet is the only Chance Encounter left before Side Solistia.
>>1455960Man, Solistia is gonna be wild. I'm listening to the new episode of the unofficial octopath podcast discussing all the travelers JP has that aren't in global yet and one of the JP whales said they went 16 limited travelers in a row before getting a new gen pool one.>>1455949Yup, that's what I've heard too. Definitely gonna use my anniversary gen pool selector on him (hopefully we get 2 because 2nd anniversary).
>>1455926>But how do you use him when virtually all teams run some form of regen healing that'll immediately take him out of critical?You do it by running him as your regenc aster, since all of his regen/heals applies to the entire party besides himself.>Deal damage to Self (effect: 75% of max HP), then grant All Allies (excluding Self) automatic HP recovery and raise Phys. Def. and Elem. Def. by 10% (turns: 2-5 based on Boost Lv.). *Cannot be incapacitated by this skill [65 SP]
>>1410164YESSuck my dick with all your mouths you tentacles spamming fucking vegetableI don’t think I can 3 attempts it anytime soontook me 13 attempts
Reminder that because tonight's update is xbox hueg, maintenance starts TWO HOURS EARLIER than normal. Not sure when exactly that is 'cause it's always in the middle of the night for me.>>1456225Thanks, that makes sense. Love that it gets the back row too, Prim EX being able to do that was invaluable for my recent Elite Training clears.>>1456344Fuck yeah, nicely done bro!>spoiler Don't worry about it, a win's a win and that should get you the limited time rubies plus your awesome new cat in Sunshade.
>>1456409What is the new cat's skill anyway?I am not even bothering with the elite tower at this point.
>>1456410I brought it up here >>1453602Big offensive buff
>>1456344Congrats bro! It took me 5 attempts but a job done is a job done, also I ought to go collect my new kitty.
Fell into the bait but... I think it was really worth it? Some tierlists have him up in S for DPS/elemental DPS, so I guess I won
Got Krauser (and Stead) from the 5* guarantee, both new, and then got both sisters in 15 rolls. Now homeless-tier ruby poor though. Gonna have to do the merchant race.
>>1456686He's nice, funnily enough he didn't come in the 5* guaranteed pull but I spooked him anyway.
>>1456686>>1456816Ramza if he Templar
>>1456819I like him but Ramza is far more kino than he'll ever be.
So who is the next big unit if you're not going to try for Sazantos/Sigma female? Hikari/Temenos?
This happened on my third free ruby 10-pull…
I had to prioritize meta chasing over sentimentality but after reaching pity… the Edoras sisters are reunited once more!!!
>>1456867After reuniting the Edoras sisters, I did the paid step-up in order to collect Awakening Stones for Elrica. On the third step, I get spooked twice! And they’re both MTs too!! (Thank goodness I farmed golden cookies from the job towers)
We got the silhouette and we got the picture. Now we final have the name of the Chinese exclusive character :EX Sigrid (Merchant).
>>1456878>EX SigridNow that is a surprise.
>>1456878you know what, it'd be knda cool if the CN ones are alts for the lower rarity characters...as long as it doesn't take a million years to be released to other servers
>>1456740Here’s my haul from the guaranteed 5* 10-pull. Got 1st place in the “At Least You Tried” sweepstakes…
>>1456878>>1456884Huh thinking on it, isn't this exactly what Another Eden did with its 4*s?
>herminia from the hope's guideoh my fuck
>>1456686Holy fuck, you got my dream pull for the guaranteed 5 star pull. Damn, now I know I won't get it and I'm demoralized. Congrats though, you did awesome.>>1456740And you too, jesus this thread is insanely blessed as always. A MT from the guaranteed, an actually great one like Krauser and both sisters? Jeez, you guys are making me nervous since when people get lucky like this it means there's none left for me, but I'm happy for ya.The pity on the two sister banners is shared so I can swap between pulling on them whenever I want, right? The plan is to try and get Elrica then swap to Alaune EX and try to get her and pray I don't have to go to pity.>>1456835Odio-O in the LaL collab in late June. He's arguably better than Elrica. The big three, EOS (heh) or Elrica, Odio-O and Sazantos, are all pretty close and you want one of them to be your big dick damage dealer. Special shout-out to Sazantos' banner because the true prize there is actually Cygna. She's so special with her debuffs that she's still a constant presence in JP on teams for every type of content.>>1456878>EX Sigrid (Merchant)That's...actually pretty cool.>>1456907Niiiiice. Jeez, the chances of getting a MT or MC is close to none yet we're sweeping it over here.>>1456885Sorry bro, I know how that feels since those are 2 of the tiny handful of characters I have maxed along with Tressa and Gilderoy. I just hope those 2 aren't completely maxed for you too.
