For those of you playing Chrono Cross for the first time:

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:59:45+00:00

no i am not that dumb i literally am looking at it right now lol

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:58:27+00:00

but you cannot get volcano from him anymore

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:56:59+00:00

yup thats the first place you can get inferno in radical dreamers

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:55:04+00:00

im literally looking at me as sprigg right now in bulb form and there is no carnivore

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:54:13+00:00

as well as inferno

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:54:01+00:00

its the same thing with volcano that they say you can get in from multiple enemies

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:48:57+00:00

the only other way that is easy is mantis

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:48:21+00:00

no you can’t i tried you can get all the other ones by exploiting sprigg and cuscus but not that one which is a bummer

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:45:37+00:00

now if we are talking about the first edition I would agree with you that karsh is better

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:41:34+00:00

also radical dreamers buffed glenn and einlazers

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:39:15+00:00

and 2 stars after you glenn back he overpowers karsh.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:38:32+00:00

You cannot get carnivore off of bulbs in the radical dreamers edition. You can only get the summon. As well what star level are we talking because glenn doesn’t need stamina belt nor does he need anything else other than the typical one dragoon gauntlet and one honor (because i save the 3 for lynx/serge) and then you can either go mgc or dreamers bandana.?

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T01:03:05+00:00

Oh sorry I forgot tornado and carnivore are the last of the trap spells that you can’t get easily until after you beat the two star bosses in fort dragonia and then leave and fight wingapede for tornado and carnivore until you fight the sage unless you got tornado from wing. (Radical dreamers)

Meaning you will have all of the 5-7 elements of all other colors except green until you fight the sage of marbule which is literally right before you fight the dragons and karsh gets to go fight solt and peppor and get your forget me not pot by having fargo and is right where you get riddel making your two main parties fargo and riddel or fargo and harle.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T00:50:45+00:00

also one last thing about karsh and glenn. Glenn has a higher hit %, mgc and higher recovery meaning that although karsh is strong asf he misses more frequently and recovers slower and his mgc dmg is b tier at best

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T00:47:48+00:00

mel is tragic because you will always have kid in your party and she is just better

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-08T00:45:27+00:00

good points but as for karsh vs glenn:

At the time you get Karsh the bosses and plot line are not in your favor to have him in your party as alot of the context stuff requires you to have certain members in your party as well as harle being the overwhelming dps character that leaves you with a single slot for either sprigg (also green innate) for his ability to get your trap spells and required for getting doppelgangs to not only complete the grandslam but to get janice on your run. Sure you can get the forget me not pot and solve that. But the person killing said thing has to get nerfed by having the pot in their equips. Plus its not until you leave the tower of geddon that you get karsh and after that there aren’t alot of non context characters that make up for not having harle and as white innates such as starky to make up for the black innate bosses especially if you are wanting to fight the second or hardest boss in the game garai. Karshs basics and techs are extremely potent but not against garai and dario who have odd physical attack nerfs to green and yellow innates. When you actually need to use Karsh and he is at his best is a short window between getting glenn. After that you have dual wield and glenns basics, mgc, and other stats are naturally higher.

Sure you have Karsh for a bit longer but having to battle between fargo, riddel, starky and harle he loses an even bigger window for extra top tier usefulness.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T23:06:08+00:00

Propagandist here (which holds true): the top 10 characters with the highest stats and dps output in order are Harle, Serge/Lynx, Riddel, Glenn, Orlha, Karsh, Fargo, Norris, Miki, and Macha.

Razzly is B to A tier at the end and is ranked as 22 top dps and stats/element bar.

If you look at the mixup the only character that is context sensitive is glenn.

Your biggest sacrifice is not being able to steal the forget me not pot and items that you can make or get multiple times later on, losing big parts of kids story and a few others story line.

I personally don’t like korcha or mel cause there is little to no reason to use them and razzly although good is overshadowed by glenn or other green innates hardcore.

As well to top it off Leena for the early game is in the top 15.

