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[Momo]

This game is nice to play. I'm only decent with playing Asbel and Sophie......I tried playing as Malik but it's not working for me. For Pascal should I treat her like a caster and just spam spells or should I put combat effort into playing as her.....also Richard is a beastly playing when he's active in the group.....

Pascal's probably one of the oddest characters in the series. She's definitely a mage, but almost all her spells require you to be standing right near the enemy. I find that if you're actually using her you should stick to gun attacks, but if she's just in the party then she should use her spells.

[shadowofchaos]

WOAH WOAH WOAH, HOLD UP. Also, don't read if still playing.

Spoiler -

I read before you edited, and I was just going to say that the f ending TOTALLY CANONICALLY ships CheriaxAsbel. YEEEESSSSSSS FAITH IN HUMANITY, AND THE WRITERS HAS BEEN RESTORED. Asbel asks Cheria to come live with him, which is an inadvertent marriage proposal, and Sophie tells Cheria that in one of her dreams, she dreamed that she was with Asbel and Cheria's great-great grandson (the child at the end of the main game that Sophie was with in the meadow). As for Lamba... he's a voyeur xD and by that logic, Fodra too Now let's see some Cheria and Asbel children running around the meadow plox Edit: Also, the child in the cinematic has a smaller version of Cheria's butterfly chest pendant thing on his left breast, which could have been in the wii version too.[/s]

Too late. Eclipse beat you to the punch. Graces Wii was misleading as all hell to me. XD

[DualSilverGunner]

Too late. Eclipse beat you to the punch. Graces Wii was misleading as all hell to me. XD

Haha oh well, I had posted that literally right after I beat the future arc. I probably would have had it up and finished ToGf sooner, but I can't play for as long as I used to, so I naturally take longer to beat things :P

And now, a trademark for Xillia has been found in the US, as reported by Abysall Chronicles once again. I'll repeat that this does not mean a localization is coming (though I'm keeping my hopes up), it could simply be to claim the name so they don't have another whole "Eternia" fiasco on their hands.

[shadowofchaos]

....it could simply be to claim the name so they don't have another whole "Eternia" fiasco on their hands.

We sure as hell don't want "The masters of the universe" threatening Bandai Namco again, do we? :P

XDDDD

[DualSilverGunner]

We sure as hell don't want "The masters of the universe" threatening Bandai Namco again, do we? :P

XDDDD

Haha, no we don't. After all, this is pretty threatening: :P

Okay, back to relevant info. As of right now, there is quite a bit of DLC up on PSN. So far, we have costumes that are already available in game on the store (for the lazy people), there's also the Suit costumes for Asbel, Malik, and Hubert, as well as the whole School set of Costumes. However, there are no costume bundles, each must be purchased separately, and cost $3.99, just a tad less then they did in Japan. I must say that that is a pretty inflammatory price for a single costume, but I'll buy them anyways, I'm a sucker for this stuff. There's also some attachments up, like the sophie doll, cardboard box mask, glasses, turtlez hat and shell, and kitty ears and tail, all priced at 99 cents.

I'm just waiting for the Cameo costumes, personally.

[Burning Gravity]

Not really interested in video game relationships (it's just plain stupid IMO, but I guess a gaming forum is the wrong place to hold such ideas...) but I bought the game as soon as it came out (I was the 2nd customer inside the store--late because I thought I'd give the guy a minute before I barged in to buy the game, cuz the store just opened... and of course I was the 1st to -actually buy it) and I beat it soon after (I think it was the 20th but I'm not sure). I haven't actually beaten the Future arc because of time restraints but I will eventually. I still have to do that, the Zhonecage, and some skill/experience farming. Then I start a new playthrough with boosts and bam. I wish I could skip dungeons though...

The game was great, of course. I played the beta version twice without even understanding crap (because it was in Japanese, of course, so I just winged 95% of the game, and looked up the other 5% for things like how to beat the Rockgagan or whatever it's called), so that itself attests to how much I love it. I also think the CC system is superior to TP, but oh well. I hope to see more games of this quality in the future, but hopefully without as much drama with the beta version, uncertain localization, etc...

[shadowofchaos]

I hope to see more games of this quality in the future, but hopefully without as much drama with the beta version, uncertain localization, etc...