>>1456878If I had to guess, Sigrid was chosen to have a CN EX form for the following reasons:>long black hair>modestly dressed as a warrior>trained in the martial arts (swordsmanship)>based in a mountainous region>Traveler Story reads like a wuxia tale>fights for her master's honor and to be worthy successor>character appeals to filial piety trope in Chinese culture
PSA: Don't talk to Mist the little cat in the Sacred Springs and don't accept the "Bonds and the Sapling" quest from him, it was meant to be added in the May 8th update and is giving items for an exchange that doesn't exist yet.
Blew my luck on the guaranteed 5 star so couldn't get either of the sisters. How good/usable is Solon without U10? People talk like it's essential for him but I hope I can still get use out of him.I only had enough rubies for 90 pulls on Elrica's banner and no Elrica. Gonna have to work my ass off to finish the pity over the next three weeks, and I gotta get her within the next 60 pulls or I won't be able to get Alaune EX aka, the nightmare scenario. I got a pretty useless Molrusso and Yukes dupe for my troubles but it wasn't a total loss since I got my first ever Memory Traveler spook: a Nephti dupe, which lets me bring my favourite apothecary to A1 which I hear she needs because of her low offensive stats.
Got Therion on the bait pull :/Got the two new girls in 3 10 shotsWE ARE SO FUCKING BACK BABY
>>1456942He's great but being able to do his super boost twice is obviously preferable. You'll get it eventually.
>>1456946Dayuuuum, nice! And even a Therion dupe's much better than say, a Millard dupe. He's still one of the most useful gen pool travelers.And speaking of back, I'm mostly f2p but I had 15 bucks from an old gift card still on my google account, which was just enough to buy the 100 paid rubies Elrica pack and try the first step on her paid step up.THE POWER OF MONEY, BABY!I just blew all my free rubies on 90 pulls so this makes it an even 100, which means I will be able to pity Alaune EX since I still have at least 1500 rubies in content to collect.I need your advice though bros: When I get those 1500 rubies, do I spend them on Elrica's free rubies banner hoping to get a dupe of her in those last 50 pulls and then pity Alaune EX, or do I spend the 50 pulls on Alaune EX's banner on the chance I don't have to go to pity and actually save a few hundred rubies?>>1456947Thanks, glad to hear he's already great! Sounds like I should save my awakening shards to get one of his stones when it gets added to the awakening exchange.
>DolcinaeaUmmm...ok?>"Tizano"???????????
>300 ruby bait banneruhhhhmm
So we got Japan’s next roadmap.April & May - Cross Stories. One featuring Tiziano with Throne & Pirro, another featuring Primrose & Dolcinea. (There may be more next month)June - Yet another crossover (Triangle Strategy 2?). Also Merchant Tower EX2 and Dancer Tower EX2.July - The Ringbearer Chosen 6 (featuring Agnea)We now have Multi-Phase Adversary battles. You can set the difficulty and add extra restrictions. The harder the battle, the greater the rewards. And some of those rewards include 3-Star Awakening Stones (for A4’s only), and Richard’s disguise.You’ll also have the ability to skip ahead to Rank EX 3 Adversary battles. There’s also no limit on the Void Souls you can exchange, and you’ll be able to exchange incense materials.
>>1411628If you have an android phone/tablet you can use scrcpy to play on your PC
>plowing through traveler story backlog>get enough for another ten pull on Elrica's banner>4* light on the ring, hit the skip button>motherfuckin' 4.5* Krauser pops upHot damn, a second MT spook on one banner. I may not be getting any Elrica dupes, but this banner's been great for my roster. Guess I'll have to finally learn how to use this guy, I hear spears on godly on JP now that they've moved past their Warriors of the Continent phase. I thought Krauser was all about his ultimate, but he's tiered as a character who wants A4 first, then U10.
>>1457189i got krauser, hannit, ophilia, and both elrica and ex alaune in 80 pullsalso on the hope's banner i got auguste.i'm happy but lmao i don't have the resouces to build all of them
>>1457274Holy fuck what a haul, incredible! And a Memory Champion on the 300 pull too? Really feels like good fortune has (almost) always been concentrated in this thread. You'll get the resources in time, just keep at your daily shit and you'll be aces.