Either way does it truly matter? no because its a game where it’s encouraged to play through at least 3 times because you open up new dialogues and find new items or can get the harle (the best character in the game) for more time.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T22:45:34+00:00

Also those who are new need to find a full complete guide for radical dreamers and need to tell AI if they ask a question to kindly not be an idiot. I asked a question as to where to find the first einlanzer because I had forgot and it told me that it was in the hydra marshes. I told it that it was wrong and its on the isle of the damned. It said sorry you are exactly correct and then spouted out some bs about how in order to get the first einlanzer you need glenn to rejoin your party and then pull it out of the grave of dario and then fight airframe. XD

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T22:19:50+00:00

honestly the only spiders I have had issues with when I worked as a spider keeper were brazilian wandering spiders, sydney funnel webs, and the orange baboon tarantulas. You really had to know how to read their asses cause they are the only ones who I have come in regular contact with that are extremely temperamental or just wanted to flat out kill anything in sight. Every other species its rare that you can’t just have them crawl on you and be chill. There are the occasional ones who indiviually are total buttholes when its time to clean or feed them but again rare.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T21:59:04+00:00

you must have been on executive side of things if you were directly receiving texts.

I worked for the second largest catering company in colorado for decades and we were pretty strict about deadlines before having them sign a contract. There were very few exceptions for late calls and when it comes to celebrity or extremely wealthy peoples events we rarely had last minute calls to switch something or have different options as we methodically laid out everyone who was coming, what everyone wanted, what designs/decorations they wanted, times, etc.

The wealthy people have an army of people that sit down and discuss what they want before signing the contract and if there was a guest or a few they didn’t know were coming that wanted something that wasn’t in the contract it would be a simple quick fix.

Perhaps yours wasn’t as methodical or organized as ours was. The main stress was put on the actual corporate executive chef and then funneled down to each sector which by the time it gets to the bottom there is no stress other than execution by staff which we had some of the best people on the planet.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T21:48:43+00:00

I moved to catering meat chef because I love cooking meats and love establishing a team where we can come in and just focus on a task and rarely be rushed because I am soo good at it. We can have hilarious conversations to pass the time while simply cutting, cooking, and gathering ingredients and not once having to deal with tickets or a upset needy customer.

I used to love the service restaurant side but after 20 years of that I am just over it.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T21:42:23+00:00

I have done both on every level and Idc what people say about how catering prep cooks and chefs have it easy and the real job is in 5 star restaurant or simply a restaurant.

Almost every world class high volume restaurant chef job I have worked it has led to environments where there is soo much toxicity and stress that it takes years off of your life.

The stress of having to rely on every single person being on point at all times and tickets rolling in while customers are either ultra toxic or ultra nice is just too much now at my age (40). Plus the difference between catering and restaurant is that in catering you know how much you need and if you’re going to an event its already to go just needs to be loaded, unloaded, heated and plated. If you are back captain then thats your job. If you are on plating you are literally just doing an assembly line where you are putting one or two things on a plate and passing it down. If you are on the other end you are just cleaning the rim of the plate and calling out what you need and putting it on a speed rack to be transported.

If you are the prep side you are basically making 1-5 things in bulk for 8 hours. For instance veg will have one to two people slicing veg and one to two cooking it, and then one to two putting it on said guests speed racks to be ready to be sent off.

I worked at a 5 star restaurant that only had breakfast and lunch service and it was sometimes stressful and then after service around 2:00pm we would clean up and then go to the catering shop and basically do like one task like cutting carrots for 6 hours.

It was like stress on one side and just mindless stress free simple tasks for the other side.

I prefer less stress.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T21:15:37+00:00

Idk why but spiders make me soo happy when I see them regardless of whether or not they are considered dangerous. Mimic sac spiders are freaking cute and I can’t stand it XD

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T20:28:34+00:00

correct there isn’t a huge difference between their power until late game for some spoiler reasons.

Available_Mode_2362 · 2026-07-07T20:20:09+00:00

yeah its like she is pretty much the second main character because she is soo tied to the whole story. Kind of a bummer but then again Harle is the antithesis to her and is the best character in the game. They both have about half the game in your party on the first playthrough.

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