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Anime Agarest: Putting the PG in RPG
- Thread starter RK47
- Start date
15 Hours into the game...
Today I just realized you can swap skills between party members.
Let's look at the picture below:
Skills are determined by the skills equipped by the particular character. However, not all skills are available to that character - the type of skills available to them are determined by Weapon Slot and Unit Slot. Unit slot is basically default - you cannot change it - every character is trained to use different range of skills. Now let's learn how to equip one.
Notice Ellis' weapon slot has an empty Light slot. We should slot her in with Ascension then, so she can cast something else and maybe combo with Zerva's Black Mist during combat.
You can also remove nearly useless skill like Trick Hit - because the damage is determined by ATK, which she lacks.
If you need a thief to steal things in combat, she can also be slotted in with that skill.
There, now she gains two new offensive spells, Earth Spike and Ascension. And Steal.
Now, I've been stuck with a staff user = healer mentality for 15 hours and never really understood that this game lets me be slightly flexible with character builds. Let's look at Fyuria.
I emptied all her skills. Notice the Light slot at the bottom that used to be occupied by Ascension?
Slot in a Heal. Now she's a healer. She's not as good as healing as the other two casters, but she has higher initiative and can perform more moves with higher AP.
Other characters aren't very flexible, like Whiteknight and Zerva.
We haven't even talked about crafting new skills,
exchanging tech.points for unique weapons/skills/crafting manuals/rare materials
and crafting gears.
I am overwhelmed here.
Today I just realized you can swap skills between party members.
Let's look at the picture below:
Skills are determined by the skills equipped by the particular character. However, not all skills are available to that character - the type of skills available to them are determined by Weapon Slot and Unit Slot. Unit slot is basically default - you cannot change it - every character is trained to use different range of skills. Now let's learn how to equip one.
Notice Ellis' weapon slot has an empty Light slot. We should slot her in with Ascension then, so she can cast something else and maybe combo with Zerva's Black Mist during combat.
You can also remove nearly useless skill like Trick Hit - because the damage is determined by ATK, which she lacks.
If you need a thief to steal things in combat, she can also be slotted in with that skill.
There, now she gains two new offensive spells, Earth Spike and Ascension. And Steal.
Now, I've been stuck with a staff user = healer mentality for 15 hours and never really understood that this game lets me be slightly flexible with character builds. Let's look at Fyuria.
I emptied all her skills. Notice the Light slot at the bottom that used to be occupied by Ascension?
Slot in a Heal. Now she's a healer. She's not as good as healing as the other two casters, but she has higher initiative and can perform more moves with higher AP.
Other characters aren't very flexible, like Whiteknight and Zerva.
We haven't even talked about crafting new skills,
exchanging tech.points for unique weapons/skills/crafting manuals/rare materials
and crafting gears.
I am overwhelmed here.
What the fuck am I seeing?
Damned Registrations
Furry Weeaboo Nazi Nihilist
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Oh man you got annihilated.
My first attempt went pretty badly too, but I managed to kill off the gun using guy just barely. Second try I spread out so they couldn't do their aoe bullshit on me, and caught the two of them in some aoe bullshit of my own. Very satisfying.
Damned Registrations
Furry Weeaboo Nazi Nihilist
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It's really worthwhile to go out of your way to overkill and steal from the bosses. Doing that to Kashibal netted me a Flame Spear (Over 100 innate break, awesome stats, and enhancing it provides exponential bonuses, the 4th enhancement gives over 100 more attack from the 3rd, though it costs like 1000 ep) and Flame Guard (which has 2 skill slots and awesome defenses), moving Elaine from 'kinda subpar' to 'fucking awesome' territory. Plus, even if you just get more smithing materials, that shit sells for thousands of gold, which you can easily use for buying more skills or buying longswords to enhance and turn into atk+100 skills.
Also, my pokemon is one of my strongest party members. Even though it's just a shitty hell wolf (one of the first things you encounter) and has awful stat growth, it has 10 skill slots, starts with all 3 extra skills learned, has like 20 base AP, and it learned Resolve (more SP per turn) at like level 5 or some shit. If a shitty monster like that is that good, I can't imagine how strong a higher level one will be, let alone a giant fuck like that bird boss. Just picked up merciful strike and plan to go on a hunting spree and combine shit until I get something terrifying.
Also, my pokemon is one of my strongest party members. Even though it's just a shitty hell wolf (one of the first things you encounter) and has awful stat growth, it has 10 skill slots, starts with all 3 extra skills learned, has like 20 base AP, and it learned Resolve (more SP per turn) at like level 5 or some shit. If a shitty monster like that is that good, I can't imagine how strong a higher level one will be, let alone a giant fuck like that bird boss. Just picked up merciful strike and plan to go on a hunting spree and combine shit until I get something terrifying.
Damned Registrations
Furry Weeaboo Nazi Nihilist
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Ok the pokemon are fucking overpowered. Some of them can even use human weapons.
I dunno, I messed up in Jumbo Cock dungeon and got my front line wiped. Ever since then the magic users always outleveled the front row by 3 levels.
Quite hilarious. So I've been centering my strategy around ranged nukes instead of melee mash.
Gerrard
Arcane
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Not with those breasts she isn't.
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