this is one of those games where the difficulty curve is kind of inverted but the more party members you get the more interesting combat gets. don't snooze on getting ness a full loadout as your first priority when you get into town. you can get a better hat if you find the secret treehouse behind the library. the library also has a "town map" that works in every major town. the cookies and bread rolls you get right at the beginning wont be very helpful for fast healing mid-combat, for that you will need hamburgers. if you played FF3 it would be similar to Tonics/Potions
the "hint man" in every town is also based. $50 is a pretty steep amount of money early on but he literally gives you hints for every major story beat so if you are ever stuck you have a diegetic walkthru to help you figure out what it was you missed
"healing" spell heals status effects, and is directly comparable to the healing "herb" items. might be a bit difficult to parse which groups of status effects each level cures but thats ok. Healing γ has a 75% chance to cure death and Healing Ω has a 100% chance to cure it
the non-damage spells like paralysis, shields, stat change might be hard to use with just ness and paula but once you can keep people alive for a few turns they can help with the more challenging enemies
peaceful rest valley is hard for most people. its also my favorite part of the game now because im a sicko i guess
paula is gonna struggle when you get her. just get her some levels and she'll be aight
paula is gonna struggle when you get her. just get her some levels and she'll be aight
Right! KOed party members will not gain exp from a fight, even if they did 99% of the damage. Try not to let the same party member repeatedly get KOed (or revive them before the fight ends, if you have the means) to prevent their development from being stunted.
IIRC, experience won from a fight gets divided among the surviving party members, so this will exacerbate the difference in levels, particularly when you have two party members and the stronger one repeatedly gets "double" points and the weaker, deader one gets zero.
this is one of those games where the difficulty curve is kind of inverted but the more party members you get the more interesting combat gets. don't snooze on getting ness a full loadout as your first priority when you get into town. you can get a better hat if you find the secret treehouse behind the library. the library also has a "town map" that works in every major town. the cookies and bread rolls you get right at the beginning wont be very helpful for fast healing mid-combat, for that you will need hamburgers. if you played FF3 it would be similar to Tonics/Potions
the "hint man" in every town is also based. $50 is a pretty steep amount of money early on but he literally gives you hints for every major story beat so if you are ever stuck you have a diegetic walkthru to help you figure out what it was you missed
"healing" spell heals status effects, and is directly comparable to the healing "herb" items. might be a bit difficult to parse which groups of status effects each level cures but thats ok. Healing γ has a 75% chance to cure death and Healing Ω has a 100% chance to cure it
the non-damage spells like paralysis, shields, stat change might be hard to use with just ness and paula but once you can keep people alive for a few turns they can help with the more challenging enemies
peaceful rest valley is hard for most people. its also my favorite part of the game now because im a sicko i guess
paula is gonna struggle when you get her. just get her some levels and she'll be aight
Right! KOed party members will not gain exp from a fight, even if they did 99% of the damage. Try not to let the same party member repeatedly get KOed (or revive them before the fight ends, if you have the means) to prevent their development from being stunted.
IIRC, experience won from a fight gets divided among the surviving party members, so this will exacerbate the difference in levels, particularly when you have two party members and the stronger one repeatedly gets "double" points and the weaker, deader one gets zero.