When they start to do EXs of the Solistia characters we'd better get Dancer Partitio.
Is it safe to open the codex of salvation now? That guidestone bug is fixed right?
How long do we think the sisters are going to be part of the meta? I'm barely at 4.5k rubies and want to make sure I have enough for Sazantos, and am thinking about pulling for the emo apothecary next week (though I already have the happy architect apothecary Nephti)
>>1457306Yep, works fine now.
>>1457313Alaune EX should be meta for quite a while, a constant extra +1 BP for the party is very strong.Elrica's measured against Odio-O and Sazantos, both of which are likely coming in around 2 months or so from now. If you had to choose one of those three banners, I'd say Odio-O or Sazantos is a better choice than Elrica, though Elrica hasn't got her upgrades in JP yet so who knows how busted that'll make her. If you want to be absolutely sure you can go all in on Sazantos and Cygna, I'd pass on the sisters but try to get Alaune EX if you can. I'm pulling for Elrica just because I like her that much, it looks like Sazantos and Odio-O pull ahead of her in the long run.Ultimately though, it doesn't matter too much so your preference is the deciding factor. JP meta's actually looking quite healthy, with every weapon getting busted shit from almost everything coming out being really good, so the big focus on the big three swords is a short term meta thing.
I beat the last boss. Fucking 70 turns counting the ones after the event reset the counter. And that's after 4 or so attempts where I gave up 30 turns in. Utterly fucking ridiculous, but at least now I'm done.
>Sazantos, his Magic Sword, Signa, Finis (ashes in the sword), Orsa, Seven Gods, Aelfric and Galdera's flamesFinal boss is literally a weird orgy.
>>1410164I’m about to start the finaleOne question: is it possible to beat it using the COTC OG characters -with the proper armors and weapons of course-? I find it fitting considering ~2 years ago we used to debate over which one is worthy for reset for.Or is the final boss too bullshit I need to use my top tier units?
>>1457543Someone actually did it. It’s very hard but someone actually managed to pull it off.
I can't beat Hammy, it's over
>>1457982It's okay, you will grow stronger.
>>1457799Link? Would love to see it after I clear the fight myself.
ok so now the honey moon is over, what do i do with these sisters? i have no more rubies so they gotta carry me for months (entertainment wise)
put Alaune EX on a team with people who get an extra bonus from a max boost (therion moves twice, lars moves quickly, someone i don't remember who gets an hp shield, etc).
Sea part of the final dungeon is cool.
>>1458289>someone i don't remember who gets an hp shieldThat'd be my queen of the high seas, Eltrix. Sonia also gets extra hits on most of her skills at max boost. Prim EX's regen reaches both rows at max boost. Those are the only other ones I can think of off the top of my head right now. It'll become more and more common and then they'll start added characters like Sazantos who can boost beyond max boost by spending more than 3 BP at once. Another reason Alaune EX is great is you no longer have to spend 2 BP on your break turn to have 3 more BP to use on the second turn of break; you can now max boost both on the turn you break and immediately after without relying on Alfyn's panacea.
>>1458345Tithi too. If you want maximum bp run Tithi as a tank with Hammy. She has a 25% chance of gaining 1 bp when attacked which will constantly be activating if she's tanking and her full boosted general's march gives the front row attack up alongside 1 bp so she can spam that as much as you want. Never need to worry about bp again.
>>1458183>Elecria: there is a fight with sword, light or dark? pick her up>Alaune EX: give her a fan with fuck tons of SP and she give you free BP in all battles>save up rubies for one more must have unit: Evil Cunny T0T. if you carries on in the future content without her you will be miserable. AOE depuff is extremely valuable
so now we got 2 characters that sit in the back channeling kek
>>1458685Yep, fits how the meta in JP became 7 characters buffing the damage of one huge damage dealer that kills in one break. Saw a clip the other day of some character that can hit for something like seven or eight hits of 399,999 PER HIT and the only reason they weren't doing even more was because that was the highest they could pump the damage cap.
