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Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland |OT| Shin Rorona Tensei
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ForteanMan
Member
Picked this game up last night for my Vita. I've completed the first kingdom task with 19 days to spare. I've additionally completed the bingo thingy and Rorona and Cory are both level 6. I suppose at this point I'll just kill time exploring the areas which have opened for me.
All that is to say that I'm really enjoying my time with this game. I wish someone had expressed to me how much I would like these games sooner. Once I've finished a New Game+ playthrough of this one, I'll be looking into getting the other Plus titles on the Vita.
It's only Totori and Meruru correct?
All that is to say that I'm really enjoying my time with this game. I wish someone had expressed to me how much I would like these games sooner. Once I've finished a New Game+ playthrough of this one, I'll be looking into getting the other Plus titles on the Vita.
It's only Totori and Meruru correct?
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
For this particular trilogy yes.
Try a balbomb if you have the recipe
My first playthrough took me about 15 hours, but i already knew what i was doing and how the mechanics worked so there's that
Hmm that sounds about perfect, thank you.
Suzushiiro
Banned
You can, but it varies based on ingredients. Depending on what you use you can get aliment recovery or KO recovery, IIRC.
Gotta get dat Dunkelheit
chrominance
Member
Finally getting around to putting in some quality time with Shin Rorona Tensei. I forgot how likeable Rorona was at the beginning of the trilogy, when she was just an insecure girl and not a) an insane moron or b) ten years old. Pretty sure I'm already doing better than I ever did in the original Rorona, though the optional quests and the rewards for doing them are probably helping with that. The combat is so simplistic compared to more recent Atelier games, though, that it puts me to sleep sometimes. And boy do I not miss the bit where if you don't bring the right bomb to the party, you'll just waste munitions trying to blow up some stupid rock in a dungeon.
johny_dmonic
Member
can you miss those front requests for Cordelia's flag? I've only gotten 3 so far (cotton flower was last) and I haven't seen any requests from her again and im in 1/1 y3. I already did the broken item thingy though but that was way back.
You don't need to fill in all 10 stars 
What have you tried? Should work if you hand in a high level, high quality item with good traits.
Think I handed in a 120 quality Spring Cup with no traits sitting in my container and got 6 stars minimum. If you've been keeping your battle strategy up, just hand in your wholesale'd Elixir. No way that doesn't top off 10 stars.
What have you tried? Should work if you hand in a high level, high quality item with good traits.
Think I handed in a 120 quality Spring Cup with no traits sitting in my container and got 6 stars minimum. If you've been keeping your battle strategy up, just hand in your wholesale'd Elixir. No way that doesn't top off 10 stars.
I wouldn't call her a moron.
An absent mindedly insane genius? An incidental weird genius? She's a lot like Mark, who is sort of in his own little world most of the times.I definitely agree that she was very likeable in the first game. She didn't seem to mature that much in Totori, whereas Totori did in Meruru.
You don't need to fill in all 10 stars
What have you tried? Should work if you hand in a high level, high quality item with good traits.
Think I handed in a 120 quality Spring Cup with no traits sitting in my container and got 6 stars minimum. If you've been keeping your battle strategy up, just hand in your wholesale'd Elixir. No way that doesn't top off 10 stars.
Well I'll be....I have 8 stars filled. I always assumed you needed to fill in all 10 stars or you'd fail the assignment lol.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
You only need 3 technically but you need more than 94 stars and 80% popularity for true path. :3
Or under 94 starts and over 80% popularity for good path.
Can someone make a comparison between the time constraints between Rorona, Totori and Meruru? Even though I have so far finished all of the assignments with plenty of time to spare, it still feels like I should have been able to do more in the game, but simply didn't have the time left to do so.
I think I made a huge mistake going to Overtime. I didn't trigger any of Iksel's item events and I'm now stuck unable to synthesize some items because I don't have access to those exclusive materials. Is it still possible to synthesize anything good without those materials? I'm looking at my list and a lot are crossed out because I can't synthesize something like a Crimson Dye. This seriously sucks since I was planning to spend Overtime synthesizing the best equips and items in order to breeze through my second playthrough. I kinda lost interest the moment I got those recipes from Meruru since I can't synthesize any of those items.
inorganicrosiel
Neo Member
Magic Paint is practically a requirement for making the best equipment, but you might be able to find random Crimson Dyes in Machina gathering spots. I think I found some on Floor 3 behind the boss.
I was in the same situation as you when I went into overtime for the first time. Luckily, you can get some of the stuff like Sour Apples from the Abyssal Tower in the first or second floor.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
So yeah, I can't make the True Dragon Hourglass in the Epilogue. I've tried attaching Success Rate traits to Hollow Ring to try and increase my chances but no dice. orz
EDIT: And three seconds later I pull it off. Naturally. >>;
EDIT: And three seconds later I pull it off. Naturally. >>;
chrominance
Member
I wouldn't call her a moron.
I definitely agree that she was very likeable in the first game. She didn't seem to mature that much in Totori, whereas Totori did in Meruru.
