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Etrian Odyssey Community Thread: The Ongoing Adventures of Fight and Heal
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cooljeanius
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Which ones are those? I don't think I've come across them yet...
I think they become available as you go a bit deeper in the 6th stratum. Around floor 27 or 28 I believe.
They all have a maximum difficulty rating.
As someone who did them very recently, they're actually available right after you go into the postgame. Three quests related to the dragons pop up, and once you finish the initial quest you get another one that boils down to GO KILL THIS THING and increase the level cap.
At least, that's how it worked for the fire dragon. Might not hold true for the other two?
EDIT: I just realized this wasn't about EOIV. Oops. Clearly I've been focusing on that game too much recently.
So, does anyone think that the "D" and "X" websites might finally get revealed on Monday? If that X is supposed to be a multiplication symbol, then I think that some sort of crossover could be possible, like an Etrian-style Mystery Dungeon/Shiren the Wanderer game.
The starter quests should become available starting at the 27th floor, and you'll unlock a quest for an additional dragon with each successive floor conquered. Once you finish the starter quests, you'll unlock the quest for actually fighting them. If you're playing on expert, though, I just hope you've got a protector for the elemental walls and have the resources for status-nullifying items.
Really? I finally got around to completing it over the summer, and I explicitly remember that the dragons don't appear until you're a little ways in, and that the order of unlocking was volt, ice, fire. Maybe the volt dragon was available from the start, but that was it for me.
Either way, the volt starter involves the ankhs around the 5th stratum, the ice one involves proving the dragon exists in a secret area of the 3rd stratum, and the fire one takes you back into the 2nd stratum, but I forgot what you do there.
The starter quests should become available starting at the 27th floor, and you'll unlock a quest for an additional dragon with each successive floor conquered. Once you finish the starter quests, you'll unlock the quest for actually fighting them. If you're playing on expert, though, I just hope you've got a protector for the elemental walls and have the resources for status-nullifying items.
Really? I finally got around to completing it over the summer, and I explicitly remember that the dragons don't appear until you're a little ways in, and that the order of unlocking was volt, ice, fire. Maybe the volt dragon was available from the start, but that was it for me.
Either way, the volt starter involves the ankhs around the 5th stratum, the ice one involves proving the dragon exists in a secret area of the 3rd stratum, and the fire one takes you back into the 2nd stratum, but I forgot what you do there.
OuterLimits
Member
I have read some posts telling people to play IV before Untold. Wouldn't it make more sense playing Untold first since IV has better features overall and you would probably miss them when playing Untold?
Having a blast with Untold. I know many don't like story mode, but I'm having fun with it.
Persona Q coming out soon. So much first person dungeon crawling goodness.
Having a blast with Untold. I know many don't like story mode, but I'm having fun with it.
Persona Q coming out soon. So much first person dungeon crawling goodness.
E_Darkness
Member
Pretty much these. Grimoire stones are weird and random and I don't like not having control over them. Sucks they're in EO2U as well (unless they've been refined better).
I feel like EOIV is a just a much better game. Though I haven't finished Untold because I recently restarted it because story mode was horrible and prevented me from wanting to play it. I'm on the 2nd stratum on classic currently.
I wanted to finish EOU before PQ but I don't think that is happening. I'm really looking forward to PQ despite how casualised it probably will be.
I jumped in Etrian at IV so I probably have no place in saying that
No, you guys are totally right. I've been playing too much EOIV and my mind is filled with it so I accidentally misread everything.
Trailers showed some changes. Seemingly we now can level up the skills in the grimoires.
THERE IS A GOD
E_Darkness
Member
Zelenogorsk
Banned
As someone whose first EO game is Untold, when playing the demo to IV the lack of running was driving me insane.
I thought they were always described as the less tanky, more offensive tank of the games?
Linking and chasing wasn't really a huge thing, per se, until 3, was it?
Yup, they look like they're weaker/less overpowered overall, but they're so much more convenient. Each stone can only hold one skill, but you now have multiple slots and get more as you level up. There are also multiple types of grimoire chances that will affect what skill you get, and you'll be notified of what skill you got the moment the character who got the chance acts. And, like you said, you can trade stones to level up skills instead of needing to hunt down a new one, and you can also sell them, too.
Speaking of new stuff, though, some new scans came out the other day, and it finally confirmed that that the royalty get their alt colors, even though none of the other classes have any, except the new highlanders.
EO II had some Landsnerkt chasing as I recall, but they were limited to one hit per element per round and weren't all that useful. Once EO III had Warrior's Might chase all the hits it became an insanely powerful strategy. EO IV dialed chasing parties back again to be a bit more balanced, but still potent enough to be useful.
Yeah, they're all pretty sensible changes. Good on Atlus for making them, though I wonder if the KIng Grimoires will make a comeback.
Please let us get Begone or End-Wind.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Wat.
New Highlanders???
We get them in this one too?)
EO Untold 2 has Highlanders in Classic Mode, it's awesome.