The ONE thing I'm glad about that I played the beta version, was that I was able to appreciate this more:




Although, you got LESS trolled with the "Beta" version is because YOU didn't actually PAY for it.


Edit:

And even after two and a half years later... I still love this fight. Ha ha. I LOSE IN STYLE... and it was FUN.

Edited by shadowofchaos, 30 March 2012 - 02:24 AM.

[Renall]

Hubert is, like, impossible to use on Chaos. The dude dies if someone farts anywhere on the battlefield. Cheria and Pascal boast of their tankiness in front of him. He has a crippling Life Bottle addiction and gets the shivers if he hasn't needed to be revived in the past 5 seconds. Seriously man, I'm trying to use you, I'm jacking up your Evade, but what the balls.

[Sophia Aetheria]

Hubert is, like, impossible to use on Chaos. The dude dies if someone farts anywhere on the battlefield. Cheria and Pascal boast of their tankiness in front of him. He has a crippling Life Bottle addiction and gets the shivers if he hasn't needed to be revived in the past 5 seconds. Seriously man, I'm trying to use you, I'm jacking up your Evade, but what the balls.

That's not true at all. Hubert is versatile in all modes of play. All you need to do is have heavily dualized armor on him. Also, a little level grinding never hurt anyone. Considering the length of combos he can string together and how easy it is to get a weapon with 1000 attack for him, allowing enemies to hit you is difficult enough, even on chaos. And then if you have armor that is set up to bring him on par with the rest of the party, then you've got your problem solved. That's what I did anyway. ^^;;

[DualSilverGunner]

As a bit of a late DLC update, new costumes went up on PSN on Tuesday (which I'm guessing is the designated weekly release date). This week, we have the Inomata Design costumes, save for the Miku!Sophie one. The costumes include Pilot Asbel, Strahtan Avenger Hubert, Samurai Malik, Cowgirl Pascal, and Little Devil Cheria. In my opinion, the Inomata costumes really aren't that good. I only bought the Hubert one, but I'm still not that satisfied with it. Here's to hoping that we FINALLY get the cameo costume set next week! I really want my Zelos!Richard, and Harold!Pascal. Not to mention FURY SPARKS.

[Momo]

I want my fucking Zelos Richard. They could've gone the lame route and went with Kratos but no, they knew that couldn't stand. He pulls it off like a fuckin boss.

[Burning Gravity]

I still don't understand how to get any costumes. *sigh*

[Momo]

The earliest one you can get is Asbel's Yuri costume, as soon as you get to Sable Izole. You need at least 10 magic carta cards though, and you have to beat that guy in the minigame with a perfect score (he can't get any of them). After that you get a title for Asbel. Once that title reaches level 3, you can go to his status screen and change his costume from there. From there you can get Sophie's Patty costume (20 cards needed, medium difficulty) and Cheria's Rita costume (25 cards, hard difficulty), the last of which you should never take off her cause damn, it's good looking.

Other costumes can only be gotten when you're near the end of the main game. I'm not sure of the exact time, but once you have the ship you should be able to get them, though I myself have not found them all.

Also, I really like that you don't need to equip the title to use the costume. Little things like that are why this game owns.

[Renall]

That's not true at all. Hubert is versatile in all modes of play. All you need to do is have heavily dualized armor on him. Also, a little level grinding never hurt anyone. Considering the length of combos he can string together and how easy it is to get a weapon with 1000 attack for him, allowing enemies to hit you is difficult enough, even on chaos. And then if you have armor that is set up to bring him on par with the rest of the party, then you've got your problem solved. That's what I did anyway. ^^;;

I got Rolling Thunderbolt and his first infinite B-Arte string and it helped, but he still gets staggered far too easily at higher difficulties when I try to make use of his A-Artes. I wouldn't bother counting how somebody gets full-bore set up on a NG+ when in a first run because it isn't really all that fair. I can solo Vesperia on NG+ with Yuri using a 1-damage weapon in every random battle, that doesn't mean he's King Lockdown while you're still going through it. Likewise, Rita or Genis or Jade are a heck of a lot more impressive when you have their full spell repertoire from the outset. This seems especially true in Graces with needing to get everybody's A-Arte trees filled out.