>>1458733which evil cunny ToT? the one with the cute witch hat or the one with the sexy white dress?
these new chapter accessories are greatex fiore is particularly happy about the sp restoration when damaged one
>three cool mini dungeonsfuck yeah this is probably building to an awesome gauntlet of >TALKINGgoddamnit wtf Guess the octopath "no final dungeon" curse had to strike here too
>>1458767Cygna, the ring priestess who serves as Sazantos' right handShe's the only character who I would call a "must have", as like the other anon said, if you don't get her, you're gonna have a bad time from the time of her banner release until the foreseeable future ie current JP and beyond. She and Sazantos should have separate simultaneous banners but share a pity, just like the princess sisters right now. The catch is, you really, really want one dupe of Cygna, almost to the point that if you only pulled only one copy of her on the way to pity, it's worth grabbing a Cygna dupe over Sazantos.Other than her, you can pretty much pull for whatever you want once we get a ways into Side Solistia. The start of Solistia was a mixed bag so the devs decided to just start adding amazing character after amazing character.I'm gonna be at zero rubies after I pity Alaune EX, so I'm scared I'll have to skip LaL to save enough for Cygna.
>>1458853But anon there's no content between now and Solistea. What would Sygna possibly add?
>>1458733I don't know if I like how this game is becoming all about buffing and then nuking
>>1458872Isn’t that what most of the game is? Preparing buffs and debuffs, getting the ultimate break and then nuking the shit out of the enemy.At least, with the boss fights, that is…
>>1458866I don't understand what you're trying to say. There's content every month, and Cygna's useful for everything that will be released in the future because it looks like they don't want to make other omnidebuffers.>>1458872Me neither, but we'll see. One of the most interesting things I heard while listening to the Octopod is when they discussed the second Bravely Default collab, the one that adds Gloria and Ringabel, is that survivability isn't an issue anymore even for f2p. This caused them to go back and forth over where they should tier Gloria because her whole thing is she's REALLY good at keeping your whole party alive, which sounds awesome to me looking at the content we've gotten in global so far, but in JP, she doesn't even have a place or effective purpose. Then they mentioned the devs recognized that even low budget accounts are currently very, very strong in comparison to the JP content so they'd be releasing harder content soon that'll hopefully make characters like Gloria relevant.tl; dr looks like the meta will be shifting in various ways going forward, which is good and healthy, so if you don't like what it becomes it'll like change to something very different soon enough.
>>1458930bro, people bringing fucking billy for his ultimate
>>1458872That's how it's been from the start no? It's like this even in the mainline games. Though ultimate buffs being an entirely different category changed a lot.
This run was good. But I think it could’ve been better in my opinion.>Therion (Recycled)> Molrusso (A4)>Kersjes (A2)>Heathcote (Recycled)>Fiore ( Recycled)>Z’aanta (Recycled)>Lynette (Recycled)>Sarisa (A1)>Nina-Lanna (A1)>Elrica (A1)>EX Alaune (A3)
>>1459074anon your rubies.....
>>1459075Rubies replenish over time. But I’m gonna have to hold off on Ogen when he comes as well as the banner after that.I’ll be saving for Ditraina. I should have a good amount of rubies by the time she arrives.
>>1459095the only sacred blazes we have left before ditraina are solon and i think streiboughwith how extra unpredictable the release order has been now, i sincerely wish you luck at this point
Weird how hard it is to get rate up characters in this. Probably just my bad/strange luck. I just got a Therion dupe of Elrica's banner (A4 now) which is nice since I like his A4, but that's the fifth offbanner I've gotten in 130 pulls. I've gotten Elrica once which means if rate up did its thing and gave me the most likely character to show up each of those five times, Elrica would be A4 and U10 instead of A0 and U9. Still, can't complain too much 'cause Therion's still immensely useful to me.
>>1459099Thanks for your well-wishing.But I gotta correct you on this one. Ditraina’s the only Sacred Blaze left before Side Solistia.Nivelle and Hujheb are the next Sacred Blazes to follow but they’re in Side Solistia (especially Hujheb).Solon is a Traveler of Memory and his banner already passed.Streibough’s part of the Live a Live collab along with Oersted, and that’s coming out in June.Right now we’re winding down our Orsterran travelers. There’s only 8 left:One Chance Guidance - SertetOne Sacred Blaze - Ditraina Four from the Live a Live collab Oersted, Streibough, Odio-O & Odio-SAnd two Travelers of Memory Sazantos & SignaUnless these guys decide to surprise us, I’d say we’re gonna be able to figure out who’s coming based on Process of Elimination. (though the banner release for Emberflame 3 is still a question mark for me)
Is there anything in Utopia that I should make sure to get begore rejecting it and confronting Sazantos? So far I have a couple savage belts and an anklet of the sands, but I'm not 100% sure I have all the chests from the three heaven dungeons.