If anything, it felt like she regressed in Totori. (Totori spoilers)
The first game is all about a hard-working but kind of dense girl who wins over the townsfolk and learns how to run her own workshop despite a meanie for a mentor. She enters the picture washed up on a shore somewhere in Totori because apparently she's so stupid that she wandered off into the wilderness adventuring and forgot to eat or protect herself.
she could wind up mostly-dead randomly because reasons
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Even my favourite Rorona moment in Totori makes her look kind of awful. The later games don't treat her very well at all.
Even my favourite Rorona moment in Totori makes her look kind of awful. The later games don't treat her very well at all.
JennyTablina
Member
That scene is weird to me, Rorona isn't possessive in the slightest during her own game, and very unassuming. I guess she might of become a bit more assertive during the timeskip and protective of Totori as her tutor but yeaaah weird.
Going thru Rorona kinda slow, just got to year 2 and getting Homhom set up
chrominance
Member
Spent the whole day going through the overtime section.
Failed the overtime section.
Feels good, man.
Failed the overtime section.
Feels good, man.
go through the thread for advice
smh @ your smh.
Rorona: Rorona > Totori >>>>> Meruru
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
It was a little disheartening to see Rorona's status in Totori so far. She was an genius unstoppable monster in my game!
Man coming back to one of these games after a hiatus is weird. I have no idea what I was doing in Totori and I am worried I'm going to fall behind now. Guess I'll just start accepting quests and try to rank up my license.
Man coming back to one of these games after a hiatus is weird. I have no idea what I was doing in Totori and I am worried I'm going to fall behind now. Guess I'll just start accepting quests and try to rank up my license.
johny_dmonic
Member
bah..what traits don't transfer to weapons? i've created a mineral seed with power hitter, defender, speed star and rainbow power so that it would create ores with the same traits. but only power hitter and rainbow power can be transferred to the ingots. wasted a few hours creating those seeds. the boost versions of those traits transfers..but not the final versions..
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
Ok so I have a question about Totori, I know there is a separate thread for it but it has been dead for months now.
I'm at year 3 and
I'm at year 3 and
I just got enough points for the diamond ranking. I thought this game was only 3 years just like Rorona but to my surprise it is actually 6. My question is, what the heck do I do now? The next adventurer rank is 900 points away and I'm just basically left to my own devices. Is there a special place I need to go to figure out what happened to Totori's mom or am I just grinding character endings now?.
bah..what traits don't transfer to weapons? i've created a mineral seed with power hitter, defender, speed star and rainbow power so that it would create ores with the same traits. but only power hitter and rainbow power can be transferred to the ingots. wasted a few hours creating those seeds. the boost versions of those traits transfers..but not the final versions..
there isn't a way to check until you actually get to passing down traits. You should always save before making stuff like that in case it doesn't pan out. Generally, attack traits on weapons, defense, HP, resistance on armor, everything else on accessories.
Orthogalaxen. I went to the floor with all those whales.
story progression should resume on year 4, month 1 at Alanya. Chill for now, I guess. Maybe clear up some friend events, make better equips, update your wholesale, do some license quests?
johny_dmonic
Member
Finally finished with the main story with all the endings completed. Now on to overtime
Edit: Just platinum'd it. 78hrs total time. Finally
Edit: Just platinum'd it. 78hrs total time. Finally
chrominance
Member
Way late on this, but for anyone else in the same boat: the most efficient use of in-game time, by far, is the Quadra Puni boss battle at Skylark Hill in Nearby Forest. Each battle is four Quadra Punis, and when you get them down to critical HP, they duplicate themselves. Play your cards right (i.e. don't rush to kill enemies, leave them alive long enough to duplicate) and you have a theoretically endless supply of enemies to grind. And all it costs you is three days of in-game time if you have a Windrider (or four if you don't). Of course, those three days will end up taking hours of real-life time if you let it, but I think it only took twenty or thirty minutes or so to pick up ~20000 XP. (I was levelling up Cordelia for the adventure ending.) If you don't care about in-game time and would rather optimize for your own time, Orthogalaxen may still be quicker.
Running through my second overtime now. Man, it's so much easier when you know what it is you're supposed to be doing. I'm one World Spirit away from crafting the
first Dragon Hourglass
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
BTW, what do you get for completing esty's final request? The
I made is too nice to not use.
gorgeous dress
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Dragons, or level your hom to gathering 5 and go to orthogalaxen I think.
BTW, what do you get for completing esty's final request? TheI made is too nice to not use.gorgeous dress
did you end up using that required item?
been a month since your post but hmmm I don't remember if you get something good. Gotta do all her quests if you want to trigger her sidequest in overtime anyway.
Started not long ago and am fumbling my way through the game. I haven't been hitting all the quests and stuff as I'm still learning the ropes, where to get ingredients and stuff like that.
The question that's killing me is what determines whether your bomb will break a road block or not? My quality 68 bomb failed, can't use cannons and my quality 31 with forceful trait almost succeeded. A random bomb of 40 quality breaks through... Is it random?
The question that's killing me is what determines whether your bomb will break a road block or not? My quality 68 bomb failed, can't use cannons and my quality 31 with forceful trait almost succeeded. A random bomb of 40 quality breaks through... Is it random?