I don't know how they expect me to choose 5 classes for my Untold 2 team, it's going to be insane.
They showed a screenshot of the new guild card template, and there aren't any slots. I guess that doesn't necessarily mean that they won't still be there, though. I just hope it's easier to get them this time around, if they are in.
They're paid DLC, but like with the Ultimax characters, they'll be free for the first week or so.Wat.
New Highlanders???
We get them in this one too?
I at least hope they won't depend on arbitrary in-game statistics if they return, but rather become a conditional drop.
So, like with Ultimax, we can expect that it won't be free for Europeans?
crabhammer
Member
if this isn't Etrian Odyssey 5 then someone please have mercy on my soul
if it is Etrian Odyssey 5 then... someone please have mercy on my soul
oh god i can barely wait
edit:
>Spike Chunsoft president Koichi Nakamura
oh christ i hope it's not some weird crossover with Conception or something
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I never expect EO5, but if it happens I'll die.
I'm guessing it will be a weird crossover or DLC for EOU2.
I'm guessing it will be a weird crossover or DLC for EOU2.
crabhammer
Member
Dangan Ronpa x Etrian Odyssey
Now that I would play.
Now that I would play.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Danganronpa is decent, it is shit compared to Zero Escape but it's still fine.
I don't want crossovers.
crabhammer
Member
I wouldn't have expected you to hate Dangan Ronpa, haha.
I'm really half kidding though. I'd much prefer EO stayed mostly pure. I'm glad that Persona Q distances itself in name, if not totally in mechanics. SpikeChunsoft's president being there certainly indicates something strange, though, and I'd definitely prefer something like DR to Conception if I had to have something.
Or Zero Escape. l o l
Do you know why it's called Q?
Persona Q is the best playing modern Persona game.
1,3, 4 all have their problems.
At least 2 was so nice that they made it twice.
Magicpaint
Member
Persona Q is the best playing modern Persona game.
This isn't hard to believe, since EO gameplay is vastly superior to Persona's, so even in diluted form........
Etrian Odyssey's Japanese name is Sekaiju no Meikyuu, normally stylized as MeiQ.
Yes, that was my point （*´ω｀*）
Oh. I though you were asking >.<
crabhammer
Member
Goddamn I feel like an idiot. As soon as I saw this post it clicked with me why it's called that.
Well played, Atlus.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Ah, that Etrian Odyssey boss experience. You get one you one-shot and you get concerned.
cooljeanius
Member
Oh yeah, that part of that boss fight kind of took me off guard, too... luckily the guest character who joins you as a sixth party member in that dungeon is OP, so I was able to deal with it pretty easily...
whiterabbit
Member
This is really off topic but I've been playing The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds recently. It is really an awesome handheld game. It's a lot of fun. I'm at the last dungeon now.
When I finish Zelda, I want to play EO again. It's hard to figure out what to do because I've already beaten both 3DS Etrian Odyssey games. I can't decide if I want Persona Q even though it got good reviews.
When I finish Zelda, I want to play EO again. It's hard to figure out what to do because I've already beaten both 3DS Etrian Odyssey games. I can't decide if I want Persona Q even though it got good reviews.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
having some trouble in the 2nd labyrinth (Misty Ravine), i mean i'm at the second floor now and am running out of symbols to use since it's such a mess with endless pathways etc.
What do you guys use when you run out of the 9 or10 numbers the games give you? I don't wanna start using arrows etc. i've been using those for other things so far...
Also: Will there be mazes later on that are even WORSE than this one in terms of looping pathways?
What do you guys use when you run out of the 9 or10 numbers the games give you? I don't wanna start using arrows etc. i've been using those for other things so far...
Also: Will there be mazes later on that are even WORSE than this one in terms of looping pathways?
you dont need the icons for that. you are always teleported to a place in the same horizontal or vertical position depending on what direction you were walking. just mark the teleport spot with a diffetent ink color
Edit: If you were walking in a horizontal line, you will end up in another spot in that line. iirc the game never puts different teleporters in the same line, unless one is for horizontal movement and other for vertical, and you can tell easily which is which qith the walls around
Edit 2: I think there is one case of 2 teleporters on the same line but they dont overlap so you can put an arrow to show in which direction they will send you
Winnie the Pimp
Member
that... is actually a good idea, thanks! Though it doesn't change the fact that it's still more cumbersome and annoying than simply looking at the numbers on the map and knowing where to go!
Because the map consistently flips from one end to the other like an old Atari game, I actually stopped labeling the endpoints entirely. I'd leave the passages open at the edges of the map and it was pretty easy to spot which one led to where. I still made heavy use of the auto-walk arrows just so I wouldn't have to remember the correct rough to the end of the maze, though.
Zelenogorsk
Banned
So i've taken the time to figure out how grimoire stones work and I actually quite like the system. Mainly because I can give my back line more TP, Defense, and the ability to equip shields.
cooljeanius
Member
I tried doing this with the first floor of the 6th stratum in Untold, but I actually ran out of notes before I ran out of number symbols...