>>1459144All the chests are in the three dungeon zones - the only things you can get in the Utopian cities are respawning random souls/soul crystals.
>>1459177ah so the dungeons don't go away? very good ty
>>1459184Yeah, just teleport back to the Gate of Orsa in the top right of The World (Obscured). The Utopia maps are just fluff.
7+ months later and I still can't beat Berecain bitch with all this powercreep. I can't team build to save my life and her mechanics are an enigma to me. Every time she stops all my characters from switching rows and gives herself shield guard while beginning to take multiple turns I get screwed. Most of the vids I've found use poison cheese with Molu but she's the oldest gen pool character I'm still missing. I've found one vid I can maybe copy, but it's very RNG reliant. Gotta keep trying though, I need those rubies to pity Alaune EX.
Finally, after hours, she's dead and with that, the only thing left to kill before I descend to the level 100 NPCs in Hell is the Ruby Dragon. I went and killed her on floor 11 of the Master Training tower, too. For some reason, she was harder there even though she should have the same stats, so I went and got new fortune 3 weapons for all three of my damage dealers and boy, what a difference it made. I think there's RNG involved in the video clear I used because she has different AI scripts, so I had to make sure I went in on a run where she used these exact moves on these exact turns:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRkAISalGnwThat just leaves floor 12. I have no idea how I'll beat Berecain when she has another level 100 with her, so it's time to search youtube for more vids. One more ten pull to hit 150 frags.
>>1459675>>1459755Holy shit anon well done. I've been playing for over a year and I still haven't beaten this bitch head-on. To get her rubies I had to cheese her with the master tower over a period of a couple of weeks. What's your plan for the ruby dragon? I gave it a good few attempts not too long ago with the sleep strategy but rage quit because none of the sleep NPCs would fucking proc
>>1459766This NPC has status resistance so sleeps are less likely to proc
>>1459806No I meant for the dragon.
>>1459766Thanks! As for Ruby Dragon, I'm not sure. I remember back when it came out, every vid I saw either used Hayes or Lars and I still don't have either of those guys. I'm hoping it's been long enough that sleep cheese is no longer necessary. I'm hoping the bunch of strong MTs I have now like Rinyuu and Nephti will help a lot, but I got rocked when I tried doing that vs Berecain. Right now I'm focused on doing more traveler stories to get that last ten pull, the Berecain rubies gave me nothing but bronze and silver guidestones.
What is the best way to make endgame cash at once? At the final boss rush and need money for equipment upgrades. Have a billion board tickets, so is buying dice stones the best way to go?
>>1459853https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GTnePwS5LMThis used to be part of my dailies to farm leaves, though it's a year old now so I'm also curious if anyone knows a modern, faster way to make leaves. I haven't farmed leaves in months as I haven't done much weapon stuff lately.
>>1459853if you can beat any of the elite tower bosses, turn in their tokens for 10M leaves
>>1410164DO NOT LOG OUT OR UNINSTALL THE GAMENew bug: there is a problem with the backup feature
>>1460245Fug, good to know. Hope nothing bad happens to my phone before they fix it. As a precaution, a good thing to do is take screenshots of your Settings page with your ID and such, and some pics of your roster.>>1459766After looking into Ruby Dragon strats, I've concluded that I am gonna use sleep cheese but only once. After wading through tons of vids using travelers I don't have, I found a really, really good clear that should be easy to replicate for almost any veteran as it doesn't use any A4s and only uses 2 limited travelers, Richard and A2, both of which were very hyped meta characters almost everyone pulled for. No time for it today, but should be able to kill this dragon later this week.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0f2z_1NEo
Fuck yeah! Finally got through enough traveler stories (Alfyn's was LONG) to get one more 10 pull and hit the 150 pity to get Alaune EX! And in the final pull, I got exactly what I wanted: an Elrica dupe so she's A1. It was a 4.5* dupe, same as her original copy, which is really weird since 9 times out of 10 when I pull a rate up character, it's a 4.5* version and that's literally half as likely to happen as pulling a full 5*. Whatever though, I never run out of gold cookies. This brings my haul in 150 pulls up to:>Mulrusso dupe (U10)>Yukes dupe (A1)>Nephti dupe (A1)>Krauser (new)>Elrica (new)>Therion dupe (A4)>Elrica dupe (A1)>pitied Alaune EXAnd my guaranteed 5* 300 free ruby pull was Solon (new) and Kerjes dupe (U10). Very, very happy with this week, hope you guys get/got good stuff too!