Hubert seems good once you have all his Artes, but as yet I do not. Also it's not always the easiest thing to just dualize up some armor for him; I'm only now starting to be able to farm good +9/10 EVA shards at the tail end of the game.

Mostly I've just been playing as Asbel and spamming weaknesses. Haven't really found any character who has the same rhythm to me that Lloyd or Yuri did. I think Richard might, but lol Richard so I have to get to the Future Arc to find out for sure. Cheria's probably the most powerful character I've got but she's a bit dull to play even though she's exceptionally strong. Sophie might be what I'm looking for, I just haven't played as her very much.

Also regarding costumes, you can get most of the in-game costumes and late-game skits after you reach a particular dungeon location. I won't spoil anything but it's "Location Name: Center." As soon as you enter that area (it's not right before the final boss, like halfway through the final dungeon) you can get pretty much all non-postgame/Future Arc content, according to the guides. The costume quests might actually open as early as getting full access to the shuttle, which is basically right at the unlocking of the final dungeon anyway.

[Lord Raven]

Pascal, Malik, and Hubert are ridiculously fun to play as, as I've just found out... this game really really diversified its cast, I like it.

[Renall]

What do you... do... as Malik? I've pretty much exclusively used him as Obligatory Tales Magic-Bot spamming B-Artes from the back on AI control, which of course he does do pretty well. I honestly don't even know what his A-Artes do exactly.

[Blazing_Soul]

Malik the only thing I do when I play as him is B Artes. I like Sophie a great fighter who I can control and heal when I need to. Cheria is pretty fun also just adjesting to playing with a distant attacker. Asbel obviously is alright to use as is Hubert. I can't say too much on Pascal but she is somewhat ok to play as. I've sampled playing as everyone at Riot Peak and I don't think I'll like playing as Malik and Pascal that much.

[DualSilverGunner]

Malik the only thing I do when I play as him is B Artes. I like Sophie a great fighter who I can control and heal when I need to. Cheria is pretty fun also just adjesting to playing with a distant attacker. Asbel obviously is alright to use as is Hubert. I can't say too much on Pascal but she is somewhat ok to play as. I've sampled playing as everyone at Riot Peak and I don't think I'll like playing as Malik and Pascal that much.

I only used Malik so I could get his Sonic Mount Adept title for the awesome MALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIK BEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM. I really only use them in battle to pull off their Accel Blast Caliburs, otherwise I usually play Asbel, Hubert, Sohpie, or even Cheria sometime. I've always preferred characters that are up in the enemies faces and just dish out a bunch of damage that way.

Now, as a little change of topic, regarding DLC. It seems likely that we WILL NOT be getting Idolm@ster, Geass, Miku, Toro, Or Xth Haseo costumes. I want my Dual Silver Gunner (Haseo) costume, dammit ;w; So, it's expected that this Tuesday will hold the last set of DLC costumes, which will be the Cameo costumes. Aftewards, it's unclear whether or not more DLC will be released, Namco never said anything about DLC skits or weapons coming over.

[Lord Raven]

What do you... do... as Malik? I've pretty much exclusively used him as Obligatory Tales Magic-Bot spamming B-Artes from the back on AI control, which of course he does do pretty well. I honestly don't even know what his A-Artes do exactly.

Basically, his A-Artes lock onto your enemy and they attack around that enemy. His A-Artes are very long-range, as well, so you can hit far away enemies with it.

It helps that if you do a 4-hit combo then use a spell, the spell has a heavily reduced charging time. So I use 4 A-Artes (they have a large blast radius) followed by a spell and it manages to do quite a lot. His problem is against Nova enemies (that is, when he's by himself so thats retarded), but if you pull out the right spell after a decent enough combo then you're fine. I honestly feel pretty comfortably using him, and he has decent HP.

[DualSilverGunner]

Like predicted, the cameo costumes came out today, and they drained my PSN wallet down to 17 cents. I bought all of them except for Sophie's, since I don't really like her Anise costume with the long hair (I like the hair on the Patty costume better) and because I couldn't afford it. There were no attachments this week however, so I'm probably going to start getting those once I get some more money in my wallet, primarily the Peepit for Manlik Peepinator goodness.

I just started my second playthrough, and it feels good to be playing on Chaos, and at Level 41 with an Ice Coffin before even going to Strahta yet. Feels good man.