Spoony_Tech wrote:

Anybody beat this yet? I'm a good 50 hours in now.

Yeah, I think it took me about 110 hours overall.

In other news, I got an eshop card and decided to buy the EXP boosting dlc just for the heck of it. Wow is it broken, I'd recommend it for people wanting to speed up traning to recover lost levels or try new teams, but leaving it on for long periods of time kinda ruins the balancing, so it's best to use it moderately.

Combined with the farmer's ability to recover TP and give it to other characters, it's a rather safe long-lasting team.

For an good buffing fighter, I absolutely recommend getting a Sovereign. They're super helpful and can actually defend themselves.

This is my first time without a tank and so far it works except for my Nightseeker dying a lot because I can't stick him in the back row until he's a bit less squishy. And the Zodiac running out of TP all the time but I'm determined to keep her in the party no matter what.

I'm already playing this game in a foreign language. No need to add more to the mix.

Ralizah wrote:

@MetalKingShield I always played these games with an extremely similar party set-up (tank, medic, elemental user, pure attacker, and then usually someone who either inflicted binds or ailments), but EO5's bonkers classes really threw me off for a while. In the end, though, it led to some interesting changes, such as playing through the vast majority of the game without a dedicated healer, and learning to adapt to the bunker system (which I'm actually quite fond of now) as opposed to using a protector to line guard every turn.

Oh yeah, EO V is the best so far, in my opinion. Personally, I've always been a purist with the classes, so when I want someone who can inflict binds/ailments, I've always gone with the Hexer/Arcanist type, and never really used those skills with characters who are meant to do other things. It all goes back to the first game, when I learnt the Landsknecht could sometimes inflict that kind of thing (Head Bind, if I recall correctly), but wasn't as effective for that. Similarly, we've been trained through the first four games to have a Protector with Fire/Ice/Volt Wall. I really loved how we didn't need that for the first time in V. The Pugilist, for example, was the one who could do all the binds, but was also a front line combatant.

It's great, but possibly the worst so far. Having 19 classes is really too much choice, and only having Japanese voice acting does make me feel I'm missing out a bit. The map system of having lots of different locations is not as satisfying as going up or down one giant labyrinth (as in I, II, III and V), but at the same time, I'm glad it doesn't have the overworld/sea map of III and IV. All in all, it feels like an excuse to re-use 3DS assets - not a terrible thing, but not a high point in the series either. Even so, the gameplay loop is as addictive as ever, and I'm very much enjoying it.

Almost messed up with the final boss. [spoiler]I forgot to keep an eye on the turn counter near the end of the battle[/spoiler], and had to stall for a few turns to revive most of my team.

Slow and steady did the job. Also got lucky with the Nerve Circles.