>can't trade tower awakening stones for shardsNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>1460765Yeah, it sucks but it is the way it is. Once you've gotten an arena character up to A4+U10, don't both spending tower frags on their stones any more.
>>1460765you can trade em in for their arena fragments at least
How much +SP do I need on an SP fan so that Alaune EX can keep up her prayer every turn? I'm thinking of maxing SP on a pet to give her too, though I don't know which pet is best to "waste" on that.
Really wish this game had a better UI, keeping track of buffs/debuffs by 3 icons that cycle sucks, I always just open the view info instead
Finally, the dragon is slain. Even with stronger characters, I still somehow did less damage than the video, so it went into turn 6 where the dragon work up but thankfully, paralysis saved my ass. I really hope the Ruby Dragon doesn't have an incredibly rare drop like the black dragon, because I've been killing the black dragon daily for almost two years and only got its rare drop twice. No way am I farming the Ruby Dragon every day from now on unless they powercreep it so hard I don't need to use NPCs each time. I guess my next goal is beating floor 12 of Master Training, but for now I'll focus on clearing the new main story chapter that came out.Also, I can't believe Yui Ishikawa voices Isla. Damn, that girl has range.
>>1410164ShitThis is not good
>>1461904Gacha won't be effected. The writing on the wall is that they cancelled DQ12 after Toriyama died.
>>1460835You only need 1k SP total, this is easy to do.
>>1461904even if they needed money, it'd be foolish to abandon gacha that's low effort but prints money
>>1461904Good, fuck that company. Easily one of my most hated corporations, made all the more worse by them having a controlling interest in so many IPs I love.
>>1462109Thanks.The wiki (I know it's not a wiki, but that English character database thing) says she caps out at 577 SP at level 100. So I guess the best way to do it is to get a fortune fan, slot in two of the gold Lovely Anima Souls from the Fame medal exchange into the gold slots and a third one into the rainbow dice slot? They can each give a max of +200 SP so I'd need them to equal 1000-577=+423 SP, which requires an average roll of +141 SP on each of the three dice souls. Fug, I already had an SP fan for Fiore EX, but I only rolled +146/+107/+115, putting me 45 SP shy of the magic number. Guess I'll have to roll up a better one, I can't stand rng equipment substats in games.Speaking of Alaune EX, if she's going to be in the back row 100% of the time past turn 1, who should I put her behind? It'll be someone who won't be able to swap to the rear to refill their SP and unlike Rinyuu, Alaune EX doesn't have a passive that lowers her partner's SP costs. I'll probably equip her with the Treasured Handmirror and Medicinal Herb Garden Plans accessories, since each of those grant extra SP regen to paired allies when worn by someone in the back row.
>>1462181You probably want to put someone at level 100 there so their best skills have SP Saver. My fan has SP souls from opening wealth and power boxes and she was already 5 behind 1k even at level 90, lol.
Oh my God, this fucking boss. This final boss is like… Galdera-level hard. And I didn’t even get through the first part of the battle. That’s saying something because the final boss fight consists of three battles…the third one having FOUR FUCKING PHASES within that battle!Lemme make a quick account of how fucked up this battle is.Saint Sazantos: first off let’s go over his weaknesses…Sword, Bow, Staff, Ice, Thunder & Wind. Thankfully these do not change, BUT Sazantos can block them one by one until there’s like, two left.Second thing to keep in mind. This fucker can attack FOUR TIMES per turn! Meaning he can barrage you with shit before you can even move.And oh the attacks he can do… He can regenerate his Shield Points and has Rehabilitation. These are PERMANENT by the way. He can also cancel his own debuffs and cancel out your buffs, so have fun with that.He also tends to use attacks that blind, attacks that reduce your BP by 1 and attacks that reduce your Ultimate Guage by 10%. Oh and by the way, like most of the bosses he has BP. And speaking of which, if he kills one of your guys, he gets 2 BP.If you let Sazantos get all six BP before breaking him, he will use his first Ultimate, which combines Sacred Flame and Accursed Flame and bestows PERMANENT buffs on him for the rest of the battle. After that, he will use Dark Fisterlda as his ultimate, which is basically his giant “Fuck You” attack. They weren’t joking when they said you needed three teams to beat him.Hope this helps you all. Unfortunately, this is all part of the first battle. There’s much more to go! Best of luck everyone!
