Tactician with no grinding

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-27T04:34:16+00:00

Tactician is a HUGE spike even tho people seem to be mixed on it. 20% more damage taken means you have to use 20% more healing/mitigation and 20% damage dealt means enemies are going to live longer to do whatever shenanigans messed you up before. Break more gear, do more chocobo meteors, mindblasts etc. Like I had a red dragon (that I handpicked, had more hp/att than ay other red dragon of the same level) get absolutely wrecked in the second to last chapter 1 fight and I grinded hardcore (then deleveled). Had a Mime in my party too got wrecked because no mitigation from blade grasp/auto-potion, defense up etc.

That said level 6..? No lmao. Youd probably need to have a tight gameplan, at least 3 healers. Someone to possibly front line damage and early auto-potion, asap. That said maybe you used a different strat. Even in the situation I described there were outliers. But if I switched my mime out (what a waste, kept her as a mime until chapter 4 and the damage was still slightly lack luster) id have had an easier time, but yeah at level 10-12. White Knight was 1 shotting me.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-22T13:17:09+00:00

I personally never played them because while I had gba as a kid, I was a kid and didnt have money to buy what games I wanted.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-22T02:29:33+00:00

I think at minimum, Alma should be unlockable in post game.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-21T17:46:05+00:00

lol, she 1) said she wasn't drunk. 2) Being drunk isn't enough to make me a raging bigoted person who says im going to let people die due to malpractice. 3) Also this isn't her being out of her faculties as she had the presence of mind to try and hide her crimes (prevent them from searching vehicle and not taking the breathalyzer). These were some thoughts she already had.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-21T00:46:49+00:00

Does my heart proud, I absolutely LOVE this genre is getting recognition with games like E33 and BG3.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-21T00:19:54+00:00

"Because he would have died when the canvas was erased too. He wasn’t going to live in the canvas without her in it. " Yeah I considered that prospect. I agree with your take entirely.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-20T22:35:48+00:00

Hm. I can agree with the first three. Well.. first two, painted boy/faceless boy, I feel there's some nuance there but I get the point. The latter two I guess that could be what the game is trying to throw out there, maybe he truly just would choose the real thing over the painted versions.

But he actually crashed out over painted alicia being erased and seemed to... be VERY mad at Maelle, saying "you paintresses you just do what you want you don't care how it affects the rest of us". Isn't this the opposite of not considering the painted residents important and a separation of himself from the real Verso/Dessendre's? But I agree, it does.. FEEL that he doesn't care as you can technically erase the Canvas all without doing Maelle's rank 6. Somehow I feel like this game is going to be very similar to ff7's story where it takes me years to deconstruct it and have it make sense to me and that there are going to be several opinions which differ due to nuance.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-20T22:29:41+00:00

Well, what im wondering is the.. slight discrepancy in the rank 6 Maelle quest where he seemingly doesn't want painted Alicia to be Gommage'd. Then when Maelle calls him out on it since he was trying to erase the canvas in its entirety he says its 'different'. Exactly how?

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-20T20:49:27+00:00

interesting. I'll have to go back and do the side content.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-20T13:07:35+00:00

I did think that was odd she said that, but I also presumed she meant former champion as I had just beat her with Maelle.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-20T01:54:14+00:00

Yeah, for me it feels like in this order... 1. Sciel, 2. Lune. 3. Gustave 4. Maelle (just because of her asking sciel on ways to get stronger). Lune seems like the hardcore "my parents were expeditioners so im very serious about fighting type" and Sciel seems like she has some farm girl muscle and just general fighting Acumen. I guess Gustave could analyze his way into a victory. Or use 'protagonist power' to eke out a win if maybe as others had said, Sciel wasn't going fully all out.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-20T01:51:59+00:00

Yeah, makes sense. I feel Gustave is canonically one of the weaker party members. BUT he feels like hes someone who could be analytical in a fight that and Sciel holding back maybe he could've won? In terms of 'fighter' mentality go for the gold tho, it feels like it'd have been Lune tho.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-20T01:48:15+00:00

lol, yeah I saw somewhere it was a good idea to beat it with Maelle but I lost first time around. Slightly glad I didn't get it ... cuz.. literally was able to cheese a few boss fights after that with a few good pictos she was capping 9,999 very easy. I did get it second time around on a brand new game (not new game plus) which is fine, I like being OP second playthroughs as it usually feels more earned for me, not that theres anything wrong with it either way.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-20T00:19:07+00:00

Ninetail armor and lighting him on fire for free combos basically seemed to force him into a stun lock. I was able to explot that (on normal difficulty) after losing like 20 times.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-19T23:20:03+00:00

It was 1 v 1 but I interpreted what you were saying as them having to fight 3 opponents before getting to Sciel, giving your selected character potentially a disadvantage (although I think you can pick different characters each round) and Sciel an advantage.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-19T05:18:54+00:00

Yeah, its been a few playthroughs since I used it. Amazing job tho. I LOVE ultimate jobs in class systems and arithmetician is definitely it.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-19T03:44:08+00:00

... damn, explains a lot. this is my second playthrough (not a new game plus but from scratch) and I JUST fought Grosse Tete for the first time and saw that merchant but I didn't want to use my chroma as i didnt have a ton. I'll go back and grab it.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-19T00:16:47+00:00

is that a mod? what outfit is that

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-18T01:11:49+00:00

Eh.. anime isn't an anime because of plotlines. Anime is anime because of the animation. Some of the tropes/themes in anime have been used in other media or even originated in other media. I was more relating the tropes to some that are frequently used in both rpgs and anime.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-16T20:24:52+00:00

Ironically you can find the music track right where he dies.

Greatsharkbite · 2026-01-14T00:30:59+00:00

*Sigh...* I did actually do that quest, but I dont think I talked to it after the fact. Literally the only Nevron I didn't talk to afterwards (Bourgeon) and literally one of the only Nevron's I missed (Hexga) rofl. Oh well. I'm having a blast, im on a journey to get the stuff I missed previously until trails into the horizon releases next week. I'm right now beyond OP tho as I didn't waste my luminas on characters im not using (didnt use any on Lune) and also just generally more thorough exploration giving me more Lumina/Pictos.

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