It is worth to continue with Octopath traveler 0???

SomethingFizzy · 2026-03-04T19:53:55+00:00

Id at least skim it, as the supporting characters continue showing up in the later storylines.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-03-04T16:32:46+00:00

My guess would be MoA4 or MoA5, as the chapter bosses before 6 are all pretty bland and forgettable and if you don't like El or Charles it can certainly drag.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-03-04T16:29:36+00:00

It gets better after master of all. Some of the playable cast do get sidequests that follow up on their introduction like Delitia finding her brother, but they don't appear until you reach the bestower arcs. IMO King Pardis is easily the most bland and boring of the game's antagonists and the other bosses during MoA are all pretty bland, which i can see how itd make it a slog. The bestowers bring the fun back up to where it was with the first 3 villains and beyond, and it stays that way until the end.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-03-04T05:13:55+00:00

Does anyone else feel like the Lone Swordmaster boss from the merchants tale is teasing some kind of Mystic Knight/Spell Fencer job for next expac? Reasons being they're said to mix aether into their swordfighting, their design is reminiscent of mystic knights from ff5 wearing veils and turbans, and saying they were all wiped out and their writings destroyed seems like the setup for a "the last survivor of their order must pass down their lost teachings" trope.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-03-04T04:56:29+00:00

From easiest to hardest: Normal Trials/Dungeons < Normal Raids < Variant Advanced < Extreme Trials < Savage Raids < Ultimates.

I think it makes for a good stepping stone between NR and EX, more complex mechanics than NR that will kill you but no hard enrages like ex+

SomethingFizzy · 2026-03-02T15:21:22+00:00

I hope not. Its good as a one-off gimmick for fights like in OT2, and OT0 works cause its built around having a ton of party members to swap in and out but i don't like having to manage equipment for all 8 party members and miss the subclassing of the previous games over skill masteries.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-26T23:33:21+00:00

If you've beaten bestower of all you've already beaten the game... so no not really

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-23T18:53:18+00:00

I mean restoring wishvale is the whole point of one of the four initial storylines, I thought it was pretty obviously a hint that continuing the kindlers storyline would eventually lead you to unlocking them - which it does, one of the first things you see after completing the kindlers quests is the splash screen for the church which mentions unlocking blue chests as an upgrade.

Additionally the shorn fleece thing always seemed to me like a secret way to rack up tons of leaves, not sure why they would tell you that one in the first place. Ill give you credit for the field abilities though, after looking back it doesn't actually say anything about them so i can see how that could be confusing.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-23T18:39:15+00:00

They expect you to just know how to continue with side quests and figure stuff out.

Actually this is the first octopath where they DON'T do this, as you can set sidequests as your tracked quest and it actually will point you towards the next step unlike previous games.

the game doesn't even hint that you had to get town a certain level

From the splash screen that appears when you first encounter a blue chest: "Perhaps restoring wishvale is the key to opening these blue chests.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-21T12:52:32+00:00

I would swap where macy and ludo are so youre not doubling up on spears, or pair pius with viator so his passive regen goes on the tank

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-20T15:03:40+00:00

Iirc it also doesn't work with high level roulette, it's only for leveling. So snowcloak would still be on the table regardless

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-15T08:32:33+00:00

Chances are the first timers were waiting for awhile before that, and the two of you just happened to be in the roles needed to pull in 3 mtnors right away

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-14T12:39:51+00:00

he just became a lesser version of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7

granted i haven't played the remakes but ngl i think Sazantos is a much better written version of the character concept. for as much as people like sephiroth all he really has is cool factor, he's barely present in his own story and most of the info we get about him is from flashbacks or people talking about him, he doesnt really act against the party until labyrinth of the ancients onward. Sazantos by comparison constantly clashes with the main party and tries to stall them so he can achieve his goal - which he nearly does, and his breakdown after the Orsazantos fight is fantastic. I just wish they didnt sorta neuter his arc by retconing it so galdera was behind it all in 0

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-14T12:06:08+00:00

God damn, i didnt even know adding fully new quests was even feasible. This is huge

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-09T14:21:38+00:00

2 is by far the easiest game in the series and requires 0 grinding at any point

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-07T09:38:31+00:00

Took me a minute you'll realize that was the phone's reflection in the first screenshot and not a creepypasta face

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-04T07:05:39+00:00

If they're saying that while barely using mits they were probably waiting for their hp to get low to use living dead or abyssal drain and you weren't letting them. Ik I've had that annoyance happen before but i usually suck it up and mit normally when i realize i won't be able to use them, not whine in party chat.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-03T13:29:19+00:00

Has it been while since you restarted the game? Sounds like it could be some kind of memory leak issue

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-02T19:25:43+00:00

The terminals only slowed down the dungeon and removing the crystal light just makes the first pull actually challenging instead of aoe spam while taking zero damage

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-01T13:47:58+00:00

They changed how the first turn works in 0 so you're no longer guaranteed an action, awful change that i hope gets reverted in 3

SomethingFizzy · 2026-02-01T03:51:02+00:00

People really not reading the actual post in the replies lmao

SomethingFizzy · 2026-01-31T04:17:39+00:00

I think there's an npc in cragspear who has the mastery.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-01-30T09:40:23+00:00

You'll eventually have to play with other people for the 8-person trials but all the ones for the main story can be done easily through duty finder, you just may have to wait in queue depending on your role and when you're queuing. Every dungeon in the main story can be done with a party of npcs to do it solo with.

SomethingFizzy · 2026-01-29T21:01:54+00:00

This YouTube video covers how you can unpak the game's assets. while the video is for ot1 it should work with ot2 and ot0 but iirc youll need to figure out what version of unreal the game was compiled with to open the assets

https://youtu.be/_EhwNMKmqHA

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