>>1463479You only have to do Safer Sazantos and Jenova-Sazantos in a row, right?
>>1463479Bit of an update. When you get Saint Sazantos’s HP low enough, he will say “I will relieve you of these things…”. He will then lock all his weaknesses and fill his BP up. Basically, he’ll FORCE his first ultimate to happen, making his Sacred and Accursed Flame become one.By the way, just beat Saint Sazantos. Nephti’s a fucking superstar.
>>1463522Okay. Got to the second battle.Creator Or’sazantos:Surprisingly I had an easier time here than with the previous battle. I’m gonna give you a rundown of some key moves. I don’t think I got everything as I was able to Blaze through good chunks of this battle.First off, Or’sazantos uses Repel Weakness. Hit its weakness and it will counter with Reveal thy Sins which damages SP.Some key moves here:Trial of Greed: Domination- Silences allTrial of Greed: Possession - Takes 3 BP from front row.Trial of Greed: Validation - Attacks all, Switches front row to back row (This will be the move that fucks you up)Light of Night: Some sort of self augment. Not sure what it did.Her weaknesses are: Sword, Spear, Axe, Bow, TomeAfter getting her HP to the yellow, Or’sazantos will open her arms to give you a hug. She also uses Dark of Night which changes her weaknesses.New weaknesses: Spear, Dagger, Staff, Ice, DarkIfyou get her to red a halo will form around her. She’ll get more aggressive with each passing phase.During the red phase she uses The Nature of Yin and Yang and changed her weaknesses again:Axe, Bow, Tome, Fire, LightTwo major things to watch out for that will guarantee a team kill.First is One’s True Nature, which immediately makes her Boost. Followed by Selfless Spirit which reduces the SP of the entire front row to 0.The second is her Ultimate. Let Or’sazantos’s BP fill all the way and she’ll use Grand Creator’s Guidance which serves as her ultimate kill beam.Best of luck to you all. I actually managed to beat her in the first try.And lucky for you guys, beating Or’sazantos will allow you to take a break. Good thing too, because the next fight is the real kick in the nuts. Four whole phases of bullshit to deal with.
Ummm....We still pretending the wiki doesnt exist?
>>1463566too many ads
>>1463566unusable and looks like horseshit
>>1463566The reddit wiki? They havent updated it yet.
>>1463566and soon the game wont existeos soonshit gameshit seriesshit enixcocktoshit trannyler lmao
>>1463614Based
>>1463566Wiki is good for most enemies and bosses info, that's a given. Also the sprites.
I have now beaten the game. And dear god, is it epic! I am truly glad I played through such an awesome game. These guys really put their all into it.Come July, we’ll be getting the Epilogue and then we’ll be truly done with the Orsterra saga.I really hope that Side Solistia has the same love that Side Orsterra has been given.
>>1463994The feels man…the feels…
I've finally reached the final boss and he lived up to the hype. My three teams didn't stand a chance, he wiped my and I only got him down to 25% of his max hp. If these three teams are expected to fight multiple forms without full heals, it may very well be impossible for me. There's only been 2 or 3 bosses in the story that made me change my team specifically to beat them, almost all of them I beat on the first try. I have never used a guide for main story bosses, but I do use them for all other bosses. I'm at a loss for how I'm supposed to beat this guy though, so I'm gonna have to go looking for a clear, pray I can replicate it, and try to avoid spoilers (good fucking luck to me).All I'll say on the story content of this chapter up to now is, this is the first time I think a mobage has been able to rival Mobius Final Fantasy in pure kino. If you're familiar with all the NPCs in the 3 starting towns like I am, you'll find Utopia and speaking/inquiring with them to be very rewarding.
>>1464030Here’s a wrinkle for you.The First battle is done with three teams.The second battle, the one that has four phases…you can only use one team.
>>1464046Yeah, I'm feeling pretty fucked and demoralized. There aren't any f2p clears uploaded yet that I could find, and I got a little bit spoiled on some stuff. I found this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY7uwWkuo30And only looked at the first fight. Unfortunately, gear isn't shown. When I fought Sazantos, he got his ultimate off super early for permanent buffs and he dispelled my buffs and his own debuffs every turn, but this guy apparently stops that by breaking him? I have all of these characters but there's certain things I can't replicate, like U10 on Canary. I don't know how he's hitting for 181k with Herminia. I guess my best bet is to try and mimic this team best I can and to build brilliant hallow weapons for the whole squad, though I've never messed around with anything other than fortune weapons so I don't know how to build these hallow weapons, which I assume are the most effective because I assume the heaven bonus damage applies to this boss.
>>1464051Stop watching youtube clears.
>>1464051Youtube clears are incredibly demoralizing. I was sure I wouldn't beat hammy after watching others until I tried it myself.That said I have no idea how I'll beat sazantos without canary. It seems like she's almost mandatory
>>1464100>>1464102Every time I try to build a team on my own for any other content, I get clapped and end up copying a youtube clear which uses a team that looks weaker and worse than the one I came up with, but then it works while my own ideas don't.That said, I would try to like beating this with a team of my own. I'm feeling better now that I looked at the guidestone exchange and realized I've been sitting on a ton of stuff I could trade in for gold guidestones, so now I'm able to get Elrica and Alaune EX to level 100 so I'd like to use them. I'm thinking something like this:>front row/back row>Elrica (A1)/Alaune EX>Canary/Rinyuu>Richard/Bargello (A2)>Nepthi (A1)/Primrose EXThe plan is to stick to sword damage from Elrica and Richard with Nepthi's axe helping 'cause it hits staff weakness. Use Primrose EX's regen skill for healing so Rinyuu can use Crusader's Prayer for more damage, though idk if I should just go with her heal/def prayer to mitigage damage. Shave/debuff with Canary and cap physical defense down with Nephti and physical attack down with Richard. Bargello would be mostly there to passively buff during breaks and give damage cap up with his buff skill, maybe I could sub him out for someone else.Does that sound like it'd work for a 1 party clear? I would need to make some proper soul weapons, but I've only ever messed around with fortune weapons so idk how to best build a brilliant hallowblade for Elrica, for example.I know this probably looks dumb because ofc I should be able to win with all these meta characters but I really do feel that dumb.
>>1464111How is your armor looking?
>>1464114I'm halfway to a full set of brilliant armor (4x armor, 4x helm right now) and have full sets of the previous armor/vests/robes, the arcane stuff. Gonna try to grind out more mats in heaven this weekend.
>>1464111You're not alone anon. I've made it this far but I still have no idea how people are able to deal over 100k+ damage consistently so I mainly rely on survivability. I did 134k once and jumped out of my seat. I hope these fights are doable in a protracted style or I'm going to struggle
>>1464122You can get an entire party's full of brilliant with a half hour grinding in Skies of Whatever followed by running the Triangle Strategy board and converting the medals to cash.
>>1464125>You can get an entire party's full of brilliant with a half hour grinding in Skies of WhateverOh shit, really? What's your grinding set up?>followed by running the Triangle Strategy board and converting the medals to cash.Ah, so THAT'S the secret to getting leaves fast these days! I had stopped buying tickets for the TS board ever since I finished clearing out the exchange for it and maxing my Serenoa, dammit.>>1464124Thanks bro. People have been talking about how they're always "ramming cap" for almost a year now but it rarely happens for me.
>>1464132For the Heaven grinding, I use Cyrus + Lars + Bargello, but anyone who hits weakness can works. For the TS board grinding, it you end up with 2-6 mil leaves per run, depending on how many points you get. Best way way to spam cash.
>>1464138Thanks!
So in all situations, Rinyuu wants a fortune staff with as much elemental attack as possible because that increases her regen healing, right?
i think i'm getting too lazy to do the job towersespecially the warrior tower, those sentinels can go to hell
>>1464741This is what I did>>1464991Bless Rondo, his max 5 AOE attack helped me going through that shitI wish they just hurry up and give us that QoL improvement of doing all 9 rounds with one click
>>1465072>I wish they just hurry up and give us that QoL improvement of doing all 9 rounds with one clickDoes JP have this? Because I really want it. We should be able to just clear the final stage and have it clear everything under it, like other games do with resetting tower modes.
>>1465169JP got this shortly after Side Solistia came out.So for us that would be around…3 or four months. That along with being able to use 99 tickets on a game board.
>>1465210Global versions of games usually get QoL sooner than JP so fingers crossed!
New bread?